Coming out of Lin Haishan, the fine and dense light rain has stopped......

After the rain, the sky was covered with orange light......

It wasn't until he went down to the foot of the mountain that Hua Shi suddenly came back to his senses, and the basket in his hand was heavy with the dead roe deer.

She looked back at the muddy road behind her, empty and nowhere to be seen......

She was able to get out of the mountains and forests so smoothly, all thanks to a gray-haired wolf that brought her to this junction down the mountain.

Before bringing her to the way out of the mountain, the gray wolf turned back to the depths of the forest, and she walked down the mountain path for a while, and soon reached the bottom of the mountain.

After the rain stopped, the forest was still white and foggy, and the cool breeze gusted.

The place where she got lost was actually not far from the bottom of the mountain, and the mist was entangled, so that she could not find her way.

After a drizzling rain, the tender green leaves were dripping with a little droplet, and she walked along the mountain road to the small forest at the bottom of the mountain, her trouser legs were mostly wet with water droplets from the leaves, and the soles of her feet were also stuck with a large piece of mud, which was very uncomfortable.

She stood in the woods, frowning and thinking about the results of her search in the mountains......

At first, she didn't find it, but now in retrospect, she had carefully checked the traces of the mountain road all the way up the mountain, and found no traces of anyone passing by.

At that time, I thought that Hua Yu had taken another way into the mountain, but now I think about it, could it be that Hua Yu did not enter the mountain at all, but was delayed by something......

When she was at the gate of the small courtyard of the Hua family, Hua Yu's expression was too resolute, and she insisted on going her own way, and she didn't listen to persuasion at all, so she thought that he must be going into the mountain when he went out this time......

Hua Shi rubbed his forehead with a headache, and remembered the things he encountered one after another in the mountains, and his mood was a little complicated.

Although it was an accident, it seemed to let her see another side of Lin Haishan that no one else knew......

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After coming out of the mountain, after thinking about it carefully, Hua Shi remembered the ruined temple that Hua Yu took them to that night......

She followed her memory and walked into the grove, up the potholed steps, surrounded by small puddles of sewage.

Passing through the collapsed and dilapidated front hall in front, I had just gotten closer when I heard a small sound coming from inside......

Hua Shi's face was stunned, and the low voice was somewhat familiar......

"Flower encounter? Is that you...? ”

Hanatoki hesitated and walked in the direction where the voice came from.

"Da Da ......"

The shoes dragged on the sand, and the sound was clear.

Under the eaves of the roof covered by the only half of the tiles, on the collapsed beams and pillars sat an old woman with white hair, and in front of the old woman stood a hunched figure with sloped feet......

Hua Shi recognized it at a glance as a flower encounter.

"Huayu, it's really your ......"

She breathed a sigh of relief and walked over to the two men.

Hearing her voice, an old man and a young man looked up at her in unison.

Hua Yu's face changed, and then the eyes that came over him were a little colder, and she looked at her expressionlessly.

Apparently she was not welcomed......

And the white-headed old woman, although her eyes were puzzled, she saw at a glance that the two knew each other, so she didn't take the initiative to talk.

Hua Yu looked at her, noticed her wet trouser legs, and the basket she was carrying on her arm, which seemed to be dripping with blood under the basket, moved her lips, and asked, "Have you entered the mountain?" ”

Hua Shi put the basket on the ground on one side and looked at him angrily, "Yes, I followed you out, I thought you were in the mountains, and ran in to find you." ”

Hua Yu had a cold face, "I didn't let you follow, who asked you to follow." ”

"Little ...... without conscience"

Listening to his cold words, his face remained unchanged, Hua Shi muttered quietly, seeing that his clothes were dry and his shoes were not wet, it was obvious that he had not entered the mountain.

"Little girl, what's your name? I came to find Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu was delayed because he saved me. ”

The old woman, who had not spoken, suddenly smiled and looked at the flowers, and explained.

The old woman beat her numb leg and said, "I am old, when I came out to pick tea leaves, I accidentally fell and injured my leg, Xiaoyu happened to pass by and saw it, I wanted to send me home, but unfortunately it suddenly rained, so I carried me here to take shelter from the rain, we were trying to go back, you came." ”

The old woman's tone was smooth and she told the story.

When she looked up at the old woman, she saw a little muddy water on the hem of her trousers, and a large patch on her knee.

She paused, and then softened her tone before saying, "My name is Huashi, and I am Ah Yu's sister." ”

The old woman nodded, her smile undiminished, the folds on her face were piled together, and one or two teeth were faintly visible as she spoke.

She looked to be sixty or seventy years old, with all gray hair, and her exposed hands and feet were thin and skinny, but her hair was neatly groomed, and she was dressed in a long gown and trousers dyed with dark purple material, and cloth shoes under her feet.

Although it doesn't look rich, in the entire Shoushan Village, it is obvious that the family is quite wealthy and can wear clothes and shoes made of dyed fabric.

She has been in Shoushan Village for so long, and every time she sees the villagers, most of them are wearing coarse cloth and straw sandals, and when she sees such a dress, she does not ......

So much so that she was stunned for a moment.

After living a tight life for too long, she didn't have much time to think about dressing up, and she had to forget what it was like to change clothes and wear shoes that didn't fit her feet normally.

The economic base determines the superstructure, and sure enough, it is still necessary to make good money in order to change the current embarrassing living situation......

The old woman smiled and nodded, she looked kind and kind, and the old man's voice was also very gentle, "It's good if you call me Grandma He, I am a tea picker in the village, I really want to thank Xiaoyu this time." ”

She smiled and looked at Hua Yu, and Hua Shi followed suit.

Hua Yu's originally tense face was also a little relieved, "You just thanked you." ”

After Hua Shi found someone, the tense nerves were also loosened, he looked up at the sky, and said, "It's not early, Grandma He, let's send you back, where is your home?" ”

The old woman nodded, looking at the two of them with loving eyes, "Okay, my home may be a little remote, and it is a little difficult to climb on the slope, thank you for your hard work." ”

Hua Yu stepped forward, bent down to put Grandma He on her back, and was blocked by Hua Shi.

Hua Yu looked at her with a frown.

Hua Shi pointed to the basket on the ground not far away, and said in a low voice, "Your legs are still swollen, just take the basket, I'll carry it." ”

The swollen ankle was protruding from a large lump, and it hurt to look at it, and she didn't know how he could bear it......

Before the leg injury was healed, I thought about going out into the mountains to hunt...... It's not unsuccessful, or else......

Thinking of the mountain spirits and wolves he encountered in the mountains, Hanashi's mood was a little unstable.

I can't imagine that she has a special affinity for animals because of the spring in the palm of her hand......

When the flower can't resist the flower, he honestly holds a basket in one hand and follows behind the flower, and the dark eyes hide the unknown emotions in his heart.

Hua Shi walked ahead with the old woman on his back and followed the path she pointed out to the village.

The old man was very light, light and fluttering, and it didn't take much effort to carry it on his back at all.

Before sunset, the siblings finally sent the old woman home......

After going around several high stairs and passing through several alleys, a well-groomed courtyard came into view halfway up the hill.

"Hey, here, that's it, there's no one at home, the door is not locked, just push the door and go in."

Grandma He patted her on the shoulder and said softly.

Hua Yu stepped forward and pushed open the courtyard door outside, different from the Hua family, this small courtyard is surrounded by a fence, very spacious, one side of the inside is a few vegetable gardens, the other side is placed with stone mills and tables and chairs, the dustpan on the shelf is full of half-dried tea leaves, and other scattered things.

It's just that it rained, and the dried tea leaves were all drenched, dripping with water......

The house looked very new and spacious, it was a rare house with tiles and black mud, and from the outside you could only see the open hall with the doors on both sides tightened.

Hua Shi put the person on the stool and sat down, the old man patted his leg with some annoyance, "Alas, when I went out, I forgot the tea leaves on the shelf, and the quilt dried in the backyard was confiscated. ”

Hua Shi heard her say this, looked left and right, didn't see anything else, and asked curiously, "Grandma He, what about the people in your family?" Have you all worked in the fields? ”

The old woman shook her head, her eyes slowly looked at the sunken afterglow, and her tone was long, "My wife is gone, my son Nobuko moved to the town, did some small business in the town, and only came back at the end of the year." ”

Hua Shi nodded, seeing the old man's loneliness, it was not good to continue to ask.

Grandma He suddenly turned her head to look at her and said, "You must want to ask me, why don't you move in and live together, Shoushan Village is my root, and I will die here, besides, I am not old enough to let my son serve, and I can still do it, so I don't need to follow." ”

She said with a smile on her face, but there seemed to be tears in her eyes......

Hua Shi didn't know what to say, so he changed the topic and said, "Then we'll help you take back all the tea leaves, and the quilt in the backyard, right?" ”

As she spoke, she got up and walked over to the shelves with the tea leaves, and stowed her things into the hall with a swift movement.

When I walked into the hall inside, I found that this hall was also much more spacious than the Hua family, empty, with only a table and two stools.

She turned her head and noticed the three spirit cards on the table, one in front of the other and two behind, neatly placed, and she could vaguely see the words engraved on them, 'The Spirit of the Dead Husband He Zhi Mountain', 'The Spirit of the Beloved Daughter He Miao', 'The Spirit of the Beloved Son He Xin'......

She vaguely felt that something was not right, but she didn't think about it for the first time, and Grandma He's voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Ah Shi, just put it there." Grandma He was sitting on a chair in the yard, turning her head at this time, looking at her and saying.

Hua Yu also moved in a little, but his leg was injured, and he had some difficulty crossing the threshold, and his face was obviously a little pale.

Hua Shi noticed that his face was not very good, and his attention was suddenly diverted, he looked at him and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay?" Do you want to go to the courtyard and sit down, I'll just collect these. ”

Hua Yu put the things down, glanced at her, rarely refused, and nodded, "Okay, I'll sit for a while, you go collect the quilt in the backyard." ”

Hua Shi nodded, walked out of the hall, walked towards the backyard, and when he came out of the corner, he saw two quilts drying on bamboo poles.

Because it was under the eaves, although it rained, the outer layer of the quilt was wet by the rain that drifted in, and it was a little damp to the touch, but fortunately it was not completely wet......

When the sisters and brothers came out of the small courtyard of Grandma He's house, the afterglow of the sunset on the mountain had gradually sunk to a low level, and the sky was already dark......