Half an hour later, the meal was finally served, the smell of yellow stewed chicken was fragrant all over the house, Bai Qianning scooped the chicken soup with a spoon and poured it on the three bowls of hand-rolled noodles that had just been cooked, and put some simple seasonings into it.

"Mother, can you have dinner?"

"Well, where's your daddy? Why not there? ”

Bai Qianning looked at the empty yard through the window, and was about to go out to look for it, but from a distance, he saw Zhan Qianche, who was carrying a bamboo basket and a hare in one hand, rushing back.

Bai Qianning wiped the water marks on his hands before he caught up, and hurriedly asked, "Why did you go hunting again?" ”

Hearing this, Zhan Qianche stuffed the hare in his hand into the cage, and took out a few pigeons and a little lamb in the bamboo basket and stuffed them in, before he spoke: "These should be enough for you to eat for a while, after I go, if you want to eat wild food, let the stone go to the mountains to fight, and this bow and arrow will be left to him." ”

He was afraid that they would not be able to eat wild things when he left, so he hurried to fight and come back.

Bai Qianning was slightly stunned, and only woke up after a while, nodded and said, "Thank you!" Come in, come in and eat, the noodles will be cold for a while. ”

After speaking, Bai Qianning quickly turned around and entered the house, for fear that the emotion and panic in her eyes would be seen.

Zhan Qianche closed the cage and followed him into the house, Xiao Douding was already hungry and drooling, and when he saw them come in, he hurriedly went to the stove and got chopsticks to distribute them.

Bai Qianning saw her gluttonous appearance like this, so she withdrew her expression, put a piece of chicken in her bowl, touched her little head and said, "Okay, eat it quickly." ”

"Uh-huh"

Xiao Douding nodded to himself, and began to sweep towards the food in front of him. Counting that her mother hadn't cooked for her for several days, she suspected that she was about to be starved and thin, and she had to take the opportunity to make up for it.

Zhan Qianche saw that this child was so greedy, and the corners of his lips unconsciously appeared a smile, picked up the chopsticks and took a piece of meat and put it into the white light condensing bowl.

"Eat more, and look as round as this kid."

He wanted to say that Bai Qianning was too thin, but it was a joke, and it was a little bitter.

Bai Qianning probably didn't expect him to say such a thing, so he hurriedly took the wine jar next to him, opened it and poured two bowls, handed one bowl to Zhan Qianche and said: "I just bought this wine today, and I don't know how, I will suddenly buy wine back today, and this happens to be used." I don't know how to pick wine, you can drink it, but you can still taste it. ”

"Hmm!"

Zhan Qianche took the wine bowl, drank it all very refreshingly, tasted the source of the wine, and then took the wine jar to refill a bowl for himself, and then introduced: "This is the best ten-mile drunk in Chechi County, which is considered a first-class wine, but this wine is too strong, so it is better to drink less in the future." ”

"Are you concerned about me?"

Bai Qianwu muttered to himself, his voice was extremely low, almost inaudible.

Zhan Qianche probably guessed what she asked, but he just pretended to be deaf and dumb and asked, "What?" ”

"It's nothing, eat vegetables, don't just drink."

Bai Qianning replied a little unnaturally, but he picked up the wine bowl and took a sip again.

One meal, three people, but only Xiao Douding is really enjoying the taste of food, Zhan Qianche and Bai Qianning are all in their own hearts, pouring wine into themselves one by one, fortunately, this is only half a catty wine jar, and when they drink to the bottom, only Bai Qianning's face is a little damp and red.

The cups are staggered, the two of them have tacitly chosen to forget about the separation for the time being, chatting lightly, and before they know it, it has already fallen into the night, Xiaodouding is full of food and drink, and simply lies on the table and falls asleep, with a pair of lotus-like little arms under the head, which looks round and cute.

Zhan Qianche looked at Xiao Douding's sleeping appearance, and proposed: "You can stay here tonight, it's cold outside, if you toss and wake up the child again, I'm afraid that it will catch a cold." ”

"Well, that's fine! Then I'll carry her to bed and fall asleep. ”

Bai Qianning shook his somewhat dizzy head, and as he spoke, he got up and planned to hug Xiaodouding, but was stopped by Zhan Qianche.

"I'll do it anyway."

Zhan Qianche said and gently picked up Xiao Douding, put it on the small bed he had made for them before, covered it with a quilt, and then walked back and sat down.

Bai Qianning saw that he was so gentle and proper to the child, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously, and the stars under his eyes were a little more warm and clear under the illumination of the candlelight.

"Tomorrow, this child will wake up, he won't see his father, and he doesn't know how he will cry, so he will rush this, and this last bowl of wine will belong to me."

Bai Qianning said, and then he was about to pick up the wine jar and pour wine for himself, but he was taken away by Zhan Qianche.

"You can't drink anymore, if you drink any more, you'll get drunk."

"When you're drunk, what's wrong with being drunk, if you're drunk, you'll forget everything, you won't be heartbroken, you won't be uncomfortable, and you won't be reluctant to go."

Bai Qianning said all the words in her heart with drunkenness, but only she knew that it was not drunk, because she felt uncomfortable, she was more sober than ever at the moment.

Zhan Qianche listened to these words, and looked at Bai Qian's confused eyes, all the indifference of the strong support was gone, and the light in his eyes began to gush with distress and reluctance. He fought thousands of horses for half his life, and in the end he was still planted in the hands of a woman, but he also knew that forgetting each other at the end of the world was their fate.

Bai Qianning pretended not to see the changes in Zhan Qianche's eyes, and only lay on the table blindfolded, as if he was about to fall asleep. She was expecting, expecting whether Zhan Qianche would say something to her while she was asleep, and she told herself that as long as Zhan Qianche was willing to say a word, she would leave him behind.

But in the end, she couldn't wait for Zhan Qianche's words, this man has always been like this, he can never say two words that can be expressed in one word, and if he can't speak, he doesn't want to say a word even if he has a knife on his neck.

Seeing that Bai Qianning was drunk, Zhan Qianche just leaned over and picked her up, intending to put her on the bed, but after glancing at the sleeping appearance of Xiaodouding's "big" shape, he shook his head, hugged Bai Qianning into the back room, and lay on his bed.

Covering her with the quilt, Zhan Qianche sat on the edge of the bed, and couldn't help but want to touch her flushed cheeks, but withdrew his hand again. But he made a silent decision in his heart, if he could come back alive, he would never let go so easily.

Bai Qianning closed her eyes, feeling Zhan Qianche sitting in front of her bed for a long time, she wanted to get up and hug him countless times, but it wasn't until Zhan Qianche stood up and left from the small door that she slowly opened her eyes.

Sitting up, her eyes were already empty, she clearly felt that Zhan Qianche had affection for her, but she also understood that she couldn't stay, so she just said in the direction of the small door: "Don't worry, I will guard this place for you, and the secrets here, waiting for you to return." ”

Early the next morning, listening to the movement outside, Bai Qianning, who had been insomnia all night, hurriedly got up and walked out.

Xiao Douding sat on the bed and rubbed his eyes, and when he saw his mother running out, he simply called: "Mother", and then looked around and asked, "Where's Daddy?" Went hunting again? ”

Bai Qianning couldn't bear to tell the child the truth, so he nodded and said, "Well, Daddy went hunting, but this time the place he is going to is a little far, and I am afraid that it will take a few days to come back." ”

"Is it really far? Actually, I can eat less and not let my dad always go hunting. ”

Xiao Douding seemed to ask a question and seemed to mutter, and before Bai Qianning could reply, Xu Xiumei's voice came from outside.

"Sister Asao, are you there?"

"Hey! Yes, I'll come out now. ”

Bai Qianning replied to the window, then hurriedly ran over and opened the door, and asked, "What's the matter, but what's the matter with my aunt?" ”

"Oops! No! Xu Xiumei ran up from outside the courtyard gate as she spoke, and then gasped and said: "It's the Zhao family, Zhao Laosan is dead, I heard that the corpses are hard, and the Zhao family's courtyard is lively again at this time." ”

"Huh? So Liu Cuiping, they are all back? ”

Although Bai Qianning knew that Zhao Laosan's life would not be long, but this was also a human life, listening to the news, she felt a little emotional, she knew that Grandma Zhao loved this grandson the most, although it was not her own grandson, but after all, the old man had been holding Zhao Laosan in the palm of his hand for more than 20 years, if he heard the news, he didn't know what would happen.