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Chapter 53

"You are the one who is the most eloquent." Wei Qingyun pinched his face lightly, and said teasingly, "It's a good thing you don't have children. If you follow your mouth, I don't know how to annoy you."

There were bursts of firecrackers outside, and the lights in the house were dim.This gave Lin Zhanyu an illusion, making him feel as if he was in a prosperous age, without hunger, cold, or war.

But he knew it was all fake.The whitewashed peace is coated with sugar, like sweet poisonous wine, which makes people confused, and makes people have to be [-]% sober in order to live well.

"Do you still remember the Kunqu Opera "The Peony Pavilion" that Master taught us in the early years?" Wei Qingyun asked suddenly.

Lin Zhanyu's sanity, which had drifted away for an unknown distance, was dragged back by his words: "Remember."

Wei Qingyun stood up and held the fan in his hand: "I'm in a good mood today, come with me for a while."

Before Lin Zhanyu could react, he saw the other party fanning out fluently, and said:

Turn around the peony bar

close to the rocky edge of the lake and mountain

and you loosen the collar button

The tip of the sleeve rubs the teeth

I will wait for you to endure and sleep for a long time

After hearing him sing so far, Lin Zhanyu cleared his throat and sang with him as Du Liniang with a small voice.

Where did we meet

look like

Is it good to meet early without saying a word

When the tune ended, the two looked at each other.

Even though many years have passed, Lin Zhanyu's heart still beats fast.His face turned red suddenly, but what he was thinking about was the young man he saw lying on the wall in the winter morning more than ten years ago.

He didn't know what Wei Qingyun was thinking, he only knew that as far as he was concerned, the love of his children, the romance, and daily necessities in this life only fell on this one person.

I did my best, and my dream came true.

"You two are really elegant." Shopkeeper Wu did not know when he stood by the door. He clapped his hands and walked into the room with a smile: "It sounds good."

Lin Zhanyu was taken aback for a moment, and quickly withdrew his somewhat outrageous gaze.

"Why don't you set off firecrackers with them?" Wei Qingyun asked with a smile.

"It's all children's stuff. At my age, I don't care about it." Shopkeeper Wu poured himself a glass of sake. The wine was already a little cold, but he didn't mind it.

After drinking a glass of wine, he raised his head and stared at the two people who were a little at a loss: "Sit down, why are you being polite to me?"

Lin Zhanyu was startled. He looked at the shopkeeper Wu's face, trying to see the other party's intentions. Unfortunately, this person is used to dealing with various religions, and has already become a well-established veteran. He will definitely not let a young man Look out.

Wei Qingyun also felt that the shopkeeper Wu had probably seen the relationship between the two of them, and secretly scolded himself in his heart, feeling that he was really careless today, and really thought that no one cared.

"You guys are always polite and estranged to me, and you don't want to tell me what's in your heart." Shopkeeper Wu patted Wei Qingyun on the shoulder: "When did it happen?"

"What are you referring to?" Wei Qingyun still tried to pretend to be confused.

"Okay. You two don't marry wives, and you stay together every day. Is it true that I get into the money's eye and focus on doing business, and I can't see anything?" Shopkeeper Wu smiled: "To be honest, I actually I wanted to ask you a long time ago."

Lin Zhanyu felt embarrassed, he didn't know why shopkeeper Wu picked this time to tell them.However, he didn't need to think too much, the other party clarified his intention in the next moment: "Qingyun, brother Lin, we have lived together for these years, can we count as half of each other's family?"

"Naturally." Wei Qingyun hurriedly responded.

"I want to ask you two one thing." Shopkeeper Wu's eyes suddenly became extremely sincere.

"But it's okay to say." Wei Qingyun met his gaze.

"You have also seen that the name of the shop has been changed, Chengxin Restaurant." Shopkeeper Wu lowered his eyes: "You go away after the Chinese New Year, the farther you go, the better, and take Xueyi away. If it is convenient, please return Take Chengren kid with you. If something happens to me, he will still have to count on you to take care of me."

"Shopkeeper, why did you say that?" Lin Zhanyu was startled.

"The current situation is not optimistic, and I can only do this." Shopkeeper Wu sighed.

"It's better for Zhanyu and I to stay here in Hefei." Wei Qingyun thought for a while, and looked at Lin Zhanyu: "From now on, we will work as usual, and we will take care of each other in the open. It’s dangerous, so I’d better give you a letter in advance.”

In order to avoid shopkeeper Wu's rebuttal, he added: "Do you think we are people who are greedy for life and afraid of death?"

"Alright." Weighing for a moment, shopkeeper Wu smiled: "You guys can move out after the new year."

This year has not been very pleasant.Since the second day of the new year, Wei Qingyun has been looking for a new place to live outside, neither too far away from the restaurant to contact in time, nor too close, which took him a lot of thought, and he didn't settle until more than ten days later.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, they packed their luggage and thought they would leave on this day. However, it was a festive season and everyone was reluctant to part with it, so they decided to stay in the restaurant for an extra day.

"Qingyun," seeing Wei Qingyun sitting under the eaves of the backyard, shopkeeper Wu moved a stool and sat beside him: "Don't call me shopkeeper Wu. From now on, our family will change our surname to Li, and your old boss Wu It has already moved to the south."

"Okay." Wei Qingyun nodded.

"You may not know, I have known brother Xiao Qiao for many years, and I often met him when I was in Nanjing." Shopkeeper Wu lowered his voice: "Actually, Wu is not my family name, my original name is Yi."

Wei Qingyun was taken aback: This was indeed something he did not expect.

"At the beginning, my wife and I used small business as a cover in Nanjing, but we didn't expect to be betrayed by traitors. In order to help us get out of the city quickly, Brother Qiao was shot in the leg. Fortunately, he ran fast, and Boss Qiao's connections It’s not exposed.” Shopkeeper Wu sighed before continuing: “It all happened ten years ago, and it was New Year’s Eve at that time. The reason why he came here later was because I went to him. letter."

Wei Qingyun recalled that night a long time ago: "I remember this."

"Except for daily expenses, I have given all the money I earned from doing business over the years to Brother Qiao." Shopkeeper Wu narrowed his eyes: "It can be counted as a little effort."

As the two of them were talking, light rain fell from the sky that had been cloudy for a long time, and flowed down the eaves into the dirt in the yard.

"Shopkeeper, Cheng Qi hasn't come back for a while." Hearing the voices of the guys busy going back and forth, Wei Qingyun suddenly remembered: "What is he doing outside?"

"Brother Qiao asked me to tell you that he is going back to Nanjing to return to his old business." Shopkeeper Wu smiled: "As for Cheng Qi, he will graduate from middle school soon, and I will let him go to Nanjing with Xiao Qiao." Reading."

"So that's the case." Wei Qingyun nodded in response.

The winter rain makes the winter in the Jianghuai area more and more wet and cold.The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the water droplets fell on the ground and splashed again, wet the clothes and feet of the two of them.

"Shopkeeper, freshly cooked glutinous rice balls." Just then, Lin Zhanyu appeared behind them.

"Hey." Shopkeeper Wu took the bowl with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work."

"You're welcome." Lin Zhanyu put another small bowl of glutinous rice balls into Wei Qingyun's hands: "Brother, try this, stuffed with black sesame seeds."

Wei Qingyun scooped one up with a spoon: "It's delicious."

"That's good." Lin Zhanyu smiled contentedly: "This is the first time I have learned how to cook from others. I will cook it for you during the Lantern Festival in the future."

Seeing this, shopkeeper Wu stood up tactfully: "Speak slowly, brothers and sisters, I'll go ahead and have a look."

"Go slowly." Wei Qingyun said with a smile.

There were only the two of them left in the backyard, but Lin Zhanyu didn't say anything.He sat on the stool that shopkeeper Wu had just sat on, and put on a smiling face at Brother Wei.

"Do you have something on your mind?" After getting along day and night for so many years, Wei Qingyun could see the embarrassment hidden in the other party's smile at a glance.

"Yeah." Lin Zhanyu nodded, seeing no one paying attention to him, he whispered: "Senior brother, I actually wanted to ask you a long time ago. You said that the Japanese were all driven away, why are you still not safe? Why not? Let's have a good talk, how about a safe day?"

"The road is different, the interests are opposite, how can we talk about it?" Wei Qingyun sighed: "Don't look at the fact that there are no real swords and guns on a large scale. It's a matter of time. Since this time last year, there has been a dark tide There are already signs of it."

Lin Zhanyu was silent.After a long time, he looked up at the carefree children in the alley.

Children are simple-minded and do not know worries. As long as they are fed and clothed, they have nothing to worry about.

Lin Zhanyu used to yearn for such a day. He dreamed of staying until one day the Japanese were driven away, and he and Wei Qingyun returned to the place where they met and lived together. Take care of the major events in Wei Xueyi's life, and live a peaceful, joyful and peaceful life.

But now he finds that the times are still turbulent, and now is far from a stable time.

He turned his head and looked at Wei Qingyun's profile: "Then can we do something?"

Wei Qingyun thought for a moment, then turned to face him, and got very close to him: "You said you remember what I said to Xiao Qiao earlier, then let me ask you, do you think about the life we ​​talked about?"

"Of course." Lin Zhanyu said: "I have long been disgusted with those rich people who use their power to bully us. How can they be superior to others? Why squeeze the people's blood and sweat, turn around and ride on the people's heads?"

"Then come with me and act according to your Little Brother Qiao." Wei Qingyun patted his hand and lowered his voice again: "He told me earlier, let's not get involved too much for a while, so as not to arouse suspicion You and I are both artists, this identity is an excellent cover, and maybe it can help them in the future."

"Okay." Lin Zhanyu pushed his hand, and the volume of his words returned to normal: "Hurry up and finish the glutinous rice balls, it will be cold in a while."

"Uncle Lin!" Wei Xueyi ran over sweating profusely. He grabbed Lin Zhanyu's sleeve and said, "I want the snacks sold by Liu Yaba in Nanxiang. They are exquisitely made. I have never seen such beautiful snacks." , colorful."

"What's the use of those fancy things?" Wei Qingyun frowned immediately after hearing this: "Boy, do you know how hard it is to make money? You know how to waste it all day long."

"I didn't ask you to buy it for me." Wei Xueyi made a face at him, and turned to Lin Zhanyu coquettishly: "Uncle, I really want it."

"Brother, it's normal for a child to be greedy for Chinese New Year, and it won't cost much." Lin Zhanyu was so disturbed by the child that he couldn't help it, so he stood up in response, and asked tentatively, "Shall I go buy some with him?"

Wei Qingyun snorted coldly, noncommittal.

Seeing him like this, Lin Zhanyu knew that he agreed, so he smiled and took the child's hand: "Let's go."

"Wait a minute." Wei Qingyun was afraid that they would go out and talk nonsense, so he repeated what shopkeeper Wu said to Lin Zhanyu just now.

The child didn't quite understand, and he only remembered two things: Cheng Ren's surname will be changed to Li in the future, and he has to pretend that he doesn't know the family well.

"Come back soon, don't stay out too late." Wei Qingyun stood behind and told them when they were about to go out.

"Understood." Lin Zhanyu turned around and waved at him.