Chapter 13: The Orphan Girl
Hearing the glutinous children's voice coming from inside the door, Hui'an's face showed a slight gloom, just because the cute little girl inside the door was about to learn the biggest bad news in her life from her mouth.
"Child, your mother asked me to come to you, can you open the door and let me in?" Hui An tried to make his expression and voice appear gentle.
The little girl inside the door was silent for a while and then said, "But I have never seen you, and my father and mother said before they went out that they must not open the door to strangers." ”
Hui'an secretly said that he was fortunate to have foresight, and then took out the photo from his pocket and held it to the front of the door mirror: "Can you see it?" This photo was given to me by your mother herself, so it should be a proof, right? Besides, if your mother hadn't told me the address of your house herself, I wouldn't have been able to find it. ”
There was silence in the door for a moment, and finally there was a sound of the door locking machine spring, the door was retreated from the inside out, a small head stretched out from the crack in the door, and asked with a timid expression: "Brother, is it really my mother who invited you here?" ”
Hui'an looked at this little girl with beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and left a cute mushroom head, and confirmed that she was the same person in the photo, so she nodded seriously, and the little girl pushed open the door and invited him in.
The room is spacious, but all the windows are tightly closed and locked, and even the curtains are tightly drawn, because the power and water have long been cut off, so the light is very dim and the smell is not very good.
The little girl sensibly invited Hui'an to sit down on the rather high-end leather sofa in the living room, and then turned around and ran into the kitchen, and when she came out, she had an extra glass in her hand, and half a glass of water was in the cup.
"Brother, please drink water." The little girl put the cup on the coffee table in front of Hui'an, and then sat down on the sofa on the side. Her inky eyes showed a look of longing, staring at the cup tightly, and subconsciously licking her lips with her tongue.
Hui'an noticed that the little girl's lips were very dry, and even showed a slight dry and cracked bloody mouth, so she pushed the cup in front of her and smiled: "Brother is not thirsty now, let's give you a drink." ”
The little girl looked at the cup with joy on her face, hesitated for a long time with emotion, and finally shook her head resolutely: "Dad said that we have to save water these days, he and my mother drink half a glass of water together every day, and I drink half a glass of water myself." I didn't hold back today, I've already drunk half a glass of water, so I can't drink it anymore now. ”
Hui'an had the intention of practicing in his heart, picked up the cup and drank the faintly smelly water in it, then took out a large water bottle filled with water from the backpack at his feet, poured a full glass of water and pushed it in front of the little girl again: "Just now you invited your brother to drink water, and now it's my brother's turn to invite you!" ”
"Thank you, brother!" The little girl had an extremely happy look on her face, and carefully picked up the cup, sipping it lightly one after another, and at the same time talking to Hui'an one sentence at a time.
"Brother, my name is Han Yu, and my father and mother both call me Xiao Yu'er, what about you?"
"My name is Hui'an."
"Hui'an? Hee-hee, this is like a monk's name. ”
"I was originally a monk."
"Really? Brother, where is your temple? ”
"It's on Lu Mountain, and it's called White Deer Temple."
"White Deer Temple? I seem to have heard my father say that there is only one monk in that temple now, and he is also from this town, so it can't be you, brother, right? ”
"That's me."
When Han Yu drank the glass of water little by little, Hui'an finally had to talk about the matter: "Xiao Yu'er, my brother has to tell you something, your father and mother ......"
"Ah, I forgot that brother, you must be hungry after coming here for so long." Han Yu's face suddenly showed a frightened look, and he hurriedly interrupted Hui An, got up and ran to the kitchen, "I'll go find you something to eat." ”
Hui'an sighed in her heart, this smart child should have guessed something, but she couldn't accept such a reality for a while, so she only cared about talking about it for half a day since she came in, but she didn't ask her parents who never returned.
"Xiao Yu'er," Hui An sighed and stopped Han Yu who was about to escape, "You know, right?" ”
Han Yu's small body froze suddenly, and then slowly squatted on the ground and shrunk into a ball, his shoulders shook desperately, and he let out a distressing sob, but he just didn't cry.
Hui'an sighed, stepped forward and hugged her, and said softly, "Good boy, cry if you want to." ”
Han Yu buried her little face in Hui An's arms, and finally cried out, wailing and whimpering like a wounded little animal, and it didn't take long for her to cry out of breath.
Hui An didn't try to persuade him, but gently patted the child's back with a warm palm.
I don't know how long it took, Han Yu, who was extremely tired mentally and physically, fell asleep in Hui'an's arms.
Hui'an walked back to the sofa and sat back, looked down at the smiling face full of tears and grief in his arms, shook his head helplessly, leaned his head back on the back of the sofa, closed his eyes and began to cultivate his spirit. What he experienced today also made him feel a little tired.
When the sky outside gradually darkened, Hui'an felt Han Yu in his arms move slightly, and when he opened his eyes and looked down, he saw that she had raised her head to look at herself, and her eyes were already red and swollen like peaches.
"Brother, I'm ......" Seeing that Hui An also looked at him, Han Yu hurriedly got up from his arms, his voice had become hoarse because of the pain.
Hui'an stood up, moved his hands and feet that were a little numb because of the lack of blood, touched the top of Han Yu's head and said with a smile: "You should be hungry too, I'll get you some food." ”
After that, he thought that Han Yu's parents were going to venture out to collect food, and there should be nothing to eat at home. So he didn't ask Han Yu, he directly opened his backpack, first took out a candle and lit it and put it away, and then took out a few bags of lo-mei, mustard, two cans of eight-treasure porridge and five flatbreads that he had baked when he went down the mountain and piled them on the table in the restaurant.
Han Yu, who has been accustomed to hunger since the end of the world, saw so much food that she even forgot the pain of loss for a while, and first opened her mouth wide in surprise, until Hui'an reminded her loudly, she quickly ran into the kitchen, took some dishes, chopsticks, plates and other tableware out, and helped Hui'an arrange all kinds of food one by one.
One large and one small were done face to face on both sides of the table, and Hui'an raised his chopsticks and announced, "Okay, let's eat!" ”
Han Yu couldn't wait to pick up a braised chicken leg and put it on the plate in front of him, lowered his head and bit it hard, and a happy and satisfied look immediately appeared on his face. When she raised her head, she saw that Hui'an also put a chicken leg in her mouth, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Brother, are you really a monk?" I see that Tang Seng in Journey to the West didn't say that his family can't eat meat? ”
Hui'an laughed and said: "As the saying goes, 'wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha stays in his heart'." Tang Seng said that it was because his realm was too low, if there was a Buddha in his heart, how could he stick to these superficial forms? ”
Han Yu was amused and giggled.
The two talked and laughed while eating and drinking, and the atmosphere was very lively.
It wasn't until it was completely dark outside that the meal was finished.
"Brother, my parents ......" went back to the living room and sat down, Han Yu finally asked this question that had been deliberately forgotten for a long time, and his eyes were full of tears again.
"They're out of luck and they're coming across a bunch of zombies." Hui'an had already decided to hide the ugliest and cruelest scene in the world from Han Yu, "It's a pity that I'm late, otherwise, ...... Your mother asked me to take care of you before she died, and tomorrow you will go back to the mountains with your brother, okay? ”
Tears welled up in Han Yu's eyes, and he choked up and couldn't speak, but nodded vigorously.