The summer has passed, the weather is getting cooler, and after a while of noon, when it is dark, you must put on a coat when you go out.

Since Uncle Zheng left that day, when Li Wenqing was at home, he never stepped on the door of the Li family again.

Li Chu'er rushed to the next door several times, but came back in a huff, Li Wenqing asked her, she just pouted and didn't speak.

That day, Li Wenqing came back from the town to take the embroidery work, but saw that the grape trellis by the courtyard wall had been erected and the grape branches had been planted.

She walked to the low wall, looked at the closed door, opened her mouth, and said nothing.

Life went on as usual, as it had been before she had never known him. Every day at home to do embroidery work, waiting for Chu'er to come back from school, the two of them eat, Chu'er played in the yard, sometimes the mother and daughter laughed, the day was over.

The days were not as usual, and after that day, she felt that someone had dug out a large piece of her heart, empty, and unsettled. I do the things I used to do every day, but I can no longer find the blandness and calmness of the past.

Even Chu'er...... She could see that Chu'er was not happy. She would laugh, she would jump to tease Huang and Xiaobai, and she would talk to her about the things in the school after school, but the corner of her eyes always glanced next door, and whenever she heard a noise outside the house, she would run to the door, and then sit back at the table with her head down.

That night, Chu'er had fallen asleep, and she sat in front of the oil lamp, holding the soles of her shoes with a needle, which were made for him.

He said that his grievances would be resolved in a few days, and he didn't know how many days he could live in this small village, and he had his shoes ready early for Chu'er to give them, and he was grateful for the care he had taken care of us these days.

She wiped the needle on her sideburns, but saw a figure flickering outside the window. With a thought, she lowered the soles of her shoes and walked to the window.

The shadow outside the window stood still, and she stood still in the room, the oil lamp jumping, her shadow stretching on the window paper, and then shortening.

After standing for a long time, the man outside asked dryly, "Are you and Chu'er okay?" ”

The corners of Li Wenqing's lips froze, and she didn't realize that her face was full of tears.

"I know you're sad, if you don't want to see me, I'll just go! This bag of silver, you keep it for use, put it in the future to make a dowry for Chu'er, you can live a good life, if you meet someone who is good to your mother and son, you will marry! The man's voice was sad, as if there was a lot of helplessness.

Li Wenqing's body shook twice, tears rolled down like beads with broken threads, she wanted to open the door and run out, but she couldn't open her legs.

"My brothers came to pick me up, I bought this yard from the Wang family, and the deed is in the baggage, you can sell or rent it, it should be a livelihood. Let's do less embroidery work in the future, aren't your shoulders and neck bad? ”

"You...... Don't you have anything to say to me? His tone was eager, with a mixture of loss and anticipation.

"I ......" Li Wenqing spit out the word, but she didn't know what to say.

"Oh......" he sighed, "then I'll go, you go to bed early." ”

With his long sigh, she felt that her heart and soul had been taken away and hollowed out. The whole person was like losing her soul, and the pain in her heart couldn't stop, and the pain between breathing and breathing involved her whole body.

"No......" Li Wenqing ran to the door of the room in two steps, opened the door, and choked up: "Don't go, I don't want to tell you to leave!" ”

Uncle Zheng paused, slowly turned around, and walked in front of Li Wenqing.

Only then did she see that in the past few days, he had been so haggard, his face was full of stubble, his brows were tightly locked, and his eyes were red, staring at her, eager to lock her in his eyes.

"Don't go!" Li Wenqing wiped the tears on her face and suddenly became firm.

"Aren't you afraid?" Uncle Zheng asked her in a trembling voice.

"I'm afraid...... I'm afraid that I, a rural village woman, is not worthy of you as a general, I'm afraid that you will dislike our mother and daughter in the future official reinstatement, I'm afraid that your grievances will not allow Zhaoxue to be caught by the government and fall into a different place, I'm afraid that I can't help you at all if I have no long things......" Li Wenqing stepped out of the threshold and walked towards Uncle Zheng step by step.

"Wenqing!" Uncle Zheng stretched out his arms and took her into his arms, choking up, but speechless.

"But I'm even more afraid, I'll never see you again...... I can't see you laughing, I can't see you teaching Chu'er to practice martial arts, I can't see you working in the courtyard, I can't see you eating the food I cooked......" Li Wenqing raised his head from his arms, "Big brother, don't go, okay?" ”

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Early in the morning, Li Chu'er opened her eyes, but she didn't see her mother lying beside her, she rubbed her eyes and heard the sound of Xiao Huang Xiaobai "gurgling" in the yard.

"Chu'er, Chu'er, hurry up, Xiaohuang Xiaobai has laid eggs!" Her mother's voice reached her ears, revealing joy and joy.

Li Chu'er felt that her mother didn't seem to be the same as a few days ago, so she got out of bed and ran to the door with her shoes on, but saw Uncle Zheng sitting upright at the stone table, looking at her with a smile.

"Li Chu'er, you're not obedient, what time is it, you can't go to school yet?" Uncle Zheng smiled and stretched out his hand to her.

"Uncle Zheng!" Li Chu'er ran over and threw herself into Uncle Zheng's arms, her body twisted like a piece of sugar, "You finally ignored me...... You don't know, if you ignore me for two days, I'm so uncomfortable that I'm going to die! ”

"So, isn't it an uncle?" Uncle Zheng patted Li Chu'er on the back and looked at Li Wenqing who came out of the stove with a bowl.

"You said that you are too, such a big person, you actually had an awkward relationship with a child, Chu'er went to find you, why did you ignore her? She cried sadly several times when she came back! Li Wenqing put down the bowl and looked at him with disgust.

"Ah, it looks like it's really mine...... I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, Chu'er was good, it was the uncle who was wrong, the uncle would never dare to do it again in the future, the uncle would accompany you every day in the future, teach you to practice martial arts, accompany you up the mountain to dig birds' eggs, and go into the water to fish! ”

"Really?" Li Chu'er raised her face from Uncle Zheng's arms, "Uncle, are you really never going to leave in the future?" Accompany me every day? ”

"Really...... really" Uncle Zheng nodded heavily and stretched out his finger again, "How about I hook up with you if I don't believe me?" ”

"Good ......" Li Chu'er stretched out her little finger and hooked up with Uncle Zheng seriously, "Hanging for a hundred years is not allowed to change, come, stamp and seal!" ”

"Oops...... It's so lively! Sister-in-law Wu next door to the east leaned out of half of her body from the low wall and looked at Li Wenqing's house.

"Aunt Wu, my Uncle Zheng is back, he won't mess with my mother anymore!" Li Chu'er presented a treasure to Sister-in-law Wu, but she didn't see the shame and embarrassment on Li Wenqing's face.

"Uncle Zheng? But the one who bought the Wang's yard? Sister-in-law Wu looked Uncle Zheng up and down, "Wenqing, the clothes and bedding you washed belong to this Uncle Zheng?" ”

"Huh...... Hello sister-in-law Wu! Uncle Zheng stood up and walked to Li Wenqing's side, "I have long heard Wenqing talk about you, saying that you have always taken great care of Wenqing's mother and son, no, I just said to buy some pastries to your house Thank you!" ”

He glanced at Li Wenqing, who was hanging his head, and hugged Li Chuan'er who was standing in front of him, "Wenqing and I have set the date, and when it comes to Layue, we will pick a good day, and then we will get married, you must come, come to the house to be lively, and it can be regarded as adding some joy to our family!" ”

"What? Get married? Sister-in-law Wu's eyebrows raised, and her tone became much sharper.

"Huh?" Li Wenqing's face was red to the root of her ears, and she raised her head to look at Uncle Zheng, also with a stunned face.

"Really?" Li Chu'er screamed and jumped up, "Uncle Zheng, are you going to marry my mother?" Am I going to be able to call you Daddy? Ah, that's good, that's good! ”

Uncle Zheng glanced at Sister-in-law Wu again, took Li Chu'er's hand and turned around and walked towards the stone table, "Yes, Chu'er, I married your mother, are you willing?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Li Chu'er's head nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "Then can I call you daddy now?" ”

Uncle Zheng hugged Li Chu'er to his lap and sat down, looking at Li Wenqing, "I don't have to count this, you have to ask your mother?" ”

Li Chu'er climbed Uncle Zheng's neck and shouted at Li Wenqing: "Mother, mother...... Why didn't you tell me? Can I call Uncle Zheng Daddy now? Are you going to say it soon? ”

"This ...... I'm ......" Li Wen looked at Uncle Zheng and Li Chu'er at a loss, and then at Sister-in-law Wu, her face was already as red as a ripe tomato.

"Why don't you even consult with me?" At the dinner table, Li Wenqing frowned and put a piece of meat into Uncle Zheng's bowl.

"Huh...... What's negotiable about this? I just can't get used to that sister-in-law Wu's chewing tongue! Uncle Zheng squeezed his eyes at Li Chu'er.

"It's because she loves to chew the root of her tongue that you have to discuss it with me, give her such a pass, maybe what it will become!" Li Wenqing sighed.

"Afraid of what? If she loves to chew, let her chew it! We men are not married to women, what is she to chew! Uncle Zheng suddenly rolled his eyes and pretended to be angry, "Do you think I'm old?" Think I'm more than ten years older than you? ”

Li Wenqing's eyes flew and glared at him, "Yes, I think you're old!" I still have to follow Chu'er and call you uncle! ”

"Hahaha...... Call Uncle and call Uncle! I love to hear your name! Uncle Zheng laughed.

"Phew! You're not ashamed! Li Wenqing took a sip of him, and she couldn't help laughing.

Li Chu'er looked at the two living treasures while picking up the rice in the bowl, and suddenly slapped the chopsticks on the table, "Hey! I can't live this day! ”

She stood up, put her hands behind her back, and paced back and forth in front of the table like Mr. Su in the school, "You two...... It's a bit of an adult, okay? Destroy my little child! ”

Li Wenqing and Uncle Zheng were stunned by her, the two looked at each other, "fluttered", and laughed.

The wind is blowing outside, and a few green leaves have grown on the grape branches......