Song Lingjian, I beg you, stay by my side, don't go.

Dreams are dreams, and you have to wake up eventually.

Five days before the incident, in the twenty-sixth year of Kunyuan, at the end of summer, five days ago.

I should have reminded Song Lingjian earlier, there were some strangers in the village, fierce and vicious, I should have reminded Song Lingjian earlier, so that she was optimistic about Shishilang.

But it was too late.

Just five days ago, Li Bei'er in the village married Ah Niu, and everyone in the town who could be invited was invited, and everyone sat together to drink the wedding wine, only Song Lingjian did not come. She doesn't like to be lively, and she doesn't like these tedious interactions. If she had come, she would have been very sensitive to the anomaly and would have been able to prevent this tragedy from happening.

Towards the end of the wedding feast, I saw several men walking outside the courtyard, all tall, wearing dark clothes that were inconspicuous in the night, and they passed quickly with their heads bowed.

I asked the bride Li Bei'er: "Bottle, are you invited to eat the wedding wine?" Why do you feel so raw? ”

Li Bei'er was wrapped in red eggs, glanced out, shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe it's someone from Liucun or Hongcun." Recently, I always feel that someone is walking around in the alley, and when I open the door, I don't see anyone, do you say strange? ”

I nodded, thinking back to the men just now, they were all tall Huaiwu, that kind of Huaiwu is not like a person who does manual work, but like Brother Xiang, he is a person who walks the mountains and shoots arrows and holds a knife.

Li Bei'er said: "It's going to be autumn, the weather is cold, I heard that some places are poor, and they can't eat game and can't afford meat in winter, so they like to catch those local dogs and livestock that run outside. ”

I'm a little hairy in my heart, but when I imagine that outsiders like Eleven Lang are scared just by looking at it, there shouldn't be anyone who likes to find trouble so much.

I turned my head to look at the table next to me, as if I was talking about it, and the wedding party, which was supposed to be noisy, had become a little serious because of this topic.

I think it's a little strange, although our village is located in a remote area, and there are not many people from other villages, but after all, it is also a place where people live, like Song Lingjian Han Sanxiao, and even Xia Xia, they are all outsiders five or six years ago, and no strangers have come before or since, and now there are several men at the same time, but they want to make it mysterious?

After eating the wine, I left Xia Xia to help there, and I came back in advance because the embroidery village was a little small.

At the end of July, it was no longer so hot, and it was just right to walk on the road at this time, and there was still a little intoxicating breeze.

I especially like to drill in the alleys, the alleys of the sub-ruins are surprisingly clean, some people will also set up a stone bench or something at the door of their own house, for people to walk tired and sit down, the people in the town are very kind, and the night can not be closed.

Out of the alley, wrapped in clothes, I heard a few men talking around the corner in front of me, the voice was very unfamiliar, could it be those outsiders just now?

I carefully ducked under the stone bench at the corner of the alley.

One of them said, "Did you find it?" This town is scared, don't hang around the city in broad daylight. ”

Another replied: "The wreckage has been turned over one by one, and only some useless coins have been found, and only one leader and one attendant have rushed up, and they are all dead." ”

The one in front said, "Have the bodies and wreckage been disposed of?" ”

The third replied, "The body is now watching, waiting for you to leave." The wreckage has been disposed of, and there will be no traces. ”

The one in front should have taken the lead, and asked: "No, there are three people on board, and the body of the other entourage has not been found?" ”

"If you have rummaged through it, you may have died in the belly of the sea."

The leader said, "Take me to examine the two bodies." Spread out now, and don't be discovered. ”

When they were far away, I came out from under the stone bench, what corpses—what seabelly—what wreckage—

Oh no, they can't be some kind of robbers who kill people and steal goods!

The day after eating the wedding wine, I originally wanted to tell Song Lingjian about it early in the morning, so I also deliberately wanted to go to the mountains to find her, but as soon as I arrived at the entrance of the village, I was delayed by other things.

Maybe this is what fate is, things are going to happen one after another, and no one can stop the results from happening, who am I to blame?

Under the fire tree at the entrance of the village, I saw the uncle again, with a long beard, gray hair, wearing a hat, standing there in a towering place, with a bamboo basket beside him, and some bamboo knick-knacks inserted into the bamboo basket. Although he doesn't come much and the time is uncertain, every time I see him, I always buy things from him and take care of the business.

As soon as my uncle saw me, he smiled timidly, and he waved to me cautiously as he leaned over - he was shy, because he was mute.

When I saw this uncle, I felt very kind, especially his eyes, which were bright and kind, which made me feel very warm.

I walked over with a smile and said, "Uncle, I've come to set up a stall so early - the morning market hasn't been held yet, and the people in the village haven't gotten up yet." ”

The uncle smiled, his beard blocked his bright smile, but I could feel a deep joy in his eyes, I didn't see him for a few months, I felt that he was much older, there were more and more gray hairs on his head, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were getting deeper and deeper. He picked up a pair of hairpins from the basket and handed them to me.

This pair of hairpins is really good-looking, one green and one blue, like a peacock's beautiful screen, the pattern is a butterfly, I like butterflies the most. I happily took it, this hairpin is made of bamboo, hold it lightly in my hand, and there is a burst of bamboo leaves. Every time this uncle comes to sell something, it seems to be made according to my liking.

The uncle shook his furry hair, pointed to the hairpin, and shook his hand.

I smiled and said, "Uncle, you want to say that this hairpin doesn't hurt your hair when you wear it on your head, right?" ”

The uncle nodded shyly.

I like these two hairpins very much, I can just buy a pair, one for myself, and one for Song Lingjian.

"This hairpin is so beautiful, how much is a pair?"

Uncle held out two fingers.

"Two taels of silver?" I looked at the bamboo hairpin, although it was not gold and silver, but the craftsmanship was indeed good, one tael of silver, not too expensive, "Okay, two taels are two taels, I want it." ”

I reached for the money, but my uncle shook his hand quickly.

"Huh? Isn't it two-two? That—is it twelve taels? Or twenty taels? ”

The uncle still shook his hand, and couldn't explain clearly, so he simply took out two copper plates from his arms and instructed them to show me.

I glared: "Two coins? ”

Uncle smiled and nodded.

I said: "Two dollars, not enough to buy a flat hairpin, the flat hairpin I bought last time cost two dollars, uncle, although I am not a person who can do business, but you are too unprofitable, not enough for you to buy a steamed bun back and forth." ”

Uncle just shook his hand.

I stuffed the two taels of silver into his hand and said, "Anyway, all the silver has been taken out, otherwise I will buy everything you have to look at and have fun here." ”

Uncle shoved the silver back into my hand, his hand was rough, but clean and warm, he touched my hand and gently touched the callus on my finger belly.

I rubbed my fingertips and said, "I use needles and threads all day long, and it's much more convenient to have calluses on my hands." ”

Uncle looked up at me, his bright eyes full of sympathy.

I smiled and said: "Recently, we have just taken over a big list in Xiuzhuang, and our daughter here is going to get married, and she can earn a lot of silver. I couldn't help but want to share this proud news with him.

Uncle looked at me kindly and smiled, nodded with satisfaction, vaguely, I seemed to see tears in the corners of his eyes, I felt very uncomfortable, he reminded me of my father, although he was much older than my father, and there were many vicissitudes.

Uncle suddenly stuffed the whole basket into my hand and walked away quickly.

Looking at his distant back, I remembered my father. May he live well in a place where he is gone.

I was so happy that I was so happy that I completely forgot about going to find Song Lingjian.