Xie Jianmian's face is not very good, but he is not so pretentious, he has never been in such an environment, but it does not mean that he can't adapt, he has been protected since he was a child, he has never seen the rivers and lakes in the rivers and lakes, escape is not a way, there will always be a day when he has to face the sky and the sea alone, so he resolutely left home despite the opposition of his family, walked out of the villa that sealed him for 20 years, and stepped into the chaos of the red dust.

The pungent breath lingered on the tip of his nose, Xie Jianmian had long lost the intention of ridiculing, and his voice was cold: "No need, you have to get used to it." ”

Zhou Zhi didn't expect him to insist, thinking that being caught quickly was just to respond to him and a whim, and he would probably not be able to stand it in a few days, and at this time he could really have a slight change in Xie Jianmian.

That's it, it's good to keep such a pleasing beauty, and look at it every day.

An hour later, He Si returned.

He hurriedly trotted in, holding the cloth bag in his hand, and said as he gasped, "Found it!" It's a mountain lotus leaf! ”

"Mountain lotus leaves?" Zhou Zhi and Xie Jianmian spoke at the same time, glanced at each other, and both saw shock in each other's eyes.

Xu Jia looked at them inexplicably, not knowing how the three words "Mountain Lotus Leaf" could cause such a big reaction from the two of them, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with Mountain Lotus Leaf?" ”

"Wait." Zhou Zhi ignored Xu Jia's question and asked He Si, "Isn't the mountain lotus leaf a cure for muscle and bone pain, and it can also cure snake venom?" ”

"I asked, the shopkeeper said that the mountain lotus leaf has a lot of effects, not only can invigorate blood stasis, but also can detoxify and reduce swelling, after being bitten by a poisonous snake, the mountain lotus leaf is mashed and washed into wine, and the residue is applied around the wound, and the effect is particularly good."

In an instant, the plain white flowers blooming in the small courtyard at the foot of the mountain in Duhe Village poured into Zhou Zhi's mind, and the gentle man who couldn't speak bent down and carefully watered every inch of the branches and leaves, which should have been a peaceful and peaceful scene, but Zhou Zhi felt a little chilled at the moment.

"This flower is not common, it can only be found in the depths of the mountains."

"I moved from the mountains to raise it, and other people in the village will come to me to collect it if they need it."

Is it a coincidence?

Gao Yiqiu looked for Chen An before he died, and Fu Qian would inevitably go to Chen An for detoxification with mountain lotus leaves, and the two deceased had seen the same person in the last days of their lives.

Could it be a coincidence?

Zhou Zhi looked at Xie Jianmian, and a heavy shadow appeared between his brows: "Let's go, go to Chen An's house." ”

River crossing village.

"Chen An, I have something urgent to go out, can you help me take care of my Xiaohai."

Aunt Wang is a widow in the village, her husband died when the child was two years old, she has not remarried for eight years, and she is alone with her son Xiaohai. Chen An is a well-known good-tempered person in the village, and he is most willing to help when other people ask for help, and hand over the child to Chen An, Aunt Wang feels relieved.

Chen An nodded, made a gesture of "rest assured", and gently touched Xiao Hai's head.

Aunt Wang pushed Xiaohai over and instructed: "Xiaohai, my mother will come back after noon, you have to listen to Brother Chen An's words, you can't cause trouble, you know?" ”

Xiao Hai nodded obediently, and secretly grimaced at Chen An while his mother didn't notice.

"The mother is gone." Aunt Wang waved at Xiaohai, "You must listen to my brother." ”

Xiao Hai also smiled and waved goodbye to Aunt Wang, and after Aunt Wang's figure disappeared completely, he put away the smile on his face, turned around and pouted impatiently, and raised his chin to look at Chen An: "Hey, dumb!" ”

Chen An looked at Xiao Hai blankly, unable to accept his attitude of changing so quickly, and frowned slightly.

Seeing that Chen An ignored him, Xiao Hai suddenly sparked, this dumb man didn't even care about him!

"Aren't you dumb and deaf? I'm thirsty, I want water! Xiaohai shouted loudly, "You go and bring it to me!" ”

Chen An sighed, didn't want to worry about the child, turned around and poured a glass of water in the back room.

Xiao Hai took the "Gu Dong Gu Dong" and drank it, and put the porcelain cup on the table vigorously, and the porcelain cup collided with the table with a "bang" sound, Xiao Hai didn't hear it, pushed open the door and ran to the yard.

"Hey, why do you raise so many flowers for a big man?" Xiao Hai glanced at Chen An, the man in the robe looked weak, not at all like the other sturdy uncles and brothers in the village, and rolled his eyes with disdain, "Mother's girly!" ”

Chen An stood at the door of the house, trying his best to suppress the emotions surging up in his heart, he wanted to control it, he couldn't care, he couldn't do it, that kind of thing couldn't happen again.

Xiao Hai didn't notice the obscure emotions in Chen An's eyes, he had never seen these flowers blooming all over the yard before, he felt very novel, and grabbed a handful of them, the child was about ten years old, and the whole flower was bald, leaving only a few strands of stumps and fallen leaves swaying with the action.

"Why are these flowers all white, and they are dead of frustration! I'll pull it out for you! ”

Xiao Hai said as he stretched out his hand to destroy the bouquets of flowers beside him, like a mouse rolling around, and Chen An became more and more anxious in annoyance.

He walked over quickly, grabbed Xiao Hai's arm, and his usually gentle and kind face showed rare anger, and he stared at the little rabbit cub who didn't know what to do.

Xiao Hai was used to being arrogant, where was he so angry, the other party was still a dumb person who couldn't even speak, he was not convinced, and struggled fiercely, but Chen An's strength was too great, his arms were clutched, and he couldn't move a point: "Why are you glaring at me!" Are you trying to hit me! If you are a stinky and dumb person, you can only bully children, and you are a waste that everyone looks down on! ”

Rubbish! Rubbish! Rubbish......

These needle-like words pierced Chen An's bulging and restless eardrums, his lips trembled uncontrollably, his body firmly pinned to the spot, and his consciousness seemed to return to those dark days many years ago......

He has an elder brother, six years older than him, when his brother was born, their family was still one of the most famous and wealthy families in the local area, but the year he was born, I don't know if the fortune accumulated by his ancestors was used up, or the luck was like this, the family that was not worried about food and clothing quickly declined, and the people around him who were once red-eyed changed their faces at this moment, and they changed their faces one after another.

Everyone said that he was a broom star and was born with bad luck.

was born unpleasant, but he was still born mute, he never opened his mouth to shout "Daddy", compared to the eldest brother who is as sweet as honey, he has known since he was a child that no one in this family likes him, obviously he is also his father, but he will only smile and coax at the eldest brother, and he is cold and cold, no, cold words are luxury, most of the time they are too lazy to talk to him, because he is mute, no matter how much he says to him, he will not get a response.

In a family, even the father and mother who gave birth to him and raised him are not to be seen, which is undoubtedly the last barrier for a small child, and everyone can bully him, especially his eldest brother who grew up with a golden soup spoon.

"Mother, look, Chen An broke the bowl again!"

"Dad, the book you bought for me was thrown away by Chen An!"

"Chen An tore up my notebook!"

"Chen An stole my wooden bird!"

"Chen An is a waste, he can't even speak, what else can he do!"

"Chen An......"

Chen An, Chen An, Chen An.

During that time, he hated his name immensely, and whenever someone evoked this word that should have a beautiful meaning, it was followed by a harsh and bitter viciousness.

At first, he resisted, he fought, but he couldn't speak, so many fierce defenses were all blocked in his heart, but no matter how urgent he was, he could only let out a roar of "ahhhh

Daddy didn't believe him, no matter what the eldest brother said, no matter how he explained, no matter how unbelievable the clumsy lie sounded, they never believed Chen An once, and perhaps, they didn't care who was right and who was wrong, who was true and who was false, anyway, in their hearts, they had never pretended to be a child named Chen An, even if it was their son, a son who was conceived like the eldest brother and gave birth to in October.

Later, he stopped explaining, what the eldest brother said was what he wanted, no one would care about his thoughts, no one would want to open his heart to see if there were scars inside, he was born a mistake, destined to be unloved.

How could such a beautiful and extravagant thing fall on him as a waste.

He grew up day by day, obviously the childhood was very short, but he always felt that it was long, too long, every day was torment, he made up his mind, when he grew up, when he was full-fledged, he would leave here, leave those who hated him, and never come back, which was a relief for each other.

After all, they didn't want to see him again.

When he was fifteen years old, he finally left the place that had caused him endless pain on a starless and moonless night, and he thought that he could finally get rid of all the scars and bloodstains, and really raise his head and live the life he wanted to live.

At that moment, he was indeed full of anticipation.

Later, he came to the village of Crossing the River, the people of this village were very simple, no one knew about his past, no one said that he was a broom star, no one laughed at him because he was dumb, he was really tired, he thought, this place might be his home.

After six years, he gradually integrated himself into the village, and those gloomy pasts were so far away that he thought he had forgotten, and finally got rid of the past, and could live in a dignified manner under the blue sky and daylight.

Until that day, Gao Yiqiu came to him and asked him why the account was not correct, he knew that the question actually had no element of criticism, and he also knew that Brother Gao was a good person, but it was such a simple sentence that ignited the fuse buried deep in the years.