Waking up early in the morning to practice, the cracks in the underground bricks were covered with ice, and the ground was slippery. Xiaodong fell twice in the morning, the first time he lay down on his stomach, and rubbed his palms on the ground, but fortunately, he didn't break his skin. The last fall was on his back, the fall was heavy, and the location of the injury was not very good, it happened to be the bone in the buttocks, and he could easily cover it with his hands in front of people. The big brothers asked him where he fell, and he hesitated I'm embarrassed to say, just say that it didn't fall hard.
Judging by the way he bared his teeth, what he said was not convincing at all.
Brother Jiang took the initiative to take over the errand, helped him and sent him back to the house, and insisted on seeing where he was injured. Xiaodong was driven into a hurry, and rolled on the bed with his hands on his butt, not letting him see.
Jiang Fan made him amused: "What is there to hide? Are you ashamed as a big girl?"
"No, it won't work." Xiaodong didn't say anything else, just kept repeating the same sentence.
Seeing that he was still so energetic and able to move, it must have been because he was not seriously injured. Jiang Fan teased him for a while and gave him a small bottle of external medicine for him to apply on his own.
"If you are in severe pain, don't hold on. Tell me quickly, or tell the senior brother and the master. Senior Liu will leave tomorrow. If you are in pain, there is no need to send it."
"Is Senior Liu leaving?"
"I heard what the senior brother said." Jiang Fan had a lot of things to do, and he was still rushing to investigate Chu Er's affairs, so he didn't stay with Xiaodong for too long.
As soon as he left, Xiaodong put the medicine bottle aside.
Neither the skin nor the bones were broken, so there was no need to apply medicine. Besides, it's not convenient to put medicine on your own butt. It would be even more inconvenient if someone else came to apply the medicine on him!
Although Senior Liu was a man with few words and a cold face, Xiaodong didn't dislike him. Senior Liu is obsessed with swords, and he has a flawed mind in his world. It was his three apprentices, none of whom were liked. Senior Sister Lin Yan was born more beautiful, but Senior Brother Jiang said that she has too many eyes, and her eyes are full of calculations. Needless to say, the other two are narrow-minded and bully the small with the big. Although Xiaodong is not afraid of them, he doesn't want to see people he hates all the time.
I thought about it well, but when Senior Liu and the others left, only the master went to see it off. Xiaodong couldn't figure it out, why would someone get up in the middle of the night and leave on the road
Uh, so he used to go out in the middle of the night when he stayed in a hotel with his uncle... But can staying in a hotel be the same as staying in someone else's house? No matter what, you have to think about the mood of the master.
This matter is probably only senior Liu can do it.
There is nothing reluctant to Senior Liu Xiaodong, his current shallow skills are not worthy of Senior Liu's advice, but Senior Liu has given a lot of advice to senior brothers, Senior Sister Linglong and Senior Brother Jiang have also received a lot of advice from him. But because Senior Liu said he was going to send him away, Xiaodong was still relieved when he left now.
People are good people, but good people can also do bad things. As long as Senior Liu doesn't mention his affairs, Xiaodong feels that he will definitely welcome Senior Liu to come again next time.
The buttocks still hurt. He lay down and fell asleep, but he quickly changed to a side-lying position, which still felt uncomfortable, and finally changed to lying on his stomach, which made his buttocks less uncomfortable.
Drowsy from sleep, Xiaodong turned over, and finally touched his butt again, waking himself up in pain.
There was darkness at the windows, and the room was dark. Xiaodong didn't know the time now.
Is this still daylight
Is it time to practice
But then he remembered.
It should not be early morning, but the sun has already set at dusk.
Senior Liu left today. He was embarrassed to go out of the house because of his butt injury. He was afraid of being laughed at by his brothers and sisters, so he stayed in the house all the time. Then... resting became a nap, and the nap turned into a deep sleep. Just slept until now.
It's outrageous that I fell asleep after not practicing in broad daylight. Although it was a little hurt, it was really a small injury, neither skin nor bone was broken, after sleeping like this for most of the day Xiaodong really felt that he was ashamed of his master and senior brother.
It is said that diligence can make up for clumsiness. He is already clumsy enough, and he is not as diligent as others, so how can he make up for the clumsiness that is so far apart
What's even more embarrassing is that he didn't sleep on his stomach very much before, but just this once, he even drooled, and half of the pillow was wet. Could it be that he gnawed on the pillow as a chicken leg in his dream
The pillow is soaked in saliva, if you want to sleep on it at night, you have to find a way to dry it now, otherwise how can you sleep at night if it is so cold and damp
Because Xiaodong is afraid of the cold, there is always a charcoal basin in his room at night, and a servant will bring it to him after dinner. This is what the elder brother specially ordered, lest he is not used to it. The severe cold in the mountains.
It seems that the illness at the beginning of autumn really scared all the brothers.
In fact, Xiaodong feels that he is in good health. He has not suffered from any illness in the past few years, and he seldom even coughs.
According to the usual time, the charcoal basin should have been delivered, just in time for him to roast the pillows.
The handyman who brought him the charcoal basin every day didn't have a surname, and he didn't talk much. Xiao Dongguang knew that he was called Lao Ya, but he didn't know how he got this nickname before, but after hearing him talk, his voice was rattling, and he really looked like an old man. like the crow.
But why hasn't the charcoal basin been delivered today
Just as he was thinking, he heard footsteps outside.
Xiaodong tried his best to stand up straight, so that no one could see his slumped back and buttocks, and slowly moved to the door, trying to open it for the old crow.
Just when his hand touched the latch, Xiaodong stopped.
He didn't know why he stopped, but he almost pulled the latch from the door.
The outsider said in his usual voice, "The charcoal basin is here."
Xiaodong stood there without moving, as if a voice said to him in his heart, it can't be opened, this door can't be opened.
Something is wrong.
But what's wrong
It seems that something is missing.
Yes, something is missing.
Although the old crow looked sloppy, he was not a careless person. Especially after it snowed in winter, he was afraid that the slush on his feet would step on the house and make the floor dirty, so he would rub his feet on the bluestone a few times every time he reached the door.
Today Xiaodong did not hear the sound of rubbing feet.
Although this is just a trivial matter, maybe Lao Ya's shoes are not dirty today, maybe he was distracted and forgot to rub his shoes...
"Just put it at the door, you go first."
The outsider may have been stunned for a moment, but did not speak immediately, nor did they hear any other movement.
A warning sign suddenly appeared in Xiaodong's heart, he turned around and took a step, the person outside the door moved much faster than him, a flash of blue sword light slashed from the crack of the door, and the door latch was cut in two without any breath . (to be continued)