Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve, Tao Li had to make a choice, there are so many soldiers in the world, there is no shortage of him, there are so many children in the world, and there is no shortage of him.

Tao Li finally drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp.

His greatest wish in life was to gallop across the field, to be loyal to his country, to cross the moat mountain with a prancing horse, to enter the nest of the demon cub, and to slash a man who would never see the back of the mountain again.

Sui Jianzhi seemed to know what Tao Li was thinking, and he didn't make a sound to disturb.

"Squeak" The door squeaked, accompanied by a soft and beautiful sound.

"Why does it smell so big, Dad, aren't you ......drinking again?"

A beautiful shadow walked in, about two years old, wearing a plain white robe, three thousand green silk hanging shoulders, the two matched, complementing each other.

Before she finished speaking, Sui Ying saw Tao Li on the couch, her big eyes immediately narrowed into a crescent moon, her eyelashes trembled slightly, the corners of her mouth rose, and her eyebrows rose.

Sui Ying wanted to step forward, but when she saw her father on the side, she was a little timid. Tao Li wanted to get up, but when he saw his master on the side, he hesitated.

Sui Jianzhi pretended not to see the two of them, and continued to eat peanuts and drink wine.

Peanuts are stuffed into your mouth, chewed slowly, and poured a sip of old wine into your mouth to savor it. Sometimes nodding, sometimes shaking his head, indulging in it.

"Master, if you drink too much, go back to your room early to rest, right?" Tao Li gritted his teeth and said to Sui Jianzhi.

"Where is this, you don't know how much I drink? Zuo Du Governor Zhao Su drinks enough to be powerful, right? On my birthday the year before last, I couldn't walk the road if I hadn't been drunk, and this little wine was still far away. ”

"Cut, I don't know who ended up sleeping on the table all night, couldn't wake up, and was punished for a year of abstinence." Sui Ying muttered quietly.

"Then Master, you drink slowly, I drank too much, so I will leave first." Tao Li got up and wanted to leave.

"Walk slowly, don't send it, Xiaoying, come and tell me what you wish to pray for today when you go to the Spiritual Wish Temple, say it slowly, you must say it slowly, I've been lately, my ears are not very good."

As soon as these words came out, the angry Sui Ying stomped her feet and stared, that appearance was extremely interesting.

"Hahahaha, it's really a female girl, go ahead!" Sui Jianzhi didn't continue to tease them anymore, waved his hand, and let them leave.

Sui Ying suddenly smiled and said, "Daddy is the best." Then he pulled Tao Li and walked outside the house.

in the hallway. The smile on the boy's face had not disappeared since the first time he saw the girl, and he looked at the girl quietly without speaking.

He felt that watching her quietly like this was the best thing in the world.

The girl was a little embarrassed to be seen, and said angrily, "Silly joy! ”

The boy raised his hand and wiped a few drops of water from the tips of the girl's hair with his sleeve, gently and gently, carefully and carefully. After wiping it off, the young man nodded with satisfaction before responding to the girl's words.

"So you look stupid, huh?"

The girl was choked and speechless, and she was about to beat the boy, but a voice sounded in her ears: "Xiaoying, are you bullying Xiao Li again?" ”

A middle-aged woman walked towards them, her long hair was pulled up, her facial features were upright and soft, and the years had left a few shallow crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, revealing a delicate look in her eyes, Sui Ying was very similar to her.

"Master." The boy saluted.

The girl hurriedly ran to the middle-aged woman's side, and said coquettishly: "Mother, I didn't bully him, I don't believe you can ask him." "Say it. He also winked at the boy.

Zhou Wanqing took away her daughter's hand, ignored her, helped the young man up, looked at it, and then said distressedly: "Thin, really thin, why don't you pay attention to it on weekdays?" Or are you just as picky eaters as you were when you were a kid? Even if you are a picky eater, can't you cook a few delicious meals in the Tangtang Ning'an Hou Mansion? ”

Before the boy could speak, the girl preemptively said, "Mother! Why don't you see him every once in a while and say that he is thin, I don't think he's thin, you see, there is more flesh on this face. ”

As she spoke, the girl was about to pinch the boy's face.

Zhou Wanqing glared at the girl, and the girl withdrew her hand stupidly, pinned it behind her, looked left and right with big eyes, and pretended that nothing had happened.

"Master, in fact, Xiaoying is right, I really haven't lost weight, and I've long been a picky eater."

"It's good not to be picky, it's good, in the future, it's not as good as in the imperial capital, the food and clothing are definitely not as good as now, take care of yourself, go, the master will make you your favorite chestnut roast meat!"

She has always known the boy's thoughts and aspirations, since she heard the news of the fight in the north, she has understood that the child in front of her will not be long before he goes to the battlefield, and she will not stop it, but before that, she wants to make a few dishes for the boy that he loves to eat. That's all.

At the dinner table, Zhou Wanqing vigorously served the young man with vegetables, which caused the girl next to her to pout, and looked at the mountain-like dishes piled up in the young man's bowl.

The boy was also very interested in sandwiching a few pieces of her favorite ribs to the girl, and the girl was satisfied, habitually squinting her big eyes, raising the corners of her mouth, and then quickly chopping rice.

Zhou Wanqing poured a cup of tea for the young man and said softly: "Eat more, eat slowly!" "The eyes are full of love, and also, distressed.

The boy lost his father when other people's children were playing and fighting, and he didn't have time to firmly imprint his father's appearance in his heart.

All he remembered was that it was cold, it was raining outside, and the thickest and largest lotus flower in the pond in the yard had withered.

The house was full of white cloth, incense and candles everywhere, and a big black box was placed in the center of the hall, and Sister Gu Yu put on a white dress for him and a white scarf tied to his head. He saw many uncles and uncles dressed like him come to his house, and they took incense and bent over the big black box.

His mother was crying, his brother was crying, and the housekeepers were crying, and he didn't know why they were crying, but he felt very uncomfortable and began to cry too.

From that day on, he had never seen the majestic figure who always peeled off the sugar coating on the outside of the sugar gourd and broke it a little bit before putting it in his mouth.

In the late autumn of that year, he was only four years and six months old.

The boy lost his mother when the children were still chasing and frolicking.

That day, he walked to his mother's room with a medicine bowl, the medicine was freshly boiled, and it was very hot, and he didn't want anyone to help him, so he carried it himself.

He wants to walk faster, for fear that the medicine will be cold, and he has to walk more steadily, for fear that the medicine will be spilled.

The road from the kitchen to his mother's room made him very dissatisfied, so he couldn't make it shorter, shorter.

"Mother!" He went to his mother's room and whispered.

The mother on the bed saw that the medicine was still steaming in his hand, so she hurriedly stood up and took it, and then looked at his reddened hands, and had mixed feelings for a while.

Self-blame, distress, and emotion turned into strings of tears and fell into the bowl.

After his mother finished drinking the medicine, he stretched out his small hand and grabbed his mother's hand firmly, and then pressed it on his face, trying to warm up the still cold hands with the temperature on his face.

His mother stared at his face, her eyes full of reluctance and love, and he talked to him a lot that day. I want him to be sensible, I want him to listen to his brother, Uncle Sui, and Aunt Zhou, to be upright, to be loyal and patriotic, to stand up to the sky, and to be safe.

Although he didn't quite understand some of what his mother said, he still nodded vigorously, indicating that he already knew. Will be very obedient.

With a relieved smile on her face, the mother removed her hand from his face, gently touched his head, and said, "Good boy." ”

Then he turned his back to prevent him from seeing his expression, and after a while, he turned around again, and his eyes glowed again. She got up and said to the young man, "Go and see if your brother has come back, I'll make you your favorite chestnut roast pork." ”

When he saw that his mother's health had improved, he was overjoyed, and thought that he must have been obedient and obedient to make his mother better.

He said happily: "Okay, mother, I'll go, I'll go." "The little face is full of happiness,

Then he ran out happily, and he must tell his brother who rushed back from the city of rest the good news as soon as possible.

At that time, he didn't understand why his brother still burst into tears when his brother came back, even though his mother was getting better, but this doubt was still dispelled by the joy of his mother's health.

That night, he filled a big bowl of rice, his mouth was bulging, the corners of his mouth were covered with rice grains, and his mother did not speak, but watched him and his brother eat with a gentle face, and served them vegetables.

"Mother, you should eat quickly, you are just sick, you need to make up for it." Seeing that his mother did not move her chopsticks, he picked up a few pieces of meat one after another and put them into his mother's bowl.

"Eh, okay, mother!" The mother looked at her child's immature and innocent face, and after hearing the child's words, she quickly lowered her head and ate it.

"Today's dish is salty."

The same voice sounded in the hearts of the mother and brother.

This day is the happiest day for teenagers.

On the second day, the scene from two years ago reappeared, white cloth, incense candles, large black boxes, and crying.

It's just that this time he knows why he cries so sadly.

He was five years and six months old in the late autumn of that year.

His small, weak body knelt before the spirit again, his body trembling, crying and hissing, and finally fainted.

Later, Zhou Wanqing took him back to his home and took care of him. Raised as an adult, he was not allowed to return to his home until a few years ago.

In the ten years of Zhou Wanqing's family, the young man was happy, Sui Jianzhi and Zhou Wanqing treated him like a son, no, it was better than a son.

When the boy was ten years old, he went to climb a tree with Sui Yi to pick peaches, but both of them fell not lightly, Sui Jianzhi knew that he was beaten hard at Sui Yi, he didn't care whether it was the idea put forward by the teenager or not, and he didn't care that his own son's hand had been broken, and the boy was just a piece of skin on his leg.

The past was like yesterday, Zhou Wanqing got up and came to the front of the house, with her back to the boy and the girl.

It rained a lot in late autumn in the imperial capital, a gust of wind blew, and the rain was flying, Zhou Wanqing wiped her eyes, but she didn't know if it was rain.