Chapter 5 third quarter

When Liang Yudong met A Liao for the first time, A Liao was only three years old. When he threw a thick stack of banknotes onto the oil-stained wooden table, two greedy eyes sparkled like electricity.The woman's chapped lips trembled, and she whispered: "I didn't expect that someone would pay for a girl picked up from the mountain." After speaking, she changed her expression and shouted cheerfully to the kitchen: "Girl, come out quickly." On this day, at the end of December, there was heavy snowfall in the mountains. The little girl who appeared at the door looked about three or four years old, her thin body was wrapped in an old thin sweater with untied cuffs and neckline, a pot of freshly boiled potatoes was in her hand, and her big black eyes were in front of her eyes. Xiaoyuan's face covered in black and gray flashed brightly.

"Father." She trotted to the man's side, raised her head happily, and handed the potatoes in front of him, "Look, it's not overcooked this time." Impatiently, the man snatched the bowl and put it aside, carried her to the window, and pushed her towards the young man, "Take it, it's yours." After finishing speaking, he glared at the little girl and said, "In the future, he will It's your dad, go with him." What he handed over was not a person, but a piece of freedom to buy and sell. "Mom and Dad are very happy. That's great." Standing in front of the crooked fence gate, the little girl looked back at her former "home", with a pair of big eyes flickering. There was no sadness, no anger, no fear on her face, only a smile. As beautiful as a quietly blooming wild flower.

Liang Yudong looked at this little girl, since he took her by the hand and led her out of the house, she was like an obedient kitten, without any rejection, letting him lead her to a completely unknown direction. "Don't you ask me where I'm taking you?" he asked her. "Don't ask." She raised her small face, wiped the frozen snot, and smiled, "You won't eat me again." He shook his head, knelt down, took out a handkerchief and wiped her dirty nose carefully, and said with a smile, "It's really as clean as white paper." The snow covered the courtyard in a thin layer, and the tall ginkgo tree outside was close to the courtyard wall. In such a freezing weather, with a sharp cold wind, the tree was covered with emerald green ginkgo leaves layer by layer. The slices are so tender that water can be squeezed out.

The unusual combination of white snow and green leaves exudes vitality. Liang Yudong glanced at the tree, turned and left with his little girl.On the winding mountain road, there are two pairs of footprints, one big and one small, extending forward... In the shabby country hotel, Liang Yudong tidied up the messy bed, frowned and said, "I'll be home tomorrow. Tonight will be just one night, so go to bed early." He looked back at her who was looking left and right, "A Liao, did you hear that? " "Here..." She ran to Liang Yudong and happily held his hand, "The house here is so beautiful!" As she spoke, she jumped onto the bed and rolled around on the quilt that exuded a mild musty smell Go, clap your hands and laugh straight: "It's so soft and comfortable!"

"You've never slept in a bed like this before?" Liang Yudong sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the excitedly flushed child with interest. "I don't have a bed in my house, only my parents have it. But I have a lot of straw! And I sleep with Xiaodu all the time. It's warm to rely on Xiaodu." She hugged the pillow, her little face pressed tightly On it, "I don't know if Xiaodu has eaten." "Who is Xiaodu?" "A dog that helps mom and dad look after the yard. It has fur as white as snow. It's very big, but it doesn't grow any meat. It's skinny."

"Oh, that's it." Liang Yudong straightened her body, pulled the quilt over her and covered her: "Go to sleep. It won't be cold tonight." "Yeah!" With a small face like a red apple, she slumped back into the bed, revealing only a pair of flowing eyes with a sweet smile, "I'm so happy today." As she spoke, she poked out half of her head again and asked earnestly: " Will I still be able to see my parents in the future?" "They will have a good life." He patted her head, "Meeting a daughter like you is a blessing they have cultivated in several lifetimes."

"Ha, that's great!" She tucked into the quilt contentedly, and fell asleep peacefully, "Go to bed early too, Master." As she spoke, she poked her head out again, and smiled sweetly at Liang Yudong: "Master, you are so kind!" "Yeah." Liang Yudong smiled unnaturally. On the way here, he did two things.One is that when passing by a vast field, he casually gave her a name, and the other is to clarify the future relationship between the two.He didn't like to call her a girl, and he didn't like her to call him father. In the middle of the night, the knife-like mountain wind blew in through the broken windows. In the winter in the mountains, the damp and cold can penetrate into the bone marrow.Liang Yudong sat on the bed, reading a book by the dim light of the oil lamp. The yellowed booklet was older than the dusty lamp.A Liao was next to him, sleeping soundly like a piglet, with his fingers in his mouth innocently.

Closing the booklet, I looked at the little man beside me. Under the flickering light, his wooden face was filled with deep gloom. A gust of wind came in and blew out the oil lamp. Liang Yudong couldn't help but sneezed. He rubbed his nose and smiled wryly.It turned out that I was already weak to this extent. Flying into the sky and hiding from the ground, referring to trees and building houses, was a thing of the past. Now, I can't resist even a small severe cold. Even if it is a ginkgo tree demon that has cultivated human form, so what if it has a thousand years of Taoism, when the catastrophe is approaching, it is just a lingering skin.

If you can escape, you will live forever, if you can't escape, you will end up dead. This is the trajectory of the monster's destiny. In the darkness, the sound of breathing from around him was even and quiet, and A Liao's smiling face and cheers were sometimes clear and sometimes blurred in his heart... When the dawn dawned, Liang Yudong opened his eyes amidst the warmth of his body.I don't know when the quilt was covered on his body. Although there was a strange smell, it really blocked the cold for him.A Liao was barely covered with a corner of the quilt, curled up beside him, with a small hand on his arm, still snoring and drooling in sleep.

When Liang Yudong was shaking his head and covering her with the quilt, A Liao moved and woke up. "It seems that you will be glued to you in the future, so that you can sleep well without kicking the quilt." Liang Yudong gave her a reproachful look. A Liao sat up rubbing his eyes and said, "I didn't kick the quilt!" "Why did the quilt get on me?" "I heard you coughing in the middle of the night, so I covered you with a quilt." A Liao replied honestly, "I didn't kick it." He was slightly taken aback, and asked, "Give me the quilt, aren't you cold?"

"It's cold, but I don't cough." A Liao pouted, "Little Du used to cough and tremble, but I just need to spread straw on him and hold him, and he will be fine soon. !" "I'm not Xiaodu." He scratched her nose. "But you are by my side." A Liao tilted his head, and earnestly said with his fingers, "I don't want you to be sick. You will be unhappy if you are sick, and neither will A Liao if you are unhappy. With Xiaodu and Master, everyone around me is happy!" "Silly child." He patted her head, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was unspeakably awkward. because you are by my side... Well, from now on, you will only be by my side. Liang Yudong stretched out his index finger and lightly poked A Liao's brow, a faint brilliance overflowed from his fingertips. A Liao, you have no past, only the future of living with me.