Although life in the base area is a bit hard, fortunately, the people around are kind and simple, and everyone supports each other and worries about their relatives on the front line.

The news is getting better day by day, the surrounding towns have resumed their basic production and life, the war is slowly moving away, and the people's sense of the country is getting stronger and stronger.

Finally, the day has come to return one after another.

The base area is full of joy.

Because of the children, basic teaching was still opened, and the war caused by backwardness further made the leadership realize the importance of knowledge, and there were not many teachers in the base area, but everyone did their best, and Qingruo was among them.

The children are also very serious, but recently, because of the successive returns, there are always children who ask for leave to go home or are picked up by their returning relatives in the middle of class.

The sound of firecrackers returning home, the shouts of relatives and friends, and the crying of joy were mixed together, and the whole base area glowed with new colors.

My cousin's little bun has a very current name, called Xingyao, and he is eight years old.

It's still the same sticky Qingruo, after class, I help Qingruo sort things out in the classroom, and then help Qingruo carry the bag for class, and one of his little hands is held by Qingruo.

Because of Zuo Shengyan's arrangement, my cousin's family and Qingruo Zuoyou live in the same courtyard, and the two families are separated by a wall, and a door was opened in the last transformation.

After the victory of the war, my cousin-in-law had returned to the city when the first wave of soldiers returned, and he had not given up his previous business, and he had only returned to the status of a military merchant when he came to the base.

My cousin had already cooked the meal and served it at the time of their return.

"Where's Xiaoyou?" Turning his head to see Qingruo and Xingyao, the cousin asked while taking off the apron and placing it on the chair.

"Went to the office again."

The cousin chuckled and nodded, "Sheng Yan should be back soon, no wonder he is anxious." ”

Qingruo took the bowl, left the food for Zuo You, put it in the pot and added hot water to warm it, "Let's eat first." ”

The cousin nodded, and by the way, patted Xingyao's paws who were already reaching out to grab the vegetables, Zuo You and Qingruo kissed, although they took him late, but the relationship was not bad, and it was boring to deliberately wait for him to come back.

When they came to the base area, Qingruo and her cousin didn't know, but Zuo Shengyan had told her cousin-in-law before that her cousin's family came with Qingruo and them.

My cousin-in-law was reluctant to do his business, and he didn't know how Zuo Shengyan discussed it with the military department, he later turned into a military businessman, although the investment was greater than the income during the war in the past few years, but from now on, the income can not be predicted.

My cousin-in-law and my cousin were happy couples before, the only fly in the ointment was that my cousin-in-law had two outer rooms, although they were kept outside, but they were also a thorn in my cousin's heart, but she could think about it herself, and she had Xingyao by her side, so as not to quarrel and contradict each other.

When they left, they didn't bring it to the outer room, and although my cousin didn't ask, she probably knew that Zuo Shengyan meant to intervene.

All kinds of things have been added up, and my cousin's attitude towards Zuo Shengyan, who I haven't seen for several years, has eased a lot.

She didn't hate Xiaoyou in the first place, Xiaoyou was obedient and often took care of Xingyao, and her cousin now really recognized Xiaoyou as Qingruo's son.

The three of them are eating, Xingyao is the time to grow his body, he loves to eat meat and not vegetables, now the meat is expensive, the cousin always cooks a little meat and a lot of vegetables, Xingyao is a picky eater, and the cousin has to educate every meal.

My cousin was still chattering, and Cheng Jin came in from the door.

Qingruo sat with her back to the door, and her cousin, who was talking, stopped talking suddenly, and almost fell out of her mouth.

He quickly covered his mouth with his hand and pointed to the door with wide eyes.

Qing Ruomeng turned around and saw Cheng Jin, who was wearing a military uniform and had a tired face, and frowned.

"Teacher Xu." I haven't seen her for several years, she still seems to be like yesterday, compared to the last time she left, her hair is longer, softly draped and pulled up, the pale cheongsam is worn on her body, and she sits in a good posture, lining off the beautiful lines.

A face that adds traces of time and shows a softer charm.

As soon as Cheng Jin opened his mouth, his swarthy face tightened, and there were tears in his eyes.

Qingruo sat up straight, put down his chopsticks and turned to look at him, and asked word by word, "What about Zuo Shengyan?" ”

Her voice had a sense of sand, Cheng Jin pursed her lips and looked at her, her eyes were sad or joyless, and she shook her head.

Qingruo raised her hand to cover her eyes, she didn't cry, but the cousin sitting behind her cried, although Xingyao was young, but the children of this era were so precocious that it made people feel distressed, she stood up without saying a word, walked to her cousin and patted her on the back, and handed the small handkerchief in her pocket to her cousin.

"Where?" Qingruo watched Cheng Jin speak, stood up and made a screeching sound as the chair rubbed against the floor because of her range of movements, Qingruo repeated in a tense voice, "Where is he?" ”

Cheng Jin still shook his head, took out something from his pocket, didn't go forward, and bent down to put it on the ground while standing at the door before.

sighed softly, "The general's military merit commendation in the past few years will be directly sent to you by the military department in the future." Xiao You...... Xiaoyou I took it away, and the military department will arrange for him. ”

Qingruo blinked and smiled softly, "So what? ”

She laughed too lightly, feeling on the verge of collapse, Cheng Jin couldn't bear it, gritted his teeth and finished the last sentence, "The last word of the general, let you marry someone who is good for you." ”

Cheng Jin turned around and left, closing the door.

The cousin stood up with a sob, trying to comfort her, Qingruo turned her back to her, stood up straight, and shook her head, "Let me be alone for a while." ”

The cousin was about to step forward, but Xingyao took her hand and whispered, "Mom, let Auntie be quiet by herself." ”

The cousin thought about it, nodded, stepped forward to pat Qingruo's shoulder, and went home with Xingyao.

The sound of the door closing, and Qing Ruo was the only one left in the whole room, and Qing Ruo stepped forward to pick up the envelope that Cheng Jin had just placed on the ground.

Zuo Shengyan's epaulettes represent the epaulettes of his life's glorious journey, some lists of military merit commendations from the military department later, and a letter he sent to Qingruo.

It's too short to be a letter. 'I'll let you go, take care of yourself.' ’

Qingruo chuckled, his fingers running over the uneven part of the letterhead, his handwriting was heavy, the font was large and wild, and the pale letterhead was bright and piercing people's eyes.

Two years later.

Qingruo, who had celebrated her thirty-fifth birthday at her cousin's house, packed her bags and stepped on the southbound train.

Cousin and Xingyao sent Qingruo at the station, Xingyao has grown a lot taller in the past two years, and the boy who is only half a head shorter than Qingruo explained bitterly, "Auntie, you have to pay attention to safety, you must be careful when you are alone on the train, go to play for a while and come back quickly, remember to write a letter back......"

Qingruo all chuckled and nodded.

Xingyao said a lot, but he was still uneasy, "Okay, okay." Your aunt's ears are going to be calloused by you. The cousin squeezed into the middle of the two, took Qingruo and patted her hand, and sighed lightly, "Alas, Xiaoruo, you have to pay more attention to yourself, it's not ...... to go out than at home."

The mother and son, Qingruo obediently agreed.

All the way to the carriage, Xingyao helped her salute and put it away, and her cousin had even greeted several other passengers in the same carriage.

The train departed, Xingyao put his arm around his cousin's shoulders, and the two of them became the scenery in the Qingruo window, and at the end of the picture, it was the cousin who cried, and Xingyao was bowing his head and patting her back to comfort her.

The cousin-in-law's business is getting busier and busier, and the relationship between Xingyao and his cousin is getting better and better.

There is a small town in Jiangnan called Jingling, a very nice name, the hometown of a scholar, he wrote an article about Jingling, his hometown, which is an article that Qingruo needs to attend in class.

The description is beautiful, the climate is suitable, the scenery is beautiful, and the people are outstanding.

Qingruo was preparing for class in the teacher's dormitory area of the school at that time, because Zuo Shengyan said that the day was going to pass, the living room door was not closed, she was preparing for class by the window, and her soft voice read out the text without hurrying.

When Zuo Shengyan went, not long after she first started reading, he stood at the door of the room and listened to her finish reading the whole text.

Then I told Qingruo that this place must be very beautiful.

Qingruo nodded in agreement, "If you can, you want to settle there in the future." Very comfortable and suitable for life. ”

Zuo Shengyan heard it at the time, but just nodded and didn't say anything.

Jingling is a small water town, and the train station changed trains, and the cars changed boats.

The rivers and lakes are connected, the large and small arch bridges, and the lotus flowers are painted in the city.

"Are you a local of Silent Listening?" Qingruo sat at the bow of the boat, put the box at his feet, and looked up and asked the rower.

The simple man nodded, "I was here when I was a child." ”

"I'll ask you something." Qingruo smiled and said, "Just a year or two ago, was there a strange man in this place who moved here alone. ”

The rowing man thought about it seriously, and it didn't take long to give the answer, "Yes, that man is tall, strong and good-looking, I heard that he was still a soldier who fought devils." ”

The reverence in his tone was undisguised, and Qingruo smiled and nodded after listening.

"Alas~ It's a pity, it's a lame, otherwise you wouldn't have come to our town to do a carpenter."

"Big sister, are you looking for him?"

Qingruo smiled brightly, "Yes, my husband." ”

“！” The frightened rower almost dropped the paddle in his hand into the water.

Later, he said some more words, and the sincere and kind-hearted rower directly sent Qingruo to the nearest landing place, "Big sister, you go straight to this road, there is a carpentry shop without a brand, you are the ...... Husband's shop. "I was still a little surprised, but I was able to say it.

Qingruo smiled and thanked him, and went ashore with his suitcase.

The water town in the south of the Yangtze River, the road is not wide, but it is very clean, the road paved with bluestone slabs, Qingruo wears shoes with a little heel, and the sound of clattering all the way is like a movement.

It's a very ordinary carpentry shop, and there are several large wooden shelves in the shop, and there are ordinary objects on them.

The doors were wide open and there was no one in the store.

"Da-da." Qingruo stood at the door and knocked on the door.

No response.

Qingruo pursed her lips and entered the store, casually put the box next to it, and walked all the way to the courtyard behind the store.

Someone was sitting in a chair in the yard with a metal mount on one foot from the sole of his foot to his knee, wearing loose, dark overalls, short hair, revealing a tanned neck, and a workbench in front of him with a sanding piece of wood.

She didn't hide her footsteps and walked towards him.

The movement in Zuo Shengyan's hand paused, and he didn't turn back, that strong feeling caused his heart to beat violently, hitting his chest, and it seemed that the whole world was a heavy heartbeat, and his eardrum was vibrating.

Qingruo smiled lightly and raised her hand to put her hand on his shoulder, "Are you sure you don't want to look back?" ”

He didn't have the strength to hold the things in his hands, and his whole body went limp, but his back was still tense, like a cold and hard workbench in front of him.

Qingruo half-squatted down, stretched out his hand to wrap around his waist, sighed, and his soft tone was full of distress and longing, like a child who was greedy for fun and did not return home, "What you run, it doesn't matter what you look like, what are you afraid of." ”

Zuo Shengyan turned around stiffly and saw her The moment his whole mind was blank, he had imagined countless and countless scenes, every day he opened his eyes and thought about her, and closed his eyes to think about her.

Many of them appeared suddenly, but more often she became someone else's wife, holding someone else's wrist and smiling.

Now, suddenly, I am at a loss.

Faced with death once, at that time, he was thinking about her and what she would do in the future.

And now, Zuo Shengyan's whole body is still sore, and it is still sore, as if every cell can't wait to gush out some liquid to vent the feelings that are about to boil and rush.

Tentatively, probably to determine if this was a hallucination caused by his longing for illness, Zuo Shengyan raised his head, and his palm fell on her hair.

His shiny black hair was stained with sawdust in his palms.

He was finally sure that he thought he would shed tears, but he didn't.

Zuo Shengyan hugged her back with both hands, not much force, just held her in his arms.

The opening is like a gentle power that encompasses life after spreading through an infinitely extended time. "You're here."

**

I, how can I do it.

Qingruo, you're here.

- [Black Box]