As the self in the dream was knocked away by Sun Changchun's palm and hit the tree behind him, Ling Yun also woke up from his dream. His body twitched from the bed unconsciously. He was already sweating profusely.
Ling Yun slowly opened his eyes, and just as he was about to sit up, he found that he had a splitting headache and his heart was beating rapidly, as if it would jump out of his chest the next moment.
Ling Yun pressed his temple with one hand and supported the edge of the bed with the other. He endured the pain and sat up. His feet moved off the edge of the bed and landed on the ground. When he was about to stand up, his legs softened, as if he had stepped on something. On a ball of cotton, he collapsed on the ground. The wooden frame at the head of the bed and the wooden basin on it were all knocked over to the ground with a "bang", and the water in the wooden basin spilled all over the floor. .
People outside the house heard the noise and ran over. The first ones to rush forward were Li Haoyang and his son. When they saw Ling Yun lying on the ground, smashed to pieces, they hurriedly helped him up and sat back on the edge of the bed.
Several people from the crowd came in, helped pick up the items that had been knocked down on the ground one by one, and found a dry place to rearrange them in the open space beside the bed. Others gathered around the door and poked their heads toward the house. Li looked over, wanting to see what was going on.
These people were all villagers from the town, and they seemed to have come to visit Ling Yun. They were all talking about:
"Oh, this kid finally woke up!"
"Yeah, this kid is really lucky."
"As long as it's okay, I'm just telling you, Ling Yun is a very tough kid."
"Yes, yes, he fell into the Xiangyun Lake when he was a child and soaked in the water for half an hour. When he was rescued, the doctors in the town said that there was no way he could be saved. In the end, he was still alive. Rescued!"
Everyone was talking to each other, chattering incessantly. When the villagers were talking about it, Li Dongming carefully checked Ling Yun's body to make sure that there was no injury. Then he felt relieved. Then he took a towel and wiped Ling Yun's body. Wipe the water stains dry.
At this time, Old Man Ling also pushed through the crowd and squeezed in. Li Dongming looked up and saw that the crowd had completely blocked the door. He stood up, cupped his hands and said to everyone: "Fellow folks, everyone is here to visit Ling Yun today." My child, Dongming is here to thank everyone for this child. Thanks to everyone, he has woken up now. I'm really sorry. Uncle Ling and I didn't prepare anything to entertain everyone. We'll wait for Ling Yun. After the child has rested for a few days, we will invite everyone to our house for a simple meal, and let the child Ling Yun thank everyone. It is getting late now, so please go back and rest first!"
After Li Dongming finished speaking, the villagers started talking to each other again: "It will be fine when the child wakes up!"
"Dongming, there's no need to be polite, just get busy first!"
"If you need any help, say hello to everyone, eh?",
"Yeah, if you need anything, just ask!"
While everyone was talking, they turned around and walked out of the house one by one.
Li Dongming and Old Man Ling looked at everyone's backs and said thank you and goodbye. They were really grateful to these enthusiastic neighbors.
After seeing off all the villagers, Aunt Li also walked in from outside the house. Seeing that the outside of Ling Yun's cotton-padded jacket was still wet, she took off Li Haoyang's jacket and put it on Ling Yun. Then she let Li Haoyang wear Ling Yun's cotton-padded jacket and go to the kitchen to warm up by the fire.
Several people asked Ling Yun a few questions in the house. They saw that Ling Yun's body seemed to be normal, but was still a little weak. In addition, it was getting late. In order not to disturb Ling Yun's rest, they briefly explained to Ling Yun and told him to have a good rest. Don't get out of bed casually.
After the explanation was completed, everyone walked out of the house, had a simple dinner, and then went home to rest.
Ling Yun's mind was still blank, he didn't think much and continued to lie on the bed and sleep.
That night, as soon as Ling Yun fell asleep, he fell into that dream again. When the woman in red pierced the dagger into his chest, he woke up from his dream like an electric shock. He sat up straight and gasped unconsciously. One breath.
Worried about waking up his grandfather, Ling Yun arched his knees to prop up the quilt, buried his head between his knees, and forcibly calmed his mind. After a while, he raised his head, rubbed his face, breathed a long sigh of relief, and lay down again.
In this way, Ling Yun fell into that dream again and again, and then woke up. After a restless night, seeing that the sky was getting slightly brighter, Ling Yun couldn't sleep anymore, but because he couldn't get a good night's rest, Ling Yun felt a splitting headache.
Li Dongming and his wife had already arrived at Ling Yun's home and were busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen. They could faintly hear the sound of pots and pans banging against each other from outside the house, but Ling Yun really didn't have the mind to think about things outside, so he closed his door again. eyes, trying to nourish the spirit.
But at this time, Ling Yun couldn't even close his eyes. As soon as he closed his eyes, the sight of the woman in red piercing the dagger into his chest appeared in front of him.
Helpless, he could only stare at the roof with his eyes wide open. He really couldn't figure out what happened to him, why he was in a coma, and why this strange and terrifying dream appeared as soon as he closed his eyes.
He tried hard to recall the scenes in his dreams over the past two days, as if he wanted to discover something from them, but he couldn't remember what it was for a moment, so he simply stopped thinking about it. He thought to himself: "No matter what, just take one step at a time." Bar!"
When Ling Yun was thinking wildly, Li Haoyang came into the room and brought a bowl of steaming soup. When Ling Yun saw him coming in, he also sat up.
Li Haoyang came to the bedside, dragged a chair over, sat down, blew on the soup in the bowl, handed it to Ling Yun, and said: "I knew you were awake, come on, drink it yourself!"
Ling Yun glanced into the bowl, stretched out his hand to take it, and said: "Chicken soup? Where did it come from?" Li Haoyang replied: "It was sent by the people in the town. I heard that something happened to you, so they all brought things to see you. Got it!"
After hearing this, Ling Yun's eyes felt a little itchy, and he hurriedly picked up the steaming hot chicken soup and drank it, pretending that the steam from the hot soup made his eyes red.
Seeing this, Li Haoyang hurriedly shouted: "Hey, hey, you drink it slowly. Don't burn the chicken soup that has just been boiled!" Ling Yun took a few sips, took advantage of the heat, rubbed his eyes, and said to Li Haoyang Said: "I haven't had such delicious chicken soup in a long time!"
Li Haoyang said: "Just be content. In the past few years, when I went hunting in the mountains, I never ate a lot of meat. Do you know that when my father took me into the mountains before, he always brought a big bag of dough balls and a few pieces of meat." A piece of dried meat as big as a finger. Sometimes, I even only brought some white rice. When I was hungry, I would cook porridge and drink it in the hut on Yangxian Mountain. All the prey I caught was taken to the town to exchange for money. How can I be as good as you? Fate, every time you go into the mountains, you will have meat to eat!”
After listening to this, Ling Yun realized that it was Li Dongming's family who had been taking special care of him. He lowered his head and took a few more mouthfuls of soup, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Brother Yang, what happened these days? Why did I suddenly become like this?"
Li Haoyang slapped his thigh and said: "Hey, you ask me, I also want to ask you. That day we agreed to go to Uncle Tiezhu to make swordsmen for us, but I waited around at home and didn't see you. Come. After noon, I really couldn’t wait any longer, so I came here to look for you. Unexpectedly, you were lying motionless on the bed, your face was pale and your whole body was cold. I was scared to death at that time, so I hurriedly let you go. Laifu came home to find my father. I went to the town to find your grandfather. My father also invited the doctor from Lujia Village, but they were helpless. As a result, at night, your grandfather took a pill from nowhere. After I gave you the pill, you got better, but you were still in a coma for ten days. People in the town heard about you and came to see you..."
Li Haoyang was about to continue, but Ling Yun shouted: "What?" Li Haoyang was startled by his sudden "what" and asked: "What what?" Ling Yun continued: "What did you just say? What? How many days have I been in a coma before?"
When Ling Yun said this, he was so excited that the soup in the bowl in his hand almost spilled all over the bed. Li Haoyang replied: "Ten days, what's wrong?" Ling Yun forced himself to calm down and said: "No, it's nothing, go on!"
Li Haoyang didn't expect him to have such a big reaction. When he screamed like this, he forgot what he was about to say for a moment. Then he thought about it and asked Ling Yun: "By the way, during the past few days when you were unconscious, I couldn't feed you anything, I just drank some water, and I don't know what kind of treasure your grandfather fed you. It can actually bring you back to life. Not only that, it can also make you coma for ten days without feeling hungry! "
Ling Yun smiled and said: "How could it be? I'm hungry. I'm hungry now. If you hadn't brought me this bowl of chicken soup, I would have been so hungry that my stomach growled!" After saying that, he picked up the bowl in his hand and drank it in one breath. After drinking it all, he raised the empty bowl and shook it in front of Li Haoyang. He chuckled and said, "Brother Yang, this chicken soup is so delicious. If only I could stay sick forever, I would always have chicken soup to drink!"
Li Haoyang took the bowl and said, "Bah, bah, bah, don't talk nonsense. No one expects to get sick!" After saying that, he put the bowl aside, stretched out his hands to support Ling Yun's arm, and said, "Come on, Try to see if you can stand up!"
At this time, Ling Yun had recovered a lot of energy and was about to go outside to take a look. So, he lifted off the thick quilt covering his body, moved his feet off the edge of the bed, and sat up straight.
Li Dongming knelt down and put on his cloth shoes. Ling Yun slowly slid his feet to the ground. With the help of Li Haoyang, he slowly stood up straight. The moment his legs were stressed, he seemed to suddenly feel that he was still alive. That long-lost feeling It wrapped around his whole body, and even he felt that this feeling was very strange.
Ling Yun looked at everything in the house with dull eyes, and then looked up at the outside. His heart was suddenly filled with yearning for the world outside the house. He wanted to spread his legs and run wildly in the mountains and forests. Everything in front of him was both familiar and strange to him. .
Ling Yun gently broke away from Li Haoyang's hands and walked toward the door with stiff legs. Li Haoyang didn't know what happened, so he hurriedly shouted: "Ling Yun, what's wrong with you?"
Hearing this call, Ling Yun's body trembled, as if he was waking up from a dream. He slowly turned his head to look at Li Haoyang and asked, "Brother Yang, what did you just say?" When Li Haoyang saw him turning around, he didn't think much and shook his head. He shook his head and said with a smile: "It's nothing. I'm afraid you've been lying in bed for too long and haven't gone out to do anything. Just now you rushed forward stupidly as if you saw some treasure!" After a pause, he said again: "Let's go, you Grandpa, my father, and my mother don’t know you can get up yet, so let’s go find them!” With that, he walked away from Ling Yun and led Ling Yun towards the kitchen.
When they arrived at the door of the kitchen, Laifu and Xiao Hei had already greeted them, wagging their tails happily towards them. Li Haoyang knelt down and touched their heads. Then, they circled around Ling Yun again and called out to Ling Yun twice, as if they were wary of seeing a stranger.
Li Haoyang scolded: "You two little bastards, you haven't known each other for just a few days? What are you yelling at? Go aside and cool down!" The two dogs were scolded, and they came forward and smelled Ling Yun, and then, Then he waggled his tail and walked away.
Old man Ling and Li Dongming were chatting and preparing meals. When they saw Li Haoyang bringing Ling Yun in, the three of them were speechless in surprise. Old man Ling looked at Ling Yun, with two tears falling from the corners of his eyes. He turned his back, wiped his eyes with his sleeves, stood up, walked to Ling Yun, stretched out his hand to touch Ling Yun's cheek, and said with a choked voice: "My child, you are finally up!"
Ling Yun looked at the old man in front of him, as if he was much older than when he saw him before. He couldn't hold it back and cried out: "Grandpa!" After saying that, he hugged Old Man Ling, who hurriedly He agreed and said, "Hey! My good Yun'er, just hope you're fine!"
Seeing this, Li Dongming and his wife put down what they were doing, lifted up their aprons, wiped their hands and walked over, supported Old Man Ling and Ling Yun, and comforted them: "Okay, Third Uncle, Yun'er, it's okay. Come on." , sit down, if you have anything to say, we’ll talk about it after dinner!”
Several people sat down around the dilapidated dining table, while Aunt Li was busy serving food and rice to everyone.
Old man Ling calmed down and was about to speak, but Li Dongming spoke first: "Ling Yun, how do you feel now? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?" Ling Yun shook his head and said, "Uncle Ming, I'm fine!" Li Haoyang He patted Ling Yun's back and said, "Stand straight!" Ling Yun was holding a bowl and was about to eat when he patted him and hurriedly sat up straight.
Li Haoyang turned to Li Dongming and said, "Dad, look at Ling Yun, he's in great shape!" After that, he raised his head and said to Old Man Ling, "Grandpa Third, don't worry. Ling Yun has taken the pill you gave him. I’ll sleep for a few days in the future. I’m fine now. I’m fine. Let’s eat, okay?”
Old Ling didn't say anything. He stretched out his hand and put a piece of chicken into Ling Yun's bowl, and then started eating by himself. Aunt Li also sat down next to Li Dongming at this time, picked up the bowl and said to Ling Yun: "Yun'er, you just woke up in the past two days, your body is still very weak, and you haven't prepared any good food, so you just eat. I’ll make you something delicious to replenish your health!”
Ling Yun stood up, took a piece of green vegetables, and said to Aunt Li: "Aunt, everything you cook is delicious!" After saying that, he took a few more mouthfuls of rice, and Li Haoyang said: "Third Grandpa, take a look, I will say Is Ling Yun okay? Stop looking so sad!"
Seeing this, Old Man Ling finally relaxed his frown. Li Haoyang then asked: "Third Grandpa, what is that pill you gave Ling Yun to take? Is it so magical?"
When Old Man Ling was asked this question by Li Haoyang, he was startled. He looked around at them, then put down his bowls and chopsticks and said, "Sit here and wait for me!" With that, he stood up and walked out of the kitchen.
Within a moment, Old Man Ling walked in with the small wooden box in his hand. He walked straight to the previous position and sat down again. He opened the box and opened the cotton cloth wrapping the pills, revealing the crystal clear pills inside. , said to everyone: "I am very old, and I only have a few years left to live. You are all my and Yun'er's closest relatives, and I won't hide it from everyone until now. Dongming, Xiu'er, you guys Do you still remember what happened when Yun'er fell into the water?"
Li Dongming and Aunt Li nodded and said, "Remember, remember!"
Old Man Ling continued: "This thing, there were originally three pills in total. It was given to me by a mysterious person back then. When it was handed over to me, there were only two pills left!"
Old Man Ling's words aroused everyone's curiosity. Seeing that it was already getting bright, Li Dongming blew out the oil lamp on the table. Everyone ignored the meal and listened attentively to Old Man Ling talking about an old event from that year.
"You all know that Ling Yun has lost his parents since he was a child. My old Lingtou and my dead wife were old and had inconvenient legs and feet. He grew up with the help of everyone. He had no one at that time. Caretaker, a man ran to Xiangyun Lake to play. He lost his footing and fell into the lake. He was rescued after soaking for half an hour. At that time, he had no breath and his whole body was cold. It was also my old life. It’s bitter, I failed to take good care of him, my old Ling family is about to be cut off, and all the doctors in the town left after taking one look at him.”
"That night, I was thinking about finishing the funeral arrangements for the child and then going down to find his parents. Unexpectedly, in the second half of the night, I heard someone knocking on the door in my sleep. At first, I thought it was someone from the town. , I thought it was so late, how could anyone come to the town?" At this point, Old Man Ling coughed a few times, Aunt Li stood up and poured him a bowl of tea, and Old Man Ling picked up the bowl and took a sip.
After clearing his throat, Old Man Ling continued to talk about what happened that year. He said that he heard someone knocking on the door. When he was confused, Old Man Ling touched the dark, lit an oil lamp, put some clothes on himself, and came to the door. He asked warily: "Who is it?"
I heard a young man's voice coming from outside, saying, "Old man, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person!"
Old Man Ling still remained wary and continued to ask: "It's so late, what's the matter?" At this time, Grandma Ling also walked out and asked: "It's so late, who is outside?"
The man outside continued: "Old man, I'm here late at night. I really have something important to do. Please open the door and go into the house to talk, otherwise it will be too late!"
Hearing this, Old Man Ling was stunned and asked, "It's too late? Why is it too late?"
