embarrassment for man and wife

six years ago……

When was that six years ago?

Six years ago, Ziqing was only thirteen or fourteen years old. At that time, he was young and green. Because he lived in the village and was often embarrassed by Mrs. Li, Uncle Yao and others, Li Mu In fact, the family's life was not very good. In addition, it was the time when the village was in a famine and food was in short supply. Ziqing would often run towards the mountains when he was free, sometimes in order to find more wild animals. Sweet potatoes or wild fruits, sometimes Ziqing would run to the depths, and Zhuge Si met Ziqing at that time.

When Zhuge Si saw Ziqing, it was Ziqing who met a wild wolf and was being chased by a wild wolf and was almost bitten and swallowed by the wild wolf. At that time, Zhuge Si passed by the forest and watched him pull out the The arrow was shot at the wolf, who knew that the wolf was very vigilant and dodged it, Zhuge Si shot two more arrows in succession, the wolf knew it was afraid and turned around and ran away.

At that time Ziqing was injured. In order to avoid being chased by wild wolves, he was busy running, tripped over an old tree, and rolled down the slope.

When Zhuge Si was running down the slope, Ziqing was sitting in a pile of weeds in a mess. Zhuge Si ran up to see that he was fine, and another weed was stuck in his hair, so he couldn't help squatting on the slope and laughing up.

Ziqing was stunned, and turned to look at him unexpectedly.

Zhuge Si laughed enough, and glanced at Jian Ziqing's leg: "Is it not hurt?".

Ziqing shook his head subconsciously, but when he got up, the sudden dull pain in his knee made him stagger and immediately knelt down again.

Zhuge Si was startled, hurriedly approached him, and stretched out his hand to pull him: "What? Are you hurt? Where are you hurt..." Just as he was asking, he saw bloodstains on Ziqing's knee.Zhuge Si frowned slightly, took Ziqing's hand, and put it on his shoulder: "I'll take you to the river to clean the wound, otherwise the bloodstains, I'm afraid the wolf will have to be lured here again in a while." .

Ziqing was a little embarrassed, but he could only put his shoulders on Zhuge Si: "Then I will trouble the knight...".

Zhuge Si smiled: "What a chivalrous man, don't you listen to too many storytellers, my surname is Zhu, you can just call me Brother Zhu, anyway, I am older than you."

"Pig?" Ziqing was stunned for a moment, and then realized: "Oh...it's that Zhu...".

Zhuge Si was also dumbfounded: "That Zhu? Which one? You wouldn't think it was that pig!".

Ziqing was embarrassed, he didn't dare to admit it, the two simply walked two steps, the pain from the knee became more severe, Ziqing's breathing was heavy and his face was not very good.

Zhuge Si didn't ask any more questions, just supported him and walked forward.

The forest was silent, except for the chirping of birds, the sound of the two's footsteps, and the sound of Ziqing gasping for air.

Zhuge Si looked at him a few times, saw that his brows were frowning more and more, and after thinking for a while, Zhuge Si pulled hard suddenly, his body twisted, and he stood in front of Ziqing.

Ziqing was stunned, and before he could speak, Zhuge Si carried him on his back.

"Brother Zhu, you..."

"Let me carry you there, I know where there is water ahead."

Ziqing lay on his back, so embarrassed that he didn't know why. After all, when the two met by chance, Zhuge Si's rescue was considered righteous, and now he carried himself on his back. Isn't this... too righteous?

"Are you from the village at the foot of the mountain?" Zhuge Si said suddenly.

Ziqing was stunned, and replied: "Yes, I am from the village at the foot of the mountain." After a pause, Ziqing asked back: "You... you shouldn't be from the village, are you from Taocheng? Look at you Wearing a bow and arrow, you are a hunter, right?".

Zhuge Si laughed and said, "I'm not from the village at the foot of the mountain, but I'm not a hunter either. It's just that I've traveled here recently and I've spent all my money, so I go hunting in the mountains in exchange for some money."

Ziqing nodded: "Oh, so that's the case."

"I see that you are not very old, how dare you come into this deep mountain alone, don't you know that there are wild beasts in this deep mountain?".

Ziqing sighed softly: "I know that wild beasts will often appear in the deep mountains, but...the food at home is not enough, and the wild fruits on the outskirts of the mountains are almost picked by other people in the village, so I have to venture in and touch them." Hit your luck."

Zhuge Si smiled and sighed: "You are not very young, but you are quite courageous. Try your luck, and only you dare to come in to try your luck, and you don't even bring a bow and arrow."

Ziqing's cheeks were hot from what he said, and he still argued: "I brought, I brought a dagger."

"Dagger?" Zhuge Si shook his head and laughed, the helplessness in that laughter made Ziqing's cheeks even hotter.

Dare to enter the deep mountains with only a dagger, it is really...too ignorant.

Chatting with Zhuge Si one sentence at a time, the two arrived at the edge of the stream.

Ziqing sat on the stone pier, and Zhuge Si squatted beside him, looking at the rolled-up trousers, blood had already stuck to them, Zhuge Si carefully inspected the wound for him, and said after a while: "It seems that it is just broken. The skin did not hurt the bones, and it should be fine after going back to raise it for a few days.”

Ziqing let out a deep breath.

Zhuge Si glanced at him again, got up and went to the water to wash the cloth tape torn from the corner of his clothes, and came back to wipe Ziqing's wound. After finishing the bandage, Zhuge Si stood up and clapped his hands: "Let's go, I will send you to the hospital. down the mountain."

"In this way, will it trouble you too much?" Ziqing hesitated.

Zhuge Si just smiled, raised his hand and rubbed Ziqing's head: "Save people to the end, send Buddha to the west, let's go."

Then, it was he who carried Ziqing on his back and walked down the mountain.

……

At the beginning, Ziqing should not have forgotten what was considered a life-saving grace, but after hearing Zhuge Si talk about these things, Ziqing had a vague impression, but he couldn't remember the specifics.

"You're right, is there really something going on?" In the room, Ziqing frowned slightly, staring at Zhuge Si suspiciously.

Zhuge Si sighed lowly: "If it wasn't true, why did I come to look for you after returning to Beijing?" He walked up to Ziqing, bent down, put his hands on the armrests of the chair, and trapped Ziqing in the middle : "If you can't remember what happened at that time, what about after that? You should remember what happened in the cold winter six years ago, right?"

"What about the cold winter?"

What happened in the cold winter six years ago?

……

In the winter six years ago, the day of the winter solstice happened to be Ziqing's 14th birthday.

It's just the birthday of the poor, who will remember it?What's more, when food was in short supply at that time, no one could remember when it was his birthday, even Ziqing himself forgot. little thing.

It's Grandma Li.

Grandma Li looked at the whole family eating around a hot pot. The pot was full of soup and few dishes. Grandma Li's face darkened slightly, and she suddenly started talking. How long can the food stored in the house be eaten? As he ate, he began to criticize the rest of the family.

Ziqing listened quietly, he was only half full after eating a bowl of hot soup and rice, so he rushed the newly added rice into Zhuohua and Honger's bowls, hoping that the two younger brothers could eat more. The younger one looked up at him, didn't say much, just turned his head and gave the rice in his own bowl to the two younger sisters, while he himself drank the soup.

Ziqing couldn't say anything to stop him. He looked at his two young sisters, and at the mother-in-law Li who had been complaining endlessly. In the end, he didn't say anything, just got up and went to the backyard.

He wanted to go to the backyard to find something to eat, but the yard was empty, there would be some, but...

Just as Ziqing was rubbing his stomach and sighing, a hot steamed bun fell down from the wall. Ziqing was startled, and suddenly turned his head to look at the wall, and saw the brother Zhu he knew half a month ago. , was riding on top of his wall at the moment, holding a steamed bun in his hand, and biting it down.

At that moment, Ziqing's mind froze for a moment. He forgot to ask why Brother Zhu was here, but just stared at the steamed bun in Brother Zhu's hand, and subconsciously... swallowed it.