old scheming

After passing through the fork in the road, Aunt Zhou walked up with the other women who met on the road, and Su Mu followed Uncle Zhou into the male medicine pool.

Several ponds, big and small, were steaming hot, and everyone was bragging about the sky with their arms bare, and some brought some melons, pears, and peaches to share with everyone.

Su Mu took off his robe and only wore obscene trousers. After his legs adapted to the water temperature, he slowly sank his body into it.

The wounds on his body were painful and itchy the moment they touched the potion, Su Mu took a deep breath, and slowly waited for his body to adapt.

"It's cold in the mountains in winter and hot in summer, soaking in this medicinal spring will heal the bone pain that has been suffered for many years! Like the knife wound of my nephew, within two days, you won't even see the mark." Uncle Zhou He took the bananas that others handed over and gave two to Su Mu, "By the way, where did you say you were at home? I'll write it down so that I can send you ready-made clothes in the future."

"The younger generation lives next door to Wang Yuanwai."

"Next door to Wang Yuanwai? I remember it's Li Dalian's house! Huh? Why hasn't Li Dalian come here today?"

Su Mu knew that he was wrong, probably no one cared about such an orphan without father and mother, so he reminded him: "The younger generation lives on the west side of Yuanwai Mansion."

Uncle Zhou thought for a while before asking: "West side? Dirty Monkey? What's your relationship with Dirty Monkey?"

"I am his master."

"Oh?" Uncle Zhou's tone seemed to be surprised that there are still people who are Dirty Monkey's master, but Su Mu couldn't find anything wrong with his answer, "That child can't be wrong after being well-educated. Can't bring him down."

"It's not a problem, it's just a matter of paying more attention."

"Oh! That child is also pitiful. His ancestral home is not from the local area. He and his parents seemed to appear in the village out of nowhere. However, within a day after the new yard was built, the two abandoned him and disappeared. I don't know if the couple is dead or alive, where they came from, where they went, and no one even knows the child's last name, and no one dares to adopt it rashly..."

"You can say Zhou Scissors best."

"Oh! Wang Yuanwai! Disrespect and disrespect!" Uncle Zhou was not angry when his words were interrupted, but he was full of enthusiasm, "This nephew Su Xian has just arrived, so I will explain more!"

"Cut! You don't want to see if nephew Su Xian is willing to listen to you."

"Haha! I'm so happy, I'm so happy. The juniors are newcomers, so it's always good to hear more. I also want to hear a few words from you, but I'm afraid it's too much trouble." Wang Yuan added some thin noodles.

"That's a good thing! I'm afraid that my nephew will dislike the old man and not treat me well, so please bear with me if I am reckless."

Wang Yuanwai's words brought over the mistakes of his wife's words yesterday, and the two of them settled their suspicions, and the three of them chatted for a while.

"Could it be that Yuanwai hasn't had a good rest recently? Why are there so many dark circles under his eyes?"

Hearing Uncle Zhou's words, Su Mu couldn't help looking at Wang Yuanwai's small eyes, which looked really tired, only to see Yuanwai smiled and nodded unnaturally.

"Wang Er, Wang Er, you are not sincere." Uncle Zhou shook his head and repeated, "Not sincere."

"Hmph! Old stuff!"

Uncle Zhou smiled, and the sensible man didn't pursue the question any further, and changed the subject, "Why didn't you see Da Li's face today?"

"Don't you know? Uncle Zhou." Hearing the voice from the pool next door, he asked back.

Another person replied: "Uncle Big Face's youngest son disappeared last night."

Uncle Zhou and others who had not heard the news looked at each other in dismay.No one noticed Wang Yuanwai's face changed, except Su Mu.

"It's not that there is no one from the old Chen's family. Their twins also disappeared one after another a few days ago."

Someone asked: "Swaddling babies, can I still walk by myself?"

"So... I haven't found it yet!"

The man didn't elaborate, but Uncle Zhou had already figured out that something must have taken the baby away.Perhaps because there was a baby in the family, his heart was suspended.

Su Mu sighed secretly, always felt that this was the task specially assigned to him by the system, and Uncle Zhou's granddaughter was definitely going to become cannon fodder!

It'd be better if it was just a simple disappearance. If there was any bloody accident, Su Mu couldn't bear to think about the amiable appearance of Uncle Zhou and his wife.

"Uncle Zhou, don't worry too much, just be careful." Su Mu comforted him with a little guilt.

Uncle Zhou forced a smile, and motioned him to look towards him.

Su Mu followed his gaze and looked back. Su Guyao was alone in the pool far away, but his eyes were in his direction, and he didn't know who he was looking at.

Su Guyao lost his parents when he didn't even know his surname. I really don't know how he survived all these years. The hardships he has suffered and the losses he has suffered. But not necessarily anyone can experience it.

Thinking of this, Su Mu really felt sorry for him, not sympathy.When he realized it, he had already sat next to Su Guyao.

"Hey! My pool is so small, what are you doing here?"

Although it was summer, Su Mu couldn't help shivering when he came out of the hot spring. He didn't let out a pleasant groan until he sank into the water again.

Su Mu ignored him, and exaggerated the facts to himself, "Have you heard? There is an old monster in our village, who only catches ten-year-old children like you and cooks them at home."

"Catch it! What does it have to do with me?"

"Aren't you afraid?" Su Mu sneered at him, looked up and down at his thin arms and legs, and put them close to his ears in a serious way. In order to scare him, she lowered her voice on purpose, and said in a dark voice, "I just like you. Year-old, it tastes thin and tender."

"Fine skin and tender meat? Then it's not bad to catch you." Talking about Xiao Guyao, he followed his example and looked him up and down.

A few strands of hair were soaked by the hot air, and the shoulders exposed above the water were as white as suet. Because of teasing him, there was a bit of playfulness in his eyes.

Su Guyao couldn't help snorting, and said again: "Besides, the food is a ten-year-old child, so it has nothing to do with a rough-skinned and thick-skinned child like me."

"If you have rough skin and thick flesh, you're not a ten-year-old child? Then how old are you? Nine years old? Eight years old?"

"Master, I happen to be ten and four this year."

Su Mu still smiled when he heard this, and turned around calmly. It turned out that he was fourteen.

When Su Mu was 14 years old, what was he doing by himself? Carrying a decent schoolbag, secretly saving some pocket money to go to the Internet cafe, or buying a box of yogurt for the girl at the front desk, he didn’t have to worry about being hungry or getting sick, because he knew someone would definitely The saddest thing about being able to prepare and handle everything well is that his mother no longer tells him bedtime stories. In short, it will never be like Su Guyao.

Maybe one day the wind is strong at night and the windows will be blown off. Every day, I skillfully light a fire, wash rice skillfully, and help others transplant rice seedlings when I am not full. At 14 years old, I have no development, and I still look like a child. of.

No one taught him how to treat people with courtesy, and no one taught him how to distinguish right from wrong. No one even told him what is "yes" and what is "wrong", so how can he be asked not to make mistakes.

Staying purposefully by his side, Su Mu felt a little cruel.

The small body is soaked in it, but why doesn't it wash the little cat-like face!Su Mu looked at him and smiled dotingly, holding a handful of water with both hands... OCD.

The cup of water was about to touch Su Guyao's face, Su Guyao seemed to have misunderstood him, and suddenly raised his hand to knock off his hand, "Hey! What are you doing?"

"Hiss, ha!" Because of his sudden movement, he was caught off guard, and the handful of water greeted Su Mu's own face, and a lot of it even flowed into his eyes.Because the water was full of medicines, the irritated Su Mu couldn't open his eyes.

"Hahaha!" Su Guyao said with a somewhat smug smile, "It's what you deserve."

Su Mu waited for a long time before opening his eyes, even the eyelids were red, "I just want to wash your face, I forgot that there is medicine in the water." His tone was tepid, very normal, " sorry."

"Who, who will use you, I'm not, I don't have long hands." Xu Shi's expression was too calm, Su Guyao suddenly stuttered, stood up, wiped himself carelessly, put on his clothes and ran away.

***

In the simple small room, the baby stopped crying after being wrapped in milk, and his chubby little hands kept shaking up and down.Seeing that the baby girl had fallen asleep, the baby's mother wiped her overflowing mouth with a pink silk handkerchief, then carefully put her on the bed, and carefully closed the mosquito net, before going back to the outhouse to spend some time with the baby's father .

The dusk was deep, and the summer night was humid and humid. The men who were on watch were afraid of being sprayed with powder by the village chief, so they barely held their eyelids and walked down the street again. When they had just arrived at Wang Yuanwai's mansion, the shadow on the mansion wall frightened him and immediately refreshed him.

The four-legged animal kept approaching him, and two sharp fangs could be clearly seen from its wide open mouth. It was roughly estimated that the animal should be five or six feet long.

The shadow was getting closer, getting closer... The boy couldn't help but frighten his legs, he held the broken gong tightly with both hands, gritted his teeth and decided to fight it.

But when he looked back, he realized that he had been worrying too much. It was just a wild dog with a chick in its mouth. It often happened in the past. Wild animals in the mountains came to the village to look for food when they were hungry.

But this is a lucky thing for the single man in the shift, because he picked up a pink silk handkerchief in the place where the wild dogs ran, and there was a faint scent of a woman, and he felt heavy breathing, so he secretly took the silk handkerchief. Putting the handkerchief into his arms, he planned to go home and experience the wonderful taste.