When Gu Changsheng woke up, the sky was already dark, Gu Changming, who had just woken up, was still a little confused, Gu Changsheng felt that he had slept for a long time, looking at the sky, he seemed to have slept all night and a day, at this time it was the next night, and his limbs were still a little sore after waking up, but the whole person felt very relaxed, and he felt that his body seemed to have lost some weight and became lighter.

Gu Changming got up and called his brother, but no one answered him, Gu Changming walked out of the hut in the dark, and saw his brother sitting on the bamboo chair in front of the hut, staring at a copper coin and a green leaf in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

The black bull was lying on the side, the green turtle was also lying on his brother's lap, the moonlight tonight was particularly bright, Gu Changsheng, who had just woken up, even felt a little dazzling, Gu Changsheng rubbed his eyes, and in a trance, he seemed to see some moonlight drilling into his eyes, but it was also a trance, and Gu Changsheng's eyes returned to clarity in an instant.

Gu Congsheng in the moonlight noticed Gu Changsheng, so he turned his head and smiled and beckoned Gu Changsheng to come to his side, Gu Changsheng came over and sat on the small bench next to his brother with his brother's greeting.

"Sit quietly with me for a while. Gu Congsheng no longer looked at the copper coins and leaves in his hand, but looked up at the night sky, not knowing whether to look at the bright moon in the starry night, or at the starry sky.

Gu Changsheng had a stomach full of words and wanted to ask, but when he saw his brother say this, he just sat quietly beside his brother. Gu Changsheng looked up at the night sky that his brother was looking at, the night sky was vast and bright, but Gu Changsheng felt that there was nothing to see, as usual, but the moon and stars were a little brighter tonight.

Looking at the night scene in front of the thatched hut reflected by the moonlight outside the house, Gu Changsheng really had no interest. He took the little green turtle on his brother's leg and put it on his lap, only to see that the little green turtle was a little abnormal, as long as he put it on his lap, the little guy would constantly want to escape, but now he was lying quietly on his lap.

As soon as Gu Changsheng wanted to speak, he thought of his brother asking him to sit quietly with him for a while, so Gu Changsheng closed his voice and sat quietly.

Gu Congsheng looked up at the starry sky and the bright moon, but Gu Changsheng stared at the ground, watching the little grasshoppers on the ground jumping and jumping around, and the ants lining up all the way passed by, and the two brothers sat quietly without saying a word.

But the night was not quiet in autumn, and from time to time there were a few barking dogs, and the noise of frogs barking out of nowhere.

After sitting like this for about half an hour, Gu Congsheng spoke first, "Changshou, what if someone gives you something you need so much for no reason?"

"It depends on who it is" Gu Changsheng didn't know why his brother asked like this, but he still replied seriously, "I will exchange with him what I have and what he needs, I won't ask for it for free, brother, you taught me 'no merit and no luck'."

Speaking of this, Gu Changsheng remembered that when he was six years old, he followed his brother to the town for the first time, he was only six years old that year, and his brother was only eleven years old, and his brother was picking books at the booksstand, but he was attracted by the aroma of osmanthus cake not far away, so he left the bookstall and ran to the stall where he bought osmanthus cake, looking at the osmanthus cake and drooling.

The osmanthus cake seller was a dumb woman with a lame face full of pockmarks, and a big birthmark on her face, which looked a little scary, but her heart was very good, and when she saw Gu Changsheng, who had been drooling and thin, she took a small piece of osmanthus cake and handed it to Gu Changsheng.

Gu Changsheng saw her hand him the osmanthus cake, Gu Changsheng at that time suddenly didn't know what to do, he didn't think about eating, he was just attracted by the aroma to come and see, and he didn't have a copper plate in his pocket, Gu Changsheng could only shake his head in embarrassment.

Seeing this, the dumb woman still handed the osmanthus cake with one hand, and kept waving her hand with the other hand pointing to the sign of "one piece and one article" written on the container, and she wanted to say something, meaning that if she didn't accept money to give it to him, Gu Changsheng still didn't want it.

The dumb woman thought that her face scared Gu Changsheng, so she wanted to make her face look kinder, so the dumb woman tried to smile, Gu Changsheng looked at this smile that did not seem kind and deliberate, Gu Changsheng took the small piece of osmanthus cake, because this smile that did not seem kind made him feel very kind.

When the mute woman saw that Gu Changsheng accepted the osmanthus cake, she smiled again and stood behind the container, but this time she smiled very naturally.

These were all seen by Gu Congsheng, who had just finished picking the book, Gu Congsheng did not stop his younger brother from taking the osmanthus cake, but just walked over and asked Gu Changsheng to thank the dumb woman, Gu Changsheng thanked the dumb woman obediently, and the dumb woman just smiled and waved her hand.

He quickly took a piece of osmanthus cake from the container and handed it to Gu Congsheng, Gu Congsheng did not refuse, holding the book with both hands became holding the book with one hand, and took the osmanthus cake with one hand, Gu Congsheng thanked him, and handed the osmanthus cake to Gu Changsheng beside him for him to hold, took out a copper coin from his sackcloth pocket and handed it to the dumb woman.

The mute woman suddenly became anxious, she had often seen Gu Congsheng buying books at a bookstall not far away, although this child was young, but it was not as lively and naughty as other children of the same age, more like an adult who read poetry and books and did things refined.

The dumb woman is a mute and can't speak, but the dumb woman's eyes are very bright, and the dumb woman has been selling osmanthus cakes in this town for many years, and she has seen people coming and going in the town for many years.

Some people see the undisguised disgust in their eyes, some people hate in their hearts but the surface is silent, some people feel that their pitiful eyes are full of pity, and children are more afraid, and in the eyes of Gu Congsheng, the dumb woman has never seen these emotions, the dumb woman actually doesn't care about these, otherwise the dumb woman would not be able to live for a long time, how could she still sell osmanthus cakes here day after day, but the dumb woman still feels that Gu Congsheng is kind.

The first time the mute woman saw Gu Congsheng was a few years ago on a snowy day, a thin six or seven-year-old child knelt in front of the hospital for a long time, touching this mute woman who was kicked out of the house by her relatives and kneeling in the wind and snow.

At that time, he knelt at the entrance of the alley not far from the medical hall, the child kneeling at the door of the medical hall did not notice himself, but he inadvertently saw the child whose hands and feet were frozen, and saw that the child was about to be unable to hold on, the mute woman got up and wanted to go over to help the child up, but she had just walked a few steps, but she saw that the child struggled to stand up and staggered away, leaving only two deep kneeling marks in the snow.

The mute woman wanted to kneel down again at the entrance of the alley, but when she saw the child staggering in the wind and snow, the mute woman changed her mind, and since she had stood up, she was no longer kneeling.

Thinking that even if she knelt down and died here, it would be useless, so the mute woman also left this alley that no longer knew what the original name was, but was commonly known as "Rich Lane" by the townspeople.