Yan Gui's home is in a dilapidated alley in the county seat. A small courtyard and a house with a few tiles missing from the roof are all the belongings of this poor young man.

Although Yan Gui's house does not have a decent piece of furniture, and even a bed is only one, it is clean and tidy, uneven and orderly. On the wooden table with a missing leg in the corner and a green brick cushion is placed the spiritual positions of Yan Gui's parents and his master Yan Sixteen, Yan Longyu entered the house and saw these spiritual positions to know that Yan Gui was originally surnamed Yan, which may be his fate with Yan Sixteen!

Yan Gui gave up the only bed to the two extraordinary teenagers, and he found some wheat stalks from outside, spread a rotten mat on it, and slept on the ground. Yan Longyu is also helpless about this: I can't persuade you! The old dog, named "Huang Qian", was lying at the door with his tail curled.

All the noise in the county town seems to have nothing to do with this small courtyard, it is quiet and harmonious, and no one comes to disturb it.

The night was already deep, Dugu Haoran and Yan Gui had already slept, only Yan Longyu, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes in the dark and looked at the roof, unable to sleep for a long time. Teenagers don't dwell on one thing, they always rejoice when they should be happy, they are sad when they should be sad, and they rarely have insomnia. But tonight, no matter what posture Yan Longyu changes or what method he uses, he will always be unable to sleep. He thought back to the words of the old man and the woman surnamed Wang in the inn during the day, and thought of a person who was very special to him, "The second son of the county guard, the person he wants to marry will not be Sister Tao!" ”

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When Yan Longyu was twelve years old, he ran away from home in order to learn swords and Hua Fengju, and in winter, he crossed the Rolling Dragon River alone and ran to the county seat.

Yan Longyu, who didn't know where to go and refused to go back, spent most of the day walking through the entire Fulong County Town, and then walked out of the county town and came to a small village on the southern outskirts of the city.

In winter, it gets dark very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, I can't see my fingers. Yan Longyu, who was cold and hungry, smelled the smell of food and came to the door of a family. Just as he was hesitating to go in, a girl's gentle voice suddenly came from the dark night, "Little brother, why don't you come home so late!" The family will be in a hurry. ”

In the moonlight, Yan Longyu looked intently in the direction where the voice came from—there was a tall woman standing in the courtyard, and she was looking at herself. The hungry Yan Longyu no longer had the strength to gamble with others, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, he said bitterly to the tall shadow man in the yard: "Sister, I ran out of anger with my family, I haven't eaten yet when it's dark, can you give me something to eat, I will definitely pay you back in the future." ”

"Sister?" The girl was a little wary at first, but perhaps because she also had a younger brother at home, she felt that the child outside the hospital did not look like he was lying, with the woman's peculiar feeling. So the girl walked lightly in front of Yan Longyu and pulled up her cold palm, "That's it, let's go, let's go into the house, my sister will take you to dinner." ”

It was still the child Yan Longyu's heart was hot, this was the first time he had held the girl's hand since he could remember. The slender palm was very warm, and the faint body fragrance of the girl's body rushed into his nose, and he was pulled into the house by the girl in a daze.

Her home is not big, but it is very warm. Unconsciously, Yan Longyu, whose face was already flushed, saw a blind old woman and a boy a few years younger than himself at the small table in the room in the dim light.

I also saw the girl's face clearly.

The woman is just reaching her age, with willow eyebrows, peach blossom eyes, thin lips, a wisp of green silk half-covering her face, white embroidered shoes, and a slightly thin neat plain dress with a few fine patches set off her tall figure.

Yan Longyu, who had never seen a few good-looking women who had grown up so big, had a pretty face flushed slightly, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Sister's house is a little simple, don't dislike it." ”

Yan Longyu was incoherently babbling nonsense, "No, no, that sister, my name is Yan Longyu's family and I live on the mountain, what is your name?" ”

The woman at the small table put down a pair of chopsticks and smiled, "I, my name is Tao Wanqiu, the autumn of autumn." My brother's name is Tao Jingsong, the pine of the pine tree. ”

Tao Wanqiu's smile and Yan Longyu saw it in her eyes, lingering, Yan Longyu smiled and said, "Then I'll call you Sister Tao!" ”

The woman looked at this strange "younger brother" with delicate eyebrows and a little dull and cute, smiled again, and beckoned gently: "It's up to you, come and eat together, come, you and my brother sit together." ”

Yan Longyu reacted at this time, and there were still two people in the house. He hurriedly said hello to the blind old woman at the table, waved and smiled at the little brother, and walked cheekily to the small table.

After the girl finished explaining in the old woman's ear, the blind old woman smiled, although she couldn't see anything, she was very enthusiastic about Yan Longyu. The little brother was a little shy, and when Yan Longyu spoke to him, he kept hiding behind his sister, because the child had never seen such a good-looking big brother.

With Yan Longyu's warm and careful "self-cooked" temperament, he generally understood the situation of Sister Tao's family after a meal. Five years ago, Sister Tao's father died on the battlefield in the north, and her mother left ruthlessly after giving birth to this younger brother, so Sister Tao and her own brother lived with this aunt who was born blind and did not marry.

The burden of supporting the family was so early on a woman who was just getting married. Tao Wanqiu was born beautiful, and when she went out, she was often molested by the thugs on the street, and no one was willing to stand up for her without a father or mother, so she could only silently endure the malicious humiliation and slander of the world alone. Gradually, she no longer dared to go out, so she thought of staying at home during the day to make some female celebrities, and then let her younger brother, who had grown up, take them out to exchange for some copper coins, and at night when no one was around, she would grow some vegetables or livestock at the door of her house, so as to make a living.

Fortunately, there is a Mr. Xu in the village who does not charge their family tuition, who is teaching his younger brother to read and takes good care of her family. The woman then gave birth to some hope in despair, and her only hope was that her literate brother would be able to rise to prominence in the future and no longer suffer as she did.

The woman had a hard time, but she took good care of her brother.

Tao Wanqiu took in Yan Longyu, who was three years younger than herself, and stayed at her home for one night. It was also after that night that Yan Longyu, who was only twelve years old, seemed to have grown up suddenly. He obediently returned to Qishan alone, began to read with Mr. Qin seriously, carefully studied and practiced the book "Moving Flower Steps", and rarely made adults angry again.

The boy remembered that kind, strong, hardworking, and optimistic beautiful sister in his heart. In the next six years, as long as Yan Longyu went down the mountain, he would come to Sister Tao's house alone to help her do some physical work that required men. Tao Wanqiu, whose mind is gradually maturing, also understands Yan Longyu and accepts this "younger brother" who has no malicious intentions. It was also because of Sister Tao that Yan Longyu accidentally met the nerd who was young but had already started a family - Mr. Xu Zhiqing, a teacher.

Tao Wanqiu seems to have become a name that Yan Longyu always remembers in his heart but does not want to mention to others. He was the only one who could understand that feeling.

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At this moment, the young man was lying on the bed, and the moment of getting along with Sister Tao had been involuntarily floating in his mind. Although he is usually full of meaty words, Yan Longyu, who doesn't know what love is, can't sleep all night after all. He always had a bad premonition that something was going to happen!

Let's ask, what is the meaning of love? There is no way to eliminate this situation, and there is indeed no solution!