I told her that she was panting, it was the young man's age, who could stand this kind of joke.

I thought she was joking with me, but I didn't expect the little girl to come for real.

There is a ready-made wardrobe by the pond, and the slippers are complete, Su Yao went in first, I waited in the outhouse, and when it was ready, she shouted at me:

"Li Zhiwen, you come in."

My heart was beating so hard that I felt like a thief, so I had the courage to go in and take a look, and in the clouds, I could only vaguely see Su Yao's silhouette, she had her back to me, and only her head was exposed.

After cleaning up, I also jumped into the pond, the muddy water was surrounded by hot water, and the cold disappeared in an instant, and it was not comfortable.

In this case, shouldn't there be some story?

Pretending to be a gentleman, I swam through with a thief's head and a thief, Su Yao noticed the movement, and said coldly without looking back:

"Go back, or I'll beat you."

I had to smile wryly and retract it, sniffing around with my nose: "Why is this water suddenly so fragrant?" ”

Su Yao turned her head and yelled at me, "Can you stop talking?" ”

The moment she turned around, I saw it clearly, such a beautiful girl, like a budding rose, that moment, I will never forget.

Sure enough, as the uncle said, after about ten minutes, the water temperature cooled down.

Su Yao didn't dare to come out, so she had to let me go first, I got dressed, came to the outhouse, and lay down on the kang for a while, only to see Su Yao wearing autumn clothes and pants, walking out with a red face, and some water droplets on her long hair.

We casually asked for something to eat, turned off the lights and lay down, and in the darkness I remembered what the painter said before he died:

You go ask the horse.

"You lean over here, I'm cold." Su Yao said softly.

The kang was not hot enough, and it was indeed a little cold to fall asleep, so I held Su Yao in my arms, and the two of them hid in a quilt, shivering for a while, and felt much better.

Su Yao was a little tired, we said something inconsequential, and she quickly fell asleep.

I smelled the sweetness of the girl on her, and I felt like I was in a different world, hoping to go on like this forever and never be separated again.

My eyelids began to get heavy, and in the darkness, two pairs of eyes were looking at me, but I was too sleepy to make out of them, and I lost consciousness.

The next morning, after getting dressed and getting dressed, we found the hunchbacked uncle and asked him about the nursing home.

The uncle was stunned, and his head shook like a rattle: "I've lived in Snow Town for half my life, and I really haven't heard of any nursing homes here." ”

The aunt next to her also said: "Young man, think about it, people's nursing homes are all opened in the city, at most in the countryside, how can there be nursing homes in this primeval forest?" ”

"How difficult is it to get in and out of food, drink, daily necessities, etc.? In case of heavy snow closing the mountain, the old people inside are not all finished? ”

That's the truth, but Wang Yan insisted that the nursing home was in the snow town, where to find it?

Leaving the farmhouse, Su Yao and I walked around the village, I looked up at the sky, the blue and blue, the winter morning sun was white, shining on people's faces, but it was even colder.

I asked some villagers and tourists, and they all said that they had never heard of the nursing home. We had to leave the village and follow the path in the forest.

On the way, we passed by a few small scattered villages, and when we went in to ask for someone, they all shook their heads at us.

"Go up the hill and see." Su Yao pointed to the snow-capped mountains in the distance, her little face was very excited.

I took a look at the snow-capped mountain, the old man was tall, like a milky white steamed bun, the little girl had always dreamed of being like her aunt, becoming a disciple of the horse, shouting that she wanted to go into the mountain to find the fox fairy.

Anyway, it won't be anything for a while, I hummed, and went up the mountain along the snow road with Su Yao.

On both sides are dense primeval forests, a world of snow, and the occasional sight of wild beast tracks.

It was very quiet, and the shoes creaked in the thick snow.

After walking for half an hour, I met a man who looked like a hunter, who was not tall, wearing a big leather jacket, a felt hat, a pockmarked face, and two dead rabbits pinned to his waist.

Seeing the two of us, Mazi's face was slightly startled, and he looked us up and down: "You can't go up the mountain like this, it's better to go to the main road, and hire a dog to pull a sled faster." ”

"Follow the way you two go, don't get lost."

I gave him a cigarette and asked, "Brother, I'll ask you about something." ”

Mazi took the cigarette and pinned it to his ear: "You say." ”

"Is there a nursing home in our snow town?"

"What's the hospital?" Mazi asked me with her face wide open.

"A nursing home is a place to take in the elderly." I patiently explained.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Mazi's face suddenly changed greatly, took a step back, pointed at me and scolded: "Get out of the calf!" What is it day by day? It's a special nursing home, I haven't heard of it! Where did you two come from, don't be so nosy! ”

I looked at him suspiciously, my heart was shocked, before I came, Wang Yan had said that as long as someone scolded me, it means that the right person is asking.

This man was acting so suspiciously, he must know the location of the nursing home!

Mazi scolded and pushed me away and walked down the mountain, I glanced at Su Yao, followed him, Mazi face sensed that something was wrong, turned around, and began to take off his cotton clothes.

"If you want to fight, come, you two go together."

Su Yao smiled, took out five hundred yuan from his pocket, and handed it over: "Take us to the nursing home, the benefits are indispensable to you." ”

Mazi hesitated and took the money: "Five hundred is not enough, you give another five hundred." ”

Su Yao nodded magnanimously: "Okay, I'll give it to you when I get there." ”

Mazi smiled on his face, and his attitude immediately changed: "Then let's go, take my sleigh." ”

We followed him down the mountain, and his sleigh stopped on the side of the road, and a dozen or so big dogs squatted on the snow and stuck out their tongues, and each dog's head was bigger than the basin, and I don't know what breed it was, and it was stronger than the Tibetan mastiff.

The sleigh was covered with blankets and could seat four people, and when I got up, I asked, "Where is the nursing home?" ”

Ma Zi Face held the reins in his hand and pointed ahead: "In the old bald peak, there is still a way to go." ”

With a shout, the big dogs pulled the sleigh and ran wildly, not to mention the speed, and sat very steadily, more than a dozen dogs pulled us, galloping on the snow, splashing snowflakes like waves, attracting the curious eyes of tourists.

The first time I sat on this thing, it felt novel and fun, and Su Yao was also very excited, the cold wind blew on her face like a knife, and she had to block the wind with her arms.

Mazi said to us while directing the sleigh: "The highest peak in our snow township is the old bald peak, and behind the mountain is the village where I live. ”

"It's okay in the summer, but in the winter, the snow covers the mountain, and dog sleds are the only means of transportation."

I asked him suspiciously, "Is the nursing home in your village?" ”

Mazi didn't reply with a face: "That's right." ”

Me: "Why do you want to build a nursing home in such a remote place?" ”

Mazi suddenly stopped talking, the sleigh galloped all the way, the scenery on both sides became more and more wild, more than ten minutes later, there were no tourists in sight, driving into the forest, it was an uphill road, but those big dogs passed like walking on the ground, effortlessly, I was secretly speechless to see.

More than twenty minutes later, when we arrived at the place, the big dogs rushed out of the forest with their sleds, and the vision in front of us was wide, not far from our front, was the towering old bald peak, at the foot of the mountain was an endless snowfield, a silent village, quietly hidden in it.

To our surprise, the size of the village is not small, not to mention hundreds of households, and from a high place, there is cooking smoke floating in the chimneys of every house.

On the surface, the village was peaceful, nothing strange, but for some reason, I suddenly had a feeling of panic, and I always felt that something was wrong.

"What about nursing homes?" I asked pockmark with a frown.

Mazi climbed down the sleigh and said to us: "It's just behind the village, but our village has rules that don't allow outsiders to enter the village, and I don't dare to take you in, so I can only send you here." ”

Why do you break the nursing home, do it so mysterious? Who lives in it? When I told him this, I became more curious, and I couldn't help but go into the village to find out.

Mazi stretched out his hand and asked Su Yao for money, Su Yao looked at him coldly: "That's not good, who knows if you are a liar or not?" Take us to the door of the nursing home, and I will give the money. ”

Mazi smiled bitterly: "I really didn't lie to you two, the nursing home is at the back of the village, but the rules are the rules, I bring outsiders into the village, I don't want to be beaten." ”

As they argued, I squatted on the snow and stared at the village below for a long time, when a muffled thunder suddenly sounded in my head!

When the painter went mad, he said to me: Go and ask the horse, does this horse allude to ......?

I immediately stood up and walked up to Mazi's face: "Is there a family surnamed Ma in your village?" ”

Mazi pointed to the nearest house to us: "That, the whole village is surnamed Ma." ”

Su Yao understood, and after paying the money and sending away the pockmarked face, she asked me, "Is there such a coincidence?" The painter is far away in Harbin City, there should be no connection between him and the Snow Township Nursing Home, and how does he know that we are coming here? Before he died, hinting that we were looking for someone with the surname Ma? ”

I shook my head and said nothing, many things in this world often can't be explained by common sense, I haven't been in contact with this circle before, and I have never lived so complicated.

After experiencing so many life and death encounters, I have learned a truth, there are some things that have no answers.

It's time to confirm my suspicions.

I pulled Su Yao, walked down the mountain step by step, came to the house, and knocked on the door.

The one who opened the door was a young man, about the same age as me, and the young man's face was not very good, and he looked me up and down suspiciously: "Is there something wrong?" ”

I smiled and asked him, "Brother, your surname is Ma, right?" ”

The guy nodded: "How do you know?" ”