Since yesterday morning, Qinglian, who followed her mother to the well on the west side of the second uncle's house to wash clothes, was stunned by Qiu Zheng, who suddenly climbed over the wall, has not dried her tears.

Early this morning, Yu'er came to Qinglian's room and said to her:

"Lian'er, the people in the city said that Wu Zheng went out of the city through the north gate. ”

"Wu Zheng?"

"Oh, it's Qiu Zheng that Lian'er said. ”

"How did my sister know?"

People on the street said his name was Wu Zheng. And,"

"And what?"

"And he ran out of Liufu, and the girl on his back was also rescued from Liufu. Now the entire Suncheon City is looking for him, and the catchers and servants in the government are all over the street. ”

"Sister Yu'er....... ”

As she spoke, Qinglian sobbed silently again.

The scene of yesterday morning is once again clearly in front of my eyes.

At that time, Qinglian was sitting next to her mother, while washing clothes, while listening to more than a dozen women chattering about the family and the west, and was suddenly startled by a pop, and when she looked up, she saw that a person jumped down from the west wall of the backyard of the second uncle's house, and that person turned out to be Qiu Zheng, who had disappeared on the night of August 15 last year and had not been heard from again.

Qinglian immediately stood up, especially when she saw the blue cloth jacket on Wu Zheng's body, and suddenly on the morning of the third day of junior high school, the figure passing by on the official road outside the East City Gate involuntarily appeared in her heart.

Taking a closer look, Qiu Zheng was still carrying a girl with loose hair on her back, and Qinglian's heart couldn't help but tighten tightly.

looked at Qiu Zheng in a daze without pause, didn't even glance at himself, and was about to run out into the street in an instant, subconsciously, Qinglian raised her feet and chased two steps. When Qiu Zheng quickly turned around and couldn't see the figure of the girl on his back, he came to his senses and hurriedly shouted.

Vaguely, Qinglian heard a familiar cry from Qiu Zheng, but when she ran to the street after her, Qiu Zheng had long since disappeared.

In a panic, Qinglian ran while shouting, if she hadn't been pulled back by her mother who was chasing after her, Qinglian didn't know when she would have stopped.

The mother and daughter couldn't care about washing clothes anymore, so they packed up the unwashed clothes and turned around and went home, but it happened that Zhen Qingyi didn't go out. I saw Qinglian's abnormality at a glance, and hurriedly greeted him and asked:

"What's wrong with Lian'er?"

"Just now we were washing clothes by the well in the west, and suddenly I saw Qiu Zheng. ”

"Qiu Zheng?"

"It was Qiu Zheng, a cattle herding baby who disappeared in Houpo Village on the night of August 15 last year. ”

"Oh, I saw him on the street a few days ago. ”

Qinglian, who had been crying, was about to go back to her room, but when she heard her father's words, she immediately stopped and walked back.

"Daddy?"

"I met it, it seems to be the morning of the second day of junior high school, in front of a teahouse on Rising Sun Street. ”

"Why haven't you heard Daddy mention it? Why didn't Daddy invite Qiu Zheng to the house?"

Zhen Qingyi, who knew a little about his daughter's thoughts, said without thinking:

"At that time, because I was in a hurry to meet Brother Wang Nian, I just said a few words, and I didn't want to forget it afterwards. However, at that time, his father persuaded him to have time to come and sit at home. ”

Zhen Qingyi vaguely did not tell Wu Zheng's home address at all.

Hearing this, Qinglian inevitably wondered if Qiu Zheng was unwilling to come to see her. Especially on the third day of junior high school, outside Shuntian City, it was obvious that Qiu Zheng recognized himself, why didn't he recognize himself?

Qinglian, who was even more sad for a while, turned her head back to the room, closed the door and cried.

Qinglian Niang, who knew that her husband had changed since he was admitted to Xiucai, only glanced at Zhen Qingyi one more time, and followed Qinglian into the room.

"Lian'er, as long as Qiu Zheng is still in Shuntian City, he will definitely be able to meet him. ”

"Mother, why didn't he come to see us at home?"

Although she kept crying, Qinglian still asked the doubts in her heart.

"Lian'er, maybe it's not that you don't want to come, I'm afraid your father was in a hurry at the time and forgot to tell Qiu Zheng the address of your second uncle's house. ”

As soon as I heard my mother's explanation, and then contacted my father's changes since I was in Xiucai, I suddenly understood in my heart. Especially if you think about it carefully, on the morning of the third day of junior high school, on the official road outside the East City Gate, I already recognized my Qiu Zheng, and I heard Sister Yu'er say that I stood on the official road for a long time before leaving. Doesn't that mean that after Qiu Zheng was coldly treated by his father on the street, he even misunderstood himself?

Thinking of this, it made Qinglian even more sad.

"Mother, I'm going to go to Qiu Zheng to make it clear. ”

"Lian'er, where can I find the huge Shuntian City?"

Yes, such a big Shuntian City, how can I go all over the world to find Qiu Zheng?

At this time, Qinglian suddenly remembered that although she was going to get married after the autumn, she had been ignoring Sister Yu'er.

"Mother, I'll go find Sister Yu'er. ”

Understanding her daughter's thoughts, Qinglian Niang did not stop her, but said to Qinglian:

"Go, after making lunch, my mother will call you. ”

As everyone knows, when Qinglian trotted all the way to Yu'er's room in the backyard, no one was there at all. After asking my aunt, I found out that Yu'er and the girl Dongmei went out of the city to the temple early in the morning to make incense.

Yoyo waited for most of the day, and didn't wait for the news of Sister Yu'er's return until dark, Qinglian, who was both anxious and full of sadness, didn't sleep well all night.

Fortunately, as soon as I got up in the morning, Yu'er came. So, Qinglian followed Yu'er all the way out of the North City Gate, and traced the scene at the foot of the barren mountain where Wu Zheng and Tie Ning spent the night.

It's just that no matter whether it is shouting Qiu Zheng or Wu Zheng, no matter how much she shouts, she doesn't get a response, and Qinglian, who is teary-eyed, doubts Sister Yu'er's judgment from time to time:

"Sister, how can you be sure that he must have come here?"

"Who is he, Lian'er?"

Unlike Qinglian, who was very anxious, Zhen Yu'er had a relaxed face, and even had the heart to joke.

"Sister?!"

"Of course my sister knows, Lian'er's sister must be in this mountain. ”

"But the mountain is so big, how can I find it?"

Although Yu'er didn't tell Qinglian why she was so sure that Wu Zheng was hiding in the mountains in front of her, Qinglian had no other choice but to choose to believe in Yu'er.

"Lian'er followed me. ”

After three turns and two turns, Zhen Yuer quickly found the hidden valley where Wu Zheng and Tie Ning spent the night, and pointed to the ashes on the ground that were worried about the residual temperature and said:

"Lian'er, look at it, this should have just been stepped on. Also, are those hare bones leftovers? Also, look at the pit that is big enough for two people to lie down in. ”

Everything she saw in front of her couldn't help but make Qinglian believe that this should be the place where Wu Zheng hid last night. Especially the hare bones on the ground, Qinglian believes that Wu Zheng, who has the ability to catch hares and pheasants and other small animals, must have spent the night here.

Seeing Qinglian who was suddenly stunned by the pit that had a lot of hay and fallen leaves, and could only accommodate the two of them to lie down, and silent tears flowed in her eyes again, Zhen Yu'er comforted in a very affirmative tone:

"Lian'er, don't be jealous and sad first, my sister can tell you for sure that Wu Zheng didn't know the girl on his back beforehand. So, he's just saving people. ”