Happy was surrounded by a group of villagers and came to the door of Gao's house in the easternmost part of the village.

Aunt Wang took the lead in raising her hand and slammed on the courtyard door, and called loudly: "Gao Liang, Gao Liang, open the door quickly!" Is Takaraa at home? ”

"Who, who? The door is scattered, and you have to pay for it! Jiang Lan's voice was as bitter as ever.

As the courtyard door opened, she looked at the dozens of villagers outside the door, and was stunned for a moment.

"Yo, Aunt Wang, why are so many people coming to my house? Robbery? She hurriedly covered the jasper bracelet on her wrist.

Aunt Wang didn't give her a good face, rolled her eyes at her, and said, "Don't cover it, no one will rob you, what about Gao Liang?" We are here to find Gao Liang. ”

Jiang Lan turned her head and shouted at the house: "Xianggong, come out quickly!" ”

"It's coming, it's coming."

Hearing Gao Liang's voice in the house, Aunt Wang was not polite, raised her hand and pulled Jiang Lan to the side, and walked straight into the courtyard.

Gao Liang was probably taking a nap, and at this time, he walked out while putting on a long shirt.

"Yo, Aunt Wang, why are you here? Can I help you? ”

Aunt Wang smiled and said, "Gao Liang, come out with me, and see who is coming." ”

"Who?"

Gao Liang followed Aunt Wang to the gate of the courtyard for some reason, looking at the many villagers outside the door, with a blank expression.

At this time, the villagers flashed to both sides with a smile, and a smiling teenager walked in the middle of the beating bush.

But see him: a pair of big eyes on his fair face, smiling slightly, two shallow dimples on his cheeks, handsome, long and jade, wearing a light blue brocade pattern gown, even more luxurious, a good graceful, handsome and dashing young man.

Gao Liang stared directly at the handsome young man in front of him up and down, and gradually, two clouds of mist rose in his eyes, he slowly stepped forward, and asked in a trembling voice:

"Is it Xiaole? Is it my little music? “

Happy to rarely see his father before, the appearance of his father in his memory has been very blurred, looking at the man with gray temples in front of him, and the knife-like wrinkles on his face like ravines, he can't believe that this is his father, but this crying "Xiaole" evokes all the memories of his father in the depths of his heart, his eyes instantly moistened, leaned down and knelt down, bowed his head and bowed:

"My son Gao Le kowtowed to his father!"

Gao Liang burst into tears, knelt down in front of Gao Le with a "poof", hugged him and cried: "Son, why did you leave your father alone, where did you go, my son, I miss my father, it's my father's fault, my father is sorry for you, my father shouldn't have left you at home, it's all my father's fault......"

Gao Liang hugged Gao Le and cried profusely, and Aunt Wang and the villagers also wiped their tears on the side.

Jiang Lan came over with the child in her arms, stared at Gao Le up and down, and said "tsk": "Yo, it's really Gao Le, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you look so handsome......"

"Shut up!" Gao Liang turned his head and yelled at her: "If it weren't for you, how could the two brothers have escaped from this house?!" ”

Jiang Lan was really ignorant and fearless, and none of the villagers present did not know what she had done to the two children, but despite this, she still stiffened her neck and forcibly retorted:

"I feed them, dress them, where is it bad for them, really, why are you crying, you see what he is wearing now, and he is still riding a horse, it seems that he has left this village and has become rich and noble......"

Aunt Wang glared at her angrily: "Jiang Lan, you just don't say a word, the child has just come back, let their father and son come into the house and talk well." “

Seeing that Aunt Wang was angry, Jiang Lan closed her mouth and turned into the courtyard with the child in her arms.

Happy hurriedly helped the old father to get up, and thanked Aunt Wang and the villagers, and then took Gao Liang's arm and walked into the courtyard.

The courtyard was still the same, especially the firewood room, which had almost become his special bedroom, which was not half a point different from ten years ago, and he was happy to not want to enter the house, so he and his father sat down on a small stool by the well in the courtyard.

Gao Liang's eyes never took his eyes off his son Gao Le's face for a moment, and tears kept flowing down. Jiang Lan stood in front of the door of the hall with the child in her arms, staring at them from afar.

Happy didn't want to talk to Jiang Lan at all, and he didn't say hello to An, but he didn't see it.

Gao Liang burst into tears and choked up: "Child, if you don't look like your mother, my father wouldn't dare to recognize it, and you would have grown so big in the blink of an eye." ”

Happy raised his hand to gently wipe away his tears for his father and said, "Dad, are you okay?" ”

"Okay, dad is very good, child, where have you been all these years? Makes my dad so worried. Gao Liang's tears seemed to be endless, and they flowed out again just after wiping them.

Happy said what he had thought about on the road: "At first, I was with my brother, but later, we were apprenticed to each other, and we were not together for a while. He was right, but the separation of their brothers was a last resort, and they hadn't seen each other for ten years, and he didn't want his father to worry, so he expressed it more implicitly.

Gao Liang raised his hand to wipe away his tears, sighed, and said, "Your brother sent someone here a month ago. ”

"What? My brother is here? Happy jumped up.

"Your brother didn't come in person, he asked a girl to come and see us for him." Gao Liang sighed regretfully.

"Let a girl come? What kind of girl? Happy to ask.

"A fair, white, clean and good-looking girl, about twenty years old, looks like a young lady from a big family, says it is your brother's girlfriend, she calls herself 'Qingyun'." Gao Liang replied.

"Twenty years old, white and pure? Qingyun? Could it be that she ......" Happy brain turned quickly, he seemed to already know who it was, since Liu Qingyun came, it means that as Hot Heimu said, the plateau is in the Liu family, and he has a good relationship with Liu Qingyun, even so, at least my brother is still safe now.

Jiang Lan suddenly opened her mouth: "Gao Yuan asked that girl to send us a gift." ”

As soon as he heard this, Gao Liang was furious and scolded: "Shut up for me, if you don't speak, you will die?" ”

Jiang Lan pursed her lips, she didn't leave, she held the child and looked at them from afar.

Jiang Lan obviously said this sentence deliberately, and the implication is: Your brother has given gifts, you can't go home empty-handed. However, her words reminded Xingxing, and he hurriedly took out the small box that Qiao Zheng gave him from his arms, handed it to Gao Liang, and said:

"Dad, my son has not been by your side for so many years, and I don't have anything to honor you, I hope my father will accept this little thing."

Gao Liang hurriedly stretched out his hand to push it away: "Child, my father didn't raise you well, you must have suffered a lot outside over the years, how can you accept your things, your brother has already asked people to send silver two back, you can keep this for yourself, ah." ”

Jiang Lan's eyes were already starting to light up at this time, she hurriedly put the child in her arms on the ground, patted the child's buttocks, and said, "Pan'er, that's your brother, go and call your brother." ”

Pan'er didn't recognize life, spread her two little legs, and ran over with a pair of big eyes, which looked very similar to Xingxing, and he called out sweetly to Xingxing: "Brother." ”

Gao Liang said: "This is born to your stepmother, but also your own brother, his name is Gao Chengpan, so many years my father has not seen you, I think about the heartache every day, since I have this child, my father gave him this name, I only hope that this child has a good life, can hope that his two brothers can be looked back, I never thought, really let me look forward to it." At this point, he began to wipe away tears again.

I am glad to remember what Jiang Lan liked to say when she scolded them: "It's because of you that I can't have children." ”

He stretched out his index finger and hooked Pan'er's chin, and said with a smile: "It seems that my brothers and I didn't make a mistake in leaving home, otherwise where would you be, Pan'er, don't you say?" ”

He had something to say, and his father Gao Liang naturally understood, and the guilt on his face was even stronger, and he blamed himself: "Child, it's my father who can't live with you." ”

"No, no, Dad, you're wrong."

Happy smile: "There is an old saying that 'if you are not afraid of being looked down upon by others, you are afraid that you will not be angry', if it is not so, how can my son be today?" ”

He opened the box in his hand and took out the longevity lock and put it on Pan'er's neck.

As soon as she saw this golden cleat, Jiang Lan's eyes immediately widened, and there was a look of surprise on her face.

Happy said to Pan'er: "Brother gives you a word: God helps those who help themselves!" ”

Jun'er looked at the golden lock around his neck ignorantly, and replied sweetly: "What my brother said about Pan'er remembered 'Heavenly Helper', but what does this mean?" ”

Looking at his innocent expression, he scratched the tip of his little nose with his happy fingers, and said: "The meaning of this sentence is that you should not rely on others for everything, only those who are self-reliant can be strong, understand?" ”

Pan'er nodded earnestly in a half-understanding manner, and responded, "Got it, brother." ”

When Gao Liang saw the golden lock, he couldn't help but be shocked: "Child, this is too precious, how can you give such a valuable gift to a child, Pan'er, take it off and return it to my brother." As he spoke, he was going to pick it up.

Happy stopped: "Dad, this is for my younger brother, don't be polite to me." “

He took out the ingot of gold from the box and stuffed it into his father's hand, and said, "Father, you can keep this money for your old age, and don't give it to others." ”

Gao Liang was but an honest blacksmith, and I am afraid that he had never seen gold several times in his life, and now that such a heavy ingot of gold was in his hand, he exclaimed:

"Child, this, this, this ......"

Happy and generously said: "Dad, just a little money, don't make a fuss, my son will come to you again when he is free in the future, although it can't make you rich, but it must not make your life worse than other families." ”

At this moment, Jiang Lan's eyes were already red, her face was full of flattery, she saw that she was happy and didn't look at her from beginning to end, in the end, she was still weak-hearted, looking at it from a distance with interest, and didn't dare to go over.

Happy covered the box, stuffed it into Gao Liang's hand, and said, "Please trouble Dad to give her the things here, it's not too early, I should go back." With that, he stood up.

As soon as he heard that he was leaving, Gao Liang grabbed his hand, tears welled up again, and cried: "Child, are you going to leave just now?" Dad doesn't want your money, Dad just wants to see you and your brother. ”

How could he be reluctant to leave, but when he remembered what he and his brother had endured in this family in the past, he had no nostalgia for this family at all, or maybe he was too young at the beginning, and the home without his father never brought him a sense of security, and this time he came back to see his father. Now that the goal has been achieved, it is time for him to leave.

He comforted: "Dad, I will come back to see you when I am free, you have to take care of yourself." ”

Gao Liang burst into tears and nodded helplessly: "Okay, the child is older and things are busy, so Dad won't stop you, but when you see your brother, you have to tell him, next time, you brothers come back together, Dad doesn't want you to bring anything, Dad just wants to see you two well, Dad is dead, and you can close your eyes." ”

Hearing this, his heart was sour, his eyes were red in an instant, parting would always be more heart-wrenching than meeting, he stretched out his hands and hugged his father, gently patted his father's sobbing back, and wanted to say something comforting, but he had always been articulate, but he couldn't say a word at this moment, he only felt so sad in his heart.

After a while, he looked at Gao Liang deeply and said, "Dad, my son is gone, take care." ”

After that, he turned around and walked out, led the horse tied to the pillar in front of the door, turned over on the horse, looked at his father and Pan'er who chased him out of the door, waved his hand, and said with a smile:

"Dad, take care of your body, and wait for my brother and I to come back to see you. Xiao Pan'er, take good care of your father, and next time my brother will bring you something delicious. ”

Pan'er shouted sensibly: "Brother, I know, I must be filial to my father." ”

He pinched the golden lock around his neck again, raised it up, and said in a loud voice, "Thank you, brother." ”

Gao Liang burst into tears, covering his mouth with one hand, for fear that he would cry out if he was not careful.

Happy to see this heart became more and more sad, gritted his teeth and endured, ruthless, his legs clamped the horse's belly, the horse slowly went out of the village, walked far away, he looked back, Wu Zi could see the figure of the old father standing in front of the door looking at himself, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, two lines of tears quietly slipped down......