He's hungry.

Reaching into his pocket, he felt a lump of soft and waxy paper.

Pinched, as if it were food.

I thought about it carefully, but I couldn't remember when this lump of food was stuffed into my pocket.

"Gollum...... Gollum ......"

His stomach rattled one after another, and he pinched the mass of paper and pulled it out of his pocket.

When I opened it, it was a mass of damp minced dust.

He opened his mouth and brought the ball of paper to his lips, but his nose smelled almonds first. Nausea, strong nausea made him can't help but retch. With a shake of his hand, the chopped almond crisp wrapped in paper balls was also scattered on the ground. He looked down and saw a panicked little face.

"Damn it!"

He cursed, raising his foot and rubbing it on the ground. Turn around, clutch your gurgling belly, and keep walking.

When he was about to leave the house, he clearly looked at the topographical map of the place, and the village where his aunt's house was located was nearby. According to his footsteps, it was long overdue. The only explanation is that at the time of the incident, he was lost in the woods in a panic.

Water, not a problem.

There were quite a few small streams along the way, but the food had already been eaten. If he can't find a place where there are people, then he will most likely starve to death.

Hungry, he reached out and tore off a leaf on the side of the road and stuffed it into his mouth. The bitter feeling in his mouth made him chew it twice before throwing it out. Just as he was desperate to stop and lie in place waiting to die, a beam of light jumped into his eye socket.

He rubbed his eyes, rubbing them vigorously, to make sure it was indeed a beam of light, not his delusion.

His feet reacted before his brain, and he quickened his steps, brushed away the branches in front of him with his hands, and stepped forward.

It is a small courtyard with a fence made of green bamboo, and unknown flowers are wrapped around the fence. The evening breeze blows, bringing bursts of fragrance. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and stood in front of the door, which was also made of green bamboo.

On the door, there is an irregularly shaped plaque with three words written on it: "There is a residence." ”

It's a strange name, and if you taste it closely, it seems to have a hint of Zen. He reads, but does not study Buddhism, and there is a temple not far from his home. Occasionally, a monk passing by would take the opportunity of the relationship to talk to him. At that time, his father and mother were still alive, and his family was not as depressed as it is now. He suddenly regretted that if he hadn't thought about taking refuge with his aunt that day, but had entered the temple and become a monk, maybe there would have been no such things that happened later.

"Gollum...... Goo ......"

His stomach interrupted his memory, and he raised his hand and tapped the door a few times.

Inside the door, quietly.

He pursed his lips and pushed the door with his hand, and found that the door was hidden, so he pushed the gap wider, and his foot was half as he stepped in, "Excuse me, anyone?" ”

A woman inside responded, "Come in, the door is open." ”

He hesitated, but his hand uncontrollably pushed the door open completely.

Simple little yard. The yard was very clean, clean as if there was nothing superfluous. The light came from the room facing the door. When I got closer, I realized that it was a ball of candles, and the high ground was scattered, intertwined into a large ball of light and shadow.

The woman's beautiful figure was reflected on the door, her hands rising and falling, and she didn't know what she was doing.

He approached the door, and it opened from the inside. A dark figure stood in the middle of two doors.

He subconsciously took half a step back, and heard the woman inside whisper, "It's a passerby, right?" Don't scare people. ”

The sound fell, and the dark shadow standing between the two doors moved.

Only then did he see that it was a man who was standing. Tall, probably a head taller than him. The shoulders are very broad, and his honest facial features are becoming more and more clumsy.

"This is my husband, surnamed Yin."

The woman behind the door also appeared, and her appearance was better than her voice. At this time, she was looking at him with a smile.

"You ......"

"Dong Zhuo."

"Dong Zhuo?" The woman's eyes widened, "Is it from the Three Kingdoms?" ”

He was stunned, but saw the woman laughing.

"Don't mind, Childe, the slave family is joking with you."

He opened his mouth and did not speak. The women of the Tang Dynasty are not the kind of delicate ones, but their words and deeds are so presumptuous, but it is the first time he has seen them. Joke? Can this woman from a good family joke with a strange man next to her in front of her husband?

"It seems that it was you, madam, who scared him."

The standing man spoke, and his voice was similar to his appearance, with no features.

"Don't be afraid, my wife was born in the mountains, and her temperament is inevitably crazy. Dong Zhuo: Is it? Please come in and sit down. ”

In front of him, there was a table. The table is also made of green bamboo, and a pair of tea bowls are placed on it.

He hesitated for a moment and sat down at the table, "Well, I'm lost and there's nothing to eat." ”

"Are you from far away?" The woman looked at his shirt.

He looked down at himself, and he was indeed a little embarrassed. Looking at his legs again, it seems that there is still some mud on them.

"I ...... I'm here to join my family. ”

"Look, you look very down." The woman raised her chin and pushed a cup of tea to him: "Moisten your throat first." Rest assured, this tea has just been poured, and my husband and I have not had time to taste it yet. ”

If it was before, he would definitely not take this cup of tea, but now it is different from the past, let alone a new cup of tea, even if others have drunk it, he will not dislike anything. People, in the face of adversity, will learn to give up their former persistence, endure humiliation or steal life.

Pick up the teacup, tilt your head, and drink it all in one gulp. He wiped his mouth and asked, "Madame's family has something to eat, and leftovers are fine." ”

"There are no leftovers, but a new plate of fried liver tips, which was originally intended to be kept for my husband to eat when he has a drink, if you don't dislike it, use it first."

He swallowed his saliva and said urgently: "I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it." ”

The woman pointed up a plate of slippery liver, and he didn't even bother to take the chopsticks, so he directly grabbed it and put it in his mouth. In the mouth, it is a fragrance unique to liver. He ate in a hurry, swallowing the whole plate of liver tips in just a few bites. After eating, he couldn't even bother to wipe his mouth, so he asked again: "Is there any more, steamed buns are fine." ”

The woman handed over a steamed bun, and then found a stool to sit down, holding her cheek with one hand, watching him gobble up.

"Look at what you're wearing, you don't look like one who doesn't have enough to eat. If you have food to eat, why do you want to join your relatives? Do your relatives live around here? As far as I know, there aren't many people in the area. You see, our clothes are not as good as yours. ”

"That's just once." He took a bite of the steamed bun and lowered his head: "Before my father's accident, my family was considered a wealthy family. At least, my parents didn't let me go hungry after I was born. Not only did I never go hungry, but I also had the money to go to private school for a few years. If my father and mother were still here, I would have been on my way to Beijing to take the exam. ”

"I look at you like you've studied."

"Within a radius of 100 miles, I am the only one who has ever studied in a private school. It's a pity that God doesn't bless me, not only did my family fail, but even my father and mother were gone. I'm a member of the Dong family, and now I'm the only one left. ”

"Can you ask, why didn't your father and mother have it?"

"When I was 16 years old, a distant relative told me about my family. The girl's family runs a medicine shop, and his father is the only capable person within a hundred miles of them who can not only treat people, but also open a medicine shop to do business. I have also seen the portrait of the girl, although it is not as good as the lady, but it is not ugly. ”

"Am I good-looking?"

"Madame is not ugly." He glanced at her husband who was standing behind her, "At that time, I was proud of the spring breeze and everything went well. According to my father's wishes, when I turned eighteen years old, after marrying him, he packed up and sent me to Beijing. If you can make a name for yourself, it will be great. If the times are bad and the name is lost, I will return to her hometown with my lady, first as an apprentice, and then as a pharmacy manager. ”

"Sure enough, it's a good idea." The woman tilted her head sideways and smiled.

But no one thought that this seemingly beautiful marriage was actually not very good. On my wedding day, I thought my lady was a little weird. When I got to the cave room, she lifted her hijab and pointed a pair of scissors at my throat, almost killing me on the spot. ”

"Could it be that this bride has other intentions and is unwilling to marry you."

She said that she was born as her cousin's person and died as her cousin's ghost. I was so angry that I beat her, and then forcibly tore her clothes, and had husband and wife with her. I admit that there was something wrong with what I did at the time. But in that case, she said such ugly things to me, and I couldn't control some of my behavior. Afterwards, I also talked to her well, so that she forgot what her cousin was, and lived with me steadily. As for what she said earlier, I don't think I heard it. ”

"And then?"

"She's dead!" He pursed his lips: "When I got up in the morning, she didn't speak, I thought she figured it out and got dressed and went out first." When I got back to the room, I saw her lying on the floor, holding the scissors in her hand, and there was blood on the scissors, and the blood was coming out of her chest. ”

"Suicide?"

"Suicide, of course! She is my wife, and even if she behaves inappropriately, I will not take her life. He pinched the teacup with his hand and looked down at the lines at the bottom of the cup: "If so...... If I had known she would be like that, I probably wouldn't...... Alas! What in this world does you know? Everything that happened happened after all, and it's useless to say regret it. ”

"And your father?"

"I guess I'm involved in this incident." He licked his lips: "What happened after this, until now, I still feel like a nightmare." ”