song of the wind

Filling one's stomach with leftovers is already considered good luck. If one can't even get leftovers, one has to go to the garbage dump in the back alley of the restaurant and dig out food scraps to satisfy one's hunger.

He didn't know if he was still alive, and he didn't know what would happen tomorrow. He felt vaguely about others' bullying and insulting.Zuo Linfeng didn't quite know where he was and what he was doing. Like a wild animal, he looked for food when he was hungry, collapsed to sleep when he was tired, slept in the open, and suffered from hunger and cold. Because he doesn't want to know anything, doesn't want to think about anything, doesn't even have self-pity and self-harm, and is so empty that he doesn't even know where his "heart" is...

He leaned against the corner like this for an unknown how long, until he was so hungry that he remembered that there were still two buns given to him by the teenagers in his arms. He took them out and chewed them carefully, because he didn't know when , only for the next meal...

But unexpectedly, he didn't go hungry for long, the boy found him again, gave him three cornbreads, and told Zuo Linfeng that his name was Li Qiu.Zuo Linfeng didn't bother to remember the boy's name at first, but that boy named Li Qiu would come to give him some food every two or three days, and would stay by his side in case other beggars came to snatch him. There's nothing to talk nonsense about.In front of food, Zuo Linfeng has no resistance at all, as long as there is food, it doesn't matter how wordy that kid Li Qiu is.Just like this, no matter how demented Zuo Linfeng is, he will always remember this strange boy who is both kind and wordy.

Gradually, from other people's chats and Li Qiu's speech and behavior, he learned that Li Qiu was not some rich young master, but just a poor boy whose parents died and who lived by working with his hands. Zuo Linfeng began to wonder why this poor boy Want to take care of a beggar who has no relatives and no reason for a long time?

Even Zuo Linfeng himself didn't know, his completely numb and closed mind had a feeling for the outside world for the first time, and left the impression of this poor boy unknowingly...

In mid-winter, the biting cold wind makes passers-by reluctant to stay on the street, either hide in the tavern, or return to the warm home, what about Zuo Linfeng?He still had no choice but to hide in the corner of the dark alley, hungry and cold, but sadly, even though the weather was cold, he couldn't really freeze him to death. People who have been soaked in the cold pool for a hundred days would never even want to die. easy.

But in Li Qiu's eyes, that's not the case. The blind beggar huddled in the haystack was only covered with a few pieces of rags, and he didn't even have a fire to keep warm. He was really worried that he wouldn't be able to survive. , but the blind beggar still had an air of indifference and indifference, not only refused to beg for help from others, he didn't even worry about his own life and death, this man's temper was really weird.

"The weather is so cold these days, how many days will you be unable to get food!" Li Qiu said, stuffing a hot roasted sweet potato into Zuo Linfeng's hand.

Zuo Linfeng said thank you as usual, and began to bite the sweet potato with its skin.

"Eat slowly, I still have...Look at you, you have to live in such a straw nest without even a decent quilt..." Li Qiu said as he took off his cotton coat and covered it with Zuo Linfeng .

The cotton-padded jacket surrounded his frozen body with Liqiu's body temperature, and the unfamiliar warm feeling burned his soul...

Seeing him stop eating suddenly, Li Qiu stared blankly, and couldn't help being very surprised: "Hey! What's the matter with you? If you can go, why don't you come home with me for a few days to avoid the cold! My house has a stove, cotton quilt..."

"Stove, quilt..." Zuo Linfeng unconsciously repeated Li Qiu's words like a fool.

"Yes, let's go back together and cook some hot porridge to eat..." Li Qiu enthusiastically took his cold hand.

In the warm hut, there are stoves and quilts, hot food, warm and kind companions... A bright and heart-warming picture emerges in front of Zuo Linfeng's dark eyes, it is really very attractive...but it is also very ironic...

At that time, he had a world-renowned appearance, wealth that could rival a country, and power and martial arts that were both enviable and terrifying, but despite having everything, he couldn't win a person's heart...

Up to now, he is just a crippled beggar with nothing. Even if he loses everything, he doesn't care for the pity of others. This kind of pity... he doesn't need...

"Haha! Hahaha!" Zuo Linfeng laughed suddenly, but there was no smile on his dirty face. Amidst the high-pitched and harsh laughter, he slowly stood up from the haystack, all alone The thin bones stood upright in the cold wind.

Normally, he always squats or sits huddled on the corner of the street. Even when he stands up and walks, he arches his shoulders and hunches his back. He walks with his hands on a wooden stick and bows his head. Li Qiu has never seen Zuo Linfeng standing up straight, until now. The blind beggar is taller than him.When Li Qiu saw him standing up, he was overjoyed, and pulled him away, but Zuo Linfeng broke away from Li Qiu's hand, turned around and left.

"Hey! Where are you going? Where is my house?" Li Qiu called hurriedly.

Zuo Linfeng didn't know the cold, and he clapped his hands against the snowflakes that had just fallen and laughed wildly: "The sky is the quilt, the ground is the bed, what do you want me to do in your cell? It's snowing, just make me a quilt, a vast expanse of whiteness How wonderful! Nothing to see, nothing to see... Nothing to see, it's so good..."

"Blind boy!" Li Qiu felt a little scared when he saw him going crazy.

Zuo Linfeng did not listen to Liqiu's call, and danced and walked in the snow on his own. In the sound of the wind, he sang like crying and singing: "Those who abandon me, don't let the day of yesterday stay... Those who disturb my heart are so worried today …Instead of distributing and making boats, it’s better if ice and snow become new wine, pouring out all the sorrows of the past and the present..."

Zuo Linfeng sang wildly in the snowflakes of the sky, his disheveled hair and tattered clothes fluttered with the cold wind, his lonely and lonely singing resounded through the dark and narrow alleys, against the background of the howling north wind, the singing was even more desolate and desolate It is sad to hear the desolation and desolation.Li Qiu didn't understand what he was singing at all, but for some reason, tears fell unconsciously, until his figure disappeared at the end of the dark alley, and the clear sad song was gradually covered by the wind, Li Qiu still stayed there in a daze , I can't calm down for a long time.

After this day, Li Qiu didn't see Zuo Linfeng again for more than half a month, not only the street where he usually begs, but he didn't even go back to the grass nest in the dark alley.Li Qiu searched and searched for him in the town, and when he found him again, he was so cold and hungry that he was so emaciated that he didn't look like a human being. Li Qiu was afraid that he would suddenly go crazy and run away, so he didn't dare to call him back, so he just ran away in a hurry. Bought some steamed buns for him, covered him with the padded coat that he had discarded in the snow that day, and then walked away in a hurry, as if he was afraid that Zuo Linfeng would not want it.

"Weird boy like a cow!" Zuo Linfeng cursed weakly (he is the least qualified person to say such a sentence), but he picked up the steamed buns and gnawed them. The steamed buns were just out of the cage. It was hot to the touch, but still no warmer than the cotton coat on his body, which made Zuo Linfeng feel prickly. He had already lost the strength to "survive", how could he still have the strength to bear the warmth of the cotton coat?

He ruthlessly tore off the cotton coat on his body, but he couldn't let go of the little warmth left in his heart...

Extra Story: Fox Fairy (1)

"These country folks are real, they worship anything, even foxes and toads build a temple to worship!" Xue Ningbi pointed to a "Temple of the Five Immortals"*1 in front of her and smiled disdainfully.

Yunyu smiled and said, "Many places also have the custom of worshiping fox spirits, and my hometown is no exception..."

"Do you also worship the fox fairy in your hometown? Brother Yu, where is your hometown? Why didn't I hear you mention it?" Xue Ningbi had been married to him for several years, but she rarely heard him mention her childhood, so she couldn't help being curious.

Yunyu replied casually: "I was still young when I left my hometown. I can't remember which township or county it is. I just remember that people in the village told stories about fox fairies and ghosts from time to time to scare the children. Unfortunately, a severe drought forced people to The whole family fled famine, and in the end, both my parents died, and I was left to wander here and there, I don’t know what would have happened if I hadn’t met a benefactor.”

Although Xue Ningbi is extremely intelligent, how could she expect that her husband would tell such a big lie to her?Without any doubt, he said: "Brother Yu must have suffered a lot when he was young. Fortunately, he met Shigong and his old man... Why don't you take me to visit Shigong? I also want to meet Shigong, an expert in the world."

"Didn't you meet him before? He is your Brother Feng!" Yunyu didn't know what it was like, so he said, "My teacher's whereabouts are always unpredictable, even I don't know where he is, I just say it's fate We can meet each other, maybe one day, he will suddenly appear in front of you and me."

Yunyu's words are true, Zuo Linfeng has been missing for many years, and he really doesn't know where he is.Xue Ningbi didn't know what to do, and said yearningly: "Master, he is really handsome, yes, what kind of person is he?"

Yunyu said: "He is like a fox fairy..."

Xue Ningbi opened her beautiful eyes wide and wondered, "Brother Yu, why do you call Shigong a monster?"

"Master, he comes without a trace and goes without a shadow. He saves people when he is happy, and teases people when he is not happy. His temper is like a fox fairy. When I met him, I really thought I was meeting a fox fairy. He was about to be caught in the mountains. I ate it and shouted: Daxian, spare my life, I was so angry that my master slapped me on the mouth..."

Xue Ningbi laughed coquettishly when she heard it: "Brother Yu was so stupid when he was young!"

Yunyu approached his charming wife and smiled, "It is the stupid people who are lucky. Not only do they have a good master, but they also get such a smart wife who is as beautiful as a flower."

"You only play tricks to please others!" Xue Ningbi gave her husband a sideways glance with a half-smile, and Yunyu gently held her slender hand like a spring onion, but what she was thinking of was the "little fox fairy" back then...

At that time, Yunyu was just a kitchen boy named "Si Niu"...

It all started with a roast pheasant...

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