Special Episode: Death's Heart 2
This year, the mainland is very unpeaceful, and some demons often come to our fishing village to make trouble. Fortunately, our fishing village is guarded by the sea god Marinas, otherwise the current fishing village would definitely become a colony of the demons. It was also at that time that a warrior appeared on the continent - Samgill. I once had the chance to have a one-day acquaintance with him. At that time, I was fishing at sea, and suddenly four tall demons sprang out of the sea and surrounded me, but fortunately Samgir arrived in time to repel them, otherwise I might have become their meal. But he was also injured as a result. So I invited Samgill to my house to take a break, but Samgill actually agreed. If there were perfect people in this world. Then I think Samgill will be up to the task. Handsome appearance, strong physique, good conversation...... Nothing is not perfect, and I am amazed. It's strange that Samgill and I are very close to each other, and the topics of conversation are like a torrent of water. Although I am illiterate. Because of this, Samgill's little break turned into a small stay, and he spent the night at my house. Before leaving, Samgill invited me to visit his house, and I was glad to say yes.
Two months after Samgir left, the demons fell in love with the treasure of the fishing village of Marinas, which was flooded with unprecedented floods. No one in the village was spared, including my parents and wife. As for me, I was fishing at sea when suddenly a wall of water fell over my head and I lost consciousness......
In a daze, I felt someone wiping my sweat with a wet towel and feeding me medicine. After that I was in a coma again. When I regained consciousness, I found myself in a small house. The decoration in the room is quite ordinary, but the ordinary reveals an otherworldly temperament, and gives me a very intimate feeling, like the warmth of home.
I got out of bed and saw that something was still burning on the stove, and the wood underneath was making a "crackling" sound. Looking inside, I saw a girl cooking, so elegant......
It was probably she who heard my footsteps and turned to look at me. She is not particularly good-looking, but she also belongs to the category of beauties, with big eyes, silky soft hair, and lips that smile all the time, following the room, making people feel very kind, as if they are like their own family.
When she saw that I could walk, she smiled happily and said to me, "You can walk on the ground!" It's amazing! You know, when I first rescued you, you looked like you were half dead, and it was really scary! ”
At this time, I realized that "unsatisfactory" appearance, and hurriedly lowered my head, "I'm sorry to scare you......"
"No, no, no...... It's not like that, don't get me wrong, I don't mean your looks, I mean...... Hey, I can't say it either, but it's not because of that. She blushed and said embarrassedly.
"You know, my brother told me everything about your background!" Her opening eased the awkward atmosphere just now.
"Who is your brother?"
"Samgill, my brother stayed at your house for a day, why did you forget?"
Samgill turned out to be her. Counting this time, Samgill has already saved my life twice. Her name was Brother Samgill just now, isn't that ...... She's Samgill's sister?
"It turned out to be Jimsar. Then you will be his sister. I'm curious to know now, how did your brother meet me? "I'm really puzzled about this, no matter how good Samgill is, he can't sense my situation, and be able to rush to the scene of the incident to relieve me in an instant.
"Originally, my brother wanted to go to your place to see you." She paused and then said: "Who knew that when I was about to reach the shore, my boat was overturned by the big waves, and my brother wanted to go into the village to save your family after saving you, but my brother said that there was an invisible wall surrounding the entire fishing village, and my brother couldn't enter it at all, and the fishing village at this time had been flooded, so my brother gave up." ”
I nodded thoughtfully, and she continued, "My brother has already prepared the graves for your family, and the only thing missing is their bones. Would you like to check them out? ”
I nodded. After I had finished doing this, I didn't see Samgill all noon, so I asked him where Samgill's sister had gone.
"My brother went to Bora Island to find the sea cucumber Marinas to investigate the flood that hit your fishing village, and he will probably be back tomorrow."
After that, I asked her name again, and she told me that her name was Xiaoyu. In the afternoon, Xiaoyu said that he would take me to visit their village, but I didn't want to go, and in the end I was dragged out by Xiaoyu. At this time of the day, I slept in bed like a dead pig. There is no way to do this, because the fishermen have to start preparing their fishing tools in the evening, and they have to prepare until late at night, and then they have to rush to the seashore and go out to sea in the morning, and if they don't sleep in the afternoon, they have no time to rest. That's my circadian clock.
The people in Xiaoyu Village were very welcoming to me. Listening to Xiaoyu, they are all very hospitable people, and this is indeed the case. Their eyes were full of sincerity, and they didn't look down on me or sarcastically me, but greeted me for the first time and asked me long and short questions. It's the first time in my life that I've been treated so equally, and it's the first time I've enjoyed the equality I deserve, and it's a great feeling. If I could choose where I was born, I would definitely choose this place - this village of equality and mutual support. And not that fishing village with a strong sense of hierarchy, although it doesn't have to be pretty. But there is a kind of care that the fishing village does not have.
"How? The people here are nice, aren't they? They are the best! Xiaoyu said to me as she walked.
I nodded in agreement, "The best, indeed, at least in my opinion." ”
After that, Xiaoyu took me around the fields again, and I learned a lot about planting at a high speed. "Your fishing village is mainly fishing, you must not have grown crops, this is very beautiful! At a glance, a piece of green and golden past; It's refreshing. Xiaoyu said excitedly.
As Xiaoyu said, I have never planted crops, let alone seen a field, and I am deeply attracted by the beauty of the field at this time.
"You're going to farm here in the future, are you satisfied?"
"Huh? Work here? But...... But I don't even have any work experience. "It's not that I'm not satisfied with the work here, it's that I don't know how to farm at all, and I've spent four whole years on simple fishing skills, so I don't know how long it will take to learn how long to get the right results.
"You'd better let me fish, I'm still good at fishing."
Xiaoyu laughed out loud: "Fishing? There are crops everywhere here, do you want to catch frogs? Hehe, you're such an interesting person. Don't worry, in fact, farming techniques are very easy to learn, and I will ask someone to teach you from tomorrow, and the slowest will not be more than a week. I promise. ”
"Really?" I replied in disbelief.
"When did I lie to you! Okay, it's not early, let's hurry home, it's dark here and it's hard to walk. With that, he pulled me back.
Dinner was hearty, with all the fish, meat and vegetables. Seeing me gobbling up, Xiaoyu laughed to death. "What are you eating over there?" Xiaoyu asked curiously.
"Rice and fish." I didn't raise my head to answer, and I tried my best to eat.
"What?" Xiaoyu screamed. "That's all you need! No wonder you're in poor health, hey, I'll find you the reason. But don't worry, fish and vegetables are a must-have food for every meal, and even better, there are soft-shelled turtles and other things."
"Soft-shelled turtle? What is that? I saw Xiaoyu ask curiously. It's not that I'm pretending to be stupid, I've lived for so many years, I don't even know how to write the word soft-shelled turtle, and I know how to recognize soft-shelled turtles.
"This ...... It's hard to say, some people say it's called Wang Ba, and some people say it's called turtle. In short, it is a biting animal that smells like a tortoise. ”
"Turtles still bite? Isn't it a demon? "I will often ask Xiaoyu such stupid questions in the future, but Xiaoyu will patiently explain to me every time and tell me in the most popular language.
"It's not. I'll buy one another day and give it to you. ”
Xiaoyu said with his cheeks raised.
"Really?"
"When did I lie to you?" The next day, she bought me a soft-shelled turtle, took me out of curiosity, put her hand next to it, and then saw the turtle's head flash, and my fingers were in the turtle's mouth.
After eating, Xiaoyu had to teach me shoes again. To be honest, my brain is really bad, let alone writing, I don't even know the most common Arabic numerals until now. But for the sake of Xiaoyu's happiness and enthusiasm, I still learned obediently and taught me one by one. Under Xiaoyu's patient teaching, but the strokes are crooked, I'm afraid only I know Xiaoyu. After that, I asked Xiaoyu to teach me to write her and Samgill names. As a result, I learned the names of three people in one night.
"The children can be taught." This is Xiaoyu's words of encouragement, although I don't understand what it means, but I think Xiaoyu must be encouraging me, so this short word is so vaguely understood.
When it was time to sleep, problems followed. There was only one bed, but there were two people in the room, a man and a woman.
"Come on, let's squeeze in, we should be able to sleep." Xiaoyu made a suggestion.
"What?" I exclaimed, "You're me, the two of us sleep in the same bed?" ”
"yes, that's it?" Xiaoyu's eyes widened and asked me.
"I'm afraid it's not good" We are a man and a woman, by the way, you slept like this when you lived with your brother?"
"My brother sleeps on the floor! Originally, we slept together, but then I accidentally pushed my brother down while sleeping, and my brother never dared to sleep with me again. Xiaoyu said mischievously.
"Then I'll sleep on the floor."
"How can this be, you are a guest, if that's the case, then you sleep on the bed and I sleep on the floor."
"Don't, don't...... Well, just squeeze in and sleep in a bed! I said with a blushing face. Before that, I had only slept with my mother and wife, and I had never shared a bed with a girl again. So the mood is a little nervous after all. Actually, it's not a big deal for book lovers, but my brain just doesn't open up, and as a result, I sleep profusely and don't dare to move. As for Xiaoyu, she had already fallen asleep, opening her mouth slightly and the corners of her mouth trembled slightly.
I didn't fall asleep until late at night. As a result, I still have sleepy eyes when I wake up in the morning.
"Didn't sleep well yesterday?" Xiaoyu asked with concern.
"No, no, no...... I guess I'm not used to sleeping at night. "Maybe that's one of the reasons.
"Oh. Sleep a few more days and you'll get used to it. ”
After breakfast, Xiaoyu began to teach me to write again, then had lunch, and then found an uncle in the field to teach me to farm, she looked at me from the side, and from time to time "hehe" pointed at me and smiled. The reason for this was that I accidentally hit my foot with a hoe.
When we got home, we found Samgill back and cooking on the stove. Samgill said to make us a nice dinner, including the soft-shelled turtle that had bitten my finger. Xiaoyu secretly told me that Samgill would spray rice when he cooked, and as a result, we both couldn't stand up laughing, while Samgill could only look at us with wide eyes and confused.
Xiaoyu really didn't brag. Samgill's cooking skills are indeed top-notch, but they are countdown. The two of us squirted several times in the process, but Samgill urged us to eat it with enthusiasm, and finally the two of us hurriedly swallowed the burnt rice into our stomachs and ran away under the pretext of walking.
When we returned, we were lucky to find that Samgill had finished his own meal and was waiting for us. Then Samgill told me about the flood. Samgill said that even the sea god Marinas couldn't figure out how the fishing village could flood for no reason, and Marinas also suspected that this incident was related to the demons. Further investigation is underway, and we are told not to be upset. I said no to Samgill. Speaking of which, since I arrived in this village, everyone has been better than my parents have treated me. It's not that I've forgotten my roots, it's a fact. So the loss of my parents is not a good thing for me, maybe it is a blessing for Seon to lose his horse.
Since then, the three of us have lived together. It's still the same, Samgill sleeps on the floor, and Xiaoyu and I sleep in the bed. Samgill and Xiaoyu would ask me to write every morning, and I gradually became more talented, and now I can memorize several poems. After lunch, Samgill and I went to work in the fields, while Xiaoyu did the housework at home, and sometimes she would go to the fields with us. When we had a break, we would go out together to play or fish, or travel around the island, and we had a great time. And I feel like I have integrated into this family, and I have become a part of this family invisibly.
Gradually, I found that I felt more and more strange about Xiaoyu, and sometimes I would break out in a cold sweat when I talked to her. My gut tells me that I am in love with Xiaoyu. But I'm a self-aware person, Xiaoyu just treats me as a brother, how can I be worthy of Xiaoyu in this ugly state. I wouldn't be stupid enough to confess my heart to Xiaoyu, so I wouldn't even have to be a friend. So, I had to suppress the feelings in my heart and pretend that nothing happened, but the feeling was very uncomfortable, as if there was a big rock stuck in my chest, and there was a fire burning underneath......
On this day, Marinas, the god of the sea, came to Samgir and told Samgir that he had found out that the flood was indeed done by the demons, and he also heard that the demons were coming to attack the village in the next few days, so that Samgir could prepare well. At the same time, Marinas, the god of the sea, will also call the people of the tribe of the sea god to come and help.
"This may be the first battle in which the demons will attack the human race, and it may also be the battle with the most wrong inputs, so be careful yourself." These were the last words left by Marinas, the god of the sea, when he left.
After Marinas, the god of the sea, left, Samgill also left, and Samgill went to gather several cadres in the village to discuss countermeasures. Xiaoyu looked at me and said carefully, "Will we be killed by the demons like this?" Xiaoyu's voice trembled a little when she spoke, obviously scared.
"No, your brother Samgill is so powerful, how can we have trouble!" I comforted Xiaoyu and said.
Actually, I'm a little scared myself, if I hadn't just fished last time, I'm afraid I would have reported to the king of Yama in the underworld. In the past two days, the village has been on emergency alert, and the atmosphere in the whole village is strange, and everyone is worried. Marinas, the god of the sea, has summoned some of the most powerful people of the sea cucumber tribe to our village. The day of the start of the battle is getting closer......
In the evening, it was pouring rain. The raindrops fell mercilessly on the mud floors, fields, and rooftops, making a "drip-drip-dripping" sound. Suddenly, the sound of shouting and killing came from dozens of kilometers outside the village, but it approached the village at a speed beyond the imagination of ordinary people. It turned out that the demons skillfully used the sound of rain to cover up the demons' behavior, and it was not until they approached the village that they showed their might.
We were chatting at the time, and when we heard the voice of the demons, Samgir immediately picked up his weapon and rushed out with a large group of warriors. There are only a few SDF units left in the village. All the villagers didn't even dare to come out, except for the sound of rain, and the silence in the village was like death.
When Samgir and the others left the village to start fighting the demons, dozens of shadows jumped out of the wall, killing all the SDF personnel in an instant. I immediately understood that the demons used sound to attack the west, and the main force of the large army was diverted, and the masters of the demon clan were lurking around the village with the help of the sound of rain, and when our main force chased away, they entered the village to slaughter......
It seems that we have escaped the first year of junior high school, but we can't avoid the fifteenth. I know we're going to die this time.
Xiaoyu looked at me with extremely frightened eyes.
"Isn't there any hope for us?"
"Not necessarily, I think your brother Samgill should be able to come back and save us." I comforted the light rain. But I knew that it was impossible, because just as the demons were about to go on a killing spree, Samgir and his gang were fighting with a large group of demon goods dozens of miles outside the village.
The demons were discussing something outside, and although it was raining heavily, I could still hear their voices, but I didn't understand what they meant. But in the next few minutes after being here, I understood that the demons were going to burn down the village. However, on this rainy day, it is difficult to set fire to the village. And the demons want to challenge nature, and the demons want to prove to nature that they are incomparably powerful. And in this weather, it is extremely difficult to be discovered by Samgill, who is fighting with the demon army outside the village.
The demons did exactly that, and the houses around us caught fire one after another. Xiaoyu asked me with red eyes, "Is there no hope?" ”
"Yes."
Xiaoyu took a few steps back and looked at the ground in front of her with extremely sad eyes. Xiaoyu is obviously unable to face death and overcome the fear of death, which is a very normal thing. And I'm already a person who has died once, and death is no longer a threat to me, the only thing I regret......
After a long time, our house also caught fire. At this moment when I was really facing death, I suddenly felt an urge to express the feelings I had suppressed in my heart. If I don't tell Xiaoyu again, I will end up with hatred, I don't want to leave any regrets when I die. So I decided to tell Xiaoyu.
"Xiaoyu, I-love-you."
Xiaoyu looked at me stupidly, and then said softly: "Are you willing to say it until this time?" Big fool, in fact, I ...... I started liking you at a very early age, but you didn't notice it. I've been waiting for you to open your mouth to say to me, but you haven't confessed to me until today, until today, until today, you didn't ......" Xiaoyu couldn't help crying loudly when she said this.
It's really providential, why does God have to play tricks on me, knowing that the moment before I die can let me get this sincere feeling. Why can't I live the most ordinary and happiest days with Xiaoyu like ordinary people.
I hugged Xiaoyu tightly, letting her tears wet the hem of my clothes. The love I have been pursuing in this life seems to have turned into a miracle at this moment.
"At the moment when the fire burns out, everything we have in this life will be erased, and what will be left?"
Xiaoyu looked at me and said word by word: "Yes-moment-eternity-inscription-you-name-word-of-heart." ”
I cried, tears falling one by one on my hands that Xiaoyu and I held tightly. I kissed Xiaoyu. It was the first kiss of my life and the last. Because Xiaoyu is the woman I love most in my life.
The fire had spread to our house, and the whole house was sweltering with the raging fire. We wiped the tears from each other's cheeks, and then we held hands together to face the impending death