The official sent the silver taels, but he had no intention of leaving, he squinted at the triangular eyes and kicked the pheasant on the stall with his foot, and said: "Lao Hu, I didn't say you, you don't grow up a little, you have not paid this tax until now, Lao Tzu can take the risk for you! If it weren't for me, I'm afraid you would have been arrested a long time ago, right?"

The Orion clenched his fists, but he couldn't bear it, picked up the pheasant that had been kicked by the official, lowered his head and said with a smile: "It's not that the little one is going back more and more, it's going to be the New Year, there is nothing to be respectful, you always take it home and stew soup to make up for it." ”

The official smiled happily, carried the pheasant wings, and swayed to the other stalls, and the hunter took out the dry tobacco and lit it, and sat on the ground with a clattering voice and smoked.

Lin Qing said: "This official is very hateful, and he oppresses the poor like this, which is really harsh and fierce. ”

Lan'er sighed and said: "Don't let him hear it, this is good, if you are disrespectful to him, it is common for him to kick and search everything away, then Orion still has some prey, enough for him to sell for the New Year." But I saw a well-dressed man coming, and after asking the price a little, he took out a silver tael, waved his hand, and there was a man like a little guy to resist the game.

The hunter took the silver taels, stuffed them in his bosom, and knocked the tobacco on the soles of his shoes before leaving the bazaar.

Lan Er envy said: "I also want to be a hunter when I grow up, and sell some game every day to support my grandmother." But my grandmother let me study and didn't let me go up the mountain. ”

Lin Qing touched his head and said: "Lan'er is very filial, hunting is a matter of fighting for your life, if you are not careful, you will be injured by the prey, it is very dangerous, your grandmother is naturally reluctant to you." ”

Lan'er raised her head and said, "Just now Uncle Qing said that the harsh government is fiercer than the tiger, what do you mean?"

Lin Qing said: "Even if ordinary people can deal with tigers, they can't deal with these evil officials and cruel officials, tigers are just cannibals, and harsh taxes can make people ruin in the blink of an eye." After thinking for a moment, he picked up Lan'er, carried it on his shoulder, and said loudly: "Let's go, let's go up the mountain to hunt something!"

Although Lin Qing was poisoned and his skills had not yet recovered, he still had no waste of killing a few prey, killing two roe deer, hunting a pheasant, making a bunch, and carrying it with his hand: "It's almost, let's go to the market and sell these." ”

After that, Lan'er still carried Lan'er on his shoulders as when he went up the mountain, grabbed Lan'er, jumped all the way and ran wildly, and soon came to the market again, and soon the two roe deer were bought by the buyer, but the pheasant was discounted its wings, but Lan'er looked reluctant, and gently stroked its feathers with her little hands from time to time.

Lin Qing said: "Since Lan'er is reluctant to sell it, then let's take it home and raise it, right?"

Lan'er couldn't help but cheer, jumping and jumping around Lin Qing.

Finding the place where firecrackers were sold, Lan'er no longer hesitated, picked a few, Lin Qingqi said, "Why only buy these?"

Lan'er said: "It's good to be happy for the New Year, these are a lot more than last year." ”

Lin Qing nodded, secretly feeling that Aunt Wang taught Lan'er very sensibly.

Before they knew it, it was noon, and the two of them slowly walked back, and every time they met someone pointing at the pheasant in Lin Qing's hand, Lan'er's face was shining, and she said in her heart that this Uncle Qing was really amazing.

When I entered the door, Mrs. Wang had already set up the dishes and chopsticks in the house, and Lan'er ran in, looking up with a little face that was red from the cold, and said, "Look at the firecrackers that Uncle Qing bought for me!

Wang Po reprimanded: "There are no rules, and I don't say hard work to Uncle Qing?!"

Lan Erwu was excited, although she was reprimanded, she was not depressed, and still said with great interest: "Thank you Uncle Qing!" Then she hurriedly took Wang Po's hand to look at the pheasant, and twittered about what happened just now, only saying that Lin Qing was like a god.

Wang Po found a strong rope to tie the pheasant's feet again, and took a broken basket to buckle it, and then came into the house and said: "Nephew Lin, he has no father and mother since he was a child, and only my wife pulls him alone, and Lan'er is so happy because of you." ”

Lin Qing waved his hand and said: "I like Lan'er very much, hunting is not difficult for me, what is this firecracker, let Lan'er save some face in front of his little buddies." ”

After a few days, although it no longer snowed, the weather became colder and colder. Lin Qing sometimes doesn't go out all day, staring at the window in a daze, sometimes goes out early in the morning and comes back at night, sometimes he takes Lan'er to hunt and skate, and Wang Po doesn't care about him.

On this day, Lin Qing leaned against the window in a daze, listening to a few firecrackers occasionally sounding outside, Lan'er was talking to the children outside at the gate of the yard, her little hands kept dancing, Wang Po was busy working in and out of the house alone, and unconsciously the sun set, and the house gradually became dark.

Lin Qing slowly exhaled, looked back and saw a table full of dishes on the table, and a small pot of wine soaked in hot water, slightly steaming, and was surprised, Wang Po had already led Lan'er in, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and later set off firecrackers to paste the Spring Festival!"

Lin Qing was stunned for a moment, Fang came back to his senses, and said with a wry smile: "I actually forgot that today is already thirty." ”

Seeing his sad face, Wang Po was about to persuade him, but Lin Qing smiled and sat down and said, "This wine was specially bought for me, right?" Thank you, auntie." Speaking of which, this is the first time I've had such a clean year. ”

Lan'er said: "It won't be clean for a while, there will be many firecrackers, it's very loud!"

Lin Qing smiled, poured a glass of wine, got up and saluted: "Thank you for your kindness, let's talk about using this wine to show my heart!" After saying that, he drank it all, and sighed again: "I just don't know how long I will trouble my aunt to take me in." ”

Wang Po said: "It is very fateful to have such a gathering in the south and the north of the world, what are you doing with this, don't you see Lan'er treating you as an uncle." ”

Lan'er shouted: "Yes, Ah Gui and Xiao Er are very envious of me for having such a great uncle!"

The three of them chatted and ate, and after a meal, it was already dark outside, and there were already more firecrackers and fireworks, crackling and crackling, and before Wang Po finished cleaning up, Lan'er had already pulled one with one hand and said: "Today I am competing with Agui and them to set off firecrackers, you are going to help me!"

Wang Po and Lin Qing looked at each other and smiled, as Lan'er walked out of the hospital, raised his eyes, from near to far, the sound of firecrackers in each courtyard came and went, and the sound kept coming, a group of children of the same age as Lan'er were looking not far away, and when they saw Lan'er, they beckoned to him, Lan'er ran out of the courtyard door with firecrackers and ran over, laughing with them non-stop, and then set off the firecrackers they brought out from home, which was very lively.

Wang Po looked at it for a while, and said to Lin Qing: "The old woman is not in good spirits, so go back to the house first." If you want to rest, ask Lan'er to come back with you. ”

Lin Qing stood at the gate of the courtyard with his hands behind his back for a while, and saw Lan'er and the children with their heads up, their little faces flickering and darkening by the fireworks, all of them were excited, and they also let out bursts of cheers from time to time. Because the fireworks he bought for Lan'er were more and better than others, Lan'er's face still had a look of pride, obviously taking the lead among a bunch of children.

Lin Qing looked up, and from time to time there were fireworks in the distance "whoosh" straight into the sky, and there was an instant explosion, shining out of ten thousand golden lights, and then disappearing; there were fireworks like golden snakes dragging a curved tail to climb upward, slowly fading; some fireworks were like colored marbles shining in the sky one after another; and there were fireworks blooming in the air with large flowers of different colors, and then falling and disappearing, like petals falling and sprinkling flower rain.

Lan'er They are very happy to see once a year, Lin Qing looked at them and laughed slightly, and remembered Aunt Wang's words in her heart: "It's very beautiful when it's lit, and after a bang, there's nothing." "They just have a lot of fun for these things, and children are really easy to be happy." ”

The more he looked at Lan'er and their joy, the more gloomy Lin Qing's heart became, and he couldn't laugh anymore, isn't it like a big firework?

How many people want to become famous in the rivers and lakes, camp hard, and climb hard, some die in obscurity under the knife of others, and some are forgotten again as soon as they become famous, like a big wave sweeping sand, generation after generation, who remembers?

In the rivers and lakes, it is nothing more than happiness and revenge, and he wants to take revenge in his heart, but if the enemy is in front of him, can he really be "happy"?

"Have you been as happy as these children for a moment?" he could not answer.

For a moment, Lin Qing felt physically and mentally exhausted, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "You have lived by yourself for all these years, what you are pursuing is just a big firework! ”

Lan'er was having a good time, but when she turned around, she saw Lin Qing walking towards the courtyard gloomily, and couldn't help but say in her heart: "Uncle Qing went back alone, but he didn't want to see this beautiful fireworks, did he also think about his father and mother? Reluctantly, he looked back at the remaining fireworks on the ground, and said to Agui and the others, "You guys put them first." He left the group of children alone, quietly walked into the courtyard, and saw Lin Qing half-kneeling under the pear tree, muttering to himself.

Lan'er silently walked to Lin Qing's side, squatted down and said, "Uncle Qing, why don't you watch the fireworks? Are you thinking about your father and mother?"

Lin Qing turned his head and saw that Lan'er's face was full of worry about himself, shook his head slightly, untied the sword on his body, slowly pulled it out, and flicked it on the sword, the sword trembled slightly, like a pool of autumn water, and the moonlight reflected on it and swayed gently.

Lin Qing held the sword, dug for a while at the frozen soil below, and in a moment he had dug out a large pit more than three feet long, and then wiped the long sword with the placket of his clothes, reinserted the scabbard, and put it into the pit he had just dug.

Lan Er watched silently from the side, and finally understood that Lin Qing was going to bury the sword under the tree, and said hurriedly: "Uncle Qing, you usually don't leave this sword for a moment, but that day you froze on the side of the road, and you were still holding it tightly in your hand, why did you bury it instead?"

Lin Qing turned around and said, "Because Uncle Qing has figured out some things. Seeing that Lan'er frowned, still with a confused expression, he said, "Uncle Qing took this sword to the rivers and lakes and killed many people. Now Uncle Qing doesn't want to kill anymore, so he wants to bury this sword. ”

Lan'er said: "Uncle Qing must have killed all the bad guys." ”

Lin Qing was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "There are good people and bad people. Some people are actually very good and upright, but they are only bad to themselves, and they have a sword in their own hands, so they kill him. ”

Lan'er seemed to understand and said: "Is it like the teacher in the village? Everyone says he is good, but he always beats my hand. ”

Lin Qing saw that Lan'er understood something completely wrong, and said, "Mr. beat you for your own good, and wants you to study hard." Uncle Qing said that you will understand when you grow up. ”

Lan'er replied "oh" and stopped squeaking, still puzzled in her heart: "Why do you have to kill people who don't treat you well? I'm afraid I still don't understand this when I grow up." ”

Lin Qing thought that Lan Er couldn't explain it clearly, and Wuzi pushed all the killings on the sword in his hand, so he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and only secretly prayed to the sword that he wouldn't have to hold this sword again. Thinking of this, he untied a leather bag from his waist, which was the jewel and silver ticket he had brought with him when he fled that day, and he discarded it without looking at it at the moment.

Lin Qing thought for a while, took out a small thing from his arms, stared at it for a long time, gently rubbed it with his thumb, Lan Er stepped forward, and said strangely: "Ah, I have seen this green brand, and it is thanks to it that I saved Uncle Qing!"

Lan'er then fell out of Lin Qing's arms that day and put it back in his arms, only to find that Lin Qing had not frozen to death.

Lin Qing was sad when he heard this, and said in a trembling voice: "This is the ancestral object of my Lin family, maybe the ancestors have spirits, so I used this jade plate to bless me from being saved by you that day." ”

Lan Er saw the tears in Lin Qing's eyes, slowly put the jade plate into the pit, and suddenly took it out of the pit, and repeated it several times, obviously cherishing it very much, but in the end it was still put into the deep pit and buried it with her hands.

Lan'er said in her heart: "Since this green brand has been handed down by Uncle Qing's ancestors, it must have been handed over to him by Uncle Qing's parents, no wonder Uncle Qing is so reluctant." Thinking of this, a pair of small hands also helped push the soil next to him into the pit, and after burying it, I saw Lin Longqing wave his sleeves, and actually rolled up the snow next to him and sprinkled it on it.

Lan Er saw that the snow under this tree was no different from that in other places, and there was no trace of digging and burying it, so she knew that Lin Qing didn't want others to know, and felt that Uncle Qing had buried the "baby" together with him as an adult tonight, as if the two had a common secret, and her heart was a little sweet and a little proud.

It was late at night, the children who fired the guns had long since dispersed, and the surroundings were quiet, and the air was filled with a choking smell of fireworks, which made the village even more depressed.

Lan'er was about to get up, but she felt numb in her legs and feet, and sat back, she had been squatting for too long, and it was cold at night, and she was a little frozen.