Chapter 1 Conversation with Wild Boars
The winter in the hilly areas of Guanzhong is cold and long. The four consecutive years of drought have left large areas of land exposed to the sun, and the wind blows up the dust. , the sky became gray.
The world has become a world of loess. People can only cowardly survive in the dust. Some people have died and will be covered by loess before long.
The tall Qinling Mountains have been a barrier dividing the north from the south since ancient times. High ridges and high mountains allow loess dust to fall on the sunny side of the mountains and prevent southward invasion!
Lantian County is at the foot of the Qinling Mountains. It is as cold as the Loess Plateau. Because of the Qinling Mountains and the fact that it is at the source of the river, it is not arid. Although most of it is mountainous, in this idea it is considered A rare land of fish and rice in Guanzhong.
A thin line of green mist wraps around the mountainside, slowly blowing in the morning breeze, making the snow-capped Jade Mountain appear and disappear.
In the village at the foot of the mountain, two cock crows occasionally came from the village. The crow could not penetrate the mist and was firmly locked at the foot of the mountain, eventually turning into a low whimpering sound.
Different from the snow-capped Yushan Mountain, surrounded by green pines and cypresses, there is a bare mountain beside it.
This mountain was originally covered with trees like other mountains. It was only because the Yun family had been cutting firewood here for many years that it became a bare mountain.
It is said to be a bare mountain, but in fact it is still covered with grass, but compared with the lush Jade Mountain, it seems a bit inconspicuous.
A small, round black spot appeared at the foot of Bald Mountain. First, he looked up at the tall Jade Mountain, and then he began to climb Mount Bald firmly.
The skylight gradually became brighter, and Yun Zhao’s little face became clearer and clearer. A pair of black eyes that seemed to be able to narrow the light made it impossible to look away.
The body is too young, so Yun Zhao needs to use his hands and feet to overcome the slippery ground and push his body to the top of the mountain.
The equipment he wears is not suitable for mountain climbing, whether it is Yun Zhaole's silkworm-like cotton-padded jacket, thick cotton trousers, clumsy cotton shoes, or a ancestral hat tied around his head. The red tiger head hat has become an obstacle for him to climb the mountain.
However, he still climbed the mountain.
It’s just that there are already guests on the bluestone board where we usually sit.
Yun Zhao still moved to the edge of the bluestone with difficulty, so a guest took the initiative to make some room for him.
After Da Ma Jin Dao sat down, Yun Zhao took a long breath. He was too small and had insufficient lung capacity, so he did not have the effect of exhaling into an arrow.
The bluestone slab is the sunniest place in winter. The sun is still behind Yushan Mountain at this time. Yun Zhao raised his face and let the early morning Bo Xi fall on his rosy fat face. After a long time, He said to the guest next to him: "Do you know who I am?"
The guest was indifferent. Only a little guest leaned against him and rubbed hard against him.Yun Zhao immediately sat down on the ground.
There was still some residual snow on the ground. Yun Zhao did not feel any pain. He patted the snow foam on his butt and sat back on the bluestone.
The guests didn't like to hear him talk, so he kept his mouth shut. In the days when this winter was about to pass, sunbathing was more important than anything else.
The little guest is easy to talk to, but the big guest is not easy to talk to. Whether it is his fur as hard as armor, the two fangs protruding from his mouth, and the dozen or so teeth that remain after fighting with the leopard. The scars all proved that he was the owner of this bluestone, and Yun Zhao was a dispensable guest.
A little wild boar with a pattern on its back had just emerged from under its mother's belly. Its belly was bulging, and there were still two drops of sperm left in the corner of its mouth. Invite him to drink sweet wine.
Yun Zhao thanked the person for their kindness, and politely took out a piece of millet bun from his arms and handed it to the little wild boar.
The big wild boar stood up in a hurry, stretched out its long nose and sniffed the millet buns on Yun Zhao's hand vigorously. Not noticing anything was wrong, it slowly climbed down again and continued to breastfeed the other few. An underfed little wild boar.
Yun Zhao broke up the buns and fed them to the little wild boar bit by bit. The little wild boar ate happily.
“I actually don’t know who I am, so I became someone else’s son in a daze...
I always feel that something is not quite right about the world, or that something is not quite right about me. , in short, someone made a big mistake.
Xiao Liu, tell me, is it me or the world?
I have been wrong for the past six months. I'm pretending to be a fool and don't dare to speak. I'm afraid that if I say the wrong thing, I'll be regarded as a monster and drowned.
But I can't do it if I don't speak. I, the silly son of a landlord, have long been famous. If I continue to pretend Stupid, I think my nominal mother may be stupid before me.
A widow with a naturally stupid son has only one way to survive. < /p>
She is not really tough like your mother. Even if you lose your father, she can still take good care of you.
That woman is not as tough as she is. It was all an act. Only when she hugged me and cried in the middle of the night could I see the hesitation and misery in her eyes.
You may not know that I am the widow’s only hope. She has been having a hard time in the past few years. There are always people who want to adopt their sons to her, in the name of taking care of me, a fool. Do you want me to become smarter? ”
The little wild boar seemed to have no time to listen to Yun Zhao's nonsense. He had just finished eating the millet buns, and the smell of the food made him want to stop, so at this moment, he was licking Yun Zhao's hand.
The sun slowly rose, and the bluestone became warmer. More piglets had their stomachs full, and began to stand on the edge of the bluestone to bask in the sun, while the huge wild boar seemed Already asleep.
The little wild boars are very well-behaved and attractive. They squatted beside Yun Zhao one by one, and together they looked at the rising red sun and pondered the meaning of life.
The red sun poked its head out from the mountainside of Yushan Mountain, hanging there lazily and feebly. There was originally some faint cold mist in the valley, but when the sun came out, it stopped slowly. Slowly dispersed.
Once the world becomes bright, everything is illuminated brightly. After the dark thoughts are steamed by the sunshine, the world becomes very boring.
The other side of the mountain is still a mountain, with only a gap leading to the distance. After twists and turns, it is blocked by hills.
The smoke from the villages at the foot of the mountain is curling up. In fact, the smoke does not bring people any good food, it is nothing more than some thin gruel that can reflect the figures of people.
In winter, there is not much work to do. People in Guanzhong who follow the principle of eating dry when busy and eating thin when free will never waste a grain of food.
So, such a breakfast has no appeal to Yun Zhao...
The big wild boar is actually very warm, so Yun Zhao leans on the wild boar's belly. The wild boar in winter is very warm. Fleas are rare. There are many hot springs at the foot of Jade Mountain that smell of sulfur. The wild boars that bathe more diligently than humans are naturally cleaner than humans.
Although they have been together for half a year, the wild boar has not yet been able to answer Yun Zhao's words. Perhaps, they feel that talking to this monster with a black body and a red head that walks on two feet is not a threat to them. This is a very low-price behavior.
“Her son is a fool himself. When I came over, his head was empty and he didn’t hold anything.
Except for some instinctive awareness of eating and drinking, he still existed. , as clean as a piece of white paper, like a body specially prepared for me.
This makes me feel a little guilty, and I don’t know whether it was me who deprived him of his life, or him. You are using me secretly.
Do you think I should use this body with dignity?
Tell me, do I look like a thief? ?”
The big wild boar grunted dissatisfiedly, kicked its itchy belly a few times with its hind legs, turned over, and let the sun bake the other side of its body.
Talking while basking in the sun will arouse more resentment. Yun Zhao is a polite person. Even if he really wanted to talk, he kept his mouth shut again.
In the haziness, the big wild boar behind Yun Zhao suddenly stood up and let out a piercing scream. Yun Zhao's small body was overturned by the wild boar, and he fell to pieces. He heard an even more shrill female voice shouting - "My son..."
Yun Zhao just got up and saw a woman wearing a blue double-breasted coat rushing from a piece of cake at an extremely fast speed. Jumped out from behind the big rock, holding a wooden fork in his hand, and rushed towards the huge wild boar bravely.
A dozen big men followed her, but they seemed unable to outrun the girl with small feet.People, or unwilling to run past women...
The wild boar hissed, and the eight little wild boars quickly got under the mother's belly. The smoke billowed and they ran wildly down the other side of the hillside. Soon, they were Disappeared into the low bushes.
This is just a daily game for wild boars, and they have experienced this kind of thing many times. Yun Zhao was not interested in watching this scene.
However, Yun Zhao could see clearly that the woman in blue had a ferocious face and was running wildly while shouting to scare the wild boar, foaming at the mouth... It looked like she was really scared!
The wild boar ran away, and the woman threw away the wooden fork, hugged Yun Zhao into her arms, and howled like a pig being killed.
"My son, if you have something wrong with you, how can you let me live? You are a god, why are you going up the mountain before dawn? I am scared to death... ”
Yun Zhao stared blankly at the woman whose face was covered with tears and snot. Somehow, he felt warm in his heart. Then he raised his hand to wipe the sweat, tears and snot from the woman’s face. , but these things were rubbed more and more, and they were close to the woman's chest, and she could still feel her beating heart.
"Auntie, I'm fine, these pigs are my friends."
The woman continued to howl loudly, hugging Yun Zhao hard with both hands, as if she wanted to press him in Normal in the body.
She didn't hear anything Yun Zhao said. Fear seized her consciousness, and she just wanted to protect her lost son in her arms.
After regaining consciousness for a while, he wiped the tears on his face, hugged Yun Zhao and looked at the men fiercely: "Did you lure my son here?"
A man in Tsing Yi reluctantly held up his hands and said: "Madam of the Yun family, you really don't do our business. Your young man is sick and likes to run to the mountains on weekdays. Why are you blaming us?"
p>After hearing these words, Yun Niang became even more angry. She pointed at the leading man and said: "Yun Qi, you can't be the one who did it. You have been plotting against my orphans and widowed mother for more than a day or two. Now, I want to Do you want to kill my son so that you can achieve your goal of adopting your stupid son?
Let me tell you clearly, even if my son is gone, you will never even think about it. I will burn down the Yun family’s house with a fire. I won’t leave you even a penny!”
Yun Qi said angrily: “You have given birth to a stupid son, which has completely ruined the Yun family’s face. Over the years, the Yun family’s fields and waterways have been destroyed. , Shandi, how much of Chaishan has been occupied by people named Qian?
It’s because the leader of the Yun clan is a fool. He adopted my son to you. It’s not as dirty as you think, it’s for our Yun clan. , so that I, the Yun family, will no longer be bullied."
Yun Niang sneered: "Is your son better than mine?"
Yun Qi snorted coldly. She said in a voice: "You love your son so much, first let your son call you mother!"
Yun Niang looked at her son in her arms with a guilty conscience, but found that his son was looking at her with a smile, He rolled his big black eyes and shouted loudly."Mom!"
Yunniang was ecstatic, hugging Yun Zhao tightly, her lips falling on her son's face like raindrops. After kissing enough, she laughed and said to Yun Qi: "Who will do it in the future? If you dare to call my son a fool again, I will tear his mouth open, take back all the land rented to them, and starve you bunch of heartless poor people to death."
Yun Qi. He stared at Yun Zhao in Yun Niang's arms for a long time, then cupped his hands and said, "It's not that big of a deal to call you Niang, it's just that you can read!"
Yun Zhao hugged his mother's neck to avoid it. Kai Yunqi's eyes asked: "Mom, how about I study with my husband tomorrow?"
"Okay, okay, okay, mother will hire the best gentleman for you tomorrow!"
Yunniang's smile floated from the root of her neck, quickly spread to the whole body, and finally overflowed on her face. She didn't know where the strength came from, but her pair of thin arms actually lifted the fat Yun Zhao high, using all her strength. He yelled at all the men present with all his strength: "My son is going to study. My son is not a fool!"
Yun Qi was stunned, and after a long while he murmured: "Your son is possessed. I just saw him talking to the wild boar spirit. He is a monster!"
Yun Niang chuckled and said, "Even if I am possessed by an evil spirit, it is the evil of the Yun family's ancestors who are looking at me. I am an orphan and a widowed mother, so I sent this wild boar spirit to enlighten my son.
Yun Qi, listen to me. From today on, all the paddy fields owned by your tenants will be taken back. If you want to eat, Go to the dry mountain to hunt for food. If you dare to frame my son again, I will ask you to become a monk and you will be beaten to death!" Yun Qi said angrily: "The Yun family is not yours alone. "
Yun Niang sneered: "Even if we want to open the ancestral hall, we have to wait until next autumn. You can survive the lean years of next year first."
After speaking, She hugged Yun Zhao and took the lead down the Tushan Mountain. Her heart was so happy that she stared at her son in her arms without blinking. The wind was blowing under her feet. She wished she could step back to Yunjiazhuang in one step and announce to everyone that she The son born is not a fool.
Yun Zhao lay in his mother's arms, resting his head on her shoulder, looking at the group of wild boars that had turned around the foot of the mountain, waving to them goodbye from a distance.
From today on, he completely let go of his heart and integrated with this body wholeheartedly.
From today on, he will be this woman’s son, named Yunzhao!