Zhou Yeqing sat on the stone mill in front of the hut, crossing his legs and looking at the setting sun that was gradually disappearing. He and the man had returned a long time ago, but he never went into the house, he just sat outside in a daze.

When he and the man came back in the afternoon, Mrs. Chen was standing in front of the door, her eyes red, just like when they left in the morning. She seemed to have not moved. Both of them were not expressive people, but they actually cared about each other all the time.

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When the man saw his wife, he couldn't bear it anymore. He hugged her and cried heartily. He returned to the embrace of his family. He didn't need to be so strong and humble anymore. The woman was speechless, hugging the man and feeling heartbroken, and tears welled up in her eyes.

The two have been together for so many years, so how could she not know her husband's temperament?

Zhou Yeqing stood aside and watched all this, feeling a little guilty in his heart.

"If I hadn't met, my uncle and aunt might not be like this."

The world is very complicated, and not all resistance can yield results. Obedience is also a way of survival, even if most of the time you can't help yourself and you don't mean what you say.

The anxiety and sighs in the room never stopped for a moment, accompanied by the woman's low sobs. As the two fingers said, squeezing them to death is as easy as squeezing an ant to death. Baihualou is not like them at all.

If they can afford it, they are unwilling but helpless, scared and hesitant.

Zhou Yeqing watched the last ray of skylight in the distance being swallowed up, and the earth returned to darkness. He also thought deeply. He jumped off the stone mill and patted his clothes. Zhou Yeqing picked up the clothes and looked at them. It was just a piece of coarse linen, but it was not just a piece of clothing.

Coarse.

When he was picked up by the couple that day, he was very weak and naked. They never disliked him and took good care of him. When they saw that he had nothing to wear, the man picked for a long time before taking the clothes that looked best to him.

He came out and asked the woman to change it to a smaller size for him to wear.

Zhou Yeqing squeezed the clothes in his hands tightly, thinking a lot. He had been out for so long, and this was the first time someone was so kind to him without asking for anything in return. But not only did he not give anything in return, but he also brought them huge disasters.

"Uncle and auntie, don't be afraid. One person does the work and the other takes responsibility. I will handle this matter myself and won't hurt you."

Zhou Yeqing entered the room and looked at the two people slumped on the ground in a daze, feeling very sorry.

"My dear, this is none of your business. It's our fault that our lives are miserable, our lives are miserable..." The woman looked at Zhou Yeqing who came in, and said indifferently.

"Aunt..."

When Zhou Yeqing finished speaking, he suddenly choked up. He didn't know how things could have turned out like this. It was an unintentional mistake, but it was intentional.

The woman looked at Zhou Yeqing. She looked at the half-grown child, sat up, tried her best to smile, and waved to Zhou Yeqing, asking him to come over.

Zhou Yeqing endured his emotions and came to the woman's side. He looked at the woman and she looked at him.

"My dear, go away quickly. It's dark, so go far away. Don't come back." The woman took Zhou Yeqing's hand, took out a small cloth bag from her arms, and stuffed it into his hand.

"I don't want it! Auntie, what are you doing! I won't leave, I want to stay." Zhou Yeqing felt something hard on his hand, like money.

With tears in her eyes, the woman pinched Zhou Yeqing again and again with her hands, and looked at Zhou Yeqing again and again with her eyes, so tender and reluctant, as if she was looking at her child who was about to leave home.

"My dear, you are still young and you still have a bright future. Let's go quickly before it gets dark." The man also echoed and sat down.

"Uncle doesn't blame you. Really, uncle doesn't blame you. He only blames us for our poor fate. Don't take it to heart. You will still have a long way to go in the future."

Zhou Yeqing's eyes were filled with tears. He was infected by the true feelings of the couple. At the same time, he also blamed himself in his heart. Why was he always so weak? He could only watch every time, and every time he could not protect the people he cherished.

Woolen cloth.

"Uncle, I'm sorry." Zhou Yeqing was full of apologies. He regretted taking action at that time, and he regretted being a hero.

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Midnight came quietly, and Zhou Yeqing sat outside the door without sleeping. He held tightly in his hand a small cloth bag, which the woman gave him.

There was movement in the room from time to time, and the Chen couple could not sleep.

"Master, my son has gone far away."

"It's already midnight, so we should be far away."

"Do you regret giving the money to your child?"

"What's the point of complaining? I don't complain."

"That day, I was by the stove fire. As soon as he woke up, the baby called me Niang... I was so happy... he called me Niang."

"If our baby were alive, he would be almost this big. I just can't bear it."

"If he calls me mother, I will protect him."

After saying that, the woman burst into tears, apologizing for a long time. The young man sat stiffly outside the door, hearing all this clearly...

The next day, the skylight reappeared, a ray of light came across the mountains and fell on Zhou Yeqing's face, waking up his sleeping eyes.

Putting the small cloth bag in his hand gently on the steps in front of the door, Zhou Yeqing bowed to the hut, then turned and left, he wanted to finish his own affairs.

Walking along the mountain road that he walked yesterday, the young man was in high spirits.

Zhou Yeqing's legs and feet were much faster as he walked alone, and he arrived on the road in a short time. After some calculation, Zhou Yeqing walked in the direction where the three of them left yesterday.

This stretch of road was a bit deserted at first, but as Zhou Yeqing went further, the sun gradually rose and the popularity slowly increased.

Zhou Yeqing looked at the people walking around him. They were all country people in coarse linen clothes. They were holding them in their hands and carrying them on their shoulders. They were dragging their families with them on their way. The faces of men, women, old and young were filled with joy, and they looked at the road ahead full of life.

Bright and energetic.

The young man followed the flow of people forward, and after a while, he came to a fork in the road.

"Uncle, which way should we go to Wanjincheng?" Zhou Yeqing didn't know the way, so he looked around, and finally saw a family resting by the roadside, so he went up and asked.

The man held a straw hat in his hand and kept fanning himself, sweat dripping down his face. Behind him sat two young girls in bamboo baskets on both sides of the load.

When Zhou Yeqing asked for directions, the man smiled and showed kindness. "Wanjincheng, we are going there too. Why don't we take a rest and join us later." Pointing to the road on the right, the man asked inquiringly.

Zhou Yeqing looked at the honest and simple man in front of him and agreed after thinking about it. After all, he didn't know much about Wanjincheng. Instead of being a headless fly, it would be better to follow the man and get a clue.

"Thank you very much, uncle." Zhou Yeqing thanked him and sat down not far from them.

At this time, the sun had climbed up, and it was very hot. As soon as Zhou Yeqing sat down, his mouth suddenly felt dry.

"Hey, little brother!"

Not long after Zhou Yeqing sat down, he heard the man calling him. As soon as he turned his head, he saw a black shadow flying towards him. Zhou Yeqing opened his hand to take it and found that it turned out to be a kettle.

Zhou Yeqing was stunned while holding the kettle, and looked at the man. At this moment, he was squatting down and teasing the two children in the basket. When he saw Zhou Yeqing looking over, the man smiled kindly and raised his hand to ask him to drink water.
Chapter completed!