The wild girl in the village is gone, and the villagers are still a little unaccustomed to it for a while, but now the well-behaved Qiao Qing'er is more likable, and someone from the neighboring village has come to talk to the matchmaker, and Qiao Yang has shirked it.

Qiao Qing'er knitted clothes and sewed shoes for Zhang Jing with peace of mind, and for a few months, she had already made several sets, but she had come to fight in ancient times, and the family letter was worth 10,000 gold, Qiao Qing'er never received the letter, and she didn't know where to send these clothes, so she had to keep them.

The clothes became more and more beautiful, but they were kept more and more, until the following spring, when a letter came.

Zhang Jing first reported the news, saying that our army had won successive battles, attacked the city, and broke the Liao army, and now he has conquered Yunzhou, and he has performed excellently, entered the Yang Ye army, and became the commander of ten people; Then I wrote some good stories about the love of children, in short, I miss it very much.

After receiving the letter, Qiao Qing'er was overjoyed, packed all her clothes, and couldn't wait to go into the city to vote for the post station immediately.

"Old man, will you go into the city tomorrow?"

Qiao Yang saw her daughter's thoughts, sighed, and said, "Qing'er, wait a little longer." I don't know how many months ago this letter was, on the march and fighting, how could it be possible to stay in one place for a long time, if you send it like this, Zhang Jing will not receive it. Wait, since Yunzhou has been captured so soon, this battle should not be far from the end. ”

"Oh." Qiao Qing'er was a little disappointed, but she was still very happy to receive the letter, and looked at it again and again.

"Old man, where is Yingzhou, and where is Yunzhou?"

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The spring rain was dripping and muddy the mountains.

It should be a good season for spring ploughing, but the clouds are gloomy and bleak, and people are not in the mood to farm.

On this day, news came from Dalin City, saying that our army had suffered a great defeat and suffered heavy casualties, and that it had now retreated to Hexi.

After Qiao Qing'er learned the news, she left her shop business and stumbled to the grave, fell a lot along the way, and was covered with mud in many places, but she didn't care, but knelt down and begged the second elder to bless Zhang Jing.

The rain wet Qiao Qing'er's clothes, she shivered, both cold and cold, but she was so religious, kneeling there and chattering, she didn't care at all.

Shi Lan quietly moved the branches to cover her from the rain.

Seeing the girl's appearance, Shi Lan also felt unhappy, this scene is so similar, that rainy night in the General's Mansion, she was also like this, fortunately, she has a grandfather, so she will not feel that this world is cold.

So where is this girl's grandfather?

After a long time, Qiao Qing'er finally couldn't hold on, and her body fell into the muddy water.

Shi Lan was startled, shaking the branches, but she didn't know what to do, she had never encountered this situation, and no one had taught her.

In a panic, Shi Lan suddenly remembered that Grandpa hugged her tightly on that rainy night so that she didn't feel cold, but how can she do it now? No matter how the branches of the trees swayed, they could not reach the people on the ground.

Do you want to become human again? But now there is only one year left before the eighteen-year period, and the seventeen years pass so quickly because she is a tree, and now she becomes a human again, will it be a long year?

"Shi Lan, you have to be a good person in the future, you know?" The eldest lady touched Shi Lan's head and said.

"Auntie, what is a good person?"

"A good person is a kind person, when others are in trouble, they can help, even if they can't help, don't laugh at and despise them. In this world, there are too few good people, this is not possible, grandma thinks that you are not an ordinary person, and you will be able to do extraordinary things in the future, so ah, you must be a good person, you know? ”

"Shi Lan knows."

A breeze blew away, and the big banyan tree was gone, along with the small tree in front of the grave, leaving only holes of various sizes, which were quickly flooded by rainwater.

Shi Lan got dressed, put on his bookcase, and trotted all the way through the woods.

The sound of treading water was heard, like an elf disturbing the sleeping forest, and for a moment everything seemed to come to life, the sound of the wind, the rain, the chirping of birds, the rustle of leaves, or the light and shadow that formed through the gaps between the leaves...... Everything reflects each other, and it seems that it only points out the way forward for Shi Lan.

Qiao Qing'er felt that she was being picked up, and she tried very hard to open her eyes, but she could use all her strength, but she only pulled up her eyes slightly.

In the haze, she saw a figure, the figure was wearing a straw hat, and she couldn't see clearly, but it was only for a moment, the face seemed to be clear, the resolute look, it was so familiar, the familiarity that had accompanied her since childhood, the familiarity of thinking about it, she couldn't help but call out the name.

"Brother Jing."

After saying these two words, it seemed that her strength had finally been exhausted, and she fell on Shi Lan's shoulder, Qiao Qing'er felt the softness and warmth, and a smile appeared in her mouth.

Shi Lan didn't hear what the girl said, just hugged her and trotted all the way back to the wooden house.

Now the wooden house has changed, it is no longer as old as seventeen years ago, it seems to have been changed inside and out, Shi Lan is no longer recognizable, and it feels as if he has gone to the wrong place.

There was no one in the house, so Shi Lan had to put the girl on the bed and cover it with a quilt.

The girl's cheeks were red and her snort was heavy, Shi Lan could feel her unhappy mood, so she learned to touch her head like the eldest lady, and said "It's okay", but the girl was still like this for a long time, Shi Lan had to give up and turned her head to look out the window.

The spring rain is still there, and it's still early.

If it's grandpa and grandma, it will take a long time to come back after going out.

Shi Lan made up his mind, turned around and ran into the rain, in the muddy road, all the way down the mountain.

The clothes that had been left in the wild for seventeen years were already in tatters, and Shi Lan was dressed like a beggar, attracting the attention of the villagers when he ran past the village.

Shi Lan ran all the way and looked all the way, everyone's faces were very clear, and he ran for a long time but didn't find the person he was looking for.

After a long time, I remembered that I had heard that Qiao Yang's wife Lu Ying had opened a tailor shop in the village, so she went from house to house, the village was not big, and she quickly found it.

In front of Qiao Ji's tailor's shop, a beggar covered in muddy water slowly walked in.

A woman complained to a boy of three or four years old behind the counter that her sister didn't know where to go and didn't even take care of the shop.

Hearing the footsteps, the woman looked up and saw that it was a man in ragged clothes and dirty, and she did not dislike it, and asked softly, "Is the girl here to buy clothes or fabric?" I'll tell you, it's all hand-sewn by me, the quality is absolutely good, if you like something, just tell me, I promise to give you cheaper. ”

"Qing'er fainted on the mountain."

Chen Ying looked at Shi Lan suspiciously, and wanted to say something, but he heard someone outside.

"Sister-in-law Ying, you haven't heard of it, the news of the defeat of the Northern Expedition came from the city, and I saw Qing'er running towards the mountain in a hurry this morning."

When Lu Ying heard the news of the Northern Expedition, she immediately reacted, ran out in a hurry, and came back after a while, carrying the little boy on her back, and finally remembered to say thank you to Shi Lan before leaving.

After this day, Qiao Qing'er had a high fever that did not go away, and only Zhang Jing's name was muttered in her mouth.

This fell, the family panicked, and Qiao Yang invited Lang Zhong from the village. Lang Zhong said that it was fine, but he had a cold, and he was worried about excessive rest, which led to this, so it was good to rest.

Shi Lan had been hiding at the door and watching, and when he heard that it was okay, he turned around and left and returned to the mountain forest.

There was no change in that place, just a few more rows of beast footprints, Shi Lan knew that this guy had come once many years ago, stared at himself for a long time, and then never appeared again, but he didn't expect it to appear again now.

Shi Lan tried to turn back into a tree, but there was no change for a long time, and it was like this.

Shi Lan roughly figured out the doorway. This change is often accompanied by a strong will, when she first takes on a human form, she wants to go faster, when she grows taller, it is the old woodcutter who wants her to grow up, she wants to meet the old woodcutter's hopes, and then turns into a tree again, one wants to avoid pursuit, and the other wants to save people.

It's all about thinking of the extreme, and now I just want to waste a year, Shi Lan feels that it is not impossible to live with a human attitude, so it didn't reach that strong, so he didn't succeed in becoming a tree.

Then take your time.

Shi Lan climbed a tall tree, hung the bookcase on one side, and leaned on the trunk like this, moving his feet in the air, very leisurely.

The next day, Qiao Qing'er woke up slowly, and her whole person was a lot haggard.

Qiao Yang knew that his daughter had been hit too hard, so he asked someone to inquire, and it didn't take long to know that Zhang Jing's Yang Ye's army was defeated at Chenjia Gukou, and except for the main general, who was captured and committed suicide by hunger strike, all the soldiers were not heard from.

In this case, everyone should be killed.

Coming to this conclusion, Qiao Yang was silent for a long time, and now he didn't dare to tell her when he saw his daughter wake up.

"Old man, how is Brother Jing?" Qiao Qing'er asked as soon as she woke up.

Qiao Yang's eyes flickered, and he hesitated to tell her.

Qiao Qing'er was so smart, she just knew the truth at a glance, her face turned pale in an instant, and her body was shaky.

Qiao Yang suddenly panicked: "Qing'er, you heard the old man say that Zhang Jing is actually fine, and the others are fine, but the news that he sent someone to bring it arrived yesterday, saying that the army has withdrawn and is stationed in ...... today It's back anyway. ”

Qiao Yang couldn't make it up anymore when he saw his daughter's miserable smile.

"Old man, I saw Brother Jing in my dream, and he told me that he was back. But I ran towards him, but I couldn't catch him, I ran and ran, but Brother Jing was getting farther and farther away. Qiao Qing'er said with a crying voice.

"Qing'er, it's okay." Lu Ying hugged her tightly in her arms.

After this day, Qiao Qing'er woke up and got better, but she lost her previous agility, and she was often seen standing alone on the mountain path in a daze, as if waiting for someone's return.

The tree where Shi Lan was located was very tall and hidden, and no one noticed her, but she could gaze at this peaceful village as before.

Seeing the girl's appearance, Shi Lan immediately understood that she was also waiting for someone to come back, it was the one named Zhang Jing, but she had just started, and she would have to wait for a long time for eighteen years.

Shi Lan watched all this silently, and another year passed slowly.