When Haizi asked Uncle Xu when he was leaving, he didn't answer for a long time. He had just come back and hadn't had time to discuss it with his mother, but Haizi still answered resolutely.
"I have to leave right away. There is still a lot of work in the mountains. I have to go back right away. I will feel relieved when I come back and see that nothing happens at home."
Haizi answered Uncle Xu's question happily and said he would leave immediately. Haizi knew what Uncle Xu meant by asking questions, and he was also worried that the Yun Family Courtyard would find out, which would be detrimental to Haizi.
"Yes, just come back and have a look. The other side is still looking for you. It's a long night and a lot of dreams. You better leave early and don't let anyone see you. It's not good if the other side knows."
While Uncle Xu was giving instructions, he stood up and prepared to leave. He didn't expect that Haizi would come back, and he knew about it. Once Master Yun got the news, he was a little confused.
"I have to leave too, just to have a look. Don't worry, it looks pretty good. But Haizi has to hurry up, the sooner the better. A true man has a home all over the world, and he can't lose the big for the small.
After a few years, things have calmed down and they have settled down over there, and then they can take your mother and the others over and live together happily. I'm leaving, you don't need to send me off, you two can just make love and make love. "
"Uncle Xu, these are two packs of fruits that Haizi bought for you. It's not convenient for him to send them to you. You just happened to be here, so just take them back. It's the child's kindness.
Come on, Haizi and Sanyang kowtow to Uncle Xu again, thank you for your great kindness, and wish him a long life and good fortune like the East China Sea! "
Haizi's mother didn't tolerate Uncle Xu's politeness, forced two bags of fruit into Uncle Xu's hands, and asked Haizi and Sanyang to kowtow to see Uncle Xu off.
After seeing Uncle Xu off, the family sat together again and discussed when Haizi would leave. This was a big deal and there was no room for carelessness.
"Uncle Xu is right. He asked Haizi to leave tonight. If the Yun Family Courtyard finds out, it will be troublesome."
"Big brother hasn't hugged me to sleep yet, I won't let him go!"
Sanyang was the first to disagree with his brother leaving now, and stepped forward and hugged his brother's neck tightly, as if he was about to fly away.
"Then stay for a few more days. If we don't leave the house, no one will know that my brother is back."
Sister Erya also disagreed with her brother leaving now. Although she did not hold him back like his younger brother, tears flowed from her eyes, looking sad and helpless.
"Let's go. I'll feel relieved once we meet. No matter what happens, you're still living well. It won't matter how long you stay. Just go when you have to."
My mother also had tears in her eyes, but she was rational and made the final decision immediately. Although this decision was difficult, she had no hesitation.
The whole day, the door of Haizi's house was closed, and no one in the family came out of the yard. After dinner in the evening, it was getting dark, and it was time for Haizi to leave home again.
Haizi found the gun, put it in the bundle that had been tied up, hid the other gun, told Aunt Xiao where the gun was hidden, and prepared to say goodbye to the whole family.
"Mom, I have to leave! Third aunt has to stay at our house for a while longer. I may not come back when I come to pick her up, so my third uncle will pick her up.
Don't send a letter to Grandpa Xiao's house yet. My uncle will know the letter when he comes to see you. Don't do the work for the Yun family compound this year. He can't do anything to our family.
Let Sanyang go to school in the next year. The gentleman in our village is very knowledgeable. Let Sanyang learn from him and he will be successful in the future.
I don't have enough money to wait until my third uncle comes to pick up my third aunt, so I can bring some back. I can just hold on to enough for our family to eat. I can't delay Sanyang. "
Haizi said goodbye to his mother with tears in his eyes, and then turned around to give instructions to his sister and brother.
"You two should listen to your mother, don't cause trouble for the family, endure everything, and don't make your mother too tired. Mom, third aunt, you all need to take care of yourself. I'm leaving first."
The whole family had tears in their eyes. Mother smoothed Haizi's hair and pulled his clothes. Erya wet her handkerchief and wiped off the dust on her brother's body.
Sanyang was still the saddest. He held his brother's hand, holding the lighter that Haizi bought when he went to Harbin in one hand, and a silver dollar given to him by Xiao Sanyi in the other hand, and shed tears.
"Brother, take it, it'll be useful on the road!"
Haizi held his younger brother in his arms and helped him wipe away the tears on his face: "You keep these and study hard after you go to school. My brother hopes that you will be successful when you grow up!"
"Let your brother go. It's too late to rush. Be careful on the road. Don't go into the woods at night. Find a place to stay and go during the day.
When you are away from home, you are no better than at home. Be more careful, think more about things, discuss them with your third aunt before handling them, and don't be willful.
Don't worry when your third aunt is at our house, I can take good care of her. If it weren't for you, your third aunt wouldn't be like this today.
Mom understands in her heart that just take care of yourself and don't always worry about home. I will make arrangements for Sanyang to go to school. Don't worry, it's not too late! "
Mother picked up the bundle for Haizi, handed it to him, and told Haizi to leave quickly.
"I'm going to see you off too." Aunt Xiao San said and got off the ground, pulled Haizi over and told him: "When we go back, don't stay in the hotel where we came, stay somewhere else.
When I want to go back, don't come to pick me up. Let your third uncle pick me up. You can take good care of the house at home. If your third uncle and I won't be able to go back for a while, don't be too anxious.
When the time comes, just go to the Deyang Hotel to inquire about my whereabouts. I will leave a message. Remember it, and you are not allowed to tell outsiders.
You don't have to worry about things at home. Your sister and brother are both sensible. Isn't that great? Don't cry. As long as a man can handle things, everything will be fine in two years. "
Haizi walked to the yard and led the horse. The family stopped at the gate and gave Haizi some farewell words.
Haizi knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times to his mother, stood up, jumped on his horse, said, "Come back, I'm leaving," and rode away. Tears welled up in his eyes.
After walking far away, I looked back at the family standing vaguely at the door. Haizi stopped and looked. It seemed that his younger brother was in front of him, and the family was walking towards him again.
Haizi was cruel, turned the corner, and disappeared into the thick darkness of the New Year's Day.
Haizi knew that once he left, he would not know when he would be able to return home. The warmth of his childhood home no longer belonged to him. From this moment on, he would move towards an uncertain future as a grown man.
Thinking of this, Haizi felt even more sad. He walked around the village along the familiar road and looked back at the red lanterns hanging high on every house in the village.
He could tell whose lantern it was at a glance. He was too familiar with the village that had raised him for sixteen years, and it left him with too many memories that he couldn't erase.
Haizi stared blankly in the direction of his home for a while. Although it was blurry, the clear faces of his family were vividly displayed before his eyes, until tears wet his chest.
It seemed that someone was coming, so Haizi quickly rode his horse to Southeast Dianzi, walked to the small shack that still existed, dismounted and walked in.
He wanted to take another look at it, this place that once brought him joy and pain, whether to miss it or to erase it from his memory.
After seeing the small shack, Haizi jumped on his horse again, left Duanlonggang as if relieved, and rode towards Dulong Mountain...
