When Liu Er came back, it was already completely dark. His hands were empty, and his face was very ugly. He didn't have to say anything, and Liu Xiaohua also knew that he hadn't borrowed anything.

This is not surprising, the current situation in the village, everyone takes care of themselves and can't take care of it, how can they have extra energy to help others. Even if he promised that the situation would improve in the future, no matter how much benefit he would give, it would be useless, it would be like borrowing the last sip of water from a man who was dying of thirst in the desert, even if he promised to give him all the gold of the world, it was useless.

Chen pushed Liu Xiaohua, Liu Xiaohua knew that she was being cheated by her mother, so she could only take a deep breath and say, "Ah Er, don't ask for help anymore." I don't want to go to ethnology. ”

Liu Er looked at her, and then at Chen. Pursed her lips tightly. Hanging his head, "It's useless to blame me." ”

Liu Xiaohua also felt very uncomfortable when she saw him so frustrated, and she was a little more sincere, and said, "What does this have to do with you." It must be very hard to go to the family study, I am stupid, so it is better for you to go alone. As long as you study well, it would be good to have someone in your family who is promising. It's the same for everyone. The more she spoke, the more her voice choked involuntarily. Maybe it's the situation. In fact, she now understands that going to clan studies is nothing more than literacy, and if you have the heart to learn literacy, you don't have to go to clan studies, and you don't have to be so sad at all.

When Chen saw her crying, he couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, but his expression was very gratified, and there was a feeling of 'her daughter is finally sensible'.

Liu Xiaohua looked at Chen's expression, but she couldn't help but feel a sour nose, and tears fell.

In the past, Liu Xiaohua was very willful at home, and never listened to her parents. The family didn't know how much idleness they had for her. It would be nice if I could be sensible earlier and be more filial to my parents at that time. If they see their daughter so obedient and sensible, parents may be as relieved as Chen.

But now, we will never see each other again.

Speaking of which, Chen and her real daughter are not separated by heaven and earth. The Chen family was thinking about their daughter in everything, but they didn't know that their daughter was no longer alive, and she was just a stranger in her body.

Liu Xiaohua thought so, and couldn't help but feel a little more sympathetic to Chen. She decided that since this was the case, as the eldest daughter, she had the obligation to take the place of the head of the dead family and bear the burden of the family. Although she doesn't have the ability to do anything earth-shattering, and she can't change the status quo in the clan for the time being, she can still do her best to help this poor woman.

I believe that in the same way, in a certain time and space, there will be people who treat their parents like this at this time.

This idea made Liu Xiaohua's heart feel slightly calm.

"A-Niang, although I don't go to the clan school, I can still go to the city to find a job. Now that Daddy is gone, there is no source of life for the family. In the future, Ah Er will go to Zongxue. Everywhere there are places to spend money. I am the eldest sister, and I should go to find a job, and if I make money in the future, I will pay for it or two, and I will not let A-Niang work alone. When the time comes, Ah Er will study hard, I will work hard, as long as the family works together, there will be no hurdles in the past. ”

When Chen heard this, he hugged her and Liu Er and cried bitterly. After venting, everyone was in a better mood, and Chen and Liu Xiaohua began to prepare things for Liu Er to bring when they went out tomorrow. Liu Er will go on the road tomorrow to study in the Liu family in the city. From the mountains to the city, the road has to walk for several days, and if you don't hurry up, you won't be able to catch up.

After packing up their things, the three of them went to sleep on the kang early.

In the middle of the night, Liu Xiaohua was woken up in a daze. She rolled over and tried to continue sleeping, but heard a voice in the yard. It looks like someone has snuck in. She suddenly came to her senses, and when she opened her eyes and looked at the window, she saw a figure imprinted on the lattice by the snow.

She was about to get up when she heard Liu Er next to her get up. But he didn't mean to wake up Liu Xiaohua and Chen, but looked at Chen very vigilantly, and then looked at Liu Xiaohua again.

Liu Shaohua subconsciously closed her eyes immediately.

After Liu Er made sure that the two of them were still asleep, he gently got off the kang and went outside.

After hearing Liu Er go out of the door, Liu Xiaohua opened her eyes. She immediately got up gently and walked to the window. The shadows of Liu Er and the other person were all cast on the window. Afraid of waking up the people inside, Liu Er's voice was very low, not much higher than the insect language, "You're okay!" That's great. I'm still worried about you, what kind of crying your sister is. Why don't you go home if you're fine, and you come here in the middle of the night and stand, it's weird and scary. ”

Liu Xiaohua was stunned for a moment, could it be ...... Sure enough, a little later I heard the sound of a stone, "I don't dare to go back." Second brother, I put that little glutton. Pull the gluttonous door open, and I'll run. His voice was tired, flustered, and crying. What to do, I didn't know that so many people would die. I just hate my daddy. Like you said, if I didn't have him, my life with my sister would be much better. I just want him dead. I didn't even think about harming anyone else. ”

"What do you mean by what I said. Do you mean I told you to let the little gluttons out? Liu Er's voice was cold, with a bit of sarcasm and dissatisfaction. If it weren't for being familiar with Liu Er's voice, Liu Xiaohua couldn't believe that this was what Liu Er said. "I just pitied you at the time, and then I sighed that if it weren't for your father, your life with Sanzhi would be easier, but I didn't expect you to run in your heart and let go of that fierce beast! Such a ruthless hand! My dad passed away because of you! ”

Stone hurriedly said, "Me." I didn't mean that. I did this by myself, how can I say that my second brother asked me to do it. I...... I'm a ghost...... That old thing, tortures us all the time! Can...... I didn't expect it...... Second brother, what should I do! …… Those people are dead...... I...... I really didn't mean to, don't hate me! ........." said as if he was about to cry.

"Forget it. Actually, you can't be blamed for this. You don't have a heart. If you want to blame, you can only blame your daddy for not being a thing. My dad is affected like this, it's fate. Liu Er said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect that you did this. Surely no one else knows. It's just that the caretaker forgot to close the cage and made a fuss. If you let people know that you did it, how can you and your sister live? I can't help but hate you, let alone anyone else. Even if you pay for your life, your sister will have to bear the infamy of a lifetime, and the clan will not give you a good time. ”

"I'm never going to bother my sister. Can............ So what now? The stone asked Liu Er both gratefully and apprehensively.

"There's only one way to do it now, you go, don't come back." Liu Er's voice was calm, and there was a power to make people believe, "Let the person who guards the gluttony bear this charge." He's no longer alive anyway. There are no relatives at home. In the future, during the New Year's holidays, you will burn more paper money for him, and you will repay him for his kindness. ”

The stone was silent for a long time, only sobbing quietly. Presumably reluctant to sister. After all, their sister and brother have a deep relationship.

Liu Er persuaded in a low voice: "I am not a brother with you, but a brother." Your sister, our family will naturally help take care of it. My sister said she was going to work in the city. She has such a good relationship with your sister, and she will definitely let your sister go with her when the time comes. It's not difficult for my daughter's family to find something to do in the city, and to do pulp washing or something. It's easier than life in the mountains. ”

"Yes...... But where can I go? "The stone is dazed. After a moment of silence, he said, "Otherwise, I'd better go home." As long as I am careful, no one will know that I did it. ”

Liu Er sighed, looking helpless: "Since you think so, then you can go back." I'm just worried about you and my sister. Then he asked him, "When you go home in a while, how are you going to tell your sister?" Your sister will definitely ask, why are you only coming back now, since you have nothing to do, where have you been for so long? You think about it now, don't miss it as soon as you go back, you must know that you did it, and your sister must not be scared to death! Panic and cause something, and you're bad. ”

"But, but what shall I say? Let's just say I'm lost in the mountains? Shi asked nervously, with a tone that completely relied on Liu Er.

"We grew up in the village, which of the nearby mountains and forests are unfamiliar? If you want to get lost, you have to go deep into the mountains to be believed, right? But you got lost in the mountains so far away, how could you come back so quickly? It doesn't make sense. ”

Shi hurriedly said: "Then what should I say!" You can't leave me alone! ”

"Be quiet!!" Liu Er said helplessly, "It's not easy to say here, I'll wake up my sister and my mother later." Let's go out and talk. ”

Liu Xiaohua stood in place in shock.

Chen turned over on the kang, and saw a person standing there at the window in a daze, so frightened that he sat up all of a sudden, and saw that it was Liu Xiaohua standing there in a daze, and said angrily: "What are you doing!" Standing there in the middle of the night without sleeping is going to scare people to death. ”

Liu Xiaohua hurriedly covered up: "I, I'll get up at night!" Although she hated the stone, on the one hand, she thought of the way Sanzhi hugged her and cried.

"Wake up at night, what are you doing standing here!! What about Ah Er? ”

There was no movement outside, maybe Liu Er pulled the stone out to talk. "Let's go to the hut." Liu Xiaohua hurriedly returned to the kang and pretended to be impatient and said, "It's not because I saw that he wasn't there and knew that he was occupying the thatched house, so I had to wait in the house." A-Niang, you were shocked, it really scared me to death! If I am a little more scared, I won't have to go to the hut! ”

Chen didn't ask any more questions, took a sip of the tea placed on the side of the kang, lay back on the kang for a while, and fell asleep again.

Liu Xiaohua was in the quilt, her eyes open. Thinking about things in a mess. I don't even know when I fell asleep. When I woke up early the next morning, Liu Er was already chopping wood in the yard. The snow was trampled all night. In the middle of the night, someone had come in and gone out with him in the middle of the night.

Chen was in the hall, packing the dry food, and at the same time instructed Liu Er to take care of himself or something when he went outside. Liu Er will leave in a while. Leave home and go to town. She has all kinds of worries about being a mother.

Liu Er didn't think she was verbose, and looked up and smiled at Chen from time to time, so bright that people's eyes were dazzled. A faction of mothers and sons.

Although Liu Xiaohua is not a fiery eye, it can also be seen that Liu Er is really filial to the Chen family. It is difficult to hide whether a person is true or false to others. Most of those who claim to have been deceived are aware of it, but for various reasons they refuse to face the reality.

What Liu Xiaohua is embarrassed about now is whether she should go to tell Sanzhi that her brother is not dead, so that she can rest assured that she should not be sad anymore. If you sue her, what will you say? If she wanted to ask, how did she know? So why doesn't the stone come home?

Like the stone, Sanzhi is not a temperament that can calm down, in case something happens......

She was hesitating. Suddenly, there was a commotion outside.

Chen Shi was so frightened that his hand shook, and the dry food bag fell to the ground, but he didn't care about it and said in a hurry, "Go and see, is there something going on again?" ”

Liu Er stood still and didn't move. Liu Xiaohua hurriedly ran out. As soon as I went out, I saw a person from the village running through the door with a look of seeing a ghost, and shouted "Dead man, dead man." ”

Liu Xiaohua's heart jumped, and she hurriedly ran in the direction he came from. After running for a while, I saw a small snowdrift at the bottom of the mountain road into the village. A few villagers who had gotten up early to go to the mountains to lay hunting nets were chatting around the area. When she got closer, she saw what kind of snow bag it was, it had fallen down the hillside and killed someone.

Maybe it's been a long time since he died, and the shallow snow covered both people and blood. Only a little bit is faintly exposed, and it is not real.

The village chief hurriedly ran over and shouted, "Who is it?" Who is it? ”

Someone had the audacity to reach out and sweep the snow away. The stone's face was revealed, and he was not at all angry.

Liu Xiaohua's legs were weak and she almost fell to the ground. Liu Er ran over and grabbed her, looked over there and asked, "Who?" ”

Someone said, "It's stone." ”

"Stones?" Liu Er looked puzzled: "Why did you fall here?" Didn't he go to the stone vein to visit his father, and was eaten by the little glutton? The expression was puzzled and regretful, and naturally there was no flaw.

Liu Xiaohua immediately looked at him, but quickly withdrew her gaze, pretending not to notice anything.

When Saneda got the news, he rushed out of the house, threw himself over and hugged the stone and cried. Liu Er let go of Liu Xiaohua's hand and said to her, "Sister, go and persuade you, it's really pitiful." ”

Liu Xiaohua's whole body was stiff, and she walked to Sanzhi's side with one foot deep and one foot shallow. She looked at the childish face of the stone in a daze, this was the first time she had seen a dead person in her life. The godless eyes, staring straight at her, and their lips opened helplessly, as if to say something to her. Don't talk about persuasion, Liu Xiaohua doesn't even know how she got home. The impact on her was no less than that of the three branches.

When she came back to her senses, she was already sitting on the kang. Chen was chattering dissatisfiedly, "I see that Sanzhi's family is really evil, a good person, he was not eaten by the little glutton, but he fell to his death when he was about to go home." He blamed Liu Er again, "You don't hold your sister." She was already timid, and she had never seen a dead man. ”

Liu Er didn't defend himself, and said carefully: "I forgot for a while." Asked Liu Xiaohua with concern, "Sister, how are you?" Are you still flustered? Liu Xiaohua looked at him in a daze. I can't believe that the handsome young man in front of me has killed someone, and not only killed someone, but can also kill so calmly, as if nothing happened.

When Liu Er saw her like this, he only thought that she was frightened by the tragic death of the stone, and said to Chen: "Otherwise, I will go and pick some Ningshen grass." I was scared enough to look at my sister. It would be terrible if you had lost your soul. ”

As soon as Chen heard him say this, he became anxious again: "What to pick, it's not too early this day, you hurry up and get on the road." If you can't get to the town after dark, how can you spend the night on the road in the cold? Don't you have to freeze to death? ”

Liu Er glanced at Liu Xiaohua several times, but he didn't look at ease after all. When Chen saw that he was still here to struggle, he hurried him and said, "Go, go, go." Your sister is honest, there is nothing to worry about. Besides, there are Ningshen flowers at home, although they are not as good as grassroots, but they should also be used. I woke up last night and saw your sister standing at the door in a daze, scared to death, and only took a sip and then went back to sleep. I'll cook it for her in a moment. ”

Liu Xiaohua's mind slammed into the ground, and she turned her head to look at Liu Er suddenly.

Liu Er was also looking at her. The obscure eyes, like a wild wolf on the mountains, shone with a compelling brilliance