In the third year of Emperor Zhao's ascension to the throne, it snowed heavily.

This snow has been falling for a long time, and in Qin Yizhong's memory, he has never seen more snow than this in his life.

Snow covered the mountains, froze the river, bent the already thin branches, and the people could not get out, and countless people froze to death in this winter.

Qin Yizhong sat beside the earthen stove, looking at the cluster of small flames jumping on the sparse firewood in a daze, and spit out a thin mist between breaths, which immediately dissipated into the air.

It's cold.

Qin Yizhong shifted his body, got closer to the stove hole, and stretched out a pair of cracked hands to probe into the stove hole, trying to draw more warmth from the small flame that was not as big as his palm.

Mrs. has been pregnant for nine months, but now this situation, the midwife who has said that she is going to come to the door, and the aunts who have childbirth experience in the neighborhood are also unwilling to go out.

The pot on the stove made a "poof" sound, thinking that the steamed egg custard was ready. Qin Yizhong hurriedly shoveled a dustpan of ashes into extinguishing the flames, kept the fire, and let the egg custard simmer in the pot for a while before lifting the lid of the pot.

The heat and fragrance on his face made Qin Yizhong unconsciously move his nose, and after swallowing a few saliva, he took out a small bowl of pale yellow egg custard through the cloth, and sprinkled a little green onion on it, which made people's index fingers move.

Qin Yizhong was already very hungry, and the double temptation of sight and smell made his stomach begin to overflow, but there was not much food at home, and this nutritious egg had to be held to Mrs. first.

But before he could bring the custard outside the house, he heard Mrs. Qin moaning quietly, and Qin Yizhong couldn't take care of the egg, so he hurriedly put down the bowl and ran out of the kitchen, and saw Mrs. Qin sitting on the ground with a pale face on her stomach, leaning on a wooden stool behind her back, thinking that it was suddenly started.

Qin Yizhong immediately took Mrs. Qin to bed, and thought about what the midwife said to prepare hot water and clean towels, and when everything was ready, he was at a loss.

And then what to do?!

Seeing that his wife was getting more and more painful, Qin Yizhong had no choice but to go out in the heavy snow, and knocked on the door of his good brother Zhong Yongnian with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Although Zhong Yongnian is a few years older than himself, he got married late, and now Mrs. Zhong has just passed the door, and he is still not deeply involved in the world. But she has always been bold, and as soon as she heard that Mrs. Qin had launched, she took a pair of scissors in her arms and followed.

Maybe Qin Bairui himself didn't know that the first thing he saw after he was born was not his father, his mother, or his wife, but Mrs. Zhong.

Coincidentally, this snow stopped when Qin Bairui let out his first cry, and Qin Yizhong decided that his son must be a person with his own auspiciousness, and he planned his life path for him with joy.

So Qin Bairui's memory when he first remembered was that he was held in his arms by Mrs. Qin, and he recognized "Hundred Family Names" word by word.

Later, since the war, Qin Yizhong has been away from home all the year round, but his living conditions are getting better and better, from Mrs. Qin's need to cut down on food and clothing to leave him good things, to their family not worrying about food and clothing, but only a few years.

Then he met Zhong Zhiyu.

Mrs. Zhong acted regardless of secular views, Zhong Yongnian fought, she also followed, obediently sat in the rear, all these years lived in the west of Chongqing, and now Xirong surrendered, they returned to Lin'an.

This year, Qin Bairui was nine years old, and Zhong Shuyu was six years old.

Mrs. Qin invited a Xiucai to enlighten Qin Bairui, this Xiucai saw that Qin Bairui was smart, so she asked him to study "Disciple Rules", Qin Bairui couldn't sit still, he was already tired of "Hundred Family Names", and now he was full of joy when he got the new book.

Then Zhong Shuyu poured the "Disciple Rules" with hot tea, and the slightly yellowed pages were glued together, even if Qin Bairui tore them with the slightest effort, they were all smeared.

This matter can make Qin Bairui angry, and he reached out to pull the double bun on Zhong Zhuyu's head that he thought was very good-looking just now, but he didn't want Zhong Zhuyu to be flexible, so he dodged him with a backflip, and his eyes were shining: "I accidentally poured this tea, and I apologized for it, why do you still beat me?" ”

"This is my new book!"

"But I apologized, I can ask Daddy to pay you a copy."

"That's different!"

"What's the difference?" Xiao Xiaoyu tilted his head to look at him.

Qin Bairui was speechless for a while, and said hesitantly: "Anyway, it's different." ”

"Is this book a good book?" Xiao Yuyu tried to understand and asked, "What is written on this, I will turn around so that my father can compensate you." ”

"You can't read?" Qin Bairui was a little surprised, before she came to her house, his mother had praised how smart this girl was for a long time.

Xiao Shuyu shook his head, without any shame: "My mother asked me what I liked, and I said that I like to practice martial arts, so my mother and father only taught me to practice martial arts." My mother said that I was still young, and since I didn't like to study, she didn't force me. ”

These words planted a seed in Qin Bairui's young heart, he knew for the first time that he could have a choice, and remembered Zhong Xiuyu's neat backflip just now, and said in his heart: "Then can I also practice martial arts?" ”

"Uncle Qin's martial arts are strong, you didn't even practice martial arts?"

This time it was Zhong Zhuyu's turn to be curious, thinking of Uncle Qin's powerful skills, Qin Bairui, who didn't know martial arts, instantly became pitiful in her eyes, so she stood on the chair, patted Qin Bairui's head like her mother comforted her, and said seriously: "Brother Rui is not sad, you will definitely be able to practice martial arts in the future!" ”

The child's friendship was established so quickly, but unfortunately the two did not meet again after this, Zhong Zhiyu was young and forgetful, and her brother, who only had one side, had long been forgotten by her, and she didn't know that Qin Bairui remembered her words, and since then she has embarked on a rebellious road that is unwilling to study......

Time flies, as Qin Yizhong's official position gets higher and higher, Qin Bairui's reputation in Lin'an is getting louder and louder - the son of the powerful hussar general's family who doesn't learn and teases dogs all day long.

At first, he just wanted to learn martial arts to protest, and then it became a habit to rebel, and then he was lazy for a long time and didn't want to work hard, anyway, his father was a hussar general from Yipin, as long as he was not defeated, it was no problem to live comfortably for a lifetime.

Qin Bairui thought very well, but the only thing he didn't expect was that one day he would hear the news of his father's death.

No one knows how long he cried at night, and no one knows how many wooden stakes and dummies he broke in those ten days.

Tsk, it's a gentleman with no conscience.

Qin Bairui didn't care about these statements, but after meeting Zhong Zhuyu, who sent his father and mother back to Lin'an, he stuck to her more and more tightly - because Zhong Zhuyu was the only person in the world who had a relationship with his father.

Qin Bairui sat in the haystack of Dali Temple Prison and laughed at himself, he himself felt ridiculous, he actually stalked a girl for such an inexplicable reason, it is estimated that Xiao Zhuyu has long annoyed him.

But to his surprise, Zhong Zuoyu not only didn't bother him, but also went to Dali Temple Prison to see him in person, gave him silver and worried that he would not eat well, ran for him everywhere, and even avenged his grievances......

At this time, this girl, who was obviously younger than herself, patted her shoulder like the first time she saw her, her tone was confident and lazy, but her eyes were surprisingly bright: "Qin Bairui, wait and see, my sister is going to avenge you!" ”

"It's excessive."

Qin Bairui turned his head to avoid the wine breath exhaled by Zhong Zhiyu, his eyes were slightly moist, the corners of his mouth hooked an arc, his fingers pinched her face uncontrollably, and he almost murmured: "You will really take advantage of me, obviously I am my brother." ”

Zhong Zhiyu didn't care about him, he just smiled at him, and that smile was bright and bright with the sun.