A moment of confusion, a cheer.

"Brother!"

The fish fell, the people ran, the girl screamed and laughed all the way, and stepped on the rice flowers through the fields, like a jumping flower.

"Jingle Bell?"

Thirteen Lang subconsciously stepped forward, raised his feet in the air, and couldn't land half-loudly.

He raised his hand, rubbed his eyes, opened his eyes and looked again, rubbed his eyes again, rubbed his eyes until his vision was blurred, the girl still had zài, his legs were splashed with muddy water, and the dress of Shui Qingyi was so dirty that it didn't look good.

She ran, jumped, cheered, and galloped, rushing in a straight line in front of Thirteen Lang and plunging into her arms.

Warm, soft, happy, and most importantly, she's real.

"Brother, you're back. ”

"Hmm. ”

Jusan Lang stretched out his left hand to hold Ding Dong, and with his right hand, he twisted a blade of grass from his head and nodded vigorously.

"I'm coming. ”

"Brother, Jingle Bell has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

"Hmm. ”

"But you won't come. ”

"Hmm. ”

"But I know that my brother will come. ”

"Hmm. ”

"No, I was very happy and lucky to go out and catch two fish this morning. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Now I know, it turned out that my brother was coming. ”

"Hmm"

"My brother went and fetched the fish, and walked off the stalk so as not to get his feet dirty, and went to change his clothes. ”

"No! ”

"Together?"

"Let's go pick up fish. ”

"Uh, that's fine. Brother, how about looking at this house?"

"It's good. ”

"I made it!"

“”

"Lie to you, there is a big cow to help. ”

"Big Bull?"

"The big ox is a hunter, and he lives far away from the stockade, and only occasionally passes by here. ”

"How far?"

"If you have to climb over a dozen mountains, you can walk alone without encountering danger. Seven or eight days. ”

"Isn't there anyone else around?"

"Brother mean that in addition to the big cows, they are all about them?"

"Hmm. ”

"Then there is none. ”

"Why don't you live with them?"

"Shall I wait for my brother?"

"Wait for me?"

"My brother and I are separated from this mountain, and they will definitely come back here to find me, right?"

"Yes. ”

Looking back at the mountain, it was not steep, and it was thick and reckless, and it clearly belonged to the world of wild beasts. Thirteen Lang took a closer look. Failure to find a sense of familiarity in it.

Ding Dong said with emotion: "It is too difficult to live in the mountains, the night is full of wild beasts, I stayed there for a few days without waiting for my brother, so I built the house here." If my brother finds it, he can see this house at a glance from there, and he should be able to find it, right?"

Thirteen Lang said silently: "That's right. ”

"Hehe, don't talk about me, what has my brother been doing all these years? Where has he gone? Isn't it far?"

"yes, it's far away. ”

"No wonder I can't hear from my brother. Let's go home and wait for me to change my clothes and cook fish for today. ”

"Okay, let's go home and cook fish today. ”

The mountains are lonely and calm, the thatched huts are quite exquisite, and the old and new colors can be seen everywhere, such as the withered grass on the roof is newly paved, the roof beams are old, and a few wooden strips are removed by the wood door. It is full of traces of rain erosion from wormholes.

There is a peach tree in the middle of the courtyard, surrounded by low walls. At the top of the wall were a number of thorny thorns, scattered in a random manner, like a means used by the village to guard against wild beasts. On one side of the wall there was firewood, which had been chopped and stacked neatly, and the unchopped trees were mixed with an axe, and next to it, several old farm tools had fixed places. There were also some plates, jars, and a ladder erected on the eaves.

The section on the ladder is extraordinarily bright, and at a glance, it is about the same height as Dingdong.

The side room is the place to cook. There is a faint pot stove, which is very clean, and there are two more modest huts further down the side room, a chicken pen and a thatched house.

Led by Clank in one hand and a fish in the other, Jusan Lang walked into the courtyard with stiff steps, and saw the axe first.

It was a long-used axe, short and blunt, with a smooth, brown handle with a few dark red patches.

There are not many wooden blocks, there is no shelter on them, the trees are thin and branched, and the thatched huts are in disrepair and have not been repaired.

Blunt axe, smooth, dark red

Rice paddies, boats, two fish

Thirteen's hands tightened, and the fingertips and palms felt rough, like tree bark.

Dingdong has neither spiritual power nor magical power, and Shisanro doesn't understand why this is and doesn't ask.

"Brother, brother, brother?"

"Huh?"

"I'm going to change my clothes. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Brother let go first. ”

"Oh good. ”

The house is still simple and tidy, there are only two main rooms, the door opens and the hall can be seen at a glance, there is a door in the room, and the curtain is deliberately hung on the door;

He didn't do that.

The surroundings are clean, the mountain breeze blows down slowly, and there is a rustling sound when it passes over the eaves, but there is no movement.

Thirteen Lang looked around a little blankly, as if in a dream.

"Quack!"

The scream woke Jusan Lang, and when he looked back, a head poked out from the shadow of the firewood pile and the wall, and his skin was green, looking at the stranger with wary and curious eyes.

Seeing the toad, Thirteen Lang instantly petrified, and his hands couldn't contain it and began to tremble.

The man and the toad looked at each other and couldn't take their eyes off it.

After a long time, I woke up from a dream.

Thirteen Lang took a deep breath, slowly squatted down, turned his head sideways, looked at the toad from another angle, and carefully distinguished every streak, every oil-painted skin.

The green-skinned toad made a cooing sound and stared at it stunned. The belly is constantly undulating.

"Tianxin?" said Thirteen tentatively.

With a sudden sound, the green-skinned toad was frightened and jumped to the height of the firewood pile.

"It's called Chubby. The sound of clanging came from the back room, accompanied by a few chuckles. "The toad came from nowhere, and when it came, it refused to leave, and then I named it. ”

"Quack!" Chubby heard a familiar voice. His courage increased, his voice was loud, and his majestic eyes looked down on Thirteen Lang.

Shisanro trembled even more, stretched out his hand, and cautiously summoned him.

"Chubby, come. ”

"Coo-goo. As if he understood what he meant, his chubby eyes rolled drippingly, as if weighing the pros and cons.

"Chubby, I'm thirteen. ”

"There was no response this time. Chubby's belly fluctuated a little more, and the frequency was higher than before.

"I am Thirteen, the brother of Tashan. ”

"Quack. ”

"I'm thirteen! don't you remember?

Looking back at the inner room, Shisanlang lowered his voice and said, "I took your name." ”

"Quack, quack!" Fat was obviously excited, his cry was rapid, and his two front paws were slashed hard.

"I am. I am."

People are more excited and incoherent than toads. Jusan Lang slowly stood up and muttered as he walked towards the pyre, wiping his face incessantly.

There are no tears on my face, but I always want to rub and wipe it, and I can't wipe it all away.

"Chubby. Come. ”

"Chubby, come?"

"Chubby, come on. ”

"Quack!"

The seventh call, the first formal response, the green shadow drew a wonderful arc in the air. Jump into the palm of Thirteen's hand. The feeling of cold and slippery was so fulfilling, Thirteen Lang's heart twitched, and he almost grasped it.

After a moment of dementia, Thirteen Lang looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Hehe, heheheha!"

For another moment, Thirteen Lang spoke incoherently, and tears rained down.

"Clank, Chubby, Chubby, Dingbell"

Laughing and crying, Thirteen Lang did not forget to draw a circle around him.

so as not to disturb someone

When Ding Dong came out with a change of clothes, all the firewood had been chopped, the ground that was not dirty had been cleaned up, and the gaps in the thorn bars in the surrounding earthen walls had been filled, and Shisanro had brought water from the tank and was dealing with the two fish.

His movements are very quick, holding a kitchen knife in his hand three times and two times to clean the fish scales, cutting out the abdomen and digging out the heart to kill; the Tianxin toad is guarding the basin, the duty is to clean, whenever Thirteen Lang throws some intestines and cheeks, there will always be a red shadow in the air to roll it into the belly, and it will not stain the ground at all.

"So fast!"

The back room could hear Jusan Lang busy, but he didn't expect it to be so efficient, and Ding Dong couldn't believe it.

"It's you who are too slow. ”

Teasing casually, Thirteen Lang looked up and down at the new Ding Dong, his eyes were careful and serious.

"Isn't it pretty?" Jingle Bell pulled up the corner of her skirt and twisted her waist.

"Of course. ”

Jusanro said, "Dingdong has always been beautiful. ”

"I'm talking about skirts. ”

“”

"I did it too, not until I was separated from my brother. ”

Ding Dong complained, twisted the corners of his skirt and walked around the yard, deliberately emphasizing and showing off his achievements, and the chubby next to him watched this scene, croaked twice, and danced with her.

"Giggles!"

Running and jumping, Ding Dong soon became happy again, and returned to Thirteen Lang with joy.

"It's good to have a man in the family!"

“”

Thirteen Lang's expression was slightly stiff, and a look of pain flashed in his eyes.

Ding Dong noticed it, his expression suddenly panicked, and he grabbed Thirteen Lang's hand and asked, "Brother, do you still want to leave?"

The six-character exit was only in an instant, his voice changed from rapid to trembling, and Thirteen Lang could feel that Ding Dong's hands became cold and his eyes were sad.

"Don't worry, my brother will never leave Dingdong again. ”

With his free hand to hug Dingdong's shoulder, Thirteen Lang lowered his head and touched Dingdong's face, and said seriously: "In the future, my brother will always accompany Dingdong, no matter when and where." ”

"Really?"

"Really. ”

"Guaranteed?"

"Guaranteed. ”

"That's good. ”

Troubles came and went as fast as they came, and Ding Dong jumped up at once, "snatched" the two fish from the basin, and screamed all the way.

"My brother went into the house to rest, I didn't need help to cook and cook, I had to cook it myself. ”

"Ugh. ”

Halfway up and sat back, he looked at Ding Dong and rushed into the kitchen, his eyes pitying, but his brows slowly tightened

Two large bowls of rice, a plate of fried vegetables, a fried egg, and a pot of fish soup can only be said to be not bad.

Shisanro eats very fragrantly, it is really fragrant. While eating, he and Ding Dong chatted casually, not about the past, but about planting vegetables, planting seedlings, fishing, hunting, or related things.

Jingdong food is also very fragrant, while eating, talking, bitter happiness, joy and sorrow, all in the words.

The sun is warm, the wind is blowing, such an environment and such a scene, and the mood is as bright as a window that wants to be opened, Shisanlang picked up half of the fish head and put it in the jingle bowl, and said casually: "Eat more of this to replenish your brain." ”

"Good"

Ding Dong happily took it, and was about to say something, when his movements suddenly froze, and his face turned pale.

"Brother, you know?"

(To be continued......)