Small wood

It was already three days later when Uncle Tong came back. He stayed with A Niang for three days until she was out of danger. He even brought back A Niang's letter.

"Her leg is broken, and it will take a hundred days to hurt her tendons and bones. Don't worry about Mu Mu. You can pick her up after your mother recovers from her injury, or the bones won't grow well." Uncle Tong said to Mu Mu: "And Your father, although I don't know where he is, I will look for him every day, maybe he is trapped somewhere in the mountains, you and Mr. Gu can recuperate there, and wait for the people in the forest to completely withdraw Go and go home."

Amu was very grateful, and said a lot of thanks: "Thank you so much, Uncle Tong, if it weren't for you, we..."

"Thank you, thank you. Your dad didn't know how many times he rescued me from the mouth of beasts. How many times did he not have this thrilling adventure? He didn't look like a real man when he was crying." Uncle Tong laughed and patted Amu's head.

Amu wiped his eyes, smiled holding A Niang's letter, and carefully hid it in the inner lining of his body: "A Niang said that if you cry from joy, it doesn't matter even if it's a boy."

Uncle Tong was taken aback, and shook his head with a smile: "You will say, go, change the medicine for Mr. Gu."

Gu Lin's wound healed very quickly. Except for the place on the arm that was pierced by the arrow, the rest of the mouth had begun to heal. In order for the wound to heal, Amu took care of Gu Lin, and would not let him get out of bed. get out of bed.

The sparrows were singing happily outside the house. When Amu finished changing the medicine and walked outside the house, his eyes just passed the treetops in the morning. The stream flowed behind the house like silver stars. , it is really rare to have such a sun in autumn.

Amu thought for a while, and hurried into the house to look for Aunt Tong: "Aunt Tong, is there anything thicker that I can cover my body?"

Aunt Tong was embroidering a scarf. She was delicate and gentle, but a little cold, but she had a good heart. If Amu was too busy, she would help take care of Mr. Gu.

"What's the matter?" Aunt Tong didn't look up, she was still embroidering carefully, and asked.

"The sun is good today. I want to take Mr. Gu out for a walk. Being bored in the house is not good for his wounds, but the autumn wind is too cold. I'm afraid he will catch a cold."

"You want to take Mr. Gu out?" Taotao, who was hiding behind Aunt Tong and playing with her hair, poked her head out and asked. She braided Aunt Tong's hair and unraveled it, obviously bored: "I'll go Go, I still have the deer skin that Dad hunted for me last year in my house, it is new and warm, I will take Mr. Gu out for a walk!"

"Taotao." Aunt Tong grabbed Taotao who was running towards the back room, and shook her head: "Then Mr. Gu is so arrogant, so don't post it, or you will cry later."

Taotao curled her lips and stomped her feet in disbelief: "But he is taking care of Brother Mu Mu, why didn't he come to take care of me! It must be because I spent less time with him!"

Aunt Tong pulled Taotao to her side and stroked her hair: "Your brother Mumu has a good temper, no matter how indifferent he is, he can deal with it, and you still don't choke after your outburst."

Amu was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, so he could only lower his head.

Taotao shook her head, looked at Amu and then at Aunt Tong, maybe she felt that the atmosphere was not right, so she could only snort discouraged, and sat on the small bench again to braid Aunt Tong's hair: "I know, I'm not going That's it, hum."

Aunt Tong smiled helplessly, then touched the newly embroidered scarf in her hand: "The buckskin is in the cabinet inside the house, you can use it."

Amu was stunned for a moment before he realized that Aunt Tong was talking to him, he thanked him and walked into the house, but he walked back after two steps, standing in front of Aunt Tong at a loss, and his face was a little red.

Aunt Tong looked at him in surprise: "What's the matter? Is there anything else you want to say?"

Amu wrinkled his face, his eyes sparkled with anger, and his face flushed a little: "Mr. Gu, he is not arrogant, he is just cold-tempered. Taotao quarrels with him every time he goes, so he ignores Taotao."

After hearing this, Aunt Tong sneered: "Then it's our fault. It depends on his face to eat and drink for him. He doesn't pay attention to what Taotao says to him. It's not what pride is. "

Amu lowered his head and blushed: "I, I didn't mean that, it's just me... I..."

Aunt Tong sighed, and went up to stroke Amu's hair: "Little wood, don't be soft-hearted, you just feel sorry for him when you help him like this, my husband and your father are sworn brothers, we are family members with you, you are close relationship, we still need to figure it out.”

Amu lowered his head, did not refute, and entered the room with a muffled grace.

"Be careful on the road, don't go out of the small forest, your Uncle Tong has set a lot of iron traps outside." Aunt Tong sighed and told Amu behind.

"Understood, thank you, Aunt Tong." Amu responded as he walked.

When standing at the door of the inner room, Amu raised his head, stretched out his hands to pinch his face, and forced a smile.

"Mr. Gu, the sun is good outside today. I'll take you out for a walk, or it will be even colder in early winter." Amu said, and opened the cabinet. There was indeed the buckskin that Aunt Tong said was in it, and it was brand new. Thick and handsome, made to look like a cape.

Amu hurriedly put it on Gu Lin, and gently supported him: "Mr. Gu, can you go?" He asked worriedly.

Gu Lin stood up, his body swayed a little, and after standing there for a while, he let go of Amu's hand and walked slowly. Amu walked a little ahead of Gu Lin, leading the way for him. .

The woods in late autumn are brownish red, and the leaves under your feet are as soft as stepping on petals. Those withered yellow leaves have long been melted into the mud, and they are not as dry as before.The woods are full of the faint bitter aroma of fallen leaves, and the fishy smell of roe deer fur before early winter. It is not unpleasant at all, but it makes people feel refreshed.

The unhappiness with Aunt Tong before had been diluted by the smell of the mountain forest. Amu took a deep breath, stretched out his hand and dunked it into the bark, kicked on the trunk nimbly, but climbed up the tree in a short while .

The rough bark and brown lines in his hands made Amu miss him a lot. He used to love to climb trees, especially before sunset. The feeling of sitting on the top of a tree overlooking the mountains and forests and the sea of ​​clouds wrapped in the sunset cannot be expressed in words.He smiled: "Mr. Gu, this tree is at least 40 years old. Standing on it, you can see the whole view of the stream." As he spoke, he looked at Gu Lin through the gaps between the branches.

Gu Lin was also looking at him, with mottled shadows of leaves printed on his bland eyebrows, behind him were floating crystal blue grass and flowers, as if covered by the bluish black light in his hair.

Amu stared blankly, unable to look away at all.

He jumped down quickly, the momentum of the fall made his heart miss a few beats, and he almost jumped out of his mouth.The wind stirred his clothes and turned his face red. This familiar and comfortable feeling made him very happy.

He patted his chest, let out a breath, and when he looked up at Gu Lin, there seemed to be some light in Gu Lin's eyes.

"Mr. Gu, let's rest for a while, there is a section of crossbar." Amu's eyes were sharp, and he saw the horizontal branch hidden behind the tree. It was the root of the tree that broke through the mud and gave birth to a second trunk. It is necessary to make passing animals or people fall severely.

Gu Lin sat down, and Amu was sitting next to him. It wasn't awkward for the two of them not to say a word. The cool mountain breeze was blowing on their faces, making them feel unspeakably comfortable. There was no change in his expression, but Amu felt that Gu Lin seemed to be much happier.It's just that the beautiful eyes are still drooping, and only the slender eyelashes can be seen, as if asleep.

Amu guessed that Gu Lin was in a good mood, so he became more courageous, and sat down on the pile of leaves in front of Gu Lin: "Don't Mr. Gu like to talk?"

Gu Lin heard him speak and looked up at him.

"Seeing that you don't speak, Aunt Tong thinks you are arrogant, but I know that's not the case. You must have a reason for not speaking." A Musha said seriously: "Do you not like talking?"

Gu Lin was still silent.

Amu thought for a while: "Then you can hum, you don't need to open your mouth, just make a little noise."

Gu Lin looked at him, and actually hummed in a low voice.

Amu smiled so happily that he rolled his eyes, and he sat forward, his knees almost touching Gu Lin's clothes: "That's how it is, you don't need to talk, as long as you agree to me, then I can also know if you have Listen to me, or I won't be interested in talking dry with my tongue alone."

Amu waited quietly, his ears almost pricked up, until he heard another "en", which was extremely soft.He smiled until his cheeks were red, and continued to ask.

"Young Master Gu, are you feeling better?"

Yep.

"When Taotao talks to you, can you respond to her like this?"

no response.

"Do you like this wood?"

Yep.

"Then when the sun shines, shall we come out?"

Yep.

"Do you like porridge?"

no response.

"This buckskin was given by Aunt Tong. Is it good-looking?"

no response.

"Is... warm?"

Still no response.

"Are you asleep?"

A faint glance.

Amu scratched his head, his heart pounding at that glance, he got closer nervously, his voice was tense: "Well, then, do you like talking to me like this?"

Gu Lin didn't move, just looked at him.

Amu also stared at him closely, his eyes widened.

Gu Lin lowered his gaze, grasped the buckskin with slightly bent fingers, and his nasal voice was faint.

Yep.

"Great!" The corners of Amu's mouth were almost raised to his ears, and he was so happy that he wanted to get up and pick it up. His chest was crispy and itchy, and his buttocks moved forward unconsciously until his knees really touched the ground. The clothes came across.

Gu Lin saw it, but he didn't move, his eyelashes trembled slightly.