The figure turned around slightly, and smiled faintly when he saw the two of them

"Maizi, Maibao, you're back"

Mai Bao had already taken the first step in front of the man in white and called out cordially: "Uncle Priest"

Xiao Chengyu raised his hand and gently stroked Mai Bao's tender little face, and a smile flashed on his frozen cheeks

"Mai Bao is so old, I haven't seen Mai Bao for more than a year, is it okay in Z City?"

Maizi nodded: "We're all fine"

Xiao Chengyu sat in front of the low table in the study and poured a cup of tea for Maizi

"How long do you plan to stay this time?"

Mai Zi thanked him and took it and sat on the bamboo chair opposite Xiao Chengyu

"About 10 days."

Mai Bao's child couldn't bear the loneliness and ran to the yard to chase butterflies and catch crickets

"Have you taken the medicine that Mai Zixin gave you?"

Xiao Chengyu raised his hand and motioned for Maizi to reach out and replied, "I have eaten all the medicine."

"Have you been feeling better lately, are you still coughing badly?"

Feeling the chaotic pulse coming from his fingertips, Xiao Chengyu asked quietly

Recently, Maizi has felt a tighter pain in her lungs, and she has coughed up blood more often

He knew his body best, and he still noticed something abnormal, so he decided to go back to the village to find Xiao Chengyu for a comprehensive examination

It just so happened that the company was not too busy, and Zhang Datou gave Maizi a ten-day vacation

Mai Zi truthfully told Xiao Chengyu about his recent physical discomfort

Xiao Chengyu listened and withdrew the hand on Maizi's wrist: "You are already weak, and you haven't taken care of your body after giving birth, so your condition has not been relieved, take a good rest recently, don't work too hard, I'll change the prescription for you."

After drinking the medicine for so long, not only did it not get better, but his condition became more and more serious, and his current symptoms were very similar to those of his father in the later period, could it be that the Gu poison would attack early

Maizi was a little worried: "Brother Xiao, I have been drinking medicine for so long, but my illness has not improved a little, my father often coughed up blood in the later period, will I ......?"

Xiao Chengyu patted the back of Maizi's hand comfortingly: "Don't think that Gu poison won't attack until you are forty years old, you will be fine."

Seeing what Xiao Chengyu said, he was sure that Maizi's hanging heart was put down

It's not that he's afraid of death, but when he thinks of his young son who has no one to take care of Mai, he feels that he must live well, just so that Mai Bao can have something to rely on

The gloom on Maizi's face faded, and when he saw the sunset outside the window, he got up and said goodbye: "Brother Xiao, it's not early, I should go back"

Xiao Chengyu walked into the house and took out two quilts: "It rained a few days ago, your bedding should be damp, let's build this bed at night."

Maizi thanked him and called his son out of the courtyard

Xiao Chengyu stood in front of the window and looked at the distant figures of the two, the pain in his eyes deepened, and it gradually evolved into a strong color and a sharp blade cutting through the sky

When Maizi returned home, he was dragged by his neighbor Uncle Zhang, knowing that he and Mai Bao had just returned, and the family's grain and rice supply was not sufficient

Uncle Zhang deliberately burned extra dinner

The neighborhood has long been like a family

After so many years outside, I returned to the long-lost village, although it was simply furnished, it was full of warmth and comfort

Maizi and Mai Bao have not eaten such original, green and pollution-free food for a long time, and their mouths are full of oil

looked at Uncle Li's family and laughed

Wheat and McPouch were full of wine and food, and then returned home with their round bellies

After a day's ride, Mai Bao washed up and climbed into bed and fell asleep

Maizi stood in the courtyard, turned on her phone, and looked at the text messages in her inbox

Although I have watched it many times, I can't help but watch it again

Since the day of the playground, Ye Zifan answered the phone and left, Maizi has rarely been able to see him

It is rumored that the house in the southern district of Tianli Real Estate's compensation to the residents of the old city is a garbage project

Maizi was a little worried, and when he called, Ye Zifan comforted him and said that it was okay, and hung up the phone after chatting a few words in a hurry

Although Ye Zifan told him not to worry, Maizi still vaguely felt that this matter was more tricky

Ye Zifan has been busy with the housing affairs in the southern district, rarely comes to look for Maizi, and only occasionally talks on the phone

Maizi could feel that he was busy, and he couldn't bear to disturb him

On the eve of returning to the village, Maizi only sent him a text message explaining the time of return, and sat in the car before receiving a text message from Ye Zifan replying

The few numbers are full of concern and reluctance, and the tone of a child, the wheat can't cry or laugh

The village is not connected to the outside world, and mobile phones and other communication devices have become clocks and watches when they arrive here

Maizi looked at the starry night sky, and couldn't help but think of the man who was evil and flamboyant, occupying his whole body and mind

Maizi easily returned to the village, and under the warm invitation of the villagers, he took his son with him, which can be said to be eating and drinking, and the west family was very busy!

The days passed in the blink of an eye, five days passed, and there were still two days before Maizi should return to the city, so he was shocked to realize that he had not yet asked Xiao Chengyu for Chinese medicine

Mai Bao and a few friends of the same age went to the pond to dig loaches, and the wheat happened to have nothing to do, so they walked leisurely towards the courtyard outside the forest

Far away, I saw the pure white figure standing next to the osmanthus tree, the fairy-like noble and unstained face outside the sky, the face of the peerless like ice, without half emotion, the white palm held a porcelain box, the slender fingers gently pinched a few grains of millet from the box, sprinkled in the open space, a group of carrier pigeons leisurely flew to peck at the food on the ground

Maizi walked slowly in, and the flock of pigeons that heard the footsteps spread their wings vigilantly, and the gray-white curtain was drawn through the pure white figure, revealing more ethereal and agile

Xiao Chengyu saw the wheat in the courtyard and a faint smile appeared on his cheeks

Maizi stepped forward: "Brother Xiao, I'll get the medicine and I'll go back to the city in two days!"

Xiao Chengyu raised his hand to brush the fallen leaves on his shirt and said, "There are still a few flavors of medicine left to be made tonight, and I will find someone to send it to you tomorrow!"

Maizi waved his hand: "I'll come back tomorrow anyway, and I'll have nothing to do anyway!" I want to have a good reunion with Brother Xiao!"

Xiao Chengyu smiled lightly: "Then it just so happens that you have nothing to do today to play a few games of chess with me."

Maizi was aroused with interest, smiled and went to the house to get the chessboard

In the flowery courtyard, a chessboard, a pot of tea, two people sit opposite each other and play quietly

Only the sound of the leaves driven by the wind echoed in the quiet courtyard with the crisp sound of the chess pieces falling on the board

As the sun sets, the orange-yellow afterglow spreads through the gaps in the leaves on the checkered chessboard, like a huge net of light, enveloping the two people sitting opposite each other

Maizi put down the chess pieces in his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao's chess skills are exquisite, and my little brother is willing to bow down."

The corners of Xiao Chengyu's mouth curled up slightly, hooking a very shallow arc: "I haven't played chess for a long time, I don't want to play for so long"

"It's not too early, you should go back"

Xiao Chengyu stood up from the stone chair, stroked his clothes, got up, and walked into the bamboo house

Maizi knew that Xiao Chengyu was indifferent, and he was the priest in the village, which was equivalent to the leader of the entire village, and the villagers were only in awe of him, and few people were close to him, Xiao Chengyu looked cold and impersonal on the surface, but Maizi knew that he was really cold on the outside and hot on the inside

Back then, he insisted on going his own way, violating the main training, stealing the birth of a son, Gu gave birth to Mai Bao, according to the village rules, he should have been heavily punished, if it weren't for Xiao Chengyu's net, Mai Zi might have been dead long ago

Maizi originally respected Xiao Chengyu like a villager, and was afraid that he would raise him in the village after giving birth, but he gradually discovered that Xiao Chengyu was not so cold-blooded and ruthless as rumored

Everyone has a way of expressing their emotions, and the coldness on the surface does not mean the coldness on the inside

Maizi stood in the courtyard, quietly looking at the bamboo house with the door closed, and then slowly walked out of the courtyard for a moment

Halfway through, Maizi touched his trouser pocket and remembered that the key to his house had been left on the stone table, so he had no choice but to go back the same way

As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he caught a glimpse of two figures in the courtyard, and Mai Zi, a man standing beside Xiao Chengyu, recognized it as Chen Xiang, the steward of the pharmacy bureau who specialized in medicinal materials

The bamboo basket in Chen Xiang's hand was filled with herbs, and Xiao Chengyu took it and put it on the stone table

Seeing that they were all acquaintances, Maizi planned to walk in to say hello, and just wanted to raise his feet to enter the hospital, he was shocked by Chen Xiang's words, and stood on the spot

"Priest Xun is strong grass, I'm afraid it will be ...... to go in such a large dose."

Xiao Chengyu twisted a four-leaf grass in the blue, and frowned slightly: "I understand that if you don't use this medicine, it will not be enough to fight against the Gu worm Gu poison, the regurgitation is serious, and all organs have failed, only fighting poison with poison may be able to delay the attack."

Chen Xiang's face was solemn: "In this way, it can only be delayed for a while, and the pulse case brought back by Yi Xin Lao is already at the end of the strong crossbow, even if it is hung with this medicine, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive the poisonous hair."

What are they talking about

There was no sound in my ears ringing in my ears

The flame of hope was completely extinguished in the conversation between the two, and Maizi only felt that the sky was spinning, as if he had fallen into the abyss

One of his feet stumbled and stepped on a dead branch on the side of the road

A crisp click startled the two people in the courtyard

"Who" Xiao Chengyu snorted coldly

When I looked back, I saw the wheat standing outside the courtyard, pale as paper

Xiao Chengyu secretly frowned and said to Chen Xiang beside him: "Old Chen, go back first."

Chen Xiang nodded and walked out of the courtyard to wipe his body with Maizi, and the regret in his eyes made Maizi even more desperate

Mai Zi looked at Xiao Chengyu in a daze and said tremblingly: "Brother Xiao, how long do I have time?"

Wheat's desperate appearance stabbed Xiao Chengyu's heart hurt slightly

"Maizi, don't worry, Brother Xiao will definitely be able to cure your illness"

Mai Zi stared at Xiao Chengyu's dark eyes with a sharp expression: "Brother Xiao, tell me how much time I have left"

"One year"

Seeing that Xiao Chengyu was silent, Mai Zi suddenly felt cold and despair all over his body, and his whole body was shaky, and he almost fell to the ground

"Brother Xiao, you say, how much time do I have?"

Xiao Chengyu knew that he could no longer hide this matter, and had no choice but to tell the truth

"Half a year"

I only have half a year

How can Mai Bao leave his care before he grows up

It's easy to rebuild the old friendship with that person, but it has to be separated by yin and yang

Maizi suddenly felt so unwilling, but so what

How can life go and stay as anyone wants?