Under the cliff of Laojun Pass, the mountain wind of the canyon blew through a deep pit "whirring", and the strong grass and small trees on the edge of the pit were blown down to bend down, and the wind in the pit was blocked by the edge of the rise. The temperature in the pit was very warm. A small emerald green grasshopper jumped from the vine to Su Cheng's face, and it held its head high, patrolling the new territory like a warrior...... Su Cheng was suddenly awakened by the strange itching sensation on his face, and was irresistibly scratched. He opened his eyes and looked at the circle of steep mountain peaks in front of him, but in the middle was a blue sky, like a deep pool turned upside down. Yes! Where am I? Is it in heaven? But it is so far away from the blue sky; Is it in hell? But I could clearly see the clear and immaculate green. It seems that I am between heaven and hell, and I am still alive. Su Cheng gently pinched the little grasshopper with his hand, placed it on the vine beside him, and then propped his body up. The little grasshopper felt a huge vibration, and panicked and jumped away. He closed his eyes and thought back to the thrilling things that had happened, and all he remembered was that he heard a loud bang, and in an instant the tree was crumbling into the sky, and his heart was falling, and he felt that he was dead, that his soul had melted, and then, that he lost consciousness. Su Cheng observed the environment, the deep pit was surrounded by vines, and the bottom of the pit, that is, where he was lying, was composed of thick vines formed by years of growth, criss-crossed, looking down through the gaps, there was still some distance from the bottom of the pit. The tree that had fallen down together on the top of the pit seemed to be thinking about what was going on. He immediately understood the reason why he didn't die, when he and the tree fell, the tree smashed on the edge of the pit, and the strong inertia shook him from the tree to the vine near the bottom of the valley, and the elastic cushioning effect of the vine really saved his life. Yes! This is a second life given to him by God, his mission is not over, and his story will continue.

He examined his body and found only two small cuts on his head and feet that had been cut by branches or shrapnel, he tore off his clothes, bandaged the wounds, and then, following the vines, climbed to the top of the valley, left Laojun's Pass, and looked for the guerrillas. There is no way back to Mawei Village, the guerrillas will definitely not be there, or they may still encounter the enemy, it is better to go back to Sujiaping first, and then try to find out the news of the guerrillas, and this is the only way to go, so he walked in the direction of Sujiaping. Along the way, Su Cheng did not dare to enter the village, and there were Kuomintang soldiers searching for people from house to house along the way, and when he was thirsty and tired, he drank some dirty water by the ditch, rested in the woods for a while, and continued to hurry. When he walked on the road to Pingding Village, Su Cheng already felt very hungry, after all, he hadn't eaten for two days since Lao Jun'ao hit the blockade. He was hungry, and two wounds began to suppurate and fester, and he had a high fever, and he walked and walked, but he couldn't walk anymore, so he sat down to rest for a while, and when he stood up again, he suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and he fell to the ground and fainted.

Cui Ling was buying some food and drinks from the market and rushing to the village. In recent days, my eldest cousin, who is the deputy captain of the Self-Defense Forces, has been active in a nearby village, saying that he is searching for the remnants of the Communist Party, arresting suspicious people when he sees them, and often taking a group of brothers back to his home in Pingding Village to eat and drink. Cui Ling thought to herself, but her foot tripped over something, and when she looked down, she was startled by the scene in front of her. There was a man lying in the weeds on the side of the path, with one foot lying across the road, and if he looked closely, his feet were wrapped in strips of cloth, revealing his skin color and leaving stains of blood. The man was in rags, his face was blackened by smoke, and his head was wrapped in strips of cloth.

"Mom! Dead person! Cui Ling was so frightened that she hurriedly took a few steps back, hugged the basket of vegetables tightly in her arms, stared at her with big eyes, her small mouth was wide open, and she looked frightened, and there was no one around, isn't it scary? After a while, Cui Ling came to her senses, tried to kick the person bravely, and when she saw that there was still movement, she put her mind at ease, and looked at the face very familiarly, as if she had seen it somewhere, and she couldn't remember it for a while, when her eyes moved to the person's waist, the shell gun inserted in the waist made her suddenly think of someone, ah! It was him. Cui Ling hurriedly put down the basket, squatted down, and rubbed the man's face with both hands, the black smoke on his face was difficult to rub off, "Bah" simply spat on his hand, and then, wiped the man's face vigorously, and a slightly clean face appeared in her eyes, isn't this Su Cheng's cousin? That's right! It's him, but he has a strip of cloth wrapped around his head. Su Cheng's cousin is a guerrilla, and he is the person that the eldest cousin Wei Yin is looking for, if he is discovered by the eldest cousin's people, Su Cheng will definitely die. Cui Ling dragged Su Cheng to the nearby woods, covered him with grass, took the basket, and hurried to Pingding Village.

Entering Dewei's house, Cui Ling put the basket into the kitchen, and then went straight to Miss's room. As soon as she entered, she slammed the door with her backhand.

"Little girl, what are you doing? Look at your mysterious and panicked look. Wei Yumei, who was reading the book, raised her head and asked curiously.

"Shh Cui Ling hurriedly put her fingers to her mouth and made a quiet gesture, and then, her two hands formed a trumpet shape, leaned into Yumei's ear, and said, "Tick mutter, mumble mutter". When Yumei heard this, the book in her hand fell to the ground, and the whole person stood up suddenly, her face pale, "What's wrong with Cousin Su Cheng?" Exclaimed. Cui Ling hurriedly covered the young lady's mouth to prevent her from speaking. Yu Mei couldn't take care of so much, so she picked up Cui Ling and ran out, but she didn't expect to hit Wei Yinlai at the gate who happened to enter the door.

"I said old girl! Why are you going in a panic? ”

"Nothing, go out for a while." Yu Mei didn't shake her head back. Cui Ling had an extra heart and replied, "Big cousin! When we ran out of needles and threads, we went to my cousin's house at the head of the village to borrow some. After saying that, the two ran away and disappeared. What the hell? Wei Yinlai shook his head and swaggered towards his mother Wu Xinru.

"Mom, I was at the door just now, and I saw Yumei and Cui Ling in a panic, I don't know what to do?"

"That girl, what good can she do, stay in the room all day and read her books, don't care about anything, annoyed to death (carving)! How will I find my in-laws in the future? ”

"Mom, don't worry about it, my sister is so bright, are you still worried that she won't be able to get married?"

"Just like you said, I don't have to worry about it. You, make my mother worry even more. ”

"What do I have to worry about?"

"Alas! Since your brother was suppressed by the Communist Party, my heart is still hurting, and I am worried that it will be your turn that day. ”

"What's there to worry about, 'Life and death are fate, wealth is in heaven.'" There really is a day, you can't hide, just accept your fate. ”

"So, I'll just say, don't be like your brother, do evil outside, and make people resentful."

"Why do you talk about you like this, I originally planned to kill a few more communists, so as to avenge my brother, listen to you talk about your own boy like this, count, you can spare people and spare people."

The mother and son, who couldn't talk about it, broke up unhappily and went their own way.

Yumei and Cuiling came to the head of the village, Yumei was about to go outside the village, Cuiling grabbed her, Yumei was anxious, and asked, "What are you pulling me for?" ”

"You don't see the kind of eyes that the eldest cousin looks at, how scary." Cui Ling said.

"I don't care what kind of eyes he has, I want to hurry up and save my cousin Su Cheng." Cui Ling saw that she was not nervous, and said in her mouth: "Aren't you afraid that your eldest cousin will kill Su Cheng?" Yumei was stunned when she heard this, she didn't dare to continue thinking about it.

"So what do you say?"

Cui Ling said: "Let's go to my cousin's house to borrow needle and thread first, and then, just save Brother Su Cheng and don't let anyone know the way." ”

"Ghost girl, good! Just listen to you. The two went into their cousin's house, borrowed a needle and thread, and hurried straight to the grove. Picking up the thatch, Yumei grabbed Su Chengcheng and called: "Cousin Su Cheng!" Su Cheng's cousin ...... "Cui Ling saw that the voice was too loud, and she was worried that someone would hear it, so she hurriedly looked around, but fortunately there was no one around, so she put her mind at ease." Yumei couldn't wake up Su Cheng, seeing that Su Cheng's mouth was chapped, she touched his forehead, it was very hot, and when she touched his body, it was also very hot, and then looked at the wound, it had suppurated, it seemed that Su Cheng's cousin's condition was quite serious.

"Cui Ling, Cousin Su Cheng has a fever again, and the wound is suppurating again, if you don't save him quickly, he will die." Cui Ling said anxiously, "Then what should I do?" ”

"What to do? It's important to save people, I can't take care of it so much, hurry up and go home. ”

"Okay, let's take turns carrying it." With the help of Cui Ling, Yu Mei carried Su Cheng on her back and walked towards the village, Cui Ling explored the road in front, and when she met someone, she hid and left after someone passed. In this way, the two covered each other, and alternately carried Su Cheng to Yumei's room and put him on the bed.

Seeing that Su Cheng was ragged and dirty, he had to change his clean clothes. Yumei whispered to Cui Ling: "Girl, you secretly go and get some cold water, wipe Su Cheng's cousin, cool down, and then go to the master's room to find a set of clothes." ”

"Yes! Miss. After a while, Cui Ling walked in with a wooden basin filled with water, and a set of clothes on her arms. After Yumei helped him put his clothes on the bed, she quickly ran to the door, looked outside, and after making sure that there was no one, she plugged in the door and began to get busy.

"Come here! Girl, help me take off Su Cheng's cousin's clothes. Yu Mei took off Su Cheng's clothes while giving the order.

"It's a girl's house, how can you be embarrassed?" Cui Ling shyly shy.

"What girl's house, am I not? It's important to save people, and I can't care so much. ”

"Of course you're not afraid, sooner or later you'll marry Brother Su Cheng as your wife." Cui Ling looked at Yu Mei busy and said sourly.

"Besides, I'm going to slap my mouth." Yumei's face was "brushed" red. Originally, when I took off Su Cheng's clothes, I thought of helping my cousin wipe his body and cool down quickly, and the others didn't have time to think about it, so I was embarrassed to say this to Cui Ling, and my undressing hand stopped involuntarily.

"Do you want me to tell me your 'ugly things' before you come here?"

"What's wrong with me?"

"Who took off his clothes to seduce Su Cheng's cousin?" Yumei squinted her eyes and said sourly.

"Don't ...... Other...... Don't say it, auntie, even if you are ruthless, can't I come over? Hearing what Yumei said, Cui Ling panicked.

"I want to say, not only to say, one day when I am happy, I will ask my mother to promise you to Su Cheng's cousin as a little wife." Yumei gloated.

"Good sister, please don't say it, can't I do it?" Cui Ling had no choice but to walk over.

"Girl, don't you want to marry Brother Su Cheng?" Yumei's two big eyes stared straight into Cui Ling's eyes. Cui Lingfei blushed and shyly avoided those snatching eyes.

After changing Su Cheng's clean clothes, Yumei asked Cui Ling to bring hot water and clean cloth, and the two were ready to change Su Cheng's wounds. Due to the poor conditions in rural areas, it is difficult to have medicinal gauze and Western medicine, and people usually use herbal medicine to treat injuries. Yumei untied the strip of cloth from the wound on Su Cheng's head, while Cui Ling untied the strip of cloth from the wound on her foot.

"Girl, didn't you see my brother when you took things?" Cui Ling replied: "See you and pay it back?" My aunt said that my eldest cousin had gone out again, saying that he had come back at dinner. ”

"Then I'll be relieved."

After untying the wound, Cui Ling rolled up the dirty clothes and the stinky cloth strips together, and threw them into the poke basket with garbage in the corner of the door.

Yumei dipped a towel in hot water, gently wiped the wound on Su Cheng's forehead, and accidentally touched the wound in the middle, a sharp pain quickly woke Su Cheng from his coma. "Sister Yu, why are you? I'm not dreaming. Su Cheng opened his eyes, and what caught his eye was Yumei's familiar face.

"Cousin Su Cheng, you woke up, you weren't dreaming, this was in my house." Yumei looked at Su Cheng with a smile.

"I remember I fell on the side of the road, and then, I didn't know anything." Su Cheng touched his head and felt a little confused.

"Brother Su Cheng, I found you first." Cui Ling came from behind.

"Sister Cuiling, how are you?"

"Okay, we're all fine, it's just that you're not good, look at your injuries like this, if it weren't for me and Miss to carry you back, I don't know what would happen to Lu Dao?" Cui Ling said distressedly.

"Then I have to thank you two."

"Thank you, don't forget our two sisters in the future, just save your life. Cui Ling, you say yes, right? ”

"Hmm!" Cui Ling looked naughty and nodded.

"How could I have forgotten you?" Su Cheng assured seriously.

"It's hard to say, I was fascinated by that girl that day, how can I and Sister Cuiling still have me and Sister Cuiling in my eyes." Yumei teased him.

"Yes." Cui Ling echoed.

"Am I that kind of person?" Su Cheng was a little anxious.

"No, only you know." Yumei thought of another Su Cheng's cousin, Xiangmei, so she said so.

"I think so." Cui Ling pouted.

"Who is this dress, and which one is the one to change for me?" Su Cheng looked down at his clothes and straightened them with his hands.

"The clothes belong to my brother, and the clothes on your body are the two of us who helped you change." Yumei and Cuiling blushed.

"Then I'm not all seen by you, it's a shame." Su Cheng's face turned red all of a sudden, and he said embarrassedly.

"Whew! What is a big man shy. Our girl's family is not afraid, what are you afraid of? It's a big deal, two of us sisters, we both marry you as wives. Yumei said half-jokingly, half-seriously.

"Hmmm! It is. Cui Ling echoed casually.

"Uh-huh, I mean you marry him. Little girl, I'm really not ashamed! When Cui Ling heard the young lady say this, she knew that she was distracted, and she hid behind in shame, not daring to make a sound.

"My Su Cheng family is poor, and I don't have any ability, I am very grateful to be able to get the love of my two younger sisters, how dare I have such extravagant hopes." Su Cheng was grateful.

"It's good to know the way, and you can be kind to us in the future." Yumei said with a smile.

"That's it, don't let Miss down on your kindness." Cui Ling popped up again.

"Girl, are you talking about yourself?" Yumei intends to flirt with Cuiling.

"Hey! Miss, I'm saying nice things for you, and you're still talking about me? Cui Ling pouted and said unconvinced.

"Ouch!" Su Cheng twitched his legs, and suddenly he grinned in pain, with tears in his eyes, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"What's wrong?" Yumei asked with concern. Su Cheng said: "The wound on the head was cut by a branch, and it was not in the way, but the wound on this calf was more serious, and the shrapnel was still in it, so it had to be taken out." It's bloody, you women can't do this job. Now, help me find a knife, and get some spirits and matches. Cui Ling did as she was told to find something. Su Cheng asked Yumei to bring pliers.

"Where's my gun?"

Yumei took out the box gun from under the pillow and handed it to Su Cheng. Su Cheng took off the magazine, withdrew a bullet from it, unscrewed the bullet with pliers, threw it under the bed, and then put the cartridge case aside. Cui Ling prepared the things, Su Cheng took off his shirt, struck a match, lit the bottle of wine, the blue flame burned at the mouth of the bottle, Su Cheng wiped the knife with a towel, put it in the fire and burned it for a while, took it out, blew out the flame at the mouth of the bottle, stuffed a towel into his mouth, bent the injured calf, tightened the feet on both sides of the wound with a strip of cloth, and then, pinched the wound with his left hand, stabbed the wound with a knife in his right hand, aimed at the shrapnel, pushed the shrapnel out of the wound, and pinched it with his left hand. A triangular shrapnel one centimeter square was pulled out. Su Cheng was sweating profusely on his forehead and body, Cui Ling hurriedly handed over the towel, and Yumei took it to wipe Su Cheng's sweat. Su Cheng's hand did not stop because of the pain, he scraped the pus-ulated place with the knife vigorously, and the pain made his hand holding the knife tremble constantly. He poured some liquor into the wound and wiped the pus with the cloth that wiped the wound, so painful that he stopped his hand again. After resting for a while, Su Cheng sprinkled the granular gunpowder in the bullet casing evenly on the wound, and then struck the match until the match was about to burn out, and then ignited the gunpowder. With a "boom", a small flame burned up in an instant, and then disappeared in an instant, leaving a small cloud of black smoke spreading, and the room was filled with the smell of burnt skin and gunpowder. At this time, Su Cheng was knocked out by the instantaneous pain. Yumei was very distressed, she had seen such a cruel and bloody scene for the first time in her life, and it was the first time she had seen and appreciated a man's strong will and superhuman perseverance. This is a man, a real man! Her heart was pounded strongly, and after a period of tightening, an unstoppable desire arose: this was the man she had dreamed of and wanted to rely on for her life. In her eyes, who else could there be besides the man in front of her? After Yumei helped him on the bed, she poured some medicine powder from home on the wound for him and bandaged the wound. Then, placing the bottle on the table, the two cleaned up the other items and cleaned up the room.

Cui Ling carried a wooden basin full of blood and water, and hurriedly walked out.

"Girl, where are you going? Panicked. Leng Buding shouted, startling Cui Ling. She turned her head and looked, oh my! The person who came was Mrs. Wu Xinru. "I didn't ...... It's nothing, the young lady thinks it's hot, and asks me to make a basin of water to wipe her body and cool down, which doesn't take dirty water to pour (carve). Cui Ling was in a hurry and made up a lie. Seeing that Mrs. Wu Xinru was still walking towards herself, she was even more panicked, and when she arrived in front of her, wouldn't she miss it? You must know that this basin is full of blood and water! Cui Ling's heart "bang" straight jump. Wu Xinru took two steps forward and stopped, I see what she is doing with dirty water, boring! Go back. Seeing that her wife was going back, Cui Ling's hanging heart relaxed, and she hurriedly went to pour water.

Wu Xinru turned around and walked a few steps, feeling that Cuiling, a little girl, was panicked, I don't know what the hell her daughter is doing in the room, no! I'll have to take a look. She quietly came to the door of Yumei's room, and was about to push the door in, when she heard movement in the house, she changed her mind, why don't I listen first, what ghosts are in it? She put her ear close to the door......

Yumei was talking while applying a wet towel to Su Cheng's forehead. There are some words, she really wants to say to Su Cheng in person, but she can't say it, now it's okay, Cui Ling is not there, Su Cheng is lying quietly again, asleep, she can open her heart to the fullest, telling the love hidden in her heart.

"Cousin Su Cheng, although you are asleep, I believe you can hear what I say. Remember when you were a kid? We played outside together, and whenever someone bullied me, you always sacrificed your life to protect me and stand up for me. When you are in trouble, I will also do my best to help you. In winter, you are doing farm work in the ice and snow, looking at your frozen feet exposed outside the broken shoes, watching you shiver in the cold wind, curled up, my heart will also be cold and sad, I secretly take clothes, bring shoes for you to wear, perhaps, you will think that this is a kind of charity and mercy, but I know that this is my love for you, my love for you. Cousin Su Cheng, haven't you ever felt it? Seeing you hurt, my heart really hurts, it hurts......"

Wu Xinru listened for a while and understood what was going on. Alas! The daughter is watching herself grow up and be a mother, it is impossible not to understand her daughter's mind at all, besides, Su Cheng, this kid, is very upright, kind, and has a lot of strength, he is a good hand at work, his temper is a little stubborn, and there is nothing to find fault with in other aspects, but unfortunately the family is too poor, and I can't let my daughter suffer with him. I wanted to push the door into the room, but she still hesitated, it was better not to go in for the time being, and thinking of this, she left her daughter's room lightly and went back to her room.

Wei Laiyin staggered back home from outside. He went out to tell his brothers, who were outside searching for the remnants of the Communist Party, that they would go to his house at night to drink. When he entered the yard, he thought that he hadn't talked to his sister for a long time, and he didn't know what she was busy with. He also wanted to tell her something very important. He came to Yumei's room and knocked on the door.

"Which one?" Yumei thought it was Cui Ling, but Cui Ling rarely entered her room and knocked on the door.

"Old girl, open the door! It's me, big brother. ”

"Big brother, is there anything wrong with you?" When Yumei heard that it was Wei Yinlai, it was broken! My eldest brother rarely comes to my room, but today it seems to be coming for Su Cheng. If you don't come early, you don't come late, but at this time, it's really urgent!

"I've got something urgent to talk to you, open the door!"

"I'm a little unwell today, and I'm lying there." Yumei thought that it was impossible to transfer Su Cheng away now, so she hurriedly put down the mosquito net, unbuttoned her clothes, and pretended to rest.

"If I don't open the door again, I'll push the door in." Wei Yinlai thinks that his sister is doing something, obviously she was fine when she met them at the door today, why is she uncomfortable? I'll have to go in and see.

As soon as Yumei opened the door, Wei Yinlai rushed in.