Strange Fate Through Time

"Old Caitou, Lao Caitou." Hong Ni knocked on the door and called Lao Caitou's name.After a long time, I heard a hoarse voice from inside the door, "Come on, don't knock, it's the middle of the night screaming!"

Soon there was a little light in the room, followed by the sound of shoes mopping the floor.Hongni's cheeks flushed with excitement, she rubbed her hands and turned her head to look at Lin Yu and Song Lianchen from time to time.

With a sound of "squeak", the old wooden door was opened, and Lao Cai stood at the door with his head wrapped in a piece of clothes. He frowned when he saw Hong Ni, "Look at what time it is now? You don't sleep like me The old man is still sleeping."

With the light from the room, Lin Yu looked at Lao Caitou.Hearing the children's yelling at first, he thought Lao Caitou was a rather old man, but now he saw that he was wrong.

Although Lao Caitou is called Lao Caitou, he is not old, at most in his early thirties.It's just too sloppy, not to mention the bad smell on his body, and the thick beard has grown all over his face, and he hasn't trimmed it for some time.

At this time, Lao Cai leaned his head halfway on the door frame and yawned sleepily. The cold rain was blown all over his head and body by the wind. He couldn't help shivering and wrapped his clothes tightly.

"Why are you looking for me in the middle of the night?" Lao Cai wanted to send Hong Ni away quickly so that he could go back to sleep.

Hong Ni said, "I want to ask you to see a doctor for A Ping."

Old Cai wondered, "Which one is A Ping?" He patted his forehead, "Oh, I remembered, it's that one. Why, he's still alive?"

That's not a good thing to say.It's just that Hong Ni was young and was full of worries about A Ping's condition, so she didn't notice it. She said, "Yes, it is A Ping. Come and see her." Then she said, "I'll get you a medicine box." .” As he spoke, he was going to drill into the house.

"Hey, hey——" Lao Cai hurriedly stretched out a leg to stop her: "What are you doing, who let you in." He pulled the clothes on his body, and said in a drawn-out tone: "I remember telling you, see a doctor They want money, do you have any money? Huh?"

Lin Yu stepped forward at the right time and said: "Of course there is money, Doctor Cai, Ah Ping's illness can't be delayed any longer, you should go and show him."

Lao Cai swept his eyes and said, "Who are you?"

Hong Ni said: "Brother Lin Yu is here to help us, Old Cai, let's go."

Old Caitou stood still and said, "I won't go."

Hong Ni asked, "Why?"

"Yes, why?"

"It's not that I won't give you money." The children chattered.

Lao Cai was unmoved, his feet seemed to be on the ground, he looked at Hong Ni, "Girl, your father has also studied for several years, he should have taught you the word integrity, right?" ?”

Hong Ni nodded in confusion, not understanding why he suddenly mentioned this.

Lao Cai clapped his hands, "That's it, I don't want money. Let me ask you, have you got all the things I asked you to gather?"

Hongni was a little dazed, and Lao Cai said: "As a person, what I value most is a person's character, especially honesty. We agreed at the beginning, if you have all the things together, I will see a doctor for your friend, now……"

Suddenly another child stepped forward, "I brought the things."

A smile appeared on Hong Ni's face, and she took the bamboo basket, "Look, Mr. Cai, they are all here, can we go?"

Lao Cai took a glance: "You are not enough, the basket is not full yet."

A child shouted: "We've tried our best, there's only so much, Old Cai, that's a life, so please help us..." His voice was filled with pleading.

"I don't care if you guys try your best or not." Old Cai interrupted the child rudely, "If you don't keep your promise, why do you want me to break the rules?"

Looking at Lao Cai's appearance, Song Lianchen frowned. He wanted to go forward but was stopped by Lin Yu.

Lin Yu looked at the frustrated and embarrassed children, and said with a smile: "Since it was agreed at the beginning, then of course we must abide by it. But don't worry, brother has a way."

After speaking, he took out a cloth bag from behind like a magic trick, and there were white flour steamed buns in it.He put the steamed buns in the bamboo basket, which was just full.

The children cheered, "Old Mr. Cai, we've got it together, can we go?"

Old Cai's expression changed a few times, and finally he waved to Hong Ni: "Bring it here and let me have a look." He stretched out his hand and fiddled with it, and said in a tusk, "No, no."

Hong Ni said, "Where can't it work?"

Lao Caitou took out a steamed bun from the bottom of the bamboo basket: "Look, it's moldy, what do you want me to eat?" Put the steamed bun back, "Let's go, don't disturb my sleep."

Hong Ni was not happy anymore, she said: "We agreed at the beginning, as long as I have saved up all the money, you will see a doctor for A Ping, you, how can you play tricks?"

The other children were also very angry, and gathered around Lao Caitou, wanting to ask for an explanation.

Lao Cai was annoyed by the noise, and pushed and pushed impatiently.Hong Ni couldn't stand still, the bamboo basket dropped from her hand, and the contents inside spilled all over the floor.

"Oh, steamed buns—"

The children cherished the food very much, and they didn't care about Lao Cai's head when they saw it, and they all rushed to pick up the scattered things on the ground.

These things were accumulated little by little by the children for a month, and only they knew the hardships during the process.

At this time, they squatted on the ground to pick up things, and the thin arms exposed from the raincoat seemed to be broken if they were broken.Some children wiped their eyes while picking up steamed buns, probably crying.Gradually, the sobs became louder.

Lao Cai was unmoved, and was about to close the door cursingly, but the door was blocked by a foot.

There was a smile on the corner of Lin Yu's mouth, but he was a little cold: "Children of all ages know the importance of the word 'integrity', but you, an adult, are really shameless when you backtrack on your promises."

Old Cai said angrily: "You, who are you scolding?"

"Naturally, it's rubbish that swears back and forth!" With a smile on her face, Lin Yu said, "Take your medicine box and come with us."

Old Caitou sneered: "Why? You think you are—"

Before he finished speaking, he saw something fly past his cheek, and stuck straight into the wooden table behind him.Lao Cai turned his head tremblingly, and saw that it was a dried salted fish.

At this time, more than half of the palm-sized dried salted fish fell into the wooden table, and then there was a soft "click", and the table was broken into two halves.

Lin Yu glanced at Song Lianchen who was wiping his hands with his head down, and said to Lao Cai, "Can we go now?"

Lao Cai shrank his head and neck, and really didn't understand how a person who had such a good temper just now changed his appearance in a blink of an eye.But in the end, he didn't dare to delay any longer, took the medicine box, and followed Lin Yu and others in a hurry.

——**——

inside the cabin.

A straw mat divides the cabin space into two.On one side of the straw mat were Lin Yu, Song Lianchen, Lao Caitou and A Ping, and on the other side were the children.

At this time, Lin Yu opened his hands, supporting the straw mat, and lowered his head to make eye contact with the children squatting on the ground.The children scratched their heads and scratched their heads in a hurry. They all wanted to see how Aping was doing.

Lin Yu stared at them: "Sit back and don't move around. What about you, little fat man." Taking time to look back, Old Cai was removing the cloth strips from A Ping's body.The skin under the strip of cloth was festered and sore, very terrifying.

Hong Ni couldn't help asking: "Old Cai, how is A Ping? Can it be cured?"

Old Caitou said impatiently: "Don't quarrel, if you keep quarreling, I won't be cured."

By the time the wound on Aping's body was treated, it was already dawn. —Of course, the rain was still falling, and the sky was still gloomy.

Lin Yu asked the children to go home, saying that they would take care of them here, so there was no need to worry.It wasn't until the children had left that Lin Yu began to ask about the situation of old Caitou Aping.

Old Cai was about to speak, but Lin Yu suddenly waved his hand: "Let's go out and talk." Looking at A Ping who seemed to be in a deep sleep, "Let him have a good rest."

Song Lianchen sat on one side, not knowing whether he was looking at A Ping or in a daze.

Lin Yu only thought he was tired, let him rest here, and led Lao Caitou out by himself.

As soon as he got out of the cabin, Lao Cai threw a word to Lin Yusan: "It can't be cured."

Lin Yu frowned: "Why?"

Old Cai seemed to be a little cold, and wrapped his clothes tightly: "My medical skills are poor, I have never seen this disease, and it has been dragging on for so long, I really can't do anything, please find another expert." After a pause He added: "It is estimated that no one can be saved, you should prepare a coffin for him."

Lin Yu instinctively felt that there was something weird in Lao Caitou's words, but he couldn't figure it out all the time. Just as he was about to say a few more words, he suddenly heard a sound in the cabin, which was the sound of a water basin being overturned.

Lin Yu hurried back to the cabin, and saw that part of the gauze on A Ping's face and chest had been removed, revealing only a few pieces of intact skin.And Song Lianchen's eyes fell on A Ping, his lips trembling slightly.

Lin Yu stepped forward and said, "What's wrong?"

Song Lianchen's fingers were cold, and he murmured: "...Little Senior Brother." Lin Yu didn't hear clearly, and glanced at the stern of the boat, but Lao Cai didn't follow, so he whispered: "What's the matter?"

Song Lianchen closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, his expression had returned to normal. He said softly, "I know him."