Short story

Regardless of how Li Kui and others talked about Shen Zhige, Shen Zhige rode back to the barracks after leaving Xiangyue Pavilion. This capital is prosperous, but Shen Zhige always felt that it was not suitable for him. , probably because I am not used to the warm and fragrant nephrite in Kyoto.

After the celebration banquet was over, the Holy One still had no intention of letting the northern army go back to Dingyuan. Li Ren couldn't help but became worried. He knew the truth about the master of meritorious deeds, but this time he couldn't hide.

The Zhenbei army huddled in the barracks outside the capital every day, and Shen Zhige became bored within a few days, so he simply went to find Li Ren and wanted to return home.

There are quite a few people who want to go back to their hometown. After all, who has been away from home for many years, who doesn't want to go home?Shen Zhige originally wanted to go to his superior to ask her to return, but unfortunately, Li Ren's attention to her made him have to leapfrog.

Since there was nothing wrong now, Li Ren didn't want to force Shen Zhige to stay, so he asked gently if there was anything he could do to help, now that it was cold, he asked Shen Zhige to take care of his health, go home and take a good rest.

If ordinary people hear these words, they must be very moved. How can it not be moved by a big man like Li Ren asking him how he is?

However, Shen Zhige was still indifferent, she didn't like words, but she had a clear understanding of the world, Li Ren treated her like this just to let her have admiration for him, so that she could help Xu Mo wholeheartedly in the future, and even said that she wanted to cultivate Myself, probably also for this reason.

It wasn't that Shen Zhige thought so secretly in his heart, if Li Ren was really like what he showed, he wouldn't acquiesce in allowing Xu Mo to take credit for him just because he was his son, it can be seen that in his heart, the blood relationship is the most important.

After going back and packing up his things for a while, Shen Zhige set off.

Xiaogu Village is on the northern border, some distance away from the capital, and Shen Zhige is not in a hurry. To her, there is not much difference between the army and home, so it will be nearly Dongyue when she returns to Xiaogu Village.

Shen Zhige rode along the path, which was the only path from Xiaogu Village to the nearby county town, and she also left here when she joined the army.

Although five years have passed, this place is still the same as before. You can see a large peach blossom forest near Xiaogu Village, but it has withered at this time of year.

The horseshoe clattered, stepping on the peach petals that had been stepped on countless times, Shen Zhige rode all the way to the courtyard in his memory.

After entering the village, there were more people, Shen Zhige riding a horse obviously couldn't be ignored, Shen Zhige didn't stop at the whispers of the people next to him, when she arrived at the door, several curious villagers had already followed behind her .

Shen Zhige got off his horse and pushed the door open, but after the sluggish creaking sound, what he saw was a familiar yet unfamiliar face.

It was a pretty young woman with a woman's bun, a few locks of hair scattered behind her ears, making her fair and slender neck even more apparent.

The young woman was holding a broom, she was obviously attracted by the sound of the door opening when she was sweeping the floor, she was stunned when she saw Shen Zhige, and didn't react.

"Liu Xi?" Shen Zhige asked, the current Liu Xi is very different from her impression, but it's been five years.

Liu Xi's reaction was more violent. Although she had known from the village chief that Shen Zhige would be back soon after becoming an officer, it was a different mood when she actually saw him.

Liu Xi unconsciously let go of the broom, and even walked in front of Shen Zhige with trembling feet. The young boy who was still immature in those days is now much more mature, with the same handsome features, but with a hint of decisiveness on his face.

"Zhi Ge..." Liu Xi looked at the corners of her eyes and got wet, "You are thinner, darker, and taller... By the way, come in and rest, you must be tired from the long journey!"

Shen Zhige nodded, and pulled his beloved horse. This is a beautiful horse that Li Ren gave him. They fought together on the battlefield, and they had deep feelings.

When Liu Xi saw the horse for the first time, Shen Zhige took the reins and tied the horse to the woodshed, turned to Liu Xi and asked, "Is there any wheat bran? Just give it some wheat bran. By the way, take Bring some water."

Shen Zhige patted the horse's back and comforted him: "This is my house, it's going to be winter now, I can't eat anything good, don't make me picky!"

After a while Liu Xi came over with water and wheat bran, and Shen Zhige fed the horse, while Liu Xi watched from the side, because there was no manger, Shen Zhige fed the horse with a bowl in his hand, with a concentrated expression, When the horse is in a hurry, she will reprimand her, but this reprimand also has a sense of intimacy, which inexplicably makes Liu Xi jealous. Shen Zhige has always been emotional, and Liu Xi has never felt that she has any affection for him. So affectionate.

"That's right! Dad doesn't know you're back yet, so I'll call him." Liu Xi suddenly thought of something and said.

Shen Zhige only responded when he heard the words, and continued to feed the horse without looking back.

But before Liu Xi went out, Father Shen came back by himself. Many people in the village recognized Shen Zhige and told Father Shen. Knowing that his child had returned, Father Shen hurriedly closed the shop and hurried home.

As soon as he got home, Father Shen followed Liu Xi to the side of Shen Zhige. At this time, Shen Zhige was still feeding the horse, and Father Shen was not angry, and happily ran to her side to touch the horse's back, "This is a horse! This is Horse! I have never ridden a horse! You really became a general, hahaha!"

Except for the cavalry, those who can ride horses are all generals in the army. Father Shen excitedly patted Shen Zhige several times and said hello three times.

"It's not a general, it's just a ninth-rank school lieutenant." Shen Zhige corrected with a calm expression.

"It's almost the same. You have only joined the army for a few years. Isn't it certain that you will become a general in the future?" Father Shen didn't care. "I'm going to hold a banquet tonight! Let everyone in the village know that my Shen family has a general!"

Shen Zhige was noncommittal, but he didn't hit Father Shen either.

Shen's father said to hold a banquet, but there was a lot to do, Shen Zhige went to visit Liu's house, and went to help when he came back.

But Shen's father said that the gentleman was far away from the kitchen, and Liu Xi was the only one in the kitchen. Later, Liu's mother saw that her daughter was tired, so she took the initiative to come over to help, Shen's father, Shen Zhige, just moved some tables and chairs, and cleaned it.

Shen Zhige didn't care much about the so-called banquet, not to mention that this banquet was only used by Shen's father to show off. Back then, Shen's father was drunk and blatant all day long, and eventually the Shen family was almost torn apart. Many people in the village criticized Shen's father. Now Father Shen wanted to let those people know that he could not be a general, but his son could!

After the sunset, the banquet slowly dissipated. Shen Zhige was always questioned by the family members of his companions who joined the army together. Shen Zhige couldn't bear to be hit, but he could only tactfully express that the deceased had gone.

If there is no war provoked by Ude, there are still a few people in the village who can come back, but unfortunately...

Shen's father was drunk, talking nonsense and giggling, seeing Liu Xilai helping him, he patted her on the shoulder vigorously, mistaking her for Shen Zhige, "Okay! Good son, you really didn't disappoint dad hahaha ..."

Liu Xi's shoulder hurt from being patted, but the person in front of her was her father-in-law, so she couldn't throw him away.

Shen Zhige, who was cleaning up the dishes, pulled Liu Xi up, picked up Shen's father by himself, and said to Liu Xi: "Go and clean up the table."

Shen Zhige just put Shen's father on the bed, as for cleaning up, Shen's father didn't vomit, so Shen Zhige didn't plan to clean up.

Back in the courtyard, the big tables were still dirty, and the sky was already dark, Liu Xi was still bending over to pack up the leftovers, "Take the food to the kitchen and rest, I don't know what to pack now Shichen, you are tired too, let's talk tomorrow."

The night passed in a flash.

The next day when Shen Zhige woke up, it was snowing before dawn.

The two worked together to clean up the mess, Shen Zhige was pushed out of the kitchen, Liu Xi washed three sets of dishes and chopsticks and prepared to cook first, and returned the borrowed dishes, tables and chairs after breakfast.

Although it was snowing, the snow was not heavy, it only drifted onto people's faces and caused a slight chill, Shen Zhige was fine, he fed the horses and started practicing martial arts, using the same wooden stakes as before.

Shen Zhige's return aroused heated discussions in the village, mainly because of envy, and the silver taels that Shen Zhige brought back with him were enough for the Shen family to live a prosperous year.

Time passed like this, and in the blink of an eye, Shen Zhige had been home for a month.

Shen Zhige didn't do anything this month, but she wanted to do something, either Shen's father didn't allow it or Liu Xi didn't let her, saying that now that she was a general, she couldn't do those vulgar things.

The snow sees the world, and it gets bigger and bigger as it falls, but the mountains behind Xiaogu Village have been covered with white snow for a month.

The mountain has no name. Occasionally, people from Xiaogu Village will go to the mountain to catch some pheasants and hares to sell, but this is not acceptable in winter, not to mention missing prey, and they may stumble and fall, or even die if they fall in a bad position.

Shen Zhige couldn't take it anymore after punching for a few days, so he went to find materials and wanted to make a bow and arrow.

The materials are simple, the wild bamboo that Shen Zhige cuts in the mountains is used for the bow body, the rope that is prepared at home is used as the bow string, and a few branches are cut and sharpened to make bows and arrows. Such bows and arrows are very simple. It took me a long time to get used to the bow and arrow.

Shen Zhige was a little dissatisfied with only shooting wooden stakes, she packed up her things and ran to the mountain with itchy hands.

With Shen Zhige's skill, naturally she doesn't have to worry about safety, she just wants to see if she can shoot some wild animals with luck.

Xiaogu Village is mainly planting, not much hunting, and some young men go to the mountains to try it out because they are bored or want to subsidize their families, so there are many wild animals in the mountains. Although it is winter, Shen Zhige has good skills, but after half a day Really shot a rabbit that came out to feed.

The gray rabbit fell to the ground with an arrow stuck in its back. Warm and scarlet blood seeped out from the gray fur. Shen Zhige didn't care, pulled out the homemade arrow, picked up the rabbit with one hand, the blood flowed to Shen Zhige. Zhige's hand was actually warm in this winter. Shen Zhige was taken aback for a moment, and looked down at his blood-stained left hand. The familiar smell of blood in the air made her inexplicably excited. There was an illusion that she was still on the battlefield, and there were ferocious enemies on the opposite side. Their warm and sweet blood lured Shen Zhige, and Shen Zhige unconsciously squeezed his bow tightly. The excitement made her fingertips tremble slightly. Trembling, killing intent burst forth.

"Squeak~"

A sound came from not far away, waking up Shen Zhige. Shen Zhige who woke up from the hallucination was a little scared. She had seen many people who were still shouting and killing when they left the battlefield. It is said that their mental capacity is not strong enough. I was driven crazy by the battlefield, I just...

But Shen Zhige also knew why he was so idle this month that his bones were itchy. It was obviously the same as he had spent 16 years, but he could no longer be as indifferent as before, but... Forget it, In the past few months, Li Ren will not let him go, and will return to the battlefield sooner or later.