In a small village in the mountains, smoke curls and the wheat in the fields is only green leaves. Three middle-aged village women who returned from Huansha whispered and talked, and two eleven or twelve-year-old teenagers who passed by followed and eavesdropped curiously.

"This morning I went to Lao Lin's house to borrow some salt, but the salt was not borrowed, and as soon as I stepped into the yard, it was blasted out. Although these two people are a little crazy, they treat people well on weekdays, but today they are mysterious, the doors and windows are closed tightly, and they can't look inside, as if they are hiding some treasure. ”

"Alas, speaking of which they are quite pitiful, just this one son, this one has no chance to go out, and now they can't even find anyone. It's been a few years, and there is no news of life or death. ”

"It's not, or I should hold my grandson in the next two years."

The three village women sighed as they spoke. The two teenagers were also curious when they heard this, and after exchanging glances, they walked to the end of the village in a hurry, and after a while, the two arrived at Lao Lin's house. The courtyard in front of me is only three mud houses, a small courtyard surrounded by sparse firewood, and the courtyard gate is only made of a row of bamboo chips. There is a large water tank on the right side of the yard, and a chicken coop on the left, so there is not much room left.

The two teenagers hid behind an old banyan tree, and when they were sure that there was no one at home, they tiptoed in. The two of them bowed to the wall under the eaves, attached their ears to the windows, and went from room to room and window by window, squeezing their eyes and peeking through the gaps between the doors and windows. After two rooms, both of which were empty, I came to the room next to the water tank, and as usual, I squeezed my eyes and fell my eyes from the window. I saw a man lying on the bed, who seemed to be sleeping soundly, quiet without snoring.

Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he could be sure that the two of them hadn't seen it on weekdays. The two covered their mouths, snickered like looking for a treasure, and got up to leave, but as soon as they turned around, the two of them were startled at the same time, thinking that they had been caught by Lao Lin and his wife. Unexpectedly, it was a thin girl in a white dress, blinking and looking at them curiously. The girl's long hair was not combed up, and it was messy, but it looked very good.

"Who are you? Why haven't I seen you? One of the taller boys, after composure, pretended to be calm and questioned loudly; The other bowed his head shyly.

"Then you tell me first, what are you doing here?" The girl crossed her hands on her hips, blocking the retreat of the two, and put on a serious look.

"You have to take care of it!" The tall boy pushed his right hand, and the girl stumbled. The tall boy took the opportunity to take his companion's hand and ran away. Coincidentally, he collided with Lao Lin and his wife who returned to the courtyard gate. Lao Lin was holding a wooden stick drawn from the courtyard, and he went up to make a gesture to beat the two of them, in fact, it was to scare and scare them, and it would really go down there.

"These two little rabbit cubs don't study well all day long, and they run around." Sending away the two panicked backs, Lao Lin and his wife hugged each other and became uneasy......

"You are ......" When the girl saw the two of them, she took a few steps back, and put her back on the wooden door to make a push. The couple glanced at each other, and they also took two steps back in unison, looking at the person in front of them with a panicked expression.

The girl frowned, and when she saw that the two of them were looking at herself timidly, she also looked down left and right, but she didn't notice that there was something wrong with her, and she looked up and asked with a puzzled face, "What's wrong?" ”

The two remained silent. The girl pondered for a moment, took a step forward, and they took a step back.

"What's wrong? You guys...... Are you afraid of me? The girl seemed to understand, took a step back, and immediately said, "I am not a bad person, don't be afraid." Besides, this is your home, right, I saw you leave in the morning. ”

Lao Lin and his wife are both in their forties, honest and kind. The two looked at each other, and then looked at the person in front of them, thin and small, but at the age of fourteen or fifteen, he was really well-behaved and good-looking.

"Little girl, you ...... Wake up, you ...... What about my brother? Lao Lin's wife opened her mouth first, put the farm tools in the corner of the wall, patted her clothes a few times, and cleared the dust. Lao Lin didn't speak, but after inserting the wooden stick in his hand back into its place, he came to the chicken coop, picked up a clay tray full of grain, and sprinkled it into the chicken coop a few times, keeping an eye on the actions of the other two.

"I haven't woken up yet, I'm sleeping heavily." The girl pursed her lips, turned around and pushed the door into the house, came to the bamboo bed, sat down next to the edge of the bed, tilted her head to look at the man in the blue robe lying on the bed, and sighed.

Lao Lin's wife glanced sideways into the house, hesitated for a moment, and did not follow in. Looking back at Lao Lin, Lao Lin made a look, and she pushed open the door of the other room and went to prepare the lunch meal. After Lao Lin finished feeding the chickens, he put down the clay pot, stepped into the door with the figure of the girl, and saw that the face of the person on the bed was still as pale as in the morning, so he asked: "Girl, has your brother never moved?" ”

"Well, I've been guarding it, and I just left this meeting when those two rabbit cubs came over."

Lao Lin's brows were twisted, his expression was heavy, he came to the bedside, his hand trembled slightly, and he put his right palm on the left chest of the blue-robed man. After a moment, he suddenly retracted, withdrew a few steps, and said in a trembling voice: "Girl, my brother is afraid that he is dead." When I moved him to bed last night, I noticed that he was very cold, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. Now, there is no movement in this chest, if this is the case, it should be buried as soon as possible. ”

Lao Lin's wife was scooping water by the water tank, and when she heard Lao Lin's words, she was shocked, dropped the melon scoop in her hand, turned around and saw that Lao Lin had already gone out of the yard, and was looking around in a panic.

The couple lowered their heads and whispered a few times, and both of them turned around, their faces not very good-looking. Just stepped into the door, and the sight in front of them scared the two almost didn't hug each other. The person who was originally lying on the bed was already sitting upright in front of the bed, his face was still pale, but now he was getting up and walking towards the two of them.

"Thank you two for taking care of you last night." The man bowed his hand and bowed.

“…… It doesn't have to be this way...... Good...... It's okay...... it's okay" Lao Lin stammered, thinking about what he had just said, his expression was awkward. Lao Lin's wife grabbed him by his side, and whispered in shock to reproach him for making false judgments.

It turned out that the night before, the couple was about to go to bed, when there was a sudden explosion in the courtyard outside the house, and the sound was very dull, as if something heavy had fallen high. The two were a little frightened, thinking that their home had been burglarized. But when he thinks about it, he doesn't have anything of much value in the house, and this thief can't keep an eye on him.

When the two of them came back to their senses, they decided to ignore it, and after that sound, the usual silence outside the house returned. However, as soon as he lay down for a while, Lao Lin couldn't help but be curious, and decided to get up and take a look. The two of them pulled up a gap in the window, peeked cautiously, but did not see anything unusual in the courtyard, and when the window was completely opened, they saw two people lying in the courtyard.

The couple was also frightened at the time, and suddenly there were two more people in the yard in the middle of the night, still lying on the ground, if they were ignored, they wouldn't be able to sleep even if they hid in the house. Moreover, if someone dies, it is really an evil deed that will cost one's life.

After thinking about it, the couple decided to carry the person into the house first and wait until dawn to see the situation. After cleaning up, the two returned to the house, still not sleeping well all night.

After listening to Lao Lin's description, the man got up again and bowed: "Brother Lin, sister-in-law Lin, little brother has thanked ...... again." The girl on the side wanted to speak several times, but was blocked by the blue-robed man.

Then the three of them exchanged a few polite greetings, and Lao Lin and his wife went back to the main house to prepare the meal. As soon as the couple went out a few steps, Lao Lin's wife deliberately turned back and closed the door for them.

Inside the room, the remaining two people looked at each other and fell silent......

"Why does Miss Gongsun look at me like this......"

"You know me?"

“……”