petition to god

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A basket of bright red fruits was placed on the edge of the stage in front of the wooden house.

The door was opened, and an old woman with gray braids came out, her clogs knocked on the edge of the basket, she lowered her head, and quickly looked towards the thick snow-covered holly bushes. After dodging, after a while, he hid behind a boxwood tree closer to the wooden house, revealing two piercing eyes.

Grandma bent down without much difficulty, picked up the basket, walked back to the house, replaced the fruit with freshly spread meatloaf, and placed it at the door again.When she went around to the backyard to clear the snow and chop firewood, Nan Xi jumped out from behind the thick tree trunk, picked up the basket and ran away.

After turning over two earth slopes, there is a small hole on the side of the stone slope under the ascending mountain road.He smelled the meatloaf from afar, and a small head poked out from the deep darkness. His face was pale and dirty, but his smile was still so innocent.

"Nan Xi!" Ran Yao let out a ball of white steam, propped himself up on the stone wall, ran out, and opened his arms to welcome him.

"Quick, eat while it's hot." Nan Xi hugged the clingy Ran Yao perfunctorily, and stuffed the basket into his arms.

Ran Yao puffed up his cheeks and blew hot air, and asked eagerly, "Have you eaten?"

"I've eaten." Nan Xi touched the tip of his nose that was frozen purple, raised his head, and glanced at the bare branches. On the boxwood tree not far away, there was a bird's nest the size of a ball frame. "Give me a bite of the minced meat."

Ran Yao crushed the minced meat with his back teeth and spit it out, sticking to his saliva. Nan Xi climbed up the tree in twos and put the sticky stuff into the bird's nest.

The lark's light chirping was the only sound in this empty mountain.

"Little guy, you're recovering soon." Nan Xi smoothed its feathers, fluffy hair, full of color, "Ran Yao will be so happy."

The two retreated into the cave and sat together, leaning against each other. Ran Yao ate the cake with relish, while Nan Xi watched him eat.After eating three pieces, Ran Yao was tired from eating, his hands were all oily and sticky, he threw a pestle into the unpurified snow water, raised it up again and continued to take a bite of the crust.

Nan Xi moved his nose, frowned, lowered his head and sniffed Ran Yao's hair a couple more times: "It's been too long since I took a shower, you're all rotten."

Ran Yao froze, and immediately avoided Nan Xi, her nose stuck in the collar of the down jacket: "I, I didn't smell it."

The gravy that fills the nose is fragrant, and it's strange to smell it.Nan Xi sighed, bent one leg, and rested his elbow on his knee: "Tomorrow morning, I'll go pick more fruits, change the bucket of water, and come back to give you a bath."

Ran Yao was unhappy: "I'll go with you!"

"Are you going to slow down?" Nan Xi sneered, and rolled his eyes, "I can move faster by myself."

"But I'll always be taken care of by you." Ran Yao didn't care about eating pancakes anymore, she walked up to Nan Xi with the last piece in her hands, squatted down, tilted her head back, and stretched out her arms, "Then you, eat more. "

Nan Xi smiled and swallowed it in one gulp. Before Ran Yao could stop, he grabbed the other person's wrist bone and pulled him into his arms: "I don't dislike you, why are you hiding?"

The night was quiet and the moon was bright. Ran Yao fell asleep with her pillow on Nan Xi's stomach.Living in this cave for half a month, Nan Xi finally realizes that the outside world is not what he imagined, and with freedom and Ran Yao, he can live.He was the one who took Ran Yao away. He had to do everything possible to make his life better, at least not like it is now.

Every morning, Nan Xi would go to the morning market in Liangxian Village, the nearest to them, to observe what the vendors were selling.I memorized several kinds, inquired about the price, and found that one of the red fruits was bought by the most people and was the most expensive, because it was difficult to pick.However, Nan Xi's undeveloped body gave Nan Xi an absolute advantage. He was able to move freely in the thorn forest. He picked basket after basket of red fruits, but he couldn't sell them.

Liangxian Village is not xenophobic, but it is also wary of strangers, even though Nanxi is still a child.If the transaction fails and the money cannot be exchanged, then the intermediate steps are omitted and the goods are exchanged directly.

Nan Xi spent some time investigating from house to house. There was a gray-haired old woman who lived alone and lived by selling red fruits every day. But the red fruits she picked were small and flat, and almost no one bought them.Nan Xi tentatively placed the heavy basket at the door of the wooden house, waiting for her to open the door so as to negotiate with her.

The first time she saw Guozi and Nanxi, grandma knew his intentions.Water, food, towels, changing items every day, Ran Yao’s complexion is more rosy than when he just ran out of the orphanage, hiccups when he is full, and occasionally snores when he sleeps, Nan Xi heard it, and felt an indescribable feeling satisfaction.

But right now, the most difficult problem is how to bathe him. After all, it is winter. Even if the stone cave can block the wind and there is no heating, the bare/exposed skin is still red from the cold.Nan Xi was pondering while staring at the basket in front of the wooden house. After waiting for a while, grandma came out and found that the number of red fruits was much more than usual. She raised her head and rushed to Nan Xi and Ran Yao who were hiding behind the tree in the distance. With a kind smile, the corners of his eyes squeezed out, and he shouted, "What do you need to change this time?"

When Nan Xi heard her voice, it was gentle and warm, and her heart felt fluffy when she heard it.He took Ran Yao a step forward, pondered what to say, opened his mouth three times before saying, "I want a bucket for bathing, and hot water."

With her hands behind her back, grandma looked the two dirty children up and down: "Where are your parents?"

Ran Yao rushed to talk, with a cheerful tone, as if he was saying something very important: "Our parents don't want us anymore, we ran out of the orphanage."

Nan Xi was surprised for a moment when he saw the old man in front of him, and then he felt more kindness from the expression on his face. She pointed to Ran Yao: "Go in." Then Nan Xi said, "You wait outside."

Ran Yao didn't want to be separated from Nan Xi, and insisted on refusing to go into the house. In the end, Nan Xi pushed the door in, closed the solid wooden door tightly, and sat down on the edge of the table, dangling his legs, looking at the boundless mountains and rice fields .

About 10 minutes later, there was a door slamming sound behind him. Nan Xi raised his head suspiciously, saw his grandma, was taken aback, jumped up while supporting himself on the edge of the wooden platform, and unconsciously straightened his body.

Grandma didn't meet him, she sat down and patted the seat next to her: "What's your name?"

"Nan Xi." Nan Xi replied, sitting obediently beside her, the hood of the down jacket rubbing against her braid.

"You have always been taking care of my younger brother?" Grandma automatically recognized the relationship between the two children as brothers. As for whether they are related by blood, she didn't ask too much. Through Ran Yao, she felt a little adult from Nan Xi. stubbornness.

"Yeah." Nan Xi nodded. The word "take care" from other people's mouths was a recognition of his ability, and he was very happy.

"I'm short of someone who chops firewood, washes dishes and cleans the room. I'm usually alone. I'm old and I can't do these chores." Grandma conveniently peeled a piece of fruit candy and put it in his palm. "How about you help me?" I?"

Nan Xi blinked in surprise, "Crackling", the hard candy shattered in her mouth, and grandma continued: "The room in Xiangyang is empty. Although the conditions are simple, it is still clean."

After Ran Yao took a shower, he called Nan Xi in the room. The hot water was very comfortable, and he wanted Nan Xi to take a bath too.Nan Xi wrinkled his nose desperately, his eyes were red, he was about to see the fragrant Ran Yao, he must not cry, he had to laugh, they had a home, a home for two.

"Hey, Nan Xi." Grandma called him.

Nan Xi quickly responded: "Yes, grandma."

Grandma smiled and said, "Help me up, it's easy to sit down with old legs, but difficult to stand up."

Nan Xi was shy, but the movements of his hands were neat, no matter how big or small, he directly supported the old man's armpit and helped him up.Two people who are completely strangers, one old and one young, the only thing that maintains their relationship is the basket of bright red fruits every day, but now, an incomplete hug and the simplest trust make them become relatives from strangers .

After Nan Xi helped grandma enter the house, she warmed her hands by the brazier, found the bathroom, and saw Ran Yao with her bare calves playing with the hair dryer.Wrapping the towel around his body, he detoured the power cord in circles, found the plug, and pushed the switch. The hot wind hit his face unexpectedly, scaring him away hastily.

His shoulder was held down by a hand, Ran Yaoshun sat down on the bench, looked in the mirror, it was Nan Xi, with his back leaning on his stomach, his fingers were piled up with broken hair, Ran Yao straightened his back, and pointed at him His nostrils lifted his head.

"Hey!" Nan Xi hurriedly took a step back, and the hair dryer blew up Ran Yao's bath towel, exposing her fair thighs, "What are you doing?"

"I'll let you smell it." Ran Yao raised his leg and stood on the bench, beckoning to Nan Xi, "Come here quickly."

Nan Xi stepped forward and was hugged tightly by Ran Yao. With his nose hidden in his hair, he smelled a strong scent of lemon.

"Is it fragrant?" Ran Yao wrapped his right leg around Nan Xi's back, hooking him, for fear that he would run away again.

"It's delicious." Nan Xi supported his hips, the bench surface was uneven, he had to protect Ran Yao.

Ten or twenty square meters of tatami mats, a small wooden table, a brown wooden cabinet, two quilts on the upper half, and many hooks underneath for drying clothes.Nan Xi piled all his and Ran Yao's belongings into the cabinet, grabbed the quilt on tiptoe, tore it off, and spread it out on the rush mat.

Finally, I can sleep peacefully.

The two got into the bed cleanly, and Ran Yao consciously slept on Nan Xi's left side, hugged his left arm, put his legs on his lower abdomen, and smiled "giggling" on his shoulder.

Nan Xi wanted to ask him why he was laughing, so she laughed first. The gray room was strange but warm, the bed was hot, Ran Yao got closer, and finally bent her body and climbed onto Nan Xi.

"Nan Xi, it looks like I'm dreaming." Ran Yao said to him in a daze.

"Yeah." Nan Xi lowered his head subconsciously, not knowing what he wanted to do, and rubbing his lips against Ran Yao's forehead, he said, "I'll let you live in a dream from now on."

They went down to the river to plant rice seedlings, pick red fruits, use the mud with one foot, and chop firewood with the other hand. They faced the rising sun, carried the moonlight on their backs, and crossed the fields and mountains.They grew up gradually in the ordinary day after day, and they depended on each other for survival.

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