She saw Lin Dayu lying with his eyes closed, his face purple and red as if he had a fever, she hurriedly stroked it with her hand, and when she saw that his forehead was hot, she shook his arm and said, "Brother Dayu, why do you have a fever?" ”

Lin Dayu lifted his eyelids slightly, waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid I can't send you away." ”

He was fine last night, but this morning he burned again, and he must have been skinned by the tiger last night and suffered from the cold.

Zhenshu got up and went outside, washed the plantain he picked yesterday and boiled it in a hanging pot, and then wet the handkerchief to wipe his forehead for him. Lin Dayu refused to take off his torn shirt, and said with a vague smile: "You wait for me outside for a while, I'll just sleep." ”

Zhenshu boiled a thick bowl of soup and medicine and came in, helped him up and fed him and said: "I was afraid that you would have a fever yesterday, so I picked a lot of plantain and prepared to give you a fever. ”

Lin Dayu lay down as he said, and fell into a deep sleep again.

Zhenshu sat outside and was speechless for a long time. It was noon, and the sun was shining on the surface of the river. She had been frightened and frightened since yesterday, sweating layer after layer, and now she was sticky. The heart said that Lin Dayu was sleeping, it was better to wash his body well while the weather was hot, and then wash and dry the clothes on his body.

She first took out the inner belly pocket and washed it by the river, dried it on a nearby branch, then took off her outer shirt and pants and jumped into the water, took a comfortable bath, and then reached out to take the half-dry underwear and put on the long gown, and then washed the shirt and pants and put them on.

At this time, the sun was just right, the sky in May was exceptionally clear, she sat on the wooden root and dried her hair, estimating that Lin Dayu's roast should fade, pushing the door in and touching his forehead.

Shocked at the touch, he drank such a thick medicinal soup, not only did the burning not fade, but his forehead was so hot that he couldn't hold his hands.

Zhenshu anxiously knelt on the bed and shook Lin Dayu, and called, "Brother Big Fish, Brother Big Fish." ”

He looked at the book with his eyes half-open, still asleep.

It has only been two hours since the medicine has been fed, and the medicine can not be fed again at this time. Zhenshu had to bring cold water in and wipe it for him, and it burned down after wiping it over and over again, and it burned again in the blink of an eye.

Tossing until the sun is setting in the west, Lin Dayu's burning still shows no signs of fading.

When feeding the medicine again, Lin Dayu woke up for a long time, and said lightly: "You can't go home because I'm dragging you down, and if you drag it down, I'm only afraid that your reputation will be tired, if you want, take my dagger and go down the river by yourself, and you can still get to the official road after dark." ”

Zhenshu blew the medicine for him and said, "You saved me from the tiger's mouth, how can I ignore you?" Don't talk about it, I'm going to take care of you before I can leave. ”

At night, she just boiled some porridge, she frowned, and fed him sullenly, and she only ate a few bites, and when the night came, the two of them fell asleep again on the left and right.

When he got up early the next morning, Lin Dayu's forehead was still very hot, and his face became more and more bruised.

Zhenshu is still frying a bowl of medicinal soup every time, but this burn can't go down. In the evening of this day, Rao is Zhenshu, who has always refused to accept defeat, also fell on Lin Dayu and cried: "Brother Dayu, cheer up your own heart, get better, I really have no choice." ”

Lin Dayu opened his eyes and said, "Good sister, I can't live." ”

Zhenshu asked, "Why?" ”

Lin Dayu said: "Our family has an ancestral disease, if you don't have a fever, you will be fine, as long as you have a high fever for more than three days, you will definitely die." That's how my grandfather and several of my uncles died. ”

Zhenshu was puzzled: "Then your father?" If he hadn't died, you might not have this ancestor. ”

Lin Dayu said: "My father fell into the river and drowned. ”

Zhenshu shook his head when he heard this: "I have also read some medical books, I have never seen such a disease, they are afraid that they will die only after improper care, why should you destroy your ambition?" ”

Lin Dayu sighed and said, "You just didn't say it to me, don't worry about me, and move me outside." Rest in this house for the night, and get up tomorrow morning and walk along the river by yourself. ”

He struggled to get up: "I'm afraid that dying next to you will scare you." ”

Zhenshu hugged him and said, "I will not let you die, I will wipe it for you from time to time, and I will not call it burning." ”

Lin Dayu shook his head with a wry smile, struggled to get up and leaned on the door frame to go out, moved to the wood outside and sat down, looked at the sunset in the distance and said: "Life is a lifetime, the grass and trees are autumn, but it's just a blink of an eye." Although this sunset is infinitely good, it is a pity that I can't see tomorrow's sunset. ”

Zhenshu saw that he was a strong young man, and he was so sick and tortured that he was so godless, he was very sad for him, knelt down in front of his knees, touched his knees, and said: "You go back and lie down, I will still make a thick medicinal soup for you, but the fever is just a fever, and it will always pass." ”

Lin Dayu shook his head and said, "It's useless." ”

He looked into the distance, and said for a long time: "It's just that I just died, but I lived to be twenty years old, and I didn't even marry a lady, and when I arrived in the underworld, I was afraid that my ancestors would not accept it, and they would call me a lonely ghost." ”

Zhenshu was hanging with his illness in his heart at this time, and there was no doubt about it. said in a daze: "At this time, why do you care if you marry a lady?" ”

Lin Dayu said: "In our Wen County, unmarried men and women are not allowed to enter the ancestral grave, and they cannot be accepted by the ancestors when they die. I was born into a poor family and worked for a long time, and no woman would marry me. The night before, I also wanted to be able to peel off the tiger skin and sell it, so that I could save some money to get married, but now it seems that there is no hope. ”

He pointed to the tiger skin hanging on the high place and said, "When I die, you will sweep it away tomorrow and take it back for some silver." ”

Before Zhenshu could answer, he collapsed to the ground with his eyes behind his back. Zhenshu helped him up and wanted to move him into the house, but he woke up again and opened his eyes to look at Zhenshu.

After getting along for the past few days, although he has a little loose in his mouth, he has to be a good person. In addition, Zhenshu has been grinding with him for a few days, and he has already had some affection in his heart. At this time, seeing that his eyes were full of hope, he suddenly said with a hot head for some reason: "If you really want to find a lady, I will hastily worship the world with you here, so that you will not have nowhere to return to the sect under the nine springs, okay?" ”

Lin Dayu was overjoyed in his heart, and his face suddenly became happy, but he frowned again: "I may not live to go tonight, you became a surviving person at a young age, so how can you do it?" ”

Zhenshu said: "It's just a false ceremony in this mountain forest to coax the ancestors, and when I bury you tomorrow and then go out by myself, as long as I don't say it, who will know?" ”

Lin Dayu heard her say that she was going to bury herself, and her back was cold, and she pretended to shirk and said: "I'm just a long-term worker who can't read big words, even if it's a fake ceremony, I'm too wronged by you." ”

Zhenshu helped him sit down, sighed and said: "My reputation will be ruined when I go back this time, and it will be difficult to marry someone." If I really can't hide it, I will only say that I have become a marriage to you, that you are dead, that I have become a widow, and that it would be better to stand up to the door from now on? ”

Before Lin Dayu could answer, she had already turned around and went to the back of the house to find some dry firewood to knead into two torches, lit the fire and inserted it on the ground in front of the door of the house and said: "Now there is no candlestick, I can only use this thing to make up the number, I hope your ancestors are not people who love to investigate." ”

She helped Lin Dayu over, and the two of them hastily worshiped heaven and earth and worshiped the high hall in vain, and then worshiped each other, Lin Dayu was already panting and pouting.

Seeing that he still refused to go back to the house, Zhenshu pretended to be angry and said, "Now that we are also husband and wife, how can I throw you outside and wait for death, come into the house quickly." ”

Lin Dayu nodded and said, "Lady, thank you for your hard work." ”

His voice was extremely gentle, and Zhenshu was very useful when he heard it, although he had a bitter face, he also smiled and said, "Yes, my father-in-law." ”

The two entered the house together, and Zhenshu still placed Lin Dayu in the place where the skirt was laid, and he was still lying in the dry firewood. At this time, it was already dark, and there was only some light faintly shining through the cracks in the door of the house. Lin Dayu said: "Now that you are married, you come and sleep with me for a while, so that I can be greedy for that little bit of cool air on your body, how about it?" ”

After he finished speaking, he sighed again and said: "Okay, I am a dying person, and it is not good for me to be sick than you, so you should lie far away." ”

If he didn't say this, Zhenshu really didn't want to lie down. It's just that she was born with pity for the weak, and when she heard what he said, she wanted to prove that she didn't dislike him and was about to die, so she got up and lay down next to Lin Dayu.

Lin Dayu stretched out a hot hand and gently grabbed Zhenshu's shoulder, and whispered in her ear: "All men, when they reach my grade, they all want a lady to wait at home all day long, cook a hot meal, cook a bowl of hot soup, and sleep well at night with their shoulders around their shoulders." ”

Zhenshu pushed his hand away, folded his arms and lay on his back, and said, "If you have the strength to speak, it is better to save it and die tomorrow morning, so that I will not be afraid at night." ”

Lin Dayu was stunned, withdrew his hand and said softly: "Okay, I just hold on, and I must hold on until dawn, don't let my mother be frightened at night." ”

Zhenshu listened to his pitiful words, and regretted that he had spoken too harshly, so he leaned sideways in front of his chest and said, "If you can really hold on, don't die, how good is it to live well?" ”

Lin Dayu gently put his hand on her shoulder and took it, and said tentatively: "If I don't die, where can I find a good lady like you?" ”

Zhenshu said: "If you don't die, what if I really marry you?" ”

Lin Dayu said: "But I'm just a long-term worker." ”

Zhenshu said: "What about long-term work, as long as you are spontaneous from now on, even if you only know one word a day, you can read articles in three years." ”

Lin Dayu sighed and said, "It's a pity that I'm really going to die." ”

This night, Zhenshu was very vigilant, and got up from time to time to try Lin Dayu's forehead. In the second half of the night, the heat on his forehead gradually faded and returned to normal body temperature. Zhenshu didn't feel doubts in his heart, but put down his heart and fell asleep. When she woke up the next morning, she smelled the aroma of porridge outside, she got up and went out, and saw Lin Dayu standing in front of a hanging pot, stirring a pot of white porridge with chopsticks.