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    good friend once

    The words came out for a while, but no one answered.Anle withdrew his gaze and looked at An Linmian and the other three people beside him. He saw that the three of them turned a deaf ear and just lowered their heads to drink milk tea, as if they deliberately didn’t want to mention it.

    “Can’t you tell?” Anle felt strange. The village was not big, and there were almost no secrets among the villagers. It was impossible to hide such a big thing like death, so he asked again.

    At this time, An Susu, who was sitting on An Linmian’s lap, pursed his lips and said, “Mother said that Brother Ashun’s mother passed away when she gave birth to Brother Ashun. Brother, Brother Ashun has never seen his mother.”

    It turned out that she died of dystocia. In ancient times, a woman who gave birth to a child literally went through hell. It was not uncommon for women to die due to childbirth.

    But is this the reason why An Linmian and the other two remained silent?Anle vaguely felt that things were not that simple.

    “Then Anshun’s father–”

    “Easy.”

    Before he could say the word “Dad”, Anle was interrupted by An Linmian’s cold voice.

    Anle didn’t feel angry, but felt even more strange. He had never seen An Linmian show such a look, as cold as if they were enemies.

    “You don’t need to care about him.” An Linmian stared at Anle and said coldly.

    Like an angry warning.

    It’s even weirder, Anle said.Although his curiosity only got worse, since the other party warned him so bluntly not to meddle in other people’s business, he really had no position to pry into other people’s affairs.

    An Le shrugged and was about to say that he knew, but suddenly he heard An Tu say to An Linmian in a very dissatisfied tone: “Sister Mianmian, why do you say such things to Lele? Uncle Ping’s death is not a secret, everyone in the village knows it.”

    “Shut up.” An Linmian glanced at Antu coldly and shouted.Normally, Antu would have immediately covered his mouth and kept silent, but at this moment, Antu seemed to feel that it was unfair for Anle. Not only did he not shut up, but he raised his voice to defend Anle, saying: “Sister Mianmian! Lele is also our friend. We grew up together, so why is there any need to hide it from him? And Lele is the closest to Brother Anshun. There is nothing he can’t ask about–”

    “Antu.” Before Antu could finish his words, he was interrupted again. It was a tepid and even gentle voice, but when Antu heard the voice, he immediately shut his mouth obediently.

    Antu lowered his head, raised his eyes and glanced at the speaker. After a while, he muttered in a low voice: “Maizi, why are you like this?”

    Anmai still had a gentle smile on her face, and said warmly: “Anle has lost his memory. There is no point in talking about the past.”

    “Then let’s just tell him, don’t play this punishment game, it’s not fun at all.” An Tu seemed to have regained his courage, puffed up his cheeks, and said angrily and aggrievedly, “Obviously we had such a good relationship when Lele was not cured of the disease, but how come we became estranged after he recovered. There are just a few of us, and we will forget about him if we forget. But as for Brother Anshun, although Brother Anshun won’t say it, he definitely hopes that Lele will think of him.”

    Anle was confused after hearing this, but he still captured some key information. He opened his mouth blankly and asked in disbelief what he was thinking: “Could it be that I… I was very familiar with Anshun before, no, very close?”

    He was shocked beyond measure when he heard An Tu use the word “close” to describe him and Anshun.He thought that they were familiar with each other at most. There were not many people of the same age in the village, and not only were they about the same age, but they also lived relatively close to each other. According to common sense, “Anle” should be one of them, childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts.

    But the original person is a child with an IQ of only five or six years old, so Anle felt that even when they were young, their differences were not obvious and they could play together, but as the others grew up year by year and the original person still stayed in the mind of a child, the original person should naturally leave their circle.

    Therefore, Anle always thought that the original owner and them were not friends. Their attitude towards Anle should be similar to their attitude towards Ansusu, more like the brothers and sisters next door.

    In fact, since Anle woke up here, he has never noticed from the attitudes of several people towards him that “they” were once friends.

    An Linmian has always had a carefree temperament. After he woke up, An Linmian asked him many times if he couldn’t remember anything about the past. After getting his affirmative answer, there was no obvious reaction. At first, he would come to see him often, but then he gradually stopped coming.However, his attitude is still very familiar every time I see him, and his occasional rude words are not excessive. He is the person who is most like a friend to him among the few people.

    As for Anmai, she always had a gentle temperament. Every time they met, she smiled gently at him, asked him a few caring questions about his physical condition, and never mentioned anything else.According to Anle’s observations during this period, Anmai has this attitude towards everyone, even Anshun and Antu have the same attitude, so this is Anmai’s character in treating others, so he doesn’t feel the difference too obviously.

    As for Antu, Antu has a lively and familiar character, and he can chat enthusiastically with anyone. Even with An Xiaoyu, a real outsider, Antu still behaves as if they are friends.

    Thinking about it this way, Anle realized that the reason why he didn’t find any clues might not be the problem of the other people, because their personalities were always the same.Regardless of whether he was their former friend “An Le” or whether he was an impersonation of their friend An Le, their attitude towards him was the same.

    And this is also the character of Longyin Village, sincere and consistent.

    The problem is him. It is the sense of boundaries between people that is deep in his bones as a modern man. It is his very polite and polite attitude from the beginning that has blocked several people from the boundary of good friends.

    In the end, like An’s father and An’s mother, they also cooperatively accepted his changes and catered to his way of dealing with others.

    “Brother, you really can’t remember brother Ashun. If Yaya forgets me, I will be very sad and angry.” An Susu seemed to feel unfair for Anshun, pouted and said: “Didn’t brother say that brother Ashun is my best friend?”

    Best friend?

    Anle was startled again, and subconsciously looked at the dusty two people fighting outside the courtyard.The two people outside the hospital had stern looks on their faces, and each move was swift and decisive. It didn’t look like a competition, but like a real fight.

    Anle frowned slightly, stood up and walked over.

    Anle didn’t know much about martial arts, but the expressions on the two people’s faces and the tense atmosphere clearly confirmed his guess – these two people were really fighting with real swords and guns, going all out and leaving no room for error. Likewise, the blades did not avoid each other’s body.

    Both of them had many holes in their clothes and even had injuries on their bodies, but they had no intention of stopping.

    Anle frowned and shouted in a deep voice: “Stop.”

    The sound of spears clashing was clanking, and dust was flying on the ground. The two of them seemed not to hear it, as the tall figures quickly changed positions in the dust.

    The tip of Anshun’s spear stabbed straight into An Xiaoyu’s chest. An Xiaoyu swung his stick to block it, dodged sideways, turned around and thrust the spear straight towards Anshun’s throat.

    “An Xiaoyu!” Anle raised his voice and shouted in a deep voice.

    Before he finished speaking, An Xiaoyu paused with the tip of his spear and turned to look at An Le.The tip of the spear was still some distance away from Anshun, and Anshun’s blocking movement stopped in the air, looking at the people at the door.

    “Hey, why did you stop?” An Linmian, Anmai, and Antu also came to the door. Seeing Anle stopping the two of them, An Linmian shouted with regret: “It’s exciting, keep going, keep going.”

    An Xiaoyu looked at Anle and didn’t move.If An Xiaoyu didn’t fight, Anshun wouldn’t be able to do anything.

    “…” An Le simply didn’t know what to say to An Linmian, and said angrily: “What are you going to do? If I kill you, you will be responsible.” With that, he strode into the battlefield between the two.

    When the two stood still, Anle could see the injuries on their bodies more clearly.Their clothes were hooked into rags, and both of them had a lot of injuries.

    Anle took off An Xiaoyu’s clothes to check the injuries. There were five or six scratches on his arms and waist. Fortunately, the wounds were not deep and avoided important locations.It seemed that the two of them were restraining their strength and didn’t really want to stab each other to death.

    “Isn’t this a competition? Why are they still fighting?” An Le glared at An Xiaoyu after looking at the injuries, and said angrily.

    An Xiaoyu shrugged, with an innocent expression of “I don’t know anything”: “Don’t blame me, he started it first, I was just defending myself.”

    Anle glared at An Xiaoyu again, said nothing, and turned to see Anshun’s injury.But I saw that Anmai had already checked Anshun’s injuries.

    “It’s okay, it’s a skin injury. Just apply some ointment and it’ll be fine.” As he said that, Anmai took out two bottles of identical ointment from his pocket, handed one to Anle, and said, “Apply it once in the morning and evening, and it’ll be fine in four or five days.”

    After An Linmian counted the wounds on Anshun’s body, he went to count the wounds on An Xiaoyu’s body, and finally returned to Anshun, patted Anshun’s shoulder, and said, “Shunzi, no, there are more than one on Xiaoyu’s body. But it’s okay, we will definitely win it back next time!”

    “…” An Le had a dark look on his face and dragged An Xiaoyu back to the yard to apply the medicine.

    An Tu looked confused, rubbed his head and said, “This… why are you injured? Isn’t this a competition?”

    Several people at the Sifang table had not finished drinking their milk tea. An Xiaoyu and Anshun sat on their chairs with lowered eyebrows and did not speak, while Anle and Anmai applied medicine to them.

    An Linmian took the milk tea and walked around the four of them while drinking it. He did not forget to ask with concern: “Mai Zi, will this medicine work? It won’t leave scars, right? An Xiaoyu is fine, but our Shunzi hasn’t married yet. Please apply more on him, don’t leave scars all over his body, it’s so ugly, and don’t scare my wife again on the wedding night.”

    Anmai smiled and said: “Don’t worry, I brought you the best medicine and it will never leave any scars.”

    “Yeah, that’s good, that’s good.” An Linmian seemed relieved and nodded repeatedly.

    Anle’s brows jumped when he heard it, and he almost squeezed out a voice from between his teeth: “What on earth…are you doing!”

    “We’re not doing anything, we’re just competing~” An Linmian spread his hands and looked innocent, “Just to see who is better between the two.”

    They’re all bleeding. This is called a competition!If Anle would believe An Linmian’s nonsense, it would be a waste of time. Just as he was about to question him again, he suddenly heard An Xiaojin’s screams that seemed to be panic coming from outside the hospital.

    When An Le heard the sound, he saw An Xiaojin rushing towards him like a hurricane with his tail between his legs. Behind An Xiaojin, there were a group of about seven or eight big white geese, flapping their wings and squawking after An Xiaojin.

    The goose chased the wolf, causing dust to fly all over the ground. Through the dust in the sky, the figures of two men were vaguely visible.

    “What’s going on?!” An Le had just stopped a war and saw another battlefield approaching. Filled with anger, An Le strode outside the courtyard.

    An Xiaojin slipped into An Le’s clothes in a flash. The big goose couldn’t find An Xiaojin and screamed around An Le, making An Le’s eardrums almost explode.

    Several people in the yard also followed out, looking at each other in disbelief at the group of strong white geese surrounding them.

    “Brother Chongyang? Brother Duanwu?” At this time, the two men in the smoke finally revealed their true identities. They were the brothers An Chongyang and An Duanwu who had gone to catch the snake together. An Tu recognized them at a glance and murmured.

    The two drove the geese and came to a few people with a smile. Seeing that they were acquaintances, Anle was not angry anymore and asked curiously: “Brother Duanwu, Brother Chongyang, what are you…”

    “Oh, these geese are a thank you gift for Xiao Jin.” An Chongyang said with a smile: “Thanks to Xiao Jin for saving me the day before yesterday. I heard that Xiao Jin likes geese, so let’s use these geese as snacks for Xiao Jin.”

    An Le held his forehead and looked down at An Xiaojin, who was shivering under his clothes. He was about to say no, but An Chongyang had already driven the goose into the yard and closed the fence gate.

    An Duanwu: “Brother, okay, go back, dad is still waiting for us.”

    An Chongyang nodded, smiled at a few people and said, “Then let’s go back first. You can continue playing.” Before Anle could refuse again, the two of them walked into the still dust and disappeared.

    An Xiaojin’s wolf head emerged from the hem of his clothes, and he groaned at An Le, sounding quite aggrieved.

    Anle covered her face with her hands and sighed deeply.

    An Xiaoyu looked at the geese running all over the yard and hesitated: “It’s better… to give them to my parents. One is enough for Xiao Jin. With such a group… Xiao Jin may not dare to go home.”

    Anle waved his hand tiredly: “Send it away, send it away, the house is already full of chaos, if there is a group of geese, will the life be able to go on?”

    An Xiaoyu smiled and said, “Fortunately, Brother Chongyang brought the goose. My parents’ family only has one big goose left. My mother said I would keep it to lay eggs and wait until the goose grows up before eating it.”

    “No wonder I don’t stew goose lately.” Anle murmured, pushing the door open and entering the yard.

    An Xiaoyu followed behind: “I’ll stew a goose for you at noon.”

    After saying this, An Linmian suddenly added in a high mood: “I want to eat the goose stew too. I’ll have lunch here.” After saying that, he entered the yard.

    “I’ll eat too, I’ll eat too, and I’ll stay for lunch too.” Antu followed closely into the yard.

    “Excuse me.” An Mai said with a smile and led An Susu into the yard.

    It was normal for people in the village to go to each other’s houses and stay for a meal. Anle didn’t say anything, still feeling angry in his heart. When he returned to the yard, he saw Anshun still sitting at the table, drinking milk tea by himself, looking leisurely and at ease. Another inexplicable anger surged into his heart, and he stood in front of Anshun with a sullen face.

    Several people gathered in front of the square table again, and just as the others were about to sit down and drink milk tea as if nothing had happened, An Le waved his hand, pointed at Anshun and said, “You, go catch the geese.”

    Hearing this, Anshun raised his head blankly, looked at Anle in confusion, and showed with his eyes that he needed Anle’s explanation.

    But Anle ignored him. After speaking, he pointed his finger and said to An Linmian: “You drive the goose.”

    “You wash the vegetables.” Anle pointed at Anmai and said.

    “You burn firewood.” Anle said to Antu.

    Finally, Anle pointed at An Xiaoyu and said, “You! Cook!”

    Except for An Xiaoyu, several people looked at each other and looked at each other.Anshun opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.But Anle finally said something, blocking the mouths of Anshun and several others who wanted to speak: “Those who don’t work don’t have food!” After saying that, he left the yard without looking back and headed towards An’s father and mother’s home.

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