When Gu San came out after changing his clothes in the room, the hostess had already left. She looked at the young man sitting at the table and asked, "What did you just say to that sister-in-law about the gang?" ”

Murong Yuhua nodded, "Sister-in-law Yong thought you were a hostage I kidnapped, so I recruited officers and soldiers." Saying this, he explained the meaning of Fang Cai's words to Gu San one by one, "Picking orders is to do it alone." To recruit a strong wind is to meet officers and soldiers, white rice is a gun, and the ocean is a bullet. ”

"Pick up Guanyin, do you mean taking hostages?"

"Female hostage."

"Where's the gun?"

"Whoever turned back on the water and delivered the news to the government."

Gu San said, "Then what if you, the sister-in-law of Yong, set up a gun for someone?" We're still in their house. ”

Murong Yuhua was very calm: "I believe in them. ”

"Because you used to be bandits?"

"Because they are the great proletariat!" Murong Yuhua said and laughed "giggles", Gu Sanfen couldn't tell if he was ironic or really believed this, he chewed on the steamed bun and persuaded her, "Don't worry, Brother Yong and I are brothers who have lived for a lifetime, and I won't help because I am alone." ”

He trusted his bandit brother very much. Gu San didn't say anything more, maybe her detailed understanding of human nature would not be applicable to this place for the time being. She turned her head to look at the neat cottage. It can't be compared with the Zhou family compound, but it is better than comfort. There is such a house in the countryside, which is already quite a good family.

Sister-in-law Yong brought her husband and children back after a short time. It was a tall and burly man, as soon as he entered the door, he felt that he could block the door full, his muscles and skin were tanned, and in this late spring weather, he had just gone up the mountain, naked, and covered with sweat. Yong's sister-in-law walked in front and counted him down: "Did you hear the gunshot?" Why don't you come back when you hear the gunshots? Still want to fight the autumn wind? ”

Although the man looked burly and scary, he smiled very straightforwardly, scratched his head and stepped into the house, saw Murong Yuhua, and shouted very enthusiastically, "Brother Murong!" ”

"Brother Yong!"

He shouted with a burst of little girl's laughter, vaguely and indistinctly repeating, "Brother Deer Antler!" ”

The voice came from the back basket on his body. Mu Yong put down the basket and took out the little girl, who was about five years old. She was wearing small straw sandals and had a handful of berries in her hand, the juice sticking to her face and clothes. Sister-in-law Yong stood aside and wiped her hands with a handkerchief: "When the guest comes, you still look like a little flower cat." Hurry up and say hello. ”

The child raised his face, walked up to the guest with the fruit, and stretched out directly to Gu San, "Auntie." ”

Gu San looked at this little girl with some surprise, she is not the type of child who likes her, most of the children were afraid of her when they saw her before, but it was the first time that she saw someone who took the initiative to give her something. Gu San stretched out his hand a little uncomfortably, took the fruit she handed over, and watched her spit out the sugar that was stained with saliva in her mouth, "This is also for you?" ”

Sister-in-law Yong awkwardly hugged the child aside, "Xiao Sui'er is not sensible, you talk first, and I will take her to the next door to wash her hands." ”

He lifted the curtain and took the little girl to the next room. Mu Yong still had that smile on his face and said to the two guests, "Xiao Sui'er is sometimes hospitable, child, sometimes it's a little weird." ”

After saying this, he sat down at the table with a towel, looked at Gu San, who had never spoken, and motioned to Murong Yuhua, "This ......"

"This is Miss Gu San." He lowered his voice, "The night before she let go of the big fat pig surnamed Li, and this morning she broke the temple and knocked out his four-eyed dog again." ”

Mu Yong listened to Murong Yuhua's words, and when he looked at Gu San again, there was a little more admiration in his eyes, "It's a heroine, and it's also a fallen grass?" ”

"She's not."

Mu Yong politely poured a bowl of water and handed it to Gu San: "Girl, drink water." ”

Gu San took it and nodded with her. Mu Yong saw that she was reluctant to speak out, and he didn't force it, but just talked to Murong Yuhua, "Earlier, I heard the wind from afar on the mountain. So you recruited it? I thought the path you were taking should be clean, but how did you come across it? ”

After a pause, he asked, "What about the cow that Ah Kuan gave you?" ”

At the mention of the cow, Murong Yuhua sighed, "Sleep." ”

Mu Yong's expression sank with him, and a pair of big hands patted him on the shoulder.

"That's it, there's no way. It's a pity that they slept on the dirty road of the dog thief, and they were found cheap when they were discovered. ”

Murong Yuhua's expression looked already sad. Gu San watched from the sidelines, and when he saw this, he said to Mu Yong, "Brother Yong, is this safe?" The officers and soldiers can find them by going over the mountain, and if it is inconvenient, give them some food, and we will continue on the road, so as not to cause trouble to your family of three. ”

Mu Yong waved his hand at her, "Sister, you killed the one surnamed Li, and the people of our Mujia Village should thank you well." That old fat pig is rampant in the township, even if it is dangerous, then I should help you first. It's a pity that I can't celebrate blatantly, otherwise I would have bought firecrackers. ”

Mu Yong's words were directly placed here, and Murong Yuhua no longer shirked, and he and Gu San temporarily settled in Mujia Village. It was just after noon, and Yong's sister-in-law fished out the rice cakes made during the New Year from the cellar water tank and boiled a big pot. After Murong Yuhua was full, he sat in front of the threshold in a daze, looking at the mountains in the distance from afar, as if he was still thinking about his dead old cow.

Gu San had an injury on her foot, and Yong's sister-in-law told her to rest more, and she cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks with her hands and feet. Mu Yong was chopping wood in the courtyard outside, Xiao Sui'er picked a small flower and walked to the threshold crookedly, stretched out her hand and shook it in front of Murong Yuhua, and asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

Murong Yuhua came back to his senses and shook his head, "I didn't see anything." I'm thinking about things. ”

"Think? What do you think? ”

Murong Yuhua seemed to be asked, and the mountain wind blew, blowing the small flower in Xiao Sui'er's hand onto his knees. The young man twisted the flower, brought this one back to Xiao Sui'er's hair, and smiled helplessly, "I think so much and there is nothing to think about." I was just in a daze. ”

"What do you mean by being in a daze?"

"It's just that my mind is empty, and I can't think of anything."

"That little spike is in a daze every day. But Daddy said, you're very smart. ”

"Really?"

"Hmm. Daddy and Auntie all said, you are very smart. Xiao Sui'er followed his example and sat down on the threshold, "You're so smart, will your head be empty?" ”

"Yes. No matter how smart you are, you can. Because they don't know what to do. ”

"I'm afraid I'll be wrong in what I do?"

Murong Yuhua heard the voice and hurriedly turned his head. Gu San stood behind him against the door frame, her shoes still wearing the same shoes she had worn before. Sister-in-law Yong is Tianzu, and the shoes are much bigger, and there is no size suitable for her, so she can only continue to wear this pair.

Xiao Sui'er, like her father, shouted "Auntie" honestly and enthusiastically. She looked at Gu San's bright red embroidered shoes, "Your shoes look so good." ”

"Spike likes it?"

"Like! There are flowers. ”

"Later, when I have a chance, I'll give you a pair."

After Gu San and Xiao Sui'er said this, they looked at Murong Yuhua again, and said very bluntly, "It's not suitable for us to stay in this village. ”

"But ......"

"Your brothers are warm, you trust them a lot, I know. I also felt that this trust was rewarded. Gu San stood there, his eyes swept over the busy sister-in-law Yong in the kitchen, and then at Brother Yong who was busy in the yard, and Xiao Sui'er who blinked his little eyes like black beans and looked at them innocently, "But those are officers and soldiers with guns, not policemen in a civilized society." They don't reason just because these people are kind. You know this better than I do. ”

Murong Yuhua had actually been shaken a long time ago, but he didn't say anything, he just sat here, his mind a little empty and hesitating about the decision he had made.

He said, "But you have wounds on your feet, and my cattle are dead." I can't guarantee that you'll be able to go far enough on my back. What if we get caught up? Our guns and bullets are not necessarily enough. ”

"We were caught up, and at most two of us died. Staying here and being found might kill their family. ”

"But this village ......"

"The village can't hold the bullets."

Gu San is always so straightforward. Sometimes it's even blunt to the point of cruelty. But what she said was indeed the truth. Fleeing all the way, even if they are caught up, maybe it will only be the two of them who die. But if you don't leave, once you are discovered, this generous and enthusiastic family of three may be implicated by this.

Murong Yuhua finally made a decision. He stretched out his hand towards Gu San, "Then are you ready?" We look like we're on the road again. ”

Xiao Sui'er blinked, "Where are you going?" ”

Gu San looked at the child, squatted down, put his hands on her and replied, "Go to a safe place." ”

"What do you mean by 'security'?"

"No one will be harmed, it's called safety."

Xiao Sui'er was a little dazed, just as Sister-in-law Yong came out after cleaning up the kitchen and taking off her apron, she shouted to her aunt, "Auntie, aunt and uncle, they said that they want to find 'safety'." ”

Yong's sister-in-law was stunned for a moment, and looked at the two of them, "At this moment, you are going to leave after eating?" ”

"Yes. Gone, sister-in-law. Murong Yuhua came out after entering the house and taking the matter, and he also waved his hand at Brother Yong, "I have to thank you for this meal." The yellow skin that was left behind, you quickly burned it. We won't stay long, let's go first, maybe when we get to the next town, we are far away, and the officers and soldiers will not be able to catch up. ”

Brother Yong wiped his sweat, put down the axe in his hand, frowned, and walked over, "Didn't you say that you should stay first?" Brother Murong, don't be afraid, Mujia Village is not so easy to let people in. This mountain is high and far away, and it is very remote. How many people know? ”

"I'm afraid of what happens!" Murong Yuhua said, squatting down and carrying Gu San on his back again, "I won't say anything else, it's still the people in the village, you tell me again, don't cause trouble." The surname Li is dead, and his sons will not give up. If you really come to the door, you can say everything you need to say, and it's okay. Anyway, where I went, they couldn't find out if they were alive or dead. ”