The little man on the apex

Unmarried wife?

After the man finished speaking, Yan Heyi noticed that Yuan Xi's whole body seemed to tremble, so she gently grabbed his hand.

Yuan Xi swallowed, and asked again: "Are you...from the North Country?"

"Yes," the man nodded vigorously, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes, "how do you know?"

"Me too," Yuan Xi smiled at him, "When I was young, there was a nanny in my house who spoke with an accent. I sound a bit like yours."

The man seemed to be a little surprised, "I didn't expect to be able to...cough coughcough...meet fellow villagers here."

"Peixian, what's your surname?" After asking this sentence, Yuan Xi unconsciously grasped Yan Heyi's hand tightly.

The man hesitated for a moment, and replied honestly: "My surname is Gu, Gu Peixian."

After hearing this, although Yuan Xi held Yan Heyi's hand tightly and tried hard to keep himself calm, his eyes still opened wide unconsciously for a moment.

Just for a moment, the man seemed to understand something, he got up excitedly, leaned forward and grabbed Yuan Xi's shoulder, "Do you know Pei Xian?"

Yan Heyi quickly pulled Yuan Xi into her arms with a straight face, and stared at the man on the bed vigilantly.

"Oh, I'm sorry." The man retracted his hand embarrassingly, "I'm the one who was abrupt, young master, forgive me."

"Are you here to find Peixian?" Yuan Xi put his arms around Yan Heyi's waist, comforted him in a low voice, then turned his head and continued to question the man.

"Yes," the man nodded earnestly, "Peixian and I have known each other since we were young, and I promised to go home and report to Gaotang, so I would marry her. Who knows that the world is impermanent, and this wasted for more than 30 years."

Tears welled up in the man's eyes, and he lowered his eyes slightly, as if he was recalling, "A while ago, when the two countries opened up trade, I hurried to find her. I moved to another place, but I only know that it is in this area, but I don’t know the specific place.”

"I searched all the way here, asking from house to house. I was used to walking on the ice in the north. Seeing that the river here was also frozen, I thought of taking a shortcut, but I was so stupid that I fell into it."

Having said that, he sat up straight with difficulty, and bowed to Yan Heyi, "I haven't thanked this son for saving me yet."

"Don't worry about it." Yan Heyi's face was not as tense as before, and she bowed slightly to him in return.

"Young master," the man asked Yuan Xi again, "you...know Peixian, if...cough coughcough...if you do, please tell me where she is?"

"I'm just... a little curious," Yuan Xi said with a serious expression, "It's been more than 30 years, how do you know if Pei Xian is still alive?"

"I..." The man was at a loss for words for a moment, the hope on his face dimmed for a moment, and then ignited again, "I always feel that she is still there, if she is not there, I will also find Peixian's tomb, Watch her there."

"Peixian..." His voice weakened, his hands clenched the quilt tightly, "Peixian, are you still there?"

Yuan Xi ignored his question, and continued to ask expressionlessly: "What...is your name?"

"My surname is Yu, and my name is Yu Bingchen."

It's Yu, that's right.

Yu Bingchen suddenly touched his body, and then asked Niu Er anxiously: "Excuse me, where is the bag I carry with me?"

"Oh, here it is." Niu Er brought a wet rucksack from the table next to him. It was sewn with various colors of cloth, and there were tassels hanging from both sides, but it had been wet by water and turned into a bag. Lock by lock, "Just now I saw that you were soaking wet, so I changed your clothes and took off this rucksack."

Because the bag was wet with water, Yu Bingchen didn't put it on the quilt, but stretched his arms and opened the bag.

"Everything inside should be wet," Niu Eryi felt a little embarrassed for a while, "Let's hang it in the yard to dry."

"It doesn't matter." Yu Bingchen took out an oiled paper bag from the compartment of the bag, but found that the oiled paper had been torn at some point, and the river water had seeped in.

He unrolled the oiled paper bag in a panic, revealing a belt, held it in his hand and flattened it carefully, inspecting it inch by inch, and found nothing damaged, so he let out a long breath and nodded to Yuan Xi, "Young master." , come and see."

Yan Heyi was still worried, and held Yuan Xi's hand tightly. Yuan Xi turned his head and smiled at him, and said in a low voice, "It's okay, brother."

Going over to have a look, I saw that it was a belt with silver flowers on a black background, with a circle of flowers and plants embroidered with silver thread on it. The embroidery was exquisite. Although it had been wet for a long time, it was still intact. Not a single thread is broken, which shows the owner's love for it.

"This... Peixian made it for me," said Yu Bingchen with an inexplicably shy smile on his face, "Our token of love."

Yuan Xi stared at the belt intently, memorizing all the patterns on it.

Although Yu Bingchen felt that Yuanxi should know Peixian, he didn't dare to give him such an important thing easily, so he folded it carefully and put it in his bag.

"Young master, if you see Pei Xian," after talking for a while, two charcoal basins were crackling again, Yu Bingchen was much more energetic than when he just woke up, and smiled softly at Yuan Xi, "Tell her, please, that Yu Bingchen has been looking for her. If she wants to see me, I'll look forward to it anytime."

"I...I'm just curious about your affairs." Yuan Xi didn't dare to look at him, but only stared at the bag in his hand, "Don't expect too much."

"It's getting late, let's go back." After finishing speaking, Yuan Xi turned around and took Yan Heyi's hand, pulling him up and running outside.

"Brother Sheng," Yuan Xi turned around and shouted at Brother Sheng just after he came out of the inner room, "help me take care of Brother Yu first."

"Oh good." Hearing this, Brother Sheng immediately stretched out his hand and pulled Brother Yu into his arms. He stared at the backs of Yuan Xi and Yan Heyi in a daze. Coaxing gently, "Brother Yu, let's go outside and play origami, shall we?"

Brother Yu was also very close to Brother Sheng, and shyly kissed him on the cheek, and softly replied "OK".

Yan Heyi asked in a low voice after being pulled by Yuan Xi's hand and ran away, "Peixian, is it Aunt Gu?"

Yuan Xi nodded as he ran forward. In winter, he was wearing a thick jacket with a high collar, so he was a little out of breath when running, "Yes, it should be."

He had nothing to say to Yan Heyi, so he also told Yan Heyi what Aunt Gu told him about the past at the dinner table.

"What he said doesn't seem to be fake." Yan Heyi was sweating, and raised her hand to wipe her temples, "However, I still have to ask Aunt Gu first."

Yuan Xi nodded at him: "That's what I mean, brother."

While talking, the two ran to Aunt Gu's house and shouted inside through the courtyard door.

"Come on!" Aunt Gu was probably taking a nap, her hair was untied and hanging lazily on her shoulders, it was still shiny, but when she took a closer look, there were a few strands of white hair mixed in.

"What's the matter? Come here at noon and go crazy." Aunt Gu fastened the buttons on her jacket, and seeing that both of them were sweating profusely, she quickly restrained Yuan Xi's hand that was about to pick off his hat, "Why did you run so fast?" Hurry up, look at the sweat on this head, don’t take off your hat outside, go inside quickly.”

This matter could not be explained clearly for a while, so Yuan Xi obediently entered the house with Yan Heyi.

Aunt Gu moved the charcoal basin to the side of the table, and wiped the sweat off Yuan Xi's forehead with a handkerchief, and then asked him to take off his hat.

"Come on, what are you calling me for? I just fell asleep when you two woke me up." Aunt Gu took out another basket as she spoke, grabbed a few handfuls of dried red dates from it, and put them on the table On the wooden plate on the table, "I just dried it, and before I had time to give it to you, two greedy people came to the door by themselves."

After stuffing a few red dates into his mouth, and drinking the honey water soaked by Aunt Gu, Yuan Xi thought about his words, "Auntie, is that person... called Yu Bingchen?"

The smile on Aunt Gu's face suddenly froze, she shook her lips a few times, and then nodded slightly, "Yes, Yu Bingchen, I almost forgot the name."

"Yu Bingchen..." Yuan Xi squeezed the bowl in his hand, "He has come to Ping'an Village, and now he is at Niu Er's house."

Aunt Gu sat down next to Yuan Xi and didn't speak for a while.

"He said, he came to look for you," Yuan Xi stretched out his arms and gestured, "It's such a long belt with a black background, with a circle of flowers and plants embroidered on it, and a neat dark embroidered pattern on the inner side." There is also a word "Chen" at one end, which is said to be a token of love. "

Yuan Xi looked expectant, "Is it him?"

"It's him," Aunt Gu looked a little dazed, blinking her eyes after a long time, "It's him, Yu Bingchen..."

"Then...do you want to see him?" Seeing Aunt Gu like this, Yuan Xi shook her arm half-jokingly, "Don't worry, if you don't want to see him, I'll tell him that we don't have him here The person you are looking for, anyway, few people in the village should know about you. If you feel unwilling, I will take my brother, Gou Wa and the others to beat Yu Bingchen severely, and then drive him out to return to Shoushan. "

Aunt Gu was amused by him, she stretched out her hand and rubbed his face, "I see that you are the reincarnation of the devil king, how is this face so cute, I can't rub it enough."

"Wait a while, auntie is going to get something."

Aunt Gu went into the back room, rummaged through boxes and cabinets for a long time, took out a wooden box, and put it on the table in front of Yuan Xi, "This is the wooden hairpin. Look, it's all broken due to damp."

"What he made for me can be regarded as a token of love."

"Auntie, his craftsmanship is not as good as yours." Yuan Xi took a look at the wooden hairpin, but did not dare to touch it, and flattered Aunt Gu, "The belt you made is still the same after so long. Well, not a single thread was broken."

Aunt Gu took his hand with a smile, "It's better for us, Yuan Xi, to be with Aunt."

Sensing that Aunt Gu was a little depressed, Yuan Xi deliberately coaxed her, and pressed his face to her hand stickily, "That's natural."

Using both hands and feet, Yuan Xi told Aunt Gu the scene of everyone rescuing Yu Bingchen like a centipede on the ice, which made her clap her hands.

Suddenly, Aunt Gu pulled Yuan Xi up and took the box containing the wooden hairpin, "Yuan Xi, Mr. Yan, let's go and see this Yu."

"Aunt," Yuan Xi was a little excited, "You don't mean to beat him yourself, do you? Do you want to bring something with you?"

"What are you thinking about?" Aunt Gu helped Yuan Xi put on the hat, "But since he's here, there's no reason not to disappear. We have to see how he's grown all these years."