My aunt has gone home, my wife has also gone home, but Lao Chen did not come home today.
At this time, there were only two people left in the yard, Lin Ye and Zinai, a well-behaved dog, and an old donkey who was not very well-behaved.
Lin Ye sat on the steps, and Zinai sat on the bench. Zinai stretched out his hand and gestured, and he was still a little shorter than his brother when he was sitting on the bench.
"Do you think you are short?"
Lin Yewen.
Zinai shook his head: "I don't mind it. Although I don't go out much, I also know that for a girl as big as me, there are not many people who are taller than me."
Then she added: "What's wrong with being shorter than you? It's not that I'm shorter than others."
Lin Ye felt that she seemed a little angry, probably because he was going out without her.
Lin Ye asked: "You haven't remembered how old you are?"
Zina did not speak.
Lin Ye stopped asking any more questions.
"Twelve years old."
Zina suddenly answered.
She looked down at her hands: "I always think I have forgotten it, but I can never forget it."
Lin Ye raised his hand and rubbed her head: "Then don't think about it, and I won't mention it again in the future."
Zina said: "Actually, it's very strange."
Lin Ye asked: "What's strange?"
Zinai said: "My brother doesn't know how old I am, or my family background, or anything else, but he treats me as a family member. I don't know that there are many things about my brother, but I also treat him as a family member."
Lin Ye has never been a person who would inquire deeply about other people's secrets. Many times people don't understand, and not asking is a sign of respect.
He just asked how old Zinai was because Zinai said that she was not short among her peers.
"I started wandering on the streets when I was five years old."
Zinai said: "I actually followed you on purpose that day because you taught them a lesson."
They refer to the thugs on the street.
Zinai said: "I was in the woodpile that day."
Lin Ye thought for a moment, which pyre Zinai was talking about, and it suddenly dawned on him after a moment.
Not long after he arrived in Yunzhou City, he met Gao Gong and others. He took action to teach Gao Gong a lesson. There was a firewood pile in the alley.
Later, when he made an appointment with Gao Gong and others to meet, he noticed something unusual in the pyre, which turned out to be caused by Zina on purpose.
It's just that Gao Gong and the others were hiding on one side of the pyre, and Zinai was hiding on the other side. But when Gao Gong and the others were hiding, Zinai must have seen it.
Zina said: "I think you would be willing to give me a meal."
She really didn't expect that this handsome little brother would give her a home.
Zinai said: "Did you not notice me at first?"
Lin Ye nodded: "Yes."
Zinai: "I know how to hide. If I didn't know how to hide, I probably wouldn't have a chance to meet you."
Lin Ye hummed.
He knew what Zinai meant by saying this, because he was going to Dongbo, and Zinai was worried. If she was worried, she would definitely find a way to follow him.
She could no longer lose Lin Ye.
When she was five years old, her mother kissed her hard on the forehead again and again when she was hiding her.
My mother said, Zina, remember, this is a nightmare, everything in the dream is fake.
Mother doesn’t want you to think about this dream in the future, even if it’s mother and father in the dream, you don’t want to think about it.
Zinai, you have to learn to hide. As long as you encounter something or someone that scares you, you should hide well.
Mother said, Zinai, father and mother are both the people in your dream, so don't be afraid if you don't see your father and mother when you wake up from the dream.
When Zinai cried, her mother hugged her tightly and said...remember, you must learn to hide.
At that time, my mother didn’t even want to mention revenge to her because she was only a five-year-old girl.
Her mother just wanted her to remember that everything was just a dream.
When you wake up from the dream, you can't see your parents. Don't be afraid. Learn to hide. If you can't live well, then live.
Zina lowered her head. When she said these words, "I will hide from you", only she could feel the pain like an arrow piercing her heart.
She forgot nothing.
That's not a dream.
Lin Ye always saw her waking up from her dreams and always saw tears on her face.
In fact, she didn't dream of the biting vicious dog every time she woke up.
She would dream about her mother and her father.
Where she was hiding, through the gap in the firewood pile, she saw the vicious dog rushing towards her mother, and saw her father hugging her mother and pressing her down, letting the vicious dog bite him until he was covered in blood.
People wearing bright clothes suddenly broke into his house at night and killed everyone they saw.
Those people stabbed the woodpile with knives. Fortunately, she was only five years old and so thin that she miraculously escaped being stabbed one after another.
But the demons didn't stop there. They also lit the pyre and her home on fire.
She still hid in the pyre and did not dare to come out. She would rather be burned to death than come out.
A greater miracle than not being stabbed to death happened. Not long after those people left, it rained heavily.
It was a firewood pile outside the kitchen. It was very big and full of branches. Every time she deliberately hid in order to prevent her parents from finding her, she always got into the firewood pile.
Every time she would carefully make the hole in the firewood pile bigger, and the hole would be very deep.
Her mother kissed her forehead for the last time and asked her to crawl in. She crawled to the innermost part and then blocked the entrance of the hole with firewood.
It might be better if there wasn't a gap through which she could see into the yard.
In her dream, there would be no vicious dog like that.
In her dream, there would be no such tragic parents.
Later, the pyre was what she considered to be the safest place in the world.
She told Lin Ye this, and Lin Ye sat there and listened. She didn't cry, Lin Ye was crying.
She spoke very softly, and Lin Ye cried very softly.
After a long time, Lin Ye hugged Zinai very hard.
This feeling made Zina feel very solid and safe, more solid and safer than hiding in a pyre that could hold her.
She thought she was the only one in the world, but then she got Lin Ye.
It's quiet at night.
Lin Ye took the sleeping Zina back to the house, put her on the bed, and covered her with a quilt.
He wanted to turn around and leave, but then he realized that Zinai was still holding the corner of his clothes.
Just like that day on the street, she was holding on to the corner of her clothes.
Lin Ye sat down beside the bed, and the cold moonlight outside shone through the door on the ground. The coldness was filled with dependence for each other.
Lin Ye had never asked before, and Zinai didn't mention it, because Lin Ye knew very well that if he asked, it would definitely hurt Zinai.
Zinai said it today. At this moment, Lin Ye gradually clenched his fists, and his joints were ringing.
In fact, Lin Ye has been asking Gao Gong and others to find out which family named Xie in Yunzhou City has experienced great changes in recent years.
However, Gao Gong and the others have never found out, and no one has the impression that something big happened to the Xie family in Yunzhou City.
In the early morning, before the sun had risen, there was a gentle knocking outside the door.
Lin Ye took Zinai's hand away and went to open the door. He knew that it was Lao Chen who was back.
"Uncle Chen, I'm going out to do something and I'll be back soon. When Zina wakes up, tell her... that I will accompany her to dinner."
After finishing speaking, Lin Ye stepped out.
Lao Chen responded quickly.
Lin Ye went back to the Qi Barracks first, then put the things he had prepared into a large backpack, put it on his back and went out again.
Chen Weiwei also returned to Qi Barracks early in the morning. When he saw Lin Ye, he couldn't help but ask: "As a general, don't you think you are going too far?"
Lin Ye glanced at him, ignored him, and walked away with his backpack.
Chen Weiwei probably already knew about the Dongbo Mission, so he also guessed that Lin Ye would be there.
Because in Yunzhou City, some people want Lin Ye to go to a higher place, while others want Lin Ye to die in the abyss.
Lin Ye went to the dock.
Chu Danrong and Chu Ding, two brothers who were squatting on the pier when they saw Lin Ye coming, immediately stood up to greet him.
The two men were squatting there just now and watching the ants move, so they had an argument about how to distinguish male from female ants that all looked the same.
Chu Danrong said it's simple, just break the legs and take a look. Chu Dingcong said ants have six legs, which one should I break off?
Chu Danrong said, silly, an ant has six legs, but in fact, no matter which leg you open, it will be its squeaking nest.
Chu Dingcong said, "Do you think the creaking nests are divided into male and female? If you can tell, then the ants are really cowhide, either with six shots or six holes."
"Second Master."
Chu Danrong smiled and asked, "Why are you free to come today?"
Lin Ye smiled and said, "I'm going on a long trip, so I'll come over and talk to you."
Chu Dingcong said: "Big brother is in the backyard, let's go there together."
Lin Ye: "Are you fishing again?"
Chu Dingcong: "Probably not. Recently, my eldest brother likes watching fish and doesn't like fishing anymore."
Chu Danrong said: "My eldest brother has been very talkative recently. He said that the fish is really awesome."
Chu Dingcong said: "Yes, a fish is a fish. How can it be awesome? It is also a fish."
Lin Ye: "..."
Chu Danrong: "You idiot, speak more politely. Our second master is a polite person. Stop talking filthy words and hooliganism."
Chu Dingcong: "Yes, yes, I'm full of hooligans, and you're full of bullshit."
Chu Danrong: "I'll throw you to death."
He reached out to catch Chu Dingcong, but Chu Dingcong ran away in a flash.
When Lin Ye went to the backyard, he saw Zhuang Junji standing by the ditch with his hands behind his back, looking down at the water, motionless.
Lin Ye shouted when he was still far away, and Zhuang Junji came back to his senses.
Lin Ye walked up to him and asked: "Brother Zhuang, look at the fish... where are they?"
I don’t know what happened, but I almost blurted out an offensive word.
Zhuang Jun laughed and said: "Look at this fish. When it goes downstream, it flows with the water and does not break the waves, but it is faster than the water. When it goes against the current, it can advance, retreat or stop, but it still does not break the waves."
Lin Ye: "So?"
Zhuang Junji said: "So it makes sense that the two ends of this fish are pointed."
Lin Ye: "In addition to the medicinal wine, I will prepare some other medicine for you later."
Zhuang Junji looked at the big backpack Lin Ye was carrying and was a little confused: "Didn't I just deliver medicinal wine a few days ago? Why did it come again today?"
Lin Ye: "I want to go on a long journey."
Zhuang Junji frowned slightly: "How far."
Lin Ye: "Beyond the country."
Zhuang Junji asked: "When will you come back?"
Lin Ye put down his backpack: "I'll do the math. If everything goes well, I'll be back before you finish drinking the medicinal wine."
Zhuang Junji: "How many things need to be done?"
Lin Ye: "One piece."
Zhuang Junji: "Guard Zina."
Lin Ye cupped his fists: "Brother Xie Zhuang."
He said: "Brother Zhuang doesn't need to worry about anything else. Zinai may follow me secretly, and you can help me guard the jail."
Zhuang Junji nodded: "I know."
Lin Ye clasped his fists again: "Let's go."
Zhuang Junji: "If there is anything good outside the country, bring it to me."
Lin Ye: "The girl in winter."
Zhuang Junji: "Then you have to change my wine."
Lin Ye laughed loudly and strode away.
After Lin Ye left, Zhuang Junji looked at brothers Chu Danrong and Chu Dingcong: "Follow him."
Chu Danrong asked: "How to follow the law."
Zhuang Junji: "If you don't use it, it will disappear. If you use it..."
Chu Danrong didn't wait for Zhuang Junji to finish, and nodded: "If we are used, we will die. We will exchange our lives for the second master. If we can't exchange, we will die before the second master."