a lifetime

Chapter Two

agreement

Bu Er Yu Tai lives in a small village thirty miles outside of Yuncheng. The small village is backed by mountains. A small river flows in front of the village. On the other side of the river is a large fruit forest. The local people call it bitter fruit. It is sour.In early summer, the fruit has not yet grown.Bu Er Yu Tai lived in a small wooden house next to the fruit forest, and usually helped the villagers take care of the fruit forest, and also taught the village children some simple fists and kicks. He has been here for ten years.

When Fuji arrived at the entrance of the village, Echizen was surrounded by a group of children, asking him to teach them powerful kung fu, but the culprit, Xiao Qingzheng, with a proud face, stopped in front of several children and loudly declared that my third father is invincible Well, a few children are even more entangled.

I don't think twice, Ryoma is really popular.

So I went straight to Yuta's cabin, which was still the same, but a bit older.Entering the house, Yutai was not there, but Akatsuki ran in.

"Uncle Bu Er, you are here." Obviously very happy.

"Well, did Xiaozhu have a good time today? Why didn't you play with Xiaoqing?" He seemed to be in a good relationship, but Buer looked puzzled.

"Uncle Yuta and I went to clean up the weeds on the fruit trees, and Xiaoqing took Uncle Echizen to see the children." He looked like a little adult.

"I see, so, what about Yuta?"

"I came back with Uncle Yuta. Because I saw Uncle Fuji, I ran back first. Uncle Yuta should be here soon."

"Brother, here we come." Just as he was talking, Fuji Yuta came in with a basket in his left hand. In the basket were some green vegetables and a small machete, which were still stained with dirt.

Buer's crooked smiling eyes opened, his azure eyes were as bright as water, he looked at Yuta carefully from top to bottom, then suddenly he narrowed his eyes with a smile, and jumped into Yuta's arms to hold him tightly. "Hey, my lovely Yuta, long time no see."

Yuta instantly froze, his face flushed, then he pushed Fuji away vigorously, and shouted loudly. "Stupid brother, can you grow up a bit!"

Bu Er's eyes were full of tears. "Well, the desire is so ruthless, it's been so long since I haven't seen each other, yet I won't let my brother hug me." The gesture continued.

Yutai jumped far away and cursed fiercely. "Who ran around all day!" Xindao said that it's not my fault that I haven't seen each other for so long, so don't make me sick!

"That's why Yutai refuses to be with me..." Bu Er cried, with tears in the corners of his eyes, as if he was extremely sad.

"Uh...well, I'm not...you have Echizen and Huadi, and besides...I also have my own life..." Yuta was at a loss, and his words became difficult to follow.

"So Yuta is really the best." As he said that, Fuji successfully rushed to Yuta again, hugging Yuta's arm tightly, with crooked eyebrows and a very bright smile.

Yutai's face darkened, and sure enough, he was fooled again.

Dumbfounded, Aksuke, whose face was full of black lines, finally smiled.

When the sun was about to set, Xiaoqing and Echizen returned to the cabin, and what they saw was Fuji who was clinging to Yuta and smiling brightly, and Yuta who was blushing and embarrassed, and looked at the two Aksuke was also smiling happily.

Xiaoqing stuck out her tongue at Xiaosuke who was looking over, threw herself into Fuji's arms, and said coquettishly. "Daddy, you didn't tell Xiaoqing when you came, and the victim was still waiting for you at the entrance of the village." I thought I would not come until it was almost dark, but it seemed that I came earlier, so I still wanted to Is Uncle Tai the most important?Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel sour.

"Hey, Daddy has been here for a while, because I saw Xiao Qing and Longma having fun, so I didn't bother you." Fuer hugged Xiao Qing on his lap, and Yu Tai took the opportunity to sit far away.

"Daddy lied to me!" I said unconsciously while thinking this way.Xiao Qing pursed her mouth and turned her head without looking at him. She clearly wanted to be alone with Uncle Yutai, on purpose.

Buer also doesn't deny the bewitchment just looking at Xiao Qingxiao.

Xiao Qing was panicked by Fuji's smile, so she jumped down and ran to Yuta's side.

Then Huadi also arrived, and Yutai took a few people to the village for dinner. They were entertained by the uncle who was weeding with Xiaosuke just now.

After night, Fuji, Xiaoqing and Xiaosuke stayed in the village, while Echizen and Huadi went back to the grove in the dark.The next day after dinner, Fuji also left, so Xiaosuke and Xiaoqing lived in the village temporarily, and Fuji agreed to come here every day, although according to Fuji's wish, he preferred to come here and slept with Yuta, I disagree. The twice-daily decoction can’t be broken and it’s not good to take it with you. Besides, you need to pay attention to your diet. Yutai also said that my brother should do more exercise, so running three times a day is suitable, but in fact he doesn’t like sleeping. Being strangled by Fuji, he still has to teach the children how to do exercises every day.There are only two small beds in the house, and one is occupied by those two little ghosts, so after all, brother, you should go and sleep in your own tent with Echizen.

The days are flying fast, and it will be summer in a blink of an eye, and Fuji will soon leave the grove and go to the next destination. It is the year of the Wuhui, not to mention bringing two cute little girls with him, which seems very interesting.

The first three days before leaving was also the most important day, so I came to the valley early.

This is their valley, as it has been for 13 years.

There is a bamboo house built on the broken wall, which is of ordinary size and rare ordinary shape. There is a large wooden board in front of the house. The wooden board has been painted, but the paint has fallen off.There are a few places where rot has pierced holes due to years of rain.

With a little tiptoe, Buer jumped onto the wooden board and entered the bamboo house. After a while, he came out holding a guqin, walked to the front of the board, sat cross-legged, and played the piano with ten fingers. into mind.

"Hmm, Fuji-kun, we meet again."

"Fuer Zhouzhu, you are going too far!"

"...As you can see, I did it, all of it."

"Why? Don't kill me."

"You don't know, there are too many, I don't know, there are too many... no two."

"I don't regret it. I have never regretted killing her, not at all."

"What? Are you trying to kill me?"

"Of course. What a fool I am, a self-righteous fool!"

"Fuer Zhouzhu, what am I to you?"

"Why? Why? Why... Are you crying? No! Can you stop lying to me?"

"No two..."

"...Zhou Zhu."

After one song, another song starts again.

So uninterrupted.

Until the sunset cools, until the night grows darker.He finally stopped, Baoqin stood up.

"Papa papa." There was applause. "Xiaozhu's piano skills have improved." A man approached from a distance in the dark night.

"So it's Xiaoshi, you're late." Fuji turned around and went back to the house to put the piano away, then tiptoed to the man.

The man is dressed in elegant brocade clothes and stands holding a fan. "Thank you for taking care of me during this time." The man raised his smiling face and looked at Fuji's face. He hadn't seen him for many years, and he was still the same.It's just rare that he didn't squint and smile, as expected, that person is very special.

"Xiaozhu is very cute." After saying that, he led the man to the other side of the valley, where an important person lived.That person has been looking at the bamboo house for ten years, guarding their past and future.

With their clothes fluttering, the two jumped into the cave halfway up. The cave was not big, and there was a long candle burning on the left and right. The candles illuminated the cave brightly, and it was much warmer than the outside of the cave.From the entrance of the cave, you can see the bamboo house on the opposite side. The cave is very clean. There is a tombstone in the center of the cave. The tombstone is as tall as a person, and it is made of jade.The stele is engraved with "Bu Er Zhou Zhu Li, the tomb of Bu Er Jia Guan Yue"

There are people in the cave.They cuddled each other and fell asleep.

It's Xiaoqing and Xiaosuke.

The two approached, took off their outer shirts, put them on the two children, and held them in their arms.

The man stroked Xiaosuke's white and tender face, delicate and gentle.Looking at Bu Er and Xiao Qing in his arms, and taking Xiao Qing over, he thought to himself that this child was exactly the same as Bu Er. "I'll take them down first." Yan Ba ​​stood up holding a child in one hand, glanced at the tombstone, nodded slightly, took another look, smiled, and nodded.

"Huh, daddy?" At this moment, Xiao Qing in her arms opened her eyes in a daze, saw Bu Er smiling and looking at her, and then fell asleep again.

After the three of them left, they approached the tombstone.The right hand stroked the three characters Guanyue on the stele for a long time, and finally the corners of the mouth rose, and the smile returned to the eyes. "Hey, you were really willful at first."

Slightly turned sideways, scanned the cave once, then focused his eyes on the stele, his eyes looked at the distant country, and a charming smiling face was reflected. "Then, Guan Yue-jun, you have worked hard for the next year. I will come back next year." Chu, wait for me.He turned around sharply, and his back became a shadow.

"Then what, it's impossible for me to say 'forget about me after you die, and live to love others'. I'm not a good person at the beginning of the month. But I won't ask you to insist on me, and I'm not a A greedy person, or I am sure that I am not making such unnecessary demands, including this sentence itself, which is also a bargaining chip. Let’s make an agreement that after I die, you can be with anyone, even Echizen Birch or Tezuka are fine, but you want to bury me in the valley where we used to live together, across from the bamboo house, and you have to stay with me for one month every year, so that’s fine.”

"It doesn't matter if I'm stubborn or boring, only you, only being with you, I have to be willful. I have missed so much, and I must hold on to the future, so you must too. Every ten years Two months, one month for you, and the rest is up to me."

"Hey, no two, let's make an agreement."

On a rare moonless night, Echizen sat on the bench in front of the thatched hut, repeatedly wiping the long sword, the blade reflected the faint candlelight.Huadi sat not far away, and the two did not talk.

When one candle was burned out and Huadi lit another, Echizen put down his long sword, sighed almost inaudibly, and entered the small kitchen.Immediately Huadi followed suit, heated up the food, and fried a few side dishes.When all the food was served on the table, two figures approached vaguely, each holding a child in their arms.

It was no two or four people who came.Bu Er hugged Xiao Qing, Xiao Qing had already woken up, and when she saw Hua Di, she was picked up by Hua Di. "Zhou Zhu, Yukimura, let's eat. I'll take Xiao Qing, and Akatsuki."

"Thank you Huadi. Xiaosuke, wake up." Yukimura woke Xiaosuke up.In a daze, Xiaosuke was carried by Huadi to the small kitchen.After waking up, I returned to the dinner table, shocked.No two, Yukimura and Echizen had already sat down and were eating deliciously and harmoniously.Xiao Qing also happily ran over and sat down next to Bu Er, with a coquettish expression on her face.

"Hey, Xiaosuke will be hungry if you don't hurry up." Fuji and Yukimura smiled.

Immediately, Akatsuki felt like entering a wolf's den, and obediently sat next to Yukimura.Greeting in a low voice, "Father...king." It really was too tender for me.I thought it would take another three months at least.

"Hehe, Xiaosuke, long time no see." Yukimura raised his forehead with one hand and looked at Xiaosuke with great meaning.

"How long has it been..." Xiaosuke muttered dissatisfied.He kept his head down all the time, and felt that he was betrayed by these people.

"Akatsuki's father is very sad." Yukimura smiled even more.

"That's right, Xiaosuke thinks so, Uncle Bu Er is also very sad, isn't it, Xiao Qing." Bu Er looked at Xiao Qing with crooked eyes, Xiao Qing swallowed a vegetable, nodded with a bright smile, "Yeah. "

Xiaosuke glared at Xiao Qing fiercely, the latter stuck out his tongue, and smiled brighter, Xiaosuke was angry and was about to refute.

"Zhou Zhu, and Yukimura, you should stop it at the right time." Echizen stopped at the right time, how many times does he think his stomach can withstand the torment before eating at this time?And these two, never get together if possible.

"Wait, Akatsuki, you call him King Father? And the third father, you call him Yukimura?" Xiao Qing put down the chopsticks in her hand, stared at Yukimura for a few times, and then turned her gaze to Fuji, showing her grievance.It's not surprising, even the martial arts leader Tezuka Kunimitsu is the father of a follower, and it's not surprising that he is familiar with the king, Yukimura Seichi, but...

"That's right, Xiaoqing." Buer nodded appreciatively, but there was more fun in the smile.

"Then, let me introduce myself first, Xiaoqing. I'm Yukimura Seiichi. Nice to meet you, Xiaosuke." Xiaosuke's daughter, Xiaosuke, was exactly the same.

"That's why my surname is Yukimura." Akatsuki interjected, suddenly showing off his air. "Not Tezuka."

It's not easy to get angry if you have a small dump.I muttered alone that I know your surname is not Tezuka.The fathers, too, kept it from me. Thinking about it, they stared fiercely at Fuji, squinted at Echizen fiercely, and finally stuck out their tongues at Huadi.It made Fuji and Yukimura's father and daughter laugh happily, while Huachi expressed his innocence.Going forward and holding his forehead, he was already powerless to stop it. "Xingmura, is it okay for you to run around like this, and Sanada doesn't even care about you." The implication is how far you take your daughter, the key is how far you are from Zhou Zhu.

"Echizen-kun, don't forget that I am the king of a country. I have the final say and it's all mine." The implication is that Shusuke is also mine, and raised his eyebrows triumphantly.

"Cut! Then you should go back to the palace to enjoy your world."

"Well, it's good to sit and hug, but occasionally you have to visit it in person. This is a good monarch, isn't it, Xiaozhu." The glances were obvious, and there was affection in the eyes of the two. "Of course Xiaoshi is a good monarch, and he is a cute and good monarch." But... the kitten can't be in a hurry. "Although not as cute as my Ryoma."

The atmosphere changed suddenly.

Turn again.Echizen put down his chopsticks. "Forget it, Zhou Zhu, hurry up and finish your meal, then drink the medicine and go to bed, it's too late today." After saying that, he got up and went to the small kitchen, away from the disaster center, and reheated the medicine that he had just boiled.

After the noisy meal, the two children quickly fell asleep.I don't know whether it was out of bad taste or really in response to the child's request. In the end, the two pairs of father and daughter slept in a tent, so the next day when they woke up, it was even more lively and joyful.

After dinner, Buer took Xiaoqing to the valley, and Xiaosuke led Yukimura to a small village.Echizen went hunting in distant mountains.

The summer is hot, and the closer it is to noon, the more unbearable it is.After that time, Huadi was extremely intolerant to heat, so he packed up the huts and tents casually, put a few pots of tea on the table, and went to the stream to escape the heat.

Even at noon, the valley is cool because of the constant breeze in the valley.

Xiaoqing and Fuji sat cross-legged on the wooden board in front of the bamboo house, Xiaoqing held the guqin in her arms, trying out the sound of the piano, and Fuji taught her a new song.

She wants to play it for her father.

In fact, she doesn't remember her father. Guanyue was not alive when she was born. She knew him from other people's descriptions. There is a portrait of him at home. His facial features are exquisite, his eyebrows are enchanting, but his hair color is the same as her own. Black navy.Although they had never met, there was no doubt that she loved him deeply.As long as she can remember, she has been asking and collecting everything about Guan Yue and Fuji Zhouzhu, from their childhood to their world fame to their parting of life and death, she knows far more than what Bu Er thinks she is. She knows more, but she seldom says it. In front of Fuji, she is used to acting like a baby. What's more, she grew up under the pampering and love of many fathers. In many cases, this kind of pampering even exceeds that of Yukimura Akatsuki. For a princess of a country to have the favor of many masters is much more.

"Papa papa. Xiaoqing has made great progress, Chu must be very happy." There seemed to be honey in Fuji's smile.

When the last melody of the tune fell, Xiao Qing looked at Bu Er with a big smile on her face. "Really? But it's still far behind Daddy, but Xiaoqing will work hard, and one day she will catch up with Daddy."

"Well, yes, Xiaoqing is the smartest." Fuer brushed Xiaoqing's messy hair behind her ears.In the blue eyes is Xiaoqing's small smiling face, and Xiaoqing's dark blue hair. "Speaking of which, Xiao Qing's hair color is really exactly the same as Chu Yi's."

Xiao Qing looked into Buer's eyes, she murmured that she looked like herself and didn't. "Hey, Daddy, tell me about Chu Daddy again."

"Chu, he's really capricious." The smiling eyes became crooked. "Also a fool."

"Daddy loves you very much."

"Well, I love Xiao Chu too, but I didn't know until a long time later, so I'm also a fool." After a pause, he stretched out his right index finger. "So Xiao Qing is also a fool."

"A family of fools." Xiao Qing agreed.

In the valley, the father and daughter laughed continuously.

When the sun was setting, Bu Er led Xiao Qing out of the valley, and the setting sun cast his shadow away, like three people walking together.

The moonlight is beautiful.The small village is peaceful and fragrant.

Yukimura and Akatsuki said goodbye to Yuta first, and Xiaoqing also said goodbye with tears in his eyes.

"Okay, brother, take good care of Xiao Qing." Yuta turned her head.

"Yutai..." He hesitated to speak.He hesitated to speak.

"I know all about it." Yutai looked at Fuji and said seriously. "Listen, brother. I am very happy here, taking care of Guozilin and the children is very satisfying." Pause, hesitated for a while, and spoke slowly. "And I am different from my elder brother. I am very happy to be able to visit Senior Moon Watcher every day. I know I am not qualified but this is the life I hope for, just like I support my elder brother to travel abroad and live without a fixed place these years. I also hope that my brother can support me to live quietly here."

Looking at Yutai's twinkling eyes, Buer was a little shocked.It took a long time to wake up.Also sternly said. "If this is too hopeful, I won't mention it in the future." The voice was a little low, but still firm. "Actually, I am the one who is not qualified. I am always self-righteous and think about Yutai, but in fact, I don't know what Yutai really wants. I know that Yutai lives here all these years, and I don't even dare to come to see her. I am afraid of Yutai. Too lonely but in fact I can't accompany at all. So I started to think too much about self-righteousness."

"Brother idiot." Yutai murmured in a low voice.

"But it won't happen in the future, Yuta also has a life she wants to live, but I will come here when I miss Yuta very much, to see my cutest Yuta." He said, rubbing Yuta's cheek.

Yuta blushed and couldn't dodge, so he could only roar. "Idiot brother, I'm waiting for you, let's go!"

"Hi, hi." Fuji hugged Yuta, let go, turned and left.The back is warm and friendly in the moonlight.

A pleasant voice came faintly. "Don't worry Yuta, I will take good care of Xiaoqing."

Yu stood there for too long, with a calm and brisk face.

The cross scar is also stained with gentle moonlight.