The fat boy was delighted at first and was about to take a lick of the remaining candied haws, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ah Wu sitting obediently in the yard, and then he thought of the conversation between his parents that he overheard last night.
His greed was controlled. The little fat boy stopped drooling, stuffed the candied haws into Yu Yan’s hand, and ran away without looking back.
He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would not be able to control himself and eat the candied haws.
Yu Yan had no choice but to take the two strings of candied haws back.
“Red fruit.”
Yu Wu looked at the bright red candied haws and smiled happily.
“Brother’s, Xiao Wu’s.”
Seeing that her brother was about to give her both strings of candied haws, Ah Wu quickly divided them before him.
“Hmm.”
Yu Yan thought for a moment. Candied haws were quite sour. He had some toothache after eating it a few two years ago. Xiao Wu really couldn’t eat too much at her age, so he took a string for himself.
Speaking of which, since Yu Fucai fell ill, he hadn’t eaten this kind of sweet food that could only be bought with money for a long time.
Yu Yan took a bite. It was sweet at first, then sour, especially sour, so sour that he almost cried.
“Hiss—”
Ah Wu couldn’t stand the sour taste either. She closed her eyes tightly, shrank her neck, and shook her head quickly. But even though she felt the sour taste, she was reluctant to spit out the candied haws in her mouth.
“Puff—”
Yu Yan originally wanted to cry, but when he saw his sister like this, he couldn’t help but laugh.
He wiped his tears and chewed the remaining candied haws in big mouthfuls as if the hawthorn was not so sour anymore.
***
Late at night, Yu Yan looked at the beams.
He remembered that when that man was seriously ill, that woman wanted to sell her sister more than once, but he stopped her every time. At that time, that woman even said that she wanted to sell him as well.
There was a place that was always in need of children of his age, and the selling price was high, but once he was sold, he would never come back.
Although that woman might have been concerned that he was the only male in the Yu family and that if Yu Fucai died they would have to rely on him to carry on the family line, so she never mentioned it again, but Yu Yan still wrote it down.
That place was where the most powerful people in the world lived. It could only accommodate one man. If he went there, he would become a disabled person.
It was for this reason that many people would rather starve to death than go to that place because it was a place where men’s dignity was trampled underfoot.
Yu Yan was very scared. He was only five years old. No matter how mature he pretended to be, he would still be scared.
“Xiao Wu, please don’t forget me, okay?”
Yu Yan couldn’t stop trembling. He buried his head in his sister’s belly and hugged her waist tightly with both hands.
“Um—”
Yu Wu was half asleep. She seemed to hear her brother crying in her ears. She subconsciously hugged her brother who was hugging her waist.
“Brother, Brother, I love you the most.”
Yu Yan tightened his arms around his sister.
“Please, please don’t forget me.”
He suppressed his tears and repeated it again.
This is his sister, his only relative in this world, and the person he wanted to protect since the first time he saw her.
***
The next morning, Yu Wu woke up from her dream.
As usual, she rolled around on the spacious kang bed and then touched the position beside her, ready to hug her brother and exchange a kiss with him.
But when she woke up this morning, his side was cold. The person who should have been lying on the bed was gone.
Ah Wu opened her eyes and rubbed them with her hands.
“Brother!”
She turned over, supported herself on the edge of the bed with both hands, slowly slid down the kang bed, and rushed out without putting on her shoes.
“Brother!”
She ran to the kitchen, but there was no sign of her brother.
“Brother!”
She ran to the yard, but she couldn’t find her brother either.
“Brother!”
She opened the cabinet where people could hide, opened the box where clothes were stored, and turned out everything inside, but she didn’t see the familiar figure.
“Brother, Brother!”
Ah Wu rushed out of the yard, her delicate feet stepped on the sharp stones, leaving a trail of blood marks.
From childhood to adulthood, she and her brother had never been separated. For Ah Wu, her brother was like the sun and the moon.
Because she couldn’t find her brother, everything she touched had lost its luster.
“Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu.”
Li Xu rushed over and hugged Ah Wu, who was still trying to run out. She held her hands and feet tightly.
“From now on, you will be Aunt’s daughter.”
Li Xu hugged the little girl and burst into tears. No one thought that the child would make such a decision behind their backs. The child was so sensible that it made people feel distressed.
But everything had become a foregone conclusion. All she could do was to take good care of Xiao Wu so that Yu Yan’s sacrifice would not be in vain.
“Brother, Brother!”
The little girl repeated this word in her mouth like a parrot.
She didn’t know that her brother would never come back.
*****
Translator’s Comment:
I’m crying so hard!!!
When I read it, I cried.
When I translated it, I cried again.
No matter how many times I read it, I always cry.
Never ending tears (╥_╥) (╥_╥) (╥_╥)
Especially when Yu Yan asks Yu Wu to not forget him.
He is only five years old, how can he think of sacrificing himself?
Btw, can anyone guess what place it is?
That place was where the most powerful people in the world lived. It could only accommodate one man. If he went there, he would become a disabled person.
It was for this reason that many people would rather starve to death than go to that place because it was a place where men’s dignity was trampled underfoot.
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