It is said that under the careful care of Zhang's family, Xiao Yunmeng was finally cured of wind and cold, and the child is a child, when he is sick, he is like a frosted eggplant, and when he is sick, he is like a little tiger, full of house and yard. Zhang gave the child a bath, and changed two clothes for Xiao Yunmeng overnight, and Li Shan and his wife, who had already liked children, saw that Xiao Yunmeng, who was now white and clean, and had a tiger's brain, really liked it. Xiao Yunmeng also likes Li Shan and his wife very much, all day long around Zhang's aunt and aunt, or lying on Li Shan's back to make a grimace, Xiao Yunmeng likes this feeling, which makes him enjoy father's love and mother's love again. Yun Maogu saw it in his eyes and missed it in his heart, how could the old man not miss his son and daughter-in-law, and miss his home, but he was separated by yin and yang from then on.

"We must not let Xiao Yunmeng be hurt again!" So the old gentleman found Li Shan and his wife and solemnly told them that he hoped to let Li Shan and his wife be Yunmeng's stepfather and mother.

Of course, Li Shan and his wife were happy, a thousand and ten thousand willing, Li Shan said to Mr. Yun: "Old man, don't worry, we will raise Xiao Yunmeng well, and we will treat you as filial piety as my husband and wife's parents, and send you to the end of your old age." ”

In this way, Xiaoyun Meng worshiped Li Shan as his father-in-law and Zhang's mother-in-law, and the couple wanted to take Mr. Yun home to live, but the old man insisted on refusing. So Xiao Yunmeng lived with Li Shan and his wife, and the old man took care of Yunmeng in Li's house during the day, told some stories of sages, and lived alone in the temple at night, and his life was stable, and everything seemed to be going well.

In the blink of an eye, winter goes to spring, everything recovers, recently the old man Yun has not been able to sleep well all night, often dreaming of his son and daughter-in-law, crying and crying all over his body, and waking up from his dream every night, but he is already full of tears. "You can't let your son and daughter-in-law be in the wilderness! I have to go back and see what I say, even if it is a marker, in the future, Yun Meng will be able to pay tribute to his parents when he grows up. Thinking of this, the old man couldn't live anymore, he didn't tell Li Shan and his wife his intentions, he was worried that after telling them, Li Shan and his wife would not let him go. As for his grandson, he is relieved to hand it over to Li Shan and his wife. So Old Man Yun quietly packed up at night, but pretended that nothing had happened during the day. Three days later, in the early morning, the old gentleman quietly embarked on the road home, who knew that this parting, but he said goodbye to his grandson.

After Li Shan and his family got up, they were still as busy as ever, but they didn't see Old Man Yun come home at noon, which is strange, usually the old man came to see his grandson early in the morning, what happened today, is it sick. Li Shan hurriedly rushed to the ancestral hall, the door of the ancestral hall was empty, and Li Shan pushed the door in. came to the wing where Mr. Yun lived. knocked on the door, but no one answered, and called twice, "Old man!" "Old man" still no one answered. At this time, Li Shan was in a hurry, and directly pushed the door into the house, and was dumbfounded, the room was empty, and the quilt was neatly folded. It's just that he put a letter on the table, but Li Shan can't read.

Li Shan hurriedly took the letter and trotted all the way home, told the Zhang family about the situation, and called Yun Meng again, because only Yun Meng knew some words in the whole family, Yun Meng took his grandfather's letter and read it word by word, "The eldest brother of the Li family, my grandson Meng'er, don't blame the old man for saying goodbye, but dreaming back to Guanggu every day and night, worrying about Qingshi and his wife." There are some things I can't worry about, so I have to go back to my hometown to cook. Meng'er asked the eldest brother and wife of the Li family to take care of him, and Meng'er had to listen to the teachings of his father-in-law and mother-in-law and honor the two. You don't have to worry about me, I won't be back soon. Yunmao Gu is the same day. As soon as the letter was read, Li Shan and his wife were dumbfounded, and Xiao Yunmeng cried urgently.

"Hey, this old man is too anxious, and he doesn't discuss such a big matter with us, it's a long way to Guanggu, and there is a war, what if something happens?" Li Shan muttered, Xiao Yunmeng just cried, "Grandfather! Grandfather! Don't you want Meng'er? Seeing this, Zhang had no choice but to coax Yun Meng first, and said to Li Shan: "Father of the child, the old man should not go far, no, you are a little tired and hurry, see if you can catch up with the old man." ”

Li Shan replied: "This can only be the case now. Hurry up and pack my stuff, I'll leave early tomorrow morning. ”

As soon as it was dawn on the second day, Li Shan left home and chased in the direction of Guanggu. For the time being, I won't say how Li Shan hurried to catch up with Mr. Yun. Besides, Mr. Yun since leaving the sorghum village, hungry and thirsty all the way, Xiaoxing overnight, about seven days later, finally arrived at the Qingzhou boundary, seeing the front is Guanggu City, the old man has mixed feelings, not to care about being tired, three steps and two steps to the city gate, but see the city gate is very deserted, only sparse people in and out of the city gate, there are a few Zhao soldiers in front of the city gate to check, the old man mustered up the courage to go to the sentry post, a short Zhao soldier stopped the old man and shouted: "Stop!" What for? ”

"I—I'm going into town." The old gentleman replied nervously.

"What's it called, what are you doing in town?" The short soldier asked again,

"Go in, go into the city to buy medicine, I, my surname is Yun, my grandson is sick." The old man was so nervous that he couldn't speak incoherently.

"Tu Tu Tu Tu Say it! ”

"I'm not a spy, I do have to go into the city to buy medicine. Master Jun, let me in! ”

"What? Let you in, hmph, you think it's so easy! The brothers searched me to see if there was anything hidden in this old thing. After that, a few soldiers snatched the old gentleman's burden and turned it over, and what could the burden have, except for a dozen pennies, it was two pieces of clothing. The soldier of Zhao Jun threw his clothes and baggage to the ground, handed the old man a dozen cents to the short soldier, and the short soldier took the dozen cents in his hand and scolded in his mouth: "Old poor ghost, just this money." Get out! ”

How can the old man be willing, he stepped forward and said: "Master Jun, Master Jun, I still have an urgent need for this money, you can pay it back to me." ”

When the short man Zhao Jun heard this, he immediately glared at the mouse's eyes, "The old immortal still dares to ask the master for money!" "There were two slaps in the face of the old man, and the old man who hit him had gold stars in his eyes and blood from the corners of his mouth.

Where did the old gentleman get so angry, his beard trembled, and he pointed at Zhao Junbing and scolded, "You and other rats are too much to bully, don't you know what it means to respect the elders?" Don't you have an old man at home? Sooner or later, you will be punished by heaven! ”

This Zhao Junbing Ding is used to being arrogant on weekdays, and the old gentleman who listened to this kind of scolding immediately stepped forward and kicked the old gentleman down, and several people even stepped forward to punch and kick the old gentleman, and the old gentleman was beaten and rolled all over the ground, covered in injuries.

Fortunately, at this time, a few bold and well-wishers next to him stepped forward and said many good things: "This old man is from our village, and he is usually a little crazy. A few soldiers scolded and let the old gentleman go. Everyone was busy, and the old gentleman helped him up, and said in a low voice, "Old man, a good man doesn't suffer immediate losses." Let's go! ”

The old gentleman staggered into the city, and the clothes scattered all over the place were gone, but he walked apathetimately. Today's Guanggu City has long been unrecognizable, full of devastation, most of the shops on both sides of the street are closed, only a few people walk on the street sporadically, and most of them are in a hurry. Although it was early spring in March, it felt like autumn and winter. Unconsciously, Yun Maogu came to a familiar courtyard that could not be more familiar, this is the home where his ancestors have lived for generations, this is the place where he has been haunted by dreams for many days and nights, the lock on the courtyard door fell with a thick layer of dust, the old man took out the key from his arms with trembling hands, carefully opened the lock, and pushed the door open, as if everything was still, the silence was so chilling, except for Mr. Yun's footsteps and heavy breathing, nothing could be heard. The scenery in front of you, the furnishings inside and outside the house are so familiar, how many unforgettable times have you spent in such a small yard, you can always see the figure of the filial son and the virtuous daughter-in-law in front of you, and you can hear the laughter of the family sitting around the table...... It was dark, the Yun family didn't light the lamp, and the old gentleman sat on the steps under the porch, his eyes were no longer tears, but blood, "My Qing'er, Daddy misses you!" My grandson, grandpa is sorry for you! I'm sorry, I'm sorry," the old gentleman kept muttering.

In the early morning of the second day, when the next-door neighbor saw the Yun family with the door open and entered the courtyard to check, he found that the old man had committed suicide by hanging a branch from a tree in the courtyard. At noon, when Li Shan, who was in the dust, inquired in every possible way, and when he came to the Yun family, what he saw when he entered the door was the body of an old gentleman who was already cold. Li Shan rushed forward, crying bitterly, and the kind neighbors next to him persuaded each other to tell him what had happened, Li Shan only said that the old man was his father-in-law, and this time the old man was looking for the whereabouts of Yun Qingshi and his wife, but who expected that the old man would leave the west. An insider told Li Shan that Yun Qingshi and his wife died in the chaos on the day Zhao Jun entered the city, and more than 30,000 people died tragically in Guanggu City overnight, and the corpses were buried under the barren mountains in the north of the city by Zhao Jun, and almost every household in Guanggu City had relatives killed. These old neighbors only moved back one after another when they saw that the wind was not tight recently, and everyone sighed again. After crying for a long time, Li Shan, with the help of a kind neighbor, hastily handled the old man's funeral, and entrusted the Yun family's old house to a neighbor, and then left Guanggu City with tears.

A few days later, when Li Shan returned to the house of Sorghum Zhuang and told the Zhang family everything behind Xiaoyun Meng's back, the couple cried bitterly again. The husband and wife were worried that Yun Meng would not be able to bear it after knowing about it, so they told Mr. Yun Meng that as soon as he returned to his old residence in Guanggu, he would take Xiao Yunmeng home when the situation stabilized. Of course, Xiao Yunmeng believed it and was full of joy. The couple secretly set up a spiritual seat for the old gentleman in the inner room, and offered it morning and evening.

More than three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Yun Meng is already seven years old at this time. During this period, Yun Meng often asked about his grandfather and Hui Guanggu, and Li Shan and his wife reluctantly prevaricated. But the couple knew that it was not a way to hide it like this. Seeing that Xiao Yunmeng is growing up day by day, he will notice it sooner or later. So, after the husband and wife discussed, they decided to inform Yun Meng of the truth.

Early one morning, Zhang led Yun Meng to the inner room, and in the face of the incense case, Zhang said to Yun Meng: "Meng'er, you kneel down in front of the incense case." My mother has something to tell you. Yun Meng listened to Zhang's words the most on weekdays, so he knelt down with his clothes.

Zhang said: "Meng'er, it has been three years and eighteen days since your grandfather Mr. Yunmao said goodbye to today, and for more than three years, you have asked your father and mother about your grandfather's whereabouts all day long, and we have never made it very clear, haven't we?" ”

When Yun Meng heard his stepmother say this, he couldn't help beating a drum in his heart, thinking to himself, "Didn't my mother and father tell me that my grandfather had returned to his hometown, and that he would take me home when the time came. Hurriedly asked, "Mother, father, what's wrong, is there something wrong with my grandfather and his old man?" ”

At this time, Li Shan took over and said: "Meng'er, don't blame your father and mother for hiding something from you, but you were young back then, and your father and mother were afraid that you would not be able to bear it, so they didn't tell you about it. That's ......," Li Shan told Yun Meng what happened three years ago.

Yun Meng heard what Li Shan said, and only felt that it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and suddenly the sky was spinning, and he didn't make a sound for a long time. This frightened the Zhang family, Yun Meng was still a child after all, so don't bear the lack of illness and get sick. hurriedly stepped forward and cried: "Meng'er, Meng'er, don't be too sad, the old gentleman is no longer here, don't you have three long and two short." ”

Li Shan also came over and hugged Yun Meng and kept comforting him, for a long time, only to hear Yun Meng "Wow!" The family cried again. After crying, Li Shan removed the cloth from the spiritual seat of the incense case, and said to Yun Meng: "Today is your grandfather's third year of death, our family should hurry up and put incense on the pillar for the old man." I saw the tablet set up in the middle of the incense case, and the book "Mr. Yun's Maogu's spiritual position", Zhang's was afraid that Yun Meng would fall, so he helped Yun Meng's family to kneel in front of Mr. Yun's spirit, and kowtowed three times, and Yun Meng incense for the old man.

How Zhang comforted Yun Meng will not be detailed here. Let's say that on the second day, Yun Meng got up early to offer incense to his grandfather. Kneeling in front of Li Shan and his wife, he said: "Father, mother, Eryun Meng's family was in a big disaster at the age of four, his parents died tragically, he was adrift with his grandfather, lonely and helpless, and then he was taken in by his father-in-law and mother-in-law to save Meng'er's life, and his grandfather died again, and it has been three years since then. This kind of kindness will never be forgotten by the son, and the son will also regard the stepfather and mother as his biological father and mother, and the son will be honored when he grows up. ”

Hearing this, Zhang said: "Meng'er hurry up, how can my father and mother not know the child's heart, you and I can become a family is the fate of the previous life, and we have already been a family after three years of getting along." In the future, I will live a good life with my parents. ”

Yun Meng still knelt on the ground and said: "Father, mother, the second elder taught Meng Er to keep it in mind. It's just that Meng'er has one more thing to ask for. ”

"What else is there to do with Meng'er, though?" Li Shan asked.

Yun Meng replied, "I want to study." ”

"Why study?"

"My son must get ahead, my son should not be bullied, and he must avenge his dead grandfather and father." Yun Meng replied again,

Zhang hurriedly said: "Meng'er, at a young age, you must not mention the word revenge at every turn. It's just that my father and mother feel guilty. You are a good book, but because the current year is not good, the crops you grow are only enough for rations after rent, and your father has little money left over for weaving dustpans. I can't afford to pay for your education! ”

Li Shan also sighed at this time.

Yun Meng said again: "Daddy doesn't have to worry about this matter, my son has already calculated." As long as the father borrows books from the village middle school children for Meng'er, the children will study at night, and if they encounter difficulties, they will ask Mr. Zhuang Shang for advice, I believe it will not take much money. ”

After listening to the remarks of Meng Yun in the junior grade, how could Li Shan and his wife refuse. Yes, a child who should have been spoiled and naughty in the arms of his elders had to become sensible and mature earlier than other children because of this troubled world and the catastrophe of the whole family. It is "in troubled times, there is a lot of loneliness away from home, and all kinds of adversity cannot be broken, and the young hero has long been determined to stir up the world to subdue the demons." ”