The worst is the next cousin

The kitchen was not big, Mao Xiaofei had only been here the day before, and when Bao Yu saw him off, his face was full of spring breeze and he was very satisfied.

Seeing Mao Xiaofei this time, the gang leader brought him directly to Bao Yu.

"Let me use your kitchen."

Bao Yu not only lent him the kitchen, but also generously allowed him to use some other ingredients. There is no expensive food in the army, and Mao Xiaofei naturally didn't plan to cook any high-end dishes. He only steamed a bowl of tender custard and cooked another bowl. Rotten porridge.

"I chose four people for you."

Listening to Bao Yu's words, Mao Xiaofei didn't realize who the four were for a moment, and then he remembered the matter of raising chickens, and quickly thanked them.

"No, it will become a trend in the future, and it will also improve the food for the brothers."

Mao Xiaofei quickly said yes.

Mao Xiaofei was busy in the kitchen, while Bao Yu leaned against the door to watch. Hearing that Fu Dong was ill, he generously left a small piece of cooked rabbit leg for Mao Xiaofei. With a flash of the knife, he chopped it into meat At the end, wrap it up for Mao Xiaofei and let him take it away.

Fu Dong, who had slept for a day and a night, was already hungry and coughed several times after eating. Mao Xiaofei had to take a spoon to feed him.Fu Dong's mouth was full of medicine, and he frowned after taking a mouthful, and his expression relaxed only after he swallowed all the medicine.

Let the child lie on his lap to rest after the meal, Fu Dong's energy improved a lot and he couldn't fall asleep at all. Mao Xiaofei told him a story.Fu Dong's eyes were wide open, he was distracted all the time, but he didn't look sleepy.

"Dong'er?"

Probably not used to the new name, Fu Dong didn't respond, and grabbed Mao Xiaofei's belt and pulled it.

"Fu Dong?" Mao Xiaofei called again, but the child hadn't responded yet, Mao Xiaofei immediately raised the volume by eight decibels, and Fu Dong only blinked to see it when he called again.

Mao Xiaofei felt a little strange, but he didn't say anything. After coaxing Fu Dong to sleep, he should feed the chickens as usual.Hearing Fu Dong screaming in the room in the afternoon, Mao Xiaofei hurriedly dropped his work and rushed in, seeing Fu Dong sitting upright on the bed.

"What's wrong? Are you having a nightmare?" Mao Xiaofei walked over.

Walking in front of Fu Dong, Fu Dong twitched all over, turned to look at him with a face dripping with cold sweat, and suddenly plunged into Mao Xiaofei's arms, hugging his waist without letting go.

Mao Xiaofei patted him on the back lightly, and coaxed him in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, what's so scary about dreaming? Did you forget? You saved General Mu and me from the barbarians. You are Dad's little hero."

Fu Dong shrank his body a little, and changed his posture, his face was still tightly pressed into Mao Xiaofei's arms, refusing to come out.After a while, still trembling violently, Mao Xiaofei wanted to say something, when he suddenly heard Fu Dong say: "Father, I'm afraid, you can say something, whatever you want."

Mao Xiaofei shouted in disbelief: "Fu Dong?"

Fu Dong's hand on Mao Xiaofei's arm was tightly grasped, apparently the fear had not dissipated.

A chill rose from Mao Xiaofei's heart, he raised his volume and yelled again.

Fu Dong's tense body relaxed slightly, he raised his face, looked at Mao Xiaofei weakly and uncomfortablely, pouted his lips aggrievedly: "I want to listen to stories, father, tell me two stories, and I will fall asleep soon ..." Mao Xiaofei with a wrong face fell into Fu Dong's small pupils, he shrank his body, and discussed: "Otherwise, let me tell you one thing, just say that the daughter of the king fell in love with a poor beggar last time." ..."

Soon, Mao Xiaofei regained his composure. He kept a relatively high volume and told Fu Dong a story. After putting the child to sleep, he went out and squatted down outside the door.

The sun is burning.

Mao Xiaofei's eyes were a little bitter, he held his face with his hands, wiped it, stood up, and the dizziness from not sleeping all night hit, Mao Xiaofei staggered and fell to the ground.

"Xiao Fei." An anxious voice called.

Mao Xiaofei was helped up, he barely supported his body, and saw clearly that it was Xu Qi, after sitting firmly, Mao Xiaofei pushed Xu Qi away to hold his hand, and let out a long breath: "Xu Qi, it's you, Can I help you?"

"I can't find you if I have nothing to do?" Xu Qi said angrily, "If I hadn't come to look for you, I wouldn't know that you fainted from exhaustion."

"No, I didn't stand firm just now, and I'm not very tired. I didn't sleep last night. Go to bed early today, and I'll be fine tomorrow." Mao Xiaofei's face was extremely ugly, and Xu Qi helped him to sit aside.

"What's going on? Why didn't you sleep last night?"

"Fu Dong has a fever."

Almost instantly, Xu Qi realized that Mao Xiaofei was talking about that barbarian child, and he raised his face in displeasure, "You shouldn't be raising that child, the conditions here are difficult, and I can't even take care of it myself. Qing Xijun is poor , Eating corn bread every day, I can’t get enough to eat, and I have to take a bite out. The child is young now, and he can’t eat anything. When he grows up, he will still have teeth when he is six or seven years old. It depends on what you will do then. "

"I won't be here by then, and I'm sure to make a lot of money." Mao Xiaofei was very sad at first, but he could already tell that Fu Dong couldn't hear his voice well. He wasn't deaf, but he could only hear him when he spoke loudly.Interrupted by Xu Qiyi, he recovered a little bit, his face contorted a few times, regained his composure, and stared at Xu Qi's face: "What do you want from me?"

"I said it's okay, I came to see you, I didn't intend to call you, but who knew that you suddenly fainted..."

"It's really not a faint."

"Okay, I didn't stand firm, I won't fight with you. I'll bring you some medicine next time. By the way, the [-]th Recruit Battalion will send a few people out to buy. If you have me, tell me in advance what you want to buy. I will help you." You bring it back." Hearing Mao Xiaofei's weak promise, Xu Qi stretched out his hand, and was about to drop it on Mao Xiaofei's forehead, Mao Xiaofei turned his head and dodged directly.

"I'm really fine." Mao Xiaofei forced a smile.

Xu Qi put away her hands in embarrassment: "Okay, be careful yourself, I'll come back to you in two days, tell me what you and that child need to bring."

"Thank you, Xu Qi."

"There is nothing to thank. They are all from Shangqi. Let's go." Xu Qi waved his hand back, and walked back stepping on his own shadow.

Later, Bao Yu sent four people to Mao Xiaofei, and the other three were soldiers who helped Mao Xiaofei watch the pheasant for a while.

Mao Xiaofei cheered himself up, and asked them carefully what they were feeding the chickens, how many times a day, and when did the seven spiritless chickens start to have diarrhea.

It was preliminarily judged to be chicken cholera, and Mao Xiaofei also discussed with those four people. He was afraid of causing infection in the flock, so he separated the seven chickens from the other five chickens first.

"This is an egg laid by a sick chicken. It looks the same. I don't know if I can eat it. To be on the safe side, when you go back, find a place to make a fire and burn it to ashes." After the day, Mao Xiaofei He was exhausted to the extreme, and he lived in the small wooden house next to the chicken coop. Fu Dong couldn't leave even if he was sick, so he handed over the egg box to one of the soldiers, "Thank you, little brother."

"Brothers in the same family don't talk about each other," the man patted his chest boldly, "I'll take care of small things, don't worry."

Mao Xiaofei nodded, and when he sent them away, the sunset glow was already burning in the sky, Bao Yu brought food to Mao Xiaofei himself, and looked at Fu Dong.

"This kid has no teeth now. If you want steamed custard, you just bring the eggs. When I bring you something to eat, I bring it here. No one knows."

"Eggs are for the wounded..." Mao Xiaofei hesitated.

"Your son is also wounded now."

Mao Xiaofei thought about it too, Bao Yu looked like a good big brother, which made Mao Xiaofei feel more at ease, having someone of his own in the leader of the soldiers was a great benefit for the lowest-ranking soldiers who couldn't get enough to eat.

That night, before Mao Xiaofei fell asleep, he saw a figure outside from the window, and it was fixed there.Fu Dong's face was flushed while he was sleeping soundly, his small chest heaved and fell from time to time, and his hands and feet twitched occasionally, but they were all unconscious actions.Mao Xiaofei got up and went out, Mu Canshang stood tall, leaning on the wooden stake next to the chicken coop, with one slender leg bent, his profile was handsome.

"How did you come?"

"Isn't that kid sick? I don't have anything to do tonight. Come and have a look." Mu Canshang looked at Mao Xiaofei from above, and reached out to touch his face.

I don't know if he was too tired, Mao Xiaofei didn't dodge, Mu Canshang got excited, lifted Mao Xiaofei's chin, and with the help of a little light from the fire, he saw that his eyes were dark and blue, and felt a little distressed. He lowered his head and rubbed against Mao Xiaofei's forehead.

Suddenly Mao Xiaofei didn't want to move, and when Mu Canshang kissed his face, he came back to his senses and leaned his head on Mu Canshang's shoulder.

This was the first time that Mao Xiaofei took the initiative to lean on him, and suddenly a similar emotion enveloped Mu Canshang, he hugged Mao Xiaofei's waist, rubbed against his ear, and said softly: "What's wrong?"

Mao Xiaofei leaned on without moving, even though Mu Canshang's hand was on his back to comfort him back and forth, it didn't make him relax a bit.

"Fu Dong was sick and didn't sleep well last night? Otherwise, I'll send someone over to watch over him. Go to my place tonight and have a good sleep. I'll watch out for you."

The head on the shoulder shook, and a warm dampness penetrated through the fabric and scalded Mu Canshang's shoulder.

"It's okay, you go back quickly, and you have to get up for training in the morning." Mao Xiaofei's head finally left Mu Canshang's shoulder, his face was a little red, and he lowered his eyes, "Thank you for the warrant."

"Tell me thank you, if you have any difficulties, just come to me. I said, I will make you willing. When you came to me that night, do you think I will take advantage of the fire?"

Mao Xiaofei was stunned for a while, remembering that night when he went to Mu Canshang, he really had the intention of dedicating himself, and now looking at the face in front of him full of vitality, with a rare teasing smile, he was burning from face to toe.

"No." Mao Xiaofei said stiffly.

"I won't take advantage of the fire to rob you, but I hope things will come to fruition. The envoys from Shangnan City have already set off. When they bring back the news, I will give you a chance to decide whether to stay or not."

"Didn't you say that if there is a war, there will be no one from Shangqi left in the barracks?" Mao Xiaofei's throat was dry and his voice was astringent.

"There is no Shangqi person left in the barracks, but there are so many Shangqi people who have settled in Qingxi, it is impossible to kill them all. As long as you want to stay by my side, leave it to me to find a way." Mu Canshang backed away Taking a step forward, looking carefully at Mao Xiaofei's face, Mao Xiaofei lowered his head, and he sighed generously: "I have never been courteous to others, you are the first one. You can think about what I said, go back Shangqi, where can you go? What's more, you have a child with you now. Brother Xiaofei, you can think about it slowly. After the envoys return to Beijing, the king ordered to come here, at least two months. By then, Your understanding of me will never be the same as it is now."

After talking about Mu Canshang, he didn't stay any longer.

That night, Mao Xiaofei was very disturbed, and he fell asleep in a daze until the third watch. He got up before dawn, and followed the training behind the new barracks. Vice General Liu was very surprised to see him, but he didn't dare to rush to him trouble.

After running, line up for breakfast.Xu Qiu, who hadn't seen Mao Xiaofei for several days, greeted him warmly as soon as he sat down, and asked him in a low voice: "Brother Xiaofei, is Vice General Liu afraid to trouble you?"

"I don't know." Mao Xiaofei gnawed on the cornbread with the rice soup with little water in it, and asked casually, "What's wrong?"

"General Mu visits you all the time and asks Zhou Ji to bring you his breakfast. Everyone knows, did something unknown happen to you when you were in the barbarians? Brother Xiaofei, if you are a Martial arts master, don't hide it from me." Xu Qiu looked at Mao Xiaofei excitedly.

"I'm serious, I really only have the strength to restrain a chicken." Mao Xiaofei laughed, "How could there be such rumors."

"It doesn't matter if you don't have one. If the general promotes you to be a lieutenant general in the future, Brother Xiao Fei, you must not forget me. I am easy to raise, just give me a good meal." Xu Qiu touched his round belly, his The two corn buns have already been eaten up.

"Okay, wait until I have that fate." Mao Xiaofei got up and patted Xu Qiu's shoulder, "I'll go first, I won't practice with you during the day, and there are other things, but I will practice with you all in the morning."

After listening to Mao Xiaofei's description, the military doctor touched the few goat pigtails on his chin with a complicated expression.

"It burns for too long and it hurts the brain and maybe deaf, but I've got to see the patient."

Mao Xiaofei nodded: "I have a request."

"please say."

"In front of the child, don't mention deafness, just check and check. By the way, please also look at his mouth."

The military doctor clearly agreed, and went to get the medicine box. Mao Xiaofei sat on the narrow couch for a while, and couldn't help but think of Fu Dong's high fever that day when he couldn't wake up.At first, he didn't want to raise this child at all. This child was cruel and cold-blooded. He could even kill his own adoptive father. He never thought that such a cruel child would be arrested and threatened to cut him into pieces just to follow him. yield.Before he picked up Fu Dong with his own hands, Mao Xiaofei was still hard-hearted, but after holding the child, seeing his soft body lying in his arms with a defenseless and innocent appearance, Mao Xiaofei's heart softened.

There has never been a person who relied on him and needed him like Fu Dong. Without him, Mao Xiaofei, Fu Dong would die.