The Wind of Sleepy Deer Village

Seeing that Tao Xiaoling was stunned, Lu Ming added, "I know it's hard to take back what I said, so I apologize to you."

In fact, from his point of view, Tao Xiaoling was lying down drunk that night, and Tao Xiaoling touched his palm, and after being caught by him, he talked nonsense, and he really felt offended.

The reason for apologizing today is to untie this knot. He used to be a stranger under the same roof. From now on, he has become a true friend. This is what he intends in his heart.

But from Tao Xiaoling's point of view, what happened that night couldn't be explained, and he was really wronged. "I've already forgotten." Tao Xiaoling came back to his senses, pretending to be relaxed; "It's okay, don't worry about it."

Lu Ming smiled slightly, turned his face and continued watching TV without moving away.

The two kept this ambiguous distance until the end of the movie.

This movie is good overall, but the ending is not as compact as the previous ones, and it is a bit procrastinated.

"When I was copying the movie, the clerk said it was actually two years ago."

"That's right, I haven't seen it before." Lu Ming was very busy in the past and didn't have much time for entertainment.

"There are still a few films here, let's watch them tomorrow."

"it is good."

People in the mountain went to bed early, although it was still early, the two of them turned off the player and went back to their rooms to rest.

Tao Xiaoling has been very diligent lately, and he has to practice every night before going to bed, but he owed too much debt before, no matter how hard he tried to make up for it, there was no rapid improvement.

Tonight, because of the episode just now, his mind was in a mess, and seeing that all his previous efforts were about to be wasted, he simply lay down and fell asleep.

The next day, the two of them sowed the rapeseed. In fact, neither of them had done farm work, so they took it for granted that they sowed the seeds, and then sprinkled a layer of soil to cover the seeds.

When he was about to finish his work, Xiao Mao ran over, "Brother Xiao Ling, there will be a torch festival tomorrow night in the village, have you prepared the torches?"

The Torch Festival is an annual festival in Kunlu Village. Too many things have happened recently, Tao Xiaoling has forgotten. He flicked off the dirt and grass clippings from his body, stood up, "Why are you running around again?"

Xiao Mao thought he was going to be beaten, so he stepped back quickly, and when he heard the sound of footsteps, he turned around and pointed at the second girl who was following behind, "I came with my aunt, and I didn't run around, so don't blame anyone."

Er Niu smiled and said: "It's okay if you don't prepare. Anyway, Changsheng made a lot of torches, which are enough. You can go directly to the threshing ground tomorrow night. Remember not to eat at night, and save your stomach for barbecue." In a word, she said it looking at Lu Ming.

Lu Ming smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Although there are some people in the village who don't eat like Tao Xiaoling, most of them still like to make food. They imitate humans and are naturally afraid of humans.

(change)

There is a very narrow road at the entrance of the Special Affairs Bureau located in an old community in M ​​City. There are Chinese pagoda tree planted on the side of the road. At this time, the leaves are all gone, and the cold wind blows, making the street even more bleak.

There is a small coffee shop behind the locust tree diagonally across from the office. There are two people sitting in the corner. One of them is the investigator who went to Kunluzhai a few days ago, and the other is also a man. He is wearing a hat. The brim of the hat was pulled down very low.

"You suspect that I leaked the news?" The man in the hat had an inexplicable smile on his lips.

"Isn't it?" The investigator took a sip of his coffee and put down his cup.

"Motivation, what is my motivation for doing this?"

Look carefully, there is a tear mole under the man's eye, black, the size of a grain of rice.

"Hate." The investigator said concisely.

"Have you forgotten? I only hate you." He put on his gloves, as if he didn't want to stay here any longer. "Give me a pass, I want to go in and have a look."

The investigator said, "It's really not you?"

The man had already put on his gloves. He leaned over against the table and stared into the investigator's eyes, "If it were me, those two idiots wouldn't have been caught by the police. They've already been caught. Why are you so anxious?" , are you afraid that you will not be able to ask? Or, you already know it in your heart, and you are eager to find someone to take the post?"

The investigator was stared at by his cold and strong eyes, feeling a little uncomfortable, and forcibly changed the subject, "How many years have passed, why do you suddenly want to go back at this time?"

The man sat back and said: "I was summoned by you. Since I'm here, I should go back and have a look."

The investigator knew that he couldn't tell the truth, so he took out a sign from his pocket and threw it across the table, "Don't make trouble."

The man put the sign in his arms without looking at it, smiled, "Don't worry."

(change)

As Lu Ming grew up, this was the first time he participated in such an open-air activity at night.

There were no stars and no moon in the sky, it was dark, and there was a big bonfire burning in the middle of the threshing ground. When they entered the threshing ground, each of them was stuffed with a torch by Er Niu, and then everyone lined up to light the bonfire Torch in hand.

"What are you going to do next?" Lu Ming lit the torch, feeling very novel, couldn't help asking Tao Xiaoling who was standing in front of him.

"Walk around the village with a torch." Tao Xiaoling smiled lowly.

"What's the point?"

"The implication is to get rid of evil spirits, which is almost the same as setting off firecrackers during the Spring Festival."

"So it is."

After the torches in everyone's hands were lit, the old patriarch led everyone slowly away from the threshing ground. He closed his lips and chanted, and the people behind him also chanted.Lu Ming couldn't understand, but seeing that everyone looked solemn and mysterious, he couldn't ask any questions, so he walked silently in the middle of the team.

After walking around the stockade, everyone returned to the threshing ground, still lining up and throwing the torches in their hands to the bonfire in the field, and the flames instantly became much higher.This is the end of the funeral ceremony.

After the end, the old people were busy around the barbecue grill next to the bonfire, while the young people gathered together in twos and threes to sing and dance.

"Are you hungry?" Tao Xiaoling smelled the smell of meat and turned to ask Lu Ming.

Just after walking around for a long time, Lu Ming was slightly sweating, and his slightly sweaty face shone with a strange brilliance in the night wind and flames. After being depressed for many days, he seemed to suddenly come back to life, and his whole body was filled with energy. , Tao Xiaoling was a little stunned.

"Yeah." Lu Ming met his eyes, and after a while, he naturally looked away and looked at the bonfire over there, "Go and see what's delicious."

The two got up and walked to the barbecue grill. Erniu runs a farmhouse and is very good at barbecue. She is the master chef tonight, and the others are helping her.

"The hare's legs are roasted, you can eat first."

Tao Xiaoling was not polite at all, picked up a burnt brown rabbit leg from the food plate and handed it to Lu Ming, and picked out a piece with less meat and gnawed it.

"How does it taste?" Er Niu freed her hand, wiped the sweat from her forehead with her arm, and asked back.

"Very good." Lu Ming said with a smile.

Xiao Mao and his 'mother' came from the side, toasted Lu Ming with glutinous rice wine, and expressed their thanks to him again.

Lu Ming drank it readily, and after a while, Chang Sheng, the successor of the patriarch, also came over with the wine.The people in the village were very enthusiastic, and people came to toast one after another. After a while, Lu Ming got a little drunk. He took a piece of rabbit meat and went to the corner to sit down and hide from the drink. From time to time, he looked at the laughing crowd in the field. Probably he didn't notice it himself, he was mainly paying attention to Tao Xiaoling, he danced hand in hand with everyone, clinked glasses and drank with others, he seemed very happy.

After a while, the patriarch waved to Tao Xiaoling, he ran over quickly, the patriarch planned to go back and asked him to come and see him off.Tao Xiaoling supported the old man's arm and walked a few steps. When he remembered something, he turned around again. Lu Ming realized that he was looking for him. He made a gesture, Lu Ming said that he knew, and watched them leave.

After sitting for a while, Lu Ming suddenly frowned, because he calmed down and observed carefully, he suddenly found that the population of this village was a bit strange.

First of all, the ratio of men to women is uncoordinated. There are many men, and there seems to be only two young women. If it is said that they all go to the city to work, that is not true. At least there should be many middle-aged and elderly women in their 50s, but there are not many here.Secondly, there are too few children, only Xiao Mao.

Although he had been in Kunlu Village for a long time, except for the time when Xiao Mao disappeared, the people in the village rarely got together. He had no chance to see so many people, so this was the first time he saw everyone in the village.

Xiao Mao ran over bouncingly, carrying two bunches of freshly roasted mushrooms in his hands, and when he came up to him, he handed one bunch to Lu Ming, and gnawed on the other bunch himself.

"I've only met your mother, but I haven't met your father yet. Did your father go out to work?" Lu Ming asked while pinching a mushroom.

"What's daddy?" Xiaomao asked vaguely as he took a bite of the mushroom.

Could it be that his father died when he was very young?But even so, you shouldn't know what a father is, right?Lu Ming suppressed his doubts, "I see that there are only adults here, and there are no children playing with you?"

"It's always been like this." Xiao Mao said disapprovingly.

"Is there any place in your village where you can study? You are so old, it's time for kindergarten."

Xiao Mao didn't quite understand what reading and kindergarten meant, so he shook his head blankly.

Lu Ming saw someone approaching and changed the subject, "Are mushrooms delicious?"

Xiao Mao laughed immediately, "It's delicious."

Lu Ming raised his hand and rubbed his head, "Go and play."

The old patriarch is old, and his spiritual energy is not as strong as the young ones. It is not suitable to be outdoors for a long time in such a cold night, not to mention that after walking for so long, he just lay down and fell asleep after returning home. Tao Xiaoling helped him tuck the quilt, Close the door, walk across the arch bridge to the threshing ground in the distance, and you can hear singing all the way.

A person suddenly turned out of the oblique stab, blocking Tao Xiaoling's face.

Tao Xiaoling was only a member of the village at the time, and didn't care, "It's not over yet, why are you back?"

I just heard the voice say coldly: "I've been away for so long that I forgot that today is the Torch Festival."

Tao Xiaoling was startled, "You are not from the village, who are you?"

The man raised his hand, took off his hat, and looked up at Tao Xiaoling, "I still know you, why don't you know me?"

In the moonlight, the tear mole at the corner of the man's eye was obvious, and Tao Xiaoling's pupils suddenly dilated, "You, you..."

"I'm back." The man said with a half smile.