charming and harmful

Qing Ye woke up before dawn, and he was used to sleeping sideways, so he couldn't sleep well when he was bundled up in a sleeping bag.The light was still hazy, Qing Ye quietly untied the sleeping bag, half got up and saw that Grandpa Kang on the kang had obviously woken up and disappeared, while the three male classmates were in a deep sleep.Qingye retracted his gaze and looked to the left, and found that Baili Zhan had slept in the same position all night. Qingye couldn't help but leaned down to take a closer look. Baili Zhan's side face was sleeping peacefully, with soft hair scattered on his cheeks On the top, the usual meticulous expression was gone, and the thin lips that were always pursed were also slightly opened. Qingye liked it more and more, couldn't help lowering his head lower and lower, and was about to kiss in a second. But barely stopped, it's better not to wake him up, Qing Ye rolled over and got out of bed.

Qing Ye walked into the main hall and found that Grandpa Kang was sitting at the wooden table having breakfast. Seeing that he got up so early, Grandpa Kang happily wanted to invite him to have breakfast together. He picked up a steamed bun and handed it to him. Qing Ye saw , Grandpa Kang’s morning is to eat steamed buns dipped in chili sauce.Qingye wanted to refuse, but Grandpa Kang's expression was really eager, Qingye couldn't refuse, so he took it, ran back to the back room, took out his backpack, rinsed his mouth with mouthwash, and then took out Two bottles of yogurt and two sandwiches were passed to Grandpa Kang.Grandpa Kang waved his hands again and again, pushing back the yogurt and the sandwich, signaling Qingye to eat it by himself.

"I'll eat yours, and you eat mine." Qing Ye said, not sure if Grandpa Kang could understand Mandarin, so he had to pick up the old man's steamed bun and put it in his mouth, then unscrew the yogurt and pass it to Grandpa Kang.

Grandpa Kang finally took it with reluctance, took a small sip, smacked his lips, and found that it tasted good, so he took a few more sips, a happy smile suddenly appeared on his old face, and he nodded towards Qingye.

Looking at the old man's smile, Qing Ye felt a little warm in his heart. He hurriedly tore open a sandwich and handed it over, then took off the steamed bun in his mouth, and imitated Grandpa Kang, dipped it in some chili sauce and ate it. The white steamed bun tasted a bit It's monotonous, but fortunately, the chili sauce is made by the grandfather himself, and it's quite fragrant.

Grandpa Kang took the sandwich Qing Ye opened for him, but didn't eat it, put it on the table and ran into another cabin.After a while, an egg pancake was served to Qing Ye, which was obviously freshly fried.Kiyono took it in a daze, and said thank you.Grandpa Kang handed him a pair of wooden chopsticks, signaling him to eat while it is still hot.

Qing Ye picked up a small piece, dipped it in some chili sauce and ate it. The fried eggs were soft and fragrant, and some corn kernels were added inside, "It's delicious." Qing Ye said.

When Grandpa Kang heard it, he stood up happily again. Qing Ye didn't know what he was going to do, and wanted to call him to have breakfast first, but Grandpa Kang didn't listen, and ran away again.

Qing Ye had no choice but to eat egg pancakes alone on the old wooden table, and at the same time looked around Grandpa Kang's house, saying that Grandpa Kang was a big family in the village. There is a piece of roof, which is indeed good for other thatched houses with mud walls in the village, but the wall has also been eroded by the years, and cracks of various sizes have appeared.

The barrenness in the mountains suddenly became more obvious in the morning light. Qing Ye stared at the half-eaten omelette on the plate with a small corner missing, and suddenly felt a little sorry. Feast.

Thinking of Qing Ye, he put down his chopsticks, pushed the remaining omelette to the center of the table, and picked up a white steamed bun again to eat it.The sound of hobbled footsteps sounded again, and Grandpa Kang appeared again, this time holding a slingshot from nowhere in his hand. He wiped the slingshot on his sleeve very preciously, and then handed it to Qingye.

"Give it to me?" Kiyono asked puzzled.

Grandpa Kang nodded hurriedly, handed him another small stone, and made a bow-drawing movement with his inflexible hands and feet.

Qing Ye seemed to understand what he meant, and then wrapped the small stone on the cloth of the slingshot, pulled up the rubber band and looked around, and finally he aimed at a broken tile on the threshold.

With a bang, the tiles fell from the threshold.Then there were two other voices, it was Grandpa Kang applauding him and giving him a thumbs up.

Qingye was a little embarrassed by the praise, and wanted to return the slingshot, but Grandpa Kang pushed it straight into his hand,

"Give...give...."

Qingye couldn't understand the dialect spoken by the old man, but it probably meant that the slingshot was given to him, "Then I'll take it." Qingye stuffed the slingshot into the pocket of his coat, and Grandpa Kang nodded in satisfaction.

Then the two returned to the wooden table. Qing Ye pushed the omelette to Grandpa Kang, and Grandpa Kang pushed it over for him.

Hearing footsteps behind him, Qingye turned his head, the smile on his face bloomed again, "Zhan, are you up?"

"Hmm." Baili Zhan stroked his hair back, bowed slightly to salute Grandpa Kang, and then walked towards Qingye, "What are you doing?"

Qing Ye shook the steamed bun in his hand and said, "I'm exchanging breakfast with Grandpa Kang, do you want it?"

Baili Zhan shook his head, "I brought it, eat it later, let's go, our morning task is to herd cattle."

"Cow herding?" Qing Ye's eyes lit up immediately.

"Well, a pair of two, it happens that Grandpa Kang's family has cattle, so let's let him go."

"Okay, okay." Qingye immediately jumped up excitedly and wanted to leave, but Grandpa Kang asked him to eat the egg pancake first.

Qing Ye let Grandpa Kang eat by himself, and then dragged Baili Zhan to go out in a hurry. Before leaving, Grandpa Kang stuffed a steamed bun into his hand by himself.

Qingye looked back at Grandpa Kang, said with a little emotion: "Grandpa Kang is so kind," and then took out a slingshot from his pocket as if showing off and held it in front of Baili Zhan, "Look, he even gave me a slingshot. Then he looked at the smooth and old slingshot by himself, and suddenly murmured: "I haven't had a grandfather since I was a child. I don't know if having a grandfather is like this feeling?"

What Qingye said was unintentional, but Baili Zhan's heart softened inexplicably, and he couldn't help stretching out his hand to rub Qingye's head, and replied "Yes".

When Qingye saw the big yellow ox in Grandpa Kang's house, his eyes were straightened. The big yellow ox was huge and muscular, and it mooed at Qingye twice.

Qing Ye was circling the big yellow ox all the way, trying to interact with it, but the big yellow ox ignored him and followed Baili Zhan who had the same aura arrogantly.

Baili Zhan led the cattle to a hillside with fertile green grass, not far from the village, and tied the cattle to a tree trunk.

The big ox started to eat grass with its head down, Baili Zhan also sat on the grass and had breakfast, Qing Ye ran towards him, "Baili Zhan, did you let the cows go when you were young?"

"No."

"Then why do you look so skilled?"

Baili Zhan didn't want to say that he had learned online in advance, so he didn't speak at all.Qingye, who didn't get a response, ran away again, watching the cattle grazing for a while, and running around on the hillside to see the scenery.As soon as the sky dawned, the industrious mountain people began to get busy. Not far away, a few old people were also herding cattle, and there were more old people doing farm work in the fields further away.The old people in the mountains have worked hard all their lives, but they are still poor.Qing Ye looked straight at the busy old people at the foot of the mountain, but they were the heroes of the mountain and of life.He suddenly felt such emotions, and turned his head to share with Baili Zhan, but he saw Baili Zhan lying down on the grass, as if taking a nap, the morning wind gently brushed his face, and he It looked very comfortable.

Qing Ye was fascinated by watching, and couldn't help running to lie down beside Baili Zhan.

Baili Zhan noticed the movement around him, glanced at him sideways, then turned back, and closed his eyes again.

Kiyono looked up at the sky that was close in front of his eyes and far away in the sky, the blue and clear sky was as pure as a piece of uncut crystal.

Qingye fell asleep unknowingly, and when he woke up, he found that there was an extra scarf on his body. Baili Zhan had woken up at some point, and led the cattle to another place to graze.

They went back to the village after grazing cattle until lunch time. When they got back to the village, they found out that many students had colds of varying degrees because they did not adapt to the temperature in the mountains last night. This morning, nearly 10 students were sent back in advance. .

Fortunately, he had Baili Zhan last night, Qingye thought, and gave Baili Zhan a smile, which was ignored by Baili Zhan.

The students who didn't catch a cold followed the original plan to help out in the village until 5 o'clock and then went back.Due to the reduction in the number of people, each person received an extra bucket of instant noodles for lunch.Kiyono wanted to give the little boy a bucket, but the little boy didn't show up.So Qing Ye finished eating one bucket, and put the other bucket on the collapsed loess wall, thinking that the little boy might find out.

The work in the afternoon was much easier. Almost any family would help out in need. Qingye successively did tasks such as feeding pigs, twisting corn kernels, and chopping firewood.

When the assembly time was approaching, he also diligently sent the chopped firewood to a family in a remote village.Qingye came to a very small thatched hut with a pile of firewood, and found that the bamboo door was open, but no one was inside, so Qingye piled the firewood at the door.

When walking back, Qingye found that the sky suddenly darkened very quickly, like a sign of heavy rain or heavy snow. The dark clouds suddenly swallowed up the light, and Qingye couldn't help but get faster and faster.

When he came to the fork, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a hunched figure standing quietly on another path, as if waiting for someone.

But as it got so dark, the road would soon be invisible. Qingye couldn't help but stepped forward, called the old woman softly, explained to her the reason for the weather, and asked her to go home as soon as possible.

Hearing Qingye's call, the elderly old lady turned her head suddenly, a light flashed in her old cloudy eyes, and suddenly grabbed Qingye's wrist.

Qingye was taken aback, but seeing that there were no other houses nearby, this old lady Xu was the one he had just sent firewood to.Thinking of this, Qing Ye pointed to the direction where he came just now, "Is your home there? Mother-in-law."

The old woman looked in the direction of his finger and nodded.

Sure enough, Qingye thought, she might want to take her back by himself, after all, the road was not easy to walk, so Qingye took action, slowly pulling her with the wrist that was held by the old woman.

But what made Qingye worry came, and the old lady who returned home didn't let go of her hand, and wanted to pull him into the house. Qingye said a lot of words, but the old woman didn't know whether she couldn't understand or couldn't hear, so she dragged Qingye into the house , and took out a moldy and melted candy from a broken basket and handed it to him.

"Thank you mother-in-law, I don't want to eat, I have to go back." Qing Ye said again.

But when the old lady saw that he didn't accept the candy, she looked a little disappointed, and then took out a hand drum with a broken side from the basket, turned it gently in front of Qingye, and smiled to herself, revealing the few remaining candies. teeth.

Qing Ye didn't know why, and wanted to find someone to help, but found that he forgot to bring his mobile phone.The old woman kept shaking the snare drum as if she was tireless, but Kiyono gradually became a little upset, and without looking at it, he knew that the assembly time must have passed, and the teacher and classmates should be looking for him everywhere.

However, Ren Qingye spoke dryly, the old lady's hand just wouldn't let go, and he couldn't slam it away. Just as he was about to run away, a woman's voice suddenly came from behind, "Oh, what are you doing?" Woolen cloth."

Qingye hurriedly turned his head to look, and a black-haired middle-aged woman walked in from the door, wearing a thick military padded jacket.

The black-haired woman gang walked up to them, reached out and patted the back of the old woman's hand holding Qingye's wrist twice, "Don't scare the cub."

But the old woman didn't listen to her and still didn't let go.

The black-haired woman hurriedly smiled at Qing Ye and said, "Don't be afraid of the young man, she's just a little abnormal here." She pointed to her head, "Come on, let's sit down on the chair first." The two pushed against the table and chairs.

The black-haired woman was the first mandarin Qing Ye met in this village who could speak Mandarin so fluently. She was surprised and at the same time sat down on two small wooden chairs with the old woman as she said.

The black-haired woman picked a few pieces of firewood from the door and sat down beside them. She first reached out and rubbed the old woman's wrist, and then gently patted her back with the other hand, as if comforting her , and spoke a few words in the old woman's ear in dialect that Qing Ye could not understand.

The old woman didn't know if she was listening, her expression was dull, and her old eyes suddenly became hollow.

After the black-haired woman comforted him softly for a long time, the old lady finally let go of Qing Ye's hand little by little.Qing Ye's wrist was a little numb with pain, he didn't expect the old woman's hand to be so strong, five deep red marks were printed on his wrist, the black-haired woman took it, held it in her big hand and gently kneaded it.

Qing Ye was a little embarrassed and wanted to withdraw his hand, but the black-haired woman said, "It's okay, I'll rub it for you, please don't mind, she didn't mean it."

"No," Qingye shook his head, and asked again, "What's wrong with this old woman?"

"She," the woman suddenly lamented, "all the misfortunes in this world probably fall on her head." She looked up at Qing Ye, "You want to hear it, young man."

Kiyono nodded blankly.

"Where should I start?" The woman's dull voice sounded slowly in the hut, filled with pity and compassion, "Let's start after she got married in her teens. Less than a year after her marriage, the old man gave birth to a child." The children are still twins. In this big mountain, it is difficult to support one child, let alone two children at once, so her husband said that he would go out to work in the city to earn money, but after he left, he never came back. Poor old man She had to go to the fields to do farm work without confinement, and waited at the small intersection where her husband left every evening. After waiting for many years, she did not wait for her husband to come. She just waited and worked hard to bring up her two children. Later——" the woman paused suddenly, stretched out her hand and rubbed her nose, and continued, "Later, her two children were quite good-for-nothing, and they both found jobs in the small town, and their lives gradually improved. I also used my savings to help the two children build a new house in the town together, and then the eldest son got married and had a family child. The old man would be so relieved, but the eldest son has a family, and the second son has a job. Busy, the time for the two of them to come back to see her is getting less and less, so the old man started to stand at the small intersection and waited after finishing the farm work every day. Until the eve of the Spring Festival of a certain year, when he knew that the eldest son’s family was coming to see her, the old man woke up early in the morning. So she went to the market and bought a bunch of ingredients that she was reluctant to buy on weekdays, but on New Year’s Eve, she waited at the intersection until it was dark and did not see her eldest son. Later, she found out that her eldest son was in a car accident on the way here, and the family of three were crushed under a large truck. , It's gone, the old man passed out on the spot when he heard the news." The woman sighed again, and her pity fell on the back of Qingye's hand. "Fortunately, there is still a second son, and the old man still has someone to rely on. After that incident, the second son came back to see her more often, at least once a month. The mother and I have relied on each other for several years, but Misfortunes never come singly. The second son was found to have throat cancer before he married a wife. The old man sold the house in the town and all the valuable things in the house. He wanted to take the life of the child back from Hades. But the second son still left after all, you said how an old man can bear it, from the day the second son left, she also collapsed, alas."

Qing Ye was completely stunned after listening, his throat seemed to be stuck by something, he thought of the figure of the old man standing at the intersection in the dark, suddenly his nose was sore, tears rolled down unexpectedly.

He didn't know why he was crying suddenly, but then he heard a rush of footsteps, and Baili Zhan's figure suddenly appeared in front of him.Qing Ye hurriedly looked away, tears rolled down his cheeks unexpectedly.

Baili Zhan was startled, and walked over gently, "What's wrong?"

Seeing another boy coming, the woman let go of Qingye's wrist and said, "It's okay, this kid must have heard the old man's story and feels uncomfortable." She patted Qingye on the shoulder comfortingly as she spoke.

"Okay, it's about to snow, you go back quickly, I'll light firewood for the old man."

Qingye nodded, raised his cuffs and wiped his face, then got up and bowed to the women and the old man, and then followed Baili Zhan back.

"Are you okay?" Baili Zhan asked again.With red eyes, Qing Ye shook his head.

Sure enough, it snowed on the way back, and the numerous snowflakes rendered the mountain even more silent. When he reached the fork in the road, Qing Ye looked at the path again. Baili Zhan didn't know what he was looking at, but he was also silent. stood aside waiting for him.Afterwards, the two of them rushed to the meeting place on snowflakes.

On the open space, the teachers were communicating with the villagers, and the villagers were persuading them to stay another night. The roads were slippery in snowy weather and the mountain roads were difficult to walk. After several negotiations, the teachers agreed.The villagers enthusiastically made a dinner for the students with the dry food presented by the school. It was quite rich and delicious, but Qing Ye couldn’t eat it after a few mouthfuls, and kept silent without saying a word. The story of the old woman stuck in his In his heart, the heavy feeling made him very uncomfortable.

Since it was snowing and they couldn't go out, the students stayed at the villagers' homes to rest after dinner. Since there were many fewer students in the morning, there were only two or three students in groups.Because Qingye was assigned to a small family of elderly people living alone, there were only him and Baili Zhan.The old man was a little deaf, so he lay down on the kang to rest early.

Qingye lay down on the kang for a long time, and finally couldn't help telling Baili Zhan the story of the old woman. Baili Zhan listened to him quietly without speaking.

"Tell me, will the old man's husband come back suddenly?" Qingye murmured.

"I don't know." Baili Zhan turned sideways, and a faint voice came.

"There is no one around her to rely on."

"Yeah." Baili Zhan didn't know what to say, there are many such unfortunate things in the mountains, Qing Ye should be the first time to meet.

"Really—" Qingye paused for a while, "It's too cruel, to an old man...."

"Don't think about it." Baili Zhan said softly.

"But," Qing Ye's voice was a little unsteady, "I feel uncomfortable."

Baili Zhan finally turned around, glanced at him in the dark, and then sighed softly, "Lend me."

"Ok?"

"Shoulder."

Qing Ye was in a daze for a few seconds, then immediately leaned over and buried his head in his shoulder.

It was very quiet in the darkness, so quiet that I could hear the sound of snowflakes flying outside the house.After a long time, Baili Zhan thought that Qing Ye had fallen asleep, but he started to move.

Qingye clumsily embraced Baili Zhan's arm with his hand shrunk in his sleeping bag, and his head got closer, buried deep in his neck, and then suddenly moved again, laying his whole body on Baili Zhan's body. on Zhan's chest, and wrapped his arms around his waist.

"Don't..." Baili Zhan just wanted to push him down, but stopped for some reason, and finally remained silent.

After a long time, his eyes fell on the only bright place in the house, a small skylight on the brick roof, quietly watching the light snowflakes fall, and soon filled the small window, his chest was heavy and warm.

The author has something to say: The Dashan chapter is over, they are going back to make trouble~

Can I take this word count as a double update? Haha_(:з」∠)_