Chapter 187 Extra 2
Daily life of childhood sweethearts (1)
"Another half a year passed, and summer turned into winter."
"Just like now, it was snowing heavily, everything was frozen, it was extremely cold, I was sleeping until midnight, suddenly, someone in the yard next to me ran over and shouted: 'Madam Li, Madam Zhu is about to give birth!'"
"At that time, there was no one else in the village. Your grandfather, father and uncle were all out fighting in the war, and Ayue was only half a year old. I had no choice but to hold Ayue in my arms and walk to the next yard in the heavy snow."
"The snow is so deep that it could bury you two. It took me a full quarter of an hour to reach a road that should only take a few steps."
"After arriving, I started directing everyone to heat water, light the charcoal basin, feed Chenchen's mother some delicious food, and encourage her so that she would have the strength to give birth to Chenchen."
On a snowy night, a charcoal brazier was lit in the room and the bed was covered with a thick mattress and blanket.
Two round little heads were huddled in the quilt.
Li Yue couldn't help but open his eyes wide and looked at his mother worriedly: "Was Chenchen born? Was it successful in the end?"
"Yeah." Little Zhu Qingchen also nervously pulled the corner of the quilt and looked at his aunt seriously, "Aunt, was Chenchen born?"
Li Yue's mother frowned, looking confused.
What the hell are these two kids asking?
If Chenchen had not been born, who is the child lying on the bed now? Who is the child talking now?
She reached out and touched the foreheads of the two children to see if they had a fever.
But the two children still stared at her intently.
"mother……"
"Aunt?"
There is no fever, they are just simple little fools.
Li Yue's mother was relieved and said to them with a smile: "Of course it succeeded. After one day, Chenchen came into this world smoothly."
"Great!" Zhu Qingchen and Li Yue cheered and breathed a sigh of relief. Then they looked at her intently, "What happened next? What happened next?"
"Later..." Li Yue's mother pulled the corner of her mouth, "Later, spring passed and autumn came, and A Yue and Chen Chen grew up healthily. Now they are five years old."
"Great!" Zhu Qingchen and Li Yue cheered again and hugged each other to celebrate.
They really didn't seem to realize that they were just "Ayue" and "Chenchen", and only regarded this story as other
Listen to people's stories.
Li Yue's mother looked at the two silly children and sighed, "Although they are five years old, they don't seem very smart."
"Before, they talked about arranging a marriage for the children, but they thought the Li family was not very smart. The Zhu family was a scholar, so they might be smarter. But in the end... they are both little fools."
Never mind, it's good enough if he can grow up healthy.
Zhu Qingchen stretched out his hand from under the quilt: "Aunt, what is 'child marriage'..."
Before he could finish his question, Li Yue hugged his short hands and stuffed them back into the quilt: "Zhu Qingqing, don't stretch your hands out, you will get sick."
"Oh." Zhu Qingchen was hugged tightly by Li Yue, curled up in the quilt, with only his little face exposed, "Auntie, what is 'child marriage'?"
"This is..." Li Yue's mother carefully considered her words, not knowing how to explain it to him.
The next second, Li Yue rushed towards Zhu Qingchen's chubby face at lightning speed.
With a "smack", he left a saliva mark on Zhu Qingchen's face.
"Zhu Qingqing, that's it, give you a kiss."
Zhu Qingchen pursed his lips, and his eyes were like reservoirs, immediately filled with tears, and he was about to cry: "Li Yue, you are a disgusting person..."
Li Yue's mother frantically pressed Li Yue's head and pulled him away from Zhu Qingchen: "You annoying guy, get out! Look, you made Chenchen cry again."
She took out her handkerchief again and wiped Zhu Qingchen's face: "Chenchen, don't cry. Auntie will help you teach him a lesson. Don't cry, don't cry. If you cry, you will get sick again."
Perhaps because he was born in winter and that winter was particularly cold, Zhu Qingchen's health has never been very good.
Growing up, I had to take medicine before I even had meals.
Therefore, everyone in the bandit camp took good care of him, fearing that he would get hurt, and even more afraid that he would cry.
Li Yue explained in a low voice: "It was Zhu Qingqing who asked me what 'kiss' was, and I just showed it to him."
"You can't just spit on his face without my consent."
"This is a kiss, not saliva." Li Yue wanted to argue, but when he saw Zhu Qingchen's red eyes, he hesitated for a moment, and finally moved closer to Zhu Qingchen.
Zhu Qingchen thought he was going to smear his face with saliva again, and with a look of horror, he looked at his aunt for help: "Aunt..."
But unfortunately, he slept inside the bed and Li Yue slept outside, so he couldn't hide in his aunt's arms.
He could only step back.
Li Yue's mother tried to stop him: "Li Yue, you can't bully me..."
Li Yue hugged Zhu Qingchen, pressed his face against his cheek, and rubbed it hard: "Zhu Qingqing, I'm sorry, I'll help you wipe it off, and I can let you kiss me back, so don't cry."
Li Yue's mother breathed a sigh of relief and looked at them with satisfaction.
Fortunately, things are not too bad.
However, before Zhu Qingchen could answer, he heard a small "swish" sound.
Immediately afterwards, his face seemed to be flicked hard by someone.
Zhu Qingchen burst into tears: "It hurts! Li Yue, you stabbed me with a hidden weapon!"
Li Yue also covered his face: "I also stabbed myself."
"You admitted it! Stab me!"
"It's not me! Zhu Qingqing, I haven't learned the hidden weapon yet!"
Things seemed to be getting worse.
Li Yue's mother paused for a moment, wrapped the two children in a quilt, and picked them up from the bed, one in each hand.
"Alright, alright, stop crying. It's not that A-Yue used a hidden weapon. This is how winter will be. Look."
She grabbed a corner of the blanket and rubbed it gently on the quilt. Sure enough, "there was a crackling sound, and it seemed like a small spark flashed past."
Zhu Qingchen and Li Yue were both stunned: "Mom/Auntie, do it again! Do it again!"
"Okay." Li Yue's mother hugged them, "Do it again."
Amid the cheers of the two children, I gradually lost myself and demonstrated it hundreds of times.
Finally, the faint smell of burning in the air made her react.
She blew on the blanket, put the two children back on the bed, and tucked them in. "Okay, okay, the story is over, and it's time for you to go to bed. You two are not allowed to play the game just now, or you will get burned."
"Okay." Zhu Qingchen responded sweetly, "Auntie, have a good dream."
Li Yue hugged Zhu Qingchen tightly: "Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of Zhu Qingqing."
"good."
Li Yue's mother stirred the charcoal in the charcoal basin to make sure it was enough to keep warm for the whole night, then opened the window a little to allow for ventilation. Finally, she blew out the candle and turned to leave.
In the darkness, Li Yue hugged Zhu Qingchen tightly, and the two children's breathing intertwined, making them feel warm.
In order to prevent the two children from kicking off the quilt, their mother wrapped a small blanket around their waists.
Zhu Qingchen twisted his body and said, "Li Yue, I can't breathe.
”
Li Yue loosened his grip slightly, but still wanted to hold him: "Zhu Qingqing, if I don't hold you, you will catch a cold, and if you catch a cold you will die. If you die you won't be able to go out and play with me."
"Woo, I won't die." Zhu Qingchen suddenly remembered something and struggled to sit up.
Li Yue reacted quickly and held him down: "Zhu Qingqing, what do you want to do now?"
Zhu Qingchen waved his hands and struggled hard: "Auntie hasn't told me what 'child marriage' is yet. I want to ask Auntie..."
Li Yue held his hand and grabbed it back: "Didn't I show you how to do it just now?"
"It's not that!" Zhu Qingchen covered his face, "Li Yue, you don't even know it! Don't kiss me!"
"Of course I know! That's right!" Li Yue answered loudly, "Child marriage means engagement when one is young and marriage when one grows up."
"Hmm?" Zhu Qingchen raised his head in confusion, "How did you know?"
"My mother told me a long time ago."
"Then you still..."
"You can kiss on the cheek after you get married."
"What?" Zhu Qingchen opened his eyes wide in the dark, a look of disbelief on his face.
He doesn't want to marry Li Yue! Li Yue is the most annoying person in the world!
Li Yue tilted his head: "But my mother said that two boys can't get married."
Zhu Qingchen finally breathed a sigh of relief. Great! No need to get married!
Li Yue imitated the adults and patted Zhu Qingchen's belly: "Zhu Qingqing, this way we can be the best in the world."
Zhu Qingchen was puzzled: "What?"
Li Yue said confidently: "He is the best boy in the world to get married."
"Ah?" Zhu Qingchen was about to faint.
Li Yue held his hand and made sure it was under the quilt: "Go to sleep. If the weather is good tomorrow, we can go out and have a snowball fight."
Zhu Qingchen's eyes were filled with tears: "But..."
Li Yue closed his eyes: "If the weather is bad, then we can only stay in the house and play."
"But……"
"If the weather is neither too good nor too bad, then we can play outside during the day and inside at night."
"But……"
"Why do you have so many 'buts'?"
"But I don't want to marry you." Zhu Qingchen said in a low voice.
"What?" Li Yue
He opened his eyes and sat up suddenly. This time it was his turn to be incredulous. "Zhu Qingqing, aren't we best friends? Don't you want to play with me every day? Who do you want to play with?"
In the mind of five-year-old Li Yue, "getting married" means "playing together."
Getting married is equivalent to a sworn brotherhood ceremony, but it is a little more serious than sworn brotherhood.
You can become sworn brothers with many people, but you can only marry one person, which proves that they are best friends.
"Li Yue, I don't have to get married." Zhu Qingchen said, pulling Li Yue's sleeve, "Don't sit up, the wind is coming in."
Li Yue grabbed the quilt and lay down on the bed.
Now it was Li Yue's turn to be unable to sleep.
Why doesn't Zhu Qingqing want to marry him?
Isn’t Zhu Qingqing his best friend?
Doesn’t Zhu Qingqing like playing with him?
He is the best at snowball fights, the best at skipping stones, and he can also climb the highest trees. Why doesn't Zhu Qingqing want to play with him?
Besides him, who else did Zhu Qingqing want to play with? Which friend took away his and Zhu Qingqing's best position in the world?
Who is it? !
Li Yue was lying on the bed, his milk teeth grinding against each other.
Zhu Qingchen had fallen asleep a long time ago, but because Li Yue was warm, he turned over and held on to him tightly.
Along with Zhu Qingchen's soft breathing, Li Yue also fell asleep.
*
Fortunately, the next day was good weather.
Li Yue woke up, turned his head, and saw the bright sunshine outside through the window paper. He immediately became energetic and pushed Zhu Qingchen: "Zhu Qingqing, get up quickly, let's go have a snowball fight!"
Zhu Qingchen rubbed his eyes, drooling, and said vaguely, "Li Yue, I don't want to play snowballs, I want to sleep."
But at this time, Li Yue had already shouted: "Mom, Zhu Qingqing wants to play snowballs! We have to get up!"
When Zhu Qingchen heard his voice, he crawled into the quilt. When Li Yue wanted to shout again, his head hit his stomach.
"Ah!" Li Yue shouted, "Zhu Qingqing!"
Zhu Qingchen crawled out from under the quilt again, like a lazy bug, and said lazily: "I want to sleep."
"Got it." Li Yue pursed his lips, "I'll wait until you finish sleeping, then I'll take you out to play."
Zhu Qingchen closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Li Yue tensed
Her whole body was lying next to him, as if she was playing the little game of "lying corpse".
After tensing for a while, Li Yue felt a little tired and relaxed.
He turned his head, quietly reached out his hand and touched Zhu Qingchen's face.
He wanted to check whether the "hidden weapon" from last night had left any scars on Zhu Qingqing's face.
It seems not.
After the examination, Li Yue saw Zhu Qingchen's soft hair scattered on the pillow, and wanted to help Zhu Qingchen tie up his hair.
He would do it gently so as not to wake Zhu Qingqing.
Bathed in the morning sunshine, Zhu Qingchen was sleeping soundly while Li Yue fumbled with his hair.
*
Half an hour later.
Zhu Qingchen sat on the small couch with red eyes, holding a sugar cake in one hand and a chestnut cake in the other, with a bowl of milk in front of him.
Zhu Qingchen was quite organized. He first cried, then burped, then licked a sugar biscuit, nibbled a piece of chestnut cake, and finally drank a sip of milk.
Then cry again, burp, and eat.
Repeat the cycle.
Li Yue's mother sat behind him and gently helped him untangle his tangled hair: "Chenchen, don't cry. Haven't you noticed? This way, you won't have any less milk, and you'll never run out of it."
"Hmm?" Zhu Qingchen turned around, "Auntie, why can't you finish drinking it?"
Li Yue's voice came from the corner: "Because your tears fell in."
Zhu Qingchen looked in the direction of the voice, his eyes reddened again: "Auntie!"
Li Yue's mother turned around and gave them a sharp look: "Stand still! The punishment is not over yet!"
"Oh." Li Yue obediently lifted the vase, held it above his head, and stood in the corner.
Li Yue's mother helped Zhu Qingchen comb his hair and tied it into a small bun.
Zhu Qingchen had almost finished his breakfast and stopped crying.
Li Yue's mother waved to him and asked him to come forward: "How can you tie a knot in my hair?"
Li Yue explained: "There is no knot, I just want to help him tie his hair."
"Why do you want to tie his hair?"
"Because Zhu Qingqing is still sleeping, I helped Zhu Qingqing tie her hair, then helped Zhu Qingqing wash her face and rinse her mouth, and then helped Zhu Qingqing eat breakfast, so that when Zhu Qingqing wakes up, she can go out and play with me directly."
“…”
Zhu Qingchen had never expected that it would be so strange.
Strange reason!
He thought that Li Yue was deliberately teasing him.
But now...
It turned out that Li Yue wanted to help him get everything done, but...
Li Yue's mother laughed out loud: "How are you going to help Zhu Qingqing eat breakfast?"
"Just help him eat it." Li Yue said, "I know what he likes to eat the most, I will help him eat it..."
Li Yue himself seemed to have noticed something was wrong.
Can't seem to help with breakfast.
Li Yue added: "But helping with hair and washing face is fine."
Li Yue's mother laughed out loud: "Wait until you learn how to tie your hair, then help me tie it."
Then she pushed Li Yue in front of Zhu Qingchen and asked him to apologize.
"Minister, I'm sorry."
Zhu Qingchen thought about it, then held his hand with his sticky little hand that had just taken the candy cookie.
"It doesn't matter."
After Li Yue finished his breakfast and rested for a while, his mother put thick clothes on them, put on boots and gloves, and let them go out to play.
Zhu Qingchen wore a tiger-head hat, while Li Yue wore a rabbit-fur hat.
They exchanged hats.
As soon as the door was opened, Li Yue pulled Zhu Qingchen and rushed outside.
At this time, they were still living in the bandit camp, with hundreds of bandit families gathered on three hills, very close to each other.
Friends of similar age have been waiting outside for a long time.
Seeing Li Yue coming out, a group of people quickly ran forward: "Brother Yue, Chenchen! This way!"
That’s right, Li Yue is the eldest among this group of kids.
Li Yue pulled Zhu Qingchen and ran into the crowd.
"What are we going to play today?"
"Why are you so late today?"
"It's almost time for lunch, so there's not much time left to play."
Zhu Qingchen raised his hand and yawned: "Because I slept in today."
Li Yue stood beside him confidently and raised his hand: "Because I was punished to stand today!"
I'm quite proud of it.
He looked up at the sky and said, "Hurry up and have a snowball fight. We can still play for half an hour."
"good."
A group of children huddled together, using the palms and backs of their hands to distinguish between camps.
Li Yue doesn't need to participate because he and Zhu Qingqing are the same person.
He wants to protect Zhu Qingqing.
They were playing in the open space of the village. After a night, the open space was covered with thick snow, so the children didn't feel any pain when they fell on it.
There are two camps, and each camp has a quarter of an hour to prepare, build snow walls, and improve their own defense facilities. The next step is to have a snowball fight.
Li Yue built a castle for Zhu Qingchen: "Zhu Qingqing, you stay inside and help us make snowballs."
"Hmm..." Zhu Qingchen squatted on the ground, nodded seriously, rolled a snowball with his little hands and put it in Li Yue's hands.
"We will win!" Li Yue shouted and rushed out.
It was just like more than ten years later, when Li Yue was fighting outside and Zhu Qingchen was guarding Fengxiang.
The two of them worked well together until...
"Ah! Li Yue!"
When Li Yue heard Zhu Qingchen's shouting, he didn't care that his friends were still hitting him. He quickly looked back and ran forward.
"Zhu Qingqing, what's wrong with you?"
"I was buried in the snow..."
The snow castle collapsed, and Zhu Qingchen's muffled voice came from the snow.
Li Yue pounced on the snow pile, dug hard, grabbed Zhu Qingchen's hand and pulled him out.
Zhu Qingchen sniffed and said innocently, "I wanted to make more snowballs, but as soon as I started digging the snow, the castle collapsed."
"Zhu Qingqing, you are a little fool." Li Yue helped him brush off the snowflakes on his hat and body, took his hand, and the two rushed outside together.
rush!
*
They spent most of the winter outside having snowball fights.
It was not until the beginning of spring that the snow melted, and it was precisely when the snow melted that the weather became even colder.
Zhu Qingchen followed Li Yue and ran around outside for a whole day. After coming back, he changed his sweaty clothes, but insisted on imitating Li Yue and refused to wear thick clothes.
The two of them were running around like calves.
Although Li Yue's mother immediately brought them back and dressed them, Zhu Qingchen still fell ill.
He had a fever, his cheeks were red, and he lay on the bed, his breath was hot.
The doctor in the village said that I caught a cold and that I would be fine after taking some medicine, but it would be best not to go out and play for the time being.
Li Yue's mother took care of him and wiped his face while she was both angry and amused: "Will you dare to run around without clothes in the future?"
Zhu Qingchen shook his head weakly: "No, auntie, I won't dare to do it again."
Li Yue also lay on his bed
She touched his forehead and said, "I'm sorry, Zhu Qingqing, I will wear clothes next time."
Zhu Qingchen sniffed: "Li Yue, why aren't you sick?"
"Because I'm strong, what do you want to eat? I'll get you some milk, okay? Put a little sugar in it."
"Okay..." Zhu Qingchen started drooling at the thought of sweet milk.
"No." Mother stopped them, "I'm sick and can't eat sweets."
"How about something salty, roast lamb?"
"And you can't eat roast lamb."
"Then what to eat?" Li Yue said anxiously, "Zhu Qingqing can't eat anything, she will starve to death! No!"
"Alright, alright, stop arguing. Mother will prepare delicious food for Chenchen." Mother didn't have time to explain these things to him now, so she could only pull him away. "Chenchen is sick. You two can't sleep together for a while. I've asked someone to take out your pillow."
Li Yue was shocked: "Why?"
"Because if you get too close, you'll get sick, too."
"I won't."
"You will."
Li Yue was dragged away unwillingly, as if parting forever: "No! Zhu Qingqing!"
Zhu Qingchen lay pitifully on the bed, stretched out his hand to Li Yue and waved: "Goodbye."
In the evening, Zhu Qingchen ate a bowl of meat porridge, drank some medicine, and went to bed early.
Auntie tucked him in and told him, "Sleep well and don't kick around. Auntie will come to see you."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen nodded obediently, curled up in the quilt, closed his eyes and went to sleep.
He was still having a fever, and after taking the medicine, he fell asleep quickly.
But……
In the middle of the night, he suddenly felt as if someone came in.
The man climbed onto the bed, pushed him further into the bunk, and put his pillow in place.
Zhu Qingchen struggled to open his eyes and see who this person was.
But the next second, this person crawled into the bed and hugged him like a small stove.
"Zhu Qingqing, it's me, your best friend. If you are sick, I will be with you. I am in good health and will not get sick."
The next morning, the mother looked at the two children huddled together on the bed with a complicated expression.
Li Yue opened his eyes and tried to get up, but ended up falling down: "Zhu Qingqing, I feel dizzy too."
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