That night, Shen Yun had a fever.

Old Liu Tou slept until midnight, and heard Shen Yun whimpering in the next room, "Ninth sister!"

He felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly put on a jacket and came to check.

Lifting the bolt of the door, he saw Shen Yun holding the quilt and talking nonsense.

As soon as he touched his forehead, his hands were hot! This is a high fever! Old Liu Tou was shocked. Fortunately, he is old and often has a headache and brain fever, so he asked the owner for a lot of commonly used pills and kept them in the house. He hurriedly went to the house to find an antipyretic pill, melted it in warm boiled water, and poured it into Shen Yun.

For a while, the effect of the medicine can't work. He was afraid that Shen Yun would burn out his brain, so he went over with a basin of cold water and wet the handkerchief to cover his head.

After tossing for most of the night, Shen Yun finally had a fever and fell asleep.

Lao Liu Tou sighed, then packed up his things and quietly returned to the house. At this time, he knew that the root of Shen Yun's illness this time was Shen Jiumei.

The next morning, Shen Yun woke up, only to feel that his whole body was soft and couldn't lift his energy.

However, he still got up and practiced as usual. Now, every morning, he has to practice the gong for an hour: half an hour of horse steps that cannot be shaken by thunder, then a quarter of an hour of hanging arms, and finally a quarter of an hour of five steps.

Unbeknownst to him, when he opened the door, the smell of eggs wafted from the kitchen and went straight to the bottom of his nose.

Why did Grandpa Liu get up so early? He walked into the kitchen quickly, suspiciously.

"Get up!" Old Liu Tou happily lifted the lid of the pot, "I steamed a bowl of sugar eggs for you, and it was just cooked." Come and eat it hot. ”

After staying in the gym for more than three months and keeping accounts for more than a month, Shen Yun knew that the days in the gym were actually tight and not easy. The hall owner and Brother Fu have to practice, they can't lose their bodies, and they only have one egg to eat per person every day. As for Grandpa Liu and him, they only eat eggs once a month. Moreover, every time, Grandpa Liu was reluctant to eat it himself, so he only steamed a bowl of sugar eggs for him.

He remembers very well that it had been less than ten days since he last ate a sugar egg. Why is Grandpa Liu steaming again?

"Grandpa Liu, what kind of good day is it today?" asked Shen Yun puzzled.

Lao Liu Tou smiled: "If it's not a good day, you can't eat it? Seeing that the little one didn't move, he had to explain, "Last night, you had a fever. Give you a steamed bowl of sugar eggs and make up for it. ”

I see. Before, at home, grandma was like this. Whenever I get sick, I will give myself sugar eggs to eat. Shen Yun hugged the waist of the old Liu's head in the past, rubbed it affectionately, and squinted with a smile: "Grandpa Liu, you are so good." ”

Old Liu Tou was used to him being so coquettish, and happily beckoned him to eat at the small wooden table in the house.

Sugar eggs are so delicious. Shen Yun first used a spoon to rip off a large piece, and forced Lao Liu Tou to eat it, and then he ate the rest like a whirlwind.

Old Liu Tou stood aside with a smile. After he had eaten well, he said, "Yunwa, your ninth sister is not a little doll." She must have remembered the cave where she was hiding. In the future, when she grows up and has the ability, she will come back to you. Although he decided that Shen Jiumei had been eaten by the demon fox, but Shen Yun's appearance last night, he was really distressed to see it, and he couldn't help but make up another coaxing nonsense. He thinks that dolls have poor memory, and in another two or three years, they will forget about it.

"Really?" Shen Yun paused in his hand and looked up at him, his eyes shining.

Old Liu nodded affirmatively: "Really." She was rescued by a team of horses, probably taken far away. She's too young to get it back. When she grows up, she will be able to come back to you. ”

The more Shen Yun listened, the more he felt that it should be like this, and nodded firmly: "Well, the ninth sister loves me so much, she will definitely come back to me!" The sadness in his heart suddenly dissipated, and he only felt that he was full of strength, "I want to learn my skills hard." I said that I would protect the ninth sister when I grew up!" Putting down the egg bowl, he ran to the courtyard vigorously, "Grandpa Liu, I went to practice." ”

Lao Liu Tou looked at the little figure, his eyes were full of pity, and he sighed again.

At noon, Fu Lei also said something similar to Lao Liu Tou's, asking Shen Yun to stay in the gym with peace of mind and wait for Shen Jiumei to come to him.

"Thank you, Brother Fu. You are all great people. During his time in the gym, Shen Yun not only learned literacy and martial arts, but also learned a lot of human feelings. He knew that Lao Liu Tou was loyal to the gym and would report anything to the gym owner. Fu Lei's words, in addition to his own meaning, must also have the intention of the hall owner. Feeling everyone's love, his heart was warm, and it was more comfortable than eating sugar eggs in the morning.

Fu Lei grinned: "Thank you, you are also from the boxing gym." In the future, I will cover you. ”

I'm also from the gym! In an instant, Shen Yun's heart settled. Since the catastrophe of Niutouao Village and the destruction of his family, he followed Shen Jiumei all the way. His heart was just as floating. However, at this moment, he felt that he had regained his former stability - the gym was his new home, and the owner of the gym, Grandpa Liu, and Brother Fu were all his new family, the same family as Grandma, Daddy, and Ninth Sister.

Since then, Lao Liu Tou found that Shen Yun had changed a little.

First of all, he became noticeably cheerful, and no longer sat in the house in a daze;

Secondly, he treats people more closely, thinks less, speaks and does things more and more boldly, and says whatever he wants.

Also, he didn't mention going to the back mountain to find someone again.

It's ripe. Old Liu Tou was very happy. A few days later, he said that he would take Shen Yun to the market to buy - people are getting old, the weather is getting colder, and they are getting lazier and lazier, and they just want to nest in the house and don't want to go out. Shen Yun is a clever and articulate person, he plans to take it out to recognize the shop first, and then he can slowly hand over errands such as soy sauce and salt and vinegar in the future.

"Go to the street!" Shen Yun was very happy. After coming to Shixiu County for so long, he hasn't really been on the street.

After breakfast, he quickly washed the dishes and chopsticks, cleaned up the kitchen, excitedly carried the bamboo basket for Lao Liu, and followed out of the back yard.

Lao Liu took him to the corner gate.

Out of the back yard, there is a three-foot-wide alley. Lao Liu Tou put his hands behind his back and slowly walked in front: "There is a small door in front of the boxing gym." Across a street, you'll find the market. Our family's firewood, rice, oil and salt are all used to buying in cooked shops. ”

On both sides of the alley are tall blue brick walls. Shen Yun could hear clearly, and voices came from both sides. On the right, there is the voice of Brother Fu, and on the left, there is the percussion sound of "Ding Ding Dangdang".

Needless to say, on the right is the main courtyard of the gym. Brother Fu is practicing in it.

What about the one on the left? He looked up curiously.

The brick walls were as tall as three of him. He only saw three or two sticks of white grass growing on the wall.

"Grandpa Liu, what are you doing over there?" he pulled the corner of Old Liu's coat and asked by pointing to the left.

Old Liu Tou glanced at it: "Oh, there is a Xinglong blacksmith shop over there." Before, it was also in our gym. Later, it was sold. There were two families before and after, first opening a pharmacy and then a blacksmith shop. This alley was built at that time. Squinting his old eyes, he sighed, "Counting it, the blacksmith shop has been around for more than ten years." ”

Shen Yun silently calculated in his heart, the courtyard over there was sold in the hands of the previous pavilion master. Seeing Lao Liu's lonely face, he didn't squeak anymore. In Niutouao Village, selling land and houses is not a happy thing.

Out of the mottled black lacquer door, Lao Liu Tou deliberately took Shen Yun to see the main entrance of the boxing gym.

Shen Yun already recognized more than 200 words, and at a glance he recognized the four big black characters written on the red lacquer plaque "Liujia Boxing Gym".

It's just that the gym is obviously dilapidated. The closed black oil gate had paint peeling off in several places. However, the doorway made of blue bricks was cleaned.

"Every day before breakfast, your eldest brother Fu will come out to clean the gate. Old Liu Tou explained, "This is the face." Before, it was just a two-door ......" frowned, he put his hands behind his back and left.

"Oh. Shen Yun didn't know what the door face was, but he could hear that what Grandpa Liu meant was that the boxing gym was much more generous in the past than it is now.

Well, that's not the point.

He believes that Grandpa Liu brought him to recognize the door. So, he'll make a note of what the gym door looks like.

The road in the street is a zhang wide, paved with bluestone slabs, some years, many bluestone slabs have been polished to be smooth and shiny. Shen Yun followed behind Lao Liu, looking at the neighborhoods on both sides.

He saw three gates. Only they are in a gym. The first household on the left hand side is the Xinglong Iron Shop. Another house is across the street, with a black lacquered wooden sign of "Liu Zhai" hanging on the black oil gate.

At this moment, the Xinglong iron shop just opened, and a shirtless young man was moving heavy wooden planks. When he saw Lao Liu, he nodded and greeted: "Uncle Liu, go to the street." ”

Old Liu nodded happily and pointed to Shen Yun behind him: "Take Yunwa to the street." ”

"This is ......" The young man stopped and looked at Shen Yun.

"A distant nephew and grandson in my hometown is named Shen Yun. Old Liu Tou glanced at Shen Yun, "Yunwa, say hello to your Uncle Guo." ”

"Uncle Guo is good. Shen Yun hurriedly stepped forward and put down the bamboo basket to make an arch. These etiquettes were taught to him by Lao Liutou. When he went to the village at the foot of Houshan Mountain to look for Shen Jiumei, every time he went to the door of a family, he had to salute like this.

"Good, good. Uncle Guo smiled all over his face and praised Lao Liu, "Uncle Liu, Yunwa is very clever." ”

"The little doll came from the mountain, and I haven't seen the world. Old Liu Tou said a few polite words, and continued to walk forward with Shen Yun.

When passing by Liu's house, he saw the closed black oil gate, he paused slightly, and said in a humming voice: "There is a cousin of the hall owner living here." ”

That's a family. Shen Yun couldn't help but take a second look.

Old Liu Tou snorted from his nose: "When the old man passed away, the family was divided...... The loser thing that crawled out of my aunt's belly. ”

Shen Yun didn't understand, but he heard it, Grandpa Liu didn't like to see the people living in Liu's house.

Hmph, I don't like people that Grandpa Liu doesn't like, and I don't like either. He quickly withdrew his gaze and did not look at it again.