Chapter 12 Leaving Suxi
The night white clothes fell silent, and the two sat side by side like this, and after a while, Zhao Guting also stepped forward, holding a large plate in his hand, with several bowls of white porridge in it, steaming hot in the winter night.
"What about Gongzi Yin and Miss Yue'er?"
Night White said: "I went into the mountains to hunt." ”
Zhao Guting shook his head and said, "Yin Gongzi must be a person who rarely hunts at home, and he doesn't know much about the animal habits of these seasons. Where is the prey of this season, the birds and finches should go south at the beginning of the month, the rabbits and foxes are almost all in the holes, and now the mountains are quieter than the cemetery. ”
The old man handed two bowls of porridge to the two of them, and brought another bowl to himself, and sat down to the side and blew the hot air slowly.
Zhao Guting's face was much soothed compared to everyone else, after all, he was a person who had lived for most of his life, he had also been on the battlefield, he had also suffered from famine, and he had seen countless dead people, and it was not strange to have this state of mind and white clothes at night.
The shadow of the moon is hazy, like a veil of ink. On the night under the moon, the sound of Bai Yi and Zhao Guting drinking porridge came and went, and the two of them had no consciousness of eating and not speaking at all when they were eating in the wild. In contrast, the stinging side is much quieter, just holding a bowl and gnawing around, looking preoccupied, and the porridge in the bowl has not shown the slightest sign of reduction for a long time.
Seeing this, Zhao Guting said seriously: "Little girl, the world is the biggest eater, no matter how sad you are, you can't treat your stomach badly." When I was marching with the army and squatting beside the dead to eat steamed buns, no one said these truths, and whoever ate slowly might have to walk a hundred and eighty miles hungry all day. God appreciates the most uncertain time to eat, so eat it while the porridge is not yet cool. ”
glanced at the old man in surprise, and said angrily: "What's wrong with me covering my hands more when it's cold, do you have to drink it and hold a cold broken bowl......
The little girl snorted, and then set her eyes on the fire, absentmindedly nibbling on the edge of the bowl. Zhao Guting had no choice but to say with a dry smile: "Of course, it's okay, it's okay." ”
It didn't take long for Yin Youcheng and Bai Yue'er to come back from the forest, empty-handed, and looking at their faces, it was obvious that they had gone out of the hunt this time.
"Alas, uncle, there are some places in the mountains where the snow didn't melt last night, and it's night, and I haven't even seen a mink hair, it's really lucky......"
Miss Yue'er kept comforting her in the back. The old man Zhao Guting beckoned the two of them to sit down and drink porridge, and at the same time found that the bowl was almost finished, so he got up and said, "There is still a fire over there, you can't drink enough to scoop it again." ”
After finishing speaking, the old man turned his gaze to the sting, gently knocked the little girl's head with the bowl, and said, "The little girl will drink quickly, come into the house with me, and talk to you about something." ”
Shocked and resentful, he covered his head and rubbed it, turned his head and saw that Zhao Guting had turned to leave, and after thinking for a while, he picked up the white porridge that was almost cold that night with both hands and snorted it in one go, and did not forget to lick the cold bottom of the bowl, and immediately got up and left.
Ye Baiyi grabbed the corner of the stunned clothes, handed over the empty bowl in his hand, and said with a smile: "I'm done drinking it too, come back and help me bring a bowl." ”
Early in the morning of the second day, the strength of the night white clothes had almost recovered a little, and it was not worrying to get on the horse and hurry. In the second half of the night last night, Yin Youcheng, who was in white clothes, discussed it and decided to go to Tianjing instead of Suzhou, but to go south to Shu. Since the itinerary has changed, this trip can be regarded as a big detour, and the three of them simply rode horses to make the road smoother.
The three of them were going to stay and help a little, but they were politely rejected by Zhao Guting. After this catastrophe, this place can no longer stay, and the follow-up officers and soldiers will definitely come one after another, but fortunately, yesterday's army soldiers and Jianghu killers did not let one go, which saved the surviving villagers from fleeing a lot of trouble.
Zhao Guting was determined to take the remaining dozen or so people in the village to find another place to settle down, and without further ado, the night white clothes and his party would leave early the next day. The people in the village are mentally injured at the moment, and only the two remaining Zhao family are seeing off at the entrance of the village.
After some sad farewell, Zhao Guting took his stunned hand, looked at Ye Baiyi and said: "Now there are few people in the heart of the old man in this world, and this girl is one." It is difficult for people in our village to escape and live a hard life, this girl has fled since she was a child, and it is too sinful to ask her to go with us again. If the two sons don't dislike it, it's better to take me with you on this trip, and it's a good thing to let her go out and walk around and open her eyes. Although this girl is mean-mouthed, her heart is still open, she is not sloppy, and she can take care of the two of them on the road, you see if this is feasible......"
The stunned man on the side suddenly had red eyes, and he was muttering something in his mouth.
The old man patted the back of his stunned hand: "What are you crying about...... what are you crying?"
Yin Youcheng glanced at Ye Baiyi, who looked indifferent and had no embarrassment. So Yin Youcheng immediately said: "Well, if this is the wish of the stunned girl, it doesn't hurt for us to take her alone." ”
"I told her last night, if you don't dislike it, that's it. ”
"Daddy!" suddenly threw himself on the old man's shoulder, crying loudly like a child.
Zhao Guting gently patted the back of the stunned sting, and said with a loving smile: "Okay, okay, don't cry, the two sons are going to laugh at you......"
"Don't you girl like to go up the mountain and down the river the most on weekdays, but this is what I want you to do if I want you to leave today......
"Take care of yourself alone, and when something happens, tell the two sons, they are both well-wishers, and they will help you......"
"It's really not good, burn a few pillars of incense towards the north, maybe I can see the old man, and I can also give you a dream over there......"
Before the words fell, the stinging and crying were even worse.
"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, don't talk about it, you must become a big girl in the future, and you have such a big ...... in the world"
As he spoke, the old man's voice choked, and there were tears on his ravine-ravine face.