Mingyue of the Great Song Dynasty http://www./0_1/Chapter 2  Get a pot of Jianghu wine (1)

In the third year of Yuanshi, Nandun County. Late at night.

The furnishings in the back room of the county government office were already very old. The mottled desk was missing a leg and was padded with half a piece of broken brick. Several brushes inserted into a broken pen holder on the table were already bald.

There was a long couch in the corner, and a haggard middle-aged man was lying on it.

The long-term illness has tormented him for too long. His deep sunken eye sockets and cheeks, his sparse beard that can be counted, and his dim and turbid eyes are half open and half closed, trying to see the two figures in front of him clearly.

One is a tall and strong handsome young man with a clear outline like a knife and axe. His long hair was not tied up into a bun, but was tied with a sharp braid. After being raised half a foot, it was then sprinkled behind him like a waterfall and drooped to his waist. It was supposed to be a loose robe, worn on him, but it did not look elegant at all, but was supported by explosive muscles and tightly tied to his body.

However, the originally unruly expression was not found on the face at this moment, and only deep sorrow was left.

The other one is a young boy under ten years old, staring with big eyes and being held tightly by the young man beside him.

He bit his lower lip tightly, tears kept spinning in his eyes, but he kept trying not to let it fall.

"Quick...it's time..."

Liu Qin gasped violently twice, stretched out his hand with difficulty and difficulty, trying to touch the face of the young man beside the couch.

That was his eldest son Liu Yun. The person who was led by his side was Liu Qin's second son and Liu Yun's younger brother Liu Xiu.

Liu Qing squatted down silently, put his face closer, stretched out his hand and held his father's hand like a dry bamboo, and pressed it tightly against his face.

"I'm sorry... I couldn't leave anything for you brothers..." Liu Qin's eyes were dim and his lips were slightly twitching: "Dad... I can't take good care of you guys..."

"After I die... I go back... to Chongling, go find your second uncle... he... can... take care of you two brothers..." Liu Qin encouraged his chest several times before he could barely explain this passage.

"Second Uncle?" Liu Yan frowned and snorted softly: "Dad, I'm already eighteen years old."

Although Nanyang Chongling is the ancestral home of the family, Liu Qin, who left his hometown in his early years, had only his younger brother Liu Liang. In Liu Qin's heart, it should be considered a person who can be entrusted.

"But... your brother is only... eight years old!" Liu Qin opened his eyes wide and squeezed out the last trace of strength in his body. He held Liu Hu's hand tightly: "Even if... even if you can take good care of yourself... what about him... what should he do!"

"Axiu is so well-behaved, I can take care of him alone!" As soon as Liu Yan said, he saw his father gritting his teeth tightly, and the muscles on his face were also twisted due to anxiety.

But my father could no longer speak, so he could only make horrible calls from his mouth. The excitement just now had completely exhausted his last trace of his vitality.

"Yes... I know... I will take A Xiu to Chongling and find my second uncle!" Liu Yan quickly clenched his father's hand tightly, and the other right hand also held his younger brother Liu Xiu's hand tightly in the palm of his hand.

My mother had passed away three years ago. After that, there were only three fathers and sons left in the family.

And now, his father is about to leave them. At the last moment of his life, Liu Yan never wants him to leave with regret.

The three of them held hands and formed a unit. Liu Qin looked at Liu Yan's firm face and Liu Xiu, who was still confused and didn't know what happened, and tried to squeeze out a smile.

Then, he let out his last breath.

Liu Yan felt that the hand he was holding lightened in that moment and lost the last trace of strength.

In this world, only myself and my younger brother are left.

Liu Yan held his father's hand, stroked his face twice, then gently put it back on his chest before standing up.

The younger brother beside him still bit his lower lip, but the tears finally slid down unbearably.

Liu Yan held back his tears, squeezed out a smile at his younger brother, hugged him in his arms, and walked out the door.

Even though he was the county magistrate in Nandun for three years, Liu Qin really did not leave any money. The father and son have always lived the most impoverished days.

What's more, in today's world, who doesn't live a difficult life?

Although the funeral and burial have been used in the simplest way, they still emptied out the last bit of savings left by my father.

When Liu Yan took his younger brother on the road to the hometown of Chongling, Nanyang, he could not even afford to hire a ox cart.

Under the sunset, two figures, one big and one small, walked out of the county gate holding hands. The small burden behind Liu Yan was the last property of the two brothers.

The road paved with loess extends westward and straight to the setting sun that has already settled in the west, as if it is so far away that it cannot see the end.

"Let's go, Ah Xiu."

Liu Yan patted his brother's head and took a step forward.

"Brother, how far will it take?"

Not long after leaving the city, Liu Xiu began to pout and looked at his brother pitifully: "It's not fun outside... It's getting dark, let's go home..."

"Go home..." Liu Yan felt a little strange when he thought of the sudden fire at home before leaving home.

The fire burned all the house. If Ah Xiu hadn't been anxious and asked him to accompany him, they would have died in the fire.

"We have no home anymore...A Xiu."

...

The two of them walked west along the road. Until the sun set, Liu Xiu's tender legs finally couldn't hold on to the long journey.

Seeing his younger brother gritting his teeth and persevering, his steps slowed down a little bit, Liu Yan gently patted his head, stood in front of him and squatted down.

Liu Xiu cheered, jumped onto his brother's back and hugged him tightly.

Leaning on my brother's back, just like my dad... No, that's a stronger and more secure place than my dad.

My brother walked very fast, but he was very steady, and he couldn't even feel a little bumpy. The brother under him walked forward step by step. Liu Xiu looked at the sunset in the sky and gradually sunk down.

When I opened my eyes, I should have gone to that far place...

With this feeling, Liu Xiu gradually fell asleep.

But when he woke up again, he found that it was already early in the morning.

Under a big tree, my brother was lying beside him, sleeping heavily. My brother's robe was taken off and put on his body, but only an underwear was left on him.

The sun shone through the leaves, reflecting light spots on my brother's clearly contoured face. His long black hair was scattered on the ground, like a waterfall that fell to the ground.

Although it was early summer, it was still a little cold in the morning. Liu Xiu shivered, staggered and got up, put his robe on his brother's body, lifted a corner, and crawled in again.

Sure enough, it’s still around my brother, it’s even warmer...

Just like the sun...

Holding his brother's arm, Liu Xiu closed his eyes and fell asleep in a drowsy manner again.

When Liu Yan woke up, he saw his younger brother curled up beside him like a little rabbit.

He held himself tightly, as if he was his whole world.

Liu Yan stretched out his other hand and gently stroked his brother's forehead. He saw him twisting slightly, and muttering something in his mouth, and changed into a more comfortable position to continue falling asleep.

Liu Yan thought about it and did not wake up Liu Xiu, but simply put on his outer robe, hugged his younger brother in his arms, and continued along the road towards Chongling.
Chapter completed!