The woman didn't understand. If it's not, it's not. How could it be said? Nangong Jian smiled and said, "This is the place where I was born. I'll come back and have a look."
"The place where you were born? That's right. After that incident, many villagers left. Later, it was the older generation of villagers who missed this land that rebuilt the village." The woman said to Nangong Jian sadly, and Nangong Jian said
Jian was very concerned about what the woman said, so he asked, "Do you know about that?"
"Huh?"
"Because I was just born at that time, so I don't know the cause of that incident. I wonder if you can tell me the specific information about that incident?" Nangong Jian had already heard from Haiyang how he was discovered, so
I was very concerned about why the village was destroyed, so I asked anxiously.
"I don't know much about that incident. I just heard it from the older generation." The woman smiled and said, "If you don't mind, please come to my house! My grandma is the only one who is still alive when that incident happened."
Although she is a bit dementia now, she still remembers the memory very clearly!" Nangong Ling felt a big stone falling in her heart. "It turns out that he is from the village. I thought he was sent by those guys!
"
After listening to Nangong Ling's words, Nangong Jian knew that the only living old man in the village who knew about the incident twenty years ago was the strange old woman, so he said, "Then... I won't bother you!" and said to himself
The introduction said, "My name is Nangong Jian!" "My name is Nangong Ling, and he is my brother Nangong Guangming." Nangong Ling said with a smile.
Nangong Guangming turned his head and ignored Nangong Jian.
"Nangong?" Nangong Jian asked, "Are there many people in this village named Nangong?"
"Yes! Nangong is the main surname in this village." Nangong Ling took Nangong Guangming's hand and led the way in front of Nangong Jian, and then asked some trivial things, and Nangong Jian answered them one by one.
After a detour, Nangong Ling stopped in front of an old and dilapidated small house, smiled and said, "This is our humble residence, please come in!"
"The Burrow?" Nangong Jian smiled slightly and said, "Sorry to bother you then!" and then followed her in.
This small house was very simple and the furniture was a little shabby. When Nangong Jian entered the hall, he only saw the old woman he met at the entrance of the village and no one else. The old woman sat on the mat and muttered to herself.
What are you wearing?
"Grandma!" Nangong Ling called to the old woman. When the old woman turned around and saw Nangong Jian, she immediately said, "Come back! Eat! It's rare for a family to reunite!"
Nangong Jian was confused when he heard this. Nangong Ling smiled awkwardly and apologized, "Mr. Nangong, I'm so sorry! My grandma has Alzheimer's disease and mistook you for my dead brother. I hope you don't mind!"
"No!" Nangong Jian laughed, and then asked the old woman, "Excuse me, what happened in the village twenty years ago? Can you tell me?"
"Twenty years ago?" the old woman chanted crazily, and then laughed crazily. "That incident twenty years ago was so terrible! Everyone died, and the village was destroyed. Only
We left behind orphans and widows, the old and the weak, women and children. Everyone else died, including your grandfather, your father, and your mother... Only me and you, the only sister, were left, and you have been missing for twenty years.
..." At this point, the old woman smiled sadly and said, "But you are back now!"
Nangong Jian wanted to know more and more what happened twenty years ago. The village was destroyed and all the strong men in the village died. But at this time, the old woman smiled and said, "It's already noon, let's eat first!"
"Okay! Mr. Nangong, please wait for a moment! You will be able to eat soon!"
"Sister, let me help you!"
Nangong Ling and Nangong Guangming both went to the kitchen, leaving only Nangong Jian and the old woman. Nangong Jian looked at the cheerful Nangong Guangming and realized how amazing this eleven-year-old child was. From the old woman's words
In the passage, Nangong Jian knows that Nangong Ling's father and mother are dead, which means that Nangong Guangming is not Nangong Ling's biological brother. After losing his parents, he only relied on the old woman in his youth to support the family alone, and
Now, it is Nangong Ling and Nangong Guangming who are supporting the family with their weak shoulders.
Nangong Jian recalled the scene when Nangong Guangming was bullied, and realized why Nangong Guangming endured the humiliation and was willing to be ridden like a horse. Was it because he was afraid of losing his way of working to support the family? Nangong Jian recalled the look in Nangong Guangming's eyes at that time.
I know that Nangong Guangming must have experienced a lot of painful things, but he still appears so cheerful in front of Nangong Ling and the old woman. Must he be to prevent them from worrying? In order to repay the kindness of raising him, he hid his fragile heart, and when
When alone, he would cry like an ordinary child because he was wronged. "Nangong Guangming!" Nangong Jian muttered the name.
During lunch, the old woman muttered something vaguely, and sometimes smiled foolishly. Nangong Jian probably knew what happened twenty years ago from this sentence.
Twenty years ago, the village learned that a group of bandits came for the village's treasures. There were many people and they had heavy weapons, so the people in the village were ready to flee. However, the old woman's wife
He and his son stood up, and said the words that are still circulated in the village in a majestic and elegant manner: "This land gave birth to our village. Can we abandon this village and escape? Of course we have to protect our own village."
"Anyone who is willing to protect this land, please stand up and let us drive out those bandits!" (When the old woman said this, she would say with a shy face, "This is the only time in my life that my old man is
The most handsome one!") Then, the strong men in the village picked up farm tools and determined to drive the bandits out of the village, while all the old, weak, women and children had to evacuate the village and hide in the mountains in the woods.
After waiting for a long time, the old woman took Nangong Ling, who was still a baby, and returned to the village with other people in the village. What they saw was that the village had become a ruin, with dead bodies everywhere, and the village had been abandoned by the bandits.
When the fire was set, all the corpses were charred, and it was impossible to identify who was who, but judging from the number of corpses, some people had escaped. The old woman also found the corpse of his daughter-in-law, and her daughter-in-law was holding it
The grandson disappeared, and finally they buried all the bodies.
In order to allow the souls of the dead to continue to live on the land they loved and guarded with their lives, the surviving people took on the responsibility of rebuilding the village. They believed in those who died.
His soul will continue to protect this land and this village.
After hearing this, Nangong Jian knew the origin and final result of the incident twenty years ago. He knew that the village was destroyed by bandits, and that the bandits came for the village's treasure. So Nangong Jian asked about the treasure.
When it happened, they couldn't explain clearly. Nangong Jian guessed that they might really not know, or maybe they were afraid that they were bad people!
After lunch, Nangong Jian was about to leave, but Nangong Ling persuaded Nangong Jian to stay, saying, "You have no relatives in the village. If you don't dislike it, can you live here until you leave the village?"
"How is this possible!" Nangong Jian wanted to refuse, but Nangong Ling said, "Actually, I kept you here for a purpose!"
Nangong Ling smiled and said, "Because my grandma has always mistaken you for my brother, so I want to ask you to stay here to make my grandma happy for a few days! I wonder if you are willing?"
"Relatives? How I wish they were my relatives!" Nangong Jian cried out eagerly in his heart, and then said with a smile, "Then don't bother me!"
Hearing that Nangong Jian was willing to stay, Nangong Ling smiled happily and said, "Then it's settled. I'm going to work with my brother now. Please watch my grandma and don't let her run to the entrance of the village!"
"Okay!" Nangong Jian agreed, and then Nangong Ling and Nangong Guangming both left home. When they left, Nangong Guangming looked at Nangong Jian with strange eyes, but Nangong Jian didn't care.
Nangong Jian looked at this simple house and smiled, "Aren't you afraid that I will be a bad guy if you let a stranger stay here easily? However, there shouldn't be anything valuable in such a house! So what if I am a bad guy?"
"Then Nangong Jian went around to the back door and found that the back door of the house led to a green bamboo forest, and the old woman was sitting on the bench at the back door. "Come and sit!"
The old woman saw Nangong Jian coming out, and then said to him, Nangong Jian sat next to the old woman, and the old woman said, "This bamboo forest is the habitat of the souls of the dead, your grandfather, mother and father."
The souls are all in this bamboo forest! They are the guardian spirits that guard this land and this village. Don’t you want to know the treasure of this village? They are the biggest treasure in this village..."
Listening to the old woman reciting "soul", Nangong Jian remembered the time when he cried and yelled at Haiyang when he was a child. "Why? Why? Why... my foster father only saved me, why didn't my foster father save me?"
My father, mother...why do you want me to live alone in this world?"
At that time, Nangong Jian placed all the responsibility on Haiyang, but instead of getting angry, Haiyang smiled calmly and held Nangong Jian in his arms, saying, "Sometimes, to save some people, you have to give up others! You have to know that you
You are not alone, your father’s soul is always by your side, he is always with you! Moreover, your adoptive father is also by your side to accompany you!”
Haiyang once told Nangong Jian everything he knew twenty years ago. Nangong Jian also remembered it at this time. Looking at the green bamboo forest, Nangong Jian fell into memories.
…………Twenty years ago…………
Haiyang picked up the baby and said softly, "Your surname is Nangong, so let's call you Nangonghun! Your mother protected you with her soul... Your mother is deep in your soul..." At this moment, the baby
I woke up and started crying.
"Baby, don't cry, don't cry!" Feng Yu stroked the baby's face, but the baby still kept crying.
Chen Feng said, "I think he must be hungry! Then... Feng Yu... your..." Chen Feng moved his gaze to the area below Feng Yu's head and above his abdomen, with a lewd look.
"Bang!" Chen Feng ate a meal of five noodles. Suddenly, "Boom! Boom!" An explosion suddenly came from the distance, and the three of them were startled.