Chapter Twenty-Three: Descending the Mountain
Ye Yuning couldn't help crying, over the past year, Ye Yuning felt more and more that he was dragging him down, the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she became, she hated why she was a girl, she couldn't help him with anything, and she wanted him to worry about himself.
"Really, of course it's true, Ning Ning don't cry." As soon as Ye Yuning cried, Wei Qijun panicked, it was just right, why did he cry again? hurriedly helped her wipe her tears and comforted her slowly.
"Ning Ning, don't say such stupid things again, it's not a drag."
Ye Yuning nodded, wiped his tears, and held back the tears of his tears, "Aren't you going to pack up your things?" I'll help you. ”
It turned out that he had been thinking too much about himself all along, and he didn't think he was a drag oil bottle at all, and he lost his temper just now and beat him.
The more Ye Yuning thought about it, the more he felt sorry for Wei Qijun, and the more he thought about it, the more guilty he felt, so early the next morning, Ye Yuning actually got up early and made breakfast for the first time.
In the four years since Wei Qijun came to the Ye family, except for the few days when he first arrived at the Ye family, it was the first time he saw Ye Yuning cooking breakfast.
Wei Qijun had just woken up, and at this time, his jaw was about to drop, and he looked at Ye Yuning's busy back in a daze, unable to say a word.
"Look what, do I have ash on my face?" Ye Yuning saw Wei Qijun's eyes staring straight at her, staring at her more and more uncomfortable, "It just so happens that Wei Qi, you are awake, wash your hands and come to eat." ”
"There is no ash, it is the first time I saw Ning Ning making breakfast, and I was very surprised."
"Nasty, why haven't I cooked?" Ye Yuning was a little weak-hearted, thinking about it carefully, it seemed that since Wei Qijun came to the house, he really hadn't made breakfast, and if he thought about it carefully, it seemed that as long as Wei Qijun was free, he hadn't cooked.
Wei Qijun didn't tear her down, washed his hands, lowered his head and sat down to eat, "I'll leave in a while, don't run around in the mountains, there are often wild beasts in this season, after I leave, you will block the door with stones, don't run around." If you do see a beast, don't fight it, and hide in a tree. ”
Wei Qijun kept chattering like an old lady when he was eating, and when he heard this, Ye Yuning's ears were about to grow calluses, and every time he went out, he would recite it.
"Got it, I'll protect myself, you have to be careful outside, now there may be garrisons from Yingchuan County everywhere outside. You have to be careful, just forget if you can't find a job, but don't be serious, those people are different from the landlord's Xiaosi, they are not so easy to fool, but don't be careless. ”
The two are like an old couple for many years, chattering non-stop.
After eating, Wei Qijun said that he would not let Ye Yuning send him, for fear that she would encounter any danger, so he saw Ye Yuning close the door with his own eyes, and only then did he leave with confidence.
Wei Qijun walked slowly down the mountain along the path that had been walked thousands of times, feeling very worried, he hadn't gone down the mountain for a long time, what was going on outside now?
Last winter, Wei Qijun went down the mountain once, and at that time it was cold, Ye Yuning couldn't stand the cold, so Wei Qijun ventured down the mountain to get cotton clothes and quilts at home.
When they arrived at the mountain, they learned that Sanchuan County had been occupied by Yingchuan County, and the county guard of Yingchuan County ordered the city to be slaughtered, and their house had been burned.
Wei Qijun was very happy and very sad. Fortunately, they hid in the mountains and escaped, but sadly, the house was gone, it was the only inheritance that Ye's father left to Ye Yuning, it was their home, and the dowry that Ye's father had worked hard to save for Ye Yuning for a lifetime was gone.
Wei Qijun still remembered that he returned empty-handed, and when he came back to tell Ye Yuning that the house was gone, Ye Yuning was very uncomfortable and cried bitterly.
She also asked Wei Qijun if the house was gone, if he would abandon himself and leave this place. It turned out that since then, Ye Yuning thought that he had dragged him down and had always distrusted him.
Ye Yuning was really scared at the time, afraid that Wei Qijun would leave her, she only had one relative to Wei Qijun, without him, Ye Yuning really didn't know what to do in the future.
Wei Qijun could only comfort her and tell her that he would not leave, and he could see that he did not give her enough security, so she could not fully trust him. So what Wei Qijun can do is to comfort her and tell her with practical actions that he really won't abandon her and leave by himself.
Losing his family for the first time, Wei Qijun wandered around, he didn't know what to do in the future, he just told himself that no matter what, he must live, and he must not seek death.
Although he survived, he was like a living dead, enduring loneliness, sickness, and white eyes, not knowing the meaning of life, just living like a walking corpse.
But now it's different, although the house is gone, Ye's father is dead, but he still has Ye Yuning, Ye Yuning is the meaning of his life, the motivation to live.
He not only wants to live, but also to work, but also to make money to give Ye Yuning a better life.
Ye Yuning didn't know, in fact, in Wei Qijun's heart, she was the meaning of his life, and if it weren't for her, Wei Qijun would rather die.
This time he went down the mountain, Wei Qijun wanted to find a job, because he set a goal for himself. In two years, they will be able to get married. In the past two years, he has to work hard, make money, build a house, and prepare a bride price, and he must give Ye Yuning a better life.
Since Father Ye entrusted Ye Yuning to him, and since Ning Ning was willing to marry him, a person who had nothing, he had to work hard and give her the best of everything.
When Wei Qijun came to the bottom of the mountain, it was still early, and he came to the village where they used to live, and his home was no longer available.
The whole village is full of broken walls and ruins, overgrown with weeds, and not far away is the mass grave where the people who were slaughtered last year are buried. The village that used to live for three years now has no life. The vicissitudes of life, everything is not what we knew at the beginning.
Wei Qijun came to Ye's father's grave again to visit Ye's father. The grave was already overgrown with weeds. Yes, because of the war, they hastily buried Father Ye and hid in the mountains, isn't it normal for a year to be overgrown with weeds?
Wei Qijun pulled out the weeds on Ye's father's grave, burned some paper money for Ye's father, knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted loudly:
"Godfather!"
"My son is not filial, I should have taken you and Ning Ning together. It's been a year, and I haven't come to sweep your grave, and the house at home is gone, so it's all because Qi Jun has no ability. ”
"Godfather, I know that what you are most worried about is Ning Ning, it is not safe now, Ning Ning is still in the mountains now, and you didn't bring Ning Ning over. I will definitely treat Ning Ning well and give Ning Ning a better life. ”
"My son is not filial, I will kowtow to you here."
Wei Qijun couldn't help but shed tears, thinking of what Father Ye had done to him. Father Ye was really good to him, it was he who gave him a home, let him end his wandering life, let him live like a person, and entrusted Ning Ning to him, in fact, in his heart, he had long regarded Father Ye as his biological father.