At this time, the winter cold is gradually gone, everything recovers, this day Tuoba Pifu master and apprentice as usual, lying on the chaise longue under the big locust tree, one sleeping, the other reading, the steel hammer runs around the two, and the old ox closes his eyes behind the tree and pretends to sleep.

"Wang" a dog barked, but it was the steel hammer looking at the path outside the village and barking, this big black dog usually does not bark, only when a few of them have a relationship with people or things about to happen, will bark.

Tuoba Pifu opened his eyes, Tuoba Huai put down the book, and looked at the path outside the village in unison.

Under their gaze, a woman led a child and stumbled into their field of vision, came to the foot of the big locust tree, and fell in front of the master and apprentice.

The child, about eight or nine years old, should have been a pink-carved child, but at the moment his face was full of tears and his expression was frightened. The woman was in her thirties, and she was originally pretty, but at the moment her hair was disheveled, her clothes were ragged, and there were many scars. At a glance, it can be seen that these two must have fled here. At this moment, he is seriously injured and exhausted, and he can only grasp this life-saving straw in the hope of getting help.

I saw the woman kneeling in front of the master and apprentice with a "poof", and begged: "Please, save my poor child, please hide him so that no one can find him, the concubine has nothing to repay, and she will be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay your kindness." ”

Ignoring the woman's plea, Tuoba Pifu looked at Tuoba Huai.

And Tuoba Huai saw this mother and son duo, and there was a strange feeling spreading in his heart, and he always felt that he was inextricably linked with the mother and son in front of him. He didn't understand the origin of this feeling, so he looked at the master, and the master and apprentice touched their eyes, and Tuoba Huai understood.

This woman is her own mother, and the child is her own brother.

At this moment, he didn't know what he should do, this thing, the truth came too suddenly, Tuoba Huai was at a loss for the first time in his life, and his heart was like a mess. Fortunately, he still knew the order of the elder and the younger, so he naturally couldn't accept the woman's bowing, so he got up and stood beside him, avoiding the prostration of the mother and son. But I really didn't know how to face them, so I could only look at the master.

Seeing this, Tuoba Pifu naturally understood the entanglement in his apprentice's heart, and he needed time to sort out his thoughts. So he looked at the mother and son, and regardless of the reason why they were so miserable, he did not answer the woman's words, but asked with a smile, "Do you remember where this is?"

When the woman heard this, she looked around, and she was vaguely familiar, but she was not sure whether she had been here or not, so she replied: "The concubine is in a panic, and she doesn't know where this is, so she only asks her husband to save my child." ”

Tuoba Pifu still ignored her pleas for help, pointed to Tuoba Huai who was standing next to him, and asked, "Then do you know who he is?"

The woman looked at Tuoba Huai, and saw that she had never seen the young man, so she shook her head again.

Tuoba Pifu sighed lightly: "Well, do you remember that fourteen years ago, you abandoned a baby who was still in swaddling clothes, just because he was deaf and dumb, and he was a waste without spiritual roots that is rare in a hundred years. ”

Tuoba Huai's body shook slightly, and his gaze at the woman became more and more complicated.

When the woman heard this, she looked around again, and suddenly remembered that this was not the place where she and her husband abandoned their children, and looked at Tuoba Huai, and at this glance, she suddenly felt five thunders on the top, her heart shook wildly, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Is he my child?"

Seeing that Tuoba Pifu nodded, the woman had mixed feelings for a while, and she only felt that creation made people, nothing more than that. Fourteen years ago, the couple ruthlessly abandoned their infant child, but fourteen years later, they brought another son to him for help, ridiculous, lamentable, pitiful, and pathetic.

The woman stood up and walked to Tuoba Huai's side tremblingly, Tuoba Huai wanted to reach out to help, but the hand seemed to be unconscious, the woman wanted to grab Tuoba Huai's hand, but she didn't have the courage, and the scene was speechless for a while.

In the end, it was the woman who spoke bitterly: "Child, I have suffered you all these years, and I am sorry for you for my mother." ”

After saying that, the woman remembered that the child was deaf and dumb, and she should not understand what she said, and was thinking about how to communicate with her child, when she saw Tuoba Huai waving her hand, and she instantly understood what he wanted to express: "It's okay, I've been doing well all these years." ”

The woman had no time to think about it, and had the heart to say a few more words to her son, who had not seen her for many years, but she didn't know how to talk about it, but there were chasing soldiers, and she was upright at the moment of life and death, and eagerly took Tuoba Huai's hand: "Child, I know that you hate me, hate me for abandoning you back then, you should hate me, but this is your own brother, please save him, hide him, beg you for your mother." ”

Tuoba Huai looked at the child behind the woman, he couldn't understand why this child could have all the whole of his parents, even his life, while he was abandoned just after birth. The gap between this is too big, and Tuoba Huai's heart lit a fire for no reason, and the fire burned more and more, burning into his eyes.

The woman took Tuoba Huai's hand, Tuoba Huai felt that the woman's hand was very cold, and he was uncomfortable with the cold, so he withdrew his hand and walked to the master under the woman's complicated gaze.

Stand still, kneel, and ask for advice.

"You complain?"

Tuoba Huai nodded.

"Are you hateful?"

Tuoba Huai nodded.

"Are you complaining that she gave birth to you?"

Tuoba Huai shook his head.

"Are you hating her for not raising you?"

Tuoba Huai shook his head.

"She gave birth to you, is she kind to you?"

Tuoba Huai thought for a moment and nodded.

"She didn't raise you, have you grown up?"

Tuoba Huai nodded.

"Is she wrong?"

Tuoba Huai nodded.

"Are you wrong?"

Tuoba Huai thought about it again and nodded heavily.

"Flowers bloom and fall with the wind, and the origin is destined to perish. At noon, the painting sailed under the bridge, and the figure of the clothes was too hurried. Life encounters are fleeting, all those who come have fate, and those who go are scattered. Fate is like the wind, coming is also fate, and going is also fate. What has been obtained is fate, and what has not been obtained is also fate. In the red dust, there should be a faint fragrance that lingers in your heart. You need to understand that fate is fate, fate is fate, fate cannot be sought, and you cannot hide. ”

Tuoba Huai's eyes lit up.

"You complain?"

Tuoba Huai shook his head.

"Are you hateful?"

Tuoba Huai smiled, buckled his head to the master, and stood up.

He is a pure and simple person, and the boundaries between right and wrong, good and evil in the heart of this kind of person are clear, and at this moment, after being mentioned by the master, he has already understood in his heart. For her, it was her fault that she was born and not raised, and for herself, it was her fault to resent her because she was born and not raised. She gave birth to herself and gave herself life, this favor is higher than the sky, deeper than the sea, it is just to repay the favor, where does the resentment come from?

The obsession has disappeared, and the Tao has been small.

Tuoba Pifu is very relieved, the apprentice's obsession has disappeared, and since then, the road can be expected.

Tuoba Huai walked up to the woman, held the woman's crumbling body, led the child with a panicked and bewildered face, and nodded to the woman.

The woman understood that the young man had forgiven himself and was willing to help him, and in this short period of time, the young man seemed to have completed some kind of transformation, no longer resentful, no longer hate, and the whole person seemed to become more transparent. The woman understood that the young man recognized their mother-child truth, but he did not have any mother-child affection for her, and some only asked for and reciprocated, giving and taking.

The woman didn't know what kind of mood she was in now, whether it was the joy of dying in a desperate place, or the sadness of forgetting each other when she met, she couldn't figure it out, her heart was in turmoil. Maybe in the future, when she dreams back at midnight, she will experience the mood at this time again, but at this time, she just wants to save her youngest son's life, and pleads with Tuoba Huai: "Save your brother." ”

Tuoba Huai nodded, smiled gently, and signaled that it was okay for her to have her own.

The smile, the assurance, the woman believed for no reason, obviously the boy looked like an ordinary person, but she just believed that the boy could do anything he promised.

The master and apprentice invited the mother and son into the house, and Tuoba Huai poured a cup of tea for the woman to suppress the shock.

The woman's expression was complicated, and she didn't know how to speak.

Seeing this, Tuoba Pifu lazily asked, "What happened, let's hear about it." ”

The woman forced herself to concentrate and calm, carefully telling the ins and outs of the matter, and the master and apprentice did not interject, sitting there and listening quietly, but listening, Tuoba Pifu fell asleep, it didn't matter if he fell asleep, Tuoba Huai understood it.