The warm yellow sunset gradually dissipated, and the night was about to fall, Mu Zhengyi sighed softly, reached out and took his sister's hand, and beckoned to the younger brothers on the side: "Let's go, it's late, grandmother is still waiting for us to eat." ”

The look of disappointment on Mu Jinyi's face was even stronger, he lowered his head, and instead of continuing to look at the street corner, he was the first to turn around and walk towards the gate of the Anguo Mansion. Mu Jinyi turned around, and Mu Hongsheng turned around with some worry and chased after his younger brother. On the contrary, Mu Qingyi was still standing in place, and looked at the dimming street corner again as if unwillingly.

At this moment, the sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded, and a fast horse stepped on the bluestone road, and soon turned the corner of the street, because of the darkness, the figure of the knight on the horse made people not very clear, and could only vaguely see that it was a tall man.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Mu Zhengyi turned around abruptly, looking at the rapidly approaching figure, his eyes widened slightly, and he quickly recognized the person on the horse.

"Third uncle, it's the third uncle." Mu Zhengyi excitedly pulled up Mu Jinyi, and while instructing the fifth brother Mu Lingyi beside him, he took Mu Jinyi to greet the knight: "Lingyi, go and spread the word, open the main gate, the third uncle is back!" ”

In a few words, General Mu San had already run to the children's side, and he dismounted directly and looked at several figures on the side of the road. He hadn't returned to Beijing for several years, and when he went to the north, Mu Hongshang and Mu Jinyi were still eight-year-old children, and in a blink of an eye, both of them had grown up, so long that he didn't dare to recognize them.

"Third uncle," Mu Zhengyi, who had been in the army in the north for two years, said with a smile: "Did it go smoothly along the way?" ”

"Hmm!" Mu Chengxin replied softly, his eyes were still staring at the children in front of him for a moment, looking like he wanted to speak but didn't know what to do.

Mu Jinyi didn't speak, he stood in place, his eyes wide open, looking at the man in front of him.

"Jinyi," Mu Zhengyi pushed and said softly: "What are you in a daze, happy and stupid?" Your dad is back! ”

Mu Jinyi looked at Mu Chengxin blankly, suddenly a little timid, the person in front of him was his father, he knew it. He looked at the familiar and unfamiliar face in front of him, opened his mouth, and wanted to call Daddy, but he didn't know how to speak.

Mu Jinyi had imagined the scene when his father came back more than once, but he himself didn't know why he felt so overwhelmed when this real came.

At this time, the main gate of the Anguo Mansion not far away was wide open, ready to welcome the general who returned from afar. General Mu returned to Beijing without going to the side door, this is the rule of the Anguo Mansion for many generations, the ladies of the back house have already got the news, and the gate on the central axis of the house is opened in turn, from the main entrance to Wuyingtang.

Of course, Mu Chengxin knew that now he should enter the house through the gate, and then follow the passage on the central axis, pass through the heavy gates, and go directly to the Wuying Hall to worship the ancestors and martyrs of the Mu family. But he still stood still and didn't move, just talking to his son's staring eyes like this, which he had grown up.

At this moment, not only Mu Jinyi was a little nervous and overwhelmed, but even Mu Chengxin was the same. When he left Beijing, his son was still an eight-year-old bun, and when he returned, the child was already a half-grown man, and although his face was still immature, he had begun to develop in the direction of an adult, and the longer he grew, the more he looked like his wife.

It's like in an instant, the child suddenly grew up, and he, the father, really missed the child's growth...... For a while, Mu Chengxin was emotional, and self-blame.

The subordinates of the Anguo Mansion all came out, everyone carried lanterns, and lined up on both sides with a beaming face, illuminating Mu Chengxin's way home brightly, Mu Hongshang carefully looked at his third uncle's damp eyes under the lamp, and quietly pulled the corner of Mu Jinyi's clothes.

Mu Jinyi was pulled by her sister, took a step forward in a panic, looked at Mu Chengxin with a nervous face, and said, "Dad...... You...... You're back. I...... I'm Jinyi. ”

Mu Qingyi, Mu Lingyi, and Mu Hongshang couldn't bear to see their brother look so confused, so the three brothers and sisters hugged each other, squeezed Mu Zhengyi aside, and began to greet Mu Chengxin affectionately. Mu Jinyi fell behind, his eyes widened in silence, and he looked at his father who was surrounded by his brothers and sisters, and seemed to be even more overwhelmed.

Fortunately, at this time, the ladies of the house came out, Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Mu San cried as soon as they saw Mu Chengxin, everyone greeted Mu Chengxin whether the road was smooth, and then Mrs. Mu told Mu Chengxin to enter the house, and everyone made way for him to go to Wuyingtang step by step.

Mu Chengxin went to pay homage to the sages and martyrs, and Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Mu were busy preparing for the reception.

I don't know how Mu Chengxin chatted with the people who greeted him at the city gate, and suddenly appeared at the door of the house in the evening, when he came back, the dinner at home had already been set, and the Duchess of An Guo hurriedly ordered the dinner to be withdrawn and began to tidy up the feast.

The adults in the family are busy, and the children are very happy, at the reception banquet, the children surrounded Mu Chengxin and asked this and that, all of them were very excited, except for Mu Jinyi.

On this day, Mu Jinyi seemed to be a little silent, and Mu Chengxin, who was a father, seemed a little clumsy in the face of his own son, and the father and son often looked at each other speechlessly, shyly smiled, and looked like they didn't know how to get along.

The reception banquet didn't make a fuss for long, Mu Chengxin rushed back to the capital day and night, but he was actually very tired and went back to rest early. When the main owner left, everyone dispersed, Mu Hongshang looked at his younger brother, who didn't seem very lively all night, and invited him to his yard to admire the moon with a smile.

On the twenty-eighth day of the Lunar New Year, there is only one waning moon left, where is the moon to enjoy, and the air is very cold, I am afraid that no one is like Mu Hongsheng, "admiring the moon" on such a day.

However, Mu Jinyi did not object to her sister's idea, and the two sisters and brothers went to Mu Hongsheng's courtyard one after the other, and sat in the cold wind wrapped in a cloak like this, without even a cup of tea, and looked up at the empty waning moon together.

Mu Jinyi didn't speak, Mu Hongsheng held Mu Biying with both hands, and didn't speak, so she accompanied her silently.

Mu Jinyi stared at the moon and looked, I didn't know what to remember, suddenly my eyes turned red, and then tears flowed out. As if embarrassed, he hurriedly wiped his tears from his sleeve, and then looked up at the moon again.

Of course, Mu Hongshang saw her brother crying, but she pretended not to see anything, and just silently accompanied Jinyi like this.