Chapter 6: First Encounter
"Dad, why are there so many strangers in the village all of a sudden, just the past five, I see that they are dressed like rich people, why do they come to our poor and remote place?" On a street, Li Tang looked up at his father.
Li Dabao held up his big belly, touched his bare head, and explained: "Maybe, there is something in our village." β
"What's it?" Li Tang asked.
Li Dabao shook his head and said, "How do I know about your father, whether I have that group of people or not." β
Seeing that his father didn't know, Li Tang had no choice but to give up, and when he passed by the mud tail alley where Lin Shuang's house was located, his eyes couldn't help but glance over there.
Suddenly, Li Tang pointed to Niwei Alley and shouted, "Dad, look, why is there such an ugly old man sitting at the door of Lin Shuang's house?"
Li Dabao looked in the direction Li Tang pointed to, and laughed: "I didn't expect there to be someone uglier than your father and me." β
Li Tang looked at his father, then at the old man not far away, and thought, "It seems that this is really the case." β
"Maybe it's looking for Lin Shuang, we don't care, let's go, go home and eat the braised eggplant made by your mother!" Li Dabao patted Li Tang's head and motioned him to go faster.
Li Tang nodded, and followed Li Dabao to leave quickly, but after a while, Li Tang secretly walked back again.
"Hey, old man, what are you doing sitting in front of my house?" Li Tang asked Lao Dao.
Lao Dao slowly opened his eyes, raised his head and glanced at Li Tang, and grinned: "Little doll, don't talk nonsense, when will this be your home." β
Li Tang made a look of rushing people and said: "I said that this is my house, it is my house, and I don't allow you to sit at the door of my house, like asking for food!"
Lao Dao snorted, pointed at Li Tang and scolded: "The little thing is talking nonsense with his eyes open, right?"
Li Tang was not convinced, and said loudly: "I don't care, I said here, it is!"
Lao Dao took a sharp breath: "You little thing is really angry with me!"
"That's it, I don't care about a little doll!" Lao Dao waved his robe and turned to leave.
Li Tang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lao Dao walking away, looked at the closed door of Lin Shuang's house again, pushed it with his hand to see if it was locked, and after confirming that it was correct, he left quickly.
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A black and white figure shuttled quickly through the alleys, jumping on the roof from time to time to take a look.
"What kind of white-haired boy is here, that old man can't lie to us, right?" the girl in white gasped and complained.
The young man in black shook his head and said, "No, take a break and continue looking." β
Hearing that she was still looking for it, the girl in white sat directly on the ground: "Don't look for it, don't look for it, I'm hungry, anyway, it's still early to leave, and it's not too late for us to look for it tomorrow." β
The young man didn't say a word, quietly looked at the girl in white, and when the villagers passing by saw the two, they couldn't help but walk away directly, not daring to go up and ask the slightest.
When the girl in white saw the villagers walking away, she suddenly thought of something, slapped her head sharply, and said, "Why don't we know to ask the villagers here?!"
After saying that, the girl in white stood up, hurriedly ran to grab a villager who was just about to walk away, and asked, "Well, excuse me, is there a white-haired boy in this village?"
The villager who was pulled away glanced at the girl, immediately lowered his head, and said in a low voice: "There is a mud-tailed alley in the south of the village, and the house with an old locust tree is where the child's house is located. β
"Thank you!" the girl said, and immediately pulled the young man in the direction that the villager had said.
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"Xiaoshuang, come here. Niu Ye beckoned to Lin Shuang, who was tinkering with herbs.
Lin Shuang rubbed his hand on his clothes, walked quickly to Niu Ye's side, and said, "I'm here." β
Niu Ye looked at Lin Shuang and asked, "Xiaoshuang, do you know what is the most terrifying thing about the family?"
Lin Shuang shook his head.
"The human heart is the most terrible thing about the human heart. Niu Ye continued.
"People's hearts?" Lin Shuang looked at Niu Ye suspiciously.
Niu Ye smiled and nodded, "The most terrifying thing in the family is the human heart. β
"One day when you step out of our small mountain village and see the world outside, you will understand. β
Lin Shuang was puzzled and said: "But why are people's hearts sometimes very warm, just like the villagers, they are very good to me, and my mother was very good to me when she was still alive." β
Niu Ye smiled without saying a word, lying quietly on the chair smoking a cigarette gun, and spit out a puff of smoke from time to time.
Lin Shuang looked at Niu Ye, then said no more, and after finishing the last bit of work in his hand, he said hello to Niu Ye and walked towards the door.
Along the way, Lin Shuang's mind was always in his mind what Niu Ye said, he didn't understand why Niu Ye suddenly told him these strange truths, thinking about it, he returned to his door.
Lin Shuang checked the lock of the gate, and after finding that it was correct, he took out the key and pushed the door in.
As soon as he closed the door, Lin Shuang was startled by the sudden appearance of the two, "Are you...?"
The two people in front of them are the two people who are looking for Lin Shuang again.
"Hello. The girl in white looked at Lin Shuang and said with a smile.
Lin Shuang nodded, lowered his head and quietly glanced at the girl in white in front of him, and found that it was very imaginary with the fairy sister he saw at the beginning, and her appearance was very beautiful, but she didn't feel that she had the unique charm of the fairy sister.
"Thatβ" The girl was about to speak, but the young man in black interrupted.
"Sorry to bother, we're just here to borrow something. The young man said.
Lin Shuang raised his head and looked at the seemingly fierce young man in front of him, his eyes revealing doubts.
"Do you have a sea seal here?" the young man went straight to the point.
Lin Shuang was even more puzzled, thought about it and shook his head and said, "I don't know what you said about covering the sea seal, sorry I couldn't help." β
"Really?" the young man's tone seemed to change as if he was a different person, and his eyes seemed to be examining the young man in front of him.
Lin Shuang hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to say more.
The girl was busy smacking the young man hard, and then said to Lin Shuang: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, he can't speak, it's okay if he doesn't, we just want to make friends with you." β
"My name is Bai Qian'er, what about you?"
"Lin Shuang...," the young man whispered.
"Lin Shuang... Okay, I'll call you Xiaoshuang!" Bai Qian'er smiled slightly with her red lips, "You can call me Qian'er." β
"Qian'er..."Lin Shuang shouted in a low voice.
Bai Qian'er immediately responded, "By the way, his name is Bai Wenqiu, and he is my brother." β
Lin Shuang nodded, glanced at Bai Wenqiu carefully, and saw that Bai Wenqiu was looking at him, and hurriedly withdrew his gaze.
"Why don't you invite us in and sit down?" Bai Qian'er asked with a smile.
"Huh?" Lin Shuang reacted, hurriedly made a gesture of please, and led the two of them to the house.
Lin Shuang made a cup of tea for the two, scratched his head and said: "I picked this tea on the mountain myself, and I don't know if you drink it or not, if you don't like it, I'll change it for you." β
Bai Qian'er took a small sip and exclaimed, "It's delicious, you say yes, brother." Bai Qian'er glanced at Bai Wenqiu.
Bai Wenqiu nodded, and Bai Qian'er looked at Lin Shuang with satisfaction.
Lin Shuanghan smiled: "You look good when you laugh." β
"Huh?" Bai Qian'er's face suddenly turned red, it was the first time she was directly praised by others for her good looks.
"It's true, the way you smile is the second best I've ever seen. Lin Shuang said seriously.
"Who is the first?" Bai Qian'er didn't know why she asked, and looked at the young man in front of her with a slightly red face.
"My mother. Lin Shuang was looked at by the girl like this, and lowered his head a little embarrassed.
Bai Qian'er nodded, and then asked, "What about your mother?"
"She's gone...," Lin Shuang whispered.
The girl hurriedly said several words of apology, "I shouldn't have asked, I'm sorry." β
Lin Shuang shook his head and said, "It's okay, are you hungry?" I'll cook for you." With that, the boy walked towards the kitchen.
Bai Qian'er looked at Lin Shuang's back, her heart was full of taste, and she was about to get up, but was stopped by the young man.
"Where are you going?" asked Bai Wenqiu.
"To help him, of course. Bai Qian'er broke away from the young man's hand and walked quickly towards the kitchen.
"Don't forget our purpose, my dear sister. Bai Wenqiu shouted at Bai Qian'er.
Bai Qian'er just walked forward as if she hadn't heard it, Bai Wenqiu sighed and followed.
"Who are you?" Seeing the two of them walk into the kitchen, Lin Shuang couldn't help asking.
Bai Qian'er rolled up her sleeves, revealing a pair of white arms, "Of course it's to help you." β
Lin Shuang waved his hand busily, "No, no, you just go out and wait." β
But Bai Qian'er didn't listen to Lin Shuang's persuasion, took a basin of water from the outside, turned around and began to wash the vegetables, and said to Bai Wenqiu by the way: "Brother, you go and make a fire." β
Bai Wenqiu nodded, turned around and walked to the stove and sat down, rolled up his sleeves and started to light a fire.
Seeing that the two of them did not listen to their own persuasion, Lin Shuang had no choice but to give up and began to cut vegetables.
The smoke rose slowly, and the pure white smoke drifted into the dusky sky.
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At night, after the three of them had eaten, Lin Shuang and Bai Qian'er sat on the roof, while Bai Wenqiu sat cross-legged in the room.
"Thank you. Lin Shuang said.
Bai Qian'er looked at the white-haired young man beside her and said, "Thank us for what, we also want to thank you for taking us in." β
Lin Shuang shook his head and said, "My mother said that everything must be clearly distinguished, you helped me, of course I want to thank you." β
Bai Qian'er asked softly, "Your mother must be a very kind person, right?"
Lin Shuang nodded, looked at the starry sky, and said, "Well, when my mother was still there, she was very good to everyone in the village. β
The girl held her chin with her hands, looked into the distance, and whispered, "You are so happy..."
However, this sentence did not seem to reach the ears of the young man, and suddenly the young man pointed to a certain star in the sky and said, "Look, that star is so bright!"
Bai Qian'er raised her head and looked in the direction Lin Shuang was pointing, "Yes, it's like blinking." β
Lin Shuang was overjoyed, "That must be my mother looking at us, Niu Ye said that after death, people will turn into a star in the sky, and every night, they will come out to look at their loved ones." β
Bai Qian'er turned her head to look at the innocent young man beside her, and suddenly found that the young man's eyes seemed to be shining with tears.
"Are you alright...?" Bai Qian'er asked softly.
Lin Shuang shook his head and said, "Mother, don't worry, I'm doing well, I made two good friends today, they are all very good people like you, and ah, there are a lot of strangers in the village today..."
The boy spoke to the sky about the events of the day, and the girl listened quietly.
Under the stars, the breeze caresses.
(This chapter has been stuck for a long time.,I'm sorry guys.,Next, strive for a change every two days or a day!)