Broken continent, broken body, broken soul.
The simple house cannot block the bleak autumn wind. The eldest grandson in the house looks out the window, his eyes full of autumn.
For three days, the eldest grandson did nothing but eat and sleep, looking out the window, but not looking out the window: no matter what happened outside the window, the eldest grandson could not react at all.
People who come and go are not surprised. In people's eyes, this is just a poor person doing a pitiful thing.
Perhaps because he had not been active for a long time, the eldest grandson turned his head slightly stiffly. The autumn feeling in his eyes slowly receded, and he regained a bit of energy. He showed a trace of doubt and looked out the window a few more times.
"Why hasn't Chuli come back yet?" Changsun was a little confused.
Chuli is Changsun's little maid. In people's eyes, Chuli is the real poor person, while Changsun is the pitiful person who must be hateful in a pitiful person.
While Changsun was looking around, there was a commotion on the street, and the noise gradually came.
"Xiao Chuli, just go with me..." said a young man who looked about the same age as his eldest grandson but was dressed simply.
Before the young man could finish speaking, the little girl named Chu Li interrupted him: "Bah, you are the only one who can return the favor to the young master. My young master is called the young master. I will only follow my young master. You will go back to where you came from."
Being choked by the little girl, the boy blushed, but there was nothing he could do to her in front of so many people. The most important thing was that after Chu Li finished speaking, he didn't even give him a chance to refute, so he left without looking back.
The young man was young and energetic, and he could not lose face even if he lost anything. How could he give up after being refuted by Chu Li in front of so many people?
"Your young master? Are you talking about that poor guy named Changsun? Haha, I heard you right. He is the only one who can still be a young master."
When Chu Li, who was walking forward, heard these words, he seemed to have cast a body-fixing spell and froze in place.
Seeing the effect, the young man felt proud, and he became more serious: "Where is your young master? Take it out and let me see. Oh, I forgot, he has become a fool, haha..."
Chu Li turned around step by step, her trembling shoulders showing that she was out of anger.
"If you dare to insult my young master again, I..." Chu Li turned around, her face flushed with anger, her nose wrinkled, and she was breathing heavily. She was about to go up and bite the bastard who insulted the young master at all costs.
"Okay Chuli, come back." Zhangsun, who hadn't opened his mouth for three days, said the first sentence. This was also the first sentence the broken eldest grandson said in this world.
People turned to look at Zhangsun, surprised for a moment, and then showed expressions that should have been the case long ago.
When Chu Li was quarreling with the boy just now, people were more looking at their eldest grandson. Many people look like they hate iron and are gnashing their teeth.
In the more than three months since Changsun and Chuli moved here, this kind of thing has happened more than once or twice. At first, the eldest grandson would fight with others like crazy to maintain his poor self-esteem, but every time, Chu Li would stumble home carrying his bruised eldest grandson with his thin body.
The last time, Changsun actually vented his anger on Chuli, then hit his head against the wall and fell unconscious.
Changsun wanted to end his life in this humiliating way, but Chuli suffered a lot.
After the grandson fell into coma, Chuli carried him from house to house asking for help, but he was helpless. This was a slum in Lishan City, and every family lived a life of hunger.
Poor Chu Li had to go home dejected after begging the whole street behind her eldest grandson's back to no avail.
Maybe God opened his eyes. After Chu Li took care of him day and night for seven days, Changsun miraculously opened his eyes.
But when the eldest grandson woke up, he seemed to be stupid and only knew how to eat, drink and be in a daze. People were so angry that they said God was blind and allowed him to come back to life.
Only Chu Li is as excited as Rabbit every day.
Chu Li, who hadn't slept for seven days, clamored to let the young master who survived the disaster eat something good. In the next three days, not only did I have no rest, I also worked twice as much as usual.
"Okay Chuli, come back." These words were like thunder, exploding in Chuli's ears.
As if being electrocuted, Chu Li turned around quickly, her flushed face seemed to be shining, and full of joy overflowed from her eyes.
The eldest grandson looked at Chu Li who suddenly turned around. She had a jade face and ice-cold skin, and a beautiful face. Although her clothes were shabby, it could not conceal her ladylike aura. At this moment, the eldest grandson lost consciousness and his memories overlapped.
"Why are you called Chu Li?" the little boy asked.
"Because my wife picked me up at dawn when the sun was rising, she named me Chu Li. My wife said that dawn gave me rebirth. As long as there is dawn, there will be hope... As long as Chu Li is here, I will always follow you." Master." The little girl's innocent words were deeply imprinted on the boy's mind.
The boy is the eldest grandson and the girl is Chuli.
"As long as there is dawn, there will be hope. As long as Chu Li is here, I will always follow the young master."
The eldest grandson looked up at the setting sun and thought, "Yes, the dawn will come again, and hope will always be there..."
Such a small storm passed quickly, and the people in the slums dragged their exhausted bodies back home.
Perhaps only this simple house can bring a touch of warmth to the people in the slums in the bleak cold autumn. Only by cuddling with each other can people feel complete in this broken world.
The eldest grandson looked out the window, and Chu Li looked at the eldest grandson. The two strange people looked at each other strangely for a long time.
"You...I...are a little hungry." Changsun didn't turn his head, still looking out the window. This was the second sentence he said.
There was almost no memory of being served by others in his previous life, so much so that he stuttered a bit when he spoke.
Obviously, these words did not wake up Chuli, who still looked at his eldest grandson infatuatedly.
Changsun turned his head stiffly and looked at Chu Li: "How long do you want to watch?"
Changsun's words still didn't wake Chuli up, but the movement of turning his head woke him up.
Chu Li finally came to his senses and said in panic: "Master, what did you just say?"
"I...I'm a little hungry." This sentence appeared countless times in his memory, but it was unnatural to say it this time.
Chu Li woke up from a dream, "Oh, damn it, young master, you see I am so happy that I have forgotten all the important things, I will do it for you right away."
After saying that, Chu Li jumped up from the bench and ran out quickly. After a while, a bowl of noodles was served.
Today there was a rare egg in the bowl.
In the past three months, it has been very difficult to have green vegetables in the bowl. Today there is not only green vegetables, but also an egg.
Changsun raised his eyes and looked at Chuli. There was only a bowl of noodles on the table, "Where's yours?"
After Chu Li served the noodles, she lay on the table and looked at her eldest grandson so absorbedly that she didn't even notice that his eldest grandson was looking at her.
"Ah, my... Master, I'm not hungry. You eat first. I've already eaten on the way back." Chu Li once again woke up from a dream.
The eldest grandson didn't move his chopsticks, but just looked at him, as if thinking about something.
Seeing that the young master refused to eat, Chu Li said anxiously: "Master, eat quickly. The noodles will not be good when they are cold. There is still some in the pot. I will serve it to you after the young master has finished."
Only then did the eldest grandson look up at Chu Li and said, "Let's eat together."
Chu Li wanted to refuse, but looking at the young master's calm eyes, he swallowed the words that came to his lips.
Chu Li got up and quickly came back with a bowl.
Chu Li picked up the chopsticks and said excitedly: "Master, let's eat."
Changsun didn't move his chopsticks, he still lowered his head and looked at the noodles. There were two sparse noodles in Chuli's bowl, a vegetable leaf floating in the air, and no eggs.
When Chuli saw the young master's expression and was about to say something, the eldest grandson moved, picked up the chopsticks, picked half of the noodles in the bowl and gave it to her, crushed the eggs and gave her half.
Chu Li saw the young master's move and was about to refuse when the eldest grandson said, "I haven't moved for a day and I have no appetite."
Chu Li knew she couldn't defeat the young master, so she still said: "Master, I don't eat eggs..."
"Eat." Changsun interrupted.
Being interrupted by the young master, Chu Li could only say "oh" obediently.
Changsun ate very seriously, chewing each bite carefully and swallowing slowly. It took a long time to eat a small bowl of noodles.
Of course, it goes without saying about the taste. Living in a tight life, the salty taste of the noodles is very bland, but the eldest grandson ate it very cleanly and drank the soup together. Both his past life and this life told him how hard-earned food was.
Chu Li kept watching her eldest grandson finish eating before moving his chopsticks to start eating. He finished eating in a short while, and quickly cleaned up the dishes after eating. These were tasks she was accustomed to, but her eldest grandson looked at it very seriously this time.
After finishing the work, it was already dark. In order to save candles, Chu Li did not light the lamp. The room was dark. Chu Li used other people's lights to work, boiled the water for the young master to wash his feet, and then held up the candle tremblingly. An ax half as big as hers was used to chop wood, while the eldest grandson watched carefully in the darkness.
It wasn't until everyone on the street put out their lights that Chuli put down the ax and went back to the house, lit candles, and made the bed for his eldest grandson.
There was only one bed in the room, a square table with a missing corner, two long benches, and an open cabinet with only a torn quilt. This is all the furniture in the house, which can be called simple in this slum.
The candle has been used in Changsun's memory for a long time. Chuli would only take out the half candle and light it when it was completely dark and he would make his bed for Changsun.
Even when sewing worn-out clothes for her eldest grandson, Chu Li would sit at the door and use the light from the next door house. Therefore, there are needle marks all over my hands.
Chu Li quickly made the bed, then brought the foot-washing water she had prepared long ago to her eldest grandson, and extinguished the remaining candle.
"Master, the foot-washing water is ready." Even though the room was dark, Chu Li could still accurately find his eldest grandson.
Eight years of habit allowed Chu Li to accurately find his eldest grandson without using his eyesight.
Chu Li habitually reached out to lift the eldest grandson's feet and put them in the basin, but there was something strange about the eldest grandson today and he did not move.
Chu Li was a little surprised to see that the young master did not move. He raised his head and looked at his eldest grandson, and found that his eldest grandson was also looking at him, his eyes very bright in the darkness.
"Master..." Chu Li didn't understand the young master's abnormal behavior today.
"You... don't have to wash my feet anymore." Chu Li didn't come back to his senses for a moment, but when he recalled the series of abnormal behaviors of the young master today, he was shocked.
"Master, you...are you planning to abandon Chu Li?" Tears welled up in his eyes as he spoke.
The eldest grandson was at a loss. No matter whether it was the eldest grandson in his previous life or this time, he didn't know how to deal with such a situation.
"I mean I have hands and feet." Changsun explained, but obviously this sentence was not enough to make Chuli stop crying.
The eldest grandson was a little panicked, thought awkwardly for a long time, and finally said: "You are my only relative now."
Upon hearing this, Chu Li stopped crying and said, "Master, you...what did you say..."
"Chu Li is my only relative now. I have hands and feet, so I can do this kind of work myself." Changsun said firmly.
After saying that, the eldest grandson lowered his head and began to wash his feet. He washed his feet very seriously, as if he was not washing his own feet.
Chu Li was so shocked by today's eldest grandson's abnormal behavior one after another that he could not recover for a long time. He was still repeating the sentence just now in his mind, "Chu Li is my only relative now..." The sadness in his eyes quickly turned to joy, and he was happy for a moment. He was about to scream, but all the neighbors around him had already taken a rest. Chu Li could only suppress her blushing face and excitedly jumped around her eldest grandson.
After Changsun finished washing, before he could get up, Chuli rushed out and took out the foot-washing water. Looking at Chuli's back in the darkness, a rare smile appeared on Changsun's face.
After pouring the foot-washing water, Chu Li put the two benches together next to the bed and said, "Master, it's time to rest."
The eldest grandson looked at the made bed. The small bed was only big enough for one person, so it seemed a bit crowded for two people. For the past three months, Chu Li had been sleeping on the bench like this, and the shabby quilt It was only enough to cover the eldest grandson alone.
Chu Li was already lying on the bench. Changsun hesitated for a moment and lay down on the bed made by Chu Li.
"Is it uncomfortable to sleep on a bench?" Changsun said, looking at the roof.
Chu Li turned around, faced his eldest grandson and said, "Master, Chu Li's body is hard, harder than a bench, and it doesn't hurt."
Changsun turned to look at Chu Li. It was very cold in the autumn night, and Chu Li could only stop shivering by curling up into a ball.
"Is it cold?" Changsun asked.
"Ah...ah, it's not cold."
Changsun grabbed Chu Li's little hand that was shivering in the autumn wind. His hand was very cold.
Chu Li was shocked again, "Young... Young Master..." Before Chu Li could recover, Changsun had already pulled Chu Li into the quilt.
It is inevitable for two people to have physical contact when sleeping on a small bed. The eldest grandson was still holding Chu Li's hand. Chu Li's face turned red for a moment, "Young... Young Master, Chu Li dare not sleep with the Young Master..." Chu Li said with a mosquito-like expression the voice said.
"It's very cold late at night in autumn, so two people huddle together to keep warm."
"But Master..." Before Chu Li could finish speaking, Changsun spoke.
"Isn't Chuli my child bride?"
"Ah..." Chu Li didn't know how to answer.
"Okay, go to sleep." Changsun said.
Chu Li felt that the young master today was very strange, but very warm.
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After a day of hard work, Chu Li quickly fell into a deep sleep, but Changsun opened his eyes brightly and did not feel sleepy.
"What kind of world is this...a broken continent, a broken body, and my own broken soul..." Changsun shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"But, it's okay..." Changsun turned to look at Chu Li, who was sleeping soundly with his back to him, with a smile on his lips.
"This is a new beginning, a new starting point." After saying that, Changsun hugged Chuli from behind and slowly fell asleep, Chuli smiled innocently in his sleep.
In the autumn night, broken people look complete when they cuddle together...
