After Qi Song left for the battle, the Song family was afraid that she would be sad, so Mrs. Song came to visit her.A few days later, they took her back to Song's house to stay for a few days, and Song's mother and Mrs. Song accompanied her every day to enlighten her.

Father Song and the three gentlemen of the Song family also thought of ways to comfort her and make her happy.

She was worried, drowsy and weak every day, and couldn't get interested in anything.

After returning to Qi's house, he rarely went out, either playing simple games with the maid in the small yard in front of the living room, or frolicking in the back garden with Qi's younger sister Liu Yunsi for a while.Most of the time, people inquire about news from the north.

From summer to autumn, more than two months passed in a blink of an eye, and I heard news from the north intermittently: the war is tight, and each war with the Xiongnu will win or lose.Whenever she heard how many soldiers of our army had died, she would have nightmares for several days, always dreaming that Qi Song was crawling towards her covered in blood.

Every time she wakes up from a dream, she can't fall asleep for a long time. Xiao Tan and Xiao Qing accompany her and persuade her to sleep until dawn, but she still can't sleep well.

It was another time when she heard that General Zhou's army was frustrated and suffered countless casualties, she dreamed of Qi Song again at night.

This time, he didn't crawl towards her covered in blood, nor did he walk towards her alone on a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, but stood on the vast and boundless dry grass wasteland with his back to the setting sun, desolate and lonely.He smiled at her and said, "Lady, I'm back."

She rushed over to hug him excitedly, but found that she was holding a long-handled big knife stuck in the ground.She panicked and looked around, the farthest point of her eyes was empty, except for the north wind, there was only withered grass, no Qi Song, not even a single person.

She ran around calling Qi Song's name, and finally tripped over something and fell to the ground. Looking back, she saw a man with blood all over his head and face, and a peach blossom embroidered on the neckline of his tattered robe, already soaked in blood.

"Qi Song—" she shouted loudly, waking up from the nightmare, her breathing was short of breath, and her forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"Miss." Xiao Tan, who was sleeping on the small couch beside her, was awakened by the call, hurried over, opened the gauze curtain, grabbed her hand and asked, "Miss, are you having nightmares again?"

"Yeah." She nodded.

Xiaoqing went to the bed with the lamp in her hand, and poured another glass of water over: "My lady, take a sip of tea to calm down the shock."

She got up and drank half a glass in one go.

Xiao Tan helped her to calm down, and comforted her: "Your lord will be fine, don't worry, my lady. Didn't the lord tell me when you went back to Song Zhai last time, that your lord is with Mr. Liao, and Mr. Liao is the assistant of General Zhou. You don’t need to carry a gun to fight the enemy, and your lord certainly doesn’t need it either. You’ll come back after you’ve beaten the Huns away.”

"That's right." Xiaoqing agreed, "Mistress, don't worry about it. You can see that you have lost weight in the past two months, and your spirit is also haggard. When you come back, don't feel sorry for yourself."

"Come back?" She grabbed Jin and was pulled. When will she come back?

Can I come back again?

The poor bones beside the Wuding River are still the people in the spring girl's dream. [1]

He sighed, suddenly startled, and thought about the poem carefully, the geographical location was wrong, the battle against the Xiongnu was not in Longxi, so it should not be this poem.

I feel a little comfort in my heart, but still can't reduce my worries. Even if it is not this poem, there are so many poems about conscripting husbands and wives, as if there are countless endings in such poems.

She slumped back on the couch, staring straight at the top of the tent, still recalling the situation in her dream, and the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became.

She fell asleep again when the cock crowed

She slept until noon before waking up leisurely, wondering if she caught a cold last night, her head was uncomfortable, and her whole body was unable to exert herself. Xiao Tan brought the meal, she just ate two mouthfuls, then she vomited it all out, and she didn’t eat any more. No more than one bite.

Qi's mother rushed over when she heard the words, seeing that she was pale and mentally exhausted, she immediately sent for a medical worker.

The medical worker came to inquire about the situation, and after taking the pulse, he asked her, "How long has it been since Niangzi Yuexin came?"

Tang Xiaoshi's heart tightened, her cheeks became slightly hot, but she understood what the other party meant.Her monthly letter seems to have never come back since Qi Song left.Song Chu’s health was not very good before, and her monthly letters were not on time, and there were delays even every other month. In addition, she was always restless recently, often suffered from insomnia due to nightmares, some endocrine disorders, and loss of appetite, so even if she didn’t come or had She also felt that other reactions were normal, and she didn't think about that.

It was also because she didn't think she would hit it once.

Qi's mother naturally understood the meaning of medical workers, so she patted her hand excitedly and asked again.

She recovered and said, "It's been more than two months."

The medical worker said with a smile: "That's right, the lady is sick, and the lady is about two or three months pregnant."

Her head was a little dazed, and she subconsciously stretched out her hand to caress her lower abdomen. Her heart was complicated, and she didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

If Qi Song can come back, she naturally hopes that the child will be born safely.If Qi Song can't come back, the child will be a posthumous child, born without a father, and his life will be full of ups and downs from then on.

Qi's mother burst into laughter immediately when she heard the words, and repeatedly asked the medical worker how to raise her baby in her current physical condition, what should be paid attention to on weekdays, and so on.

Listening carefully to the medical worker's instructions, Qi's mother sent the medical worker out, and when she came back, she kept telling her to follow the medical worker's instructions on how to raise the baby, and ordered the nurses around her to arrange two more maidservants to come and serve them. If you want the best, you can't be hungry, tired, knocking, etc., and chatter for a long time.

Qi's mother couldn't close her eyes with joy. The brows that had been tightly locked because of worrying about her son for more than two months finally eased. It can be seen that she has great expectations for this unborn child, and she has some words that are not suitable for her to say.

Caressing her belly, she smiled and said, "Mother-in-law, it's only been two months now, so there's no need to bother."

"Don't be sloppy at all, look at how much you have lost weight during this time, mother-in-law knows you are worried about Da Lang, but from now on you have to take care of the baby in your womb, and take care of your health for the baby in your womb , you can’t hurt God anymore, you know?”

She nodded.

She doesn't want to be sad either, but she can't help worrying about Qi Song. She is awakened by nightmares every night, why doesn't she want to sleep peacefully!

Ever since she found out that she was pregnant, she has become an untouchable person in the whole family. She is carefully cared for and held in the palm of the hand by the whole family. Qi's mother and Qi Xiaomei even take turns to come to her room to talk with her every day, for fear that she will be bored. It hurts to think about Qi Song again.

Every time Qi Erlang came back from outside, he would also buy some food for her, and sometimes he would even buy some baby toys for her, saying that he would give them to play when the baby was born.

On this day, she was cutting cloth indoors, and was going to make a swaddle and some small clothes for the baby herself, but Qi Erlang came over with a small wooden horse and said that the baby would ride it.

She couldn't help teasing him: "The child hasn't been born yet. Even if he is born, he will have to be more than two years old to ride this kind of wooden horse. Your preparations are too early."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to think of it later, but now that I think about it, I will prepare first. My nephew is born and I always want to play."

Qi Xiaomei continued to make fun of him: "Second brother, are you going to prepare wooden swords and slingshots for your little nephew in a few days?"

Erlang smiled and said, "You really reminded me."

"Okay, okay." Tang Xiaoshi stopped immediately, and said to Erlang, "Erlang, don't really prepare, how old will be to be able to play with wooden swords and slingshots, it's too early! Besides, how do you know it's a little nephew, maybe it's a girl Son."

"Sister-in-law said yes, but I don't know what girls like to play with. Do sister-in-law and younger sister know?"

Seeing him asking seriously, it seems to tell him what girls like, and he can go to the market to buy a lot of them tomorrow.

She immediately persuaded with a smile: "It's not too late to prepare after the child is born. If Erlang is afraid of forgetting, then write it down on the silk first. It's done, right? Buying so many, the child won't be able to use it when he is young, but it will take more time to put it away." When the dust falls, isn't it all old when the child can play?"

Qi Erlang smiled shyly: "I didn't think about it that much."

At this time Liu Yunsi also came over, saw the little wooden horse on the porch, without asking her, she knew that Qi Erlang bought it and sent it here.Ever since he found out that his sister-in-law was pregnant, he had sent over countless things, from adults to children, food, drink and clothing, almost everything he could think of.The father of other people's family may not necessarily have his dedication.

Holding her breath in her heart, she turned a corner and told Qi Erlang to his face, but he didn't listen, saying that his sister-in-law was pregnant and his elder brother was not at home, and he was the only son in the family. He should take care of his sister-in-law and care about his future nephew.

But his concern clearly exceeded what a normal uncle should do.

She mentioned this to Qi's mother, and Qi's mother felt that there was nothing wrong with Qi Erlang's actions, and even blamed her for not caring about his cousin.

Even Qi Xiaomei, who has always been inseparable from her, is now clinging to Song Chu's side every day, and she shirks that she wants to come to accompany her sister-in-law and nephew several times when she has something to ask her for.

In just half a month, she has almost become a transparent person in the family. If she hadn't approached this cousin, no one would have looked at her.

She followed her breath, approached the living room with a smile, glanced at Qi Erlang at the side, and walked to Tang Xiaoshi with the food box.

"Cousin, look what I bought for you."

Tang Xiaoshi stretched out her head and sniffed at the food box, then said with a smile, "Intestine powder?"

"Yes. I just bought it from outside and it's still hot!"

Tang Xiaoshi immediately put down the little clothes she was playing with, and couldn't wait to open the food box. "Cousin, you are really caring. I wanted to eat this a few days ago."

Qi Erlang suddenly got up and stepped forward to persuade: "Sister-in-law, didn't the medical staff tell you to eat as little as possible of this kind of thing?" Then he blamed Liu Yunsi, "Why do you still buy this kind of thing for sister-in-law?"

Seeing his cold face, Liu Yunsi felt displeased, so she restrained herself and retorted sternly: "My cousin likes to eat it, it is sour and spicy. Didn't my aunt say that my son likes sour and my daughter likes spicy food, that means my cousin is a pair of children?" , what does it matter if you eat this?"

"Is this the reason? Did the medical worker say it's bad for your health, did you mean it?" Qi Erlang's voice was stern and cold.

Tears welled up in Liu Yunsi's eyes immediately, and she said angrily, "What do you mean by that? Are you saying I'm going to kill my cousin?"

"Then you know that my sister-in-law can't eat it, so why do you still buy it?"

"I... I just bought it because my cousin was very greedy. The medical worker also said to eat as little as possible, not saying that I can't eat it. I just bought this to satisfy my cousin's gluttony. I won't buy it in the future. , why do you judge my kindness so maliciously?" Tears fell down.

Tang Xiaoshi frowned. What she was most afraid of was that her family would be too careful and cause conflicts because of disagreements in taking care of her. She didn't expect to come so soon.

She pulled Liu Yunsi to coax her, and said to Qi Erlang: "I was so greedy that I asked my cousin to buy it. You blamed her."

"Sister-in-law..." He wanted to expose Tang Xiaoshi's lie, but seeing Tang Xiaoshi slightly shaking her head to signal him not to argue, she closed her mouth angrily.

Tang Xiaoshi coaxed Liu Yunsi and said, "Stop crying, it doesn't look good when you cry."

Liu Yunsi sobbed twice, glanced at the food box on the table, said to Qi Erlang, "I'll eat the head office myself, right?" She rushed out of the room with the food box in hand.

Tang Xiaoshi yelled but didn't stop, turned her head and blamed Qi Erlang: "How can you say that about her, it's not her fault, go and coax her."

"Sister-in-law, don't cover for her, obviously..."

"It's obvious that you hurt her so much. It's my fault. I shouldn't have asked about eating rice rolls in front of my cousin. Go and coax her, don't make her too sad."

Qi Erlang was also a little angry and stood aside.

"Go!" She urgently urged her with a three-point command.

Qi Erlang left reluctantly.

At breakfast the next day, she paid attention to Qi Erlang and Liu Yunsi, both of them looked ugly, Liu Yunsi glanced at Qi Erlang several times, but Qi Erlang didn't even look at him.

She felt faintly uneasy.

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[1] Quoting Chen Tao of the Tang Dynasty "Four Poems of Journey to the West Part [-]"

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