"Unbearable to Copy" by Wuxin Mage

Yue Qiluo was woken up by the sunlight coming in from the window. One side of her neck was sore and unbearable, as if she had a stiff neck.

She opened her eyes, and in front of her was a piano with a peeling and faded shell.Yue Qiluo turned her head and saw Gu Zhi with dark circles beside her.

"You..." Yue Qiluo was stunned, "You just sat like this all night?"

"Stupid!" Yue Qiluo bit her lower lip. She slept on Gu Zhi's shoulder all night, and he sat on the piano bench with his eyes open until dawn, "You—why didn't you wake me up?"

Gu Zhi smiled and said, "It's rare for you to sleep well, what did you do to wake you up?"

Yue Qiluo was stunned, she always came to chat with Gu Zhi in the middle of the night, and often dozed off during the day.Gu Zhi didn't know it was because she was getting old, he thought she was suffering from insomnia, but seeing her falling asleep on his shoulder, he didn't even wake her up.She was stunned for a long time, feeling sour, and cursed "Idiot" again, staring at Gu Zhi's pale complexion, worried that he would die.

"Aren't you afraid that you will die suddenly if you suffer like this?"

Gu Zhi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Human life is so fragile."

some.Yue Qiluo thought quietly in her heart, but she didn't say it out loud.Gu Zhiqiang held on to talk to her, but didn't hold back, and yawned.She dragged him to the door, asking him to go back to regain his sleep, but after walking a few steps, footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

Yue Qiluo froze, this is the person on duty at the educated youth point.

Seeing that the footsteps were getting closer and closer to the room they were in, there was nothing in the room except for the piano by the window and a few tattered chairs. It probably used to be a classroom, and there was a wooden podium right in front of it.There is no place to hide. If you turn out the window in the same way, the sun is high at this time, and there are already a few educated youths walking outside.Yue Qiluo originally thought that the room was abandoned and could escape inspection, but unexpectedly the wooden door creaked, and the visitor had already opened the door.

"Hide here!" Yue Qiluo reacted quickly, got into the space under the podium, and pulled Gu Zhi in again.Originally, she was small and small enough to hide inside, but Gu Zhishao said that she was about 1.8 meters tall, and the two of them curled up in the space and huddled together, and the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.

"Hey, Comrade Gong. I heard people say that the house was haunted last night, and there was the sound of a piano." The visitor sneered, "I see, it's all feudal superstition. How can a staunch materialist believe in these monsters? mess!"

Gong Hongmei!The hairs on the back of Yue Qiluo's neck also stood up, unexpectedly she was the one who checked the educated youth spot.Although she is indeed a mortal, but that face that is exactly like a wild fox has always been a fishbone stuck in her heart, and she has to guard against it.How could Gong Hongmei be so coincidental that she checked this room just today?

But Gong Hongmei didn't speak, her footsteps came to the window and stopped by the piano.Yue Qiluo heard her heartbeat beating like a drum, tense up and down, and felt the accent again as she listened.Only then did she realize that it wasn't her own heartbeat, but Gu Zhi's.

Yue Qiluo turned her head to look at Gu Zhi, looked at his young facial features and skin, the mole on the tip of his nose.Gu Zhi in this life is very young, only 20 years old. When she met Shen Jianli, he was 29 years old, and Tang Shanhai was 27 years old.Zhang Xianzong was in his early thirties, she was stunned, remembering that she had never had a long talk with Zhang Xianzong, she knew little about him, and she didn't even know his exact age.In Wen County in the early years of the Republic of China, she took a bunch of photos with Wuxin, but she never took a group photo with Zhang Xianzong.

Gu Zhi curled up under the podium and bowed his waist, with the back of his head against the wooden board.The place was too small, and it forced him to sit face to face with Yue Qiluo.There is a shallow dimple on her forehead, which can only be found when you get close. Besides, her beautiful little face is flawless, like a porcelain doll.Her eyes are different from ordinary people, they are surprisingly dark, and they are a circle bigger than normal people.Gu Zhi stared at it for a long time, his temples felt a little painful, and something wanted to jump out of his mind.He looked away, not daring to look at her anymore.

Yue Qiluo looked at his drooping eyelids, a few strands of hair fell down to cover his forehead, and looked away at the toe of the shoe narrowly.She thought that Zhang Xianzong was a young man of literature and art all his life, he liked to read Tagore, and his speech was elegant.Tang Shanhai is an ice cave, Shen Jianli is a soldier, only Gu Zhi looks like Zhang Xianzong when he is quiet.She still remembered that when Zhang Xianzong said he loved her, the expression on his face was exactly the same as that of Gu Zhi.Every part is Zhang Xianzong, Zhang Xianzong is ever-changing, and every aspect is indispensable.

"Comrade Gong, why are you in a daze?"

This sound suddenly brought Yue Qiluo's consciousness back, and only then did she remember Gong Hongmei's existence.Although the podium was facing away from the door, if she wanted to, she could find their hiding place just by going around.

But Gong Hongmei did not.

"It's nothing," Gong Hongmei said in a low voice, "Maybe they heard it wrong, no one has been in this room before."

At the end, I added a sentence: "Comrade Lin, let's go, let's go to inspect other rooms."

Yue Qiluo didn't get out from under the podium until the sound of their footsteps disappeared in the corridor.She went to the piano to check. This room was not often visited by people, and it was very dusty. There were obvious fingerprints on the piano cover, and the keys were also scratched.The hollow on the piano bench was still there, and she walked to the window, where there was still a footprint on the window frame.

Gong Hongmei is not blind, how could she not see it?

After Yue Qiluo got out of the educated youth order, she didn't have time to eat breakfast, so she had to rush to work.When I went to the cafeteria at noon, I didn't see Gong Hongmei, not even Gu Zhi.After asking, I found out that Gong Hongmei had gone to a neighboring village to do business, but Gu Zhi hadn't come back yet on the grassland.Niu Dayong, who was in charge of grazing, had a bad stomach, so he sent Gu Zhi to take over his shift and graze the cattle for him.

Knowing that something was wrong, Yue Qiluo borrowed a horse and left the village.From the entrance of the village to the nearest herdsman's house, it takes more than half an hour to ride on horseback. By the time I found Gu Zhi, it was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

Gu Zhi was riding on the back of a little red horse. The cow hadn't finished eating grass, so he couldn't go back to eat.He had no experience in grazing for the first time, and he had never brought dry food, so he was hungry and had no choice.

"Call-"

A familiar voice suddenly came from behind him, and when he turned his head, it was Yue Qiluo who had reined in the horse.Gu Zhi smiled and said, "Qi Luo, aren't you going to the milk powder factory?"

Yue Qiluo didn't say anything, she untied the small schoolbag in her arms, and gave Gu Zhi a few buns.The wotou was held in her arms all the time, and there was still some warmth left. Gu Zhi took it and took a bite, saying, "Thank you."

"You don't have to thank me," Yue Qiluo said in a low voice, "I put crotons in Niu Darong's meal, and made you graze the cows for him, so he couldn't eat."

"You gave him croton?" Gu Zhi remembered Niu Darong's pale face and dehydrated lips, and smiled, "It's not that you asked me to replace him, I blame you for what you did."

"Aren't you angry that they bullied you so much?"

Gu Zhi shook his head, froze again, lowered his head for a moment and said bitterly: "What's the use of being angry? In this melting pot, I shouldn't have any personal emotions."

He raised his head and looked at Yue Qiluo again, and said with a smile: "Qiluo, you have helped me a lot. Thank you."

"Thank you for what?" Yue Qiluo raised her eyebrows, not wanting to listen to his polite words.After thinking about it, his face softened, and he said, "Let me herd the cows with you."

Yue Qiluo didn't allow him to refuse, so he swung his whip and rode forward.She still had the bow and arrow on her back, and the white feathers at the end of the arrows scraped against her hair, and the wind bulged her shirt.She called the herd like a herdsman, and all the cattle gathered around her.Gu Zhi suddenly understood that Yue Qiluo belonged to the grassland and the mountains and rivers thousands of miles away.She does not belong to the milk powder factory, nor does she belong to any collective—she is truly free.

Eating a few nests can be regarded as stopping the hunger in the stomach.The pasture here has been almost eaten, and in a few months it will be migrated and another pasture will be changed.At that time, the herdsmen will have to go further away from the village, and the educated youth in the village will no longer be able to go back and forth to work.The field department has recently begun to assign a group of educated youths to migrate with the herdsmen, but no one wants to go.It is hard enough to stay away from the city where the lights and telephones are upstairs and downstairs, but now we have to completely stay away from civilized life and live a life of sleeping under the blue sky and using the ground as a bed.In the past few years, some educated youths have returned to the city one after another. Everyone is willing to fight for a place in the village. Even if they cannot be recommended to work as students in a university, it is good to go back to the city and work in a factory.So he couldn't make a decision, and the longer it dragged on, the more ominous Gu Zhi felt.

It was already 03:30 in the afternoon, and the sun was getting weaker. It was time for Gu Zhi to bring the cattle back to the herdsman's yurt.He counted once while riding on the horse, his face changed, and he counted again, his expression sank as if he had been immersed in a deep pool of ice.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that his expression was not right, Yue Qiluo went to ask him.

"A few cows are missing." Gu Zhi's heart sank. These cows are all public property, and he can't lose any of them.Even if it is lost in the hands of herdsmen, it must be held accountable, let alone him.Gu Zhi didn't dare to think about it any longer, and with a swipe of his horsewhip, he chased into the depths of the grassland.

"Hey, Gu Zhi—" Yue Qiluo was stunned, took out a paper figurine and threw it to the middle of the herd of cattle, and then chased after him, "Wait a minute, I'll go with you."

"Stay here and watch these cows." Gu Zhi stopped, "It's getting dark, and the depths of the grassland are very dangerous, you'd better go back to the village as soon as possible."

"You know that the grassland is dangerous after dark, and you still want to go alone?" Yue Qiluo couldn't help but follow up, "Don't worry, the cows have been trapped by me. I will accompany you to go back quickly and find the cows." Just turn back."

Time was running out, and Gu Zhi stopped persuading her, and the two rode forward together.Gu Zhi's horsemanship is not as good as Yue Qiluo's, but he has mastered some essentials after walking a few miles.Until it was getting late, the sun fell below the horizon, and the entire grassland sank into a vast darkness.There are wastelands all around, without any landmarks, if you want to go back, you can only rely on old horses to know the way.The grassland is so big, no one can tell in which direction the cattle ran, and they lost their direction for a while, just doing it in a hurry.

Going forward, there will be less and less grass on the ground, and the situation will only become more difficult as we are about to enter the Mongolian desert area.Yue Qiluo was thinking of simply stealing a few cows from someone else's house and pretending to be Gu Zhi's cows, when suddenly a light flickered on the grass in front of her.At first she thought it was a wolf, but when she got closer, it turned out to be a pool of saliva.

"Look, there is a water pool!" Such a water pool is not often seen on the grassland, just like an oasis in the desert, but there is no mirage.The two were walking with thirsty mouths, and when they saw the water pool in front of them, they felt like encountering nectar, so they accelerated their speed and rode towards the water pool.

It was only when I walked near the pool that I heard the sound of running water. There were a few huge black figures at the edge of the pool drinking water with their heads down. Looking closer, they were the cows lost by Gu Zhi.It is a great blessing to have recovered the cattle and discovered the water pool.Both Yue Qiluo and Gu Zhi jumped off their horses and led them to the edge of the pool.Gu Zhi took the ropes and tied the horns of the cows to the horse's back so that they could be led back to the pasture area. When he turned around, Yue Qiluo half-kneeled by the pool and untied her braids.

"Qiluo?" He looked at Yue Qiluo lying by the pool, soaking her black hair in the water. It turned out that she loved beauty and wanted to wash her hair.There are still many fish in this pool, swimming quite freely, and the water splashes tumbling.Yue Qiluo's hair scattered in the water like a puff of smoke, which attracted many fish to chatter curiously.

Gu Zhi lit a torch and walked to the water's edge to have a look.The fish in the pool were all plump and fat, and when they saw the fire in his hand, they all swam towards him.Seeing this, Gu Zhi smiled and said, "This fish is not afraid of people."

"People on the grassland regard fish as their gods, and they dare not eat them. Of course, they have fattened their courage." Yue Qiluo raised her head sideways, wrung out the water from her hair, and straightened up, "However, they respect their food." , we eat ours. No delay."

"You want to catch these fish and eat them?"

"Not only do I want to eat it, but I also want to drink it in braised, steamed, or stewed fish soup!" Yue Qiluo looked at the water pool with bright black eyes, "I haven't tasted fish for a long time, Gu Zhi, don't you want to?"

Fish - of course he misses it, Guangdong is a land of fish and rice, and there are so many seafood along the coast that he can't finish it.He used to love his mother's sashimi porridge the most, but now that he is in the grassland, the educated youth cafeteria only has few leaves of vegetables. Even if he follows Yue Qiluo and Wu Xin to open meat, he can only eat some beef and mutton, and he will never eat fish. .Now that he has seen so many plump black fish, he has really moved his mind, thinking of catching a few and grilling them.

While Gu Zhi was still standing there in a daze, Yue Qiluo had already got off the leather bag from the horse's back.The leather bag was sewn from cowhide and was very strong. She dumped all the offal in the leather bag on the ground, walked to the edge of the pool, scooped up a bagful of water, handed it to Gu Zhi, rolled up her sleeves again, and walked back By the pool.

Gu Zhi was stunned: "You want to catch fish with bare hands?"

"Well," Yue Qiluo turned to look at him, "not only to catch, but also to take it back to make soup for drinking!"