When the old man Situ saw Shaoxia coming in, he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello: "Shaoxia, you are back, today it is thanks to you, otherwise the old man and the little granddaughter would have entered the belly of the bear." Zhang Fan said with a smile: "Uncle, don't say that, I should stay at your house and help with some things, and the black bear may have followed my horse, so don't be polite." ”

When the old man Situ heard this, he smiled, and he didn't talk about it with Zhang Fan anymore, but said: "Shaoxia, you talked with the old man for most of the night, and killed the black bear again, you must be tired, let me take it to the bedroom to rest?"

Zhang Fan looked at his bloodstained white robe, and said with a smile: "Uncle, my body is too dirty, let's clean it first." ”

"Big brother, do you want to take a bath?" asked Ling'er, the girl on the side, "Your clothes are indeed dirty, but I will fetch you water." With that, she went out.

Zhang Fan wanted to stop her, but found that Ling'er had already run out.

Seeing this, the old man smiled and said, "Young man, it's okay." Now that there are no black bears, there is no danger in getting a little water. ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, he asked, "Uncle, is the place where the water is drawn far away from here?"

The old man smiled and said, "We usually get water from a small stream at the edge of the village, and it takes about a quarter of an hour to go from here." ”

"Ah!" Zhang Fan exclaimed when he heard this, and said to the old man, "Uncle, this is too far, I'd better go and see Ling'er, if she is in danger, it will be troublesome." After he finished speaking, he immediately went out to chase Ling'er.

Old Man Situ didn't stop the young man, but just looked at the young man's distant back through the glow of the firewood in the room, and smiled meaningfully.

Zhang Fan walked out of the courtyard gate, followed the light point of Ling'er's torch, chased after Ling'er, and caught up with Ling'er in a few breaths.

Ling'er was very happy when she saw her eldest brother chasing after her, a blush flashed on her little face, and she couldn't help but cover her little hands, but she didn't know that it was just covering her ears and stealing the bell, her every move was seen by Zhang Fan in her eyes and remembered in her heart. Zhang Fan found that Ling'er was very cute, and said with a smile: "Ling'er, it's too dangerous for you to run such a long way alone." If you encounter a brute or fall on the road, then how can I explain it to the old man? ”

"Big brother, in fact, the place where we get water is very close, you don't have to come with you. You see, it's right ahead. As she spoke, Cher stretched out her little finger to a clear river in front of her.

Zhang Fan smiled gently and said, "A black bear just came to the village, what should you do if you come out alone and encounter danger?"

"Thank you, big brother, Ling'er is so happy. When Ling'er heard Brother Jun's words, her heart was very sweet.

Zhang Fan smiled, saw the two of them coming to the stream, and said, "Ling'er, we have arrived." ”

Ling'er looked at the eldest brother, then at the crystal clear stream, and said, "Okay, let's get water." ”

Zhang Fan looked at the stream, thought for a while, and said, "Ling'er, it's too troublesome to get water back, I'll take a bath here, it's more convenient." As he spoke, he took off his blood-stained white robe.

"Ah, bad brother!" Ling'er exclaimed in surprise and said, "Ling'er is still beside you." ”

At this time, Zhang Fan had already taken off most of his clothes, and suddenly heard Ling'er's voice, and immediately reacted, and smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, Ling'er." I got used to showering and washing like this, and I immediately put on my clothes. As he spoke, he was about to put on his blood-stained robe.

"Bad brother, you take it off, what are you shy. Hurry up and wash it up. Ling'er, who turned her body on her back by the stream, heard the words of the bad brother and immediately persuaded her.

When Zhang Fan heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he directly stripped himself off, plunged into the small pond in the stream, and washed it up.

Standing on the shore, Ling'er's face was as red as if he was drunk, and he thought: "Big brother is dead, people just said casually, he really stripped naked and took a bath." Didn't he know that this was the place where the villagers fetched water? But the big brother's figure is so great, and his skin is so white."

After a while, Zhang Fan finished bathing, came out of the somewhat cold stream, quickly put on his clothes, and then came to Ling'er's side and said softly: "Ling'er, I've washed it." Let's get some water and go. ”

"Ahh

Zhang Fan heard Ling'er's exclamation, looked at her shy cloud that was already red to the jade neck and the delicate body of the girl who trembled slightly, and suddenly realized in his heart, knowing that Xue'er was too shy, and thought: "Xiao Nizi was thundered by her previous actions." He smiled slightly and said, "Ling'er, I was reckless just now." ”

"Bad brother!" Ling'er, who was already extremely shy, heard the bad brother talk about the shame he had just done, and said a word in a coquettish voice, and he was so ashamed that he couldn't stand it anymore, and he ran back with an empty bucket.

Zhang Fan smiled when he saw this, a little embarrassed, and a little helpless, who made himself do such a violent thing, and met a little girl like Ling'er who was just starting to fall in love. He saw that Ling'er had gone away, and he also followed.

Zhang Fan and Ling'er had just returned to the house, and the old man Situ saw that the two of them were carrying two empty buckets, and then came back with empty buckets, and asked puzzledly, "Ling'er, you didn't take the water back?"

Xiao Ling'er's pretty face, which had just calmed down a little, turned red again when the old man asked, and she replied shyly: "Grandpa, brother, brother, he washed outside, so we didn't fetch water back." ”

Old man Situ was embarrassed when he heard this, and then smiled again and said, "As long as you wash it, it's fine." ”

Zhang Fan was embarrassed when he heard the words of his grandfather and grandson, and said, "Uncle, I saw that it was too troublesome to bring water to the house, and my body was too dirty, so I washed it outside." ”

When the old man heard this, he looked at the young man and his little granddaughter meaningfully, and then a faint smile appeared on his face, and he replied, "Oh. ”

Ling'er saw that her grandfather looked at herself and her bad brother with that kind of eyes that she couldn't understand, and although she couldn't fully understand the meaning in her heart, she also knew three or four points. She was so embarrassed that she was so shy that she hurriedly said, "Grandpa, my big brother hasn't slept tonight." ”

When the old man Situ heard this, he showed a look of sudden enlightenment, and then he was a little thoughtful, and finally said: "Young man, please come with me." Zhang Fan was a little embarrassed when he heard the old man still call himself like this, and said, "Grandpa Situ, just call me Zhang Fan." ”

The old man was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he showed a look of approval and relief, and smiled slightly: "Okay." Then the old man took Zhang Fan and Ling'er to the side room, pointed to a wooden bed against the wall and said to Zhang Fan: "Xiaofan, you can sleep on this bed." Ling'er is in the bed next door, if anything happens at night, call me. I was in the next room. He went out.

Ling'er saw that her bad brother was arranged by her grandfather to sleep on the bed that her parents slept on before, and was close to her own small bed, she was a little shy at first, then a little missed, and then a little sad, and finally stood in the room in a daze.

Zhang Fan doesn't pay much attention to where to sleep, in his eyes, as long as there is a place to sleep, he can sleep anywhere, I remember that in his previous life, he had slept on the floor of the house, the desks in the school classroom, the corridor, the lawn, the floor in the train and other places, it can be said that he is really not very particular, to be precise, the boys are not too demanding in this regard.

He turned his head and found that Ling'er was in a daze, so he hurriedly asked with concern: "Ling'er, what's wrong with you, why are you silently in a daze alone?"

"Ah!" Ling'er was awakened by Zhang Fan's words, exclaimed, and then said, "I, do I have it?"

"Huh. Zhang Fan smiled and said, "Ling'er, you were really in a daze just now." ”

When Ling'er heard this, she just replied lightly: "Oh." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Fan hurriedly asked, "Ling'er, do you have something on your mind?"

"No, I don't. When Ling'er heard this, she hurriedly argued, "How can I have something on my mind." It's just that her tone is a little low, which makes her defense seem so pale and full of holes.

"Tell me about it. Zhang Fan saw that Ling'er had something buried in his heart, and he felt sorry for her, so he persuaded, "Maybe I can help you." ”

"Thank you, big brother. Ling'er replied, "Actually, the eldest brother has already helped Ling'er." ”

"How could it be?" Zhang Fan was stunned when he heard this, then he thought about it, patted his head suddenly, and said with some consternation: "It can't be?"

"That's right. Ling'er's tone was a little sad, and she replied with a slight choked up, "My parents disappeared during a vigil one night, and they may have been eaten by demons long ago. ”

"I'm sorry to remind you of your sadness. Seeing this, Zhang Fan immediately apologized, "I also thought about this before, but although black bears can kill people, it is somewhat impossible to kill hundreds of people in a row, after all, black bears are not short of brute beasts to make food, and they do not feed on people, and your parents may have another reason for their disappearance." ”

"Really?" Ling'er asked, "Then my parents may still be alive?"

"Maybe. Hearing this, Zhang Fan sighed and said, "But it's not very likely." After all, we don't know exactly what the black bear eats. ”

"Oh. Ling'er replied, "Regardless of them, let's sleep, you're tired all day." Then she ran to put it on, and got into the bed like a rabbit. Ling'er just saw a glimmer of hope for her parents' survival, so she didn't want to say any more, for fear that Zhang Fan would say other possibilities next and ruthlessly ruin the glimmer of hope in her heart.

Zhang Fan smiled when he saw this, and then silently returned to bed and fell asleep.