Birth, old age, sickness and death are the natural laws that living organisms cannot escape, and every day, every second, there are countless people in the world hovering on the line of life and death, either alive or dead. Throughout human life, it is just an epiphany, and after blooming, it is withering, and no one can resist the laws of nature, it is just the length of time to struggle.

Lying in the hospital bed for a long time, the fire fox's sluggish and dull eyes were unfocused, lying on the simple wooden bed with his head on the ground, covered with a shabby animal skin, the hut was neat and refreshing, and there was no trace of messiness in sight. Outside the house, the wind blew on the window, and there was a whining sound, through the gaps, bringing a moist cool breeze to the house, and the raindrops slapped on the walls, even if they were smashed, they were unstoppable. The roof didn't leak a drop of rainwater, and it fell to the ground hard, and the scattered droplets of water soaked the hard ground.

With a creak, the door opened gently, and the slim girl stepped over the door with moisture, stomped her feet at the door, shook off the mud stuck to her feet, and casually placed the leaves covering the clay pot on the table at the door, and then stepped to the bedside.

"Brother Firefox, take a sip of hot soup. The girl spoke, her voice as crisp as a yellow bird, and tactfully as singing.

The scattered eyes regained focus, and the thin face struggled to squeeze out a smile, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

"Big brother, look at what you say, it's always like this. Houtu put the clay pot beside the bed, and then bent down to help the fire fox lying on the hospital bed to sit up, the animal skin fell off, the collarbone of the leather bag was hideously exposed, and the sunken abdomen showed rows of ribs.

His hands were weakly resting on the peeling hide, and he looked skinny, and through the skin, he could see the structure of the arm skeleton. With the help of the thick earth, he sat down on the edge of the bed, turned and took a short animal skin from the head of the bed, and draped it over his body.

"Big brother, open your mouth. A thick earthy voice spat out of his mouth, and a small wooden spoon on his right hand was scooped out of the clay pot, and tiny pieces of minced meat jumped in the spoon, as if he was rejoicing in getting out of the crowded space. The vermilion mouth blew away the hot air, and then it was placed next to the fire fox's mouth.

"Big brother, let's eat some more. ”

Firefox shook his head and signaled that he couldn't eat. After eating a small half jar of minced meat, my body seems to have regained some strength, and my sluggish spirit has become more vigorous. Seeing that he really didn't want to eat anymore, Houtu put the clay pot aside.

"Sit down, lying in bed all day long, it's also uncomfortable, let's talk for a while. The firefox stopped the earth from serving him as he lay down.

"Okay, big brother, you say, I'll listen. The thick earth wrapped the skin of the fire fox tightly, moved a wooden pier and placed it beside the bed, and sat down.

"Maybe you don't remember, since your eldest brother walked out of the tribe more than ten years ago, he was still young at that time, and you are not very tall, right? Firefox smiled, and raised his hand with difficulty to indicate their height at that time, probably thinking that the description was a little short, and raised his hand upward.

"I remember that my eldest brother was very lazy and was always lying in the chair and basking in the sun. Thick soil pursed his lips and smiled.

"Well, yes, he's lazy. Firefox chuckled, "But he is very good to you, with fresh fruit and flesh always let you eat first, you are also naughty, when he is not paying attention, secretly throw away the food you don't like......" Firefox shook his head lightly, and the doting in his eyes could not be concealed.

"He is also very strict, we practice under the sun, and we don't let sweat run into our eyes. That time, Brother Candle was bitten by a poisonous insect on his leg, Brother Candle scratched it, and the eldest brother reprimanded him fiercely, and Brother Candle had tears in his eyes at that time. Thick Earth chose to be in his memory, complaining to Firefox about the scene.

"Your eldest brother is a little stricter, it's not that he is unkind, he is also for your good, he had plans to go out at that time, but he couldn't rest assured that he wanted to improve your cultivation, so that he could leave with confidence. Firefox made a firm maintenance, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Don't resent your eldest brother, he is very good to you, you don't know, every night, after you fall asleep, he is working hard to massage you, so that the body muscles can relieve fatigue, otherwise how can you persevere, you must know that your cultivation process at that time made me feel shocked, and blindly blamed him for not knowing the severity." ”

"Ah, it turns out that the eldest brother gave us a massage every night, and I also said that when we had the eldest brother, we didn't feel tired, but the eldest brother left us and ran, we practiced according to the original amount, and we were half tired every day, and we didn't want to get up in the morning. ”

"Hehe......" Firefox chuckled, his doting eyes staring at Houtu's somewhat funny expression.

"I don't know what happened to my eldest brother......"

"Yes, after more than ten years, I don't know how he is now?" The heavy topic made the two fall silent. At that time, the young man who left home was in the direction of Dadu, and they had moved to Dadu for some years, but after so many years, they did not hear any news about the young man back then, and they had also searched for it, but found nothing.

The rain lapped the ground, and the breeze passed through the crack in the door with a moist scent, blowing through the two of them, and the cold passed from their bare skin to their minds, and there was no shiver.

"Brother Firefox, it's cold, lie down and rest for a while. "Thick Earth served the fire fox and lay down and covered the hide.

"It's been a hard year. If the gale were still alive......"

"Big brother, you're always so outside. "Houtu interrupted the fire fox, if he let him continue, he couldn't avoid grief in his heart, the full name of the gale was Guantao Dafeng, his only son, died on the way to migrate to Dadu, the mother-in-law and child of the Guantao Dafeng contracted the wind cold, in this difficult migration journey, there was no effective treatment, and also went with the Guantao Gale, the fire fox was overly sad, and since then it has been sluggish. "If it weren't for your care, Brother Candle and I might not have survived to Dadu, let alone see the scenery and prosperity that are different from the tribe. ”

"Huh...... I don't know what happened to them. "Firefox knew that Houtu was afraid of his grief and didn't want him to talk any more.

"Yes, Brother Candle, they've been gone for a year, and they should come back. ”

"Well, but there is a war going on in this southern Xinjiang, and the big tribes are unwilling to send their own people, and the small tribes are afraid that life will be very difficult, and I don't know how many small tribes will disappear. Firefox said softly, "I hope they haven't been captured and sent to the front line, and the battlefield doesn't care if you are young or not, and you need to be taken care of." Uh...... "Realizing that he said something he shouldn't have said, this may cause Atsuchi's concern and abruptly interrupt the conversation. "But there shouldn't be much of a problem with our traveling merchants, they won't capture the traveling merchants if they plunder the young and strong. ”

"It's going to be fine. Houtu comforted, a worried look flashing in his eyes.

Reluctantly remedied, even the fire fox himself didn't believe what he said, let alone the clever and clever thick earth.