Li Siwei, Ning Rou, and Wu Ruolan all have military salaries, and they are on the front line, so they don't have much money to spend, so Li Siwei is not short of money to spend.

However, at this time, the soldiers received all the national salaries, and Li Siwei, as a colonel, only had 120 yuan per month, which was half less than the colonel before the war, so although Li Siwei was not short of money, he did not have much savings.

Therefore, Li Siwei made it difficult to choose a gift for the old man, he couldn't afford a good gift, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to show his sincerity if it was a gift.

The sun has set in the west, and Li Siwei has already taken Liao Heiniu and the three of them back and forth on Qingyu Street twice, but they are still empty-handed.

"Commander," Liu Tianfu finally couldn't help but become anxious, "When did you become so verbose?" Just like a mother-in-law! ”

"Hahaha......"

When Liao Heiniu heard it, he was overjoyed.

"Poof...... Poof......"

Although Zhan Ran tried his best to hold back his laughter, he couldn't hold back his laughter.

"Turtle's," Li Siwei was stunned and glared at Liu Tianfu fiercely, "When can I be less frizzy?" ”

"Ugh!" Liu Tianfu shrunk his neck and hurriedly pointed to the sky, "The sun is about to set......

"Lao Tzu knows," Li Siwei turned red, threw the reins to Liu Tianfu, and strode towards the "Yubi Zhai" on the street.

Fuck it, it's all a heart!

"I'll go in and have a look," Liao Heiniu hurriedly handed the reins to Zhan Ran and chased in.

The old man has been teaching and educating people all his life, and he naturally likes the four treasures of the study, but Li Siwei has so much money on him, but the gifts to be prepared are not only the old man's.

However, after the old man's gift is picked, the rest is easy to choose, which is nothing more than a few clothes and a few bags of snacks and sweets.

Seeing that Li Siwei bought several large bags of things in a row, Liao Heiniu suddenly patted his head, "Hehe, there are still mothers-in-law and babies at home......"

Qingheji is in the south of Jiangcheng, but Sifangzhai is in the north of Qingheji, Li Siwei and Liao Heiniu have to make an appointment in the city to meet at the west wharf tomorrow night, and they go north and south.

The south of Sifang Village is about 30 miles away from Jiangcheng and is located on Lotus Mountain. Lotus Mountain is not big, but Sifang Village is not small, because the fields at the foot of the mountain are many and fertile, and they can feed people very well.

In the twilight, the shadows of the buds in the dry land, the fragrance of rice ears in the paddy fields, and a small river in the south of the mountain flows quietly from west to east, separating the fields from north to south.

The small river is only three or five zhang wide, and it is not very deep when you think about it, and a quaint stone bridge lies on the river surface, connecting the avenues on both sides of the river, and leads directly to the lotus mountain.

Lotus Mountain stood quietly in the twilight on the opposite bank, and occasionally laughter floated down the mountain, floated across the river, and floated into Li Siwei's ears.

Li Siwei rode his horse slowly, suddenly reined in the reins of the bridge, jumped down gently, his eyes fell on the stone tablet at the bridgehead, and a trace of remembrance appeared on his face.

"Commander," Liu Tianfu also jumped off the horse, looked at the stone tablet, and smiled with relief, "Turtle'er's, it can be regarded as here!" ”

It can be seen that the stele has been very old, and many places have been corroded beyond recognition by wind and rain, but the top three big characters are still eye-catching - "Sifang Village"!

"It's here," Li Siwei replied softly, his eyes moved away from the stele, and he looked at the Lotus Mountain in the twilight, with a soft sigh and a trembling voice, "Seven...... It's been ......"

Sifangzhai is only more than 30 miles away from Jiangcheng, but Li Siwei walked for seven years before coming back!

"Commander," Liu Tianfu smiled, "Isn't this coming back?" Let's go, it's too late to go back, I'm afraid we won't even be able to eat! ”

"Turtle's," Li Siwei sniffed and scolded softly, "Lao Tzu's house has hundreds of acres of land, and you can still eat without food?" ”

Having said that, Li Siwei still took a step and stepped onto the stone bridge, but a look of embarrassment appeared on his face again.

Liu Tianfu looked at Li Siwei's lonely back, wanted to speak several times, and finally had to force the speed and slowly followed behind.

"Siwei," finally walked the short stone bridge of more than 20 meters, and a surprised voice suddenly sounded in the bud valley next to it, "Why are you back?" ”

"Brother De?" Li Siwei hurriedly followed the prestige, and saw Brother De running over from the ridge with a happy face, and a warm current surged from the bottom of his heart, and a smile appeared on his face, "It's so late, why are you still busy in the field?" ”

"Hehe," Brother De ran over quickly, raising the big sandalwood stick in his hand, "Look at the crops!" A few days ago, I don't know where a few arch pigs came out, and they harmed a lot of crops......"

The "arch pig" in Brother De's mouth is the wild boar, and the people of Sifang Village have always called it so, probably because the two fangs on the wild boar's mouth are relatively long, and the way to attack people is "arch".

"Oh," Li Siwei took out a cigarette and handed it over, took out a match and lit it, and there was a smile in his voice, "The dog's day came just in time, and the meat was delivered......

"That's right!" Liu Tianfu didn't wait for Li Siwei to finish speaking, and then looked at Brother De eagerly, "I'll be with you at night, and I'll be eating a full meal of meat after a dog's day!" ”

"This ......" Brother De looked at Li Siwei hesitantly.

Arch pigs are not good at stubble, and it is not difficult to scare them away, but it is not easy to deal with them if they are really provoked.

"Mo Shi," Li Siwei patted the box cannon on his waist, and was full of spirits, "There is it!" ”

"I have it too," Liu Heishui hurriedly patted the box cannon on his waist, murderous, "No matter how many of them come, they have to stay!" ”

Seeing this, Brother De no longer hesitated, nodded briskly, and urged Li Siwei to come, "Siwei, go back quickly!" The two babies in your house are always talking about you! ”

"Well," Li Siwei nodded hurriedly, picked up the horse and left, "Brother De, let's come over after dinner!" ”

"There's no hurry," Brother De waved his hand with a smile, "That thing didn't come so early, you can talk to them!" ”

"Yes," Li Siwei agreed briskly in his voice, and quickened his pace, without a trace of hesitation.

Indeed, many people have the feeling of "homesickness", but how can that feeling resist the warm greetings and happy smiles of relatives and friends?

Qingheji at night has dissipated the hustle and bustle of the day, but the houses and fires at night still tell its prosperity.

As one of the important waterway wharves in the south of Jiangcheng, Qingheji has been a rare prosperous place in eastern Sichuan in this era.

Walking on the dimly lit bluestone street, Liao Heiniu's expression was rarely entangled, and Zhan Ran, who was on the side, sighed secretly.

Since entering the town and dismounting, the regimental commander has stopped three times, the first time to inspect the things tied to the horse's back, the second time to arrange his coat and hat, and the third time to stop outside a large mansion in the south of the town in a daze...... If I go back to my hometown, will it be the same as him at this time?

I think so!

It's just that my home is long gone!

Liao Heiniu led the horse and stood in front of a big mansion in a daze, and the sound of children frolicking from time to time floated from the tall courtyard wall, as well as the helpless scolding of women.

"Squeak......

The vermilion lacquer door was suddenly opened, and a sturdy half-sized man walked out with a bamboo basket, and saw two black shadows standing in front of the gate in a daze, and was suddenly startled, and hurriedly turned his face blank, and scolded sharply, "What do you want to do?" Don't ask where this is? My father is the head of the regiment, and my brother is the leader of Qingyuntang......"

"Poof......

Zhan Ran was stunned for a moment, and laughed out loud, "Hahaha......"

"Turtle's," Liao Heiniu's old face turned red and he snorted, "I don't even recognize Lao Tzu?" ”

The basket in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang", and the dishes and dishes inside fell to the ground, and the half-sized man just looked at Liao Heiniu in a daze, "Are you ...... Father! ”

As he spoke, the half-grown boy hurriedly turned around and ran into the yard, "Dad is back...... Daddy is back......"

"Turtle's," Liao Heiniu scolded with a smile, leading the horse to follow the courtyard gate with great strides, "Frizzy ......"

"Commander," Zhan Ran also followed with a smile, "It's very similar to you!" ”

"Uh......" Liao Heiniu was stunned and smiled, "It's like that......"

"...... Chikawa"

Before Liao Heiniu's words fell, the three women screamed in surprise, rushed down the stairs, rushed across the courtyard, and rushed straight to Liao Heiniu...... It's back......"

Looking at the three women, Liao Heiniu was still laughing, but his voice trembled a little, "Xueping...... Dongmei ...... Yuxia ...... I...... I'm back......"

"It's good to be back,"

The three women nodded in unison, and Xue Ping hurriedly ordered, "Quick!" Two tigers, help your father lead the horse, three leopards, help ...... Your uncle leads the horse...... Second sister, you ask Aunt Zhu to add a few dishes, third sister, you ask Xiaochun to prepare bath water......"

"Okay," Dongmei and Yuxia agreed, and hurried away.

"Father, uncle," the two half-grown children hurriedly ran over to lead the horse, "give us the reins, and you go to the hall to sit ...... first."

Liao Heiniu handed the reins to Erhu, grinning and praising him, "Erhu, there is a kind, like a man!" ”

"Dad," Erhu blushed with embarrassment, "I'...... I don't know it's you......"

"Turtle's, you know...... Lao Tzu can spare you! Liao Heiniu patted Erhu's shoulder with a smile and looked at Xue Ping, "First beckon Zhan Ran to sit in the hall, and I'll go see the old man!" ”

With that, he hurried to the backyard.

The lights in the east wing of the backyard are dim, the room is not small, but there is only one bed and a table, made of mahogany, simple and exquisite.

In front of the table, the old man with white hair was reading a copy of "Liao Zhai", looking focused, and suddenly heard the noise outside, so he shook his head gently, put down the book, and stood up tremblingly.

"Dad," at this time, Liao Heiniu's excited cry sounded in the yard, and he came straight to the door, "Dad, I'm back to see your old man......"

The old man's movements froze, and then he was shocked, and quickly turned to look at the door, two lines of tears flowed down the wrinkled corners of his eyes, flowed through the mottled thin cheeks, and fell straight to ......the ground with a "pop".

"Chuan ...... Chuan'er ......"

The old man's lips trembled, "My Chuan'er ......"

"Squeak......

The door was pushed open, and Liao Heiniu rushed in like a whirlwind.

"Daddy!"

Looking at the old man with tears in his eyes, Liao Heiniu was stunned, and knelt down with a "puff ......", and suddenly burst into tears, "My son is not filial!" ”

"Bang ......"

As he spoke, Liao Heiniu leaned over and kowtowed, again and again, "Bang...... Bang ......"

"Hurry up, hurry up......"

The old man was in a hurry, as if he had strength all of a sudden, he grabbed Liao Heiniu in three or two steps, and as soon as he leaned over and stretched out his hand, he grabbed Liao Heiniu's shoulder, "Chuan'er, get up, get up...... I rejoice in your father's return when you return...... Rejoice! ”

"Dad," Liao Heiniu looked up at the old man, already in tears, "Xueping wrote that your body is ......"

"This Xueping ......" The old man shook his head helplessly, but a smile bloomed, "Dad, it's all old problems...... You don't have to worry about these things! ”

As he spoke, the old man's voice became brisk, "Chuan'er is on the front line to protect the family and defend the country, and being a father is to meet the ancestor...... The face is also bare......"

"Dad," Liao Heiniu hurriedly interrupted the old man, smiled and took out a bag of rock candy from his arms and handed it over, "The ...... that my son brought back to you in Jiangcheng"

Sifang Village is not as prosperous as Qingheji, but it also has a unique tranquility in the countryside.

The crescent moon on the edge of the sky is like a hook, sprinkling boundless silver light, illuminating the avenue in the village, Li Siwei took Liu Tianfu and went straight to the old house according to the road in his memory.

The old mansion is still the same as in memory, with a long wall and a big Zhu Gate, but the wall has been somewhat damaged, and the Zhu Gate has been mottled.

There was a faint light in the courtyard, but no human voices could be heard, and the deserted scene made Li Siwei's heart sour.

The two elders raised four sons and saved a huge family business, but none of them could be by their side on weekdays.

The eldest brother Li Gan used to work in the Jiangcheng Education Bureau, and when he heard that he had been transferred to southern Sichuan in the past two years, he followed the whole family; The second brother Li Kun is in charge of family affairs, and most of the time he is running around the town and Jiangcheng, and the family lives in the house in the town most of the time; And the third brother and I ......

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Li Siwei was still in a daze, but Liu Tianfu had already knocked on the door, muttering in his mouth, "Commander, hurry up, don't delay the arch pig!" ”

"Turtle's," Li Siwei glared at him, only smiling bitterly, "If Gong Zhuzi knew that you were so greedy and killed them, they wouldn't come!" ”

"Which one?" As soon as Li Siwei's words fell, he heard a middle-aged woman's voice in the courtyard, "Is it Fang De?" ”

"Second sister-in-law?" Li Siwei heard that voice a little familiar, and tentatively responded, "It's me, the fourth ......"

"Old ...... Fourth? The woman was obviously stunned, "squeak......" opened the door, stared at Li Siwei tightly, and suddenly slapped her thigh, "Ouch...... I'm not dreaming! Fourth, are you really back? ”

As she spoke, the woman turned around and roared, "The fourth is back......"

"Second sister-in-law," Li Siwei was a little cramped, "You whisper......"

"Second sister-in-law?" The woman turned her head and glared at Li Siwei with disgust, "Your kid is an official, so you only remember your second sister-in-law?" ”

"Uh......" Li Siwei froze for a moment, then carefully looked at the woman in front of him, and suddenly turned red, "Big ...... Sister-in-law, when did you come back? ”

"Even if you still have a conscience," the sister-in-law saw Li Siwei's embarrassment, and turned her anger into joy, "Your eldest brother was just transferred back to Jiangcheng two days ago, and we just came back today to see my father's ......."

"Fourth," Li Siwei hurriedly greeted him before he finished speaking, with a bright smile on his white face, "Why did you run back?" ”

After asking, he saw Liu Tianfu again, and hurriedly went to pick up the reins, "Who is this brother?" It's been hard along the way...... Yingzi, go and get a few more dishes in the kitchen......"

"Fourth, ......"

Before Li Qian's words fell, an old lady came out again, and ran straight to Li Siwei, but her eyes seemed to be nailed to Li Siwei's face, and tears fell down, "Mother thinks...... In this life...... I can't even see you......"

"Mother," Li Siwei also had a sour nose, and hurriedly supported the old lady and gently helped her wipe her tears, "I...... Isn't this coming back? ”

"It's good to be back,"

A vicissitudes of sound suddenly sounded, Li Siwei hurriedly looked up, and saw the old man standing on the edge of the steps.

When the old man saw Li Siwei's gaze, he nodded lightly, and the smile on his face was soft, "Finally there is a person...... Eat in the first house! ”

"Eh," Li Siwei nodded hurriedly, a smile blooming.

"The two babies talk about it every day, and finally read you back......"

The old man turned around and walked towards the hall, his steps were brisk, and his voice was full of warmth.

Li Siwei's heart warmed, and he hurriedly helped the old lady to follow.