Chapter 22 The Lantern-Bearer in the Midnight Whistle
Seven figs, which grow very well, are similar in size, how many of these fruits can grow on one tree? There are even fewer summer fruits of figs, and even my aunt should have given me the best one she could pick out, right? I remember that when I was young, I always picked fruits together under the tree, but now I think about it even more desolate.
The figs were already soft when they were nearly ripe, and I was walking too hastily, and I broke one, and some juice was already flowing out of the tail.
This is Aunt Hong's basket! I quickly got up and looked for a rag, but there was still a pair of tofu wooden trays at the bottom of the basket.
Aunt Hong must have been afraid that the tofu would be broken, so she deliberately put a wooden tray on it, which is really careful.
I took out the wooden tray and wiped it, put it on the desk to cool, and picked two figs and went to the opposite courtyard.
Haipiao was lying alone in the hall, and Song Lingjian didn't know where to go. Somehow, I was a little more relaxed when she wasn't in the hospital.
I went in with the fig in my hand and looked at Haipiao, who was awake at this moment, blinking slowly and blankly with his eyes open, as if he were breathing into his long-sealed eyes.
"Sea drifting." I chuckled and screamed, and walked over to his bed and sat down.
Hai Piao slowly closed the focus of his eyes and looked at me, and smiled slightly.
"What about being awake - are you tired from lying down for so long? I'd love to help you up and sit down, but I'm worried that you won't be able to move casuallyβyou see, I've brought you figs, have you ever eaten them? β
Haipiao still looked at me quietly and gently, with green and inky pupils, covered with long and thick eyelashes, like the charming eyes of the painter's pen that were halfway to the point of rubbing, and then found the demon, and added the stars in the sky.
"It's soft and glutinous, and it's still very sweetβcome, eat a small half quietly, it shouldn't matter, right?" I broke the best piece and fed it to him.
Xu had eaten the light and tasteless porridge for too long, and when he ate such a soft and sweet pulp, Haipiao closed his eyes and smiled like a child.
"Is it delicious? And half. These figs don't bear many in a year, but here they are about the same as the queen mother's peaches. I'll secretly feed you one first, and when Han Sanxiao comes back, we'll share one more by one, then you can eat two." β
"None...... No flower ......" Hai Piao gently learned my words and said these two words.
I was stunned, drifting in the sea, and I could open my mouth to speak.
But he just said these two words angrily, and soon fell asleep peacefully. I don't know why, I suddenly don't want him to recover so quickly, and when he recovers, even if he can speak fluently, a disaster that has just calmed down will come again.
At the moment of the meal, Han Sanxiao and Song Lingjian came, they seemed very silent, and they all bowed their heads to eat, as if they were just here to complete the task of eating.
I cleared my throat, wanting to gossip about the strange things I encountered on the street during the day, and I was just about to speak, when Song Lingjian stood up: "I'm going up the mountain." "I'm leaving.
I stood up and said, "Go up the mountain again?" Why do you stay in the mountains all the time? β
Song Lingjian said: "Something." "Before I can say another word, I am gone.
Han Sanxiao was still eating, he was eating very slowly today, and he seemed to be unenergetic.
"Didn't you get enough sleep? Why are you so unmotivated? β
Han San smiled and nodded, listless.
I said, "It's okay, I just stewed a fat chicken for several hours, Song Lingjian left so quickly, I originally wanted to bring it out for everyone to drink." β
Han San smiled and tilted his head and said, "I don't have much appetite, maybe I haven't rested recently." β
I'm a little lost, Han Sanxiao, who is usually always enthusiastic about eating, has no energy to eat, and the whole yard is indescribably lifeless.
Han San glanced at me with a smile and asked me, "Have you been resting well lately?" β
I nodded: "It's good, the weather is starting to get cooler, and I sleep until dawn every night." β
Han San smiled, "You didn't hear any strange sounds that night, did you?" β
I shook my head, "No, did you hear that?" β
Han San touched his eyes with a smile and said as if he was very tired, "No." β
"You might as well have some chicken soup, a little more, and I'll serve itβ" Without waiting for him to reply, I immediately went back to the kitchen.
After serving the soup, he deliberately picked the chicken wings and chicken legs and put them in the bowl, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, Han Sanxiao was no longer there.
I stood in the courtyard with the hot soup in my hand, and for the first time I felt lonely.
Are they hiding something from me and trying to keep me out?
Hai Piao opened his eyes and stared vacantly at the sky dyed red by the sunset.
"Wow", a desolate crow cry in the distance, and the cold hairs all over my body stood up.
Xia Xia looked at the door and said, "Why did you finish eating so quickly today?" Didn't the third brother even drink the chicken soup? β
I nodded, and slammed the bowl on the table like a choke.
Xia Xia comforted me and complained: "It's his loss not to drink, then Sister Fei and Brother Haipiao drink more, and make up for the ruddy face of myself to look happy." β
I couldn't help but laugh and said, "You're going to make me happy." You also drink more, and you are not afraid of cramps in the night when you run in and out. β
Xia Xia stuck out her tongue and said, "I'm still young, and I have a lot of strength-" She suddenly stared at the courtyard, stunned, and said, "Sister Fei, look, he smiled." β
I turned my head to see that Hai Piao was staring at us vacantly, with a faint smile floating on his lips, but I felt that his smile was very cold and proud, as if the compass in his heart knew all the movements of Song Lingjian and Han Sanxiao, and now he was laughing at my ignorance like a sympathetic person.
Phew, how could I have such an idea.
Maybe it's because I've been scared all day, I haven't slept well today, and I always scare my chicken-killing brother in my dreams during the day, with yellow teeth, holding a bloody chicken head in his hand, and then she becomes Aunt Hong, she is holding a tofu tray to be left for me, and the board is full of blood......
"Woo-" A sharp whistle sounded, and I suddenly woke up from my dream and sat up suddenly, what a scary dream.
Isn't this the usual whistle of Song Ling's arrow hunting and summoning Eleven Lang? How did it start at this moment? Is it in a dream, or in reality?
On the edge of my dream just now, apart from the shrill whistle, there seemed to be the sound of something falling?
To be honest, now there is no Eleven Lang, I really feel insecure, as long as there is someone at the mouth of the alley, Eleven Lang will run to the gate of the courtyard to stand, if the person comes, if he doesn't know, he will have his teeth low, and if he knows, he will turn his head and leave, so as not to scare my guests. There is only one person in the hospital who is bedridden, and I have to worry about whether he will be harmed.
Thinking about Eleven Lang and the way he looked when he died, I couldn't sleep anymore, tears were in the corners of my eyes, and my eyes were sour.
I got up gently, put on my clothes, and gently pushed the window crack to look out, and a figure was reflected on the ground in the yard, and I was unprepared for it!
Look at it again, isn't this the projection of the mother on the window of the small building? Why didn't she sleep so late, what was she doing standing by the window? Do you scare me by playing ghosts?
I lit a lantern and walked into the courtyard, and suddenly stepped on something under my feet, and looked down, how could it be the stone tiles of the courtyard wall?
The wind is not strong tonight, why did the stone tiles suddenly fall? Could it be that it has been in disrepair for a long time, and the clay is not strong?
I heard the sound of something falling just now, and I guess this stone tile fell on the courtyard floor.
I put the stone tile under the table, looked up at the silhouette behind the window, and whispered: "Mother, don't you sleep so late?" β
Mother's silhouette bowed her head, I almost forgot her appearance, her silhouette is so beautiful, so beautiful that I dare not disturb her years.
My mother didn't open the window to look at me, she was still behind the window, and said softly, "He's back." β
I was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked, "Who?" Who's back? β
The mother murmured: "The fourth brother is back, he is back." β
Fourth brother? Father? My mother has always called me dad that. Although I knew it was impossible, I still looked around, where was there anyone in the depths of the courtyard?
I sighed deeply in my heart and said, "It's late at night, my mother should rest early." β
The silhouette of the mother turned her head, as if she was looking into the distance outside the alley, she seemed to hold her hands on her chest, praying for blessings in the distance: "He will never come again, he will not come back." β
The mother started again, the silhouette in front of the window suddenly disappeared, and the lamp was still on, eternally on, like a beacon looking forward to the return of her beloved.
I went to the courtyard to take a look, the candle in the Song Ling Arrow Hall had burned to the root, the candle flame was unknown, and it smelled bad in the dimness, I hurriedly refilled the candle, and the hall suddenly lit up a lot.
"Uh-"
As soon as I turned around, I was startled again, Hai Piao's green eyes were cold again, he was half leaning against the wall behind the bed at this time, and I don't know if Xia Xia helped him and forgot to lie him down, or if he sat up by himself, he suddenly saw a pair of such eyes in the dark, and he was mentally prepared to be startled.
"Hai Piao, what's wrong? How to sit, I'll help you lie down. β
Hai Piao blinked his eyes hollowly, the silhouette of the long eyelashes cast on his face was too thick, so thick that it was like the eye makeup of a servant crying and fainting, and his teeth were twisted, and I quickly flattened him.
"None...... "......He suddenly whispered in my ear.
I couldn't help but laugh, how can I be like a child, and I still remember the words I learned during the day and at night: "Do you like to eat?" I forgot about it at night, so I'll bring it to you tomorrow, okay? β
Hai Piao really looked like a child, grinning.
I pressed the quilt on his shoulder and said, "I really hope you get better soon, but I don't want you to get well soon." Do you understand my struggles? Do you understand? β
He looked at me slowly and pitifully, his clear eyes filled with tears.
I was stunned, it turned out that I had always treated him as a child, and he may have a wisdom that I couldn't imagine.