After coming back to his senses, Nanzhi calmed down and thought for a while.
Although that boy looked very similar to Leng Lie, his hair color was different and he didn't give off the coldest feeling. Even if the color of hair can be dyed, a person's aura cannot be easily changed.
"Forget it, let's cook." She sighed.
Eat early today and rest. I will continue to clean the room tomorrow.
When she has some free time, Nanzhi wants to see if there are any rental stores nearby. Even if the place is not big, she can at least open a medical clinic first. She and her mother will also have a stable source of income in the future.
Lin Ya steamed the fish and fried ginger yucca crab. They sat at the small wooden table and ate quietly...
The next morning, Nanzhi woke up just as it was getting dark.
Her small courtyard is not far from the seaside, and you can still vaguely hear the sound of the ebb and flow of the tide.
Nanzhi propped himself up and sat up. She leaned against the bed and stared at the phone that had been turned off for a long time, and decided to apply for a card first.
The mobile center is in the center of the town. Nanzhi rode his bicycle all the way to the main entrance.
Just as she was about to go in with her front feet, she was stopped by a childish voice.
"Sister~" Nanzhi turned around.
On the roadside, the child from yesterday was sitting next to the old woman. Perhaps grandma saw her and asked her grandson to call her.
Then he gave her a bag of fresh snails and asked her grandson to deliver them.
Only then could Nanzhi see him clearly at close range. This boy has a handsome face and is dressed very plainly. The shoes under his feet are also mended.
Holding the snail in hand, he stood up carefully and took a few steps forward. Then he stretched out his hand and waited for Nanzhi to take the seafood.
The moment his fingertips touched lightly, the boy smiled.
"Sister, go back and put some ginger, onion, and yellow wine in the snails and let it boil."
He guessed that Nanzhi was a stranger and was afraid that she wouldn't eat it.
Nanzhi stared at the boy closely and said warily: "Thank you."
She had an indescribable strange feeling.
After Nanzhi hurriedly applied for the new card and came out, the boy was still there selling seafood with his grandmother.
Looking at that extremely familiar face, she felt uneasy. Although Nanzhi knew in her heart that it was only a matter of time before Leng Lie found her, her palms still became sweaty every time she bumped into the child.
This time, she finally had the courage to step forward and say hello.
"My name is Nanzhi, what's your name?"
"Axuan."
He followed the direction of the voice, raised his eyes and smiled: "Sister's name is really nice."
He spoke innocently and acted too naturally. If the Ah Xuan in front of him was fake, then Nanzhi would really look down on Leng Lie.
Nanzhi raised his hand and waved it in front of Ah Xuan, but there was no response...
At this time, grandma actually spoke hesitantly: "He has been blind since he was a child. This disease will never be cured."
"You are a good person."
When Nanzhi gave her money yesterday, she just saw her grandma as pitiful. She didn't expect that she actually had children and grandchildren.
Since grandma couldn't hear her, Nanzhi had to wave her hands shyly, indicating that you're welcome and that she didn't help much.
"Axuan, how old are you this year?" Nanzhi looked at his face carefully.
It’s exactly the same!
She even suspected that Leng Lie was playing tricks on her.
"19 years old."
"You're quite young." Nanzhi glanced at Ah Xuan and then at Grandma. The two grandchildren looked a bit alike.
She is going crazy... Are there people like this in the world? What a coincidence that they are all blind?
Just when Nanzhi was confused, Lin Ya called her from behind.
"Twig?"
As soon as she shouted, her eyes suddenly lit up when she saw Grandma: "Isn't this Granny Li? You are still selling seafood at such an old age."
"Mom, do you know each other?" Nanzhi froze on the spot.
Lin Ya smiled and held Nanzhi's hand, scolding: "Have you forgotten? My grandma loved to take you to catch crabs when you were little."
Nanzhi was young at that time and didn't have much memory. From the time she could remember, she seemed to be somewhere already.
Grandma is deaf and cannot hear. Lin Ya greeted her with sign language. The relationship was established as soon as we went back and forth.
Grandma knew Lin Ya, but the older generation here knew that Lin Ya had gone to a big city to live a better life, and no one expected that she would come back with her daughter.
Grandma was so excited that she wanted to close the stall and asked Lin Ya to go to her house for dinner.
Taking advantage of this moment, Nanzhi quickly tightened Lin Ya's hand and asked, "Mom, that child?"
"That child is really Grandma Li's grandson?"
Lin Ya looked at her in surprise: "Of course!"
Grandma Li had a hard life. She was disabled, but she finally found a man and gave birth to a healthy daughter. As a result, her genes were passed down from generation to generation.
"This child has a hard life. He has been unable to see since he was a child and has never read any books. When he was very young, he helped sell fish next to Grandma Li."
Lin Ya was not surprised and said: "You may have forgotten, but my mother grew up here when she was a child. Speaking of which, Grandma Li is a distant relative of our family."
This relationship becomes more and more outrageous the more we talk about it.
But since Lin Yadu said so, it seems that Ah Xuan's life experience is true.
Nanzhi had just given up his suspicion for a moment, and when he looked at Ah Xuan's face again, his expression turned ugly again...
Lin Ya originally didn't want to trouble her old man, but Nanzhi insisted on finding out.
She had to verify it with her own eyes before she could rest assured.
Grandma Li lived in the west of the town, and Nanzhi and Lin Ya followed her to a small courtyard.
The woman from yesterday was sorting the dishes and cooking. When she saw that her grandma had brought back Lin Ya, she was stunned for a moment and happily dropped the dishes and came over.
"Let me just say, when I saw this girl yesterday, I didn't expect it to be your child!"
Ah Xuan's mother and Lin Ya were childhood playmates, and more than ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
"Why are you back?" Ah Xuan's mother asked.
Nanzhi said quickly: "I have made a little money, but I still want to go back to my hometown to live."
Most of the people here are simple and honest, and Ah Xuan’s mother quickly invited them in without thinking too much.
Nanzhi's eyes kept falling on Ah Xuan.
He held on to the wall and entered the door skillfully, looking as if he had tried this road a thousand times.
Just by feeling, he could measure the stone platform where his mother was cooking, and then he would sit there obediently and help.
Ah Xuan's temperament is too docile.
Apart from this face and eyes, Nanzhi could hardly see the slightest trace of coldness on him.
There are photos hanging on the wall in the living room, most of them are of Ah Xuan, from childhood to teenagers.
But the more this happened, the weirder Nanzhi felt.
She seemed to have entered a confusing game, and Ah Xuan's identity was the exit.
While Lin Ya was helping with the cooking, Nanzhi found a reason to call Ah Xuan in.
She had treated Leng Lie's eyes before, and the cause of the disease was naturally clear.
The young man groped his way into the house. During the process, Nanzhi kept staring in the direction of his feet.
People who have been blind all year round will be particularly sensitive to sounds and locations. If he is really just Ah Xuan, who has lived here for nineteen years, he can easily walk in even if he cannot see.
Unfortunately, Nanzhi didn't see anything.
"My grandpa and I learned some medical skills. Let me help you look at your eyes."
Nanzhi dragged out a small chair and helped Ah Xuan sit down.
He obediently raised his head and met Nanzhi's gaze with his empty eyes.
"My sister is so awesome. It's not like me who doesn't know anything and can only help my grandma sell some fish."
After Ah Xuan finished speaking, his expression was obviously depressed, and Nanzhi felt a little uncomfortable.
She gently opened Ah Xuan's eyes, pressed a few key acupuncture points and asked, "Do you feel it?"
"No."
Nanzhi didn't give up. She took out the silver needle she carried with her from her pocket, which shocked Grandma Li.
Nanzhi quickly asked Ah Xuan to tell her in sign language that this was just to stimulate the acupuncture points to test whether his eyes could recover.
Grandma Li was dubious, but Nanzhi's grandfather was a well-known doctor. She stayed by Ah Xuan's side, and after much hesitation she finally let go.
Nanzhi found the right opportunity and quickly placed a shot at a key position.
Cold eyes are acquired, but Ah Xuan is born with them. If he was born blind, that acupuncture point would have been necrotic long ago. No matter how hard Nanzhi struck, he would not feel it.
"Does it hurt?" Nanzhi asked tentatively.
Her heart was in her throat again.
Ah Xuan's face was expressionless and he smiled lightly: "It doesn't hurt."
How can this be?
Nanzhi didn't believe it, so he injected a few more acupuncture points in sequence. Ah Xuan just cooperated obediently without any reaction.
Could it be that she was really worried?
But this face...
Just when Nanzhi was about to continue dropping the needle, A-Xuan's mother rushed in, held A-Xuan tightly in her arms, and said warily: "What are you doing?"
"No... Auntie, don't get me wrong. I just want to test whether A Xuan's eyes can still be cured." Nanzhi explained.
"If it can be cured, it has been cured long ago. How can I harm my own son?"
His mother raised Ah Xuan's face, looked around carefully for a few times, and then her expression softened after making sure that nothing was wrong.
"I know your grandpa is very good at medicine, but you are not your grandpa after all."
"I took Ah Xuan's eyes to the city to have them checked when he was a child. He was born with a disability and there is no possibility of recovery."
Ah Xuan's mother's distressed expression didn't look fake. Nanzhi breathed a sigh of relief and could only apologize.
"Mom, I'm fine. My sister's prick doesn't hurt."
Ah Xuan's voice was very gentle. He lay in the woman's arms and smiled at Nanzhi.
At that moment, Nanzhi felt a little regretful.
Maybe she really was overthinking, how could such an innocent young man be that lunatic like Leng Lie?
If it was really cold, he was afraid that he would break her hand as early as the first injection.
Nanzhi laughed at himself, laughing at himself that all plants and trees were soldiers.
"I'm sorry, auntie, I made my own decision."
Lin Ya felt that Nanzhi's behavior was weird from the beginning, but she still helped her daughter and said, "Doctor, it's an occupational disease. Xiaozhi is kind-hearted."
Ah Xuan took his mother's hand and said coquettishly like a child, "I'm hungry."
Three words completely reminded her.
Ah Xuan's mother hurriedly ran to the kitchen, where she was still simmering chicken soup!
At noon in the small town, the sun was warm.
The five of them gathered around the dining table, talking and laughing.
Xuan's father went to sea and could not come back several times a year. There was only an old man and a child in the house, and Xuan's mother also felt empty.
"Yaya, are you going to stay this time and not leave?"
Ah Xuan's mother asked.
"If I don't leave, Xiaozhi is planning to open a medical clinic. By the way, is there a house for rent nearby?" Lin Ya asked.
"Yes, there is a store opposite where my mother sells vegetables. You want me to introduce it to you."
