Small wood

It has been snowing non-stop for the past few days. It is beautifully covered in silver, but Amu has no time to appreciate it. Hunting is not easy in winter. He only had daddy's short knife in his hand, and he left Uncle Tong's bow at home, but he couldn't go back and look for it, just like A Niang said that day, go west, go west all the way Walk.

Amu didn't know what was in the west, he had never been out of this mountain forest.Even in the past, he never longed to get out of this mountain forest. Every tree and every flower and grass here made him feel at ease like his companions. Now if he was asked to leave them, he only felt confused and nervous. .

When they left, Aunt Tong gave them a lot of things. He carried a bag full of them, including a few pieces of dried venison, two pots of wine, fire packs, and Mr. Gu’s medicine. He also gave them two pieces of deer meat. Pizi, don't let them freeze to death on the road.

When he was leaving, Taotao even picked up his parcel and threw him a lot of glutinous rice cakes. Dumplings made from fine rice are rare in the mountains and forests. Taotao saved them for him to eat, and only ate them. Dried meat is easy to get angry in the body, so eat some fine rice to avoid stomach upset.

That morning, Amu specially wrote a letter to Uncle Tong, asking him to bring it to Aniang.Uncle Tong just patted his head and said with a smile, "Your mother came back as soon as the snow stopped. Why are you so anxious and writing letters?"

Amu felt sore for fear of revealing her intention of parting, so she hurriedly smiled: "Aniang has sent me so many letters and I haven't answered her letters yet, let her see if my handwriting looks better."

"Okay, okay, you cunning." Uncle Tong agreed, and stuffed the letter into his arms without reading it. Like Father, he couldn't read.

The letter explained the reason why he left and the direction he was going. Amu was not very literate, and after several hours of scratching his head, he still couldn't write a letter. In the end, it was Gu Lin's ghostwriting, and it was only when he wrote it that he knew that Amu was going to take him away.

His writing hand paused, the ink dripped onto the paper and fainted, and he spoke to him for the first time in several days: "I can walk by myself." His voice was hoarse, and he coughed for several days, and his throat was broken.

Amu hurriedly grabbed his arm and shook his head violently: "Don't try to sneak away, it was my fault in the tree hole that day, you must not learn from me!"

Gu Lin glanced at Amu's hand holding his arm, his eyelashes trembling, lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Your family's kindness has already been repaid, so there's no need to be like this." After speaking, he looked away and coughed in a low voice. Still pressing, it makes people feel blocked.

Amu's heart was sore and hurt, his face was wrinkled, and for some reason, he suddenly burst into anger, and squinted his eyes: "Mr. Gu, don't say that, this has nothing to do with kindness, I am used to taking care of you, How can I feel at ease if you go somewhere alone and get hungry and sick."

He said this without thinking, and after he finished speaking, Amu was stunned, but he couldn't sense anything wrong, so he frowned and thought hard.

Gu Lin was still holding the pen in his hand, just like Amu, stunned, the emotion in his dull brows suddenly became a little agitated, and his eyelashes trembled.The brilliance in his eyes was gentle and gentle, and he carefully looked at the red-faced Amu. After a while, he coughed twice and said, "What are you writing?"

Amu laughed awkwardly, and hurriedly said: "Just because we are afraid of being searched by the government, we have already left Uncle Tong's house and headed west." After he finished speaking, he asked, "Mr. Gu, what is there in the west?"

Gu Lin's ink continued to scribble, and he replied: "My friend's family in the past."

Amu let out an oh and stopped talking.

How did A Niang know about Gu Lin's former friend's family, and how deep was her relationship with Gu Lin's family?

Amu's head hurts from thinking about it and he can't think of anything, so he came here, shook his head and stopped thinking, dried the letter that Gu Lin had written, looked at the flowing handwriting and sighed: "Aniang, you Don't be angry, Mr. Gu will come to you after I settle down."

The snow is so thick that it is deep enough to the bare feet, and every step is very difficult. The soft snow crunches under the feet, and it turns into transparent ice slag when stepped on. The road behind will be buried again in half an hour. In the new snow, there will be no trace.

Amu let out a breath, and immediately his eyes were covered with whiteness, flying along the wind like fog.He smiled and turned to look at Gu Lin.

Gu Lin walked behind him in the deerskin. He walked like a toddler. The snowdrops on his boots made him want to take them off. The wobbly posture must be ugly.But Gu Lin walked steadily, with his hands quietly huddled behind the buckskin, and the expression on his face was peaceful and calm, which made Amu feel at ease.

He took two steps back, grabbed Gu Lin's hand and held it in his arms: "Young Master Gu, are you cold?"

Gu Lin shook his head and reached out to pat the snowflakes on Amu's head.

Amu shook his head, breathing hot air at Gu Lin's hand: "There's a cave ahead, we'll be there in half an hour's walk, and then we can make a fire to keep us warm."

Gu Lin responded in a low voice, coughing lightly.

Amu's heart suddenly thumped. He was so close to Gu Lin, he could see the subtle luster in Gu Lin's eyes, and he could smell the clear medicinal fragrance on his body. Gu Lin's warm and slightly cool knuckles were in his hands. , was gently holding back.

"Master Gu..." Amu murmured, "You, your health has improved a lot?"

Gu Lin coughed lowly, and looked at Amu after hearing what he said, his eyes were covered with an inexplicable light, but he nodded, and said yes, which made Amu want to jump on the spot a few times.

"Great!" Amu shouted happily: "Young Master Gu, if you hold on, we will go to the doctor when we get out of the forest, and your cough will definitely be cured!" With strength, he pulled Gu Lin to speed up his pace.

They arrived at the cave before the sun set. The entrance of the cave was quite shallow, and even if they shrunk to the bottom of the cave, they felt a little cold, but it was better than standing in the snow.Amu knows a little about the caves, trees, and ground in this forest. Whenever he encounters them, he will break off branches and store them, for fear that he will live in the forest that night, so as not to have to pick up branches to make a fire.

After entering the cave, there were indeed branches left by Amu last time. I touched them with my hands, and they were still very dry, not damp at all.

Light a fire, boil snow and drink it as water, pour spicy wine on the dried meat and eat it, it is also very delicious.The four glutinous rice dumplings, Amu, were reluctant to eat, so he broke off half of them and roasted them by the fire. After a while, the soft and fragrant smell wafted out, which made Amu's mouth water. Gave it to Gu Lin.

Gu Lin took it, then broke off the half and gave it to Amu.

Amu didn't answer, and shook his head: "Young Master Gu, you can eat, and there are other things, I'm just not hungry now."

Gu Lin looked at him without letting go of his hand, just holding it there.

Amu's face was red, he didn't know if it was from the flames or something, his body was very hot, and he took the glutinous rice dumpling from Gu Lin's hand: "Let's eat together."

Gu Lin retracted his hands, and there seemed to be a smile in his eyes.