A tearful blurred his vision, and he sat down on the edge of the pit, blue cheeks made a final goodbye with a silent cry, and in his ears was the comforting voice of the clan uncle: "It's okay to cry." And another faintly childish voice, "Grandpa is crying again." ”

On the way back to the village, Blue Cheek suddenly asked angrily: "You said that the family is a vine, so what will happen if this vine is broken?"

Uncle Clan glanced at Blue Cheek with slightly cloudy eyes, then looked in the direction of Changteng Town, and said softly: "It's nothing, it's just like a broken vine, silently withering and disappearing, making room for other vines that are alive and making the right choice." I think this is also the true wish and admonition of the traveling magician. ”

Blue cheeks frowned, as if she didn't understand.

"For example, when you first chose a wife, you were picky, and if you died of sudden illness before leaving an heir, the vine was broken. No one cares much, just like you can't name those who died violently at this time. And the land you have opened up in the past few years will also be abandoned for a few years, waiting for the next guy called green cheeks and purple cheeks.

For example, this year's drought harvest is bound to be bad, if you can't turn your grief into strength, go to the river to carry a few more buckets of water to water the ground, the doll can't eat enough, it will be thin and not strong, and if you can't get your mother-in-law in the future, it will also break the vine. ”

"Isn't this an endless time without a free day?"

Uncle Clan hoarsely laughed a few times, and replied: "If you don't care, it will be broken, and it should be idle." But there are those who care about who endure all the hardships and struggle to survive. ”

The conversation stopped, and it was not until the entrance of the village that Blue Cheek solemnly thanked him for this enlightenment.

"Don't thank me, I don't have a few years to live, I just hope that after I die, my waste son's family will have a big affair, and you can help you with one or two. After a pause, Uncle Clan laughed again and said, "By the way, when you are about to die, you can also use this set of nonsense to trick a junior who seems sincere, and ask him to take care of a child you are most worried about." ”

Blue cheeks were stunned, and the last sentence always sounded a little weird.

"Confused? Hehe, then I'll be more blunt. When I heard this, I tried my best at first, but after a long time, I felt some taste, and I was a little slack, and as a result, she was the only one left in your mother-in-law's house. When Uncle Clan said this, his eyes were also a little moist, patted his blue cheeks on the shoulder, and turned to leave.

Another fragment of a dream-like memory flashed by, and when Blue Cheeks opened his eyes, he clearly saw a dimly lit room, with pale white sky light and a few bright stars about to disappear outside the small window. In the slight headache, memories came flooding back, sixty years of wind, frost, rain and snow were stacked together, but only turned into two lines of turbid tears: it turned out that the blue cheeks had become old dried fish. I moved my body a little and wanted to get up, but I found that only my hands could move, and I had no sensation below my chest and abdomen.

However, when the morning sun rose, the sideburns dried tears, the voices of people sounded outside the house, and the short period of sobriety disappeared, the old dried fish looked at the little girl who fed him porridge next to him and frowned, feeling both familiar and strange.

"Who are you?"

"Broken scales. ”

"Who am I?"

"My grandfather, the big name blue cheeks, nicknamed Old Dried Fish. Be good, don't talk, the porridge is leaking out. ”

nodded, tightened his lower lip as he said, and drank porridge with peace of mind.

In this way, the old dried fish is like a table tennis ball that is slapped back and forth by reality, memory and dreams, the moment when I hear the bad news that my father and mother died in battle, the moment when I am sure that the third son is a fool, the moment when I am knocked unconscious in the mud pit during training at a young age, and so on. Just now in the carefree wandering of the youth, the next moment was asked who the stranger in front of him was, thinking about it but falling into a calamity dream where everything was mixed and illogical, and when he struggled, there was a faint sound of tearing cloth and soft words of comfort in his ears. Then, in a few brief lucidities, tears flowed down my face, and I was at a loss.

I don't know how long it took, until I recalled my childhood crush again, but suddenly found that Sister Yun'er, who couldn't remember her face, was standing in front of her, and the frustration and longing that had accumulated for years exploded, and she suddenly got up and hugged her, and kept crying the words 'Sister Yun'er' heartbreakingly. Then it was not the shattering of the dream, but it was 'Sister Yun'er' who raised her arms and hugged her, patted her back gently, and said gently: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

The old dried fish still cried non-stop, and suddenly heard a familiar nursery rhyme that coaxed a childish child to sleep sounded in his ears, the charming and crisp girl's voice matched with the soft and tactful melody, coupled with the lyrics of various beautiful images, in a trance, it was already the most comfortable and the deepest buried memory scene: frolicking in his mother's arms.

And when Lao Dried Fish opened his eyes again, he woke up quickly after a short period of confusion, just like getting up every morning before he fell into a coma at the wedding. Subconsciously sat up and lifted the quilt, moving his slightly stiff legs, but there was a tingling pain in the heart, grinning 'enjoyment' for a moment, slowly moving his feet to the ground, estimated two seconds, after all, he shook his head and didn't dare to stand up.

The creaking of the wooden bed was evident in the early morning, and soon someone pushed the door open to check on the situation of his five-year-old grandson. When the little guy saw the old dried fish sitting on the edge of the bed, he opened his mouth in a daze, and the grandfather and grandson looked at each other silently. Lao Dried Fish thought that the next thing would be a warm hug, but he didn't want the little grandson to slowly exit the room and close the door gently, and was wondering to himself, but he heard a childish scream outside the door: "Grandpa sat up!"

smiled slightly, thinking that the little grandson was told by his family not to make noise here, so he reacted like this. Soon, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and the second daughter-in-law rushed into the door, and was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward to help Lao Yugan's shoulder and pressed it down, and said: "Father, what's wrong with you, lie down, don't fall." ”

"I'm fine!" Lao Yugan stabilized his body with a slight force, patted the shoulder of his second daughter-in-law and said softly: "I've worked hard for you these days." ”

"You...... You?"

The old dried fish showed a kind smile, and the second daughter-in-law covered her mouth in surprise, and then cried violently.

......

After that, the second daughter-in-law rushed into the community security station, and called all the people who went to work and school home by telegram, and celebrated that Lao Yugan had survived. In the small talk that followed, various daily details were omitted, and three things were worth mentioning.

First of all, it has been 37 days since the group wedding. After such a long period of coma, only a magical warrior could survive it, and it was also a shame that the family did not follow the tradition and carried himself to the wasteland to bury him.

The second is to ascend to the second ring. This made the old fish dry cry out, only half of them were excited, and the rest were confused and sad, this life has not crossed the threshold, but it has passed in a daze? So what is the effort of youth? Or gritted his teeth back then, will his life be different?

In the end, it was yesterday's farce, it was actually Miss Flashscales who visited in person, and she actually hugged the little girl and cried and howled, which was not the same at all. Fortunately, people are tolerant and generous, not only did they not use the power of the five-ring magic warrior to push themselves away, but they sang to comfort.

The reason for the alarm that the eldest lady came in person was that the old fish injured his arm in a disorderly struggle, and the wound healed at a different speed, obviously promoted to the second ring, and this coma promotion seems to be very documentary.

The family gathered in the living room, rejoicing that the old dried fish was so good, and gradually dispersed, when only the second son's family was left, the old dried fish asked the second son to support himself back to the ward that was the grandson's room, and as soon as he entered the door, he lowered his voice and said: "The good things are all said, let's talk about the bad things." ”

The second son's rotten bones habitually trembled, and forced a smile: "Look at what you said, what other bad things can be?"

"Originally, I was just suspicious, but there must be something wrong with your reaction. The old fish dried his hands were strong, almost escorting the second son to the bedside.

"But it's not a bad thing, it's just that I borrowed some money from home, the cost of sending you to the hospital and the herbal decoction these days......" Rotten Bone peeked at the blue color of the old dried fish to confirm that there was no sign of an outbreak, and then continued: "You always warn us not to ...... with our family"

"That's the only one?"

Rotten bones nodded like pounded garlic.

Lao Yugan nodded, felt a little relieved, and asked, "How much?"

"Not much. Rotten Bone's gaze dodged again.

"How much!" the old dried fish asked sharply as he realized the problem.

"More than five hundred copper coins. Rotten bones knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to tell the truth softly.

The old fish suddenly raised his eyebrows, the back of his head ached, and his fingers pointing at the rotten bones trembled. This figure, with the current income of Sihuan's stupid son, he has to work hard for seven or eight years without eating or drinking. As for ordinary couples such as the second son and the fourth daughter, seventy or eighty years are also unthinkable.

But everything finally turned into a sigh, and he was silent for a long time, and began to ask for many details. First of all, there was the scene of the day, ordinary people had a stomach burst and were treated in time, so why did they be in a coma for more than 30 days.

In fact, this is also a bit unlucky. Water magic warriors drink magic addiction potions, not to use fire magic medium to reconcile the medicinal properties like fire magicians, but to rely on the body to 'resist', it is a common thing to get drunk under the greedy cup, and no one can care about anyone after drinking, no one goes to find out whether the old dried fish is drunk or fainted for other reasons. The old dried fish was outside with everyone like this, lying all night before being sent to the hospital, and he could only teleport the coagulated blood clot in space, and it was already a miracle to pick up his old life.

“...... According to the doctor, you have a cerebral hemorrhage, which means that the blood vessels in the brain burst open, and the best time for rescue is missed......"

Sensei explained, too lazy to listen. The old fish waved his hand like a fly, and asked, "Why didn't you bury me directly?"

In the poor class, it is an unspoken rule not to raise idlers, and those who are sick or old, and cannot farm to support their families, are sent to the mountains to fend for themselves. However, this article is not used much, after all, there is no medical treatment for the onset, and death is only a day and a half, and such poor medical and health conditions are also a luxury to live to old age.

The rotten bones were embarrassed again, and under the staring of his father, he was frightened by Jiwei, and said: "The lord's mansion will not let ......"

"Does this matter??"

"I said a lot of reasons, the future development of the law or something, but I didn't understand it, or call Broken Scale in and let her tell you about it. ”

Lao Yugan thought about it, but still shook his head, "Forget it, let's go back and talk about this debt problem, what do you think?"

"Pay it back slowly, and there is no interest. ”

Lao Yugan knocked down with a punch, "Who TM asked you this?"

The rotten bones covered his head, and he didn't dare to cry out in pain, but replied: "The fourth sister has twenty-five copper coins, I have seventy-five copper coins, and the remaining more than four hundred are the third brother's." ”

"What is the reaction of the two families?"

"My brother and daughter-in-law were a little emotional at first, but now it's fine. On the contrary, it was my brother-in-law's side, which was okay at first, but recently I was picked up by my family and beat the fourth sister twice, and I was thinking about reducing it for the fourth sister. But now that you're awake, it's time for it to stop. ”

The old dried fish sighed again, but he didn't have the heart to blame, and compared his heart to his heart, if the second daughter-in-law was involved in such a debt, his own side would not have a good face. "Divided into four girls and five copper coins, it means that she has a hard time. Before I fought this old bone to death, how could I earn dozens of copper coins. ”

During the period when the old fish was in a coma, the rotten bones who suddenly became the 'head of the family' were quite anxious, and at this time he unloaded his burden and said with a sigh of relief: "I listen to you old." ”

"When you are dying, you owe so much debt, and you really can't live in peace. Old Fish shook his head, muttered to himself, lay down and waved his hand to signal the rotten bones to go out. The rotten bones went out and quickly turned back with a pillow, saying that they were squeezing a night with their father, for two reasons, one was that there was no place to live in the big house when the scales were broken, and the other was that they were worried about the situation of the old dried fish again, and they stared at peace of mind. The old dried fish didn't want to speak, but turned sideways and gave up half a bed in the single bed.

In the next two days, the old dried fish did the so-called 'rehabilitation training' according to the instructions of the broken scales, and at the same time carried out crutches, found the naruto bone, confirmed the debt and asked for a job.

"Uncle Ten, don't worry, I will definitely find you an easy and lucrative job, and give you an answer within three days. Ming Gu first took care of everything, and then said with a smile on his face: "As for this debt, the fourth uncle has decided to give you a small break, which can be regarded as the family's congratulations for your promotion to the second ring at your age." As for myself, I blamed me for being too talkative at the time, and I apologized to you for twenty copper coins. You are always considerate, and I don't have a lot of money. ”

The entanglement throughout the life of the old dried fish flared up again, but after all, he still thanked him repeatedly, four hundred and eighty copper coins is still not a small amount, but the old dried fish, who has never been honest and honest, has not yet cultivated the open-mindedness of 'not worrying about debts', and it is good to be less.

After saying goodbye and going home, Lao Yugan realized that the propaganda slogans and pictures on the wall of the community had all changed from new immigrants loving each other to respecting the old and loving the young, and even coined a word for this: xiaoti (filial piety).

The idea is to provide for the parents and elders, and to help the elder brothers, and if they fail to do this, they are immoral 'bad people', and compared with the 'sinners' advertised earlier, although they are not punished by the law, they will suffer from the white eyes and discrimination of those around them.

The old fish stood under the propaganda wall with a crutch, staring at it for a long time, but he always felt a little strange, after all, the usual moral standards of the crocodile leader have never been 'filial piety'. It wasn't until the granddaughter's voice sounded behind him that he came back to his senses.

"Grandpa, you happen to be here, let me tell you the meaning of this 'filial piety'. Seeing the puzzled look of the old fish, Broken Scale explained: "This is also one of the school's homework assignments, explaining the meaning of 'filial piety' to the elders in the family. ”

The old dried fish was not interested, but when he heard that it was homework, he smiled and motioned for the scales to start.