??????? It wasn't until the third day of Xiao Tao's return that he and Zhao Kuangyi went to Xiao Taoniang's grave to add soil to worship, and the people in the village were sure that Xiao Tao was indeed back. It's just that the female college has changed eighteen. Today's little peach is no longer the stupid wild girl she used to be, and she has become slender. The demeanor and expression are different from those of the girls in the village, and with the martial and heroic Zhao Kuangyi, the people in the village are a little more jealous. He was polite to Zhao Kuangyi and Xiao Tao.

Ye Laosan smelled a few words in his ears, and couldn't help but go over to look at it with a cane. Ye Laosan's body is not as good as before, and he can't even walk well. Life is hard. Ye Guang was given some silver the year before last, but he didn't know what to do, so he never came back. Ye Laosan asked people everywhere to inquire, but there was no news, and Ye Guang didn't know whether he was dead or alive now.

I heard from the people in the village that a new couple came and the woman looked like a little peach. Ye Laosan propped up his body and wanted to take a look. Little Peach is back? So has she ever seen Ye Guang?

It was easy to move to Xiao Tao's door, and he met Zhao Kuangyi who came out. Zhao Kuangyi was tall, his eyebrows were cold and fierce, Ye Laosan only took a look, and he was a little nervous for no reason, and he didn't know how to speak if he thought about it.

Zhao Kuangyi looked at him with a straight gaze. He asked in a cold voice, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Ah, looking for it," Ye Laosan thought for a long time and said, "Is Ye Xiaotao here?" Swallowing his saliva, he added, "I'm her." Father. ”

Father? Zhao Kuangyi's heart suddenly sudden, and his face softened, he hadn't heard Xiao Tao say that he had a father, but since this person said so, there must be some reason. Zhao Kuangyi let Ye Laosan into the house and said to Xiao Tao: "Taoyi, someone is looking for you." ”

Xiao Tao came out with a plate of refreshments. looked at Ye Laosan, a little hesitant, this person is very familiar, where have you seen it?

Ye Laosan looked at the little peach who was even taller and taller, and he couldn't say whether he was happy or regretful, if only he had promised the little peach to Ye Guang. Seeing Xiao Tao's hesitant face, Ye Laosan said tremblingly: "Xiao Tao, I'm my father, don't you know each other?" "Bu Changshi blood.

Xiao Tao tapped her head lightly, and it was an extremely familiar face. But I still can't remember. Zhao Kuangyi interjected at this time: "She was sick once, and she can't remember some things clearly." ”

Ye Laosan suddenly couldn't help but get anxious. Hurriedly asked, "Then do you remember your brother Ye Guang?" Have you ever seen him, he went to look for you before and never came back, you have to think about it, the Ye family is now left with that single seedling. ”

Ye Guang? Xiao Tao's head hurt a little, and the things that he deliberately wanted to forget hit him again, and his head was very painful when he was hit by Ye Guang on the wall, and he hid in the water in order to escape and remained motionless§§§§ One picture after another rolled like waves, Xiao Tao gently pounded her head, her brows furrowed tightly. Ye Laosan just stared at Xiao Tao tightly and urged: "Think about it again, haven't you really seen your brother?" ”

Zhao Kuangyi looked a little distressed, although the person in front of him said that he was Xiao Tao's father, he was afraid that he had no close relationship with her. Otherwise, I wouldn't have watched Xiao Tao suffer like this, and forced her to think. And when he saw Xiao Tao, he didn't have a trace of joy. Zhao Kuangyi's face was a little unsightly: "Let's ask another day." Her illness is not yet cured, and she will have headaches when she thinks too much. After a pause, he said, "As for Ye Guang you said, she must not have seen it, and I have been with her all the time." I haven't seen this person. ”

Zhao Kuangyi's voice was calm and powerful, with irresistible power. Ye Laosan didn't dare to say anything more. It seems that Xiao Tao is looking for a hard backer. After a while, he asked, "Do you come back for a long stay or a short stay?" ”

"Not necessarily." Zhao Kuangyi replied simply.

"Oh." Ye Laosan answered, looked at Xiao Tao who was still frowning, and couldn't help but add, "If you think about it, remember to tell me." After saying that, he went out on crutches.

Zhao Kuangyi looked at Ye Laosan's back and hugged Xiao Tao tighter: "Don't think about it." Save the headache. After a pause, he said, "I'll go and get the medicine back, can you leave?" ”

Xiao Tao shook her head, put aside what she had just done, and as soon as she said that she went out, Xiao Tao was happy in her heart: "Of course I left." ”

There is only one Tulang in Yunwan Village, and the medicine in the shop lacks this and that. Zhao Kuangyi took Xiao Tao to Xiangao Town to grab medicine. From the Qilixi ferry in Yunwan Village to Xiangao Town, he had to row a raft over, and sitting on a small raft, Xiao Tao began to lose his mind again. This raft, the scenery on both sides of the strait, is so familiar to her.

When the boat reached the middle, it was about to cross a line of sky sandwiched between the two mountains, and Xiao Tao's mind suddenly slipped a white-robed figure, as fast as lightning, and dragged her back who was about to hit the first line of heavenly stone wall. Xiao Tao's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Zhao Kuangyi, who was calm beside her, closed her eyes, and drove out the illusion that ran into her mind just now.

When he arrived in Xiangao Town, Zhao Kuangyi grabbed all the medicine according to the prescription given by Huo Zhong, and went around the town with Xiao Tao, bought some pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and brought them back to Yunwan Village.

The days in Yunwan Village are quiet and comfortable. Zhao Kuangyi found a job as a private school teacher. The Dai family in the easternmost part of Yunwan Village is the richest and richest family in the village, and they are the most sparing of money when they ask for a husband for a few children in the family. Zhao Kuangyi can not only teach some of the Four Books and Five Classics, but more importantly, he can also teach knives, guns and sticks to strengthen his body. One salary teaches two jobs, and the Dai family is naturally happy to do it. There are few literate people in Yunwan Village, and Zhao Kuangyi also helps people write a letter and write a couplet, but there is no shortage of work.

Xiao Tao cooks and washes at home, practices dancing when she has nothing to do, or writes according to Zhao Kuangyi's handwriting. Life is easy and peaceful.

Huo Zhong's medicine is also gradually working. Although the decoction is not faster than acupuncture, after Xiao Tao took the decoction, she only felt that her mind was becoming clearer and clearer, and the original rustling sound and dull pain were gradually disappearing. The broken chapters in the memory are also gradually splicing. Xiao Tao couldn't help but be distracted, but sometimes she was frightened by the connected memories, and had to force herself to forget these memories again.

After the sting, the house was replaced with a turquoise curtain, and the cicadas and insects singing outside the window gradually increased. And the peach blossoms on Longshang also began to bloom, one tree after another, like fire. The shadow falls halfway down the slope, ten miles one after another. The little peach is also in a particularly good mood with the blooming of the peach blossoms, and from time to time climbs to the tree to pillow a peach blossom, which is a good sleep. Zhao Kuangyi sometimes worries that she will fall, but later he finds that he is too worried, Xiao Tao seems to belong to the peach tree by nature, jumping up and down, sleeping upside down, it is difficult for her.

In those days, the sky was high and the clouds were light, and the peach blossoms were chasing water, which was so beautiful that it was a little unreal.

Summer has arrived, and the rain has become more abundant. Although the wooden house has been renovated, there are still leaks in the drizzle. At this time, Xiao Tao takes a basin to pick it up, sometimes the basin is not enough, and a large bowl and bucket are needed to go out together.

Zhao Kuangyi sometimes felt sorry for Xiao Tao running around, so he said: "It's better to spend some more money and simply build a bigger house, then it won't leak." ”

Xiao Tao giggled: "Don't you think this is interesting?" The sound of rain in the house, the sound of frogs outside the house, the ticking of the rain hitting the plantains, and the rustle of the bamboo in the wind can all be heard. If you build a big house, you won't hear anything. Xiao Tao didn't want to spend any more money, although the money was Zhao Kuangyi's, then she still counted each copper plate distressedly. Zhao Kuangyi's silver was not much left, and he needed money for his own medicine, and the salary of Dai's private school was only enough for daily life. I don't know how long I'm going to stay here, how long I'm going to take medicine, and I can't waste any more money anyway.

Zhao Kuangyi knew that Xiao Tao wanted to save money, but listening to her theory, there was some truth. Indeed, the good thing about this cottage is that the frogs and birds chirp outside, and you can hear it in the wind and rain. The sound of insects under the stairs, the bamboo in front of the window, the shadow of the moon and the shadow of the flowers, hovering in a low voice.

The two of them are very happy together, and they are happy in the wooden house at the head of the village listening to the leaky rain. The mansion in Kaifeng is rich enough, but it lacks this happiness. Zhao Kuangyi was very satisfied.

It rained for several days, and the house began to be flooded. After Zhao Kuangyi cleared the water in the house in the morning, he instructed Xiao Tao not to wait for him for lunch, so he went out in his clothes.

When there was no one in sight in the afternoon, Xiao Tao couldn't sit still and ran out with an umbrella. The rain outside was not heavy, but it was scratching. Zhao Kuangyi shouldn't have gone to Dai's house, and when it rains, the Dai family's private school doesn't have to be taught. Where does that go?

Xiao Tao walked around the village, met a few people who went out to do farm work in the rain, and hurriedly asked if they had seen Zhao Kuangyi. One of them pointed to the mountain and said, "Look over there in the morning, go and see." ”

Xiao Tao looked at the back of the mountain, what would it be? Suddenly, my heart moved, and I didn't care about the dirt under my feet, and ran to the back of the mountain with my umbrella crackling. Behind the mountain is the grave of Xiao Taoniang, it didn't take a stick of incense time, Xiao Tao ran there, and saw Zhao Kuangyi's figure from a distance, and couldn't help but stop his steps and stood there in a daze.

Zhao Kuangyi, who was dressed in a robe, was repairing the grave. After days of rain, the already simple tomb was filled with water, and a large puddle was silted up in front of it. Zhao Kuangyi built a gentle slope so that the back-filled water could flow down the slope, and reinforced it with rammed earth. There will be no more backflow of rainwater. Otherwise, the grave will be full of water, desecrating the deceased.

Ordinary people will taboo this, it is not their ancestral grave, and no one wants to do this. But Zhao Kuangyi did not have the slightest scruples, and carefully picked up the soil one by one. The movements were gentle, as if he was afraid of being frightened by something.

Xiao Tao's eyes were a little damp, these days of rain, she didn't expect the cemetery to be flooded, but Zhao Kuangyi thought of it, and did it without even saying a word. Xiao Tao's heart turned upside down, and Haiti struck. If Zhao Kuangyi's bloodletting shocked her deeply, then this time it was from the shock to the slightest immersion into her bone marrow. She didn't know how to be grateful to him. His heart for her made him regard her dearest relatives as dear relatives. This emotion is really rare.