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It was late at night, and Fugui was lying quietly on the bed and staring out the window silently. The lonely raindrops hit the tranquility of the night and tore apart the sweet page he used to. Without a trace of sleepiness, he just stared at the gray and dark sky outside the window, listening to the drizzle of the lonely and monotonous rain.

From the moment he stepped into the house, he seemed to be in a misty dream. Everything that had happened was so incredible, but when he saw the tomb in the wilderness that had been blown by wind and rain, his heart was broken so hard that it could not be picked up.

The drizzle that kept floating outside the window gradually wet the mood of wealth. He couldn't understand the thoughts of the sky, but felt that the clouds and sunshine were all in chaos. Why did such a kind and lovely swallow lose his life so early? At this moment, he couldn't grasp his emotions, as if he had lost everything. The only thing that exists is deep longing and too many memories, and the sleeplessness that he must come every night as always.

Ever since the day Yan Zi listened to his promise with a blushing face and affectionately, he never thought that there would be another ending. He always thought that in the long years in the future, he could cherish and know each other with the people he loved, and would always snuggle with and spend his life happily...

Memories were interrupted by the sound of drizzle, and my thoughts were confused and fell into the hollowness of my consciousness...

It was also like this rainy night. I have dreamed of returning to my hometown many times...

But when you really walk into the house, you are welcomed by the fact that yin and yang are separated. What a cruel reality, it is so unacceptable!

What I reached out to touch was the silence of the long night, and only thousands of pain gathered in the darkness. The night wind was mixed with wet tears, and I couldn't blow up the loneliness in my heart. The infinite sorrow continued to spread in the night. The raindrops told loneliness like tears. The past brought about by the desolate night was entangled with his broken heart.

He silently lit a cigarette. When the cigarette butts were dying, a wisp of blue smoke rose up. At this moment, he wanted to make his pain gradually dissipate with the smoke. He took out the photo of the swallow, and in the hazy night, the swallow was still smiling at him sweetly. Her long flowing hair and waving hands were still so clear in his memory. In the future, besides photos, where can I see the bright smile of the swallow?

The person I missed day and night has waved away among the clouds, and the wealth reflected in the window is shrouded in tears on the left candle. From then on, I am alone, who will melt the desolation and coldness of the long night?

The door rang gently, and my mother's thin figure quietly walked in. She stood by the bed for a long time before she gently shouted: "Qizi, Qizi."

Fugui didn't want his mother to worry about him, so he closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, but the tears that could not be controlled still slid down his cheeks, and a large area of ​​the pillow was soaked in a while.

Mom sighed, sat by the bed to help Fugui cover the horns of the quilt, paused for a while and said, "Guizi, I know you didn't fall asleep. Alas, we are sorry for you. If your father was not sick that day, or if he asked someone to go to the doctor, Yanzi wouldn't..."

When talking about swallows, Fugui's heart felt like he was stabbed by a needle. He bit his lip and tried his best to control his emotions, but he couldn't help but tears in the corners of his eyes. After a long time, he choked and said, "Mom, stop talking, you can't blame you for this. It's swallow, no, I'm a miserable life and I can't get such a good wife."

Mom lifted the corner of her clothes and wiped her eyes, and said with a sob: "It's been two years, we have always felt guilty inside. What a great girl, she just left like this... Alas! She's still young..."

Fugui didn't say anything, and looked out the window quietly.

The cold and cold wind and rain intertwined so many afterimages of time and space, and the cycle of years was staggered; the drops of raindrops carve the deep and shallow thoughts in my heart, and carry the deep and faint sorrows between my eyebrows. A string of tears is a line of poetry, and a sigh is a music. Every piece swaying in time and space is a masterpiece.

Whether it is immersed in sweet memories or returning to cruel reality, what cannot be removed is the face of the swallow.

Mom looked out the window and continued, "Originally, our lives have been much better because of the fruit trees planted by swallows in the past two years. Before she left...before she left, your dad and I discussed waiting for you to come back and get your marriage done. But...ah, this is all fate."

My mother's words suddenly reminded Fugui of the fact that when he was a child, when Swallows helped him grazing, he held a bouquet of picked flowers and said to Swallows: "Will I marry you as my wife when I grow up?" The young Swallow's face turned red and he smiled and said, "Okay, then you have to take care of me for the rest of your life."

Fugui sat up and helped his mother put on her clothes and said, "Mom, don't be sad. Whether the swallows are gone or not, in my heart she will always be me...my wife." Before he finished speaking, two lines of tears were already falling sadly.

Fugui avoided her mother's astonished eyes, wiped the tears from her face and said, "I have decided when I went to see her today." He turned his head and looked out the window and said, "I really can't bear to let her be alone in the wilderness with such weather. I plan to accompany her tomorrow. I also want to discuss with... to carve a stone tablet for her. From now on, she will be my wife. I can't accompany her often, so let me accompany her with the stone tablet I carved with myself, which is also... to forget my promise to the swallow."

Mom was stunned for a moment: "Guizi, aren't you talking nonsense? According to the customs of our place, the girl's family has been leaving for three years and wants to find a relative of the ghosts. Besides... let's talk about how the villagers think of us, after all, you will still get married in the future."

Fugui comforted his mother and said, "I don't care what others think of me. I just need to be worthy of the swallow and my own heart!"

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The next day, the rain finally stopped.

Fugui came to Yanzi's house early, and Aunt was busy cooking. Fugui told him what he wanted. Aunt shook his head repeatedly: "Young son, that's absolutely impossible. Don't talk about us, even... even Swallows will not be able to live in peace."

Uncle also walked out and said with red eyes: "Guizi, we believe that you are a good child and can understand your feelings for swallows, but we can't harm you. You are still young and an officer. There are not many children in our mountains who are as promising as you. In the future... in the future, you can get married when you meet good ones. With your heart, we will be very pleased."

Fugui shook his head stubbornly and murmured: "Aunt, uncle, I will be your son in the future. I also decided that Yanzi is my wife. Although I have no blessing to marry her in this life, I hope I can meet her in the next life." He turned his face to the side, not wanting Aunt and Uncle to see the tears overflowing from him: "I only have this wish now, and I hope you can agree to me." After that, he looked at Aunt and earnestly.

Aunt and uncle looked at each other and sighed deeply.

Fugui thought for a while and said, "I know the customs of our place, but I'm not afraid. I just hope to give Yan Zi an explanation and myself an explanation."

Seeing that my uncle and aunt were still silent, he sighed and said, "We have been together since we were young. She has accompanied me through so many hard days. During the seven or eight years of my army, she has always helped me take care of my family. Now, even though she has left, in my heart, she will always be my wife. I have no other intentions, I just want to keep her and come back to accompany her when I am old."

After being silent for a long time, Uncle returned to the house silently, and Aunt wiped her eyes and lowered her head to burn the fire.

Fugui saw that they had acquiesced. As soon as he walked out of the yard, he saw his sister walking back with a bundle of weeds on her back. He chased her and helped her back. The sister glanced at Fugui, lowered her head and didn't say anything, and walked to the door. Fugui grabbed her sister and said, "Fuqin, help me do something."

Fuqin stopped and said angrily: "Brother, what kind of soldier are you? I don't believe it is so mysterious. Sister Yan Zi..." She turned her head and wiped her eyes quietly. Due to excitement, her face turned red: "You can't come back to see her off even if Sister Yan Zi leaves? Do you know how much Sister Yan Zi has paid for you and our family?"

Fugui's nose was sore, he nodded and said, "Brother knows..."

Fuqin turned around and stared at Fugui: "Why have you refused to tell us the phone number and address of your army? Brother, I suspect you are not in the army at all! Other soldiers can come back to visit relatives every year, but you have been away for four or five years, and it is still so mysterious. After Sister Yan left, I want you to come back to see her off, but I don't even know your address! Brother, do you know? Sister Yan will cry excitedly every time she receives your letter, but you, Sister Yan's right to write to you has been cruelly deprived of. Sister Yan loves you so much, do you want her to leave with peace of mind?"

Fugui stood there blankly, letting his sister ask, but his heart was dripping with blood. His sister was right, but he didn't know how to explain to his sister.

Fuqin turned her head and calmed her tone and said, "You know how guilty you feel? But what can you move your guilt? What can you save? Sister Yanzi left so lonely. She left for our father. When her father was seriously ill, you should be at home. If you were there, could Sister Yanzi leave?"

My sister gradually became excited, and she didn't care about wiping the tears on her face. She pointed to the mountains in the distance and said, "You go to the mountain to see. Every fruit tree there was planted by Sister Swallow. Brother, do you know that Sister Swallow always takes a piece of dry food and eats pickles. When she is sleepy, she slept on the mountain for a while, and when she is thirsty, she scoops up the spring water to drink. Why is she working so hard for? Isn't it for our family? Even if her father is sick, she is also taking care of her day and night, but what about you at that time? What she did was originally your responsibility."

Fugui's heart began to hurt again, and he said in tears: "Sister, stop talking... I know."

The sister sighed and said quietly: "Sister Yanzi is such a good person. I am still dreaming. Every day on the mountain, looking at the fruit trees all over the mountain, I always feel that Sister Yanzi is still digging a hole with me to water the trees. But when I look back, I will go to find Sister Yanzi there." After that, she threw herself into Fugui's arms, biting his collar and crying loudly.

Fugui bit his lip and patted his sister's shoulder and said, "Fuqin, stop crying, it's all... it's all bad for brother."

After a long time, my sister wiped her tears, looked at Fugui and said, "Brother, what do you want me to do?"

Fugui wiped his tears and said, "I want to erect a monument for Yanzi. Can you help me buy one from the stonemason in the neighboring village? I want the best one. Don't need him to engrave the letters, I will engrave it myself when I come back."

The sister was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Brother, I understand. I will ask my classmates for help now and I will buy it back in a while."

Fugui looked at his sister gratefully and said, "Don't forget to buy chisels and hammers, and transport the stone tablet to Yanzi's grave later. I'll go build a straw shed now, and I want to accompany her for a few days. These days you have to take care of your parents and help me explain to them. I'm afraid they don't want to."
Chapter completed!