In front of the North Gate

The embarrassing days of Suo Xing in the Niutou cottage were not long, and everyone was very busy.

The bull's head is no more than an ordinary land boundary. The road up and down the mountain is only as wide as one person, and it is steep and dangerous. It is impossible to lift boxes after boxes of objects.

Bandits also have the wisdom of bandits.They built a wooden shelf on the steepest cliff behind the stockade, and the huge wooden box was hung with a hemp rope. Several people stood on the shelf and lowered it slowly. In less than half a moment, a large box of objects could land firmly on the ground. .

Following the method of the bandits, on the day of departure, all the goods and firearms were piled up at the foot of the mountain early.

The Pingcheng side was also sorted out, and some people were sent over to carry the goods along the way.

Lou Huaiyu walked in the middle of the line, empty-handed, feeling both embarrassed and novel.

Three years ago, he traveled north and south with the troupe, and it was the same, but he changed the team, and his mood was very different, especially after following them into Pingcheng.

As soon as the team entered, the people of Pingcheng didn't even do business. They stood on both sides of the road one after another, giving way to a small path enough for them to walk, and whispered to each other.

Lou Huaiyu, who was used to standing on the stage, felt embarrassed at the moment, but the people in front and behind seemed to be very used to it, and they smiled and waved at the common people, getting more rustling whispers.

Along the way, the group was also suddenly attacked by the wives and children of the peacekeeping team, and they were all restrained within a few strokes.What's more, some women and old people knelt down and thanked them crying. Many people stuffed delicious silver taels, but they were politely declined by Lan Er, who was at the front of the line.

The team entered through the front door of the Fan family compound.

Even three years ago, Lou Huaiyu never walked through the front door of the Fan family compound.

It is not as luxurious as Lou Huaiyu imagined at all, but it is higher than ordinary courtyard doors, with larger plaques, a few more steps, and most of the paint on the door has been blown and rained off.

The door was wide open, and two young men stood upright on both sides of the stone lion. Although they didn't wear uniforms like Japanese military officers, they stood upright, and the spears on their backs also had a chilling deterrent effect.

Lou Huaiyu swallowed secretly.

He went back and forth and went back to the place where he stayed for three years, but he felt that nothing was the same again.

When Lou Huaiyu stepped on the first step, he heard Lan'er shouting: "Shi Jichang!"

For some reason, Lou Huaiyu trembled uncontrollably as if hearing a gunshot.

Shi Jichang responded to her and walked over here.

"I'm back." Shi Jichang said.

Lou Huaiyu suddenly became nervous for no reason. He wanted to rush to the front of the crowd, but like Lan Er, he boldly called him Shi Jichang, but also wanted to hide far away, so that people could not see him.

But Lan'er didn't follow his wish, and said in the second sentence: "I'm back! I even brought you a piece back!"

Lan'er said happily, Lou Huaiyu looked up and met Shi Jichang's eyes.

The weather was getting hotter day by day, and Shi Jichang finally changed out of the clothes that were full of powder and powder, and wore a dark-colored blouse and jacket pants made of ordinary fabric.

Even though he was dressed like an ordinary farmer, he couldn't stop his unique aura Yu Xuanhang.

Lou Huaiyu suddenly felt that his feet were filled with lead and he couldn't move, but his heart was like a wild horse that had been whipped, jumping out of his master's control.

He secretly swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva and took several deep breaths, but he couldn't adjust before walking in front of Shi Jichang.

"Shi Jichang." Lou Huaiyu held back for a long time, but couldn't think of what to say, so he followed Lan'er and called him softly.

Lou Huaiyu lowered his head halfway. He didn't hear Shi Jichang responding to him, but the familiar feeling of rubbing left and right came from the top of his head, and then his forehead was also touched lightly. A lock of hair was pinned back behind Lou Huaiyu's ear.

Lou Huaiyu raised his head, Lan'er left without knowing when, and there were only a few people left at the end of the team, who were still looking at this side secretly, but when they saw Lou Huaiyu raised his head, they turned around and accelerated away.

"Don't you want to leave? Why are you back?" Shi Jichang let go of his hand and asked him.

He was also a strange existence in the village, but no one ever asked him why he stayed, as if there was a kind of tacit and strange authentication, and he quickly accepted Lou Huaiyu as a member of the team.

Lou Huaiyu pursed her lips, unconsciously clutched the hem of her clothes, and rubbed them repeatedly: "I have nowhere to go."

Lou Huaiyu may not know how aggrieved and pitiful she looks when she speaks.

"I found nowhere to go after going out," he said softly, complaining about Shi Jichang without any complaints, "You didn't tell me that you were going to send me away soon... you thought we would see you again—— "

Lou Huaiyu paused, facing Ji Chang down, and looked straight into his eyes.

"See what?" Shi Jichang asked him seemingly without any emotion.

Lou Huaiyu rubbed the hem of his clothes again, and didn't say the word you, he was afraid that Shi Jichang would continue to ask him "Why do you want to see me?" and he would not be able to answer.

"Nothing," Lou Huaiyu replied, and he pushed Shi Jichang, "Stop talking at the door."

The Fan Family Courtyard was originally transformed by the Japanese army into a place suitable for large groups of people to live in, so it was quite convenient for Shi Jichang and his party to move in, but it was just to use the original Japanese army's berths.

"We don't have that many people, so we have more empty rooms, and the backyard is still empty." Shi Jichang explained to him as he walked, "We will stay here for a while, you are used to living in that small courtyard, Let’s just live there, everything is complete.”

Only then did Lou Huaiyu realize that Shi Jichang was helping him to the backyard.

He sighed a little, but didn't know what to say, so he made some meaningless exclamations, which made Shi Jichang smile inconspicuously.

Lou Huaiyu looked at the corner of his raised mouth, and asked the words in his mouth without thinking: "Then where do you live?"

As soon as it was exported, it felt inappropriate.

Shi Jichang is no longer the fugitive who relied on his help to survive, but the current owner of this house, who can arrange where he lives. It is not up to him to manage where the owner lives. Asking questions, as if inviting the other party to live together.

Lou Huaiyu blushed a little, and explained in a panic: "Just ask."

Unexpectedly, Shi Jichang laughed even bigger, stretched out his hand to rub Lou Huaiyu's head, said that it was all right, and carefully informed his whereabouts.

Contrary to what Lou Huaiyu thought, Shi Jichang lived in the Datong shop in the front yard, and lived with ordinary team members.

"Come to me if you have any questions." Shi Jichang sent him to the door, and opened his mouth to talk to him.

The door of the small courtyard was half open, and it could be vaguely seen that the furnishings inside were the same as the previous few days.

The snow in the courtyard has long since melted, and the only small tree has some inconspicuous green buds on its zigzag branches, indicating that these plants that have become lifeless in winter will finally come back to life.

Neither of them spoke, and no one wanted to leave.

Lou Huaiyu only felt that the back of his hand near Shi Jichang was inexplicably itchy, as if there was something strange running up this arm, and the numbness ran along his limbs, rushing around in his body, making him feel sick again. Uneasy, and dare not act rashly.

After a while, Shi Jichang said again: "Don't be afraid, this period of time is getting used to it, think about it carefully, if it's not suitable for you to stay in the team, you can also walk with us for a while, and wait until the right place to do what you want .”

Shi Jichang's voice was not loud, deep, gentle, tolerant and calm.

Lou Huaiyu raised his head blankly, saw Shi Jichang's expressionless face and eyes clearly, and couldn't help but think: This is a brand new, never seen, different Shi Jichang.

Shi Jichang became less urgent, less sharp, and seemed no longer so far away. He became like a gentle patriarch, but he was a child who was extra pampered. He received special treatment and was given enough time. Randomly choose to travel anywhere.

Lou Huaiyu felt that this connivance made him happy and sad at the same time.

Because Lou Huaiyu couldn't seem to find a suitable place, had nothing to do, and... didn't want to leave.

"Okay?" Shi Jichang asked him again.

Lou Huaiyu suppressed his helplessness, he didn't want Shi Jichang to feel that he had no pursuit, so he nodded and said, "Okay."