In the hall,

After the old man walked into the backyard and busily boiled water, the two soldiers still did not sit down, and stood straight.

On the side, Lian Ge glanced at the two soldiers, and then at the old man who was busy in the backyard, but he didn't make a sound, turned his gaze, and looked into the distance outside the hall.

From time to time, the wind swept through the half-open door of the hall and rolled the fallen leaves outside.

Inside, it was quieter and quieter, except for the sound of the wind mixed with some rustling sounds.

......

“...... Sitting, standing and doing. It's been a day, so let's rest. ”

With two bowls of steaming noodles, the old man walked out of the backyard again and beckoned,

"Thank you, uncle. Let's do it. ”

After thanking him again, two soldiers stepped forward and took the two bowls of noodles.

"Don't be so polite. If you are away from home, you can help with it. Taste it, and you don't know if it's to your taste. ”

The old man waved his hand and said,

"We can eat hot noodles, and we are already very satisfied. Besides, uncle, the seasoning on your noodles is delicious at first glance. ”

Holding the noodle bowl, one of the soldiers responded with a smile, took the chopsticks, picked up the chopstick noodles, and took a bite.

"Well, it's delicious. ”

Eating noodles, one of the soldiers said.

"It's delicious, it's delicious......"

The old man laughed, and as he spoke, he turned around again and pulled the two stools over,

"Sit and eat, don't stand. ”

"Thank you, uncle. ”

The two soldiers did not refuse again, and after taking the stool, they sat down,

"That uncle, how much are your two bowls of noodles, I'll give you the money first. ”

One of the soldiers, holding a noodle in one hand, holding chopsticks, and groping in the arm pocket of a camouflage uniform with the other,

"Eat, don't want money. If that's not enough, I'll give it to you. ”

The old man shook his head and said, "It's not easy for you, how old is this, it's so hard to protect your family and defend the country." This came to my door, give a bowl of noodles to eat, how can I collect any more money. ”

"Uncle, you also know that we are soldiers. The army is disciplined, you can't let us violate discipline, this money is given to you, you can accept it, if you don't accept it, we don't dare to eat this side. ”

The soldier smiled and said, handing the old man two slightly wrinkled bills from his armpocket.

On the side, another soldier also paused and did not continue to eat noodles.

When the old man heard this, he looked at the two soldiers again, and reached out to take one of the banknotes handed over.

"That's enough, I'm my own family, and it's not worth so much money, you can take back the rest. ”

"That'...... Just thank you, uncle. ”

After hesitating, the soldier withdrew his hand, and the remaining banknote was not put back in his arm pocket, but he just held it in his hand, picked up the chopsticks, and continued to eat noodles.

"You eat slowly, don't choke, it's not enough for me to give it to you, there are still a lot of noodles at home." ”

Seeing that the soldier withdrew his hand, the old man smiled and said,

“...... We are used to it, and we eat more urgently, so that you can see and laugh. ”

After one of the soldiers ate the noodles, he smiled and said to the old man,

"It's enough for us to eat this bowl, and eating too much for a while will affect the hurry. ”

Hearing this, the old man nodded first, then turned his head and looked at the sky outside the hall that had darkened.

"Why don't you stay at my house for the night and leave tomorrow." ”

Turning his head, the old man said,

"It's already dark, and the road is not easy to walk, so you always have to find a place to rest this night. There are no people around our village, and if you leave the village and go to the next village, you will have to walk for a few hours, and if you don't go in that direction, you don't know how long you will have to walk.

If you don't dislike it, rest at the old man's house for the night, and wait until tomorrow morning to leave. ”

Hearing this, the two soldiers stopped what they were doing, and one of the soldiers looked at the old man and shook his head,

"Still no, this is too annoying to you, uncle. ”

"What's the bother? In this house, I live alone on weekdays. You're here, and someone is going to talk to me, and it's lively. ”

The old man shook his head and said.

Hearing this, one of the soldiers turned his head and looked outside the hall.

"Uncle, what is the name of our village, and what is the approximate location?"

"The village is called Big River Village. If you go to the sea, you will not be far away, and you will go over the mountain beyond the village, and follow the river from the mountain, and go downstream, and you will not be far from the sea. If you go to the town, in the direction of the city, you will be far away, you have to go to the town first, and then take a car from the town to the county, and then transfer from the county to the city.

No matter which way you go, it's not easy to walk on this big night. You should rest in the village for the night, and I will take your money. ”

Looking out of the hall, the old man said.

“...... Then thank you, uncle. Looking outside the hall again, one of the soldiers replied.

"Don't be so polite. Then you eat first, and I'll help you clean up the house. ”

The old man shook his head, then stood up and prepared to walk towards the next room.

On the side, Lian Ge watched, listened, moved his steps again, walked to the door of the hall, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.

"Knock Knock ......"

Hearing the sound, in the hall, the two soldiers eating noodles and the old man walking towards the back room all paused first, followed closely, and then slowly turned their heads,

"Young man, is there anything you can do?"

It seemed that he had just noticed Lian Ge again, and the old man asked out loud,

Lian Ge smiled slightly, put the bowl of water in his hand that he had not drunk, put it to the side, looked at the old man, and said in a calm tone,

"It's getting late, I don't know if the old man can let me stay overnight. ”

Hearing this, the old man first looked at the sky outside the hall.

"Young man, I'm really sorry, old man, there are only two rooms in my house, one old man I live in, and the other has just been given to these two comrades......"

The old man shook his head and said,

"If this comrade needs it, give it to him, and the two of us can just find another place to rest. ”

The two soldiers who had just finished eating noodles stood up and said with a smile,

"Thank you both, but I don't need to. ”

Lian Ge looked at the two soldiers, smiled slightly and said,

“...... Young man, if you need to find a place to rest, go to the third child of the Shen family, there is a vacant room in his house. His house is at the end of the village, and you walk along the road to the village, and when you walk to the middle of the village, the last turn, at the foot of the mountain, is his house. If you used to say that it was me, it was his uncle who asked the young man to let you pass, and it was done. ”

The old man looked at Lian Ge and said again.

"Then thank you, old man. ”

Lian Ge smiled, thanked him, moved his steps, turned around, and stepped out of the hall again.

Walk out of the courtyard and along the village road towards the village.

Behind him, in the half-open hall, the old man stood where he was, and after a pause, he turned around and continued to walk towards the next room.

After a pause, the two soldiers turned their heads, put down their bowls, and stood up.

“...... Uncle, let's come, let's clean up ourselves. ”

"The visitor is a guest, how can there be a reason to let the guest clean up the house by himself, you can sit down, I will clean it up in a short time." ”

"It's okay, uncle, let's clean up ourselves......"

“...... Okay, you clean up, I'll go and bring you the quilt......"

Along the village road, Lian Ge moved forward, and behind him, the voice of the words gradually faded away.