84. My Apprentice From Ancient Times to Modern Times (13)

Lu Yun always followed the woman in ancient costume who took the baby away.

She seemed to not be able to see Lu Yun, she kept lowering her head and talking quietly to the baby in her arms.

Lu Yun followed her carefully, observing the surrounding environment and glancing at the baby in the woman's arms from time to time to ensure that he was safe.

The baby who was still crying stopped crying after being held in someone's arms. He opened his beautiful eyes and curiously reached for the hair of the woman holding him.

The baby was very young, but had a good temper. His grandparents had refused to take him with him before. Lu Yun asked the principal, who relented and said that she could take the baby to class, but the prerequisite was that the child's crying would not disturb the students.

Lu Yun was particularly worried when she took her to class for the first time. She was afraid that her baby would be distressed and that she would not be able to bring her baby to class in the future.

But he was very well-behaved. When he was put in the stroller, he would hold his feet and play happily by himself.

If there is a toy hanging on the stroller, he will blink and touch the toy.

Maybe because I knew my mother was going to class, even her babbling sounds were very quiet.

Lu Yun's appearance is more similar to that of his father. Except for his outline, which looks deeper than that of Chinese people, his facial features are all typical Chinese looks.

But when the baby followed his grandma, it was obvious that his parents had foreign blood and he was a little mixed blood.

Mixed-race babies are still very popular in their small county. When Lu Yun is busy, some colleagues in the office who like babies will volunteer to help take care of him.

Therefore, even if he is raising a widow, Lu Yun will feel happy every time he looks at his baby's smiling face.

Until he was gone.

Zhao Kuanhe, who originally ignored everything, not only did not comfort him as a husband and father of the child, nor did he ask his parents to help him find the baby, but instead scolded Lu Yun.

The pain during that period has never dissipated, and it has always been pressing in Lu Yun's heart.

The arrival of Zhang Wei, a cheerful suitor, indeed made her feel more relaxed. She was too tired to be alone for such a long time.

But even if she was moved, she could not overcome the hurdle in her heart and refused to agree to Zhang Wei.

Lu Yun felt that it would be a betrayal to form a family with someone else before finding a baby.

She couldn't guarantee that after giving birth to other children, she would love this child as much as she loved her baby, and whether she would stop looking for a baby so persistently for this child.

But if you are with Zhang Wei and refuse to have a child with him, it would be unfair to him.

So she could only refuse.

The pain that had been suppressed in my heart completely disappeared from the moment I saw the baby.

Lu Yun's eyes were bright and he followed the woman holding the baby tirelessly.

The woman has been moving forward with a clear goal.

She walked to a reed swamp, and Lu Yun smelled the strong smell of blood. There were many black birds flying across the sky, which looked like crows.

The woman, however, had no reaction to the birds that flew by at low altitude from time to time and chirped. She carefully protected the child in her arms, pushed aside the reeds, and walked all the way to the depths.

Finally, she came to the corpses.

Lu Yun looked at this scene in shock. Many corpses fell to the ground in various postures. Some had arrows stuck in their bodies, and some had knives. Their faces did not look rotten, and some were dead with eyes open. Looking at the sky.

This picture is really shocking. It is absolutely impossible for this kind of thing to happen in modern society.

Not to mention those countries that are going to war. China has always been a peaceful country. Not to mention so many dead people, even a dead person appearing on the street can cause an uproar.

The woman in ancient costume didn't seem surprised at all. She carefully flattened the surrounding reeds, put the baby on it, and turned around to peel off the clothes of the dead.

She carefully touched these people up and down, and then took out some of the belongings she found.

This process is tedious and lengthy.

These soldiers had already been touched for valuable things when they were first killed, so it was more troublesome for her to pick them up, but the woman didn't think it was anything at all. She just looked for them bit by bit very patiently.

In the end, she gained something. With a happy smile on her face, she carefully put the money into her purse, turned around and picked up the baby who was looking at the sky to entertain herself, and murmured to herself:

"Look, Mom found the money. We have money. Can Mom buy you some rice cereal?"

Lu Yun always followed, watching the woman pick up the baby and walk forward again.

She had been observing this woman just now. Before, she had only made some guesses, but now she probably understood.

She may have a big mental problem. According to what she said to herself, her husband, her husband, died, and she now regards the baby as her own.

This made Lu Yun nervous and relieved at the same time.

She is just a bystander. Others cannot see or touch her. No matter how hard the baby cries, she cannot hold the baby. With this person taking care of her, even if she looks mentally ill, it is better than her. good.

At dusk, the woman arrived at a small village with her child in her arms.

The people here seem to be fishermen, the air is filled with the smell of fish, fishing nets are hung at the door of every house, and there are many fish scales scattered on the ground.

When they saw the woman, the villagers showed disgust and disdain on their faces: "Liu family, are you going to pick up corpses again?"

"She's out of her mind. If she removes the body, she will be struck by lightning."

"What are you holding? Eh?! It's a doll!!"

When they heard that it was a baby, the surrounding villagers were not shocked at all. They just sat down and talked with an indifferent attitude while doing what they were doing.

"Where did you pick up the doll? Don't dig it out of the stomachs of those dead people."

"Your husband-in-law is gone, you can't live anymore, and you even picked up the baby and brought it back to raise."

"It's really crazy. Why are we telling her these things and she doesn't understand."

Lu Yun followed the woman, watching her turn a deaf ear to what the villagers said, and only focused on patting the child in her arms and walking forward.

Until a villager passed by the middle of the road holding a fishing net and glanced at the baby in the woman's arms. His expression was suddenly shocked: "Is this a Hu doll?!"

"What?! From a barbarian?!"

The villagers who had been indifferent just now immediately dropped what they were doing and gathered around, the expressions on their faces turning into anger.

"How could you pick up a foreigner's doll and bring it back? You should have drowned in the water."

"Liu family, have you heard that you can't keep this baby? If you insist on raising him, we will definitely not agree."

"Yes! I won't agree!!"

"I won't agree!!"

For a woman with mental problems, she could simply ignore the villagers' shouts. She acted as if she didn't hear them and walked forward holding the child in her arms.

In this age where men are respected, she, a woman without a husband, dared to be so "arrogant", which obviously angered the villagers.

So Lu Yun watched helplessly as she was driven out of the village.

She was very angry. Although she had roughly understood from listening to the villagers' conversations that this was probably a place similar to ancient times. Although she had never heard of the dynasties they mentioned, some things could still be connected with ancient China.

But even though she knew that women had a low status in ancient times, she still didn't understand why these villagers could so carelessly seize this woman's house.

Not only did he want to drive her out of his house, but a very confident group of people moved all the rice, grain, tables and chairs in the house to their own home.

The euphemistic name is that they are punishing the women who brought the Hu people's blood to the village. In fact, looking at the way they smile with their teeth invisible, you can see that they are clearly taking advantage of the opportunity to make profits.

The woman was kicked out.

She wasn't angry either.

She held this child as if she were holding the whole world.

She wandered outside the village, found a ruined temple and lived in it. She still went to pick up corpses every day in exchange for food and bedding.

Even Lu Yun, who had been worried at first about what she might do to his baby because of his mental disorder, felt relieved after seeing her meticulous and thoughtful care.

Mr. Duan said that he would let her see the first half of the baby's life.

Lu Yun really stayed here forever.

Just like she had expected, watching the baby grow up little by little.

The woman has been making a living by picking off the belongings from corpses. The villagers despise her for being unlucky and think the baby is a bastard, so they won't let their children play with the baby, so the baby happily entertains himself.

Although they seemed to be living a very hard life, the mother and son depended on each other and had no shortage of food and clothing, so they were still very happy.

But the woman suddenly became seriously ill.

She realized that she was going to die. The child looked like a bastard and no one would take him in.

That night, the little child still slept peacefully as before, his brows full of innocence and ignorance of the world.

The woman sat next to him, hugging her knees and looking steadily at the moon outside.

Lu Yun stayed by her side silently, even though she knew she couldn't see her, she still wanted to stay with her.

This woman who is not mentally healthy, but has taken good care of her baby for so long, would rather endure hardship herself, and insist on letting her baby grow up happily in such a morbid era, she has tried her best.

The next day, the woman brought Ren Ya Zi.

The child timidly hid behind her and looked at the man Yazi timidly.

The woman didn't ask for money, her request was to find a good family for the child, whether it was as a servant or a slave, as long as she found a good family where he could survive.

Ren Yazi took the child away.

Because his mother asked him to follow Ren Yazi, he followed Ren Yazi obediently, but he still turned his head to look from time to time, wondering why his mother didn't follow.

The woman just stood there smiling and watching, laughing and crying.

Lu Yun glanced at her hesitantly, turned around and followed Ren Yazi.

She knew that the woman could not survive.

She had no savings, and the money she saved was simply not enough for medical treatment. She gave away her child and was waiting to die.

Lu Yun continued to follow the child.

Ren Yazi also knew that the child's mother was about to die. She had confiscated the money and was about to die. He was also afraid that if he did not do what he was told, women would crawl up underground to find him.

So he seriously found an escort agency for this kid that didn't mind that he had Hu ancestry.

Everyone knows that Hu people are tall and strong as adults, so the escort agency accepted this child because they thought he would be a good player when he grows up.

He was given the name Xu, and when others called him, he was called Xu Nu.

Sunu was not very accustomed to the life of a slave at first.

Of course, being a slave was not as comfortable as being with his own mother. He had to get up before dawn, clean the yard with other slaves, feed the animals, and then learn martial arts with Master Wu.

They were slaves, and Master Wu's attitude was not much better. He would hit these little kids with a bamboo stick at any time. If they did not do a good job, they had to do it until they were good, otherwise they would not be allowed to eat.

Xu Nu worked very hard and was very talented, but because he was half-barbarian, Master Wu's attitude towards him was always not very good.

He had no choice but to continue to work hard.

Lu Yun watched this child suffer what many adults could not bear, and had to endure the contempt and rejection of his peers, as well as the various wrong ideas instilled in him by Master Wu.

She was heartbroken.

If she had just heard from others, she might not have been so heartbroken, but seeing her child suffer with her own eyes, the thoughts of heartache, anger and guilt filled her heart.

But Lu Yun did not regret seeing this.

Only by seeing what her baby suffered with her own eyes, she could treat him well after finding him.

But at the same time, she felt a panic in her heart.

This was obviously not China, how could she find her baby back?

Also, the baby is now older than the age when he was lost. If Lu Yun hadn't seen him grow up little by little, even if the child stood in front of her and did a paternity test, she wouldn't think it was her child.

But the fact is here.

Her child came to another world, where he grew up and grew too big.

Lu Yun was very scared.

She was afraid that even if she saw the child's whole life, she would not be able to take the child back.

She only knew the name of this dynasty and where the escort agency was, but she didn't know how to get around in this world.

In a blink of an eye, the child grew up.

He began to go out with the racing car, but not as a porter or escort, but as a slave.

Even though his martial arts were already one of the best among the same batch of children, and his diligence crushed many people, his appearance as a Hu people still made him suppressed.

Especially Master Wu, he hated Hu people and said a lot of disgusting words to Xu Nu.

Even when Xu Nu was excited about his first escort mission, he poured cold water on him and said that the escort agency asked him to go with them not because he was outstanding, but because he was a Hu person. If he met robbers, he could just throw him out.

Seeing the excitement in the child's eyes fade away little by little, Lu Yun hated him so much that she wanted to tear Master Wu apart.

But she couldn't do anything.

She could only watch quietly.

She was used to watching her child like this. If ordinary people couldn't communicate with others for such a long time, they might have collapsed long ago, but Lu Yun didn't feel anything.

Maybe it's because sometimes, the scene in front of you will fast forward.

But even if it's fast forward, there will still be an ending.

When Xu Nu followed the escort car out, the escort car was robbed.

The robbers didn't think of saving their lives from the beginning, and attacked directly from high altitude. Xu Nu didn't have time to resist and was stabbed in the chest.

Lu Yun knelt beside him, watching this teenager cover his chest in a daze and slowly fall down, tears falling uncontrollably.

"No...no...Xunu, don't close your eyes, Xunu, I am your mother, Xunu..."

No matter how heart-wrenchingly she screamed, Xunu slowly closed her eyes in the blood and killing.

"No...Xunu, Xunu, don't sleep, you will never wake up again if you fall asleep..."

Lu Yun called his name weakly.

Of course he couldn't hear it, and he didn't know that his biological mother was watching him while he was struggling.

He felt so tired.

Practicing martial arts was so tiring.

Following the escort car was so tiring.

Getting along with people of the same age was so tiring.

Living...was also so tiring.

He slowly closed his eyes amid Lu Yun's crying.

As he closed his eyes, the world in front of Lu Yun slowly darkened.

Flowers, birdsong, and the sound of water were all hidden in the darkness.

She collapsed and cried in the darkness.

She didn't even have the courage to call out the child's name again.

Until the chirping of birds sounded.

Everything around was bright again.

With tears on her face, Lu Yun looked at the boy lying on the ground blankly.

He lay quietly, with no blood on his body, and the horrifying wound was gone.

Lu Yun almost used both hands and feet to crawl to her child.

She looked at Xu Nu with his eyes closed, his chest rising and falling because of his breathing.

Alive...

Her child is still alive!

Lu Yun cried with joy.

The sound of someone walking through the grass came over.

Then, a person jumped down from above.

She raised her head blankly and saw the familiar white-bearded grandfather gently touching the boy on the ground with his cane.

Perhaps because he couldn't get up, the grandfather frowned, stretched out his hand to tear off the beard on his face, and squatted down to look.

Lu Yun looked at his face.

She remembered, isn't this Mr. Duan?

She looked at the sleeping boy on the ground blankly again.

He has a good-looking appearance, with deep facial features, and when he sleeps like this, he looks silly.

Gradually, his face overlapped with that of the child who was sitting quietly at the desk, listening attentively.

Xunu... Duanxu...

Lu Yun stood up in a trance, and the world in front of her eyes became darker again, but this time the surroundings were not silent.

"Sir, Teacher Lu has been standing here for ten minutes without moving. When will she wake up? By the way, sir, you see we are so familiar with each other. Can you tell me whether I can build a happy family with Teacher Lu?"

The voice that was neither salty nor bland responded to him slowly: "It depends on whether you can accept her son."

"I can! I definitely can! Otherwise, why did I accompany Teacher Lu to look for children all these days? I tell you, sir, I have thought about it very thoroughly. You say, I can chase a beautiful wife and give her a son. How cost-effective is it."

"If you can accept it, you can do it. As long as the child calls you dad, it will be easy to deal with it later."

Zhang Wei's voice immediately became excited: "Don't worry! I will definitely coax the child to call me dad. I will definitely be an excellent stepfather!"

Lu Yun opened his eyes in a trance.

The first person he met was Zhang Wei, who was talking to Duan Qingen with a beaming face. The warm sunshine sprinkled on her, and in just a moment, tears fell all over her face.

"Teacher Lu, you're awake!"

Zhang Wei was speaking when he saw Duan Qingen looking in the direction where Lu Yun was standing. He immediately smiled and greeted him happily.

"Have you seen where the child is? Is it far? Let's go find him now. I can take a leave. It's not convenient for you to go alone, right? I am a man after all."

As he spoke, he saw that Lu Yun was still crying, so he quickly handed him a tissue: "Okay, stop crying. Finding the child is the most important thing now."

"Have you seen where the child is?"

Lu Yun's voice was choked, and he nodded a little blankly: "I saw it."

"It's easy if you see it!"

Zhang Wei's face immediately bloomed with a smile, "Let's set off immediately. Do you want to take a plane or a train? There are toys for sale at the train station and the airport. Let's buy some toys. Although the child may not recognize you for a while, it will be fine to coax him with toys."

He recalled the hobbies of children of the same age in his relatives' homes, "What are Happy Goat, Sea Squad, and dinosaur toys? Let's buy them all, and buy some Wahaha. This child is greedy. With food, everything will be easy."

Duan Qingen did not break Zhang Wei's fantasy.

He just looked down at his watch and said to Teacher Lu Yun: "At this time, he should be doing homework at Zhang Wei's house."

"My house? Who?"

Zhang Wei was confused.

Lu Yun turned around and ran without thinking, and waved to the taxi on the side of the road. Her mind was in a mess and she couldn't say a word.

Only one idea remained.

Find him.

Find Xu Nu.

Find Duan Xu.

"Hey! Teacher Lu! What are you doing?!"

Zhang Wei wanted to chase him, but then he remembered something and ran back to ask Duan Qingen: "Mr. Duan?"

"You can follow him."

Duan Qingen was still the same, slowly putting the things on the ground into his pocket without even raising his eyelids.

"If you can accept this child as your son, you and Lu Yun are almost halfway there."

"Of course I can accept it. I tell you, Mr. Duan, when I fell in love with Teacher Lu Yun, I had already made the worst plan in my heart. Even if this child has some problems, I can accept it."

Duan Qingen: "Then go after him."

"Hey!!"

Zhang Wei immediately followed Teacher Lu Yun happily as if he had received an imperial decree, and turned back to shout to Duan Qingen while running;

"Don't worry!! I will definitely make it... Teacher Lu, wait for me, I will go with you!"

Watching them get in the taxi and leave, Duan Qingen was not in a hurry, and continued to slowly pick up the things on the ground.

He waited until all the things were put in his pocket, then he slowly stood up, turned around and walked for a few minutes, and went into the park toilet.

The old man who cleaned the toilet followed him into the toilet and continued to clean the toilet one by one.

When he finished cleaning, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Didn't he just see someone coming in? How come all the toilets were cleaned, but there was still no one there?

In the broad daylight, he felt a chill on his body, and he didn't care about anything else. He hurriedly took his tools and ran outside. He felt better in the sun.

****

The taxi went all the way to Zhang Wei's house.

Zhang Wei gave directions to the driver from time to time, and talked to Teacher Lu Yun, who looked obviously wrong and couldn't stop crying.

"Teacher Lu, what's wrong? Or you can tell me?"

"Actually, my car is parked at the school gate. I didn't feel embarrassed to say it just now."

"Come on, wipe your tears, what did you see, tell me, okay?"

The memories of Xu Nu and the real memories were flipping in Teacher Lu Yun's brain. She opened her mouth, wanted to say something, but didn't know how to say it.

Zhang Wei looked at it and thought that the situation was probably quite serious.

It was also true that a child who disappeared inexplicably would not end up well.

Whether it was a lame leg, a broken arm, or a brain problem, none of these were known.

But he felt that he could bear it.

As a grown man, could he not even afford to raise a child?

Besides, it was not that Teacher Lu Yun was unemployed, and the two of them could definitely support the child together.

Thinking about all sorts of things in his heart, when the car stopped, Zhang Wei was not as fast as Teacher Lu Yun.

Seeing that Teacher Lu Yun had already run out, he quickly paid and followed him into the courtyard.

Duan Xuzheng was sitting quietly on the table in the yard doing his homework.

Zhang Wei's parents liked him very much. When Duan Qingen was not at home during the school holidays, the two of them took Duan Xu over so that Duan Qingen wouldn't worry about their child being alone at home.

As soon as Zhang Wei entered the courtyard gate, he saw Teacher Lu Yun running over and hugging Duan Xu who was quietly doing his homework.

Duan Xu: "???"

Zhang Wei: "???"

After seeing clearly who was holding him crying, Duan Xu was at a loss: "Teacher Lu?"

"Baby, I am mother, I am you | mother..."

Teacher Lu Yun trembled with his lips for a while before holding back these words.

With these words, her suppressed emotions were finally released, and she weakly hugged her child and burst into tears.

Duan Xu was even more confused.

He was hugged by Teacher Lu Yun helplessly, and looked at Zhang Wei as if asking for help: "Uncle Zhang Wei, what's wrong with Teacher Lu?"

Zhang Wei: "..."

He was stunned.

Up and down, left and right, I looked at the scene in front of me several times, but my brain didn't even turn around.

Why, why is it Duan Xu?

This kid is already fourteen years old! !

He is only ten years older than this child! !

No wonder Mr. Duan kept saying that it would be fine if he could accept it.

For a time, many words flashed through Zhang Wei's witty little mind.

From now on, he may become a famous figure in the county.

#young stepdad who is ten years older than his child#

#On the senior who already had a fourteen-year-old child less than five years after graduation#

#Stepfather Strategy, You Deserve It#

Although Duan Xu liked Teacher Lu Yun very much and didn't feel anything wrong when being held by her, he heard that she was crying so hard and she was saying some things that sounded like nonsense to him.

He was at a loss and anxious. Seeing that Zhang Wei was still in a daze, he couldn't help but call out again: "Uncle Zhang Wei, Teacher Lu Yun, she..."

"Don't call me uncle."

Zhang Wei, who had a dreamy look on his face, finally broke free from all kinds of weird fantasies, and there was only one sentence left in his mind.

Duan Xu recognized him, and Lu Yun recognized him.

The young man's eyes lit up excitedly, and he naturally hugged Duan Xu from the other side.

"My dear son, call me daddy!"

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