Chapter Forty-Eight: Memories in the Snow
The snowflakes were blowing violently, his arms were tightly wrapped around his dry body, his frozen purple skin was cracked in many places, the wounds had long been scabbed, the red blood coagulated into various blood spots on his body, his gray hair was dull, and it had grown to his legs and neck because he had not taken care of it for many years, and his hair grew quickly, but his height did not have the slightest strength to go up, which was a manifestation of extreme lack of nutrition. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The boy moved his feet slowly, struggling to drive his body, he was not wearing shoes, and every time the soles of his feet touched the ice, the biting cold deeply hit his nerves.
It's a cold day. The boy exhaled, and the white mist almost quickly turned into ice crystals, dots of silver light.
He raised his head blankly, his eyes were blank, and the gray color covered the original brightness, not that he had lost the light, which was a sign of no support. In the distant sky, a huge full moon hangs, and the moon is always in the sky.
On both sides, empty houses were in ruins, covered in snow, and the shattered and collapsed bricks and rotten wood had been home to fungus. The haze of war has turned this place into a casualty.
The boy still walked like this, without stopping, if he stopped, maybe in the next second his legs would no longer be able to drive him to walk, and the ruined houses were receding on both sides of his body, and the village was the same, there was no sign of any life, so there was no reason for him to stay, because he had to find a source of food that would keep him alive as soon as possible, so he couldn't stay in this uninhabited place.
However, is there really a village that has not been invaded, since not so long ago, he has already walked into the area where the war is concentrated. The young man's helpless eyes stared into the distance, during this period of time, the villages he walked through, almost no one lived, no one, which means that there is no object to beg, but, even if there is, can he ask for food, in this era.
The boy covered his stomach as he protested, how long it had been since the last time he ate, he couldn't remember, but it didn't matter if he couldn't remember, he had long been numb to this kind of life, he wanted to be a machine now, just constantly carrying out an order every day, constantly looking for food, so that he could live.
A heart-warming smell suddenly wafted into the boy's nostrils, it was very fragrant, like ecstasy smoke, and the boy's pace was involuntarily attracted by the strange smell.
After walking a long way, bypassing many houses that had been reduced to ruins, a simple house made of wood and gravel appeared in front of him, and the faint light of the fire was faintly visible through the gaps between the rubble, although it was faint, but it seemed to be like a sign of igniting life, and in the young man's heart it turned into a huge flame, and the young man's face seemed to have some smiles, but his expression remained the same, without emotion, and his face had long been stiff.
He slowly moved to the edge of the wall and looked into the room, not on the roasted hare on the table, but on the three people around the table.
Two men and a woman, a man with a vicissitudes of face was fiddling with the roasted hare in front of the fire, the frostbitten skin was exposed in the thin clothes, next to the man, was a woman in the same ragged clothes, the woman looked at the boy sleeping beside him with a gentle front, the boy looked the same size as the boy, the woman's hand kept stroking on his body, although rough but warm.
It was a lucky family of three to be able to live in those days, especially in this area, which was still dangerous even though it was on the brink of war.
The young man stared blankly at the warm scene inside, crystal tears flowed from his eyes, he had long lost any sense of everything around him, except for the scene in front of him, as if it could directly shake the depths of his heart. Whether there was such a man and a woman around him, he couldn't remember, it seemed that from the beginning, he was alone, and he had never experienced the feeling of being surrounded by warmth.
The boy slowly stretched out his left hand, trying to get close to the warm flame, but it was so close that it seemed far away. He opened his lips, which were frozen together, and the pain of his muscles being torn instantly poured deep into his brain, and blood flowed out. He was about to open his mouth, to ask the men for a bite of food, but suddenly it was dark, and his thin and weak body fell into the snowdrift in the corner.
This time, is it really going to die, the young man thought in his heart, the beautiful scene of the family of three clustered together is still lingering in front of his eyes, even if he begs for them, it is estimated that he will not be able to get it, food is such a thing, in the young man's cognition, is too extravagant, he many times, he is gnawing the bark to survive.
In the darkening field of vision, a pair of feet that were also frostbitten by ice and snow appeared, naked, and also without shoes to wear. The boy looked upwards with difficulty, it was a boy who looked a few years older than himself, perhaps because his life was running out, and the boy's appearance was blurry in his eyes, and he couldn't see clearly.
"Give. "The crisp voice is in the ears, and although the immature voice has a child's voice, it is more of a mature feeling. Immediately after, the sweet smell entered his nose, and his eyes were filled with an orange thing, which was a young man who had eaten a half-baked sweet potato, and the dough that had been peeled off was exuding heat, and the face of the blowing was flushed.
"Hmph, I'm surprised, this is what I dug up in the ground of the previous village, and to be honest, I'm really lucky, and, look at this. The boy placed the roasted sweet potato on the ground, shook it in the void with one hand, and after a while, a tiny fireball appeared in the boy's palm.
"It's amazing, right, I don't know how, I don't know how, maybe it's a natural talent.
The boy didn't pay much attention to the flame in the boy's hand, and at that time, no matter who they were, they didn't know what magic was. The boy just stared blankly at the roasted sweet potato in front of him, and then, holding it in his hand, putting his mouth up, and taking a bite, the sweet taste instantly convinced his taste buds. Suddenly, tears welled up in his eyes again, and he began to eat like a hungry wolf.
The boy sat next to the boy, looked at the boy's eating appearance, and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, be careful to choke to death, I have seen a person who eats too quickly choked to death, really, it is not easy to get food, and I don't know how to cherish the goods, and I will naturally take away the half of the surplus, which is the last time he accumulated virtue in his life." ”
The boy is still gobbling it up.
"Okay, okay, then you eat slowly, I've already eaten half of it, although it's not full, but it's still very bearable, and it's not that I haven't endured being more hungry than this, I still have a few sweet potatoes to hide, I really dug up several that day, I feel that the god of luck has come for the first time in my life, and I will invite you to eat when I turn back." ”
The boy nodded as he ate.
"What's your name?"
"I don't know, I haven't met my dad and mom. The boy swallowed a mouthful of sweet potatoes and said, then continued to eat the next bite.
"That's right, I'm just like you, I should say, many people are the same, but if you don't have a name, it's troublesome for me to call it, or I'll give you a name. ”
The boy nodded, for him, the sweet potato in his hand was more important than the name.
"Uh-huh," the boy thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up, "Urfa Si, how about the name, isn't it?" ”
The boy nodded in answer again.
"Haha, from now on, you can follow me, we will be brothers in the future, everyone eats the food we find, and everyone goes hungry together if we don't eat it. ”
Brother, the boy was eating sweet potatoes when he glanced at the boy. For him, he never knew what it was like to have a brother, he didn't even have parents.
"Further on, it is the place where the army is stationed, we can go to the army to find a job, special period, they must need help in daily life, do a good job, we can find a place to settle there, and there will be something to eat......." The boy talked endlessly in front of the boy for a long time, the boy couldn't remember what the boy said at that time, but vaguely remembered that the light flashed in the boy's eyes, which seemed to be hidden.
"Oh, by the way, you just call me ....."
Urfa opened his eyes, and the empty house was filled with darkness, there were no ice-covered ruins, no family of three around the flames, no boy with burning palms and baked sweet potatoes, and no clothes on his body were beggar's clothes. Somehow he fell asleep against the wall.
He turned to look at the moonlight outside the window and muttered, "At that time, the moon was also so round." ”
There seemed to be a little mouse sneaking through the tunnel behind him, and Urfa took a deep breath to calm his heart, and then continued to speak, saying to the little mouse, "Oh, you're awake." Then he turned around, and Suzu's touch was reflected in his pupils.