At the family banquet at noon on the second day, my mother arranged the largest and most luxurious room on the second floor of "Qingfengze".

Although the elder Alexander said that he was the one to entertain them, it was more like his mother was cleaning the dust for these Roman merchants and celebrating their safe return.

The three of us, my cousin Rangole, and a few cousins who were studying at my house were all happily present.

After remembering the bell of the lunchtime, old Alexander came with Yamika alone.

Since he was the boss today, it would be disrespectful to his mother to invite all the caravan brothers, and of course he understood the reason for hospitality.

Mother knew that old Alexander was a heavy drinker, so she specially instructed the men around her to bring a few jars of Middle-earth sake that had been stored in the store for many years to the table.

She was ready to drink with this Yamika father in person, and she would get drunk and rest.

After three rounds of drinking, the mother began her main topic.

She knew that after today, there were some things that she would never have a chance to say again.

"Mr. Alexander, I don't know if I should tell you or not!"

The mother calmly added the fatty lamb stew to Alexander's dishes, while asking the maid beside her to fill Alexander's clay bowl with sake.

"Madame, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" Alexander laughed and took a drink from the bowl.

He was originally a good drinker, and he hadn't drunk like this for a long time.

Today, although we children have no one to drink with him, it does not affect his drinking pleasure at all.

By the time he was talking to his mother, he had already had several bowls of wine in his stomach.

Amika's face was red in the air, and she kept persuading her father to drink slowly and not to neglect the guests, and Alexander didn't care.

Seeing old Alexander's drunkenness, I felt a little sick and couldn't help but laugh wildly, and I went to the hut several times for this excuse.

"Amika, it doesn't matter, just let your father drink it! There are no outsiders here today! ”

Mother understood old Alexander's behavior, and she smiled at Amika's relieved hand.

Every step of the merchant is a dangerous road in the rivers and lakes, let him drink as much as he likes if he has wine today!

"Mr. Alexander, this Silk Road has always been your man's world. The mountains are far away, and there are many hardships! Your daughter's family of a girl like Yamika has been running around with your father all the year round, but she has suffered her! ”

At this point, the mother glanced at Yamika and seemed to wipe her eyes with some sadness.

From Yamika's body, she also saw the shadow of her childhood.

"Who said it wasn't, Mrs. Khotan! But there is no way! I've been running around all year round, and Amika is still a little girl, so I can't leave her alone at home! Old Alexander drank another bowl with a heavy heart.

Yamika also bowed her head sadly, as if she had guessed what her mother would say next.

"Or else! How about just letting Amika stay in my "Qingfuze"? I would treat her as my own daughter. In the future, if the girl is willing, she can also be my daughter-in-law and the head of our inn! Yamika, would you like to? ”

My mother asked as she looked eagerly at Yamika, and my heart swelled like a tide.

Amika looked at her mother and her father in embarrassment, not showing her attitude.

"Madam, you are ripping my heart! Hehe! You know, I only have one relative, Yamika, and she is everything to me! ”

Old Alexander seemed to have suddenly woken up, and took the shoulders of his daughter beside him and smiled bitterly at his mother.

"But Madame, what you said is the truth, and I am very grateful for Madame's love! Well, let Yamika decide for herself! Would you rather stay with Madame Khotan, or would you rather come back to Rome with me? ”

Old Alexander looked at Yamika and asked coldly.

"I, me!" Amika was speechless, and suddenly she left the table crying.

Yamika's departure made the children at a loss, and everyone couldn't figure out how the originally harmonious and intimate atmosphere suddenly became like this.

The kind-hearted third brother Chang'an asked even more stupidly, "What's wrong with Yamika?" Do you want me to comfort her? ”

"It's nothing wrong with you! Hurry up and eat your meal! The shrewd second brother Wu Wei pulled the third brother and said in a low voice.

"Madame, farewell, thank you for your kindness! Buddy! Checkout! ”

Old Alexander stood up, bowed deeply to his mother, and went to the counter to pay the bill, leaving his mother and us children to dry.

Her mother's face turned from red to blue, and she had never been so neglected.

"Yi Jincheng, from now on mention that Yamika, you are not my son!"

My mother was almost gritting her teeth to warn me, and my heart was dripping blood.

I can't bear to be treated coldly by my beloved mother, and I can't bear Amika's imminent departure.

The word "love" began to resemble an invisible net, firmly holding me inside, making people unable to breathe.

I sat there in a state of decadence, not knowing what to do, feeling like the sky was about to fall.

Alexander's caravan, which had planned to stay at "Qingfengze" for a few more days, set off in a hurry early the next morning.

When my mother and desperate me came downstairs, we found Yamika kneeling on the edge of the lobby, where she had been waiting for a long time.

"Mom! Grandma! I'm sorry! Yamika has no choice! My poor father is the only relative I am, and I can't abandon him! ”

Watching her mother pass by coldly and ruthlessly, Yamika cried out.

And the sound of Yamika's crying hit her mother's sad place, and she turned around and leaned down to hug Yamika, and cried with her.

"O my poor boy! Yamika! O my poor daughter! ”

The cries of the two most beloved women broke my heart.

Her mother forgave Amika completely, and told her to come back when she had the opportunity and take care of herself.

"Yi Jincheng, send me away."

Finally, Amika raised her red and swollen eyes, looked at me as I sat on the stairs, and exclaimed softly.

On the way to Amika, we rode side by side, without saying a word, and we didn't know where to start.

Rome in the western part of the sea of clouds, for me, is a place far away in the sky.

When we can meet again, I don't have any extravagant hopes, and my heart is like stagnant water.

After the south gate of the royal city, after passing through a tax card, it is the ancient road leading to the direction of the green ridge.

Old Alexander's caravan waited quietly in the shade of the trees by the roadside, and the time had come for me to part with Yamika.

"Yi Jincheng, remember what you said! Be sure to wait for me to come back! You must come to Rome to see me! ”

In the distance, Amika untied the ribbon from her head and waved it sadly at me, and I seemed to be able to smell the enchanting fragrance of her golden hair.

For more than half a year after Yamika left "Qingfengze", my life was spent in a trance.

Crazy of longing, tasteless tea and rice, I have never missed someone so painfully.

Sometimes I would take two fast horses from the stables and shout that I was going to Rome to get Yamika.

My mother would send several young and strong men to chase me down.

Every time there was a sound of horses' hooves at the door of the inn, I would nervously rush forward to see what was going on.

Is it that Old Alexander's caravan is back, and Yamika is back.

But each time he was disappointed, and the caravan of the Romans never came to "Qingfengze" again.

The eldest son of Yimen, who is cheerful and handsome, and looks forward to the flow, has become crazy because he likes a foreign woman.

All the relatives of the family, the guys in the shop, and the merchants who passed by me all felt sorry when they heard about me.

My mother and grandfather were the ones who were hurt the most.

Grandpa originally had high expectations for me, the eldest grandson, but now that he saw me degenerate into such a depraved state, he felt distressed and resentful, and seemed to have aged a lot overnight.

In the end, he poured all his resentment on his mother, and scolded his daughter-in-law for the first time.

scolded her mother for not respecting herself, her husband was abducted by a banshee from a foreign country, and now she lured a wolf into the house to harm her son, and betrayed the trust she had always placed in her.

In the face of her grandfather's painful accusations, her mother was speechless and could only cry.

"My son Jincheng! Hurry up and cheer up! If you continue like this, you won't be able to live as a mother. ”

My mother, who had always been the spiritual pillar of the family, came to me every day to enlighten me, but now she was extremely fragile.

"Jincheng, if you continue like this, not only will you ruin yourself, but your grandfather's hard work in Khotan will also be ruined.

Mothers have always been strong, but in front of us children, they always educate us with love and tolerance.

If you can't do it, you will show weakness in order to win the sympathy of your sons.

This trick has always worked best, and I would rather kill myself than see my mother's sad and helpless eyes.

"Jin Cheng, you are still young, you can't abuse yourself so badly! Hurry up and cheer up and practice your skills! After the weak crown, I will let you take the caravan to Rome and bring back that little goblin of Yamika! ”

After several times of stick education to no avail, my grandfather also began to change his strategy and understood me reasonably.

"Your grandfather is right, when the time comes, your grandfather and I will accompany you to Rome! Although I am old, the kung fu on my body is still there, and I can still give you the courage of the kid! Hehe! Grandpa chimed in.

In this way, with the persuasion and care of my relatives, my emotions gradually stabilized.

It is said that time is the medicine that heals the wounds, and half a year later, the lovely Amika has retreated to the corner of my heart and has become a memory that cannot be touched.

All of a sudden, I felt like I had grown up a lot, and there was a lot of passion and hope in my heart.