Under Xu Tie's coercion and temptation, Xu Ye still went to Aunt Wu's house next door. Aunt Wu's name is Wu Xiu, she is a typical country woman, her husband died of wind cold two months after her daughter Wu Yi was born, Wu Xiu also became a widow, and she worked hard to bring up her daughter Wu Yi, which made her life very delicate. There are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, but Wu Xiu has rarely gone out to deal with outsiders since her husband's death. Xu Ye has often gone to Wu Xiu's house to help under Xu Tie's instructions since he was a child, and errands such as buying firewood, rice, oil and salt naturally fell on Xu Ye's head.

As soon as Xu Ye entered the door, he saw Aunt Wu feeding the chickens. Because she was facing back, Aunt Wu didn't notice Xu Ye's arrival at first, Xu Ye was here to borrow chickens, and coughed twice in embarrassment. Aunt Wu turned around and found that it was Xu Xiaozi next door, and immediately smiled, her eyes narrowed into a slit.

"Yiyi, hurry up, your brother Xu is here!" As soon as the words fell, there was a creak, and a cute little head poked out of the half-opened door, and when she saw Xu Ye, the little girl ran out happily, with a cute peach round face, eyes like shining black jade, and a mouth that seemed to be too big, but it was so big that it was cute, obviously because of the sharp lines of her lips and the whiteness of her teeth, she smiled when she opened her mouth, which meant a rough, fresh, and simple beauty. Her sun-scorched skin, and her rough but well-proportioned hands and feet, all exuded the robustness and simplicity peculiar to a girl who grew up in the countryside.

Wu Yi has been afraid of life since she was a child, rarely goes out, and helps her mother do housework at home every day. Xu Ye is Wu Yi's only playmate since he was a child, Xu Ye sees the little girl cute, and feels that Wu Yi lacks the fun that a child should have, every time he comes, he will tell Wu Yi about touching shrimp and fishing, and when he takes a bath in Bananxi and Uncle Brewer can't catch up with him every time he can only kick him helplessly, Wu Yi can't help laughing, laughing and laughing mixed with a hint of envy and yearning, when mentioning the back mountain, the little girl is immersed in the picture that Xu Ye tells.

She was also a young girl who had not reached the age of sixteen (the ancient woman was sixteen years old and the age of man), how could she not have longed to play with other children, how had she not wanted to play barefoot on the stones by the Banan River with her brother Xu, and how had she never wanted to go to the back mountain to feel the comfort that nature brought her. However, because of her family, she has only helped her mother with housework at home since she became sensible and shared the pressure of life. The cognition of the world outside the door only stays in Xu Ye's narration, a simple door, blocking all the girl's fantasies and longings.

Xu Ye remembered that when he once mentioned the bird song and cicada song in the back mountain, the girl asked what the cicada was in confusion, and her heart instantly felt depressed. When Xu Ye saw the longing in the girl's eyes, he promised the girl that he would definitely take her in the future, and the girl laughed happily.

Even Wu Xiu and Xu Tie couldn't tell whether the two children were simple brother and sister feelings or hazy feelings. Maybe Wu Yi and Xu Ye don't have an answer in their hearts, Xu Ye has always felt that he treats Wu Yi as his sister, but sometimes he feels confused.

"Xu boy, what are you doing in a daze?" "Oh, no, no. Xu Ye scratched his head.

Wu Yi walked up to Xu Ye, compared his height with Xu Ye, and suddenly shouted, "Brother Xu, I've grown taller again!"

Xu Ye looked at this sister who was tall under his chest and laughed. Thinking of the right thing, Xu Ye turned around and said to Wu Xiu: "Aunt Wu... That one... Can I borrow three chickens, and I'll send the money over in a while. "Oh~ It turned out to be because of this, Xu Xiaozi, you go and catch it, but don't catch that hen, I still point to her every day to lay eggs." Wu Xiu said decisively, although life is difficult, but for Xu Ye, he has watched him grow up little by little, for so many years, Wu Xiu has always regarded him as his own son, and Xu Ye came to the house every once in a while to help and helped a lot.

"Thank you, Aunt Wu!" Xu Ye was excited to catch chickens, Wu Yi followed behind Xu Ye and pulled the corner of Xu Ye's clothes, "Brother Xu, I'll help you." "Okay, but stand farther away, and be careful of the chicks pecking you." After that, Xu Ye pointed at Wu Yi's forehead with his hand like a chicken mouth, and Wu Yi shy avoided.

However, the result was that Xu Ye was just about to grab the chicken feet and tie them up, but he was pecked by the chicken. Xu Ye shouted there with his fingers in his mouth: "Okay, you chicken grandson, if grandpa doesn't clean you up today, you won't be surnamed Xu" Wu Yi hugged his stomach and laughed next to him.

Wu Xiu watched Xu Xiaozi running around the yard chasing chickens, and his funny appearance full of chicken feathers also laughed. Seeing her daughter's happy appearance, she looked at Xu Ye again, and the more she looked at it, the more pleasing it became, "When will you discuss the matter of the two children with Old Man Xu", Wu Xiu couldn't help but think about it. What mother in the world doesn't worry about the happiness of her children?

Xu Ye chased after him and suddenly felt a chill on his back, and when he saw Aunt Wu looking at her future son-in-law, the motherly smile on her face, she couldn't help but shudder, and continued to chase the damn chickens running all over the yard.

After the half-pillar incense, Xu Ye lay on the ground exhausted, his face was covered with mud, and there were still a few handfuls of chicken feathers on his head, looking at the sky without love. In the end, Wu Yi caught three chickens and tied his feet, and Xu Ye didn't even touch the chicken's butt from beginning to end......

Xu Ye angrily returned home with three chickens, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Xu Tie holding a large jar, Xu Ye vaguely remembered that this was the Banan wine that Xu Tie had stored when he was six years old, and the wine jar could no longer cover the fragrance of the wine, and the room was full of the unique fragrance of Banan wine, which was more mellow than the Banan wine aroma that Xu Ye usually smelled.

"Yo, I've taken out all the treasures. The treasure in Xu Ye's mouth is this jar of Banan wine that Xu Tie locked in the cabinet in his room with two locks.

"This is an agreement between me and your Uncle Li, and the day he comes back will be the day this jar of wine is unsealed. After Xu Tie finished speaking, there was a hint of imperceptible loneliness in his eyes, and he muttered in a voice that he couldn't hear clearly, "It's agreed that if he can come back alive......"

Xu Ye didn't notice the last trace of his father's strangeness and the last whisper, he was only looking forward to seeing Uncle Li a moment earlier.

In Xu Ye's memory, Uncle Li was always dressed in white, practicing swords in the courtyard before dawn every day, and most of the time he always sat and wiped his sword, silent.

"The sword is the only thing he has, the sword is not only the weapon in your hand, he is also your partner, you can accompany you at the moment of life and death, you must be able to feel the call of the sword in your hand, and even be able to communicate with the sword. The sword is a symbol of the pursuit of kendo in his heart. ”

This is what Uncle Li said to him that Xu Ye remembered the most, Xu Ye remembered that Xu Tie was standing next to him at the time, after hearing this sentence, Xu Tie stuffed his fingers into his ears and pulled them out, then blew his fingers, and said impatiently: "White robe, you only say these few words every day, don't you bother, Lao Tzu's ears are calloused, are you the next sentence is the person of my generation, you should find the direction of your heart, follow the feeling of the sword, and look at the image of the world to raise the inheritance of the sword through the ages." Uncle Li ignored Xu Tie and continued to wipe his sword.

When Xu Ye was just six years old, Uncle Li left Banan Village, saying that there were many things waiting for him to do, but he did not elaborate. Every time Xu Ye asked Xu Tie, Xu Tie always shook his head and said that he didn't know, but his face unconsciously showed worry, and Xu Ye didn't delve into it.

"The picturesque mountains are embedded in the sun, and the clouds are steaming and the clouds are hiding the light. The evening breeze was blowing, Xu Ye put the chicken feathers and burned them in the pot after plucking and cleaning them, and a large and a small shadow dragged behind him under the illumination of the setting sun. Xu Ye and his father sat side by side on the threshold waiting for the return of the white clothes, but the two had their own thoughts, Xu Ye was very excited, thinking that he must pull Uncle Li tonight to tell him about his experience and interesting things in the past ten years, and wondered if Uncle Li had brought him anything fun and delicious.

And Xu Tie had mixed feelings, his hands and body couldn't help shaking, although the courtyard was very quiet, but Xu Tie's ears sounded the sound of horns and fighting, which was the most sound in his mind in the past sixteen years. Xu Tie's blood seemed to be boiling, "Is this day finally coming?"

Crunch, the courtyard door opens, and the white-clothed sword walks!