Yan Bailu sat on a wide chair and shook her legs gently, she had already moved the chair to the door, so that she was the first to see her brother come home, she raised her head, the small half moon on the canopy was hidden behind the clouds, the stars were dotted, like a grain of sesame seeds on the baked cake, beautiful and delicious.

There was a sudden noise by the door, she quickly lowered her head, then grinned, supported her hands, jumped off the chair, trotted to the door, and called sweetly as she ran, "Brother." ”

Su Jingchen half-squatted down, Yan Bailu suddenly threw himself into his arms, he rubbed Yan Bailu's little head, stretched out the hand hidden behind him, and said with a smile, "For you." ”

"For me?" Yan Bailu took the rag doll, held it in his hand and looked at it for a while, and suddenly jumped up with excitement, and circled around Su Jingchen, bouncing and jumping.

"It's really a fawn." Su Jingchen's eyes moved with Yan Bailu's figure, and then he grabbed her hand and said, "Aren't you cold when you're outside like this, how good it would be to go to the house and roast with Grandpa Tang." ”

"The thought of being the first to see my brother doesn't make me cold at all." Yan Bailu stopped, held by Su Jingchen with one hand, and the rag doll with the other, and returned to a quiet appearance, as if in front of Su Jingchen, she was as lively as a deer, and at other times, she had to be quiet for a while.

"Let's go, let's go to the house and make a fire."

"Hmm!"

Su Jingchen walked to the side room, slowly pushed open the door, Old Man Tang was sitting in front of the stove, with a cup of tea in his hand, he raised his head and looked at Su Jingchen, "I'm back." ”

"Well, I'm back," Su Jingchen let go of Yan Bailu's hand and said, "Sit down next to Grandpa, and warm up the handcuffs and feet." ”

But Yan Bailu grabbed his hand again and said, "Brother's hand is much warmer than that small stove." ”

Su Jingchen smiled bitterly, so he had to put down the quiver and bow on his back first, and then sat down next to Old Man Tang, and pulled Yan Bailu to sit down next to him.

Old man Tang took a sip of tea and asked, "Have you heard the news?" ”

"I heard." Su Jingchen told Old Man Tang again the news he got from that man.

Old Man Tang nodded, and asked again, "Have you bought all the things that should be bought?" ”

"I bought a bow, and a rag doll for the fawn." Su Jingchen smiled, then took out the money bag from his arms and put it on the small table next to Old Man Tang, "This is the rest of the money." ”

Old man Tang glanced at the bow placed in the corner, looked at the money bag again, and nodded slightly, "The bow is not bad, look at the money you have left, it should be earned, buying such a bow in Huaiyang is not cheap, and some people may not be able to buy it with money in their hands." ”

"It's just luck." Su Jingchen waved his hand.

Old Man Tang suddenly took out a two-foot short knife from the other side and put it on the small table, "You take this knife, it can be regarded as my identification ceremony." ”

Su Jingchen thanked him and carefully put away the knife.

"In addition, you can buy other miscellaneous things yourself, you don't have to pay me back this bag of money, I will give you another sum of money, it is enough for you to take the ferry to the south, but you have to be careful, when you go out, it is not a bad thing to have multiple hearts."

"yes, got it." Su Jingchen replied softly.

"Go to sleep, it's getting late, and the little white deer is asleep." The old man pointed to Yan Bailu beside Su Jingchen, and Su Jingchen turned around, only to find that she had already fallen asleep, and there was still a trace of saliva on the corner of her mouth.

The old man handed over a handkerchief, Su Jingchen took it, wiped the saliva from the corner of Yan Bailu's mouth, thought about it, put away the handkerchief, gently lifted Yan Bailu on his back, said good night to the old man, and went out.

As soon as he walked to the door, the old man's voice suddenly came from behind him, "Don't die in Yunzhou." ”

"Well, it won't."

......

As soon as the sky was bright, Su Jingchen got up lightly, got ready to pack his bags, and left the courtyard where he had lived for more than half a year, Yan Bailu was still asleep on the bed, not realizing Su Jingchen's departure.

Walking to the entrance of the alley, Su Jingchen suddenly turned around, looked at the locust tree for a while, suddenly smiled, and turned to leave.

There are few passers-by along the way, and when they arrive at Qingpu Port, there are only workers who gather together to hold steamed buns and nibble, or bow their heads to a big bowl of noodles and suck it, because the sky is not yet bright, there are still some lights on the wharf, and the lighthouse is still lit, and those reflections float slightly with the water waves.

Su Jingchen walked to a medium-sized ferry, the owner Yu Zhi held his hands on his chest, and was standing under the boat directing the loading of goods, they were going to Yunzhou.

"So early?" The owner just glanced at Su Jingchen, nodded slightly, and said hello, "I guess you have to wait for a while, it's not easy to finish moving these goods." ”

"It's okay, I'll just wait." Su Jingchen sat on a stone pier, watching the sun gradually rise in the distance, the dark sea surface brightened little by little, the lighthouse in the distance cast a huge shadow, the shadow of the boat swayed gently on the water, the water surface reflected the sun, a gust of sea breeze blew, and the water surface became bright and shining, like stars in the sky, and it was very much like someone's eyes.

Su Jingchen raised his head and closed his eyes, as if he was thinking about something, and after a long time, the morning light just fell on his eyes, he suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Boss Yu, can you wait for me for a day." ”

Yu Zhi turned his head, still maintaining the same position just now and not moving, "Why?" ”

"There's a little ghost at home, a little relieved," Su Jingchen smiled, "I think it's better to say goodbye to her, otherwise when I come back, I guess she won't want to pay attention to me." ”

Yu Zhi scratched his head, seemingly a little embarrassed, "Our official departure is about noon, farewell?" These hours should be enough, right? No, I can wait for you another hour. ”

Su Jingchen thought for a while and said, "It's probably not enough, it should be night when I come over." ”

"That's not good, let's set off safely during the day, our people who go to sea are very superstitious, and we have to find an auspicious time to set off with confidence." Yu Zhi shook his head and refused.

"And what about tomorrow morning?" Su Jingchen asked again.

Yu Zhi still shook his head, "This has to delay our day's trip, and it won't work." ”

"Then does Boss Yu know when the other ships going to Yunzhou will depart?"

Yu Zhi said: "As far as I know, there are no ships to Yunzhou in the past half a month, and there are few ships to Yunzhou. ”

"Then let's do it," Su Jingchen took out the money bag, took out a gold leaf from it, and handed it to Yu Zhi, "Boss Yu will wait for me for a day, and this gold leaf will be for me to invite the brothers on the ship to drink." ”

Yu Zhi hesitated, but still took the gold leaf, "Okay, then tomorrow, but tomorrow at this time, Su Gongzi, you will get this, and you will not wait." ”

"Got it," Su Jingchen smiled, stood up and hugged his fist at Yu Zhi, "Thank you, Boss Yu, I will definitely not be late at this time tomorrow." ”

"Then I'll be waiting for you here." Yu Zhi nodded, and did not look at Su Jingchen's departure again.

......

Yan Bailu smashed her mouth, turned over slightly, and wanted to put her hand on Su Jingchen's body, but she was empty, she barely opened her eyes, squinted and looked around the room, but still didn't find Su Jingchen's eyes, so she slowly got out of the quilt and climbed out of bed, rubbed her sleepy eyes and walked out of the door, just met Xiaomei who was about to wake her up, she yawned and asked, "Sister Xiaomei, where is my brother?" ”

"You said Su Gongzi?" Xiaomei was taken aback, "Let's go, he left before dawn this morning, carrying a lot of things on his back, and he came to greet me,"

Xiaomei looked at Yan Bailu and saw that she was only wearing a coarse green shirt and a pair of pants of the same color, and she didn't even wear shoes, so she hurriedly said, "Miss Xiaolu, it's not good for you to only wear such clothes, in case you get infected with the cold, it's not good!" It's better to go back to the house first, put on two thicker clothes before coming out. ”

"Gone? Are you going to buy a pancake for me? Yan Bailu still didn't react, and didn't pay attention to Xiaomei's words behind her, and asked thoughtlessly.

"I heard that I was going to go far away," replied Mei, "and I still have to take a boat." ”

"Out of ...... Trip? Yan Bailu was stunned.

"yes." Xiaomei was about to say something more, but Yan Bailu bumped into her all of a sudden, staggered downstairs, ran barefoot to the gate of the courtyard, looked left and right, and still didn't see Su Jingchen's figure, she panicked all of a sudden, with some tears in her eyes, she first ran to the right, ran a few steps, and suddenly turned around and ran to the right, she stepped on the cold ground barefoot, and her feet were broken by the stones in several places and didn't stop, she kept running, running, she didn't care what the people on the side of the road thought of her, she only had one thought in her heart, Is even my brother going to leave me alone and go alone? Obviously yesterday he was still smiling and touching my head, today, is he leaving?

She suddenly tripped and fell to the ground, her face was red from the cold wind, her hands were also scratched, she just lay on the ground, whimpered quietly, and then cried louder and louder, I don't know if it was pain, or some other reason.

"Fawn! What's wrong with you? A familiar voice suddenly sounded in her ears, and he reached out and slowly picked her up.

She raised her head and saw Su Jingchen's face, was stunned for a moment, and then threw herself into his arms all of a sudden, crying even louder, "Brother, brother, I thought ...... You're the same as your father, and you don't want me anymore. ”

"How so? Am I not here? Su Jingchen gently wiped away her tears, held her in his arms, and touched her head, "Let's go, let's go home." ”

"Hmm!" Yan Bailu burst into tears and laughed, grabbed Su Jingchen's neck, and wiped all the snot on his clothes, Su Jingchen didn't care, just hugged her gently, and returned to the yard where an old locust tree grew.