CHAPTER IX
The old man's tightly knit brows not only did not wrinkle more after hearing Zhou Yi's words, but slowly loosened.
"You planned it from the beginning," he said. ”
Use affirmative, not questioning.
Zhou Yi nodded and said, "Not bad." ”
He did calculate it from the beginning.
Starting from meeting the old man, begging for water under the pretext of begging for water, and then under the pretext of staying to eat, everything was in Zhou Yi's plan.
"I see......," the old man sighed and shook his head.
It's that he's getting old, and it's becoming more and more useless to look at people. From the very beginning, he had been calculated, but he could not yet be angry with the life that had been calculated, because the man had not calculated what he was going to take or take from him.
He didn't have anything to lose, if he really wanted to say that he did, he just helped them open the door, enter the town, and put on a pot of water and a meal, or willingly by the way.
"Let's go. ”
The old man flicked his sleeves and turned around.
Zhou Yiyi looked at the old man's back, I don't know if it was her illusion, she always felt that the old man seemed to have aged a lot overnight, the whole person's spirit was decadent and loose, and her tone was mediocre without the domineering indifference of Fang Cai.
Zhou Yi didn't say anything more, and said goodbye to the woman who was still in a daze and hadn't returned to her senses. Zhou Yiyi followed him in a daze, walked a few steps and turned around, looked at the small bun that was held behind by the woman, and waved at him.
Xiao Baozi saw her also running out from behind the woman.
Zhou Yiyi ran to his side and squatted down to talk to him. She was only a head and a half taller than Xiao Baozi, and when she squatted down, she was a little shorter.
She said: "Zhou Yi said that we would stay here temporarily, I listened to him anyway, he said to leave, he said to stay, in short, I want to stay with him." ”
When Zhou Yi heard this, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and he was in a very happy mood.
"If you have time, you can come to the inn and play with me. Well, no, I don't know which inn he's going to stay in...... Well, I'll come here and play with you. ”
Little Bun bit her mouth and listened to her.
"Can I come and play with him?" Zhou Yiyi raised her head to ask for the woman's opinion.
Xiao Baozi also raised his head with Zhou Yiyi, looking up at the woman with a begging expression.
The woman laughed and said yes. He looked back at where the old man was standing. The old man turned his back to them and did not say no or no.
Not speaking is acquiescence.
Zhou Yiyi immediately happily said to the little bun: "Look, your aunt and your grandfather both agreed that I came to play with you." ”
Xiao Baozi's eyes widened, he pursed his smiling lips and nodded heavily, and said, "Hmm!"
Zhou Yiyi stretched out her hand and hooked her little thumb.
Xiao Baozi's expression was dazed, and he didn't understand.
Zhou Yiyi looked at it, grabbed Xiao Baozi's left hand again, and then hooked Xiao Baozi's left little finger with his right little thumb.
"Stamp!"
Press your thumb down on the thumb of the bun.
Xiao Baozi looked at the hands of the two people with an ignorant expression.
"It's agreed. ”
Zhou Yiyi got up with a smile and waved goodbye again.
Just as the two of them were about to step out of the door of the flower hall, the old man spoke again: "Since you insist on staying here......
Zhou Yiyi retracted his raised right foot and turned back.
"I would like to give you one last piece of advice. ”
The old man's voice was deep, as if he had been pressed against a mountain on his body, and he was heavily suppressed.
"Don't expose your name to anyone. ”
Name again?
Zhou Yiyi's eyes widened, looking at the little bun and then at the old man.
It turns out that you can't say the name, this stalk is not only a little bun to abide by, but even they have to abide by it?
"Why can't you say your name?" Zhou Yiyi resolutely implemented the good habit of asking if you don't understand.
"Don't ask me why, just remember and do it. ”
The old man turned to look at them for the last time, his gaze calmed down with a little more worry than before, worried about their future and fate.
"If you want to live in peace here, you have to remember what I said. This is advice, but also a warning. ”
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Xiao Baozi looked at the already empty yard and couldn't help but raise his left hand to look.
Just now, someone made a pact with him on this hand. The contract is knotted on the little finger and the seal is stamped on the thumb.
No one had ever made such a solemn agreement with him. It's been a long, long time since anyone said to him, let's play together.
I don't know since when, his mother and grandfather won't allow him to go out alone. I don't know when the once bustling town suddenly became cold and cold.
The neighbors no longer cared for each other, and several of his good friends were also restrained by their respective parents at home, no longer allowing them to go out easily. I haven't had a playmate for a long, long time, and Xiao Baozi often feels lonely, but he doesn't dare to tell his grandfather and mother.
While he was still ignorant, Daddy suddenly left them. Although his grandfather didn't say anything to his mother in front of him, his mother often hid in the night and cried secretly. At that time, he had just lost his father, and he often had nightmares, and woke up several times in the night, only to find that he was alone in the room.
He rubbed his eyes and went out to find his mother, but suddenly a thunder exploded in the sky, and suddenly a rain fell. The thunder rumbled, and he was so frightened that he ran all the way to find his mother, but he accidentally heard his grandfather and mother talking inside the mourning hall where his father's coffin was placed.
At that time, he was sad that his father was gone, but he heard his grandfather and mother say, "Guobang was killed by someone." ”
A light shone in the sky, and he saw his shadow clearly shining on the doorframe.
There was a thunderclap in the sky, and he heard something jump louder than thunder under his left heart.
He heard his mother sobbing and crying quietly, and he heard his grandfather's voice old and hoarse.
Grandpa said: "It's all my fault for giving him this name, it's all to blame for giving him this name! There are so many words, so many choices, what name do I give him badly, why do I call him a country? If I had known, if I had known, that this wish of mine would one day kill him, I would rather not give him this name in the first place! I would rather not give him a name! Without a name, he would not have died, and without a name, he would still be my son! It's all my fault......"
The wind was cold that night, and the rain was cold, so he ran back to his room in the rain and braved the wind, and slept all night. When he woke up, his mother hugged him with red eyes, and drank very bitter medicine for him one by one.
Grandpa said that he had a cold and suffered from the wind chill before he had a fever, and he was fine after taking medicine. So, he obediently drank the very bitter medicine.
Grandpa said not to go out alone in the future, so he obediently stayed at home and never went out again.
Grandpa said not to tell anyone what his name was from now on, so he obediently obeyed and did not answer anyone who asked.
If he is so obedient and obedient, will his grandfather and mother not leave him like his father?
The young lady told him that her name was Zhou Yiyi.
He actually wanted to tell the young lady what his name was.
His surname is Gu, and his name is Lan.
His name is Gu Lan.