The thin sky light gradually turned into a warm color, appearing in the sky.A gust of wind blew past, and there was a rustling sound in the bamboo forest, and a few birdsong could be faintly heard.

When Lin Jin opened his eyes again, his eyes were not scarlet, but a small square of sky leaked out by the lush green bamboo forest and bamboo branches.

The sharp brake sound was still echoing in his head, and the whole person was in a dazed state, the surrounding was extremely quiet, especially against the background of birdsong, it seemed that Zhang Xi was not here.

She raised her hand, trying to cover her eyes, but it hurt too much, and the muscles everywhere would be pulled by a little movement, sore and swollen, but the strange thing was that she didn't feel any pain such as bleeding or fractures. Maybe he was hit by a car and flew out, but he just suffered a little flesh injury?

Lin Jin put his elbows on the ground and tried to get up, but before he could stand up, he fell down due to severe pain.Tears from pain blurred her vision, Lin Jin pulled up her sleeves and wiped it off, the fabric that touched her skin was as smooth as satin, not the sportswear she wore during the day.Lin Jin tried hard to open his eyes, and found that he was wearing a blue and white skirt, and was holding a piece of smooth white jade in his left hand. The jade was slightly stained with blood, and there was a pain in the palm of his hand, probably from a cut.

Lin Jin was a little confused about the situation in front of him. Could it be that he was still in an illusion?

A little girl's clear voice sounded deep in the bamboo forest, followed by chaotic footsteps.

"Sister Jin? Sister Jin?"

Lin Jin tilted his head, trying to see who was coming. The voice was familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.

The little girl ran closer and closer, and almost screamed when she saw Lin Jin lying on the ground as pale as paper.

"Sister Jin, what's wrong with you? Did Aunt Meng hit you again?"

With the support of the girl, Lin Jin finally sat up. She froze for a moment when she saw the girl's face. This was the girl who held the umbrella for her and Zhang Xi at the playground. Although she looked much younger, But she is absolutely right!

Lin Jin grabbed her and asked sharply, "Who are you? Where is Zhang Xi? Where did you get her?!"

The girl was startled by her, and she sat on the ground all of a sudden, "What Zhang...? Sister, what's wrong with you? I'm Xiaoqiu..."

"Xiaoqiu?" Lin Jin didn't remember knowing such a person.She held the girl's slender wrist with one hand, and it was warm to the touch, which should be human.

"What is this place?" Lin Jin asked.

It was the first time for Xiaoqiu to see Lin Jin like this, and he was a little scared, but his wrists were tightly held and he couldn't break free, and there was a bit of crying in his voice: "This is Xixi Village, behind the bamboo forest is Jiangchuan."

These two names, Lin Jin, couldn't be more familiar, but the name of Xicun is a little different. If this is a dream or hallucination, the person behind the manipulation must be very familiar with her and Zhang Xi.

Lin Jin sat on the ground and rubbed his stiff and numb legs, and found that his body seemed to have shrunk too. The current appearance was at most twelve or thirteen years old, not much older than that girl named Xiaoqiu.

The two of them sat in the bamboo grove for a while, Xiaoqiu gradually lost his fear of Lin Jin who had just had a sudden attack just now, and leaned towards her again and said, "Sister Jin, let's go home, otherwise Aunt Meng will scold you again later. is you."

Lin Jin asked, "Who is Aunt Meng?"

Xiao Qiu looked at her worriedly, "Don't you remember anything? Do you feel a headache?"

As the girl spoke, she was about to reach out to touch Lin Jin's head, but Lin Jin turned away and said, "Well, I must have lost my memory, so I don't remember anything. My brain is not broken, so you don't have to look at me like that."

Xiao Qiu was still very worried, "But I saw you rolling down that slope, maybe you hit your head on the bamboo..."

Lin Jin once again blocked her outstretched hand, and said, "Don't worry about it, tell me who that Aunt Meng is and what happened in Xi Village, otherwise, if they find that I don't remember anything when I go back, they might not remember me." Will beat me, from what you said, Aunt Meng doesn't seem to like me very much, right?"

Xiaoqiu was still a child after all, she didn't doubt Lin Jin's words that were full of flaws when she thought about it carefully, and told her everything in detail.

It turns out that the whole village of Xicun basically makes a living by raising bamboo, and two of them are considered large households, and all the dealings with the outside world are handled by these two families. One family is named Li, and the other is named Meng. Lin Jin’s family members were killed by bandits when he was young. So he was taken in and taken care of by his distant cousin Meng Shi.It's just that it's a lie that the Meng family wants to take care of Lin Jin, and it's true that they want to gain a good reputation for benevolence and kindness for their family, so they usually treat Lin Jin like a maid, scolding them lightly and beating them severely, and they don't show mercy at all. , Lin Jin almost died several times, and only narrowly escaped death after turning around the gate of hell.

Lin Jin had no relatives to rely on in Meng's family, only Xiaoqiu, an orphan wandering in Xi village, was close to her. Xiaoqiu.

Lin Jin was in a daze, not knowing why he was in such a miserable situation.

But coming here should not be accidental, she still has to wait for Zhang Xi, she can't just run away like this, but after going back, I don't know if she will be beaten again, according to Xiaoqiu, the Meng family probably beat her and asked her to come out to dig bamboo shoots Yes, she accidentally rolled down the hillside.It's almost evening now, I dug the bamboo shoots and brought them back, it might be dark, if I go back without digging the bamboo shoots, I'm afraid I'll still be beaten, Lin Jin's muscles are throbbing every time he moves, and the thought of being beaten makes him feel even worse It hurts, but there is no better way, so I can only bite the bullet and follow Xiaoqiu.

To the east of Xicun is Guihan Mountain, and to the north is Jiangchuan. People here have lived in this small mountain village for generations, and few people have left.

Lin Jin walked all the way to the village, and everywhere he could see abstract paintings similar to bamboo painted on the earthen walls of farmhouses or on the front doors of some big families. From a modern perspective, the painting style can be said to be very immature, not even comparable to that of small houses. The child's simple strokes, the bamboo branches are distorted, the bamboo leaves are fragmented, and entangled together. Not only does it not have a sense of integrity, but it makes people feel unspeakably creepy. The sky gradually darkens, and the skewed and twisted bamboo shadows Floating on the wall above the door, Lin Jin thought in a trance that they were swaying in the wind, but upon closer inspection, it seemed that it was just an illusion.

Xiao Qiu tried his best to support Lin Jin, but because she was so thin, she was a little exhausted supporting her all the way down.Lin Jin saw the lantern with the word "Meng" hanging in front of him, turned his head and said to Xiao Qiu, "It's almost here, I can go there by myself, if I want to find you in the future, where should I find it?"

Xiaoqiu wiped the fine sweat off his face, raised his head and smiled and said, "City God's Temple at the east end of the village, where I was, Sister Jin, you really don't even remember?"

Lin Jin shook his head and said, "I don't remember. Only you and I know about this. Don't tell anyone else."

Xiao Qiu nodded, "I know."

Lin Jin watched her run away, and then let out a sigh of relief and walked towards Meng's house.

Lin Jin walked to the gate of the courtyard, looked around, and found that there was no one there, only a dozen or so untreated bamboo poles lying on the ground.

Lin Jin breathed a sigh of relief and walked in, but he was hit by a piece of wood flying from nowhere as soon as he entered, and the wound on his back seemed to be split open again.

A woman came over angrily, because her expression was so ferocious that her original charm was lost, leaving only a sharp and aggressive look.

"Little bastard, where did you go? You only came back after dark, where are the bamboo shoots you dig? You eat and drink for free every day and you want to be served like a young lady, shameless!"

The woman kicked Lin Jin's feet while scolding, Lin Jin gritted his teeth and controlled his urge to stand up and grab her by the collar.This should be the Aunt Meng that Xiaoqiu was talking about. If I want to stay here, I can't completely offend her so early.

The woman was finally tired after being angry at Lin Jin for a long time. She pointed to the bamboo poles on the ground and said, "Pack these up for me tonight, or you won't be able to eat!"

Lin Jin didn't speak, and kept his head down. He didn't stand up until the woman turned around and went back to the room, rubbing her sore knees.

She looked at the pile of bamboo poles on the ground, really worried, how to clean up those things...

"A thin bamboo pole is used to catch Qi. Don't you think about it? It's far away. The spring is on the left, and the Qi water is on the right. Women can walk, far away from brothers and parents..."

The Meng family house is divided into front and rear courtyards, the back yard is for residents, the front yard is for hospitality, and there is a dilapidated side courtyard, where the servants live.

Listening to the sound of reading, Lin Jin seemed to come from the side courtyard. Xiao Qiu never told her that there were such people in the Meng family.

Lin Jin picked up a few bamboo poles and walked into the side courtyard. Her residence was the small woodshed in the side courtyard that leaked wind and rain in summer.It's just that she didn't expect that as soon as she stepped into the side courtyard, the sound of reading stopped abruptly. There was no one in the side courtyard. The other maids and servants should be waiting in the front yard, and none of the lights in the room were on.

It's about autumn now, and the autumn wind blows a bit at night. Lin Jin rubbed his arms and went into the woodshed. At any rate, there were still a few broken bricks and tiles, which was much better than being in the yard.

The dilapidated roof of the firewood house is painted with the same bamboo as the courtyard door. The abstract style of the painting is very annoying. Lin Jin actually speculates that maybe the people in this place have faith, and bamboo is their faith. , That's why we planted green bamboos all over the mountains and plains. This painting method may also have been handed down by the ancestors since ancient times.

Lin Jin stared at those bamboo poles for a long time, not knowing what to do with them, until someone knocked on the door before recovering.

A girl about her age was looking at her from outside the door. Lin Jin beckoned to her, "Come in."

The girl Nahan said: "It's really strange, did you take the wrong medicine today? You are also courageous enough to provoke Madam, sooner or later she will strip your skin."

Lin Jin pretended not to understand, and asked her: "Aunt Meng asked me to clean up the bamboo, there are too many and I can't finish it, please help me."

The girl looked like she saw a ghost, "Aren't you very capable? You can't even get a little bit of bamboo juice?"

Lin Jin didn't speak, just looked at her.

The girl frowned, but in the end she didn't refuse. She walked into the room and found a bench to sit down. She skillfully began to cut bamboo poles, probably into long, even lengths. Then she lit a fire and placed a wooden frame on top of it. , began to roast the bamboo that had just been cut.

Lin Jin imitated her and followed suit. The more he worked, the more proficient his subordinates became. It didn't seem like the first time he did this kind of thing. Part of his memory seemed to be awakened. In Lin Jin's mind, he was holding a piece of wood as thick as his wrist to do it. The appearance of looking for new bamboo shoots everywhere in the bamboo forest, this memory is so real that she even doubts whether what she is experiencing now is an illusion.

With the help of that girl, more than a dozen bamboo poles were quickly cut, and Lin Jin planned to make the rest by herself, so she asked her to go back to rest first. Before the girl left, Lin Jin put some bamboo poles in her closet The bamboo rice was distributed to her, but the girl hesitated for a moment, and said, "Forget it, it's good that you haven't been found and taken away by your wife, who cares!"

After all, he left without waiting for Lin Jin to give way.

Lin Jin ignored her and roasted the remaining bamboo poles by himself. When roasting the bamboo poles, some liquid would drip from both ends, which is bamboo leek, which can be used for medicine. Someone should come to bring the bamboo leek she collected to the next day. The medical clinic in the town outside the village was sold, and all the money brought back was handed over to Aunt Meng. Uncle Meng was a strict wife, and he was idle and did nothing. The whole family only listened to Aunt Meng.

After Lin Jin packed up his things, he felt sore in his back and back. There was no medicine for wounds in this place, so he had to endure the most painful few days by himself.

Apart from the door, there was only one small window left in the firewood room, and it should not be considered a window, but a hole was broken in the wall for unknown reasons, but no one came to plug it, which just left a place for her to breathe.

The bed was damp, and it hadn't been washed or dried for many days. Lin Jin could smell a mild musty smell lying on it, but it wasn't as repulsive as he imagined. It seemed that he was used to it, or he was too tired to feel it in time. , she fell asleep almost as soon as she touched the pillow.

In her sleep, someone came to her bed and spread the quilt over her body, and Lin Jin fell asleep with that little warmth.

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