Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

Just as I was walking towards the puddle on the stone slab, I saw a dog-like thing on the other side of the puddle staring at me with its neck stretched out. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info It's just that this guy is bigger than a dog, looks more yin than a dog, and drags his tail long on the ground. I was shocked and immediately realized that this was not a dog, but a wolf. It stared at me, I looked at it, and we confronted each other for a while. I knew that it was only here to drink, and that it was only one, so I emboldened myself and crouched on the stone slab and looked at it with admiration. It may have sensed that I was not hostile, so it lowered its head and licked the water with its tongue. It wasn't until I had drunk enough water that I looked up at me, and then dragged my tail and wagged into the thick reeds.

Somehow, although the wolf had slowly walked away, the sense of inexplicability and strangeness quickly occupied my heart, and when I walked among the dense reeds, I felt that a kind of latent fear and danger were gradually approaching me. I walked faster and faster, and at last I simply ran, like a beast chasing after me. When I ran back to the open space in front of the hut in a panic, I saw Ying'er's mother yelling and reprimanding the king. The king, fearing that he had never been reprimanded so fiercely, was so frightened that a cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he squatted on the side with his head bowed, not daring to let out a breath, and when he saw me coming, he secretly motioned to me to help him out of the siege.

I know very well how powerful Ying'er's mother is, not to mention that I broke into this place with a living person, and my heart became more and more weak and timid, so I saw Ying'er's mother training the king to the point of blood, but I didn't dare to come forward to persuade her, for fear of bringing disaster to my head. Dao is Ying'er timidly persuading her mother to calm her anger, while shoveling the burnt yam in the pot with a shovel. Gradually, I heard that it was Yingmu who asked the king to help cook the rice, and she didn't want the king to cook at all, so she burned the rice, so Yingmu became angry. Since Ying's mother was not angry because of our sudden intrusion, my heart was also relaxed.

At mealtime, we were all given a small bowl of burnt yam, except for the king's portion. Looking at the king's embarrassment of training and timidity, I felt both pity and amusement: it was unbelievable that the supreme king of a country could make an old woman so embarrassed. I am hungry, but I cannot turn a blind eye to the king's hunger. So I gave the king my little bowl of rice to eat. The king gave in, took the bowl, and was about to open his mouth to eat, but the mother snatched the bowl away, and said, "If you give up food so badly, what is the shame to eat?" So saying, he handed me a small bowl and said, "I see that this man has fine skin and tender meat, and is not good at work, and does not know how to cook on fire, so it is better to starve him for one or two meals, so that he may be reasonable." ”

Unable to give in to the king, I sat down on the stone pier and ate slowly. The rice was so mushy that it was hard to swallow. I really want Ying'er to cook again, but I don't dare to speak in front of Ying's mother. But looking at the poor face of the king, I felt that it would be good if I could have something to eat.

But Ying'er took advantage of her mother's lack of attention, and secretly stuffed her bowl into the king's hand, telling him to hide behind the hut to eat. The king took the bowl gratefully, and ate it with great gusto, not caring that it might be burnt. When Ying's mother came out of the house, Ying'er was already holding an empty bowl in her hand, making a meal. Therefore, Yingmu did not arouse alarm.

Maybe there was a king present, and I never had a chance to say something to Ying'er, but when I saw Ying'er enter the thatched shed alone, I entered the thatched shed with my rice bowl. Ying'er was sitting on the edge of the bed covered with reeds, silently thinking about something. The empty bowl was right next to her. When she saw me come in, she quickly got up, but complained with a rather unhappy look that I had brought this person here. I told her in an explanatory and apologetic tone that this man and my dear friend had cured me of my illness, and that he was a true gentleman with a charitable heart, chivalrous and courageous.

Hearing me say this, Ying'er was a little relieved, and said that she was all to blame for the incident just now, and then when she talked about cooking, the person had to help her cook, so she asked him to help cook the rice, and went to the field to call her mother back to eat. But when she and her mother came back from the field, he had burned the rice. I said that the man was a father of Xuemura, who only knew how to practice medicine and teach, and was not familiar with making rice and working in the fields, so he burned the rice without paying attention for a while, which is really sorry. At this time, Ying's mother called Ying'er outside. Ying'er knew that her mother didn't like to let her be with strange men, so she hurried out of the hut.

Ying's mother asked Ying'er to go to the puddle to fetch water. I was afraid that it would not be safe for Ying'er to go there alone, so I had to accompany Ying'er and take up the bucket first. Unexpectedly, the king seemed to be intent on currying favor with Ying'er's mother and daughter, and insisted on rushing with me to carry the water. I knew that the king was too hard to do this kind of work, but I could not compete with him, so I gave him the bucket. He carried the bucket and happily followed Ying'er towards the puddle.

When Ying'er and the king left, I walked up to Ying's mother, who was washing the dishes, and said that it is very hard for you mother and daughter to live in this lonely reed. Ying's mother sighed sadly and said that it was helpless. I said I heard Ying'er tell you what happened to your family, but you can't live here all the time. Ying's mother pondered for a moment, and said gloomily that she was old and didn't think about anything, but she was going to suffer Ying'er. As he spoke, he stopped what he was doing and began to wipe his tears with his hands.

After a while, the king staggered with a load of water, and though he seemed to be very labored, he was as happy as a child. At this time, Ying'er found that her mother was crying, so she said, "Mother, are you crying?" The mother hurriedly wiped away her tears, pretended to be fine, turned her face, cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and went into the house.

After dinner, the king and I went for a walk on the path behind the hut. Then I said to the king, "They are so pitiful that your majesty may put them together so that they may live as ordinary people." The king listened and was silent for a long time, and then said worriedly, "I want to put them together, but I am afraid that if someone finds out, they will secretly kill them." I silently looked for a moment into the distance of the boundless reeds, and said, "If this is the case, you can change their names and move them to a remote place, I wonder what your majesty thinks." When the king heard this, he frowned and said, "What the prince said is very true, so it is better to do what the prince wants." ”

After some deliberation, we decided to disclose our intention of coming here to Ying'er and her mother in order to obtain information and clues related to the case. So, when we went back to the hut, we saw Ying'er and her mother talking under the lamp in the house, so we went inside. At this time, Ying'er was talking to her mother in the house. Ying's mother's face was very long, as if she had just trained her daughter. Ying'er lowered her head with tears in her eyes. I think Ying'er must have been blaming Ying'er for bringing the living people here just now.