Camellia oleifera village.
"Sister, Qingsong... How is Qingsong?"
When he was sure that all this was not his hallucination, Xiao An began to inquire about He Qingsong's situation.
Yang Ruoqing glanced at Xiao An's haggard and anxious face, and wanted to tell a white lie...
"Qingsong has left."
"Leave...?" Xiao An was stunned for a moment, unable to understand the meaning of this word.
"When we found you, Qingsong had already lost his breath." Yang Ruoqing added.
Xiao An looked at Yang Ruoqing in surprise, his eyes widened, and he hurriedly denied: "How is it possible? When I dragged him out from under the ruins, he was still talking to me. How could he die?"
Yang Ruoqing frowned, her eyes full of regret and sadness, "It's true. Judging from the stiffness of his body, he died almost two days ago."
Moreover, in this weather, there was already a faint smell of corpses. Xiao An must have been concentrating on the confrontation and fighting with the wolves at that time, and did not notice it at all.
Xiao An was stunned for several minutes before he came back to his senses.
"Sister, where is Qingsong? I want to see him!" His eyes were red, his voice was hoarse and a little choked.
Yang Ruoqing said: "Did you know that your left leg is fractured? You can't walk yet..."
"Sister, I beg you, let me see the green pine!" Xiao An grabbed Yang Ruoqing's hand and begged in a deep voice.
Yang Ruoqing was still hesitating.
Liu Xueyun and Narisong also came over and stood behind Yang Ruoqing.
That day, Risong also helped to persuade: "Xiao An, you are too injured to move around, otherwise we would have taken you down the mountain long ago. Listen to your sister and lie down and wait for our stretcher to pick you up, ah?"
Xiao An shook his head, "No, I want to see Qingsong. When the house collapsed, I was supposed to be hit, but he pushed me away and blocked the blow for me!"
"He died for me. Where is he? I want to see him. I want it!"
The more Xiao An talked, the more excited he became. Tears fell down and got stuck together with the snot in his nose. He struggled to stand up.
Yang Ruoqing tried to hold him down, but unexpectedly, Xiao An, who was so weak, burst out with a huge force, and Yang Ruoqing was pushed aside.
Upon seeing this, Risong and Liu Xueyun quickly took action to hold down Xiaoan.
Xiao An struggled and howled like a trapped animal: "I want to see him..."
Risong was anxious that day: "Why can't you listen to what I'm saying? You can't move now, and if you move your legs or feet, they will be useless. Besides, everyone is dead, and you can't even look at it in such a hurry... …”
Xiao An was stunned for a moment.
Then a more intense struggle broke out.
Yang Ruoqing stood up: "Okay, I'll show you!"
Xiao An stopped struggling and looked up at Yang Ruoqing.
Yang Ruoqing said to Liu Xueyun: "Go and bring He Qingsong in. He and Xiao An are good brothers who live and die together and deserve to meet."
Liu Xueyun nodded, stood up and left the room.
That day Risong also let go of his hand and helped Xiao An sit up.
Soon, Liu Xueyun came back, holding a jar in his hand.
"This is...?" Xiao An looked at the jar and was stunned.
Narisong said: "He Qingsong is inside here. Let's burn him and put him in this jar."
This jar was hard to find. He searched all over the Camellia oleifera village and finally found a pickle jar beside the ruins of a house. Although the jar had some broken mouth, it could still be used to hold He Qingsong's ashes.
"Why, why did you want to burn him?" Xiao An roared angrily.
His body, hair and skin were all affected by his parents. Even if Qingsong died, he would take his body back, at least to let his parents and his sister see him for the last time!
That day, Risong squatted next to Xiao An and said with a frown: "Why don't you burn it? In this hot weather, corpses already stink. If you poke a hole with your finger, thick water and thin corpses will flow out. It will also spread the plague." …”
Yang Ruoqing glanced at Narisong and told him to stop talking.
Risong curled his lips, stood up and walked out: "I'm going to see if Heiwu and the others are here!"
Liu Xueyun also got up and went to guard outside the house.
Yang Ruoqing came to Xiao An, sat down, and gently held Xiao An's shoulders.
"Sister, I know you are sad. Qingsong died to save you. He is your benefactor and the benefactor of our whole family."
"I am also very sad about Qingsong's death. If there is even a chance, my sister would like to take his body back intact and hand it over to his family."
"As your elder brother said before, we had no choice but to burn him. Only in this way can he go back with dignity."
Xiao An held the jar containing He Qingsong's ashes tightly in her arms, buried her head, and said in a low voice: "Sister, I understand your approach. At this moment, I just want to be alone with my good brother Qingsong."
Yang Ruoqing nodded, patted Xiao An's shoulder gently to express comfort, and then left the room.
Under a tree outside the house, Liu Xueyun saw Yang Ruoqing coming out and asked in a deep voice: "How is Xiao An?"
Yang Ruoqing smiled bitterly: "He needs time to accept all this."
Liu Xueyun nodded. When his wife passed away, he was also struck by lightning. He could not accept the bad news after a long time.
Xiao An and He Qingsong were close friends in life and death, and He Qingsong died to save Xiao An.
Whether it was out of gratitude or guilt, this kind of grief was enough for Xiao An to bear.
"Have you found out why they appeared in Camellia Camellia Village?" Liu Xueyun asked again.
Yang Ruoqing nodded lightly and said, "The two of them passed through Juxian Town after completing their mission in Xiushui Town. I heard that the local Camellia oleifera village is rich in Camellia oleifera."
"He Qingsong's family happened to open a morning tea shop in Qing'an County. He wanted to visit the Camellia oleifera village and buy some local specialty Camellia oleifera."
"Not long after they arrived at Camellia Camellia Village, they encountered a mudslide. Because they were outsiders, the villagers did not allow them to stay overnight, so they found a long-abandoned house in the woods to spend the night. The mudslide occurred at night, and the entire Camellia Camellia Village was in chaos. Washed away.”
"The house also collapsed. He Qingsong pushed Xiao An away and was hit by rocks and trees. Xiao An dragged him out. The two of them hid in the only remaining room. They originally thought that they would wait until dawn and the heavy rain stopped. Hurry down the mountain."
"He Qingsong was actually not dead at that time. A pack of wolves suddenly came at dawn. In order to protect He Qingsong, Xiao An fought with the wolves without drinking water for three days. In the process, He Qingsong was too seriously injured and could not survive. By the time we received treatment and supplies, he would have died long ago..."
If they hadn't arrived in time, Xiao An would have died right now, and their bodies would have been chewed up by the wolf king until not even the bones were left.
The family members in Changping Village never imagined that the two brothers would be buried in this foreign land, with no bones left and turned into a puddle of the Wolf King's feces!
After Yang Ruoqing said all this, she raised her hand to wipe the tears on her face and turned around.
"He Qingsong is the benefactor of our family." She looked at the mountains in the distance and murmured softly.
