The afternoon sun is slightly dazzling, a flower cat stretches its waist on the old roof of the gray brick and tile, sleepily watching a car pass into the alley, the galloping wheels roll over the bluestone slabs stacked with red maples, the mottled brick walls whisper a thick Beijing accent, and the narrow sky flies over a flock of pigeons, leaving a long pigeon whistle echoing in the ears.

"Passing through this alley, it's the Qingbai alley I told you. Li Bai pointed to the scenery outside the car window for Tong Meng, Xiao Tong Meng glanced out of the window, quickly lowered his head again, and continued to look at the pendant necklace in his hand, which was inlaid with a photo of her mother. Li Bai couldn't help but feel distressed, this little girl finally had the appearance of a child, but lost the happiness of a child.

In the distance, there was a burst of Peking Opera singing:

"Since I, I have fought with the king in the east and west, and have suffered from wind and frost and toil, year after year. Hate only hated the unprincipled Qin ruined the lives of the people, and only caused the people to suffer and ......"

Hearing the sound of Peking Opera, Li Bai knew that Hou Ye was at home today, and the car drove slowly with the sound of Peking Opera, and finally stopped outside a vermilion lacquer door, only to see the word "Ruyi" written on the door hairpin, and a pair of lifelike pepper pictures on the door panel. Li Bai knocked on the door, and after a while the door opened, and out came an old lady with crane hair and a childish face, dressed very young, with a pair of large sunglasses on the bridge of her straight nose.

"Are you back?" In fact, the old lady was blind, and she sniffed lightly with her nose to know that it was Li Bai who knocked on the door, and he also brought a person, and when she heard the footsteps of the other party, she knew that it was a little girl, so she stepped aside, so that the two of them could enter the threshold.

Li Bai led the child dream into the threshold, and as soon as she entered the doorman's dream, she smelled a wisp of fragrance, and then she found that the whole courtyard was filled with a refreshing aroma, which was refreshing. Li Bai smiled at Xiao Tongmeng and led her to the room in the west wing.

"Her name is Hou Ye, she has a short temper, and she is not bad. Li Bai introduced to Tong Meng.

Hou Ye is a grumpy cool old lady, she prefers to be called Hou Ye, she used to paint for a living, now she loves to make perfumes, and is said to be one of the best perfumers in the world. Since he was a child, he has been Li Bai's personally selected deacon guide, and has been helping Li Bai take care of Qingbai Hutong. But the old lady was not born an old lady, nor was she born blind, when she was young, her name was Hou Ye, she was a peerless beauty, but the years urged people to grow old, and her face that had been full of wisdom was full of wrinkles. When she was young, she loved a man desperately, and for love she lost her light like a moth to a fire. But she has never regretted it, she has no young skin, she still has a young heart, she still has a glorious life when she loses the light in front of her.

Hearing Li Bai comment on himself like this, Hou Ye couldn't help but shake his head: "People are not good, except for a pair of durable skins, there are no advantages. She kept looking at Xiao Tongmeng curiously while talking, and after a while, she couldn't help but ask, "Is this alive?"

Li Bai smiled and nodded.

Hou Ye found that this well-behaved little girl was very quiet, not as noisy as other children at all, and instantly had a good impression, she poured a cup of warm water for Tong Meng, took a box of chocolates in front of her, and did not forget to nag more: "A girl who can eat chocolate will know how to live." ”

"Thank you, Master Hou. Xiao Tongmeng took the water cup and observed Hou Ye curiously, this old lady was very elegant in her gestures, and her movements were not inconvenient in the slightest, making it impossible to believe that she really couldn't see things.

"This kid is good. Hou Ye said to Li Bai.

"Her name is Tong Meng, and I will take care of her until she is 18 years old. ”

"What, can you take care of yourself?" said Hou Ye with an incredulous expression.

Li Bai let Xiao Tongmeng sit in the house by himself, and he pulled Hou Ye to the courtyard, "I can't take care of her, so you take care of her." ”

Hou Ye asked puzzledly, "What do you think, what about the child's parents?"

"It is the last wish of the child's parents to take care of her until she reaches adulthood. Li Bai explained.

This was the first time in Hou Ye's life that she had heard such a unique wish from a destined traveler, and she suspected that she had misheard, "Let you take care of it?

Li Bai shook his head and said helplessly: "This child has no relatives in this world. ”

"It's pathetic. When Hou Ye knew that this little girl had the same background as himself, his hard heart immediately softened.

"It's pathetic, but that was before she met you. Li Bai knows Hou Ye very well, no matter what he says, she will definitely take in this child in the end, this is what everyone calls "knife mouth tofu heart", he is full of confidence in this.

"Are you really sure you want to adopt her? This is a child, a blind old lady, a white deacon with a blind face, can you take care of her?" Hou Ye is also unrelated in the world, and she never thought that her later life would be entangled with a child.

Li Bai told Hou Ye with a serious face: "You are not an ordinary old lady, there is no pair of naked eyes in this world that can see more clearly than your heart's eyes, all the life and education of the child are your responsibility, I can only take care of her in secret, otherwise I will be discovered by the deacon's mansion, but I will go to the deacon's court." ”

Hou Ye thought about it, and compromised when he thought of Tong Meng's pitiful life experience: "This is not child's play, then I can only chase ducks to the shelves." ”

"You can, love is the master key to solving all problems. Li Bai sincerely thanked Hou Ye, "Thank you, if you don't agree, I really don't know who to hand her over." Li Bai has a natural affection for Xiaotongmeng, but at this time he does not know how difficult it is for a blind person to take care of this child, and he does not know that this decision will make him the target of public criticism in the near future, and even be forced to the abyss step by step.

"In the future, she will only remember you, and she will not remember me anymore. Li Bai looked back, looking a little reluctant.

"Want to erase you from her memory?" asked Hou Ye.

Li Bai nodded: "There is no other choice." After speaking, he took out the deacon spinning top and said "forget words" to Tong Meng.

When Hou Ye returned to the house alone, Tong Meng never mentioned Li Bai again, everything about Li Bai was forgotten, she only remembered that Hou Ye was her only relative. Hou Ye led Tong Meng to go to each room and turned around, let the child choose his own house, Tong Meng chose the one closest to Hou Ye's bedroom, in fact, these rooms are extremely fresh and elegant, and there is no difference, but thinking that Hou Ye's eyes are inconvenient, he thinks that if he lives closer, he can take care of her more.