After saying that, the boat had already slid far away, and Pei Yuanxiu suddenly became blurred in my sight. I couldn't see the expression on his face, and because of the gurgling water, I couldn't hear whether he spoke. I only saw him take a step forward, and Jiang Feng was so arrogant that he blew the white clothes flying.

Although I can't see it, I seem to be able to understand it all.

I stood at the stern of the boat, and the river breeze blew across my face with Mercury. The moist touch seemed to be like a person was crying, but I knew I didn't, and at this moment, there was no tears to shed.

I just bowed to him from afar, turned back to the cabin.

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Although the fishing boat is not small, it is not as big as the one used by Pei Yuanxiu to accompany me across the river. It does take a lot of time and effort to walk to the waters near Jixiang Village.

Fortunately, the boatman was very experienced at first sight. He skillfully supported the bamboo pole. The fishing boat sailed into the middle of the river. The speed was not too fast, but it was very stable. Listening to the gurgling water around him, he felt the hull rising and falling with the waves, which gave people a sense of safety and even peace of mind, as if a child was in the arms of his mother.

I sat in the cabin and turned to look at Gu Ping.

He hasn't seen each other these days, and he has grown better. Maybe the boys of this age are just like each day. Not only has he grown a lot taller, but his skin is also darker, his expression is no longer as reckless as before, but he has a hint of calmness of a big man. But when he looked at me, the intimacy in his eyes did not change much.

I smiled and said, "How are you okay after not seeing you for so long?"

"Mrs. Qingying——"

When I heard his name, I frowned again: "Ping'er?"

He hesitated for a moment, and smiled, saying, "Young Master is here just now, so you can't shout randomly, and you forgot to change your words." After that, he said to me, "Aunt Qing."

I laughed and said, "How are you doing?"

"I'm doing well," he said. "Although training is very hard in the military camp, I don't have to think about it, I can eat enough every day."

"Well, I think you are stronger than before." As I said that, I asked again: "Is it hard to practice?"

"Yes, I get up before dawn every day, run around the camp for ten laps, and practice shooting skills, boxing, and fighting against others. When I first went there, I was often beaten to the ground and couldn't get up, but now I don't know."

He said, as if he was a little proud: "Even the centurion said, I am a good material for martial arts."

"oh."

"And, you don't know, now they have recruited new recruits, and I'll bring a few more recruits!"

"Is that..."

I smiled faintly, but my heart was a little heavy.

I am very happy that he is well-behaved and fulfilled every day without thinking about the tragedy he has experienced; but his fulfillment is to learn martial arts, train troops, fight wars, and learn to fight with people younger than him...

All this shows what. Maybe the people in it don’t have time to think about it, but if you go far away, you can understand the scenery with your body outside.

I subconsciously turned around and looked at my origin. The huge water village behind the vast smoke waves on the south bank.

The war was together, the people were displaced, and the corpses were everywhere, and the people were so innocent...

Perhaps, the camp should have been destroyed.

Shen Xiaokun was right. How could he return to the sheath without blood from swords? Pei Yuanxiu built such a large naval camp, conscripted and forged, and worked diligently day and night. What else could he do if he didn't destroy that camp, at least the battle would not be able to fight in the short term, or even if it was fought, it would not be too tragic. If the court could peacefully recover Jiangnan without spending soldiers, resist foreign enemies after the great unification, and pay attention to farming and recuperation, we could usher in a new prosperous era.

The people will not be displaced or suffered from the war.

But……

Thinking of the standing figure behind the vast waves and looking at the daughter sleeping soundly in her arms, I could only sigh powerlessly.

I don't have the strength and really don't want to care anymore.

The general trend of the world was originally impossible to change because of the wishes of one or two people, but now I don’t want to interfere in those things. I just want to take my daughter to live a good life, compensate for the maternal love I owe for these years, and heal my old wounds. I have experienced everything that people shouldn’t have experienced in life. Now, I just want to live my own life.

Thinking of this, I turned around and carefully stroked Li'er's cheek.

Gu Ping kept looking at me, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Aunt Qing."

"Um?"

"I have something to give it to you."

"What?"

I looked up at him, and saw the young man take out a cloth bag from behind and hand it to me. As soon as I took it, I almost couldn't hold it. When I opened it, I saw that it was full of large pieces of silver. I weighed it with my hands, and there were at least dozens of taels.

This is--

"This is the money you gave to the ship's house when you were on the boat."

I was stunned for a moment: "There are not so many."

He nodded, and a hint of cunning flashed in his eyes: "At that time, I saw Aunt Qing and the Young Master seem to know each other, so they were polite to me, so they told the people over there that matter. They really helped me find the boatman and got the money back, and they all got it back. However, the other people who took the boat dispersed and I couldn't find them, so I'll give all the money to Aunt Qing."

I couldn't help laughing: "You."

I even thought this kid was an impulsive and ignorant child. I didn't expect that he was so cunning and learned to pretend to be powerful.

But... well! Anyway, the money is already here, and it will be easier for me to take it if I don’t take it.

There was still a smile on the corner of my mouth, but Ping'er reached out to take something out of her arms and carefully put it in my palm: "And there is this, Aunt Qing, I'll help you get it back."

I looked down and the smile on the corner of my mouth became a little heavy.

In the palm of the hand is a silver lock.

The light of the silver lock was originally white and gentle, but at that moment I was suddenly hurt by the eyes.

I vaguely saw a few familiar words in the silver light-

Light

Liu San

Never leave

"Light...Liu San...I'm not separated..."

I murmured, and every word pierced into my heart like a needle.

I don’t know what kind of mood he used to punch this silver lock in such difficult years and carve these words in seal script. Perhaps his mood at that time has been completely forgotten now, and his firm belief at that time has long disappeared with the passage of time.

What I left behind... I looked down at my daughter, so close.

But what about my Liu San? Where is he who agreed to stay with me?

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I don’t know how long it took, but the boat was finally about to dock.

I slowly walked out in the cabin. Standing at the bow, I could already smell a familiar smell of fish, which spread in the water vapor. There were all familiar scenery here. You could see many fish baskets, shrimp baskets, and fishing nets hung on the river beach. The fragments of fish scales on it were shining by the sun, reflecting silver light.

A few children were gathering on the river beach, throwing stones, hopss of the house, chasing me and running around with laughter. Two or three large fishing boats were docked on the shore, which was also the fishermen's home. It was almost noon, and they could vaguely hear the sound of them cooking in the pot and smell the fish.

Li'er was awake, rubbed his eyes and held my hand, looking at the unfamiliar environment in front of him in a daze.

After a while, she raised her head and asked me: "Mom, where is this?"

I smiled and said, "This is called Jixiang Village."

"Jichao Village? What is it?"

"It's where we will live here in the future."

"ah?……"

She was stunned. Her little head seemed to have no way to digest this fact for a while. She silly held me and stopped moving. At this time, the hull was shocked and the boat finally stood firm. I was supported by the boatman and carefully went to the shore and turned around to hold Li'er.

She still didn't react. She was held in my arms and looked at the fishing nets, fishing boats, and children who were wearing simple clothes and were having a great time guarding a few small stones.

As soon as I turned around, I saw that Gu Ping was carrying those bags on his back, and jumped onto the shore easily and asked, "Is it in front?"

"Um."

I nodded, thanked the boat family, and took Gu Ping over.

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Jixiang Village is still the same.

The sound of dogs barking and chickens crowing endlessly, and the air was filled with fishy smell. Of course, the shocked gazes of the villagers around were inevitable along the way.

I became fatter than before and dressed more carefully, but it did not prevent them from recognizing me. The woman who had pointed at her nose and scolded me before I got married was stunned when she saw me. The basin of water in her hand fell to the ground, splashing water all over the ground.

I didn't say anything, and there was always a faint smile on the corner of my mouth. Li'er had completely lost her reaction at this time. I was carried by me all the way and finally stopped in front of a clean courtyard.

The fence seemed to have been renovated, and the yard was cleaned, and there was some firewood piled in one corner; the door was like in the past, with a wide wooden shelf with dustpans on it, but it was empty inside and there was no drying of any aquatic products.

I stood at the gate of the yard and looked at everything in front of me.

Seeing that I hadn't spoken and didn't move, Gu Ping behind me stepped forward and whispered: "Aunt Qing, is this here?"

"……yes."

I nodded in a daze and reached out to push open the yard door.

When I walked into this courtyard, I was already confused.

It was clearly an empty yard in front of me, but my vision blurred, as if I saw... I saw a strong young man with dark skin, wielding axe in the yard, and his sweat looked particularly crystal clear in the sun; I saw him lying on the table, writing letters and obituaries for the people in the village, and beside him, the woman with a cloth dress was cutting dried fish one by one and putting it in a dustpan to dry.

Everything seemed to be yesterday.

When I opened the door, there was still the simple room inside.
To be continued...