It's probably time to eat dinner, it's dark early this season, and now it's already down at night, eat a little too much, and the stomach feels a little bit supportive, I'm going to go out for a walk, I haven't come back for a long time, I don't know what has changed in Zhuojun, just take a look.

In the past few years, the people have been squeezed dry by Yang Guang, and their lives have been a lot harder, coupled with the continuous fighting, many strong men have gone and never returned, and if they are better, they will come back with a crippled body, and if they are lucky, they will be like me, safe and sound, but this is a minority situation after all, maybe I am not an ordinary person, God still takes care of me more or less. Hey, I'm no doubt that I'm a mortal now, and I don't know any special skills, a mortal body, if I have to find something special, I think it's probably just the memories of previous lives.

Oops, no matter how much, noise. I thought to myself, in the first two lives, I couldn't love Xin'er, but in this life, I still married Xin'er and raised my own children, although the time with Xin'er was relatively small, but it was also a fulfillment.

The streets are quite deserted, perhaps because of the cold weather, every house closes the door early, and you can faintly hear the cry of a baby in the house, the sound of a woman coaxing a child, and a few dog barks, it is really cold.

I didn't care much, I continued to walk forward, and suddenly bumped into a person head-on, obviously just a slight collision, this person actually fell to the ground, this is too exaggerated. I immediately helped him up, "Excuse me, are you okay?" I asked politely.

"No, it's fine." He replied and limped away.

Oh my God, I didn't cripple him, did I? I'm a little panicked, I can't hit it so badly. I hurriedly stepped forward to help him, "Where is your home?" I'll send you back. "I'm going to "do it to the end, send the Buddha to the west", anyway, there is nothing to do now.

"No, no, no." He waved his hand again and again, "I didn't hit me, I was crippled in the war, it has nothing to do with you, you don't have to worry about guilt." "He seemed to be able to read my mind.

"I just came out for a walk, and I don't have anything to do now."

"Then you don't have to hold me, I'm not that useless, I can walk on my own, although it's a little slower. You don't have to hold me up. He smiled heartily, "When I have good legs and feet, I run so fast that few people can catch up with me." ”

He has such a good mentality, I sincerely admire him, "Dare to ask you in which war you were wounded?" I asked curiously.

"Alas, it's hard to put into words." He shook his head, "I was forcibly recruited by Yang Guang to suppress the Wagang Army, and I was injured in the battle of Xingyang, I survived in the rain of bullets, dodged the stray arrows, but did not dodge a crazy horse, this crazy horse broke my legs, and then I went home, so it's okay, I don't have to work hard for Yang Guang anymore, and I picked up a cheap life, otherwise I may have to be buried with Yang Guang, and the blessing and misfortune depend on it." ”

I didn't have many words, and I deeply sympathized with his plight, but of course war is merciless.

"You don't have to have mercy on me." I was amazed that he could really read my mind.

"No, no."

"It's my house, let's go in and have a cup of tea." He extended an invitation to me.

The place is familiar, really, I have the impression in my head, "this place ......"

"What's wrong? Is there a problem? He asked.

"No, it just feels familiar." I say.

"My father used to open a rice shop, and when I was forcibly conscripted, my father died, and I didn't even get to see him for the last time." There was sadness in his tone.

"I'm sorry." I don't know why I apologized, but I accidentally touched on his heart.

"It's fine. Later, when I came back, I turned the rice shop into a grocery store, and also sold my handicrafts, and since I was a child, I liked to make small clay figurines, which happened to fulfill my wish when I was a child. He looked at me and asked, "Are you also from Zhuo County?" I feel like you're familiar, maybe it's really my old friend? By the way, what's your name? ”

Now I know who the person in front of me is, he is my playmate when I was a child, Chen Lin, I'm sure. "Chen Lin, long time no see, I'm Li Sheng." I said happily.

"Xiao Sheng? Are you Xiao Sheng? "He asked again and again, trying to confirm my identity.

"Yes." As I spoke, I reached out and hugged my old friend in front of me, and we hugged each other tightly, and he gently slapped my back a few times.

"Come, come in and have a cup of tea, no, drink wine, let's catch up on the old days, I'll fry two appetizers." He welcomed me into the house warmly.

"Don't bother, I've eaten at home, let's just drink and drink, and we don't need to make special dishes."

"Okay, I'll go get the wine, let's get drunk tonight." Chen Lin limped towards the fire room, "You sit, I'll take it." "Once again, he saw my thoughts.

After a while, he brought a pot of wine, two wine glasses, a stack of peanuts, and a plate of meat, "Let's eat it." ”

"Oh, what else are you cooking? Let's just drink and catch up tonight. ”

"It's okay, it's all ready-made, and if you don't eat it, it's broken." Chen Lin poured two glasses of wine, "Xiao Sheng, what have you been doing all these years?" I haven't heard anything from you either. ”

I was speechless for a moment, not wanting to say that I was a soldier of the Wagang Army—his enemy on the battlefield.

"Xiao Sheng?" Seeing that I had not spoken for a long time, he called me.

"I, I, I haven't done anything in years." I could feel nervous when I was talking, I really didn't want to tell the truth, I was worried that he would mind or something.

"You say, what else do you have to hide from me, you also fight." Chen Lin said to himself, "It's no wonder that almost all the strong men of the Sui Dynasty were conscripted to fight. ”

"I, I added the Wagang Army, and those who resist Yang Guang are your opponents." I hesitated to speak, I bowed my head, like a child who had made a mistake, and I did not dare to look him in the eye.

On the contrary, Chen Lin said nonchalantly: "Oh, you just don't want to say it because you are my opponent?" What does it matter? I now regret that I didn't join the Wagang Army like you and conquer Yang Guang together, even if I unfortunately died in battle, I am willing to contribute a meager strength to the cause of the uprising, alas, it is too late to say this now. ”

"Come, come, drink, drink." I raised my glass and said, "Didn't Yang Guang be destroyed in the end?" It can be regarded as avenging the majority of the people. ”

Chen Lin raised his wine glass and touched mine, "Was the Wagang Army later destroyed by Li Yuan and them?" Or what's wrong? I've only sniffed a thing or two. ”

"The strategy was mistaken and was defeated by Wang Shichong's army, and then our boss Li Mi defected to Li Yuan, because he was not reused, he raised troops again, and was finally destroyed by Sheng Yanshi."

"What about you? Later also revolted with him? ”

"Yes, we were originally Li Mi's subordinates, but when Li Mi was killed, we naturally submitted to Li Yuan, and now we are directly subordinate to Li Yuan's second son, Li Shimin."

"Xiao Sheng, your life is hard enough, and you haven't been injured for a few years in the field, unlike me, who was disabled at a young age." As he spoke, a glass of wine went down again.

I reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be sad, don't be sad. ”

"It's okay, it's okay to be disabled, I don't have to be forced to go to the battlefield anymore, my life is up to me, hahaha, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other." I have to say that Chen Lin's mentality is really good.

"That's right. Unlike us, we are all still on standby, and we may be forcibly conscripted into battle one day. ”

"By the way, Xiao Sheng, how are you and Xin'er doing? I haven't had a chance to visit you. ”

"Xin'er gave birth to a boy for me, and now I can run on the ground." As soon as I said this, the corners of my mouth couldn't help but rise, what a happy thing.

"That's good. Check it out at your house another day. ”

"Okay, that's fine! Cook a good dish on the table another day, and let's drink him in the dark. ”

……

In a blink of an eye, a pot of wine had already reached the bottom, and when Chen Lin got up and was about to get another pot, I stopped him, "Xiaolin, don't take the wine, let's drink it here tonight, it's not too early, I'm going back, go to my house another day, let's have a good drink." ”

"No, how much do you drink? I'll take another pot. Chen Lin was already unsteady when he walked, and when he drank the wine, he walked even more shakingly, as if he would fall down at any time, "You can't drink too much." I hurriedly stepped forward and helped him to the chair, "Don't drink, don't drink, I just went home this morning, and I have to accompany my father and mother in the evening." I explained.

"Accompany my father, I think it's with Xin'er, hahaha." Chen Lin said with a smile on his face.

"Accompany, accompany." I said, "It's not too early, I'm really going back." ”

"Okay, you go back, let's drink another day."

"Okay, but I'll settle you down first."

"No, I'll do it myself, you can go back."

Without saying a word, I helped him to the back room, helped him take off his coat, covered the quilt, and then went out and cleaned up the things on the table again, and gently led the door, and I began to walk home.

At this time, it was about the end of the day, the whole world was quiet, there was no crying of babies, maybe my steps were light, and even the dog did not bark. I looked up, and the moon on the sky was also tired, and I was sleeping there, and the stars around me were not shining much, so I must have disturbed the moon's rest.

Unconsciously, I quickened my pace and knocked lightly on the door, and after a while, Xin'er opened the door for me with a thick coat, sleepy-eyed, "Why did you come back?" There was also a smell of alcohol on his body. ”

"On the way, I met my old friend Chen Lin and went to his house to drink a few glasses of wine." I replied.

"Chen Lin? Is it our childhood playmate? ”

"Yes, that's him."

"It's been a long time since I've seen him, how is he doing now?" Xin'er asked, helping me take off my coat.

It was so cold, I couldn't stand the cold after I had just drunk, so I quickly got into the bed, "He was crippled by a crazy horse in the war, and now he has a grocery store." I replied.

"Well, he's not doing well." Xin'er said.