Chapter 57: Healing
The movement outside the door disappeared in an instant, and the room fell into a deathly silence, except for the sound of heavy breathing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Lao Jiu trembled all over, his face was as white as paper, and he shrank into the corner and didn't know what to do. Wang Zhen stepped forward, took a deep breath, motioned for me to grab the dagger, and opened the door with a sweep.
A panicked face with tears in its eyes appeared before me. I hurriedly hid the dagger behind me, Lao Jiu stood up tremblingly against the wall, and said angrily to the little girl: "Didn't I say that you were not allowed to disturb us, what are you doing here?" ”
The little girl almost cried, and said with tears in her eyes: "There are many people in front of our house who keep shouting and slamming the door, and I am afraid to ......"
Lao Jiu was shocked, and said with a fixed mind: "You wait here, I'll take a look." ”
She hurried out and closed the door, a warm breeze hitting my face. I looked at the back of the little girl, whose shoulders were still shaking, half worriedly and half in panic, when my elbow was suddenly knocked off.
I turned around a little dissatisfied, and was bumping into Zhang Siyuan's strange eyes, he pointed to Wang Linshuo in the corner and said to me: "You see why Lao Wang is not right, squatting in the corner and chanting words in his mouth, he can't be ghosted, right?" ”
I looked back and saw him blushing, curled up in the corner and muttering something to the stove in front of me. I felt a little strange, and walked over and shouted, "You're not afraid that the stove will fall and you will be gray?" ”
He shook at my words and almost didn't sit on the floor. I was even more strange, and I picked him up and looked at the stove, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think, don't you know what 44400890 means?" ”
He turned his head to stare at me, his eyes shot a fleeting cold light, and he pretended to be calm: "Where can I guess this, you treat me as an immortal." ”
I rolled my eyes and said, "What does it have to do with the ghosts in the water and this string of numbers?" ”
He shook all over, his eyes fluttered, and he looked at me with an expression of disbelief. I was a little proud, and was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue and reveal his secret, but the door was kicked open, and a bloodless face that looked like a dead man, with snot and saliva all over his face, was expressionless, the corners of his mouth were crooked, and his eyes were hollow like black holes.
I was so frightened that I took a few steps back, and subconsciously raised my hand to punch the horrible nose. But that face suddenly flashed in front of my eyes, replaced by the face of an old farmer with vicissitudes hidden in the wrinkles. He begged with a wailing voice, "Please save my child." ”
I made up my mind, only to realize that the terrible face belonged to the child he was carrying. Just now he held the child up in front of me, completely covering his face, and I didn't even see it in my panic. I wiped the fine sweat from my forehead, and said a little helplessly: "Is it that I don't have to do anything else if I provide some blood?" ”
The old farmer nodded, and the sturdy man flashed out from behind him, handed me the jade with a smile, and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry just now, we didn't figure out the situation, and offended you, please forgive me." If you are willing to save the children, I will give you this jade. ”
I took the jade and put it away, and Wang Zhen asked, "Where did the little man who ran fast go?" ”
The sturdy man gasped and said, "His feet are so good, his legs are flying fast, I can't catch up with him." In the end, Xiao Wei rushed over, repeatedly promised him that I would return the jade to you, and after telling him in detail what had just happened, he threw the jade to us with a hand and went into the dense forest of the back mountain by himself. ”
I was a little sad, knowing that Hu San would definitely die after returning to the jungle with an injury. The villagers suddenly became noisy, some knelt down, some squeezed forward and grabbed my sleeve, and shouted, "Please save the child!" ”
I was a little annoyed by their quarrel, and I waved my hand and said loudly: "I have promised you the village chief that I will definitely save your children." You don't have to do that anymore. ”
The villagers stood up one after another, a bitter smile of joy blooming on their faces. Soon someone took a small bowl and a knife and handed it to me, I looked at the children with distorted faces and thin yellow muscles, and then looked at the villagers whose eyes were full of begging.
I called Wang Zhen and told his men to be merciful and not to be as rough as the last time they dealt with my feet on the mountain. He said yes, grabbed my fingers, and a cold touch came from my fingertips. I frowned, and I only cut off my fingers and called my companions to help me do it in full view, will the villagers think that I am too ungentlemanly?
The thought had just popped into my head when a sharp pain suddenly rushed out and disturbed my thoughts. A rough thing came to my wound and rubbed it roughly, I gasped and looked at Wang Zhen angrily. He shrugged and signaled to me that it was none of his business.
I turned my head, and the old farmer picked up the child tremblingly, wiped the blood from his fingers on his teeth and tongue, and poured a bowl of water into him. I watched the boy cough incessantly from his rough movements, and I couldn't help but wonder if this strange way of doing things really worked.
More than a dozen pairs of eyes stared at the child in the old peasant's arms, his face was sallow, and he kept coughing violently, as if he wanted to cough up all the contents of his stomach. The old farmer patted his back with one hand, and fed him water with a broken bowl with the other, and these two movements lasted for a while, and the little boy barely stopped coughing, and the old farmer grabbed his arm and asked eagerly, "How do you feel?" ”
The little boy looked at the sky blankly, not saying a word. My heart sank instantly, and the old peasant's face instantly drooped, but the light in his eyes had not disappeared, and he shook and patted the boy with all his strength, and shouted, "How are you? Speak! ”
His roar echoed through the courtyard, but the little boy's eyes were still glazed and unresponsive. His face turned to ashes in an instant, and he jerked the child to the ground, and suddenly stood up and threw his fist on the top of my head. I was startled and raised my hand to block, but when I dodged, a hoarse child's voice suddenly sounded in the yard: "Grandpa, I'm hungry." ”
The old peasant turned his head sharply, and the little boy stood up at some point, leaning weakly against the wall, and looking at us steadily. The old peasant was surprised and delighted, and rushed over desperately to pick him up, and asked repeatedly, "Aren't you uncomfortable?" Are you still dizzy? ”
The child shook his head and repeated again, "I'm hungry." ”
The old farmer laughed, and two lines of cloudy tears flowed down his face. He put the child aside, kowtowed at me three times, picked up the boy, and asked as he walked with a trembling voice, "What do you want to eat?" Potato chips, or chocolate? ”
I looked at the distant grandfather and grandson, my heart was full of mixed feelings, before I had time to savor it, there was a pain in the tips of my fingers, I couldn't bear to look at the tortured children and adults with vicissitudes in their eyebrows, don't talk to Wang Zhen, let yourself ignore the pain of your fingers.
After about half an hour, the people in the courtyard dispersed. I looked at the excited villagers who were about to go crazy, looked down at my bloody fingers, and sighed: "I'm afraid my performance can be selected as one of the top ten people who moved China this year, right?" ”
Zhang Siyuan scoffed: "It's still far away." ”
Lao Jiu came out with a small jar and carefully applied a layer of white ointment to my wound. I felt that the wound was cool and comfortable, and I couldn't help asking, "What is this, Yunnan Baiyao?" ”
She sneered and said, "How could I have that formula, this is a local medicine in our area, and it is very effective in curing injuries." ”
I nodded, and she smiled again, "You have helped me so much, I should thank you very much." But we have no money or rare things for you, so why don't you take a good bath with me, eat a full meal, and then hurry? ”
Although I was a little disgusted with her, the conditions she put forward were the most tempting for us at the moment. Zhang Siyuan nodded and said, "Make all your local dishes in Yunnan and give me a taste." ”
When I was poured hot water, all the exhaustion from my body overflowed from my pores, and I only felt that my whole body was sore, and I could hardly take a step. I finally relied on perseverance to support myself and not fall, I changed into the clothes provided by Lao Jiu, slumped on the chair, and looked at my companions who had lost a lot of weight but were refreshed, and I could hardly speak.
Lao Jiu served dishes I had never seen before, stacked them on top of each other, took out four cups of sake, and said with a smile: "I know you have to hurry for a while, this sake has been drunk for a long time and is not good, you can give it a try." ”
I looked at a table of sumptuous delicacies, my index finger moved, my saliva was already dripping, I grabbed the chopsticks and stuffed them into my mouth. The four of them didn't even bother to speak, and finally stuffed themselves half-full, only to feel that the hunger in their stomachs had been extinguished. I took a sip of wine, and was about to open my mouth to praise the taste of the food, when suddenly a very strong feeling of dizziness came to me.