After a while, Gu Dan finally spoke: "Xiao Ying took Nan Nan to take a hot bath and change into new clothes." ”

did not let this topic continue, Gu Dan directly cut off.

Xiao Ying nodded stunned, took the little girl's hand and walked to the inner room, and Xun Ke also followed, helping to prepare hot water.

Aunt Li hung her head, wiped away the tears on her face, squeezed out a smile and said, "Actually, I've been a little sad these days, the things at home can be sold, and the money owed has been repaid." In this life, what we don't like the most is to owe something to others.

We know you've got what it takes. The owner of the Ink Pavilion who was here before was the Mozi that those people outside were talking about, right? Everyone said he was a saint! ”

She secretly glanced at Lin Xiaoyi, and saw that the expression on Lin Xiaoyi's face did not change, so she continued: "We don't know what a saint is. We've heard about what he did, and he took a group of people to slaughter the leader of the thieves, and he was really a real hero!

He's been busy helping Yuzhou defend the city now, we've heard about it! When the neighbors mentioned him, their faces felt bright, you are his friend, and you must be the same kind of person.

This little thing in our family will pass after a while. People like you are different from us, you must be doing big things, we can't help, even if we can't help, how can we come over and cause trouble for you again? Although we haven't read a few books, we also know the truth of being a man. ”

There was an unexpected resoluteness in the unpretentious voice.

Aunt Li held Gu Dan's palm and said very sincerely: "Today, the child and his mother will take us back to their parents' house, and the hardest days have passed, and the rest is nothing." We didn't want to add any more blockage to your heart, but we just heard the cry of the child. Thinking about coming over to apologize to you, don't blame Cang, it's my kid who is not angry, Cang is kind-hearted, a good boy with a good heart. ”

Gu Dan looked at her quietly.

He actually doesn't know much about Aunt Li.

I only know that Aunt Li suffered hardships in the early years, and later the child soared, so she was brought from her hometown to the imperial capital to enjoy Qingfu.

However, the old man can't be idle, even if he is not short of money, he has to find something to do for himself to feel at ease, so he opened a bun shop later, and he didn't want to make money, but he refused to be idle.

Now that the family wealth is gone, it has not removed the backbone of her body.

As she said, she has survived the most difficult times, and she has to go back to her hometown today, where is the need for how much relief?

She just wants to return to the beginning with decades of face and persistence.

Gu Dan held the cold, thin, and rough palm, patted it gently, and was silent for a moment before saying, "What you said is true." ”

Aunt Li's face showed a heartfelt smile.

On his red and wrinkled face, which was clearly frozen, his smile was a little dazzling.

It was no longer an embarrassed smile of shame, humility, and writhing embarrassment, as if it had returned to the smiling face of a few years ago, when everything was fine at home, and when the war outside had not yet started, when I occasionally met him on the road.

Throwing away all her possessions, this was the last thing she could hold onto.

Now, this thing has not been left behind.

Compared with the previous dejection and trembling, this smile is extraordinarily sincere, and the original rickety spine is straightened again.

Gu Dan changed the topic and said, "However, that little rabbit cub is not what you think, don't be deceived by him." Before the slap landed on the buttocks, he shouted fiercer than anyone else. I don't know, I think I have suffered some great wrong! If you want me to say, he just doesn't want to study, and deliberately thinks of ways to burn books. ”

"Ha children, I always don't like to suffer. Cang is young and young, and he doesn't understand the value of reason. In a few years, when I grow up, I will be able to understand the benefits of reading. Aunt Li answered.

"That's not necessarily, a child has a character, Cang is idle, looking for trouble everywhere for three days, and it's uncomfortable not to be beaten. Some time ago, Xun Ke was reading a book while eating, and that kid dared to pour ink into his bowl. ”

"Cang's courage is quite big. However, speaking of Xun Ke, he is almost at the age when he should say goodbye to someone, right? Over there in Ning'anfang, there are several families of school age, and they have asked us about this!

Although we are old, our eyes are useless, but the ability to recognize people has not yet fallen, those families, the heart is not right, don't listen to their chatter, they are not a good match. ”

"That's it! When it comes to the neighbors' ability to recognize people, no one dares to say that they are more accurate than Aunt Li, I remember what you said, if Xun Ke can't pass the beauty pass, I will break his leg. ”

The two of you talk and I talk casually, just like neighbors on the side of the road bump into each other, and they have free time to talk about their parents' shortcomings casually, and occasionally they don't forget to scold their juniors for those things that are not angry.

The occasional crackling of charcoal in the stove softened, and the atmosphere in the hut relaxed, and the walls of the four sides sheltered a warm place, insulating from the cold of the outside world.

The topic of Gu Dan and Aunt Li has turned to Xun Ke, and they are still talking about marriage, most of the time Aunt Li is talking and Gu Dan is listening.

Aunt Li occasionally brings up a few families who are not very fortunate after getting married, or talks about whose family has a girl of the right age, and does not comment on the behavior of those girls, but just tells Gu Dan to pay more attention to Xun Ke.

The old man has seen a lot of things in his life, and he deeply understands that only when the two people on the right road walk together can they be happy, and he did not forget to warn Gu Dan, if Xun Ke feels that it is not in line with his wishes, he should not force it, with the child's ability to say those words before, it should not be a problem to find a problem by himself.

As they chatted, the door to the inner room opened.

Xiao Ying walked out with Nannan.

The little girl had just finished taking a shower, she looked much whiter, and she changed into the thick cotton clothes that Xun Ke had just bought, and the whole person was wrapped like a small zongzi, although her cheeks were still thin, the whole person looked a little cute.

The hair that had been hanging down wantonly and had not been combed was also cleaned up by Xiao Ying and properly hung behind her.

"Come and dry your hair, you have to dry your hair after taking a shower in winter, otherwise you will get sick easily!"

Xiao Ying took the little girl back to the stove, stretched out her hand to hold her black silk, and took advantage of the heat of the stove to steam her hair, which had been wiped several times, but still had water vapor.

The little girl sat beside her obediently, and her honest appearance suddenly looked as cute as a porcelain doll.

Gu Dan also leaned over, reached out and pinched the little girl's meatless little face, and the little girl who had just taken a bath also turned rosy, showing a pure smile at him.

"Is it okay for uncle to teach you to sing?"

Gu Dan squatted in front of her and asked.

"Can my uncle sing too?"

The little girl's eyes lit up.

"Of course! However, I may not have heard the song sung by my uncle, but it is very easy to learn! ”

Gu Dan cleared his throat and said, "Come, I'll sing a sentence and you will learn a sentence." ”

"Okay!"

The little girl nodded, looking quite expectant.

"There is only a mother in the world, and a child with a mother is like a treasure."

Gu Dan began to teach her to sing word by word.

Of course, he didn't learn the rhythm of this era, so he picked up one of the most familiar children's songs and taught her.

The lyrics are naturally catchy, simple and easy to understand, and there is no difficulty at all.

Lin Xiaoyi tilted her head sideways, looking at Gu Dan and seriously teaching the little girl to sing.

This song is certainly not very good in terms of her knowledge.

It is not a little worse than the ballads that the musicians in the palace have painstakingly compiled, they sound neither grand nor grandiose, and the lyrics are simple and straightforward to the point of outrageousness, lacking a kind of elegant and appropriate charm.

And the tone is also very strange, which is not only different from the mainstream singing, but also not the strong emotional expression of the folk minor.

The simple lyrics and ordinary singing voice tell the simple but sincere facts.

It's not hard to learn.

It didn't take long for the little girl to clapp her hands and shout excitedly: "Uncle, I have learned!" ”

As he spoke, he couldn't wait to sing: "There is only a mother in the world, and a mother's child is like a treasure."

The innocent and childish voice sings this song with a unique charm.

Anyway, it sounds much more pleasant than Gu Dan's singing.

Singing and singing, I suddenly heard a woman's voice calling outside the courtyard.

"Hello? Mother-in-law? I'm back, where are you? ”

The man who had come to pick them up arrived.

"Mom!"

Hearing the voice, the little girl immediately jumped out of the chair, ran out of the door happily, and shouted, "Mom, I'm here!" ”

Soon after Nannan's voice came out, a woman who looked to be about 20 years old ran in, and before she could speak, she couldn't help but shed two lines of tears, rushed forward and hugged her in her arms.

"Nan, mom is here, mom is here!"

The woman's voice trembled as if she was about to rub her into her arms.

"Mom doesn't cry, don't cry!"

Nan Nan anxiously stretched out her hand, wiped the tears on her face, and said in a childlike tone: "Mom, I just learned a song from my uncle!" Shall I sing it to you? ”

"Good, good! It's good to be there, it's good to be there. ”

The woman cried and laughed, and finally noticed the few people who came out, and quickly wiped away the tears on her face, squeezing out a smile that was not good-looking.

It's just that when her eyes touched Aunt Li, the tears that she had finally stopped couldn't help but flow down again, and she said in a trembling voice: "Mother-in-law. I'm late. ”

Aunt Li looked at her, with a kind smile on her old and withered old face, and said, "It's good to come, it's not too late, it's not too late." ”

"There is only a mother in the world, and a child with a mother is like a treasure."

The little girl began to sing loudly in her mother's arms.

(End of chapter)