Before the third crow of the rooster could be heard, the wind moaned and got up.

Pushing open the window, a chill hit, and the wind couldn't help but shiver. The snow had been falling all night and had not stopped until now, and looking out of the window, the entire courtyard had been covered with a thick layer of snow.

The branches of the banyan tree are tightly wrapped in snow, standing straight in a flat snowy white, like a tree in full bloom, but less thin and desolate in the past.

The mother-in-law has already gotten up and is busy building a fire, and if there is no carbon stove in the house in the northwest in the cold winter, it will freeze bad people.

The mother-in-law was busy with her hands, and her mouth was not idle, "You said that you have less sleep when you are older, and what you want most when you are young is to be able to sleep until three o'clock in the morning, and you don't have to get up early to work, and now you can sleep more, but you can't sleep." ”

I have long been accustomed to my mother-in-law's daily chatter, and Feng Yin just listened quietly and did not answer.

Feng Yin is quiet, doesn't like to talk, doesn't like to laugh, and is not like other girls at this age who love to play and make trouble, if it is really quiet, you can quietly look at the banyan tree outside the house for a day, if there is no mother-in-law's daily nagging, this empty courtyard is really not even a little popular.

The mother-in-law is also used to talking to herself, and she didn't expect Feng Yin to respond, so it is not surprising that she is silent about Feng Yin, but it is not so common to open the window early in the morning on a snowy day and stand in front of the window.

The mother-in-law raised her eyes to look at Feng Yin, the expression on Feng Yin's face was as light as usual, as if it was no different, but a pair of eyes did not stare at the silver-covered banyan tree, but always stared at the wall and did not move.

The mother-in-law smiled secretly, this child seems to be very cold to everyone on the surface, but there are always people close to him in his heart, but he rarely shows it.

Feng Yin looked in the direction outside the gate, and her mother-in-law knew that she was looking forward to it, and she was afraid that her mind was no longer in this room, but it was rare to see that she would take one thing to heart like this.

The general's mansion is located in Shawu Town, but the general's military camp is far away from Shawu Town, and there is a low hill away from Shawu Town, the general and the second master usually eat and live with the soldiers in the military camp, except for staying in the mansion for a longer time at the end of the year, the rest will only return to the mansion at the end of each month for a few days.

In the winter, the general worked day and night for the training of the newly recruited soldiers. At the beginning of this month, the servant who had been sent by Fuzhong to bring clothes and food to the general came back and said that the general was infected with wind and cold and coughed incessantly, and that his old injuries had recurred due to hard work, and his health was very bad. The barracks were bitter and cold, and the general refused to rest well, so although he took medicine, his illness dragged on badly, and he lost a lot of weight in half a month.

Mrs. was anxious every time she heard the servant's reply, and wanted to go to the barracks to take care of herself, but the barracks did not allow women to enter, and besides, Madame was too pregnant to move, so she had to give up. But he still sent servants to visit every day, and he kept sending soup and medicine. In order to reassure the wife, the general asked the servant to send a message that he would return to the house in the middle of the month, so that the lady did not need to worry about it, and raised the baby with peace of mind. Since yesterday, the people in the mansion have been noisy and noisy in order to welcome the general and the second master back to the house, and it is very lively.

Feng Yin is naturally looking forward to this time, and it is naturally the general and the second master.

"It's still early, I'm afraid the general and the second master are still halfway at this time. After sealing the fire, the mother-in-law walked towards the bedroom.

"It's snowing so hard, can you come back today?" Feng Yin said lightly, but he was a little worried in his heart.

"How can this little snow be difficult to defeat them, they can always come back today, it's just a matter of a little sooner or later. The mother-in-law raised her hand to close the window in front of Feng Yin, and pulled Feng Yin to walk towards the fireplace together. "On a cold day, don't freeze your body. ”

It just so happened that at this time, the maid Cai'er brought breakfast over and was setting the table, and a pair of slender hands opened the food box, and the thick white rice porridge emitted a steaming heat, dispelling the cold in the room.

Although she came with an umbrella, Cai'er still couldn't help but get some snowflakes on her body, but she had a rare smile on her face, like the peach blossoms in April.

Delivering food to Feng Yin is a chore, the maids are afraid that they will be contaminated with some evil spirit if they are close to Feng Yin, and they usually avoid Feng Yin when they see it, how can they be willing to walk into the small courtyard alone, so most of the maids who usually deliver food frown, put down their things and leave immediately. But at this time, Cai'er smiled so sweetly, and even the mood with the wind was better.

If the general and the second master can't come back, I'm afraid that this little girl won't be able to laugh.

"The mother-in-law and the young lady eat first, and the dishes and slaves will clean up later. The kitchen was too busy, so the slave went over to help. ”

"Go, the general and the second master have to be ready before they come back. The mother-in-law agreed.

"Yes. Cai'er bowed, picked up the umbrella and withdrew.

Feng Yin sat down at the table, his eyes swept over the table full of food, fragrant red dates and white rice porridge, delicate bamboo drawer lotus leaf steamed buns, fragrant and soft glutinous silver locust flower egg custard, four dishes of various pickled side dishes, and sweet but not greasy glutinous rice and red bean cake, as in the past, it is a rare and exquisite food in this area.

It has always been the case, in terms of food and clothing, the general will never treat Feng Yin harshly, and what she gives her will always be good, at least in this area, Feng Yin's things will never be worse than any big lady.

In addition to love, he gave Feng Yin everything a father could give.

Feng Yin couldn't help but think of the scene when he first met the general, and the scene of that day is still vivid in his mind.

It was a sunny day, the day he came to marry his mother.

That day, he was wearing a bright red wedding robe and riding a red BMW, and he appeared at the gate of the courtyard like that, his eyes were deep, and he couldn't see joy and sorrow. Until the mother wearing the phoenix crown and wearing the wedding robe appeared, he jumped off the horse and rolled down, eagerly took two steps forward, the moment he took the mother's hand from the hand of the Xi Po, it seemed to be a long sigh of relief, the face that had always been tight finally softened, looking at the mother under the red hijab smiled, the moment the eyes looked at the mother was extremely gentle, as if he had finally obtained the most precious treasure in the world, and he would never lose it again.

That kind of smile and gaze, Feng Yin has only seen that once, that is the pain and love that only a mother can get, and it belongs to her alone.

That day, Feng Yin had been hiding behind the pillars in the courtyard and watching, and when the procession had finally gone away, her mother-in-law came to her, and Feng Yin asked in a lower and lower sound of joy, "Who is that man on horseback?"

After being silent for a long time, the mother-in-law finally replied, "He is your mother's husband, Wu Jichen, the most brave and warlike general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and also your father."

The mother-in-law bent down and pulled Feng Yin's body, looked into Feng Yin's eyes, and said word by word: "Remember, from now on, you are the daughter of the great general." ”

Feng Yin's shoulder hurt a little, and her mother-in-law tried too hard, as if she was going to crush her shoulder.

Feng Yin had never seen her mother-in-law so stern, so she couldn't help but be a little scared, and didn't dare to ask anything more, so she nodded hurriedly and said, "I know." ”

That day, Feng Yin saw it very clearly, and her mother walked out of the door to make a sedan chair and walked farther and farther, without looking back once.

The first time Wind Yin spoke to the General alone was on a somewhat gloomy evening, and the sky was foggy and the colors could not be distinguished.

It was the first day that Feng Yin moved to the General's Mansion, ten days after his mother married the General.

The mother did not appear as expected, and several servants took Feng Yin and her mother-in-law into the mansion from the back door, walking in the huge mansion, looking at the high courtyard wall, Feng Yin's heart suddenly felt very uncomfortable for no reason, and she panicked inexplicably, but she didn't know why, so she could only follow her mother-in-law aimlessly until her mother-in-law stopped in front of a small courtyard.

"When you arrive, this will be your home from now on. The mother-in-law took Feng Yin's hand in her left hand, and gently pushed open the courtyard door with her right hand.

It wasn't until later that Feng Yin understood what her mother-in-law meant, she said, this small courtyard is your future home, not this huge general's mansion.

When Feng Yin walked into the small courtyard, he saw a man standing with his back to him-Wu Jichen, the general of Zhengyipin Town of the Great Zhou Dynasty, his mother's husband, and his mother-in-law said that it was his father.

Hearing the sound of the door opening and closing, the general turned his head, and frowned slightly the moment his gaze touched the wind chanting.

The mother-in-law walked steadily in front of the general, and just as she was about to salute, the general waved her hand and said, "Mother-in-law doesn't need to perform these false courtesies, I said that you are not a subordinate." ”

The mother-in-law nodded slightly, said yes, and straightened up again.

The general turned his gaze to Feng Yin's face again, and said, "I have something to say to Feng Yin, mother-in-law, go down first." ”

The mother-in-law glanced at Feng Yin, hesitated for a moment, then bowed her head and said "yes", then turned around and walked out.

Feng Yin heard the sound of "squeak" closing the door behind him, and only himself and the general were left in the courtyard.

The general didn't speak for a long time after the mother-in-law left, just quietly watched the wind and stared at her fiery red eyes.

After a long time, Feng Yin gradually became a little frightened, and did not dare to face the general's gaze again, so he lowered his head slowly and carefully, and heard no other sound in the air except for the sound of his own "dong dong" heartbeat getting faster and faster.

There was no obvious expression on the general's face, but the eyes contained in it were definitely not the loving eyes that a father should have for his daughter. That's just an inquiry: is she good or evil, human or demon, is it right or wrong to leave her, and what should be the best thing to do?

There were thousands of thoughts churning in his heart, but there was no answer, and the general thought in silence, never speaking.

Feng Yin didn't know what the general was going to say, but he clearly felt that his gaze had been on him, and for some reason a trace of fear slowly rose in his heart and gradually gathered, only to feel as if he had done something wrong to stand like this. So he grabbed the corners of his clothes with both hands and kept twisting and twisting, and his hands hurt so much that he still didn't speak.

After his feet were sore, Feng Yin finally couldn't help it, and raised his head slightly to ask, "What are you going to say, father?"

Perhaps it was because Feng Yin's gaze was too simple, or maybe the sound of "father" came too suddenly, and a string suddenly plucked in the general's mind, pulling him out of the abyss of confusion.

"What do you call me?" he felt his voice a little jerky, a little unbearably suffocated.

"Father... , mother-in-law said you are my father. Feng Yin thought that what he said was wrong, and asked again, "Aren't you?"

"You don't know?" knew she didn't know, but she couldn't help but confirm.

"I don't remember, I only remember my mother, nothing else. Feng Yin's head tilted slightly, his brows furrowed slightly, obviously he was also a little confused, and added: "There is also a mother-in-law, I know the mother-in-law." ”

"Then do you remember what happened before?" The general's face was calm, but his heart was not as calm as this.

Feng Yin shook his head, his voice lowered, "I don't remember, I only remember that I woke up, and I don't remember anything before." After speaking, he looked up at the general, his eyes full of doubt.

The general studied her expression carefully, and his instinct told him that she was not lying, but he never knew whether to let go or not.

Eventually, he sighed.

"If you don't remember, you can't remember, the past, it's not important. ”

"It's not important," Feng Yin asked, "What is important?"

"It's important to be in the future. ”

The general looked at the sky above the small courtyard, as if he was saying to the wind, and as if he was saying to himself, "You must firmly remember that in the future, you are my daughter of Wu Jichen." ”

"And you're my father?"

"Yes, I am your father. "As long as everybody agrees, that's enough.

A shallow smile bloomed at the corner of Feng Yin's mouth, and her blood-red eyes brightened with a smile.

The general looked at her innocent face and sighed helplessly, after all, she was just a child, eight years old.

But when he looked at Feng Yin and looked at those blood-red eyes, it was like seeing the dead Jiu Lie Li, the king of the demon clan who killed his father and ruined Wen Yue's life.

Maybe Wen Yue will not be happy in her life, and this child is the evil result. He could feel the hatred in Wen Yue's eyes every time she saw this child, she hated this child's father, hated the days before, just like herself.

Jiu Lieli is already dead, he and his younger brother joined forces to kill him, and his father's revenge is avenged, but Wen Yue's hatred has not subsided, and it will never subside, so she can only hate this child, this child with a pair of blood-red eyes, even if this child still has half of her own blood on his body!

Iniquity, it is Wen Yue's sin, and it is also his sin, the sin that their husband and wife are not finished in this life.

But what can he do, Jiu Lieli is dead, and this child has Wen Yue's blood on his body, so he has no choice, he can only give all his love to Wen Yue, hoping to gradually soothe her heart filled with scars, and hope that one day she can be happy again. And this child naturally can't stay by Wen Yue's side, fortunately, her mother-in-law is willing to take care of her, so she will set aside a separate yard for her in the house, give her the best life, clothing, food, jewelry, gold and silver jewelry, everything, she will be the eldest lady in the general's mansion, extremely noble, but love this kind of thing, I will never be able to give it to her.

For the sake of Wen Yue, he can only do this.

The general sighed and tried to soften his voice as much as possible, "You will live here in the future, and your mother-in-law will take care of you." ”

I wanted to touch her hair, but I felt that I shouldn't be so close to this child after all, so I didn't reach out in the end.

"You should be tired from moving here today, so let's have a good rest. Without waiting for Feng Yin to reply, he turned and left.

When Feng Yin reacted, all he could see was the open door and his upright back when he left.

"Why don't you eat it, the porridge is cold. The mother-in-law frowned, looking puzzled.

The wind groaned "um" and came back to his senses from the past, only to find that he had been holding a spoon and stirring the white rice porridge repeatedly.

Even though he was only eight years old at the time, Feng Yin felt the general's alienation from him, not like the alienation between his own father and daughter.