In the second half of the night, Tan Zhe woke up. Zhao Fengkite fed him some water again, and I roasted the rabbit meat again, and after he ate it, he fell into a coma again.

After daylight, Tan Zhe looked at me covered in mud, and the first thing he asked was: "How did you make this ghost?"

I wanted to laugh, but I don't know how, but my tears flowed.

The four of us rested for a while, and then found the way back to Mu Tongtong's house.

At that time, Mu Tongtong was sitting in the shade of the tree at the door of the house doing embroidery work, and when she saw our appearance, she was so shocked that she almost dropped the half-embroidered cloth pocket in her hand on the ground: "You guys...... Didn't you go back to the county seat? How did it get like this? ”

I held Tan Zhe with one hand, waved the other hand and said, "Don't mention it, don't we want to play with you for two more days?" When I got in the car, I regretted it, but I got lost as soon as I got out of the car. ”

I pointed at Tan Zhe and said with some heartache: "My buddy accidentally fell into the ravine, we have a lot of difficulties and dangers along the way, but fortunately, I finally saw you alive!"

Mu Tongtong hurriedly let us into the house, moved the stool, and poured hot tea.

Tan Zhe was injured and couldn't sit for a long time, so Mu Tongtong arranged for him to go into the room to rest.

Mu Tongtong said a few polite words, and naturally put the money away. She knew that we were still hungry and had not eaten, so she ran into the kitchen again in a panic to arrange lunch.

We still wanted to give her food, but this time, she said she wouldn't ask for anything. Mu Tongtong said: "I shouldn't ask you to collect money for a few days when you live here, but I do ...... I really need money, so I'm not going to be polite to you. But don't mention the money for food or anything. ”

Although we haven't been together for a long time, we can also see that she is a very sincere person, and when I hear her say this, I will no longer be polite to her.

After Mu Tongtong cooked the meal, her mother came back from outside with a bamboo basket on her back. Mu's mother was also a little surprised when she saw us, I told her the excuse that I had just lost, she nodded, but didn't ask any more.

Mu Tongtong put down the things in her hand and ran over, she put down the bamboo basket from Mu's mother's back, gently opened the lid, and saw a child sleeping in the bamboo basket, holding a pile of hay in her arms and sleeping soundly.

Mu Tongtong said softly: "Mom, why did you let your younger brother fall asleep outside?" What should I do if I catch a cold? ”

Mu's mother shook her head and sighed and said, "I pulled weeds in the field and let him sit on the ridge to play, and he fell asleep if he didn't pay attention." I stuffed a lot of hay in the basket, so I shouldn't catch a cold. ”

Mu Tongtong quietly took her brother out, and Mu's mother helped pat off the hay on his body, and then followed Mu Tongtong to send the little brother of the Mu family upstairs.

We waited downstairs for a long time before Mu Tongtong's mother and daughter came downstairs. Mu's mother's face was not very good, and even Mu Tongtong was more cautious when she looked at us.

I glanced at Zhao Fengzheng and walked forward with a smile to talk to their mother and daughter: "Tong Tong, what is your brother's name?" Why haven't I heard you mention it? ”

Mu Tongtong first glanced at Mu's mother, and then smiled unnaturally and said, "It's called Kangkang, Mu Kangkang." She hesitated a little, and then asked me, "Brother Mi, I want to ask you something......

I already had a rough idea of what she might be asking, and although my heart was weak, I still pretended to smile generously: "What's the matter?" Just ask! ”

Mu Tongtong hesitated again and again, and finally said, "Where did you go last night?" Who did you meet? Did you encounter something strange? What is going on with Brother Tan Zhe's injury? ”

Liu Yanyan unconsciously moved a step towards me, I pretended not to care, and said with a smile: "It's just lost." Strange things did happen, Tan Zhe fell, and somehow provoked a bunch of wasps, those hornets are scary, have you seen his wounds? I've never seen a hornet that so venomous! ”

Mu Tongtong's mother and daughter glanced at each other, Mu's mother frowned, and asked tentatively, "Have you ever seen a thatched house in the mountain pass?" Have you ever met an old man in a thatched hut? ”

My nerves tensed all at once. I don't know why Mu Tongtong's mother and daughter asked this question, and I don't know whether their mother and daughter are friends or foes, so I had to pretend to be silent on my face, and I tried to beat a drum in my heart: "What thatched hut?" We haven't seen it, have we? Mother Mu, is the old man you are talking about your relative? ”

Mother Mu stared at my eyes for a while, and finally shook her head with a smile: "No, he is a crazy old man who lives outside our village, talking nonsense all day long, I am afraid that you will go to him by mistake and be scared by him again."

I shook my head and said, "No, we didn't go that far."

Mu's mother frowned, and returned to normal after a moment: "Who helped treat Tan Zhe's injury?"

I glanced back at Zhao Kite, and Zhao Kite said, "It's a dog." It ran over in the middle of the night to save Tan Zhe. ”

Mu's mother was a little emotional: "What kind of dog?" How did it save Tan Zhe? ”

I hurriedly grabbed the conversation and said, "It seems to be a big yellow dog, it lies on Tan Zhe and doesn't know how to bite a few bites, and the poison on Tan Zhe's body is removed."

"A big yellow dog?"

Liu Yanyan nodded and said, "It's a yellow dog." Does Mu's mother know whose family it is? ”

Mu's mother repeatedly confirmed: "Are you sure it's a yellow dog?"

We were a little strange, Liu Yanyan nodded very surely: "It's a yellow dog."

"Oh-" Mother Mu seemed to breathe a long sigh of relief: "I haven't seen any yellow dogs." When she saw that we wanted to continue asking, she waved us to dinner.

Liu Yanyan pointed upstairs and said, "Shall I go and call Kang Kang down?" Let him eat something before going to sleep. ”

Mu Tongtong hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't worry about him, I will leave some food for Kang Kang, and let him eat when he wakes up."

With such a conversation, we obviously felt that there was a gap between each other, and we were not as comfortable laughing and laughing at the dinner table as before, and everyone seemed to be holding on to their own hearts and not easily confiding in others.

After we had dinner, Liu Yanyan sent some more to Tan Zhe, and I took the opportunity to take a shower and change into clean clothes, and we went to sleep in the room under Mu Tongtong's arrangement.

I slept until the middle of the night, when I suddenly heard a cry coming from not far away, whimpering, and it sounded a little infiltrating. Xu is so nervous lately, I sat up like I had just woken up from a nightmare, and when I looked back, Tan Zhe was staring at me with two big eyes!