The questioner was a young man, tall and strong, and the child on the side was thin and thin, both of them were dressed in soldier's uniforms, one of them was shorter, and the leggings could only be half wrapped, and the other was too long, and his shoes were kicking and trampling on the ground, and his face was dirty, and he refused to admit it with his head stiff, and he didn't even look at the ground.

The young man glanced at him and knew that this was an admission, so he smiled at Mrs. Liu and pointed to the melon field: "I'm sorry, I'll pay my mother how much money I have." ”

Both of them stood with their backs and couldn't see their faces, and Mrs. Liu snorted out of her nose: "There are also those who take their sons to be soldiers." She said softly, not daring to fight with this sergeant, after all, people were going to lose money, but she didn't expect that the man's ears were very smart, and he listened to it word for word, and laughed: "This is not my son, I am not married." ”

The two of them came around, the melons, vines and melons were all in the basket, Mrs. Liu looked at it and gasped, there were still some melons in it that had not grown, and they were ruined, both of them were squatting, and the child was next to the man, watching him take out the melons one by one and order them, and give Mrs. Liu money at the price of five yuan.

This melon is sold cheaply, which family will plant a stubble on the ground, so that it grows well, and it grows without having to play with itself, and a Wuwen is also sold more expensive, Mrs. Liu couldn't close her mouth with joy, and asked repeatedly: "But do you want it?" If you want it, I'll send it over the mountain." ”

A basket of twenty melons was sold for a hundred yuan, Mrs. Liu was generous, the small ones that did not grow were not counted, and let the water chestnut into the house, and took the water Ou'er out to pour a bowl of water for these two to drink.

After three or two sentences, he became familiar with it, and knew that he would stay here for a few years, Mrs. Liu looked at him with her eyes, and the smile on her lips became more and more unconcealable, and asked him if he had said kiss, and thought that he still had a daughter who had not said kiss.

Water chestnut went to the kitchen to carry water, and met Shi Gui by the door, she had already taken the first step to get it, and saw that they had turned over the mountain for a few melons, and saw that the child was thin, looking at only six or seven years old, shrunken and followed behind, looked down and only stared at the surface of the feet, looking very pitiful, and poured him a bowl of water to drink.

Shi Gui came out with the kettle, the child still hung his head, his eyes were staring at the melon, he had already given the money, but he didn't dare to reach out to take it, Shi Gui bent down to take one and handed it to him, he took two steps back with his back and refused to take it, but his eyes glanced at the melon from time to time, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

The man chuckled and nudged him, "Eat." ”

The child took it, and the little beast bit it like a food, the melon had not been washed, and he didn't care, he rubbed the mud on his body, and it didn't matter whether it was clean or not, half of the melon was gone after two bites, and the juice was all over the chest.

The man said "hey" twice: "You eat this way, I won't wash your clothes." Looking at him with a frown, the boy didn't say a word, but now he raised his face from half a melon and smiled at him.

Shi Gui was stunned, he always felt that this child was very familiar, and he stretched out his hand to touch him, he had already looked over, and his body shrank behind the man in a flash, only to hear the sound of eating melons "click, click", but he refused to poke his head out.

The man stretched out his hand and rubbed his head, facing Shi Gui, he didn't see it just now, as soon as he raised his eyes at this time, his eyes fell on Shi Gui, staring at her for a while, Shi Gui was a little annoyed, but he couldn't attack, he frowned and glared at him, the man's eyes lit up, he actually laughed, and stared at her: "Shi Gui." ”

Shi Gui hadn't spoken yet, Mrs. Liu had already plucked her tongue, couldn't stop looking at her, the water chestnut rolled her eyes, and pulled Mrs. Liu: "Mother, you are still steaming rice on the stove." ”

Mrs. Liu was stumbled by her and patted her: "What are you doing this girl." Before he finished speaking, he was pushed into the door by the water chestnut, and the door was opened, so as not to let Mrs. Liu eavesdrop behind her.

The mother and daughter were squeaking and arguing in the room, but Shi Gui smiled at the man: "Why are you? When did you come back?

Mingyue is already very different, he was taller than Shi Gui when he left, and now Shi Gui has to look up at him, the original is still a little childish, but now the skeleton has grown up, and he is born with edges and corners, and he is no longer the original Laipi boy.

Shi Gui hadn't been so happy for a long time, he wanted to stretch out his hand to pull him, but he was embarrassed to stretch out his hand, he just looked at him and couldn't stop laughing, and he had a belly to ask, asking how he was in Yanjing, how did he come back to Jinling, and how is he doing now, but there was only one sentence on his lips: "You wait, I'll go in and get food for you." ”

"I'm not called Mingyue for a long time. He followed behind with a hurried sound, seeing Shi Gui turn around and go in, he stretched out his hand to the child: "Come here." The boy quickly opened his hand, knowing that he was happy, and sure enough, he picked him up and rubbed his head and face, and laughed.

He also thought that he would go to the Song family to find her when he settled down, but he didn't expect to meet her in this place, and thought that Senior Brother Sun said that he would meet thousands of miles away, and hold the child in his arms, regardless of whether he was dirty or not, the two of them sat next to the wall, the big one supported his legs, and the small one followed suit, and also supported his legs.

Shi Gui opened the door and led them in: "I asked my master's house, no one usually comes here, you come in and eat in the house." Led them to the house, quickly fried the vegetables and came out, Mrs. Liu surrounded her and inquired, Shi Gui just smiled: "This is my hometown, I suffered a disaster in the early years, I came out to be a girl, he was a Taoist priest, I didn't expect to meet here again." ”

Mrs. Liu smacked her lips, and saw that Mingyue was handsome, so she took a piece of bacon out: "This is pickled during the Chinese New Year, take this stir-fry and eat it." ”

Shi Gui took it and laughed again, found out the money at home, and didn't give the water chestnut to Mrs. Liu: "I bother you to go to the village and ask, collect a chicken, and ask someone to kill and bleed for me." ”

The water chestnut flew out of the door, Mrs. Liu didn't have time to tell her, the figure was gone, she looked at Shi Gui again, but she didn't expect it to be such a rich person, not half of the girl's family, the young master still stuffed money, and he saved like this on weekdays, but he pretended to be poor.

There are chickens and fish and then fried with two vegetarian dishes, and it is very decent to serve it to the table, the whole chicken is stewed crispy, and there are noodles in it, and the things are brought out, so fragrant that the whole house can smell it, the child is still dirty, but a pair of eyes are bright, and he looks at the basin, Shi Gui gave him a whole chicken leg.

followed by Mingyue's, and asked him, "This...... Who is it?" "It's not a brother after all, Mingyue's mother doesn't know the news when she remarries, and it can't be his son, so it's hard for the military guard to accept such a small soldier."

The two of them divided a pot of noodles, and one person divided half a chicken, and the child took it in his hand and gnawed it, gnawing on one hand is an oil flower, Mingyue people have not changed their appearance when they grow up, and they still look like that when they laugh, they squeezed their eyes at Shi Gui: "It's not my son after all." ”

There are many displaced people, many victims have been abducted and sold, this child was rescued from the hands of human traffickers, others can still say a few words about where his hometown is, but he can't say it, there is only one sentence in the rummag, he came out to find his father.

asked him who else was in the house, and it took a long time to answer that there was still a mother, and the people who listened sighed, this boat is full of children, where to find his mother, his accent Mingyue said that he was a fellow villager when he heard it, and he was laughed at once.

Mingyue is a local dialect of Jinling in Jinling, not many days after arriving in Yanjing, and speaking Yanjing dialect, learning for more than half a year, there is no difference from the locals, and now they laugh when they say that they have a hometown accent.

Shi Gui's heart jumped, and he looked at this child, when she left, Xizi was more than three years old and almost four years old, and she was almost ten years old after all these years, why shouldn't she be so thin, but she still took a breath and asked Mingyue: "Then he, what's his name?"

Who knows what his name is, that boatload of children are all received by the government, only him, his mouth is tight, he can't pry a word, Mingyue pity him, thinking that his family is also out to find his father, he also suffered a disaster, even if his mother treats him well, he doesn't know where he was sold, give him food and drink, talk to him, he can't get rid of it like a tail.

When he was sent to the official mansion, he held Mingyue's leg and refused to go, didn't cry or speak, but he didn't let go, Wu Qianhu saw it and said: "That's it, let him follow, it's always from your hometown, maybe you can find a father and mother for him." ”

There are so many lost children in the state capitals, how can they still be found, they are all sent to the Jimin Institute, and those who remember their hometowns will grow up and look for them themselves, and they will not be able to go back in this life if they can't remember.

Anyway, he didn't have a bite to eat, he followed Mingyue, the people in the camp called him Little Tail, and said that it was Mingyue's son, they practiced, he also followed the practice, tanned a black skin, and a little big one could stand all morning, Wu Qianhu gave him a name, Mingyue would call him casually, just called Qianli, when it was the turn of this little tail, he still casually called one and called him Shuisheng, anyway, he was rescued from the boat.

Mingyue put down the bowl, sucked a mouthful of noodles and slipped in, her throat seemed to have opened a hole, she couldn't chew and swallowed, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Shi Gui can't be sure, it's been almost six years since five years, the Qiu Niang Shi Xizi in her mind is still the same as before, Xizi is only a little older, she didn't eat or drink because of the locust plague, she is as thin as bean sprouts, she has been very well-behaved since she was a child, she knows that it is not easy for Shi Gui to take him, he never cries, he calls his sister softly, she was forced to endure that sadness, where can she bear it at this time, and her eyes were red and tears flowed.

Seeing her crying, the child became more and more afraid to come over, Mingyue touched her body for a long time and did not have a clean silk to wipe her, she wanted to pat her shoulder, it turned out to be okay, she didn't dare to start at this time, scratched her head, sat down and patted her legs: "Come here, I'll wipe your face." ”

Shui Sheng obediently came over with his shoes, the wet handkerchief was on his face, he wiped his face and his neck, the people in Lanxi Village were all white, and Shui Sheng became a black skin, Shi Gui reached out to grab his hand, he shrank into Mingyue's arms, and glared at her and didn't know her.

Mingyue couldn't, it turned out that no one had asked him carefully, so he had to ask in a good voice: "What is your mother's name?"