This room was so quiet that even the wind could be heard, the child's cry suddenly sounded, the silence was like a stone like water, I trembled for a moment, I suddenly felt completely helpless, stiffened for a while, and then gently reached out to stroke her back and said: "Li'er, don't cry, my mother is here." ”

This simple sentence was obviously not enough to coax her, and as soon as my voice fell, she cried even louder.

"I don't, I don't, I want Daddy, I want Daddy!"

"Leaving the ......"

"I want Daddy!"

Her voice was so loud that her whole little face turned red, as if she had suddenly known that I was her mother and thought I was an ugly bastard, but this time she cried even harder, and even struggled in my arms, and I could barely hold her with all my might.

"Leave your son, don't cry when you leave your son." I hugged her tightly, and I was so anxious that I could only say softly: "We live here, Daddy is in the original place, in fact, it's not far, if you want Daddy, we can go to him by boat for a while." ”

"I don't! I don't-! ”

She couldn't listen to me at all, and cried hoarsely: "I want Daddy, I don't want here, I don't want it!" ”

She struggled so hard that I couldn't hold her anymore, so I could only put her down carefully, and as soon as she stood firm, she immediately turned around and ran out of the house, I could only hurriedly chase out, chased to the yard and grabbed her hand, and tried my best to explain gently: "Li'er, listen to my mother's words." There's nothing bad here. Didn't you say that? As long as you are with your mother, you are willing to live in a bad place. ”

Now that I think about it, I am a mother for the first time, I have no experience at all, and I actually take my children's words seriously, they say they are willing, maybe there is nothing that displeased them at that time, they will be willing, they like it, because they didn't like it at that time, so they like it, but once there is a little change, all the previous words, I took them seriously, and they were all overturned.

She couldn't listen at all, I grabbed her hands and tried to restrain her, but the child actually waved his arms and beat indiscriminately, I hit her several times on the chest and shoulder, although it was a child, but it was very painful to hit people so hard. When I was still trying to persuade her with a smile, she suddenly slapped me in the face.

There was a "snap", and the hot pain made me freeze.

My face sank suddenly.

I never knew that my lovely daughter had such a bad temper that she didn't even care about anything when she lost her temper and didn't listen to anything.

A wave of anger surged up, I suddenly felt that my whole brain was swollen, and I grabbed her wrists hard and pulled her over, grabbed her two little arms and said sharply: "Li'er, what are you doing here?" ”

She froze.

Maybe it's because I've never seen me angry, her cry choked up, and she looked at me with wide frightened eyes, and I said sharply: "Who taught you, who taught you to do this, even your mother dares to beat me?!" ”

She was frightened, looked at me in a daze, afraid to speak, her lips trembling.

I was trembling myself, I don't know if it was because I had lost my temper just now, or because of something else, my hand holding her kept shaking, and finally I couldn't even catch her.

Li'er suddenly said, "You're not my mother!" ”

“……！”

She pushed me away, and I was pushed so hard that I almost fell to the ground, and I had to reach back to support the ground.

Gu Ping, who had been standing next to him, dropped his burden at this time and hurriedly walked up: "Aunt Qing! ”

My face was pale, and I couldn't speak for a moment.

Li'er's face was still stained with tears, and she looked at me angrily: "I don't want a mother like you!" ”

After saying that, she pushed me hard again, and this time I didn't hold on, and some wolves fell to the ground.

Gu Ping, who was next to him, also showed anger on his face, and said loudly: "What are you doing?!" ”

Li'er looked at me, then at him, and suddenly burst into tears again.

She cried, tears rolling down like beads with broken threads, turned around and walked out, opened the courtyard door, and stumbled as she walked, crying, "I don't want to ...... I don't, I don't want ...... I want a daddy, I don't want a mother! ”

"Leaving the ......"

I tried to call her, but my voice was completely mute.

Gu Ping hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull me, but saw that I had completely lost my mind, and my whole person was as cold as an ice cube, and when he saw that the front was getting farther and farther away, he simply put me down and chased after me.

And I sat down on the ground, looking at the quiet courtyard, but so empty that all I could do was sobbing, tears poured wildly for a while.

That night, there were no tears, and after all, at this moment, the embankment broke.

The hot tears cut across my cheeks like a knife, and when they dripped on my hands, each one burned me and made me tremble.

I don't know what I'm crying about, but I can't stop crying, I lost all my strength, I can't even cry, only tears keep pouring out.

I wanted to wipe away my tears so that I wouldn't cry so wolfly, but when I raised my hand, I saw that the palm of my hand was blood-red, which had just been pushed to the ground by Li'er, and the palm of my hand was grinding on the ground by the rough sand and stone. There was a pain like a pinprick in the face, and on his face was the hot pain of his daughter's beating, and the pain pierced his heart.

I stretched out my hand to cover my eyes, more and more hot tears dripped down, the pain in my palm became more and more intense, and it made me cry more and more, tears mixed with blood flowed down from my fingers, and my low whimper was extremely suppressed, mournful and sad, and it seemed that there was no end.

I don't know how long it took, I finally stopped crying, but my eyes were almost crying out of sight, and I could feel that my eyes were swollen and swollen, and the wound in my palm was still painful, but at this time, I couldn't care so much, and slowly stood up on the ground.

Leaving the ......

Gu Ping chased after him just now, and he shouldn't let her get lost, but-

I endured the pain in my heart and the soreness of my legs and feet, and stumbled out.

Leaving the ...... Leaving the ......

This place is not far from the river, and after walking not far away, I saw the river beach in front of me, my eyes were still very blurry, and I vaguely saw two figures, one large and one small, sitting on the river beach, it was Gu Ping and Li'er.

However, Li'er didn't seem to be crying anymore, the two of them were quiet, and they didn't know how long they had been sitting, Gu usually turned his head to look at her from time to time, and seemed to be still talking to her, and from a distance, Gu Ping's eyes seemed to be a little red.

I stopped for a moment.

After a while, Li'er nodded his little head, and I saw a little smile on Gu Ping's face, then stood up and picked up Li'er, turned around and walked back.

As soon as I turned around, I saw me standing behind them.

Li'er still had tears on her face, and when she saw me, her eyes turned red again, Gu Ping whispered something in her ear, this girl lowered her head, and finally nodded after a while, and Gu Ping put her down.

Step by step, she walked in front of me.

I hurriedly squatted down, looking at her still a little cringe, as if frightened, but when she raised her head to look at me, looking at the small patches of red and swollen on my face, she gently reached out and stroked it, and said, "Mother...... I'm sorry. ”

“……”

"Li'er shouldn't beat his mother, it's not right."

“……”

The eyes that had been dry immediately burst into tears again, and I hugged her into my arms: "Li'er." ”

"Mother......

"Li'er, it's not good to be a mother, it's not good to be a mother." I hugged her small body tightly, choked up, and said, "Mother shouldn't murder you, it's not good for mother." ”

"Woo woo woo...... she didn't speak, only whined and cried, I also knew that she was wronged, tears flowed down silently, dripping onto her clothes, fainting a large piece, I said softly: "Don't leave your mother, okay?" ”

She also cried, but this time she cried very aggrieved, but she was also extremely soft, and her little hands wrapped around my neck: "Mother......"

By the time Li'er and I finally packed up our feelings and returned home calmly, it was already past noon.

My stomach was rumbling with hunger, but fortunately I brought some snacks when I came, and the house was so clean, I sat on the stool directly with Li'er, put the snacks out for her to eat, and went to boil the water myself.

Taking advantage of this time, Gu Ping had almost sorted out the things we brought, he entered the barracks, and seemed to be particularly skilled in tidying up the housework, and the things were placed in an orderly manner, and then went to the yard to help me chop a lot of firewood, and when I boiled water to make tea, and when it came out, he was already tired and sweating.

I poured a cup of tea for Li'er and asked her to eat it slowly, and then went out with another cup of tea and some snacks for Gu Ping.

He took the teacup and said respectfully, "Thank you, Aunt Qing." ”

"I'm going to thank you."

"......" He looked at me, smiled, and didn't speak.

I laughed too. I do want to thank him, although I didn't ask him how he persuaded her to change her mind, but I think that he, a person who has lost his mother and had such a tragic experience, can infect anyone with his heart.

Turned his head to look at the courtyard, and then looked at the house with the gate open, and added some things, which seemed to have added some popularity, not as empty as just now, which made people feel empty in their hearts when they looked at it.

I smiled slightly, and then I heard footsteps outside.

When I turned my head, it was Rue Xiang and Gou Er.

Seeing Ruxiang, I was naturally very happy in my heart, but when I saw the probe probing my brain, Gou Er, who looked like a roe deer, recalled that he went to Yangzhou Mansion to sue me for money, although he saved my life by mistake, but I really hated this person's character, so my brow was furrowed.

Rue Xiang had already walked to the gate of the courtyard, looked at me and was slightly stunned, and said softly: "Light? ”

"Rue, you're here."

"Well, I heard from my mother that you moved back."

I smiled, and as soon as I walked over, Gou Er had already stepped forward, and said with a shy smile: "Brother and sister, why did you come back, and you didn't say anything in advance, let's help pick it up." ”

I didn't speak, but Gu Ping behind me stepped forward: "It's you, you went to Yangzhou Mansion to complain before!" ”

When Gou Er heard this, his face turned white with fright. Although Gu Ping is not very old, the person who entered the military camp naturally has a mighty aura, so that he doesn't dare to raise his head, plus Pei Yuanxiu's attitude towards me the night before, I'm afraid that he also knows that I have a "big backer" behind me, no wonder I am so flattering.

"Brother and sister, don't blame me, I'm also confused. As you know, we're not having a good time either, and we're seeing such a big bounty......"

The more he spoke, the more ugly Rue's face became.

I know that she must be ashamed to marry such a husband, but she is already a family, and this man can't support the wall, so she can only accept her fate, and said with a slight chok: "Light, don't blame him." ”

I didn't speak.

Gu Ping, who was next to him, saw me give him a look, so he stepped forward, Gou Er was so frightened that he stepped back again, and he almost fell, and said tremblingly: "Spare me!" ”

Gu Ping said fiercely: "Don't spare it, it's not me who has the final say." I tell you, Aunt Qing will live here in the future, and people from our southern army will come to visit her every once in a while, you'd better be obedient! ”

As I listened, I chuckled and turned my head to look at him.

People from the Southern Army will come to see me every once in a while?

I don't think he's in the barracks, so free that he can come with the people in the army, and if he can come, then someone has greeted him, or rather, he has given an order.

Pei Yuanxiu......

Did he have the Confederate army come and visit me, or—look at me?

The secret belly in my heart Gu Ping didn't notice it, and still said fiercely: "We can't take care of it, you can do whatever she asks you to do, if you let me know, you have a little bad thoughts about Aunt Qing, you try!" I'll break your neck! ”

After speaking, he reached out and grabbed a piece of firewood next to him, and pinched it with a click.

Gou Er was so frightened that he couldn't speak clearly, and nodded like pounding garlic: "Yes...... Yes, I, I got it......"

At this time, I stepped forward and gently patted Gu Ping's shoulder: "Okay." ”

Actually, I don't want him to be too ugly in front of his wife, but when I think of him having beaten Rue Xiang before, I don't feel angry, I rarely lose my temper today, and I haven't finished it, even if he is unlucky enough to sprinkle it on him, besides, I still plan to live here permanently, although I am not afraid that people will have bad thoughts about me, but after all, it is uncomfortable to be crawled around by a mouse at my feet, it is better to let Ping'er just stop him like this, and there will be less trouble in the future, and he will not dare to beat his wife casually and bully Ruexiang.

Gou Er was really frightened this time, so he agreed resignedly, didn't dare to say anything, and stood looking at us from a distance.

At this moment, Li'er finished eating, walked out of the house, looked at a few of us, and said suspiciously: "Mother, who is she?" ”

Rue Xiang lowered her head and saw Li'er, and there was a trace of tenderness in her eyes: "This is, your daughter?" ”

"Hmm."

"That's what it was—"

"Well, her name is Li'er."

As I spoke, I squatted down and said to Li'er, "Li'er, this is Aunt Ruxiang." ”

Rue Xiang walked up with a smile, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, it turned out to be a more expensive silk handkerchief, and there was a delicate embroidery on the corner of the handkerchief, and said gently: "Li'er." First meeting, this is Aunt Ruexiang's meeting for you-"

Before the word "li" could be spoken, Li'er looked at her and suddenly said, "She's not my aunt!" ”