Chapter 3 Difficult to Choose
Lying on the wooden bed in a daze, I don't know how long it has been, Zhang Ran suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps, and then, the wooden door of the room "creaked" and was opened!
Zhang Ran hurriedly closed his eyes when he heard the sound, lay motionless on the bed, and continued to "play dead"!
When the door was opened, the footsteps came closer and closer, and they continued until they stopped suddenly in front of the plank bed.
"Mother, why hasn't my brother woken up yet?" I only heard a crisp female voice sound, judging from the voice, it should be the voice of a little girl.
"It's coming! Come on, your brother will wake up soon! Another voice replied, listening to the voice should be Zhang's mother Zhang Li's undoubtedly.
"Then when will my brother wake up? People outside said that my brother probably wouldn't wake up this time. The little girl asked with some concern.
"Sui'er! Don't talk nonsense! Another female voice scolded in a low voice, and said with a little hoarseness: "Don't listen to those people chewing the root of their tongues, your brother will definitely wake up!" Certain! ”
"Oh!" The little girl responded aggrievedly, quickly covered her mouth, and didn't dare to speak anymore, just stared wide-eyed, looked at the young man on the bed, and didn't blink her eyes.
Zhang Li was exhausted at the moment, and he was not in the mood to reprimand his daughter, so he just came to the bed with a wooden basin, took out a piece of linen from it, twisted it, and then carefully wiped it for Zhang Ran.
Starting from his forehead, all the way to his hands and feet, Zhang Li did not let go of anything, and carefully wiped all of them until he made sure that there was no trace of dust on Zhang Ran's body, and then put the burlap back into the wooden basin. Then he stood at the head of the bed and stared at his son on the bed intently...
"Alas!" After a long time, Zhang Li sighed deeply, picked up the wooden basin, turned to his daughter beside him and said, "Let's go!" ”
With that, he took a step forward, turned and walked out of the house.
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"Water! Water! ”
At this moment, Zhang Ran, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, and at the same time, his tone was weak and he let out a weak cry.
"Mother, my brother is awake! Brother is awake! Zhang Sui'er, the little girl who was walking behind, reacted immediately after hearing the voice, and when she looked back, she saw that her brother who was lying on the bed actually opened her eyes, and couldn't help shouting excitedly.
"Quick, hurry up and get water!" Zhang Li turned around and found that his son had woken up, and he was also very excited, so he hurriedly instructed his daughter to get water, and at the same time quickly walked to the bedside with a wooden basin!
Walking to the side of the bed, watching the eyes of the "son" slowly open, and his eyes regained a trace of brilliance, Zhang Li hurriedly put the wooden basin aside, and "suddenly" hugged Zhang Ran in his arms, and said with tears streaming down his face: "Great, ancestor bless, my son finally woke up, finally woke up!" ”
As he spoke, cold tears had slowly dripped down Zhang Li's cheeks, and Zhang Li didn't care about wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes at the moment, just hugged Zhang Ran tightly and didn't dare not relax for a moment.
The nervous appearance was as if her awakened son would disappear from her eyes again if she was not careful.
Faced with Zhang Li's sudden move, Zhang Ran couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He was so thirsty that he took the risk of wanting a little water to drink...
But this "nominal" mother reacted violently far beyond Zhang Ran's expectations.
When he was just hugged by his "mother", Zhang Ran clearly saw the strong love in her eyes and the desire for life that burst out in an instant...... It was an indescribable, inexplicable feeling, as if a person in drowning, when he was about to despair, suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw...
Moreover, although Zhang Ran knows very well in his heart that the woman in front of him is not his real mother, this real maternal love is not adulterated at all!
Therefore, even if there are some preparations in my heart, in the face of Zhang Li's strong maternal affection that broke out in an instant. Zhang Ran still froze there all of a sudden.
Especially feeling such an extraordinary concern of Zhang Li's family, Zhang Ran didn't know how to react, and he didn't know whether he should calmly accept this maternal love that should have belonged to the "original owner", or refuse it politely.
"Water, I want to drink water!"
With nothing to do, Zhang Ran could only hoarse his throat and ask for water in a weak tone.
"Hui'er, go get water!" Zhang Lishi, who came back to his senses, hurriedly let go of Zhang Ran, and hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with both hands, then reached out and touched Zhang Ran's hair, and said with pity: "Bear with me first, I'll get you water right away!" ”
As he spoke, Zhang Li suddenly turned his head, glared at the daughter beside him with extremely stern eyes and said, "Why are you stunned?" Why don't you go get water for your brother! ”
"Oooh!"
Hearing her mother's words, the little girl suddenly woke up, hurriedly agreed, turned around and ran out of the house.
After a while, I saw the little girl holding a clay pot back into the house, and quickly ran to the bedside, touched the fine sweat on her little face, handed the clay pot to Zhang Li and said, "Mother, water!" The water is here! ”
After Zhang Li took the clay pot, he carefully handed the clay pot to Zhang Ran's mouth and slowly fed the water to Zhang Ran.
The cold water flowed into his throat, moisturizing Zhang Ran's dry body, making him feel a shock to his spirit, and he couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the face full of tenderness and pity, and his eyes were filled with a bit of strange brilliance.
After drinking the water, his face was a lot ruddy, and the whole person seemed to be a little refreshed. Then, Zhang Ran lay down again under Zhang Li's careful service.
"Ran'er, after sleeping for so long, you must be hungry! You lie down first and rest for a while! Mother, I'll get you something to eat! After carefully admonishing Zhang Ran, Zhang Li hurriedly got up, carried the corner of his skirt and walked straight to the kitchen.
Looking at the back of the "mother" gradually moving away, Zhang Ran opened his mouth, and wanted to say something. But when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly didn't know how to speak, hesitated for a while, and a thousand words turned into a long sigh...
When the dim room fell silent again, Zhang Ran, who was lying on the hardwood bed, suddenly felt a little heavy. After the changes just now, Zhang Ran clearly knew that once he crossed through in his previous fantasy, from now on three wives and four concubines, horse fights, cockfights or Jin Ge iron horses, the beautiful life of vertical and horizontal is definitely gone.
And the life in ancient times was not as beautiful as depicted in various film and television dramas, so desirable!
At this moment, Zhang Ran deeply felt that any unrealistic conjectures and interpretations that put aside the background of the times and personal identity are hooligans!
People are self-aware, and Zhang Ran knows that low-level people like him, who have no power, no power and no ability, can barely live a dull life if they live in a prosperous world. If you were born in the troubled times of ancient times, I am afraid that you will not live to the day when you will die!
At this moment, Zhang Ran really had the idea of dying! However, Zhang Ran also knew that if he chose to die now, it would not only be him who would die. There may be Zhang Li's mother and daughter who die together!
"How do I choose? To die or to live? ”
Looking at this simple thatched hut with leaky wind and rain everywhere silently, recalling the radiance of the "mother" in his mind just now when he saw him wake up, Zhang Ran's heart seemed to be pressed by a thousand burdens...