Chapter 1 Mountain Residence (No. 6 Middle School)

"When will .......?" finally figured out the reason why Meng Xiaoyu was crying, and Zhang Songling's heart was filled with tenderness. However, this question made it very difficult for him to answer frankly, especially in the face of such a pair of eyes that were so clear that he could almost see the bottom of his heart.

"I'm a soldier!" It's not always a way to escape, Zhang Songling took a deep breath and explained very hard, "If you don't return to the team after recovering from your injury, it is equivalent to being a deserter." Not only will I be looked down upon by the spirit of heaven, but it will be difficult for me to hold my head up in front of others in my own life! ”

"You can come with me, though." Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared in his heart, and he said very eagerly, "When the traitor Zhu Er is killed, the two of us will leave here together and go to the 27th Division together." You still go to be your nurse, and I'll continue to fight devils!" ”

"Don't you think I haven't read?!" Meng Xiaoyu finally broke into a smile, and the sunlight on his face was intoxicating.

"No, no!" Zhang Songling shook his head again and again, "I can teach you to read, you have a very good brain, and you can learn faster than when I was in school!" ”

"But I have to guard my father's grave! Brother Zhang! Meng Xiaoyu was still laughing, but tears couldn't stop pouring out. If Daddy hadn't died, of course she could have followed Brother Zhang. But now the soil on Daddy's grave is still new, and the big cow girl scolded so ugly that day. If you really follow Brother Zhang desperately, isn't it equivalent to acquiescing to all the slander of Da Niu Niang?!

Pierced by Meng Xiaoyu's smile, Zhang Songling stretched out his arm and gently hugged the other party in his arms. After the serious illness, Meng Xiaoyu's body became very light, very thin, and very cold, and he could be crushed almost with a little force. Zhang Songling didn't dare to do any more harm to this body, so he hugged it carefully, and carefully warmed the other party with his body, so that the other party could feel his sincerity. Then he noticed that a wet taste penetrated from his chest through his skin and ribs, inch by inch into the depths of his soul.

Regardless of the grave of Aunt Meng, who left Uncle Meng, as a scholar, he can't say this kind of words without a hint of humanity anyway. It is impossible to hide in the cave with Meng Xiaoyu forever. According to the information inadvertently leaked by the guerrilla leader Wu Nan, the Japanese army has now swept half of China and may launch an attack on Wuhan at any time. If Zhang Songling continues to hide, I am afraid that by the time he wants to get out of the mountains one day, the Nationalist Government will have already retreated to Yashan.

He pondered, weighed, weighed, pondered, racked his brains, and couldn't think of a way to achieve both loyalty and filial piety. It was Meng Xiaoyu who cried on his chest for a while, and then took the initiative to raise his head. He sniffled and whispered apologies: "Look at me, I'm holding you back again." Don't cry, one day you decide to go, don't forget to tell me in advance. I'll make you two pairs of shoes to wear on the road! ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Songling nodded solemnly, "I definitely won't leave now." If you want to leave, you have to take revenge on your father first, and then wait for your body to recuperate better!"

"What if I'm not good all the time!" Meng Xiaoyu wiped her teary eyes and looked at Zhang Songling and asked.

"Then I ......" Zhang Songling was stunned by the question again, pondered for a while, and then shook his head with a smile, "Silly girl, how can you curse yourself." You are so young, how can you have such a disease that will never get better! ”

"I wish my body would never get better!" Meng Xiaoyu let out a long sigh and said quietly. Then he shook his head with a smile and reached out to support Zhang Songling's shoulder, "Brother Zhang, you help me, I want to get out of bed and take a walk!" ”

"What are you in a hurry to get out of bed right now?! Lie down, sick this thing, the more anxious you are, the slower it will go! Zhang Songling scolded in a low voice, and gently pulled Meng Xiaoyu to lie down.

Meng Xiaoyu suddenly became stubborn again, and refused to obey Zhang Songling's wishes. The two were in a stalemate for a moment, and in the end, Zhang Songling finally resisted Meng Xiaoyu, hugged the other party's slender waist with one hand, and slowly hugged the other party to the ground.

Meng Xiaoyu kicked on his shoes and slowly moved his feet under Zhang Songling's support. After only two or three steps, his thighs suddenly went limp, and he almost fell headlong. But she quickly grabbed Zhang Songling's arm and stood firm, endured the feeling of dizziness, and continued to walk forward slowly. One, two, three, four...... Every step is as difficult as walking among thorns.

Zhang Songling couldn't bear it, and hurriedly advised, "Just take a few steps less, once you get tired, it's not good for your health!" ”

"I want to go outside and get some air!" Meng Xiaoyu had a few drops of sweat on his pale forehead, looking like a wild apricot swaying in the morning breeze. "Brother Zhang, you help me out. I haven't seen the sun in days! ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Songling knew that basking in the sun more would be beneficial to Meng Xiaoyu's body. nodded, and agreed to Meng Xiaoyu's request with a smile.

Except for Uncle Meng's burial day, who insisted on holding on outside for several hours, Meng Xiaoyu rarely walked out of the cave in recent days. She seemed to have imprisoned herself, or was trying to escape from something, she didn't want to see anyone except Zhang Songling, and she didn't want to pay attention to anything. But today, she forced herself to walk into the sun again, let her eyes full of tears see the green of life again, and let her weak body feel the familiar mountain breeze again.

The sky is still as blue as ever, the mountains are still as high as before, and the sun is warmer than before, and it makes people's skin itch. The world didn't become an eternal night because of Daddy's death. The mountains and trees have not become ugly and hideous because of other people's rumors.

She is the daughter of Orion, who has been blown by the mountain wind since she was a child, and should be as strong as the wild almond tree in the mountains. Even if the trunk of a tree is crushed by wind and snow, new shoots will still sprout from the roots the next spring. Even if the branches are burned by the wildfire, when the ice and snow melt, they will still raise their bloody frozen faces in the cold wind, giving the first touch of red in spring.

Stumbling step by step, gritting his teeth, and stumbling, Meng Xiaoyu was getting farther and farther away from the cave. Soon, she pushed Zhang Songling's arm around her waist away, refused the other party's continued support, held the tree by herself, and moved forward step by step. From staggering at every step to walking on the ground with every step.

A flock of chickadees is alarmed, hula flapps its wings, and rushes into the sky. A few squirrels poked their heads out of the branches, and when they saw the figure that had made them suffer so much, they reappeared in the woods, and they were so frightened that they squeaked and screamed a few times, and fled. Meng Xiaoyu picked up a pine tower and smashed it over, because he was sick for a long time and was weak, he didn't hit the target. She smiled and bent down to pick up the second pine tower, and the moment she lowered her head, she gently sniffed a few times, "What smell?" Do you smell it? ”

"Like, as if someone is burning something!" Zhang Songling also sniffed vigorously a few times, and quickly turned his face to a hillside in the morning sun outside the woods, "On the other side of your father's grave, it seems that someone has come to worship him again!" Yes, several of them. Would you like to go over and talk to them?!"

Uncle Meng is kind and charitable, and his popularity in the village is very good. Although the villagers were angry with their father and daughter because of the destruction of their homes that day, after seeing the fate of several other villages around them, they slowly understood that even if there was no such thing as Meng's father and daughter taking in the wounded soldiers of the national army, I am afraid that Longquan Village would have to be burned to the ground by the devils sooner or later. The group of birds and beasts from the East did not regard the Chinese as human beings at all, and they wanted to go into the mountains to kill people and prevent fire, and some of them were excuses. They don't even have to make excuses, as long as they feel that they will be happy by doing so.

Knowing that Meng's father and daughter were innocent, most of the kind and honest villagers began to regret their behavior of sitting back and watching Meng Xiaoyu being slandered by Da Niu Niang. For an unmarried girl's family, reputation is more important than life. A group of uncles and uncles who watched her grow up little by little, actually let her be bullied by a well-known shrew, looking back, everyone is really sorry for the old Monsanto treats each other as usual. Therefore, on the day of Uncle Meng's burial, almost all the villagers came to help with a little guilt. Some of the dodge-goers hid farther away and didn't get the news in time, and they also rushed back one after another in the next few days. Or put a little dry food in front of Meng Xiaoyu's bed, or go to the grave of Uncle Meng and his wife to burn a few stacks of dead paper. In short, you can't be ruthless and unrighteous, and you can't ignore Meng Orion's tomb and his daughter. In that way, everyone will feel uneasy for the rest of their lives when they think about it later.

Meng Xiaoyu only came forward on the day of his father's funeral to thank the neighbors for their kindness. Later, because of the aggravation of his illness, he never came out of the cave again. For those who came to worship their father, naturally they didn't have the energy and mood to thank them in person. But today, she suddenly wanted to fulfill her father's obligations as a daughter, grabbed Zhang Songling's arm, and begged in a low voice: "I want to go." Big brother, help me over, I'm walking too slowly! ”

It was rare to see Meng Xiaoyu start to want to talk to someone other than herself, and of course Zhang Songling would not stop her. put one of Meng Xiaoyu's arms on his shoulder, held the other party, and slowly walked towards Uncle Meng's tomb. Before he walked out of the woods, his footsteps suddenly paused, and Meng Xiaoyu was also stumbling......

"I'm sorry!" Zhang Songling hurriedly held the other party and apologized in a low voice.

"What's wrong?!" Meng Xiaoyu looked at him blankly, not understanding why Brother Zhang, who had always been calm, was behaving abnormally at this moment. "Who's over there, I can't see clearly!"

"It's a big cow, he actually hit a legging, and he has a big knife behind him!" Zhang Songling smiled and took the initiative to explain to Meng Xiaoyu, "That's the standard dress of the guerrillas. When he was fighting with the devil that day, Captain Wu and his brothers were wearing the same leggings! ”

The guerrillas were short of supplies and could not afford to be issued uniform uniforms. Therefore, we can only use some special methods to distinguish ourselves from ordinary people. The leggings that hit from the ankle to the knee are just one of them, and there are a few more, Zhang Songling is actually not sure, but it is enough to identify the identity of Da Niu at the moment.