Chapter 38 Remembrance
Chapter 38 Remembrance
The sound was a bit strange, like the muffled sound when a person fell to the ground.
Ding Wu looked back at Wan Lian, before he could react, Ah Wan, who was squatting at his feet, suddenly started barking at the gate of the courtyard, and after a few seconds of barking, he ran all the way to the door, sideways Screaming wildly, he turned his head to look at Ding Wu.
Ding Wu frowned, and just as he was still hesitating whether to open the door to have a look, there was an urgent shout from the neighbor's aunt at the door: "Xiao Ding, are you there?"
Hearing this voice, Ding Wu quickly went to open the door, only to see Aunt Wu next door half kneeling on the ground, looking anxiously at the boy in her arms. The boy's face was flushed abnormally, and he looked more like It was a high fever.
Isn't this the boy who was rescued just now?
Ah Wan also got out from the crack of the door, wagging its tail and circling around the boy, looking very worried.
Ding Wu's heart froze, he bent down and touched the boy's forehead with the back of his hand.
It was so hot, the unexpected temperature difference made Ding Wu subconsciously want to raise his hand, but he paused for a few seconds, then turned his hand over and covered the boy's forehead with his cool palm, as if this would give him Cool down.
Aunt Wu grabbed the boy's clothes and said, "The boy is completely soaked, take him to my house, and I'll change his clothes."
Ding Wu nodded, turned around and squatted down, asking Aunt Wu to put the boy on his back.
The boy's clothes were once again soaked in the dry clothes that Ding Wu had just changed into. Ding Wu felt a little uncomfortable, and he shrank his shoulders involuntarily to try to relieve the dampness.
But he caught a glimpse of the boy's arms hanging limply over his chest, wobbling as he rose, looking like the pale, mottled oars of a boat on a lake.
Ding Wu sighed, and lifted the boy up vigorously.
At night, pedestrians passed by the yard.
Accompanied by the exchange of words, pedestrians walked on the street, lost in the night, only heard the sound but saw no one.
Gradually, the human voice was also covered by the night, and the night was quiet.
morning came.
Yi Ning woke up from the hazy and chaotic dream. When he moved his eyes, he felt sore eye sockets, as if they were clogged with a lot of jins of sand. He unconsciously stretched out his hands and rubbed them. When he could open his eyes again, he saw A woman greeted him.
The woman is elegantly dressed, she looks over forty, but she has a neat figure, glasses on the bridge of her nose, and the gentle eyes under the lenses are full of unstoppable care.
Seeing that Yi Ning woke up, she quickly put down the vegetable basket on her elbow, walked quickly to Yi Ning's bed, leaned over and asked softly, "Son, are you still feeling bad?"
Yi Ning stared at her in rapt attention, his pale little face was sickly and bloodless, looking pitiful.
The woman reached out to brush his bangs away, and tested Yi Ning's temperature with the back of her hand.
"It's not hot, it should be the fever has subsided." She turned around and left the bedroom, and came back with water and a bowl of millet porridge.
Yi Ning had a fever all night, and the fever did not subside until early morning. He was still in a dazed state after waking up. Now that he saw the water on the woman's hand, he felt his throat was burnt. , subconsciously wanted to reach out and take the cup handed over by the woman.
But before he stretched out his hand, Yi Ning suddenly realized that he had never met the woman in front of him, and he was not even familiar with the bedroom he was in.
Thinking of this, he shrank back again.
The woman didn't care about Yi Ning's reaction, she put porridge and water on the table beside her, and asked with a smile, "What's your name?"
Yi Ning bowed his head and didn't answer.
"You have to tell Auntie a name, otherwise how would Auntie call you?"
The smile on the woman's face was warm and friendly, and the whole body was surrounded by a relaxed and peaceful temperament. Yi Ning swallowed nervously, and replied softly: "My name is Xiao Ning."
Although his intuition told him that this aunt would not harm him, he still defensively did not tell her his real name.
"Xiao Ning, okay," the woman sat up straight and folded her hands on her lap, "Do you remember where you live, or your parents' names, do you know?"
"You fainted in front of the courtyard next door to me yesterday afternoon, and your body was completely soaked."
Yi Ning opened his mouth, and slightly tightened his hand holding the old clothes on his body.
He only remembered that he quietly followed the boy, hiding at the corner of the street to watch his movements, he watched him lead the dog from the hands of the people in the shop, and watched him enter the yard and close the door.Yi Ning walked to his door and stood outside the courtyard waiting for a while. Although he didn't know what he was waiting for, he didn't know what he should do either.
Until his brain started to feel drowsy and hot, and when he woke up again, he was lying here.
Yi Ning remained silent, and the woman didn't say anything more when she saw him like this, she patted Yi Ning's shoulder comfortingly, and said in a harmonious voice, "Don't worry, if you don't want to talk about it, let's not talk about it first, let's talk about it before going home." Aunt Wu lives here."
After drinking the porridge cooked by Aunt Wu, Yi Ning felt much more energetic. He got out of bed and stretched himself, and walked into the yard wearing some ill-fitting slippers.
Aunt Wu is an elementary school teacher, her husband works out of town, and there is a daughter who is still in college at home, so she is the only one living in this house on weekdays.
Now she is busy in the kitchen, and at the same time, she does not forget to take a few glances at Yi Ning. Seeing Yi Ning wandering in the yard, she seemed to want to go out, so she shouted to him: "Xiao Ning, remember to thank Ding Wu next door when you have time." Brother, the dry clothes on your body belong to him, and he also carried you in."
Yi Ning responded, walked to the courtyard gate, and gently pushed open the iron gate.
Noisy yelling filled with a strong breath of life poured in.
The awakening of a city always starts from the breakfast stalls. Although the dust of last night has not yet settled down, the streets in the morning completely forget the exhaustion of the whole night because of these steaming breakfast stalls.People shouted one after another, and cars, motorcycles, tricycles, and bicycles came and went in an endless stream.
Yi Ning stood by the street, he had never experienced such a lively morning, the smell of food wafted over, even though he was recovering from a serious illness and had just had porridge, he still couldn't help swallowing.
He walked along the wall to the courtyard door next door without speaking.
What is Ding Wu doing at this time?Yi Ning stared at the outer wall, imagining what kind of stories might happen on the back of the wall. He would do the same when Yi Ning was alone before. I don’t know whether it was dissatisfaction with his own life or just curiosity about other people’s world. He likes to look behind the bright windows of each residential building, imagining what kind of family there will be and what kind of life they will live there.
And now, behind the wall is Ding Wu, which makes him even more curious.
Before he stood there for a long time, suddenly, a middle-aged man pushed open the iron door and hurried out with a briefcase.
The man held the briefcase in the crook of his arm, reached out to adjust his tie, and was still muttering: "Have you gained weight recently? Why is the tie so tight..."
Before he finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of Xiao Yi Ning standing beside him from the corner of his eye.
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