At lunch, my father saw that I was absent-minded, and even the usual food did not have any temptation for me.

My father reluctantly said that going to the Northeast is in a hurry, it is not something that can be done for a while, you had better go outside to experience and see the world, so as not to be treated as a stupid boy who has never seen the world.

My father suggested that I stay at our family's antique shop in Xi'an for a while, and then go to the Northeast to find out the news in the long run. I thought what my father said was quite reasonable, so I nodded and agreed.

After the meal, I simply packed my bags, this first time I went out, my heart was full of infinite excitement, but there was also a little sadness and reluctance. I have to go out to see my horses, as the old saying goes: "the sky is like a dragon, the land is like a horse", of course, to inform my good partner about such a long way.

Speaking of walking is really a bit magical, I remember that it was five years ago one evening, I came back from playing in Mujia Cliff, it was almost dusk, the sky gradually darkened, suddenly not far from the grass came a heart-rending howl, I followed the sound, it turned out that a pony lost its way, barking in the grass.

Although the pony was small, fat and strong, handsome, with a shiny black mane, it looked like it was not an ordinary horse.

The pony looks more than a year old at most, and I don't know where its mother has gone?

I lost my mother when I was a child, and I felt the same way for this little guy who had left his mother, so I wanted to take it home and feed it something. But when I dragged it away, it refused to go, just stood there and looked at me lonely and sadly, just like I always remember my mother's eyes.

I guess the pony must be waiting for his mother here, but the night has fallen, and I can't bear to let such a small horse endure the cold and starve in this place, and the weather in the north, especially the night on the Loess Plateau, the temperature at night drops to a very low level, and it is very likely that the pony will freeze to death.

But I didn't know what to do, and the pony didn't want to go with me, and I was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Suddenly, I had an idea, since I was unyielding, then it didn't hurt for me to try it with emotion and reason.

I pretended to say: "Little pony, I am the same as you, I have no mother since I was a child, and I miss my mother very much, but you see that it is getting late now, if your mother knows that you are here to endure the cold and hunger, she will definitely be sad, you go home with me first, if you wait for your mother, I will accompany you here every day in the future, will you wait for your mother?" ”

The pony seemed to be in a dilemma as if he understood what I was saying, and I looked at the pony with firm eyes, and the pony looked at me. Then the pony chirped a few times and came to me, and I took it home without any problems.

It is said that horses can understand human speech best, I have never believed it, but after that time, I am convinced.

The next morning I took the horse to the grass and waited for its mother, until the sun went down, and found no trace, so the horse and I waited here for half a month, but in vain.

After half a month, the horse and I became very familiar with each other, and he listened to me very much, and since then the horse and I have become the best playmates. And we went to the grass every now and then to wait for her mother's return, and in the blink of an eye five years passed, and the little pony had grown into a majestic horse.

The color of the hair is black and shiny, and it looks like an endless green grassland from a distance, so I named it "Taoqing".

It is no exaggeration to say that it is no exaggeration to travel thousands of miles a day, and I remember that once my father rode it for half a day from Wubao County to Xi'an to play back and forth.

The nearby fathers and villagers all said that this was a good horse, and they all thought that I could have this horse because of the marriage in my previous life.

Taqing lives in the backyard of our house, I specially tailor-made a house for it, no reins, no restraints, out of the backyard gate through a hundred or so square flat land is a large hillside, on which wild grasses are overgrown, is a natural place to feed horses.

Usually I open the backyard door during the day, and let the outing go outside as I like, and it comes back on time. As soon as I entered the backyard and was resting on the ground, I knew that it had just gone out to spread the wilderness again, and when it saw me coming, it jumped up and flashed in front of me.

I stroked its smooth fur and said, "Qing'er, we're going out tomorrow, and it's up to you to go out!" ”

Taqing immediately hissed excitedly, and that happy look seemed to have a kind of "feeling that the hero is finally useful".

Also, since I grew up, I haven't had any good opportunities to perform, I've been playing and frolicking with me, and I don't have the opportunity to show my good skills. Now that it knows about such a good opportunity, it is very excited at a regular time. I also happily kissed it on the head, then fed some fodder, and went out.

Take advantage of the time to visit the grandparents, aunts and aunts in the village. They've been very nice to me since I was a kid, and I'm really a little reluctant to let them go.

The closest to home is the house of the three masters, and I came directly to the house of the three masters. The three grandfathers' families are still so poor, the two sons went to the army early, one died and the other is still missing, the three masters have been living alone for more than ten years, thanks to their father's perennial care, otherwise I really don't know how he lives as an old man. The third master has also been very good to me since I was a child, and I remember that the only profitable pear tree in his family will store pears for me every year.

When he entered the door, he couldn't help but sigh when he recalled this, and the third master heard the voice and asked, "Who?" ”

I replied, "It's me, Tiancheng!" ”

"Come in, come in, you haven't seen my old man in a while!" The three masters shouted urgingly.

I followed the sound into the door, the broken furniture in the house was already dilapidated, several old stools were polished to a shiny black, and the "Tiger Descending the Mountain" in the middle hall was not painted by a famous artist, but it looked like a tiger and tiger were being taken care of, and it was almost a hundred years old. At this time, the three masters were busy with housework, and although the home was broken, they were all cleaned up neatly and staggered. The body of the three masters is still so skinny, and it feels like a gust of wind can blow it down, in fact, the three masters have been doing farm work for many years, and their bodies look thin but they are actually old and strong.

I immediately went up to help, and when chatting, I told him that I was going out tomorrow, and the third master said with emotion: "Tiancheng, you are a good boy, it's time to go out and explore the rivers and lakes, the three masters often run around the rivers and lakes when you are so young!" ”

After chatting with the third uncle for a while, he got up and went to the fourth uncle's house next door.

My fourth uncle and my father are the same generation, and they are also in business, so they are considered to be people close to me.

The fourth uncle runs a medicinal herb business in Xi'an Mansion all the year round, and his family conditions are very good, and he is one of the largest families in Mujia Village and even within a radius of dozens of miles.

But even if you have been in business for a long time, you will be sharp-mouthed and thin-tongued, and sometimes you will inevitably feel uncomfortable.

This may be a common problem of businessmen nowadays, who are so wealthy and often worry about trivial things.

When I entered the door, the fourth uncle was beckoning his subordinates to pack up the medicinal herbs, and when he saw me coming, he immediately waved me over. I walked over, the fourth uncle is a lot of men and women to marry and so on, I know his intentions, his daughter is worried that she can't find a good family, and she is clamoring to marry us all day long.

Murong Qingyi's sister and I have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and we have always been a natural pair in the eyes of neighbors, and I also know that my sister is interested in me, but I have been unruly since I was a child, and I am really afraid of delaying the good future of other girls, so I have always avoided talking about it. My younger sister has been talented since she was a child, and her martial arts are also very good, the fourth uncle has invited a famous martial arts teacher since she was a child**, and now Murong Qingyi's sister is studying abroad, and she hasn't seen it for several years.

I said that I was going to go out once, the fourth uncle was shocked at first, and then smiled and said that I, who had not gone out since I was a child, was finally going out of the cabinet, and said that this is a good thing, let me go to see the world, so as to match their family feelings, and when I left, I did not forget to let me go out to give more publicity to his medicinal materials.

After going out, I was thinking about whether to go to my aunt's house or go to my third aunt's house first, when three people came to meet me, the middle was handsome and dashing Yushu Linfeng, followed by two entourage, both of whom were also big men. I looked at it for a long time and felt very familiar, but I couldn't recognize it for a while, and suddenly I suddenly realized, this is not Murong Lianqi!

At this time, Murong Lianqi also smiled coldly and said: "Why have you stayed in the village for a long time, you haven't seen the world, and people can't recognize it?" ”

I hurriedly replied, "No, no, it's because you've changed so much that I haven't seen you back in the village for seven or eight years, and I haven't remembered it for a while!" ”

Murong Lianqi held back a good glance at me, called his entourage and left.

I am also very helpless, this Murong Lianqi was originally the son of the second uncle, in the early years, his father and my father fought for the position of the patriarch, and the Mujia Village was restless, and then the second uncle was defeated, and the family moved to Xi'an Mansion in a fit of anger, and never came back, and I have never seen Murong Lianqi since then.

I heard from my father that the second uncle later set up his own gang in Xi'an Mansion and ran several restaurant businesses, and lived a prosperous life. I don't know what Murong Lianqi said about returning to the village today? Forget it, don't think about it, let's go to my aunt's house first!

The aunt's house is located at the foot of the back mountain, very close to the old man's residence.

The aunt is also a hard-working person, her husband went out to earn a living in his early years, and now there is no news, and his life and death are unknown.

The aunt washed her face with tears every day, and she was blind early, but fortunately, the aunt's son is very sensible, and he takes care of his mother while working in the family farm, and he is a very filial son.

When I came to the door of my aunt's house, the courtyard door was closed, I didn't know if there was anyone, so I pushed the door down, but I didn't expect the door to be closed, so I pushed the door in. Although my aunt is blind in both eyes, her ears are very smart, and she can hear the wind and grass.

Before I could step through the door, my aunt was already shouting from inside the house, "Which wild child is running around?" ”

I smiled bitterly, my aunt is still so hot-tempered!

I replied casually, "It's me!" ”

My aunt immediately heard that it was me, so she hurriedly felt out of the room.

I immediately went up and hugged my aunt and said, "Auntie, you have difficulty moving, I will go in to find you, why did you come out?" ”

Looking at my aunt, I felt very ashamed, "Good doll, my aunt misses you!" ”

The aunt said with a crying voice.

My aunt and I sat in the house and chatted for a while, indicating the purpose of the visit, but the aunt said that she would not allow anything, and that she had to go and tell my father that she would not let me go out, and it seemed that my aunt was really tormented by her husband's outing, and the spirit was about to split, and I couldn't tell her all the secrets, so I had to hide from her that I was not going or something like that.

It was a delay of half an hour to chat at the aunt's house, and after appeasing the aunt, he went straight to the third aunt's house.

Speaking of the third aunt, I really can't cry and laugh, the third aunt's family is extremely sloppy, and when you go to her house, the cups and plates are often messy and mottled. The three aunts are five big and three coarse, and the nature is like a man, and the famous housekeeper is a well-known housekeeper in the vicinity, that is, the so-called "shrew", often loves to take advantage of some small advantages, and loves to join in the fun.

I don't want to think about it, I have come to the third aunt's house, and I heard the hysterical shouts of the third aunt from a distance, and it seems that she is teaching the child again.

As soon as I entered the courtyard gate, the two children who were chasing by the third aunt jumped and shouted, holding a feather duster, making the courtyard a miasma, and things were falling all over the place.

When the third aunt saw that it was me, she threw the feather duster and wiped it twice on the corner of her clothes, and said with a smile: "It's Tiancheng, the roast chicken you gave us last time was delicious, did you come to give us another one this time?" ”

I reluctantly raised my empty hands, and the third aunt also laughed. The third aunt immediately pulled me into the house, I just wanted to go in, and found that there was no place to stand, the basin on the ground was facing the sky, the bowl was facing the ground, and the tables and stools were horizontal and vertical, and there was no way into the house. I hurriedly said that I wouldn't go in, so I stood in front of the courtyard gate and chatted with the third aunt for a while!

When the third aunt learned that I was going to go far away, she immediately became interested, patted her chest and said: "Tiancheng, look at your weak appearance, if anyone dares to bully you outside, come back and tell the third aunt, see if the third aunt doesn't tear up his broken mouth to help you get angry!" ”

I nodded again and again, thinking to myself, third aunt, don't make trouble in front of me, I will already thank God and worship the Buddha and burn incense. talked to the third aunt, and took the opportunity to go home and pack up his things and leave quickly.

If the third aunt invites you to stay for dinner, I don't think I want to go back tomorrow.

After walking these houses, the sun is setting, and when it is almost dinner, I think that there are so many relatives and neighbors who cannot go all over for a while, and this is just me going out to see the world, and there is a chance to come back in the future, so I hurried back home, after all, I want to go out and be with my family is the most important thing. My father had already prepared a full table and waited at home for a long time, and he had not eaten such a sumptuous dinner for a long time.

Seeing my greedy face, my father smiled helplessly and said, "Tiancheng, it's just the right time for you to come back, let's hurry up and finish the meal while the hour is over, and then go to your mother's grave to pay respects!" ”

I suddenly realized that remorse rose, and I went to visit so many villagers, but I forgot the most important person, I was really confused! I got up and was about to go.

My father grabbed me and said, "Look at your impatience, eat first, there is time, it's not too late to go after eating!" ”

I had no choice but to endure my guilt and eat first. I devoured the indiscriminate food, and my father was dumbfounded and said, "You haven't eaten for a year or what?" As for this? ”

I laughed and said, "The main thing is that today's meal is so delicious!" ”

The father said with a dissatisfied face: "Isn't it true that you usually eat badly?" ”

I shook my head in the negative.

My father was angry and laughing, and told me a lot of rules in the small talk, hoping that I would not be so reckless when I went out as at home, and that I would be calm and calm, etc., and I almost fell asleep when I listened to it. My father saw that I was no longer interested, so he stopped talking and asked me to go to the kitchen to get the food and drink that had been prepared and go to my mother's funeral.

Mother's grave is halfway up the hillside in the backyard, my father and I will come to worship during the New Year's holidays, and my mother's grave is also well organized by my father, and the two pines and cypresses in front of the grave, my father said that I was two years old when I was two years old, and now they are straight to the sky. My mother has no impression in my mind at all, my father said that my mother died after I was born, and when I was sensible, every time I asked the reason for my mother's death, my father was always silent, and this question has been asked in my heart for more than ten years, but there is no answer to it so far.

I knelt down in front of my mother's grave and took out the food and drinks and lined them up, and then poured three glasses of wine. The first cup is dedicated to my mother, and I am pregnant in October; The second cup is dedicated to my mother, raising me and nurturing my feelings; The third cup of salute to my mother, I can't fulfill the regret of filial piety in this life. I burst into tears after three glasses of wine, how I wish I could see my mother all day long, how much I wish I had a mother who loves me like other children.

But all this can only be thought about in a dream, and it can never be put into reality. My father sighed again and again when he saw me so sad from the side. After staying quietly for half an hour, my father looked at the round moon and sighed, "It's not too early, let's go back!" ”

I said goodbye to my mother again and followed my father back home.

When I got home, I chatted with my father for a while, and then I was urged to go to bed early, and the night was quiet, except for my troubled heart, which struggled all night.

And I had a strange dream, in which my mother, dressed in white and wearing a white veil, came to me and brought me a brand new dress, and she looked at me silently and did not speak.

I want to hug my mother, but my mother's hands are far apart, I open my eyes wide to see my mother's face clearly, but no matter how I look at my mother, her face is white, and I can't see anything behind me.

Then my mother drifted away, and I got up and chased after me, and almost fell under the bed, only to realize that I was dreaming.

But when I woke up, I was shocked to see a new set of clothes neatly placed on the table next to my bed.

At this time, it was already early in the morning, and it was not too late to disturb my father again, and it was not too late to ask my father when it was dawn.

I held my breath and concentrated, and then I slowly fell asleep.

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