When Zhuge Ruoxue saw the young man, she burst into tears and ran over.
The young man also noticed Zhuge Ruoxue.
Seeing Zhuge Ruoxue running over crying, the young man's eyes were a little red.
Quickly walking towards Zhuge Ruoxue, the young man forced a smile and said, "Second sister!"
When the two met, Zhuge Ruoxue cried and was about to open her hands and hug the young man into her arms.
But I saw the young man hurriedly took half a step back, bowed and saluted: "Second sister, I haven't seen you for many years, and I miss you so much!"
It turned out that the young man was none other than Zhuge Liang, the naughty and sensible second brother Zhuge Ruoxue had longed for when he was a child.
Zhuge Ruoxue looked at Zhuge Liang quietly and slowly took his hand back.
Looking at the second brother who was already over eight feet tall and quite handsome, Zhuge Ruoxue nodded heavily and choked with sobs: "You have grown up, second brother, and you have become a talented person. My sister misses you too, and I miss you from the bottom of my heart. Yes. When I heard about my uncle's death, my sister wished she could spread her wings and fly over."
"You have worked hard these days."
Zhuge Liang raised his head, sniffed and said, "Actually, it's not bad."
"I just feel a little sorry for my uncle."
"In order to take care of us, my uncle never married a wife. Before he died, he thought that he could not see his brother and second sister say goodbye."
"At this moment, I think for my brother, he can be relieved to know that he knows better."
Lu Yi, Chen Gong, and Lu Shisan also came over.
Seeing the reunion between Zhuge Ruoxue and Zhuge Liang, both siblings seemed to have a lot to say. Lu Yi whispered to Zhuge Ruoxue, "Let's go into the house and talk! I'll make some dinner, and you guys can chat at home."
Zhuge Ruoxue saw Zhuge Liang again, and her mood became a little calmer at this time. She quickly wiped the tears on her face with her hands and said: "This is impossible! How can I bother my husband with cooking?"
Lu Yi pinched the tip of her nose and motioned for Nangong Yan and Shi Huan to follow him in, leaving Zhuge Ruoxue and the Zhuge Liang siblings alone.
He and his group pushed open the door of the thatched house and moved in meat, vegetables, rice and other supplies.
When Zhuge Liang saw that Zhuge Ruoxue was still looking back at Lu Yi, he asked in a low voice: "Second sister, was this man just now my brother-in-law?"
Zhuge Ruoxue turned around, with a smile on her face, and said proudly: "How about this brother-in-law that my sister found for you?"
Zhuge Liang signaled Zhuge Ruoxue to come into the house and said curiously: "Brother-in-law has a beautiful tree in the wind and talks elegantly. He feels like he is a member of a wealthy family. Second sister, when we fled, you were scattered by the crowd and we all went crazy. Uncle, too. That’s when I suddenly got sick.”
"Brother got lost not long ago, and this happened to you again, second sister."
"My uncle felt ashamed of his father and mother. Every year during the sacrifice, he would cry bitterly in the mourning hall."
Zhuge Ruoxue shed tears again and said: "My uncle regards us as his children, but I cannot provide for him to take care of him until his death."
Zhuge Liang sighed longly and said: "Second sister, don't be too sad. I believe that although my uncle has regrets, if he knew that you married a good husband, he would still be able to smile."
As he said that, he took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wanted to hand it to Zhuge Ruoxue to wipe his tears.
As soon as he handed it out, Zhuge Liang's face turned red.
Compared with Zhuge Ruoxue's clean clothes, the handkerchief was a little dirty.
Zhuge Liang was about to take the handkerchief back, but he saw Zhuge Ruoxue grabbing his sleeve and smearing it on his face casually.
Zhuge Liang: "."
These two sisters, after all these years, why haven't they changed at all?
Seeing Zhuge Liang staring at her, Zhuge Ruoxue raised her right hand, clenched it into a small fist, and said with widened eyes: "What, dissatisfied? Believe it or not, sister will give you a hammer!"
Zhuge Liang then smiled and said: "It's been a long time since I got punched by my second sister. If you really want to hit me, I won't hide this time."
The two entered the house.
Zhuge Ruoxue's fierce expression softened.
Putting his fist down, Zhuge Ruoxue looked at his ancestor in the thatched house.
The so-called ancestor refers to a specially set up space on the innermost wall in the center of the house for the purpose of enshrining spiritual tablets.
During festivals, this is also a place where ordinary people worship their ancestors.
At this time, there was a tablet placed on the ancestor's head, which read: The spiritual tablet of uncle Zhuge Xuan is enshrined.
Zhuge Ruoxue walked over, knelt down in front of the memorial tablet, and murmured in a low voice: "Uncle, Xue'er is late. Over the years, Xue'er has been thinking about you all the time."
Zhuge Liang stood quietly behind Zhuge Ruoxue.
Only then did his tears roll down.
Zhuge Ruoxue knelt down and worshiped, then took Zhuge Liang aside and asked about his experiences over the years.
It turned out that back then, Cao Cao had spread word that he wanted to massacre Xuzhou to avenge his dead father, and he had already led a large army to attack.
Rumor has it that Cao Cao's army was responsible for the attack, and no one, including the old, weak, women and children, was spared.
Not even the chickens or ducks were left alive.
And Zang Ba, the former captain of Xuzhou and in charge of the army, actually escaped from the battle!
He gave up his position as captain and fled to Jiujiang to become a bandit!
The whole Xuzhou was shocked.
Even the dignified captain is afraid, can Xuzhou be saved?
Langya Zhuge held a meeting and finally decided to move south and flee to Jiujiang or Lujiang.
However, this time Cao Cao's declaration of massacre was so scary that not only the Zhuge family, but the entire Xuzhou people fled.
Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian wanted to stop it, but he couldn't.
On the road, the fleeing people were crowded.
Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Jin's brothers and sisters also followed the crowd south.
But it was only on the morning of the third day that the crowd suddenly rioted.
No one could figure out what was happening before they were forced to move forward by the crowd behind them.
Some old people and children were knocked down directly and then trampled to death by the crowd!
Zhuge Jin got separated from Zhuge Xuan and others in order to save a child.
Zhuge Xuan wanted to find it.
But the fleeing crowd couldn't help them at all.
In addition, Zhuge Jin was the eldest of the brothers and sisters at the time and had the ability to take care of himself. Zhuge Xuan thought twice and could only suppress his inner panic and continue to flee south with his other nephews and nieces.
Otherwise, if other nieces and nephews also have accidents, the consequences will be disastrous.
What they didn't expect was that the disaster was far more than that.
As the crowd approached Jiujiang and thought they had finally escaped from the disaster, Zang Ba, who had already turned into a bandit, suddenly rushed out with an army of bandits and snatched away women and children!
Cries arose.
Countless people fell in a pool of blood.
The fleeing crowd had gone crazy and rushed in all directions.
Although Zhuge Xuan asked Zhuge Liang's brothers and sisters to hold on tight, he failed to take care of everyone after all. Zhuge Ruoxue was dispersed by the crowd and then abducted by bandits.
After finally escaping to Jiujiang, Zhuge Xuan immediately fell ill.
After staying on the road for a day, Zhuge Xuan dragged his sick body and continued southward with Zhuge Liang's brothers and sisters. They passed by Lujiang and stayed in Lujiang for a while.
During this time, Zhuge Xuan met an old friend who was going to Jingzhou to seek an official position.
Zhuge Xuan thought that his former friend Liu Biao had become a shepherd in Jingzhou, so he asked his old friend to bring a letter to Liu Biao to ask for help.
Unexpectedly, Liu Biao did reply to the letter, and asked someone to bring some money and a letter to Zhuge Xuan, asking Zhuge Xuan to cross the river and go to Yuzhang to take up the post of governor of Yuzhang County.
I stayed in Yuzhang for two years.
In the past two years, Zhuge Xuan had been suffering from illness, and now he had to deal with government affairs.
Being a county guard at that time was not easy.
In addition to bandits causing trouble everywhere, people often make trouble because they don't have enough to eat and don't have enough clothes to wear.
There was even a time when a big family colluded with bandits and went to the governor's mansion.
But that's not the worst.
Two years later, they encountered their biggest crisis.
The imperial court dispatched Zhu Hao, the governor of Yuzhang County!
Zhuge Xuan, the governor of Yuzhang County who was favored by Liu Biao, became a rebel who committed rebellion.
The major families in Yuzhang County revolted one after another and went to the governor's mansion. They wanted to take the heads of Zhuge Xuan and his family to the Yuzhang County Governor Zhu Hao who was sent by the imperial court to claim credit!
This was the closest Zhuge Liang felt to death.
It was also the only time he was scared to tears.
There were sounds of fighting everywhere.
There are enemies everywhere.
Fortunately, when the governor's mansion was about to be breached, the business caravan of the Huang family, a wealthy family in Xiangyang, secretly sent people to sneak into the governor's mansion and hid Zhuge Xuan, Zhuge Liang and others in the caravan, thus escaping the disaster.
Afterwards, they followed the Huang family's business convoy northward to Xiangyang, Jingzhou, where they settled down.
Zhuge Liang looked at Zhuge Ruoxue and said with emotion: "This journey of wandering and fear has made my uncle's already poor health worse."
"Originally, there were medical workers who could treat the disease, but it would cost a lot of money. We cannot afford the medicine."
"I want to go to Jingzhou Mu for help because of my brother."
"But my uncle stopped me."
"Uncle said that although he and Jingzhou Mu are old friends, now he is no longer able to do things for Jingzhou Mu and everyone dislikes him. Otherwise, when we rushed to Xiangyang, Jingzhou Mu would not have stopped to visit once, but would have sent the account under The person occasionally sent money a few times."
"People just use each other. If there is no use value, how can we talk about old friends?"
"Not to mention, Jingzhou Mu can still care about him and send him some money occasionally, which is already the most benevolent thing."
"My uncle has forgotten about matters of life and death."
"It continued like this until some time ago. After all, my uncle couldn't support it."
"However, after my uncle passed away, Jingzhou Mu sent an official to help with the funeral arrangements, but we lost contact with him later. I sold my assets in the city, moved here, and bought some fields. In this way, I can support three people. My brother continues to study in the college, and secondly, I can live on as my brother."
"Although the college has a stipend, it is far from enough to live on."
Zhuge Liang spread his hands and said with a smile: "It's good now. Moreover, sir will come every once in a while and bring some current information and some books to my brother."
"In addition to farming every day, I also read and write."
"My younger brother can also raise chickens and ducks and sell them in the city. I can buy some clothes and shoes for my third younger brother."
"My brother also has some friends in the college. I asked them to help extract some books and only gave me a small amount of money."
"The only shortcoming now is that these books are too few, far from enough for my brother to read."
"When I read a book, I don't like to mince words. I just want to get the general idea."
(End of chapter)
