Three days later

On the top of the hill full of flowers, a new grave was erected, incense and candles were burned in front of the tombstone, and offerings were placed, and a woman was squatting next to her, who was digging into the earth with a small shovel.

When a stick of incense burned and the ashes were blown away by the breeze, the woman put down her shovel and picked up a peach tree and put it into the pit that had just been dug.

She held the peach tree with one hand, grabbed the soil that had just been shoveled out with the other, and after planting the peach tree, she got up and went to the right side of the grave to continue digging the pit, and after digging, planted a Bodhi sapling in it.

After doing this, the woman stood in front of the tombstone and looked left and right, then nodded with satisfaction, stepped forward and poured a glass of wine on the grave and said: "You will not be lonely in the future, they will accompany you, I can't stay with you, I want to go to the border of Beiyi, although you have won the battle, but there are many people displaced, unclothed, hungry, you can't continue to do things, I will take your share to complete, and when the north is really peaceful, I will come back to see you." ”

As the words fell, the woman poured another glass of wine, which she took up and drank down, then put down the glass and got up to leave.

…

At the foot of the mountain, Chen Dengdeng paced back and forth, stretching her neck to look at the intersection from time to time, and she didn't know how many times she walked back and forth, how many times she stretched her neck to look, and only when Jiang Qing appeared at the intersection, she walked quickly to meet her, and said happily: "Sister-"

Jiang Qing didn't have any expression, and asked her as she walked, "Are you all ready?" ”

Chen Dengdeng nodded, "Ready sister, where are we going?" ”

Jiang Qing replied, "Go home to see grandpa first, and then go to the Northland border!" ”

The carriage drove slowly on the official road, Jiang Qing lifted the curtain and looked out aimlessly, when an old apricot tree passed in front of her, she remembered that in the past few days when she was in a coma, someone seemed to be whispering in her ear the story of the relationship between the apricot blossoms, companionship and longing......

Jiang Qing subconsciously stroked the apricot blossom bracelet on her wrist, turned her head and asked Chen Dengdeng: "Have you been by my side for the past few days when I have been in a coma?" ”

Chen Dengdeng, who was dozing off, suddenly woke up, and after hesitating for a moment, she nodded, turned her face and replied, "Yes!" ”

Jiang Qing didn't speak, she lowered her eyelashes silently, she didn't see Chen Dengdeng's face full of emptiness.

…

The weather in the north is cold all the year round, and it was slaughtered by the war, so there are corpses everywhere on the street, and the bones are frozen to death at the intersection, after the Celestial Empire recovered the Beiyi, in order to restore the vitality of the border and open up trade with the foreign land, it was planned to the north, and the farmer was specially invited to assist Song Chen, the seventh prince who had governed the south, to govern together.

In just one year, the farmer and the seventh prince restored the prosperity of the northern border to its former glory, leaving no roads behind and never closing the door at night, as if the war had never affected this place.

In the Spring Festival of another year, the streets are very lively, children pestering adults for candy, women pestering men for lights, elderly grandfathers and women supporting each other, Jiang Qing watched their backs gradually drifting away and gradually lost her mind, and her thoughts didn't know where she drifted to, and Chen Dengdeng, who accompanied her, also left quietly.

Brilliant fireworks suddenly exploded in the sky, snatching away all eyes at once, Jiang Qing came back to her senses and looked up at the sky.

The fireworks are very beautiful, only a short moment, only bursts of green smoke were left at the end, and after waiting for a long time, Jiang Qing lowered her head regretfully, and a string of rock sugar gourds appeared in front of her, a fair-skinned plain hand, a young man with picturesque eyebrows, the son had a pair of peach blossom eyes, with a burning luster in his eyes, and was looking at her intently.

Jiang Qing blinked, blinked, looking at Childe's gaze full of surprise, she rolled her throat and said tentatively: "Ye Ci? ”

Ye Ci smiled, reached out and pinched her face, deliberately exerting force, and only when he saw her frowning in pain did he speak: "Happy New Year!" ”

Jiang Qing touched her face, there was still a trace of residual pain, she glared at him complainingly, then pulled the rock sugar gourd from his hand, swept him and walked away.

Ye Ci was stunned for a moment while holding the ice sugar gourd, and when Jiang Qing's skirt rubbed shoulders with him, he suddenly reacted and grabbed her, turned around and pulled her into his arms, and said gently: "One year, I told myself to give you a year to let go of him and let go of the past, and I won't let you leave me again in the future." ”

Jiang Qing's nose was sour, and tears flowed silently in his arms, feeling his hand tighten more and more, as if she was about to disappear, she suddenly burst into tears and laughed, and reached out to wrap her arms around him.

In the sky, the fireworks exploded again, colorful and dazzling.

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