Ji Shu got up from the ground and bravely stepped forward.
"Brother, brother, please stop crying. If you are unhappy, tell Suisui. If you have someone to share it with, you won't be fat and sad!"
"I didn't cry."
"But I see my brother's tears every year."
Xiao Jishu sighed and shook his head, wondering why his little brother was more stubborn than her.
She twirled her fingers and plucked up the courage to take Qi Ye's hand.
"Little brother, let's sit down and share the unhappy things, shall we? Suisui can cure unhappiness. Just hug Suisui when mother cries and it will be fine~"
The little girl's hands were incredibly soft, like a piece of tender tofu that could be crushed with a little force.
Qi Ye stiffened, thinking that if he threw the little girl away, the little girl would definitely be bruised and swollen, and she would probably cry even more loudly and become more annoying.
He sighed, fearing that he would not be able to complete today's task.
He lifted up his hem and sat on the floor.
"Why are you crying? Tell me."
Talking about the sad incident, little Ji Shu squeezed out a few tears and said, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu." , I can't, I want to be dignified...if I don't obey, I will have my palms slapped..."
She opened her fleshy hands and stretched them out in front of Qi Ye.
The money in his palm was still very obvious, and Qi Ye frowned immediately.
What kind of dad is this! The milk dumplings are so hard to hit!
Little Ji Shu cried and talked for a while, then she remembered that she couldn't just tell it by herself. She asked, "Where's the little brother? Why is the little brother crying?"
"I didn't cry."
After Qi Ye finished speaking subconsciously, he saw Xiao Jishu's mouth tightened. He endured it and had to say:
"Well, my mother passed away to give birth to my sister. I was just thinking about her..."
Xiao Jishu felt that if her mother passed away, she would definitely cry even more miserably.
Little Ji Shu walked up, pointed to the sky and said, "Brother, don't be sad. In fact, my mother is always here. My mother said that when my grandfather died, he actually turned into a star in the sky. Although I couldn't see him, he He will always be watching me in the sky, and I won’t feel sad just thinking about it.”
She clasped her hands, actually more out of fear.
If she did something bad, my grandfather could see it. It would be terrible.
"laugh!"
Qi Ye couldn't help but sneer. He wouldn't believe this kind of deception when he was five or six years old.
He patted his hem and stood up, "You go, I have to practice, you are in the way here."
"Sui Sui is not in trouble, Sui Sui is very good..."
Little Ji Shu took the initiative to move back and sat upright obediently, "Sui Sui is immobile. Sui Sui is here to accompany my brother."
Qi Ye frowned and uttered three words coldly: "Whatever you want."
When the sky got a little darker, Xiao Jishu's anger seemed to have subsided, and she took the initiative to stand up, pat the soil and say goodbye to him.
"Little brother, I, I'm going home. My mother will miss me if she can't see me. If dad still doesn't allow me to ride a horse, I'll be in debt tomorrow - leaving home!"
Xiao Jishu turned around three times step by step, and finally disappeared.
Qi Ye breathed a sigh of relief, looked back inexplicably in the direction where she disappeared, and immediately turned his head after realizing it.
After standing for an hour, he returned to the camp.
The next day, he went there as usual and stood in military posture. Because it was quiet, no one disturbed him... This was before.
He met the little girl named Sui Sui again.
She didn't come crying this time, but her eyes were red and her face was filled with sadness, "Daddy still won't let me ride a horse——"
Seeing that she was about to cry, Qi Ye picked her up and covered her mouth.
"Do you still want to stay here?"
"Hmm." Xiao Jishu nodded.
"Then don't cry anymore."
"……belch!"
Qi Ye let go and saw that she only hiccupped before putting her down.
He concentrated on standing in a military posture and seemed to have forgotten that there was someone else beside him. When he remembered to look at Xiao Jishu, he found that she was hiccupping out of boredom and swaying around.
Qi Ye: "If you are sleepy, you'd better go back."
"No, I want to leave home."
"Didn't you get beaten when you went back last night?"
Xiao Jishu shook her head proudly, "I said, my brother took me out to play and then left me behind."
Qi Ye's mouth twitched, "You are such a good sister."
"Suisui is a good sister." Xiao Jishu nodded vigorously.
Qi Ye sighed, "You can't defeat your parents now, so it's better to compromise and fight back against them when you can decide what you can do."
Qi Ye himself is like this. He couldn't break away from his father before, but now that he can, he can't help himself.
Little Ji Shu was confused when she heard this, "I just want to be myself every year, and I don't want to be a lady!"
She walked up and hugged Qi Ye's legs, her eyes bright, "Brother, please teach Sui Sui how to ride a horse!"
Qi Ye said righteously, "No!"
Day after day, Qi Ye didn't understand why even though his grandfather canceled the daily military posture training, he still ran to that place just to wait for a soft dumpling.
Listen to how she battled wits and courage with her parents today, cheating on her brother and refusing to teach her to ride a horse again and again.
Unexpectedly, it was their first meeting. This time Qi Ye stole a foal from the stable.
Xiao Jishu couldn't say anything excited. Qi Ye didn't understand what was said, so he just asked her the last question.
"Do you really want to ride?"
Xiao Jishu pulled the reins and said, "Yes!"
Qi Ye hugged her up, and little Ji Shu hugged the horse's head, her eyes red.
"Why don't you come down?"
"don't want!"
Xiao Jishu looked at him pleadingly, "I want to ride!"
I thought it was just an ordinary encounter, but it gradually turned into a daily habit, but the parting came too suddenly.
Qi Ye even forgot to ask Suisui what his surname and name was. This person seemed to have disappeared.
It was not until fifteen years later that God sent her to him again.
Ji Shu buried her face in her palms, "General, please stop thinking about it, I was so stupid at that time."
Qi Ye smiled and said: "Not stupid, very cute."
Ji Shu's body froze, and it took a long time before he raised his head and looked at Qi Ye.
"I later went to wait for the general for two or three days... I thought the general thought I was annoying so he left without saying goodbye. I cried for a long time."
It's not that Ji Shu doesn't remember this incident, but he doesn't want to remember it.
Although those actions were stupid, they were beautiful. It was the first time someone agreed with her 'willfulness', helped her onto the horse, and helped her think.
Because of this, the unexplained disappearance at the back is even more heart-wrenching.
Qi Ye felt guilty, "I'm sorry... that year when the new emperor came to the throne, my grandfather was afraid that I would be plotted by the new emperor, so he had to take me away from the capital overnight. When I found out, I was already on the carriage and couldn't leave you a message. I have been here for a few days. I haven’t stopped looking for you in years, but back then I only knew your small print and couldn’t find you at all…”
Ji Shu shook his head, "I don't blame the general."
Regardless of the current ambiguity between the two, she wouldn't blame her little brother back then.
Qi Ye took her into his arms and whispered: "It was my fault that we were separated for fifteen years. I will never be separated from you again in the future."
Ji Shu hesitated for a few moments, then raised his arms and hugged him.
Under the sky full of Kongming lanterns, two hearts slowly come closer and form a relationship.
