The mother and daughter returned to the yard happily.

The moment everyone's eyes shifted over, Zhao Ying instantly became hunched over, looking weak and powerless.

Gu Qinghuai couldn't help but laugh.

A Niang’s acting skills are worthy of an Oscar.

Fearing that the house might collapse, everyone slept on the floor in the yard at night.

Men are on the outside and women are on the inside.

On a summer night, the sky is dotted with stars and frogs can be heard croaking in the distance.

Gu Qingsong, Gu Qingya and Gu Qingmiao all stretched out their fingers to count the stars.

Gu Qinghuai lay on the straw mat, looking at the vast starry sky, his mind empty.

Beilu County.

A border mountain village bordering the northern barbarians.

In the night, the half-built city wall casts abrupt and uneven shadows, which overlap with the mountains in the distance and the shadows of trees nearby, creating a terrifying atmosphere of the dark night.

The surroundings were silent, with only the occasional howling of wolves and cries of birds making one feel chilly.

Inside the city wall, a black shadow suddenly flashed in a small mountain village hundreds of meters away, as fast as a ghost.

In a simple thatched cottage in the north of the village, a skinny young man suddenly opened his eyes.

He was so hungry that he felt dizzy and after a long while, he slowly sat up and tremblingly lit the bean-sized oil lamp on the bedside table.

There was nothing in the room except a broken bed made of old wooden boards and two stones used as stools.

The young man tilted his ear and listened carefully to the rustling noise outside the door.

Beside him lay a little boy of two or three years old.

The little boy was also extremely thin, lying in a tiny ball on the bed.

"Rustle! Rustle!" The strange sound outside the door still sounded rhythmically.

The young man got out of bed with a vigilant look on his face, suppressed his dizziness, dragged his broken leg, and tiptoed towards the door.

"Cuckoo, coo, coo", three cuckoo calls were heard outside the door.

A look of joy instantly appeared on the young man's face. He suppressed his excitement and opened the door carefully.

In the blink of an eye, a young man in black flashed in from the door.

After the boy entered the house, he immediately closed the doors and windows tightly.

They even pulled up a coarse cloth curtain to completely block out the inside of the house.

The lame young man was already in tears.

His whole body trembled slightly, and his eyes followed the boy's figure closely, not wanting to look away for a moment.

After ensuring the safety of the room, the boy walked up to the lame young man.

The two looked at each other briefly, then hugged each other tightly.

"Brother~Wuwu..." Qi Yuanshuo's voice was choked with sobs, and the grief in his heart turned into unstoppable sobs.

Qi Yuanxiu also burst into tears: "Little brother, you... I'm glad you're still alive."

Qi Yuanshuo cried so hard that he couldn't speak.

It took the two of them a while to adjust themselves and finally suppress their intense emotions.

Qi Yuanxiu wiped his face and asked in a low voice: "How is Le Yang?"

Qi Yuanshuo sobbed and said, "Second sister...she is doing okay in the Yan family. She has Yan Nanbai to protect her."

"That's good, that's good," Qi Yuanxiu was very pleased.

Qi Yuanshuo wiped away his tears and took off his bag. "Brother, are you hungry? I brought some food! Come on and eat."

Qi Yuanxiu swallowed and said in a trembling voice: "Okay, I'll wake Xuan'er up. Xuan'er is also very hungry."

Hearing this, Qi Yuanshuo immediately stepped forward and gently stroked the face of the little person on the bed.

After the little guy opened his eyes, his eyes were not focused at all and looked empty and dull. His two little hands were waving and groping in front of his eyes, "Daddy, Daddy."

"Shh - Xuan'er, speak softly," Qi Yuanxiu reminded quietly.

Qi Yuanshuo said: "Brother, it's okay, I have knocked out all those people with drugs."

Only then did Qi Yuanxiu's expression relax a little.

Qi Yuanshuo bent down and held the little guy in his arms. The child was skinny, like a stick of firewood, and had no weight at all.

Qi Yuanshuo was shocked to see that the little guy seemed to be unable to see him, and his pupils shrank: "Brother! What happened to Xuan'er's eyes?!"

Qi Yuanxiu's eyes were red as he said in hatred, "Not satisfied with breaking my legs, they want to blind Xuan'er's eyes. Only when my father and I become completely disabled, will we no longer be a threat to them."

Qi Yuanshuo's eyes were bloodshot, and his fists were clenched so tightly that they made a clattering sound. "Brother, I will never let them go! I want them to pay for everything with blood!"

"No, Ah Shuo, don't do anything, just live well. We can't defeat them now! I only ask you to live well! If possible, rescue Xuan'er. I'm very worried. If this child continues like this..." Qi Yuanxiu was choked with sobs and couldn't speak.

Qi Yuanshuo certainly understood what his elder brother meant, and his heart ached as if it were pierced by thousands of arrows.

Qi Zhengxuan's skinny little hands slowly groped Qi Yuanshuo's face, and asked in a weak voice like a kitten: "Are you my uncle?"

Every day he listened to his father talking about his uncle, grandma, aunt, grandfather, grandmother...

He could remember each of their names and their stories.

In this place, besides his father, only his uncle was willing to hold him.

My uncle hasn't been here for several months.

Qi Yuanshuo couldn't hold it in any longer and sobbed, "Well, I... am your... uncle. Are you hungry, Xuan'er? I brought you... some food."

"I'm hungry, uncle, don't cry. If you cry, I'll be hungry." Qi Zhengxuan's eyes looked particularly big because he was extremely thin.

Qi Yuanxiu covered his face, suppressed his voice, and cried tremblingly.

Qi Yuanshuo put him on the bed, then took out a meat bun and a box of milk from his bag.

Qi Zhengxuan took the meat bun and started to eat it ravenously.

Qi Yuanshuo felt very distressed and touched his little head and said, "Xuan'er, eat slowly and don't choke. Be good and drink some milk while you eat."

This milk can is very cleverly made, and you can insert a small wooden tube into it for drinking.

Qi Yuanxiu took a piece of braised lean meat and took big bites of it.

He hasn't eaten meat for a long time, this pork is simply the most delicious thing on earth!

After eating half a piece, he stopped because he had been hungry for too long and his body couldn't handle eating too much at once.

"Ashuo, where do you live now? Is it safe?" Qi Yuanxiu wiped his mouth with a handkerchief made of rag and began to suck milk.

He and Xuan'er are in dire need of nutritional supplements.

Qi Yuanshuo's slightly red eyes glowed with soft light, and he smiled and said, "I am now staying in a farmer's house, and that family treats me very well. These meals were prepared by her - by them."

"Pay attention to safety on weekdays and don't drag others down," Qi Yuanxiu warned in a serious voice.

Qi Yuanshuo nodded, "Yes, I know."

He turned his head to look at Qi Zhengxuan who was eating buns seriously, and whispered: "Brother, I will find a way to get Xuan'er out as soon as possible, and then it will be you. You must take good care of yourself and wait for me."

"Well, be sure to pay attention to safety. As long as we get Xuan'er out safely, I won't be afraid of anything," Qi Yuanxiu said.

Qi Yuanshuo took out a packet of drugs and handed it to Qi Yuanxiu: "Brother, this is drugs. I just used some, and there are still a lot left. Take it for self-defense."

"Okay," Qi Yuanxiu took it.

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