Chapter 8: Leaving Home
Yan Jing and the others were stunned, but they didn't expect Qiu Hu to agree so neatly.
Yan Jing looked at the young man in front of him with resolute eyes and a smile on his face, and laughed loudly.
"Hahaha, a good tiger, a man should be happy and neat, worthy of the cub I raised."
Luo Tie also nodded, and said with appreciation in his eyes:
"Then have a good rest today, and set off early tomorrow morning."
"Will you leave tomorrow?"
Qiu Hu didn't expect time to be so anxious, he had just finished making a decision on his front foot, and then he was about to leave.
"That's right. I can't be away for too long. Luo Tie nodded in response.
"Senior brother's health is deteriorating, and there are many affairs in the door, and they are still waiting for me to go back to deal with them. Besides, it will take at least five days to return with Huzi, so it can't be delayed. ”
"Well......" Yan Jing touched his beard and nodded when he heard this, "Then we have to have a big meal of good wine and meat tonight, so I'll arrange it." ”
After speaking, he strode out of the door, shouting as he walked: "Xian'er bring me the quick knife on the stove, I want to slaughter the little flower pig in the circle and see Huzi off!" Hahahaha! ”
"you! That's a breeding pig with calves! With a coquettish sound, a bamboo basket flew out of the kitchen and smashed towards Yan Jing's door.
"Hey, hey, didn't hit." Yan Jing grabbed the bamboo basket and ran into the kitchen.
Qiu Hu has long been accustomed to his parents' fighting, but when he thought that he was about to leave, it would be difficult to see such a warm picture in the future, and his mood was suddenly a little low.
Qiu Hu was immersed in reluctance, and suddenly felt a hand touch him behind him at a very fast speed.
Qiu Hu's face changed, and he turned around quickly, only to see Luo Tie weighing a copper blade in his hand, looking at him with a smile on his face.
"The awareness of prevention is good, but the response is a little slower." Luo Tie stopped fiddling with the copper blade in his hand, "Picked it up in Yin Mountain?" ”
"Hmm." Qiu Hu nodded slightly, with a hint of vigilance in his eyes.
"This is an item from my brother's early years, and it can barely be used." Luo Tie threw the copper blade to Qiu Hu, "Since you have picked it up, take it, but this kind of thing can't hurt me." ”
"It's so quiet here, show me around."
Luo Tie walked out of the door with his hands behind his back, and his words were pleasant.
Qiu Hu glanced at Luo Tie's departing back, put away the copper blade and followed out.
The two wandered aimlessly in the village, Luo Tie walked slowly in front, his expression was very relaxed, and he nodded and greeted the villagers he occasionally met.
Qiu Hu followed behind him unhurriedly, but he was thinking about the scene in the house just now.
How could this man find out about the copper blade I was hiding behind me? How did he take it? It's so fast that there's no reaction time.
Will I be like him in the future? Qiu Hu asked himself in his heart, and yearning unconsciously rose in his heart.
At the same time, he was also secretly glad that the man in front of him was fortunately not a bad person, otherwise the village would have suffered.
In the evening, Qiu Hu's send-off banquet began.
Although it was a send-off banquet, there were actually only four people on the table, Qiu Hu's family and Luo Tie.
Yan Jing held a wine bowl and drank heartily with Luo Tie, and the two of them ate pig's head meat, laughing constantly, looking very happy.
Xian'er kept picking vegetables for Qiu Hu, and she didn't care if she could eat it or not, until a hill was piled up in the bowl and refused to stop, occasionally glancing at Yan Jing who was full of oil loudly, and muttered a few words in a low voice.
Qiu Hu smiled and tried to eliminate the food in the bowl, his eyes went back and forth between Yan Jing and Xian'er, and his heart was warm and reluctant.
The next morning, the sky was slightly bright, and a trace of mist floated in the cool air.
Qiu Hu stood in front of the fence and took the bulging package in his mother's hand, and when he saw his mother's red and swollen eyes crying, his nose suddenly became sore.
Qiu Hu has never left his parents in ten years, even in the village, he has never stayed at another house, and this sudden parting made Qiu Hu realize that it may be difficult to return home in the next few years, and the next time he sees his parents, he may have grown up.
"Mother, Huzi will work hard to learn his skills and strive to return home as soon as possible."
Qiu Hu held back the tears in his eyes and said to his mother with a smile.
"Dad, you have to take care of your mother when I'm not at home, don't always have the idea of eating the livestock at home, it's not easy for my mother to raise them so big."
"Stinky boy, I know, I don't need you to talk about it," Yan Jing slapped Qiu Hu on the shoulder, and then his face softened, "Dad knows that you are smart when you are young, but in the future, I have to ask you Uncle Zhang Yi and Uncle Luo Tie more, don't be reckless." ”
Qiu Hu smiled and nodded in agreement, tears dotting around his eyes.
"Okay, don't talk about parting with the big man's family, let's hurry up and get on the road" Yan Jing withdrew the hand on Qiu Hu's shoulder, and then hugged his fist to Luo Tie, "Brother Luo Tie, I have worked hard for you along the way." ”
After Luo Tie responded with a fist, he pulled Qiu Hu and turned away.
The two of them walked only a few dozen steps, and their mother's cry came from their ears again:
"Huzi! Remember to take care of yourself, your mother is waiting for you to come back at home! ”
Qiu Hu looked back and beckoned as he walked forward:
"Got it, mother! Come into the house! ”
As the two walked farther and farther, in the morning fog where the fence behind them and the figure of their parents gradually disappeared, the two slowly walked out of the village and walked up the mountain road.