Early the next morning, the Qin family came to deliver porridge and rice, and He Mai woke up, but he was still a little weak.

Liulang took advantage of Qin's efforts to take care of Hemai and went out, and when he came back, Hemai had already drunk a bowl of porridge.

"Don't get up, I'll stay with you all day today, don't go hunting." Rokuro said softly.

"What about the bamboo forest?" He Mai asked him in a whisper under the quilt.

"There's Xu Jiang," Rokuro said with a smile, "You don't have to worry about this, I've arranged it all." ”

Xu Jiangxiao came over at noon and was tired enough, so he took the pulse of Hemai, saying that it was no big deal, and stayed at home for a meal, and went to the bamboo forest again, sighing and fertilizing the rats.

Liulang really stayed at home with Hemai for a whole day, and by the end of the day, Hemai's spirit was much better, but he was still depressed.

Even Xiao Hei ran to her feet to get closer, and He Mai only touched it perfunctorily, and there was no other caressing.

And when Rokuro said something to her, Hemai avoided Rokuro's eyes, as if he was avoiding something.

For several days, it was like this.

Rokuro gradually realized that the cause of the incident was probably his own.

That night, Rokuro waited for He Mai to finish washing up in the back room, scrubbed himself, and then entered the house, but instead of turning off the lights and going to bed as usual, he sat on the edge of the bed and quietly looked at He Mai.

He Mai was lying flat with his eyes closed, sensing the movement, and slowly opened his eyes.

Rokuro stared at her motionlessly, carefully observing every change in her expression.

A strange emotion flashed in He Mai's eyes, and then he looked away, "I'm sleepy, sleep." ”

She said this, and she turned her back as she spoke.

Rokuro grabbed her shoulder, "Listen to me." ”

He Mai's eyes flashed, and he didn't answer or refuse.

Seeing this, Rokuro already knew in his heart that his judgment was correct, and it seemed that the problem was his own, but he had just noticed it.

He let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile: "Hemai, you have been ignoring me for the past few days, are you angry?" I'm stupid, and if you don't tell me, it's hard for me to find out. ”

"No, I'm not angry." He Mai bit his lip and suppressed the sadness in his chest, and whispered back to him, "It's my own fault, I ...... I don't know how anymore. ”

"You lied to me." Rokuro stared at her affirmatively, "You're just mad at me, I feel it." Hemai, am I doing something wrong? ”

"You didn't do anything wrong," He Mai raised his eyes and forgot about him, then lowered his head and whispered, "It really has nothing to do with you, it's my own problem." ”

Liulang looked at her aggrieved appearance, but he still insisted that he was fine, and he was anxious and pitiful.

"What the hell is going on, I you off, didn't I?" Rokuro frowned, a solemn look on his face.

Under Liulang's repeated questions, Hemai finally relented.

She looked at Rokuro pitifully, wrinkling her nose like a little beast about to be abandoned.

"You're going to leave Xiaoqing Village and leave me just like you left it before, won't you?"

"Huh?" Rokuro was stunned, "What? ”

"You're going to leave me alone at home and never come back, will you?" The more He Mai spoke, the more pitiful he felt, as if it was an established fact that Rokuro left her behind.

"How so?" Rokuro opened his mouth in surprise, "You girl, are you confused?" ”

His large, warm and rough hand was attached to He Mai's forehead, and He Mai threw himself into his arms.

This sudden hug made Rokuro realize that what He Mai had just said was definitely not just nonsense.

"You stupid girl, did you listen to what the people in the village said again?" Rokuro was helpless and funny, and a hint of softness rose in his heart, "Don't listen to their nonsense." Those men who have made money outside the home, and their hearts are full of money, and they have no self-control at all, so they will spend all their days looking for women, and I will not do this. ”

He Mai seemed to lose his mind, "Really? ”

"Of course," Rokuro curled his lips and smiled, his clear eyes like a river covered with moonlight, glowing with bright starlight and gentle crescent light.

"My wheat is so good, I can't find a better woman in the world than Hemai." He held Hemai's little hand and took a breath of warmth, "I'm even more reluctant to leave you, silly girl." ”

He Mai was hugged tightly in his arms, staring blankly at his angular chin, rubbing his forehead up, and not speaking, just quietly resisting.

After a while, she looked up and asked, "Rokuro, can you accompany me to watch the peach blossoms bloom in the yard next year?" ”

"Peach blossoms?" Rokuro raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong with this, of course I'll accompany you." ”

"What about the peach blossoms of the year after tomorrow?"

"I'll be with you, too."

"And the locust tree in the yard, which will bloom the year after tomorrow, can you accompany me?"

"It takes two or three years for the locust tree to bloom, and I am afraid that it will not work the year after." Rokuro said with a warm smile.

"Then wait until this locust tree blooms!" He Mai said eagerly, "Will you accompany me?" ”

"Why not?" Rokuro smiled and asked, and said without thinking, "Of course I'll accompany you." ”

After getting Rokuro's promise, Hemai relieved his heart, his body breathed a sigh of relief, and hugged Rokuro back.

"This is what you promised me, don't go uncounted." She muttered.

"Of course," a soft glint flashed in Rokuro's eyes, "I promise you, I will do it." ”

He Mai seemed to want to ask something, but in the end everything he wanted to say swallowed into his stomach.

Faced with a future that can't be grasped clearly, it seems that cherishing the present Rokuro is the only thing she can do.

Those who want to leave can't stay, and all that can be left is the time that is spent day after day.

She thought about it in confusion, and another question came to her heart: The locust tree blooms in three years, and Rokuro promised to accompany her to see the locust tree bloom this time, but the next time the locust tree blooms in another three years, where is she and where is Rokuro?

She thought to herself in a daze, if only she had said that she liked the Iron Tree.

In that case, will Rokuro be able to accompany her for ten years?

……

……

After that night, a smile reappeared on Hemai's little face.

Rokuro also gradually put his mind at ease, thinking that this was just a tantrum at Hemai's youngest daughter's family, and it was over when it passed.

He Mai hides his heart in his heart, and he still talks and laughs at Rokuro every day, but occasionally when he looks at Rokuro, there will be an inexplicable light in his eyes.