ordinary human life

Ye Dazhuang couldn't wait any longer, and immediately ran forward when he heard the words.

He Sihai and Wanwan hurriedly followed behind.

Chapter 597

Cao'er woke up from the dream in a daze, she seemed to hear her brother calling her.

Rubbing his eyes and looking around, the dark room was empty and empty.

Probably not awake yet, she was stunned for a while, when a gust of cold wind blew her awake completely, and hurriedly pulled the quilt next to her towards her body.

But the quilt was dirty and not warm at all.

And what she slept on was not a bed at all, but a nest made of straw with many old clothes on it.

This is warmer than the bed. She slept on the bed before, but she was often too cold to sleep in the middle of the night. Later, she found that the grass nest was the warmest, so she slept here.

Cao'er woke up cold and hungry, so he got up from "bed".

As for wearing clothes, there is no need at all, because she didn't take off her clothes when she slept, and it would be colder if she took off her clothes, so she never took off her clothes in winter, and naturally she didn't take a bath for many days, and her body smelled It smells weird, but she's used to it, it's better than freezing to death.

Cao'er walked to the corner of the house, where potatoes and sweet potatoes were piled up.

This was harvested from the field when my brother was alive, and it was planted by Aunt Yan in the village for them.

Some of these potatoes and sweet potatoes were moldy, and some had already sprouted, but for Cao'er, as long as he didn't starve to death, he didn't care about that.

Cao'er randomly picked up a few potatoes and went to the kitchen.

It is said to be a kitchen, but it is actually just a dilapidated shed with ventilation on all sides and rain leaking from the top.

There are two bowls on the pot table, one bowl contains salted beans, which was given by the neighbor's grandma.

There are some slices of meat at the bottom of the other bowl. This is bacon. It was brought by Teacher Yang last time. She was reluctant to eat it. It was oily and looked dry, and it was cold and frozen together, like a stone.

Cao'er knows how to cook, and she learned how to cook when she was very young.

She didn't bother to wash the potatoes, so she just put them in the pot.

Because it was too cold, Cao'er's hands were covered with chilblains, and when he touched cold water, the cold seemed to penetrate from the wound into his bones, making his bones tremble.

Cao'er knew that water had to be added to cook potatoes, otherwise the pot would burn out.

So he took a enamel washbasin with missing porcelain from the side and went outside.

There is a pressure well at the door, which was built by my grandfather when he was still there.

Cao'er put the enamel washbasin at the water outlet, and then took a look in. The ice floes inside had melted, so she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After pressing the handle hard twice, the well water gushed into the washbasin.

Cao'er didn't dare to hit too much, because she couldn't handle it too much, and the water might splash on her, which would be miserable.

When she got to the kitchen, she put the washbasin on the ground first, and then took out a gourd ladle from the dry water tank next to it.

This gourd scoop was picked up by my grandfather in the mountain stream.

There are also some crooked patterns on it, which are the same as ghost symbols.

Although there was little water in the washbasin, Cao'er still couldn't move it to the pot table, and poured it directly into the pot.

It's not that the pot is tall, but that Cao'er grows very short and thin, even though she is seven years old this year.

Cao'er spooned all the water from the washbasin into the pot with a gourd ladle.

She was preparing to live, but suddenly found that there was no more firewood.

Cao'er couldn't help being stunned, and then sighed deeply.

She was so hungry that she had no energy left.

But I had no choice but to go back to the house and find the rope my brother used to pick up firewood.

Then he staggered towards Erzi Mountain behind the village.

All the firewood on the outermost part of Erzi Mountain has been picked up, so I can only go inside. My brother used to not let her go inside. My brother said that there are big bad wolves on the mountain and they will eat her.

But now that her brother is gone, in order to collect firewood, she can only go inside.

The mountains in winter are full of dead grass and fallen leaves, which can actually be burned.

But it is too uncooked, and it takes a lot to cook a "meal". Except for the grandparents who are idle in the village, few people will take them home.

Because people in the village often go up the mountain, it is easier to walk on a wide road up the mountain.

But Cao'er chose a path.

After walking forward for about five or six minutes, there is a cemetery.

This is the ancestral grave of the villagers of Guaizhigou Village.

People in Guaizhigou Village are buried here after death.

Cao'er walked towards a small new grave.

This is my brother's grave. A few months ago my brother fell into a mountain and died in a stream, and was buried here.

It was buried by people from the village, and she didn't even see her brother's final appearance. The fourth uncle said that his brother's blisters were scary, and he would have nightmares if he saw it.

So the fourth uncle wrapped his brother tightly with a quilt, and then tied it in a circle with a rope. Cao'er thought that his brother must be very uncomfortable.

The villagers saw off a piece of the clothes cabinet in their house, put my brother in it, and buried him like this.

Cao'er put down the rope in her hand, sat on the grave, staring blankly at the sun in the sky, she missed her brother.

But she knew that if a person died, he would never come back, because grandpa was going to die a few years ago, so he never came back.

Grandpa is buried next to it, and the slightly larger grave is Grandpa.

But she couldn't figure out why they didn't come back because their parents were not dead.

Or rather, they are dead.

Cao'er just sat on the grave mound like this for an unknown how long, until her stomach growled again, and she finally realized that she was going to pick up firewood.

She picked up the rope thrown on the ground again, turned around and walked back to the main road, ready to go up the mountain to collect firewood again.

After walking for a while, she turned around, looked at her brother's grave, raised her arms and waved.

Then he turned around and left quickly, and the thin figure gradually faded away. Under the winter sun, even the shadow was so thin.

……

"Cao'er, Cao'er, I'm back..."

Ye Dazhuang ran home, looked at the empty room, and was taken aback for a moment, Cao'er was not at home.

He Sihai, who followed behind, put down his things, lit up the soul-inducing lamp in Wanwan's hand, looked around and said, "Did you go to school?"

Ye Dazhuang shook his head, "Cao'er didn't go to school this semester."

"Why not?" He Sihai asked with a frown.

Although the family is destitute, school is now free.

"No money." Ye Dazhuang said sadly.

"Do I still need to pay tuition to go to school here?" He Sihai asked with a frown.

Ye Dazhuang shook his head, "But the notebooks and pencils cost money, and there is also lunch at noon."

He Sihai was silent when he heard the words.

"Cao'er, Cao'er..." Ye Dazhuang started searching again.

He ran out of the house, to the kitchen.

In fact, there is nothing to look for, because in the true sense of the house, there is nowhere to hide a living person.

The house was dirty and dark, and there was a strange smell.

He Sihai saw the grass nest next to him, reached out his hand to touch it, and it was already cold.

He Sihai walked to the door, Wanwan hurriedly followed him.

"Do you know where else she can go?" He Sihai walked into the kitchen and asked Ye Dazhuang.

"Cao'er may have gone to the mountains to collect firewood." Ye Dazhuang said.

He saw the enamel washbasin on the floor and the potatoes soaking in water in the pot.

Because the potatoes have not been washed, the mud on the potatoes has been soaked in water, which looks like a pot of sewage.

"Then let's go to the mountain to find her." He Sihai said immediately.

Ye Dazhuang reacted and rushed out of the kitchen shouting "Cao'er, Cao'er".

Cao'er staggered home with the firewood he had picked up on his back.

Probably because she was so hungry, she had hallucinations, and heard her brother calling her again.

It was the same last time, when she had a high fever, she saw her brother, who also said a lot to her, although she didn't remember them all.

Later, it was the grandma next door who gave her medicine, and she told the grandma next door about it.

The grandma next door laughed and said how could a person come back after death, it was all her hallucination, it was fake.

But she felt that hallucinations were actually pretty good, even if they were fake, they were pretty good.

Chapter 598

"Cao'er, Cao'er..." Ye Dazhuang saw his younger sister coming back carrying firewood from a distance, and immediately went up to meet her excitedly.

"Cao'er, let my brother come." Ye Dazhuang ran to Cao'er and said excitedly.

Cao'er heard her brother's voice, she was carrying the firewood all the time, she bent over with difficulty, and looked forward.

Then I saw a big brother pulling a little sister walking towards her from the direction of his house.

Who are they?Cao'er's eyes were full of doubts.

"Cao'er? Cao'er?"

Only then did Ye Dazhuang react, and he left the range of the Soul Lamp.

He was about to walk back when He Sihai had already walked over with Wan Wan.

Ye Dazhuang's figure suddenly appeared beside Ye Cao'er.

Cao'er was taken aback and fell back.

With quick hands and eyes, Ye Dazhuang grabbed the rope on her shoulders and helped her stabilize her figure.

Cao'er stared blankly at Ye Dazhuang.

"Cao'er." Ye Dazhuang called softly again, and he came to his senses for fear of scaring his sister.

"Brother?" Cao'er called softly, his eyes were full of surprise and unbelievable feeling.

"It's me." Ye Dazhuang nodded slightly.

"Brother...Brother...wow..." Cao'er suddenly burst into tears.

She didn't cry on Ye Dazhuang's grave just now, because she cried too many times, so she stopped crying.

But seeing her brother standing in front of her eyes again, she finally couldn't help crying again.

"Oh, oh... Cao'er stop crying, Cao'er stop crying." Ye Dazhuang gently hugged her head and coaxed her.

Just like when I was a child, whenever Cao'er cried, Ye Dazhuang liked to hold her in his arms and coax her like this. Although he was very young at that time, it was very difficult to hold her, but he just came here.

Ye Dazhuang didn't coax Cao'er well, but he also started crying.

"Okay, don't cry, let's talk about it when we go home." He Sihai stepped forward and said.

Ye Dazhuang choked up and nodded.

Cao'er was still immersed in sadness, she didn't hear him, she didn't even look at him.

When He Sihai was about to untie the firewood on her shoulders, she realized that she was crying and looking at He Sihai.

"This is Lord Immortal, Cao'er was able to see me because of Lord Immortal." Ye Dazhuang said, wiping away tears.

Then he dragged the dazed, dazed Cao'er home.