83. Forgetting
This turmoil seems to have passed with a lot of thunder and a little rain, and even the widow Liu did not intervene to question. [The relationship with this mother-in-law has become very delicate, although she still stays in the same room, but there are not many opportunities to see each other, she spends most of her time in her own room, and even eats separately from us.] It feels like they are under the same roof, but they have separated.
I don't want to think too much about other people's thoughts, and it's easy to live the life of a young couple like this. In addition, the aunt of the mother's family also came over to say that Ah Niu had gone back, and his family saw that his son had a blue nose and swollen face and went back to naturally go to my aunt again, but it was impossible to make any conflicts in the countryside, and there was no follow-up after a few times.
I was a little surprised by this incident, Uncle Mu's attitude that day was very tough, and he never found a chance to persuade again.
If you don't go to the bottom of some things, it doesn't mean that you haven't paid attention, I can only tell Ah Ping about Ah Niu being locked up in the house by Uncle Mu, and the relationship between Ah Ping's family and Uncle Mu seems to be very clear.
The matter about Jin Aniu has finally been resolved, but there is something lingering in my heart, the people in the cave next to the hot spring...... What the hell is going on?
A week has passed, my foot injury is almost healed, and I finally come and go without Ah Ping carrying it anymore. During the week, the two pieces of cloth that I bought in town still worked. Ah Ping was very persistent about this matter, and kept urging me to tailor for him, but I had to use his robe as a model to sew clumsily with stitches and threads.
After finally sewing a robe, I felt weak when I looked at the stitches, but Ah Ping was very happy, and put it on without saying a word, and refused to take it off for three days.
It's a hot day, and he has to sweat a few times a day, but he refuses to change his clothes. It didn't stink on his body, but the smell of sweat was not good, so I had to make another set, and finally he was willing to take off his robe and wash it. With two sets of clothes to practice, I also had some experience in cutting and making clothes, and I made two sets of short shirts from the rest of the fabric. In your own house, it's okay to wear a short shirt on such a hot day.
I think so, Ah Ping has no opinion, and the short-sleeved shorts are also cool, but some people are not happy.
On this day, the widow Liu happened to come out of the back room, and when she saw Ah Ping wearing like this, her color immediately changed greatly, and she shouted deeply: "Ah Ping, what kind of body are you dressed like this?" Ah Ping and I were taken aback, he subconsciously lowered his head and swept the short shirt on his body, and when he looked up, his lips just squirmed, and he was blocked by his mother: "Think about etiquette, righteousness and shame, think about your father...... Kiss. ”
I watched Ah Ping's eyes darken, and slowly got up and walked towards the house. Obviously, Liu Widow moved her deceased husband out and poked Ah Ping's sore spot, I don't know if it was my illusion, as if Ah Ping's figure walking on his back had become listless.
After Ah Ping left, the widow and woman were still standing in the same place, knowing that the matter was not over, because without thinking about it, she knew that the only person who could make Ah Ping wear it like this was me. The expected scolding did not happen, but she ordered in a not very good tone: "The firewood at home is almost gone, you go out and pick up a basket and come back now." ”
I was slightly stunned, I know that the firewood at home is running out, but isn't the firewood at home supplied by Uncle Mu next door?
Suddenly, his heart moved, and he nodded silently and got up to find the basket. By the time I went out, there was no one in the courtyard, and I knew that Widow Liu's move was to distract me, she must have something to say to Ah Ping, and I didn't need to ask for this suspicion to hinder their mother-son communication. This time, Ah Ping has had a lot of disputes with his mother for me, and filial piety comes first, although I am angry a lot, but I don't advocate that mother and son turn against each other.
As soon as I left the village, my feet went in a certain direction, and yes, I was going to take a look at the hot springs. Originally, I was worried that I didn't have a chance, but no, the opportunity came.
Of course, the work that should be done was not left behind, and when I saw dead branches along the road, I put them in the basket behind me. When I came to the hot spring, I felt that the air was humid and hot, and I squinted my eyes and looked at the white mist before walking to the cave.
When he came to the outside of the cave and looked around, he didn't find anything abnormal, and listened carefully, and slowly went to pick up the bushes. When the light shines into the cave, it is clear that it is empty, but there are some traces left on the ground.
couldn't help frowning, the current situation means that he is not dead? Did I bring medicine and food to save him, and then he woke up and left? It's hard to suppress the loss, many doubts have not been solved, but people have disappeared.
I don't even dare to think deeply about that question: Is he Lu Feng or not?
Putting down the bush and turning around, as soon as I stepped forward, I heard someone behind me asking, "Are you looking for me?" ”
Turning his head in shock, his eyes swept over but there was no one to be seen, but he was sure that it was not an auditory hallucination, and he searched in the direction of the sound, and his eyes fell on a large tree. In a moment, I saw a foot step from behind the big tree, and then a figure slowly disappeared into view.
On the way here, I actually kept my heart on the way, and I didn't know how to react to seeing this person again, and now I met my eyes and stared at him, and my heart was jumping like a wild horse that had broken away.
"You ......" only one word was stuck in my throat, and the eyes that looked at me were unfamiliar, and I didn't dare to ask the question I had been entangled with at this moment.
And the other party took the lead in breaking the silence after looking at me carefully: "You saved me?" Unable to wait for my answer, he guessed to himself: "I woke up and found that my wound had been poisoned by gold, and there was dry food left next to it, I have been waiting for it these days, but no one has ever come within the radius, and I didn't see you approaching the hot spring until today, and I purposefully went to this cave." So the one who heals my wounds and leaves food for me must be you. ”
He said he was waiting for me? He didn't want to answer positively about whether I saved him, but he only groaned before asking, "Since your injuries are healed, why don't you leave?" ”
I saw that those eyes flashed slightly, turned their perspective, and responded lightly: "I can't go." ”
"Is the injury too severe?" It was the only reason I could think of, but when he shook his head, he raised his eyes again, stared at me for a long time, and then said in a deep voice, "I forgot who I am." ”
Completely stunned, forgetting who you are? What does he mean...... Amnesia? That's outrageous, isn't it? But in the blink of an eye, the image of the first time I saw him flashed in my mind, the ferocious slaughter like a beast on the edge of the hot spring pool, the desperate struggle outside the cave, the bloody wound that was pierced by my kick and kick, and the bloody wound pierced by the broken arrow.
Human memory is very wonderful, and it will be attributive and judgmental, and when the trauma is intense, it will often be selectively forgotten. Not to mention that he was so badly injured and forgot what happened before, even if I don't have a vague memory of the other world?
Sighing in his heart, he spoke again helplessly: "So you are waiting here to think ......"
Sure enough, he stared at me for a moment and then made a request: "Tell me who it is?" "Although it is a request, the tone is arbitrary, and I am afraid that before this he was a person who could make decisions.
Originally, I wanted to tell the truth, but when I touched those black eyes, I couldn't let go of my thoughts, and blurted out: "Your name is Lu Feng." ”
"Lu Feng?" Doubts flashed in my black eyes, and after listening to him repeat those two words, I gritted my teeth as if I was in a frenzy and said, "Yes, your name is Lu Feng, and you told me before you fell into a coma." I don't know the rest, I met you injured at the hot spring, I don't know if you remember that you attacked me at that time. ”
He tilted his head for a moment, then shook his head at me, seeing that even that memory had been lost.
Since I opened this mouth, I couldn't retract my words, and my gaze scraped over the familiar and unfamiliar face little by little, and I couldn't suppress the emptiness in my heart. Turning his gaze away, he whispered, "Since you're okay, I'll go back." ”
When he turned around, he hesitated and heard a man's voice behind him, "What's your name?" ”
Xingyue ...... Two words rolled silently in my mind, but how can this name survive in this era? He closed his eyes and said lightly: "I saved you just for peace of mind, I don't want to kill someone for no reason." There is a difference between men and women, and it is inconvenient to keep names. ”
After speaking, he raised his feet and walked, but after taking two steps, he heard the footsteps behind him, and he couldn't help but look back, and sure enough, he saw him following behind. The black eyes looked at me steadily, "The grace of saving life should be repaid with a spring, if you don't even know the name of Engong, it's too confusing, if you don't want to say that I will follow you, you can always ask others." ”
She is a married woman, and if a strange man walks back to the village, she will not be told what to become. I gritted my teeth and had to report my name: "Xu Lan." ”
After a pause, he said, "I'm going back, don't follow me." ”
His gaze swept over the basket behind my shoulder, "You're out to pick up wood, the basket isn't full yet, do you need my help?" ”
"No, you don't." Refuse without even thinking about it.
But when I saw him go to the bottom of the tree, he raised his hand and broke a branch full of branches, and in three or two strokes he broke it into sections, and then he came to me in a heap. Although he knew what his actions meant, he couldn't help but take a step back when he approached, and he paused and said expressionlessly: "It's a matter of raising your hands." ”
It's really a gesture, he's a head taller than me, and it's estimated that he's a little taller than Ah Ping, but it's just enough to lift his arm to reach the tree. I turned my back silently, felt the weight of the basket before whispering my thanks, then dropped a "I'm gone" and strode forward.
Walk all the way to the hot tub and make sure he's not coming back before slowing down. Today's events are something I never expected, and all I have been thinking about over and over again for a while is whether the people in the cave are dead? If you didn't die, did you leave? Is he Lu Feng or not? But when I came over to take a look, the first two questions had been answered, but the third one had become an unsolvable mystery.