A few days later, Zhou Zhizhi woke up on a thatched bed.

At the beginning, not long after escaping the passage, he fainted due to exhaustion.

“...... It is said that it is returned, and the years are endless...... Bilvi Ho ...... the Glory of Normality"

A girl's voice sounded, and the immature singing voice was elegant and pure, like a breeze blowing through the hills.

The boy lay on the bed, looking at the sparse thatch on the roof, and for some reason left tears in the song, perhaps moved by the sadness in the song, or perhaps thinking of the hardships of wandering.

He turned sideways and saw the girl sitting on the rough ground humming on her back to him, playing with an object in her hand, a flat stone piece shaped like a hairpin, which the boy recognized as a magic weapon obtained from the monument.

The girl turned around and saw the boy wake up, with a look of surprise.

"You're awake. ”

The girl's thin body was very small, she looked to be only seven or eight years old, and her gray face had a few black and gray marks.

"Where am I? Where is my father? Who are you?"

The girl pouted and said, "You are awake, my brother and Sister Xiaohua have always said that you are a pig who can't wake up." ”

"Ahem...... I'm not a pig, I think you're like a little pig. ”

"I'm not, you're a pig, you're a pig who can't wake up. ”

"I passed out from an injury, not sleeping. ”

The girl thought for a moment and said, "Then you are a pig who has passed out." ”

The boy thought it was better not to talk about pigs, so he changed the topic and asked, "Who are you?

"Who is your father?"

"Zhou Da. ”

"Who is Zhou Da?"

“...... Leave it alone, who are you? What is this place?"

"I'm Yueyue, and this is Daddy Zhou's home. ”

The boy looked around, and there was a bed at the other end of the room, with less thatch than the one he was lying on, a table in the room, an unlit candle on the wall, a solid muddy floor with potholes, and a very shabby room.

"Yueyue, where did Daddy Zhou go?"

"I don't know. ”

“...... Why are you here?"

"Daddy Zhou wants me to take care of you. ”

"Is there any water?"

"Oh, by the way, Daddy Zhou said that you will be hungry when you wake up, there is porridge in the pot. ”

The girl put down the ritual vessel on the edge of the bed and walked out of the room, and in a moment she cautiously walked in with a large bowl with a broken edge.

"You eat. ”

The porridge in the bowl was black and mushy, but it was very fragrant, and the young man was hungry and thirsty, and when he saw the porridge, his stomach immediately gurgled and screamed.

He took the broken bowl with both hands and swallowed it in a big gulp, and his weak body immediately cheered, as if every cell in his body was excited.

The girl saw the boy gobbling up, and unconsciously drooled.

The boy stopped to drink the porridge and reluctantly handed the bowl to the girl.

"You're hungry too, eat. ”

The girl wiped her saliva, shook her head and said, "Don't, Daddy Zhou said it was for you, I won't eat it." ”

"Is there anything else in the pot?"

"Yes, Daddy Zhou said that you don't have enough bowls, so you have to eat more. ”

The boy nodded, and ate the rest of the porridge in twos and threes.

The girl then brought another bowl.

"Is there anything else in the pot?"

"No, just two bowls. ”

"Oh. ”

The boy took two more sips and handed the bowl to the girl.

"I'm full, you eat. ”

"Really!" the girl was delighted.

"Really, you eat. ”

The girl took the bowl and snorted and ate it.

"You're a little piggy. The boy teased.

The girl put down the bowl, leaving a black mark on her mouth, and said, "You eat more than I do, and you are a pig." ”

The boy was speechless.

The girl continued to drink the porridge triumphantly, and in between her drinks, the boy asked some more questions before he figured out what was going on with him.

After the sunrise at the monument, the father returned to the village with the unconscious Zhou Zhichu in a donkey cart, and asked Zhang Yueyue, her brother and a girl named Zhang Xiaohua to take care of her while the father was away.

The village is called Qianshan Village, most of the families are surnamed Zhang, but there are also many outsiders, the original village of Zhou's father was destroyed by the war, and after several migrations, he came to settle in Qianshan Village. There are only a few dozen families in the village, more women than men, many young and young, and all of them are poor.

Yueyue is actually not called Yueyue, she is called Zhang Xiuyue, her brother is called Zhang Xiaodao, and Sister Xiaohua is not called Xiaohua, but Zhang Jinhua.

"What did you just sing?"

"Daddy Zhou taught, do you like to listen to it?"

The boy nodded.

The girl was very happy and sang, "Picking the weed, picking the weed, and the wee stopping." It is said that the return is returned, and the years are endless......"

Time passed in the song, and the boy coiled his hair, picked up the ritual instrument on the edge of the bed and inserted it into the bun.

The girl was not only singing, but also dancing, like a joyful elf, dancing to the song on the ground, as if walking through the jungle, and from time to time bending down to make the action of picking.

In a trance, the boy felt that the crude hut had become brighter.

"Month after month, month by month. ”

A girl's voice sounded outside the house.

"It's Sister Xiaohua. The girl stopped singing and jumped open the door.

Two men came in from outside the house, a girl and a boy, both of whom were only twelve or thirteen years old, dressed plainly, and their faces were equally gray.

"Ah, you're awake. The girl saw the boy sitting on the edge of the bed.

The young man smiled, "You are Sister Xiaohua that Yueyue said, I woke up, thank you for taking care of me before." ”

After the girl was surprised, she pouted, blushed a little, and seemed to be a little angry, "No thanks, Daddy Zhou promised to send firewood to my family, but I didn't do it voluntarily." ”

On the side, the boy also said: "Our family too, it's good if you wake up, if you don't wake up, Daddy Zhou will go crazy." ”

A warmth rose in the boy's heart.

Yueyue suddenly interjected: "Sister Xiaohua, he is not a pig, he doesn't eat much, not as much as his brother." ”

The boy Zhang Xiaodao was not happy, "Do I eat too much? You only eat too much, look at your face, little flower pig." ”

The boy smiled, it seemed that the little flower pig was not the first to bark.

Yueyue turned around and jumped up, singing in her mouth: "Brother is a little gray pig, brother is a little gray pig......"

Zhang Xiaodao was mad, held down Yueyue, and threatened: "Don't scream again, otherwise I will beat you." ”

Yueyue's eyes flashed, "I told Mom." ”

Zhang Xiaodao was even more angry, but he didn't dare to really beat his sister, so he could only scream at Xiaohua Pig and Xiaohua Pig.

The boy laughed.

Xiaohua said helplessly to the young man: "That's how they are." ”

"Hehe, Yueyue is very cute. ”

"Daddy Zhou said that he picked you up in the city, and said that you forgot a lot of things, is it true?"

“...... Yes, I forgot a lot of things. ”

"Oh," the girl squirmed suddenly, "then...... If you remember, will you leave?"

Zhang Xiaodao on the side suddenly quieted down, he covered Yueyue's mouth, and didn't let her make noise.

The young man looked at the two strangely and said, "Is it important to remember or not?"

Zhang Xiaodao scratched his head anxiously, "Important, of course important, will you leave?"

The boy thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. ”

"Oh, how can you not know, don't you want to go to your own parents? Maybe they are thinking about you too. ”

Zhang Xiaodao's words touched the young man's heartstrings, "My own father?"

"Yes, you think, you've been wandering for so long, aren't your parents in a hurry?"

The boy was silent, he had never thought about it.

Xiaohua was a little impatient and said, "You better go, Daddy Zhou said that you may be the son of a rich family, and your father and mother must be looking for you." ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, and seemed to see something, "Why do you want me to go?"

"Oh, you're so annoying, if you want to go, you'll go, what a rambling thing. Zhang Xiaodao looked at the young man with disdain.

"I'm not leaving, I promised my dad that I want to pass on the queen for the Zhou family. ”

As soon as the boy finished speaking, Xiaohua jumped up and smashed his fist on the head.

"Fart, you'll leave tomorrow, I'll beat you up if you don't go. ”

The boy was stunned, he didn't expect to be beaten at all, and he was a girl.

Zhang Xiaodao saw Xiaohua punch the young man, and he also jumped up, with a smile on his face, and then gestured his fist to the young man, and said, "If you don't leave, I'll beat you." ”

Bian Shangyueyue hesitated for a while, and also stepped forward and raised her little fist, "Little brother, I will beat you too." ”

The young man was annoyed and roared angrily: "If you don't go, you won't go!"

Xiaohua and Zhang Xiaodao were both startled by the young man's slightly hideous expression, only Yueyue was unconscious and still standing by the bed.

"Phew, let's go. ”

Xiaohua was stunned for a moment, suddenly her face flushed, she took a bite of the young man, took Yueyue's hand and walked out.

Yueyue waved her hand before leaving, "Little brother, see you tomorrow." ”

"Hurry up, don't see you. Xiaohua's voice came from outside the house.

As soon as Zhang Xiaodao saw Xiaohua leaving, he hurriedly rushed out, but before going out, he turned around and smiled: "We will be friends in the future, don't blame Xiaohua, she is in a hurry." ”

The boy frowned, feeling inexplicable.

He stood up, feeling a little weak, and moved.

After that, he walked out of the house, and outside the door was a small courtyard, which was located halfway up the hill.

At this moment, the sun has set in the west, and under the slope is the former mountain village, dozens of thatched huts are scattered in the ravine, the old farmers who have returned home from the fields walk leisurely, the children chase in the sunset, and the peasant women drive their livestock into the shed, which is completely a leisurely pastoral scenery, and the young man likes it the moment he sees the village.

The boy overlooked the whole village, and saw the departing Xiaohua and Zhang Xiaodao brothers and sisters from a distance, Xiaohua and Yueyue walked on the path down the mountain and hummed happily, Zhang Xiaodao chased Xiaohua in the back to talk and laugh, the boy seemed to be able to hear their bell-like laughter, and he also laughed, because he suddenly understood that Xiaohua, Yueyue and Zhang Xiaodao were completely different from those beggars.

The boy not only saw Xiaohua and them, but also saw his father.

Zhou Laohan carried a bundle of firewood on his back, walked from the mountain, his originally gloomy and haggard face bloomed with surprise when he saw the young man, he untied the firewood tied neatly on his back, and ran to the young man with a cry.

At this moment, Zhou Chuchu's heart was moved, and the corners of his eyes were moist.