Spring is warm, flowers are blooming, and the sun is just right.
Gu Yuan no longer knew how long it had been for him to adapt to this body.
He found that he was forgetting faster and faster.
For example, he doesn't know who he is, why he came here, and how he became a child.
He just remembered that his name was Gu Yuan, this was his name, and now, everything he experienced was not true.
But sometimes, he started to feel confused again.
If my name is Gu Yuan, then...
Xu Lin, whose name is it?
For Gu Yuan at this stage, he doesn't even know what time is.
As soon as an ordinary person closes or opens his eyes, a day passes.
But for a child this age, sleeping eight times a day is not enough.
gradually.
Gu Yuan was able to understand the language again.
But now, he has completely forgotten his name...
He only knew that his name was Xu Lin and he lived in a small village in the southeast of Jingguo.
The name Xu Lin was obtained by his father from an old gentleman with the same surname Xu in the village while carrying a pheasant from the mountain.
It is said that Lin'er is a gift from God and will be blessed.
Hence, the name Xu Lin came into being.
Xu Lin had heard his father say before that his family and that old man were considered the same family. It was originally meant as a joke, but the old man didn't know where he heard it from, and he got angry the next day. He opened the door and cursed Xu Lin's father, Xu Laosan, by his name.
What he said was a bit confusing. His "Xu" was from the lineage of Xu Qinlong, the founding hero of the dynasty, but his branch later moved here.
But the origin of Xu Laosan and Xu Lin's Xu cannot be found!
To put it simply.
What the old man means is that your family, Mr. Xu Laosan, is not worthy of being related to my family!
After saying this, he walked away. As the only old boy in the village, this old gentleman still had a bad temper...
That day, there seemed to be a lot of people coming to watch the fun. Xu Laosan looked ugly and embarrassed. From then on, I never heard him say anything about the family affairs again.
It’s another year, with the coming of cold and the coming of summer.
Xu Lin's speech became clearer and clearer.
"Mom, it's snowing outside!" Xu Lin, who was already four years old, rushed into the house, but accidentally tripped over the threshold and immediately started crying in pain.
The woman who was mending clothes was rarely pale. She quickly dropped the clothes in her hands, stood up in a hurry, and pulled Xu Lin up.
"Lin'er, don't cry! The threshold is broken, let's hit the threshold and break the threshold!" With a soft smile on her face, the woman gently stroked Xu Lin's head, then patted the threshold decently, using such a simple Way to coax the child.
"Cough cough cough..." Suddenly, the woman began to cough violently, and she couldn't stop coughing, and tears flowed out.
"Mother, mother!" Xu Lin was frightened by his mother's current appearance. He quickly reached out to hold his mother's hand, but was gently pushed away by the woman.
"No...ahem! It's okay, Lin'er...ahem...don't worry, ahem..."
Under such a violent cough, it was extremely difficult for the woman to finish a complete sentence.
Xu Lin didn't know what he could do at this time. He just felt a little flustered in his heart. He quickly imitated Xu Laosan's past appearance and patted his mother's back gently. Then, as if something suddenly occurred to him, he hurriedly He turned around and ran to another room, scooped up a ladle of water from the water tank, and hurried over.
"Mom...Mom, drink water, drink water!" Xu Lin didn't know what he could do at this time, but this was what his father seemed to do in the past when his mother couldn't stop coughing.
But my father was not at home at this time. He said it was a good day to catch rabbits and he wanted to keep his mother healthy.
The woman looked at Xu Lin gently, stretched out her hand and gently touched the child's head.
"When you grow up, you know how to care about your mother."
"Mom, drink water quickly..."
"Okay, mother, drink some water." The woman took the water gourd from Xu Lin's hand and took a sip. She then coughed violently and spit out the water in her mouth.
He didn't know if it was because of his own dazzling eyesight, but Xu Lin seemed to see that the spit out water seemed to turn light red...
After coughing for a while, the woman finally calmed down. She sat on the threshold, her eyes full of softness, and looked at Xu Lin quietly.
"Mom, I'll help you, go to bed quickly!" Xu Lin said, holding the woman's arm.
"Don't be in a hurry. Mom still has to make new clothes for Lin'er to wear for the New Year. It won't be long before we see it."
"If Lin'er doesn't wear new clothes, Lin'er wants mother to have a good rest and get well soon!" Xu Lin said with red eyes.
The woman didn't speak, she just stood up slowly, sat back on the chair, and continued stuffing the elastic cotton into her cotton coat.
"When the Chinese New Year comes, Lin'er will be able to wear new cotton clothes." When the woman smiled, her eyes narrowed like crescent moons in the sky.
She took another two sips of water and continued what she was doing.
"Mom, does Lin'er have new cotton clothes? Where's dad? Where's mom?" Xu Lin sat in front of his mother and asked curiously, holding his chin.
"Father and mother both have clothes to wear, so we won't need them for the time being," the woman said softly.
"Oh..." Xu Lin lowered his head, suddenly sobbed, and whispered, "Mom, it's all Lin'er's fault..."
Hearing this, the woman stopped moving her hands, looked at her child with some surprise, and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong? What is Lin'er's fault?"
"Grandma Ma said that the reason why my mother was sick was because of the disease when she gave birth to Lin'er! If my mother had not given birth to Lin'er, she would not have gotten sick..." Xu Lin lowered his head and said.
Granny Ma was the same Granny Wen who delivered the baby.
"Don't talk nonsense!" The woman's expression suddenly became serious. She took Xu Lin's hand and said seriously, "Lin'er, my mother's illness is nothing. Just have a good rest and you will be fine. Besides, He Lin It doesn’t matter if she has a son, even if she doesn’t give birth to Lin’er, my mother will still get sick.”
"But……"
"Nothing to worry about, that's all."
As the mother and son talked, Xu Lin began to feel sleepy again, and finally fell asleep on the table.
The woman stretched out her hand, slowly picked up Xu Lin, put him on the bed, and gently stroked Xu Lin's cheek.
"Silly boy, even if my mother knew that she would get sick after giving birth to Lin'er, she would not regret it! After all... Lin'er is the best gift God has given to my mother!"
As she spoke, the woman's expression suddenly changed. She stretched out her hand, covered her mouth tightly, and hurriedly walked out, then started coughing.
Finally, my throat felt sweet, and a mouthful of hot blood melted a small piece of snow.
Her face turned pale, and fear finally appeared in her eyes.
At this time, Xu Laosan happened to come back, carrying two gray rabbits in his hands. Seeing this, he hurried over and helped his wife.
"How can you come out in such a cold weather? Come in quickly!" Xu Laosan complained a little.
"It's okay... Lin'er is sleeping again, I'm afraid of waking him up." The woman said with a chuckle, but when Xu Laosan was not paying attention, she kicked twice and buried the blood-stained snow.
Xu Laosan supported his wife and walked into the house while saying, "I'll buy you some medicine later. I think the medicine I drank last time has a pretty good effect."
The woman shook her head: "Don't buy it. I think it's useless. I'd better save the money. It's time for Lin'er to become enlightened. I have to prepare some repairs to send to my husband..."
"Don't worry about this! I know it well..." Xu Laosan felt a little guilty.
He knew very well that the medicine he bought in the medicine hall was indeed useful, but his wife was reluctant to spend the money. After all, a pack of medicine cost ninety cents, which was indeed a big sum for their family. …
"By the way, you can get some cotton next year. I will make a few more pieces and make them bigger. In this way, even if Lin'er grows up and grows taller, he will still have new clothes to wear..."
"There's no rush, we'll do it when the time comes." Xu Laosan said.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on..."
"I said, do it when the time comes!" Xu Laosan lowered his voice and growled with red eyes.
The woman pursed her lips and chuckled.
"Okay, I won't say anything just..."
