Chapter 6: The Hemp Boy
Yuan Wei didn't know how he walked back to the wooden house in the mountains, he was bumped in the night like a walking corpse, and the words of the third grandfather echoed in his ears over and over again: "What's the use of you going? You're just a little lame ......." ”
From the beginning of being sensible, this is the first blow that Motoo has received. Even when his grandfather was gone, all he felt was sadness. But this time, it gave him a strong sense of powerlessness. He wanted to fight, to convince the bell family, but he couldn't get into the farmhouse.
"What should I do? What should I do?"
Motoo asked himself over and over again, and the pain and fatigue in his body made him rush to the bed and pass out.
Early the next morning.
"Motoo, Motoo, wake up!" a slightly immature voice called in his ear.
Motoo opened his astringent eyelids, his gaze swept over the room, and his gaze was full of confusion.
"Motoo, you're awake!" This is a completely unfamiliar voice, immature and hoarse, like a wisp of wind blowing through the cracks in the wall when the wind blows through the wooden house, ethereal and natural, very good.
Yuan Wei followed the voice and saw an unfamiliar face, in his early tens, with a thin melon seed face, thin eyebrows, big eyes, pretty lips, and extremely delicate facial features. The complexion is a faint brown color, but unfortunately the face is densely covered with copper coin-sized spots.
"Hey, look stupid, haven't you ever seen such a handsome boy?" said the hemp boy as he stretched out his finger and shook it a few times in front of Motoo.
"You, who are you?" Motoo rubbed his numb head and sat up from the bed.
"I, I'm here to rescue your immortals? Hurry up, good boy, kowtow to me first. The numb-skinned boy blinked his big beautiful eyes slyly, straightened his chest forward, and put on an unstoppable face.
"Save me, save me, what?" said Motoo, skeptically.
"Have you encountered any problems? Tell me about it? Maybe this fairy can solve it for you. The teenager continued to induce.
"Ben Xian? your name is also Ben Xian? Puzzle... It's not like I'm having a problem, immortal, go and save my sister Bell, my uncle is going to marry her to a dying man, you go and tell my uncle, it's not right to do this... I've kowtowed to you. As he spoke, Motoo fell to his knees in front of the young man.
"Uhhhhh
"Forget it, I'm not fooling you. I'm not an immortal, I'm the youngest son of the eldest daughter of the third grandfather of the village. I know all about the bell, and my grandfather asked me to persuade you. ”
"The youngest son of the eldest daughter of the third grandfather, then your family lives so far away, I heard that the aunt married into a village far away in the south. But... No, I remember that I saw my aunt when she went back to her parents' house, and she only gave birth to six daughters..."
"I was born from my mother. ”
"But the last time I saw my aunt was four years ago, and you're in your teens..."
"How do I know, maybe my mother can't give birth to a son, so I picked it up?"
"Pick it up?ah, I'm sorry, I'm not trying to reveal your background. Actually, I also picked it up, and I'm happier than you, at least I have a father and a mother..."Looking at the young man's annoyed appearance, Yuan Wei felt that he seemed to have revealed some sad past of others, and suddenly felt a little guilty, and quickly turned his head to comfort.
The young man breathed a sigh of relief, and he solemnly introduced himself: "My name is Mu Wei, and I am ten years old this year. ”
"My name is Motoo and I'm twelve years old. Then I'm your cousin. ”
"Don't, you're my brother. We're all picking it up anyway. Brother, brother, brother. Mu Wei came over with a greasy and crooked face.
"Well, then we are brothers, brother, don't worry, I will take care of you. Motoo patted his chest.
"Take care of me?" Mu Wei's disdainful gaze swept over Motoo, "Let's figure out your own business first." Do you know how to solve the matter of marrying a bell?"
"I don't know, I'm just a cripple. Yuan Wei suddenly turned into a bitter gourd face.
"Here's the problem, if you weren't a cripple, with this handsome little face second only to me, wouldn't you just marry the bell yourself. Mu Wei said as he lightly picked up Yuanwei's chin with one finger and admired it carefully.
"But I'm a cripple!"
"You're stupid, if you're lame, just cure your leg!"
"I can't cure it, grandpa said that I was born lame, and I know it myself..."
"Did your grandfather say that if you can't cure it, you can't cure it? Do you know that out of Huangshi Village, there are densely populated towns, and there are huge cities, and there are even imperial cities inhabited by Emperor Laozi. There, there are many, many skilled men who can come back to life and grow bones and muscles. This little problem in your leg, they solved it with a finger. ”
"Town, city, imperial city, resurrection of the dead, long bones and muscles, Mu Wei, are these things true?" Motoo's eyes were full of longing starlight.
"Of course it's true. ”
"When my grandfather was alive, he said that there was a soaphorn village in the south of Huangshi Village, and there were many, many rich people there. I thought that was the end of the day. I learned today that there was a better place. But is Lang Zhong there willing to treat my leg?"
"There's me. Mu Wei patted her small chest and reassured. "By the way, brother, are you going to become a mountain tiger?"
"yes, hey, how do you know? No one knows about this except Bell and me!" Motoo glared at him in confusion.
"Ahem, that, that, I was actually in my grandfather's room last night, and when you left, I went to find the bell again, and the bell told me all about you, and she also asked me to tell you, as long as you heal your leg, she won't marry anyone else, only you!"
"Really, what did the bell really say?" Motoo was a little excited, and he grabbed Mu Wei's hand tightly.
"Of course it's true!" Mu Wei was visibly satisfied with Motoo's reaction.
Receiving an affirmative answer, Motoo was relieved a lot. At the same time, he also secretly made up his mind that no matter how far and difficult it was, he would find a wise man, cure his lameness, and then come back to save the bell from suffering.
"My father and my mother asked me to go out to see the world, so I wanted to take you to Langzhong, or let's leave now!" Mu Wei tried his best to pout, as if he was looking forward to it.
But thinking of leaving, Yuan Wei was a little reluctant. This vast two-season mountain is the place where he has been nurtured for four years, there are countless mountain beasts, rocks, plants and trees that he likes to love, before leaving, he has to tell him to rest assured.
Mu Wei made a fuss to go with him, so Yuan Wei turned into a mountain tiger, and ran around the area he was familiar with with Mu Wei, bidding farewell to everything he was familiar with. The snake lady knew that he was going to travel far away, and her expression was very reluctant, but she seemed to be a little afraid of Mu Wei and did not kiss Motoo's cheek as before.
After saying goodbye to everything, Motowei left Liangji Mountain with Mu Fen and ran south for the first time.
Frightened by the appearance of mountain tigers, they bypassed the village and galloped across the vast fields. The mountain tiger is vigorous and majestic, running faster and faster like lightning.
The bell is the first person to be carried by Motoo, and the wood is the second. But Mu Wei didn't have the tranquility of a bell at all, he clamped Yuanwei's waist and abdomen tightly with his legs like riding a horse, grabbed Yuanwei's ears with both hands, grabbed Yuanwei's ears for a while, hugged his neck for a while, and once grabbed the tail and pulled it hard, which made Yuanwei very uncomfortable.
"Wow, there's a lake in front of us, let's go swimming! "Mu Wei sat high and saw far away, attracted by a blue in the distance.
"It's me running, okay!" Motoo roared dissatisfiedly under him, but he also had a deep yearning for playing in the water. After all, the hours of running made him sweat.
Look at the mountains and run dead horses, and look at the lake to run dead tigers. It seemed to be a piece of blue that was close at hand, and it made Motoo run for another half an hour. When he reached the shore of the lake, he did not stop, but jumped straight into the water with the wood fennel.
The coolness of the lake took away all fatigue, and the two teenagers played in the clear water, leaving strings of laughter, and even Motoo forgot his sorrow for a while.
"Hey, why are you taking off your clothes?" Mu Wei seemed a little nervous when he saw Motoo take off himself in the water.
"The clothes are dirty, I wash them. After washing and drying on the stones on the shore, the stones have been dried and hot, and when we go ashore, the clothes will be dry. You can wash it too!" Motoo swam to the shore and scrubbed a shore stone as a washboard. He was actually a hard-working child, and his clothes were always spotlessly clean, even if they were in tatters. The cabin where he once lived has always been cleaned fresh and tidy.
"I don't wash it, why don't you wash it for me?"
"Okay, you throw it over. ”
Mu Wei hesitated for a moment, but still took off his shirt and trousers and threw them to Motoo, he only wore a short pants and soaked in the water, his thin flat chest, back, and even the skin of his limbs were densely covered with spots the size of copper coins, which made people feel weird.
"Don't you wash your pants?"
"Don't wash, you mortals bathe naked, and we immortals are all wearing pants to wash. Mu Wei crossed his hands and swam to the shore to look at Motoo.
"Immortals, you dare to fool me. Motoo glared at him.
It may be that it grows in the deep mountains and old forests all year round, and the skin of Yuanwei is different from that of ordinary people. But on this white skin, there are dense dark red scars, snaking around the limbs and torso like countless earthworms, which is shocking.
Mu Wei reached out and touched the scars: "Brother, why do you have so many scars?
"I made it myself. Yuan Wei smiled faintly: "I'm not lame, it must be a problem with the bones, so I cut the meat and looked at the bones inside." ”
"What do you see?"
"There's an extra bone here. Motoo tapped the lame knee.
"Well, brother, don't worry, I will definitely find a Lang Zhong who can remove this bone for you!"
"That's why I came out with you. As he spoke, Yuan Wei stood up and wanted to dry his washed clothes on the rocks on the shore, and his naked body was suddenly unobstructed.
"Brother, you're really not ashamed!" Mu Wei kicked him into the deep water, but he swam to the other side...