Looking at the dark and strange food in his hand, Lin Yang subconsciously felt a sense of resistance in his heart. He instinctively felt that this was not edible food.
The girl just stared at him blankly, as if waiting for him to eat.
Lin Yang hesitated for a while, put the food to his mouth, opened his mouth, but finally gave up and put the food back into the bamboo basket.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Lan suddenly seemed a little anxious.
"Brother, why don't you eat? Aren't you hungry?"
Lin Yang shook his head. He couldn't speak and could only refuse with simple body language.
For some reason, when he put down the food, he seemed to see a very disappointed look on the girl's face, but it was only for a moment, and he didn't know if it was an illusion.
Lin Yang didn't eat, and Xiaolan didn't force him. After a few more instructions, Lin Yang went back to bed to rest, and left soon after.
Lin Yang was the only one left in the room. Taking advantage of the fact that he was conscious now and his body was relatively relaxed, after a while after Xiaolan left, Lin Yang quietly got up from the bed and slowly walked to the door.
.
He didn't know why, but he was full of curiosity about this place. He didn't know who he was or why he appeared here. He wanted to know what exactly this place was.
When he reached the door, he looked outside the room.
From the moment he regained consciousness, it had been very dark here, as if there had never been bright daylight.
It was dark outside, and you could see the outline of the mountains in the distance under the dark sky. There was no sun or cold moon in the sky.
The place he was in seemed to be a village in the mountains. There were scattered houses and many people could be seen moving around. All of this was very strange to Lin Yang, but he didn't know why.
, and he had a feeling that he seemed to be a member of this place.
After watching for a while, his consciousness began to become a little drowsy again, and Lin Yang had no choice but to return to the bed.
Soon, as his mind became heavier, his consciousness fell into darkness again.
It wasn't until the sound of footsteps suddenly sounded in his ears, accompanied by the conversation between Xiaolan and the old couple, that he finally slowly opened his eyes.
His body was twitching uncontrollably, and accompanied by severe pain all over his body, he couldn't help but howl.
Seeing this, the old man hurriedly brought the clay pot and repeated his trick, smearing the black mud in the pot on his body.
When his whole body was covered with black mud, the cold chill made the pain subside, and he was put back on the bed.
The old man took one look, sighed softly, helped the old woman and quickly left the house.
Xiaolan brought a bowl, fed Lin Yang some water, seemed to be doing some kind of praying movements, and then left quickly.
Just like last time, the pain on his body disappeared and was replaced by an icy chill, which made Lin Yang's consciousness very clear, but he was unable to control his body to make any reaction.
Although the pain disappeared, he became more and more confused.
This severe pain would come as scheduled every day, and it seemed that he had to use this black mud every time to relieve the pain. It seemed that he could only live in pain every day.
He didn't even know what he had done or what had caused him to be in such pain.
And after this short-term pain, there was still a very restless feeling. Unfortunately, he was only conscious now, but could not control his body. Otherwise, he would definitely want to do something in this extremely restless feeling.
What.
In this way, another long night passed between half asleep and half awake.
The next day, when Lin Yang woke up, Xiaolan walked in carrying a wooden basin.
She placed the wooden basin next to the bed, helped Lin Yang up, and helped him tear off the dry and hard black mud from his body. She also found a piece of cloth and soaked it with some water, and helped Lin Yang wipe his body again.
"Brother, are you feeling better?"
After doing all this, Xiaolan asked with great concern.
Lin Yang nodded and felt that his body became much more relaxed.
"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"
Xiaolan asked again, with a very hopeful look in her smart eyes, and she looked straight at Lin Yang.
Lin Yang subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when he saw Xiaolan's eyes, he hesitated and nodded.
Xiaolan immediately stood up in surprise and ran towards the door.
"I'm going to get food right now."
Soon, Xiaolan ran back again carrying a bamboo basket. There was still a piece of black-looking meat in the bamboo basket. Xiaolan personally picked up the meat and handed it to Lin Yang.
When Lin Yang saw this kind of food again, even though he felt very hungry, he still didn't want to eat it.
But in order not to let Xiaolan down, he finally took the food, brought it to his mouth, opened his mouth and took a bite.
Unexpectedly, I originally thought that this kind of food would be difficult to swallow, after all, it doesn’t look good.
But when Lin Yang took a bite, he found that the dark meat was not as unpalatable as it looked on the surface. On the contrary, it seemed to taste pretty good.
It is very soft in the mouth, like some kind of pasta, but the texture is definitely that of meat. When you eat it, you will immediately feel a lingering aroma in your mouth, which will stimulate your taste buds and secrete saliva.
After tasting the taste, Lin Yang quickly ate all the food.
After eating, he burped comfortably, and Xiaolan immediately brought him a glass of water and asked him to drink it.
At this moment, Lin Yang finally felt a sense of relaxation that he had never felt before, as if all the fatigue and fatigue in his body had been perfectly released at this moment.
But for some reason, there was a particularly weird feeling in his heart, but he couldn't figure out what the reason for this feeling was.
He was obviously very relaxed now, but he unconsciously felt the restlessness in his heart, and he was also a little uneasy.
After resting for a while, Xiaolan offered to take him for a walk outside. Lin Yang nodded without thinking.
With Xiaolan supporting him, he quickly walked out of the house and came outside.
The place where their family of four lives is a very simple courtyard, with three dilapidated tile-roofed houses on the muddy land. Many places are very dilapidated.
Under the gloomy sky, Lin Yang's feet stepped on the soft mud, feeling a sense of down-to-earth that he had not seen for a long time, and he did not care too much about his living environment.
He looked into the distance and could see many people working hard in the fields in the distance.
But it was a pity that Xiaolan only took him for a while in the yard. After blowing in the cool breeze, she took him back and let him continue to rest on the bed.
And through Xiaolan's words, Lin Yang finally understood why he suffered painful torture every day.
According to Xiaolan, he has a strange disease that he was born with. It will attack every night after falling asleep, causing twitching and excruciating pain all over his body.
In order to cure his illness, his parents prayed to God and prayed to Buddha, and finally met an expert who gave him advice. They had to mix several medicines and pound them into black mud, and then smear it all over his body when he got sick. Repeat this until one day
You can recover in a day.
This is why the old couple leaves home every day to search for herbs in the mountains, and they don't come back until it's almost time for dinner.
And days like this have been going on for many years.
Lin Yang's memory only started to be able to remember things the day before. He didn't know why he woke up at this time. He just listened to Xiaolan telling his story and didn't think there was anything strange about it.
.
But when he thought about getting sick every night and not knowing how long it would last, he felt very tired in his heart, as if his whole body had no strength.
Fortunately, Xiaolan was with him and was caring, which relieved Lin Yang's heavy heart a lot.
Time passed like this day by day, and under the painful torture every night, Lin Yang counted the days with his fingers as each day came.
Soon, until half a year later, his body seemed to be getting better, and he was now able to walk freely, without the previous feeling of fatigue and powerlessness.
On this day, when Xiaolan once again skillfully helped Lin Yang remove the black mud from his body, she was about to help him scrub his body.
Lin Yang took the wet cloth in his hand first.
"I'll do it myself!"
Xiaolan froze on the spot, with a stunned look on her face, and then a long moment passed before she suddenly showed a look of surprise.
"Brother, what did you just say?"
Lin Yang was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth.
"I……"
He also suddenly realized something was wrong.
He was actually able to speak.
Xiaolan immediately stood up excitedly and ran out of the door, but she ran to the door and turned back.
She was so excited that she forgot that her parents were no longer at home, and had gone to the mountains early to collect medicine. Now they were the only ones at home.
Lin Yang tried to say something again. He always felt like there was something stuck in his throat when he wanted to speak, making him unable to speak any words normally. But now that feeling was no longer there.
When did it completely disappear.
"Xiao...Xiaolan..."
He first tried calling Xiaolan's name, and found that his voice did indeed come out clearly from his mouth. Lin Yang suddenly became pleasantly surprised.
He can really speak!
But for some reason, the sound coming out of his mouth gave him a very strange feeling.
Is it because you haven’t spoken for so long that your original voice is unfamiliar?
Lin Yang didn't think much about it. Now that he could speak, he could finally communicate with Xiaolan and other people, and he could express the depression in his heart and no longer feel depressed in his heart.
When Xiaolan heard Lin Yang calling her name, she hugged Lin Yang happily.
Feeling the warm touch coming from his body, Lin Yang felt that this moment was very warm.
In the evening, Xiaolan prepared the meal, and her parents quickly came back. When they heard that Lin Yang could speak, they both looked very happy.
This was the first good thing that happened to Lin Yang after he regained consciousness. The whole family was immersed in joy.
In this way, time flew by and one year passed quickly.
For Lin Yang, although he experiences pain every day, his life is getting better day by day.
Since he was able to speak, his physical fatigue and fatigue gradually decreased, until he was able to move freely by himself.
However, Lin Yang's scope of activities is limited to the yard of his home.
It's not that he doesn't want to get out of the house and take a look at the scenery outside.
But every time Lin Yang mustered up the courage to go out, after a while, he would feel more and more restless in his heart, as if he had lost the shelter of his family, and the outside world would only make him uneasy.
An indescribable sense of crisis.
Under Xiaolan's meticulous care every day, apart from getting sick and having accidents every night, Lin Yang became more and more like a normal person.
Over the past year, after getting used to this kind of life, Lin Yang would originally have doubts and confusion about his identity, but this feeling became increasingly weak.
Through communication, he knew that he was not Xiaolan's real brother, nor the biological flesh and blood of the old couple, but because they could treat him as a real family member, he no longer thought about his identity.
Until one day, Lin Yang's health was almost recovered. During dinner in the evening, the old couple brought up something and planned for him and Xiaolan to get married.
This sudden news made Xiaolan feel so shy that she didn't even dare to look at Lin Yang.
Looking at the old couple's increasingly older faces, I thought of how they insisted on going to the mountains every day to collect medicine for themselves and treat their illnesses.
Coupled with Xiaolan's meticulous care for so long, Lin Yang agreed naturally without much thought.
The news soon spread throughout the village, and the happy day was quickly decided.
It's just that according to the customs in the village, because Lin Yang is not a blood relative of the old couple, and is nominally the same as a bride-in-law, before getting married, he must leave here and go live with another family in the village for some time until the day of the wedding.
Come back and go through the process of welcoming the bride.
Considering that Lin Yang was ill and not suitable for staying outside, after discussion as a family, they decided to cure Lin Yang's illness the night before the wedding and then let him go to another family in the village.
, wait until dawn before coming to welcome the bride.
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This is the first time that Lin Yang has truly walked out of the house. His body still smells of medicine, but Lin Yang is used to it.
He was holding a piece of red cloth in his hand, which he wanted to tie on his chest as a red flower when welcoming the bride.
In this world where there is no distinction between day and night, and the sky is always very gloomy, Lin Yang mustered up the courage, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and walked out of the house.
The sound of dogs barking came from the distance in the village. At this time, there were still two hours of brighter daylight, but Lin Yang always had an indescribable feeling.
Snap!
Snap!
He could clearly hear his footsteps, stepping on the soil and stepping on dead branches and leaves.
Bang...bang...bang...
He didn't know why, but he seemed to feel that his heartbeat was getting faster and faster, a little out of control.
Every time he walked out of the house, he felt more and more restless.
At this time, he had already walked out of the house for some distance. He stopped and looked back at his home. The dilapidated house was looming in the darkness, and there was a chill in the air.
Shivering, Lin Yang clenched the red cloth in his hand, turned around and continued walking forward.