Hadumin didn't sleep all night, she didn't know if she was asleep or not, she only knew that she was wandering around the dead, she felt sorry for them, they died because of her, and as a sprinkler, she couldn't properly protect the villagers who fought side by side with her. She looked at Li Wenyuan quietly, and she wondered that she could find a kind of peace from Li Wenyuan, perhaps a kind of expectation and dependence.

Whether it is the moon or the stars this night, it is full of a kind of chill and warmth, this warmth is because of the young man in front of her, and that chill may be because of the harm to others and to herself, but this kind of injury should already have a sense of belonging, belonging to the warm person around her, the person who gave her warmth.

The sky was already bright, Wan Yanting was still accompanying Li Wenyuan in a trance, and suddenly the village outside the door was noisy, and the voices of these adults and children pulled Wan Yanting back to reality, only to hear the voice of the village chief at the door, "Zarha, you are back, is it really you?" Zarha! ”

Is Zarha back? Wan Yanting's brain was like a flash of the wind, and she hurriedly ran out of the house, looking up, the villagers were surrounded by three or three, it was Zarha who was separated from herself, Wan Yanting's tears of excitement came out of her eyes, perhaps, now that Zarha can come back safely, it is like untying a dead knot in her heart.

Zarha saw Yan Ting from a distance, hurriedly walked over, stood opposite her, wiped her tears and said, "Silly girl, isn't my brother back, don't cry." ”

At night, a bonfire grew in the village, the village chief carved the tablet of the dead, Hadumin sprinkled the god costume, beat the roe deer skin drum, and recited prayers for the dead, which is an ancient Manchu ritual, which can make the dead people wait for the favor of God again, and no longer confused and helpless, and then the tablet is placed in the ancestral temple, this matter is even in the past, in that era, even if you stay in the village every day, you may die because of the attack of fierce beasts, natural disasters, etc., not to mention the winter on the mountain, So in fact, the death of a person is not a big deal, followed by a fire barbecue, drinking to celebrate the safe return of the rest, especially Zarha.

The villagers sat together, the village chief asked the two of them to tell what happened, and after Yan Ting started from entering the mountain, how to get separated from Zarha, how to meet Li Wenyuan, how Li Wenyun helped herself, she knew that everything was told now, but she herself may not be very clear, Li Wenyuan in her description, the proportion has exceeded the matter itself, and it gives people the feeling that she and Li Wenyuan are one, this kind of change and feelings may not be very obvious in the eyes of others, but in Zarha's heart, A knot has slowly formed.

After Yan Ting finished speaking, the villagers asked Zarha to tell him about his experience, and after Zarha was stunned, he briefly described how he got separated from Ha Dumin and how he came back, but she did not mention the fox who lingered with him all night, but just described a false impression that the mountain god saved him.

After that, it is the time for everyone to drink and eat meat, the people in the village, both men and women, drink a lot, and live in the cold all year round, so that they can learn to drink spirits to keep warm from an early age, so the amount of alcohol is particularly large, and every time you push the glass and change the lamp, it can only end at dawn, but Ha Dumin is not in this mood, he walked to the forest not far away and sat quietly, looking at the stars and the moon in the night sky, silently praying for the people who have passed away, and also for Li Wenyuan.

It didn't take long for Hadumin to notice that someone had walked up to her, none other than Zarha. Zarha sat quietly beside her, as if she wanted to say something, but couldn't open her mouth. Hadumin looked at Zarha with big eyes and said, "Brother, why don't you go and drink with the village chief?" ”

Zarha hesitated: "I want to ...... See what you're doing? ”

Hadumin smiled and said, "I have nothing to see, and I won't be an important person." ”

"How it doesn't matter!" Zarha's breathing suddenly became heavier, and she turned around and took Hadumin's hand and said, "You are the most important thing in my heart!" ”

Hadumin unnaturally broke free of Zarha's hand, and said affectionately and unnaturally: "Brother, you ...... What are you doing? ”

Zarha took a deep breath and said, "Sister, don't you know that I like you?" I didn't agree to so many people proposing to me because I like you, no matter which girl expresses affection to me, I don't accept it because I like you," he said, staring at Hadumin with wide eyes, "Will you marry me, sister?" ”

Hadumin didn't speak, nor did he make any response, he was silent for a moment and said: "Brother Zharha, since I was a child, you took me up the mountain to hunt, took me to play together, there were boys from the neighboring village who bullied me, you were angry for me, I am very grateful to you, and I am willing to play with you, especially you are the most popular hunter in this nearby village, I am very proud, and at first this pride is entirely because I regard you as my own brother, just like my sister's worship and dependence on my brother, but this ...... Is this love? Maybe I'm still young, maybe there are some things I don't understand, but I prefer that I'm still your sister, and you're still my brother! ”

After hearing these words, Zarha's whole body began to tremble, only to hear him say fiercely: "Is it for that Han man?" ”

He must be talking about Li Wenyuan, this is the Han man in this ten miles and eight villages, Ha Dumin looked at Zarha strangely, because Zarha has never spoken to himself in such a tone since he was a child.

"Since you don't like me, you don't choose me if you choose a Han person, okay, I'll ask you one last time, have you thought about it clearly? Hadumin? Zarha asked through gritted teeth.

Hadumin is now trembling with fright, this voice and emotions are no longer the Zarha brother she knows and loves her, but like a male wolf who can't succeed in courtship and bites back.

Hadumin shook his head and said, "Zarha, I'm sorry! ”

Then Zarha roared wildly and walked towards the foot of Changbai Mountain, never looking back, the moon is still the same moon, the stars are still stars, but sometimes, the old man is no longer the old man, the falling flowers are accompanied by flowing water, intentionally ruthless, ruthless but not destined, falling flowers but falling into the valley. All of us live in this world, are afraid of loneliness, everyone needs to bear for their own loneliness, everyone is afraid of loneliness has become a habit, so there is love, can make people live and die together, and life and death love, when filling the loneliness failure, everyone wants to find the balance on the scale, so there are a lot of blind feelings occur, blindly defeated reason, temporary flowers do not mean eternal life, perhaps in exchange for greater loneliness or even the fault of their lives.

Zarha returned to the mountains, where he was going, yes, there was still a fate waiting for him, that is, the fox girl of the husband and wife that night.