Ferocious Dog of Old - Chapter 30

[Chapter 30]

The delay is really gone.

On the day before New Year’s Eve, the twenty-ninth of the twelfth lunar month.

It was too cold in my hometown. That year Tao Huainan followed his brother to land for his parents. It was so cold that his bones hurt. Chi Ku was stripped and thrown outside by his father on such a cold twelfth lunar day, grabbed Tao Huainan and poured a glass of milk into his mouth.

The milk poured out of the cup smeared Tao Huainan’s body, and the clothes had been worn for many days.

Tao Huainan was taken by his brother to Tian Yi’s house on New Year’s Eve.

Uncle Tian and Aunt Tian were all there, and gave Tao Huainan a red envelope.

Although Tao Huainan tried his best to cooperate with everyone and make himself look happy, he knew that he did not behave well.

He lay in Brother Tian Yi’s room for a while in the afternoon, pretending to be asleep. In fact, he has been lying quietly with his eyes open.

It was the first time he was separated from Chi Ku, he couldn’t adapt and felt that nothing was right. Usually in a familiar environment, he and Chi Ku are not always together. Most of the time they are separated from each other, but Chi Ku is no longer here. Tao Huainan feels that there is no place to sit and stand in the same space. Nowhere to stand.

The phone was always in his pocket, Tao Huainan turned on the ringtone and vibration, but it never rang.

Before that evening meal, Brother Tian Yi walked into the room and patted the door.

Tao Huainan sat up, cleared his throat and said with a smile, “I’m awake.”

“Dinner, baby.” Brother Tian Yi called to him, “Aunt Tian gave you a little snack steamed with milk, come and try it.”

“Come on,” Tao Huainan climbed down from the bed, stood beside the bed and touched and folded the blanket he just covered, “Come on.”

Tian Yi looked back at Tao Xiaodong silently, lip-mouthed, “Get angry. It’s over.”

Tao Xiaodong nodded, and he came out. He didn’t say a word at home and was closed.

This state lasted for many days, Tao Huainan’s voice was completely hoarse, and later, maybe because he was afraid of his brother’s worries, it became a lot more normal, and he talked a lot, but the hoarse voice made people feel very distressed.

Chiku didn’t give him a single phone call. Tao Huainan was on the way to the store with his brother one day and asked in a low voice, “Will Chiku be beaten?”

“No.” Tao Xiaodong told him, “Yesterday I gave He called.”

“Huh?” Tao Huainan turned his head to look at his brother in surprise, “When? I didn’t hear

it.” “You are lying down when you are resting.” Tao Xiaodong said, “No Even if he is beaten, his father can’t catch him.”

“He runs fast.” Tao Huainan asked again after a while, “Did you pick him up as soon as you beat him?”

“Yes,” Tao Xiaodong said with a smile, “you want to If you really miss him, just call him, and just touch it with your phone every day, what’s wrong with it?”

Tao Huainan subconsciously touched his trousers pocket again, and touched the phone inside through the fabric, but he didn’t think about it.

“I won’t fight…” Tao Huainan shook his head gently, “I’m not finished getting angry.”

“Don’t be angry with him, he has no tricks.” Tao Xiaodong coaxed his brother and reasoned with him, “he It’s not you, you can’t care about him or not for many things, he thinks a lot.”

These Tao Huainan all understand, the more they grow up, the more they understand. But understanding does not mean that you will not be sad. When you grow up, many emotions become difficult to distinguish.

Sad, angry and sad are a little bit, but also more worried.

Tao Huainan was quiet for a long time, but he couldn’t help but ask again, “What if he doesn’t run away? His dad might beat him to death.”

“No.” Tao Xiaodong touched him while the parking space was empty. The head of the younger brother, “Chi Ku is super powerful.”

Tao Huainan said “um” and nodded: “He is super powerful.”

The days of vacation were originally very short, and every day was comfortable and happy, and it was gone after a brush. But this year’s winter vacation is extraordinarily long, and I feel that many, many days have passed, and the days are less than ten days.

Every day is very slow from morning to night, and the dark and dawn are not as fast as before.

Tao Huainan took the question book and felt it to do the question. He didn’t know who to show it when he finished it. Tao Huainan put his hand into his trouser pocket again, and pressed any button, listened to see if it was off.

It’s not turned off, brother said in the morning that there is still half of the battery left, so I just stand by every day and do nothing, and it will be enough for another three days.

Tao Huainan took out the phone and put it on the table, next to his question book. In fact, his mobile phone can do a lot of things, but Tao Huainan has no habit of playing with mobile phones, and the blind mode of the mobile phone is not so easy to use. he read.

Tao Huainan couldn’t finish the questions, so he put on his earphones and touched his phone for a while. It was no fun. He was blind, and he couldn’t play the game.

Two more days passed before Tao Huainan finally picked up a long and bitter call.

He said he was angry and didn’t forgive him, but when the phone rang, he jumped off the bed to reach the charged phone, and Tao Xiaodong thought he had fallen when he heard it outside.

“Hello?” Tao Huainan picked up while holding his breath.

Chi Ku’s voice came through the phone, and it came through Tao Huainan’s ear, and he felt comfortable everywhere.

“Me.”

Tao Huainan pursed his lips: “I know it’s you.”

“Have your voice hoarse?” Chi Ku sounded like she was walking and was panting a little.

Tao Huainan asked him, “What are you doing?”

“Walking.” Chi smiled bitterly and said, “Hide Chi Zhide.”

“You’re still laughing…” Tao Huainan was unhappy when he heard him laugh, “Have you been beaten? ?”

Said “no” bitterly.

I got on the phone, heard the voice, and forgot everything. At first, he was holding the shelf awkwardly, but after a few words, Tao Huainan changed his tune and couldn’t help but soften.

“When are you coming back?”

“I don’t know yet.” Chi Ku said, “Chi Zhide has no intention of leaving yet.”

Tao Huainan bit the inside of his lip and said in a muffled voice, “I feel uncomfortable every day, and nothing is right. Chi Kui paused for

two seconds, and then said to him, “It’s the little things.”

“Who is like you?” Tao Huainan digs the back of the phone and muttered, “You’re not a big deal, you’re the most straightforward and say Just leave , I think you’re happy.”

Chi Ku smiled again, and said with a smile in his voice, “I knew you had to do this as soon as you called.”

“Then don’t call.” Tao Huainan said.

“Then I’ll hang up.” Chi Ku said.

Tao Huainan frowned immediately and stopped: “Don’t say no.”

Chi Ku probably just ran past, and when he laughed, he could hear that he was panting heavily. He was quite able to laugh on the phone, unlike his usual cold face at home.

“Is it cold over there?” Tao Huainan sat on the edge of the bed, sitting up straight, talking to Chi Ku.

“It’s okay.”

“You’re wearing a hat.” Tao Huainan urged him, “or freeze your ears.”

Chi Ku said impatiently over there, “Don’t talk about it.”

Tao Huainan closed his eyes a little harder. , made a staring action, and felt that it was annoying and annoying, and he held the phone in his hand and was reluctant to hang it up.

A phone call was sticky for more than half an hour. Tao Xiaodong laughed outside, and he never saw them talk so much.

Before hanging up the phone, he said bitterly, “Okay, I’ll go back.”

“Don’t go back, you can live in my old house…” Tao Huainan has changed from sitting to lying down, “It was where we were when we were young.”

“I was there yesterday and was used as a warehouse by your uncle. , it’s full of mice.” Chi Ku remembered something again, and said to him, “There are ice skates on the window frame.”

Tao Huainan whispered “Wow”, and then said, “You’re not afraid of mice, don’t Go home.”

“Don’t worry about it.” Chi Kui stopped talking to him, “I’m hanging up.”

Tao Huainan said “Oh” in a low voice.

“Okay, what should I do? Don’t be pretentious.” Chi Ku told Tao Huainan before hanging up the phone, not knowing whether she was panting or freezing, but her tone sounded soft, “You don’t have to worry about me. ”

Well,” said Chi Ku so well, Tao Huainan was also very good, and answered honestly, “Okay.

” . Tao Huainan plugged the phone back in to continue charging, put on slippers and went to the living room.

Tao Huainan ate the fruit cut by his brother on the coffee table by touching the fruit stick. Tao Xiaodong came out of the toilet and saw that his younger brother was eating well with a plate. “Yo” said, “Is it in

a good mood today?”

That’s it.”

Tao Xiaodong laughed for a long time, children are really interesting. Sometimes I think about it because his brother has been blind since he was a child, and he sees few ugly and dark things, so he is extraordinarily naive. This can be regarded as a kind of compensation. He can’t see, so his mind is purer and cleaner, and he looks like a child no matter how old he is.

From this day onwards, the little brothers will talk on the phone from time to time, once every two or three days.

In this way, I changed from looking forward to the start of school to looking forward to the phone call, and the time seemed to be a lot faster. Tao Huainan had to hold his mobile phone even when he was sleeping. Occasionally, he fell asleep and forgot to put it down. When he woke up in the morning, he was deeply imprinted on a part of his body, which was very painful.

Tao Huainan’s voice has been hoarse. At first, he thought he was angry, but after that, he didn’t get better. Tao Xiaodong suddenly remembered that the little cub was about to change his voice.

Tao Huainan was still angry because of the occasional call, but he was much happier. I’m a little embarrassed to talk about the voice change, but I’m reminded of those things taught in health class.

Sooner or later, the voice changed, and now it’s over, and the voice is good.

Not knowing what he would look like when he changed, Tao Huainan followed the change and thought of something else, the wonderful changes of adolescence.

When the two of them were on the phone that night, Tao Huainan said to Chi Ku, pressing down his voice, “I’m going to change my voice .

”

“…” Tao Huainan scratched his face with a finger, sounding a little embarrassed, but he couldn’t help his adolescent curiosity, and asked Chi Ku in a low voice, “Have you ever done it?” “Have you done it

.” Chi Ku replied calmly.

Tao Huainan was a little surprised: “Really?”

Chi Ku said “ah”.

“Then what are you dreaming about?” Tao Huainan asked while huddled in a blanket.

“I don’t remember, it’s a mess.” Chi Ku said.

After all, it’s still an uncomfortable topic. After saying a few words, Tao Huainan was embarrassed to chat with his brother, and chatted with Chi Ku over the phone like a little secret, secretly.

I didn’t go home that night, so I sat in the Tao’s old house, found an old suitcase, and chatted with Tao Huainan until I fell asleep. Come.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been thinking about these things a lot recently, or maybe I just talked about it before going to bed.

Tao Huainan had a dream that night.

In the dream, Chi Ku hides Chi Zhide behind his back, runs around the lake, Chi Zhide chases after him like a dog, Tao Huainan hugs Chi Ku’s neck, his heart throbbing with fright.

Running and running, Chi Ku jumped down the slope when he was almost thrown up by Chi Zhide, and the two of them tied together and rolled for many, many laps.

A very tiring and scary dream, Tao Huainan exhaled a long breath when he woke up in the morning.

Halfway through the breath, I felt that something was wrong. Reaching out to touch, the whole person froze.

[End of This Chapter]