Deer in deep forest

Chapter 32 Warm Mu City
Tang Su's situation is indeed not as serious as Xi Guang imagined.

However, a broken bone, and a big bump on the back of the head, these add up to a lot of trouble for an elderly lady.

Gu Yanshu and Xiguang rushed to the hospital in the early morning and saw that Tang Su had fallen asleep without disturbing them, they sat on the bench outside and waited for dawn.

When Xi Guang came back from buying breakfast, Tang Su had already woken up, and Gu Yanshu was sitting on the chair in front of the hospital bed chatting with her.They seemed to be talking happily, Tang Su's face was full of smiles.

Xi Guang was still watching from outside the door, and Aunt Qin also came over, she saw Gu Yanshu at a glance, and unexpectedly knew him too.

Aunt Qin said to Xiguang: "When you just started school, Teacher Tang caught a cold. I said a young man came to the yard, and he called Teacher Tang grandma. He was the one. I also met him a few times later. He often comes to Nanyao. Xiguang, is this your relative?"

Xi Guang had mixed feelings in his heart and couldn't explain it clearly, so he said, "It's sort of it."

Gu Yanshu had already seen her outside the door, with a very shallow smile on her lips.

As for why Tang Su fell suddenly, Xi Guang heard a rough idea from the neighbors in the neighborhood.

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Tang, who had nothing to do, watched Wang Mazi and others play chess by the side of the road, while smoking a cigarette, while observing the overall situation in silence.The fight on the chessboard was fierce and exciting, which aroused Teacher Tang's emotions. She was secretly anxious, but she upheld the gentleman's demeanor of watching the chess without saying a word, and never spoke to disturb the situation.

Until Wang Mazi missed the opportunity in the last car, Teacher Tang slapped his thigh and stood up. In agitation, for some reason, his left foot tripped over his right leg, and his body tilted and fell to the ground.

Wang Mazi was so frightened that the chessboard was overturned, so the game was abandoned, and there was no solution.

From then on, the fame of Nanyao Heroine was ruined once.

Xi Guang peeled the apple and said, "You are really good at it."

Tang Su said: "This time it's just a shipwreck in the gutter, it's nothing, don't worry." She picked up the small round mirror on the cabinet and looked at it, and said: "Why is my hair growing white again? I'll look at it myself when I'm discharged from the hospital someday." Dye it."

Xi Guang listened to her inadvertent words, and the apple peel broke.

After talking for a long time, Tang Su became sleepy, and fell asleep again not long after.

Xi Guang suddenly realized that the person on the hospital bed was already old, and his spirit was not as good as before.As long as there is a problem with the body of the elderly, no matter how small the problem is, it will be easily destroyed.What's more, no matter how strong and tough Tang Su was after being injured for a hundred days, he couldn't resist the pace of time.Her hair will be gray, her wrinkles will grow, and her hands will gradually wither, stripped of moisture and luster, and become like dead branches frozen in the frost of the twelfth lunar month.

Man can never resist time and aging.

Until one day, life came to an end and left this grand and barren world.

Gu Yanshu, who had been sitting by the side reading the newspaper, stood up, took the apple and the knife in Xiguang's hand, and continued to peel. His movements were smooth and fast.

Xi Guang was still in a daze, her lips felt cold, she opened her mouth unconsciously, and ate a piece of diced apple into her mouth.After chewing it twice before realizing it, he stared at Gu Yanshu with wide eyes in astonishment.

He just fed her apples.

"Birth, old age, sickness and death are beyond the control of each of us. Grandma has been living a free and easy life, and she is living the life she wants, as long as she enjoys herself and returns with no regrets." He seemed to see through her depression at a glance, and comforted her like this.

The apples are sweet and sour and have a nice taste.

After Tang Su was discharged from the hospital, the three returned home.

Gu Yanshu didn't mention when he was going to leave, so Xiguang naturally wouldn't ask, but worried about vacating a guest room for him.She looked at the mountains of sundries in front of her, including rattle drums, costumes, cigarette boxes, tools for sugar blowers, and stacks of dusty exercise books and homework books, and she couldn't help admiring Tang Su's extensive interest.

Gu Yanshu stood at the door, saw this scene, and said, "I can sleep in the car."

Tang Su came over in the wheelchair, and said decisively: "There is no bed in the car to sleep comfortably, Xi Guang sleeps with me, and give up the room to Xiao Gu."

Xi Guang didn't dare to have any objections, went back to her room and made the bed, and put away the few men's clothes that Gu Yanshu took from the car.

He looks like he's ready to stay.

Xiguang's room is simple and tidy.

A few vocabulary lists and mathematical formulas are pasted on the wall. The paper is slightly damp, the ink is smudged, and the color is yellowish, and the shadows of the past can be vaguely seen.The desk is near the window, and the wood color is a bit old. The sky blue floral cotton silk fabric is spread on the table top, and the four corners are fixed with thumbtacks. The bamboo pen holder is placed on it, and there are a pair of wood-carved elk beside it. Lifelike and very cute.

The largest area is the bookcase, which is divided into upper and lower parts. The upper grid is filled with books, and the lower is several large and small storage boxes.

Gu Yanshu took out a book casually, flipped through it, and put it back in its original place.

The sound insulation effect of the old house is not good, the low voice from the next room comes over, it seems to be whispering, intermittent, can't hear the content clearly, like spring eating mulberry, it seems more and more quiet at night.

Gu Yanshu was attracted by a small brown iron box sandwiched between the books. He hesitated for a second with his fingers on it, but he still pulled it out involuntarily.

There is a picture of Winnie the Pooh printed on the lid, and there is a soda cracker label on the bottom of the box.Gu Yanshu opened it, and inside were several bus ticket stubs between Nanyao and City A. The two oldest ones were six years ago.His name was written all over the back, stroke by stroke, neatly, like a print.

After she left that year, did she ever worry about going back to see him secretly?

Gu Yanshu was silent for a long time, standing in front of the bookcase, the protruding finger bones holding the iron box were almost transparent bluish white under the orange light in the room.

Xi Guang knocked on the door outside, holding a glass of milk in his hand, and said: "You haven't had a good rest these days, drinking this will help you sleep, go to rest early." Almost spilled.

Gu Yanshu didn't move for a while, and asked after a while: "Are you doing this out of guilt?"

Xi Guang was speechless, lowered her head, and there was a light gray shadow under her eyelids.She put the glass on the table and never spoke again.

Xi Guang lifted the quilt, lay down next to Tang Su and curled up into a ball, turned sideways and asked her: "Grandma, what do you think is the best love?"

Tang Su was reading a martial arts novel wearing presbyopic glasses, thought for a while, and said, "Just like Guo Xiang did to Yang Guo. At the age of 16, in the youth of jade, I met Yang Guo for the first time at Fengling Ferry, and I missed my whole life. Later, Yang Guo and Xiaolongnv both Going back to seclusion, Guo Xiang never married, became a nun and founded the Emei School, and she named her successor Fengling."

Tang Su said: "Admiration but not obsession, there is room for affection. Have fun when you have the opportunity to get along, let go when you have no chance to separate, and don't give each other difficulties and harm."

Xi Guang asked, "What if you hurt him to protect him?"

Tang Su was stumped by this tangled question, and asked back: "The starting point is because you love him?"

Xi Guang replied without thinking: "Yes." As soon as she said the words, she suddenly realized what she had admitted.

Fortunately, Tang Su didn't care about this at all. He was as serious as he was doing academic research, and continued to think: "The reason for hurting him is to protect him, and the starting point is to love him... This may not be the best love, but at least it should be It's a love worth cherishing..."

"No." Tang Su supported his glasses and asked, "Girl, do you have someone in your heart?"

Xi Guang said, "I've always had you in my heart."

Tang Su threw the book away, smiled cunningly, and asked tentatively, "It's Xiao Gu, right?"

"Grandma, why did you and Yanshu know each other?" Xiguang was always puzzled, and finally took the opportunity to ask.

Tang Su said: "A few days after you started school, Xiao Gu suddenly appeared in Nanyao. I was also surprised at the time. He just said that he was your friend and wanted to come and have a look. Later, he often came to talk to me, heh , anyway, he came back more diligently than you. He said he didn't need to tell you about it, so I never mentioned it to you. "

Tang Su's words were a little sour: "I caught a cold several times, and he always came to see me, but I didn't see you."

Xi Guang was wronged, and said: "You keep hiding it from me every time, and I'm not clairvoyant, so how could I know." Although Aunt Qin tipped off the news, it is inevitable that there will be times of negligence.

Xiguang helped Tang Su to lie down, and was careful about her right leg, feeling really ashamed.

Xi Guang said: "Grandma, if you miss me in the future, just call me and I will return to Nanyao immediately."

"Don't be sensational," Tang Su snorted disdainfully, "Why did I call you back? Xiao Gu is much better than you, he is good at chess, he writes beautifully with a calligraphy brush, and he also knows a little bit of Peking opera, Shaoxing opera, and Huangmei ditty. He can answer whatever you say. You are far behind him, so it’s better to call him than you.”

Xi Guang asked, "Is it my grandma?"

Tang Su laughed anxiously, and coughed a few times. After coughing, she stroked her chest and sighed: "It will be much more lively when you come back..." Her happiness was written on her face, and she kept smiling.

Xi Guang touched the switch button on the wall and said, "I turned off the light."

The room became dark, at this point Tang Su was about to fall asleep, and before going to bed, he said: "Girl, you must strive to be with Xiao Gu, he is so good, if it is for nothing to take advantage of other girls, grandma will really sleep at night Don't feel it."

Xi Guang had three black lines floating across his forehead.

(End of this chapter)