song of the wind

1. Cold rain ([-])

Shrinking under the eaves, he stretched out his trembling and weak hands, groped to pick up the broken earthen bowl outside the eaves, and drank the cold and muddy rainwater in the bowl in one gulp, the feeling of hunger was relieved a little, although his stomach was still full. Empty as ever... He had long forgotten when he had his last meal, maybe it wasn't in the past two days?However, he didn't have time to think about eating. After pouring the half bowl of cold water, he felt that his internal organs and blood were all frozen into ice. He crawled on the ground, wheezing and coughing so much that even his limbs convulsed , accidentally rolled over the eaves and fell into a puddle of muddy water on the ground. He struggled to get up, but the cold and hunger had already taken away his little physical strength. He trembled and crawled a few times, but he couldn't get up again. .

Finally, he gave up and just fell into the mud, coughing and laughing, yes, struggling is meaningless...

It's so cold... It's like returning to that dark, severe cold, and the cold pool and water prison that is so dead that it makes people crazy...

He opened his eyes, and there was only endless darkness in front of him, and the voice of "his" sounded in the darkness again: "Master, I really love her, for her, I can give up everything..." "His" voice of guilt and pain The gradually changing and triumphant laughter was like thousands of ice needles ruthlessly smashing into his heart...

It's not just the wind and rain outside the eaves, his heart is colder than the cold rain like ice...

"It's not because of the double wages, I don't want to work in this damn weather until dark!" Li Qiu babbled, heheed his hands that were frozen stiff, put on his coir raincoat, and braved the cold Feng Lengyu hurriedly set off to go home. After walking for a while, he habitually glanced at an alley and thought to himself: "The blind boy should find a place to shelter from the rain, right?"

Unexpectedly, when he looked intently, he saw a naked beggar curled up motionless in the muddy water, and Li Qiu hurriedly called out, "Blind boy! Blind boy!"

Called twice, but the blind beggar didn't respond, Li Qiu ran into the alley, leaned over and touched the beggar's forehead, it was burning hot, but his drenched body was shivering with cold He couldn't keep up, he was already so sick that he didn't know what to do, if he was allowed to continue soaking in the rain, he might die!Li Qiu got up in a hurry, regardless of Sanqi 21, picked up the beggar on his back, took big strides, and ran home.

As soon as he entered the house, Li Qiu was in a hurry, first fanned the fire, then took off the blind beggar's wet and smelly, thin and dirty clothes that were rotten to the point of rags, and quickly wiped his body dry , put on dry clothes, and carry him to sleep on the kang.After setting up the blind beggar, Li Qiu hurriedly found some antipyretic herbs to boil, and cooked another pot of gruel.

"Why should I be so meddling in my own business and asking for trouble? Anyway, you won't accept my favor!" Li Qiu stretched out his hand and hit the blind beggar a little angrily.But complaints are complaints. Under such circumstances, how can he refuse to save him?No matter how weird the little blind beggar's temper is, he is still a helpless poor man...

It has been three years since the blind beggar came to Heyuan Town, right?Liqiu couldn't remember clearly. He worked for others in the town and often saw this young beggar in the streets and alleys. Not only was he blind, but his hands were also disabled. He was squeezed out by other beggars, and was often bullied and humiliated by hooligans.Although Liqiu is a poor boy, but he is loyal, he always rescues the blind beggar, and from time to time gives some corn bread to this useless beggar who often can't even get a meal.

"I've never seen such a weird person! I gave you a cotton coat and you refused to take it, and I told you to go to my house to warm up and escape the cold, and you insisted on starving in the street. Now it's better! Like a sick cat, except for me Who cares about you, this fool?" Li Qiu cursed, but put a wet cloth on the blind beggar's forehead.

"You are supposed to be a child of a good family, right?" Li Qiu sighed again, although seeing each other almost every day, the blind beggar seldom speaks like a dumb man, but from his occasional words, Li Qiu only felt that The blind beggar's speech was surprisingly elegant, and even begging was quiet and gentle, never begging for help.What's even weirder is that this gentleman doesn't even ask for money, he just begs for some leftovers to make ends meet, and then asks for nothing else. His behavior makes Li Qiu always feel that this blind beggar has a good background, but he doesn't know why he became a beggar in a different place.

"Yu... yu... yu... where are you... yu..." The blind beggar repeated the name "yu" from time to time while he was in a high fever.

"I'm hoarse from coughing, and I just think about people. Is that your lover or your wife? You're so worried!" Li Qiu said, feeding small spoonfuls of rice soup to the blind beggar who was purple from the cold. In his lips, let him have something to eat, and then feed him medicine. The blind beggar was so sick that he didn't know anything. Li Qiu fed him and swallowed it, and put him down to sleep. , the high fever gradually receded, and even though he was lethargic all day long, Li Qiu felt a little relieved.

It took two full days before the blind beggar woke up from his lethargy, tremblingly propped up half of his body from the kang.Before he left, Li Qiu supported him and said joyfully, "You're awake... ah!" Li Qiu's joyful cry suddenly changed into a scream, and the blind beggar suddenly slapped Li Qiu on the face for some reason!

Li Qiu was beaten into a mess, but the blind beggar said coldly and angrily: "Yunyu! Zuo Linfeng, whether he lives or dies, has nothing to do with you Yun Zhongjun, why are you acting hypocritical at this time!" Li Qiu was scolded by him The blind beggar didn't know where the strength came from, he threw Li Qiu away and fell to the ground, but he couldn't take two steps, and he fell down.

"What are you crazy about? Are you burning out your brain?" Li Qiu didn't care about getting angry, and stepped forward to pull him up.

"Yunyu! You and I have already cut off our friendship! Let's go!" The blind beggar's face was frosty, and he still regarded Li Qiu as the person named "Yunyu".

"Blind boy, it's me! I'm not that guy named Yunyu, you recognize my voice before you curse!"

The blind beggar tilted his head to discern Li Qiu's voice, his expression changed from anger to confusion: "You...you are not...not Ah Yu...you...who are you? Not him...yes...how did he come? How can he come today? Will you look at me again?...Impossible...haha...Impossible..." The blind beggar suddenly laughed wildly, he laughed a few times, and a blood arrow spurted out in his laughter!

Li Qiu was taken aback, he was so anxious that he didn't know what to do, the blind beggar was still laughing: "Brother, why are you so anxious? Zuo Linfeng's remnant suit has long been worthless..." As he spoke, he spat out another mouthful of blood, and passed out again.

"It's so late, where can I find a doctor?" Li Qiu was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, unable to do anything, even though the blind beggar fainted, there was still that sad smile on his face, which made Li Qiu feel as if his heart was being pulled uncomfortable.Fortunately, after he fainted, he didn't cough up blood anymore, and he didn't have a fever, so Li Qiu had no choice but to watch over him, and wait for the doctor to treat him at dawn.

The blind beggar gradually regained consciousness from his drowsiness, and groped around his body habitually, the first thing he encountered was Li Qiu who was lying on the edge of the kang and taking a nap.

"It's itchy... Xiaoxue... don't make trouble... oh... eh?... Blind boy! You... are you okay?" Li Qiu said, rubbing his eyes and saying: "...I'll call you a doctor...no ...Should you drink some ginger soup first... or rice soup?..."

Li Qiu just stood up, but the blind beggar's skinny hands trembled and grasped the hem of his clothes, panting slightly: "...don't need to find a doctor...Qiu...Qiu Ye..."

"You recognize me?" Li Qiu said happily.

The blind beggar nodded slightly, and Li Qiu hurriedly said: "That's all right, you can drink some ginger soup, you'll feel better..." Li Qiu ran to the kitchen and brought a bowl of ginger soup, the blind beggar wanted to reach out to take it, but his whole body was weak , the already weak hands were so weak that they couldn't lift them.

"Lie down and don't move, come..." Li Qiu half-supported and half-carried him, fed him ginger soup, and the blind beggar regained his energy, and asked, "This...what is this place?...I...I...how could I Here?" He seemed not to remember the scolding of Li Qiu before.

"When I passed the corner of the street, I saw you fainted. You had a bad fever. It was wet and cold. How could you stand it? I couldn't bear it, so I carried you back... This is my home, there is no one else, you can rest assured to recuperate alright."

The blind beggar let out a long sigh, and listened to the sound of rain outside the house, he said in a stern voice: "A nameless beggar on the next street, brother, why should you care about my life and death?"

Li Qiu scratched his head: "Why do you speak like a scholarly gentleman, sour and sour? How can you be an anonymous beggar? Don't you have an elegant name, Zuo...Zuo Linfeng? Even the name is so elegant, you must He's a young scholar from a scholarly family...Ah...I'm sorry, I'm just guessing..." Li Qiu knew he had said the wrong thing, and secretly stuck out his tongue.

When the blind beggar Zuo Linfeng heard Li Qiu say his name, he immediately seemed a little surprised and uncertain. After thinking about it for a while, he remembered what happened before. Get up, said: "It's okay..."

"What do you want? I'll get it for you."

"I should go..." Zuo Linfeng moved a few times, but he just crawled to the edge of the kang, already panting heavily from exhaustion.

"No! You can't go! You still have to see a doctor!" Li Qiu cried.

"A useless person, why do you want to see a doctor!" Zuo Linfeng laughed shrilly and yelled at Li Qiu amidst coughing and coughing: "Why are you hindering me! Why don't you let me fend for myself! Who I want you to help me again and again! What does it have to do with you when I die on the street! Cough cough...cough cough..."

"You are so barbaric! You are so kind to help you and you still want to curse! You don't want me to save you, you only want that guy named Yunyu to save you! Ah...uh..." As soon as the words came out, Li Qiu hurriedly covered his mouth, and he didn't know why Say this sentence.

Zuo Linfeng, who was already coughing so hard that he couldn't lift his head, suddenly shook his whole body, and shouted like crazy: "I don't want to hear that name again! Shut up!"

"Is it useful for me to shut up?" Li Qiu didn't know where the anger came from. Anyway, he said what he shouldn't say, and he simply went all out and said: