Xie Heng looked forward to it day and night, and Xie Bai finally came back in early March. Xie Bai does not have a house in Chongning, and since he joined the army, except for the marching hall, Xie Heng's house is his home.

So as soon as I arrived in Chongning, I couldn't wait to go to Xie Yuan, Xie Heng got Xie Bai's letter a few days ago, that is, he would return in these two days.

Xie Heng asked people to purchase a lot of ingredients and supplies early, but as soon as Xie Bai arrived, he had to hold a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust for him.

Because there is no exact day, Xie Heng has been waiting at home for the past few days, not going out for a step, the weather is good today, Xie Heng asked people to prepare carbon stove tea in the yard, and boil water to make tea alone.

Dressed in a moon-white brocade shirt, the marigolds embroidered with silver filigree are in full bloom and crawling all over the feet of the shirt; Xie Heng sat at the table and rubbed the scorched tail violin on the table with Su Aya, waiting for the water on the charcoal stove to boil, starting from the forehead, gently rubbing each string to the crown corner of the tail.

This piano is not Xie Heng's best piano, but it was given to him by Xie Bai, Xie Bai said that he had been looking for it for a long time, so Xie Heng was very happy.

Outside the gate of Xie Garden, I suddenly remembered the sound of a hurried horse's hooves, a red strong horse arrived at the gate of the garden, the person on the horse pulled the reins, and the obedient horse obediently retracted its four hooves and stood in place to let the master get off the saddle.

The people waiting in the front yard hurriedly ran to the backyard to report the news, and Xie Heng immediately threw down the Su Aya in his hand and got up and went to the front yard.

"Senior brother." Xie Heng couldn't hide his smile.

"Heng'er." Xie Bai, who took off his uniform, was dressed in a green red colored Ge robe, and the weather was not too hot, but it was slightly cool. The face that is becoming more and more resolute is also a few less battlefield killings at this moment. The subordinate took Xie Bai's simple luggage, and the two went straight to the backyard.

The well water on the charcoal stove was making a slight gurgling sound, and after the two of them took their seats, Xie Heng took a handkerchief and lifted the kettle to rinse the teacup.

Xie Bai reached out and picked up the teaspoon to take the tea leaves, and put them into the blue and white cup that Xie Heng had rinsed.

Seeing the piano on the table, Xie Bai smiled:

"Heng'er is still not lacking in this interest all year round." Xie Heng and he were both handed over by their fathers, and they all studied together, fist and foot martial arts, reading and composing poems, arranging the art of war, and the Five Elements Shield Technique.

Although the two of them have learned a lot, Xie Heng has the talent of playing the piano and composing music, and he can play a few songs, but he is obsessed with the art of martial arts.

"Senior brother said and laughed, even if I don't like it, I also came from this, if it is born by hand, I am afraid that the student will be embarrassed in front of him." After speaking, he smiled and picked up the tea cup and sniffed the fragrance of tea.

Xie Bai held his chin in one hand, pinched the lid of the teacup with the other, and played with tea, thinking about something, Xie Heng always felt that he seemed to have something to say, but he continued to gossip with him:

"Also, if you tell me to stop punching and kicking for a day, I'm afraid I'll fall asleep at night." The two were chatting, and the next person came to report that the meal was ready and it was time to start the meal.

It was still early in the morning, and I thought that everything had been prepared earlier, and the dishes were ready after a short while.

Xie Heng asked people to pass the dishes and ate them in the courtyard, and the people moved out of the courtyard a large round table with huanghuali and eighteen dishes on the table.

said that it was a banquet, but there were only two of them, Xie Heng never felt that such a banquet was deserted, or that he preferred such a wine table, he never liked to socialize, especially those who had never seen faces, and he was annoyed.

Xie Heng was about to pour wine from the wine jug, but Xie Bai first lifted the wine jug, poured a wine for each of them, and then raised his glass:

"This first cup, first toast Xie Heng'er's table of wine and food." In fact, he didn't know the return date, but he waited so day by day.

Xie Heng smiled helplessly and nodded, and raised his glass to drink with him.

As soon as he finished drinking, Xie Bai filled the cups of the two of them again:

"This second cup, I still stick to the original intention like this."

The rhetoric of this glass of wine made Xie Heng a little confused, didn't it mean that the two of them were still obsessed with martial arts, and the other was obsessed with fun?

But as long as Xie Bai is happy, he will be happy, whatever he says.

The two raised their glasses and drank together, and when Xie Bai poured a third cup and was about to raise a glass, Xie Heng hurriedly stopped Xie Bai, who was just about to speak:

"Senior brother, this dish hasn't moved yet, so you are in a hurry to pour a stomach of wine?"

Xie Bai also felt too anxious, so he put down the cup, ate the food with Xie Heng, and drank slowly, so he didn't have to worry about the glass and dry the wine.

After eating a dish for half an hour, Xie Bai looked at Xie Heng, who was still smiling, and finally lifted the third cup full of salvation:

"Heng'er, this third cup, thank you for taking care of me for so many years..."He meant that over the years, Xie Bai's garden was his home.

"Also, I bought a house in Chengdu Mansion..."

Hearing this, Xie Heng's vegetable picker paused, as if water was dripping onto his heart, and he thought to himself, put down his chopsticks and said:

"Senior brother, why are you in a hurry to find a house, I live here alone and it is deserted, and besides, you don't come back often."

He actually wanted to ask why he wanted to buy a house so far away, but he didn't dare to ask, for fear that what he heard was not what he wanted.

Xie Bai didn't answer him, but first raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, Xie Heng also picked up the wine glass, but looked at Xie Bai who seemed to be a little red in his eyes on the other side.

"Heng'er, I'm getting married."

The next moment, the wine glass in Xie Heng's hand fell from his hand to the porcelain plate, making a crisp sound, and the glass of wine was sprinkled with a plate of delicacies.

Xie Bai looked at Xie Heng, the red in his eyes was spreading, but Xie Heng's heart forgot to beat.

After a long time, Xie Heng reached out and pulled over the sleeve robe that was wet with wine, picked up the wine glass from the plate, Fang Zheng was in front of the table, picked up the wine jug and poured himself a full glass, and raised it towards Xie Bai with a smile:

"Congratulations, senior brother." As soon as he raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, the time was coming, and the sky was still bright, but Xie Heng felt that the sky was dark.

Except for the wine glass taking off, Xie Heng didn't seem to be anything unusual, naturally, the senior brother was about to get married, where did he have a reason for being unhappy.

But he didn't want to ask, what day, where he got married, which young lady he married, whether he was gentle, and whether he was gentle and graceful.

Xie Bai had already opened his mouth, so he told him everything, the date was set, on the first day of the next month, he had already taken a vacation, and he only hoped that when the time came, Xie Heng could go to his wedding banquet.

Chongning went to Chengdu, not to mention that it would take more than 20 days, if you want to go, you have to prepare to leave earlier, and the time is very tight.

Xie Heng smiled again:

"Senior brother's wedding wine, I must be going to ask for it." Seeing that he was so unusual, Xie Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Senior brother, I've almost eaten this dish, and I've drunk again, you're tired just when you came back, let's go and rest for a while!"

After speaking, without waiting for Xie Bai to say more, he turned around and walked towards the bamboo building, just step by step, he didn't pay attention to the stumbling under his feet and almost fell, but fortunately he held on to the bamboo fence, Xie Bai shouted to him behind him:

"Heng'er." Xie Heng didn't look back, just waved his hand to indicate that it was okay.

There was no rain on this day, just step by step, and a drop of water hit the raised foot when you stepped on it.

There is a special room for Xie Bai in Xie Yuan, and when he saw Xie Heng returning to the bamboo building, Xie Bai went to the south courtyard, which was a courtyard specially opened by Xie Heng for Xie Bai, and he would not need it in the future.

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Xie Heng grew up in the mountains, and the master picked him up at the foot of the mountain and led him back.

At that time, he had already begun to remember, that year his parents took the whole family to move together, stopped on the way to take a break, he ran alone to the forest to relieve himself, and when he came back, he got lost, and when he found the main road, the convoy was nowhere to be found.

He didn't cry, but walked along the road, the ruts getting shallower and shallower until they disappeared, and finally he got lost.

When the time was over, he sat at the foot of the mountain leaning against the trunk of the tree, and walked hungry for a day, without a little anger on his face, and the hope in his eyes was extinguished little by little.

In the empty mountains and forests, there was a sound of rustling in the grass, he didn't know what it was, but such an unknown made him afraid, he didn't dare to fall asleep, but the hunger and fatigue of his body made the tiredness more and more intense.

In the dream, he saw his mother stretching out her hand to him and shouting to him: "Feng'er, Feng'er, I'm sorry, my mother is sorry for you." ”

"Kid? Wake up, child..."

He opened his heavy eyes from his slumber, and a man crouched in front of him, one hand on his shoulder and gently shaking him, some worry in his eyes, and the early morning sun sprinkled from behind the man.

The backlight made him unable to see the face of the visitor clearly, but he saw that the other party was still smiling a little anxiously because he woke up.

"I ...... Hungry"

After saying that, he completely fainted, and the man took his baggage, picked him up, and trotted up the mountain.

The man lived in seclusion in the mountains, and by the time he arrived, it had been more than an hour later, and he was covered in sweat and his steps were a little swaying.

When he entered the courtyard gate, a little boy of eight or nine years old was wearing a short fight and practicing boxing in the courtyard.

"Dad, you're back."

"Well, go boil some hot water and boil some porridge."

Seeing that he was holding an unconscious child in his arms, Xie Bai hurriedly went to boil water and porridge.

Xie Ruyuan carried someone into the house, put the child on the bed, and after checking the pulse to make sure that the child was just hungry and fainting, he went out to fetch water to wipe the sleeping child's face and neck.

At this time, Xie Bai came in with warm water, Xie Ruyuan helped him up and sat down, pinched the middle of the person, and finally opened his eyes and woke up after a while.

Xie Ruyuan hurriedly brought water to feed him, barely drank a few sips of water, and began to regain a little clarity in his eyes, looking at the two people in front of him, a little dazed.

Xie Bai went to the stove room to remove the firewood, put the pot in cold water for a while, and came in with the pot and bowl and spoon and put it on the table:

"Come and eat, drink porridge to warm your stomach first." After speaking, he put a bowl on the table.

Looking at the hot and fragrant meat porridge floating on the table, he was not reserved, walked over and sat down in three steps and two steps, picked up the bowl and began to drink the porridge in a big gulp, and the spoon was useless.

Xie Bai hurriedly called him:

"You eat slowly, don't choke, it's still a little hot."

Xie Ruyuan sat on the side, watching him gobble up, thinking that this child had been hungry for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel distressed.

He and his father and son hid in the mountains, hunted all year round, cultivated a few plots of land themselves, and occasionally went down to the market town to buy some supplements, and never had been so hungry.

watched him bowl after bowl and drank a whole pot of porridge before he wiped his mouth and stopped.