Chapter 16: The blood is not cold
Northwest. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Lao Lin. Noon is approaching.
On a path that could not be called a road at all, a young man in a coarse cloth coat was carrying a large bundle of pine branches on his back, and he was staggering forward.
There was something strange about the young man's walking posture. Every step the young man takes, his left foot comes out first, and then his right leg follows.
Despite this, the youth has walked extremely steadily. The young man walked along the winding and uneven path of sheep's intestines, and a fat hare hung on a pine branch on his back, but there was no wobble in the slightest.
After three bends and two bends, three firewood houses appeared in front of the young man's eyes. Around the three firewood houses is a large ring of high fence walls. At the top of the fence wall, many vines are exposed, swaying in the wind.
The firewood room came into view, and the young man immediately quickened his pace. When he reached a distance of about ten zhang from the firewood house, the young man paused slightly and moved forward again.
Walking to the front of the courtyard, the young man shouted, "Mother, I'm back!"
In the courtyard, an old woman's voice sounded: "Come back, come in! ”
The young man pushed open the courtyard gate, only to see that in the courtyard, a young man with a smile on his face was pushing the stone mill and slowly turning in circles. Next to the stone mill, an old woman with gray hair was adding beans to the stone mill from time to time.
The young man first bowed respectfully to the old woman, then nodded to the young man who was grinding, and then put the firewood on his back together with a large pile of firewood in the courtyard, took off the rabbit hanging on the firewood, and said, "Mother, I was lucky today and caught a rabbit. Mother, I'll come. As he spoke, the young man laid the rabbit on the ground, snatched the spoon from the old woman's hand, and began to add beans to the core of the stone mill.
The young man who was grinding smiled: "It's better to come early than to come by chance." Today I have a blessed mouth. ”
The old woman smiled and said, "Xue'er, you talk to Xiaolu for a while." My mother went to pick up the rabbits. With that, the old woman reached out and picked up the rabbit from the ground.
The young man with beans put down the spoon in his hand, stood up, and while snatching the rabbit from the old woman's hand, he said, "Mother, I'll come." ”
The old woman stopped the young man's hand and said, "The path is rare to come and go. You talk to the path. The mother picks it up by herself. So saying, the old woman took the rabbit and walked towards the woodhouse.
When the old woman left, the young man who pushed the mill continued to slide in circles, and while gesturing with his free hand, he whispered, "There is another appearance." ”
The young man with beans paused slightly, put down the spoon in his hand, stood up, and shouted as he walked towards the firewood room: "Mother, the path is leaving." ”
The old woman came out of the firewood room and said angrily, "This kid is talking nonsense! The path has just come, how can it be that he is going to leave again? How can he drive people out when it is time to eat?"
The young man who was grinding stopped, bowed to the old woman and said, "Auntie, my nephew really has something to do, just passing by here, by the way, come to see Auntie." Auntie, nephew farewell!"
The old woman sighed, walked into the courtyard, sat down on a stool beside the stone mill, and said, "My old woman's place is not near the river, and the second is not by water. There are no great thieves or great heroes. You two children, you are good at everything, you just like to treat my old woman for a fool. ”
The young man with beans knelt down in front of the old woman and said, "Mother, the child has never deceived his mother. ”
The young man who had been grinding before also bowed down again and said, "Auntie, how dare my nephew deceive Auntie?"
The old woman sighed again: "Xiaolu, as soon as Xue'er returns, you will leave." Tell me, is there something wrong with Kai'er?"
The kneeling young man rushed to say, "Mother, Xiao Ye is fine." After that, the young man turned his head, showed a smile for the first time, and said to the young man who had been grinding before: "Xiaolu, you quickly take your people to find Xiao Ye and bring him back to meet his mother, so as to save his mother from worrying." ”
The young man who had been grinding earlier was about to answer, but the old woman sighed again and said, "Cher, let Xiaolu speak." Xiaolu, what's going on with Kai'er?"
The kneeling young man sighed, stood up, walked up to the young man who had been grinding earlier, and said, "Don't move. ”
The young man who was grinding earlier said with a bitter face: "Can you not slap your face?"
The young man who was kneeling before nodded, waved his hand, and slammed the punch, hitting the bridge of the nose of the young man who had been grinding earlier, and then said, "Say it." ”
The young man who was grinding earlier wiped a handful of blood from his nose and said with a wry smile: "Didn't you say that you wouldn't slap your face?"
The young man who was kneeling before said coldly, "Is the nose a face?"
The old woman stood up, walked up to the young man who had been grinding earlier, wiped the blood from his face with the handkerchief in her hand, and shouted to the young man who was kneeling before: "Xue'er, Xiaolu is your brother!
The young man who had been kneeling before knelt down again and said to the old woman, "Mother, the child knows that he is wrong. ”
The young man who was grinding before came over, dragged the kneeling young man upward, and smiled at the old woman: "Auntie, it's all my nephew's own search." The nephew would rather be fisted by Big Brother Fu than take his knife. ”
The old woman sighed, "Alas, you guys! ”
When the old woman returned to the stool in front of the stone mill and sat down, the young man who had been grinding before bowed down and said, "Auntie, Xiao Ye's flying knife has appeared again." ”
The old woman smiled and said, "Who is it this time?"
The young man who was grinding before said softly: "Auntie, it was Xiao Ye's flying knife that was left at the scene of the six bloody cases. One handle per site. ”
The old woman frowned, and the young man who had been kneeling earlier shook his fingers gently.
The old woman asked, "Who is the deceased?"
The young man who had been grinding earlier replied, "It's all from the older generation. Sha Qiantao Sha Lao Gang Leader, Mr. Mo Qianxun, Mr. Mo Da, Wang Zhenwei Wang Lao Hero, Tie Zhong Heng Tie Marshal, Wen Yixuan Wen Boss, Zheng Sanzhou Zheng Da Guanren. There are still hundreds of lives. ”
The old woman frowned again, and the young man who had been kneeling earlier clenched his fingers into two fists.
The old woman sighed and said, "This is the master who wants to lure Kai'er out." ”
The young man who had been grinding before replied, "Yes, my aunt." The nephew's master had already gone to the six doors to see Xiao Ye's knife and the bodies of several deceased. ”
The old woman smiled and said, "Your master is a warm-hearted person. ”
The young man who was grinding before smiled and said, "Auntie, if the master hears your words, my nephew will be beaten again." ”
The old woman sighed, "Kai'er's knife has never been left behind. Now six have been left behind. Cher, pack up. ”
The young man who had just been dragged up from the ground by the young man who had been pushed and polished before hurriedly knelt down in front of the old woman and said, "Mother, Xiao Ye can handle it. The child is not going anywhere. The child accompanies his mother. ”
The old woman sighed again and said, "Li Daxia is about to be alarmed, how can you not go?"
The kneeling young man said: "Mother, the children have long forgotten the things on the rivers and lakes. The child accompanied his mother and waited here for Xiaoye to come back. ”
The old woman stretched out her hand, touched the young man's head gently, and said with a smile: "Xue'er, you have never been a cold-blooded person, how can you forget? Mother will go with you. ”
The kneeling young man exclaimed, "Mother!"
The old woman stretched out her hand to help the kneeling young man up, and smiled at the young man who was grinding before: "Xiaolu, every vegetable in this courtyard was planted by my old woman and Xue'er with a handful of soil and water. Can you arrange for someone to come over and help take care of it? Well, forget it. In this deep mountain and old forest, don't scare others. ”
The young man who was grinding before hurriedly bowed down and said, "Auntie, please rest assured! ”
The old woman stood up and said to the young man who was kneeling before, "Xue'er, my mother has gone to clean up." You also go and clean up. No more beatings. With that, the old woman got up and walked to the firewood room.
When the old woman walked into the firewood room, the young man who was kneeling before glared coldly at the young man who had been pushing and grinding, and the young man who had been grinding before smiled bitterly: "I'll come by myself." With that, the young man raised his hand and slammed his fist into the bridge of his nose that he had just been punched in. Immediately blood began to gush out of the nose again.
After the fight, the young man who had been grinding before said to the young man who was kneeling before, "Is it enough?"
After the young man who was kneeling before slowly walked into another firewood room, the young man who was grinding earlier muttered, "Xiao Ye, you have to give me back these two punches." ”
After a while, the old woman came out with a small package. And the young man who was kneeling earlier carried a large package out.
The old woman smiled and said, "Xue'er, we're not moving. ”
The young man carrying the big package said: "Mother, they are all new quilts this year." Children are afraid that you will not be used to sleeping outside. ”
The old woman sighed, "You child, go." With that, the old woman walked out of the courtyard.
When the young man who had been grinding earlier snatched the package from the old woman's hand and was about to grab the package on the shoulder of the young man who was carrying the big package, the young man carrying the big package said coldly, "Rabbit." ”
The young man who was grinding before was slightly stunned, and hurriedly said, "Oh, yes, yes, yes." Rabbit. Rabbit. So saying, the young man went into the house and came out with a rabbit.
When the young man caught up with the young man carrying the big package, the young man carrying the big package said, "Help my mother." ”
The three figures slowly walked towards the outside of the old forest.
The young man carrying the large package held the package on his shoulder in one hand and a swarthy knife in the other. In his eyes, a cold light shone brightly.