The two brothers followed the man into the hut, and the man threw a rag to Ran Xiaole, "Beware of catching a cold."

"Thank you." Ran Xiaole took it, took off the bamboo hat for Xiao An, and untied his hair, "Come on, baby, wipe it off."

"Brother, I'm not wet." Xiao An snatched the cloth from his hand and reached for his hair, "Your hair is dripping."

Ran Xiaole Mao poked his head to enjoy his brother's care, and smiled happily: "It's okay, it's not cold."

"You brothers have a good relationship. Come and sit down." The man put on charcoal in the stove, put on a bamboo hat and was about to go out, Ran Xiaole hurriedly called him: "Brother, it's so late, what are you doing?"

"It's raining, and there's still some food on the donkey cart."

"Unloading... Shall I help you?"

The man turned his head slightly, looked around on Ran Xiaole's stick, and said with a light smile, "Forget it, you are not as strong as your brother. There are not many things, so let's rest."

Before Ran Xiaole could refute, the man went out without further ado, and when he came back, he had an extra cloth bag in his hand.

"came back?"

"Hmm." The man took off the hat on his body, revealing a deformed face, and responded lightly.

"Come and warm up."

"Ah."

The man came over, set up a small iron pot on the stove, boiled some water, poured the rice from the small cloth bag into it, and said with a blank expression: "I can only cook some thin rice soup."

Ran Xiaole shrugged her shoulders indifferently, "It's okay, it's not that I haven't suffered, before I was photographed in the paper... No, when I was in my hometown, I broke a piece of instant noodles into four pieces to eat. It’s much more difficult than this.”

"Brother, what are instant noodles?"

"Uh... It's just a kind of bread, it becomes soft after soaking, it's a specialty of our family."

"Is it delicious?"

"Everything tastes good when you're hungry."

"Oh."

"Oh? By the way, we have dry food." Ran Xiaole picked up their bags, took out a few white-faced buns from inside, and handed one to the man, "Oh, it's all ruined by the rain, brother, just make do with it." .”

The man accepted it neither disgusting nor polite, "Thank you."

"Where is the word? It's too late for us to thank you."

Ran Xiaole broke the other two buns in half, kept the rotten one for herself, and stuffed the dry one into his younger brother's hand, "Xiao An, eat this."

"Brother, you eat this, I'll eat what's in your hand."

"I have bad teeth, I can't bite."

Those big watery eyes blinked innocently, "Really?"

Ran Xiaole patted his head, "Really."

Only then did Xiao An obediently lower his head and start eating. The man narrowed his eyes and suddenly said, "You two... aren't real brothers?"

"Why not?"

"It doesn't look like it." The man took a bite of the steamed bun and said, "Your brother was born..."

"Our family is like this. He was good-looking when he was young, and he will look like me when he grows up."

"Really? That's not ordinary good-looking."

"They both have two eyes and one mouth, how unusual can it be?" Ran Xiaole didn't want others to talk about Xiao An's appearance, so she rubbed her nose, "That...Brother, I haven't asked you what your name is yet?"

"Zhang San."

"open…"

I still have Li Si!

Ben was just asking casually, since he didn't want to say it, Ran Xiaole wouldn't think too much about it. "Well, Brother Zhang, you said that no one in this village will take us in, why?"

Zhang San stared at the embers in the stove, the sporadic fire flickered for the last moment, then melted into the inconspicuous dust and disappeared.

"extremely suspicious."

"what?"

"Everyone is waiting to die."

"That... big brother..."

Can you speak a little human?

"The rain has stopped."

Ran Xiaole really couldn't keep up with this person's brain circuit, so she just gave up and nodded, "Well, it seems that I can't stop."

Zhang San stood up suddenly, "It's the hour."

Ran Xiaole suddenly realized that now is Zishi.

"I'll go out for a while, please feel free. No matter what happens outside, don't worry about it, just sleep with you."

"oh oh."

Ran Xiaole agreed confusedly, and watched Zhang Sanfei rushing out, stunned for a long time, but didn't realize what happened, but seeing the child next to him eating contentedly like a normal person, he couldn't help laughing, " Is it that delicious?"

"Ok!"

"It has no taste at all, is it delicious?"

"With my brother, everything tastes good."

Ran Xiaole laughed. I don't know who this little sweet mouth learned from. Will he be able to pay off when he grows up?

"You, how many girls will you harm in the future?"

The child raised his head and looked at him suspiciously, "Brother, what girl?"

"Girl, you don't understand? It's a girl, someone you will like in the future."

"I like my brother."

Ran Xiaole laughed loudly, "It's different, silly boy."

"Why is it different?"

"Oh, you'll understand when you grow up." Ran Xiaole pinched his cheek, "Needless."

"hey-hey…"

"Two hundred and five."

"Brother, let's sleep."

"You sleep right after eating?"

Xiao An hugged Ran Xiaole's waist, and jumped on it with ease, "Well, hug."

Ran Xiaole had no choice but to hold the buttocks of the puppy skin plaster onto the kang, pulled a quilt to cover the two of them, slightly afraid of hitting his younger brother's back, said softly: "Good boy, whoever will notice."

Xiao An entangled Ran Xiaole with all her hands and feet, arched her head on his chest, yawned, and said softly, "Brother, I don't want to sleep anymore."

"It's all like this, don't you want to sleep?"

"Yeah." Xiao An leaned nostalgicly on this thin shoulder, and said in a dull voice, "It's been four years."

Four years.

You have been waiting for this embrace for four years, and I have been waiting for four years.

Ran Xiaole's eyes became hot, and he lowered his head and bit the child's forehead, "Xiao An, go to sleep, brother will stay with you."

Ran Xiaoan was really tired, no matter how stubbornly he insisted on talking to his brother, he couldn't help but his upper and lower eyelids were fighting with sleepiness, his voice became softer and softer, and soon there was a slight snoring sound.

Looking at the quiet and well-behaved child in her arms, Ran Xiaole's heart seemed to be pricked by a wheatgrass, causing it to turn sore, and it seemed to be wrapped in honey, overflowing with the ultimate sweetness.

It seems to have eaten a bunch of candied haws.

No blood is thicker than water, but Ran Xiaole knew that this child would be the bondage of his life.

The air was as quiet as condensation, the fire had been extinguished, and only he was still awake.

Ran Xiaole was very tired, but he couldn't fall asleep because of all the knots in his heart.

The hero will not die, but what about the people who accompany him?

How long can I live?How far can we go?

Duan Ran.

The name suddenly popped up in his mind, as if afraid of losing something, Ran Xiaole involuntarily tightened his arms around Xiao An.Rubbing his younger brother's puffy face with his fingers, he murmured in a low voice: "Xiao An, you are Ran Xiaoan, it's just Ran Xiaoan...don't be afraid...brother is here..."

"Giggle cluck..."

"Giggle cluck..."

The terrifying sharp laughter pulled Ran Xiaole out of his contemplation, as if penetrating from the surroundings and penetrating into the heart, it made people shudder.

The voice was getting louder and harsher, and just as I was terrified, I heard hysterical shouting outside. Crazy fear was concealed in the crazy anger, and at the same time, they were begging crazily.

"It laughed again!"

"That bastard! That bastard is coming to claim his life again!"

"Kill it!"

"Get out of here! Get out!"

"Don't come to my house, please, don't come to my house!"

"... "

The noise outside the house became more and more noisy, Ran Xiaole's heart was beating like a drum, and she instinctively wanted to run away with her life.Just as he was about to wake up his sleeping brother, Zhang San's words flashed past his ears - don't worry, just sleep with you.

"Sleep...sleep...yes...sleep..."

Ran Xiaole was so nervous that she babbled, hid under the bed and hugged Xiao An tightly into her arms, covered Xiao An's ears with both hands, and closed her eyes firmly, "Xiao An can't hear... sleep... sleep..."

I don't know how long he had been chanting, but suddenly there was a "bang", Ran Xiaole was startled first, her breath stuck in her throat, choked for a few seconds, then shook her head desperately, comforting herself to pieces Said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom and equality, I can't think of anything..."

"what!"

The quilt was suddenly lifted, and Ran Xiaole screamed, desperately protecting the child, not daring to open his eyes, and begged for mercy loudly: "I'm going to die, I'm going to die, spare my brother...it's best...it's best to spare me too ..."

Even if you sleep like a pig, you have to wake up.

Xiao An snorted softly, feeling a little suffocated by being hugged too tightly, he hammered Ran Xiaole's shoulder, "Brother, loosen up."

"Don't make trouble!"

"I can't breathe."

"Ah?" Ran Xiaole finally calmed down a little bit, shed some strength, and opened her eyes carefully, "Huh?"

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Ran Xiaole panted heavily, "No, it's fine."

"Have you had a nightmare?"

Nightmare, is it so real?

Ran Xiaole couldn't tell the difference either, the laughter was so terrifying, as if it came from hell, even thinking about it made her shudder.

A pair of small hands caressed his temples, Xiao An knelt down in front of him, and said in a waxy voice: "Xiao An is here, brother, don't be afraid, rub it and you won't dream."

"Yeah." Ran Xiaole hugged the child lightly, and tapped his chin on his shoulder, "Don't be afraid, Xiao An is really nice."

Like a drowning dog in the ocean grabbing a piece of driftwood, he was really relieved.

"Huh?" Ran Xiaole patted Xiao An on the back, "Xiao An, take a look, is that Brother Zhang?"

Ran Xiaoan turned his head, "Hmm! Brother, why did Brother Zhang pass out?"

"Stop talking so much, help him up first!"

It must have been Zhang San who used his last strength to lift the quilt just now. He was so scared that his IQ was scared away.

The two brothers carried Zhang San to the bed, and Ran Xiaole ran to boil the water. There was no doctor in the deserted village, and he couldn't think of any other way except to drink more hot water.

"elder brother."

"Say."

"Brother Zhang's face... seems to be... more powerful..."

Ran Xiaole ran over only to realize that his brother's words were really euphemistic.

It's just uglier.

Pus overflowed from the blisters, and the bruise on the right side deepened, spreading from the chin to the left half of the face. It took less than an hour to turn into this ghostly appearance!

As a mediocre and incompetent commoner, Ran Xiaole's first reaction was of course not to save others.

"Don't be a plague, right? This death is too terrifying!"

As a selfish little commoner, Ran Xiaole's second reaction was of course not to save others.

"This...isn't contagious?"

He pulled the younger brother who was still beside Zhang San off the kang, "Go over there and stay away from him."

As a common man who is greedy for life and afraid of death, Ran Xiaole's third reaction is of course not to save others.

"Brother Zhang, thank you for your kindness, and there will be no future."

Ran Xiaole packed the bag swiftly, while Xiao An just watched him quietly with a pair of clear eyes.It wasn't until the elder brother put the burden on his back and held his hand that the child asked, "Brother, are we leaving?"

Ran Xiaole glanced at Zhang San, and sighed helplessly, "So what if I don't leave? Do you want to stay here and wait for death?"

"Where's that big brother?"

"He's not long to live."

"Oh."

There was not even the slightest hesitation, it was just this plain "oh" that made Ran Xiaole hesitate.

It was just a stranger who died, so there was no need for any ripples.

But grandpa said that he only asked Xiaoan to be an upright and upright person.

Ran Xiaole is too inconspicuous, so inconspicuous that he is ruthlessly trampled on by the indifferent world, he dare not complain even a bit, but now, does he want this child to learn to be a cruel person?

Virtue is useless, so can it be discarded at will?

Sympathy is meaningless, should one have a heart of stone?

If people are good and incompetent, is there any reason to bully others plausibly?

You can do it with your hands down, but you can't do it with a clear conscience.

Ran Xiaoan was only 14 years old, had no education, and obeyed every word his brother said, but his cowardly self was his only teacher, who could teach him to be indomitable, and could also influence him to become a humble worm like himself.

No.

Absolutely, no.

With raw jade in hand, the most taboo is lack of ingenuity.

"Don't go."

"elder brother…"

Ran Xiaole smiled softly at her younger brother, "Xiao An, brother is wrong, I'm sorry."

"Brother, what are you talking about?"

"It's okay." Ran Xiaole pointed to the direction of the bed and said, "Stay away from there, brother to take care of him."

"I'll help you!"

"Well...then you stay here and call me when the water boils, okay?"

"Ok!"

He rubbed the child's hair, "Good boy."

Seeing Xiao An obediently sitting beside the stove with her knees hugged, Ran Xiaole breathed a sigh of relief, found a clean cloth, went to the bedside and carefully wiped the pus on Zhang San's face, and covered him with a quilt There was really nothing he could do except wait for him to wake up or collect his body.

It’s just that he is not a saint after all, and he is still praying to God silently in his heart. It is so easy to be a good person once, please give me a good reward, bless the three of us, at least bless our two brothers, and most importantly bless that child, safe and sound.

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