The group of adults finally decided to send Zhang Xiaoxian to the nearest town health center to be rescued again. It just so happened that the health center was not very far from our village, just on the main road, and the conditions of the town health center were indeed a little worse. But if you go to the county hospital, you will have to drive more than ten miles, and the muddy fields are difficult to walk through the recent heavy rain. Besides, it wasn't like it was now, just call the emergency center, there was only one phone in the village, and it was still at the brigade headquarters. Even if we called, the ambulance couldn't come to us, and the potholed land had to sink into the ground when the car came, and there was really nowhere else to go except the town health center.

The adults carried Zhang Xiaoxian in front, and I followed behind, and gradually there were more people watching the excitement, and a few children who usually played together also followed, chasing behind. Who let it, Zhang Xiaoxian is the child king of our generation of villages, and there will naturally be no shortage of "loyal" "subordinates".

A child who played well with us on weekdays asked, "Hey, Zhang Ruoxu!" Zhang Xiaoxian: What's wrong with him? ”

"I don't know, maybe his father beat him too hard yesterday. No, let me send it to the health center and rescue it! ”

"What? Yesterday his father beat him, is it because we went to the stream to see the big fat man? I also went home and was cleaned up by my dad with a belt! The kid said, lifting his shirt, and the scratches on several belts were clearly visible.

"Yes, we were all beaten, but Zhang Xiaoxian and his father beat him hard. By the way, have you seen those fingerprints on Zhang Xiaoxian's feet? It's going to be even darker! I saw that the finger prints on Zhang Xiaoxian's ankles had deepened a little, so I asked the playmate who was talking to me.

"Fingerprints? What's the fingerprint? I didn't see it, it's you dazzled! This simple playful answer made my heart chuckle suddenly, I wondered, how could they not see such obvious five-finger prints?

After all, I'm still a child, and my physical strength can't keep up with these adults, and they are going faster and faster. I was frail and sickly, and gradually I couldn't keep up, so I had to change from brisk walking to trotting. Who knows, as soon as I picked up speed, I was tripped up. This fall was really miserable, and I was wearing shorts and vests, my knees and forearms were all scratched, mixed with the dirty water on the street, and I fell into a little clay figure.

Besides, the land in this village is really not as good as the asphalt roads in the city, and the small stones and cats and dogs that can be seen everywhere. This fall really made me choke, not to mention the dirty, and the body was broken. However, seeing that the group carrying Zhang Xiaoxian was getting farther and farther away, I didn't care about the pain, and was about to get up to chase after it, but just when I got up, my longevity lock fell into my eyes. It turned out that the big man I just fell and threw my longevity lock out.

It was the longevity lock that I had been blaming on my neck since I was born, and I didn't know what it was like to watch it lie quietly in front of me. Actually, this longevity lock can really protect the body, after all, I rarely see evil spirits after wearing it. And if I had been wearing the Longevity Lock, wouldn't I have been pressed by the ghost last night? This thing has become my most precious thing, and I am no longer willing to throw it away. It's just that yesterday I was ridiculed by the bear children in the village, and I threw it away on a whim, and I was afraid that this precious longevity lock would leave me again, so I quickly grabbed it and put it on my neck again, for fear of losing it again.

The adults have big steps and fast legs, and as soon as I fell on the ground and picked up the longevity lock, they had already carried Zhang Xiaoxian into the town health center. There was a large crowd at the door, why did they go in? It was still blocked by the big white coat. I squeezed to the front, only to see a white sheet on the ground, on which Zhang Xiaoxian was lying and was being examined by a big white man with glasses.

After less than two minutes of examination, the glasses doctor shook his head again and again, and said something to Zhang Xiaoxian and his father. There were too many people at the scene, and I didn't hear what it was, I only saw Zhang Xiaoxian and his father, a man as strong as a cow, sitting on the ground with one butt, tears like me swaying without money, the difference is that his hands are tightly holding his hair. The cry was really loud, and his eyes were bloodshot, and finally he was forced to break his hands by a few adults in the village, and it stopped.

I wanted to walk up to Zhang Xiaoxian's father and tell him the fingerprints on Zhang Xiaoxian's name, but before I could get closer, I was stopped by the nurse from the town health center, waving at me again and again, signaling me not to make a sound. Indeed, at this time, it will be even more annoying for one of my children to make trouble again.

Turning his head to look at Zhang Xiaoxian again, his face was completely bruised, and he even saw that his back had a red precipitation, driven by curiosity, he looked at Zhang Xiaoxian's left ankle again. It was because no one said that I could not see the fingerprints on his ankles, and only I could see them, but this time, when I looked at it again, I was so frightened that I couldn't speak......

The fingerprint on Zhang Xiaoxian's left ankle that was so obvious and clear just now disappeared......

Not long ago, I saw a woman pulling Zhang Xiaoxian out of his house, and the fingerprints on her ankles were clearly visible at that time. After just one meal, the fingerprints are gone.

The adults didn't stay long, but a pair of uncles and aunts in the village squatted in front of Zhang Xiaoxian and his father, and persuaded them in a friendly voice for a long time. Zhang Xiaoxian's father had a little strength, and he was able to stand up and walk out a little bit.

Then, it was this group of adults who carried Zhang Xiaoxian home, and the eye doctor at the town health center said that it was too late, so it was better to go home and deal with the aftermath! When I was still young, I already knew what death was, but I didn't understand the specific concept of death, and I stupidly thought that it was the woman who pulled Zhang Xiaoxian away who took him out of the house, and he wouldn't come back in the future, and he couldn't see his father and mother, or his partner, just like he had never appeared since he was cut off from us.

At that time, I only had sadness in my heart, and I was crying wow, and I was reluctant to let our leading brother leave like this.

As for the fear of the so-called dirty things, I think it's because of my bad eyes, after all, there is a saying that says that out of sight and out of mind, when you see things that you shouldn't see, that is, unknown things, you are naturally afraid of three points, just like a tiger in the land of Guizhou sees a donkey.

Crying and crying, making trouble, anyway, I will never see Brother Zhang Xiaoxian chasing my ass in the future, so I want to sneak into his house quickly, see you for the last time, and say goodbye or something by the way.

It wasn't until I went to Zhang Xiaoxian's house again that I found that his house was completely messed up, and there were many neighboring neighbors around the gate of the courtyard. Zhang Xiaoxian's father didn't go in, squatting at the gate of the yard, his eyes were red and swollen, and some tears slipped from time to time, and from time to time he hit his head against the wall, not knowing what to say in his mouth; Zhang Xiaoxian's mother sat cross-legged in the yard crying loudly, her mouth was still hanging with a hara, my mother and a few aunts comforted her vigorously on the side, crying a lot of tears, her throat was hoarse, and only squeaky and dry howls remained.

Except for Zhang Xiaoxian's father, the village chief and several elders started to arrange the funeral.

I took advantage of my child's small size and squeezed through the crowd and ran into the inner room. At this time, Zhang Xiaoxian had already changed into new clothes, but his face was covered with a square white cloth.

We all know that for happy events, the bride has to cover her face with a red hijab, but why does Zhang Xiaoxian have a white hijab? At that time, I was still young and didn't understand the Tao of white things, so I lifted the white hijab covering Zhang Xiaoxian's face, and his face was still iron-green and expressionless, as if he was asleep, but there was no air intake and outlet, so the adults decided that he was dead.

"Iniquity! Zhang Fuguo, I'll smash you! Zhang Xiaoxian in the yard suddenly jumped violently, and she didn't care about the stove brick that was blackened by the firewood, so she picked up a stove brick and rushed to Zhang Xiaoxian and his father to smash it. only aimed at Zhang Xiaoxian's father's head, and didn't notice the upper beam of the courtyard gate, but the strength was very strong, and the solid wood beam was broken when it was turned.

"Zhang Fuguo, you have been stabbed a thousand times, you beat my son to death, you are all to blame, are you such a deadly beater? You give back my son's life! Zhang Xiaoxian's mother was crazy, blushing and roaring. Seeing that there was still a firewood knife for chopping firewood on the ground, he took the firewood knife in his hand, rounded his arms, and roared loudly: "My son is gone, I don't want to live anymore, my mother will die with you, let's go down with the child together." ”

This posture is really scary, Zhang Xiaoxian and his father don't dodge or dodge, but the neighbors in the yard are not scared, and they don't dare to slack off, so they rushed up several times at once, and then dragged her out of control back to the house.

I was so frightened that I quickly closed the door of the back room, and just like that, I heard her squeaking at the door: "Let go of me, you let me go." Zhang Fuguo, you murderer, you killed my son, I don't want to live, don't want to live! ”

With Zhang Xiaoxian's mother's crazy appearance, I didn't dare to open the door, maybe this crazy woman lost control for a while and split me alive.

Now, in this cramped room, only I have a cold Zhang Xiaoxian, looking at Zhang Xiaoxian who is calm as if she is asleep, I feel very uncomfortable. Although, he has bullied me a lot, but he has also taken me to play with me! I saw that Zhang Xiaoxian's left arm was dusty and a little dirty, so I thought about reaching out and wiping it off for him. After all, Zhang Xiaoxian has always been a doll who loves cleanliness, if he really goes to another world, he definitely doesn't want to be so dirty, right?

At this time, I consciously took off my vest with a small hole in the back, grabbed it into a ball, stood on tiptoe, and tried hard to reach Zhang Xiaoxian's left arm.

My slippery upper body had already been attached to Zhang Xiaoxian's corpse, and the longevity lock hanging around my neck naturally attached to Zhang Xiaoxian, and the longevity lock rubbed back and forth in front of his crossed hands.

Suddenly, Zhang Xiaoxian's tightly locked eyes opened, and at the same time, he ripped off the longevity lock hanging from my neck with both hands. Then, Teng sat up straight. In a trance, I fell and squatted, and the teapot on the bedside table was also touched and fell to the ground and shattered.

Such a big movement alarmed the people in the house and the courtyard, and they all crowded into the house.

Zhang ...... Zhang Xiaoxian...... Zhang Xiaoxian, okay......" Zhang Xiaoxian screamed in surprise.

My mother also squeezed in, and when she saw that I was here, she lifted me up from the ground and asked, "You decrepit cub, what are you doing here?" How did Zhang Xiaoxian wake up suddenly? ”

"I ...... I don't know! I just saw that Zhang Xiaoxian's left side was dirty, so I reached out and wanted to wipe him, who knows, Zhang Xiaoxian sat up by himself, and snatched my longevity lock in his hand. "I'm most afraid of my mother, as long as she stares, I will immediately be honest and truthful.

Before the mother opened her mouth to blame, Zhang Xiaoxian moved again, he covered his stomach and shouted pain, stretched out his hand to ask for the spittoon and said that he was going to vomit, but before the spittoon was taken, he rolled his eyes, his face, which was still blue just now, suddenly turned red, and his whole body twitched, and his legs kicked from the waist to form a perfect ninety-degree right angle to himself and the lower body.

Several adults saw that they were about to vomit, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him, followed by Zhang Xiaoxian's wow, and a large mouthful of sewage spit out of her mouth, with rotten fishing nets, silt, stinky river shrimp, in short, a lot of messy things. The filth that spit out is called a stinking, like corpse water from a rotting corpse.

At this time, the fifth grandfather also came forward to take a look, couldn't help frowning, sighed and said, "Hey, this river god is destined to not be reincarnated." Then, he coaxed all the onlookers out and pinched Zhang Xiaoxian's eyebrows. Zhang Xiaoxian was paralyzed like a deflated doll, like a puddle of mud. Zhang Xiaoxian's father and mother cried again, but Zhang Xiaoxian's face gradually became ruddy, and she gradually became a little angry.

The fifth grandfather said to Zhang Xiaoxian's father: "Fortunately, the time for the soul to leave the body has not passed, and this baby has been saved." ”

As soon as I heard the fifth grandfather say that Zhang Xiaoxian was saved, I saw that Zhang Xiaoxian's breathing was stable, and her cold body warmed up again, and she suddenly had energy. Coincidentally, the village doctor also came, but as soon as he came in, he asked where the deceased was. That's it, Zhang Xiaoxian's father almost took a bench and gave him a scoop! Dare to love this doctor has long regarded Zhang Xiaoxian as a dead child, and this trip is to make an autopsy report and then issue a death certificate.

However, when he saw the weak Zhang Xiaoxian, the village doctor was also stunned, but he didn't expect that Zhang Xiaoxian, who had been out of breath for a long time, would be able to return to the light. Only then did I start the examination, felt the pulse, listened to the heartbeat, and then said: "This baby is hard, and he is really alive!" Now, there is no danger to life, but the body and bones are too weak, if you don't take care of it well, there will be danger, and you must recuperate. Then, he sat down, prescribed a few flavors of medicine on a piece of paper, told someone to go to the clinic to get the medicine, and left.

After a false alarm, everyone saw that Zhang Xiaoxian woke up and could speak, so they all dispersed. As for Zhang Xiaoxian's father and mother, who were going to die and live just now, when they saw that their baby son came back to life, they hugged each other and cried, my mother knew that this occasion was not suitable for outsiders to be present, so she greeted the fifth grandfather and took me home.

Zhang Xiaoxian's family is happy, and the joy after the great sorrow is really rare. On the contrary, the fifth grandfather's face became solemn, and he called me out alone and said something that I didn't understand very well.

"Zhang Ruoxu, where is your longevity lock?"

As soon as the fifth grandfather suddenly asked like this, I panicked, afraid that the fifth grandfather would blame me, so I concealed the fact that Zhang Xiaoxian snatched the longevity lock. told a lie and said: "During the day, when I chased Zhang Xiaoxian to the town, I accidentally fell on my head, and I couldn't find it when I got up again." ”

Sure enough, the fifth grandfather was angry and shouted, "What? You dare to lose something so important! You! ”

As he spoke, he was about to wave his hand at me, and when he saw that he was really going to hit me, my tears welled up in my eyes. The fifth grandfather didn't do it in the end, so he could only shake his head helplessly and said to me: "Zhang Ruoxu, you kid, your life is shallow, and the eight characters are too thin." Especially your eyes, sooner or later, things will go bad. Forget it, you can't get it back if you lose it, you should pay attention to going to a crowded place in the future; Don't walk alone at night; Don't be curious if you see anything weird or strange, just don't see it. Okay, Si Mingzhi belongs, what kind of life can you live as a baby, it's up to you! ”

After saying that, the fifth grandfather left...... Not long after leaving, my mother came out of the kitchen with a plate, and when she saw that the fifth grandfather had left, she asked me, "Zhang Ruoxu, what is your fifth grandfather?" ”

"He left, and it was up to me to say what I could do."

At this time, my father also came out of the house smoking a dry cigarette, moved a small bench and sat down in front of the wooden table, unscrewed the second pot and drank by himself.

Later, the fifth grandfather disappeared, some people say that he went to the mountains to cultivate, and some people say that he leaked the heavenly secret and was called away by the evil spirit......

The strange thing that happened to Zhang Xiaoxian became a topic of conversation among the neighbors after dinner, but it was gradually forgotten by everyone. Only I can see the fingerprints on Zhang Xiaoxian's left ankle, and I have mentioned the fingerprints on his ankle to him more than once, but Zhang Xiaoxian's answer is, nonsense, why can't I see it!

Later, my father went to work in the county town to keep up with a good contractor, and after a few years of tossing, he had a little money in his hand, so he bought a small two-bedroom apartment in the county. I also reached the age of going to school, so that I could receive a better education, it happened that my mother did not have a job, and the family left the old house and moved to a new house in the county seat. On the day I moved, I also went to say goodbye to Zhang Xiaoxian, and as for my longevity lock, I didn't look for him again to come back, because I knew that it was the longevity lock that saved him.

After a few more years, my father himself became a reassuring contractor and began to take over the work of the provincial capital. My father earned more and more money, and our life was getting better and better, so our family naturally moved to the provincial capital, lived in a new three-bedroom apartment, and lived the life of a city person. The family moved farther and farther away, and in that era when communication was not very developed, we completely cut off contact with Zhang Xiaoxian's family.

However, I still remember the fingerprints on his ankles, and I have been thinking about them in my heart, since Zhang Xiaoxian woke up, the fingerprints have appeared again. I don't know if the big fat man who drowned in the stream next to the village hasn't let him go? However, as long as the longevity lock is with him, he should be fine.

Later, with the accumulation of time, I grew up day by day, and I was about to enter the first grade of primary school in a flash, and it was in this year that I met Zhang Xiaoxian again, and this meeting was goodbye.