When I woke up, my mind was dazed, and I only felt that the scene in front of me was constantly moving, and the light was dim. [It takes a half-time to realize that it's the ground that's moving, and I'm on someone's back.] As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Ah Ping's quiet side face close to him, and he also noticed that I was awake and paused, turned my head slightly, and his gaze met mine.

In the calm and quiet dark eyes, my reflection was very clear, lying on his shoulder. When I came back to my senses, I muttered, "Why didn't you wake me up?" When he woke up, it was almost dark, and he was still walking on his back, and he looked at the two of them, and the clothes were neatly dressed, but the scattered hair was simply tied with a belt. It seems that he learned to dress himself, but not to comb his hair.

Ah Ping turned his head and continued to walk forward, and I asked him where he was going. He paused and said, "Go home."

I couldn't help but laugh when I heard this, I still remember his angry appearance when he went out in the morning, with a runaway expression, but in the evening he still carried me behind my back and said home. So in fact, in his heart, the morning behavior was only to express anger, and this anger did not even last long, and when he saw the hot spring, he was excited to enter the water; Now that it's getting dark, it's time to go home.

It was already dark when I entered the village, so I asked Ah Ping to let me down, but he refused at first, and wanted to carry me all the way into the house. But I pulled my ears and threatened: "If you don't let me down, I will ignore you tonight." ”

He obediently squatted down and lowered me from his back, and I took the opportunity to touch his head, the corners of his mouth raised.

When I approached the door, I was a little apprehensive, afraid that the widow would wait there like the day I returned to the door, but I was surprised that I didn't see it until I got to the door. Do you really care about Ah Ping's departure? Or do you think that letting Ah Ping compromise and take a concubine is more important than anything else? Are apricots still there? Three questions flashed through my mind.

The door was hidden, and Ah Ping opened it with a slight push. When we walked in and saw that there was no light in the house, when we entered the courtyard through the front room, we saw that the door of the Buddha room was also open, and when we walked into the back room, the house was surprisingly quiet. Ah Ping wanted to pull me directly into the room, but I stopped him, shook his head at him, and said softly: "Go see your mother." ”

I haven't been back all day, even if I went over to say hello. He drooped his head and had no objection, and let me lead him to the widow's room, but I saw that the door was open in the dark, and there was not even an oil lamp in the room.

I felt something different, and I couldn't help but speed up my pace. When I came to the room to visit, I couldn't see clearly, so I had to call softly: "Mother-in-law? No one in the house answered, listening carefully to the silence and some emptiness, his heart sank, and he turned around to push Ah Ping behind him, "You go to our room and get an oil lamp." ”

This time, Ah Ping was not stubborn, nor did he turn around and leave, he passed me and entered the door directly, and soon there was a soft pop, and a light gradually lit up in one place, and it was he who lit the oil lamp with a fire fold. When the light was enough to hit the bed, I couldn't help but be stunned, there was no one on the bed!

My mind was racing, and I blurted out, "Go to the Buddha's room and find it." ”

When we came to the Buddha's room, it was still empty. I searched the front and back of the house, even our room, but there was no one in the whole house.

Where did the widow go?

At this time, I already realized the seriousness of the problem, and the biggest possibility was what happened after Ah Ping dragged me away, such as the recurrence of the old illness of the widow Liu and the fact that she had not recovered, so she became more and more sick; Or did she go out and look for it? But at that time, she couldn't even sit up half-way, how could she go out to find someone again?

Ah Ping looked panicked, he threw the oil lamp on the table and rushed out of the door, I followed closely only to see him knock on the door of the next door of the next door, it was too late to stop him. But there was no one to answer the knock on the door next door, I remember that this family was a widower, an uncle surnamed Mu, who had seen it a few times, and always had a straight face.

"Ah Ping, don't panic." I stepped forward to pull him, paused and said, "Let's go to Lao Langzhong's house and ask, Xing'er was still in her mother-in-law's room when we left, she may know the specific thing." ”

Just as we were about to go to Lang Zhong's house, we suddenly saw a cluster of firelight and several black shadows walking towards this place, mixed with whispered whispers. I saw Ah Ping pause and stared at him tightly, and I couldn't help but move slightly, and when the other party approached, I first heard Xing'er's coquettish voice: "Is it Brother Ping?" Immediately after the footsteps approached, he first saw the panicked face of the widow Liu, and after seeing clearly that it was us, he cried out in pain: "Ah Ping! ”

Ah Ping didn't move, but his hand holding me was visibly tight, knowing that his emotions were actually fluctuating.

The scene in front of her has been revealed, and Xing'er, who followed closely, also told the truth: "Brother Ping, you are back, Aunt Qing is dying, we went out to look for a whole day, and we searched all around the village." Aunt Qing also asked someone to go to Batou Village to inquire, ...... And where did she go? ”

Therefore, Ah Ping's willfulness led to the current situation, and behind the current situation is - Liu Widow and woman are looking for a child with illness.

My impression of Widow Liu is definitely not good, but from this moment on, there has been a change, and her concern for Ah Ping is not mixed with any impurities. I beg to differ.

First of all, I do not agree with her desire to be a concubine for Apina Apricot, which is not allowed by my education and philosophy, and I cannot say with whom I will share my husband's love; Secondly, she fell ill in bed with a recurrence of her old disease, shouldn't the best way be to rest on her bed? If there is really a case, what should I do if I want Ah Ping?

The thought was rolled and suddenly his hand was released, and his inexplicable heart was slightly empty, and he saw Ah Ping walking past Xing'er to Widow Liu's side, and then held her arm. In the firelight, he helped the widow to the door of the house with a blank face, and glanced at me as he passed by, but did not stop. I know that I shouldn't care about it at this time, but the strange taste still can't be controlled in my heart.

I looked at the firelight, and the person holding the torch was Uncle Mu, the neighbor we had knocked on the door just now, and it seemed that the widow Liu had asked someone to look for us together. He nodded at the other party and said apologetically, "I'm sorry for your trouble." ”

As I turned to walk back, I heard footsteps following, and I couldn't help but look back at the apricot with a smile.

But she stood there, her eyes twinkling and she didn't dare to make eye contact with me. Shaking his head secretly with a smile, he quickened his pace to catch up with Ah Ping and Widow Liu, and when he walked into the house, he gently closed the door, and Xing'er's aggrieved face was shut out.

Be wronged, at least, before you enter this house, surnamed Liu, you can only stand outside the door and be aggrieved. As for the afterword, we'll talk about it when you're able to come in.

Ah Ping helped the widow back to her room and sat down on the edge of the bed, her elbow grabbed when he was about to pull her hand. At this time, I did not enter the door, but stood in the dim view outside the door, waiting quietly.

Leaving a space for their mother and son to be alone is what I can do for Ah Ping. But I won't actually return the room, and I won't miss the opportunity to know the outcome of this fight in the first place, because it concerns me.

I don't care if Apricot is still standing outside the door, what I care about is what is the direction of things after this farce of disputes and willfulness? To my surprise, however, there was silence in the house.

It's normal for Ah Ping to be silent, but Widow Liu, she should have a lot to say.

After half a sound, I finally heard a heavy sigh, and the voice of the widow woman came slowly: "Don't do it again in the future." There was powerlessness and supplication in her tone. If this is a compromise in another sense, I don't feel a trace of joy as an observer, but rather a little sad.

After a moment of reflection, he walked out of the room and went back to his room, for there was no need to listen any further.

After about a stick of incense, Ah Ping also returned, and when he entered the door, he set his eyes on me, and at this time I was sitting on the edge of the bed with my feet in the air and my hands on my sides, and greeted him sweetly: "You are back." ”

His eyes may have been a little dazzled by the candlelight, and the corners of Ah Ping's mouth twitched suspiciously. Watching him come over, just obscuring the candlelight, my whole body was shrouded in his projection.

He made a sudden movement, reached out and touched my head with his palm, and then heard him say, "No." ”

I looked up slightly and looked at him in the dark light, won't it? Will there be no more proposals for concubines, or will I not let go of my hand in front of others like I did just now?

During the time I was sitting here alone just now, I didn't pay any attention to the attitude or answer of Widow Liu, because the facts were clear. Ah Ping is her weakness, and when today's willful run away happened, she actually lost. So after waiting outside the house for a while and listening to her words, I went back to the house, sitting here and repeatedly entangled in my mind was that Ah Ping let go of my hand in front of Xing'er just now, although he was not because of her, but the sense of loss that crossed my heart at that moment was real.

But I'm definitely not going to bother with Ah Ping about it, because he may not be conscious, he may not have paid attention, and he may not be able to understand my feelings at the time. So he shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's good." ”

I hadn't eaten all day, and now that he had returned, I asked, "Are you hungry?" Let's go to the stove room and find out what to eat. ”

When I entered the stove room, the first thing I saw was the stove that had been warming the medicine jar, and I glanced at the people behind me: "Ah Ping, let's send a bowl of medicine to your mother first." "After seeing him take the medicine and walk out of the stove, I came to the stove, flipped through it, there was nothing to do, just cook a noodle.

When Ping came back, I was putting noodles in the pot, and he stuck out to look at it and twisted his head disinterestedly.