only in this mountain

Although he had Ge Qing's guarantee, Jiang He was still a little flustered by his last reminder. When he went to the bathroom, two idiots had to go in first, for fear of encountering a snake in the bathroom.Waiting for Zhang Huai not to see him back for a long time at night, yawning continuously, wanting to sleep but not knowing whether to lock the door or not.

The "cold war" with Zhang Huai wasn't over yet, he wondered if Zhang Huai didn't come here on purpose, he ignored Zhang Huai several times when he talked to him, and he heard him talk to Xueqiu and the second idiot again , Everyone has a temper, he is indeed a bit too much.Zhang Huai has been haunted and haunted for several days during the day. He doesn't eat here or cook for him. He used to be an independent person. After getting used to Zhang Huai's company, he became very dependent on him. It was Zhang Huai who tolerated him all the time. , but nothing is endless, what if locking the door makes their relationship worse?

I think too much and feel wronged, and I can't explain why, why is it like this?

Xueqiu, who was lying in front of the computer watching TV, had already fallen asleep. The crying and noisy sound from the computer made him more and more annoying, and he didn't bother to turn it off. He walked across the yard to the door and wanted to call the second idiot back to his den. I went, but I didn't know the figure of the second fool.

After barking twice, I didn't see the silly dog ​​jumping up from the grass and running back. The door was unexpectedly quiet and terrifying. In the darkness, the river was afraid of snakes under its feet, so it stepped back a few steps and stepped on the threshold.

If a stranger approached the second idiot, the idiot would definitely bark. He didn't hear a sound from inside, and Zhang Huai wasn't there, so he didn't know what to do.If it's a monster, it's impossible to just snatch the second idiot away without anyone noticing. The monster's purpose should be the mountain god stone, but it doesn't rule out monsters who will eat animals when they are hungry...

Stopping my wild thoughts, I yelled again towards the dark front: "Second idiot, go home!"

"Crackling", the sound of the heavy wooden door opening was what responded to him. When he heard it for the first time, Jiang He was startled, and his center of gravity was a little unsteady, and he quickly held onto the door frame.

But seeing the door of Huang Shirt's house on the opposite side was opened from the inside, and a black figure rushed out incomparably swiftly. It was the second idiot that Jiang He thought might be taken away by the monster.

Seeing that the second idiot was safe and well, and Zhang Huai was walking towards him after closing the door behind it, Jiang He suddenly understood that the second idiot was waiting for Zhang Huai at the door. Go and see.

"Stupid dog." Jiang He cursed, and the two idiots thought happily that Jiang He was happy because he brought Zhang Huai back.

With only half the door open, Jiang He stood on the threshold blocking the entrance, half depressed and half curiously asked: "Why did you come out from the yellow shirt? What do you want him for?"

The second idiot couldn't get in either, squatting on the ground and tilting his head to look at the two of them, Xiaogu flew over and stopped on the beam, feeling a little worried.

"I'll ask him, is there any way to take out the mountain god stone in your body, it should be where it should be."

"If he could take it out, wouldn't he have taken it out long ago? It's useless to me. He wants to take it out more than you."

Zhang Huai stretched out his hand to touch Jiang He's face, but he slapped him away.After a moment, he regretted it again, his reaction was too intense and it would worsen...

However, Zhang Huai stretched out his hand again as if nothing happened, and hugged him from the threshold, saying, "Go in first, don't stand at the door."

After entering, he locked the door, and Zhang Huai asked him, "What did you have for dinner? Does your tooth still hurt?"

As soon as he asked, Jiang He could hear his concern for him, and immediately said puffed up, "If I haven't eaten, the pain will be gone long ago."

Zhang Huai was about to cook him food, but he stopped him and said, "I'm not hungry, I don't want to eat anything."

"Xiao He," Zhang Huai stretched out his index finger and pressed his lips down, calling his name. Jiang He thought he was going to say something, and looked at him intently, but Zhang Huai chuckled, "Little Pufferfish."

Jiang Xiaofugu immediately exploded with anger, pinched Zhang Huai's face with both hands and pulled it from side to side, and said a few words: "You are the puffer fish, you are the puffer fish!"

Zhang Huai grabbed his hand, and after he broke free, he hugged his waist again, with a smile on his face: "You are the river, and I am the dolphin."

The sudden joke made Jiang He extremely uncomfortable. He didn't know whether to say that Zhang Huai's joke was too cold or that he didn't know where he learned to be glib. Pushing him did not push him away, but made him hug him even tighter. .

He became even angrier, and the previous gloom gathered in his chest and throat again, and he couldn't spit out: "Don't you don't like hugging me?"

They were standing in the yard, the second idiot was lying on the steps and gnawed bones while watching them, Xiaogu and Brother Yu were whispering something in the tree, Xueqiu woke up to drink water, and then squatted on the side of the second idiot Beside it and stared at them with relish.

"Then you don't want me to hug you again?" Jiang He's tone was resentful and angry, while Zhang Huai's retort was more of a sigh, and the smile on his brow was replaced by a deep sense of loneliness.

Jiang He almost thought that he was going to let go in the next second, so he grabbed the clothes on his chest nervously, gave up his anger, and only felt wronged: "I didn't."

Zhang Huai sighed, caressed his face and said to him, "Me neither."

The affectionate attachment in his eyes remained the same as before, and Jiang He believed in him, but due to his unilateral indifference these days, he still wanted more affirmation.

"Then why...why didn't you hug me when you were sleeping?" Jiang He blushed while spurning himself, not thinking about who pushed Zhang Huai away in the middle of the night before.

Zhang Huai explained: "Recently, different animal diseases have appeared in the farms in several villages. After spending a lot of time in the farms and the weather is hot, I still feel that the smell has not dissipated after taking a shower at home."

"Is it because of this? I don't mind, what are you thinking about! I smell it, does it stink?"

After that, Jiang He leaned close to Zhang Huai's neck to smell it, Zhang Huai blocked it with his hand, as if he really cared about his own smell.Jiang He pursed his lips, and was about to say something when his feet left the ground suddenly, and he was hugged horizontally. He quickly put his arms around Zhang Huai's shoulders, and asked ferociously, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Huai smiled and said, "Go take a bath, and I'll let you smell it after washing."

"...Smelly rascal! I don't want it!"

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The clouds opened and the moon appeared, the frogs called and the insects sang. The summer night was still hot and dry, but sometimes an unusually cool wind blew down from the mountain.

The leaves of the big locust tree on the courtyard wall blocked the invisible corners, Huang Shirt squinted his eyes and looked at the white phantom that was still struggling in his hand, snorted coldly, then crumpled the shadow into a ball and ate it in his mouth with a smile.

The next morning, Jiang He hadn't fully opened his eyes after washing up, and walked into the kitchen smelling the smell of rice and yawning.

It was still early, and Zhang Huaifan was not ready to call him yet, so he seemed a little surprised: "Why are you up?"

Of course, Jiang He didn't want to get up early either. After tossing around for most of the night last night, his bones were still brittle. In the end, he was the one who made things up for himself. Just thinking about it makes him angry.But his stomach didn't live up to it, and it was rumbling before he could complain.He blushed, woke up most of the time after dozing off, and said angrily, "Eat breakfast!"

"Eat as soon as you eat, how did I hear the meaning of eating gunpowder?" Joking voices came from the yard.

"Hmph." This belonged to another person, with strong dissatisfaction.

Jiang He sounded very familiar, and suddenly the other half fell asleep and scared away, a little at a loss.

Xiao Moru and Zhang Yunyuan came in from the outside, one was smiling and the other was angry, but they were all dressed formally.Normally, Xiao Moru is just a shirt and trousers, which is not awkward at all. Zhang Yunyuan finally changed out of his gray and blue clothes and trousers that were washed white. With a pestle, people appear taller and taller, and their temperament is correspondingly more stern.

He and Zhang Huai are so much alike, if Zhang Huai has always been in this unreachable way...

Zhang Yunyuan felt a little unhappy when he stepped into the yard, and frowned even more unhappy when he was stared at by Jiang He's straightforward eyes, but he restrained himself and said nothing.

"Dad and the others are going to the county to attend a wedding. After breakfast, I'll send them to the town for a ride." Zhang Huai set up the tableware, brought two chairs for Zhang Yunyuan and Xiao Moru, and explained to Jiang He.Jiang He nodded guiltily, not daring to express any opinions.

For breakfast, there are scallion pancakes, shredded chicken and millet porridge, fried noodles with sour beans, green vegetables and tofu soup, a plate of dried radish with sauce, chopped tomatoes and sprinkled finely crushed sugar on the plate.

"Oh, it's so rich!" Xiao Moru didn't sit down immediately, and grabbed a piece of tomato with his hand like a child, while Zhang Yunyuan served him a bowl of porridge.

Jiang He dare to swear to God, he doesn't have so many tricks every day, he absolutely never treats Zhang Huai like a cow or a horse!

On the contrary, Zhang Huai felt that it was not enough, so he brought a few more bowls of tofu flower-like things on the table, and there were some embellishments like jam and dried fruit on the table.Asked him, he said it was Shuangpi Nai.

Before Jiang He had a toothache and didn't like to eat, Zhang Huai went to buy milk to supplement his nutrition, but he didn't like to drink, most of them were dragged away by Xueqiu and shared with the two idiots.

Jiang He: "..."

"What's wrong with Mr. Jiang? Hurry up and sit down to eat." Seeing that Jiang He was getting more and more embarrassed, Xiao Moru smiled and pulled him to the chair and sat down.

Zhang Yunyuan on the one side picked up the bowl to drink soup, but put the bowl down when it reached his mouth, and said with a frown, "I don't care if Zhang Huai wants to live with you. How you live is up to the two of you. Your parents are not here." By your side, Zhang Huai should take care of you more, and he is also willing, if you care about him as much as he cares about you, you should know—"

He spoke a bit harshly, but was stopped by Zhang Huai before he finished speaking, and Xiao Moru also smoothed things over to ease the atmosphere: "You have said how to live is their own business, whether they care or not is not just talking about it." Then he said again. He comforted Jiang He alone, "Yun Yuan just didn't speak well, he didn't mean anything."

He didn't have any malice, but the atmosphere between the two of them hadn't been so stiff for a long time.

Although Jiang He has a glassy heart, he is not so fragile that he can't listen to serious words. It is impossible for Zhang Yunyuan to just see Zhang Huai making a big breakfast and he is dissatisfied with Zhang Huai's bad attitude. There must be something else going on. Could it be that they "cold war" Zhang Huai and Zhang Yunyuan a few days ago and said that he ignored him?But it was obvious that Zhang Huai wasn't that kind of person. Before Jiang He planned to completely cut off contact with him, he didn't tell anyone.It is precisely because of his personality that no matter what bad things happen to him, he will not take the initiative to bring it up.

"What happened? What's wrong with Zhang Huai?" He was a little dull, but it didn't mean he really didn't care about anything.

Zhang Yunyuan couldn't hold back, and said, "He was injured yesterday."

Jiang He was taken aback, and hurriedly asked Zhang Huai, "Where was the injury? Why didn't you tell me? Where was the injury? Is it serious?"

Zhang Huai said: "It's just a bruise, I was not careful."

"When Zheng Sanmao and his brother carried you back, I almost thought you were dead."

Jiang He seemed to have been hit hard from the back with a sap, and he was so upset that he couldn't speak.

Zhang Huai took Jiang He's hand, rubbed his sweaty palm, and said helplessly to Zhang Yunyuan, "I will be careful in the future."

Zhang Yunyuan snorted, and said: "Then let Xiaohe apply the medicine for you later, I reminded you to take it or not, I brought it here."

After breakfast, Jiang He pushed Zhang Huai to the room to apply medicine. He still wanted to ask him some questions, but Xiao Moru was more concerned about Zhang Huai's injury and followed him.As soon as Jiang He lifted Zhang Huai's clothes, several large areas of blue and purple bruises were indeed a bit scary, but he didn't notice any of them last night.

Zhang Yunyuan didn't know why he also entered the bedroom at this time, just as he saw Jianghe stripping off Zhang Huai's shirt like a bandit, his face became a little strange, his ears were slightly red, and he frowned and said, "I really don't want my life." Then turned around and went out again.

Anyway, since Zhang Yunyuan came here in the morning, he was not pleasing to his eyes, and Jiang He didn't bother to think about what he meant. Xiao Moru coughed twice and said to Jiang He: "Mr. Jiang, don't think that Yun Yuan is too harsh on you. This kind of personality, the edges and corners have been sharpened and uneven for a lifetime."

Jiang He unscrewed the bottle cap of the medicinal wine, poured a little into the palm of his hand, rubbed it to dissipate the heat, and then applied it to the bruise on Zhang Huai's back. Zhang Huai didn't move as if he didn't feel any pain. He sighed and said, "I I know, I won't mind, alas, fortunately Zhang Huai isn't exactly like him, otherwise I wouldn't be able to move."

Xiao Moru knew him well and knew that he was still a little bit unjust, so he said with a smile: "No matter how hard a stone is, it can be warmed up, not to mention he is willing to be chewed by you. There used to be many years when Yun Yuan was not so shady, there was such a person, Let him be gentle to others while being tender to her."

He must be talking about Zhang Huai's mother. Thinking of what Zhang Huai told him about his mother bewitching his father, Jiang He believed it and felt a little funny, "I'm a little curious, how did Zhang Huai's parents get together?" of?"

"Don't look at Yun Yuan now. When he was young, he knew everything. He was smart and loved to learn. He was good at trying different things. Although he didn't talk much, he often helped the villagers. The old village chief liked him everywhere. It's just a pity that he doesn't have a daughter in his family, otherwise he would definitely be his son-in-law. Once when the old village chief went to visit relatives in Miao Village, he saw a girl washing her hair by the river, and then followed her to the girl's house to say goodbye. That's it."

"Will the original old village chief play Gu?"

"What are you thinking? What happened back then will definitely not be as light as what I told you now. Xiuzhi's parents only have her one daughter. They hope that her daughter will stay in the village forever, and the old village head does not want Yun Yuan After leaving the village, he had been training Yun Yuan to be the next village head. They didn't know that although Xiuzhi had never met Yun Yuan at that time, she only listened to the old village head's narration and had a secret love for Yun Yuan. One day passed in the middle Over the years, the old village head found many good girls for Yunyuan, but Yunyuan rejected them all. It must be their marriage. Xiuzhi accompanied the girl from the village to the town to see a doctor, and when she came back, she took a wrong road. After waiting for a long time, I looked for an excuse to drink water. Only one family’s courtyard door was open, and inside there was a young man who was weaving a basket with bamboo sticks. I like Xiu Zhi, sent Xiu Zhi home that day, and came to propose marriage the next day."

"...It's quite legendary."

Xiao Moru smiled and continued: "What really impresses Xiuzhi's parents is Yunyuan's persistence and seriousness. He went to Xiuzhi's house several times in a row to cut firewood and cultivate the land for them, but sometimes his parents would not let him in at all. , he stood guard by the pool, waiting for Xiuzhi to fetch water for whoever needed it. Later, a centenarian in the Miao Village passed away. Normally, it was a joyous funeral, but the old man had no Later, the village was generally poor again, so they chipped in to buy a coffin for the old man and planned to send it up the mountain for burial. Yun Yuan and Xiu Zhi tied wreaths, paper horses and gold ingots together. No matter how far away, no matter what the old man was like in life, the road to Huangquan was lively. After that, Xiuzhi's parents stopped blocking them, Yun Yuan became the village head, and then married Xiuzhi back home."

"I didn't expect..." He didn't think of what to say later, after hearing what Xiao Moru said, he felt that Zhang Huai could do those things as well, and Zhang Yunyuan must have been more humane before than now.He remembered that he had left Zhang Huai last year, and it must have been a nightmare for Zhang Huai during that time. If they cut off contact like that, he wondered if Zhang Huai would be the same as Zhang Yunyuan when he got old.

Jiang He now has a guess in his mind. He thinks that Zhang Huai's injury is probably related to the mountain god stone. Maybe they are often together, and he also has some spirit energy from the mountain god stone. When he was in danger, he went to Huangshan alone and asked him if there was a way to get the mountain god stone out of his body.

Once the mountain god stone leaves him, he will no longer be able to understand Erfool Xueqiu and Xiao Gu's words, and life will be much less fun, but the existence of the mountain god stone will also bring them unpredictable and dangerous consequences. I don't understand how animals speak, but at least they are still by my side, aren't they?

"Okay." Zhang Huai checked the time and interrupted Jiang He's hesitation.It was also time to send Zhang Yunyuan and the others to the town. Jiang He responded, put away the medicine bottle, and prepared to go out to wash his hands.

Xiao Moru on the side looked at his two hands raised in mid-air, and suddenly said: "Mr. Jiang's claws are very sharp, it's time to cut his nails."

Jiang He didn't hear the teasing in his words, nodded and said, "Yeah, it's time to cut it."

Zhang Yunyuan was sitting alone in the living room, flipping through Jiang He's sketchbook. Jiang He's fairy tale based on the two idiots is still going on, and what happened recently has also become the material. He expressed it with a more relaxed and lovely brushwork. After the two idiots met the boa constrictor, the scene was first horrifying and then warm.Zhang Yunyuan stared at the last portrait in a daze.

When Xiao Moru passed by, he also glanced at it, and asked casually, "What's wrong?"

"Xiao Mo, look, don't you look a bit like Master Ge?" Zhang Yunyuan handed the book to Xiao Moru, Xiao Moru took a look, thought carefully, and said, "I can't remember exactly what Master Ge looks like, but it's It looks familiar."

"Actually, it's not very similar. Master Ge's face is a little shorter."

"After all, it's not for a real person, and Mr. Xiao Jiang's paintings will be more or less beautified. Mr. Xiao Jiang's stories are all animals. Is this character the protagonist of the new story?"

When Jiang He came back after washing his hands, he heard their discussion and said, "It's not a character in the story, but a person I met recently. His name is Ge Qing. There were still some lines on his body, but I didn't draw them." That effect It's comparable to taking pictures on a mobile phone with ten levels of beauty and adding a very advanced filter, Ge Qing is actually handsome with delicate features in his notebook.After saying this, he remembered that he hadn't had time to tell Zhang Huai about the encounter with Ge Qing yesterday. He also drew this picture of Ge Qing casually to see what it would look like without those obtrusive lines, and he would probably erase it. Yes, after all, if Zhang Huai sees him painting other men, he may feel a little emotional.

It's just that Zhang Yunyuan was more emotional than Zhang Huai first: "You know Ge Qing? How do you know him? Zhang Huai didn't even know there was Ge Qing!"

His reaction was a bit unexpected. Jiang He looked at Zhang Huai who had just made a pot of tea and walked into the living room. He also seemed a little surprised.Jiang He was embarrassed by Zhang Huai's gaze, as if he had cheated.Sullenly, he briefly told Zhang Yunyuan and the others how he met Ge Qing. He only said that he had encountered a lot of snakes, but he didn't mention that Aunt Jiao was there. Ge Qing, then he should be about the same age as me. We didn’t see him very much when we were young, and when we heard that he was missing, Master Ge searched for him for a long time, but never found him.”

Xiao Moru recalled some past events, nodded and said: "Master Ge's wife also disappeared when she was pregnant with Ge Qing. The adults found the baby covered in blood and the clothes of Master Ge's wife in a cave. They took the baby back to the village and gave it to Master Ge, who was so furious that he went to the mountains overnight to kill the python and burn the cave clean. Afterwards, the adults have been very shy about mentioning him. It is said that Master Ge killed too many snakes, so his wife was taken away and eaten by the snake demon when she was pregnant, and his child was also cursed to be covered with snake patterns. It is estimated that future generations will not be like normal people , as revenge for Master Ge’s killing so many snakes to make them extinct. Master Ge insisted on keeping Ge Qing and protected him in every possible way, fearing that he would be discriminated against and bullied outside. I noticed it. Although Master Ge had been looking for it for the first few years, he still looked like a normal person. Later, his family members died one after another and he was left alone. He went crazy for no reason. One winter, he suddenly ran into the mountains alone. It took several days to find his body in the pool."

"Oh," said so much in one breath, Xiao Moru took a sip of tea and continued to sigh, "It's a pity that Master Ge used to be a famous musical instrument maker. For pipa and erhu, he not only makes musical instruments by himself, but also plays them. Many children in the village liked to go to his house to play, and he also took in a few apprentices, but they didn’t even learn half of his skills.”

"You said that when you met Ge Qing, did he tell you that his name was Ge Qing?" Zhang Yunyuan asked again in disbelief.

Ge Qing didn't tell him that his name was Ge Qing, but he heard the little girl call him, and Jiang He didn't deny it when he asked him, Ge Qing, Ge Qing, what other words are homophonic?

Xiao Moru saw that Jiang He was a little embarrassed, and said, "Ge Qing is a mute, he couldn't speak since he was a child."

Jiang He didn't really want to admit that he had been deceived, and was still looking for reasons. Father, son, and grandson were related by blood. It was not surprising that they looked alike. Maybe he had misheard him. He was actually Ge Qing's son, Ge Qing, Ge Jing or something. Yes, but if you think this way, does it also verify the curse?

Xiao Moru smiled slightly after hearing his words: "There is no curse, it must be some kind of genetic disease."