6. Chapter 6 The Son of the Devil
Winter cub clumsily patted his grandmother's back, listening to her heart-rending cough, Winter cub felt stuffy in his heart, he didn't quite understand what it was like, his cheeks were slightly bulging, and his little face, which had always been expressionless, became extremely gloomy.
The hens and goats in the family were not very close to the winter cubs, but now when they saw him, they avoided him from a distance, shivering, and several old hens were so frightened by him that they had not laid eggs for several days.
The promised chicken cake was not fulfilled, and now I can't even eat an egg the next day, after the grandmother and the old Li Tou got sick, the food level at home also plummeted, and there was no story to listen to every evening, and the winter cub was unhappy.
After the grandmother lay down and fell asleep after taking the medicine, the winter cub sat on the edge of the bed, shook her little short legs, took out the stone fish in her pocket, and played with it in her hand.
Lao Li Tou's situation is better than that of his grandmother, the weather is good today, he drove the goats and hens out of the courtyard, let them go to the mountains to forage for food, and when he came back from his work, he was ready to lie down in the room, and recuperated his spirits and hoped that the cold would get better soon.
He walked slowly into the room, the curtains were drawn, the light was very dim, he endured the itching of his throat, coughed lightly, and asked the winter cub in a low voice, "What are you holding in your hand?" ”
The Winter Cub would now respond to what they said, but his reaction was a few beats slower than that of a normal child, and Lao Li asked twice in a row before the Winter Cub spread out his skinny little paws.
Two small stone fish were carried by the winter cub for a large month, and occasionally took them out to play with them, and the pure white fish gradually had a little jade luster, which looked like a stone but not a stone, but a jade and a jade.
The winter cub did not deliberately hide the two small fish, his body was thin, and his body temperature was far lower than that of ordinary people, Sun Pozi and Lao Li Tou were afraid that he would catch a cold and get sick, so he was dressed in thick cotton clothes in the summer, the clothes were already too large, and two half-inch-long small fish were carried in his pocket at will, and even Wang Jun, who was like a torch, did not notice the slightest. Lao Li Tou and Sun Pozi were seriously ill during this time, and they didn't have the mental strength to take care of the winter cubs as usual, and the two stone fish were very small, and they were carried in the pockets of their clothes by the winter cubs, and they didn't notice.
The two stone fish are ingenious, vivid, and almost chaotic. Lao Li Tou didn't know anything else, and he also knew that these two stone fish had an extraordinary origin, and in the flash of light, he thought of the two ghost fish that could not be found, and suddenly his face turned white with fright, and he hurriedly asked the winter cub: "Where did you get these two fish?" ”
The winter cub blinked his big stagnant eyes, looking at Lao Li Tou ignorantly, his beautiful face was dumbfounded, obviously he didn't understand much what Lao Li Tou was saying.
Lao Li Tou repeated it two or three times, and then the winter cub slowly climbed down from the bed, took Lao Li Tou to the kitchen, pointed to the big water tank, and then went to the grass under the locust tree, and pointed to the grass where he picked up small fish. Then he stretched out his little paw at the old plum, and he wanted his little toy back.
Lao Li Tou thought that the old locust tree suddenly bloomed not long ago, and the guess in his heart suddenly changed from three points to five points, and his heart was like numbness, looking at the little claws stretched out by the winter cub, he put the small fish into his clothes pocket, and sighed helplessly: "Winter cub, this thing can't be given to you, obedient." ”
He repeated it two or three times, and the winter cub seemed to understand, and he withdrew his little hand with some disappointment, his big eyes drooping, and his cheeks bulging slightly.
Lao Li Tou couldn't see his son like this, so he hurriedly said: "Winter cub, I'll go to the town tomorrow to buy medicine, take you with me, and buy you chicken cakes back, okay?" ”
Chicken cake!
Winter cub light understood this, he nodded heavily, the loss on his face was swept away, and his big eyes revealed Baba's longing.
Lao Li couldn't help but pick him up, pinched his face, and said with a smile: "Let's go, go home......"
The winter cub hugged Lao Li's neck, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and the corners of his mouth faintly revealed two shallow pear vortices.
Lao Li Tou took the winter cub back to his own small room, and after putting the little guy to sleep, he took the two stone fish to a big stone outside the courtyard, found a smaller stone, and smashed it hard, the stone fish was unexpectedly hard, Lao Li Tou smashed it several times in a row, and the little fish did not even see the slightest damage to the tail of the fish that was the thinnest arch, and there were some shallow holes on the stone that he used to smash the fish.
"What the hell." Lao Li Tou muttered quietly, feeling more and more that these two stone fish evil sects were tight. Originally, he wanted to smash the stone fish and dig a pit and bury it, but now he didn't dare to do it.
Tomorrow the 'Bodhisattva' will come to the village, the winter cub has a strange origin, every year in the middle of July, there is a sickness, the general two drugs do not work for him at all, must be ...... Yes.
Lao Li Tou and Mrs. Sun usually have a tacit understanding, and the couple never mentions that the winter cub is different from ordinary people, but they both know in their hearts that the winter cub is different from ordinary children.
Lao Li Tou was very worried about what the winter cub would find out by the 'Bodhisattva', so he decided to take the winter cub to the town early tomorrow morning in the name of the above household registration to avoid meeting the 'Bodhisattva'.
From Lijia Village to the town, there will be a small river, and Old Li Tou plans to throw two stone fish into the river when he crosses the river tomorrow. With such strange stone fish, Lao Li Tou didn't dare to put them at home, so he temporarily hid them under the big stones outside the courtyard gate.
Not long after Lao Li Tou turned to leave, the soil under the boulder suddenly squirmed slightly, and the stonefish was entangled in a few blood-red roots, dragged into the soil, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.
The next day, Lao Li Tou got up early in the morning, and it was still dark outside, and the grandmother called out the winter cub who was sleeping soundly. Let his grandmother dress him, help him wash up, and when he was done, he sat on a small stool, his big eyes were half-squinted, and his little head sank down little by little, and he woke himself up, and raised his head in a daze, trying to open his eyes that were about to stick together, and after a while, the big eyes narrowed and the little head began to sink again, and the cycle continued......
Lao Li coughed twice, and picked up the winter cub with some difficulty, and the grandmother said with an uneasy face: "Remember to let Kang Jian ride slowly for a while, don't blow the winter cub, you have to remember to hold the winter cub tightly, don't let him fall." When you get to the town, there are a lot of people, you have to watch the winter cub a little, don't let him run away, don't worry about the money when you get to the town, buy more food for our winter cub. He's grown so big, and the first time he's left me, it's like gouging out my eyeballs......"
"Okay, don't be long-winded, just go to town, we'll be back in the afternoon, if the Bodhisattva comes, you can deal with it yourself, remember not to talk nonsense." As he spoke, Lao Li put the hat on the winter cub's cotton coat for him. The winter cub hugged Lao Litou's neck in a daze, rubbed his little head lightly, and fell asleep completely.
Grandma Sun held back the itch in her throat and suppressed her voice and said, "You just take care of the winter cubs, and the family affairs will be left to me." ”
"Okay, it's cold outside, it's still early, I'll close the courtyard door in a while, and you go back to the house and lie down." After speaking, Lao Li Tou walked out of the house with the winter cub in his arms and plunged into the dark night.
Walking out of the yard and closing the courtyard door, Lao Li Tou carefully held the winter cub, bent his waist, and groped under the big stone for a long time.
It's broken, why is the stonefish gone?!
Old Li's heart was half cold, he was about to put the winter cub on the stone, and looked for it carefully, but Li Kangjian had already come up the mountain and was walking over quickly, "Uncle, what are you looking for?" Give me the winter cubs, and I'll hold them for you. ”
Lao Li Tou suppressed the panic in his heart, and said quietly: "The winter cub is asleep, he dropped the coin that your aunt gave him on the ground, I have just found it, your car is still parked at the bottom of the mountain, right?" Let's go, let's hurry down the mountain, the car is parked underneath and no one is looking at it. ”
Li Kangjian smiled honestly: "Don't worry, who can look down on my second-hand broken motorcycle?" Uncle Gui, give me the winter cub, and I'll hold it for you. ”
Lao Li Tou coughed twice and refused: "It's okay, the winter cub is not heavy, I can hold it." Others are afraid of life, I can be quieter when I hold him, otherwise this little ancestor will make trouble, and I will have nothing to do with him. ”
Li Kangjian didn't insist any longer, turned around and walked down the mountain, and said as he walked: "You and your aunt are too spoiled winter cubs." ”
Lao Li Tou followed behind him, and walked down the mountain one step deeper, "Then what's the way, just such a son." Your aunt and I are old, even if I want to spoil him, I can't spoil him for a few years, cough cough cough ......"
Li Kangjian hurriedly said: "Don't say that, you and my aunt are in good health, there is no problem at all in living for another thirty or fifty years, maybe you can hold your grandson in the future." ”
Lao Li Tou smiled and said, "I hope I can live until that day." ”
The two chatted with each other, and soon came to the bottom of the mountain.
Li Kangjian's motorcycle is more dilapidated than he said, and he spent three or four hundred yuan three years ago to buy a second-hand black car that he bought with others, and he didn't even have a license plate, so he could only ride it in the countryside.
It was much more convenient to have a car, and by the time the winter cubs woke up, they were already in town.
Due to its distance from the city, Xile Town is much more lively than the average country town, and the people in the surrounding villages find it too far and troublesome to go into the city, so they buy everything in the town.
It just so happened that there was a market today, and there were a lot of people in the town. Winter cub has been staying at home since he can remember, and there are very few people other than his grandmother and Lao Li Tou, and now he wakes up in a daze, and when he opens his eyes, he sees that there are strange houses and strange people around him, noisy and noisy, and the winter cub is so frightened that he hugs Lao Li Tou's neck, and his head goes straight into his arms.
However, children are very curious, and winter cubs are no exception, with parents by their side, they quickly become bolder. Not long after, the winter cub secretly looked out from Lao Li Tou's arms, and the peeping soon turned into a curious look, and finally Lao Li Tou put him down, and the winter cub's little claws held Lao Li Tou's hand tightly, looking while walking.
Lao Li Tou led him, followed Li Kangjian, came to a noodle restaurant, invited Li Kangjian to eat clear soup noodles and steamed buns, and gave him twenty yuan of oil money, so that Li Kangjian accepted the money.
After Li Kangjian collected the money, he refueled the town and rode a motorcycle back to Lijia Village first.
Lao Li Tou continued to stay in the town with the winter cub, and he used the excuse of bringing the winter cub to the household registration, which was not all a lie. Because the origin of the winter cub can't be told to outsiders, Lao Li Tou and his grandmother can't provide him with the relevant household certificate, and three or four years have passed, and the winter cub is still a small black household.
Lao Li Tou ran a lot of relationships, and it was a gift and money, and finally ran out of some ways, and he ran around for the procedures needed to go to the house, and now there are still some procedures that need to be stamped in the town, and the relationship has been taken care of, just take the things to stamp.
If it goes well, it won't be long before the winter cub can settle in his name.
The town government is in the most lively area of Xile Town, and there is a water around to sell food, and the winter cub followed Lao Li Tou to the front of a cake shop, and the winter cub hugged Lao Li Tou's leg and couldn't leave......