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With the country's reform and opening up, people's economy has been invigorated, and the conditions of each family have improved. Although the Yanjiawan area is still poor these years, it is better than the previous ones, which were starved to death and sometimes frozen to death. on a lot.

For example, white noodles, which were rarely seen on the table all year round in the early years, have now become a common food in every household.Whether it is the dried noodles in exchange or the pasta made of various flours, they are all indispensable staple foods on the table of farmers in this area.

Of course, nowadays, as the days get better and better, the miscellaneous grains and miscellaneous foods from many years ago are occasionally served on the table... However, at this time, it is not to satisfy the hunger, but to follow the trend and to maintain health.

Especially vermicelli, whether it is for the convenience of catching up with laziness, or because the busy farming is too busy, it is basically a must-have for every household.

Earlier, Wu Zidang’s Qingshi Courtyard was still there, and people around would carry wheat on their backs to exchange for a dozen catties and go home for preparation... Now that Wu Shaokang has entered the classroom, Zhong Wuyan also burned the Qingshi Courtyard to the ground. Ruins... Although it makes people sad, but "the dead are gone", the living must continue to live, right?What's more, neither Wu Shaokang nor Zhong Wuyan has much "relationship" with them, and it's even more impossible for everyone to be dutiful sons, never forgetting, right? !

Therefore, as soon as the matter is over, people gradually forget Wu Shaokang, Wu Zidang's martial arts teacher, and Zhong Wuyan, Wu's widow. change?Isn't it worthwhile to go back and forth in town just to exchange for a few handfuls of noodles? !

Fortunately, there is a type of people in this world who pursue profits and become businesses... Soon there will be a grain and oil grocery store in Wantou of Yanjiawan, which not only sells grain and oil, but also sells all kinds of dried noodles—what egg noodles and Dandan noodles? Ramen noodles, wide and thin noodles, round flat noodles, or Western noodles (spaghetti in bags) and Dongyang noodles (udon noodles in bags), as long as you name them, they will sell them in the store. , even if you don’t have to sell it, as long as you say you want it, someone will come to the store and ask you to pick it up within a few days.

As a result, the villagers in Yanjiawan, who had a better life, began to accept all kinds of noodles, and their mouths began to be picky.

Waking up early in the morning, Yan Che found that there were no more noodles at home, so he thought about buying some bagged udon noodles for everyone to change their meals.

Right now, with three bags of udon noodles twisted in his hand, he had just returned to Wuxu Mountain when he heard two childish voices arguing in the yard through the red brick wall.

Entering the courtyard, it was indeed Shen Chun and Shen Qiu who were arguing.

For the quarrel between the two brothers and sisters, Yan Che was very surprised. Seeing the helpless adults surrounding him to persuade him, and not to persuade him, once he saw Yan Che enter the hospital, it was like seeing a savior. Firefighting" eyes.

"What's the matter?" Yan Che watched the seldom-seen brothers and sisters quarreling, and asked Fujiko who came up to help carry things.

Fujiko took the dough bag from Yan Che's hand, shrugged, turned his face closer, and said in a low voice: "Xiaoqiu came to find Xiaoqi, Chun'er said that Xiaoqiu has a brain problem... To be honest, you and Xiaoqiu What’s wrong with Qiu? What’s wrong with Xiaoqiuba? You’ve been so nervous since you came up in the morning, now Xiaoqiu is looking everywhere when you come together, what’s going on? something?!"

Yan Che was stunned, although his face remained calm, but his heart was filled with turmoil.

The first person who found out that Zhen Qi was missing was naturally Yan Che who slept in the same room and bed with Zhen Qi.

But... When Yan Che went out and met Fujiko who had just come out of bed, he realized that something was wrong.

Not only Fujiko, but Chunqiu brothers and sisters who have not yet woken up, the entire Zhulou, and even the "insider" who met yesterday, found that they remembered everything that happened yesterday, but Dudu...doesn't remember Jane. Seven such a child appeared.

With this kind of knowledge, Yan Che immediately panicked. He made subtle probing again and again, and when he got one conclusion after another that Zhenqi hadn't appeared before, Yan Che even began to wonder if he was mentally ill. He began to doubt himself. I feel that dreams are confused with reality...and Zhen Qi, a little Taoist priest, may not have really appeared, it is just a fantasy of his.

However, knowing that Shen Qiu actually remembered it now, Yan Che really felt what was meant by "horror".Even if he himself is carrying such a mystical thing as Tianyuanzhu, but it is a "dead" thing, Zhen Qi is a living child who can talk and laugh!

After breaking up the quarreling brothers and sisters Chunqiu, Shen Chun sobbed and was carried by Zhang Chaoying's old couple to eat wontons in Wantou.

Using the ingredients at home, Yan Che made a simple and delicious pickled mustard udon noodle soup for breakfast, and let everyone have a taste of it.

After breakfast.

Yan Jiang and his wife followed Yan Guoqiang to pull weeds for the vegetable shed, and Fujiko went into the kitchen to wash the dishes obediently. Yan Che took Shen Qiu's little hand, and the two entered Yan Che's room.

Seeing Shen Qiu's face more and more resembling his own, those red and swollen eyes were particularly distressing, Yan Che stretched out his hand, and gently hugged this quiet and well-behaved child in his arms: the child is too sensible, it's not good, It's so heartbreaking.

"Third Uncle, I didn't lie." Soon, Shen Qiu's voice came out from Yan Che's arms in a muffled voice, and his small body trembled, Yan Che knew that the child's grievances hadn't passed.

Sighing, Yan Che straightened Shen Qiu's body, made Shen Qiu and himself look into each other's eyes, and said, "Xiao Qiu, do you remember Zhen Qi?"

Shen Qiu was taken aback for a moment, but soon his eyes lit up, and he nodded fiercely: "Brother Xiaoqi is very good, he likes to be hugged by me!"

Hearing this, Yan Che became completely quiet, and his mind began to spin rapidly: Why do I and Xiaoqiu remember Zhen Qi?Everyone acted as if they had never seen Zhen Qi... What the hell is going on? !

"Third uncle, I don't know why, but I think Xiao Qi is very obedient, I like him very much, I also like to hug Xiao Qi, I like Xiao Qi to cling to me..." Shen Qiu, who was leaning against Yan Che's arms, also calmed down: " Third Uncle, can you let Xiao Qi stay? I will take care of Xiao Qi, and I can do more things, and I will definitely not burden you...Third Uncle, can you keep Xiao Qi?"

Seeing that Yan Che didn't speak, Shen Qiu was a little anxious, looked up at Yan Che, and said in a hurry: "Really, third uncle, I can do anything, can we keep Xiao Qi? I...I know I'm like this It's very bad, but...but...I don't want Xiao Qi to leave." Saying that, Shen Qiu's eyes turned red again, and a layer of mist covered his eyes.

Yan Che lowered his head and caressed Shen Qiu's little face, looked at the little face that looked more and more like his own, held Shen Qiu tightly in his arms, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Qiu, third uncle asked you something , you have to think about it before answering Third Uncle."

Shen Qiu nodded fiercely in Yan Che's arms: "Yes, Third Uncle, I must think hard about it."

"Xiaoqiu, do you still remember Mom and Dad?" Yan Che pursed his lips, thought for a while, and asked.

Feeling that the little body in her arms froze suddenly, her little face was lifted up, and she looked at Yan Che with panic in her eyes: "Three, third uncle... Xiao, Xiaoqiu, don't leave little, little seven, third uncle ...Xiaoqiu, never quarrel with Chun'er again, quarrel, third uncle...you, don't drive me and Chun'er away, okay?"

Seeing the panic on Xiaoxiao's face, Yan Che's heart felt sore and painful. It took him a long time to suppress the heat in his eyes, and raised his hand to give Shen Qiu a chestnut on the forehead, and said in a low voice, "What are you thinking about? Third Uncle Do you remember your parents?"

The tense and flustered little face visibly relaxed, and Shen Qiu approached Yan Che's arms: "Well - I remember."

Gently patted Shen Qiu's back, Yan Che said: "Tell third uncle about your parents."

Shen Qiu nodded.

Shen Qiu was not his parents' biological child, but an abandoned baby picked up by Grandpa Shen from the bank of the Wantou stream.

At that time, Shen Qiu's parents had been married for three years and hadn't given birth yet, so they suffered all the eyes from the villagers.Because of this, Shen Qiu's mother kept arguing with Shen Qiu and him, and the quarrel became so severe that the two even started fighting.

Grandpa Shen is very satisfied with his daughter-in-law. Apart from being unable to bear children, he has always felt that although his daughter-in-law is not the most beautiful, she is also a rare virtuous mother-in-law in ten villages and eight stores. Hiding in the house and quietly wiping away tears, he knelt in front of his ancestor's grave to plead guilty.

Picking up Shen Qiu by the Wantou Creek, the old man felt that it was his ancestors who took pity on him and sent such a child to Shen's family. Even though he was not his own child, he could be raised by himself, and after a hundred years, he would not be unrepeatable.

At first, Shen Qiu's parents were still a little hesitant, but seeing what my father said, the couple also fell in love with Shen Qiu, concealing the truth that Shen Qiu was not their own son, only saying that it was born in their own womb.

What's more, Shen Qiu has been sensible since she was a child, and she doesn't make a fuss, which makes the entire Shen family happy and loving... I never thought that two years later, Shen Qiu's mother would be pregnant and give birth to Shen Chun.

Everyone in the Shen family felt that Shen Qiu was the lucky star of the Shen family. After Shen Chun was born, not only did the whole Shen family treat Shen Qiu better than Shen Chun.

As Shen Qiu gradually grew up, he always felt that he was part of the Shen family, even if some mothers-in-law and aunts were the cheapest, they once said that Shen Qiu was not born like his parents, but was dismissed by Grandpa Shen's words "born like grandma".

Later, after Shen's parents died, Shen Qiu knew that none of his mother's natal family looked like him, not to mention that when Grandpa Shen was ill, he also told him about Shen Qiu's life experience.

From being sad at the beginning, Shen Qiu firmly believed that "I am the Shen family", so she also took on the responsibility of taking care of her grandfather and sister... Until the death of Grandpa Shen, the brothers and sisters had no choice but to go to Wuxu Villa and Yan Che .

Tightly hugging the half-old child who was crying sadly in his arms, Yan Che didn't know what to say, and he didn't know what to comfort, so he could only quietly hug the child who was in urgent need of support at this moment.

Shen Qiu was crying in his arms, and Yan Che's mind started to be confused...he was even guessing...what was the relationship between Shen Qiu and his mother, or maybe it was a relative of Wan Qishuyu's family... Yunyun, after all, Shen Qiu's appearance and her own are really becoming more and more similar... All this is not evidence that can be obtained from a one-pot meal!

However, his mother, Wan Qishuyu, is dead, and his grandmother has also been dead for many years, so there is no news about his natal family at all... Yan Che is excited, but even more sad: If Shen Qiu really has something to do with him, then, Why was Shen Qiu abandoned?So, why did grandma take her mother to hide and flee everywhere?So, is it just because the stepfather and children made things difficult and the relationship was frustrated that the mother ran away from home and never heard from the family for many years?Also, why no one else remembers Zhen Qi, but only myself and Shen Qiu?Zhen Qi said that Shen Qiu has a smell similar to her own, so what exactly is that smell?

Zhen Qi is not an ordinary child, as early as after Zhen Qi said those words yesterday, Yan Che was enlightened and shocked... Then there are probably reasons for Zhen Qi's words.So, what is the reason?Could it be that Shen Qiu really has a blood relationship with him (of course it can't be father and son, just face the wall in random thoughts)?

All of this, I didn’t know it before, and it was fine when I didn’t speculate. Now, every time I feel close to the truth, there is always a thick fog blocking the way. The looming truth came before... Yan Che's always clear mind was confused, and in addition to the confusion, he felt a dull dull pain in his chest that was unbearable.

It hurts.

Yan Che moaned loudly, Shen Qiu stopped crying, and looked at Yan Che stupidly at a loss.

"What's the matter?" The door was pushed open suddenly, and Fujiko rushed in, hugging the pale Yan Che.

Yan Che lifted his eyelids weakly, and took a look at Fujiko: "You have been outside, outside, right?"

Fujiko hugged Yan Che's arms for a moment, then recovered quickly, hugged Yan Che, put Yan Che on the bed, and said, "Wait, I'll pour you a cup of hot water, if you don't Comfortable, I will be sent to the hospital by you."

Yan Che clutched his chest, looked at the back of Fujiko leaving, and closed his eyes.

When it opened again, Yan Che looked at Shen Qiu, who was stunned, and said, "Xiao Qiu, come here."

Shen Qiu came back to his senses, tears flowed out again, he didn't dare to throw himself into Yan Che's arms to cry, leaned cautiously beside Yan Che: "Third Uncle, don't die, you can't die, after you die, Chun and I No one wants it anymore."

Yan Che didn't know whether to laugh or cry, how could a child who was always sensible become so crying today?

Smiling, Yan Che gently rubbed Shen Qiu's hair, and said, "Xiao Qiu, you must firmly remember every word Third Uncle said to you, you understand?"

Shen Qiu looked up at the pale Yan Che, bit his lips to hold back his tears, and nodded fiercely.

"Okay." Seeing the tears on Shen Qiu's face, Yan Che carefully wiped away the well-behaved child one by one, and whispered: "No one can say these words, and you can't say them when others ask you. For example You remember things about Zhen Qi, like the fact that you are not your parents' biological child."

Shen Qiu looked at Yan Che in bewilderment, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Yan Che was not in a hurry to explain, and said: "Third Uncle doesn't know why, but you have to remember that no one can tell these things, even Shen Chun can't tell her, and even the rotten in the stomach can't tell it. .”

"Third Uncle, why?" Shen Qiu was startled again by Yan Che's tone.

Yan Che sighed, glanced at the door, and after confirming that Fujiko was not there this time, he leaned into Shen Qiu's ear: "Xiaoqiu, third uncle knows that you are not lying, Zhen Qi has indeed been here, and she really disappeared Zhen Qi is not an ordinary person, he can see some strange things, and the third uncle can't explain clearly at the moment. Xiaoqiu, remember what the third uncle said, no one can tell about Zhen Qi, and your life experience. As for why, three Uncle will tell you when he finds the answer. Uncle San can’t find the answer for a day, so you have to always remember what Uncle San said today, understand?”

Seeing Yan Che's more and more serious expression, Shen Qiu's ignorant eyes gradually cleared up, and finally he nodded seriously with bright eyes: "Third Uncle, Xiao Qiu understands, Xiao Qiu listens to you."

"Good boy." Yan Che breathed a sigh of relief, hugged Shen Qiu in his arms, and looked out of the bamboo window, but without focus: "Xiao Qiu, if one day you find something is wrong, you must run away and go to Jialing. We should support each other like brothers and live a good life."

"Third Uncle, why do you say that? Are you going to drive me away?" Shen Qiu got anxious, got out again, and looked at Yan Che.

Yan Che smiled slightly, and nodded Shen Qiu's nose: "Anyway, don't you say you want to listen to Third Uncle? Third Uncle said so, so you just do it." Actually, Yan Che himself didn't know why he said that .But his heart was very uneasy, he always felt that something was about to happen, just as uneasy as Wan Qishuyu was before his death.

Shen Qiu slumped down, but still looked at Yan Che and nodded seriously.

After delivering water to Yan Che, Fujiko's expression darkened as soon as he left the room.

Maybe it was his own delusion, how did Yan Che act in such a way to guard against himself?Between us, isn't it already... Fujiko thought about it, but the more he thought about it, the darker his face became... It seemed that from the beginning to the end, he was trying to get close to Yan Che and express his feelings honestly, but what about Yan Che?Neither affirmative nor negative, Yan Che has never said "I love you too" to his actions.

That's right, Yan Che just didn't deny him, but he didn't say he loved him either.

Fujiko sat slumped under the grape trellis, looking at the grapes that were about to be picked, the corner of his mouth was cracked, and it was very bitter——he finally understood again what it meant to be "self-inflicted", but even so, he still don't want to leave.

Even though... Yan Che didn't express his opinion at all, he still longed to stay by Yan Che's side like this, but begged... not to be driven away.Except here, except Yan Che... In this world, he has nowhere to go, no one to read.

Rubbing the ring jade on her chest, Fujiko closed her eyes in pain.

For lunch, Zhao Cuihua made hand-rolled noodles, served with mustard mustard shredded pork sauce made by Yan Che, which tasted very good.

At the dinner table, Yan Guoqiang thought about Wu Zidang's actions today, and couldn't help saying: "I saw Wu Aiguo came back today."

Yan Jiang looked up from his rice bowl: "They really want to grow fungi?"

Fujiko, who had already adjusted her mentality, also looked at Yan Guoqiang: "I saw them building a plastic shed earlier, just to grow mushrooms?"

Yan Che pursed his lips, and thought: This Wu Aiguo is really not to be underestimated, he acts resolutely, does things decisively, and can incite so many people to follow along.

"The ancestor said today that when the spring begins, the bamboos on Mao'er Mountain will grow, and the people in the Bay will also take action... Could it be that we also plant fungi?" Yan Jiang frowned slightly: "If we and Wu Zidang both planted fungi... It is estimated that this thing is not rare."

Yan Guoqiang nodded, bowing his head silently.

"I don't think so." Tengzi held a chopstick full of cucumber shreds, crisp and refreshing, and tastes good when served with noodles: "Even if we don't follow along, within a few days, Wu Zidang will finish it here." , other villages will follow suit... I think the old man will definitely not follow suit."

Yan Jiang, Yan Guoqiang and his father looked at each other, and Yan Jiang asked Fujiko: "Then what do you think the old man will let us do? In the past month, the old man has been trying to make us do it."

Fujiko paused, then turned to look at Yan Che: "What do you think the old man will do?"

Yan Che made another small bowl of noodles for Shen Qiu, put it in front of and behind Shen Qiu, then looked up at a table of people staring at him, and said, "Anyway, you can do anything, the fifth patriarch has a lot of knowledge, so he must not It will be a loss to the Yan family. At that time, we will grow whatever the fifth ancestor thinks is good... However, I guess the ancestor will not let us grow mushrooms. I was still asking me about the cultivation of native chickens and bamboo rats a few days ago , it is estimated that the ancestor may have heard some news this time."

The three of them nodded when they heard the words. Since the number of tourists visiting Yanjiawan increased, the old man's news became more and more flexible. He often "mingled with" some well-known tourists, and the source of news was quite wide.

"Hey, where are uncle and aunt?" Yan Che was about to change the subject.

Zhao Cuihua filled another bowl of noodles for Yan Guoqiang and Yan Jiang, and after passing it over, she said, "I'm taking Chun'er to school in the morning, I think I'm going to Jiamei's side in town."

When it comes to going to school, Shen Qiu, who "plays truant" today, shrank his neck, trying to reduce everyone's attention to him... Helpless, everyone's eyes still stopped on him in the end, the child blushed transparently, He hesitated and said, "I, I will go in the afternoon and go to class."

After lunch, Shen Qiu really obediently carried his schoolbag and was led by Zhao Cuihua to school.

Ever since Yan Jialing was taken away by Chu Xi, Zhao Cuihua put almost all her energy on the Chunqiu brothers and sisters, and completely regarded the brothers and sisters as her own children... This is also good, lest she miss Yan Jialing all day long, The body made a mess.

Yan Che gave a few simple instructions, and Shen Qiu obediently followed Zhao Cuihua out of the house.

Not long after, thinking about the unfinished work in the morning, Yan Guoqiang and Yan Jiang picked up a pair of buckets and went out... The two men also murmured in their hearts: What exactly does the old man want to do?Why do you have to carry water from Jiguanshan Lake to water the mountains, but you have to carry the vegetables from the reservoir to water the greenhouse?Does it make a difference?Besides, the reservoir has water pipes that are convenient for irrigation, so I don't know why I need to pick it out manually? !Do you think that all the men in the bay are free and have nothing to do?

As soon as the father and son left the gate of the compound, they heard a commotion in Wantou.

Yan Jiang looked around, and it seemed to be a familiar figure: "Hey, do you think that is Xiaojin?"

Hearing this, Yan Guoqiang saw a big golden cat running out of the bay with something in its mouth, and frowned: "It seems, um, it's really Xiao Jin."

"What's Xiao Jin doing? You made so many people make noise." Yan Jiang put his hands on the shoulder pole, watched Xiao Jin's figure disappear into the mouth of the bay, and asked Yan Guoqiang.

Yan Guoqiang shook his head, glanced secretly at the courtyard, and said to Yan Jiang in a low voice: "San'er is such a precious long-haired beast, take a closer look at it later, Xiaojin and Xiaoyin are precious protected animals in the country, don't let evil-hearted people Arrested...well, I don't know what's going to happen when I look back."

Yan Jiang shrunk his neck subconsciously, remembering Yan Che's method of cleaning up Tengzidu a few days ago, but in an instant, the worry in Yan Jiang's eyebrows surfaced again, looking at his old father, Yan Jiang hesitated: What the hell? Do you know what happened to San'er?If you don't know...do you want to tell me? !

Here, Yan Guoqiang and his son jumped buckets to the reservoir by the Wantou River, each picked up a load full of water, and went back and forth between the vegetable greenhouse and the reservoir.

On the Wuxu Mountain side, Yan Che, who had packed up the dishes, also received a call from Yu Zongyi from Liujiatan.

"What? Xiaojin killed Bold?" Yan Che's expression changed, and he tightened his hand holding the phone: "What's going on?"

"What's the matter?" Fujiko, who came quickly after hearing the sound, saw that Yan Che's face was not right, and stepped forward to ask.

After hanging up the phone, Yan Che sat back on the sofa.

for a long time.

Yan Che looked up at Fujiko, and said, "Fujiko, how long has it been since you saw Bold?"

Fujiko was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that it was no wonder that something was missing all this time. It turned out that the giant rooster that was against her was missing: "What's wrong with being bold?"

"It's okay, clean up, let's go to Liujiatan." After Yan Che finished speaking, he stood up and walked quickly to the room.

Although Fujiko didn't know what happened, he obediently listened to Yan Che's words, and put the broom in his hand into the yard.

Yu Zongyi said on the phone: Daring was bitten to death by Xiao Jin.

But Zeng Yan snatched the phone and said: Xiaoyin is finally going to give birth. Generally, clouded leopards are only three or four months pregnant, but Xiaoyin is obviously wrong, and he is almost as good as a woman's bad child.

Zeng Yan also said: There is something wrong with Xiaoyin's "child", and Xiaoyin's stomach is actually hard.

While Zeng Yan was speaking, Yu Zongyi let out an exclamation, saying: A golden bead popped out of Daredevil's stomach, and Xiao Jin fed the bead to Xiao Yin with the bead in his mouth.

Then, amidst Zeng Yan and Yu Zongyi's rare exclamation, the phone was hung up like this...