getting into desperation

Chapter 9

Hearing this, Tang Feiyang sighed: "Old man, I'm sorry, but I actually lied to you just now. My father is a coworker and doesn't live here. We only ask these things because we want to know."

"Hmph, I heard it a long time ago. I'm old, but you shouldn't take me as a fool. It's a disgraceful thing. If you want to know, just think about it. I don't want to give any valid reason. In this life I'm afraid you don't know."

Chang Yu had no choice but to tell all the things that happened to him before.The old lady was greatly moved when she heard this, but at the same time she was very puzzled: "How much hatred does that red cloak have with you? Treating you like this."

After hearing this, the two were speechless, let alone how to respond.Seeing this, the old woman didn't embarrass them anymore, and immediately told them what happened more than ten years ago: "Dayong said that it was too late a few years ago. It is true that this village couldn't get out a few years ago, but When the incident happened, it was more than ten years ago. At that time, Dayong was only a few years old. Normally, none of us would let him go out, so he had to sit at home, and he would not run away to the street, because the street There are almost no normal people in the world, and they don’t communicate with people all the year round, and it’s normal not to know.”

The old woman sighed: "It's really a long story to tell. This village didn't exist more than ten years ago, and the people in the village are not ordinary people, villagers, but refugees, beggars, and homeless people. People who return. Everyone gathers together to chat and eat big pots of rice. Life is pretty good, but there is no place to live. This kind of life lasted for about half a year, and suddenly there was a woman who brought a lot of strong men. First She built a village for us, and she came to teach us in person, teaching us how to read, do business, and reason. She has always been very good. That day, everyone went to listen to her lectures as usual, but I didn’t go because my husband was ill that day I had to stay and take care of him, so I went on strike. But I didn't expect that the woman left the next day. After that...all the people in the village suddenly became misers. Something strange happened, and I and Although Dayong's father understood something, he didn't dare to say more. We wanted to go out that day, but people in the village found out. They suddenly said that Jade Bodhisattva said yesterday that no one would be allowed to leave the village. If we found one, we would be beaten to death. !Because Dayong fell when he was leaving, and I bandaged him before taking him away. When we got there, Dayong’s father had been beaten so hard that he couldn’t move.”

"How could they beat you up like this? We just wanted to go out, and we have been in trouble together for half a year. Are they still human? I have to ask them to judge." The woman just stood up, and the man stretched out with difficulty. With one hand, he grabbed the woman's leg and shook his head.

The woman had no choice but to squat down obediently: "Why don't you let me go?"

"They...are, are no longer, we, know, people. They... are controlled, by, that, Jade, Jade Bodhisattva. Don't go, provoke them, they will, take you, and, and Dayong was also killed. You have to remember, you, you are, a mother. You, you still have Dayong." He let go of his hand, but his hand froze in mid-air, his eyes widened , but also, no matter who it is, it must be unwilling.

The old lady kept staring at the tree in front of her: "Hey, Dayong was hiding behind that dead tree at that time. He was afraid and didn't have the courage to look at it. So, since then, I didn't let him go out, and he didn't dare to go out again. As for what Jade Bodhisattva said that day, I don’t know, I don’t want to know, and I dare not know. If you want to find out, you have to ask other people. If they are still alive..."

Dayong put blankets on the old woman, his wife and children respectively, and gathered some firewood. They sat in a circle around the fire. Dayong found another blanket from the car and handed it to Changyu: "Although we are fleeing, the ones we brought There are quite a lot of things, you two put on this blanket, it is quite easy to catch cold when it is approaching autumn. It happens that the two of you are squeezed together to keep you warmer. Lean on the side, I'll go to bed first."

Chang Yu took the blanket and nodded, "Thank you."

Dayong smiled and waved his hands: "Hey, it's okay, escape, we should help each other, put the lid on and sleep." After speaking, he sat next to his son and fell asleep.

Chang Yu looked at Tang Feiyang, and handed him the blanket: "Cover it up, I'll sit for a while."

When Tang Feiyang heard this, he squinted his eyes and curled his lips: "It can be covered by sitting there."

"You're still young, it's time to grow your body, so cover yourself with a blanket to avoid catching cold."

Tang Feiyang stared at him: "You're getting old, and it's when you're prone to getting sick that you need to pay attention. You can cover it yourself."

The two stared at each other for a while, Tang Feiyang smiled and asked for reconciliation: "Let's build together, we are brothers, what's there to be embarrassed about?"

After hearing this, Chang Yu nodded slowly, and the two of them unfolded the blankets and covered half of them.Just as Chang Yu was about to close his eyes, Tang Feiyang suddenly said, "Chang Yu, don't you believe... I like you?" Now it was all right, Chang Yu's drowsiness was instantly extinguished, and even his vigilance was aroused. Up, just not showing it.

"In the past two days, you kept reminding me of this matter, as if you were afraid that I would forget it, but it really made me doubt the authenticity of this matter. But okay, why are you bringing this up again? By the way, You can leave tomorrow morning." Chang Yu added.

Tang Feiyang just smiled: "Don't be so eager to drive me away, I just want to chat with you. But you made a point just now, and I am really afraid that you will forget, because your memory has always been bad. It used to be."

Chang Yu stared at him, wondering: "You used to... like me in this way?"

Tang Feiyang turned to look at him, hesitated to speak, and finally seemed to have made a big decision: "If I said, I liked you when I was a child, would you believe me?"

Chang Yu snorted coldly: "I don't believe it. When I was a child... Hey, did you mistake friendship for love? In childhood, there were many mistakes."

Tang Feiyang pouted suddenly and glared at him: "You don't have to believe that you will be liked by people of the same gender, but you can't question my feelings for you at will."

Chang Yu looked at him for a while, then asked: "When was... when?"

Tang Feiyang thought for a while: "I forgot that was the first time we met, but that was the first time you saved me."

"Save you? When did I save you?"

Tang Feiyang lowered his head: "Oh, you forgot everything. But I haven't. When I first saw you, I scolded you in my heart."

Chang Yu looked at him, and turned to look at the fire in front of him. The firewood was crackling, sparks would come out from time to time, and the woody smoke gathered together, rising together.Tang Feiyang's words echoed in his ears, "That was... a long time ago."

"By the way, there is something I wanted to ask before. Didn't you say that when you meet the princess again, it will be the time when swords and swords meet? Why did you answer her so many things kindly last time?"

Chang Yu lowered his head: "I was the only one who thought that way before. That time... I knew what she was here for, so I went. This time, it's about the two of us. It's the real thing. gone."

"Why?"

"She sent someone to kill my whole family, just because I rejected the marriage and rejected her wishes."

"Oh." Tang Feiyang closed his eyes, "It sounds like something she did, which is quite normal. Hey, after so many days, I finally encountered a normal thing."

"normal?"

Tang Feiyang opened his eyes and looked at him, and said with a sneer, "I know, it's not like a princess can do this, because you watched her grow up, and you think she has the bearing and ability to be a princess. But Sanyu, have you ever thought that people have many faces, and a princess is also a person. You can pretend to be generous, but if you look at her from a different perspective, things will not be as complicated as you think."

"Then what did you see?"

Tang Feiyang looked at the burning fire, hesitated to speak, "Go to sleep, I'm sleepy."

The next day when Riyu opened his eyes, the fire had already turned into ashes, and the old woman was sitting on a rock watching Dayong pack up his things. Seeing that Changyu had woken up, she hurriedly stood up with her crutches and walked up to him: "I just remembered something. , I may have seen the woman in the red cloak you mentioned. I remember that the Jade Bodhisattva came back after a few years. That time, there was a little girl in the red cloak behind her. Many people talk to her, but she doesn't respond. Jade Bodhisattva said, this child is also a refugee, but she is too tight to follow everyone, so she has to raise it herself. By the way, every few days At the last meeting, the little girl was holding a sachet in her hand, and she didn't let go of it. Presumably it was the only thing her family left her. Although she was a poor person, it was true that she should not build her pity on others. More than pain. A good child follows her, ruining his future and ruining his life just like that."

"Thank you very much."

After Dayong packed his things, the old lady was about to go, suddenly remembered something, and reminded: "Oh, by the way, that Jade Bodhisattva is capable of witchcraft, and even has profound attainments, if one day you meet , you need to be very careful.”

"witchcraft?"

"I'm getting old, so I don't know what to say. Anyway, if that day comes, I must be more careful. Don't take her lightly just because she is a woman. Remember."

Chang Yu nodded and bowed to her: "Thank you for telling me so much, be careful on the road, and hope we will meet again by fate."

The old lady sat on the truck and said with a smile: "I will see you again. I see you are a cute child, so I know that we must be destined. If you come to our place in the future, I will treat you to a full meal." Food, when the time comes, you won’t be allowed to leave if you’re not full.”

Tang Feiyang rolled up the blanket and waved to them: "Old man, you forgot your blanket."

The old lady also waved, as if she had said something, but the two of them obviously couldn't hear them at such a long distance.Looking at the smile on the old lady's face at the end, I think this blanket has become a meeting gift.Tang Feiyang unceremoniously threw the blanket behind his back: "Should we go forward or to the right?"

Chang Yu turned to look at him: "It's none of your business, take the blanket and go back to Beijing."