In the yard,

Seeing the little girl holding the bag of apples, leaning her back against the door of the hall, she walked into the hall, padding her feet, and putting apples on the table one by one,

Lian Ge paused, then turned his gaze back,

Looking at the quieter courtyard around me,

Lian Ge moved his steps again, bypassed the house in front of him, and walked towards the back of the house.

......

Behind the house, outside the backyard wall, there is a vegetable patch that has been reclaimed and planted with some seasonal vegetables, but it seems that no one has watered it for a long time, and the field is overgrown with weeds.

Further beyond the vegetable field is the foot of the hill that surrounds the village, and the steep mountain is like a wall, enclosing the vegetable field between the mountain and the wall.

After glancing at the house, Lian Ge moved his steps and walked along the ridge by the wall, towards the front,

After walking a distance, Lian Ge paused again,

Looking at the small rock block next to the wall in front of him, and the wet soil next to the rock block, Lian Ge smiled slightly.

Driven by his mana, Lian Ge flicked towards the wet dirt hand.

Retracting his hand and turning around, Lian Ge moved away and walked towards the front of the house.

Behind him, under the wet soil, a cluster of green buds emerged, gently trembling with the breeze blowing from time to time.

......

In front of the house,

The door of the hall was closed, and the little girl seemed to have come out of her fourth uncle's house and returned to the next house.

In the courtyard, it became more and more quiet, only the breeze blew, bringing some noise from other parts of the village,

After a slight pause, and then looking at the room in front of him, Lian Ge withdrew his gaze, turned around, and walked towards the outside of the village.

......

One family passed by the side, Lian Ge watched and walked.

Stepping out of the village and following the ramp outside the village on the road that wraps around the mountainside, Lian Ge continued to walk forward,

The village drifted away behind it.

......

“...... Lian Ge, can Yunyun's fourth uncle really come back?"

Along the winding mountain road, Lian Ge walked forward, wearing headphones, and talking on the phone with Gu Xiaoying,

On the side, cars and pedestrians passed by from time to time.

Listening to Gu Xiaoying's words on the other end of the headphones, Lian Ge raised his head slightly, looked into the distance, and after a pause, he just replied,

"I don't know. ”

On the other end of the phone, Gu Xiaoying listened to Lian Ge's answer, a little silent,

“...... Well, then let's hope he can come back, after all, Yunyun is still waiting for him. ”

For a long time, Gu Xiaoying just said.

......

“...... Lian Ge, Yun Yun, her fourth uncle, it's been so long, haven't you really suspected that the secret art in his hand is fake?"

Another car drove by, and on the other end of the phone, Gu Xiaoying was silent for a while, and then asked,

“...... He's already killed. He wanted to save his daughter. ”

Lian Ge looked into the distance, paused, and replied.

“...... Well. ”

On the other end of the phone, Gu Xiaoying answered, a little silent.

......

“...... Lian Ge, I found that you are a little depressed. ”

After a long time, on the other end of the phone, Gu Xiaoying turned over and sat up,

"How can my brother Lian not be happy, come, turn on your camera. ”

Lian Ge took the mobile phone and clicked on the camera, Gu Xiaoying's side, the camera was also turned on, and the picture appeared in front of Lian Ge's eyes.

"Brother Lian, come, look at me...... Wow!"

As she spoke, Gu Xiaoying grimaced at Lian Ge.

Looking at Gu Xiaoying's appearance, Lian Ge smiled slightly,

"Brother Lian, are you happy?"

......

"Young man, can you go to the city?"

Ended the phone call with Gu Xiaoying, took off the headphones, and listened to the insects and birds in the mountains and forests mixed with the sound of vehicles passing by from time to time on the road, Lian Ge glanced into the distance and smiled slightly.

And at this moment, an urban and rural bus slowed down beside Lian Ge, and a middle-aged woman poked her head out of the window and shouted at Lian Ge,

Hearing the sound, Lian Ge paused and turned around,

The bus also stopped beside Lian Ge.

"Let's go. With a smile, Lian Ge responded.

......

“...... Dead girl, she knows how to eat every day, she is a money-loser, she eats so much, she has a fart, where does she have so much food at home for you to eat, I let you feed the chickens and you don't feed them. ”

In the house, the middle-aged woman snatched the little girl's rice bowl and yelled at the little girl,

Looking at the remaining food in the bowl, the little girl swallowed her saliva and lowered her head again,

"The chickens have been fed ......"

"Why don't you go out and collect firewood for me when the chickens are fed!" I'm still sitting here, and I don't know what to do every day......

Holding the bowl, the middle-aged woman scolded and yelled, walked into the backyard, poured the leftover food into the chicken feed basin, and the chickens swarmed up.

The little girl looked at the place, swallowed again, lowered her head, turned around, and walked out of the house.

......

“...... Hey, it's sprouted. ”

Outside the backyard of the little girl's fourth uncle's house, the little girl was holding a bowl of water, looking at the buds that had emerged under the moist soil, and was a little surprised.

“...... Hurry up and grow up, when you grow up, I will also grow up, and the fourth uncle will come back, and I can go far, far away. ”

The little girl was happy and smiling at the young shoot.

......

“...... Guard the door for me at the door of the house, and if you dare to run around for me again, I'll break your legs!"

At the door of the house, the middle-aged woman held the key, locked the door, and said viciously to the little girl,

The little girl was silent, bowing her head,

"Mom, when are you and Dad coming back......"

"You don't care when the old lady will come back, if it's ......"

"Okay, let's go, it's too late. ”

The middle-aged man on a motorcycle said to the middle-aged woman,

"I'll clean you up when I come back!"

With a vicious remark, the middle-aged woman put the key in her pocket and got on the motorcycle.

The motorcycle sped away, leaving the little girl alone, standing alone at the door of the house.

"Gollum ......"

Her stomach screamed, the little girl raised her head, looked at the closed door, and then looked at the middle-aged man and woman who had disappeared at the entrance of the village, hesitated, moved her steps, and walked to the courtyard of her fourth uncle's house.

Stepping on her feet and being careful, she took out the key from the window, and the little girl opened the door of her fourth uncle's house.

......

“...... No, you can't eat it, it's not even a month. ”

The little girl held the apple in her hand, her stomach growled, she swallowed, hesitated, and was ready to put the apple down.

"Knock Knock ......"

"Anyone?"

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the hidden hall, followed by a somewhat old voice,

The little girl listened to the movement, held the apple, and opened the door of the hall.

Outside the house, there was an old man, carrying a travel bag, looking at the little girl with a smile.

"Little girl, is there any water, I've been walking for so long, I'm really thirsty, I can pay. ”

When the little girl heard this, she looked at the old man, first shook her head, and then, looking at the sweat on the old man's forehead, she hesitated a little,

“...... Here, this, I'll give you something to eat. ”

Swallowing her saliva, the little girl handed out the apple in her hand,

The old man looked at the little girl, and then at the apple that the little girl handed over,

"How much is it? ”

"Don't want money. ”

“...... Let's take one and a half. The old man looked at the little girl with a smile, turned around, squatted down by the threshold, sat down, and put down the travel bag on his back,

"Little girl, you look seven or eight years old, first grade, or second grade?"

"What is the first grade, what is the second grade?" the little girl looked at the old man, with some doubts in her eyes,

Hearing this, the old man's movements paused.

And at this time, in the pocket of the little girl's clothes, the talisman jumped.