Small wood

The woods in the early morning smell like wet earth, and the grass and trees are mixed with the sweet smell of pine nuts, which makes people feel much better.The fallen leaves under his feet are soft and cottony, and he will not feel any pain even if he is barefoot. Amu is dancing in the woods with a small basket full of them. It is his 15th birthday today, and his father prepared a gift for him. Hidden in the woods, as long as you follow the marks he made, you can find it smoothly.

The small baskets were full of fruits and pine nuts. Those smaller beasts stored a lot of food for the winter, but most of them forgot where they hid it. Amu could find a lot by just looking for it.He has already found the gift that Father gave him, which is a delicate hunting knife with beautiful glass gemstones on it. He doesn't know how much buckskins Father gave in exchange for it.

Amu jumped, the autumn sky was clear and cool, neither too hot nor too cold, it was a comfortable time, he ran all the way home along the stream.

His house is made of thick wood, and there are many flowers in the wood, which were planted by my mother, so I insisted on making the small wooden house into a small flower house, even though my father always sighed and said that this house does not know anything Time can make those flowers collapse slightly.

"Daddy! Daddy! I found you and gave me a present! So beautiful!"

The 15-year-old boy was slender and well-proportioned, with endless strength, his eyes were as bright as stars, and he raised the knife in his hand and shouted.

"Little wood." A Niang opened it, and instead of welcoming it out as usual, she lowered her voice: "Come in quickly, don't make a sound." She looked around vigilantly and beckoned Amu to go in.

Although Amu was puzzled, he followed in obediently.

The room was dark and the windows were tightly closed. As soon as I entered, I could smell a strong smell of blood, like an animal carcass that had been rotting for two days.

Amu covered her nose and asked softly, "Aniang, what's the matter?"

A Niang didn't have a usual smile on her face, instead she was full of worry. She squeezed her dress tightly and walked towards the inner room, saying as she walked, "Xiao Mumu, you will see a person in a while, that is A Niang's old benefactor." , He was injured by gangsters, don't be afraid when you see him, and don't speak loudly."

Amu nodded in a daze, he and his father and mother lived in this mountain forest for so many years, and he really never saw any friends of his mother, let alone friends, even if they were people, Amu rarely saw them.

Opening the curtain of the back room, Amu immediately saw a person lying on his small bed, wrapped in a blanket, curled up tightly, and the strong smell of blood came from him.And Dad was sitting beside him, his brows were so wrinkled that there were three deep marks.

"How is he?" Aunt asked hurriedly.

"The injury is too serious. There is no doctor here, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to handle."

"Then what should I do, I will go to the city to ask for a doctor!"

"The city is locked up too tightly. I really shouldn't go now. I'll ask Lao Xi's to come over and have a look. He knows some herbs." Father said, stood up, and rubbed his hands as if seeing Amu. Rubbing his hair: "I'm back, did you get the gift?"

Amu nodded, clenched the knife in his hand and raised it like offering a treasure: "Thank you Dad, Amu likes it." He said, looking at the person on the bed: "Who is he? Is he injured?"

Dad nodded: "He was seriously injured, Dad is going to invite Uncle Tong from the west, you stay at home and listen to what Mommy has to say."

Amu nodded in response, watching Dad go out.

A Niang came in with a basin of hot water, and there was a towel in the basin. She put the basin aside, and approached the person carefully, trying to lift the blanket, but the person in the blanket seemed to feel A Niang approaching. The body trembled uncontrollably, and there was a very light voice in his throat, which seemed to be strongly repulsive.

A Niang withdrew her hands, sighed heavily, and then said softly: "Master, I am your Aunt Hua, can you let me see the wound?"

The person on the bed was still motionless, and his body was still shaking violently.A Niang sighed again, tears seemed to fall from her eyes.

Amu was furious, seeing that A Niang was sad, he stepped forward and pulled the blanket away: "A Niang showed you the wound so you can apply the medicine, you..."

Amu was stunned, but the scene in front of him made him unable to say a word.

The man was only in his 20s, but his body was as terrifying as if he had been in hell. There were countless wounds, big and small, new and old, knife wounds, whips, burns, and many other strange things. Unspeakable wounds, but only that face is really intact, but it is so thin that it is out of shape, with eyes closed, but even so, Amu is still excited by that face, how can there be such a good-looking person ...

Amu was stunned for a long time before he could react, but Aniang cried out, "How could those bastards treat you like this!"

The man didn't speak, his eyes closed even tighter, but the brows were really faint.

Amu was still holding the half corner of the blanket with one hand, full of guilt, he put down the blanket carefully, and sat gently beside the man: "Yes, I'm sorry."

The man still didn't speak.

Amu thought for a while and went to dry the towel in the basin. The water was still hot and the towel was emitting heat. Amu carefully held the towel and gently wiped the blood on the man's body.

The man's body was cold, he shivered when he touched the heat of the towel, and curled up even tighter.

"Does the wound hurt? If you rub it with a hot towel and then cover it, it won't hurt so much." Amu said, rubbing gently, feeling the body under the towel. If the body moves, Just a little lighter.After rubbing for a long time but just rubbing a little bit, the man's body relaxed.

Looking carefully, Amu's eyes were also wet. This man had suffered such a serious injury, and some places were even scorched black, as if he had cut off the flesh and burned it directly. He wiped it, and tears fell When he came down, maybe the tears were too salty, the man moved and opened his eyes.

Closing the eyes is already very good-looking, but opening the eyes is even more handsome. The light in those eyes is not pure black, but a very light brown, like the crystals in those caves, but it is even more beautiful than that. .

Seeing that his eyes were open, Amu hurriedly stopped his hands, and asked nervously, "Is it hurting, I'll be gentler!" As he spoke, he became even more careful, his hands trembling a little.

The man lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes drooped, casting a faint shadow, so that people could not see his eyes, as if he was asleep.

The movements of Amu's subordinates became lighter. After wiping his upper body with great difficulty, he was so tired that the tip of his nose was sweating. A Niang beside him had tears all over her face. sobbing.

Amu frowned, and looked at the man sadly: "Can you still move? I'll wipe the back for you."

The man still didn't speak, but obediently turned his body slightly, but it seemed that he was in extreme pain, and he lost his strength just by moving.Amu hurriedly helped him turn over and let him lie face inward.

Amu looked at the man's back, and took a deep breath. The wound on the back was even more frightening. The formed scars were covered there like a torn net, and that...that place was also...

Amu couldn't understand how someone would hurt that place, how painful it would be.

Xu Shi heard Amu's inhalation sound, Xu Shi didn't feel Amu move for a long time, the man curled up closer, trembling slightly.

Amu regained his senses in a hurry, and went to stir again to heat the towel. The water in the basin had already turned red and was extremely cloudy. Amu called Aniang to change the water in the basin.

Gently wiped the man's back again, even covering the red, swollen and purple-black area carefully with a hot towel. After falling down, Amu's body which had just been wiped was stained by the cold sweat from the man's pain.

Amu took a deep breath, changed the towel, and carefully walked around to the man to wipe his face.

A Niang said that this person was hurt by a villain, but how can there be such a bad villain who hurt a person like this, but kept his face away.

Maybe it's because he looks too good-looking.

Amu thought, rubbing carefully.

This man's breath is very shallow, his eyes are closed, his eyelashes are soft and thick, and they are thinly covered, his eyebrows are also soft and faint, and his lips are extremely beautiful, but very pale, so Amu kept rubbing his forehead carefully. When he rubbed his eyes, the man's eyelashes moved, as if Amu was too light, and it was so itchy that he opened his eyes.

Just because he was lying on his side, the sun only occupied half of the side, his eyes turned out to be different, the side that touched the light was light brown, cold and transparent, and the side that came into the shadow was dark and deep, thicker than ink.

Looking at Amu with those eyes, Amu's hands trembled three times.

Amu swallowed his throat, and his voice was extremely soft: "I, I, I..."

I was speechless for a long time.

The man lowered his eyes again and remained silent.

Amu breathed out, and wiped the man's face quickly and lightly.

As soon as he put the towel back in the basin, Dad brought Uncle Tong over. He walked so fast that Uncle Tong was covered in sweat. When he entered the room and saw the person lying on the bed, he gasped after looking at his back. Feeling cold, Amu curled his lips, and stretched out his hand to cover the man with a blanket.

"Sin, how can a good child be hurt like this." Uncle Tong said, and quickly took out the bottles and jars in the basket: "I wiped all the medicine and I don't know if it's enough, little wood, hurry up!" Go outside to see if there are any weeds, and I will do something again."

Amu let out a cry. Although he was worried about the man's injury, he was a little reluctant to go. He dragged his feet and walked out slowly. The man was still lying on his side with his eyes closed. Run out, straight up the hill.

"Wounded grass, hurt grass, hurt grass..." Amu muttered, looking for it. This 15th birthday was really unique, and in the end he was desperately picking grass.While picking, Amu couldn't help thinking about the man lying on his bed.Amu is the son of Orion, and it’s not that he has never been injured, but his mother and father cherish him. Although he said that a man should be strong, but Amu suffered a minor injury, but he still burrowed into his mother’s arms in pain. The mother kept coaxing him.But the man suffered such a serious injury, but he didn't even want to cry out in pain, just now he wiped his body, the pain was so painful that his whole body was covered in cold sweat, and he didn't even make a sound.Amu didn't understand whether it was strong or too stubborn.

Thinking of that person, Amu's hands moved faster, and he picked a basket full in less than an hour. There are a lot of herbs on the mountain. Orion went to this mountain to collect herbs when he was injured, but Amu has a bad memory. , I can generally remember what the wounded grass looks like.

He quickened his pace and rushed home, but before he entered the house, he heard a very low moan of pain, Amu's heart skipped a beat, and he hurried into the house, and saw that Uncle Tong was cutting the man's carrion with a scalding knife.

Amu was so uncomfortable that he squeezed the basket on his back, tears were about to come out: "Uncle Tong, you, you should be lighter."

Uncle Tong was also sweating, and his eyes were full of unbearable: "I want to be gentle too, but if the carrion is not removed, it will be broken into the bones, and the bones will not be preserved at that time, so hurry up and smash the wounded grass, little wood." , I don’t have enough medicine.”

Amu wiped his face and walked to the side of the bed. The man closed his eyes tightly, and his fingers with turned-up nails were clenched tightly on the blanket, bleeding out.Amu's eyes were full of tears, as if Uncle Tong had cut him with a knife. He stretched out his hand and gently touched the man's head like what A Niang did to him before: "I know you are in pain, bear with it." Be patient, be patient, it will be fine soon."

The man was panting, his lips were as white as milk stones, he heard Amu's words, and looked up at him, his eyes were imprinted with Amu's appearance, a pair of round eyes full of distress for his dirty face. , and teardrops hanging from the eyelashes.The man closed his eyes, took a breath, and nodded very lightly.

It just so happened that Uncle Tong cut it with a knife, the man let go of his hand with a muffled grunt, and there was no sound at all.

Amu was startled, and hurriedly shouted: "Uncle Tong! Uncle Tong! He passed out!"

Uncle Tong wiped his sweat, and his expression seemed to be much more relaxed: "It's good to faint, and you don't have to suffer when you faint, little wood, you go to pound the medicine, I will apply the medicine after I cut off all the carrion."

After hearing this, Amu hurriedly stood up and rushed out the door.

A Niang was standing in the outer room crying, and my father hugged her softly to comfort her.

Amu hummed and pounded the medicine with a stone hammer and dared not speak.

There was no sound in the inner room, and Amu stretched his neck to look in, but the cloth curtains covered it up.Even if the man woke up from the pain, he wouldn't make a sound, so he should make medicine quickly. Thinking of this, Amu hastened his movements.