cold jade

6

6.

Another year of winter, the twelfth lunar month has not yet passed, and the war has begun again.

Fortunately, the place where Hanyu lived was deep in the mountains and old forests, so that he avoided the turmoil of war.

"I knew I should have bought more food, clothes and cotton wadding a few years ago. Now that the army is in chaos, it is unknown when I will be able to leave the mountain. I don't know if I can survive this winter." Hanyu sat on the bed, sorting out a pile of clothes, Fold them one by one and put them in a wooden box next to the bed.

Without a means of transportation, it is difficult for him to move an inch, and he can only sit or lie on the bed all day long.

Mr. Gao sat on the horse-drawn horse, stirred the charcoal in the iron basin, and the flames sprang up, driving away some of the cold air.

"Hey, I don't know how many more people are going to die. I just hope we can escape by hiding in the mountains. There are still a lot of dry corn cobs at home. Let's all save them." The old man stood up straight on his knees, his back bent.Compared with the previous few months, the old man is obviously older, and his movements are not smooth.He walked to the bed, touched Han Yu's forehead, supported his shoulder and said, "Take a break, don't sit still, it's still hot."

Hanyu hooked Grandpa Gao's neck with one hand, supported his body with the other and lay down slowly, turned his upper body over, turned his head and watched Grandpa Gao straighten his twisted lower limbs.

"Grandpa, you are so kind to me."

Old Man Gao sighed: "They are all hard-fated people. I am old and cannot be with Shan'er for a long time. You have to eat well and take care of your body. If you want to live a long life, you have to be with Shan'er, understand?" Touching Hanyu's head, he said with pity: "I will hand over Shan'er to you, you have to take good care of him, you know? That kid is honest. He is honest when he speaks well, but he is a fool if he speaks poorly, and he has a hard head. Go all the way to the end, since he likes you, he will never let you down, and you can't let him down either."

Han Yu nodded and said, "I know, Grandpa."

The back of Mr. Gao's hands was thin and his veins were exposed. He patted Hanyu's back tremblingly to help him relieve the stiffness in his back.To take care of Hanyu, he felt powerless to some extent, and always had a premonition that his time was running out.

"I'm old, but I'm not confused. Back then when Sha Shan'er picked you up, I strongly opposed it. The clothes you're wearing are something we can't afford in our lifetime. Look at you and Mo Lan's delicate skin and tender flesh, Even though you are down and out, and you are very particular about how you behave, I feel in my heart that you are absolutely extraordinary, and I really don’t want to stir up the disputes between your powerful and powerful. Fate, you were seriously injured at the time, and I thought you would not survive. One trouble. I didn't know that your life was hard. You recovered and lived well. I thought, God will not accept you, so there is a reason for you to live, so I opened my eyes and closed my eyes. Now that you and Shan'er have come this far, I won't do such immoral things as beating mandarin ducks with clubs. You are fine. If there is a chance in the future, it will be better if you can let him stay for a while, if you don’t want to, I will also be buried at that time, out of sight and out of mind.”

Han Yu turned sideways, raised her hand and pressed the back of old man Gao's thin hand.

"You will live a long life, Grandpa."

Mr. Gao smiled and said: "Emperors can't live a long life, let alone me. I said so much, just to say, no matter whether you can return to the world of glory and wealth in the future, remember not to disappoint Shan'er, this is me The old man's only request, or request."

Han Yu nodded and said: "I will, Grandpa, I will never disappoint Yuan Shan in this life."

Old man Gao smiled and said: "Lie down and rest for a while." He touched his hand into the bedding, nodded and said: "It's very dry, call me when you want to pee, Shan'er and Mo Lan are probably coming back, I will Go to the kitchen and cook."

Several layers of diapers were placed between Hanyu's legs to prevent urine leakage. I don't know if it's because of love, but since she has a regular night life, her incontinence has improved, and she can hold her urine for a short time. I used fixed-point palms to assist in massage and emptying, and I seldom peed my pants.

Hanyu was bored at leisure, moved to the edge of the bed with her elbows propped up, and fiddled with the objects in the box.

"Bang Dang" came the sound of a heavy object falling from the kitchen, Han Yu's heart suddenly rose to her throat, she turned her head to look outside the door, and shouted: "Grandpa, are you okay?"

There was a muffled sound of raw meat falling to the ground, and the sound of an iron pan falling to the ground. After the loud noise, there was a moment of silence.

Han Yu pricked up her ears and listened carefully, and called out a few more times: "Grandpa, Grandpa!"

There was no response, only the crackling of charcoal. Hanyu was anxious, and propped up her body with all her strength, and turned her body backwards. He turned over with difficulty and fell on the bed.After taking two breaths, he slowly moved to the side of the bed, propped his body sideways, and pushed off the bed one leg at a time.His legs were limp and weak, he pushed it down and landed on the ground, and his whole body also slid down by inertia.

With her legs entangled, Hanyu didn't have the mood to care about it, she lay on the ground with her elbows on the ground and moved towards the kitchen a little bit.The heavy lower body was like a heavy weight, he crawled very slowly, the more anxious and slower, the sweat dripped down his forehead, and there was a tingling pain in his eyes.

"Grandpa..." he shouted, desperately crawling forward.

After finally climbing to the kitchen, I saw Mr. Gao's face was pale, his eyes were closed, and his body was still twitching.He rushed over in a hurry, shook old man Gao, and said in a trembling voice, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me."

Mr. Gao clenched his teeth and fell into a coma.

Hanyu pulled over a low stool, climbed onto it and sat up, spread his legs flat, then supported the stool with his left armpit, grabbed old man Gao's arm with his right hand, and dragged the old man's body little by little. to his lap.

He felt a little exhausted, black mosquitoes were flying in front of his eyes, he was panting, he sat firmly on the stool, and slowly moved back with his hands.

Halfway through, his legs twitched due to excessive force. He was afraid of kicking the old man out, so he picked up the stool and slammed a few times on his crampy calves. The tossing legs were hit hard, and they really stopped.He looked indifferently at the unnatural valgus of his ankles, and continued to support himself and moved to the inner room.

There was a brazier in the room, and he leaned against the bed, pulled off the quilt on the bed, and wrapped the old man tightly.He didn't have the strength to push the old man of the Gao family onto the bed.

Powerless, can only wait in anxiety.He leaned against the bed to pant, touched his crotch with his hands only to find that it was already soaked, and his stumped legs began to shake like hell after being cold.Both ankles were dislocated, the insteps were sticking to the ground strangely, and when shaking, the toes swayed from side to side and rubbed against the ground.Sharp pain came from the injured back, Han Yu gritted her teeth, touched the old man's forehead, and shouted helplessly: "Yuanshan... you come back quickly..."

……

Heavy snow is flying, and it is difficult to find active animals in the mountains.Gao Yuanshan entered the deep mountain early in the morning, and returned empty-handed at noon, and walked to the designated place in frustration. Mo Lan had been waiting there for a long time, but his hands were also empty. When he looked up at him, he could not conceal his disappointment.

"I can't find anything to eat." Mo Lan was dejected, she ate a corn bun in the morning, and now she was so hungry that her chest stuck to her back.

Gao Yuanshan walked over and patted him on the back, watching his cheeks flushed from the cold, his cheeks were bleeding from the wind, and his lips were split open.The young man was originally handsome, but now he has become dark and thin. He has been exposed to wind and rain all day long, and his face has been damaged beyond recognition.

"It's okay. We still have bacon stored at home. As long as we can hunt a wild boar, we can survive the winter. With you, Brother Yuanshan, don't be afraid."

Mo Lan nodded, and was led back by Yuan Shan.

The two entered the room and patted the snowflakes on their bodies. Gao Yuanshan called into the room: "Grandpa, Hanyu, we are back."

Mo Lan: "We're back."

There was a slight gasp in the room, and then a weak voice, "Yuanshan..."

Gao Yuanshan's heart sank, and he ran into the house, only to see Hanyu lying on the ground looking at him, tightly hugging his grandfather who was wrapped in a quilt.

"Grandpa! Hanyu!" Gao Yuanshan rushed over.

"Put...grandpa...on...the bed, the ground...is too cold." Han Yu gritted her teeth, licked her dry lips, and said with difficulty.It was so cold on the ground, God knows how many times he convulsed and incontinent.

Gao Yuanshan picked up Old Man Gao and shouted, "Mo Lan, quickly pick up your uncle."

Mo Lan hurriedly took Han Yu's arm and put it on her shoulder, dragging him up.Han Yu was forcibly dragged up by him, and frowned, "It hurts..."

Mo Lan hurriedly let him lean on her body, supported his exhausted body, staggered onto the bed, and let him sit firmly against the head of the bed.When I helped him lift his feet, I saw that his feet were buckled inwards, the angle between the soles of the feet and the ankles was weird, and the ankles could be seen to be swollen severely through the socks.

"Uncle...your feet..." Mo Lan was too frightened to touch his legs.

Yuan Shan placed the old man on the inner side of the bed to lie down, quickly turned around and carefully held Han Yu's legs, took off his socks, and exposed the swollen wound.Ankle dislocated, skin chafed from crawling, toe kicking on stool during convulsive kicks that knocked off the nail cap of my right big toe.

The strong man subconsciously moved his eyes away, suppressed his tears, his lips trembled for a long time and did not speak.

Hanyu leaned on the pillow decadently, looked at Yuanshan's red eyes, touched the back of his hand comfortingly, and said softly: "It's okay...it doesn't hurt..."

"I... feel distressed..." Gao Yuanshan was already choked up while speaking, he closed his mouth for a long time before continuing: "It's my fault, I should have come back earlier." He looked at his wound in annoyance, his heart felt like a knife . "Hold up, I'll set your bones."

Han Yu raised his hand and touched his face, his face was full of beard stubble, Murong was haggard, and he couldn't help feeling distressed: "It's not your fault, it's because I'm too stupid. It's okay, really, it's useless anyway, it doesn't matter what kind of injury it does not matter."

Mo Lan hardly dared to look at Han Yu's feet, she turned her face away to resist the urge to cry, but her nasal cavity was sore and swollen, she couldn't hold it back.

How could a person who was once above the clouds end up in the field today?What are we doing wrong?God wants to punish us like this?The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, he gasped all by himself, with snot and tears streaming down his face.

Gao Yuanshan's hands were also trembling, and he felt a hesitation in his heart. He pushed his ankle into the joint cavity forcefully, and wrapped the injured part with a bandage.

Hanyu's back suddenly felt a sharp pain, as if his back had been knocked off again, he shuddered from the pain and cried out.Most of his body lost the sense of warmth and coldness, but retained the slight sense of pain.Although he couldn't feel the wounds of his lower limbs, the spasms of his legs often caused the wounds on his back, and the pain always caused him to die.

Gao Yuanshan helped him to lie down, and told Mo Lan: "Why are you crying? You are a man! Come here and change your uncle's pants, and help him pinch his legs and back so that he doesn't hurt so much." After speaking, he squatted on the bed, Observe the complexion of the old man.

The old man was short of breath and couldn't wake up no matter how much he screamed.Gao Yuanshan was very anxious. After taking care of his grandfather and Hanyu, he started to have a fever in the afternoon, and Hanyu also started to have a fever.

The cold wind was howling outside, and the mood inside was heavy.

Hanyu was in a coma for a while, and after waking up with distracted mind, Gao Yuanshan asked Gao Yuanshan to dig out the herbs at home behind his back, chose some that were suitable for the symptoms, and asked Mo Lan to cook.

Gao Yuanshan carried him on his back, supported his buttocks with one hand, and rubbed his lower back with the other hand, worriedly said: "Does it still hurt, please hurry up, grandpa is like this, you are like this, I can't hold it anymore. "

Han Yu's head drooped on his shoulders, and he said drowsily: "If we can get through it, our family can get through it."

The old man was forced to drink the concoction, and soon spit it out again.The old man had a high fever all the time, and in the middle of the night his body began to feel cold. Han Yu opened the old man's eyelids, only to see his pupils dilated slowly.He froze for a moment, the left hand supporting his body suddenly became weak, and he fell to the side.

Gao Yuanshan hugged him and said anxiously, "What's the matter? What's the matter?"

Han Yu looked at him, choked up several times, pulled his sleeve and said sadly: "I'm afraid Grandpa won't be able to make it through."

Gao Yuanshan kept shaking his head as if struck by lightning: "No, grandpa was fine this morning, how could it be? How could it be?" He got up and grabbed the old leather jacket and said, "Hanyu, you are sick too, hurry up and rest, I will Go to the town and find a doctor, wait for me, wait for me."

As soon as Han Yu heard this, she became anxious, and hurriedly grabbed her arm, and was dragged down on the bed by him, refusing to let go. "You can't go out. Young and middle-aged people are being caught everywhere to exile. You can't fall into the trap yourself."

Gao Yuanshan opened his fingers one by one, and comforted him: "I will sneak into the city, don't worry, I can't just watch grandpa die." He broke Hanyu's hand, wrapped his jacket tightly, and ran Into the snowy night.

"Gao Yuanshan!" Hanyu lay on the bed and shouted heartbreakingly, "Gao Yuanshan, come back! Be obedient, come back!"

The door was slammed by the wind, and the man's back disappeared before his eyes, and he ran into the distance.