Zhou Chu stumbled to the edge of the whitewater lake, took off his clothes, jumped into the lake to wash his body, and then put on his clothes and walked back to the village.

Zhou Chu didn't want the villagers to see the scars on his body, and when he arrived in the village, it was already dark, and no one noticed him.

Zhou Chu walked briskly along the outermost path of the village towards his home, and as he was walking, he heard a rush of footsteps behind him, and then heard the voices of several villagers talking as they walked.

"Uncle, you hurry up and take a look, our family is still good when we go out at noon, and when we go to the mountains and come back, we are crazy, and now we are lying unconscious in bed and foaming at the mouth, you say there will be no accidents, we are just this one son......" It was Da Zhuang's father who spoke, his voice was very anxious, with a crying voice.

"Da Zhuang Dad, don't you want to worry, I'll go and see the situation, since I can still walk home from the mountain, I shouldn't be able to die......"

............

Zhou Chuxin understood that Da Zhuang was frightened by the giant python and lost his soul, he hid in the shadow of a low wall in a flash, only to see Da Zhuang's father leading the way in front, Uncle Zhou carrying the medicine box, the two walked quickly to the north of the village Da Zhuang's house, both looked very anxious, Zhou Chu waited for the two of them to go far before coming out and continuing to walk home.

When I returned home, the house was cold and affectionate, and I didn't turn on the lights at the beginning of the week, so I turned my head down and lay down on the bed and clothes.

After a while, it was completely dark, the house was pitch black and nothing could be seen, Zhou Chu was thirsty and hungry but didn't want to bother to do it, he lay down in a daze for a while, heard a sound of gentle footsteps in the yard, Zhou Chu turned his head and squinted through the window to see that it was Ying'er who walked in alone with a lantern.

Seeing Ying'er, Zhou Chu couldn't help but blame himself for the afternoon's events, and didn't know how to talk to her, so he continued to lie down and pretend to sleep.

Ying'er pushed open the door of the house and walked in, carrying a lantern to the bed, and saw him lying on the bed, knowing that he was not really asleep, so she went to light the oil lamp without saying anything.

The light warmed the room, Ying'er sat on the bench and continued to be silent, and after a while, Zhou Chu was a little embarrassed, so he turned over and got off the bed, walked to Ying'er and sat down.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lost my temper at noon, I know you're doing it for my own ......good," Zhou Chu's voice was so small that he could barely hear it.

He deliberately lowered his head, not wanting Ying'er to see the scars on his face.

"At the beginning of Zhou, I know that you are sad about the death of my grandfather, so I and my brother from afar do not blame you, we are worried about you, I know that it is useless to say anything now, time is the best healing medicine, we only hope that you can be strong, everyone does not want to see such a result, but since it has happened, you can only face it calmly, don't you? You think about it, grandpa is watching you in the sky, he must also hope that there will be a future in the future, he loves you so much, you can't let him down......" Ying'er said softly with concern, every sentence was like a spring breeze warming the cold heart of Zhou Chu.

Zhou Chu was very emotional when he heard these words, and couldn't help but look up and secretly glanced at Ying'er, the dim light shone on her, which brought out her kind of softness and kindness, I just felt that she was so beautiful, and the beauty made Zhou Chu forget the pain on his body.

In the afternoon, he experienced a life and death, but now he is sitting here and being so cared about by Ying'er, it is really unpredictable, and thinking of those epiphany in his heart in the afternoon, he nodded and agreed: "I know, I will try to prevent grandpa from ...... in the future Disappointment ......"

Zhou Chu wanted to say that grandpa and you, but he didn't say the word you.

"I'm much more relieved that you can think like this, but I know that it will take some time to really come out of my sadness, you must be hungry now, grandpa made braised fish in the afternoon, and it is still hot in the pot for you, don't talk about this, be happy, go, hurry up and eat......"

"I'm not hungry, you can go back first, thank you. "Zhou Chu is not hungry, but he doesn't want Ying'er and Uncle Zhou to see the scars on his body.

Ying'er was just about to get up, and immediately saw the blood stains on his clothes, and then took a closer look, and saw a lot of bruises on his face, so she hurriedly stepped forward to check, and saw the swollen steamed buns at the corners of his eyes, she was distressed and angry, and hurriedly asked, "How did you get it?"

Zhou Chu knew that she would be worried about herself when she said it, so she had to reluctantly cope: "It's okay, I fell on the mountain in the afternoon." ”

Ying'er has learned a lot of medical skills with her grandfather over the years, and at a glance she can see that this is not a fall injury at all, but a fist and foot injury, so she knows that Zhou Chu must have moved with someone in the afternoon, and she was very anxious to know who bullied him, and she wanted to ask again, but after thinking about it, Zhou Chu's temper would not be easy to say, or let him finish eating first and then ask slowly, so he suppressed the anxiety in his heart and said: "You should be careful in the future, just come to my house, I will rub some medicine for you quickly." ”

Ying'er got up and picked up the lantern and walked out, and said as if ordering: "You hurry up and change your clothes into clean clothes, I will wait for you at the gate of the courtyard." ”

Zhou Chu saw that Ying'er was a little angry and knew that she was feeling sorry for herself, and she was no longer hard-mouthed, so she got up and changed into clean clothes, went out, and walked to Uncle Zhou's house with Ying'er. Uncle Wu Zi was worried about you all afternoon, and I didn't see you after going to your house several times, and I came to ask if we saw us, so if I saw you and told you to come back, go and tell him first, the front is Uncle Wuzi's house, let's go and tell him, so that he won't be in a hurry. ”

Zhou Chu was embarrassed, Ying'er knew that he was afraid that Uncle Wu Zi would see the wounds on his face, so she was angry and funny, and said: "These bruises on your face can't go away without ten days and eight days, don't you see Uncle Wu Zi these days......?"

What Ying'er said was very reasonable, and Zhou Chu didn't dare to refute and whispered, and the two walked to the alley behind Uncle Wuzi's house.

These houses in Linshui Village are basically built with primitive traditional methods, and the sound insulation effect is not very good, at this time, the back window of Uncle Wuzi's house is not closed, so you can almost clearly hear the sound in his house, Zhou Chu and Ying'er just walked behind the window and heard a quarrel in the house, listen carefully to the voices of Uncle Wu Zi and his daughter-in-law, the two of them are famous for their harmony and love in the village on weekdays, how can they quarrel, the two hesitated in their hearts, and couldn't help but slow down。

"Since the village chief entrusted Zhou Chu to us, we have to treat him as our own child in the future and take good care of him...... Uncle Wu Zi's voice is undoubted.

"The eldest of our family is only more than three years old, and the second is less than a year old, I'm afraid that I won't have so much energy to take care of Zhou Chu......"

Uncle Wuzi's daughter-in-law's voice was not loud, but it was very firm.

"It's nothing more than a matter of having one more pair of chopsticks, besides, Zhou Chu is so old now, and he is a very obedient and sensible good boy, he can follow me to do farm work and fish in the lake in the future, and he will be able to stand on his own in a few years......" Uncle Wuzi's voice revealed the taste of annoyance.

"I know what you're talking about, but I'm not actually the ...... you think you are," the woman's voice raised a bit.

"What's that for?" Uncle Wu Zi asked in astonishment.

"Didn't you listen to the people in the village? Everyone said that at the beginning of the week, this child was unlucky, his life was too hard to defeat the people around him, he killed his father and mother when he was a child, and now he killed his grandfather, and whoever follows him will be unlucky...... So ......"

"Where do you hear bastard words!" Uncle Wu Zi scolded his daughter-in-law sharply.

There was a snap, a slap in the face.

After a while, the woman began to cry, and then the two children also cried together, and the crying of the woman and the child's scolding were mixed together.

......

Zhou Chu only heard a roar, his mind was blank and he stood on the ground not knowing what to do, Ying'er reacted and quickly took his hand and led him away quietly.

Zhou Chu seemed to have lost his soul, and walked slowly behind Ying'er to Uncle Zhou's house, his heart was depressed, as if there was a large ball of cotton stuck in his stomach, he couldn't cry if he wanted to cry, he couldn't say what he wanted to say, Ying'er asked him to sit down, he sat down, let him eat, he ate, but the food didn't taste in his stomach......

Ying'er seemed to be able to feel the torment in Zhou Chu's heart, but did not persuade him to comfort him, and silently stayed by his side without saying a word.

After eating, Ying'er had already found the white medicine for bruises prepared by her grandfather, and carefully applied the medicine to the wounds on Zhou Chu's face and body.

Zhou Chu's mind gradually turned around, Ying'er moved two small benches and put them at the door of the courtyard, the two sat down with their backs to the courtyard, and a bright moon rose into the air, almost August 15, and the moon was already very round.

"Actually, you don't have to worry about losing face in front of me, you know that no matter what happens, I won't look at your jokes, because I know what kind of person you are, those gossips are bastards who chew the root of the tongue, let's ignore it, Zhou Chu, if you want, you can tell me about the grievances in your heart, and you can say anything......"

Seeing that he didn't speak, Ying'er continued: "My grandfather often said that many diseases are caused by depression in the heart, and people's sorrows and pains will be alleviated a lot as long as they can be confided in others......"

Zhou Chu's heart had mixed feelings, he was not sad that Uncle Wu Zi might no longer take care of himself, but more in his heart, he began to question himself like Uncle Wu Zi's daughter-in-law: Why did all the good people who treated him leave him? I haven't seen my biological parents, my grandfather died unexpectedly, Ying'er is leaving the village to cultivate immortals, and now it's Uncle Wu Zi......

He really wanted to tell Ying'er all the grievances that were pressed in his heart, but he couldn't say anything, and he stopped every time he wanted to speak.

Seeing him like this, Ying'er didn't ask anymore, smiled and said, "Okay, okay, if you don't want to say it, don't say it, and come and tell me when you want to say it in the future." ”

Zhou Chu thought that tomorrow Ying'er and Sun Yuandao would leave the village, maybe it would be difficult to have the opportunity to talk to her so intimately in the future, so he was about to tell her about today's events, just about to speak, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance, and when he looked up, he saw that Uncle Zhou was back with the medicine box on his back, judging from his expression, Da Zhuang should be fine, and Zhou Chu was also relieved.

The two hurriedly got up and welcomed Uncle Zhou in.

Zhou Chu got up to say goodbye and went home, but was kept by Ying'er, and Uncle Zhou had already seen the scars on Zhou Chu's face, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you at Zhou Chu, you tell us what happened." ”