short-lived

Zhou Xiaochu's mother died, Zhou Xiaochu's family was empty and had no money, so several neighbors pooled some money and buried his mother hastily.

Xie Baobao hid at home and did not dare to go out, he was afraid of seeing Zhou Xiaochu.

His mother was puzzled, and said: "What's wrong with your child?"

Baby Xie shook his head and didn't speak.

"Go out and take your cousin to play, don't get bored in the house."

His little cousin also came to pull the hem of his clothes, Xie Baobao finally stepped out of the house reluctantly.

The sun was shining outside, and the people who were shining couldn't open their eyes.Xie Baobao wandered around the street absent-mindedly, the little cousin didn't notice his abnormality, and pointed him to various interesting things on the street.

"Cousin, cousin, look where there is a windmill."

The little cousin puffed up her cheeks and took a breath.

"Hoo hoo, that's it, it will turn."

Baby Xie finally smiled.

Looking up again, his face suddenly changed.

He saw Zhou Xiaochu walking slowly close to the wall.Xie Baobao turned his head and wanted to leave, but he seemed to be frozen, his eyes could only stay on Zhou Xiaochu, he watched Zhou Xiaochu turn a blind eye to everyone and move forward like a ghost.

Xie Baobao had a sore throat, he took his little cousin home, and used the copper coins in his pocket to buy some of his favorite white sugar biscuits.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally walked firmly to Zhou Xiaochu's house.

The door was unlocked, so Baby Xie walked in directly.Except for a few broken tables and stools, there is really nothing left in Zhou Xiaochu's house. The light inside is very dark and the smell is not good.Zhou Xiaochu was lying on a bed in the back.

"Zhou Xiaochu, Zhou Xiaochu." Baby Xie whispered a few times, but the person on the bed remained motionless.

A little fear arose in his heart, he stepped forward a few steps, came in front of Zhou Xiaochu, and pulled off Zhou Xiaochu's arm covering his face.

Zhou Xiaochu opened his eyes dumbly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Xie Baobao breathed a sigh of relief, he was still alive.

He held the sesame seed cakes in front of Zhou Xiaochu, and said, "I bought some sesame seed cakes for you, do you want to eat?"

Zhou Xiaochu still didn't move.

Xie Baobao took out a biscuit from the bag, put it on Zhou Xiaochu's lips, and said, "Take a bite."

Zhou Xiaochu's eyes finally shifted to Xie Baobao.After watching for a long time, he finally reached out and took the biscuits.

"Thank you."

Zhou Xiaochu's voice was hoarse and tired.

Xie Baobao looked at Zhou Xiaochu happily, seeing him lowering his eyes, eating the biscuit bite by bite, fearing that he would choke, Xie Baobao scooped him a bowl of water from the side.

Baby Xie watched Zhou Xiaochu eat one after another, and finally couldn't help but said: "Hey, don't eat too much, you will accumulate food."

Only then did Zhou Xiaochu put down the biscuits and wiped his mouth.

He said: "I had a dream yesterday."

"Ok?"

"At that time, I passed out and felt as if I was going to die. Then I dreamed of a fairy. He said that my life should not die, and let me live well. I still have at least ten years of life."

Xie Baobao heard it and said: "This is a good thing, you can still live for so many years."

Zhou Xiaochu said, "But what am I still alive for?"

Xie Baobao thought for a while, and said: "Alive... You can earn some money, eat delicious food, play fun, and get married and start a business in the future."

There was only so much he could think of.

"Yeah, there's so much to do."

Zhou Xiaochu tightened his grip on the quilt under him.

"But I don't do any of them."

Xie Baobao moved a bench over to sit down, but he didn't think that the bench was broken, as soon as he sat on it, the legs of the stool broke, he swayed and almost didn't sit on the ground, so he moved another one.

"Don't be so overwhelmed."

Zhou Xiaochu murmured: "I am here in this life, so sad, I might as well die."

"Then what if you don't have a good pregnancy in your next life, it will be worse than this, for example, you become a pig, a dog, a tortoise or something like that."

"Then don't think about it."

Seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, Xie Baobao had no choice but to say: "You live well, I will come to see you tomorrow."

He did what he said, because he felt that Zhou Xiaochu had fallen to this point, and he also had some responsibility, so Xie Baobao didn't care about the previous grievances and grievances between them.

Xie Baobao was afraid that Zhou Xiaochu would starve to death, so he would bring food over every day to see Zhou Xiaochu finished eating.His parents didn't stop him, and instead cooked more food for him to take over.

"My life is bad, what can I do? I can help you a little bit."

After about a month, Zhou Xiaochu's spirit finally almost returned to normal.He was also ashamed to eat and drink for nothing to thank the family, so he went to become an apprentice to a fortune teller in the town, and also learned some words from the fortune teller.

Seeing that Xie Baobao's little cousin didn't have a name, he asked the fortune teller to name her, and the fortune teller said, "Otherwise, let's call her Xi Qing, it's suitable for my daughter's family."

As they grew up, Zhou Xiaochu and Xie Baobao didn't fight much anymore. Although they still bickered from time to time, they just lived as neighbors in peace and lived a neither salty nor dull life.

Lin Xiqing loved listening to Zhou Xiaochu read those legendary stories. Every time Zhou Xiaochu came back from the fortune teller, he would bring the books along with him.

The page was rough, but he didn't care, so he turned it over and read: "I don't cultivate good fruits in my life, I only love to kill and set fire. Suddenly the golden rope was broken, and the jade lock was torn here. Hey! A letter from the tide on the Qiantang River, I didn't know me until today." it's me."