yardside,

Lian Ge glanced at the family, turned his gaze, and looked into the distance,

Didn't make a sound, waited quietly,

The man's apologetic words, mixed with crying, rang in Lian Ge's ears,

“...... Xiaomu, Daddy shouldn't have beaten you......"

By the eaves, under the steps, the man stretched out his hand and touched the dissipated slap marks on the little boy's face, and looked at the little boy with distress and guilt.

The little boy heard this, looked at his father, did not speak, but slowly lowered his head.

Beside her, the woman stroked the little boy's cheek, over and over again, with tears in her reddened eyes,

“...... Xiaomu, my son...... Does it hurt?"

"It hurts. The little boy looked up at his mother, nodded and said,

“...... Blame the mother, blame the mother for not protecting Xiaomu. The tears in the woman's eyes couldn't stop flowing again,

“...... Mom, don't cry......" The little boy said, lowering his head again, "...... It's okay, as long as you believe in me and trust me. ”

"Mom believes in you, believes in your ......"

Listening to the conversation between his wife and son, the man couldn't help but punch himself hard, his face was painful, looking at his son, guilty,

“...... Xiaomu, Dad is sorry for you, wronged you, and beat you. You scold Dad...... Let's beat Daddy...... Daddy I'm sorry for you......"

Listening to the words of his parents, the little boy raised his head, looked at his mother, then at his father, followed closely, and lowered his head again,

“...... Don't cry......"

"Okay, mom doesn't cry, mom doesn't cry......"

The woman held back her emotions and wiped her reddened eyes with the sleeve on her hand,

“...... Xiaomu, are you hungry...... When you left that day, you hadn't eaten dinner yet. Mom will make dumplings for you, you like to eat dumplings the most......"

As she spoke, the woman stood up and went into the hall.

"Mom......" the little boy called out to his mother, "I can't eat......"

The woman paused, stood outside the door of the hall, turned her back to the little boy, listened to the words, and the tears could not stop flowing out of her eyes again,

Rubbing her sleeve, the woman took a deep breath, turned around, her eyes were red, she squeezed out a smile, looked at her son and said,

“...... Then we won't eat, Xiaomu, we will do whatever you want. ”

“...... I want to play with my dad with a spinning top, go to the ditch to catch crabs, want to help mom make a fire for you, and bury two sweet potatoes in the fire...... But I can't do any of this. ”

The little boy said, bowing his head again,

“...... It's okay, Xiaomu can think slowly, there must be something that can be done, there must be something. ”

With red eyes, the woman crouched down again, smiled, and said to the little boy.

“...... That's right. Mom, hum a song with me, just like before, at noon in the summer, Dad sat on the steps by the eaves, peeling the buds, and I took a mat and lay down under the eaves, blowing the wind, and taking a nap...... Sometimes when I can't sleep, Mom, you will hum a song to me and put me to sleep......"

The little boy looked up, said with some surprise, and then looked at his mother expectantly,

“...... Okay, Mom goes get the mat. The woman squeezed out a smile, smiled at the little boy, and stood up again.

"No need to take a mat, so be it. ”

As he spoke, the little boy lay down on the ground under the eaves.

“...... Hehe, I've wanted to do this for a long time. ”

The little boy lay on the ground, looked at his mother with a smile, and said,

The woman looked at the little boy and smiled,

“...... Just this time, you can't just lie on the ground in the future......"

As she spoke, the woman crouched down beside the little boy,

"Good!" the little boy replied with a smile.

"Dad, you continue to peel buds, when I sleep, I want to hear the sound of you peeling buds, so that I feel like I'm always around. The little boy looked up and shouted at his father.

"Eh, what a ......"

The middle-aged man also got up from the ground and turned around,

“...... Thank you, sir. ”

Seeing the figure of Lian Ge on the edge of the courtyard again, the middle-aged man said gratefully,

The woman squatting under the eaves listened to the man's voice, and also noticed Lian Ge's figure,

looked at Lian Ge, and then looked at the little boy beside him, and also reacted,

“...... Thank you, sir, thank you for letting me see the little wooden ...... again."

“...... Big brother, thank you, thank you for taking me home. The little boy also sat up and said to Lian Ge.

Hearing this, Lian Ge turned around, looked at the family, and smiled slightly,

Shaking his head, Lian Ge moved his steps and walked to the three of them,

"It's rare for your family to be reunited, so I won't continue to bother, and it's time to leave. ”

“...... Sir, how can this be done, we haven't been able to thank you properly......" When the man heard this, he said in a loud voice,

"Yes, sir, stay a little longer, and let us entertain you and express our gratitude...... "The woman also said aloud.

Hearing this, Lian Ge shook his head and handed back the water bowl in his hand to the middle-aged man.

"It's enough. ”

"This ......" The middle-aged man took the water bowl and wanted to keep it again,

“...... In the next time, spend time with your children. Lian Ge glanced at the family and paused,

"You have half an hour left. ”

The sound was not loud, but the couple and the little boy in the courtyard could hear it clearly,

Hearing this, the middle-aged man's movements paused, and then, he turned his head again and looked at his child,

“...... Then sir, I'll send you away. ”

"No, I don't. ”

Looking at the middle-aged man, Lian Ge shook his head, didn't stay any longer, turned around, and walked towards the outside of the courtyard,

“...... Mr. ......"

Behind him, the middle-aged man called out to Lian Ge,

"Thank you......"

Looking at Lian Ge's distant back, the middle-aged man whispered again.

......

“...... You lie down obediently, and your mother will hum a song to you. ”

"Good!"

Under the eaves, the little boy answered the cry and lay down.

The woman looked at the little boy and squatted down as well,

The middle-aged man sat down on the edge of the steps, picked up a piece of corn, peeled off the kernels with his rough hands, and turned his head to look at the little boy lying under the eaves.

“...... Sleep, sleep...... My dear darling......"

Squatting beside the little boy, the woman smiled on her face, looked at the little boy, hummed softly, stretched out her hand, and gently patted the little boy's chest,

The little boy listened to his mother humming a song, slowly closed his eyes, moved a little comfortably, and a smile appeared on his face,

“...... Sleep, sleep...... My dear...... Baby. ”

The woman looked at her son, who was asleep with her eyes closed, and looked at this face, and couldn't help but have a little red eyes again, and tears welled up in her eyes.

......

The sound of the woman's humming, mixed with the sound of corn kernels peeling, resounded in the yard, accompanied by the breeze through the mountains and forests in the distance, which made the yard quieter and quieter.

At the edge of the courtyard, the little boy was taking a nap, his mother was humming and patting his chest, and his father was peeling corn and looking at his wife and children with a smile......

......

Listening to the sound of the wind in the distance,

On the dirt road, Lian Ge, who was walking towards the outside of the valley, paused for the movements in his hand,

Raised his head slightly, looked into the distance, looked at the mountains and forests in the distance, and felt the gusts of wind,

After a pause, Lian Ge still drove the mana and instilled a mana into the underworld communicator in his pocket.

"Let's go. ”

Withdrawing his hand, Lian Ge whispered a word, and moved his steps again,

"Squeak...... Squeak squeak. ”

Stepping out of the village, Lian Ge continued to walk towards the outside of the valley, and the figures of a man and a mouse gradually moved away, and the village in the valley went away.