Han Xing Yuan Gu

Because that knife is too heavy.

The windows are made of glass inside a wooden frame, perhaps because single men live alone and are not afraid of thieves, and there are no iron fences, which provides convenience for Li Gu.He weighed the knife in his hand, knowing that he only had one chance, and if the glass didn't break if something happened, neither he nor Ji Hanxing would have a second chance.Ji Hanxing also became nervous. Fortunately, he didn't know that Li Gu was coming alone, and there was no reinforcement behind him.

Ji Hanxing stepped back, and the man followed him forward.Holding the knife, Li Gu made two gestures in the void, and finally waved his hand, and swung the tip of the knife towards the brittle glass in the cold winter night.

stab.

It was as if the sound of the sky and the earth being split rang in Li Gu's ears, and his frozen face could only feel something splashing on his face, leaving a slight tingling pain.And the man in the room turned around following the sound, and saw the young man with a few streaks of blood on his face. At this moment, he finally stopped giving people the illusion of being obedient and bullying. In the cold and dark night, the flames of anger in his eyes were amazingly bright.

Although the man was a little sluggish under the influence of alcohol, his reaction was not slow after all. He rushed forward without any hesitation, and grabbed Ji Hanxing by the neck.White and slender, the neck of a little boy.If it weren't for the bad timing, he would almost let out a sigh of enjoyment.Ji Hanxing's eyes overflowed with pain, "Let him go." Li Gu's voice sounded broken and hoarse.The man grinned, and after a moment of panic, he realized that no one else had come over. He looked at the two children again, and his annoyance inspired him to take revenge.Holding Ji Hanxing's neck, he gave Li Gu a demonstrative look.

"Throw the knife to me." The man said, because it was too close, the small space was full of the man's alcohol smell.

Just as he was enjoying Li Gu's struggling eyes, Ji Hanxing took out a piece of broken porcelain from his pocket with his other hand, and the sharp corner scratched the skin of the man's tiger's mouth.The moment he subconsciously let go because of the pain, Li Gu slashed at his leg with a knife.

Ji Hanxing ran to Li Gu's side quickly when he was free, and the man fell to the ground clutching his bleeding thigh.Li Gu's eyes were bloodshot, and he picked up the stool next to him and threw it at him. This blow was hard enough for the man, and there was a muffled sound when the wood collided with the flesh.After a long time, he didn't get up, he just cursed the beast and let out a painful wail.Li Gu also seemed to be delirious. After being extremely cold, sleepy and frightened, he grabbed a knife and walked towards the man who had no power to resist. His eyes were almost bleeding. He wanted to kill someone.

Ji Hanxing grabbed him: "Brother, don't!"

Li Gu just woke up from a dream.

In the end, he crushed a few feet on the man's nipples, and repeated the same trick, found a rope and tied him a butcher's knot.Many years later, Li Gu recalled that he was not reminded not to kill people, but at that moment he suddenly realized that Ji Hanxing was watching.

Ji Hanxing's neck turned red from being pinched, Li Gu knelt down and stretched out his hand tremblingly: "I'm sorry..."

Ji Hanxing rushed over and hugged him.

you sleep, i watch you

Before leaving, Li Gu cut off the man's phone line and stuffed his mouth with a dirty rag.

When he took Ji Hanxing downstairs, he held the child's hand tightly, but didn't dare to look at Ji Hanxing more.Even knowing that he was in the dark corridor, Ji Hanxing couldn't find his gaze.

Just now, there was a surge of anger and blood, and the pain and discomfort in the body were negligible. Now I realized that there was severe pain from the broken leg. Li Gu bit his lip to avoid screaming, the big bean Sweat beaded from the core of the hair.

After escaping from the man's house, the two of them did not dare to slack off. This area looked dilapidated and closed. With the man's behavior first, Li Gu really couldn't tell the good from the bad to the people around him, so he didn't dare to bring Ji Hanxing to seek help from others nearby. .So he took the child and ran all the way to the place where the lights were on.

It wasn't until he saw a taxi with a regular license plate that he stopped one and said he was going to the police.Heaving a sigh of relief in the car, Li Gu moved his ankle secretly. The sharp pain had turned into a dull pain, but he didn't want to tell Ji Hanxing, so he gritted his teeth and wiped it secretly. sweat.

Li Gu hadn't been out of the mountains much, so he didn't know that the bus heading south had actually taken him across the border between the two places.Even if Ji Zhiqing wants to come over now, he can only take tomorrow's bus at the earliest.

The policeman on duty that the two met was a young man with a clean shaven short cut, and two thick eyebrows that made him look a bit thick.Judging by their age, they had just started working not long ago. When they heard about their situation, they were taken aback for a while, and then hurriedly said that they would inform their masters to bring them back.He hadn't received this kind of case by himself, so he was a little flustered in handling it.Seeing them in a state of disarray, he patted his head again, remembering that the most urgent thing is to settle these two children, the young man brought them hot water, and after wiping them, he found that Li Gu's face was covered with wounds caused by glass shards. Ji Hanxing's condition was better, and he covered the scary pinch marks with a scarf but nothing could be seen.The two children were too young to be placed in the guest house alone, so the little policeman decided to put them in the duty room for a night.When the person who changed the guard came, he went to notify his master.

Li Gu simply wiped his face, and took the initiative to take care of Ji Hanxing.When he lowered his head to wash Ji Hanxing's feet, Li Gu wanted to cry a little. He buried his head and refused to lift it up. Everything happened too fast, and his age hadn't taught him to get along with his self-blame.Every step he took to find Ji Hanxing was so risky, even if he had a slight mistake in his thinking, the two of them might not be able to see each other now.The way that man looked at Ji Hanxing made Li Gu's hair stand cold when he recalled it.

The superposition of fear and anger fueled his guilt, and Li Gu felt that he was very wrong.

Ji Hanxing stared at the top of his head thoughtfully, but obediently did not speak.

After soaking in the hot water for a while, Ji Hanxing's feet gradually warmed up, and Li Gu asked with some difficulty, "Did he treat you...?" But he didn't know how to say that, he was only 14 years old, I still don't know how to deal with those secret and undiscussed things, let alone let him ask Ji Hanxing.Just thinking about asking him, Li Gu felt that he had insulted the child once.However, Li Gu, a young illiterate at that time, didn't know how to write the word profane. He only knew that he hated this feeling, like throwing mud ideas at Ji Hanxing. Ji Hanxing is such a clean and noble person. Children, these words should not be mentioned in front of him.Li Gu felt even more ashamed and embarrassed for asking this question.

Ji Hanxing blinked, took the towel in his hand, wiped off the water on his feet, and said calmly: "No, the clothes on me are all good, and I don't feel uncomfortable." at ease.Ji Hanxing tilted his head and looked at him, calmly no different from when he was taught to read: "Grandpa Ji told me not to let strangers touch the part below the underwear, I know that person is very strange, he is not a good person. Li Gu pursed his lips, suppressed violent thoughts, avoided his gaze, and stuffed him into the bed: "Don't think about him, go to sleep."

He took care of everything, but he said nothing about going to bed.Half of it was because he didn't dare to sleep, he had to keep his eyes open to see Ji Hanxing, and the other half was because he felt that he had done something wrong.

The child whispered a few words of persuasion, but Li Gu didn't come up. Ji Hanxing knew that he might not be able to figure it out for a while, so he changed his method and said softly, "Brother, can you come up? It's cold under the quilt." Li Guyi Surprised, terrified, why did he forget to be in bed in winter, so he stuffed Ji Hanxing in it without thinking!Li Gu blamed himself even more, and asked for a hot water bottle to fill it up for Ji Hanxing to hold in front of him.I sat next to him with a dusty coat on: "Brother won't leave, you go to sleep, I'll watch you."

Ji Hanxing had nothing to do with him, he didn't know that Li Gu wanted to sleep too, but his ankles were swollen so high that he couldn't even take off his shoes.

At night, Li Gu finally couldn't resist the drowsiness and slumped down. Ji Hanxing didn't dare to move him to wake him up, so he quietly distributed half of the quilt for him. He actually woke up from a nightmare, and Ji Hanxing didn't care as much as he did. .Waking up in the nightmare and seeing Li Gu's face reassured him. The bad incident made the two children not sleep well enough. Li Gu stretched his hands and feet in his dream, and called Xingxing, Xingxing, Ji Hanxing pulled the quilt on him with his small hands, and patted him lightly: "Brother, I'm here. You rescued me."

give stars

The result of Li Gu being a hero was that his feet were so swollen that he couldn't walk the next day, Ji Hanxing noticed it even if he didn't say anything.Li Gu was so embarrassed that he seemed to have been caught for doing something wrong. "Is there any other injury?" Ji Hanxing asked.Li Gu didn't plan to say it at first, but when his other hand was suddenly pinched, he couldn't help crying out in pain. That hand was punctured by the rust on the iron pipe. He didn't dare to hold Ji Hanxing with this hand yesterday. .Seeing the child's face change, Li Gu wanted to explain to Ji Hanxing, but Ji Hanxing turned his head, pursed his lips, and refused to talk to him.Li Gu had never been able to figure out what was going on in his clever little head, he just felt aggrieved and annoyed at himself, Ji Hanxing ignored him, probably because he had really done something wrong.

At the other end, Ji Zhiqing hurried over, and when he saw Ji Hanxing, he froze in place for a moment, his eyes fixed on him, as if he wanted to tell the truth from the fake, his hands couldn't help shaking, and finally he knelt down and hugged him. Ji Hanxing couldn't say a word.Compared to Ji Hanxing, who was full of beards and tails, Li Gu looked more like the one who was kidnapped, not only described as embarrassed, but also terribly wounded.Ji Zhiqing didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly took the two children to the big hospital here. Just listening to Li Gu's report on the way felt thrilling, but now holding Ji Hanxing in his arms, he still couldn't believe that the children were really like this He was rescued by Li Gu and came back.Ji Zhiqing hadn't recovered from what happened in the past few days, and didn't notice the awkwardness between the two children.

When he went to register, he asked Ji Hanxing to help Li Gu, whose other leg could no longer land on the ground. Ji Hanxing responded sullenly, and helped him up in an orderly manner, but insisted not to look at him directly.Li Gu called him a little cowardly, "Xing Xing."

"Yeah." Ji Hanxing seemed to agree reluctantly, and was still awkward.

The second monk, Li Guzhang, couldn't figure out where he had offended Ji Hanxing, so he had to say in a low voice: "Is it tiring to help me, you can let me stand by myself, I still have a foot. "It's okay if you don't say it, but after saying it, Ji Hanxing stared at him suddenly, his eyes were still red: "Do you want to be lame?"

Li Gu panicked, he had never seen Ji Hanxing like this before, and he didn't see Ji Hanxing crying when he brought Ji Hanxing out of that pervert's house. Cry. I don’t, I don’t want to be a cripple, what’s the matter with you?” Ji Hanxing glanced at him resentfully, wiped his eyes quickly, and pursed his mouth again, refusing to talk to him, with a look of being baffled Looked pissed off.This temper was quite strong, and it lasted until the doctor said that Li Gu's foot could be cured. After all, he was young, and although he came a bit late, it would not leave any serious sequelae.

Coming out of the hospital, Ji Zhiqing sincerely thanked Li Gu, not the kind of praise an adult would give to a child, but took two steps back, facing Li Gu who was standing upright, and bowed deeply.If Li Gu hadn't had a bad foot, he would have jumped up on the spot in fright.The three of them went back by car, met the old village head who was staying behind in the town, boarded the scooter again and set foot on the road back to Ningchuan.

This incident never came to disturb the lives of the two children.But Ji Zhiqing didn't know what he had communicated with the police. The abduction incident attracted great attention, and followed the clues to involve a whole blood-stained industrial chain.It was only later that Li Gu found out that it was because of Ji Hanxing's deceased father. His father was posthumously awarded a medal after his sacrifice, and Ji Hanxing was the only relative he left in the world.His old leader has always cared about Ji Hanxing's life. What he said to Ji Zhiqing that day was: We can't make such a child disappointed in the world.

Ji Hanxing was rescued by Li Gu, but Li Gu was too embarrassed to ask him to play with him.According to his original personality, if he finally became a hero, he must gather the shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the mountains to gather together and listen to him tell about his heroic deeds. If he made a wrong step, he might never see Ji Hanxing again. Li Gu couldn't take this as an achievement. He was just glad that fate favored him at the last moment.

For many nights after that, Li Gu could still clearly recall the feeling of wanting to kill someone when he thought of that man,

The old village chief was furious when he saw him walking with one foot deep and one foot shallow, but he was also a little proud. The monkey in the mountain finally began to look like an adult—— Growth begins with learning to take responsibility.The village chief patted him on the back: "You dog, run around and break your legs next time." Li Gu snorted, he didn't dare to run away, and he didn't dare to push Ji Hanxing out.

As the weather got colder, Li Gu huddled in the room to study every day. Thinking of the child's red eyes that day, he still didn't understand what provoked him, so he didn't dare to go to Ji Hanxing.He remembered what Ji Zhiqing asked him before, and decided in his heart to go to junior high school and change some things.After staying in the house for three or two days, the pain in his feet got better. He dragged out the small package that he had hidden before leaving under the bed, which contained the ink bought for Ji Hanxing and a new exercise book, as well as colored books. Glass beads and candies.

Li Gu thought for a while, wiped the small package clean, and stuck a small note inside, which was his recognizable hard-working and ugly words: "To the stars."

Li Gu took it and hopped on one foot all the way to Ji Zhiqing's door.When he was about to knock on the door, he hesitated again, and instead decided to put the thing on the window and run, oh no, he can only jump now.

Li Zizi hadn't dropped the small package on the window sill when the window was pushed open, and Ji Hanxing's face appeared. He quietly glanced at Li Gu: "Come in."

Li Gu rolled in timidly.

hard boiled eggs

Li Gu was eager to learn, but his level was really poor.If you do it step by step, I'm afraid you will have to ask your classmates to be at the same table with him while calling him uncle.Ji Zhiqing comprehensively considered the psychological pressure that older transfer students might bring to other children, as well as Li Gu's own face-bearing ability, and finally suggested curve to save the country, let him start from the ordinary junior high school in the town.Although the level of the middle school in that town is not like a junior high school at all, at least it can be used as a springboard, so that it will not be too difficult to adapt academically. After I can integrate into the teaching atmosphere and rhythm of the city, I will not be able to transfer to a better school. Late.

Li Gu is already 14 years old, he may not be able to see it in the mountains, but compared with the children of the same age in the city, he looks a bit thin and small, although his skin is solid, he is not tall and straight enough.Maybe it's because boys develop late in the first place, and now they look weird and distressing.Ever since he came back after saving Ji Hanxing, Ji Zhiqing paid more attention to him. In the past, it was only a reasonable concern, but now it even seems kind and loving.Especially looking at his diligent appearance of plunging headlong into the sea of ​​books recently, I feel a little better in my heart.

So Ji Zhiqing evened out a portion of the eggs that the villagers gave him, and cooked an extra one for him every morning, and asked Ji Hanxing to give him to eat.The hard-boiled eggs in winter can be taken out to warm hands, and then taken out to eat when it is not so hot.Ji Hanxing took out an egg from his pocket and put it in front of him: "This is from Uncle Educated Youth." Then he took out a second egg from another pocket, looked at it with a good look, and put it in the same place. When he came to Li Gu, he said, "I gave this to you."

Li Gu was quite surprised, this is really too precious a gift, picked up the egg that was still hot, and looked at him again: "Is this what the teacher asked you to eat?"

"Hmm..." Ji Hanxing was a little embarrassed.

Li advised him: "Why don't you eat it yourself?" Could it be saved for me?Li Gu was a little puzzled in his heart, and because of this doubt, he was a little moved and secretly happy.Seeing Ji Hanxing handing over the eggs with a calm face, he felt that children were so much fun, and he had to act like a little adult even if he just wanted to feed others something to eat.

Unexpectedly... "I don't like egg yolks." Ji Hanxing said.

Li Gu was taken aback for a moment, and then read some expectation from Ji Hanxing's clear and calm eyes as always.Li Gu suddenly understood, and said very actively and self-consciously: "Then, I will eat the egg yolk, and I will give you the egg white."

Hearing this, Ji Hanxing slightly bent the corners of his mouth, pushed the egg towards him with some restraint, and slightly lifted his chin.Li Gu wiped his hands and peeled the egg like a dog.

The tender egg white was peeled off, trembling slightly seductively.Li Gu was embarrassed to break it off with his hands, so he held it to Ji Hanxing's mouth and sent it to Ji Hanxing's mouth.Ji Hanxing opened his mouth to eat, Li Gu squeezed out the egg yolk, wrapped it in one bite, and fed the rest of the egg white to Ji Hanxing.Ji Hanxing is a child after all, and Ji Zhiqing usually doesn't let him be picky eaters, and he has to eat all boiled eggs. The supplies in the mountains are very rare and should not be wasted.Even Grandpa Ji, who used to pamper him, would not give him half of the food and throw the other half away. If he didn't eat, Grandpa Ji would finish it by himself, but Grandpa Ji is getting old, and eating these can easily lead to high blood lipids.So when Ji Hanxing found out that someone could eat the egg yolk for him without wasting it without causing hyperlipidemia, he felt very satisfied in his heart, and his beautiful eyebrows and eyes curled up.

After eating, looking at Li Gu with sparkling eyes, Li Gu stretched his neck from choking, and then began to honestly peel the second hard-boiled egg.

The consequence of eating too many egg yolks and indigestion was that Li Gu hiccupped very loudly in class. He felt that his speech was about to smell like chicken shit, but he still insisted on eating two egg yolks the next day. Show any displeasure.In order to prevent the tragedy from happening again, he brought himself an extra pot of hot water, only to find that Ji Hanxing also brought him hot water, and told him to drink it while it was hot...

Perhaps it is the nutrition provided by two egg yolks a day, Li Gu recently found that he seems to have really grown a little.Couldn't keep up with the speed of the young man, his sleeves and trousers looked too short. Walking on the mountain road in Ningchuan, the wind poured into his clothes. Xia Qiu will be fine, now he has to sleep a bit when he walks.But he didn't complain about it to his guardian, the old village chief. The old village chief was not rich at hand, and he didn't want to put pressure on the guardian because he had to change into new clothes.

Later, Shao Li from the neighboring village came to visit. His father contracted a project in the town and planned to take him to work as a laborer after the next year. Shao Li could then be regarded as a person with income.The project needed a lot of people, Shao Li asked Li Gu if he wanted to go, with food and lodging included, and money every month, a corner of Li Gu's heart was about to move, and then he burped loudly, smelling like chicken shit...

Li Gu wiped his mouth, thinking unwillingly, if he left, Teacher Ji would feed the dogs all those hard-boiled eggs.

So he shook his head: "No, I have something to do. I'm going to study."

boarding school

Li Gu rejected Shao Li's offer to take him out to work, which made Shao Li feel very unbelievable.In a small mountain village like Ningchuan, the situation is generally like this, young people aged [-] or [-] can get married as long as their families provide Zhang Luo.When they reach the age when they can get a marriage certificate, some will remember it, and some will just spend their whole life together without knowing why, and no one around them will say that they are an illegal couple, because everyone has come here like this.So during the [-]th Five-Year Plan period, boys can go out to work to make a living, save money for a few years, then the family will subsidize a little, and come back to build a small building so that they can marry a wife.

Li Gu is considered to be the oldest of Ning Chuan's children. He hasn't gone out to work yet, and he can't save any money. If he is seventeen or eighteen, he might not even be able to get a wife.Shao Li had been with his father for a long time, and his way of thinking had also learned to be inseparable. He looked at him old-fashionedly, as if he had seen the future of an old bachelor from Li Gu, and shook his head regretfully.

The dismissal was dismissed, but Shao Li's reaction also made Li Gu hesitate. Studying is not something that can be done in a year or so. During this period, there will be no income for many years. Earn real money back.Li Gu still decided to discuss it with the old village chief. The village chief was getting older. If he really left, the lonely old man would be left alone in the family.

Li Gu walked to the village chief's small office, and was about to open the door to enter, when he heard the village chief's sincere voice, almost frightened: "What are you talking about asking for leave, Teacher Ji doesn't need it, you can go back for a few more days, as long as...you return."

Then came Ji Zhiqing's voice: "I still have to say something, after all, asking for leave will delay the children's time."

The village head said: "Where is it? If you ask me, Xing Xing should go to a good school outside, but this baby is too young, how can I send it there without parents to take care of me?"

Unexpectedly, he would hear Ji Hanxing's name here, Li Gu pricked up his ears, and only heard Ji Zhiqing slowly say: "Boarding schools are the most suitable, the management there is very strict, and there will be no problems in terms of safety. The teacher is also much better than me. He has been independent since he was a child, and I am assured that he will have to rely more on himself in the future."

The village head seemed to sigh, "I know Teacher Ji is for the village, and dozens of children here can't do without you, but think about it, I'm sorry for Xing Xing. Don't say he is a delicate doll, it's the people in the mountains The child will not go out to live by himself at the age of eight."

"You don't need to say that." Ji Zhiqing's voice was very soft, and then Li Gu didn't listen to what he said. He stood in front of the door for two seconds. normal thing.But the parting came too early, he was not yet mentally prepared, and he didn't know that Ji Hanxing would be sent to a boarding school when he returned. "Boarding school..." Li Gu Nian turned around and walked away.

Regarding Ji Hanxing's origin, Li Gu only heard a few words from others, and knew that he was brought up by Ji Zhiqing's father. A long winter vacation.But he still wanted to go back to study, and he probably didn't have any other relatives in the city to trust him with. In this case, Ji Zhiqing had to go back to the city with him, or he went to the boarding school by himself.But Xing Xing was only eight years old, and Li Gu felt a little bored, thinking that Ji Zhiqing was sometimes too cruel to him.

Li Gu was full of thoughts, and unknowingly wandered to Ji Zhiqing's door.Ji Hanxing was kneeling on a high stool, with his upper body leaning towards the table, and holding a long ruler to draw on the red paper.Hearing the sound of footsteps, he raised his head and saw that Li Gu was coming, so he greeted him happily to come in.Consultant Li, what is he doing? Ji Hanxing said: "Cut these pieces of paper, write on them with a brush later, and then you can send Spring Festival couplets to everyone."

Ji Hanxing was also wearing a scarf in the room. His physique is prone to leave marks. The red mark on his neck that was pinched by that pervert before has turned purple, and it looks a bit scary on his neck. He doesn't want others to see it. Worried, so I cover it tightly with a scarf every day.The temperature in the room was relatively high, and his little face was flushed because of the sweltering heat.

Li Gu couldn't explain why he became a little sour when he saw him. Maybe it was because Ji Hanxing was so cute and sensible, which made people feel distressed, or maybe it was because he still felt guilty about getting him kidnapped. Li Gu I just feel that a good kid like Ji Hanxing should have gotten a lot, but life left him very little.

Li Gu walked over to him: "Let me help you." He took the scissors and cut the paper for Ji Hanxing.

Unusually, he was a little silent. He always felt that Ji Hanxing was a very small and delicate doll, and he didn't know how Ji Zhiqing could bear it when he was sent to a boarding house.

Until one day after Ji Hanxing left Ningchuan, he went to deliver homework to Ji Zhiqing, and saw Ji Zhiqing staring at an exercise book in a daze, and after looking carefully, he found that it was Ji Hanxing's handwriting practice book.Ji Zhiqing was fascinated by the words on the notebook for a while, and then put the exercise textbooks neatly into a drawer and put them away carefully, and reopened the notebooks of the students in the class to correct them.At that moment, Li Gu thought of what the village head had said, that Ji Zhiqing might not want to leave, but after he left, the children in Ningchuan would no longer be cared for. He sent Ji Hanxing to a strange place so that he could grow up alone, but This is also the greatest kindness.

clean

Ji Hanxing wrote the Spring Festival couplets, and Li Gu went door to door with him to deliver them.Everyone in the village knew that this doll was brought by Teacher Ji, and the child was cute, so no one disliked him.When the Spring Festival couplets were delivered, Ji Hanxing collected a bagful of snacks from the villagers, and let Li Gu follow behind to carry them all.When it was delivered to the door of Tu Yuming's house, Grandma Rabbit was not there, and only saw his father, Tu Qingchuan, drying the herbs at the door.Maybe it was too hot to work, so he didn't wear a coat, only a pilling sweater.He accepted the Spring Festival couplets, praised Ji Hanxing's good handwriting, and then beckoned Tu Yuming to pass the Spring Festival couplets, put them away and post them on New Year's Eve.

Ji Hanxing was very interested in those medicinal materials, so he squatted down to look at them for a while, and Tu Qingchuan was also very patient, explaining each one to him the name and function of each one.Ji Hanxing came from the city and had never seen the original appearance of these medicinal materials. Hearing what he said was interesting, he couldn't help asking a few more questions.Seeing his interest, Li Gu said, "Next time I ask Uncle Tu to collect medicine, I can take you with me, and I will follow." Ji Hanxing stood up and smiled, "It will cause trouble for Uncle."

Tu Qingchuan felt that Ji Hanxing was sensible, so he patted Li Gu and laughed at him. He was foolish and bold, saying that collecting herbs in the mountains is actually very dangerous. There are many animals in the mountains, and there are many big ones that will hurt people. In other places, collecting herbs is not as novel and fun as they imagined.Ji Hanxing tilted his head and thought for a while, then asked him, "Then can these be sold for a lot of money?"

Tu Qingchuan shook his head with a smile and lowered his eyes: "It's enough for a year."

The precious medicinal materials sold by grams in pharmacies are also sold by catties from them. In addition, Tu Qingchuan is doing an honest business. After drying, there is no water mixed in. It takes a long time to accumulate a bag to sell .Li Gu helped him look through the medicinal materials, while spitting that the city is full of unscrupulous merchants who make so much difference in price.Tu Qingchuan just smiled: "It's not easy. It costs money to rent a shop in the city, electricity costs to light the lights in the store, and wages to invite people to sell things. It's not money. Others have to earn something when they open a store."

When they were talking, Tu Yuming looked at him stupidly, baring his rabbit teeth, with a straightforward look that didn't understand sorrow. Tu Qingchuan touched his head and said, "Yuming will also go to school in the future and learn from the stars." , and write good handwriting."

On the way back, Ji Hanxing told Li Gu that it was hard work to gather herbs, and the soles of Tu Qingchuan's shoes seemed to be worn thinner than others.Li Gu thought about it, it has been like this for generations here.Seek the way of life from the land where you grow, and sprinkle your blood and sweat on the land. Being born and raised in this place for a lifetime is both a fetter and a prison.

At the end of the year, the adults are very busy, and Li Gu can't study at ease even if he wants to. He always needs to help run errands.For example, I helped the village head to give some subsidies to the villagers. The village head recently encountered troubles and was not able to take time off. The reason was that the stone materials for road construction were less.It took him a lot of energy to discuss these stones, and it hurts him to waste a piece, not to mention the sudden loss of so much.During the Chinese New Year, every household has some work to do, some have to kill pigs, some have to take advantage of the labor force to renovate the house at home, so the road construction project has naturally stopped, everything is left there and no one is looking after it, but there is no one. I thought someone would steal the stone.

After all, it was the end of the year, and the old village chief didn't want to spoil everyone's interest, so he kept the matter a secret for the time being, but he just walked around a few times to keep an eye on it.But the stones were still scarce, and he couldn't find a good way to think about it himself, so he could only ask Ji Zhiqing for help. "I thought about building a shed by myself and sleeping next to it. If I wanted to throw it away, I would throw it away at night. It would be easy to be seen during the day, so I would definitely be embarrassed to steal it."

Ji Zhiqing turned off the radio, and said seriously: "There may be rain in the next few nights. In the past, the vigil was too dangerous. A human life is worth more than a stone."

The old village chief nodded and said: "Teacher Ji is right, but I really can't figure it out. If it is from other villages, it would take a lot of effort to steal these stones from a long distance. If we are from our own village, we will do this. , It's too chilling." Ji Zhiqing comforted him, the number was not large each time, it didn't look like a gang, at most someone who was greedy for petty gains, and wanted to take advantage of the Chinese New Year when everyone couldn't care about it. Cai, just pay attention by the way.

In a blink of an eye, it is the time of the New Year's Eve. On this day, it is necessary to sweep the dust and worship the stove, and every household is busy.The old village chief took Li Gu up early in the morning, and after cleaning his house, it was just bright, and then went to help Ji Zhiqing's house clean.Li Gu held up a feather duster to brush the dust from the corner of the wall, while Ji Hanxing supported him on a stool, and when he saw the child under it, Li Gu was so anxious that he shouted to Xing Xing to get out of the way, the dust would fall down.Seeing this, Ji Zhiqing took the feather duster and asked them to clean the windows.

The two children spontaneously divided the work, one cleaned the inside of the window and the other cleaned the outside.When Ji Hanxing found that the inside was not clean, he knocked on the window, pointed at Li Gu, and Li Gu understood how to wipe it outside, and the two laughed together after seeing each other.After working until lunch time, the windows were finally wiped, and the two of them were panting from exhaustion.

Ji Hanxing sat on the stool, looked around, and sighed: "It's good to clean it thoroughly. I think the room is so bright and comfortable to live in."

Li Gu twisted the hot towel and handed it to him, thinking silently, no matter how clean it is, you still have to leave.

Young year

The New Year’s Eve meal was cooked by Grandma Rabbit, because the old village head and Ji Zhiqing were both bachelors, and the cooking was limited to the point where they would not die of hunger, and it was unbearable to think that they would have to eat this for their two children during the New Year’s Eve. , let the old people come to the big house of the village committee to cook, and they provide vegetables and meat.So Tu Qingchuan brought his family over, and the three families spent this new year together.

The village committee turned on a TV, usually there were people and other times, but today it was broadcasting very smoothly.A group of colorfully dressed men and women sang and danced, very festive.Ji Zhiqing, Tu Qingchuan and the old village chief talked about Ningchuan's future plans and development, while helping to pick vegetables and cut meat.Tu Qingchuan's pleasing face was also full of joy, and he worked extra hard to chop the meat.The three children got together to talk about their own topics, and there was a brazier burning charcoal next to it, which made everyone's faces and bodies warm.

The more places like Ningchuan, the more traditional, or superstitious, the gentle old lady prepared a new hat and gloves for Ji Hanxing. While putting on the gloves for him to try the size, she muttered: "Our little star is back. It's over, the disaster is over, and this year will be smooth." Ji Hanxing looked at her gray hair and the creases at the corners of her eyes, and he began to miss Grandpa Ji who brought him up.Knowing that he is not his own grandson, the old man brought himself up so much all the way, and he was still worried about himself when he left.Grandpa Ji is very similar to Ji Zhiqing. When he is serious, his face is a bit scary, but he raises him with tenderness and patience.

Putting on the new gloves, he quickly warmed up. Ji Hanxing stared at the gloves for a while, remembering that he still had a lot of snacks, which were all given by the villagers last time. He took out a piece of crispy candy that even the elderly can bite Pass it to her, and obediently say: "Thank you grandma, grandma must be healthy and well." Grandma Rabbit was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect the kid to reciprocate like this, hugged him and kissed him, and stuffed the candy back: " Our little Xingxing is so good, I’ll give you the candy, but grandma won’t eat it.” Ji Hanxing held the stuffed halva and didn’t know what to do, so he had to put the halva back and smiled at the old man.

Grandma Rabbit walked slowly to the stove and started frying vegetables in a large pot.Vegetables and vegetables make a chi-chi sound when they touch the hot oil, which is warm and down-to-earth.

Li Gu peeled the hot oranges on the side of the brazier for Ji Hanxing to eat, and told the rabbit to take it himself.The room was warm, which made him feel the feeling of being filled in his heart. He looked at this, and then at that, thinking that it would be good to live like this all the time.

But he had started to grow up and had the worries of an older child.No longer like Tu Yuming, as long as he has something to eat and drink, he feels that life is carefree. He gradually realized the poverty of Ningchuan and the struggle of the people here to live.The joy of the festival adds a layer of filter to the life of poverty and poverty. Under the filter, the reality is still cruel.

After sending Ji Hanxing and the others away, Li Gu cleaned up the table and swept the floor.Instead of holding onto the TV to watch, he took out a book instead and carefully wrote the title on the draft paper.The old village head saw it fresh, and joked with him: "Why do you look like a stone monkey? I will give you a day off in the new year, so you don't have to watch it." : "Is there nothing to do, read more," and added in a low voice: "What if you don't pass the exam?"

The old village chief quietly looked at his reading, and felt that the child seemed to have changed a lot.He used to be a good boy, with a solid skin and a good heart, but now he seems to be more and more different, as if a heart suddenly grew out of the original skin.He moved the desk lamp towards Li Gu. No matter how thick-skinned Li Gu was, he couldn't help being looked at so kindly. He raised his head and panicked with embarrassment: "What are you doing? I'm just reading a book." The village chief laughed. Get up, like very happy.Li Gu thought for a while, then put down the book: "If I really leave, you will be left alone at home, can you do it?"

The village chief snorted and became even happier: "You are only so old, didn't I live well alone before I found you?"

Li Gu knew that he was stubborn, so he said in a good voice, "Eat the food when it is hot, and don't heat it up too many times. If your shoes or clothes are torn, ask someone to mend them. Don't dress badly..." He looked at him like he was looking at a talking monkey, Li Guyue said that he couldn't go on talking anymore, he raised the book to cover his face: "Don't care about you, when you think of me, you won't be able to find me It's gone." The village chief also smiled: "I wish you never had to come back."

The village chief moved the desk lamp a little closer to illuminate him, and then went out to smoke a pipe by himself.

The sky in Ningchuan has always been beautiful. There is a moon hanging on the dark blue sky. The sky and moonlight are the most fair things, covering all beings without prejudice.A pipe of cigarettes was finished, the moon was covered by clouds a little, and the cold wind came from nowhere, making him a little cold.The village head remembered what Ji Zhiqing said that it might rain these few nights, so he knocked off the cigarette ash, went back to his room and closed the doors and windows.

Tu Qingchuan

After the new year, it really started to rain.