Xie Xiong gave up halfway and deserted home, which was an accident. He wanted to surprise Xiao Lin, but he didn't send a message, didn't make a sound, and came back quietly, and it was ten o'clock in the evening. The key to the house, most of the people who go out of the house, most of them will not carry it with them, they have to knock on the door when they enter, and the family will open the door to greet them.

At the 107 National Highway Xie Hejia Station, Xie Xiong got off the long-distance bus and walked into the village. From a long distance, he saw that the house was brightly lit, knew that his timid wife was afraid of the dark, understood that his squeamish wife was afraid of rats and insects, and he was not around, and Xiao Lin, who was helpless, only had the lights to be brave until dawn. Bumpy all the way in the cold wind, recalling the hot meals and hot dishes at home all the way, I miss my wife's warmth more and more, think of her sweet and glutinous tone, think of her bright smile, and miss her soft body.

In the nineties, the night in the countryside was no more colorful than the metropolis, in the "never sleep" city of Hangzhou Bay, the supper stalls were placed from six o'clock in the evening to six o'clock in the morning, sleepless all night, Ni Honglan and laser light were also bright and unextinguished, flashing until dawn. There are no song halls and dance halls, no teahouses, no nightclubs, and no entertainment cities in the villages, and the villagers continue the traditional habit of going to bed early and getting up early. There are no streets, no shops, no "motorcycles", no street lights, and the whole village is dark and silent.

Xie Xiong flashed a flashlight to illuminate the ground a meter away from his feet, and walked slowly and cautiously on the muddy ridge road. Looking up at home from time to time, the lights at home are not only like the guiding lamp of the lighthouse, but also like the ever-bright lamp in front of the Buddha, presumably Xiao Lin is like a lamp keeper, living a poor life, waiting for the lonely lamp alone, looking forward to his return, as soon as he thought of this, his nose was sour, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten.

As Xie Xiong walked, he imagined the scene when the husband and wife would meet later, and Xiao Lin's surprised eyes, shyly smiling face, and happy steps came to mind, and the bird in his arms swooped into his arms. Think of her tears in her eyes, crying with joy, ploughing flowers with rain, Chu Chu's pitiful appearance, thinking of her cooked beef noodles, thick bone broth, with transparent sweet potato vermicelli, lying on a few pieces of winter bamboo shoots, a few fragrant ru, a few spinach, poured red pepper oil, sprinkled with minced coriander, shredded mustard, minced garlic, chopped green onion, and then drizzled with sesame oil, it tastes not only soft and glutinous, sweet and sour, but also has a special taste and rich nutrition.

For the wanderer who traveled a long distance in the cold night, the bowl of noodles served by his wife is not only a delicacy, but also affection, and more care. Silky noodles, eat it, hot soup, drink it, every bit of it comforts the cold and hungry stomach, the body is warm, the wind and frost are not afraid, the rain and snow are not afraid, even the devil is coming, the ghost is coming, I am not afraid. Thinking about it, he smiled happily, and the laughter spread far away. He smiled and laughed, laughing tears of happiness, flowing on his face, warm.

As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, his mood suddenly became urgent and nervous, as if he was rushing to a date, stopped, brushed his head, straightened his collar, pulled the hem of his clothes, and patted the dust. Then, three steps and two steps, he rushed to the gate, breathed a long sigh of relief, and reached out and knocked on the door.

He stood outside the door and knocked on the door, three, six, nine, countless times, as urgent as a drumbeat, chaotic and rhythmless, knocking on the door turned into pounding, his hands clapped into kicks, but no one came to open it for a long time, like a bandit, and was tacitly rejected outside the door.

Unexpectedly, beyond imagination, he tore his throat and shouted his wife's name while making a fuss, telling Xiao Lin to quickly get out of bed and get out to greet him.

At first, the house was quiet, deathly silent, without a single sound. After a while, Xiao Lin's lazy coquettish voice came: Honey, why did you suddenly come back? You don't know how to say hello to me in advance, you want to scare me to death!

Xie Xiong said: Baby, what's the matter? Is it that I don't have to go back? Or shouldn't I go back? Don't you welcome me?

Xiao Lin said: How can it be? My dear, I dream of you coming home every night!

Then, there was a noise in the room, as if the television was turned on, and the man and woman lowered their voices and had a heated argument. The windows in the master bedroom, which open on the west wall and face the south wall of the courtyard, have no windows. Xie Xiong couldn't see the situation in the room, he vaguely heard what to use, what to need, emotional liars, what original match, what dew, each looking for their own home, it seemed that they were breaking up with each other.

Xie Xiong said: At this time, you still have the heart to watch TV?

Xiao Lin said: Wait a while, it's all at the door, why are you anxious? My dear, I can't wait for the time to get dressed and put on my shoes!

Xie Xiong said: Silly sister, underwear, sweaters, coats, why are you wearing so much?

Xiao Lin said: "Ouch, you are shameless, you are a hooligan! If you talk about things that cannot be exposed, I will not open the door for you, and you will not want to come in!"

Xie Xiong said: I want to kill you, heart, good, baby, obedient, let my husband hug you.

Xiao Lin started to snort and hummed: If you don't open it, if you don't open it, you won't open it, if your mother-in-law doesn't come, no one will open it!

Xie Xiong said: If you really don't open it, or if you don't open it, I'll split it with an axe!

Xiao Lin said: Oh, I'll come when I'm dressed, I'll wait!

Xie Xiong heard Xiao Lin procrastinating, one high and one low, one step at a time, slowly soaring, and the sound of walking.

The house sits north and faces south, the door opens to the living room, there are two rooms on the right side of the living room, the south is the master bedroom, which is the bedroom of Xie Xiong and his wife, and the north is the second bedroom, which is the child's bedroom. There are also two rooms behind the living room, one for the guest room and one for the kitchen. There is a door to the left of the living room near the north, and behind the door is a stairwell that leads to the roof.

The lights were on in the master bedroom, not in the living room, and not in the guest rooms. Xiao Lin opened the door to the master bedroom and closed it again, so that the light could not penetrate the living room. The light in the living room, the switch is installed on the right side of the door, and it can be opened easily when you enter the door, and you can turn it off when you go out. Yawning, Xiao Lin walked in the dark living room.

Across the door, there were intermittent voices in the living room where the chair was overturned, the sound of the pot flying and the barrel rolling, and Xiao Lin's exaggerated "oops" screams, the sound of falling to the ground, and the constant humming of "ouch" screams of pain. In the various sounds made by Xiao Lin, in the interval, Xie Xiong faintly heard it, sneaking with the sound of running and crawling, listening to the sound, listening to the sound, this footstep came out of the master bedroom, passed the living room, and went all the way to the guest room.

Xie Xiong said: What's the matter, did it break? My stupid sister, why did you close the door of the master bedroom?

Xiao Lin said: You are more stupid than me, you won't turn on the light in the corridor?

Xie Xiong said: Well, people are in a hurry, I forgot it.

Xiao Lin said: It's like a ghost, and it confuses me. Ouch, this fall, my ankles hurt so much, I'm afraid that I twisted my muscles and bones, and I couldn't stand up!

Xie Xiong turned on the light in the hallway, and the window in the living room was open on the south wall, and the light was scattered in, like the dawn before dawn, reflecting the living room half-bright and half-dark. He leaned on the window, squinted through the stained glass, and vaguely saw Xiao Lin sitting on the concrete floor in the center of the living room, holding his heels and rubbing and rubbing, holding the soles of his feet and pulling them up and down. The door to the master bedroom was closed so that no light shone through.

He retracted his head, and doubts suddenly arose in his mind, because before he heard the sound of "suspicious" escape, through the window of the living room, it seemed to see a beam of light hitting the east corner of the living room, although it disappeared in a blink of an eye, although it was subtle and weak, but in the darkness it was like lightning, dazzling, dazzling. There is no doubt that the door to the master bedroom was opened and closed again after Xiao Lin closed and before Xiao Lin fell, and this man came out of the bright master bedroom, passed through the dark living room, and went all the way to the dark guest room. Under normal circumstances, if there is a guest sleeping in the guest room, after he makes such a fuss, he should have woken up a long time ago, should have turned on the light, and should have opened the door, why did he let Xiao Lin wrestle? It is this abnormal closing of the door, and the living room that is still dark at this time, and the guest room that is still dark at the moment, but it proves the filth in the darkness. Perhaps, this person's sudden escape made Xiao Lin frightened, and in a panic, he fell down.

He was extremely angry, his muscles were tense, his fists were clenched, and he really wanted to pick up an axe and break in the door, and kill the dog man and woman like chopping wood and wood, but when he thought about the family, and his innocent and naïve daughter, he had to press the fire in his heart, and circled around the door like a trapped beast. What the foreman said, look back and think about it again, what the foreman said, carefully recalled, the more he thought about it, the more nerve-wracking he became, it was a joke when he made a big fuss, he was ashamed of his ancestors and insulted his descendants, he was ridiculed, he couldn't raise his head for the rest of his life, or did he pretend to be deaf and dumb and turn a blind eye? If you are restless and keep your eyes open, if you don't rein in and break it, continue to break the thread, stab the sky and leak, and make it impossible to end in the end, this is not something that I can save if I am generous, and even if I pretend to be garlic, the bystanders may not be willing to pretend to be confused, the dogs bark, the rumors are terrible, I still can't escape the humiliation, I swallow my anger or be laughed at. He stomped his feet, his heart was horizontal, this innocent and shameless filthy woman, she suffered a big loss before marriage, and she didn't learn to be obedient, she still didn't repent, she couldn't ask for it, and she left behind the demon who harmed her family and relatives, and she didn't want to leave. But I just came back today, and I haven't entered the house yet, so it's really not appropriate to go crazy on the spot, learn the foreman's scheming, you want revenge, you want a divorce, and you can find a random cause in the future, and you can't leave?

Xie Xiong exhaled a long breath and pretended to be concerned in an intimate tone: Linlin, can you still go? Otherwise, I will go to the old ancestral house and sleep.

Xiao Lin said: I'll use a chair as a crutch, you wait, come and open the door immediately.

Xiao Lin leaned on the chair, moved step by step, slowly approached the door, she first turned on the light in the living room, and then opened the door, disgusted: It's pitch black, you killed me, you hurt me!

Xie Xiong jumped in, threw away his backpack, picked up Xiao Lin by the waist, head to head, face to face, kissing and gnawing: You miss me, can't you sleep?

Xiao Lin said: You monkey has changed, what are you anxious about? Ouch, the door, the door hasn't closed yet. The meat in your mouth can still run! Nasty! Ouch, don't touch my feet, hurt me!

Xie Xiong put Xiao Lin on the chair and sat firmly, turned around and closed the door: How is the injury on your foot?

Xiao Lin said: Look, the ankles, heels, and insteps are all swollen, and the pain is so painful that it can't touch the ground.

Xie Xiong squatted down, picked up Xiao Lin's injured foot, pinched his calf with one hand, held the sole of his foot with the other, and turned his wrist joint extremely inward.

Xiao Lin shouted: Painful, you twist lightly, the upper and lower sides are painful!

Xie Xiong said: My foot is lame and my collateral ligament is damaged, is it a feeling of numbness and soreness?

Xiao Lin said, exactly, like countless ants gnawing, didn't it hurt the bones?

Xie Xiong clenched the soles of her feet again, and then turned them outwards hard.

Xiao Lin cried in pain: Don't touch your heels, your instep hurts too.

Xie Xiong said: The lame is not light, the Achilles tendon is deviated, fortunately the bone joints are not off, it is not in place, and it is not difficult to treat. Don't be afraid, my dad will be able to straighten the bones, and the reduction of the bones is a child's work, three pulls and five pulls, and it can be done in a few minutes. Although I haven't done it before, I have seen and listened a lot, and I know a little bit about it, so it's worth a try, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

Xiao Lin said: Is it reliable? My left foot is lame, and you can make my right foot lame too.

Xie Xiong said: I messed up, I'm responsible, what's wrong with the lame? I'll hold you at home, and I'll carry you when I go out!

Xiao Lin burst into tears and laughed: Then in my life, I will be like kraft candy on you, I can't pick it off, I can't shake it off!

Xie Xiong found a bottle of high-strength liquor, poured a bowl, lit it with a lighter, and the wine immediately burned with a light blue flame. He pulled over the chair, sat down on her side, laid her injured leg flat on his knee, alternated his palms, gently patted his calf, knocked Zusanli, and then used his fingers to pinch the instep and ankle, and rub the foot board. While he was busy, he explained: the wound is edema, flatulence, and the surrounding muscles are tense, and the muscles can be relaxed by patting, pinching, grasping, and rubbing, so that the muscles can be relaxed, the meridians can be dredged, and the qi and blood can be activated, so that the next step of hot wine massage can be carried out.

Two minutes later, Xie Xiong moved the chair, sat opposite her, hugged her injured foot in his arms, poured a little hot wine in the palm of his hand, rotated and rubbed his hands a few times, and then pushed the massage along the heels of his palms to the calf, promoting blood qi, kneading the edema, rubbing and melting the flatulence, so as to achieve the effect of eliminating stasis and accumulation. While pushing upwards, relax the ankle joints, grasp the soles of the feet and instep with both hands, and push the massage towards the toes. After 10 minutes of continuous massage, hold the ankle with one hand and the toe with the other, stand up and up vertically, up and down, left, left and right, inside and out. After another five minutes, he stood up, clasped her toes with both hands, straightened her entire leg, and shook her wrist up and down a few times.

After shaking, Xie Xiong put down Xiao Lin's injured leg and instructed her: It's done, it's cured, you stand up, get lucky.

Xiao Lin took Xie Xiong's hand, supported by her left foot, and slowly stood up. She was holding her right foot on crutches, afraid of pain and afraid to land.

Xie Xiong said: If you don't worry, it won't hurt. Go ahead and boil some hot water in the kitchen, I'm still waiting to take a shower.

Xiao Lin stretched out her right leg in disbelief, took a step forward, left her left foot off the ground, and tried to stand, but it really didn't hurt. She was pleasantly surprised, walked a few more steps, and as he expected, she was cured. She turned around and kissed him: Thank you, husband, you are so skilled, handsome, and your lame feet were cured so easily, it's really amazing, it's so cool!

Xie Xiong said: Haha, pretty sister, kiss it, even if it is a thank you?

Xiao Lin said: Handsome guy, what do you want to repay? Hehe, I can't run away, I'm not a husband and a wife, I will do what you want.