These two words are like thunder, echoing in my ears.
I had never thought that someone's voice could be so explosive. It was like the roar coming from the loudspeaker every morning when the school did gymnastics broadcasts.
This thunder was so loud that my head began to explode and the blood in my body began to boil. Apart from these two words, there was nothing else in my ears.
At this time, I only had one thought, find something to plug my ears.
"Stop making noise!"
I roared out with all my strength, and the surroundings instantly became quiet.
All consciousness gradually returned, and I gradually woke up.
I slowly opened my eyes, and there appeared in front of me the face of a fair-skinned and delicate girl, only a few centimeters away from my nose. Her eyes were wide open and she was looking at me with a smile.
"you're awake?"
The girl's voice is clear and melodious, and her Mandarin is not very standard, with a flavor similar to that of talking with rice grains.
"Who are you? Where am I?"
I looked around and saw that this was a bamboo building. The windows on both walls of the bamboo building were also made of bamboo poles. The windows were tightly closed, and there were a few yellow talisman papers stuck to the edges of the windows.
There was a faint sound of chanting from outside the bamboo building, and I was soaking in a large wooden barrel filled with black liquid.
"ah!"
After figuring out the situation, I yelled violently. I put my hands that were originally resting on the edge of the barrel into the water, and squatted as hard as I could into the water.
"Brother Qin Feng, I am Lanxi. Don't be shy, I will take care of you these three days."
After the girl finished speaking, she put her hand into the bucket, tested the water temperature, and said that she needed to add more hot water immediately.
Lanxi? Another sister in the village that Chujiu talked about who could speak Mandarin and was excellent at cooking.
I searched around for my clothes. My clothes were placed on the wooden bed a few meters away. At this time, I was soaking naked in the wooden bucket.
Just when I was thinking about how to get the clothes, Lanxi came back with a steaming wooden basin.
"Brother Qin Feng, don't move around, be careful of getting burned by the hot water."
After Lanxi added hot water to the huge wooden barrel, a comfortable warmth spread throughout my body. Seeing Lanxi staring at me with a smile, I unconsciously squatted a little deeper into the water.
"Brother Qin Feng, be careful!"
Lan Xi stepped over to the wooden barrel and held my shoulders with his hands. At this time, the pain on my shoulders made me take a breath of air.
"There are wounds that cannot be touched by water."
Lanxi said reproachfully. Seeing that I was a little embarrassed, she reluctantly took a towel from the wooden bed and handed it to me.
"Brother Qin Feng, don't be shy. When I help brother Chujiu take a bath, he won't be shy."
"Where are they on the ninth day of the lunar month?"
When asked about the ninth day of the lunar month, Lan Xi looked a little worried. She glanced at the window and leaned towards the barrel, as if there was something scary outside.
"They have to guard this house for three days and three nights. It will be time after dawn."
"Guarding this house? Why?"
I listened to the chanting outside the window and saw the talismans posted in several places in the room, guessing that something bad must have happened.
Lanxi glanced at me, as if she had made up her mind, and whispered to me: "It should be because of you!"
"because I?"
I subconsciously exclaimed, completely disbelieving that all this was because of me. Suddenly I realized what Lan Xi said.
"I was in a coma for three days?"
"It should take four days." Lan Xi bit her lip and whispered.
"Lan Xi, tell me quickly, what happened?"
I grabbed Lanxi's arm fiercely, and when I saw her brows furrowed, I realized that I was holding her hand too hard.
"I'm sorry for hurting you."
I let go of Lan Xi's arm and tried to calm myself down, but found it difficult to do so.
Lanxi moved a small bench and began to tell me everything she knew.
five days ago.
The leader of the village, Ji La, returned to the village, and there were two people who came back with him. Grandpa Ji La introduced to everyone that one was Master Qin, and the other could just call him Great Monk.
The three of them were all carrying large and small bags, which were all New Year's goods. After distributing them to the families in the village, they hurriedly returned to the village owner's house.
The next day, the leader of the village called Mi Li and Lanxi home. Master Qin told Mi Li that it was time to come back on the ninth day of the lunar month and asked Mi Li to greet her. As for the leader of Lanxi, he told her to stay and prepare food first, as he might not be able to use it later.
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When Lanxi saw Chujiu, it was Chujiu who shouted "help" and rushed to the house crazily.
Chujiu was carrying a bag that was half the height of a person and was holding a small backpack in his hand. Behind Chujiu, Mi Li was following, and Mi Li was carrying me on his back.
The three village leaders who were sitting in the house seemed to have been prepared when they saw this situation. Grandpa Qin took me off Mi Li's back.
The leader of the village asked Mi Li and Lan Xi to help boil water and cook medicine. As for the great monk, he followed Mr. Qin into the house expressionlessly.
After Lanxi and Mili had boiled the water, the village leader and Chujiu had changed into Taoist robes that they did not often wear.
The great monk sat cross-legged at the door of the house, holding rosary beads in his hand.
The leader of the village, Mi Li, went back to rest first and asked Lan Xi to stay. He said that Lan Xi's birth date could help.
Mi Li refused to go back and said she wanted to stay to help, but the village leader scolded her twice and said she was not suitable to stay.
Chujiu threw her huge backpack to Mi Li, leaned down and whispered something in Mi Li's ear, and Mi Li reluctantly left.
Lanxi stayed obediently and did not ask what she wanted to do if she stayed.
The village owner just asked her to soak some medicinal materials into a large wooden barrel and ensure that the water in the barrel was hot.
My grandfather and others arranged for me to lie flat on the bed. The village leader closed all the windows in the house tightly and put talismans on them.
After Mr. Qin took my pulse, his face became even heavier.
Lanxi heard the leader of the village ask Master Qin in a low voice: "It seems that this is the calamity that the master can't do anything about, right?"
Master Qin did not answer the leader of the village. He sighed and said that he should check the situation first. He might wake up later. Maybe it was not what the master said.
Lan Xi stayed in the next room. The three of them, the leader of the village, didn't even eat the food they cooked before. The great monk sat quietly at the door, and Master Qin and the leader of the village were also silent.
After the night was completely dark, I started to stir while lying on the bed, talking in my sleep, and my body started to feel cold.
The leader of the village called Lanxi to bring the quilt from another room. When Lanxi came close to me, her body couldn't help trembling. Lanxi described it as if she was walking into an ice cave. She saw that my eyebrows were covered with white frost.
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Master Qin and the leader of the village were sitting next to my bed. In the second half of the night, my sleep talking became weaker and weaker, and my whole body began to feel hot.
Lanxi said that he glanced at me secretly, and when he saw my whole body, my skin turned red.