78. Chapter 78
Weishui lies in front of you, the river is open, sparkling, but unfortunately you can't pass the capital down the river. She rested and was at a loss in her heart, not knowing where she should go next.
said that he was returning to Beijing, but his internal injuries had not healed at this time, his skills had not improved, and his revenge was still far away.
At this moment, in the capital, things are not people, and the people who were once the closest are afraid that they have already been married and shadowed. When we meet again, how should we relate to each other?
Loved ones, enemies. She sighed silently, the only one of her closest relatives left in this world was hiding in the vast northwest border. She couldn't forget that there was such a person, looking up and sighing, whether she was alive or dead, she should go to find him - her third brother-in-law, Shen Xian.
Changing the charter all the way to the west, Xiningwei, the capital of Ganzhou, is an important town, with a small population, but the Tibetan and Han people live together. The eyes are full of aliens, and the streets are full of little white hats. Her eyes widened, but she still couldn't draw a trace of Shen Xian in the sea of people.
She remembered that Wang Jiezhan said that Shen Xian was with the local Huihui. It is not difficult to find a place to live in a group. The whole street was crowded with people, and the little white hats set up stalls along the street to sell their food. There were also women who came out to see the stalls, wrapped in plain headscarves, not even showing a strand of hair.
Here, she became an outlier as a Han Chinese. She didn't care, she didn't care what others looked at her, she searched for it with all her heart, and when she saw the shop, she went in and walked around, and when she met the old man with a good face, she asked if she had seen a Han young man surnamed Shen.
The more I shook my head, my heart slowly cooled down, and I sank little by little into the abyss where I couldn't see the light of day. I woke up in my dreams several times, and Shen Xian may have been gone for a long time. He was alone, how difficult it was to live, either dead or far away - it was easy for him to escape, maybe he never wanted to live on the territory of the Great Wei again.
Thinking like this, my heart was clenched, and I trembled with pain, so I had to turn my head and comfort myself, she was a fool, and the third brother must still be alive! It's just that on other people's territory, how to use the real name and surname in the past.
I've been looking for more than ten days in a row, but I still don't have a clue. Her persistence came up again, and since she couldn't find it, she simply stayed. Three years, five years, ten years and twenty years, as long as she lives, she will continue to look for her until she dies and dies.
As if she was angry, she didn't know that she couldn't count, but she felt bitter with her heart and lungs. In a trance, I saw a shop selling cakes at the corner of the street in front of me. A Huihui woman with a black scarf shouted, retort cake, sweet date retort cake......
She went up and told the woman to weigh two pounds for her. The woman smiled and said yes, twisted her body slightly, she saw that her belly was round, and the top was pointy, it turned out that she was pregnant, and it was not easy to show her face like this.
"Weigh another three catties and make a whole one." She rarely showed compassion, perhaps because she had been so anxious and worried lately that her always hard heart had softened.
The woman raised her head and smiled at her, she had a high nose and deep eyes, and she was very beautiful. The smile is particularly sweet, and when you look at it, it makes people feel like they have a date between their lips and teeth.
Weigh it and take a pack of yellow board paper, which is quite a solid weight. Before he was about to say thank you, a person came out of the shop, wearing a white hat and dressed as an ordinary Muslim. He paced behind the woman, his voice as soft as water, "Go and rest in the back, there is me in front of you." ”
She was stunned, her eyes like electricity. When I saw it clearly, I couldn't help but tremble with my hands, and the cake snapped and covered the ground.
"Oops, what's wrong, you didn't hold it firmly, I'll weigh you again." The woman was a little distressed, but she still said generously.
The person beside her looked at her, and when they looked at each other, she was even more stunned, and the whole person was stunned, unable to say a word.
I don't know how long it took, but she remembered that her face was unrecognizable, and she looked like a yellow and thin man at the moment. No wonder, there was no shock in his eyes, and there were no tears that overflowed her eyes at the moment.
"Shen Xian." She let out a low cry.
The man's dark brows furrowed, his eyes full of nervousness, and he stared at her as if he were facing a great enemy.
"You're Shen Xian, aren't you?" The curvature of the corners of her mouth was like crying and laughing, "Third brother, I'm Shen Huan." ”
The man's body shook suddenly, his jaw trembled, and his voice was fragmented, "Huan girl...... Is it you, is it really you? ”
Arms intertwined, staring at each other. The tears in her eyes were so sincere, although they never fell, they turned so palpitatingly.
She finally found him, before she was close to being disheartened and despairing came back to her. He also finally saw the old man, poor and poor, they are each other's only blood relatives in this life.
Sitting in the small courtyard at the back of the shop, she held his hand and listened to him slowly tell about what had happened over the years.
It turned out that he had been here for three years and had a new Hui name, Saibu. The talented woman's name was Haina, and she was the most beautiful and kind girl he had ever met here. She didn't dislike him for being lonely and penniless, and she didn't care that the two were separated from the sect, so she accepted him and gave him a stable and warm home, and now their first child is about to be born.
"It's so good, I'm going to be an aunt." There were still tears in her laughter, knowing that he deliberately didn't mention the past, so she tried her best not to let the tears roll down, and forced herself to stroke her palms and smile, "After the Shen family has a queen, the third brother has made a lot of contributions." ”
"Seb." She pronounced the name, "She gave it to her?" ”
He nodded, and looked back with her, at Heina, who was busy making tea in the room.
Seb means tenacity in Hui, and when Hainer gave him this name, he was barely able to get off the ground and tell where he came from. At that time, both brothers died, and he was also tossed to the point that he was inhuman. The steward of the camp looked at him pitifully and assigned him to see grain and grass, but after all, he was still a sinner, and he would be caught and sold as a coolie anytime and anywhere. He thought that there was only one single seedling left in the Shen family, and no matter how difficult it was, he still had to think of a way to survive.
Taking advantage of his companion's eating and hangover, he secretly ran away. In fact, he didn't know that the people had been instructed by the higher authorities to let him go, otherwise he would be a fugitive, where could he evade the search of the guards and Xining guards so easily.
escaped only to find out that the world was big outside, but there was no place for him to stay. He didn't dare to stick into the Han pile, for fear that he would be recognized if he was not careful. He had no money on his body, no face to beg on the street, and he was so hungry that he didn't long go out. It's not that he didn't want to snatch food from the good people, he has martial arts, and he can grab silver and food, but the conscience in his heart has not been extinguished, and he can't do it. Thinking that when he returned to the realm of settlement, no one knew him, and maybe he could find a shop, even if it was a short-term job for others.
In this way, he was frightened, and hid in Tibet, and before he could reach the ground, he was so weak that he fell to the ground.
When I woke up again, I saw a pair of pale blue eyes, as soft as the evergreen waves of Cuowenbu. She said her name was Haina, and she had grown up here for generations. At that time, he couldn't even say the whole thing, but she didn't care at all, didn't ask much, and wasn't even afraid. She took good care of him, cared for him like a child, and let him experience the warmth of the world that he had not seen for a long time.
Later, he asked Heina, she didn't even know his identity, how could she be sure that he was not a heinous bad person, and dare to rescue him so rashly? Heiner laughed at first, but then asked more and more, and she finally told him, for the moment he opened his eyes, she saw in his eyes a sincere longing. It was a helpless soul's ardent desire for life, for life.
She chose a palephone name for him that means tenacity, that is, she felt that he had experienced the limit of life and death, and from then on, he would definitely live strong and brave.
Haina prepared milk tea for Shen Huan, as well as a small bowl of steamed beef with rice noodles, which had a strong flavor. She smiled and took it and said thank you.
Haina's cheeks turned red with shame, Shen Xian supported her, and whispered to tell her to go back to the house to rest. She bowed her head in agreement, and as soon as she turned her head, she met his gaze. The corners of the lips of the two people were smiling, and there were also smiles in their eyes, which were as rich as the cream condensed in a tea bowl.
Shen Huan saw that his heart was full of mixed tastes, joy, sourness, and sourness, and a wave of surging up.
"Third brother, congratulations, you have found someone who treats you wholeheartedly. After you have it, your father and mother and two brothers will also be comforted in the heavenly spirits, and they will definitely be happy for you. ”
She finally spoke, in fact, needless to say, Shen Xian also knew that her parents must no longer be in the world, otherwise how could she be a girl who could cross thousands of mountains and rivers and come here alone.
Holding her shoulder, he choked up, "Big brother is on the road...... Second brother, I can't find it, I can't find his ...... I'm sorry, I'm so useless...... I'm sorry for my two older brothers. ”
She caressed his face, not the smooth and delicate texture of her memory, but with traces of misery and frost, like his eyes, there was no greenness, no sharpness, only endless sadness and desolation.
"No one will blame you, third brother, you have done your best." She sniffed and held back her tears, "You live well, living for your brothers, is the best comfort for them." ”
He was speechless, nodded slowly, and asked her how she had come all these years.
"I met a good person." She remembered Gu Cheng's appearance, and her voice was soft, "He saved me and raised me without asking for anything in return." He treated me like his own sister, and I had only lived a steady and steady life for three years. ”
He listened in amazement, recited a word of thanks to Allah, and wondered, "Then why did you run so far and come here to find me, how can he rest assured that you will be alone?" ”
She smiled, a little bitter, and had to hide her original intention, "Because of a coincidence, I heard about your escape." I always have this matter in my heart, and I feel that I should come to you, whether I can see it or not, I always want it but I want it in my heart. He's a man with a family and a business, and I don't want to drag him down, especially though he's done enough for me. When I grow up and have martial arts, I can protect myself wherever I go. ”
"Xiaohuan......" He suddenly felt uneasy, after all, it was connected by blood, and he vaguely penetrated the thoughts hidden in her heart, "Do you want to avenge your father?" ”
His voice trembled involuntarily, and she looked at him, carefully and carefully, and a scene from a long time ago suddenly flashed in her mind. He climbed up to the tall date tree and smiled smugly at her who was waiting to catch the dates under the shade. He knew that she was waiting, so he deliberately teased her, picked one up and tasted it first, and then tried hard to make her taste sweet. She was anxious and urged him to throw a few down. He took it off casually, aimed at her eyebrows, and threw it at her eyebrows, knocking her to the point where she almost cried.
She was four years old and he was eight years old, and he was smiling all day long. He took her to almost go to the room to expose the tiles and do all the bad things, he is a complete little overlord, and he is the third young master who is flying and domineering. He teased her, but he also protected her, if anyone outside dared to say that she was not good, he had the ability to make people make a fuss.
However, the lively young man was gone, and the young man in front of him had a vicissitudes of life, dark and thin. However, in the year of the weak crown, there are already ravines in the corners of the eyes that cannot be hidden.
The wounds left by the years were too heavy, polishing his edge clean, completely crushing his pride and self-confidence.
He longs for a plain and stable life, and she can't blame him for forgetting his hatred, because everyone should have the right to choose, to choose what kind of face to live in - this is what she slowly learned, from Gu Cheng, from all kinds of people she met along the way.
"It's the third brother who is incompetent, I, I'm cowering here, I don't want to forge ahead and don't want revenge, I don't even dare to go back to the capital, I don't dare to go to you...... I'm ashamed of my parents, my brother, and you. Bowing his head deeply, he was difficult, like crying, "I can't help you, I don't dare, I don't dare to beg you to forgive me." But you're my only sister, and I don't want to, I don't want you to carry so much hatred. Xiaohuan, you forget about those things, live well, your father and mother must hope if you have a soul, I hope you can have a good home, peace and happiness. ”
She stroked his sideburns and comforted him softly, "You think I am too capable, I am a female streamer, can I still enter the palace to assassinate the emperor?" I found you so easily, and I don't have to worry about anything else at this time. ”
He was actually skeptical, but the joy of losing and regaining it diluted those feelings. Then don't ask more, just care for her carefully, and ask for all the obligations that a brother should fulfill.
picked up the spoon and fed her the tamales himself, watching her smile with satisfaction, which made him feel more comfortable than eating it in his own mouth.
"The taste is so good, the third brother has a good mouth on weekdays, and I met a sister-in-law with such good skills." She was indeed hungry, and she ate sweetly, and she was unconscious of a grain of meat crumbs hanging from the corner of her mouth.
He glued it down slightly, smiled and showed it to her, and for a moment, his eyes had the same cunning anger as before. Although it is fleeting, it is enough for her to reminisce for a long time.
"Remember when you used to steal what I liked to eat." She looked at him with a smile, "At that time, I thought you were the most childless, whatever I like to eat, no matter what it is, you always have to come up and fight with me for a few bites." ”
When he thought of the past, he couldn't help but smile, his eyes doting and inclusive.
"Actually, you don't really want to rob it, you just want to take the opportunity to play with me. I have a sense of crisis, but I can be more protective of my food. ”
How many years have passed, and she said the mystery of the day, "You want me to eat more, I know." It's a pity that it's a little late to know. ”
A smile slowly overflowed her face, but tears rolled down her eyes. He saw it, and hurriedly wiped it. wiping and wiping, two lines of tears finally burst out of his eyes.
"It's not too late, you've found me, it's not too late at all." He comforted her incoherently, "I'm not a good brother, I'll compensate you in the future, definitely, definitely." ”
She smiled and said yes, leaned her head on his shoulder, snuggled silently, and let the crisp and dry wind in the northwest dry dry those unstoppable tears.