strange neighbor

On a remote path, five or six children aged seven or eight surrounded a boy who looked younger.

"What I said is true, if you don't believe me try it, he won't cry!" A dark-skinned child shouted at the other children.

"Try it!" He said, bending down to pick up a stone: "He is just a fool, he is not afraid of pain."

After he finished speaking, he threw the stone in his hand towards the child in the middle without hesitation. The fist-sized stone hit his arm, and fell to the ground with a grunt, leaving only a white spot on his arm. Another red mark.

"Look, I said he won't hurt, right?"

Sure enough, the child didn't react even if he was hit by a stone, but just stared at him with two glass ball-like eyes, and pursed his lips tightly.

Seeing that the rest of the children were still standing there stupidly, the dark-skinned child became anxious: "Aren't you listening to me? Let me tell you, whoever doesn't hit him, I won't take him when playing king games in the future, even I also want to tell everyone not to play with him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a child moved his footsteps, picked up a stone, and threw it weakly forward, with poor accuracy, it was obvious that he was just trying to play it off.

Seeing this, the dark-skinned child yelled viciously: "No! You have to hit him on time. If you can't hit him, I won't admit it!"

Seeing that someone finally opened the door, the rest of the children seemed to have opened the gate, picking up stones and throwing them at him. Gradually, everyone seemed to have found some fun, from the initial fear, nervousness, and guilt to mutual love. Comparing to see whose momentum is more accurate.

"Look at me, I'm going to hit him on the shoulder!" A little fat man said, closing one eye, and throwing the stone in his hand as if drawing a bow.

The child who was beaten just stood where he was, didn't cry or scream, just tried his best to protect his head, those stones still had some weight, his little body was staggered and staggered from the beating, and kept moving towards the ground. step back.

Suddenly, no one knew who threw the stone, and it hit his unprotected forehead, and instantly bright red blood dripped down.

"Ah—it's bleeding, it's bleeding, the little monster is bleeding, he's going to kill us!" A child yelled in horror.

Seeing this, the rest of the children were also frightened, and one after another dropped the stones in their hands and ran away.

Only the bleeding child was left, wearing a small white T-shirt, but it was extremely dirty, with gray marks and red blood dripping all over the skirt.

There was a knocking sound on the balcony door, and Ding Shijin suddenly woke up from his dream. He opened his eyes and saw that he had fallen asleep on the sofa.

The person who came must be Jiang Duo, and no one else would do such a stupid thing except him. Ding Shijin lay on the sofa and maintained a posture without moving. Sure enough, after waiting for a while, the glass door of the balcony was opened, and Jiang Duo came in, he walked barefoot in front of Ding Shijin and squatted down, then pushed aside the hair that blocked his eyes: "Are you hungry? How about some noodles tonight?"

There was no light turned on in the living room, but the eyes were exposed at once, which made him feel uneasy that all the emotions in his heart were dissected and exposed to the blue sky and white sun. Ding Shijin lay on his back, stretched out an arm to cover his eyes, and his voice came out. Dumb: "Don't eat."

Jiang Duo sighed and looked at Ding Shijin's side face. The blood on the scratch had already solidified, so he simply sat down cross-legged, reached out and opened the medicine box behind him, and skillfully found the iodophor and cotton swabs. Without saying a word, he began to administer medicine to Ding Shijin.

Ding Shijin shivered in gratitude for iodophor's cold touch, and subconsciously avoided Jiang Duo's touch, but just as he dodged, he was fixed again by Jiang Duo's warm hand. His voice was very low, a little coaxing The smell: "Don't move, it will be fine soon."

Ding Shijin closed his eyes, Jiang Duo was coaxing him, he could hear it, after he was seven years old, he never heard someone speak to him in such a gentle voice, Ding Shijin felt his eyes were hot, he didn't know why.

"I want to eat noodles." He said.

Jiang Duo treated his wound and went to cook noodles. He was lying on the sofa, and Jiang Duo could be seen busy in the kitchen. Jiang Duo didn't ask him what was going on today, as if he just came to his house for dinner. It was just a meal, and after watching him finish eating, he left again.

Ding Shijin also heaved a sigh of relief.

When he woke up the next morning, Ding Shijin regretted what happened last night. It might seem normal to Jiang Duo, but to him it felt awkward, as if he had built up little by little for a long time. A piece of the shell was broken, and he almost confessed to Jiang Duo. This is not a good phenomenon, and even Liang Wang knew about it because the two had known each other since they were very young.

Everything has to get back on track, he thought.

So he didn't move when the sound of knocking on the glass continued to come from the balcony in the afternoon. Jiang Duo stood on the balcony, looking at the tightly drawn curtains in front of him, he reached out and tried to push the door, only to find that it was locked.

The curtains of Ding Shijin's house are very light blue, through which one can see Jiang Duo's hazy figure standing outside, correspondingly, Jiang Duo can also see him sitting on the sofa like a statue.

Jiang Duo stood for a while, then withdrew and returned to his home.

Two days later, Ding Shijin received a call from Liang Wang, and excitedly told him that he had taken annual leave and wanted to go out for a few days, and asked him if he wanted to come together.

Ding Shijin wanted to refuse, but suddenly remembered that when he went to the bathroom in the morning, he accidentally saw the haggard self in the mirror, so he nodded and agreed. The time was set at noon the next day, and the destination was the endless grassland and beautiful small houses yurt.

The sky in the prairie was blue, the clouds were white, and it was already autumn, so what they saw was the golden grass. Liang Wang's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he took a deep breath: "It's so beautiful, he really Didn't lie to me."

Ding Shijin turned his head sideways: "Who?"

"...No, no one." Liang Wang said and walked forward first, and introduced to him: "I have already booked a yurt here, this time we two will have a good time and have nothing to worry about. Go back after playing!"

Ding Shijin squinted at him: "Who has anything to worry about?"

"... Me! I've been very annoying recently, can you just keep me company?"

"What's bothering you?"

"I'm the leader. I annoy one person. It annoys me to death. I won't mention it. I just want to be happy when I come here. Don't always think about annoying things." He trotted two steps as he spoke, and then a man in a thick robe come over.

This man looked like a local ethnic minority. He was tall and strong. When he saw them, he smiled heartily: "Is it Mr. Liang?"

Liang Wang stretched out his hand: "It's me, it's me."

"Mr. Liang, come with me, your house is here." The man brought the two of them to a snow-white yurt, and opened the door: "This is the house you reserved, and all your daily necessities are ready. Meals can be eaten in the restaurant over there, or we can bring them to you."

Liang Wang sent the man away, and Ding Shijin looked at the internal structure of the house. The floor had been covered with thick carpets, and there were two single beds inside, a wooden table and two wooden chairs on the opposite side. There is a beautiful embroidered ribbon with blue flowers on a white background, and there is a stove in the middle of the ground, with a patterned copper pot on it, which is very ethnic.

It took a whole day to get here, so neither of them went out to eat, and only asked Chaolu to bring it over. Ding Shijin had no appetite, and was fascinated by the gurgling and steaming milk tea in front of him.

Liang Wang picked up a spoon, filled two bowls and put them aside, and put them in front of Ding Shijin after they felt warm to the touch: "It's ready to drink."

Ding Shijin lowered his eyelids to glance at the steaming milk tea, and hummed.

Autumn in the north is very cold, especially in the grasslands. People put on thick robes early and drink a bowl of hot milk tea to warm them up from the inside out. Liang Wang put down the bowl and let out a satisfied sigh.

Soon it was getting dark, Liang Wang moved two stools to the door, and yelled at him: "Shi Jin, come out and look, the stars over here are so bright!"

Hearing this, Ding Shijin also walked out, and sat down beside her.

Liang Wang raised his head and looked at the night sky, his thoughts drifted farther and farther away, he remembered something and laughed out loud: "Oh, do you still remember, when I was a sophomore in high school, one day I quarreled with my dad and ran away from home."

Ding Shijin also raised his head, and said, "I remember."

"It's so embarrassing haha, I just want you to send me some money, why did you pack up your things and run away from home?"

Ding Shijin smiled: "You didn't speak clearly, and you ran up the mountain. Fortunately, I brought clothes, otherwise we might be on the news."

"That's right, if we didn't have those clothes of yours, the two of us would have frozen to death." Liang Wang recalled, his voice full of emotion: "Are the stars so bright that night?"

"No, there were no stars that night." Ding Shijin entered the room after finishing speaking.

Liang Wang looked at his back and pouted.

In the middle of the night, it was frost outside, and people were shivering from the cold. The two of them were curled up in the quilts and sleeping soundly. Suddenly, there was the sound of something scraping on the yurt outside. Ding Shijin opened his eyes, and a tall figure Slowly bypassed their yurt and went to other places.

The next day he did not expect to see someone unexpected. Ding Shijin stood outside the yurt, looked at the two people opposite and frowned: "Why are you here?"

"Oh, I saw Xiao Wangzai's circle of friends." Fat brother was carrying a big bag, and said with a smile: "I just asked him for the address. Do you mind if I go with Duoer?"

"You can do whatever you want." Ding Shijin pursed his lower lip and looked up at Jiang Duo.

Jiang Duo was wearing a coat, and his half-length blond hair was tied up in half. He looked at Ding Shijin with a smile: "Did you sleep well yesterday?"

"Ah."

Liang Wang found that the atmosphere between Ding Shijin and Jiang Duo was a little weird, but he couldn't tell what was so strange. The two of them seemed to have become unfamiliar suddenly. At night, Chaolu invited the four of them to join their tribe. At the bonfire party, many people sang and danced together, and there was a big fire in the middle. Men and women of ethnic minorities could sing and dance well. After a long commotion, some people began to serve freshly roasted lamb legs, Burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, bursts of aroma wafted out, they drank and ate meat, and began to sing and dance again. It's so lively.

Sitting next to Ding Shijin, Jiang Duo kept laughing and applauding, while Ding Shijin seemed a bit out of place.

The fire in the fire was gradually extinguished, and many people yawned and left to go back to sleep. Liang Wang was also a little sleepy. He stood up and was about to go back to the yurt, but the fat man grabbed his shoulders and said with a smile: "Oh, Xiaowang!" Boy, I haven't seen you for a long time, Fat Brother misses you, go to Fat Brother's room tonight, and sleep with Fat Brother."

Liang Wang drank a little too much, he smirked when he heard this: "Okay."

He was taken away by the fat brother.

However, Ding Shijin didn't know it until he returned to the room and when he turned to close the door, he saw Jiang Duo following behind him. He gave Jiang Duo a blank look: "What are you doing here?"

Jiang Duo smiled: "Sleep."

"Don't you have a room?"

"Liang Wang went to sleep with fat brother, I can only come to sleep with you." He shrugged, his tone was very innocent.

Ding Shijin looked at him with scrutiny for a while, then let go of the hand on the doorknob, and went straight back to his bed to change his clothes. The weather here is cold and water is inconvenient, so he can't take a bath every day, so he can only Do a simple wash.

When taking off his clothes, Jiang Duo inadvertently saw the old wounds on his wrists.

After thinking about it, he took out a bottle of wine from his bag: "Drink?"

Ding Shijin looked back at him: "Didn't you drink enough just now?"

"I didn't drink enough with you."

Taking down two glasses from the wooden table and filling them up, Ding Shijin drank the glass in one go, and the moment he swallowed, his throat started to feel warm.

Jiang Duo poured him another glass: "Drink slowly, what's the rush?"

Ding Shijin didn't raise his head, rubbing the cup with his hands: "You told Liang Wang to come here, right?"

Jiang Duo's expression remained unchanged: "It's me."

"why?"

Jiang Duo put down the bottle and took a deep look at him: "Because you are unhappy, I want you to be happier."

Hearing this, Ding Shijin raised his eyes and looked at him steadily, for a long while: "Are you sick?"

Jiang Duo smiled, with an unserious expression on his face: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and Teacher Ding will see a doctor?"

Ding Shijin rolled his eyes at him, and drank another whole glass in one gulp. The two drank for a while, and the wine soon bottomed out. Ding Shijin also let go more than before, and grabbed Jiang Duo's hair: "Why did you dye your hair? , the light will shine in a flash."

Jiang Duo pulled his hand down helplessly: "My fault."

"Why did you dye your hair?" he asked.

Jiang Duo looked at his ignorant eyes, and knew that this master was drunk again, so he smiled: "I heard that when a person starts to have more questions about another person, it proves that he is interested in that person Is that so, Ah Jin?"

Ding Shijin sneered, said fart in a low voice, and went to bed.

Jiang Duo looked at him, the drunk Ah Jin was even cuter than usual.

On the other side, Liang Wang also drank a lot, yawned, and was still thinking in a chaotic way. The atmosphere between Shi Jin and Jiang Duo was not good. Is it okay?Especially Shi Jin, who is a full-fledged militant, they won't fight, right?Probably not... Jiang Duo still has a good temper, with a smile on his face all day long.

"Is Xiao Wangzai sleepy?" Fat Brother asked on the other bed.

Liang Wang tucked in the quilt: "Yes."

"Then go to sleep." The fat brother glanced at Liang Wang's tightly covered quilt, only his head was exposed, and remembered a horror story he accidentally saw on the Internet a few days ago, his eyes flashed with mischief The light: "Xiao Wangzai, Fat Brother will tell you a bedtime story."

"Okay." Liang Wang sank down, feeling happy in his heart, Brother Fat is so kind, and even told him a bedtime story.

"Is the quilt covered?" Fat Brother asked.

"Ah."

"Have you retracted your hand?"

"Indented."

"Are your feet in?"

Liang Wang shook his foot: "I also retracted, fat brother, hurry up and tell your story."

Fat Brother cleared his throat, and there was a smile in his voice: "Once upon a time there was a man."

"Hmm..." Liang Wang listened carefully with his eyes closed, guessing in his heart that this was a typical fairy tale, and it all started with someone in the past, but he didn't expect Fat Brother to have a princess heart.

"When I slept, I only showed my head, but in the middle of the night, my head was chopped off."

"Hmm..." Liang Wang nodded, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and opened his closed eyes: "Huh?!"

!!!

He stared at Fat Brother with wide eyes in horror, with resentment on his face.

Fat brother looked at his expression and rolled back and forth on the bed laughing.

After the trouble was enough, the fat brother reached out and turned off the light, and gradually only the sound of steady breathing remained in the room.

'Crack——' the sound of something scratching on the cloth made Liang Wang turn over from the noise.

'Crack——' Another sound, he opened his eyes, and saw a tall figure outside the yurt, walking back and forth around their yurt, Liang Wang opened his mouth, feeling that the blood in his whole body was frozen, The figure outside, everything above the shoulders is gone!

Fat brother was still sleeping, even snoring slightly, Liang Wang didn't know what to do, he didn't dare to shout, for fear of being found out, he thought of fat brother inappropriately