The thank-you speech in front of him, wearing a brown hat and a half-worn robe, fell on his body in the middle of the night, and the damp moistened his gray boots stained with yellow mud and his navy blue cotton shirt.

Under the cover of the hat, most of the face is revealed, and the handsome and high-spirited face of the former young man is now strong and tenacious at the corners of the eyebrows and eyes, and the eyes have precipitated all of a sudden, no different from adults, and they have grown up all of a sudden.

The beginning of spring has already passed, the frost and snow have melted a lot, the wind is no longer cold, and the young grass shoots that compete for spring have quietly emerged a little bit.

But at this moment, he is still stuck in the cold winter, with a melancholy aura that can't melt away.

Mrs. Xun, sister-in-law Xie and sister-in-law Xie Er, when they saw such a thank-you, they felt sour, especially Mrs. Xun, but she still needed to hold on, blinked her eyes and endured her tears, revealing a smiling face: "Mother's little four have grown so big."

Second sister-in-law Xie exhaled and said with a smile: "Come in! What are you doing in the doorway?" The atmosphere suddenly became cheerful.

Gu Wan clapped his hands, Niuniu and Xie Er's sister-in-law's son Mingyu, who had already led the task, a four-year-old and a six-year-old child cheered, and ran down the corridor, "Fourth uncle, fourth uncle, you're back!"

"We've been waiting for you for a long time!"

There are two marquee lamps hanging under the porch of the main room, and when the wind blows, the "bones" turn up, and the villain and the peach fairy dew in it cast a halo of yellow light on the ground and suddenly turned.

In the courtyard, there are shelves for scorching meat, vegetarian wine, vegetables and vegetables, preserved fruits, various kinds of beef, pork and mutton that are washed and thinly cut, and sherbet that children drink, which are served in milky white porcelain basins.

But before the barbecue, there is another very important activity.

Two children dressed like little fairy children, one on each side, laughing, ran over and squeaked and dragged Xie Qi into the courtyard gate, and the warm yellow light completely covered him, as if driving away all the cold and ice at once.

Although this is a temporary lease and only stays in the inn courtyard for one or two nights, the Xie family has arranged it extremely carefully. The cobwebs and dust on the eaves tile roof were all cleaned up, the marquees, the star lights, and the kind of paper lamps that children play with were connected into a string, and under the eaves of the wall, the small branches, and the corridors, they were hung one after another, and they were surrounded by a circle and a circle, and the stars were dotted, and the whole small courtyard became extremely warm.

On the walls and windows, there are also large and small red paper-cuts, magpies climbing branches, congratulating the New Year, and reunion of people and moons.

Niu Niu dragged out her big, the bamboo strips were tied, and the paper was pasted with red cockscomb, and the tumbler was shaken

She said that the fourth uncle didn't look at it, and she was stunned to bring it out from a small mountain village seventy or eighty miles away.

The two children muttered and discussed for a long time, and finally placed it by the door at the end of the porch.

Xie Ci walked and watched at the same time, and in just a dozen steps, he looked forward to it step by step, and looked at it for a long, long time.

There has never been such a lively situation around him, the family is surrounded by him, laughter, he can't get rid of his ears and eyes, when he carefully watched Niu Niu's big, he turned the main door of the house one step by one, and what came into view was a very large round table, which was full of sharp dishes with plates.

Gu Wan was lighting the lamp, one by one the yellow lights were lit, she turned her head, revealing a big smile, the small hall suddenly lit up, and the first position on the right hand side of the main seat was a bowl of steaming longevity noodles!

Sister-in-law Xie put the freshly laid longevity noodles in front of his position, with green onions on top and a pair of big poached eggs. Xie Ci was stunned for a moment, and the people around him suddenly laughed, and everyone said in unison: "Little Fourth/Fourth Uncle's Birthday Jile-" - This is actually a birthday banquet for Xie Ci.

On Xie Ci's seventeenth birthday, he had just met Xun Rongbi, he was alone, and there was only one Gu Wan by his side.

But everyone has not forgotten that his birthday, even the Lantern Festival has passed, and he has long ignored the past New Year, Lantern Festival, a big bowl of elbow and goose meatball dumplings, and a big soup bowl of brown sugar Lantern Festival, as well as his longevity noodles.

A large bowl of thin noodles with lying eggs, a bowl of brown sugar Lantern Festival, and a bowl full of dumplings, the heat was thick, Xie Ci was hugged and sat in the position, and his eyes suddenly heated up.

He lowered his head and ate, tears falling in the soup bowl with a clatter, but soon blinked. "Don't be stunned, eat quickly."

He heard Gu Wan's laughing voice, and the family sat around a table, full of seats, holding up the chopsticks and vegetables, you come and go.

After eating, everyone laughed and rushed out of the small courtyard to continue the barbecue. Most of them here are young people and children, all of whom can eat very much, and the sound of barbecue is "zizi", and the fat falls on the charcoal fire and rises with a burst of green smoke and burnt aroma.

Xie Sister-in-law and Sister-in-law were three skillful barbecued meat, and they didn't need to thank them for doing it, Xie Ci sat on a low stool with Niuniu in his arms, he touched the little girl's arm, and hurriedly asked Niuniu, "Does your hand still hurt?"

"It's not painful for a long time, I still help my mother carry firewood!"

The little girl lay in the arms of the fourth uncle, looked up and told her the fourth uncle, in a very brisk tone, her little smiling face did not have a little haze, yang

Brilliant light.

As she spoke, she raised her little hand Y to indicate that she had carried it with these two hands.

In the past, this little girl was the most squeamish, she was born less than a month, she loved a small illness, and she was the firstborn child of the third brother and three sisters-in-law, she was so painful that she was shy and shy by nature, and she didn't dare to walk on her own, but now she is lively and cheerful, coming and going like the wind, and her brother is working together with her mother and aunt.

Her small fingers are still white and tender, but they are no longer the delicate and weak they used to be, healthy and powerful. Xie Ci looked at these little hands, looked up at his family members who were busy smiling,

In this early spring night when the snow had not melted, he suddenly realized a very clear fact, he was never alone, and the family had been working hard together.

He's trying to protect them, but they've been trying to protect him.

Gu Wan poured the vegetarian wine into the small open bowl, took a sip with the bowl of wine lips, and the warmth flowed from his mouth into his stomach.

Looking at the warm and joyful scene in front of her, she sighed in her heart, what a beautiful family, really full of positive energy.

She poured two bowls of wine, pushed one bowl in front of Xie Ci, and one of them squatted next to a child, and the crisp voice continued, Xie Ci looked over, she bent her lips, smiled and raised the bowl.

But she didn't know that her pupils reflected two small clusters of fire, which suddenly broke into his eyes, and at this moment the smile was bent and her face reflected the yellow firelight, and a pair of apricot eyes were so beautiful that they were thrilling.

- Of course, the Xie family's heart for him really can't be true, of course this thank you knows. Who arranged all this, he also knew in his heart.

There is no one else, it can only be Gu Guan. The long night was cold, and the long journey was long, and she prepared a family reunion for him.

At this moment of night, the family has become the background, there is a word called a glance for ten thousand years, at this moment her slightly smiling face and two small fires in the pupils suddenly crashed into his heart.

Xie Ci's heart suddenly pounded like this. For a moment, he couldn't take his eyes off it.

He could even feel the breath she spewed as she approached, the faint smell of grass, with a hint of orange.

Xie Ci was a little at a loss, he hurriedly grabbed the bowl, picked it up and threw it up.

But he drank so much that he choked, coughing up the wine and squirting a little out of his nose.

Gu Guan:

She laughed, "...... You don't have to drink so much, do you?"

The thanks, which had taken on a pale sun-kissed color, quickly turned red

Halo, a touch of crimson to the end of the eyes, the handsome face rarely showed a kind of former gorgeous color.

Then he got up and left.

, it's a shame.

But so ashamed and embarrassed, the last bit of gloom in his heart disappeared.

Xie Ci stood on the way to the thatched house, and couldn't help but glance back, Gu Wan wrapped one hand around Niuniu's pigtail, squinting at him, the smiling beautiful face and the red bonfire shone directly on his heart.

He laughed unconsciously, and after a moment, he turned around and rushed out.

After eating this bonfire feast, it was already the second half of the night, Xie Ci quietly sneaked back to the room he opened in the front yard, and left the inn at dawn the next day, and after walking out for a while, he said that he wanted to be alone for a while, and sent Zhang Qing and Zheng Ying away.

After that, he quietly turned back to the inn.

Mrs. Xun and sister-in-law Xie have already packed up their things and loaded them into the car, and the adults and children riding horses and riding the board cars and riding the board cars and taking the large and small daily necessities they bought in the county yesterday are waiting on the fork in the road to the east.

Xie Er's sister-in-law put on a mustache and pretended to be a man, and as soon as Xie Ci jumped on the scooter, she shouted in a thick voice: Let's go!

The mule cart staggered along the Loess Post Road eastward, then turned from the main road to the side road, and then back to the main road before returning to their new home in the evening.

A small mountain village Zhendian, located in the ravine, nearby twelve large and small villages, people are not small, but the terrain is relatively complex, Lingzhou is located in the border, once there is something, they will have a buffer time to hide in the mountains, this is the wisdom of the villagers who have lived here for generations.

But the narrowness is not narrow, seeing that the war is booming again, many people are looking for a house and want to move in, and the relocation of the Xie family is not strange at all. The house is not very big, the small two-entry courtyard, each into one is two ears and two compartments, the room is not big, but it is very simple and thoughtful.

The diligent Xie family has already swept the yard clean, and the beds and bedding are also available.

Everyone greeted the neighbors, made a warm stove meal, thanked him for stepping on the afterglow of the sunset and looked inside and out of this small courtyard, he was really happy in his heart, and said to Gu Guan: You bothered!

To be able to find such a good place, you can imagine how much effort Gu Wan put into it.

What's in it?

She didn't care.

There is snow everywhere on the mountain, but the stream is already there

It was chiseled open and iced, and it flowed in the back of the house.

The two walked out of the stream for a while, and then turned back to the yard from the back door, Xie San's sister-in-law had already washed the two skin monkeys, and the two children had changed their dry clothes and were blushing and were busy following the back of the eldest child's buttocks to help carry things.

When Third Sister-in-law Xie saw them coming back, she turned around and went back to the room to take out two stacks of clothes, pursed her lips and smiled: "Fourth uncle, sister, will you change this?"

There are three or four sets of clothes sewn with muslin cloth for each person, and Xie San's sister-in-law is very young, she is the daughter of a civil official, and she can't afford it, so she is responsible for the family's dressing and sewing and housework.

In the past, the daughter of a high-ranking official, now Jing Hai cloth skirt, wash the lead Hua, she was born extremely beautiful, easy not to go out, Niuniu used to be like a mother, she was shy by nature, sewn up with a needle and a thread, and the family made new clothes, but never left behind the thanks, Gu Guan, who was not at home.

Under the sunset, she smiled shyly, with a gentleness like water in her eyebrows and eyes, like stepping into the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Xie Ci was moved, hurriedly stepped forward, carefully took the stack that belonged to him, thank you third sister-in-law. Am I so much?

The fine and dense formation, you can imagine how Xie Sanzhou was carefully sewn under the lamp, Gu Wan was really a little poked, she took the clothes, and wowed.

She couldn't help but sigh, this family is so good, if she continues like this, she will probably really be able to slowly let go of her past life. Gu Wan's eyes were a little red.

Sister-in-law Xie hurriedly shook her head: No thanks! Not really. She looked at the two men carefully: "You guys are really hard. She told earnestly and quietly: "You must be careful outside, our family must be fine."

Well!

"Uh-huh."

Xie Ci nodded vigorously, and so did Gu Guan.

Sister-in-law Xie pursed her lips and smiled, she went to the kitchen to help cook, and in the backyard, in addition to the children, she also thanked Gu Guan. Xie Ci blinked his eyes vigorously, he looked sideways at Gu Guan, and actually found that her eye circles were also a little red.

What to watch?

Gu Wan won't tell him that he remembered his previous life.

She glared at him, put her clothes down in the room, and hurried to the bathroom. After the seizure was successful, she triumphantly turned around and smiled toothily at Xie Ci. And then got in.

But she didn't know how beautiful she was in the sunset. Xie Ci stood under the porch, following her intently until her purple back disappeared behind the half-worn pine door panels.

After a long thankstake

, only to slowly retract his gaze, he couldn't help but turn around, inch by inch at the courtyard she had carefully prepared, his home, his heart was full of swelling.

Hey, Little Four, what are you laughing at?

Xie Er's sister-in-law was dressed in men's clothes, and she came in in a hurry, and as soon as she came in, she saw the corners of Xie Ci's lips, and there was a sweet taste as if she was about to overflow.

She tsk, jumped up the porch, circled Xie Ci's shoulder, Xie Ci then realized that he was laughing, he hurriedly bent the corners of his lips, pretending to be serious, just about to ask Xie Er's sister-in-law what to find him, but Xie Er's sister-in-law hooked the corners of her lips and looked him up and down for a long time, and suddenly came into his ear and said: Xiaosi, sister-in-law didn't coax you at the beginning, right?

Coax him?

Coax him for what?

But almost like lightning, Xie Ci immediately understood the meaning of Xie Er's words.

In an instant, he hurriedly glanced at the bath room behind the side, and hurriedly pulled Xie Er's sister-in-law to rush to the other side. Thank you for your resignation, second sister-in-law! What nonsense are you talking about? He whispered in a low voice.

Second sister-in-law Xie couldn't help laughing, are you so nervous, okay, it seems that she doesn't have to worry about it, she squeezed her eyes at Xie Ci: "Am I really talking nonsense?

Doesn't look like it?

This new small home, although it is not big, is the same everywhere as before, with a room of thanks and Gu Wan.

The two live in the left and right wings of the backyard.

On a moonlit night, after the family had slept, the two sat under the wooden porch and drank a bottle of vegetarian wine.

The drink was a local fruit wine, and the alcohol was very low, but Xie Ci felt bursts of hot flashes surging to his face.

The room was cleaned up neatly and neatly, with a square table and bookcase, and a weapon shelf where he put a silver gun, a brand-new shelf bed with a log color and varnish, covered with thick layers of cotton bedding, clean and delicate, Xie Ci lay on the bed, he smelled the smell of sunshine.

At the end of winter and early spring, it was cold, wet and cold, and it was really difficult for his family to give him such a transparent and dry sun.

In this room full of the smell of sunshine, he felt full of strength, and Xie Ci felt that he could do it again! Su Zhen, Chen Yan, and Kou Wenshao are all right! It's just that at this moment, what Xie Ci is thinking about is not these big things for the time being.

Xie Ci reached out and picked open the window, and the moonlight sprinkled faintly on his bed, and he rolled on it, clutching his pounding little liver.

Ahhh

What to do?