"The night gave me a pair of black eyes, but I used them to find the light"

People who are accustomed to the daytime, if they suddenly wake up from a dream, will always feel a burst of darkness when looking for light, which makes people tremble namelessly.

But when you close your eyes and get used to the darkness, when you open them again, you will always see light, even if it is a faint, distant, lonely light, it is enough to give you a sense of security.

Fluttering Ridge –

A night owl glided down from the mountains to the east and landed on an elm tree not far in front of He Feng's eyes, accompanied by a few cooing sounds, adding a bit of mystery to the solo on the night road where there were only insects chirping.

"It seems that our wine is okay, otherwise we would have been thrown into the river by two macho men." He Feng whispered to himself, with a smug smile on his face.

It was a kind of laughter where the "sense of existence" was recognized, and the two elders who were about the same age as Father He listened to him drink and talk, and they were not angry? This has to be replaced by He Feng's father, who fainted with a slap earlier, saving people from embarrassment!

"Alas! I just don't remember what I said? ”

When He Feng woke up from drunkenness, Zhao Qiyuan, Zhao Ling'er, and He Chengchao all sat up at the entrance of the cave and didn't dare to disturb, so they took advantage of the dark sky and set foot on the way home alone.

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Xiao'an Village is located fifteen miles southwest of Jiufeng Temple, on the east side of the official road, and it only takes one hour to walk on foot at ordinary times.

Today, He Feng was drunk, but he walked for nearly an hour and a half.

The outline of the village gradually enlarged in front of He Feng's eyes, and the air was filled with the fragrance of wheat, mixed with the unique fragrance of the southwest earth, drifting to the north by the breeze from the south, as if to remind the officers and soldiers of the county that war was coming.

Five-state annex: Truce during the harvest season.

When I saw home, I heard the sound of brushing and harvesting wheat.

"Someone is going to cut wheat at this time?" With curiosity, He Feng followed the prestige, "It seems to be our family's land, is someone stealing wheat?" Thinking of this, He Feng casually picked up a stone the size of a goose egg on the ground and rushed over in a hurry.

"Ling'er!?" When he got closer, He Feng was about to shout loudly, but he saw his sister holding a coarse porcelain bowl and drinking water on the ridge on the roadside.

"Huh? Second brother! How do you know you're going to harvest wheat tonight? He Ling's immature pretty face was full of happiness, tilting her head and staring at her big ignorant eyes, looking very curious.

In the darkness, there was an imperceptible sound of swords colliding.

Immediately after, a shadow jumped and disappeared behind He Feng.

"Did our father cut it?" He Feng frowned, and thought in his heart, "Could it be that the family urgently needs money?" Could it be that Grandpa is seriously ill? Or is it? ”

The crops of the Great Zhou are all one season a year, and the common people do not know that the late harvest of wheat will reduce the yield, but think that the wheat is ripe when it is dry, so they generally wait until the end of the year and the beginning of the harvest will not be harvested.

"Now that you have just entered the middle ambush, why do you hurt the killer? With Daddy's stubbornness, he will definitely not harvest until the end, and there must be something strange in it! Does Daddy know that the late harvest will reduce production? He Feng thought in his heart, beckoned his sister to follow, and walked towards the field.

"Dad said that the wheat is early this year, so I will harvest it while it is cool, and buy me new clothes for my birthday, and also buy you a few books to read......

While walking, fifteen-year-old He Ling held He Feng's hand and said happily.

He Ling's words made He Feng even more confused, and his feet couldn't help but speed up, and He Ling, who was wearing a skirt, could only pick up the skirt and run.

"Dad, what's wrong? Haven't any other people's homes been cut yet? As he spoke, He Feng took out ninety dollars from his arms and handed it to the farmer who was sweating in front of him.

"What's the use of your little money, don't talk if you don't drink to death, your 'mother''s scythe is at the end of the ground." The farmer didn't stop, just repeated the mechanical action.

"Drinking water for so long, what's the use of raising a daughter, let you help your mother load the car, what are you still standing here for? Don't hurry up and palletize! ”

He Ling, who was still smiling just now, instantly praised her face, and looked at her brother beside her with helpless eyes, she didn't understand why her father, who was fine just now, why it was like a different person when she saw her brother come back.

"Where's my grandfather?" He Feng was about to pull his sister to palletize together, but he didn't find his grandfather, so he asked casually.

"Don't worry about it, I can't even pass the test of a Taoist temple, and I still think about the title of the gold list every day! Next year, if you really don't have that ability, you can simply go home and farm, or go to the army and change your brother back! ”

He Feng instinctively wanted to fight back, but he was speechless for a while, so he could only press the nameless fire in his heart and pull He Ling straight to the stack.

"Grandpa has gone to Hejiazhuang," He Ling muttered quietly.

"What? I can't command you anymore? The farmer actually stopped, leaned over, held a sickle in his right hand, wiped sweat stains with his left hand, and yelled at He Feng with a serious face.

He Feng let go of his sister's cold little hand, skimmed the helplessness and resentment in her bright eyes, and walked towards the end of the ground with an expressionless face.

Glancing at the endless wheat field, He Feng picked up the sickle that his mother had inserted in the ridge of the field and began to harvest unskillfully......

In the middle of the moon, time is slowly passing, and half of the time has passed.

Under the silent night sky, there was only the repetitive sound of brushing, and the atmosphere seemed a little oppressive.

The air also began to become more humid, and He Feng's movements gradually became more stable, and at this time, the dripping from the corners of his eyes and the gathering were no longer distinguishable whether they were beads of sweat or tears of the bright moon.

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Da He Township, He Jiazhuang.

A complex of buildings that should not have appeared in a small mountain village is now brightly lit to show its power and status.

At this time, when most people should have fallen asleep, in a bleak village, the building became the most dazzling existence.

He Chengxuan recognized the destination of this trip at a glance, the place where he had lived for thirteen years - He Mansion.

Although the goal was clear, He Chengxuan suddenly stopped and fell into a moment of memory.

Even if the unforgettable emotions are, under the smoothing of the years, only the ancient well Wubo and the rickety body remain, as well as the "desolation" feeling of running out of oil and withering in the back.

"The people of the ancestral building are still there, and they don't see the people of the year......"

"You think clearly about the ancestors and ancestors of the He family, do you want to marry that Goolan woman or your surname?"

"If you get out of the He family for me, I, He Sanqi, should have never raised or taught you a rebel!"

"From now on, He Quanming's branch no longer belongs to the He family, and none of you should have anything to do with him......"

"Second brother, why are you doing this?"

In the past, He Chengxuan, who was only thirteen years old at the time, saw his father being removed from the family tree by his grandfather, how could there be any flesh and blood affection!

His mother died when He Chengxuan was eight years old, and his brother, who was two years older, also died one after another, and his father drank all day until he met Erniang, who looked very similar to his mother, in Goolan......

But that was the beginning of a tragedy!

"On the day of the title of the gold list, when my son returned home. must recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestral ......", adhering to his father's obsession, He Chengxuan would never have come to this sad place if it weren't for He Feng, who was the most promising title on the gold list.

He Chengxuan took a deep breath, brushed his sparse hair, tidied up his dark brown robe, bent down and wiped the cloth shoes on his feet with the weeds on the side of the road.

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At this time, Jia Quan from Jiajiazhuang also pushed the cup and changed the lamp, but the place where he was located was compared to He Mansion, just like the Burrow was compared to a mansion.

"The master can say that the reason why my eldest brother and sister-in-law died early, as well as the untimely death of the younger generation of our family, is because of the leakage of feng shui. As long as you get the He family's ten acres of land and add our family's thirty acres, it will be half the battle. ”

In the flickering candle shadow, the middle-aged man leaned on the back of the chair, counting the nephew opposite with confidence.

"The so-called four flats and eight stable high-ranking officials, moved the grave, your cousin's public office can also be stained, anyway, sooner rather than later, I have chosen the day of moving the grave, the third day of the seventh month, tomorrow to sign a contract for Guanli, buy the middle of the acre of land, then everything will be fine."

The chubby Jia Quan was already drunk, but he kept giggling, and muttered "Hehe, today, today's little lady......"

"Can that be done? I heard that the boy of the He family is also in Jiufeng Temple? Behind him came a plump beautiful woman carrying a flask in her hand.

"Go, go, go! A girl knows a lot, I have inquired about it, the boy of the He family is only second-class, your nephew Jia Quan is first-class, the master in the view did not say no, you are less crow-mouthed here! ”

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In front of the He Mansion

"It's easy to kill someone, but it's the most incompetent! However, it is the most effective, quickest and most convenient way to solve the problem, and the most troublesome is to 'cut the grass and eradicate the roots'. ”

When He Chengxuan was ten years old, He Fu actually invited a martial arts instructor to teach some physical fitness and some self-protection methods.

And the reason why He Chengchao was able to become the commander was that He Chengxuan was weak and sick since he was a child, because the martial arts teacher was mainly for He Chengxuan, but He Chengchao was born aggressive and physically strong, so he embarked on the road of killing.

He Chengxuan has the ability to kill one or three or four ordinary people, but that is not the fundamental solution to the problem.

The generosity of the righteous posture did not change the attitude of the family, even if he knew that He Chengchao was back, but the dignity of the scholar made him unable to shout out.

Until the sky was light, He Chengxuan walked towards Xiao'an Village like a deflated ball.

The rooster had not yet announced, and in the quiet early morning, an ox cart full of wheat shuttled between the fields and the mountain village in the haze.

The creaking, creaking and screeching sound woke up many people who were sleeping soundly, but everyone chose to be silent, did not help, and did not complain......

Until the east was red, He Feng and He Ling fell asleep on the bed at home, and there were two tall figures in the field, squirming tirelessly forward.

The bright red morning sun, the clouds in the east seemed to be bloody, and the figures of the two bent over, holding a pocket in one hand and picking up sweat in the other, were stretched very long, covering all the chicken soup in this world.

(End of chapter)