Solstice Secrets

When Zhuang Zhou returned home, Ling Dongzhi hadn't come back yet.

The living room was dark with lights, and the cats, cats and dogs all huddled at the door of the storage room to play around the small floor lamp brought from Lingdongzhi's house.Xiao Hui and the others are already tired of playing, but Xiao Doudou has never seen a small thing that lights up when touched, and they are all very curious.In fact, brown sugar has never seen it before. It is impossible for a man in Zhuangzhou to have such a cute gadget in his home.But curiosity is nothing but curiosity, and the brown sugar face is still very calm.It can't make these little guys feel that they have never seen the world.

After Zhuangzhou turned on the light, what he saw was such a scene. His dog son was drooling pitifully at the small floor lamp on the ground that turned on when he pressed it. awkward expression.Zhuang Zhou walked over with a smile, stretched out his hand and pressed back and forth on the floor lamp a few times.Although Xiao Hui and the others are not very close to Zhuang Zhou, they will not run away after seeing him.Xiaodoudou was born here, and they are very close to Zhuangzhou.So...Brown Tang became jealous again without any suspense.

Brown Sugar plucked its daddy's trouser legs with its paws, and whined twice under its throat.

Zhuang Zhou didn't understand what it said, but he understood what it meant from Brown Tang's expression in seconds.So, the dog father shoved the small floor lamp in front of the dog son with an embarrassing face, "Don't be jealous with them, they are only so big. Now, it's very interesting to play with this."

Brown Sugar pressed his paw on the ground lamp openly, and the orange light turned on.Brown Tang couldn't help grinning and showing a smirk.

Zhuang Zhou rubbed its head twice, stood up and walked around the kitchen.Cold pot and cold stove, Ling Dongzhi really didn't come back.Zhuang Zhou took out his mobile phone to call Ling Dongzhi, but the phone rang twice before being hung up.After a while, Ling Dongzhi called back, "Are you home?"

"Just got home." Zhuang Zhou clamped the phone under his neck, rolled up his sleeves and took something out of the refrigerator, "I'm cooking. What do you want to eat tonight?"

There was a hint of exhaustion in Ling Dongzhi's voice, "Second brother, I won't be going back tonight. I'm in the hospital."

Zhuang Zhou froze for a moment, then became nervous, "What's wrong? What happened?"

"No, it's not me." Ling Dongzhi quickly explained, "It's my dad. He fell down when he went downstairs today, and the doctor said he would stay in the hospital for observation."

Zhuang Zhou hurriedly said, "I'll go there right away."

"Don't come here." Ling Dongzhi said: "The hospital has a rule that only one person can stay overnight. By the time you come here, it's almost time for the door to be closed. My mother and my brother were all driven back by me. Aren't you still going to work tomorrow, go to bed earlier."

"How is the old man?"

"Fortunately, I was wearing thick clothes and there was no external injury. I just hit my head when I fell down. The doctor said that I had a slight concussion and needed to be observed."

Zhuang Zhou hesitated, "Have you had dinner yet?"

"I've eaten. My brother ordered me takeaway before going back." Ling Dongzhi said, "Okay, I think my dad is going to wake up, so I won't tell you. I'll call you tomorrow."

"Alright." Zhuang Zhou told him, "Call me if you need anything."

The inpatient department closed the door at eight o'clock, and the number of people accompanying the bed was regulated, so the corridor seemed particularly quiet after nightfall.

Ling Dongzhi took warm water and wiped Papa Ling's face, then wiped his hands carefully.Father Ling had never been served by his son like this before, and he felt uncomfortable all over, "I can do it myself."

"No." Ling Dongzhi's attitude was stronger than his, "The doctor said that you should stay in bed and rest. Don't move around. If you have anything to say, just say it, and I will take care of it."

Papa Ling glared at him angrily, "Are you going to the bathroom for me?"

Midwinter Solstice, "..."

Seeing Dad Ling holding on to the edge of the bed to get up, Ling Dongzhi hurriedly held him down, "Dad, Dad, don't move around, I'll get you a basin."

"I don't need that!" Dad Ling was so angry that he wanted to beat the bed, "There is a bathroom in the ward, and you can climb over it in a few steps."

"I'll ask the doctor later." Ling Dongzhi didn't dare to be careless, and rang the bell to call the doctor on duty.The doctor on duty asked about the situation, and said that if you don't feel dizzy, you can go to the bathroom by yourself.

Ling Dongzhi carefully helped Ling's father to go to the bathroom, and when he returned to the bed, Ling's father let out a long sigh, "Your father is not a lucky man, and it's exhausting to let your son wait on you."

Ling Dongzhi looked at his father speechlessly, "Dad, are you talking ironically? It means that your son treats you too badly at ordinary times. So you are not used to being nice to you suddenly."

Papa Ling patted his hand, with a lot of emotion in his eyes.But he didn't say anything, just sighed slightly.

It was a very light sigh, but in Ling Dongzhi's ears, there was an unspeakable taste.He suddenly remembered some small details in his past life that he had inadvertently ignored.He remembered that Ling's father would sometimes look at him without saying a word, and sometimes he would hide on the balcony alone, in a daze with deep thoughts.

Ling Dongzhi already understood the depth of unknown meaning in his eyes.

Ling Dongzhi suddenly had a strong urge in his heart, wanting to tell the truth, telling him that he already knew the truth back then, and he no longer had to bear such a heavy burden alone.But meeting those silent and vicissitude eyes, Ling Dongzhi swallowed all his words again.

Would it really make Papa Ling feel relieved to say it?Ling Dongzhi is not sure.In the end, he just carefully covered him with the quilt, "Sleep for a while. Tell me if you feel uncomfortable, and I'll call the doctor."

Papa Ling responded, and closed his eyes tiredly, "You also sleep for a while."

There is a sofa bed in the ward, which is reserved for relatives who accompany the night to rest.The sofa bed was not too small, but it would definitely not be too comfortable for a big man like Ling Dongzhi to lie on it.Ling Dongzhi was a bit reluctant to go to bed at first, and he was worried about Ling's father. He lay with his eyes closed for a long time and couldn't fall asleep. He finally felt a little drowsy and woke up suddenly.

Papa Ling's breathing sound didn't seem quite right.

Ling Dongzhi got up and turned on the wall lamp. Seeing Papa Ling on the hospital bed, his face seemed a little red, and when he touched it, his forehead was hot.Ling Dongzhi hurriedly rang the bell to call the doctor on duty.The doctor on duty checked and said that Dad Ling had a fever because he had a cold before, and it didn't matter.

The doctor gave Papa Ling an injection and went back.Father Ling fell asleep all the time, and the fever slowly started to subside after the injection, but he didn't sleep well, and in the middle of the night he was drowsy and talked in his sleep.Ling Dongzhi was flustered and called the doctor over again, but the doctor couldn't say anything, only that the patient was under a lot of mental stress.

Ling Dongzhi suddenly felt sad.Apart from the secret that he can never tell anyone for the rest of his life, what kind of mental pressure can Father Ling have?

Papa Ling frowned tightly, and murmured Dong Zhi's name.Since his wife felt labor pains on the winter solstice, he has chosen this nickname for his soon-to-be born child.The name is similar to his brother's name.The beginning of winter and the winter solstice are all children who are destined for winter.

"Winter Solstice...Winter Solstice..."

"Father," Ling Dongzhi held Papa Ling's big hand.The man's hand was warm and rough, which made him feel extremely at ease, "Dad, I'm here."

"Winter solstice... Dad can't help it..." Papa Ling muttered to himself, "...let you lie...in the woods...it's so cold...Dad, I'm sorry..."

Ling Dongzhi shed tears.

If it wasn't for the child who died young, would Dad Ling walk out of the room that cold night?If Dad Ling didn't take him home, how would his clan arrange for him?

Is it possible he survived?

When Papa Ling woke up, it was still dark.In the early morning, the blue-gray fog shrouded the window, quiet and deserted.

The wall lamp was on, and his son was carefully wiping his forehead with a warm towel.He was sweating, sticky and uncomfortable, but his forehead and neck were refreshed.

The fever has subsided.

When Ling Dongzhi took back the towel, he realized that Ling's father had already woken up.Papa Ling also saw him, his eyes were red and a little swollen, he didn't look like he stayed up all night, but rather cried a lot.

"What's wrong?" Papa Ling felt a little bit in his heart, wanting to drag his son over to have a closer look.

Ling Dongzhi dodged subconsciously.With a sore heart, tears flowed down her cheeks again.

Father Ling was taken aback, "What's wrong? Didn't the doctor say it's all right?"

"It's not because of that." Ling Dongzhi shook his head, grabbed a tissue from the bedside table and wiped his face clean.The grievances he was suppressing in his heart became more and more unbearable when he asked him this question.

Papa Ling squeezed his hand, "I'm still crying at such an adult...what can't I tell Papa?"

"Dad..." Ling Dongzhi sobbed twice, the more he wanted to bear it, the more he couldn't help it.

Once started, the car could no longer be stopped, Ling Dongzhi grabbed Dad Ling's arm, crying out of breath.

Father Ling was dumbfounded by his crying, "What's wrong?"

The big thick hands were running down his back. When he was a child, Dong Zhi fought with his brother, and after being wronged, he came to find Dad Ling for comfort.

That feeling hasn't even changed since he's grown up.

Ling Dongzhi leaned his head on Ling's father's shoulder, choked up and said, "Dad, when you recover, I will accompany you back to your hometown. I will accompany you..."

Papa Ling's face changed, "Go back to my hometown?!"

"I know all about it." Ling Dongzhi didn't dare to look up at his face, and could only hug his arms like an ostrich, "I'll accompany you back...to change Dongzhi to a better place...so that you won't be so sad... "

Papa Ling's shoulders trembled slightly.

"Dad," Ling Dongzhi wiped his tears on Ling's father's shoulder, "The doctor said that you are under too much mental stress, and it's not good for your health to keep doing this."

Papa Ling's voice trembled slightly, "How did you know?"

"Do you remember a fight with a classmate when I was in kindergarten?"

Papa Ling thought for a while, and suddenly laughed, "You said you heard two birds arguing in a tree. My classmates said you made it up."

"I'm not making it up, it's all true. I can really understand animals. The winter solstice... was also told to me by the big bird in the yard of my aunt's house when I went back to my hometown. An old mouse also said that it witnessed what happened on the night of the winter solstice more than 20 years ago."

Father Ling's expression could no longer be described as fantasy, "Then you...you..."

"I was born in the deep mountains, and the people in that village were all gone. On the night of the winter solstice, they were killed by poachers. Then there was an earthquake..."

Papa Ling let out a long sigh.

"I went to that village to see, and most of the village was buried under the rocks. Nothing was left."

Father Ling patted Ling Dongzhi's head, "Don't cry."

Ling Dongzhi had already stopped crying, but after being comforted by Ling's father, tears fell down again, "So, Dad, you can't let me go."

"Why would I not want you?" Father Ling's eyes were reddened by his words, "You were only a few days old when I brought you back, little..."

"dad!"

"Back then I just wanted to prevent being seen by others, but I didn't expect there were eyes in the sky and on the ground." Father Ling said with a look of emotion on his face, "Is that what you mean by being impossible to guard against?"

"dad……"

Father Ling rubbed Ling Dongzhi's head.Since this son left home to go to school, he seldom acted like a baby in front of him.At this moment, the red eyes seem to have returned to childhood.

"Don't tell your mother." Papa Ling said, "Don't let her know."

Ling Dongzhi nodded with red eyes, "Well, don't tell her."

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The second wave of shocks came even more rapidly. The mountains shook and the ground shook. Huge boulders rolled down from the top of the mountain in the distance, with a shocking aura, and the distance they passed could break the middle of a big tree hugged by a person.

As soon as Uncle Rong led a few people to the open space outside the forest, the place where they were standing just now was buried under the rocks and soil rolled down from the hillside.There was a choking smell in the air, thick and sometimes faint, as if something invisible was spreading in the mountain bit by bit.

"It's on fire!" A young man exclaimed, "It's Zhangcun!"

When Uncle Rong turned his head, he saw that the red light behind the hillside had dyed half of the sky red.

"Go and have a look." Uncle Rong looked at the people around him, "Chang Shan, A Tong, and Zhong Bo stay here, and the rest follow me." Chang Shan had a child in his hand, and both A Tong and Zhong Bo were injured. , I really can't go.

Chang Shan stuffed the child into Ah Tong's hands, stood up and said to Uncle Rong, "I'll go with everyone."

Uncle Rong looked at him, didn't say anything more, and hurriedly led the people towards Zhangcun.

This one went and didn't come back until midnight.Everyone was covered with blood, but Chang Shan did not come back.

A Tong looked at the baby in the swaddling baby who was tired from crying and fell asleep, and asked Uncle Rong stammeringly, "Where's Changshan?"

Uncle Rong turned his face away.

The man behind Uncle Rong punched the tree trunk with a fist, his dark eyes were full of blood, and the iron-clad man let out a sobbing sound from his throat, "Dead. The bastards of Zhang Village took advantage of the fire to rob us. Our woman Children and old people are not their opponents. They killed our people, we slaughtered half of their village, except for those who have already escaped from the mountains, none of them left alive!"

Ah Tong looked at them blankly, "Why did the people in Zhang Village do this? Our people... are gone?"

"They are the ones who brought those poaching bastards into the mountains!" Uncle Rong said in a low voice, "A few people from our village escaped from the back of Zhang Village, and the men from Zhang Village have already chased them out. We need to find it quickly. The next earthquake will strike before we know when, and with such a pack of wolves chasing us, if we go late, I’m afraid these people won’t survive.”

"Then... what about the child?"

Several big men focused their eyes on the swaddling baby in his arms, and they all fell silent in unison.

Uncle Zhong sighed, "I can't take him with me, we don't know if we'll be killed if we go, he's a baby..."

Uncle Rong made a decisive decision, "Uncle Zhong and A-Tong are going out of the mountain, and there is a village beyond the mountain. Inquire about it..." His voice paused, "Find a good family and keep the child."

The night was dark, and no one saw a cloudy old tear streaming down the corner of his eye.

Perhaps their mountain god clan was destined not to survive this bloody night of slaughter, but this child, or other children who were blessed by the mountain god, could survive.

Pass down their unique bloodline from generation to generation.

This is the end of "Fantasy Little Fish, Little Fish". Everyone knows what happened next. Uncle Zhong and A-Tong sent the child to Shiliu Village. They watched Papa Ling take the child into the house and left, and went to talk to them. tribes meet.Later, they all fell asleep deep in the mountains...