"Are we just going to leave it like this? That's not a good idea, is it?"
Xia Lan asked in surprise.
"I don't care, I don't care!"
Xiao Yuqin took Xia Lan's hand and told her to go back to her room to rest.
"All right."
Xia Lan shrugged and obediently went back to her room.
Xiao Yuqin took several quilts from the room, covered them with them, and then turned and went back to her room.
When Qin Yu returned, he looked at the blankets scattered on the floor and the drunkard, and scratched his head.
Just as he was wondering whether to send them all to the guesthouse, a hand grabbed him.
"dad?"
Looking at Qin Jun, Qin Jun shook his head at Qin Yu as well.
Qin Yu was taken aback.
"Let's just lie here like this!"
Qin Jun's lips curled up slightly.
"We rarely get together after all these years."
Qin Jun looked at his old comrades-in-arms beside him; they were brothers who had gone through thick and thin together.
After the war ended, they all went their separate ways and kept in touch through letters until they gradually started talking on the phone.
It's incredibly difficult for all of them to get together again.
"Um!"
Qin Yu understood Qin Jun's feelings.
"Then be careful not to catch a cold."
Qin Yu patted Qin Jun on the shoulder, then turned and went back to his room.
Qin Jun watched Qin Yu return to his room before patting the people around him.
"Alright, stop pretending. You're all just playing dead."
Qin Jun looked at his old friends around him and chuckled.
"No way, I'm really drunk. You can see I'm talking nonsense."
"Give me a break! With your capacity for five jin of liquor, what are you pretending for!"
"Hey, why are you exposing me? It's so boring."
"You guys agreed to drink until you drop, so what are you all doing lying on the ground like that...?"
"There are just too many people, and I'm too lazy to socialize."
The four of them slowly sat up and moved to sit next to Qin Jun.
"It's been twenty years..."
Qin Jun lit a cigarette, took a puff, and handed it to the person next to him. The four of them took a puff of their cigarettes in tacit agreement, and finally the cigarette ended up in Chun Jun's mouth.
The four of them let out a heavy sigh of relief.
"Qin Jun, smoking is not allowed in the house!"
Suddenly, Xiao Yuqin's voice came from inside the room.
Qin Jun and the other three froze.
Qin Jun quickly led the four people out of the room and into the courtyard.
"Look at you, so useless. You're still just as afraid of your younger siblings."
The four men laughed at Qin Jun.
Qin Jun glanced at them. "What do you know? This is respect, understand?"
"I understand~"
The four of them said in unison.
"Alright, enough about me. How are you guys doing?"
"It'll be the same as always, what else can I do? Fortunately, I can still play a role in the military."
"You're over forty, aren't you married?"
"I'll pass! It's good enough for someone like me to dedicate my life to the country."
"..."
Twenty years later, the five brothers met again, and they were still the same people they were back then. Knowing that their brothers were all doing well was a kind of happiness.
Qin Jun talked with them all night long. The five of them sat on the ground, reminiscing about the past, just like they had back then.
When Qin Yu returned to his room, the two little ones were already fast asleep.
Xia Lan sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Qin Yu.
"What's wrong?"
Xia Lan noticed that Qin Yu seemed a little off, so she looked up and asked.
"Look at Dad and the others..."
Qin Yu saw in them the scene of his own parting with Du Qiang and the others back then.
Just as Qin Jun said, the remaining brothers all went their separate ways after leaving the army.
We haven't seen each other for so many years.
"Some... it's all touching." Qin Yu rested his head on Xia Lan's shoulder.
Xia Lan hugged Qin Yu's head and stroked the scars on his body with one hand.
"Besides Du Qiang, which other brothers have gone through thick and thin with you?"
Xia Lan asked curiously, though she had never dared to ask Qin Yu about his past, afraid of touching on his painful memories.
“There’s a guy named Lao Wang, Wang Hao. He had his leg broken by a bullet and went back to his hometown after he retired. In his last letter, he said he was working in a garment factory in Shenzhen.”
"The other one was named Zhao Wencai. He was a sharpshooter, but he also retired due to injury! He left secretly without saying goodbye to us! Later, he wrote to me saying that he was too ashamed to see me and had gone back to his hometown."
"Of the twelve brothers, only a few of us are left!"
Qin Yu looked at Xia Lan and smiled bitterly.
Xia Lan hugged Qin Yu with heartache.
"If we have the chance, we'll go see them! We'll definitely have the chance."
Qin Yu leaned against Xia Lan, holding her in his arms. Xia Lan pulled him onto the bed and nestled in his embrace.
He was comforted silently.
Xia Lan secretly made a mental note that she would find these two people when she had the chance and fulfill Qin Yu's wish.
When he woke up the next day, only Qin Jun was left; everyone else had left long ago.
When Lin Xiuxiu and Meng Jianguo brought Meng Qiqi out, Xia Lan hugged Tuantuan and smiled at them.
Good morning! How did you sleep last night?
"Of course! You can tell from our expressions that we slept very well. I consider this place my second home."
"Tuantuan, let me hug you."
Lin Xiuxiu happily took Tuantuan from Xia Lan's arms.
"I hope Auntie won't mind me? I'm planning to come and stay here permanently whenever I have time!"
Xiao Yuqin came out of the kitchen carrying breakfast and quickly responded when she heard Lin Xiuxiu's words.
"Of course not, you're welcome, you're welcome."
"You want to steal my mom, don't you?"
Xia Lan glanced at Lin Xiuxiu with amusement.
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