Paradise

Chapter 38 "Bamboo Horse" Appreciating the Moon

Lin Bao took advantage of the moonlight to quietly come outside the courtyard wall of Yuan's house, squeezed his throat and meowed three times, and leaned against the wall and waited quietly.

Brother Yuan Dong in the yard was sitting in the yard looking at the moon. Hearing the strange cat meowing, he chuckled and looked back at the house. The parents of the Yuan family had already been resting on the kang. , I have been busy with the farm work in the field for the past few days, and I am very tired. I don’t have the leisure and elegance to watch the moon, and I would rather lie on the kang and sleep.

Looking at the lights in the wing room, his brother and sister-in-law had also fallen asleep.

Brother Yuan Dong came to the gate of the courtyard lightly, pulled the latch, opened the door a crack, dexterously got out, and then gently closed the door.

Lin Bao was listening to the movement at the door with his ears upright. When he heard the sound, he immediately turned his head to look at the door. Under the moonlight, he saw a black figure coming out of the door. He shouted in a low voice, "Brother Dong, Is it you, I'm here."

"Well, it's me." Brother Yuan Dong walked a few steps to the base of the wall, and said with a smile, "Lin Bao, those meows you just made didn't sound like cats at all, they were worse than that of a night owl. "

Lin Bao scratched his head with a smile, and said, "Isn't that because I'm afraid you won't be able to hear it? I called it that on purpose, hehe~"

Lin Bao stretched out his hand to grab Brother Yuan Dong's hand, and said, "I brought moon cakes, let's go, let's find a place to watch the moon while eating moon cakes."

Brother Yuan Dong was held by Lin Bao's hand, his face was slightly hot, he pulled back twice, but he didn't pull it out.

Lin Bao squeezed the hand in the palm of his hand, and said, "Brother Dong, stop pulling, I will hold your hand for a while, and no one can see it right now."

Brother Yuan Dong snorted, but he didn't pull out his hand with any force. He let Lin Bao pull him, followed him out of the village, and came to the grove where they often collect firewood. They found a grassland, and the two held hands. Sit on the ground.

The moon in mid-air was so bright that the dim moonlight spread like a layer of tulle on the ground. Lin Bao took out a large oiled paper bag from his arms, which contained a bunch of grapes and two mooncakes. He took out a mooncake and handed it to To Brother Yuan Dong, "Brother Dong, eat this mooncake, stuffed with red bean paste, it's so sweet."

Brother Yuandong, took the mooncake, lowered his head and took a bite. The crispy skin, the sweet and glutinous bean paste filling, is sweet and delicious in the mouth. It is really sweet and delicious.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Lin Bao said.

Brother Yuan Dong gave a soft "hmm" and said, "Don't give me such an expensive thing in the future, you can keep it for yourself."

"Brother Dong, I'm willing to give you even the most expensive things. I don't like sweets." Lin Bao said with a smile.

"Fool, there is no one who doesn't like sweets." Brother Yuan Dong said, broke off a piece of moon cake, raised his hand and stuffed it into Lin Bao's grinning mouth, and his hand inevitably touched Lin Bao's mouth, as if As if being scalded, he shrank back suddenly.

Lin Bao chewed and swallowed it a few times, and smiled even more happily.

Brother Yuan Dong hammered Lin Bao angrily, and said, "Don't laugh, you'll attract everyone in a while."

Lin Bao quickly closed his mouth, held back his laughter, and muffled two "hmmmm".

Brother Yuandong broke the mooncakes in half, and half a mooncake for each person was delicious.

Sitting under the moonlight, Lin Bao and Brother Yuan Dong chatted about the trivial matters in their lives while eating.

"Lin Bao, you have been busy working in the fields these days, are you tired?"

"It's okay, I'm not tired. With Big Brother Zhou here this year, I have done a lot less work. My corn harvest is very good this year, and I have brought it home. The only thing left is to peel the bracts. Brother Dong, these few days I haven't seen you in the sky, what are you doing at home?"

"My father said that the sun in the sky was poisonous, and he was afraid that I would be exposed to the sun, so he asked me to work at home, peel the bract leaves of the corn, and help my mother to cook and so on."

Hearing that Brother Yuan Dong learned to cook with his mother, Lin Bao became interested, "Brother Dong, you also learn to cook, what kind of food do you know? Is it delicious? When will you make it for me? .”

"Hmph, I want to cook, just wait."

"Okay, I'll wait, I'll wait to eat the meal you cooked for me later."

Brother Yuan Dong blushed, reached out and patted Lin Bao's body, and said, "Don't be poor."

"Haha~" Lin Bao chuckled again.

The two were talking and laughing. While talking and laughing, they shared the mooncakes and ate the bunch of grapes.

"It's getting late, I have to go back, if my parents find out that I ran out, they must scold me." Brother Yuan Dong said, "If my brother finds out, hehe, you will be beaten up Can't run."

"Your father and mother hurt you so much, how can you scold you, and I run fast, and your brother can't get me." Lin Bao laughed.

"You're the only one with poor mouth." Yuan Dong glared at him.

"Okay, I'll take you back, it's really late." Lin Bao stood up, stretched out his hand to pull Yuan Dong up, and planned to send him home, when he looked up, he saw a black shadow standing beside them. In the distance, it is facing them, just look at them.

"Who's there?" Lin Bao was taken aback and shouted loudly. Suddenly a person stood in the dark and stared at you in the middle of the night. It was scary to think about it. Lin Bao took a step forward and opened his arms Protect Brother Yuan Dong behind his back.

The man moved and walked towards them with strides. They were getting closer. Under the moonlight, Lin Bao and Lin Bao could only see each other's blurred face. They have a very strange feeling, they can judge that this person is not from their village.

The man stood still a few steps away from Lin Bao and the others, clasped his fists together, and said, "Sorry, I scared the two little brothers, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I just want to ask you about someone."

"Are you looking for someone? Why don't you come here during the day to look for someone? You have to come here at night to look for someone." Lin Bao was very vigilant, protecting brother Yuan Dong behind his back, his hands were already clenched into fists, and it was Zhou Ze who taught him Boxing, he is only a teenager now, but he is not flinching, and this performance is very responsible at this time.

But the man said, "It's inconvenient during the day, I don't want to add trouble to your village, the name of the person I'm looking for is Zhou Ze, I wonder if you two know him?"

Hearing Zhou Ze's name mentioned by the other party, Lin Bao immediately thought of something that Zhou Ze told them after he came back from the mountain. At that time, he mentioned that he met a person there, and that person gave him a bag of things. Lin Bao looked the person in front of him up and down a few times, wondering if this person is the one Brother Zhou met?Did he come to get something from Brother Zhou?

Lin Bao turned his mind a few times and said, "You wait here, I'll call Brother Zhou for you."

Chang Ping's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and said, "I didn't expect you to know him, little brother. It's really a coincidence. Well, I'll wait here. Just call him over."

Lin Bao nodded, and took Yuan Dong away, intending to send him home first.

It wasn't until they had walked a long way that Brother Yuan Dong asked in a low voice, "Lin Bao, who is that person?"

"I don't know him either. Brother Zhou should know him. Brother Dong, don't tell anyone about meeting this person today, and don't tell anyone if someone asks you. Do you understand? I'll figure out what's going on later, I'll tell you again."

Brother Yuan Dong said, "Okay, I won't say anything."