(xxvi) Two years ago

A tall man in black rode a horse, looked at the town in front of him, and sighed in his heart, finally arrived.

Then he rode his horse, entered the town again, and dismounted again.

Then he led his horse to a restaurant, where he removed his hat and placed it in the corner of the table.

Strange to say, there was only a man in this restaurant, and he glanced at it again, a little curious, but he didn't care.

He continued to eat his own food, and when he was done, he settled the bill and inquired with the shopkeeper about the direction of Qingshui Village, and the shopkeeper was very enthusiastic and carefully told him the direction of Qingshui Village.

He thanked him, went out of the restaurant again, jumped on his horse, and went in the direction that the shopkeeper pointed him out.

Cloudy, small town, stone bridge.

The tall man drove his horse across the stone bridge and set off in the direction of Qingshui Village.

Along the way, the green mountains and green waters, the scenery is good, the only imperfect is that today is cloudy, if it is a sunny day, it must be better to look at the scenery along the way.

On the road, there are occasional men and women in simple clothes passing by, and sometimes you will see horse-drawn carts and ox carts.

The man rode his horse all the way and probed all the way, and finally reached the entrance of Qingshui Village, and then he jumped off his horse and led the horse to the village.

The entrance of the village is very large, there is a big camphor tree at the entrance of the village, there are a few naughty little hairy children playing under the tree, and there are old people chatting under the tree.

Qi Heng glanced at them, walked to the group of old men again, and asked them about the direction of Chen Xiu's Chen family.

Those old people were a little surprised, Chen Xiu?

Is it Chen Xiu, who is already gone on the battlefield?

Although the old people felt a little strange, they still told him the direction of the Chen family, Qi Heng thanked him again, and then led the horses to the direction they told.

He led the horse to the front, looked at the old men behind him, and wondered in his heart that he was a distant relative of Chen Xiu's family.

Thinking of Chen Xiu, several old people looked at each other again, and one of them said: "It's a pity, Chen Xiu's child~"

Another old man said: "If only he were still here~"

"But the battlefield, hey~"

The man followed the place told by the old man and went to Chen Xiu's house.

At this time, in a courtyard.

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl was playing with two little teenagers in the backyard, and the girl said, "Grandfather, I want to hear the story you told yesterday, and I want to hear it again~"

"No, grandfather, I want to hear your new talk~"

"That's it, grandfather, I want to hear your new talk~"

The old man sat on the stone bench in a pavilion in the backyard, looked at the naughty children around him, and smiled: "Your sister, it's the girl's family, you have to let her and hurt her, I'll tell you yesterday's story again~"

Then the old man spoke and spoke~

Suddenly, there was a sound at the gate of the front yard, and then a man's voice sounded~

Three children, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end it was the girl who said: "I'll go, I'm your sister, and I have to hurt you~"

When she said this, she still made a very friendly look on her younger brother's face.

Then she got up and ran to the front yard.

On weekdays, the three of them are used to pushing, and in the end, it is either the youngest Ah Shui or the eldest Su Yi, today Su Yi just heard his grandfather say that, thinking that he is also a sister, and he wants to hurt his younger brother, so he took the initiative to go.

Su Yi's maternal grandfather, the ancestor had a good medical skills, and now the house he lives in is a two-in, two-out courtyard, painted bricks and red tiles, carved fences, and the fence is not like other ordinary people in the village who are randomly fenced off, but carefully repaired with lacquered bricks.

Su Yi ran through the corridor, walked to the front yard, ran to the back of the courtyard gate, and asked, who is it?

A deep voice sounded outside the door: "In Xia Qiheng, he was entrusted by the deceased Chen Xiu, the eldest brother of Chen, to visit and take care of the elders, wife and children in the family on his behalf. ”

Su Yi was shocked, Chen Xian is her uncle's name, two years ago when the war ended, the family had already received news from the government that her uncle had disappeared on the battlefield, and the clothes had been returned to her grandfather, and the family had already set up a mound for her uncle.

The relatives in the family have gradually accepted the fact that the uncle is gone, but now I personally say that I am entrusted by my uncle to take care of the elders, wives and children in the family?

Su Yi was a little curious, how could a man say that he was entrusted by his uncle now?

She stood behind the courtyard gate and said, "My uncle died on the battlefield two years ago, dare to ask how my son was entrusted by my uncle?"

"Zai Xia and Brother Chen met in the battlefield, and two years ago they were entrusted by Brother Chen on the battlefield, but because Xia went to deal with personal matters first, it was rude to not rush to Qingshui Village after the war. I have heard Brother Chen say that he has a niece who was only about six years old when he left, so presumably it was Brother Chen's niece behind the door?"

Su Yi thought about it, she was indeed only six years old when her uncle left, and what the man outside the door said seemed reasonable?

Then she reached out and gently opened the courtyard door.

There was a man in black standing at the door, he was tall and straight, with a sword at his waist, and the man was wearing a hat, covering most of his face.

Qi Heng saw that it was indeed a young girl who opened the door, and seeing that her beautiful and fair little face was full of curiosity and confusion, he took off his hat, nodded at Su Yi and said, "In Xia Qi Heng, may I ask the girl, is Brother Chen Xiuchen's home here?"

The man's voice is low, his facial features are tough, his posture is upright, and his momentum is outstanding.

Su Yiergen turned red, nodded a little overwhelmed for a while, thought about it, took two steps back, lifted the gray coarse bro skirt and stepped back, turned around and ran back, shouting as he ran: "Grandfather, someone is looking for uncle~"

Qi Heng smiled lightly when he saw her running up with a light posture and a cute appearance, but he smiled lightly with some amusement.

The girl called Uncle Chen Xiu should be the niece that Brother Chen used to talk about in the past.

Qi Heng took a look at the courtyard, and saw that there was a main room, two side rooms, and an osmanthus tree was planted in the courtyard.

It was a little different from the other courtyards he passed by all the way in Qingshui Village, this house was built with painted bricks and red tiles, and there were carved fences, and the outer wall was still finely repaired with painted bricks.

Before he could take a good look, soon an old man with a thin body, gray hair, and a coarse blue cloth robe appeared in the courtyard, and then she was followed by the girl just now, and two more thin little boys.

The gray-haired old man hurriedly walked out, bowed his hand, and said, "Dare to ask your Excellency what is the matter with me?"

Qi Heng picked up his father, who claimed to be Chen Xiu, and gave up his hand again, and simply said the matter again.

Su Yi's maternal grandfather pondered for a while, invited people into the house first, and spoke well.

Old man Chen welcomed people into the main room, and asked Qi Heng to sit at will.

Old man Chen sat on his hands, and Qi Heng carefully started the matter from the beginning.

It turned out that a few years ago, Qi Heng was in a military camp with Chen Xiu.

Chen Xiu is kind-hearted and down-to-earth, much older than Miao Xiu, and often takes care of him, the two have become good brothers after coming and going, they have known each other for a long time, and they also know the situation of each other's families.

Compared with Chen Xiu, Qi Heng's life experience is much worse.

When his mother gave birth to him, he died in childbirth, and when he was seven years old, his father died again, and his ancestors were just a down-to-earth farmer in that place for generations, and he was the only seedling in his father's generation. After his father's death, he still relied on the help of some uncles in the village, but after his father was buried, he became a burden, a seven-year-old boy?

My uncle's family has three sons of their own, and they won't want him, and their uncle will not adopt a nephew, let alone a son of their own.

That year, at the age of seven, he understood the truth of human suffering early.

Fortunately, the uncle of the same clan was still kind in the end, and he took pity on him, and he didn't let him starve to death. It was also considered that he was lucky, and then a neighbor's eldest brother saw him pitiful, and introduced him to a rich and noble family to work, the family saw that he was still young, and there was a little young master at home, and sent him to the school field, and the task on weekdays was to wait for the little young master to come over to practice fist and foot kung fu when he accompanied him to practice, in popular terms, it was to let him be beaten and be a pastime.

When he was 13 years old, he tried his best to beg the young master when he was in turmoil and encountered conscription, and then broke off from the master's family, left the master's house, and went to join the army by himself.

Fortunately, he is clever, and when he usually watched the master teach the young master to practice fist and foot kung fu, he learned a lot, and also learned a few tricks of self-defense, and he had the ability to go well.

In the barracks, although he is young, he is better than cleverness, some fists and feet, and he does not show weakness when he kills the enemy, and he happens to be in the same military camp as Chen Xiu.

After more contact, Chen Xiu knew his life experience.

Chen Xiu secretly felt sorry for this little boy who was much younger than himself, and he became more and more kind to him, and often protected him on the battlefield in the future.

The border is in turmoil, the sky is full of sand, there is blood everywhere, corpses~

In such a situation, Chen Xiu protected him.

A few years have passed, and the relationship between the two has become better and better.

It took a total of six years for the war of the border fortress and the invasion of the enemy's capital city, and Qi Heng also grew from a small boy to a tall and strong man, while Chen Xiu became more and more mature and steady.

On the night of the truce, he and Chen Xiu lay on the lawn in the barracks together, looking at the moonlight in the sky and chatting freely.

Chen Xiu asked him, what do you want to do when this battle is over?

Qi Heng smiled, a little shy, marry a wife and have children, and then live a plain life.

At this time, Chen Xiu would smile and say, yes, when this battle is over, I will go back and accompany my wife.

He paused, as if he had thought of something, and then spoke, and then watched my son marry a wife and have children, and watched my niece choose a good man to marry her~

The two chatted for a long time, Qi Heng thought about it, and looked at the eldest brother around him who took good care of him, and said, Brother, do you regret it?

At this time, Chen Xiu would laugh and ask him rhetorically, do you regret it?

Qi Heng shook his head, he didn't regret it, how could the eldest husband regret protecting his family and defending the country and guarding the territory!

Chen Xiu smiled again, I'm the same as you!

Qi Heng also laughed, and then the two talked a lot, but the most they talked about was what to do when they returned to their hometown~

It's a pity that in the last year, Chen Xiu died under the enemy's sword.

On the day of Chen Xiu's death, the dark clouds pressed the realm, the blood was all over the ground, and the corpses were all over the ground, Qi Heng knelt beside him, hugged his body and was grief-stricken, but Chen Xiu was on the verge of death and pulled out a reluctant smile to comfort Qi Heng, and said intermittently: "Don't... Sad, I... Just go and meet the brothers who went first underground~"

And Qi Heng, a man who is not afraid of heaven and earth, has red circles in his eyes, and he is choked and speechless.

Chen Xiu spit out another mouthful of blood, and said intermittently: "Wait for us to fight... Won the battle... You... Can you help me go back and see the old and young in the house...... And which of me... Which niece...... When I left, she was... 6 years old... Holding my leg and crying the saddest...... Say... Uncle is not allowed to go... I promised her... Going back... Go back and see her..."

Before Chen Xiu finished speaking, he spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, but the person completely lost his breath.

"No!"

Qi Heng looked at the eldest brother who had been taking care of himself who died in his arms, his eyes were full of grief, and he gently put down Chen Xiu's blood-covered body with red eyes, and then picked up the sword beside Chen Xiu and stood up and killed into the crowd~

"Brother Qi, Brother Qi?"

Qi Heng was called by Old Man Chen to react from his memories, and he arched his hand and said, "Uncle Chen." ”

He glanced at this Chen Xiu's father, and then at the cute and beautiful girl standing on the side, this girl was the niece that Brother Chen would not forget until he died.

He changed his words and began to tell how many times Chen Xiu had saved him on the battlefield, and when he died, he entrusted him to take care of the family, as for why he fulfilled his promise two years after the war ended, it was because he stayed in the army to deal with some things first.

Then he talked about his life experience, and also said some jokes and experiences that Chen Xiu told him about his youth before he was a teenager, and finally knelt on the ground and sincerely and solemnly asked Old Man Chen to accept him and take care of him in the future.

Where would Old Man Chen expect him to make such a big gift, he hurriedly helped him up, seeing that he was so sincere, he first left him to go to his son-in-law's house for dinner, and then chatted with him carefully in the evening, talking about the situation at home, and then refusing Qi Heng's request to take care of himself.

But Qi Heng insisted again and again, and the next thing was even more unexpected for Old Man Chen, he not only insisted on being good to Old Man Chen, but also bought a piece of land in Qingshui Village, repaired a house, and lived there. Since then, he has made a living by hunting in Qingshui Village, and has to send things to Old Man Chen every New Year's Day, not only that, but also help Old Man Chen's daughter and son-in-law's family to serve the fields~

Old man Chen because he learned that his son and daughter-in-law were gone.

The son-in-law's family was worried that he wouldn't be able to think about it, so they had already taken him and the children left by his son to eat together, the two families were close, and the old man Chen and his grandson ate at the son-in-law's house for three meals a day.

After eating, Old Man Chen and his grandson walked home leisurely to rest, and if it was late, they rested at their son-in-law's house.

After a long time, his grief for the loss of his son has decreased, and his son-in-law is filial piety, and his life goes on like this.

Later, the things that Qi Heng sent to the Chen family were transferred to the Li family.

Because Old Man Chen doesn't cook by himself.

Su Yiniang is a person who knows how to repay her kindness, often chatters about Qi Heng's goodness, often asks him to come over for dinner, and occasionally buys his prey, even if he doesn't want money, he has to give him something of the same price, or force him to accept the silver tael.

Since then, Su Yi has become familiar with Qi Heng~

One day.

Qi Heng sent something to Old Man Chen's courtyard again, and this was the courtyard gate opened by Su Yi.

Su Yi leaned in front of the courtyard gate, looked at him a little playfully and said: "Uncle Qi, in the future, you just send it to my house, you also know that my grandfather doesn't cook by himself, you have to trouble me to come to my grandfather's house to take it home, even if I don't come to get it, you have to trouble my grandfather to carry it to my house, Uncle Qi, you say, why are you tossing?"

Su Yi's eyes blinked.

When Qi Heng saw her like this, he suddenly smiled.

His tough facial features smiled and looked very good.

"Uncle Qi, you look so good when you laugh~"

"What are you talking about, girl?"

The tips of Qi Heng's ears turned a little suspiciously red.

Juanxiu looked at the girl who was still a little young, blinked her eyes again, and said with a smile: "I didn't say anything, I just said that you look good when you smile~"

Su Yi then stretched out his hand, covered his mouth and laughed, this Uncle Qi~

Soe found out that she already had a crush on him.

This Qi Heng, this man she calls Uncle Qi, he is so good to his grandfather, his facial features are so tough, and he has a kind of momentum that she likes.

She is curious about him, she wants to get him, she wants to seduce him, she wants to marry him~

"You look good when you laugh. ”

The woman who listened instantly turned red.

Small Theatre:

Coach Li: Su Yi, Su Yi, I treat your Uncle Qi as a brother, but you want him to be my son-in-law?

Su Yiniang: Su Yi, I treat your Uncle Qi as a younger brother, you have no conscience, but you want to sleep with him?

Soe: ~giggle~