By the door of the hall, the middle-aged man stood and watched Lian Ge gradually move away, knowing that he had completely disappeared from sight, so he withdrew his gaze.

Standing in place, with a slight pause, the middle-aged man turned back,

Stretching out his hand, he pulled the door of the hall open next to it, and the middle-aged man closed the hall back and bolted it from the inside.

The room without the lights, like the backyard, suddenly darkened,

"Fourth uncle, what are you doing when the door is closed?"

The little girl was eating an apple, noticing the change, raised her head to the middle-aged man by the door, and asked crisply,

The middle-aged man put on the deadbolt, turned around when he heard the sound, looked at the little girl, and replied with a smile,

"It's windy outside, Yun Yun is thinly dressed, I close the door, lest Yun Yun be blown cold by the wind. ”

"That's right. The little girl looked at the middle-aged man, nodded heavily, then lowered her head, and continued to hold the apple and eat.

"If Yun Yun is afraid of the dark, the fourth uncle will turn on the light for you,"

"Yun Yun is not afraid of the dark, black and black, you can't see anything. The little girl took another bite of the apple, looked up and said,

“...... Yun Yun is so brave, your sister Rui Rui used to be very afraid of the dark. ”

first smiled and said to the little girl, the middle-aged man's gaze moved up slightly, his eyes were a little trance, and he seemed to be caught in a memory,

"Is Sister Rui afraid of the dark...... What about Sister Ruirui, is it because it's too dark here, so Sister Ruirui is not here? Mom said that Sister Ruirui went to a far away place, and Dad said that Sister Ruirui died.

What is death, can you go to a far place when you die, where is a far away place?"

The little girl held the apple in her hand, tilted her head, and said crisply, with some doubts in her clean eyes,

"By the way, Sister Rui Rui also likes to eat apples, let's keep one for her, she will definitely be sad if she can't eat apples. ”

As she spoke, the little girl held the apple she had gnawed in one hand, cushioned her feet, raised her head, and picked up the apple from the plate again with the other hand.

"Well, this is the biggest one left, and it's definitely the best......"

Picking up the apple, the little girl said, and put it aside.

"And this one...... Well, leave one more for Sister Ruirui. ”

The little girl withdrew her hand, looked at the two slightly larger apples, and smiled happily.

“...... No, I don't need to leave it for Sister Ruirui. ”

The middle-aged man turned his head, looked at the two apples that were laid out separately, and then looked at the little girl, squeezed out a smile on his face, and shook his head,

"Why don't you keep it, Sister Rui Rui doesn't like to eat apples?" the little girl's eyes showed doubts,

“...... Because, your sister Rui Rui went to a far away place, and when she came back, the apple that Yun Yun left for her would have already gone bad. ”

The middle-aged man looked at the little girl and said,

"That's right......" The little girl frowned, looking at the two apples,

"So, let's eat it. ”

"Hmm. The little girl nodded heavily, then raised her head again, looked at the middle-aged man and asked crisply,

"Then I'll plant this apple, and when the apple tree grows, will Sister Rui Rui come back, so that I can invite her to eat the apple." ”

Listening to the little girl's question, the middle-aged man paused, but didn't answer again, just looked at the little girl with a smile.

didn't get an answer, the little girl had some doubts in her eyes, moved her head, but didn't ask again, raised the apple in her hand, and continued to eat.

"Yunyun, are apples delicious?" the middle-aged man squatted down, looked at the little girl and asked,

"It's delicious. The little girl tilted her head up, ate the apple, and answered crisply,

Looking at the little girl who was eating apples and happy, the middle-aged man had a smile on his face, and his eyes looked at the little girl, a little trance-like and distracted.

"Fourth Uncle...... Fourth Uncle...... Are you alright?"

“...... It's all right,"

The middle-aged man looked at the little girl who was looking at him with concern, and after being silent, he responded with a smile,

"Does Yunyun need Uncle to remove the apple peel for you?" Looking at the apple in the little girl's hand, the middle-aged man asked aloud,

"Is it okay?" looked at the middle-aged man, and the little girl said expectantly,

"Yes. ”

The middle-aged man responded with a smile, then stood up, first walked to an old TV set on the back wall of the hall, and turned on the TV.

Then, in some dimly lit rooms, the TV screen light was mixed and flickering,

"Then Yunyun will watch TV here first, and my uncle will go and bring a knife for Yunyun and peel apples for Yunyun. ”

"Good!"

The little girl answered crisply, sat down on the stool, held the apple in her hand, and watched the flickering TV.

After pausing again, the middle-aged man looked at the little girl, his eyes were in a trance,

Immediately after, he was silent and walked into the darker backyard.

......

Outside the hall,

Lian Ge, who had applied the invisibility spell to himself and the mouse, paused slightly,

Looking at the closed door, listening to the sound of TV, words, and footsteps mixed in it,

After another pause, Lian Ge moved his steps, stretched out his hand and pushed, and the door of the hall that had been bolted from behind the door was pushed open as if it were hidden.

In the hall, the little girl heard the movement, turned her head, and looked at Lian Ge, with some curiosity and confusion in her eyes.

The dim hall also became bright again as the door of the hall opened.

Stepping into the hall, behind Lian Ge, the door of the hall closed by itself, and the bolt was pushed up.

Looking at the little girl, Lian Ge smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to his mouth, and motioned the little girl not to make a sound,

The little girl looked at Lian Ge, moved her head, didn't speak, but in her eyes, she was more curious, and her eyes followed Lian Ge.

......

"Yunyun, is the TV good-looking?"

The middle-aged man walked out of the dark backyard again, with a pig-killing knife with a wooden handle in his hand.

There was still some rust on the iron nails that held the blade in place on the wooden handle.

"Good looking ......"

The little girl turned her head, looked at the middle-aged man in a whisper, and responded crisply,

"Then Yunyun watched TV first, and the fourth uncle helped Yunyun peel apples. ”

As he spoke, the middle-aged man took the knife for peeling fruit and walked towards the dining table behind the little girl.

"Good!" the little girl replied crisply, and turned her head again, looking around the room, but her eyes became more and more confused.

"What are you looking at?" the middle-aged man asked aloud as he peeled an apple and looked at the little girl,

The little girl hesitated and shook her head,

"Didn't look at anything. ”

"Then Yunyun will concentrate on watching TV for a while, and the fourth uncle will peel the fruit right away. ”

"Good!" the little girl replied crisply, turning her head to look at the TV.

In the hall, the TV screen flashed and mixed with various colors.

At the dining table, the middle-aged man peeling fruit is also reflected on his body, intertwined with the colors reflected on various TV screens,

Looking at the little girl, the middle-aged man's eyes were distracted, and he was in a trance,

There was a smile on his face, and then the smile faded away.

Silent, the middle-aged man lowered his head and looked at the peeled apple in his hand, and the knife,

He raised his head again and looked at the little girl who was watching the TV intently,

After a pause, the middle-aged man still moved his steps and walked towards the little girl step by step.

“...... Fourth uncle, do you think the ant can come out?"

The little girl who was watching TV suddenly asked,

The middle-aged man who had walked behind the little girl paused, looked at the little girl, paused, was silent, did not respond, and raised his hand,

"Fourth uncle, you said that the ant who got lost before could get out on his own, but can he really get out?"