The rain fell on his eyelashes, wet, as if contaminated with mist, it looked a little thin, like a porcelain doll, as if it would be broken when touched, his tightly pursed lips made him look a little stubborn and a little tough, he walked to the side with some unsteadiness under his feet, leaning against the wall decadently, his chest rose and fell, panting, his breathing slowly increased, and after a while, I saw him holding one hand against the wall, covering his eyebrows with one hand, vaguely visible, tears flowed down his cheeks, and the rain became heavier and heavier, Washed by the rain, this clear and charming man looks like a wounded white rabbit at this time, lonely and lonely. Blood fell to the ground as it ran down the fingers of one hand, splashing in a heartbreaking arc.

He stood by the pool, already bathing, wearing a crescent-colored undershirt, barefoot, facing a bronze mirror, treating his wounds, his silent black hair was slightly wet, slowly hanging down, half covering Qingjun's face. His face was pale, his lips were pursed without any expression, he had lost his blood, he looked sensible, he was too sensible to speak, it seemed that the person who had been swaying and walking in the blue-masonry wall path before was not him, maybe it was really not him, or someone else.

"Sister", he called softly to the bronze mirror, and this sound, no longer Xiao Ru, this previous intimate title, did not come out of his mouth, and he felt a lot more alienated. So simple two words, fluttering. You wait for me to take revenge and come to you.

"Come on, set fire to the village."

In the early morning, the sky is bright, Lijia Village, the people of this small mountain village, have begun to get busy, in groups of three or five, shouting one by one, people come and go, and the smoke rises from every house.

"Little cow, let's go, while it's still early, let's set off early to go fishing." Uncle Guo looked at the young man walking opposite and yelled.

"Okay, Uncle Guo, I'm fishing today, do you have to go into the city?" The little calf lowered his head, looked at his dark hand, and asked weakly.

"Little Niu, it's not Uncle Guo who said you, you are eighteen-year-old guys, how can you still answer as shy as a little girl, raise your head, and keep your back straight," Uncle Guo patted Xiao Niu's shoulder again, with a serious face, "Little Niu, at your age, you should have married a long time ago, and I haven't seen the matchmaker come to the door until now, your father and mother died early, and you are the only one left in your Du family, Uncle Guo knows that you want to save more money, but your daughter-in-law still wants to marry, in two days I will let my wife go to the next village to see if there is a girl of the right age willing to marry you," Uncle Guo looked up and down, "Well, it looks pretty good, although it's a little darker and a little thinner, we're all countrymen, eat more and grow stronger." Hurry up and take your guy for dinner to go out with me, I'll go to the backyard to lead my cow, and I don't know if my old woman has fed it well. ”

As soon as Uncle Guo finished speaking, he walked towards his backyard, took a step or two, turned to the calf and said, "Maverick, don't forget, bring two wooden barrels," I saw the calf turn his head and grin, "Okay, Uncle Guo, I'll wait for you at the door later." ”

Okay, good, I recited three good words in a row, turned around and left.

"Old man, why haven't you gone out yet, didn't you mean to go fishing," Aunt Guo had just come out of the kitchen, her hands were wiping on her apron, and when she saw the old man, she asked casually,

"Since I haven't left yet, I just steamed a basket of steamed buns, I'll go in and get a few for you, you take them on the road to eat, you will call the calf child, I'll get a few for him, he's too thin." Aunt Guo muttered, turned around and went into the kitchen to pick up the buns.

Led the cow, "Old woman, I'm going with the calf, you take care of the family." "Okay, I'll wait for you to come back for dinner. Uncle Guo touched the cow's head, tightened the frame, calf, got in the car, and drove ...... Driving.

There are not many people who can scoop water in this mountain village, most of the land in the whole mountain village is the dignitaries of the capital, backed by a large mountain, it is said that half of it is the royal hunting ground, and it is also thirty or forty kilometers away from the imperial city, it is also strange to say, there is a big river at a distance of about five kilometers from the village, which is zigzag, connected to Shangjing, and leads to the city. The young men in the village all went to Shangjing to beg for a living, and there were not many people who stayed in the mountain village, and the dignitaries and dignitaries could also see it at any time.

Uncle Guo drove the ox cart to the junction where they were accustomed to fishing, and instructed the calf to take down the fishing nets and buckets from the cart, he unloaded the cart and led the oxen to the grass next to them. Wait until you have your nets in order and head towards the river.

"Ah...... Ahh

Uncle Guo heard it, "Roar, what a panic, it's not that I haven't seen strong winds and waves, boy, it's not that you, can you order."

"Uncle Guo, over there, over there......"

"What's wrong over there, follow me, I'll take a look," I saw a bamboo raft floating in the river, and it was vaguely visible that there were two people on it, and the black clothes were not clear to the others, vague,

"Little Niu, hurry up and see if there are any sticks nearby," Uncle Guo hurriedly stamped his foot.

"Little Niu, walk about a mile to the southwest, then turn left and there is a bamboo forest, and take the machete on the ox cart to cut two, this hurry up, go quickly."

The calf hurriedly ran with a machete, stumbled a few times on the road, and hurried.

Uncle Guo's honest and responsible person, like today, is also the first time to meet today, Lijia Village, decades have passed, I have not heard of anyone jumping into the river to commit suicide, nor has he accidentally fallen into the water, like floating on this bamboo raft lying people, let alone seen. It's just a legend that has been circulating, a terrifying story.

It is still important to save people first, Uncle Guo took the fishing net thrown on the side and threw it towards the bamboo raft, back and forth several times, trying to keep the bamboo raft from floating and moving, and there was already fine sweat on his forehead.

"Uncle Guo, you can't see enough, it's not enough, I'm going to get it." The calf hurriedly put down the bamboo on his shoulder and hurried back, panting and pouting.

Uncle Guo hurriedly took the machete and slashed at the bamboo, "Hurry up, let's save people together, take the bamboo, hurry up, don't stop it, the water is getting more and more turbulent, look at me, stop like this, yes, that's it, you support it, hold on, I'll get a hook and put a rope." ”

After some tossing, he finally leaned the bamboo raft against the shore, Uncle Guo and the calf held their trouser legs, and the straw sandals fell crookedly on the side of the road, Uncle Guo, why did his eyes be covered with a black cloth, was he dead, the calf trembled, and grabbed his clothes with his hands, slippery and soft.

Uncle Guo didn't take care of the calf, put his hand on the bamboo raft and moved the person's nose left and right, his hand felt the warm breath slightly, and there was gas, "Quick, let's move them to the ox cart, hurry back, hurry." ”

After a busy morning, Sister-in-law Guo helped change her clothes, and the township doctor also came to see it, saying that it was not a big problem and that it would be good to wake up. Carrying the medicine box and preparing to go out, "Lao Guo, why have these two people never seen each other, and they are so good-looking." ”

"Doctor, don't be surprised, the children of my distant relatives, the first time I came, said to visit, I don't know that I haven't woken up after resting after dinner last night, I really can't help it, there was an accident in my house, how can I explain to their parents, it's just such a single seedling, baby", Uncle Guo patted his thigh,

"I shouldn't have let them come if I knew I would." ”

"It's not a big deal, let them sleep with peace of mind, and when the time comes, they will naturally wake up. I have to leave too, it's almost noon, why is the sun so poisonous today, when they wake up, don't eat too much greasy, cook some millet porridge or something light. ”

"Why is there such a good-looking person, the village doctor muttered and left."

Uncle Guo glanced out and quickly closed the door. Sister-in-law Guo walked back and forth, with a hurried and nervous look, showing her uneasiness, watching her old man come back from closing the door, she hurriedly trotted up and asked: "Old man, where did you save the people you came from, looking at the clothes and clothes, they don't look like people nearby, but like which young master and young lady."

"Before they wake up, you go to the kitchen to get some food, get more, I also told the calf, let him change his clothes, come over to eat, by the way, let's get to the bottom of this matter."

Uncle Guo sat at the low table, picked up the kettle on the table and poured water into the teacup, and saw that his family had not moved, so he came up as soon as he got angry, "Don't go quickly, what are you muttering there, you've been busy all morning, you don't even have time to drink saliva, go and bring out the rice and make do with eating." ”

"Eh, I'll go." Sister-in-law Guo picked up the apron by the door,

Knock knock, there was an urgent knock on the door, Sister-in-law Guo looked at her husband, saw a nod, and walked out: "Who!" Come now, come now, wait! ”

"Auntie, it's my calf, Uncle Guo asked me to come over." The calf knocked on the door with one hand, and with the other, clenched into a fist, his nails pinched tightly, leaving deep marks on his palms. Looking left and right, it's okay, the sun is poisonous, no one passes by left and right, take a deep breath, comfort yourself, it's okay that there is no one, it's okay, it's okay. People who don't know think that they have done a lot of bad things.

Sister-in-law Guo opened the door, the door was just a small crack, and the calf drilled inside, and saw Uncle Guo sitting on a chair, trotting over, swaying, and tripping his feet, and almost fell on the ground and ate.

Uncle Guo picked up a dry cigarette, inhaled it, watched the calf stumble in, snapped, and put the dry tobacco in his hand on the table, "What kind of system, what are you panicking about." I have taught you many times to be calm and not panic when you encounter problems. ”

"Uncle Guo, I'm afraid, since my father and mother left, I haven't been so scared, you say, shouldn't we care." The calf's legs softened suddenly, his head lowered, and tears fell uncontrollably.

"Okay, okay, get up first, I'm talking about this after eating." Uncle Guo yelled at the kitchen door, "Is the meal ready?" Grinding," he said, walking over to the kitchen to see if anyone needed help.

A meal, devoured and swept away. Hungry, hungry indeed.

"Little cow, help clean up, after cleaning up, come over and talk about it." Uncle Guo raised his head and sighed. It seems that the next step will not be peaceful, and it will be chaotic!

"Auntie, you said that Uncle Guo meant it, if that legend is true, then wouldn't we harm the village and be sinners." The calf had a sad face, and kept adding firewood to the stove in his hands.

"Little Niu, my aunt is cheeky and needs your help, you see that the pile of firewood in the west wing of my house is about to burn out, recently your Uncle Guo has been shouting that his leg hurts, and it must be even more difficult to expect him to get some firewood. The eldest lady knows that you are a good child, and you are saving money to marry a daughter-in-law, and when the time comes, I will also go to the next village to take a walk to see if there is a suitable girl, and when the time comes, I will say goodbye to you. Sister-in-law Guo paused.

The calf blushed, the firewood burned vigorously, and the flames were strung out, I don't know if it was shy or the flames were reflected.

"Look at this, how about the eldest mother give you 100 wen? When you went to get firewood, you helped get my house too. Today's matter, the eldest mother is not easy to say, I am a woman's family, husband and children, I still have to listen to the family. Saving people is a good thing, the monks of Xiangguo Temple in the city don't take that every day, and the one who saves people's lives is even more than the seventh-level floating slaughter, so he should accumulate blessings and virtues. ”

The little cow listened to the eldest mother, her eyes darkened, yes, her father and mother told her when she was alive that people, nature, do more good deeds, and you will be blessed, but why did your father and mother die so early. ”

Sister-in-law Guo continued to be busy with the things in hand, quickly put away the dishes and chopsticks, and looked at the water in the pot about to boil. The calf has taken out the firewood, come, take this water out and put it on the table, just as I am too busy to finish, you go and tell the master, I will come at once.

The little cow took the water and walked towards the hall, his steps were very firm, no matter what Uncle Guo said and did, he supported it.

"Uncle Guo", the little cow saw Uncle Guo with his hands behind his back, looking ahead, it was rare to see Uncle Guo so serious, his face was tense.

"Well, here it is, Maverick, did you think I did the right thing?" Uncle Guo raised his head, picked up the cigarette stick and shook it in his hand. "That's two lives, and the living ones are right in front of you"

The little cow picked up the lid of the pot on the table, added water, and listened to Uncle Guo's question, and paused there, as if time stood still.

Sister-in-law Guo, who came out of the kitchen, saw that the calf didn't move, let the water overflow from the kettle, and hurriedly said, "You kid, what do you think, the water is overflowing, and you are not afraid of scalding." ”

The calf heard the voice and turned around, "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I'll clean up right away." There was a flurry of tossing.

"Okay, you pack up, I'll go to the back room and have a look." Sister-in-law Guo came out of the back room, holding embroidery in her hand and needlework. The sun is poisonous, even if you have something to say, you can show off this veil, and you can't delay anything.

"Still not awake?" Uncle Guo chopped his feet, looking at his wife unhurried, and embroidering flowers leisurely, "Old woman, how long do you say we have been in Lijia Village?" I remember it was almost twenty years, when the calf was so tall" said it, holding his hand and comparing it.

Sister-in-law Guo laughed, "Yes, in the blink of an eye, the calf has grown so big, it's time to marry." Sister-in-law Guo didn't even raise her head, and continued to be busy with the things in her hands, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little more lively.

Wait, now I have to wait, Uncle Guo took a sip of dry grass smoke and slowly spit it out, the smoke was cloudy. "Little cow, go back and pack your things, and when they wake up, we'll go, old woman, you go and clean up too."