Chapter 41: Mourning, Kingdom of Heaven
There was a heavy snowfall in the south.
Chun Tao said that she had never seen snow since she was a child, and the day she picked me up, because of the snow, she was afraid that there was no food at home, and she was hungry after the snow, so she ran to the mountains to dig some wild vegetables and make pickles to eat, and just met me covered in blood.
If it hadn't been for Chun Tao to save me, I would have died.
"Fool, where did you get the fruit, what are you going to do?" Chun Tao asked as she walked.
Fruits, of course, come from the village chief's house, this small village, surrounded by mountains, is very closed, if there is not a river, it is estimated that no one will live at all.
"You haven't eaten fruit for a long time, don't worry, I have left a lot of them for you at home, and I can use these few." I took her little hand, which should have been tender but rough, and now, it seemed that I was taking care of her.
"Isn't there a lot of fruit in the city?" She asked me curiously.
"Yes, whatever you want to eat, I'll buy it for you when you get out."
She suddenly squirmed and said shyly, "Fool, I'm ...... I've never had a birthday, so when I get out, can you take me to a bite of cake? ”
I smiled helplessly, what a simple and kind girl, even after suffering so many grievances and loneliness, she still has hope for life, and I, now give her hope and a future.
"No problem, the place where I work is to sell cakes, and you can eat enough every day in the future, you don't have a TV at home, where have you ever seen a cake." The mountain road was a little steep, so I picked her up, it was so light that it felt like I didn't hug her.
She got into my arms, rubbed her cold little hands, and said with a good memory: "I saw it in someone else's house in the village, there is a big family, for the child's birthday, bought a cake from the city, I secretly took a look, it is very beautiful, the white cake, it must be delicious." ”
Good memories, just by secretly seeing it, the spring peach is full of beauty, this optimism and strength, I am ashamed of myself.
"Chun Tao, haven't you ever read, when you go out, I'll send you to school." I said calmly.
"Really! Can I go to school? She was about to jump out of my arms excitedly, her immature little face, full of disbelief, and asked cautiously, "But...... But it costs a lot of money to go to school, my grandfather didn't have money before, I didn't go to school, and I don't have any money now, fool, do you have money? I...... I can't spend your money, what if I can't pay it in the future. ”
Hesitation and cowardice are the purest kindness in a girl's heart, I looked into her innocent eyes and smiled: "Are you also being shot stupid?" ”
"You're stupid!" She pouted and retorted.
"We are family, spend my money, you don't have to pay it back."
She was stunned for a moment, looked at me blankly, rubbed her little hands together, and suddenly smiled sweetly: "Family, I have a family." ”
"Yes, you have to remember that I am your family, and I am now taking you to see my other family."
The mountain road slowly cleared, and I found that the place where Chun Tao picked me up was really remote, and few people would go there, and my life was big, just because the girl was afraid of the snow and was hungry, so she went to dig up wild vegetables and fruits that no one eats.
"You're not afraid of eating wild vegetables and ruining your stomach?" I hugged the spring peach, slowly heard the sound of rushing water, and my mood suddenly became heavy.
"After eating it for so many years, I know what wild vegetables I can't eat." She tidied up my collar, this shabby cotton coat was the clothes left by her grandfather, and she cherished it.
"Catch a fish for you, and we'll eat it at night." I stood by the river and deliberately paused for a moment to calm my heavy heart.
"Okay, my strength is too small, and in the summer, I can occasionally catch small ones and eat fish, which is the best thing."
"From now on, you will be able to eat good food every day."
"Wait, that's where I picked you up, that little dirt slope." She pointed ahead, and I was momentarily in a trance, and here I remember.
Slowly skirting the dirt slope, a low mound, completely freshly dug up, and a wooden plank stood in front of it: the tomb of his beloved sister Chu Xianrou.
With a long sigh, I was trembling all over, put down the spring peach, my legs were weak, and I knelt directly in front of the grave.
Chun Tao was startled, she was illiterate, but she understood that this was a grave, so she quickly took out the fruit in her hand and placed it neatly under the tombstone.
"Chun Tao, this is our family, come on, call my sister." I looked calm, but I was a little choked and trembling when I spoke, the fact that my sister left was always a pain that I couldn't let go, but as Han Xun said, people are dead, what's the use of not being able to let go, stay in my heart and remember her forever.
"Sister, my name is Chun Tao." Chun Tao obediently ran back to me and knelt down respectfully.
"Sister, I'm not dead, it was Chun Tao who saved me, she is like you, as strong and kind as you, I think, are you bless me in heaven?" As soon as I opened my mouth, my throat shook with choked choking, and the sound followed the tears, but I still cried, crying calmly.
Chun Tao quietly held me, without saying a word, listening to my condolences.
"Sister, I had a bad brain before, I forgot what happened, Chun Tao said that I was stupid at that time, maybe stupid, I couldn't stand you leaving, my head was protecting myself, it was me who was not good, I didn't have time to worship you, the first seven passed, were you born in a good family?" Tears flowed down her face, to her in heaven, to this low dust.
"Sister, you said, you like seclusion in the mountains, like a place where no one earns and no one compares, bury you here, it's very quiet, it's really not noisy at all, in the future, I will come back to see you every year, no one is allowed to come here, no one is allowed to disturb you." I slowly suppressed my chokes, gently rubbed the tombstone, a few words carved crookedly, I remember, at that time I was picked out with my fingernails, the writing was not beautiful, I will definitely give you a new one in the future, as beautiful as you.
"Your brother is a layman, maybe not kind enough, our sister and brother have been bullied for too long and paid the price of so much blood, sister, I may not be able to be a good person, don't blame me, okay?"
The way back is a road covered with blood, and I will get back all those who owe it one by one, no matter the cost, no longer run away, even if I filth my soul and go to hell after death.
"Sister, Chun Tao will be my family in the future, the three of us are the same, without father and mother."
"Sister, maybe I'll go to you soon, you can rest here in peace, in the next life, we will still be sisters and brothers!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three crisp sounds, I kowtowed three times, Chun Tao also followed me, kowtowed and bowed, respectfully and immaturely: "Sister, Chun Tao will come to see you in the future." ”
The heavy snow fell again, as if to tell me that the soul of heaven had rested, and as if to tell me that my sister's kind life had alarmed God, and the heavy snow was telling about loneliness.
Who said this is a time of peace and prosperity? Who says it doesn't snow in winter? Who says a good man has a safe life?
I excitedly questioned God in my heart, like a poor and poor scholar, I suddenly remembered He Qiuhong, who had embarked on a desperate road, wasn't he also forced to embark on an extremely evil path by this world? Before he died, he shouted at me mockingly, this is what happened to me!
I see, this is the fate of scholars?
I'm not the white-faced scholar anymore......
Sister, I love you!
Chun Tao's little face was red from the cold, it was not so cold in the south, she didn't have too thick clothes, the only one was returned to me, I took off the cotton clothes and put them on her, hugged her softly, and ran home in a hurry.
"It's snowing again, and the way out of the snow is not easy, fool, I guess we can't go out until the snow melts." Chun Tao said worriedly.
"It's okay, when your head is ready, let's go again, go home, I'll make you something to eat, there is a lot of meat at home, and fruit." I carried her back to the way she came.
She suddenly looked at me calmly, reached out and touched my face, some rough little hands, touched my face a little painful, she said calmly: "Fool, sister, it's very quiet, no one will go, don't worry." ”
"That's good, that's good, my sister is the most annoying and noisy, she's too tired in this life, and she needs to rest."
When I got home, I hurriedly lit a fire and burned the kang hot, a little girl in Chuntao, with some strength, couldn't cut too much firewood, now I have me, I helped her cut a lot, she was lying there, hot enough, and her little face was hot.
"I remember my grandfather loved apples the most, but the family couldn't afford to eat them, so he would always give them to me." Chun Tao ate the apple and seemed to think of her grandfather.
"Remember where grandpa is buried, let's go see him tomorrow." I felt bitter in my heart, bitter and wanted to cry, because I remembered my sister's former family, she still has photos, she remembers where the family's cemetery is, I promised her to go and see it together, but I didn't do it, too many regrets, I really owe too much to my sister.
"When grandpa died, he didn't have the money to buy a coffin, so how could there be a grave." Chun Tao smiled bitterly and stuffed the apple to me: "Fool, you can eat it too." ”
"I'll make you meat, you're at the age of growing your body, and your nutrition has to keep up." I turned around and went to make a fire to cook.
"Thank you, fool." There was a choked sobs from the girl, I couldn't see it, she might be crying, this is a family care that has not been seen for a long time.
"You're the stupid girl." I secretly wiped my tears and smirked.
From the village chief, I took a lot of meat and made a large table of meat for Chun Tao, she had never seen so much food, and she was in a daze for a long time.
I smiled and sandwiched a few pieces of meat for her before she realized it was time to eat.
Someone suddenly shouted Chun Tao outside the door, I hurriedly put down the chopsticks, signaled Chun Tao to ignore it, continue to eat, I walked to the yard, but saw the village chief with a timid smile: "Little brother, excuse me to disturb you for lunch, but I have to tell you something, there are two people who came to our village to find someone, and at first glance they came from the city, saying that they were missing from a nearby tour, is it your friend." ”
The village chief slowly dodged away, and two people came behind him, one of them had a blue face, and he looked ugly, and he looked scary, while the other person was tall and strong, with heroic eyebrows, and even with a battle-hardened aura, and a tough look like a soldier.
"Lin Xiaonuan, it's really hard to find you, you are actually in this small broken village."
I looked at the people in amazement, and I had no idea that the two of them would actually find me.
"Judge? Saber? Han Xun asked you to come to me? ”