Chapter Ninety-Seven: Yearning
In fact, Ah Cai is really not alarmist in this regard, and the next day before the stars in the night sky dimmed, she had already gotten up to get up to wash and prepare, plus pack her luggage, and began to get busy.
Shen Chuanyuan has always woken up early, and he is a well-deserved model worker in the Tianwentang Museum, but he has never encountered such a situation. Probably because he was thinking about things last night, he lay down for a long time and didn't fall asleep, and finally closed his eyes in the early hours of the morning, so that at this moment, he was woken up just after falling asleep, as if he hadn't slept all night.
He took advantage of the moonlight to look at the watch on his ankle and wrist, and asked Ah Cai in a low voice.
"It's only three o'clock, so early?"
Perhaps because he hadn't completely woken up, Shen Chuanyuan's voice had a faint nasal voice.
Ah Cai originally thought that Shen Chuanyuan's voice was very good, and now it has a little more indescribable charm. The little girl was a little fascinated by this, her lips touching up and down, and she almost forgot what she should say, but only explained in a rambling manner.
"Well, am I making too much noise to you? It seems to be a little too early, I'll move lightly, you can sleep first, even if you don't sleep well, you can lie down for a while...... I'm going to clean up my things, I haven't taken care of it in the store for half a month, so I have to tidy it up. I'll keep an eye on the time and call you later. ”
As she spoke, Ah Cai hurriedly wrapped the silver ornaments in the brocade fabric. But the jingle of the silver jewelry collision still couldn't stop coming, and the small action hidden in the shadows caused Shen Chuanyuan to chuckle.
"It's okay, I'll help you. ”
Shen Chuanyuan said this, simply sat up and draped the coat by the window on his body.
It turns out that two people working together is indeed much faster than one person, especially usually only Ah Cai, a little girl who forgets everything when she is in a hurry, and many things are upside down. But when Shen Chuanyuan, who is very organized in everything, joins in, it is like adding a heart booster to Ah Cai, and the progress of the work has become rhythmic.
What's more, staying with Shen Chuanyuan, even if he doesn't do anything, Ah Cai will have a considerable psychological satisfaction bonus, which is completely twice the result with half the effort. Looking at the past year, Ah Cai has never been so efficient in the past year, and the work that originally took a whole afternoon to complete was completed in just one hour.
So when she went out, she saved a lot of time, and she even had the time to take Shen Chuanyuan to take a long detour to the street to buy a few brown sugar baked cakes and two cups of soy milk, which was a must-have breakfast to replenish energy before the trip.
"This is the specialty of Meaux, and the filling is handmade brown sugar, which is different from what is sold elsewhere. You call this thing baked cake or dumpling, in our place it is called Biluo, the legend is that the Tang Dynasty Hu Feng prevailed from the Western Regions. But this is a rare thing in our village. ”
"I remember what you said yesterday, this is for sacrificing to the goddess?"
"Yes, the Biluo in our village is specially used to worship the goddess, and everyone is usually not allowed to eat it. Speaking of good, Ah Cai was like an ordinary foodie girl, and she gestured with great interest.
"I tasted it once when I was a child, and that Bi Luo was really delicious, and it was also filled with brown sugar, and the dough was wrapped in a thick layer of sugar osmanthus...... Later, something happened in the village, and there was no big sacrifice, and I never ate it. It wasn't until I came to Mocheng that I stumbled upon this shop, although it was not as good as the craftsmanship in our village, it was also very authentic. ”
Shen Chuanyuan curled the corners of his lips and smiled, nodded in response: "Well, it tastes good." ”
Even if it was just a simple polite remark, Ah Cai listened to it very happily.
She often felt that she had become a little different from herself in the past few days, and she used to boast that she was not interested in the emotions of those little girls, but when she faced Shen Chuanyuan, her heartstrings were fluctuating without warning.
Just like the unique attraction brought by the things that Shen Chuanyuan depicted to her, Ah Cai originally did not have much yearning for the outside world, and her curiosity was limited to flipping through Weibo with a secretly bought mobile phone, occasionally looking at the new things happening in society. As for more things, she didn't have much interest, and felt that it was a waste of time to think about it, and it was better to embroider a few more beautiful embroideries.
However, this habit was broken when he met Shen Chuanyuan.
Shen Chuanyuan's gentleness and generosity were all things that Ah Cai had never seen before, so much so that she even had thoughts such as "If you really have the chance, it may not be a bad thing to go out with him". Presumably, if such an idea was known by grandma, she would definitely be scolded severely, plus she would not be allowed to come out in the ancestral hall of the village.
But then again, she took it upon herself to bring Shen Chuanyuan back, and she was already challenging her grandmother's authority, and if she didn't keep it, she would make the old man angry. She usually can't wait to keep Ah Cai firmly by her side, especially after experiencing her mother's affairs, the old man is even more extreme, it is best that no outsiders will ever come to the village, and Ah Cai will never go out.
If it weren't for the fact that the old man's health has not been as good as before in recent years, and he can't run an embroidery shop, Ah Cai still won't leave the village.
Ah Cai thought about these things clearly, but in addition to the excitement and brain fever at the beginning, she thought carefully last night and thought again, if she returned to Shen Chuanyuan to leave, she would definitely choose to let him stay. Although he knows in his heart that they are completely people from two worlds, Shen Chuanyuan's elegance and decency, conversation and demeanor are just the accumulation of social experience and cultural literacy over the years, this is his consistent style of doing things, and his unique personal charm, even if the object is not Ah Cai, Shen Chuanyuan will be as charming as ever.
As for more things, such as equal attention and care, the goodwill and admiration at first sight, and the feelings given by those little girls when their love first opened, Shen Chuanyuan could not give back. If there were more stories between the two of them, of course, that would not exist.
But why can't you think about it?
The little girl is at the age when she loves to dream the most, and she will inevitably think about it, especially the idea that has been squeezed in her heart for nineteen years has suddenly opened a floodgate, even if it is just a little impact, it will be difficult to control the emotions anymore. It's like a moth to a fire, knowing that the light is only for a moment, and wanting to see what the fire looks like.
It was only at this time that Ah Cai somewhat understood why her mother insisted on combining with her father back then.
Regardless of the opposition of the elders and grandmothers in the clan, she had to be with a foreigner, and after being stiff for many years, she did not survive until the willows and flowers were bright, but she could not die well. If the feelings can be restrained, maybe we can solve the problem at the root, and we will not be punished by the gods in the end, causing so many disasters.
But there are so many "shoulds" and "musts" in human affairs.
If feelings can be restrained, how can they be called feelings?
"How are we going to get there, go straight to the bus station?"
Just when Ah Cai's heart was inextricably linked, Shen Chuanyuan's words pulled back her thoughts.
She tilted her head slightly, just in front of the sun-shining eyes, as if they were shining.
"Yes, let's go to the bus station and wait for the bus, there will be the first bus at five o'clock, and we have to take that one. Our village is a bit remote, and we have to travel several miles after that, otherwise we won't be able to get there before dark, and we will have to walk at night if we are delayed......."
Listening to Shen Chuanyuan's question, Ah Cai snapped his fingers and thought about it in a good way.
"So let's go to the passenger station first, and I must be in time before five o'clock, and I'll take you to the train after you get to the terminal." After getting out of the car, we still have to walk in the mountains, do you usually like hiking, if you don't like it, you have to be tired, that section of the mountain forest is very difficult to walk, the elders of the clan don't want outsiders to disturb, and deliberately moved to the mountains. ”
"Then you usually go back by yourself?"
"Yes, I used to walk on my own, and it was boring along the way. ”
"It doesn't matter. Shen Chuanyuan smiled calmly and gently, and quipped, "With me on the way home this year, I guess it won't be so boring." According to scientific research and analysis, it is always difficult to pass the time when one person is alone, but it is different for two people, and time flies much faster when chatting. ”
"Is there such a scientific analysis?" Ah Cai didn't hear that Shen Chuanyuan was talking nonsense at all, and looked at him with interest, his eyes still flashing with a little admiration, as if waiting for Shen Chuanyuan to continue.
But Shen Chuanyuan just pushed his eyes on the bridge of his nose and laughed softly: "Without such scientific analysis, I'm kidding you, I'm sorry to disappoint the little girl." ”
"There is no disappointment. Ah Cai shook her head again and again, sighed and sighed in a low voice, "You know so many things, I have never left the village before I became an adult, if it weren't for growing up, the embroidery shop also needs someone to take care of it, grandma will definitely not let me come out." Even so, I haven't been out of Meaux, and the world out there is so good. ”
"Doesn't your grandma want you to go out?"
"Yes......" Ah Cai sighed lowly, with a hint of imperceptible loss in her tone, "If it weren't for the economic conditions, she might want me to stay in the village for the rest of my life and do nothing." ”
Hearing such words, Shen Chuanyuan didn't say anything. Perhaps, according to his usual ingenuity and rigor, he can come up with a few jokes to bring the topic back at this time, or continue to talk about the little girl's words and talk about those doting or protection.
But in the end, he just put his hand on the top of Ah Cai's head and rubbed it gently.
Shen Chuanyuan's voice was low and good, and the morning sun with a warm glow sprinkled on his black woolen coat.
It's as warm as the words you blurt out, and even the transgressive movements seem appropriate.
"There will be a chance, if you want, I can accompany you. ”
Where can Ah Cai bear to touch his head and kill?
She glanced at Shen Chuanyuan in a daze, her cheeks flushed, and she couldn't speak anymore.