Chapter 11: Growing Up
readx; The reckless mountains and mountains, the continuous primeval forests, silently experience the grass and warblers flying, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, the fontaine is white, the snow is frozen, day after day, year after year, the child Mi Bao who came out of the valley town regards these wind and snow and snow as the smoke and clouds of the past, he buries those loves, those hates, those life and death, those feelings and hatreds deep in his heart like seeds, busy farming, busy hunting, busy growing up. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
It's the season of snow covering the mountains again, and the large and small snow flakes are like white butterflies falling from the sky, covering the mountains and forests. The black bear had already accumulated a thick winter fat and hid in a warm nest to sleep, and the squirrel had stocked up on mushrooms, pine nuts and hazelnuts, and was now enjoying it in the hollow of the tree, and was too lazy to come out and take a picture. This year's snow is falling strangely, there is no wind wreaking, only snowflakes are falling quietly, like thousands of butterflies fluttering their wings, and like countless white silkworms are biting mulberry leaves, and the mountains are full of the sound of "rustling" in the forest.
The silence was broken by a rapid gasp, and the two lost young men helped each other to this inaccessible realm as if they were guided by the heavens. They staggered and seemed to have exhausted the last of their strength.
The tall and thin young man leaned his body against a thick pine tree, squinted his eyes and looked at the gentle slope, and suddenly found a wisp of green smoke rising not far ahead, the smoke was curling and changing, and his surprise was like a drowning man grasping a life-saving straw, he shook his companion who had fallen under the roots of the tree, and exclaimed with all his might:
"Little country! Don't fall asleep, open your eyes and see, there is someone in front of you! ”
The young man who was called Xiao Guozi drooped his head, and his dogskin hat was full of snowflakes, and he muttered: "Tao Jinbao, are you hysterical again?" Where did this deep mountain and old forest come from! ”
The tall and thin Tao Jinbao reached out and grabbed Xiao Guozi's neck, dragging him in the direction of the magical green smoke.
Just as they were approaching the snow-covered steamed bun-like mountain bags little by little, they suddenly heard two dog barks, and before they could react, a tall and gray-haired hound fell from the sky and suddenly knocked down the thin and tall Tao Jinbao, and Xiao Guozi lost his gravity and rolled down the slope.
"Big Strongman! Come back! ”
With a short shout, a handsome and burly young man flashed from behind the boulder covered with a snow hat. He wore a white cloak, carried a double-barreled shotgun behind him, held a bow and arrows, and his thick black eyebrows and the fluffy beard under the bridge of his nose were covered with white frost.
Mi Bao stood steadily, carefully looking at these two uninvited guests, he found that they had been for a while, just now heard "Tao Jinbao", "Xiao Guozi" two names he was familiar with, his heart was like a stone into the calm lake, the valley town, the school rebuilt from the broken temple, the children playing and playing, like ripples in front of the circle spread out in front of him.
Tao Jinbao raised his head from the snow, wiped a handful of snow particles on his face with his frozen stiff hands, and looked at the person and dog in front of him, his excited lips trembled and he couldn't speak.
Xiao Guozi, who rolled into the snow nest, showed his head, gasped and said, "Big brother, we are lost, help us!" ”
It was a clean room, with yellow-orange corn cobs hanging on all four walls, tiger skins on the chairs beside the birch tables, and the light of the snow shining through the lattice windows, making the room look yellow, warm and bright.
Tao Jinbao and Xiao Guozi devoured the food on the table, and they didn't care to raise their heads, in their eyes after being hungry for a few days, at this time, the stick noodle porridge was the best and most fragrant meal in the world.
Mi Bao sat silently on the side, leaning against the corn wall, stretched out his thick hand to caress the big strong man beside him, and his thoughts turned into winged birds again, flying out of the jungle, flying over the mountains, and flying to the place where he once lived in Gudi Town: the three masters and the three mothers, Mr. Monk, Peach, Peach should not forget him, right?
For so many years, he suppressed himself and didn't think about it, he worked hard, and he always wanted to turn this place into a place where the gods lived at first, but as time went by, the idea of this place slowly faded. On moonlit nights, he would sit beside the two large and one small graves in the courtyard and talk to the people below. He said, "Grandpa Fairy, I will guard your territory; Sister Fu, I will follow the dying instructions written on the wall, I will not go out of the mountain, and I will die here for the rest of my life; He will sometimes say, Da Zhuangzi's mother, the dog baby you protect with your life looks like a calf, you should take good care of the fairy grandfather and Sister Fu below.
He is expanding the territory of the fairy grandfather here, and the fence wall must be deep and firmly rooted to prevent wild boars and black blind people; Marksmanship and archery must be accurate in order to hit the tiger and the wolf, and to save their lives.
He likes to sow and reap on the land he has cultivated. When the spring is warm and thaws, the ground is prepared and yellow corn is scattered on the black soil. He felt that the corn seed was also strong and cowardly, and the strong one broke through the crust and began to grow again; And if it can't be broken, life will stop melting into the dirt. Mi Bao carefully tended, loosened the soil, pulled weeds, and watered. The seedlings kept pulling out new green from their bodies, and accompanied him with sweet flowers and ears that grew like peaches growing smoothly. As he grew older, he gained more and more, more than he needed, so he built some houses and piled up firewood and grass like a hill, I can't tell why, but I always felt that there were many open mouths waiting to eat, and many pots and stoves waiting to be used.
Mi Po looked at the two childhood friends in front of him, they had also grown taller and stronger, but there was still a shadow of childhood on his face. To Mipo's surprise, the two of them carried spears on their backs and knives at their waists. The spear is not a shotgun, it is a style that Mi Po has never seen, a bit like the spear with a bayonet made by the Japanese devils back then, and the waist knife is also with a scabbard, and a strip of cloth that has lost its original color is tied to the handle, stained with mud and snow water, hanging like chicken intestines.
Mi Bao stood up and reached out to touch the barrel of the gun on Tao Jinbao's back, Tao Jinbao immediately stopped chewing and turned around with a "whew". The action was a little violent, and the vigilant big man "Wang" stood up with a voice, and his front paws were on Tao Jinbao's arm, Tao Jinbao was taken aback, and fell to the chair, Mi Bao grabbed him, the two looked at each other, and froze for a moment, Tao Jinbao was embarrassed to avoid the confrontation of his eyes, and said secretly:
"Don't laugh at your eldest brother, we are not bad people, really, we went into the mountains to hunt and got lost, I haven't smelled food for a few days, and I'm hungry. The world is not peaceful, this gun is loaded, I'm afraid it will go off! ”
Mi Bao stared at his face and said, "Tao Jinbao, you are the same as before, you still love to lie!" ”
When Tao Jinbao and Xiao Guozi heard this, they were shocked and hurriedly stood up. Tao Jinbao stammered and asked:
"You, who are you? How do you know my name? ”
Mi Bao smiled slightly, still looking at them for a moment, and said:
"If you look closely, you really don't recognize me?"
Xiao Guozi grew his mouth, and his half-pulled head fell out of it, and he said in astonishment:
"You, you're Mipo?"
Tao Jinbao rubbed his eyes, pushed away the small country that was blocking in front of him, shook his head again and again and said, "No, no, we must be hungry and faint and dreaming, Mi Bao, ...... long ago"
"It's been dead a long time ago, isn't it?" Mi Po turned around, and the scene of that day appeared in front of him, and he felt a little chill in his heart, "I'm a worthless little person, maybe I shouldn't be alive." ”
"Mi Bao, it's really you!" Tao Jinbao gasped with relief, "It's great that you're still alive!" ”
"Yes, yes!" Xiao Guozi continued, "If Mr. Monk and your family knew that it would be, it would definitely ......."
Xiao Guozi saw Mi Bao's expressionless face and suddenly turned around, so he swallowed the words behind him, turned around and glanced at Tao Jinbao, Tao Jinbao was also looking at him, the two of them in this deep mountain and old forest, never dreamed that they would meet their childhood partner Mi Bao, and remembered Mi Bao's situation and departure at that time, I don't know what to say.
The snowflakes outside were still falling one after another, there was no wind, and the whole mountain was silent.
The house was also quiet and could hear the crackling sound of firewood in the stove, and the three childhood friends sat around the fire, looking at each other silently, and countless questions and words were gathered in their hearts, but the three of them pressed the lid tightly. Xiao Guozi's face was flushed, he couldn't hold back his quick words on weekdays, he ignored Tao Jinbao's stopping, slapped his thigh and said:
"Mi Bao, we won't hide it from you, we are all from Valley Town, let me tell you the truth, we have participated in the Anti-Japanese Federation!"
"Anti-Union?" Mi Po asked. In fact, he is still no stranger to this word, he has heard Sister Fu say it.
"The Anti-Japanese Alliance is the Anti-Japanese Alliance, killing the Japanese devils!" Tao Jinbao hurriedly said, "I know, you have a pimple in our hearts, but we are very obedient to you in private, whether it is studying or practicing martial arts, you are better than us, even the most beautiful girl Peaches likes you, we have to get by on the face, right?" ”
Tao Jinbao said this, raised his eyes and glanced at Mi Bao, his face was slightly red, and he paused and continued: "I say this, whether you believe it or not, you and Peaches were caught by a few thieves that day, we were just as uncomfortable, I poured my life back to the town to call people, I fell a big fall on the road and my arm fell straight blood, I can't care about it, Mr. Monk went crazy after you fell into the big black ditch, and hung the rope again and again to look for it, and there was not even a good piece of land on your body, your third master and your third mother said that they couldn't live with you. The people of the town have avoided them all these years, and Xiao Guozi and Peaches shouted hoarsely on the edge of the ditch that day, Peaches, Peaches, she was like a demon, and she walked around the big black ditch when she saw the sky......"
"Actually," Mi Bao interrupted Tao Jinbao, "I don't actually blame you guys. I often think of Mr. Monk and you, I think of Peaches, I think of my relatives. I just don't want to live that hard life without seeing the sun. I believed my mother's words, and I wanted to find a place for the gods to live in the mountains, you see, I really found it, as long as I am diligent here, I can eat enough, and I don't have to carry my head to live......."
"Soon we have to lift our heads, the Japanese called, cut our wood, dug up our coal, built the railway, and transported away one wagon after another, I'm afraid this peaceful birthday will not be a few days away!" Xiao Guozi said.