Chapter 16: The Old Man
Kui Xue's screams almost exploded on top of my head, and she seemed even more panicked than I did, ripping off the backpack on her back and starting to flip over, muttering, "Disinfect...... Hemostasis...... Egg whites, are there any egg whites...... Where's the egg white......"
I've never seen her look so crazy, the contents of her backpack were almost poured out by her mouth, a lot of hula la, I saw scissors, safety ropes, safety buckles, pulleys, batteries, medical kits, spare flashlights, pins, night goggles...... Her hands trembled very much, and she was rummaging through the pile of things, not even knowing that the little mother's fingers were opened by the scissors, and her eyes were not very good, and it was clear that the big bowl of medicine was under her nose, and she was stunned to open it three or four times, which made me seriously doubt whether she did it on purpose.
I see that if she continues to look like this, my blood will dry up sooner or later, and then I won't bother with gauze, just a shroud. I endured the great pain, and pulled out the medicine bag from it with my other hand, and as soon as I lifted one corner of the medicine bag, I was snatched by Kui Xue, very roughly, and with a tear, the medicine bag was disemboweled alive by her from the middle. I froze at once, my grandmother, how many faces does this woman have?
At this moment, I suddenly felt a cold feeling on my index finger, followed by a numbness, I turned my head to look over, and saw that Kui Xue poured a whole bottle of hemostatic medicine very generously, and instantly submerged the nail cover, and the blood was blocked under the medicine powder and could not come out, which was really fucking immediate.
I saw that she went to remove the needle in a panic, it seems that there is really an egg white, obediently, according to the frequency of her hand trembling, this needle is pricked, I am not fucking pierced into honeycomb coal? Thinking about it, I immediately said, "I don't need this...... It seems to be ...... Non-venomous snakes. ”
Kui Xue was stunned for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted in her mouth: "Great...... Great......" immediately went to grab the gauze again. Fortunately, her bandaging technique is not bad, it doesn't hurt at all, and her movements are relatively crisp, if it weren't for her hands shaking so much, no matter how you look at it, she looks like a familiar hand.
The gauze wrapped around the last circle, Kui Xue tied a slipknot on it, I saw that she didn't let go, and was about to use scissors to cut the extra strip of cloth at the back, at this time, suddenly a few drops of water popped on the back of my hand, I looked up, and it didn't rain, and when I looked down again, I saw Kui Xue with a pair of red eyes like rabbits, looking at me blankly, and then suddenly pounced, hugged me, and almost didn't throw me to the ground.
My heart immediately chuckled, and I reflexively tried to push her away. To tell the truth, I have experienced such things with this woman, her credibility with me is almost zero, I really don't understand what she means by this, if it is gratitude, then there is no need, because her situation is caused by my fear and hesitation, besides, my physique is the best person to block the gun, I can't watch a girl take risks, right?
But strangely, when she hugged me, I didn't push her away immediately, and I don't know why, my arms froze in mid-air. This feeling is really weird, I don't know how to describe it, I don't hate it, but I don't like it, but I feel a little familiar...... On the one hand, my experience tells me that this woman can't be trusted, she is too cunning, too much change, and I am not her opponent at all, but on the other hand, in my subconscious, I don't want to guard against her at all, no, I don't have the subconscious to guard against her at all, so I will fall for her tricks again and again, and it really drives me crazy.
Kui Xue's crying became louder and louder, more and more presumptuous, but she didn't say anything, so I didn't want to open my mouth first, but it made it look like I was pretentious. We were in a stalemate for about two minutes, and I couldn't stand it anymore, because her tears were almost all on my back, and I felt that my clothes were already wet, and even a small stream of water had slid down my spine and into my pants, and it was very itchy.
I was about to tell Kui Xue to get up first, when suddenly there was a light in front of me, and I looked up, oh my God, dozens of lights suddenly appeared in the front room, and immediately illuminated the whole house.
Both of us were startled, quickly got up from the ground, and when we looked, we saw that this house was originally divided into front and back yards, the front yard is where Kui Xue and I are now standing, it is a small open-air courtyard of about fifteen or sixteen square meters, the two ends of the yard are about forty centimeters away from the wall, there are two large porcelain jars with three people thick, the style is good, the blue and white porcelain, is a little old, it looks estimated to be older than me, in addition, there is no decoration or plants around the yard.
Further in, there is a step about 20 centimeters high, like the floor, paved with slender bluestone bricks, giving people a bit like the Hui school, especially between the front yard and the back yard, that is, just above this step, there is a wood and stone mixed beam, and there is a very complex handmade root carving at each end of the beam.
I looked at it, and it seemed to be carved into a flower, but I couldn't name it, it was a bit like a chrysanthemum, but the petals were thinner and longer than those of a chrysanthemum. I thought about it, it's not completely impossible to say that it's not a chrysanthemum, in case the carving master is an abstract school, he likes the combination of earth and ocean, then this is we don't understand art.
In fact, I don't know about the Hui school, the root carving or something, but I used to be idle and bored when I went to school, and I watched a documentary about the Hui house, which is very detailed, but most of the time has been long, I have forgotten it, and I only remember the two most impressive points, one is the most famous Hui carving in this place, which is roughly divided into these types: stone carving, brick carving, wood carving, bamboo carving, and one point is that the courtyard of the Hui house generally has a "central air conditioning".
When I watched it at the time, I was also stunned, and said that this Hui house has a history of at least thousands of years, how can there be such a modern thing as an air conditioner? Could it be that the people of Anhui at that time had already invented wooden instruments similar to air conditioners? In fact, this is not impossible, because the Chinese in ancient times were still very smart, in addition to the four major inventions, there are also geodynamic instruments, Shi's star catalog, Zhou Ji Sutra, Jiaozi, Compendium of Materia Medica, Sun Tzu's Art of War...... I don't know how many centuries before foreigners these inventions and creations, and even some of them are still enjoyed by the people of the world, but we Chinese have forgotten them.
Having said that, I later learned that the "central air conditioner" mentioned here is just a container for storing water, which looks like a sewer, but it is only a quarter the size of the sewer outlet, which is embedded in the floor tiles of the open yard, and there is a handle on it, which can store rain as soon as it is opened. Because it often rains in the south, people store the excess rainwater, and then somehow underground, it can have the effect of warming in winter and cooling in summer, and coincidentally, the location of this water reservoir is almost in the center of their house, so it is called central air conditioning.
Therefore, when I crossed the steps and entered the door, I deliberately paid attention to my feet, and sure enough, on the bluestone bricks directly below the steps, I saw a square cover about ten centimeters long.
This is a bit far away, and then the backyard behind the steps, from here, is the main hall, I have to say, the owner of this house is really very individual, the door decoration bells and whistles, but the inside is simply scary, as if it has just been robbed.
When I looked, I saw that there was a blue brick wall about 10 or 20 meters away from me, with no decoration on it, but there were two three-person wide walkways on both sides, and it seemed that there should be something else behind. There is an old-fashioned armchair in the center under the brick wall, and the material is still made of high-quality nanmu, and the price should not be cheap, and it is estimated that it is the most valuable thing in this room.
Then on both sides of a slip, each placed four chairs, the material is the general wood, but the appearance is very strange, it looks like a flower, the flower path is the independent stool legs, the petals are seats, and armrests, but it looks very thin, I guess even I can't hold it. Behind the chair, across the aisle is the inner wall, on which are a few candlesticks built about half a person high, and now the candles the thickness of beer bottles are lit on them, and I quickly counted them, and there are about thirty on both sides.
Of course, these candles themselves wouldn't have suddenly lit up, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to observe the environment so leisurely now. Besides, I haven't heard of it, this ghost will also light a lamp for people, it won't blow you, you should burn incense and worship Buddha Amitabha.
The one who really lit the lamp for us was an old man, who was now sitting in front of us, on the nanmu chair. Behind the chairs on either side stood seven or eight men in linen coats, all with dark faces, looking very uneasy to mess with. I don't know if I can beat them alone, after all, if I find someone running into my house in the middle of the night and yelling, I will definitely not let him go.
I touched the dagger with the uninjured hand, ready to fight with them at any time, oh yes, and Kui Xue, with her skills, I don't know how many I can solve, looking at her somersault, it seems that it is not bad, it should be okay to protect herself, this is not a problem, this is relieved. I winked at Kui Xue and told her to run first when she got the chance, and I would arrive later. But Kuixue, this woman, somehow, actually smiled at me, my grandma, she shouldn't have been stupid by the snake, and she hasn't eased up yet, right?
I was stunned for a moment, when I saw Kui Xue take a step forward and said to the old man, "Grandpa, I haven't seen you for a long time, Xiaoxue is back." ”