Chapter 2: Snow Boy
When Ah Xiu woke up, everything in front of him was so beautiful, the snow pressed against the branches that had no leaves, and when the wind blew, the branches trembled, and the snowflakes fell and fell on Ah Xiu's face. It is said that the snow scene in the forest is the most wonderful, but now Ah Xiu has no time to appreciate it, because he finds that his situation is quite bad. When he tried to get up again with all his strength, he was greeted by another fall in the snow, the only thing to be thankful for was that the snow was thick and it didn't hurt. After experiencing several collisions between his will and body, Ah Xiu decisively compromised, he had no strength left, and could only lie quietly in place.
Ah Xiu originally wanted to rest for a while, but a dark shadow not far away made his hairs stand on end, and he suddenly felt that the muscles of his hands and feet were contracting.
It was a wolf, an old wolf as lonely as he was. The wolf is also not in a very good state, because it is too old, far from its own herd, and faces loneliness alone until death.
The old wolf, who had not eaten for a few days, rarely met a guy who was even more embarrassed than himself, and he felt fortunate that he could survive a few more days after eating him.
Ah Xiu also discovered this problem, and what was worse was that he didn't even have the strength to escape, so he could only rely on the strength of his limbs to crawl forward desperately, and a chaotic ravine appeared on the ground with thick white snow.
When Ah Xiu climbed more than ten meters away with difficulty, and looked back at the old wolf who was about to end his life in despair, he found that it didn't seem to be in a hurry to eat, but just followed him slowly, neither far nor close.
Of course, the wolf wants to eat people, but the old wolf is more patient, it knows that attacking now may injure its weak enough body, and it is waiting for its prey to take its last breath.
Ashu stopped struggling, in fact he had to stop, because his limbs no longer obeyed his brain's commands. He lay down and looked at the sky, hoping to recall his life at the last moment of his life, only to find that everything was blank except for a kind female voice calling "Ah Xiu" in his ear from time to time.
Ah Xiu smiled bitterly.
The old wolf felt that the time had come, and it was possible to walk step by step as the last meal of his life, he walked very slowly, very cautiously, always ready to deal with the unexpected, this is the predation experience it has accumulated all his life, and it is much stronger than the little wolf cubs.
Already in despair, Ah Xiu thought that he had enough courage to face death, but when he saw the old wolf's sharp teeth and dripping saliva, he still couldn't suppress the fear in his heart. Rao was lying in the ice and snow, and a layer of cold sweat still appeared on his forehead.
The old wolf's big black mouth was close to Ah Xiu's neck, Ah Xiu closed his eyes tightly, smelled the fishy stench in the wolf's mouth, and his whole body trembled.
"Poof", Ah Xiu thought he heard the sound of his neck being bitten, waited for a moment but didn't feel pain, slowly opened his eyes, but saw a delicate face appear in front of him, and after that, he didn't know anything.
In these days, Ah Xiu himself can't count how many times he has woken up in a coma, but without exception, waking up is as confused, helpless, and cold as being in a coma. But this time was different, and he felt more comfortable than ever.
"Grandpa, look, he's awake. "It was a little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, the clothes were very clean, two small pigtails hung down on both sides, her face was innocent and cute, and she was very handsome. She was standing on the edge of the bed at the moment, staring at Ah Xiu with big curious eyes.
An old man in his sixties, slightly rickety, with a face full of vicissitudes of life, heard the little girl's voice, and also came to the bedside, looked at Ah Xiu a few times, and said, "Young man, you are awake." ”
Ah Xiu wanted to answer, but he couldn't make a sound when he opened his mouth, maybe he hadn't spoken for too long, and his throat was a little blocked. I had no choice but to support my body with my hands and wanted to sit up straight.
"Young man, don't move", the old man hurriedly stopped, turned his head and said to the little girl: "Xiao Yun, bring a pillow over." ”
The little girl handed a pillow to the old man very neatly, the old man held Ah Xiu with one hand, stuffed the pillow behind Ah Xiu with the other, and then slowly leaned Ah Xiu on the pillow, and said: "Young man, you have been faint for more than a day, don't move yet, drink this soup." By this time the little girl had brought the soup bowl that was on the table.
Looking at the steaming soup, Ah Xiu only felt unbearable hunger in his stomach, and he didn't care about the hot mouth when he held the bowl, and swallowed it in three or two bites. Ah Xiu didn't know if he had eaten a lot of good things before, but during the time he remembered, this bowl of gnocchi soup was the most delicious.
A bowl of hot soup was in his stomach, Ah Xiu felt that he had a bottom in his heart, so he looked around, the wooden room was not big, the furniture was a little simple, and there were steel forks and bows and arrows hanging on the wall, this person should be Orion.
"Uncle, did you save me?" Ah Xiu could barely speak, but his voice was a little hoarse.
"Hehe, yes, I am the hunter in this mountain, and that day I saw you lying alone in the snow on this cold day, and there was a wolf by your side, so I gave the wolf an arrow, and then carried you back. The old man said with a smile.
"Yes, grandpa can shoot an arrow accurately, and he shot the wolf down with one arrow, and now the wolf is still resting outside. The little girl interjected excitedly.
Ah Xiu nodded, full of gratitude.
"By the way, young man, what is your name, how did you run into the mountains alone in this cold and snowy land, fortunately you only met a wolf, if you meet a pack of wolves, you are not enough to lose ten lives. ”
Ah Xiu was also looking for answers, but he only remembered the word "Ah Xiu" when he emptied his brain, and subconsciously used it as his name.
"My name is ...... Ah Xiu", Ah Xiu didn't know if the benefactor in front of him believed his words, but he still said: "I don't know how I got here, I don't remember anything." ”
The old man saw that Ah Xiu's eyes were clear, not like he was lying, so he nodded and said, "Oh, I've heard people say before that if someone hurts their head, they may not remember the past, and it seems that this may be the case for you." It's just that, if you don't remember, it doesn't matter, you live here first, and we'll talk about it later. ”
Ah Xiu got up to thank him when he heard this, and half of his body just got out of the quilt, but he found that he was naked, so he quickly wrapped his body in the quilt again, and smiled awkwardly. When the little girl saw Ah Xiu's embarrassed appearance, she couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering.
The old man saw Ah Xiu's intentions, and said with a smile: "The clothes on your body have long been rotten, old man, I still have a few clothes, you can take them and wear them first." ”
After a few more conversations, Ah Xiu felt a little tired, so he fell into a deep sleep again.
It turned out that the old man's name was Lin Wancheng, who lived in the city in his early years, knew some kung fu, and was a dart master, and later the court was weak, banditry became a disaster, and swords and soldiers rose everywhere, in order to avoid the war, he took his granddaughter Lin Xiaoyun, who was only a few years old, to the mountains to be a hunter, and this hiding was ten years. A few days ago, Lin Wancheng took his granddaughter out to hunt some game, and this happened to save Ah Xiu.
Early the next morning, Ah Xiu put on the clothes given by Lin Wancheng, came to the courtyard, looked around, and found that there were several wooden houses built here, and there was a fence outside, although it was a little old but very exquisite, I thought it should be built by Lin Wancheng.
"Big brother. A crisp voice sounded behind Ah Xiu, and Ah Xiu turned his head to see Lin Xiaoyun walking out of a wooden house, holding a wooden table with a few plates of food on it.
"Big brother, why are you up, are you feeling better?" Xiao Yun walked quickly to Ah Xiu's side and asked with concern.
The little girl is fourteen years old this year, but she is very tall and tall, and she is almost to the tip of Ah Xiu's nose.
Ah Xiu looked at Xiao Yun and smiled, "I feel much better, and I have a little strength in my hands and feet." ”
"Then let's go into the house and eat something," Xiao Yun turned around and walked into the house, and said as she walked: "Big brother, you have a good mouth, grandpa skinned the wolf last night, and the flesh and bones were separated, I made some this morning, you want to eat more, taste my craft." ”
"Grandpa, why didn't he come out to eat together?" The two sat down at the dining table, and Ah Xiu asked when he saw that Lin Wancheng was not there.
"Grandpa went out early in the morning, saying that he was going to hunt some more prey and let me stay and take care of you", Xiao Yun said while putting some vegetables into Ah Xiu's bowl: "Grandpa said that he may not come back until noon, let's not wait for him to eat." ”
Ah Xiu nodded, picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of meat in his mouth, chewed it carefully, only felt that the meat was delicate, although it was a little fishy, it was still delicious.
"Is it delicious?" Xiao Yun asked expectantly as she looked at Ah Xiu with big watery eyes.
"It's delicious", Ah Xiu nodded in praise and asked again, "Is this wolf meat?"
"Yes", the little girl was very happy when she got Ah Xiu's affirmative answer, and then said: "It's just that this wolf is a little old, otherwise it tastes better." ”
"Is it just your grandfather and you here?" asked Ashu as he ate.
Xiao Yun's face darkened when she heard this, put down her chopsticks, and said slowly: "I still have a second uncle in the city, as for my parents, they were gone ten years ago, and there were wars everywhere at that time, and many people were gone." ”
Ah Xiu knew that he was speechless, and one sentence led to Xiao Yun's sadness, and he wanted to comfort him but didn't know what to say.
"Forget it, don't talk about this, let's talk about you, big brother", Xiao Yun didn't seem to want to talk about this heavy topic, and turned her face and asked, "Big brother, how old are you?"
Ah Xiu was stunned for a moment, this simple question stumped him, and he didn't know how old he was, so he asked, "This...... I don't remember, how old do you think I am?"
Xiao Yun chuckled and said, "Big brother, your amnesia is really complete, I don't remember this, but I don't think you look a few years older than me, at most ten ** years old." ”
Ah Xiu shook his head and smiled bitterly.