Hearing the old man's question, Ma Bao was stunned! Then he shook his head and said, "Fourth uncle! Xiao Wu is gone in the battle by the Hunhe River! ”

After listening to Ma Bao's words, the old man stood for a long time before two lines of tears fell from his eyes. Tremblingly, he turned around and left, muttering in a low voice as he walked: "I knew, I knew that Xiao Wu wouldn't come back......"

Looking at the old man's back, Ma Bao gritted his teeth and said, "Fourth uncle! Dashuai gave the brothers a lot of good land, as long as you get old and go to Changsheng Island, you will definitely be able to share a lot of fields! ”

The old man didn't stop, and said as he left: "The old man is not going anywhere, just guarding at home, otherwise what if Xiao Wu can't find a home when he comes back?" ”

Listening to the old man's words, Ma Bao's heart churned. This is the stone pillar people, this is the white pole soldiers, they resolutely go out and work hard for their families to live a good life.

I don't know when such a day will be the end, do the people of the stone pillar have to fight it out to finish?

Lan Guitian was walking on the way home, and there was only one old lady in the family who didn't know if he was doing well.

When he came to the door of his yard, the familiar fence wall appeared in front of him again. It was exactly the same as when he left home, the two dilapidated courtyard gates, and the hedge made of tree branches.

This is still the fence he made when he was fifteen years old, he went up the mountain to cut down the branches and carried them back, and he hadn't seen them for so many years in a blink of an eye, and it was still the same as back then.

When he came to the gate of the courtyard and raised his hand, he hesitated, is the old lady at home okay? Is it good to eat? Is life still as poor as ever?

Lan Guitian suddenly felt that his hands were very heavy, and he didn't come back to visit him after being away from home for four or five years, which was really in vain.

Just as he was about to knock on the door, there was a sound of the door opening from inside the thatched hut. Then someone came out of the house, and then there was the sound of the door closing, and a man walked towards the courtyard gate with something in his hand.

Lan Guitian's hand that was about to knock on the door suddenly froze in mid-air, did the old lady come out? What should I say when I see my wife? Ask your mother if she is doing well? ……

Just as he was nervous, the courtyard door opened. An old woman with gray hair appeared in front of Lan Guitian with two empty wooden barrels on her shoulders, and Lan Guitian's eyes suddenly moistened.

Looking at his mother's old face, Lan Guitian's heart was broken. Originally, my mother only had slightly white temples, but now she has gray hair.

His face was full of wrinkles, and even his eyes drooped. The originally straight back was also slightly hunched, and the clothes on his body were covered with pudding.

The only thing that remained unchanged was the surprised eyes, those eyes that were originally godless and empty, suddenly full of brilliance the moment they saw Lan Guitian, and the whole person was a few years younger.

The old woman's hand was released from her shoulder, and the barrel fell to the ground. She stretched out her trembling hands to Lan Guitian's face, trembling and almost losing her strength.

"Son! Is that you? Tian'er, are you back? The old woman still couldn't believe her eyes.

Just now he heard that a few babies who went to the north to fight have returned, but the Lan family didn't believe it at all. The news of her son's death in battle has been coming for more than a year, and she has experienced too much in the hope of coming back from the dead.

She didn't believe it was true when the news of her husband's death came, so she waited for years to accept the fact.

Now that her son suddenly appeared in front of him, how did she feel convinced?

Hearing his mother's voice, Lan Guitian's knees went soft, "Poof!" He knelt down.

"Mother! The son is back! A sentence of "Mother!" "It's worth a thousand words, and the words that came to mind before are pale and weak. In front of his mother, he will always be a child who will never grow up.

will always be the child in their heart, and will always be their lifeline. As long as you can appear in front of your mother safely, it is worth a thousand words.

The mother and son hugged their heads in pain after meeting each other, and the sound was so loud that the neighbors on the left and right were alarmed. They came over one after another to see what was going on, and when they saw Lan Guitian, their mouths opened wide one by one.

The people who came with the news of the death in the battle actually appeared in front of them alive, and they all gathered around and said.

"O Guitian! You don't know how much your mother misses you, and after the news of your death in battle, your mother fell seriously ill and almost ...... Ay! ”

"That's it! If you hadn't pawned the field, you'd have to go to your father! ”

Lan hurriedly said, "Second aunt! What are you talking about? My son has returned, and it is a time of rejoicing. Don't mention those unhappy roads, don't leave the countryside, how about eating at my home today? ”

"You mother and son must have a lot to say about each other, so we won't bother!" The villagers were all happy for the Lan family, and turned their heads and left in twos and threes.

Lan picked up his son and walked into the house, saying as he walked, "Son! Tired along the way! Hurry up and take a break! Hungry or not? Mother cooks for you, just make your favorite chicken rotten rice, okay? ”

Lan pulled his son into the house, asked him to sit down, and went to lift the rice jar in the corner of the house. When the rice jar was lifted, he stopped the movement in his hand again, turned around and said, "Son! You sit first, and your mother will come back when she goes! ”

Seeing his mother who was busy before and after, Lan Guitian stretched out his hand to hold his mother and said, "Mother, sit down!" My son has something to say to you! ”

Lan stopped his son's words and asked his son to press on the stool. Then I heard my son say, "Mother! The son is not filial, and you are suffering! Did you receive the money that your son sent you last year? ”

"Roger!" Lan said with some embarrassment on her face, she still thought she was dreaming when she received ten taels of silver last year.

But the debtor had already come to the door, and she could not take much of it, so she took the money and gave it to the creditor, and paid off the loan shark she owed when she was sick.

Otherwise, the last two acres of fertile land in the family will not be saved, and there will be no way to survive except starvation to death by that time.

Lan Guitian listened to his mother's words and didn't care, just a few acres of land. He took out fifty taels of silver from his bosom and put it on his mother's body and said, "Mother! The son has now made a lot of military exploits with the commander, and the Yongye field that does not need to pay taxes will be divided into fifty acres. In addition, the marshal also rewarded 100 acres of xun fields, which were tax-exempt fields for three years. ”

Hearing his son's words, Lan's first feeling was that it was unreal. Land is so precious, my husband's life was exchanged for ten acres of land.

Now my son says he has 150 acres of land? And fifty acres of land that will never have to pay taxes?

She reached out and touched her son's forehead, "Isn't it hot?" How can you talk nonsense? ”

Lan's words to himself amused his son, and Lan Guitian patiently told his mother about his two years.

He talked about the bloody battle of the Hunhe River and the suffering in Fuzhou City, focusing on the fact that he married a daughter-in-law who was like a flower, and the daughter-in-law was pregnant, as long as the mother passed, she could hold her grandson!

In the end, Lan Guitian asked: "Mother!" How is Brother Yang Quan's family? ”