no puppet

During the winter solstice, there was a light snowfall in Yongcun.The roofs of the dilapidated tents surrounding the village were all blown as white as paper at that time, and the fine snow that condensed into ice was rustling down.

More than a month has passed since Una fell into a coma, and the villagers have gradually become accustomed to it from being restless at the beginning.It seems that Yang Deyi has just been buried not long ago, and life still has to go on, no one will kneel in front of the grave forever and cry non-stop—maybe it was like before, and the days are getting more and more busy, especially now that it is cold, Even mice know how to stockpile food for the winter. If the living continue to be sluggish and lazy, they will probably end up dead.

However, Xie Hengyan doesn't like to spend the winter.

——For puppets, the most deadly thing is the cold weather.When he lived on Tongjing Island in the past, Xie Cong would prepare a stove and a charcoal basin for him. The blankets and bedding at the head of the bed were replaced with brand new ones, and the fox fur he wore with him was as white as snow.

But now when he came to this small broken island, Yin Chu would only call him: "Come here and chop firewood."

"Come and wash the vegetables."

"Come and cook."

Xie Hengyan was really afraid of the cold, and every time she came out wrapped in a blanket, she would tremble like a half-baked spring roll.Later, Rong Shilian couldn't stand it any longer, and knit him a fluffy hat.Ever since, this puppet is like a rare treasure suddenly, and it is happily wearing it every day-he said that no one has knitted a hat for him before, so he has to cover his head even when he sleeps, and he can say nothing. Don't take it off easily.

But when this thing was just woven, it was obviously not favored by the printing press.Anyway, he said to Xie Hengyan more than once before and after, "This hat is ugly, don't wear it."

Or else: "Wrapped in a blanket rather than a hat."

He even launched a provocative offensive: "You are so ugly, can you not wear a hat?"

The result, of course, was that Xie Hengyan rolled her eyes and refused to talk to Yin Chun properly for a few days after taking it out.

Now the two live in a small tent together, and their life is as plain as water, as simple and busy as all the villagers.Yin Chun felt like going back to the time when he was in Biyu Mansion, but those people around him had become puppets who love to laugh and make trouble—he never expected that, as Cheng Daofeng's apprentice, One day they will be reduced to being with monsters, eating in the same room, sleeping in the same room, rubbing their ears and temples together from time to time, and even covering them with the same quilt.

...This time it's a good thing, they obviously said they were friends, but they acted like ordinary couples.Even the other villagers always said that the two of them seemed to be an indescribable match.

A few days after the winter solstice, it snowed heavily overnight inside and outside the island.The shallow water near the beach pier has frozen into ice, and fishermen are no longer busy punting their boats, but fishing on the ice nearby.

Yin Chun went out early in the morning to help dig the soil in the fields outside the village against the howling cold wind.

It was rare for Xie Hengyan to stay up late, wrapped in a padded robe and blanket, and got out of bed to cook.

This puppet has superb cooking skills, even if the ingredients in front of it are poor and scarce, it can still cook a table full of richness.Put the vegetable soup into the pot, mix it with whole grains, and boil it into a light golden luster; cut the fish and shrimp into pieces, roll them in the oil pan, and stir-fry them with green beans until they are red and green; finally, steam a plate of fragrant and white steamed buns, and put them on the table The front of the table is particularly eye-catching, and it really looks delicious in color and fragrance.

Xie Hengyan was standing next to the stove cleaning the spatula, suddenly a pair of powerful big hands came from under his waist, and gently embraced his whole body.

"Ah Qian?" Xie Hengyan yelled casually without even looking, "Did you help everyone shovel the snow today? Be careful that your mother slips and falls when going out..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt a sudden heat in his bosom, as if there was something warm and hot.Xie Hengyan turned her head suddenly, but saw Yin Chun standing behind her at some point, holding a half-new copper pot in her hand, until she got a closer look, she realized it was a small and exquisite hand stove, which was still hot at that time. Wisps of thin white smoke emerged from the small hole.

"Wow, where did you get this, this, this, this...?" Xie Hengyan's almond-shaped eyes widened, and his tongue got stuck in a moment of excitement. He didn't even care about the spatula, and hurried to hold the stove and said, "God Hey, so... so warm, is this for me?"

Yin Chuan nodded slowly: "Bring an old pot to the blacksmith in the village. You can make do with it first. It should still keep you warm."

After finishing speaking, Xie Hengyan rushed forward and hugged her: "Yin Chun, you are so kind!!"

"So...you can take off your hat, right?" Yin Zhu asked in a low voice.

"No, I need a hat and a stove." Xie Hengyan pouted coquettishly, "I want them all!"

"No." Yin Zhu said with a straight face, "You can choose one, if you want a hat, give me back the stove."

However, Xie Hengyan didn't hear it at all, Gu Zi covered the stove with his hand and bent down, busy turning the firewood pile, clearing away the steaming food next to the stove.

The daily meals of the villagers have long been accustomed to sharing food with each other in big pots. After Rong Shilian got sick, Xie Hengyan took over all of her main tasks.

After eating with everyone, Xie Hengyan held Yin Chu's arm, and the two of them simply cleaned up the snow piled up in front of the door, and then went into the tent to warm up together.

Yin Chun asked: "Wuna hasn't woken up these days?"

"No, I don't know when I'll wake up." Xie Hengyan slumped into the straw and said lazily, "It's been a month, and I'm almost used to living on the island."

Yin Chun sighed, and said lightly: "Perhaps what Rong Shilian said before was right, the decision to transfer the Yesheng seal...was really ill-considered. You should have thought it over before doing it."

Xie Hengyan said: "But once Brother Wu is gone, it will be difficult for you to find a way to go to sea."

Yin Chun only said: "Not to mention whether he will wake up in the future - even if he does wake up, what should we use to convince him?"

"...Of course the reason is to go to sea." Xie Hengyan squinted at him, "Actually, I also want to know, if you have the opportunity to leave here in the future, what will you do after you return to the outside world... ?”

Yin Chun also raised his eyes, silently looking at Xie Hengyan.

"Let me make it clear first, you have to go back and go straight to Cheng Daofeng's arms, there is no way I will continue to follow you." Xie Hengyan said lightly.

Yin Chun suddenly became hesitant to speak: "I..."

Xie Hengyan: "Look, let me be sure again!"

Yin Chu: "..."

"I knew it, you are really a deadhead, you don't know what flexibility is at all." Xie Hengyan was too lazy to make a fuss, "Hey, anyway...you can do whatever you want, it's your freedom to go wherever you like."

"That's my master..." Yin Chun said in a deep voice, "No matter what, some things must be made clear in person."

Xie Hengyan thought about it and decided not to discuss such a difficult topic with him.Then he turned around, took out a stack of neat drawings from the small cabinet in the corner, and handed them to Yinpo one by one.

"These are the detailed parts of the hull. Before I drew, I referred to ancient books, so there shouldn't be any major problems." Xie Hengyan said without looking back, "But the materials available on the island are obviously not enough. , can only follow the simplest plan..."

Yin Zuo stared down at the exquisite patterns that had been supplemented in detail one by one. The black and white characters on the paper were written cleanly and forcefully, which seemed very clear—most of them were completed by puppets bit by bit under the candle lamp, just to be able to Let Yinzhu get out of the island as soon as possible, so as to stay away from the huge/shadow brought by the imminent death.

——Clearly for Xie Hengyan himself, the time compression in the island will not have any impact on him.

Thinking about it this way, Yin Chun always felt a little sorry.

"When Big Brother Wu wakes up, you can show him all of these... Whether he agrees or not, at least everyone will have a clear idea." Xie Hengyan said, continuing to reach out to rummage through the cabinet.However, when he turned halfway, he suddenly stopped again, and asked in surprise, "Hey, what is this...?"

I saw a half-worn cloth bag lying silently at the innermost end of the corner of the cabinet, a place that would hardly be noticed by anyone.

Perhaps it has been forgotten for too long, and the tightly fastened bag mouth has been slightly loosened, and then countless crystal clear fragments poured out from it——I had to lower my head to take a closer look, only to find that the bag that was packed in it was There is a big bag full of shells!

Yin Zhen: "!!!"

Xie Hengyan exclaimed: "Hey hey hey hey..."

——However, before he finished, Yin Chu snatched the bag back.

Xie Hengyan turned his head, but saw a faint blush on Yin Chun's face, as if some secret had been exposed suddenly, and he was extremely embarrassed.

"When did you pick up the shells?" Xie Hengyan couldn't help asking, "I can't tell...you have such a childlike innocence."

Yin Chu: "..."

Xie Hengyan mocked: "It's so childish."

"This is obviously for you!" Yin Zhu was suddenly angry.

"what?"

"Last time, you were angry with me because of shells." Yin Zhu felt inexplicably aggrieved when he thought of this, "I wanted to please you, so I went to the beach to pick them up all night...but when you came back, you told me I hate shells the most."

Xie Hengyan was taken aback for a moment, and then reacted, "噗嗤", and suddenly started laughing wildly: "Hahahahahahahahaha..."

Yin Zhen's facial features were distorted, and he was all entangled and said: "I was afraid of offending you again afterwards, so I had to find a place to hide..."

"Hahahahahahahahaha..." Xie Hengyan twitched with laughter, "You are really...! Hahahahaha!"

Yin Chun was laughed to the point of doubting his life: "..."

"You, can you be more frank..." Xie Hengyan suppressed a smile, trembling in Yin Chun's arms, "Every time you have an idea, why don't you say it directly? You must hide it, I will It's also a headache!"

Yin Chu: "..."

Xie Hengyan continued to laugh loudly: "You are so stupid, you are really like a donkey! I didn't hate shells at the time, I was afraid that you would keep making detours for me, and you couldn't get to the point. It's really annoying, okay..."

"Yes."

As Yin Chun said, he suddenly stepped forward and kissed the puppet's laughing lips: "I like being with you, and I don't want to lose you in the future. Is this frank enough?"

Xie Hengyan's eyes widened, but soon, his eyes gradually softened.He embraced Yin Chun with both hands, feeling the warm tip of his tongue prying open his thin lips, and lightly brushing the puppet's sharp fangs, Xie Hengyan suddenly panicked, fearing that he would be scratched, but Yin Chun tilted his head and deepened the pressure. The kiss made Xie Hengyan twitch uncontrollably, and finally fell limp, sinking into Yin Chu's arms like water.

In the end, they parted reluctantly, and both of their faces were red.Yin Chun's breathing was unsteady, he raised his palm and pulled Xie Hengyan into his arms, rubbing the back of his head like rubbing a puppy.

"Where are the shells?" Xie Hengyan asked in a muffled voice.

"Here." Yin Chun shook his hand, "Do you want more?"

Xie Hengyan said angrily: "Of course I want it, give it to me!"

Yin Chun didn't know what wrong he had committed, so he said again: "What do you give me?"

Xie Hengyan: "I want it, give it to me!"

Yin Chun: "Say it again."

Xie Hengyan said ferociously: "I said I want you to give me... woo woo... Wow!"

Then he was picked up horizontally by Yin Chuan, placed in mid-air, and turned several times in a row.

"You are really...really..." Xie Hengyan didn't hold back for a moment, and laughed on Yin Chun's chest, "You're sick!"

Yin Chun also laughed along with him, but didn't continue talking.

In fact, he has always relied on Xie Hengyan very much.This kind of dependence is not the same as Xie Hengyan's clingy and docile - originally Yin Chu was a lonely and silent person most of the time.During those long days in Biyu Mansion, he couldn't make any friends. The only people of the same age that he knew were Kang Wen and Cheng Miling. Subconsciously want to resist.And only in front of Xie Hengyan, would she open her heart and laugh and fight with him unscrupulously.

Of course, among all the people around her, Xie Hengyan was the one who was hurt the most.

Running in always means constant disputes and bruises, and Yin Chuan habitually erects the thorns on his back to protect the softest and most vulnerable places in his heart, so the one who is really hurt in the end is the one who is intimate with him.

He really wanted to apologize to the puppet, but he didn't know where to start.

Later, it was Xie Hengyan who stopped laughing, and instead lowered her head, hugged Yinzhu tightly, and whispered: "Actually, I... I don't want to live here either."

Yin Chun: "Huh?"

"I want to... go to a big town with a lot of people, build a house, have a lot of delicious food and fun every day, and meet more interesting friends-of course, having more children... would be better. "Xie Hengyan said with great fascination, "Then, if you...you don't marry a wife, then I won't marry a wife, and I can often call you to my house to play. When the time comes, I will make a big bed for you, and the room will Close the door and do something shameful, so you won't be disturbed..."

Yin Chunjun blushed: "Speak stupid things!"

Xie Hengyan asked: "Isn't this good?"

"The house needs to be built together to be warm." Yin Chun said, "Are you planning to separate from me?"

Xie Hengyan pursed her lips and said, "You should separate from your master first!"

"Master's matter, we will talk about it after leaving the island." Yin Chun hugged him and sat back on the straw pile, "Don't think about it too much, if you can't get out at all, isn't it a waste of worry?"

"Oh."

Xie Hengyan glanced at his thin waist: "Yin Chun, what is a shameful thing?"

"Cough, cough, cough..." Yin Zhu coughed suddenly, and before he could get out of the infinitely beautiful fantasy just now, he was brought back to reality by Xie Hengyan's merciless questioning.

"Don't keep mentioning this." He glared at Xie Hengyan with red ears and said, "This kind of thing...can only be done after the two get married!"

Xie Hengyan: "Will I be pregnant if I do it?"

Yin Chun said casually: "Anyway, I don't know how to do it."

Xie Hengyan had a strange expression, and said "oh".

"Neither will you!" Yin Zhu was almost driven crazy, "You can't ask others to do it, it's an irresponsible behavior, do you understand?"

"Then...you come." Xie Hengyan lay flat on the bed directly, "Hurry up and get me pregnant, I want a baby too."

Yin Chun looked at the idiot's expression: "Just think about it. I've said it all, it's impossible for two men."

Xie Hengyan entangled her face again: "Why? Where did the baby come from? Tell me... Tell me, I've lived so long and I don't know anything!"

Yin Chun was almost depressed: "Didn't your father teach you these things?"

Xie Hengyan: "How can Xie Cong teach?"

Yin Chun: "I don't know how to teach either."

"Okay...Okay." Xie Hengyan said disappointedly, "Then tomorrow...I'll go to Sister Tangshui for advice. She has been pregnant with a baby, so she must know everything."

Yin Chun sat up suddenly: "Don't go!"

Xie Hengyan turned over and plunged into the straw pile, unwilling to talk to him anymore.

"Hello..." Yin Zhu whispered.

"Ah!" Xie Hengyan suddenly turned back.

Yin Chun: "What's wrong?"

Xie Hengyan narrowed his almond eyes: "I suddenly thought of a question."

"..." Yin Chundun said with some vigilance: "What do you want to ask?"

Xie Hengyan cleared her throat, and said: "Speaking of having a baby...haven't you thought that if time compression on the island is an inevitable process, then according to the same reasoning, women's pregnancy period should also be shortened. But now it seems that everyone is not like this..."

The topic changed too quickly, and Yin Zhu was a little caught off guard: "...?"

Xie Hengyan hurriedly pushed him and said, "Do you think so?"

"You say it like this..." Yin Chun frowned slightly, after a while, he suddenly remembered something, and suddenly said in surprise: "It seems to be!"

The two looked up at the same time as if they had found a new land for no reason, but they stared blankly at each other. They sat on the straw pile in a daze for a long time, not knowing what to say.

"Why didn't you find out before?" Xie Hengyan couldn't help but said, "Such an important issue... God, we didn't pay attention until now! It's just too slow!"

Although Yin Chun was also surprised, he was much calmer than Xie Hengyan.He took a deep breath, and tried his best to speak to the puppet with a gentle speed: "The current conditions on the island are too bad, and there are very few who can give birth to a child completely, let alone live a child after giving birth." Come down... think about it carefully, we have lived here for a long time, which family is lucky enough to have a newborn?"

Xie Hengyan said dully, "Oh...no."

Yin Chun said helplessly: "So, this is something that can't be helped."

"Besides Sister Tangshui, there must be other girls who have given birth in that village!" Xie Hengyan scratched her head and said, "Otherwise, ask them?"

Yin Chun asked, "Who are you going to find?"

Xie Hengyan said: "Who is looking for someone... Otherwise, what else can I do."

"Don't be foolish." Yin Zhu said anxiously, "I don't trust you."

Xie Hengyan said unhappily: "You are the one, don't worry about it. I'm just asking questions, and I won't be eaten!"

"..."

Yin Chun frowned, only feeling a chill behind his back, as if something bad was about to happen.

——Sure enough, the next morning, it was just dawn.It was rare for Yin Chun to go back to sleep. When he opened his eyes, he found that his arms were empty. When his consciousness gradually became clear, he heard chattering outside the tent.

Yin Chun opened the curtain and looked outside, and saw that the daisy surnamed Xie was already blooming.

It was clearly supposed to be the busiest time in the morning, but there were a lot of girls crowded around the puppet, some young and some old, all smiling faces at the same time, bustling and crowded to the tent door. It's leaking.

"Speaking of things like having a baby... I almost didn't kill me at the beginning." Widow Li next door covered her face and tremblingly said, "Later, she recuperated for a long time, and she still suffers from a lot of problems, such as back pain It's uncomfortable..." After finishing speaking, he did not forget to pinch Xie Hengyan's little hand, and said delicately: "Otherwise, little monster, you are free the next day, so come to my house to help with a massage?"

Xie Hengyan smiled and said: "Okay, okay, then I dare to ask my sisters, how long does it usually take to conceive a child?"

"It's been half a year, it's really fatal." Granny Zhang said sadly and weeping, "My daughter-in-law left suddenly when she was half pregnant, leaving neither her nor her baby behind..."

Xie Hengyan hurriedly patted the old man's shoulder, and comforted him repeatedly: "Grandma's mourning is going on, people can't be resurrected after death..."

Miss Wang, who followed closely behind, also said: "Let me tell you, I gave birth before, but it was premature, and I gave birth in less than eight months."

"That's true." Xie Hengyan affirmed, "The process of being pregnant for ten months will not be shortened by the influence of a strange disease!"

After finishing speaking, he turned back to look at Yin Zhu, but saw that this guy was sticking out of the tent like a stick, holding his arms coldly, and somehow his face was not very good-looking.

"Hey, did you hear me clearly!" Xie Hengyan pointed at him, "I asked, the time really won't change..."

Yin Chun's entire face turned black, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the puppet was stuck in the dark group of sisters behind him, holding arms from time to time and brushing each other's hair, really not knowing where the boundaries were.

Yin Chun couldn't help but said: "I didn't ask you to ask like this!"

However, his voice was too low, and he was completely drowned out by the chattering noises of the girls after a while.

Yin Chu: "..."

At this time, Rong Shilian was also attracted by the lively voice, and with a wooden bucket for laundry in his hand, he approached suspiciously and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Sister Tangshui!" Xie Hengyan greeted her with a smile, "You came just in time, we have something to discuss with you."

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Discussed with the editor today, the article was renamed "Wu puppet"

It was called "A Lot of Plays" before because I tried sand sculpture-style cookies, and at most it would not exceed 40w words. Now I feel that although this article hits the street, the plot and characters are all in my heart, and I want to treat it well , so change it to the name of the drama style

——Why is it called "Wu Puppet", in fact, it comes from an idiom, a clear conscience, a clear conscience and no puppet, the word "puppet" is polyphonic, and it is the same as "return", so it still contains a lot of deep meaning ~

In short, this article has finally become my favorite