Pei Shan held the stone that his wife handed him tightly in his palm until it started to feel hot.
He smiled and said: "Master's wife, I don't want to cry."
It's not worth it for those people.
For this reason, he deliberately lowered his head, placed the stone in his palm in the water, and let the water flow slowly, while the stone remained motionless.
This is just like his state of mind at the moment: what he wants to keep is always in his palm, what he wants to leave has never belonged to him, and he will not miss it.
Wang Xiu seemed to have seen what he was thinking, and slowly walked down with the water, saying: "Except for washing clothes, what have you done here? Have you ever caught fish?"
Pei Shan picked up the stone, wiped the water stains bit by bit with a handkerchief, and then put it in his pocket.
He was caught up in his childhood memories and nodded: "I fished them, especially after every heavy rain. At that time, many fish would be washed into the mud ditches of the farmland, surrounded by dustpans, and I would take off my shoes to catch them.
It won’t take long to catch a dozen fish.”
"It's just that in Xihou Village, every child knows how to fish, and they can't sell it for much money. At that time, I raised a yellow dog, and I would cook the fish for it."
The dog was later beaten to death by his sister-in-law. When he came home, the dying Ah Huang struggled to get in front of him. His sister-in-law jumped down from the doorstep and knocked him down with a stick.
Before he could react, he heard his sister-in-law say angrily: "You got up after being beaten to death. Do you think he can save you? He is just a beast, and I still want to eat your flesh."
That night, their house was brightly lit, and many people came to eat dog meat...
Pei Shan didn't want to think about this, but he also didn't want to forget it.
Some pain must be remembered for a lifetime, because some people will never be forgiven for the rest of their lives.
He looked up at his wife, smiled lightly, and continued: "It was on the shallows of this stream that Ah Huang and I spent the happiest time together."
At that time, my parents were still alive.
The boy facing the wind is very tall and tall. He no longer looks like he was when he was a child. He is as tall as the straight green bamboos by the stream.
On the other bank, there are bright flowers blooming in the wind, which seem to be acacias.
It is a bit surprising to see acacia in this place, because it is bright and flamboyant, shining like gold, and is a beautiful flower.
But Wang Xiu then thought about it, this place also raised a young man like Pei Shan, so it is not surprising that there is Acacia.
She continued to look forward and found a stone bridge.
The old farmer couple returning home from work on the stone bridge seemed to recognize Pei Shan, but they did not dare to approach him and looked at him from a distance, not knowing what he was talking about.
Wang Xiudao: "If a person can face the past calmly, his future road will be smoother. Of course, this does not mean forgiveness."
"If I were you, I would go back and show off right now... In your opinion, this may be a very exaggerated thing, but sometimes people just need to do some very exaggerated things."
Pei Shan was stunned and at a loss.
Wang Xiu smiled and said: "Because it will be very fun."
Pei Shan's face turned red, and he said sheepishly: "Master's wife, I don't think this is a very exaggerated thing..."
In fact, he was also very happy when he saw his brother and sister-in-law, who had once been so arrogant and swore that they would never look for him in their entire lives, groveling before him.
But he knew the faces of those people very well. They were just trying to make a profit by being humble, so he decided not to associate with them anymore.
Wang Xiu still advised him: "Go back and have a look. I believe there are many good memories for you here. Find them."
Pei Shan looked at his wife, her eyes were so gentle, like the stars in the rice fields, the stars that had accompanied him on countless lonely nights.
This reminded him of the night when he was kicked out of the house. There was no light in the dark forest. He was so desperate that he didn't even dare to touch the soil, for fear that it would be his burial place.
But later, he survived. Because in that dark night, there was a firefly accompanying him, but he clearly did not fall asleep. When dawn came, the firefly disappeared.
He once believed that it was God's guidance and survived with strength.
When people are desperate, they always find some hope and salvation for themselves. At that time, he was weak, but now he doesn't need those illusory things.
He has people he cares about, things he cares about, and a future he cares about. He is no longer a young man who could be broken in one blow, and the nightmare of the past will not happen again. Those hypocritical people are destined to become ants in his eyes.
He is now Pei Shan, the prince's teacher and his wife's support.
Pei Shan smiled slowly and said, "There are many good memories here."
Finally, he pursed his lips, as if he had made some kind of determination, and said seriously: "Master Wife, I want to find it back."
Wang Xiu smiled and said with a look of relief: "That's great. I can also know a lot of interesting things about your childhood. You have to tell me one by one."
Pei Shan nodded and took her to the stone bridge.
Here, there is another road to Xihou Village.
After getting on the bridge, the old farmer couple put down the hoes on their shoulders and looked at Pei Shan in surprise and amazement.
They did not come closer, but their eyes were hot and they shouted impatiently: "Pei Shan, is this Pei Shan?"
Wang Xiu stood behind and winked at Lin Tao who was following him. Lin Tao understood and immediately stepped forward and said: "Master Pei is in the fourth rank and is a subordinate of the East Palace. Now he is just asking for leave to go back to his hometown to visit relatives. You can't address him directly.
Its name."
The two old farmers and their wife were extremely shocked, but they quickly came to their senses and quickly knelt down and knelt down to worship.
Pei Shan recognized them as his neighbor's grandma and grandma, stepped forward to help them up, and said, "You two old men don't have to be like this. I'm no longer from Xihou Village. When I come back this time, I'm bringing my wife to see them."
Where I grew up as a kid."
The two old men looked at Wang Xiu and saw that she was kind-hearted and young and noble. They already guessed that she was the founder of Wuxi Official School and the wife of Lu Zhuangyuan.
The two old men saluted sincerely, but they took Pei Shan's hand and said: "Master Pei is not from our Xihou Village, you are. You don't know that when the news came back that you had won the election, the village chief took him with him
We built an ancestral hall for your family. Later, your brother and sister-in-law also moved out of your family’s ancestral house, and the village chief took us to renovate it. All the things you used were placed in it. "
"It's like a stool, a desk, a handkerchief, a hoe..."
The old woman next to me added: "That's not all. There is even a pig trough where you fed the pigs."
"Yes, yes, you are the only person in our nearby village who studies and becomes an official. Many scholars even spend a lot of money to buy your used things to add extravagance, but the village chief and your Pei family patriarch don't allow it.
I kept asking people to watch it day and night, and put a lock on everything, and anything that couldn't be locked was covered with chains, for fear that people would steal it."
Listen to these words, how ironic!
Pei Shan almost wanted to laugh, but when he turned around, he only saw the concerned and slightly red eyes of his wife. She was indeed smiling, but Pei Shan knew that she was not happy.
She felt sorry for the boy who was once looked down upon by others and finally grew up to be the envy of everyone.
This is the end of all hardships, right?
Pei Shan thought to himself, and said to the old farmer couple: "Two old men, please go back first. I still want to accompany my wife for a walk. I have no place to stay in Xihou Village, so I won't go into the village to disturb everyone."
After hearing this, the old farmer couple looked at each other, and their faces quickly turned pale.