Qing'er swept away the food in her bowl, not even the few grains of rice that were stuck to the bowl. Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Qing'er burped contentedly. Then he realized that his behavior was slightly inappropriate, and he raised his hand to cover his mouth. Qing'er's every move was all watched by Captain Lin, who was sitting opposite.

And Captain Lin's actions were also watched by the middle-aged man sitting next to him.

"I listened to your story and forgot to introduce it to you." The middle-aged man arrived at Captain Lin. "This is Mr. Lin, and I want to take my grandson to Xuandu to have a look. Yan took the old man by the way, so he took his father-in-law for a while. ”

The middle-aged man spoke earnestly, and the old man remained silent and still had a kind face.

"It's not close to Xuandu, old man." Captain Lin was a little surprised, and once again quickly looked at the pair of grandchildren in front of him. I wanted to say something, but I only said half of it.

The half sentence he stuck in his throat probably should be not optimistic about the old man's decision.

"Pity the world's grandfather." The middle-aged man took the second half of the sentence so that the atmosphere would not seem so awkward.

Captain Lin repeatedly expressed his approval, his eyes were full of admiration for the old man, but he still maintained some doubts about the old man's decision.

The road to Xuanyu City will take at least two days from Changling County. But if it is a pair of grandchildren, first of all, let's not talk about the issue of time. The bumps along the way, it is still a question whether the old man's body can eat or not. When the others arrived, the skeletons were scattered.

Captain Lin is a straight person, and the doubts in his eyes are completely expressed on his face.

"Captain Lin is afraid that my uncle won't be able to stand this bump?" The middle-aged man asked with a smile. "Uncle Lin's body is tougher than you think, and Uncle Lin himself also knows some medical skills. Especially the herbs in one hand, the first class is good. Without the other party speaking, the man asked and answered himself.

"Really?" Captain Lin looked at the thin old man and the scrawny young man in front of him, his face full of disbelief.

"If Captain Lin doesn't believe it, you might as well try your wrist strength with your uncle."

When the young lieutenant sitting next to him heard this, he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to give it a try.

"Don't make fun of the old man, how can the old man compare his strength with you young people." The old man waved his hand.

It's just that the middle-aged man on the side is already laughing out of breath. "Are you really going to do it with my father-in-law?"

Captain Lin realized that there was something wrong with his behavior just now, so he hurriedly smiled and made amends, and the old man was also amused. The young man on the side stared at the three adults with big eyes and a puzzled expression.

Lunch ended with laughter and noise, and the middle-aged man took one last look at his son, and after confirming that he was safe and sound, he prepared to say goodbye to Captain Lin.

"Yan has to rush back to the county town later, so don't leave it at that." The middle-aged man waved at Captain Lin, and the other party returned the salute. "Uncle, then take care of yourself on the road." Then he made a gesture at the old man, and at the same time took out some broken silver from his cuffs and wanted to stuff it with the other party.

"It's unacceptable." The old man saw through the other party's intentions and pushed his hand again and again. "If Master Yan is like this again, I'm going to be angry, old man."

When the old man saw that the other side refused to take back the money, he was helpless and a little angry. The middle-aged man was no longer reluctant and got into the carriage.

Looking at the carriage in the distance, the old man standing at the entrance of the courtyard was full of emotion. "This old man Yan is really a good person." The old man muttered to himself, and the young man next to him should have recognized the good and the bad, and nodded in agreement. Immediately, the old man led the young man with a basket on his back and wanted to walk out of the courtyard gate.

"Stay with my husband." Looking at the backs of an old man and a young man, Captain Lin opened his mouth. "I don't know what my father-in-law plans to do in the future."

"Captain Lin doesn't have to worry, Changling is a big county, and there are many merchants. The old man is looking for a caravan and can go by the way. The old man was afraid of the honest young man in front of him, and he was worried about himself, so he explained.

After a short time together, the old man had already noticed that the straightforward young man in front of him had a good nature.

"If the old man doesn't dislike it, he can go the same way with Xiaosheng." Captain Lin didn't think twice.

"No, no, it was a harassment before. How dare you trouble again, Captain Lin's kindness is old and decrepit. "Maybe when people are old, they don't want to trouble people more, and the old man refuses to do so.

"No trouble, no trouble." Captain Lin waved his hand again and again. "The caravans outside were peddling goods, and they were all on small roads, and there were too many detours. I was originally escorting students to Xuandu, your ancestors and grandchildren are destined for me, so don't shirk it! Captain Lin looked persistent.

The old man looked at the young man in front of him and fell into thought. Following the convoy to Xuandu is indeed safer and more convenient for his grandchildren.

When the old man hesitated, Captain Lin had already stepped forward and grabbed the old man's arm and went to the courtyard. Before the old man could react, he had already been led into the depths of the courtyard.

The old man had no choice but to admit it.

Captain Lin found the shopkeeper and wanted to arrange a residence for the pair of grandchildren. But he was told by the shopkeeper that there was no room available, and even the man's residence was vacated and given to the teenagers.

The old man repeatedly insisted that he and his grandson could deal with the soldiers in the tent for one night, but Captain Lin decisively refused. Captain Lin gave up his bed to the old man and the young man, and spent the night in the camp with the soldiers. Captain Lin said that this could shorten the distance between him and the soldiers, and the old man would no longer shirk.

……

The time to have fun always flies quickly, and the afternoon is fleeting. The boy and the young captain chased and frolicked in the courtyard, and after a while, more teenagers came in after hearing the noise. The noise moved from the front hall to the backyard, and the helplessness of the shopkeeper moved from the left to the right.

The old man looked at the young man with a happy face, and muttered "Qing'er, slow down~ slow down" from time to time. It was the first time the teenager had played so merrily, before they walked out of the village. In the past few years, teenagers were basically accompanied by loneliness.

Captain Lin was tired of running, so he rested against the pillar. Watching the lively teenagers chasing and fighting, it seems to see the teenager's self. Captain Lin looked at the old man from time to time, and then at the happy child in front of him from time to time. Looking at it, I inexplicably gave birth to a feeling.

Captain Lin's ancestors left early, and even his eldest brother had never seen him. Father Lin has a short temper and is very demanding of his children. In Captain Lin's childhood memories, there were far more scoldings than laughter. Captain Lin was thinking, even if it was only once, how good it would be for his grandfather to be able to play with him like the kind old man in front of him. Captain Lin thought about it, and couldn't help but have a little moist eyes.

"Captain Lin, the old man has a reluctant past." The old man sitting on the stone steps turned his head and said to the young lieutenant behind him. "Qing'er has no father and mother since he was a child, and he was brought up by the old man."

Captain Lin came back to his senses, wiped his eyes, and walked to the old man and sat down.

"This child is pitiful, and the children of the village do not want to see him. After so many years, although he didn't say it, I saw it in my eyes. ”

Captain Lin was silent, just listened carefully.

"I can see that Qing'er likes you very much, and you and I have the same surname. The old man wants Qing'er to recognize you as a brother, I wonder if Qing'er has this blessing? ”

Captain Lin lowered his head and didn't speak, he didn't want to speak. It's just that at this time, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and he was a little speechless for a while.

However, deep down, he knew that he had no reason to refuse. Although the time they spent together was very short, he could still easily judge that Qing'er was a sensible child. And with such a kind grandfather with him, there is nothing wrong with him recognizing this younger brother. What's more, he really likes this boy very much.

"If you don't speak, I'll take you as a promise." The old man seemed to have seen through the young lieutenant's mind and helped him make a decision. "If you don't dislike it, you can also call me Grandpa with Qing'er." The old man didn't turn his head, just stared at the teenagers in front of him.

The young lieutenant on the side buried his head deeply, as if he wanted to plunge into the earth. And a huge teardrop that had been rolling in his eyes for a long time, with a "snap", slapped on the smooth and translucent stone steps in the backyard. Countless tiny particles of dust swarmed in, annihilating the teardrops, leaving only a gray-brown mass of gravure prints.

The young lieutenant's eyes were fixed on the small circle, which gradually enlarged in his eyes until they were blurred, and he slowly fell into deep memories.

It was a sunny afternoon in mid-autumn, and the weather was so comfortable that people wanted to stretch their waists. The fragrance of osmanthus wafting everywhere in the county town makes people smell it refreshed. Under the osmanthus tree, the aunts are picking up the scattered osmanthus flowers, and you can know by smelling the smell in the wind that this year's osmanthus cake will be very sweet.

Not far away, at the city gate, several teenagers were chasing and fighting. The sound of laughter came from inside the city, and then from outside the door. Looking at it from a short distance, it turned out to be a few children who were no more than five or six years old, and they were indeed not at the age of sorrow. If you approach them, you will be infected by their happiness.

However, the answer was not like this, and a middle-aged man approached one of the teenagers, followed by two young men. The man stared intently at the young man in front of him, without any expression or speaking.

When the young man saw the comer, he silently walked to the side of the man, lowered his head and did not speak.

"Don't ask Lin Jian to come out to play in the future." The man grabbed the boy's hand and said to the rest of the boys.

The man's tone was flat, at least for the feelings of the two youths behind him. But the teenagers in front of them were so frightened that they were about to cry. Because the man in front of him is the Captain of the Overseer respected by everyone in the county. But at the same time, they are also the errand masters who may take them away at any time, and whenever the children are disobedient, they can always hear their parents say this.

There was no disobedience, not even tears. The boy was taken back to the deep courtyard by his father, and the study and practice ground were the places where he should appear. In the days that followed, no other teenagers appeared around the boy. He even developed a solitary character, even when he arrived at the academy in Xuandu, he was always alone.

Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and the original boy has now grown into a strong guy. Time has changed the appearance of the boy and the gaze of the boy, but it has not taken away the barrenness in their hearts.

After many years, what he didn't expect was that new seedlings had grown in that barren area. What he didn't expect was that the unshed tears many years ago finally landed today.