I have lived in the village for so many years, and I naturally know much more about the temperament of those people than her, and when I heard her perfunctory treatment of me, I became more and more anxious, and dragged her hand to put the towel down, "Drink the truth, the more drunk you are, the more you can say all the things you don't dare to say on weekdays, don't you understand?"
” Leng Yu looked at me for a long time with a pair of black and white eyes, "Uncle Xi, don't worry, I will listen to you," she helped me back to the stool and sat down, and then put the cold towel in the basin and gently applied it to my face, she smiled indifferently, "However, even if the whole village doesn't believe me, Uncle Xi, you will still be on my side, right?"
” The candle flame flickered, her face was a little more bewitching by the firelight, and it looked more and more beautiful, I don't know if I was really drunk, or I was fascinated, I actually grabbed the hand that was wiping my face, regardless of Leng Yu's panic and struggle, and pressed her under her.
Afterwards, I acted like a thief, I didn't even look at her, put on my clothes and ran out of Leng's house without looking back.
For months after that, I barely shut my door, afraid of suddenly meeting her, and I didn't know how to face those innocent eyes, which I had torn apart from the friendship that she had regarded as my family.
However, the rumors about Leng Yu did not disappear because I closed my door, they became more and more intense, and the real and false were mixed together, endlessly, and absurd.
Some people say that the dragon king gave himself a dream and asked the village to hand over the cold yu before the second dragon raised its head in February, otherwise the drought will continue next year.
Some people also said that they had seen the red light entwining in the Leng family in the middle of the night, reflecting the whole house red, and there was a monster at first glance.
One evening, Bai Yong found me, although there was no outsider at home, he still lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being overheard, he said: "Uncle Xi, we can't wait, the Yuhe River is almost dry, and if it goes on like this, the whole village can only move out with their families." ” When I heard him say this, my heart suddenly became half cold, and when he saw that I didn't speak, he looked at me tentatively: "Uncle Xi, you don't have to do tomorrow's affairs, but you won't be the villain who gets in our way, right?"
” Villain?
I mentally pondered these two words over and over again, and then I realized that he regarded himself as a righteous man.
"She saved Qi'er's life."
It took me a moment before I mumbled the words.
"I know," Bai Yong interrupted me impatiently, "but I, Bai Yong, can't just because she's kind to me, so I can't put the lives of the whole village at risk." ” I pondered this sentence a little longer, and it dawned on him that he really thought of himself as a self-sacrificing knight, as if the drought had not affected him at all.
"Uncle Xi, you should give a sentence, agree or disagree."
The word "I" was dragged on by me for a long time, but my heart was not bothered by his question, agree?
Disagree?
Can I do the Lord now?
"Uncle Xi?"
"I see."
"What do you mean all the time?"
"I said I know, it's up to you to do whatever you want."
After Bai Yong left, I took advantage of the night to come to Leng's house, Leng Yu's door was closed, no one answered no matter how I knocked, but through the window paper, I saw her shadow sitting at the table, so cold and lonely.
"Leng Yu, no, miss, you go quickly, they will be unfavorable to you tomorrow, escape at night, and there is still a chance to live."
The people in the door still didn't move, I was anxious, slammed the door with my body and walked in, anxiously walked to the table, just wanted to pull her up, but saw that she was looking down to paint, the painting is the bridge to the far away, the name of the bridge is taken by the ancestors, meaning "friends from afar are happy", but now, friends are coming, we are going to show the color of tigers and wolves.
"You want to go back?
Back to the Jade River?
"I was a little embarrassed to talk to her face-to-face for the first time in months.
She looked up at me, and for the first time her eyes became human, and I used to make fun of her, saying that her eyes were clean like small animals, without a trace of impurities, and without a human philistine.
But now, just a few short months, she has changed, what makes her sad and complicated, I don't dare to think about it, I just know that there must be a part of my own credit in this.
"Yuhe is my home, and I can't go anywhere but there."
She said this lightly, and then despite my dissuasion, she took out a wooden box from under the bed and placed it in front of me, "This is what my father left for me, and he said that these were left by my people when they handed me over to him, and he did not move at all, and gave them all to me.
Now, I want you to do me one last favor and give it to someone else. ” "Who?"
"A few days ago, I secretly put him in a broken temple outside the village, I stuffed a bead in his mouth, which can be used for him to continue his life for a few days, and after a few days, you go and bring him back, just say that he picked up the child outside, and now in this world, it is not uncommon to abandon babies, and everyone will not be suspicious.
If you feel ashamed of me, raise him well, and never tell him about his background, but let him be a real person, a person who is not so kind, and has reservations for everyone. ” My legs were weak, and I wanted to say something to her, but I felt that I no longer had the courage to face her, so I carried the suitcase, walked out of the cold house in a daze, and lay on the bed all night without closing my eyes.
I wonder what she's been through in the last few months.
From the initial indifference and exclusion, to the later fierce eyesight, I wanted to kill her.
All of this has made her what she is now: desperate and bent on death.
The next morning, I was awakened by the sound outside, and when I put on my clothes and went to the door, I saw a dark crowd, each with an oar and a club in his hand, and they stood aside, screaming and cursing, and I could not hear what they were saying, because every word became a word "kill" in my ears.
The shouting and scolding were loud and loud, and those who didn't know thought that what a fierce monster they were on the other side, so that they had to keep boosting their morale.
Leng Yu was standing on the other side, she was dressed in white, quietly looking at the villagers who had sacrificed their lives to save her, but now they wanted to take her life, there was compassion and desolation in her eyes, but there was no fear.
After looking at them like this for a moment, she suddenly turned around and walked towards the far bridge, and the white robe set off a beautiful wave behind her.