Chapter 68: Liu Shuangli's Name
"It's not coming, the sun is already setting. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Qin Siyang replied coldly.
For the boy's cold answer, after three months of getting along, Ling Xue has long been used to it, and she no longer feels as uncomfortable as when she first came into contact. Hearing the boy reply, she nodded politely and didn't ask any more questions.
However, Liu Shuangli saw the boy outside the door, and immediately put away the expression that had just dimmed, bent his mouth, and put on a big smile.
"Well, is the sun going down?" Liu Shuangli stood up with a smile, as if to confirm this statement, and walked towards the window.
Outside, the sun was already half-down in the western sky, and the dark red sunset in the sky circled a layer of intoxicating goldenness, revealing a faint sadness, half-reflecting the earth, with an indescribable poignancy.
Liu Shuangli looked at the sunset scenery, and couldn't help but be touched again.
But as soon as the heart was touched, Liu Shuangli immediately felt that something was wrong, and he shook his head vigorously, trying to get rid of this strange feeling.
And Qin Siyang, who was standing outside the door, had been following Liu Shuangli without blinking since he appeared. The change in the expression on her face, the suddenly locked eyebrows, and the sudden shaking of her head, there was no escape from Qin Siyang's eyes. Seeing the girl like this, he couldn't help but tighten his brows.
Seeing that the boy was standing outside the door and did not move, Ling Xue hurriedly stepped forward to pull him into the house.
But Qin Siyang shook his arm, avoided Ling Xue's outstretched hand, and strode towards Liu Shuangli.
"What's wrong, Siyang?" Seeing that Qin Siyang had been keeping a cold face since he appeared, Liu Shuangli couldn't help asking.
Qin Siyang shook his head, stepped forward and dragged Liu Shuangli and pulled her to the table to sit down.
"What's the matter with your name, Shuangli?"
"Oh, so you heard what I said to Sister Ling Xue just now. Liu Shuangli raised his eyebrows and smiled, "My name is nothing, but it sounds a little unlucky." But it's okay, it's not a big deal. ā
"Why?" the boy grimaced.
"What, why?"
"Why do you want to take this unlucky name?"
Liu Shuangli opened his mouth and pretended to smile easily: "Siyang, you don't know, there is an old saying among the common people, called cheap names and cheap names, once you call it, you will be spiritual, and the little ghost will not be evil." That is to say, if you take an unlucky name, the little ghost will not come to you, and the child will be able to feed. My father and mother gave me this bad name for my good. ā
As soon as she heard Liu Shuangli's explanation, Ling Xue immediately smiled and said, "Who are you, girl Liu?" Shicai stepped forward and failed to pull the boy, she could only shake her head and smile bitterly, returned to the table and sat down, stared at Liu Shuangli and said with a smile, "The common people have this old saying, and cheap names are only used in nicknames that are called by relatives, who would use this unlucky word on the big name for no reason." ā
"Sister Ling Xue!" Liu Shuangli saw that Ling Xue was trying to cover up, and immediately explained it, and shouted dissatisfiedly.
"What's the matter, girl Liu, what's not easy to say?" Ling Xue smiled, seeing that Liu Shuangli didn't want to tell the boy about it, but she didn't want to cooperate to cover it up, but asked pretending to be puzzled.
"Sister, don't ask any more, okay?" Liu Shuangli said unhappily.
"Why don't you ask?" Ling Xue thought for a moment, turned her head to look at Qin Siyang, and suddenly exclaimed, "Ah, is the girl afraid that Yang Kid cares?"
Ling Xue's words made Liu Shuangli feel embarrassed. She looked at Qin Siyang, smiled apologetically, and took the boy's hand comfortingly.
Qin Siyang flipped his hand, grabbed Liu Shuangli's outstretched hand, and said angrily: "I'm afraid I care?"
"Siyang, you-" Liu Shuangli screamed in pain, and also said in annoyance, "Okay, you let go." I don't want to tell you, no why, I just don't want to quarrel with you over this boring thing. ā
"Quarrelsome?"
"yes, I don't want to quarrel with you. Liu Shuangli glared.
"I don't understand. ā
Liu Shuangli paused, she didn't want to say it, but under the boy's imminent gaze, she shook her head helplessly, sighed, and said, "Siyang, don't be upset, I don't want to tell you, it's because my current name is called by those people who Siyang you despise the most." ā
"Someone I don't look down on?"
"Yes!" Liu Shuangli nodded, "I told you before that when I was six years old, my family suffered a disaster, and my mother also passed away in that disaster, do you remember?"
"Well, remember you said, it was a flood. ā
Liu Shuangli lowered his head, tugged at the corners of his clothes, and was silent for a while before he continued: "After my mother passed away that year, the life at home still couldn't go on, and my father couldn't do it, so he had to take me out to escape." That year, like my father and me, there were many people who had to flee from their hometowns. My father took me with me, and I was among these refugees, and I ran for my life without a single encounter. The relief food sent by the imperial court is simply not enough for so many of us to eat. In order to survive, everyone can only wander around. My dad and I have no goal, we can only follow the flow and go there and there. Along the way, my father was afraid that I would be hungry, so he gave me as much food as he could to eat every time he begged. But he himself was hungry, and every time he lied to me that he had already eaten. ā
When Liu Shuangli said this, he stopped talking, and looked blankly ahead with eyes like the sea.
No one interjected, Qin Siyang just looked at her intently, with an emotion in his eyes that people couldn't see through.
Outside the window, the sun had completely sunk into the western horizon, and the sky was completely dark, Ling Xue stood up, took out a candle under the table, and lit it with a fire fold.
"Daddy didn't have anything to eat, but his empty stomach was really uncomfortable, so he stuffed dirt into his stomach indiscriminately. ā
"Dirt?" Qin Siyang exclaimed, the flickering candlelight falling on his sweaty face, shining with an unusual light.
"Yes, dirt! I didn't find out until my father fell ill!" Liu Shuangli replied faintly. Her lips were curved as if she wanted to laugh, but her smiling face was too reluctant to look worse than crying.
Ling Xue suddenly stepped forward and stretched out her hand to hug Liu Shuangli.
Liu Shuangli buried his head, silently feeling the warmth sent by this big sister.
After a while, Liu Shuangli left Ling Xue's embrace and looked up at the boy again.
"Daddy is sick, but I don't know how to take care of him. The refugees who accompanied me couldn't bear to look at me, so they came over to help me more or less as much as possible. Everyone fled together and walked together for a long time. The uncles and aunts who helped me all knew more or less about my situation. At that time, I was only thinking about how to cure my father's illness, and the people who fled together, looking at my father's situation, knew that my father would definitely not be able to do it. Everyone didn't want me to have hopeless illusions, so no matter how unwilling I was to accept it or how sad I was, they all told me directly: Child, don't force it, your father can't do it. ā
Speaking of this, Liu Shuangli sighed heavily, looked at the boy and continued: "Daddy called me Shuang'er, but the uncles and aunts who traveled with me said to me: Shuang'er is a good thing, but sometimes it can become a bad thing." Poor child, your current double is the double of your parents. ā
There was no wind in the house for a while, and the candle wick was shining straight up, Liu Shuangli stared at the candle flame that rushed straight up, and continued: "Shuangli Shuangli, hard-working child." The uncles and aunts who fled together have been saying this to me, and after a long time, the name Shuangli seems to have really become a name for me. I'm used to listening to it, and I don't think there's anything about it. Later, when Master took me in, I heard everyone call me that, and when they asked me if my name was that, I nodded yes without thinking. The master didn't ask much, and used the name of Shuangli to enter me in the master's door. In this way, this unlucky name became my current name.