Before Song Zhenping could finish his confession, he saw Song Liyun come in carrying a bundle of firewood.
We can't heat the kang (heated brick bed) tonight, so to avoid getting cold, we can only warm ourselves by the fire inside the house.
A fire was lit in the middle of the house, the flames leaping and warming the entire main room.
"Brother, I've made up your and Xiao An's bedding. If you're sleepy, go to sleep early." Song Liyun had already tucked Xiao An into bed and then got off the kang (heated brick bed).
She only managed to tidy up one main room in the afternoon, which had a large kang (heated brick bed), and she planned to make do with the two brothers for the night.
Most importantly, this house is not quiet.
Although she caught Black Gold as soon as she arrived last night and stayed all day today, she didn't seem to have anything unusual about her.
But this place was notorious, and the doors and windows were still dilapidated, with only curtains hanging up to block the wind.
Even without ghosts or monsters, just looking at those footprints, it's hard to guarantee that no other wild animals have come in.
Therefore, she had to keep watch all night.
She wasn't the only one who thought this way.
Song Zhenping looked at Xiao An, who was sleeping soundly on the kang after eating and drinking her fill, and the new bedding that had been laid out for him. He shook his head and said, "Yun'er, I'll keep watch tonight. You sleep with Xiao An."
Song Liyun said, "Brother, I have a treasure bag on me, so I'm not afraid of anything. You and Xiao An can sleep peacefully." As she spoke, she took off the small silver bag hanging from her waist and placed it next to Xiao An's head.
Upon seeing the bag, Song Zhenping's pounding heart inexplicably calmed down: Yes, with the Bodhisattva's treasure in his home, he had nothing to fear.
In the end, the brother and sister decided to take turns sleeping, with Song Liyun keeping watch during the first night and Song Zhenping keeping watch during the second half of the night.
The hardest part of night duty is the second half of the night.
Song Liyun knew that Song Zhenping, as the older brother, was taking care of his younger sister, so she didn't argue with him.
As night deepened, Song Zhenping tossed and turned for a long time in the soft bedding for the first time, finally falling asleep when he could no longer resist the urge to sleep.
Once the soft snores came from the kang (a heated brick bed), Song Liyun added some more firewood to the fire, and then quietly went out.
Upon reaching the attic, all I saw was a pair of angry eyes.
Black Gold made a sound as he pulled hard on the iron chain around his neck, producing a clanging sound.
Song Liyun smiled and said: "He's quite fierce! Now that I live here, I have plenty of time, so I can temper his temper a bit more."
After descending from the attic, Song Liyun wandered around the front and back yards, scaring away only a few stray cats before returning to the side courtyard.
She had just added firewood to the fire when Xiao An on the kang (a heated brick bed) cried out, "It hurts! Brother, it hurts, it hurts!"
Song Zhenping seemed to have never slept. One second Xiao An groaned, and the next he had already sat up. Even though he was so sleepy that he could barely keep his eyes open, he still skillfully hugged Xiao An and felt around her, asking, "Xiao An, where do you feel uncomfortable?"
After that, neither of the brothers slept anymore, and they took turns going to the outhouse.
Oh no, I have diarrhea!
Both of them had diarrhea!
With abdominal pain and an urgent need to urinate, the two brothers were so afraid that they wouldn't be able to control their legs, let alone fear of evil spirits in the dark, or even the King of Heaven himself.
Song Zhenping and Xiao An kept making a fuss, going back and forth between the main house and the outhouse several times.
I ran until I was covered in sweat, and only when the moon hung low over the treetops and my stomach was empty did I finally feel at ease.
After all that commotion, everyone was exhausted and sleepy. The two brothers didn't want to think about anything, so after drinking some lightly salted water, they lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and fell fast asleep.
Having not slept well for several days, Song Liyun was also extremely tired, so she hastily rolled up her blankets and went to sleep.
There was no fear or worry, no noise or commotion, from the moon setting until the sun was high in the sky.
Sunlight streamed into the room through the cracks in the broken window, falling on the embers of the fire and making the whole room glow.
The three of them slept soundly until dawn.
When they got up, facing Song Liyun who had already cooked millet porridge, Song Zhenping and Xiao An looked like children who had made a mistake, hanging their heads in shame.
Before I could even get anything done in my new home, I started collecting manure.
Song Liyun was both amused and exasperated: "What do you mean by this? It's just that my stomach isn't feeling well."
This embarrassing incident was due to her being too hasty and making a mistake.
People who have been starving for many years should not eat too much oily or greasy food. The two brothers had not seen meat for years, but they ended up eating a whole chicken in one meal.
Fortunately, I had eaten energy bars a few days in advance, and I also ate whole grain steamed buns and rice porridge at the migrant worker restaurant, which helped with the transition.
A dehydrated digestive system will only experience diarrhea a few times before stopping; otherwise, it would definitely lead to dehydration.
It must be said that no matter how weak the two brothers were, they were still young, and after eating the rice porridge, they were noticeably more energetic.
Once they recovered, the three of them couldn't stay idle. Song Liyun took out a few hoes and started repairing the courtyard wall, which would make sleeping easier at night.
The moment Song Zhenping picked up the hoe, his eyes changed.
He was certain that these were his second uncle's belongings.
As for the clothes he was wearing, that was just a guess, since the styles of clothes are all similar, and it's impossible for him to have checked every single piece of clothing in the house.
These are the hoes he uses every day; even with his eyes closed, he can feel their familiar texture.
"Yun'er, what exactly is going on with these things?"
He wanted to know everything, including the chicken and rice noodles from last night, and the bedding on the kang (heated brick bed).
Song Liyun smiled and shook her head: "Don't ask me, you saw it just now, this is what came out of the bag."
She didn't want to explain. Anyway, Song Zhenping had already accepted the "treasure bag" concept, so she let him fill in the rest in his imagination.
Song Zhenping was speechless. Just now, Song Liyun had indeed shaken the bag in front of him, and hoes, sickles, and other agricultural tools fell out one after another from the small bag.
Perhaps... maybe... this treasure bag recognizes its home?
He stayed in the house for one night, and even went to the outhouse several times, but nothing happened in the pitch black night.
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