After a while, the room darkened, Ling Xiao lay down, Brother Huan opened his eyes, lifted his small quilt, and rolled into the big quilt. Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test

"Still not sleeping?" Ling Xiao cleared his throat.

Brother Huan'er said in a cliché: "I can't sleep." “

Ling Xiao ignored it, and every time the little cub said that he couldn't sleep, he finally slept more soundly than anyone else.

After a while, Brother Huan crawled beside him and asked in a low voice: "Daddy, Aunt Gu said that my mother doesn't want me anymore, is it true?" “

Ling Xiao sighed irritably: "Listen to her fart." “

Brother Huan was a little frustrated, "But grandmother said the same thing." “

Ling Xiao was silent.

"Is it true?" The little one asked again.

Ling Xiao has spent almost the past three years in Yangguan, but he doesn't want to touch the wound in his heart.

He wanted to say yes, but in the dark night, Brother Huan'er's bright eyes reminded him of the person he didn't want to think about.

"Sleep!" Ling Xiao accentuated his tone, "Talk nonsense, get out." “

Brother Huan'er don't stop talking, he lifted the corner of the quilt angrily, got into his small quilt, and left the back of his head for his father.

Ling Xiao ignored it, and the father and son woke up in the morning.

Brother Huan woke up, and Ling Xiao had already started breakfast.

The little guy hurriedly dressed himself, slipped out of bed and put on his shoes, washed himself, and then climbed onto the couch, knelt on the side of the kang, and waited for the mother-in-law to take the small bowl.

Ling Xiao was quite satisfied with the child's independence, and peeled the eggs and put them in his bowl.

Brother Huan held chopsticks and poked the eggs, glanced at breakfast, and asked his mother-in-law unhappily: "Why is there no steamed meat?" I'm going to eat steamed pork. “

The mother-in-law secretly glanced at Ling Xiao. smiled and coaxed: "Little boy, the meat is gone today, is it okay to eat it tomorrow?" “

"Not good." After speaking, he caught a glimpse of Ling Xiao's face changing, and immediately turned around and muttered, "Eat every day, I'm tired of eating early." “

Ling Xiao waved his hand, motioned for his mother-in-law to go down, and then broke open a meat-filled bun, picked out the stuffing and put it in Brother Huan'er's bowl, and kept the skin for himself.

Brother Huan'er ate with a mouth full of oil, and felt that his father ate very deliciously, pointing to the bun skin, "Daddy, I want to eat this too." “

Ling Xiao pulled a piece of skin and stuffed it into his mouth. Brother Huan'er chewed it, chewed it, and said to himself, "It's still meaty." “

After eating, Ling Xiao was going to report to the Privy Council, Brother Huan stood under the porch, waving his chubby little arms, and was very happy, "Daddy is good to go, have fun, don't be in a hurry to come back." “

The mother-in-law looked at him with a smile, the tiger in the house was gone, and the monkey was the overlord.

In Yuzhong, Gu Fanshuang came to the house to teach Brother Huan'er enlightenment, the Gu family's famous scholarly family, and the health of the county lord of Pingkang was deteriorating, and he couldn't keep up with the energy of the little cub. Someone was willing to help, and she was happy.

Brother Huan didn't want to learn for a while, so he slipped off the chair and ran out while Gu Fanshuang was not paying attention, and was soon discovered and arrested.

"You want to sneak away again?" Gu Fanshuang dragged him into the house and scared, "If you don't study hard, I'll tell your father." “

"You go sue!" Brother Huan resisted, grabbed and bitten, and shouted, "I won't learn!" I hate you! There you go! Get out! This is my home! “

"Brother Huan!" When the county lord of Pingkang heard the noise in the courtyard, he came out of the house and said, "How do you talk to Aunt Gu?" She taught you to learn calligraphy is a female gentleman, you should respect the teacher, hurry up, and apologize to Aunt Gu for admitting her mistakes. “

"Don't!" Brother Huan remembered Ling Xiao's words, "Daddy said, don't listen to her fart!" “

As he spoke, he bit Gu Fanshuang's hand hard, broke free, turned around and ran.

"Are you alright?" The county lord of Pingkang took Gu Fanshuang's hand and asked Qiu's mother to bring the medicine, "The child is at a naughty age, don't worry about him, Brother Xiao'er too, he gets along with the child less, and he has no scruples about talking." “

Gu Fanshuang's eyes were red, and his mouth was bitter: "Tong Yan Wuji, don't tell Ling Xiao, I won't take it seriously." “

Lord Pingkang sighed: "Brother Xiao has never suffered when he was a child, and he suddenly broke his heart and changed his temperament, even my mother didn't expect it, you have to bear more." “

Gu Fanshuang bit her lip and couldn't hold back: "Auntie, I really didn't lie to Ling Xiao, Yun Xiu's original words, I didn't miss a word, why didn't he believe me?" Why? I held back these words for a long time, and I wanted Ling Xiao to understand. “

"Silly girl, don't take it to heart," Lord Pingkang didn't expect Yun Xiu to have such a deep impact on his son, "Brother Xiao is back this time, if you have any grievances in your heart, you have to make it clear to him." “

"I feel that I have no face and no skin," Gu Fanshuang said with a crying voice, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, my father lost his temper and said that he wanted to marry me far away, so as not to be embarrassed, I am twenty and three this year, and my sisters in the family are all married, and it is so difficult for me to ask for one heart." “

"Good boy, don't cry," the lord of Pingkang County didn't dare to make the decision casually now, for fear that his son would run to the border and not come back, so he coaxed at both ends, "When Brother Xiao'er comes back in the evening, I will tell him that I can always ask a ugly man." “

Gu Fanshuang belched and left with a sob.

When she passed by the front yard, she heard Brother Huan catching birds and playing in the small courtyard of the study, and her heart felt even more sad.

The nurse saw Gu Fanshuang's figure and reminded Brother Huan, "Little boy, Aunt Gu is gone, let's go say hello." “

"Don't."

Brother Huan took advantage of the old marquis's absence, opened the bird cage, stretched out his hand and grabbed it, the birds fled in shock, and Hulala flew into the sky.

"Yikes! The bird flew! The little guy was anxious and shouted to the nurse, "Get it back!" Catch it now! “

And then, got into trouble??

By the time Ling Xiao was about to return, Brother Huan had already finished taking a shower, lying quietly on the kang table, pretending to write, stroke by stroke crookedly, with a very serious posture.

Only the nurse could see that the little guy was absent-minded, glancing out of the glass window from time to time, and it was difficult to sit still.

But today, Ling Xiao came back later than usual, and when the mother-in-law set the meal, Brother Huan'er was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, and he still didn't forget to invite credit, "Daddy, I wrote a lot of words today, and my handwriting is sour." “

He said as he blew on his chubby hand.

Ling Xiao didn't say a word, picked up the bowl and ate his own, and didn't feed him vegetables.

Brother Huan'er had a weak heart and ate his own silently, so he heard Ling Xiao suddenly speak: "What are you talking to Aunt Gu today?" “

He lowered his head and disguised, "I didn't say anything." “

Ling Xiao snorted, with an invisible sense of oppression in his tone, "After eating, I went to the ancestral hall to think about it." “

Brother Huan nodded obediently and said he knew.

Punished kneeling and thinking about a stick of incense, the ancestral hall was cold, although the futon was soft, kneeling for a long time still hurt in the knees, the nurse was watching from the side and felt distressed, but she didn't dare to persuade her, let alone cover up.

After half a burnt incense, Ling Xiao came over, sat in the circle chair, and asked him, "Do you know what's wrong?" “

Brother Huan'er nodded, "You shouldn't talk back to Aunt Gu." “

"And."

"It's not good to learn how to read."

"And."

"The bird ran away."

"Who put it?"

"Me."

After answering, Brother Huan consciously stretched out his palm. Waiting to be beaten.

Ling Xiao took the prepared slices, lifted them and fell them without hesitation, making a groaning sound, and three blood marks suddenly appeared on the white tender palm.

Brother Huan'er pursed his mouth, tears swirled in his eyes, he didn't cry, rubbed his hands, and blew hard.

The nurse couldn't stand it, picked up the child, and said, "Little Hou Ye, the slave takes the son to the medicine." “

After leaving a distance, Ling Xiao heard Brother Huan'er cry suddenly, as if shouting something like "I hate Aunt Gu the most".

He sat back in the lap chair and thought about what he had just done.

At night, Brother Huan hid in bed and ignored him.

Ling Xiao touched the back of the child's head: "Did you rub the medicine?" “

Brother Huan rubbed his eyes aggrievedly and said that he had wiped it.

"Come here, I'll take a look."

Brother Huan obediently turned over, spread out his palms, and was red and swollen.

In the past, the child would only cry, Ling Xiao felt annoyed, and when the child was older, he could speak and jump, knew how to invite pets to flatter and hug his thighs, saw the wind and steered, looked at people's faces, and brought different surprises every time he came back, becoming the only light and warmth in his dark three years, and the only salvation.

Huan, Ming, has the meaning of fire.

Yun Xiu said that the child is the newborn sun, like a prophecy, ironic and mean.

Ling Xiao sighed, hugged his son in his arms, patted his little buttocks, and coaxed him to sleep.

When Brother Huan fell asleep, there were sparkling tears in the corners of his eyes.

***

Because of the war, there were many people in the northwest who were in good health, and most of the young and strong people chose to go north or south.

At first, the local government and large households spontaneously organized soup kitchens and grain distributions, and there was nothing to do, but as the number of displaced people increased, robbery and killing occurred from time to time, first in a secluded place in the suburbs, the murderer was not easy to arrest, and he became more and more bold, and finally even the convoy of merchants and darts on the official road did not let go.

The ferocious homeless people and the merchants with fine clothes and food are like the disparity between wolves and sheep.

The pleasure of unearned gains and the resentment of hatred of the rich are like a plague spreading.

The medicinal herbs of Jiu'an Hall were also robbed on the way. Fortunately, the loss was not large, and the Ye family decided to give up the land route, take the water route, and move the general shop to Yanjing, under the roots of the imperial city, guarded by the Imperial Forest Army, and much safer.

"You rest, I'll count the rest of the accounts." An Entong lit an extra oil lamp and got into the cabin, "Brother Fan is sleeping, you can go sleep too." “

"I'm not tired," Yun Xiu raised his head and smiled at him, "If you didn't rescue me three times or five times, my child and I would have died a long time ago, this will help you, count me as repaying the favor." “

"You're still polite to me." An Entong smiled, shook his head and sat down, "I want to take care of your mother and son for the rest of my life, but you don't want to." “

"Entong, don't say stupid things," Yun Xiu put down his pen and said with a straight face, "Brother Fan will return to Ling's house sooner or later, before that, I just want to accompany him more, it is unfair to you, if you meet a suitable girl, you should consider it." “

An Entong didn't feel good in his heart: "I said, when to let go of the obsession, I will go." “

"I didn't mean to drive you," Yun Xiu explained seriously, "I was reckless and messed up your life at the beginning. But I am pregnant and have no place to go, which has caused you a lot of trouble, and I can't repay the kindness in this life. “

After a pause, she lowered her eyes and said, "I don't deserve you to be so good." “

An Entong frowned slightly, and then changed the topic, "Now that there is turmoil outside, Yanjing is the best place to live, the situation is compelling, have you thought about yourself, in case the Ling family finds out about your mother and son, how do you plan to deal with yourself?" I'm afraid that things are wrong. “

Yun Xiu understood his hint and shook his head lightly: "I don't think about it that much for the time being, as long as they are good to the children, I have my own place." “

"You still miss him," An Entong pierced her heart, "Are you really willing to be Brother Fan?" “

"I don't know," Yun Xiu said helplessly, "Entong, don't force me, I spent three years persuading myself to let go, now having a child by my side is enough, he is my thoughts." “

"Forget it, you go to sleep, your eyes are red," An En stopped at the same time, "I just want to say, in case there is a new lady in the Ling family, don't be sad, and me." “

"You??"

Yun Xiu thought about it, decided not to say anything, got up and went out, and slept with the child.

Brother Fan was sleeping soundly, Yun Xiu hugged the child over, and turned her little face into her arms.

When she left three years ago, she was more than a month pregnant, and God had mercy on her and gave her the best gift when she was cold and discouraged.

She did not return to Yangzhou City, but bought an empty house on the outskirts of the city not far from Daming Temple to live her own small life.

Brother Fan's child had a difficult birth, if it weren't for An En's medical skills, both mother and child would die.

But Yun Xiu still injured his body, and An Entong said that he could be healed if he took care of it.

But she gave up on herself, and when she left Ling Xiao, she thought desperately that she would never spend the rest of her life with other men in this life.

An Entong's prescription, Yun Xiu thought about it, but she couldn't think of it, three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, with little effect, and she didn't care.

Brother Fan is almost three years old, and when he was first born, he looked very similar to Brother Huan'er, as he grew up, Yun Xiu found that the child was like Ling Xiao, and also like the lord of Pingkang, his temperament was very different from his brother, Brother Huan'er loved to cry and make trouble, and Brother Fan was much quieter and obedient.

In the early hours of the morning, Fan Ge'er was woken up by the sound on the deck, a little scared, and arched into Yun Xiu's arms, calling "mother".

Yun Xiu was also woken up, and while coaxing the child, she got up and pushed open the window to look at it, as if the merchants and the boatman were arguing about something.

Brother Fan'er's voice came from behind him, "Mother, pee." “

Yun Xiu hurriedly hugged behind the screen, went back to the bed, touched the child's face, and asked softly, "Are you still sleeping?" Hungry or not? “

Brother Fan nodded, and shook his head again.

Yun Xiu chuckled: "Okay, let's go to sleep first, wake up and eat." “

Brother Fan nodded, and fell asleep in her arms again.

Later, An'en Tong came to look for her, she got dressed, closed the door, and the two of them stood in the hallway and talked, "What's going on on deck?" “

"It has nothing to do with us," An Entong said, "and the boatmen are probably afraid that the dock will be mixed with displaced people, so they don't want to dock and go straight to Yanjing." “

Yun Xiu asked more: "What about those merchants?" “

"It's already in Jizhou," An Entong replied, "It's not far from Yanjing to Jizhou, it's nothing more than a fear of spending money to run away, and now the homeless people and thieves are panicking, the price of darts has doubled, and business is becoming more and more difficult." “

Yun Xiu also sighed, "I still want to make a living in Yanjing, but I don't know what to do right now." “

"The pharmacy will definitely not be able to do it." An Entong laughed, "You have to be rich, enter Jiu'an Tang two shares, do nothing, and eat dividends every year to cover your mother and son's expenses." “

"That's an idea." Yun Xiu felt that he could give it a try.

Seeing her serious expression, An Entong hurriedly refused, "I'm joking, I can't count." “

"I'm not kidding," Yun Xiu thought for a moment, "My sixth brother-in-law is also going to move to Yanjing, and I'll talk about it when they come." “

An Entong was a little frightened: "Do you know how much it costs to divide the two shares of Jiu'an Hall?" Don't come nonsense. “

"Don't worry," Yun Xiu smiled mysteriously, "If there are too many, you can still afford one or two shares." “

As she spoke, she heard a movement in the room and ended the topic: "Brother Fan may be awake, he can't see me crying, this kid is fine with everything, but he gets up and is angry." “

Ahn said oh oh twice, asking her to go quickly.

Brother Fan did wake up, but he didn't notice that his mother was missing, so he got up and sat on the bed, rubbing his eyes in a daze.

Yun Xiu sat on the edge of the bed and dressed the child, "Why did you wake up?" Did your mother quarrel with you? “

Brother Fan shook his head, leaning on Yun Xiu's shoulder like a little puppet, allowing others to raise their hands and feet.

Yun Xiu rinsed his mouth with tea, and said, "You can't be picky eaters on the boat, otherwise you won't have anything to eat." “

Brother Fan woke up and made a request: "I want to eat egg flowers." “

"There is no egg flower," Yun Xiu patiently discussed, "just white porridge, we will eat it, and we will eat egg flower after getting off the boat in two days, okay?" “

Brother Fan was reluctant, and lowered his head and pinched the small buckle on his clothes, "I just want to eat egg flowers." “

"My mother said that I can only wait to get off the boat." Yun Xiu's tone was slightly heavier, "If you don't eat, you can only go hungry, do you want to starve?" “

Brother Fan thought about it and shook his head.

In the absence of a choice, you have to eat and you have to eat if you don't eat.

Fan Ge'er calmly accepts reality.

But Yun Xiu promised the child that she would do it, and after getting off the boat two days later, she went back to her house to make egg drop soup for Brother Fan.

Chunliu took good care of the courtyard, the kitchen was clean, pots and pans were readily available, the stove showed signs of a fire, the main house was spotless, and the things were neatly arranged, as if waiting for the owner to return.

"Big grandma?" An excited and suppressed voice came from outside the door, "Grandma, you're back!" “

Chunliu couldn't help but cry, "Where have you been in the past few years?" There was not even a letter, the old lady learned that you were gone, and you were seriously ill, and Grandma Qi San went to Ling's house twice to make trouble, but the little marquis was not there. The slave is also stupid, I really thought you would go back to Yangzhou to relax! “

"Don't cry, don't cry, don't scare the child." Yun Xiu pulled her into the house and spoke, "You live here, is there anyone making things difficult?" “

"No," Harunyu saw the child. I almost dropped my jaw in shock, "This, this, this??"

"Brother Huan'er's younger brother." Yun Xiu hugged the child and smiled, "Aren't the two little brothers very similar?" “

"Like, very like." Chunliu nodded, full of questions, "Grandma, does the little marquis know about the second son?" When you left at that time, it was nothing to hide from the slaves and maids, and you wouldn't even know the two old masters, right? “

"I don't know." Yun Xiu put the child on the couch to play, "I didn't plan to inform anyone, now there is chaos outside the city, and Yangzhou is not safe, don't run around, take the time to tell Fang's mother." When I came back, my grandmother wanted to see her, so I took the child to visit her. “

Chunliu sighed, and seemed to think of something, and reminded carefully: "Grandma, if you go back to Yanjing, if you don't meet the little marquis, it is not a long-term way for us to hide the second son." “

"Take it one step at a time." Yun Xiu fed Brother Fan soup and hesitated, "Have the Ling family and the Gu family married?" They are all big families, and the marriage must be lively. “

"No," Chunliu said, "I really pay attention to this matter, and I go to see a lively wedding banquet, and I haven't seen the Hou Mansion do it." “

Yun Xiu sighed. For some reason, I felt a little relieved.

??

The old lady is old, and she is particularly interested in family affection, so she asked Fang's mother to pick up the mother and son.

Brother Fan was a little scared, and when he saw the old lady, he timidly called "great-grandmother", and then didn't say anything no matter how he coaxed, and refused to leave in Yun Xiu's arms.

"This kid is timid." The old lady was very happy, looked at Yun Xiu again, and sighed, "If you are willing to come back, I will rest assured, the past will pass, you give the seventh girl incense on her head before leaving, your eldest brother has recruited everything, the family is ugly, I will drive him back to Yangzhou, and he will not be allowed to step into Yanjing for half a step, unless I die." “

Yun Xiu was relieved: "You know everything." “

"Got it," the old lady peeled a candy for the child, "Xiuxiu, fratricidal, taboo in the clan, whether you are the second girl, grandmother doesn't want to be criticized by her husband's family, do you understand my hard work?" “

Yun Xiu understood.

The old lady didn't say anything more, and asked Fang's mother to send off the guests: "You go to the incense stick and go back, I'm tired." “

Yun Xiu responded, handed over the child to Chunliu, and followed Fang's mother out.

She thought she would hate again, but when she saw the word "Yunshu" again, she was calm and calm.

Sure enough, time is the medicine that dissolves everything??

Yun Xiu laughed at herself, put on incense, and didn't linger any longer.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, Yun Ying came to see the old lady every few days, and heard from Fang's mother's words that Yun Xiu returned to Beijing, and after she went back, she asked Qi Yuheng to inquire where the person was, and she couldn't wait to see her immediately.

It's not difficult, but Yun Xiu doesn't want to talk to her much, Yun Ying feels that after three years, her sister has changed.

Before leaving, she said: "If you want me to keep it secret, I don't have to say it, but your second brother-in-law will definitely tell Ling Xiao that he will look for you sooner or later, and you can think of your own countermeasures." “

Yun Xiu said that she knew, from the moment she stepped into Yanjing. Just be ready to meet.

Just Brother Fan??

She didn't want to return it to the Ling family, the county lord of Pingkang would not let her son be idle, she was helpless to leave Brother Huan'er at the beginning, Ling Xiao married another woman, and she would have another life, why should she take away her child.

Yun Xiu thought, hugged the little man in his arms tightly, and deliberately avoided the house, "Brother Fan, can my mother take you out for a walk?" You see how lively it is outside. “

Brother Fan doesn't care where he goes, as long as he follows his mother's side.

Then Yun Xiu immediately decided to prepare the car and take the child to the south of the city, the south of the city is far away from the Hou Mansion, and she can't touch it, she thought.

But adults can wander around for a day, and children can't stand it. At noon, Brother Fan was clamoring to sleep, and Yun Xiu had no choice but to go back.

The house was very quiet, there was nothing abnormal, she put down her hanging heart, and asked Chunliu to prepare hot water and scrub the child.

After that, Yun Xiu concocted the same method, took the child out in the morning when the weather was good, and came back at noon, until five or six days later, when she got up in the morning, the sky was overcast, as if it was going to rain, and Chunliu persuaded her not to go out.

Yun Xiu hesitated for a moment, but still took Brother Fan away.

Before noon, the rain fell, and she was afraid that the child would get drenched, so she hurried back, holding an umbrella, holding the child, not caring about splashing her wet skirt, and rushed into the house, and wondered why the door was not locked.

Brother Fan was very happy, hugged her neck and giggled, and said in a milky voice, "Mother, it's raining so hard!" “

In order to protect the child, Yun Xiu's back was wet, and he said angrily: "You know how to laugh, hurry back to the house to bathe and change clothes, otherwise you will take bitter medicine." “

"Grandma, you're back." Chunliu stood under the porch, smiling a little unnaturally, and glanced into the room to signal that someone was there.

"Guests?"

Yun Xiu thought it was Yun Ying again, holding the child, just stepped into the house with one foot, saw the comer clearly, instinctively withdrew, turned around and ran to the adjacent wing, bang, closed the door and locked it.

Then came Fan Ge'er's anxious voice: "Mother, who is the person in the house?" I'm afraid. “

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