Yun Qi took out a steamed bun from his arms, broke half of it and handed it to Xiao Hong, took out the bamboo tube again, drank a few sips of water, Xiao Hong gnawed on the steamed bun while stretching her neck long, looked at the place where the rope was buried, and turned her head from time to time to ask Yun Qi: "Big brother, will the rabbit get into the circle by itself?" Will it be so stupid? Isn't it now that you've caught a rabbit, aren't you going to take a look? With an anxious look, it seemed that as long as Yun Qi nodded, she would rush over and check one rope noose after another to see if there was any prey found on it.

Yun Qi smiled and comforted her, telling her to wait for a while, if the movement is too big, it will frighten the rabbit, and the rabbit will not come. When Xiaohong heard this, she immediately closed her mouth, but her eyes were wide open, and she still looked vigilantly at the grass, often forgetting the steamed buns in her hand.

Yun Qi smiled, remembering the first time he went hunting with Grandpa Wu, it seemed to be the same, so many years have passed in a blink of an eye, and he has become an old hunter in front of Xiaohong, it is really a white cloud and a dog, time flies, but he hopes that time can pass a little faster, if he grows up, then he should be able to do more things, now, the clues of the tragedy have been ascertained little by little, the truth seems to be in front of him, as long as he goes a little further, he can find the real murderer, but what if he finds it, Now that he is only 15 years old, even if the murderer stands in front of him, can he take revenge?

Yun Qi was thinking with his eyes closed, suddenly his nose itched, he couldn't help sneezing, opened his eyes, and saw Xiaohong Thief covering his mouth and laughing, holding a weed in his hand, it turned out that this guy was using grass to tease himself, Yun Qi glared at her, and then put his finger to his mouth and shouted, Xiaohong nodded when he saw that he was busy covering his mouth, his head shrank back, and he lowered his head, who knew that Yunqi jumped up all of a sudden, hugged Xiaohong, pressed him under him, took the weed on Xiaohong's neck, and swept his ears around, sweeping Xiaohong Wow Wow, laughed happily, Yun Qi didn't stop, Xiaohong couldn't stop laughing, and after laughing, everyone softened, and begged for mercy again and again, so Yun Qi let her go.

Xiaohong lay on the ground and pouted: "Big brother is so bad, big brother is a liar." You still said that you can't make a sound, I don't dare to say a word for so long, you scared the rabbits away! ”

Yun Qi stretched out his hand, patted Xiaohong's face, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, big brother has great skills, and he will definitely gain something today." Now, let's not wait here, do something else. ”

So, Yun Qi took Xiaohong to play in the wild. At this time, it was the end of the year, and the weeds were all yellow, and the leaves of the big trees had fallen to bare branches.

Yun Qi plucked some soft weeds on the grass, there were yellow and red in it, and a touch of cyan in it, mixed a grass ring, and put it on Xiaohong's head, and said apologetically to Xiaohong, if it is spring, I will make you a colorful hat with flowers, at that time you must be the most beautiful little girl in the world, and the grass is not as beautiful as spring, so you will bring it!

Xiaohong didn't know what the spring wreath that her brother said looked like, but now the grass wreath in front of her was very beautiful, and she was very happy to take this grass wreath, her head swayed from side to side, posing in various cute poses, and kept asking Yun Qi, big brother, am I good-looking? Yun Qi looked at her with a smile, looking at this little girl who was wearing a patched dress, and two front teeth were missing from her mouth, she was overjoyed because she wore a simple grass ring on her head, this child, although her family was poor, although she lost her father, he almost didn't wear good clothes, but she was happy, happy, her eyes were full of excitement, I really hope that this excitement can be preserved for a long time.

Yun Qi said softly: "Good-looking, Xiaohong is the most beautiful little girl in the world." ”

Xiaohong giggled happily, and then, with the most beautiful flower crown in the world, jumped and ran to the stream, not far from them, there was a stream of water, under the warm winter sun, the stream became very shallow, only less than three or five feet, and it was also very shallow, but it was before this pool of turbid water, Xiaohong stood proudly by the stream and looked left and right, straightened the grass ring for a while, and stretched the clothes for a while, stinky and beautiful.

Yun Qi stood aside and watched, his eyes were full of smiles, he had hoped that he had a sister since he was a child, and then his sister was gone, and his home was gone, he felt that the world seemed to have lost everything all of a sudden, and later, Grandpa Wu and Buzang made him feel the warmth of home, and now, such a lovely angel stood in front of him, he seemed to think of his childhood, remembered those happy days, this cute little girl, how good it is to be his sister!

The two played in the field for more than an hour, during which Yun Qi also used a firewood knife to cut two branches, made into digging tools, the two found a rat hole in Xiangyang by the stream in the field and dug it, and the harvest was quite abundant, the rat hole hid a lot of vole winter food, there are millet, there are beans, all kept very dry, about two bowls, Xiaohong happily took off her coat, wrapped all these grains into it, and said excitedly: "Big brother, let's come over every day to dig in the future, okay?" In this way, mom doesn't need to worry about eating anymore. Yun Qi's heart was very sour.

Seeing that the hour was almost up, Yun Qi took Xiaohong to look at the set to see if there was any harvest after a long time, the result was okay, among all the sets, there was a set that caught a rabbit, this rabbit was fat and strong, about four or five pounds in weight, a gray fur was smooth and smooth, staring at two big round eyes, looking at the two in horror, Xiaohong excitedly yelled around the rabbit, jumping and jumping, after Yun Qi put away the rabbit, Xiaohong looked at him with adoring eyes and asked: "Big brother, Shall we come back tomorrow to hunt? You can catch hares, you can dig vole nests, and you tell me that you may also catch pheasants and ducks, and I want to hunt with my brother every day. ”

Yun Qi touched Xiao Hong's yellow and sparse hair, and said with a smile: "Xiao Hong, my brother used to be a hunter, if we have a bow in our hands, we can catch more prey, but it's not early today, we should go back, and if you don't go back, your mother will have to worry." ”

Xiaohong's house is located in a private house in the west of the city, the house is very small and dilapidated, and there is no furniture at home, Xiaohong's mother Aunt He saw Xiaohong bring the guests into the house, and was a little annoyed, but she still warmly entertained Yun Qi, Yun Qi handed the hare in her hand to Xiaohongniang, saying that this is what I and Xiaohong achieved by hunting today, Xiaohong also proudly opened the clothes in her hand, and showed her mother the food dug out of the rat's nest like a treasure, and said proudly: "Mom, this is what I dug out." ”

Aunt He shook her hand embarrassedly and said, "What is this, this is yours, we can't accept it." Yun Qi said: "Auntie, I'm here, I'm not familiar with life, I don't have a friend, my home is deep in the mountains, I definitely can't go back to celebrate the New Year with my family this year, I'm alone in the dart game, it's a person who eats enough, the whole family is not hungry, I don't have much use for taking this rabbit back, I fall in love with Xiaohong, I like this cute sister very much, she also likes me, so I came over cheekily, I want to have a meal with my aunt and little sister, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"Okay, big brother is good to me, big brother, you must stay, mother, can you let big brother stay, I like big brother." Little Red took her mother's hand, and her body began to twist again, pouting her mouth, looking at her mother's face with a look of pleading.

Aunt He scraped Xiaohong's nose helplessly, and said to Yun Qi: "Of course it's okay for you to stay for a meal, it's just that our family is relatively poor, and we don't have anything to entertain, so I hope you don't want to laugh." ”

Yun Qi hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Auntie, don't say this, I'm from a poor family, you don't know, I used to be a beggar, I have suffered everything, as long as you give me a hot mouthful, I won't pick anything." After speaking, he simply took out the few steamed buns left on his body and put them on the table.

Aunt He heard that Yunqi had also been a beggar, and couldn't help but be surprised, so she asked the reason, Yunqi told her that when she was seven or eight years old, her parents met bad people when they went out, and both died, and there was no one in the family, so she had to look for her grandfather, and she didn't want to go the wrong way, so she became a beggar for a while. Over the years, the three grandparents have been living in the mountains, and now they can't go home after the Chinese New Year, and they really miss them.

After knowing Yun Qi's family affairs, Aunt He couldn't help but overflow with motherhood, her eyes were red, and her eyes changed when she looked at Yun Qi again, and she quickly accepted Yun Qi, an outsider, and told them to play by themselves first, and then Zhang Luofan went.

Yun Qi took Xiaohong to the yard, looked left and right, then found an axe, split the firewood piled up in the yard, and then Xiaohong picked it up and stacked it neatly in the corner of the wall.

At dinner, there was a plate of scrambled eggs, a plate of pickles and fried bacon, and a plate of small dried fish on the table, it could be seen that this was specially made by Aunt He.

Aunt He rubbed her hands a little embarrassed, and said to Yun Qi: "Yun Qi, I don't treat you as an outsider, so I want to discuss something with you, that rabbit should have been killed for you to eat, but I think it's better to sell it at the market tomorrow, you can exchange it for a little money, and after the New Year, you must buy some new clothes for Xiaohong and add something new to the family, so don't be surprised." ”

Yun Qi hurriedly stood up and said to Xiaohongniang in a panic: "Auntie, I can't sit still if you say this, this rabbit is called by Xiaohong and me, there is already Xiaohong's share, and besides, the rabbit gave it to you, how to arrange it is up to you, you are my aunt, Xiaohong is my sister-in-law, how you arrange it is correct, I have no opinion." ”

Aunt He glanced at Yun Qi with relief, and then Zhang Luo and a few people ate together, while eating, the three of them said let's go, it can be seen that Xiaohong is very excited today, probably because there is a favorite big brother here today, and there are good things to eat at night that he can't usually eat, he eats with oil in his mouth, and his face is full of bright smiles.

Aunt He held the bowl, looked at the two children with a smile, looked at them happily, and felt very happy, although it was bitter all these years, she never complained, but she always felt sorry for her daughter, and did not give her daughter a good life, and today I saw my daughter so happy, and I felt that everything was worth it.

Her heart suddenly moved, her daughter is so happy, all because of this little guy named Yun Qi, since her daughter likes him so much, Yun Qi has no father and no mother, and his background is so pitiful, I might as well collect Yun Qi as a god, I don't have a son, it has always been a pity, and this little guy is lonely, and I can take care of him more.

Thinking of this, Aunt He said to Yun Qi: "Yun Qi, I want to discuss something with you, if you say something wrong, don't be angry." ”

Yun Qi hurriedly stopped his chopsticks and said, "Auntie, please tell me, you are an elder, and you just command." ”

Aunt He smiled mysteriously and said, "I just heard about your life experience, you are a poor child, you have no relatives here, and you don't have a place to go for the New Year." I can see that my Xiaohong really likes you very much, and I also think you are a good boy, so I thought, you can ...... in the future."

"No, no, auntie, I'm still young, not old enough to talk about marriage, auntie, this can't be helped." Yun Qi waved his hand anxiously.

"Uh......" Aunt He was stunned on the spot, and then laughed out loud, and the food in her mouth sprayed Yun Qi's face.