Chapter 16: Sleepless Nights

On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, Sibao ushered in the first light wei after the Spring Festival. There are not many people who go to the Wei today, because many things have been purchased during the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, and today's market will not be very lively.

Every fifth and ninth days in Sibao is the day when the whole township catches up with the market, and the place is located in Wuge Village in the center of the township. Villagers can buy and sell freely in the bazaar, and of course there are many merchants from other places who come here to do business.

In the peach orchard, the peach blossom powder is still the same, and a few sparrows are playing among the trees. The owners of the peach orchard are uncharacteristically getting up late today.

There were so many things that happened yesterday that the four of them had their own worries and didn't sleep well.

Old man Zou was really shocked, the eldest son and the second son are still uncertain, and now the younger son is going to leave the country. He is a white-haired old man who has reached the age of sixtieth year, and he should have raised his children to prevent old age, but no matter how hard and tired he is, he will not speak, and he will let his youngest son go on a long trip.

He really wanted to find his two sons, after all, it had been nearly twenty years, whether they were dead or alive? On the one hand, letting the youngest son go out is to let him go to find their news, which is a wish of Zou Liangshi for many years. For so many years, he couldn't find any news about his two sons, and they seemed to have disappeared. He had always believed that they must not have died, that his son was the best, and that he could not die so easily.

On the other hand, Zou Liangshi was unwilling to stop his son's idea, he himself learned martial arts when he was a child, and his parents only pointed out from the side. When it comes to his sons, he is also willing for them to choose their own paths. That's what he thinks he should do as a father.

As for the hatred of the country and the family, Zou Liangshi does not force his son. It's a personal matter, and he doesn't interfere.

However, he was happy because his two eldest sons were men of flesh and blood. The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband. They all chose the path of participating in the revolution, and they all devoted themselves to the cause they loved. Now this youngest son has also resolutely chosen his own path when foreign enemies invaded and the nation was in danger. He saw very clearly that this kid in his own house was also a patriotic and hot-blooded young man. If Zou Wenfang has been trapped at home, he will definitely be suffocated, so it is better to let him go outside for a long time.

It is said that raising children is to prevent old age, but when it comes to Zou Liangshi, it is not. He was now nearly sixty years old, with gray hair and wrinkles on his face. However, he still relies on himself to do everything now, and he can still do any physical work. He and his daughter-in-law are both kung fu, and although they are both nearly sixty years old, they are still very healthy. In other 60-year-olds, it is estimated that they have already been buried in the ground, and even if they are not in the ground, they will have difficulty moving. But the two of them are good, there is no one in the family, everything is on their own, and the life in Taoyuan is still chic.

However, Old Man Zou is still very worried about this son, and he regrets that he has not taught Zou Wenfang martial arts for more than ten years, it is too dangerous to go out like this. At this time, Old Man Zou remembered his daughter-in-law Chen Shilian, a woman with strong skills. With Shilian by his side in the study, Old Man Zou should also rest assured. But Old Man Zou still vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he just couldn't remember what was wrong.

In this way, Old Man Zou kept thinking that he hadn't slept well all night.

Zou's mother suddenly got the news that her two eldest sons might be or, and she couldn't believe it was true. She was so excited, thinking about what her two sons looked like back then, she silently wiped her tears. If the two of them were still alive, would they be okay? Is he already an official? Have you already married and had children?

Thinking about it, thinking about it, Yang Xuehui thought of her youngest son who was about to marry a wife, and she immediately turned into a smile when she was still in tears just now. This little son, she and the old man didn't take care of him very much, she just didn't want him to become a talent, and she didn't want him to go away like his brother. Wenfang has been lonely since he was a child, and she and the old man are just secretly paying attention to him, and they don't mean to give more advice. But now, when the child has grown up and is about to marry a daughter-in-law, he still chooses to leave. The old man can't stand it, and of course she can't stand it as a mother.

When she returned to her room in the evening, neither she nor the old man had said anything. But she knew that the old man who shared the bed with her now must be like her, still secretly wiping tears.

Tonight is destined to not be able to sleep peacefully.

Chen Shilian returned to the room, with five flavors of grains in her heart, she was about to marry a stinky boy, she wanted to be happy, but she couldn't be happy. After getting married, the two of them were leaving, she was reluctant to Uncle Zou and Aunt Zou, she was reluctant to this beautiful home. Yes, she was reluctant to come here. Although she had only been here for two days, she fell in love with this home. At home, they are too good for themselves. Since the death of her parents, she has been wandering outside, and she no longer feels at home. She has always longed for a home, and now that she has this home, how can she be willing to leave?

However, she is organized and has faith, and she will not violate her faith or betray the organization. For the sake of the organization, she needs to keep her identity a secret, so she has never told the three members of the Zou family her true identity. She didn't mean to hide it, she just didn't want them to know too much. Although they are all reliable people, organizational discipline is organizational discipline, which must be observed, and when it is said to be confidential, it is necessary to keep it secret.

She originally came to Sibao this time just to fulfill her mother's last wish, but she didn't expect such a thing to happen. She knew that if she hadn't returned for a long time, new orders would soon come from the Order. She hasn't been here for long.

She was very troubled, and she couldn't sleep well that night.

Zou Wenfang has always wanted a brother, and now there are two more at once, and he is excited. It's like saying that to the tiger, he is very lonely, he wants to have a brother by his side to solve his problems, and he can also talk to him.

Although he couldn't read the Morse code that he copied down tonight, he felt that it must be a message left by his two brothers to the family, and they might really be alive. Like his father, he believed they were still alive. This also strengthened his determination to go out.

But thinking about it, he thought of his father again, he hadn't seen him cry for so many years, but he saw him twice tonight. As a son, he let his father shed tears for himself, and he felt very sorry for his father. Although Daddy had agreed, he was still a little hesitant. And Sister Chen also persuaded him to be a good man, and he was full of promises at that time. But now, in the dead of night, when he thinks about it, he can't help it. He has been lonely since he was a child, and now he knows his father's hard work, and he can't bear to hurt his father.

However, he also has the ideals and ambitions he wants to achieve, he wants to be a general galloping on the battlefield, defending his family and the country, and driving away the little devils.

Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been in a dilemma, and now, he is also very contradictory.