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It's not clear whether it was intentional or not, but Lu Ciheng didn't get those things out for him, and just hugged him and slept all night, but he was a little uneasy at night, touching his forehead from time to time, for fear that he would burn.

Fortunately, Shen Mingan was fine except for a little coughing and convulsions and trembling. He slept well, didn't kick the quilt and didn't move around, and fell asleep with the quilt in his arms. When Lu Ciheng woke up in the morning, he didn't intend to call him. But Shen Mingan seemed to wake up suddenly when he left the quilt, and asked him hoarsely, "Is it dawn outside?"

Lu Ciheng lightly touched the corner of his bitten lips with his fingers, and said, "It's bright, it didn't snow today."

When Shen Mingan sat up, he felt a strong light shining on his eyes, and his eyes were irritated to the point of pain. His eyes were empty, blinking unconsciously, and asked, "Is there sun today?"

"There's the sun." Lu Ciheng was both surprised and happy, covering his eyes to block the light, "Can you feel it?"

Under the shadow, Shen Mingan's eyes felt much better, and he didn't blink so hard anymore, he nodded slowly.

Lu Ciheng suddenly felt that it was too early to scold the old man for being a quack doctor. The medicine he prescribed seemed to be really useful. Although Shen Mingan still couldn't see, he could at least feel the intensity of the light. He found the medicine beside the pillow. A piece of white silk was tied around Shen Mingan's head again.

Shen Mingan's voice has been hoarse since last night, and it didn't get much better after one night, and he spoke very reluctantly. He heard Lu Ciheng walking around the room, but he didn't know what he was doing, so he hesitated for a long time before speaking. He asked, "Are you going out?"

"Yeah." Lu Ciheng stopped what he was doing, "I'm going to the backyard. I saw a bamboo forest there before. The weather is fine today. Let's go see if there are winter bamboo shoots there."

Shen Mingan got out of the quilt and touched the clothes at the end of the bed.

When Lu Ciheng turned around, he saw Shen Mingan bent over, picked up the inner garment and put it on indiscriminately, the hickey marks and palm prints on the chest and waist were faintly visible, struggling to put on the clothes, but the clothes were messed up by him. It was crumpled into a ball, and the laces were tangled together, so it couldn't be worn through.

"Raise your hand." Lu Ciheng grabbed his wrist and took off his half-clothed clothes.

Lu Ciheng was loosely tied last night, but Shen Mingan still had a light circle of red marks on his wrist bone. When his wrist was held, he paused, and his fingers curled up slightly in pain. He stiffened his upper body and asked Lu Ciheng to give it to him. wear clothes.

Shen Mingan was afraid of the cold, and the temperature on his hands had almost dissipated as soon as he got out of the quilt. Lu Ciheng put on all the clothes he could wear, and when there was the last coat left, the porridge was simmering on the stove. It boiled, bubbling and bubbling, Lu Ciheng got up to turn off the fire.

When he sat back on the bed, Shen Mingan felt him approaching, turned his head to his direction, and said softly, "Where's Xiaobai?"

"What is Xiaobai?" Lu Ciheng was puzzled.

"Cat." Shen Ming paused, "You said it was white."

"You're quick, you gave it a name in less than a day." Lu Ciheng said dissatisfiedly: "You still call it so kindly."

Shen Mingan always called him by his full name.

Lu Ciheng looked at the cat, which was playing vigorously with its paws on the ground, biting the rag, and reluctantly grabbed it and put it in Shen Mingan's arms.

Xiaobai should have eaten something just now, with a bulging belly, and the fur on it is extraordinarily soft, rolling in Shen Mingan's arms, Shen Mingan smoothed its fur, touched it one by one, and felt the warmth of its body in the palm of his hand. The anxiety and helplessness caused by blindness gradually dissipated.

He rubbed Xiaobai's soft fleshy pads, let Lu Ciheng dress him in silence, wanted to speak a few times, but swallowed again, and finally bit his lip and said softly: "I want to be with you too go together."

Lu Ciheng was stunned for a moment. He left Shen Mingan alone in the room yesterday, but he still had lingering fears about the almost fire incident. Originally, he considered Shen Mingan's safety and didn't plan to go far, but Shen Mingan pursed his lips anxiously waiting for his reply. The look made Lu Ciheng involuntarily raise the corners of his lips.

With a smile on his face, he intentionally didn't return to him for a long time, and waited until Shen Ming An finished dressing before saying: "Okay, then get up and eat dinner first."

Taking Shen Mingan's eyes into consideration, Lu Ciheng waited for the afternoon sun to set in the west before taking him out.

There is a small bamboo grove behind this old house, the species is different from ordinary bamboo, and it is still green and tall in winter, but because no one has taken care of this bamboo grove for many years, many bamboos have been crooked due to the continuous heavy snow , The ground is overgrown with weeds, withered yellow and rotten bamboo leaves are spread layer by layer on the ground, and many winter bamboo shoots protrude from under the thick bamboo leaves.

Today is a rare sunny day, the sun shines through the gaps in the bamboo leaves, and there are tiny dust floating in the air.

Shen Mingan hugged the cat and sat on a small bench outside the bamboo grove to bask in the sun. Lu Ciheng dumped a basket full of winter bamboo shoots at his feet. There were only seven or eight bamboo shoots in detail, but these winter bamboo shoots were big enough to fit in seven or eight baskets. It couldn't hold any more, so Lu Ciheng had to pour out these first, and walked into the depths of the bamboo forest with the empty basket.

Shen Mingan piled up the winter bamboo shoots at his feet, and heard a slight rustling sound not far away, and the cat in his arms seemed to be frightened suddenly, its back arched high, its fur all over its body exploded, and it screamed loudly. , suddenly jumped out of his arms.

"Xiaobai!" Shen Mingan anxiously touched the ground, but felt something greasy on his fingertips, and before he had time to react, a slight tingling pain came from his forearm.

Xiaobai stepped on the dry bamboo leaves and ran around, Shen Mingan recognized the sound and wanted to pick up the cat, but when he was about to touch the cat, he was pulled up by Lu Ciheng who heard the sound.

"Don't touch it." Lu Ciheng pulled him behind, and said in a deep voice, "There is a water snake, and it was caught by Xiao Bai."

Shen Mingan was taken aback, "How is Xiaobai?"

"Alright." Lu Ciheng looked at the water snake that had been patted several times by the cat's claws, and said to Shen Mingan, "This snake is not big, it was held by Xiao Bai for seven inches, and its tail was dangling there, it looked like it was about to be caught Play dead."

When Xiao Bai was almost done playing, the snake was already bruised and wriggling on the ground, so Lu Ciheng cut the snake in half with a hoe and threw it into the bamboo forest.

He picked up the bamboo shoots that had just fallen at Shen Mingan's feet, put them into the bamboo basket, and picked up Xiaobai.

Shen Mingan took Xiaobai from his hand, and Lu Ciheng suddenly saw two rows of tiny tooth marks on the forearm exposed under his loose sleeve, and some blood was faintly oozing from the wound.

He held Shen Ming'an's forearm to examine carefully, frowned and said, "You were bitten by a snake?"