Chapter 9: Daddy will take you home

Old Lady Niu opened her mouth, but in the end, she didn't say anything. How could she say anything in this situation?

In the end, she still told something.

"If you had come half a month earlier, maybe you could have met each other. Sometimes life is just like that. Don't mention half a month, sometimes, maybe the people will miss each other just by a few minutes. It all depends on fate whether you can make it together as a couple, or separated by nature.", she told as they walked.

"This is it."

Lady Niu opened the door. The mother and daughter lived here, because they were outsiders. When Madam Shen came, she carried a very serious illness. The villagers were afraid that the disease would be transmitted, so they were allowed to live in this kind of place. Here, although it is simpler, at least it was a place that could shelter them from wind and rain.

The man walked in. When he saw this dilapidated house, his eyes were red again, and the fingers on his side were gripped tightly, and he felt distressed.

His Xue Fei and his A Ning, they originally had such a luxurious life, he treated them as the pearl of his palm. How could they live in such a house?

He stiffened and walked in, and saw the innermost wooden cupboard made of planks, the old bed, and a rag of cotton wool above. He took a step forward, but he felt heavy lifting his leg. He sat down and hugged the old torn quilt in his arms.

When he saw all these, his heart hurt as if it was stabbed with a knife.

What kind of battle was he fighting? What enemy was he killing? He can't even protect his wife and his daughter; he was still a general! He fought for the country, he protected the people of Da Zhou[1], but he still couldn't protect his wife and his Xiao Ning.

And he didn't even see his wife during her last moments.

He stood up again and walked to the table with a missing leg. There was an old pot on the table. He reached out and touched it. The water was cold. On the table there was a half-eaten hard bun. There were also a few tooth prints on it, so he knew that someone has eaten them.

That rich family's wife was too shameless. Old Lady Niu couldn't help but curse, how could such a wicked thing be done? Then hasn't Madam Shen given her bracelet for nothing? Xiao Qing Ci was still a child! What does this hard and old bun mean? No wonder the child was getting thinner recently. She thought that it was because her mother died, she got thinner… But now it seems like such a disgusting thing was done by the rich family's wife.

The man always stared at the half-black-faced bun, his eyes were congested, and the blue veins on his forehead jumped up.

Old Lady Niu was also frightened. She was afraid to say now. Regarding the bracelet, she was really afraid that this man would smash the head of the wealthy wife with one hand.

"This master…"

Old Lady Niu hurriedly stood in front of the man, fearing that he would stare at the hard bun again, thinking about how to kill.

"My name is Shen Ding Shan," the man muttered, and walked over directly, then picked up the half of the hard bun from the table. "Can I eat this?"

Old Lady Niu touched her lips, and thought how to smoothen this matter.

"I originally asked the child to go to my house, but she didn't want to. She said that there is the smell of her mother here, and she will not leave her mother."

Shen Ding Shan squeezed the half of the hard bun in his hand, it was as hard as a stone. How did his little A Ning eat this stone? She was so young, she was only four years old, and there was no mother.

Thinking of his daughter's life, Shen Ding Shan smashed his fist against the wall. Even the damaged house shook with it.

Old Lady Niu did not dare to move, and she was shocked in cold sweat.

As soon as she turned around, she found a small child standing at the door. She was still wearing the gray clothes with patches she made by herself and carrying a bundle of dry wood on her back. Those firewood are all about bending the child's back.

"Xiao Qing Ci!" Lady Niu hurriedly called out when she saw Shen Qing Ci.

While Shen Ding Shan was stunned, he slowly turned his head, his gaze shifted downwards. At that moment, almost all of his dry eyes were filled with tears. He could not help closing his eyes. It also forced those tears back.

Shen Qing Ci stared at the tall man blankly. It was Daddy! The corners of her mouth twitched for a long time, and finally she held back everything.

There was a buzz in her head, and she could hear nothing, except for the sounds that almost penetrated her eardrums.

General Shen died in battle. The army had no food and grass. Most of the soldiers died of starvation. General Shen had not eaten all his grains for a few days. He was struggling to die with the enemy. He was pierced by the enemy's arrows. His death was tragic.

"Shen Qing Ci, Daddy died for your sake. If it weren't for you, he wouldn't fight that uncertain battle. If it wasn't for you, he wouldn't die. Shen Qing Ci, you are a cold-blooded woman, you don't have heart, and you are not worthy of being a human."

"A Ning! Daddy's little A Ning, don't be afraid. There is Daddy! Who told her to bully Daddy's little A Ning? A Ning don't be afraid. Daddy has already asked the emperor. As long as Daddy wins this battle, Daddy will exchange the military merits for you so that others will not embarrass you."

Her thoughts were very messy, there were all kinds of chaotic sounds, almost all of them burst her head, her whole body seems to rise suddenly, almost about to be blown to pieces.

It wasn't until a thickly callused hand was placed on her face that she gradually recovered her senses, and all those voices disappeared.

"A Ning…", Shen Ding Shan half-kneeled on the ground, touching Shen Qing Ci's little face whom he almost lost. This was his A Ning. It couldn't be wrong. His little A Ning was exactly the same as his wife. It's his A Ning, his Xiao A Ning, his daughter.

"Daddy's little A Ning, don't be afraid, daddy will take you home."

Shen Ding Shan took the firewood from his daughter's body, and then picked her up. The dignified seven-foot man, the dignified general Shen of Da Zhou, was now holding his daughter and was almost crying.