Chapter 28: Cause and Effect
Too many things happened on this day, and the amount of information received was huge, which made Cheng Qiao's small body, which had just healed, a little unbearable, and he fell asleep on the bed in a daze with tiredness.
Outside the house, thunder roared, the wind whined, the windows creaked, and the rain fell all night, and she spent the first night with the sound of the raindrops.
I didn't have a dream all night, and the next day I was woken up hungry. Touching the purring belly with one hand, and rubbing the still hazy apricot eyes with the other, she sat up.
Cuiru, who was sleeping outside, heard the movement inside, and hurriedly got up and asked, "Is the girl awake?"
Cheng Qiao lifted the gauze tent and glanced at the window, the sky didn't seem to be fully lit, so he asked, "What time is it?"
Cuiru glanced at the leak and replied, "Now it's time to reads;." ”
Cheng Qiao crossed his fingers and silently counted the heavenly and earthly branches in his heart, an hour is equal to two hours, and a moment is equal to fifteen minutes...... It's a quarter past five. I can really sleep, I actually slept from yesterday afternoon to early this morning. Whispered, "I've slept for so long." No wonder he was hungry, touched his belly again, and said embarrassedly: "Cuiru, I'm hungry." ”
Cuiru lifted the curtain and came in, still holding a plate of snacks in her hand, and said with a smile: "Yesterday, the girl went back to the room and fell asleep, and Mrs. didn't wake you up when she saw that you were sleeping soundly, but only asked me to prepare some snacks for you, which came in handy at this time." ”
Cheng Qiao sighed in her heart, grabbed a piece of pastry from the plate and put it in her mouth to chew.
"Girl, eat slowly!" said Cuiru, and went outside to pour her a cup of tea.
After eating a few pieces of pastry with tea, his stomach finally stopped protesting, and Cheng Qiao also felt that he had some strength in his body. By the time Cuiru finished serving her to wash, the sky was completely bright. When I walked out of the room and into the courtyard, I found that the ground was full of branches and leaves after a night of violent rain, and the scraped tiles were broken under the eaves, and the place was in a mess.
The servants were busy tidying up the courtyard and tinkering with it. There was a commotion in the patio, Cheng Qiao took Cuiru over and took a look, only to know that a plane tree in the patio was unfortunately struck by lightning and broke into two at the waist.
After the plane trees were removed, only a tree pit remained.
The servant in charge of taking care of the flowers and plants stared blankly at the empty pit and worried: "It can't be empty, what kind of tree should I plant?"
These words happened to be heard by Cheng Qiao, who was about to leave, and replied without thinking: "Of course, it is to plant banyan trees." ”
The sadness on the servant's face dissipated instantly, and he glanced in the direction where his girl left, nodded and said, "If the girl says to plant a banyan tree, then plant a banyan tree!"
Cheng Qiao originally thought that he woke up early, but when he entered the hall, Mrs. Cheng was already sitting in it, and even Zhu Xing's master and servant were also in the house. Her mother talked to each other with a smile on her face, and Cheng Qiao wondered what kind of common language her mother could have with a child at her age.
Zhu Xing still replied with a little tender face and a little adult's face, aren't you tired like this? However, the medicine sent by Mrs. Cheng yesterday had an effect, and the original redness and swelling on his face had become lighter.
"Qiao'er, come and sit. When Mrs. Cheng saw her daughter come in, she beckoned her to come to her.
"Mother. Cheng Qiao called sweetly, and ran over to sit down. didn't forget to wink at Zhu Xing, pointed to his cheek and said, "It looks much better." ”
Zhu Xing raised his hand and touched his face, and hummed lightly.
Mrs. Cheng said: "The little boy came from afar, but unfortunately the sky is not beautiful, after a thunderstorm yesterday, I am afraid that the peach blossom forest in the back mountain will not escape." ”
Seeing Zhu Xing's look of pity, the young man standing behind him persuaded: "After the rainstorm, the mountain road is muddy and difficult to walk, the little master still has to think twice!"
It turned out that I was talking about going to see the peach blossoms. Cheng Qiao suddenly realized.
Zhu Xing pursed his lips and was speechless for a long time, and only after a long time did he stand up and arch his hand and said, "I disturbed a night yesterday, and now I say goodbye to my wife and girl." ”
Cheng Qiao couldn't help but mutter: "It's all here, at least take a look!"
As soon as the words fell, her mother and the pair of masters and servants were silent, and they all stared at her, thinking differently.
Cheng Qiao didn't care at all, but walked over and took Zhu Xing's hand and asked, "You came to see the peach blossoms, do you still want to see them now?"
"Yes. Zhu Xing replied quickly.
"Let's go and see. Cheng Qiao stared into his eyes and said with a smile.
Zhu Xing was stunned for a moment, and somehow was bewitched by her, so he nodded and replied, "Okay." ”
The two neglected adults in the room were suddenly depressed.
Just like her mother said, the mountain road is really not easy to walk, the ground is wet, it is slippery and easy to fall when you step on it, and it is sticky with mud. Originally, Zhu Xing was held in the arms of the young servant, but when he saw Cheng Qiao following behind him with one foot deep and one foot shallow, he also asked to come down and go by himself. The young man couldn't resist him, so he had to put him down, but fortunately he was not far from the top of the mountain.
Zhu Xing ran over and took Cheng Qiao's hand and walked with her silently.
Cheng Qiao's little face was flushed and she was struggling to climb up, her mother didn't agree with her going, she put down her cruel words, she wanted to go by herself, and she was not allowed to let people help. Cheng Qiao didn't know what to do at that time, so he responded. At this time, she regretted climbing the mountain, and the ground was full of mud and puddles, making her so dirty that she couldn't see anyone!
Seeing that Xiao Xianrou ran to his side and grabbed her hand, he hurriedly said, "Don't, it's dirty." ”
Zhu Xing shook his head and held his hand tighter: "Didn't you say okay, let's go to see the peach blossoms together?"
Cheng Qiao looked at him stunned, feeling the heat coming from his palm, and the regret in his heart suddenly disappeared, gritting his teeth and walking up with Zhu Xing.
There were still a few dark clouds in the sky, and although the rain had stopped, it had not cleared.
Two children hand in hand standing on the top of the mountain looking into the distance, after a night of ravages and ravages by a storm, the peach blossom forest was disturbed, some trees were blown to the ground by the wind, a few were split in half by the thunder, more were staggered, the peach blossoms of the trees were knocked down, and a thick layer of pink and white carpet was laid on the ground.
When Zhu Xing was lamenting, he heard the crisp birdsong sounding, high and low one after another like music, the dark clouds in the sky suddenly dissipated, and a ray of sunlight pierced the clouds and fell into the mountain depression. Then the breeze picked up and gently rolled up the peach blossoms on the ground.
The wind blew stronger and stronger, and more and more peach petals were swept into the air, and after a while, they flew all over the sky, dyed with a light golden halo under the reflection of the sun.
Cheng Qiao was stunned by the scenery in front of him, and couldn't help but glance at Zhu Xing, and his face was full of surprise when he saw him staring.
After a while, the wind stopped. The peach blossoms dancing in mid-air gradually spread out and fell on the mountain, revealing their faces in the blue sky.
Zhu Xing raised his little head, looked at the already clear sky and sighed: "To be able to watch this wonder, you don't need to make this trip!"
Cheng Qiao reached out and took off a piece of peach petal on his head and handed it to him.
Zhu Xing reached out and took it and held the petals in the palm of his hand.
The two looked at each other and smiled.