In front of me are green fields, and farmers are working hard in the fertile fields on both sides of the road. The weeping willows by the river are clinging, and the naughty children are running up and down lively, adding to the vitality. Not far ahead, there is a small village, and the occasional barking of dogs can be heard.

A young man walked on the country road, twelve or thirteen years old, with a particularly immature face, full of vegetarian body, carrying a plain package, and holding a white cat the size of a palm in his arms.

The young man looked at everything in front of him, and did not have the kind of "hometown timidity", but was a little puzzled, is it not such an ordinary small village, why did "Dad" talk about it several times, but never dared to come back?

Thinking of this, the boy's eyes were sour, and now, he came back with "Dad".

"Huh? There is a child with a cat here, sick and crooked, one step at a time, which village? Not far away, a black and strong naughty boy saw the young man stopping at the entrance of the village, and pulled his little friend over, pointing and pointing.

"Kids? Crooked? The little boy was full of black lines, and he straightened his chest.

The naughty boy who was originally touching the loach by the river came over with a little curiosity, among them there was a naughty boy in his teens, stocky, dark-skinned, staring at a pair of big eyes, looking curiously at the white cat in the little boy's arms, curious, to pay attention to the boy's body, and said, "Huh? Dressed in filial piety, whose relatives are you, this is to report the funeral? ”

Ordinary people do not dress up their relatives like this during the filial piety period, except for funeral.

The little boy didn't answer, but asked, "May I ask how the Gui family is leaving?" ”

"The Gui family? There are several Guijia families in our village, both in the east and west of the village, which Guijia are you looking for? The big-eyed naughty boy grinned.

The little boy's face was tense, and he said, "Duke Gui will go to the sea first." ”

Several naughty boys looked at each other, and the big-eyed naughty boy laughed "haha" and said: "You brother, how can you talk in a crepe, what is up and down, we don't understand!" You just say what that man is called Gui! ”

The young man's face was full of black lines, and he had to say: "Gui Dahai's family." ”

When several naughty children heard this name, they seemed to be suddenly startled, and they invariably took a few steps back, and looked at the young man with a probing gaze.

The big-eyed naughty boy frowned, scratched the back of his head, and muttered, "Why do you go to his house?" ”

Another thin naughty boy next to him pulled the big-eyed naughty boy and "whispered": "Brother Shi, it's Xigui, my mother told me to stay away from his house." ”

"People are guests, not people from Xigui, there is no such hospitality." The black Zhuang naughty boy hesitated a little, but still pointed to the west of the village, and said to Gui Chongyang: "The second trip to the west of the village is the head of the house." ”

When the little boy saw that everyone was avoiding, his heart was raised, and he thanked the big-eyed urchin, and strode into the village.

A few naughty boys were still chattering behind the little boy, and this said: "That white cat is so white, there is no miscellaneous hair, like a piece of oil rice cake!" ”

The other said: "It's not fat, it's roasted without meat, hee-hee-hee......"

The little boy listened to the words behind him in front, and he was a little proud, but then he almost fell. The white cat in his arms didn't know that he was being remembered once, and he was a little excited, refusing to nest in the boy's arms honestly, kicking all fours.

The little boy couldn't hold it steadily, so he could only put the white cat on his shoulder.

The white cat was honest, squatting on the boy's shoulder, looking around quite imposingly, his eyes were round and round, and his throat was not making a "cooing" sound, as if he was talking to the little boy.

The little boy's originally somewhat apprehensive mood immediately relaxed, and while rubbing the cat's body, he continued to move forward with an expressionless face, but he inadvertently observed this small village.

The village is not large, but there are dozens of families, and the farmhouses are not as close as the houses in the city, each family has a large yard, and the fence wall is not high, revealing the peasant women inside, or picking vegetables, or feeding chickens and ducks, and their hands are not idle.

Under an old banyan tree in the middle of the village, there sat three or four old men with white hair, all of whom were rickety, and those who could not get off the field in old age, but there were no idle, holding wicker sticks in their hands, gossiping and weaving willow frames.

Down-to-earth and poor, this is the young boy's impression of the village.

Steadfastness refers to the state of the whole village, which is a kind of calmness and a kind of positivity; Poverty is the impression here, with children dressed in patched clothes and barefoot, and the clothes of women and old people faded to the point that they are no longer visible.

This place does not match "Dad", if it were not for "Dad" personally mentioning this place, and there is a relocation place posted by the household as evidence, the little boy would not be able to believe that this place is the hometown of "Dad".

Seeing that the little boy who came here was full of vegetarianism, and an adult around him did not follow, only hugged a little white cat as a companion, although he looked nondescript, but he also showed a little loneliness and pity, and several old men showed pity on their faces.

At this age, life and death are no longer a big deal, but seeing a teenager come to report the funeral, it is strange and uneasy, and some people are inevitably curious, and without waiting to get up and ask, they see that the young man has already walked to the west of the village.

Because the village is not large, it is just a cup of tea from east to west. The west of the village is in sight, and the little boy has always boasted that he is not a child, but he can't help but beat his heart faster at this moment.

Trees have roots, and people have tribes. This is the hometown of "Dad", and it is also where his blood relatives are.

Close relatives? Clansman? The little boy couldn't help but feel apprehensive, and gave birth to a little secret expectation.

"The second one?" The little boy stood outside a fence wall, and stopped to watch, his heart in doubt.

In front of him was a small farmhouse, the main house was no more than three adobe houses, and a slightly lower wing house on the east side, the house was dilapidated, the wooden window lattices were a little deformed and slanted, and the whole house seemed to be crumbling. Compared with a neat courtyard house with green bricks and tiles in the west, this courtyard is more and more dilapidated.

The little boy stared at the family with a pair of cat's eyes, and the white cat on his shoulder also stood up and poked his neck to look into the yard.

The little boy was not shocked by the dilapidated and poor house, but by an old hen in the yard proudly leading a team of chickens to forage for food, and the proud "Gadada" barked, plus the adobe house door was ajar, and the small vegetable garden blocked by the fence grew radishes and cabbage, which was obviously inhabited.

However, "Dad" said that he had inquired about the trustee in the Yamen before, and his grandfather and grandmother had passed away one after another. Is there someone else in the family, or is this another Gui family?

"Is anyone there?" The little boy hid the doubts in his heart, knocked on the door, and asked in a loud voice.

"Who?" The door of the house was pushed in, and out came a girl in Tsing Yi, thirteen or fourteen years old, tall and tall, but the clothes on her body had faded, and her head and hands were bare, without half a piece of jewelry, and she was a little shabby in her simplicity.

The girl was standing at the door and looking, with a wary face, and saw that there was just a little boy standing outside the door, and there was a snow-white kitten squatting on his shoulder, which was very pure and cute, so she was relieved, and opened the door a few steps forward and said, "Little brother, who are you looking for?" ”

The little boy looked at the girl, then at a few adobe houses, and said with a little hesitation: "Can you ...... here Or the Gui family? ”

The girl was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "This is the old mansion of the Gui family, of course it is the Gui family, whose family are you?" Speaking of this, he noticed the color of the little boy's clothes and was shocked: "You came to report the funeral?" Who's gone? ”

The little boy didn't reply, but the little white cat on his shoulder, "meow" twice, and the girl couldn't help but bring out a little curiosity and love.

In the blink of an eye, the little boy bypassed the girl and entered the courtyard.

Seeing this, the girl just wanted to stop it, so she heard the little boy say aloud: "Ancestor Gui Dahai, ancestor Gui Yuan, my name is Gui Chongyang, send my father home today!" ”