Five years after the death of Gu Shiyu and Chu Cisheng, a corner of Xiangyang City.

"Ahh Uncle Shanren's craftsmanship is really good. The person who spoke was Chu Yanshu.

"Uncle, your plate of meat is all fried. Chu Congjian rolled his eyes at Li Shanren, because this kind of thing had happened more than once or twice.

Li Shanren picked up a small piece of black paste pork with chopsticks and put it in his mouth to chew carefully, which was very different from Chu Congjian's performance.

"It's okay, just a little dry and hard, it smells burnt, the rest is fine. Li Shanren's answer was very serious.

I see, it's obvious that your tongue is broken, Chu Congjian thought secretly in his heart.

"I think it's a blessing to have meat to eat every day. When Chu Yanshu spoke, the oil juice on her mouth made the table all over the table.

In fact, the three of them live in very poor conditions, and if they want to raise their two children alone, it is far from enough to rely on the income earned by Li Shanren in the pharmacy alone. Therefore, Li Shanren made a plan early, that is, to sell the only white jade in the family in exchange for money.

"From the meeting, Yanshu, I want to ask you a question. ”

"Uncle, you can say it. Chu Cong saw a straight face, thinking that he was playing some old-fashioned jokes again.

"That's it...... I want to go to a pawnshop, find a pawnshop and sell the white stone. Li Shanren, who has always been straightforward, was very tactful when he said this.

"Are you talking about the stone left by your father and mother?" Chu Congjian put away his thoughts just now and asked.

Faced with Chu Congjian's rhetorical question, Li Shanren gave an affirmative answer.

"Hmm...... Actually, it's okay to sell it. Chu Yanshu said while eating.

Li Shanren thought that the two children would try their best to reject his rash idea, but the reality was not the case, and the two of them agreed with his decision.

"If you think you want money, just sell it, at most it's just a relatively extraordinary stone, and you can't play with it. Chu Congjian didn't think much about it, so he made a judgment.

"Okay, I'll go to the neighborhood and sell it after dinner. The stone hanging in Li Shanren's heart finally landed.

"By the way, Uncle Shanren, my aunt hasn't come to visit us, why do you say that?" Chu Yanshu sometimes mentioned those estranged relatives.

"Sister, don't mention them! they don't look at us squarely, and we ignore them. Chu Congjian was very angry about this.

"Actually......" Li Shanren originally wanted to tell them about their life experience, but after thinking about it, he still forgot it.

In Li Shanren's heart, these two children have always been the first priority, whether it is a small matter or a big thing.

It is said that in the past five years, Li Shanren has responsibly taught them etiquette and morality, right and wrong, good and evil, these things that they could not have touched. But no matter how much he did it, the guilt that haunted him could never be alleviated.

When exactly did it start, it is estimated that even Li Shanren himself is almost unable to remember, but in his impression, this guilt seems to have arisen shortly after Gu Shiyu suffered the fire. In other words, part of what he's doing now is to fill that guilt.

After dinner, Li Shanren packed the white jade stone in a cloth bag, and before leaving, he also instructed the two to stay at home and not to walk around.

In the evening, the crimson sunset will spread directly above Xiangyang City, inlaid with the afterglow of the sun, penetrating the layers of clouds, and blooming in the city, splendid and beautiful.

Li Shanren walked the streets of Xiangyang City, looking for a suitable shop to sell his goods.

"Brother, I'm so uncomfortable. Chu Yanshu crossed her hands and covered her body.

"Sister, what's wrong with you, sister?" Chu Congjian asked in a panic.

Chu Yanshu shrank back, and her ruddy face suddenly turned a hundred times pale.

"Sister, sister!" Chu Congjian let out a bloody roar.

Sister——

"Idiot brother, why are you shouting so loudly at night?" Chu Yanshu raised herself from the bed.

Chu Congjian regained his consciousness, it turned out that he had fallen asleep on the wooden table just now, and during his sleep he was shouting loudly in front of the other three, just thinking about it, his old face was blushing.

"What's going on?" Wu Yun'er asked.

"Ahhh......h No, nothing. Chu Congjian waved his hands back and forth, denied it, and was secretly glad that they didn't hear clearly.

"Hey, wake me up, I'm going to expose you. I spoke in a sonorous voice.

Chu Congjian smiled and said, "You won't hear what I said, right?"

"What about you—say—?" I lengthened, ready to raise my voice.

Syllable!

Chu Congjian put his hands on my mouth and said, "Don't don't, brother, don't have something to say." ”

I couldn't speak, so I nodded, and at the moment when Chu Cong saw him let go and walked back to the table, he pushed him to the ground from behind, and said with a wicked smile: "See if I don't scratch you to death." ”

"Hahaha, don't, don't, I'm going to laugh until I break ...... Breathless......" Chu Cong couldn't help but laugh when he met others scratching his armpits.

"Okay, okay, stop playing, I have to get up early tomorrow. Wu Yun'er got out of bed and pulled the two of us away.

I bowed my head to him and said nothing, looking like a child who had done something wrong, wronged.

"Uh, ahem...... Somewhat...... Can't breathe. ”

"Sister, sister?" Chu Congjian found that Chu Yanshu's physical state was exactly the same as in his dream.

I stood behind Chu Congjian and looked at the girl, only to see that she was holding her chest vigorously, and she didn't have the strength to wipe the sweat droplets attached to her forehead.

Her symptoms originated in the left and right parts of the heart, unlike the usual chest pain or palpitations.

"It's heart failure. Chu Congjian's accent was placed on the last four words, and then he said, "She has suffered from this disease since she was a child, but why did she suddenly ...... so violently?"

Wu Yun'er supported Chu Yanshu's deathly body and said, "Don't say it, we have to go out to treat her now, otherwise it will deteriorate." ”

"But it's getting late now, and I guess it'......"

"Okay, don't procrastinate, I can't take care of that much for the time being. I pushed the door open and looked at the neighborhood for what was going on.

Click. Click. Click.

"Four guest officers, there are people looking for you outside. ”

"Shopkeeper, please tell them that we are in a hurry to leave now, and we have no spare time. ”

"But the man in black said he must see you. The fire from the oil lamp in the shopkeeper's hand shook slightly.