"Little brother, are you awake?"

Looking at the hunchbacked old man with a kind face in front of him, he didn't want to know that this person must have saved him. Wu Zheng only remembered enduring the severe abdominal pain and re-burrowing into the underground cave, when his body was like a flame burning, from the exit of the cave into the bottom of the pond, he plunged into the cool stream of Water Snake Bay, and soon knew nothing.

"Thank you grandpa for saving me. Grandpa, where is this?"

"Hehe, it's better to say that I saved you, it's better to say that Da Qingniu saved you. ”

Then the old man said:

"This is Houpo Village. What's my brother's name and where is he from?"

How to answer, Wu Zheng reached into his arms, touched the bamboo tube that was still hanging around his neck and hidden in the gown, and thought quickly before replying:

"Grandpa, my name is Qiu Zheng, and I am from Liulinbao. ”

Wu Zheng of Houpo Village is still relatively familiar, if you walk along the main road on the bank of Nanxi, it is only thirty miles away. If you climb over the Dabei Mountain behind Wujiabao and take the mountain path, it will only be more than 20 miles. Grandma Wu Zheng's maiden home is Houpo Village. When I was a child, the two families still had contact, but in the spring of the year when my father was lost, after my uncle Qian Chong passed away, and my father was not at home, they broke off contact with each other.

"Liulinburg, how did you fall into Nanxi?"

"Grandpa, because there was no one else at home, I was hungry, so I went over the mountain to the east mountain of Wujiabao. Coming down the stream to a pond, I was bitten by something, and then I didn't know what was going on. ”

"You won't go to the Water Snake Bay west of Wujiabao, right?"

The water snake bay full of poisonous snakes is not unknown to people in nearby villages.

"I don't know if it's Water Snake Bay, and I don't seem to see snakes in the water. ”

"You're really fatal, you must have been bitten by a poisonous snake in Water Snake Bay. ”

Listening to the words of the teenage boy named Qiu Zheng in front of him, Luo Xudong no longer thought about it. It's just a little unbelievable, I was bitten by a poisonous snake, not only did I not die, but I also drifted down the river for more than thirty miles, which cannot but be said to be a miracle.

"Are there any other injuries on your body?"

"I fell in the east mountain of Wujiabao, and my chest hurt a little. ”

"Does it matter?"

"It doesn't hurt much anymore, thank you, Grandpa. ”

Looking at the young man who was slowly sitting up again, and then at the big green cow that had stood up and was sticking out his tongue and licking the back of the young man's right hand, Luo Xudong couldn't help but ask again:

"Little brother, do you know this cow?"

"Don't hide it from grandpa, this is a cow from the Sun family in Liulinbao. I once herded cattle at Sun's house for two years. ”

"No wonder. ”

After speaking, Luo Xudong reached out and helped Wu Zheng up on the haystack, took his hand out of the cowshed, and came directly to the kitchen.

"Hungry, don't you? ”

Seeing a big bowl of rice in the old man's hand, Wu Zheng subconsciously swallowed his saliva. He had never eaten a single bite of food since he had been taken to the council house next to the ancestral hall on the night of the twenty-first day, and he couldn't help but feel sick to his stomach when he thought of the dead snake meat in the cave.

Without any more politeness, he took the rice bowl and devoured half a bowl of green vegetables handed over by the old man.

Although Luo Xudong walked out of the kitchen, he kept standing outside the door and did not leave, and his eyes have been paying attention to Wu Zheng who was immersed in eating.

The two sentences that Wu Zheng said just now, "There is no one else in the family", and the words "I have let go of cattle in Sun's house for two years", couldn't help but make Luo Xudong's mind come alive for a while.

"Uncle Luo. ”

Suddenly interrupted by Qinglian's voice behind him, Luo Xudong turned his head and saw Qinglian walking over with a blue cloth burden in his arms.

"Qinglian, have you eaten?"

"I've eaten, uncle. What happened to that man?"

Luo Xudong pointed at Wu Zheng, who was gobbling up in the kitchen.

"Giggles, my dad guessed it right. ”

"What did Mr. Zhen say?"

"Daddy said, Lian'er go over and take a look now, if the medicine just now works, the boy should wake up. If you haven't woken up yet, tell Uncle Luo to hurry up and invite Langzhong. ”

As he spoke, he handed the blue cloth bag in his arms to Luo Xudong.

"Qinglian, what is it?"

He asked as he took it and stretched out his hand to untie his baggage.

"Daddy knew that Uncle Luo was home alone, so he asked me to bring a little food and a hundred copper coins. In case you go to invite Langzhong, maybe you can use it on the road. He also instructed me to stay and take care of my uncle's house. ”

I have untied the blue cloth and saw four steamed buns inside, as well as a string of copper coins. Luo Xudong was grateful.

"Alas, it's hard for Mr. Zhen to think so thoughtfully, how can this make people feel good?"

"What did the uncle say, saving people is like fighting fire, since you encounter it, how can you stand by and watch. ”

Wu Zheng, who had already understood the conversation between the two in the courtyard outside the kitchen, hurriedly swallowed the last bite of food, wiped his mouth, and walked out to thank him again.

"Thank you grandpa, thank you sister. ”

didn't want to say a word, but made Qinglian laugh.

"Giggles, my name is uncle, but you call me grandfather, and you call me sister. ”

The generations are a bit messy. Wu Zheng carefully glanced at the girl named Qinglian in front of him, who should be one or two years younger than himself, with a slender body, clear eyebrows and eyes, and hair that was neither long nor short, just hanging down to her shoulders. She wore a short-sleeved blue cloth skirt that was half-new, but extremely clean, and the hem was close to her ankles. He wears a pair of shoes embroidered with pink flowers on a blue background.

"Qiu Zheng, this is Qinglian, Qinglian's father is a gentleman from a private school in the village. The herb that woke you up just now was given by Mr. Zhen, and it was also the medicine that Qinglian fed you. ”

"Thank you, sister. ”

"Your name is Qiu Zheng? How old are you?"

"Just a few days after my thirteenth birthday. ”

"It's two years older than me, and you call me sister. ”

After speaking, he pursed his lips and laughed softly.

Luo Xudong looked at the blue cloth burden sent by Qinglian in his hand, and then looked at Wu Zheng before asking again:

"Little brother, you just said that you fell on the east mountain of Wujiabao, do you want to go and see Langzhong?"

"Grandpa, no need. It should be fine in two days. ”

Wu Zheng decisively refused. If you have money, you must check it out. But I didn't say anything, and I was also blessed with a life-saving grace, so why am I embarrassed to make trouble again?

"If you have any injuries on your body, you should go and see them, but don't leave the root of the disease. ”

Qinglian persuaded with concern instead.

Wu Zheng shook his head resolutely, but he was embarrassed in his heart.

Houpo Village is so close to Wujiabao that it must be dangerous to stay. But he couldn't help but repay the grace of saving his life, and only cared about his own life.

"Grandpa, I'm full. ”

Wu Zheng really didn't know what to say, so he said something abruptly.

Wu Zheng's meaning Luo Xudong understood, and the young man was obviously waiting for him to speak.

"Little brother, I have something I want to discuss with you. ”

"Grandpa, please. ”

"What do you mean when I heard my little brother say just now that there is no one else in the family?"

Of course, Luo Xudong has to ask clearly.

"My parents are gone, and my grandmother died three months ago, so I'm the only one left in the family. ”

"Isn't there an uncle or uncle who is close to each other?"

"Grandpa, Liulinbao is our family's surname. ”

"Oh-,"

This reassured Luo Xudong.

"In that case, is the little brother willing to stay and help me take care of the big green cow?"

For Wu Zheng, herding cattle is an easy thing, especially the big green cattle that he has been herding for nearly four years.

Even though he knew that staying would be in danger of being discovered by Wu Jiabao, Wu Zheng still decided to repay the old man for saving his life first.

"Grandpa, herding cattle is not a problem for me. I'm afraid that it will cause trouble to my grandfather. ”

"Hehe, since the little brother once let Da Qingniu go, and your life was saved by Da Qingniu. Staying can only save me worry, isn't it just an extra pair of chopsticks when eating? Anyway, I am the only one at home, so what trouble can I cause?"

Qinglian had been quietly listening to the conversation between the two on the side, and when she heard Luo Xudong say that the young man in front of her was rescued by Da Qingniu, she couldn't help but feel strange.

"Uncle, how could it be that Da Qingniu saved him?"

"Hehe, Qinglian doesn't know. I didn't have time to say much when I went to your house in the morning to ask for my husband. ”

Immediately, Luo Xudong told Wu Zheng and Qinglian about the scene that happened by Nanxi in the morning. Qinglian, who listened directly, opened her eyes wide, looked at Wu Zheng for a while, and turned her head to look at the big green cow in the cowshed for a while.

"Uncle, it's the first time I've heard of such a strange thing. If it weren't for Uncle himself, who would have thought that there would be such a humane cow in the world?"