Chapter 57 I'll take you home

Lu Jingxie has been out for a long time. Xia Qingxi felt a little uneasy. Although he was a little cold, he was very sensible. If he was going to visit someone or do something, he would tell everyone. He

was not in a good mood this time, especially when he entered the village. Xia Qingxi noticed several times that his expression was not right, but he kept silent. She was afraid that if she asked him something, he would be unhappy, so she didn't say anything. Seeing that

he hadn't come back for a long time, Xia Qingxi decided to go out to look for him. Just as she was leaving the yard, Guo Yumei stopped her and asked her what she was doing? Guo Yumei

was not an outsider, so Xia Qingxi told her about her concerns.

After listening to what Guo Yumei said, she thought about it and suddenly realized something. She said to Xia Qingxi:

"Oh, he should have gone there." Then she looked at Xia Qingxi and said, "I'll take you there to have a look."

Xia Qingxi was a little curious about the "there" she mentioned, but she didn't ask Guo Yumei where it was. She just followed her out the door.

The mountain road in the countryside is very difficult to walk on. The road is narrow and winding. Along the way, Guo Yumei reminded her daughter to be careful with her feet. If she encountered branches blocking the road, she would immediately clear them away. She

completely forgot that her daughter had lived in this poor mountain village since she was a child. She didn't know how many times she had walked this road.

Xia Qingxi followed Guo Yumei and told her that she didn't need to clean it deliberately, and she could get used to it by herself. Guo Yumei responded happily, but her hands were busy.

As the two walked, Guo Yumei broke off the branches that blocked the road and said casually,

"Alas, Jingqi was so pitiful when he was a child. If he hadn't married you, he probably would never want to come back here in his life."

Although it was an unintentional remark, Xia Qingliu heard something unusual in it and asked hurriedly what was going on.

"You were still young at that time, so you may not remember it clearly. Your Uncle Lu..." After saying this, Guo Yumei realized that this title was not correct now, so she changed her words and continued,

"Your father Lu had a bad background at that time and often had to undergo re-education. When I went to his house at that time, I always saw Sister Su crying while holding the two little ones."

Although Guo Yumei said only a few words without much emotion, Xia Qingying was shocked. Before she could digest the content of these words, she heard Guo Yumei continue:

"I remember one time, it was late at night, a group of people suddenly rushed into their house, dragged Brother Lu out of bed and took him away.

When we arrived, everything in his house had been smashed, and Sister Su was also with Lidong. He

was terrified and stood barefoot on the edge of the field wearing only a single layer of clothing, not daring to cry or shout. When I found him, he was already He was so frozen that he couldn't speak. There were ice chips on his hair and eyebrows. I covered him with a quilt for a long time before he warmed up. After he regained consciousness, the first thing he asked was, "Are your parents okay?"

He was only eight or nine years old at that time! I don't know how desperate he must have felt when he saw his mother carrying his brother away and leaving him behind. "

Speaking of this, Guo Yumei shook her head unconsciously and sighed,

"Oh! Thinking back to that time, it was such a sin!"

Xia Qingling never knew that Lu Jingxie had experienced all this. First, the book did not describe his childhood experiences, and second, he was several years older than the original author, and the original author had no memory of that time.

"Jing Jing was a smart kid with a tough personality since he was young, but after experiencing several misfortunes, he suddenly stopped talking.

At that time, we saw that their family was in such a miserable state, so we asked Sister Su to put the two children in our house to raise for a while. When the beginning of winter came, Jing Jing refused to come.

Shouting for fighting, killing, and smashing things, which child would not be afraid of that scene? He refused to come for shelter because he felt sorry for his mother and wanted to accompany her. Alas, something happened at home, everything was taken away, and there was no food at all. Once I went to deliver a nest, and saw the mother and daughter eating Guanyin soil.

Alas, every time I think of that scene, I cry. Can Guanyin eat children even if she spits them out? She will eat people to death. ! Someone ate that before and was bloated to death.

He was probably so hungry that he had no choice but to eat. He was afraid that if he got close to other people, he would cause trouble for them, so...

Su Damei was also a miserable person. She was such a loyal person. She should have enjoyed her life after returning to the city, but she died suddenly. Jingzhen felt the most sorry for his mother. His mother was gone, and he didn't know how he survived. "

After hearing these words, Xia Qingli felt as if her legs were filled with lead, and her steps became heavier and heavier. She didn't expect Lu Jingzhen's childhood to be like this. She thought about the last time she applied medicine to him, he didn't seem to feel any pain. Maybe it was too hard for him to grow up, and he was used to the pain, so he didn't feel anything!

The two of them turned a hillside, Guo Yumei pointed down and said to Xia Qingxi:

"Look, he's there." Then she turned around and told Xia Qingxi: "Do you remember, that's where they lived when they were in the village."

Xia Qingxi looked over and saw the familiar figure. He was wearing a neat military uniform, standing alone and calmly in the mountains. Against the green background, he was as lush as a tall pine tree.

The house in front of him had collapsed because no one had lived there for too long, leaving only desolate ruins, covered by plants, as if to erase all traces of human life.

"I'll go back first. You stay here and watch over him." Guo Yumei was very considerate. She knew it was inconvenient to disturb him at this time. She felt relieved to leave her daughter to look after him. She turned around and prepared to go back. Before leaving, she said in a very low voice, whether intentionally or unintentionally,

"My dear, it's better for you to marry Jingjing than Lidong!"

After Guo Yumei left, Xia Qingli did not go down either. She knew that he needed a private space now, so she just stood far away and watched over him quietly.

Just like those years, he stood guard and silently guarded our territory.

After listening to Guo Yumei's words, Xia Qinggui seemed to get to know Lu Jingchen again. No wonder he was so cold and didn't like to get close to people. If it were someone else, with such a growth experience, they would probably have left incurable traumas both physically and mentally.

But he never mentioned it, never complained, and walked alone and bravely.

At this moment, she suddenly understood why Lu Jingchen had changed into a military uniform:

those things that he couldn't let go of, couldn't protect, couldn't change when he was a child... the knots that grew in his heart should have been redeemed under this military uniform.

After standing there for an unknown amount of time, Lu Jingchen finally turned around. All the past events were left behind at this moment. He strode forward, his steps were the same as yesterday, and the sky was still bright.

He walked to the intersection and just turned a corner, he saw Xia Qingxi standing there. The beautiful girl seemed to have fallen from the sky and appeared in front of him without any warning. Her hair was as black as ink, her eyes were as bright as stars, and she was smiling at him.

Lu was startled and asked in confusion:

"Why are you here?"

Xia Qingxi smiled warmly and brightly, as if to help him dispel all the haze, and replied softly:

"I'm here to take you home."