Chapter 9 The Old Man

Before I knew it, I walked back, and as soon as I entered the door, I saw that Aunt Mei was already setting the dishes and chopsticks. Chu Nan consciously walked towards his house, there are still children at home, if he eats at the table in front of everyone, I'm afraid that few people will be able to eat. Chu Nan understood, and he didn't mind hiding from everyone, especially during meals and evenings. Today, because I took a walk before dinner, I didn't plan to go after dinner. Chu Nan was lying alone on a recliner in the small courtyard, looking at the sky that was about to turn into night, thinking about what is here and where? Is it the Milky Way? How can everything be so similar to Earth? Could it be that the time traveled to the Earth was actually hundreds of millions of years ago, or many, many years later? Or maybe it's just a place I don't know, and I may only travel hundreds of kilometers, and time may not change. Chu Nan was thinking about it, when he saw the old man come over and put a plate of melon seeds in front of him. Chu Nan hurriedly wanted to get up and give way to his father-in-law, but Li Siju held down Chu Nan and didn't let him get up and said with a smile: "No, you sit, you sit." In fact, Chu Nan only dared to call Li Siju's father-in-law in his heart, and when he really wanted to face Li Siju, he didn't know why it was as if he was really naturally suppressed, and he was as well-behaved as a son-in-law.

Chu Nan is still very weak now, so he simply didn't shirk and resisted. I had to smile flatteringly to show my gratitude, but I couldn't see any flattering smile in the eyes of the old man, I only felt that Chu Nan's eyes made the already somewhat terrifying face a little more disgusting. Li Siju didn't look over his head to slow down, and then said directly: "Ye'er is sick. ”

Chu Nan felt a little flustered in his heart, and asked with concern, "What disease?" Is it serious? "I don't know if this voice can make the old man feel the care.

"Ye'er had a fever three years ago, and after she recovered from her illness, she became less likely to eat vegetarian food, including rice noodles. Originally, if the disease had been on the other side of the river, or even decades ago, it would not have been a problem at all. After all, I'm also a Great Elder. But now our conditions here are no longer able to make her eat meat at once, Ye'er is also sensible, and she never says it herself. He even took the initiative not to eat the meat food on the table, and most of them were sandwiched to his younger siblings. But including her younger siblings, she can't see why she has become thinner than ordinary children in recent years. We have poor living conditions here, and the vast majority of families do not have enough to eat. The best physical strength is all in the mines, and everyone else farms at home. We also discussed with the guys on the other side, but after so many years, they accepted the reason for death, and asked for something to exchange for ore. Ore is not so good, as time goes by, most of the guys on the other side only want high-quality ore, and the demand is slowly decreasing. Up to now, ten catties of refined copper for ten catties of pork are enough to choke. Only when you are lucky, you can get to the river near the city wall and exchange it for beast meat with the guardians there. But that's just when you're lucky. Speaking of this, Li Siju paused, as if he was considering whether to say anything. Then he stared into my eyes for a moment before continuing.

"Hey~ Now, the survival of the defenders has been threatened, and there is not much left for us to go on. The first is to win next year's Spring Festival. The second is to get out of here and find a place to live. However, this also means that I, as the elder of the guarding side, will break away from the guardian side and break the rules of these hundreds of years. Although it may be possible to survive for a short time, once faith is broken, people's hearts will be in turmoil. I don't know if I'm going to be able to manage ourselves. When the heart is disturbed, people are easy to disperse, and in this place, people gather to live, and scatter to die. Third, let the guardians take the initiative to give us supplies to sustain our livelihoods. At that time, we will have to live on charity, and it is difficult to know what will turn out of the future. I've approached the guy across the street countless times, and they've long forgotten that we're not greedy for life or lazy parasites in this barren land. When the guards were set to defend the side, both of us had to stick to our posts. The fog is unknown to us, and countless people have entered it over the centuries. Some entered without permission, some formed a team today, and most of them died of pain at the entrance without even seeing the river you mentioned. There are also those who go crazy as soon as they enter, screaming and running into the depths. There are still many people who have gone into the fog and walked for less than half an hour before they were completely lost, and legend has it that only a three-person team has ever reached the river you mentioned, but there was something strange in the river, and they retreated again. They spent three days walking through the fog, and then came out and died in three more days. My father was the only one who went in and came out more than three days later. It's a pity that it's just a corpse. And you take my father, you two in such a horrible way to appear before us. I think it's a miracle. I believe now, trying to believe in this miracle. This miracle may be able to bring us miracles. Speaking of this, he became more and more emotional, grabbed Chu Nan's hand, and looked at his eyes seriously.

Li Siju had despair and helplessness in his eyes. After a while, he withdrew his hand and continued: "Coincidentally, today is the eleventh day that brought you back, I heard your new name, and Ye'er said that it was the number of people who gave you inspiration. That's a good name. You and Ye'er are also fateful, that day was Ye'er's first time on patrol. Maybe it was because she thought of the story about her grandfather that she was so close to the fog and just happened to see you so that she wasn't scared away by you. I think it's all providential. Li Siju seemed to feel that his words were a little inkblotted, and he coughed and said directly: "Ye'er is a kind and good girl, although we have a request for you." But I hope you have to think about it clearly, if you can be responsible for her, as long as she likes it, I can marry her to you even if there is no Spring Festival party. But if you are destined to be extraordinary, you will definitely leave one day in the future and go to the greater world. Then use Ye'er as a resting place to take in the ordinary visitors who have spent the night, and I ask you to keep some distance from Ye'er. The character of my son-in-law is the most important. After saying this, this time Director Li stared at Chu Nan's eyes very seriously.

Whether character is the most important Chu Nan doesn't know, anyway, it's definitely not the looks. Chu Nan can't stand his face now, your father and daughter really dare to look at it. Chu Nan nodded hurriedly, and only said two words, "rest assured". After all, character is not something that is said by mouth, and the other thing is that I talk too much now, and I'm really afraid that my husband will have nightmares at night. The most important thing is that Li Qiuye is indeed a good girl, but I am not a hooligan. How can anyone really think so much about others within a few days of knowing each other. Now that it's crossed, it's a rebirth. Marriage should be more cautious. The crooked ones in front are purely personal personalities, but they like to be crooked in their minds, and they call their father-in-law in their hearts to be closer, after all, they bring themselves back to take care of them.

The old man didn't know what to say when he saw Chu Nan like this, so he said: "Let Ye'er take you around tomorrow, you don't have to go to the river, there are actually a lot of people who know you." Don't worry so much. I won't disturb your rest. With that, he left.

Seeing that the old man was gone, Chu Nan sighed. I feel that maybe Li Qiuye is really my true daughter, otherwise why would my father-in-law feel such a strong blood suppression as long as he appeared in front of him. I lay back in my chair and thought that my father-in-law's family was actually really good, and it would be great if it was Li Qiuye for the rest of his life. It's a pity that I know best how many pounds and taels I have, Li Qiuye is too kind and beautiful. Even if you fall in love with such a beautiful thing one day, can you deserve it?

As soon as the old man left, Li Qiuye came over and brought Chu Nan a quilt, she knew that Chu Nan especially liked to stay outside, and she didn't persuade him to go back to the house earlier and directly took the quilt and covered Chu Nan. Then she went to get a pot of water and an oil lamp, thinking that she also wanted to talk to herself. But after a while, he trotted away as if he remembered something, and after a while he came and sat down again with a hat and gauze, as if to close the edge of the hat. Chu Nan withdrew his gaze to look at the sky, and was so moved that he couldn't do it. This is the kind of hat with curtains that I see on TV. The light of the oil lamp is not good, but fortunately it is now the final finishing work, only need to use the last closed bamboo strip to evenly pass the gauze, and then insert it into the side seam of the hat to complete. Sure enough, in less than an hour, the hat with the curtain was ready. During this period, Chu Nan kept staring at Li Qiuye like that, feeling a little happy and moved.

Li Qiuye looked at the hat in his hand, and he was also very satisfied. Hand it to Chu Nan: "Li Shiyi, try it, I'll take you to the street tomorrow"

Listening to Li Qiuye calling his new name, Chu Nan felt that he was completely reborn at this moment. So happily, the hat was put on his head. The curtain of the hat was not gauze, but the same as the clothes they were wearing, it was burlap, but it was deliberately made to be sparse. Through the curtain, I looked at the Li autumn leaves under the light. Chu Nan was a little distracted, and he didn't react until Li Qiuye got up and said that he would help him into the house to sleep. This time, Chu Nan didn't ask Li Qiuye to help, saying that he wanted to stay outside for a while longer and let her rest first. I don't need to be supported anymore, and I can enter the house by myself for a while. Li Qiuye simply blinked his big beautiful eyes and left happily. Before stepping out of the courtyard, Chu Nan remembered to shout "thank you". No one noticed that this "thank you" was no longer so hoarse.

After Li Qiuye left, Chu Nan lay down and looked at the stars in the sky again, thinking why couldn't he pursue the stars in the sky. So he held out his hand to one of the brightest stars and made a decision. There are three things to do tomorrow: First, tell them truthfully about the changes in their bodies now. Second, directly ask the old man about the exercises he wants to practice. Thirdly, a whole few fish come back to replenish the body of Akiba.