To be honest, my eyes were really flashed. You must know that last night, Liu Tingting's face was still covered with scars and holes. Now it's just one night, and the wounds on her body that were bitten by the poisonous insects are all there. All the scars were gone.
Not only that, as she said, she was even more beautiful than before.
Liu Tingting's reminder suddenly reminded me that when I saw Gouzi in the house before, his whole face was white and it seemed that all his injuries were healed.
I looked down at my miserable body, raised my hand and touched my arm. I wiped away the blood stains, revealing the smooth and new skin underneath.
"Hey, what are you doing stupidly? What can I say for you?"
I suddenly came to my senses and responded: "Beautiful...beautiful...!"
Seeing that I said it casually, Liu Tingting said with an unhappy face: "You said it so reluctantly, you are perfunctory with me."
As she said that, Liu Tingting actually looked at the crumpled photo in my hand, "Hey, what are you doing with the photo? Did that beautiful lady give it to you? Let me see!"
As she said this, Liu Tingting snatched the photo from my hand.
After staring at the photo again and again, Liu Tingting said with a puzzled look on her face: "Isn't that the one in this photo, Sister Aju? The other person's face is gone, so I can't see clearly. It must be the foreigner Sister Aju." She’s a good girl, right? By the way, what are you doing with this photo?”
"Oh, I just took a look at that. By the way, have you seen Sister Aju?"
"I saw it. It seems that it is still by the river now."
After learning the specific location of Lai Aju, I stopped paying attention to Liu Tingting's intention. Amid her angry complaints, I headed straight for the river.
Before we even reached the river, we could see bursts of smoke rising from the river in the distance, and we could even smell the strong smell of roasted pig skin.
I thought someone was setting up a stove to barbecue by the river. It wasn't until I arrived at the river that I realized that they were roasting some kind of meat. They were clearly refining corpses.
"This is the last batch. Crush all the bones and scatter them into the river." Lai Ju warned as she leaned under a big tree. Although her injuries seemed to be too good to be noticed, her complexion But it doesn't look very good. If I guessed correctly, I'm afraid she spent the whole night refining corpses and didn't get any rest at all.
However, this was no longer what I cared about at the moment. I walked quickly towards Lai Ju and directly handed the white and wrinkled photo in my hand to Lai Ju's eyes.
"Sister Aju, can you tell me who the man in the photo is and why he has the same pendant as me?"
When I asked, Lai Ju was startled, and then said: "I thought that you would not be able to recognize him because of his face, but I didn't expect that you would still find him because of the pendant. Well, let me tell you, the man in the photo is called Xie Sanjian, which is your father."
"It's really my dad. That's great. Where is he now?"
In fact, on the way to Xiaohe, I had already guessed that the man in the photo was my dad. As for the relationship between my dad and Lai Aju, I no longer cared much about it.
Because judging from the photos, this happened at least ten or twenty years ago.
From the day I was born, my dad put that crescent-shaped pendant on my body, which means that this photo was taken before I was born, or even before he and my mother were married.
Everyone has some past, so I don't care about their previous friendship. The only thing I care about is where my dad is now.
"Sister Aju, can you tell me where my dad is now?" I asked eagerly.
Lai Aju looked embarrassed, looked at me and shook her head helplessly, "I don't know this either. After grandma sent Brother Sanjian away, I went to look for him, but later I heard that he married I have married the daughter of Mr. Xue Sanye of Changsha City, so I don’t plan to disturb his life anymore.”
"But later, because I missed him, I wanted to see him again, but when I went to Brother Sanjian's house again, I found... alas...!"
"Over the years, I have never stopped looking for Brother Sanjian, but every time I came back disappointed. The last time it happened was a few months ago. I learned about Brother Sanjian from a blind old monk in Changsha City. , but later because something happened in the clan, I delayed my search, and I don’t know if what the blind old monk said was true. I have heard too much news like this."
If Lai Aju said that she heard it from someone else, I might have to weigh the authenticity of the news, but when I heard that it was from the mouth of the blind old monk in Changsha City, this shows that the news is very likely. Nine is real.
"Sister Aju, tell me, whether it is true or false, I have to search for it myself before I can decide."
"Okay, then I'll tell you, that blind old monk once said four words to me."
"Which four words?" I asked.
Lai Ju looked at me with bright eyes and said word by word: "One hundred thousand... big... mountain...!"
I, Xie Dongzi, have been searching hard for ten years, and now I finally have news about my father, which inevitably makes my heart throb.
Of course I know what kind of existence the Hundred Thousand Mountain is, but in order to find my dad, let alone hundreds of thousands, even millions and millions, I am not afraid. I believe that there will be a moment when our father and son are reunited. .
I also wanted to ask for some details, but Lai Ju said that the blind old monk only said these four words at that time and did not give the specific direction. Otherwise, she would have searched for it as soon as possible regardless of the cost.
I nodded and said to Lai Aju: "Sister Aju, don't worry, I will keep my promise and wait until the matter here is resolved before I leave."
A relieved smile appeared on Lai Ju's face, "You are really similar to your dad. Not only do you look alike, you even talk and do things the same. If I am still alive after tomorrow, I will Let’s go to Shiwanda Mountain with you to find him.”
"Yeah, okay." I nodded happily and agreed.
The corpses of the dead tribesmen have been turned into ashes and sprinkled into the river. Because now is an emergency period, and we are worried that the corpses will mutate, so we came up with this method.
After scattering the ashes, all the tribesmen who had been busy all night dispersed, leaving only Lai Ju and me standing by the river.
Lai Ju took out a handkerchief from her arms, dipped some water in the river and came to my side. She smiled and said, "Look at you, you are all dirty. Come on, let me wipe it for you." .”
I didn't refuse, I just stood there obediently, letting Lai Ju wipe my face with the cold handkerchief.
In a daze, I actually had an illusion. I seemed to see my mother. In my memory, she was like this. She used a clean towel to wipe my dirty little face due to naughtiness with a loving face.
I wanted to call out my mother, but soon I realized that it was just my hallucination. My mother was dead and would never come back to me.
Perhaps only when hallucinations occur, in dreams full of longing, can I see her loving appearance again.
Thinking of this, the corners of my eyes became moist, and hot tears slid down the corners of my eyes and fell on the back of Lai Ju's hand.
"They are all grown up children. Men bleed but don't shed tears. If your father knew you were like this, he would laugh at you."
What Lai Ju said was right, I hurriedly raised my hand to wipe away the tears on my face and grinned awkwardly.
Laiju also laughed.
"Sister Aju, tell me about you and my dad." I said.
Lai Ju's hand paused for a moment, and then slowly fell down. She turned her head and looked at the turbulent river. Her face was reflected by the reflection of the river, and there were smiles full of love.
She gently sat on a raised stone by the river, looked at the clear river, and slowly talked about the scene when she and my dad met...
