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Zi Peng alighted from the bus, rode his bicycle in the courtyard of Rural Government and arrived there. At this time, it was already past four o'clock. Everyone in the village had already gotten off work. Thus, he came to his office and eagerly opened the letter written by Lixia.

Brother He, I miss you all the time. Hello:

It has been a long time since I received your letter. I have not replied to it.

My dearest brother, I have read your letter several times, and I am moved to tears. Brother, from August 13 to October 23. During these 50 days, you came to see me without interruption, which made me especially excited. He was so excited that he was like the waves of the ocean, unable to calm down for a long time. I clearly remember that time when I went to repair the road and caught a severe cold. I felt weak, limp, dizzy, and sweating. But at this moment, when I am in great pain from my illness, when I am helpless, when I am about to fall. It was my dear brother who helped me out. You're still worried about me, so you let me go down there and take a bottle. Say, my brother, can I forget such a moment?

You came to see me almost every day during my sick days. I remember you went there three times in one day. Do you know what it means to me that you have come to see me? Do you know how happy I am that you've come to see me? Do you know what I was thinking when you came to see me?

Dear good brother, when I came back from Taoyuan after finishing my injection, I felt light-headed and laid down on the kang. But not long later, you appeared in front of me. At this moment, my tears couldn't stop flowing out. My brother coming to see me meant giving me courage; it meant giving me strength; it meant bringing support to my spirit; it meant bringing rain and sunshine to my life. When my brother came to visit me, I was elated. He's my good brother. When I needed you to comfort me the most, he appeared in front of me. So I felt full of hope; my brother came to see me, and I thought to myself, If I didn't have my brother as a good friend, I would have died of grief; if I didn't have my brother as a good confidant, I would have died of sickness and suffering; if I didn't have my brother as a good companion, I would have died of tears … Therefore, my brother is too important to me.

My good brother, that time when I went down for an injection, it was you who picked me up and drove me to the fork of Team Six on the way back. On another occasion when Liu Lianzhi and I went to Changsheng to dig a tree pit and wandered around the entrance of Taoyuan Village, you found us a car pulling sand and brought us back here. Brother, tell me, how can I forget the benefits you have given me? Also, you've been booking 'family' for me all these years. You've been booking 'newspapers' for me. You say, can I not be touched by this? Tell me, can I not be happy with it? Therefore, I feel that our love, to use the idiom 'love as deep as the sea', is not excessive at all.

My dearest brother, on the 25th of September, although I failed, little sister knows that brother is someone with a job. At times, in particular, there were important tasks that could not be removed. Although little sister waited for you for two hours that day, I still feel disappointed and depressed. But after hearing your explanation, I have no complaints.

Brother, we've known each other for four years. For the past four years, you have always cared for me, loved me, cared for me, missed me. little sister knew all of this. little sister's mood is the same as Big Brother's. She is missing you all the time; she is also worried about you all the time; and she is deeply in love with you all the time.

Dear brother, on October 8th, when you came to my house, I let you have dumplings, but you didn't. Because of this, I don't feel well, could it be that Big Brother has a place to despise little sister? Maybe I was overthinking it.

My dearest brother, at the end, I would like to say something about my feelings about your letter. Big brother's letter was too touching. When I finished reading it, I couldn't help but shed tears of excitement. Especially every poem that my brother wrote, deeply influenced me. My brother kept praising me in the poem, which really flattered me. Elder brother can be said to be a prodigy when it came to writing love letters. Those poems of yours, truly represent the path we have walked; truly represent the scene of that time; truly represent the entire process of our love for each other. I really like it. The love I love is unrelenting and can indeed resonate with us …

Well, my good brother, that's all. We'll meet again on October 29.

I wish second brother smooth work and good health!

This to

Salute

Your little sister

Herba, 3.10 p.m., 28 October 1991