Zi Feiyu

The warm sun was thrown to the west like a big pie.Black and flat shadows wrapped around the ankles of the two people, one long and the other short.The little boy tugged at the pant legs of a tall, thin man in a round-neck cotton shirt and black trousers.The man lowered his eyes, and the little boy continued to babble.

The little boy was missing two front teeth, and his speech leaked, "Lin Yuan, you said your name is Lin Yuan, right? Then do you know my name? Haha, I don't know, right? Then you ask me, I asked you What is it called, why don’t you ask me, how dare I tell you if you don’t ask me. Ask me, Lin Yuan.”

Lin Yuan sighed lightly.When he came out of a house, the little boy followed him all the time, wherever he went, he was a complete follower.

The little boy opened his mouth and laughed a few times: "Lin Yuan, I heard about it."

"What did you hear?"

"I heard that you treated Uncle Wang in the village."

"Ok?"

"I don't know, but it doesn't hurt anymore. Every time I went to the village, I could hear Uncle Wang screaming like he was killing a pig. Now I don't kill the pig, it's quiet, and it doesn't hurt anymore."

"Oh."

"You are a miracle doctor!"

"No."

"You are. I'm Erwa. My name is Erwa. You call me Erwa."

"Erba, you should go home."

"Not going home. I will accompany you....Are you leaving? Can you not go?"

"Ok?"

"There is a girl, her name is Fangfang, she is sick. You are a miracle doctor, you can save her, please save her, okay?"

"I am not a miracle doctor. If you are sick, you should go to the doctor."

Erwa was in a hurry: "No, no, no, grandma said that Fangfang was not sick. She died several times, once a year, came back to life in spring, and died in autumn, just like animals hibernate, but she is a little earlier than animals .”

Lin Yuan frowned: "Chunshengqiudie?"

Erwa blinked her big eyes and nodded: "Yes, spring is born and autumn is dead. It starts from the year before last, no, it starts from the year before last plus one year. Every time she comes back to life, she sits in the same place like a log, from morning to night, also She doesn't eat or sleep. I call her, but she ignores me. I talk to her, but she doesn't answer. She is two years older than me. I call her sister, but she is not my own sister. My house is close to hers. We played together since we were young. She has no friends. She didn't have any before, and she doesn't have any now. She is very kind and treats me very well. I want to help her treat her illness, but I have no money. Her father has money, and her brother and younger brother are sick , her father would take her elder brother and younger brother to see a doctor, but he just wouldn't take her. I don't like this, I told her father, but her father ignored me. My grandma scolded me, saying that Fangfang was not sick, that Fangfang It's a fairy, it's a fairy. A fairy doesn't get sick, it's just tired and needs to rest."

After finishing speaking, his eyes were a little begging.

Lin Yuan reached out and patted Erwa's small head: "...you lead the way."

The corner of Erwa's mouth curled up, and she nodded like an old lady who lost her teeth: "Okay, okay."

Before the sun went down, Erwa brought Lin Yuan to Fangfang's house.The houses in this village are all built with yellow mud brick walls and covered with black tiles.Fangfang sat on a row of narrow stone roads protruding from the corner of the wall, wearing red and old clothes, with two low ponytails, and staring blankly ahead.Erwa called out: "Sister Fangfang, don't be afraid, I brought a genius doctor to see you."

Fangfang didn't respond, Lin Yuan knocked Erwa on the head.Erwa looked back at Lin Yuan, then ran to the gate and poked her head inside, "Is anyone home?"

No one responded.

He looked back at Lin Yuan again: "They're not at home. Do you need an injection?" Blinking his eyes, "Lin Yuan, you don't have a doctor's tool, and neither do I. How can I treat it?"

Lin Yuan ignored Erwa, who kept nagging, and stood aside, looking at what Fangfang was looking at.A road, a road paved evenly with big stones.At the end of the road, it is divided into three roads, one leads to Erwa's house downhill, the other leads to the dirt road when I came here, and the other turns right into a small bamboo forest next to Fangfang's house.

There are people in the bamboo forest, and the bamboo and bamboo leaves are shaking.A man came walking on the dirt road, and the shadow of the house fell on the man.The man was of medium build, with dark skin, and wore cloth clothes and trousers, with one trouser leg rolled up to his knees, a hoe on his shoulder, and one hand on the handle of the hoe.Erwa jumped down from the threshold and said timidly, "Uncle."

The man who was called uncle by Erwa was Fangfang's father. He wiped his mouth and said, "What are you doing, kid?"

Erwa moved behind Lin Yuan in small steps, and whispered, "No trouble. He is a miracle doctor. I want him to treat Sister Fangfang's illness."

A little boy ran out of the bamboo forest, about the same age as Erwa, about seven or eight years old, with a thin body under a big head.He stared at his father with two big eyes: "Hit him, he wants to steal something because you are not at home."

Erwa tugged at the corner of Lin Yuan's clothes: "I don't have any."

Fangfang's father slapped his son's face with a backhand: "I told you to look at your sister, and you ran to the woods to be lazy, your skin is itchy."

Younger brother Fangfang held back his tears and pouted, hiding behind his father, blowing his nose.If you hit me, I will snot all over you.

Lin Yuan said, "I heard what Erwa said."

Fangfang's father put down his hoe, cursed a curse, and then pulled his son behind him: "Don't blow it, go, call your brother back."

Brother Fangfang's nose was bubbling, and as soon as he heard it, he ran away.

Erwa whispered: "He is a miracle doctor, he can cure Sister Fangfang."

Fangfang's father pretended that he didn't hear or see the so-called genius doctor that Erwa was talking about. He leaned the hoe against the wall, went into the house, washed his hands and cut sweet potatoes.

Erwa tugged at the corner of Lin Yuan's clothes, raised her head and asked, "What should I do?"

Lin Yuan looked back at Fang Fang who had been sitting there without moving.What is she thinking, what is she looking at?

At this time, Erwa's grandmother circled around and came up from the dirt road: "Erwa, what are you doing here, go home."

Erwa jumped out from behind Lin Yuan excitedly: "Grandma, he is a miracle doctor, the miracle doctor you told me about. I think..." Let him treat Sister Fangfang's illness.This sentence, swallowed.

Grandma Erwa was thin and small, she didn't need to look up at Lin Yuan from a distance, she looked at Lin Yuan at the same level, smiled, walked around Lin Yuan and Erwa as if she had seen a ghost, and entered the gate of Fangfang's house.I don't know what I said to Fang Fang's father inside. When he came out, Fang Fang's father looked at Lin Yuan suspiciously: "You can really cure it?"

Lin Yuan looked down at Erwa, then at Fangfang who was sitting in the corner, "I want to know when your daughter got sick and all the symptoms. The more specific the better."

Fangfang's father raised his hand and rubbed his dry itchy eyes: "Okay."

Fangfang's father told Lin Yuan that Fangfang's illness started three years ago.Three years ago, Fangfang's mother fell ill and left.It was the end of summer when I left, and a few days later, that is, the day of early autumn, Fangfang slept on the bed and didn’t get up. Fangfang’s father called her for a long time but did not respond. When she approached, she found that Fangfang’s body was cold, lifeless, and not dead. Post-corpse early phenomena, just... gone.

Fangfang's father buried Fangfang's body next to Fangfang's mother's grave, and the mother and daughter had a companion.But for some reason, in the early spring of the second year, Fangfang crawled out of the grave and sat at the gate, not eating, drinking, sleeping, or talking, without any human appearance.Autumn goes, spring comes, autumn goes, spring comes, and so on and on.There are many legends about Fangfang in the village. Fangfang's father knew that the villagers regarded his daughter as a fairy, and came to worship her if she had nothing to do, regardless of whether it was useful or not, and just comforted herself.However, he knew that his daughter was just an ordinary person, but he didn't know what was wrong. He really didn't understand what was going on, so he took it to the doctor, who prescribed a bunch of useless medicines, and took her to the temple to worship the gods The gods don't care about Fangfang, Fangfang's father thought, anyway, it's not like if you die, you won't survive, so let's just do it.

So, after three years like this, Fang Fang became a poor girl who didn't care about anyone in Erwa's eyes.

Erwa sat on a bench with his back against Lin Yuan. The bench was moved out by his grandmother from Fangfang's house. He and Lin Yuan sat on the bench. His grandmother and Fangfang's father each had a small bench, and the four of them sat At the gate, at the same time looking at the ignorant Fangfang.

Grandma Erwa was well informed. She had heard long ago that there was a tall, thin young man who treated the villagers in the village, and those who were treated were all those who were abandoned by their families and doctors.She wanted to join in the fun, but she never saw anyone. Now that she finally saw them, she was happy, not bad, but she just had no energy, especially those eyes, which made her unable to understand.Maybe just like what those people in the village said, this young man is a god, a doctor, a god, and a miracle doctor.

Lin Yuan knew that the old lady had been staring at him, just like other people in the village, and regarded him as a savior, but he was not a god, and he didn't want to explain it to these simple and ignorant villagers.He asked, "What's wrong with Fangfang's mother?"

Fangfang's father sighed: "I don't know. It was very sudden. I had a sudden high fever. I invited a doctor to come to the house, and I didn't see anything wrong, and I kept hanging the medicine bottle for injections... By the way, Fangfang was always with her for the past few days. I have to take care of my mother, I have to go to the field, I don't have so much time."

"Fangfang alone?"

"...Her brother helps people herd cows to earn tuition fees, and her younger brother is ignorant and runs around. Fangfang is a very sensible child and never makes me worry about it."

Lin Yuan frowned: "Is this dress on Fangfang her mother's?"

Fangfang's father was stunned. These days, the clothes worn by adults are given to children, and the older children are given to children. It's just that the topic has changed too quickly, "Well, yes."

Erwa suddenly said: "Can it be cured? It can be cured."

Three pairs of eyes stared straight at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan looked at Fang Fang's father: "Where is the tomb?"

Fangfang's father was stunned again, and raised his finger to point behind him: "Behind the forest. Go see now?"

At this time, Fangfang's brother was dragged back by the arm of Fangfang's brother.When Brother Fangfang saw his father, he let go of his hand, bowed his head and stood there, while Brother Fangfang rubbed his red arm that was pulled by his brother with an aggrieved face.Fangfang's father said: "Go, go into the house and cook."

Brother Fangfang quickly responded: "Oh!" Then he grabbed his brother's arm and dragged him halfway into the room.

Lin Yuan looked at the two brothers, at Fangfang, at Fangfang's father, at the intersection and the bamboo forest, thinking in his heart, but didn't say anything on the face.Fangfang's father, Erwa's grandma, and Erwa followed Lin Yuan to look around, feeling dizzy and foggy.Lin Yuan said, "Erba, you and grandma go back first."

Erwa opened her big eyes: "Eh?... If you don't go back, I know where the tomb is, so I'll go too."

Fangfang's father said: "What are you doing in the cemetery, you little child? Go back." Turning to look at Erwa's grandma, "Erwa's grandma, it's getting late, go home and cook."

When Grandma Erwa heard this, her smile froze. Where did she get food these days? She ate sweet potatoes at night, vegetable leaf soup tomorrow, and didn’t know if she would be able to eat delicious rice the day after tomorrow, but she opened her mouth and became a kind old lady again. "Okay, you go."

Erwa was led home by her grandma, but when she got home, she sneaked out again. Grandma found out and didn't stop her. She also wanted to know what happened behind.

Lin Yuan followed Fangfang's father through the bamboo forest and came to Fangfang's mother's cemetery.A small triangular cone piled up with mud, and flat stones circled around the cone, and a long wooden sign stood in front of the grave, with Fangfangniang's name crookedly written on it.Lin Yuan glanced around, even though the sky had already dimmed to the point where only the surrounding outline remained."Only one?" he asked.

Fangfang's father lowered his head: "The one on the side... bury some soil when the time is up, no need to dig. It was originally planned to let the child lie at home in autumn, but look..."

Lin Yuan lowered his eyes, looked at the triangular cone grave, looked at the flat grave, squatted down, and looked at the wooden sign.Seeing that Lin Yuan didn't speak, Father Fangfang didn't know what to do, so he raised his hand and emptied the grass on the grave. In fact, there was no grass on the grave. It's just that he didn't visit his wife for a few days. He didn't know that she was down there. OK.But vaguely, he seemed to see what Lin Yuan was saying to the wooden sign. He thought he was talking to himself, so he moved his body slightly to listen carefully, but he didn't hear anything.

There was a slight rustling sound in the woods, Lin Yuan said: "Go back, they are waiting for you."

Fangfang's father was puzzled: "Oh. This, that, you..."

"Wife, child. Parents, child. Mother, child. Boy, girl." Lin Yuan looked at the wooden sign and whispered.

Fangfang's father didn't understand what Lin Yuan meant by muttering about children.But the eyes are very itchy, rub hard, rub hard, the more you rub, the more itchy.