Chapter 168: The Only Light Lit
Smoke curls out of the stone chimney and blends with the clouds in the sky, giving off a seductive fragrance. The village began to enter the most peaceful time of the day. As night fell, the lights were lit, not bright, faint, but warm enough.
Zhang Yue was in the kitchen to help her mother prepare dinner together, and Zhang Quan was in the courtyard outside the house, processing the fish caught today, and the harvest was not bad, more than a dozen, all as big as the palm of a hand, enough for their family of three to eat for a while.
Zhang Qin scooped up a spoonful of milky white fish soup and handed it to Zhang Yue, "Taste it." ”
"Huh!" Zhang Yue answered, and when she turned around and was about to drink, the spoon that was put to her mouth suddenly moved away. Zhang Qin squatted down, hooked Zhang Yue's chin, and sniffed the tip of his nose to Zhang Yue's mouth. Looking at the twitching nose, Zhang Yue secretly said that it was not good, and hurriedly stepped back, who wanted to be grabbed by Zhang Qin with one hand, "Stinky boy, did you go to steal grilled fish with your father?" ”
Zhang Yue flattened his mouth and nodded, it was not that he didn't want to quibble, but his mother's sense of smell has always been surprisingly good, even if he had washed his face and rinsed his mouth with seawater, he would not escape the fate of being caught.
Zhang Qin had a cold face and scolded: "These barbecue things are very hot, you are not allowed to eat them in the future, have you heard them?" ”
"Oh oh oh, okay, I won't dare in the future." Seeing that her mother didn't pursue it too much, Zhang Yue hurriedly expressed her sincere attitude of admitting her mistakes, quickly turned around, and continued to add firewood to the stove.
Dinner was very simple, two dishes and one soup, as usual, but Zhang Yue was very satisfied, ate three bowls of rice in one go, and prepared a bowl with a bowl. This frightened Zhang Qin, "The beans are a little bigger, can you stand eating so much?" Don't break it. ”
"What are you worried about, what about growing your body, you can eat if you want, come, Dad will give it to you." With a wave of his hand, Zhang Quan took Zhang Yue's bowl, filled it with a full bowl, and piled up a white hill, and the crystal rice grains flashed with intoxicating light under the illumination of the lamp.
Zhang Yue happily took the bowl and ordered vegetable juice, and the bowl of rice was hula hula. Zhang Yue touched her slightly bulging belly, burped, smiled stupidly, and squinted her big eyes into a crescent moon.
Zhang Quan picked up Zhang Yue with one hand and checked it, "Little guy, it's a lot heavier, don't sit when you're full, go for a walk on the beach and digest it." ”
Hearing the walk, Zhang Yue's face was still enjoying it just now, and instantly sank, "Dad, can you ...... today?"
"No, no, there is no ......"
Zhang Yue flattened her mouth, reluctantly, but was still carried out by Zhang Quan, and Zhang Qin cheered him up with sympathetic eyes behind him.
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The sea at night, like the sky, presents a dark color, and you can vaguely see the stars, but under the blowing of the wind, the picture scroll of the starry sky is constantly rolling and shaking, thousands of postures, for heaven and earth to enjoy.
Zhang Yue stepped on the cold sea water and wanted to walk on the sea, he was not in the mood to look at the night sky on the sea, and when he thought of the next "walk", his legs and stomach were weak. Knowing that the water was over his waist, he stopped, holding a stone in his hands high, waiting for the command.
"One!"
Zhang Yue held her breath, bent her knees, her body was almost completely submerged in the water, only a head, her hands raised high and the boulder were exposed, and suddenly, a wave came to her face, and this time, only the stone left a big black shadow under the night sky.
"Two!"
Zhang Yue straightened her knees, carried the huge waves and boulders, stood up, and breathed with her mouth wide open.
"Three!"
His mouth closed suddenly, he held his last breath, and squatted down again, his small body squatting in the waves, standing up straight, his clothes already soaked and sticking to his body, and the weight pressed on every inch of his skin, eroding his physical strength little by little.
Zhang Quan was lying on the beach, yawning and shouting passwords, and that casual energy made Zhang Yue hate itchy, and she really wanted to go ashore to give her father a look.
Of course, it's just a matter of thinking.
"A hundred."
"Ahh Zhang Yue heard hope, a hundred times, it's time to end, usually do so much, his two hands are not thick, and then at this last moment, he tried his best, his muscles bulged, his muscles squirmed, and he stood up from the waves with a boulder.
At night, the standing back looks particularly majestic.
Zhang Quan sat up and nodded in approval, "Yes, it's still like a point, one hundred and one." “
Zhang Yue was already about to put the boulder down, but when she heard this password, she was stunned for a moment, turned around with difficulty, and asked, "Why?" What am I doing wrong? “
"Huh? Eating so much today, making more than ten, helps digestion. Zhang Quan said as a matter of course, as if he had not considered his son's age at all.
Zhang Yue had a bitter face, "Dad! “
"You have to feel that you are physically strong, and you want to carry it all the time, I don't object to it, anyway, I will shout a password." Zhang Quan smiled calmly.
Zhang Yue looked up to the sky and shouted, "I'm going back to tell my mother that you stared at Xiao Lin's sister's thigh for more than a minute last time!! “
"! Bastard boy, add five more! “
......
When Zhang Yue walked onto the shore, he felt that his body was no longer his own, and the severe soreness made him stand still. But he knew that he must not fall, or tomorrow's "walk" would be doubled.
Zhang Quan threw a thick wooden stick, and in front of him, he was also clutching a thin branch.
Zhang Yue rubbed his numb arm, endured the pain, trembled and picked up the wooden stick, shook it lightly with his ten fingers, squeezed out the last bit of strength, clenched it, and then without waiting for Zhang Quan to get ready, he stepped on his little foot, leaving a white shadow in the night, and hit the mountain-like figure.
The sticks and the branches, one thick and one thin, one long and one short, are completely unequal forces colliding. But Zhang Yue couldn't take advantage of it, and his already numb arm couldn't control the heavy stick well, and the moves he swung out were full of flaws in Zhang Quan's eyes, and they were outrageously slow.
The branch passed over the stick and pierced the door. Zhang Yue was so frightened that she hurriedly retreated, and took advantage of the situation to withdraw her wooden stick to block the rapid attack. Undisguised intentions, slow movements, naturally meaningless.
The branch shook violently and hit Zhang Yue's armpit. Hearing only the sound of a snap, Zhang Yue only felt that his whole hand had lost its strength, and the wooden stick fell, stirring up dust and sand. Zhang Yue clutched her arms and sat on the ground, panting.
"If you don't practice, you don't have the strength." Zhang Yue lay down on her back, her little face was red, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to fall.
Zhang Quan didn't say anything, just raised his hand and waved it down heavily, and the branches collided with the air and made a piercing whistling sound. Hearing this voice, Zhang Yue was so frightened that she hurriedly jumped up. The branches hit the sand, and the dust and sand stirred up a foot high.
"Isn't it powerless?" Zhang Quan scolded angrily, the branches in his hands danced more and more fiercely, and the moves were all drawn to Zhang Yue's uncomfortable place. At first, Zhang Yue could barely dodge for a while, but soon he was defeated under this stormy attack. Bang bang bang... The sound sounded in various places on Zhang Yue's body, and red scratches were engraved on her arms, elbows, knees, calves... After a while, Zhang Yue was already covered in bruises.
In the night, Zhang Quan carried Zhang Yue, who had fainted, and found the only light that was lit in the village that had fallen silent.
"Are you crazy?" Zhang Qin took Zhang Yue from Zhang Quan's hand, and as soon as she touched it, it was wet and sticky, and the faint smell of blood lingered on the tip of her nose, making her face look cold.
Zhang Quan didn't look at his wife's face at the moment, he poured himself a glass of water and drank it, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and the cold water swept through, making his tight throat loosen, but his voice was still a little hoarse, "If it were them, they wouldn't show mercy because he was a child." Have you forgotten? When we were old in the past, we were faced with real knives and guns, not sticks and branches. “
Zhang Qin took the child back to the room, without saying a word, and the silence was cold, which made Zhang Quan feel helpless.
Until late at night, the lamp in front of me gradually went out because of the depletion of lamp oil. Zhang Quan sat on his favorite bamboo recliner, frowning, looking at the night outside the window, with a kind of sadness that could not be hidden.
"If anything happens to him, I'll kill you." Zhang Qin walked out of the room, his face was like frost, the killing intent in the depths of his eyes was real, and Zhang Quan felt it very clearly.
"I don't want to be cruel to him now, and if he encounters danger in the future, he won't protect himself. You know, we'...... Not ordinary people, you should know this since we got to that place. Zhang Quan said in a deep voice.
Speaking of the past, Zhang Qin's face softened a little, but his anger still did not subside, "We have already hid here, can't we live our lives in peace?" I don't expect Xiaoyue to become a dragon and a phoenix, even if I am a fisherman here for the rest of my life, I will admit it. As long as there is peace, all is well. ”
Zhang Quan sighed, "They are much more terrifying than we imagined. We've been on the run for most of our lives, and I wish we were safe, but lately I've been a little scared. He clutched his chest tightly, his face becoming more and more ugly. If Zhang Yue was still awake at the moment, he would definitely not believe that this was his father's expression, fear, unease, and helplessness.
Zhang Qin squatted down and hugged Zhang Quan's waist, "No, you're just thinking too much." Teach Satsuki martial arts, but I don't want him to follow our path, so, don't be so strict, okay? He's just a kid, an ordinary kid. ”
"Alas......" Zhang Quan sighed heavily, his hand gently stroked Zhang Qin's long hair, thinking about everything in the past, his hand trembled slightly, the fear did not dissipate, but became more and more serious, he looked at the darkness outside the window in a daze, and felt extremely cold.
"Let's light the lamp!"
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