Chapter 3: Haircuts
Ah Zi waited for a long time, but did not wait for Ah Brown's answer.
She didn't ask any more questions, just lay quietly beside him, looking at the stars in the sky together, and felt the even breathing sound of Ah Brown beside her.
Ah Zi couldn't help but smile.
In fact, this is enough, with Ah Brown by her side, she is no longer a lonely little beggar, and she no longer has to live a life of reminding her on the street and everyone shouting and beating.
I don't know how long it took, Ah Brown slowly stood up, ready to clean up the dishes scattered all over the place.
Ah Zi stood up closely, reached out and grabbed the pot in Ah Brown's hand, and said in his mouth: "I'll come, Ah Brown will be responsible for hunting in the future, and Ah Zi will be responsible for picking melons and fruits and cleaning up the house, how about it?" ”
Hearing her say this, Ah Brown let go of his hand and stood there smirking at Ah Zi.
"What are you laughing at?" Ah Zi took the pot and asked.
"Home...... Ah Brown, Ah Zi ......" Ah Brown slowly spit out these words.
Ah Zi's heart warmed, and she also laughed: "Yes, Ah Brown and Ah Zi's home, this Sacred Heart Niangniang Temple, is our home." ”
The next morning, Ah Zi got up before dawn and sat next to Ah Brown early to wait for him to wake up.
As soon as Ah Brown opened his eyes, he saw Ah Zi looking at him intently, and he was so frightened that he jumped up directly from the ground, took a gun and was about to walk outside.
Ah Zi stepped forward to stop him and said, "Yesterday's venison is enough for us to eat for many days, and there are also a lot of dried meat and fruits stored behind the temple, so don't go out today, okay?" ”
Ah Brown looked at Ah Zi and stood there, not knowing what to do.
Ah Zi snatched the gun from his hand, and this time, the hands of the two people touched each other, Ah Brown did not resist, just looked at Ah Zi quietly.
Ah Zi put the gun aside, and then simply took Ah Brown's hand and pulled him to the back of the statue.
"Sit down." Ah Zi pointed to the foot of the table where the various foods were placed before, which had now been cleaned up.
Although he looked dazed, Ah Brown still sat up obediently.
Ah Zi smiled, brought a basin of water from the side, and then picked up the knife that Ah Brown used to debony yesterday.
Ah Brown shuddered and almost fell off the table.
"Don't be afraid, I just want to help you shave your beard and hair." Ah Zi said as he pressed Ah Brown back to his seat, "Actually, until now, I haven't really seen your appearance clearly." ”
Ah Brown didn't speak, just winked at Ah Zi, as if in his world, there was no such thing as a haircut and shaving.
Seeing that he no longer resisted, Ah Zi cautiously reached out to grab his hair, and paused the moment his hand touched his neck.
She felt something scratch her hand.
"What is this?"
Ah Zi said, poked his head out to look, and found that Ah Brown had been carrying a chain around his neck, but because it was covered by dirty hair, he couldn't see it clearly, and he could only vaguely see a metallic luster.
Ah Zi was fascinated for a while, and reached out to pick up the chain and take a closer look. Ah Brown suddenly roared from his throat like crazy, pushed Ah Zi's hand away, jumped off the table, hid to the side, his hand tightly grasped the chain, and looked at Ah Zi vigilantly.
Ah Zi looked at all this blankly, knowing that the chain must be something very important to Ah Brown, and his actions just now were indeed reckless, so he could only go forward and apologize to Ah Brown with an apologetic face.
Ah Brown looked at her, and it took a long time to calm down, and the anger in her eyes gradually dissipated, but her hands were still tightly on her chest, refusing to let go.
Ah Zi smiled and persuaded him to sit back, and stretched out his hand, repeatedly promising that he would never touch his chain again.
"If I touch your baby again, you will drive me out of the Niangniang Temple, and never let me come back, how about it?" Ah Zi said with a sincere face.
Seeing her like this, Ah Brown took off his guard, returned to the table and sat down again, and let Ah Zi help him fix his hair.
Ah Brown's hair is very thick, and he has not taken care of it all year round, all of them are entangled, and Ah Zi has a lot of effort to finally shave the messy hair and beard on his head, and straighten out the hair and tie it back of his head.
When he could finally breathe a sigh of relief and appreciate his results, Ah Zi was startled.
The man in front of him is simply a teenager who is only about sixteen or seventeen years old.
Ah Zi stood there blankly, carefully studying Ah Brown's face: although life in the mountains had made his skin dark and rough, it still couldn't hide his handsome facial features, a pair of deep brown eyes under his thick black eyebrows, a high nose bridge, and an angular facial contour......
Seeing Ah Zi staring at him like that without speaking, Ah Brown laughed a little embarrassedly, revealing a mouthful of yellow and blackened teeth, which brought Ah Zi back to reality.
He is still Ah Brown, although he has a heroic face, but he is always the one who can't speak, silently goes out to forage for her, and seems fierce but is actually honest Ah Brown.
Ah Zi also smiled and said, "The sun is starting to sink in the west, I'm so hungry, let's hurry up and find something to eat." ”
Ah Brown nodded vigorously, and then got up and was about to get his own pistol, but was stopped by Ah Zi.
"It's this time today, you go out hunting again, and you don't know when you're going to come back, there is still half of yesterday's venison left, and we roasted it directly, how about it?"
Ah Brown lowered his head and thought about it, nodded in agreement.
After setting up the stand and lighting the fire, the two of them sat side by side, staring at the venison that darkened in color and gradually exuded a strong aroma, and saliva could not stop flowing down.
Seeing that a sumptuous dinner was about to be eaten, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the distance, followed by the sound of chariots and horses rolling by.
Both of them fixed in the distance, quietly pricking up their ears to sound.
Someone's coming.
From the sound of the voice, it should be a large team.
Ah Brown suddenly jumped up, rushed forward to extinguish the firewood for the barbecue, and then picked up a large stone beside him and covered it on the ashes to prevent the smoke from rising towards the sky, so as not to expose the traces of the two.
Ah Zi turned around and ran out of the yard, ran up the hill for a while, and then stopped in a clearing with a wide view and looked at the foot of the mountain.
Sure enough, I saw a group of people and horses in the distance lined up in a neat row in the direction of the city gate of Lixin City, and at the back of the middle of the line, a carriage shining with dazzling golden light in the setting sun was steadily escorted forward.
"It's King Xin."
Ah Zi said to Ah Brown who came with him, and he didn't take his eyes off the carriage for a moment.
King Xin is the eldest grandson of the current emperor of Dongyuan Kingdom, and has always been known for his benevolence and wisdom, and has a high reputation among the people. It's just that Ah Zi doesn't have a good impression of this king, after all, it was because of his arrival that she was chased by the officers and soldiers and fled to this mountain.