Chapter 45: Dying
"Daddy, wake up, you must wake up!" In the cave, Li Li'er's voice was already crying.
And Old Man Zheng and Old Man Song stood silently in front of the bed without saying a word.
The women and children in the village, the old and weak, were beside the two of them, and they also quietly looked at Li Cheng, who had his eyes closed, and Li Li'er, who was crying in a low voice. In this fierce battle, almost all the young people in the village died by Li Cheng's side, if it wasn't for Li Xinchen's timely arrival, I'm afraid even Li Cheng would have to explain there.
At the entrance of the cave, Li Xinchen couldn't tell whether he was sad or angry on his face, but mechanically helped Xiao Shilian's men carry stones to block the entrance of the cave. Fortunately, this cave is still big enough - after all, it is the hiding place that Li Cheng and the two old men of the Zheng family and the Song family have worked so hard to find - so it is enough to accommodate so many people.
"Brother Chen, let's eat something." Seinfeld walked slowly to Li Xinchen's side.
Zheng Qing died, or most of the young people in the village died, leaving only Seinfeld, Li Qiu, Zheng Ping, and the other two who followed Seinfeld.
Thinking that there were more than twenty people when he set off last night, but now there were only five people left, Song Fei's eyes couldn't help but moisten a little, not to mention that among the people who left, there were also companions like Zheng Qing who had grown up with him since childhood. For Seinfeld, of course, it is unacceptable. And why is he the only one who is uncomfortable, and the rest of the young people around him are still the women, children, old and weak people in the village, who is not secretly crying?
This sudden bloody battle can really be said to be a vegetarian.
It's just that no one can care about the dead now, after all, now they can be said to be unable to protect themselves.
Hearing Seinfeld's voice, Li Xinchen's hand trembled, and he sat down with a soft hum.
And Xiao Shilian took an old soldier and climbed in with difficulty with the small entrance left outside the cave, the darkness and dampness of the cave made Xiao Shilian breathe a sigh of relief, perhaps only this environment can bring him a sense of security.
casually took the pancake handed by an old soldier and took a bite of it, Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice: "The barbarians and those bandits are coming up again." I don't know if they can discover the mystery here, I just hope that they can escape the catastrophe. ”
Li Xinchen nodded and smiled reluctantly: "This time it really affected the general." ”
Xiao Shilian suddenly waved his fist in the air angrily: "What do you mean!" Originally, it was our responsibility to deal with the barbarians and clear out the bandits, if we threw you to these guys who wanted to kill people and destroy their mouths, then what was the point of us defending this territory and the people?! ”
Li Xinchen was stunned for a moment, and Xiao Shilian reached out and scratched his head a little embarrassed: "Alas, in fact, I don't know the mysteries and truths here, but I often hear my father say this, and my father has always used this to educate my two brothers, so I have always remembered it in my heart, and I dare not forget it." ”
Xiao Maha? Li Xinchen muttered in his heart.
It's a pity that Xiao Maha, who has such a wish, is more than enough in the end.
Seeing that Li Xinchen was stunned, Xiao Shilian didn't know whether he had said something wrong or Li Xinchen was worried about the dangerous situation in front of him, so he hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Brother Li, don't worry, we will definitely be able to go out." Even if we can't kill it on our own, General Wu Yi will send someone to save us when he receives the news. And my uncle is just a little seriously injured, you can rest assured that it will be fine, all this ······ Sure it can all ·······."
"Daddy!" At this moment, Li Li'er's lung-splitting shout suddenly came from the depths of the cave.
"Daddy?" Li Xinchen was shaken by a spirit, and suddenly jumped up and ran into the depths. Seeing this, Seinfeld and the others hurriedly followed.
Xiao Shilian looked at Li Xinchen's back with some distraction, and couldn't help but stretch out his hand and hit himself in the mouth: "You crow's mouth, what do you say!" ”
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"Cry what cry!" Li Cheng's voice was not high, and he was very hoarse, and the most authentic Wu Nong's soft language was spoken in the mouth of this bloody, dying old man at this time, without the slightest sense of disobedience, but made everyone present even more can't help but want to wipe their tears.
Li Li'er just buried her head and whined, obviously not listening to Li Cheng's scolding at all. And Li Cheng sighed softly, and his trembling hand gently stroked his daughter's hair: "Mercy, be good······ The old man has lived enough in his life, and he didn't expect to take so many barbarians with him when he left, and he didn't suffer a loss, and he could give it under Jiuquan······ Ahem······"
"Daddy!" Li'er hurriedly raised her head to look at Li Cheng, and the people around her also subconsciously surrounded her. Old Man Song stretched out his hand and patted Li Li'er gently:
"Poor girl, don't cry, let your father finish his words."
"Daddy!" At this time, Li Xinchen also walked over quickly, and Seinfeld, Xiao Shilian and others also followed silently.
Li Cheng showed a smile on his face and grabbed Li Xinchen's hand: "Xinchen, you are here······"
Li Xinchen took a bowl of water and wanted to serve Li Cheng to drink: "Daddy, drink saliva first, you are so ······"
Li Chengyi raised his hand: "Daddy's life is not long, Daddy himself knows this very well, he can't say much, listen to Daddy." ”
Li Xinchen's eyes were already moist, he knew that the battle just now had consumed a lot of the old man's physical strength, coupled with excessive blood loss, for Li Cheng, who was already in his seventies, he was able to persist until now I am afraid that it would be thanks to maintaining a good and strong physique for so many years, but Rao is like this Li Cheng has also run out of oil lamps.
nodded solemnly at the moment, Li Xinchen just clenched Li Cheng's hand.
Although Li Cheng is not his biological father, he has been raised by Li Cheng for so many years, and his gratitude is needless to say. Although Li Xinchen is no longer the same Li Xinchen as before, he can still feel this heartfelt emotion from the residual consciousness and memory of this body.
For Li Xinchen, there is no difference between Li Cheng and his biological father.
"Xin Chen, the old man still remembers you when he was in infancy, but he didn't expect to grow so big in a blink of an eye, with a son like you, the old man can be proud for a lifetime······" Li Cheng's voice was very flat, but Li Xinchen's tears unconsciously felt like they had burst out of his eyes.
The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but it's not time to be sad.
This time, Li Cheng didn't scold, but reluctantly stretched out his hand and pointed at the head of his bed: "At the beginning······ Ahem······ The sachet found from you when I first picked you up was inside this box. Forgive Daddy for not ······ for so many years didn't tell you, Daddy is also selfish, and he doesn't want the village or you to be involved in more disputes······ Who would have thought······ Who would have thought······ Ahem! ”
Li Cheng coughed violently, so frightened that Li Xinchen couldn't figure out what the box and sachet were for a while, and hurriedly stepped forward and gently patted Li Cheng's back.