When Xiao Wenshou said this, he sighed softly, tears glistening in his eyes: "He kept telling me at the time, saying that he was sorry for you in this life, and that he couldn't let you stay at your aunt's house and take you back." ”

"And this Liu family's ancestral teaching, he is afraid that you will not want to listen to it because you hate him, so he specially instructed me to teach you these truths when you grow up."

"Your dad wasn't in good health when you came back. In order to pull your two younger brothers, he got up early and was greedy for darkness, and he fell ill. ”

"You also know that your father was originally a scribe, but in order to take you back, he had to save money, so he did a lot of manual work, which made his illness even worse, so that he couldn't afford to get sick."

Liu Yu lowered his head and said gloomily: "It turns out that my father still has this hard heart for me, for so many years, I have always hated him for abandoning me back then, not treating me as his son, it seems that I was wrong." ”

Xiao Wenshou gently stroked Liu Yu's head and said, "How can there be a father in the world who doesn't love his son?" It's just that his conditions at that time were really difficult and he couldn't afford to support you. He said that he thought that instead of making you suffer in the world like this, it would be better to die early with your mother! ”

"This is also the thing he regrets the most in his life, until he died, your father kept holding my hand and crying and saying sorry to you."

"Xiaoyu, today you punched Diao Hong, which is considered to have completed your coming-of-age ceremony, and from today on, your father's wish has finally come true, because you have become a real man."

Liu Yu's tears finally flowed out, and he kept nodding his head: "Mother, for so many years, you brought me up single-handedly, I am your own son, you can rest assured, I will definitely be filial to you, no matter how difficult it is, I will also pull the two younger brothers up." ”

Xiao Wenshou shook his head: "No, Xiaoyu, you listen to your mother." This time you are finally a real man, and your mother can rest assured that you will go to the army to make meritorious contributions and strive for fame and wealth. ”

"You don't have to worry about things at home, my mother can do needlework to subsidize the family, and Dao Lian can also go to the field to do farm work, Dao Gui will grow up soon, plus our family's food stockpile, we don't have to worry about not having food."

Liu Yu shook his head: "No, my brother is still too young, they can't do any farm work now, mother, let's wait for my younger brothers to become adults, and then think about other things." Moreover, if I provoke the surname Diao, they may retaliate, and I can't leave home at this time. ”

Xiao Wenshou gritted his teeth: "Don't worry, I'm an old woman, and I will bring two and a half children, I won't die of hunger, after all, our Liu family has seventy acres of land, it's really not good, and you can hire two people to plant." You rescued those northerners this time, and I think someone will come to help. ”

Liu Yu's eyes lit up: "Yes, why didn't I think of this?" ”

Xiao Wenshou smiled slightly: "Actually, since you were a child, you are not too enthusiastic about farming, you would rather go to the mountains to pick wood or go to the pond to fish, or to weave straw shoes to sell." It is also against your character to insist on confinement of you in these dozens of acres of land for the rest of your life. ”

"You have this kung fu and so much energy, it's a pity not to serve the country in the army. This time, the Hu people in the north are going to invade the south, and I heard that the imperial court is going to recruit soldiers, don't miss this opportunity! ”

Liu Yu sighed: "I don't know the details of these northerners, and I don't feel at ease to let them stay here to plant our family's land." Mother, the child still stays for a while, at least after finding someone he can trust, it's not too late to leave. ”

Xiao Wenshou hooked the corners of his mouth: "Okay, you also have your thoughts, my mother won't stop you." Come, this cloth jacket, you put it on first, and see if it fits. ”

Liu Yu smiled: "The child has clothes to wear, but this one is really useless." ”

Xiao Wenshou's face sank: "My mother has knitted it, this dress is made according to your body shape, if you don't wear it, you can't give it to your brother, my mother hopes that you can wear this dress to kill thieves and serve the country and make contributions." ”

Liu Yu's eyes were hot, and he took the dress, his hands trembled slightly, this light dress was full of his mother's hard work, and it was so heavy in his hands at this time. His nose was a little blocked, and his voice had to choke: "Mother, child, child............"

Xiao Wenshou lovingly took Liu Yu's hand: "Okay, you haven't eaten all night, I'm afraid you're hungry, what my mother said today, you think about it again, there is a bowl of vegetables and rice left for you in the wall of the stove, you go and eat, rest early." Tomorrow, there's a bunch of straw sandals to sell. ”

After coming out of Xiao Wenshou's room, Liu Yu walked into the stove wall facing the left wing. A large water tank sits in the corner of the wall with a wooden lid on it, and a scoop made of gourds rests on top of the wooden cover.

With a light breeze brought by Liu Yu when he opened the door, the scoop shook lightly twice, and in the faint starlight, you could see a wooden bowl of rice on the stove, with a few small pieces of dried fish on it, and a fragrance of soy sauce and tempeh came, making Liu Yu's already hungry stomach twitch.

Liu Yu walked to the side of the water tank, opened the wooden cover, scooped a scoop of water, and poured it down, the cool well water had a faint sweet taste, which made him feel a lot better all of a sudden.

Liu Yu said a lot of words today, and his throat hurt a little, and when this scoop of water went down, the pain of drying and tearing was suddenly gone, and from every pore of his heart, there was a thorough moisturization.

Liu Yu breathed a long sigh of relief, slapped his mouth heavily, scooped another scoop of water, and was about to drink it again, when suddenly, there were two noises behind the stove.

He suddenly became alert, threw the gourd scoop into the water tank, crossed his chest with both fists, opened the frame, and shouted in a deep voice: "What person, come out!" ”

Two eight or nine-year-old hairy boys poked their heads out from behind the stove, Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, put down his fists, laughed, and stepped forward to touch the heads of the two people: "Erlang, Sanlang, don't sleep well at this time, what are you doing hiding here?" ”

These two boys are Liu Yu's two half-brothers, the one on the left who looks a little wooden and drags his nose is a blue-clothed young man who is the second brother Liu Daolian, and the one on the right is a little smaller, but the two eyes are dripping and straight, the facial features are upright, and the boy in the red clothes is the third brother Liu Daogui.

Liu Daolian's eyes stared at the bowl of rice on the stove, and said: "Big brother, you didn't come back so late today, San Lang and I have been worried and can't sleep, until the second watch, Xu Xianzhi came to the house, saying that you shook your majesty today, and beat away the bird boy who wanted to come to Jingkou to bully people, and as soon as my mother was happy, I cooked this bowl of rice for you." ”

Liu Yu smiled: "So you two gluttons have the idea of this bowl of rice, right?" ”