Chapter 12: Half-Intercepted Feathered Arrow
After sweeping around the courtyard, She Yi's gaze stopped at the wooden door of his house. The doors show obvious signs of being repaired, and one of the wooden beams has been replaced with a new one. She Yu also noticed the abnormality on the door of She Yi's room, and her eyes blinked.
"Brother, your wrist is swollen. It won't be convenient for you to make it yourself, so I'll go into the house and help you put it on. ”
She Yi knew that She Yu wanted to see what his house was smashed into.
"Okay, hard girl."
He pushed the door open and walked into the room, and She Yu followed. The screen was missing in the room, the quilt, mattress, and mosquito net on the bed were gone, and there was a wooden shelf for a wooden basin in the corner of the wall, with a gap the size of a baby's fist on the side.
She Yi and She Yu's eyes stayed on the desk in front of the window at the same time, the daffodils on the desk were gone, and the stack of books on the desk was obviously much less.
She Yi's brows furrowed, and he hurriedly walked to the bed, squatted down and glanced at the bottom of the bed, the locked wooden box under the bed was safe and sound, and let out a long breath. The things locked in this wooden box are not ordinary things, and the fruits of the labor of the past two months are all in the box, including alcohol, ether, sulfur, sulfur, saltpeter...... Includes pills formulated for the second stage of tuberculosis.
"It's fine!"
She Yi looked back and saw that She Yu didn't look at him, standing next to the table, the half-cut feather arrow in his hand was placed on the table, and he couldn't take his eyes off it, quickly flipping through the books.
"Brother, you wrote that the Dream of Red Mansions is gone, and so are the joyful and gray wolf! Savage stupid woman...... She must have taken the ......."
She Yuxiaofen's fists clenched tightly and slammed on the desk with a snap.
She Yi sneered and couldn't help laughing...... It's really strange that her quiet and gentle lady sister would be so angry and corrupt. It seems that fairy tale books and villain books are not very attractive to children.
"Xiaoyu, if you don't, it's gone, just write it to you again...... Don't be angry. ”
He turned around and pulled the wooden box out from under the bed, took a key from his waist, and opened it. Then he took out a square wrapped in a towel from his pocket and put it in. The white silk scarf was covered with the coal he had collected in Baishui Mountain.
He couldn't think of any use for the time being, so he put it in this box for the time being, and took it out to study when he was bored.
"Hey, brother, you still have a box hidden under the bed? Let's just say that you are not in a hurry at all, it turns out that important things have been hidden by you. ”
She Yu put a book in her hand on the table and walked over to She Yi's side.
"Of course, these things are my brother's fine collection, as well as the pills for our second course of treatment, so we can't afford to miss them."
She Yi said with a smile.
"Hey, that's not the paper cut I gave you...... And the straw rope ......."
She Yu's eyes were sharp, and she suddenly saw a red paper cut folded inside the box, as well as a thin straw rope next to it.
"It seems that the things I gave you are all within the scope of your collection......
She Yu walked behind She Yi, bent down to support her knees with her hands, and looked at She Yi with a smile.
"Hehe, of course."
She Yi took out a porcelain vase from the box, closed the box, pushed it in, stood up, and gently scraped She Yu's nose with two fingers.
"Hmph, I'm so stingy, don't let me see it, I'm rare!"
She Yu pretended to be angry.
"I'll show you later. Girl, take it. This is the second course of medicine, after taking it, your illness will be cured, and you can pay more attention to your diet in the future. ”
She Yi stuffed the porcelain bottle in his hand into She Yu's hand, walked to the desk, and his eyes stayed on the feather arrow. This half-feathered arrow seemed to be different from ordinary feathered arrows, especially the bare feathers, which were obviously thicker and longer than ordinary feathers, and he walked over, picked up this half-feathered arrow, and looked at it.
She Yu didn't know why, standing in place, holding the porcelain vase handed to her by She Yi, Xiao Fan's fists were clenched tightly, and her lips were moving slightly, as if she was mustering up courage.
Half-ringing...... She took a deep breath, Xiao Bei bit her lip, turned to look at She Yi, her throat moved, and the small fist holding the porcelain bottle clenched tighter.
"Brother...... I, I have one thing to tell you. ”
"Well, let's talk about it!"
She Yi didn't look back and continued to look at the feather arrow.
"Brother, I vaguely heard the conversation between Dr. Zhang and my mother in the morning, saying that the two of us are returning to the light."
After She Yu finished speaking, her eyes were closed tightly, and her mood was very heavy, she knew that She Yi had never thought of the word death, but sooner or later she would have to face it. She is a smart girl, although she didn't hear the detailed conversation between Zhang Jizhong and her mother Ding, but from her mother's sudden change of attitude towards She Yi, she guessed that the two of them may not have much to live.
She didn't want her brother to indulge in fantasies, fantasies about the medicines that could cure their ailments, fantasies about those little inventions...... There is no cure for their disease, and even the best doctors can't do anything about it. She just wanted her brother to realize that these were their last few days and that they could cherish them.
The movement in She Yi's hand was sluggish for a moment, and then returned to normal, his eyes still resting on the half of the feather arrow.
"Don't listen to that doctor's nonsense, we still have a long time to live, and you will still watch you grow up, get married, have children, and have a happy family like your mother...... Haven't you felt much better during this time? Believe in brother. ”
She Yu's long eyelashes moved, a few tears appeared in the corners of her eyes, and she wanted to say something, but the corners of her mouth twitched, but she didn't say it. Actually, it's better to have a little fantasy than to give up completely. At this moment, she seemed to have figured out something. He let go of his fist, rubbed his eyes slightly, endured not crying, and walked to She Yi's side.
She Yi saw her walk to her side, raised her head, and looked at her seriously.
"Xiaoyu, where did you pick up this half of the feather arrow? Is there anything else around? ”
"I found it in the innermost col of Willow Beach, and there was nothing but this half-cut feather arrow. At that time, there were a lot of mosquitoes on the riverbank, and I thought about resting on the hillside for a while and waiting for you to come down, just in time to see you. At that time, I suddenly saw this feather arrow not far away, and at first I thought it was complete, thinking that Xiaohu liked to play with these, so I brought it back and gave it to him. Unexpectedly, when I got closer, I found that it was only half of it. After thinking about it, I brought it back. That's when you had a conflict with the lord of the county. ”
She Yu told it seriously.
"Brother, what's wrong, what's so strange about this half-feathered arrow?"
"Well, there are indeed oddities, and as far as I know, we Central Plains people rarely use such feather arrows. You see, the feathers on the back are obviously thicker and longer than the feathers we are used to. ”
She Yi plucked a feather from the feather arrow, pointed to the root of the feather and said.
"I know my brother's thoughts, although Suide is located at the junction of Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty. But it has been stable for more than ten years, not to mention that there are garrisons, and the Western Xia will not rashly invade, maybe the township soldiers of Shilibao Tuntian are left behind by hunting, there is nothing strange about it, my brother is too worried. ”
She Yu took the feather from She Yi's hand, looked at it, and handed it to She Yi.
She Yi smiled gracefully, this sister of his own, she was really not ordinarily smart, he just asked where the half of the feather arrow was picked up, and what else was around, and she guessed his thoughts. If it is placed in the future generations, it will definitely be able to achieve a career.
I hope it's really him who is too worried, or else......
However, it's not always a good thing to plan ahead.
"Brother, have you never seen a beautiful girl before?"
She Yu changed the topic and suddenly asked.