Natasha and Rita took little Peter into the back room of the stone house.
An oil lamp was lit outside the stone house, and the flame the size of a bean made the house look extremely dim. Only old Sheila and Suldak were left in the room. Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere became extremely dull for a while.
Old Sheila was sitting at the door of the inner room, looking at Suldak warily.
"Where is my little Duck?" Old Sheila asked with a trembling voice.
Her eyes were full of expectation, pleading and a touch of sadness, and she seemed to have some bad premonitions. However, before getting the truth, Old Sheila still wanted to ask and get a definite answer.
The question that Old Sheila had been holding back in her heart finally came out.
Surdak rubbed his hands, took a deep breath, and said: "He died in battle. One month before completing his military service, the Bena Army launched the Battle of Moyunling..."
After hearing Suldak's first words, Old Sheila felt that the whole sky was about to collapse. Her nails were almost embedded in the flesh of her palms, and her heart was like a messy rag, being beaten hard with both hands.
Twist them together and wring out all the dirty water inside.
Surdak spoke in great detail, telling Old Sheila exactly what had happened during the two months he spent in the Expeditionary Corps.
The Fifty-seventh Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment is affiliated to the Bena Legion. It is a well-known heavy armored infantry regiment that came out of the city of Helensa. In the past few years when the plane war broke out, the number of soldiers killed in the battle continued to increase.
Increasingly, almost half of the young people in the village serving in the military will die on the battlefield. When Surdak was dismissed from military service, old Sheila also spent her family money in order to let Surdak join this excellent infantry regiment.
I spent all my savings in the hope that my son would return safely, but after four years of hard work, I received news of his death.
Old Sheila leaned on the stone wall next to the door, thinking with a sad face: If she had spent a little more money in Ken, even if she had borrowed a little more, Surdak could have stayed in Helensa to serve in the army.
, then maybe this kind of thing won't happen.
In these years when plane wars break out frequently, and under the system of universal military service, it is not uncommon for civilians to join the army and die on the battlefield.
It's just that if this kind of thing happens on one's own head, outsiders will never be able to understand the grief and sadness.
Old Sheila tried her best to cover her mouth, not wanting to cry out. There were no tears in her eyes long ago, and her rough hands were covered with calluses and cracks.
Surdak said to old Sheila: "Before he died, he hoped that I could return to Wall Village to take care of you."
Old Sheila glanced at Suldak, the alertness in her eyes had been eliminated a lot, and asked him: "Are you Suldak's companion on the battlefield?"
"Yes!" Surdak replied.
Old Sheila looked at the young man in front of her.
In a trance, the young man's figure and the little Dak in his memory actually overlapped. Little Dak wanted to reach out and touch old Sheila's face, wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said: "Let little Dak take care of her."
You guys!'
Old Sheila still wanted to take a look at the illusory little Duck, but unfortunately the illusory light and shadow disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Sitting in front of her was still this strange young knight who was somewhat similar to Surdak.
Old Sheila lowered her head and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. She thought a lot about her future life.
"Our family lives quite well in Wall Village. We have clothes to keep out the cold, and rice and wheat to fill our stomachs. Although our life is not rich, it is not too difficult. Although our days are ordinary,
But at least we can live on without you taking care of us." Old Sheila finally made a decision and said to Suldak.
Old Sheila said that life was not difficult, but Suldak didn't quite believe it.
"..."
Faced with Old Sheila's look of distrust, Suldak didn't say anything further.
There was no extra bed left for Surdak, so old Sheila built a temporary bed with the only chair and half a wooden box outside the stone house, and let Surdak sleep here, but she did not
When I returned to my room, I sat on a wooden bench, leaning against the door of the inner room, and watched in silence all night with my eyes slightly closed.
After a day's journey on horseback, Surdak lay hungry on a bed made of wooden boxes and chairs, and slept in a daze all night.
In the morning, the sun shines through the window into the stone house, and a dazzling light shines on Surdak's face. In his sleep, Surdak wanted to turn his head away, but he hit his head on the back of the chair and woke up instantly.
Came over.
A bowl of porridge mixed with cassava and crushed chestnuts fell in front of Suldak with a clang, and Old Sheila turned away with a cold face.
Surdak quickly sat up from the wooden box and drank the bowl of gruel that didn't look very good. The cassava pieces in the porridge had a faint fishy smell, but it wasn't too unpleasant to drink. The door of the back room opened
It was closed tightly, but a pair of clear eyes could be seen looking out curiously through the gap in the door panel. Suldak recognized it as little Peter at a glance.
Little Peter wanted to run out of the wooden house, but the woman behind him hugged him tightly and even covered his mouth.
Surdak stood awkwardly in the stone house outside, scratched his head and said: "I want to look around in the village. I have heard a lot about the village."
He arranged the Warcraft leather armor on his body, left the modified Roman sword and the blue iris shield in the stone house, turned around and walked out of the house with his head lowered.
Old Sheila looked at Surdak's back. She stood at the door and watched without saying a word as Surdak untied the reins of Gubolai's horse, watched him drink half a bucket of water for the horse, and then gave the horse another drink.
He pulled the reins and led the horse out of the yard, until he was very far away, then he sat limply at the door...
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It was not until dinner time that Surdak led the horse back from outside the village.
The Gubo horse had a round belly after eating, and stood in the yard wagging its tail leisurely.
Old Sheila prepared an ordinary dinner for Surdak, including chestnut flour scones and a bowl of dark stew. There was nothing else, and it seemed that the others had already finished eating. Rita and Nata
Sha still hid in the inner room and refused to come out, but this time little Peter ran out happily, pestering Suldak and asking him to tell some stories about the battlefield.
Seeing the longing in Little Peter's eyes, Suldak could only bite the bullet and said: "People will die on the battlefield. Whether they are nobles or civilians, there is no difference in front of the evil spirits. They are very vicious..."
Surdak grabbed a handful of lizard claw fruits from his backpack and pulled out a gleaming dagger from the outside of his thigh. Old Sheila, who was cleaning the table next to her, was so frightened that she trembled all over and almost dropped the rag in her hand.
Little Peter looked at the exquisite dagger in Surdak's hand with great envy. He watched him telling stories while peeling out the nuts. Little Peter had never eaten such sweet nuts. He ate more than a dozen in succession. Surda
Ke was worried about little Peter's indigestion, so he only ate fifteen nuts and then stopped, promising little Peter that if he was willing to go to bed on time, he would have nuts to eat tomorrow.
After finally persuading little Peter to go to bed, Old Sheila took Suldak to another house. The stone house was so small that it could only accommodate a wooden bed. There were half a bag of chestnuts on a wooden shelf against the wall.
There was a pile of cassava with some wrinkled skin, which was probably their daily ration.
Old Sheila re-layed the worn but still clean sheets, and said seriously to Suldak: "You can sleep here tonight, and you can leave tomorrow morning!"
Seeing the firm look in Old Sheila's eyes, Suldak could only sigh slightly and said:
"Okay then, I will leave tomorrow. I will stay in Hailansa City for a while. If you need anything, you can ask the villagers to send me a message. I will definitely find it if I go to the knights in Hailansa City.
I."
Seeing that Suldak agreed, Old Sheila turned around and walked out.
Surdak was lying on the bed and could almost see the stars in the night sky through the gaps in the thatch on the roof.
I thought that since I couldn't fulfill Surdak's instructions before his death, I could only leave the gold coins he had with them to them. If I could hide these gold coins properly, they should be able to live the rest of my life comfortably.
Thinking of this, Suldak took out the bag of gold coins from the magic belt bag and hid it in the cassava pile in the corner.
Lying on old Sheila's bed, Surdak tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. It wasn't until the moment before dawn that Surdak fell into a deep sleep.