Nan Chan

When old man Chen fell to the ground, Zhou's face was spattered with blood.She cried and cried, bowed and curled up, wiping the wet sticky face with trembling fingertips, and shouted: "It has nothing to do with me! It has nothing to do with me...don't kill me!"

Zhou's chestnut chestnut was afraid, and crawled towards Caoyu on all hands and feet.

"I'm her auntie, auntie!" Zhou pressed Cao Yu desperately into her arms, "We depend on each other for life! We are always him...it's him!" She pointed at Chen Ren in a voiceless voice, "Both of them He beat and scolded me! He still wants to attack Cao Yu, Cao Yu, Cao Yu is so small, I will not obey...I will not obey! Don't kill me!"

Donglin's tiger's mouth was stained with blood, so he changed his pocket knife and wiped the blood off his robe one by one.He looked at Zhou, like the kind of eyes he met everywhere on the street.After he wiped his hands clean, he beckoned at Mrs. Zhou.

Zhou's hair stood on end, she pressed Cao Yu tightly, refusing to approach.Cao Yu struggled in her arms, and the little girl cried out hoarsely, calling "Uncle Dong".Zhou was in a state of panic, as if he was holding a life-saving straw, and Cao Yu couldn't breathe.

"I love her like a mother and daughter!" Zhou cried out in a hoarse voice, "You spare me...you can't kill me! If you kill me, what will the child do? Cao Yu will be afraid, so You... you spared me!" She cried and turned Cao Yu's head, pushing towards Donglin.Urging, "You, you tell him that my aunt treats you well! Cao Yu, ah, Cao Yu, you say...you say it!"

Cao Yu shook her head in resistance, Zhou pinched her arm and said in a sad voice, "Say...you say it, you say it!"

Dong Lin took a step forward, Zhou Shi was like a frightened bird, leaning against the wall with nowhere to escape, so he dragged Cao Yu in front of him to block it.The woman held on to the grass, her hair was disheveled, her eyes were red, and she still said: "A good man...give me a break! I have never shorted her for food and clothing! I treat her well, and I treat her well!"

But even though she tried her best, crying and wailing, it still didn't move Donglin.Dong Lin didn't even utter a word, his figure covered the dim light and completely suppressed Zhou's last hope.Zhou was on the verge of madness, she suddenly tightened Cao Yu's neck.

"Forgive me, forgive me! Otherwise, I'll strangle her to death! Everyone's done! If I can't live, she can't live either!"

Cao Yu was frightened and cried, pushing and shoving Mrs. Zhou, choking on the strangulation, so she could only beat on Mrs. Zhou's chest vigorously, and shouted, "Uncle Dong, save me!"

Donglin kicked Mrs. Zhou violently, and Mrs. Zhou rolled on the ground crying.Donglin picked up Cao Yu, and the scissors in her palm fell to the ground with a clang. She hugged Donglin's neck and burst into tears: "Uncle Dong...Uncle Dong..."

Zhou Shi slipped down and lay down, the blood on her chest soaked the front of her clothes.She was still breathing, and there was a "grunt" in her throat, and she clutched her chest in disbelief.

Qian Weishi slipped and sat on the threshold.He was in a state of confusion, and was excited by the redness of this place: "Kill...killed..."

Chen Ren crawled with both arms, and shouted: "Help... Master, help me! The two of them, the two of them killed people..." He grabbed Qian Weishi's leg and begged tearfully, "Master, master, help me! "

Qian Weishi shivered and squeezed backwards, while Chen Ren grabbed his leg tightly.Qian Weishi fumbled for the ground, picked up the broken bowl and smashed it down on Chen Ren's face.

"Go to hell..." Qian Weishi said, "Bastard!"

Chen Ren collapsed on the ground, not knowing what to do.Qian Weishi threw away the broken bowl in a panic, bumped it a few times before getting up.He moved towards the winter forest in fear, almost falling again when he stepped on the pool of blood.He was almost out of his wits with fear, but he still raised his arms tentatively.

"Cao Yu..." Qian Weishi burst into tears, "Cao Yu..."

Cao Yu looked up at him, crying out of breath.Qian Weishi covered her eyes, and said to Donglin, "You... run away..."

Dong Lin said: "Wu Zuo will check the body. If the wound is not the same, the government will notice something is wrong. If I run away, Gu Shen will not believe that you did it."

"Then what should we do!" Qian Weishi exclaimed. He looked at Mrs. Zhou, saw that she was about to die, and said in fear, "What should they do with Caoyu? I'll tell them, Chen Ren..."

Dong Lin turned around and interrupted him: "Who are you, girl?"

Qian Weishi flinched and said, "I...I am..."

He uttered a word in even more embarrassment, making Donglin look at him fixedly after hearing this, his arms were already loosened.Cao Yu dragged Dong Lin's hand and was embraced by Qian Weishi.She was blindfolded, so she could only hold Donglin's hand and ask over and over again: "Uncle Dong...won't Uncle Dong come with me...I want to be with Uncle Dong!"

Donglin raised his hand to rub her hair, just for a moment.He turned his head and said, "You take her first to the Tongming Money Shop on Wuliu Street in Dongshi, I'll be there later."

Qian Weishi said: "What should a chivalrous man do?"

"Heroes." Donglin read these two words silently, and said, "It's all about dealing with the aftermath, you guys go now. Besides."

He flipped the knife in his hand, leaving Qian Weishi with a back.

"I'm not a knight, I'm a desperado."

Ah Hong was awakened by the old widow's murmurs. He rubbed his eyes and got up, and muttered to the old widow, "I want to pee."

The old widow put her arms around him and whispered, "My dear grandson, it won't work, let's wait..."

"I want to pee!" Ah Hong kicked his legs, pushed the old widow away, slid off the bed, and ran out the door with his pants up.

The old widow put on her clothes and touched her crutches, chasing after her, saying: "Hunger, slow down! Come back quickly after peeing, it's cold outside! Don't look next door, ah, his house is not a good thing. Go pick up vegetables with grandma tomorrow, don't Playing with that little whore is so dirty."

Ahong took off his pants in a daze, facing the corner, listening to his grandmother's cliché.

"A bitch gives birth to a bitch, baby Jinsun, you can't touch her! She's sick. The little girl has a lot of eyes, and she coaxed Mr. Qian into confusion all day long, and gave her everything. Do you have any candies? I gave them to her! Look at that Chen Ren, he’s not a good thing either, he’s all pickled goods, even his own niece! Bah! Hong’er, Hong’er, you can’t undress like them , It's very dirty! It's cheap to the bone!"

Ah Hong yawned and pulled up his pants. He looked down at the blood gurgling down the wall.Hot and viscous blood crossed the soles of his shoes and merged with the yellow stains he left behind.He stepped on the stones, climbed up to the top of the wall, and looked over.

The lights in the Chen family's inner room were still on, casting a dim yellow light on the courtyard.Uncle Chen was gagged and dragged out of the inner room with his eyes wide open. He was still alive, and his chest heaved violently.

A man with his back on his back picked up the latch stick.

"I've talked to you." Dong Lin knelt down and straightened Chen Ren's face. "What did I talk to you?"

With a cloth stuffed in his mouth, Chen Ren shook his head frantically.

"You remember." Dong Lin looked down at him and whispered, "I'll let you remember."

Chen Ren said "hmm" and stared at Donglin in despair.

Dong Lin took a deep breath into his palm and said, "Your house ran out of gas, which saved you. But I'm worried that you won't remember the pain on the road to Huangquan, so I still have to warn you."

Chen Ren saw that the wooden stick was raised high, falling from top to bottom, getting closer and closer.He moved his body vigorously, screaming indistinctly.The sound of the beating made Ahong's nose sour, and he covered his face in fear, and at the last moment of falling from the stone, he saw the man turn his head, his eyes piercing the ground like a ghost, and he cried.

The old widow rushed to look for him, and he threw himself into his grandmother's arms, shaking with fear, and the old widow's repeated chanting was still in his ears.

"Master Qian looks down on our orphans and widowed mothers... Don't look for him in the future! Tell him to continue with that little whore... They're not doing anything clean... Maybe they are cuddling together somewhere! Hong'er... Does Hong'er remember? Good grandson, don't talk to Mrs. Qian..."

Ahong nodded carelessly, and continued, "Master Qian...Master Qian..."

It was not until late at night that Donglin washed his hands. He carefully folded his belt and entered the door.Qian Weishi woke up first, and Chen Caoyu had already fallen asleep in his arms with swollen eyes.

Donglin got down on one knee and looked at the little girl for a while.Qian Weishi gestured for him to hug him, but he shook his head and refused to accept it.

"I..." Donglin said, "My hands are dirty."

He just stared like this for a long time, then suddenly bent down and touched Cao Yu's forehead with his forehead.

Cao Yu was dazed and half awake, and read: "Uncle Dong..."

"That's it." Dong Lin said, "Uncle actually doesn't know how to fly to the sky and escape from the earth. I lied to you like this, I shouldn't lie to you."

Cao Yu's eyes are close at hand, and the little girl's pupils are clear and bright, allowing Donglin to let go of her filth.

"Did you find her?" Cao Yu asked with concern.

Donglin said: "I found it. I want to go somewhere else with her, and I won't be able to see you from now on."

Tears slowly welled up in Cao Yu's eyes, and she wiped them away: "Uncle Dong, can't you take me with you this time?"

"She won't be happy." Donglin said, "She and her mother have been waiting for me for many years."

Cao Yu said: "Then if I don't go with you, but only see you, isn't it okay?"

"Zhongdu is so wide." Donglin said, "You must not be able to find me, so why waste your efforts. Now that the bad guys are gone, you only need to live happily and repay my kindness. From now on, I will get you from the water You don’t need to remember that scene.”

"Are you leaving me?"

"...I will never abandon you." Donglin's Adam's apple rolled, and he said with difficulty, "Don't cry..."

He looked at Cao Yu's weeping face, but the rain in late autumn rang in his ears.

"My daughter got on the carriage to the north through here. Where is she? You tell me, and I will look for it myself."

"Donglin. There's no need to go."

"Why not go!"

"...Donglin." The old friend looked away, "It snowed heavily on the way back then, and all the girls in that car...all froze to death."

I'm freezing to death.

Donglin couldn't help lowering his head, tears rolling down tremblingly.He opened his mouth a few times, but stopped abruptly, just looked up dejectedly, and smiled hard at Cao Yu.

"How could I leave you?" Donglin said hoarsely, "But I have stayed for too long, I have lived in the winter night without seeing the sun for a long time, leaving is a kind of temptation for me. Uncle thinks..." He said to Shang Caoyu With tears in his eyes, he suddenly lost his voice, but still insisted on speaking completely, "...I want to be free."

Cao Yu reached out and touched Dong Lin's cheek, she said, "Did I..." She choked up, "I made Uncle very sad."

Dong Lin gently pressed her little palm and said, "You make me live a braver life than I have in the past few decades."

Cao Yu whispered, "But I don't want to be separated from Uncle."

"Our roads are different." Donglin said, "You go forward, and we will leave here."

With rare stubbornness, Cao Yu leaned against Donglin's cheek, shook her head desperately, and cried, "I don't want to be separated from Uncle."

Dong Lin got up and backed away, Cao Yu struggled, she wanted to get out of Qian Weishi's arms, but Qian Weishi hugged her tightly.Seeing Donglin turn around to leave, she couldn't help but choked and shouted: "Uncle Dong... Uncle Dong!"

She seemed to want to shed all the tears of the past and the future here, and even bit her lip, and hugged her arm with Qian Weishi.Cao Yu was heartbroken, buried her head in biting Qian Weishi's arm, and sobbed sadly in her throat.Qian Weishi hugged her tightly, Cao Yu could only see Donglin opened the door and looked back at her sideways.

"Uncle is gone."

Cao Yu felt that the door didn't seem to be blocking the plank, but it seemed to be blocking the sky.Even if she cries and beats, Donglin will only watch her from afar.He left her in a place that he could never get close to, just like the place where his daughter, who he could never catch up with, survived.

Cao Yu's teary eyes were hazy, seeing him for the last time, that figure gradually disappeared with Qi Ye.Then the eaves refract the light, revealing the light of the new morning.

Winter is gone.