Chapter 19: Farewell to the Mei family
Coming back from Mei Leyue's house, Xia Chun and Mei Wendian went home together, Qiu Cicada and Lin Yuefeng were sitting in the yard peeling edamame, Lin Yuefeng only had one arm, naturally it was peeled slowly, Qiu Cicada was the mainstay, Lin Yuefeng was supplemented by peeling, Lin Yuefeng was slow and leisurely, fortunately, Qiu Cicada was not in a hurry, Qiu Cicada was actually just to have a conversation partner, to be able to accompany himself to talk, otherwise the two of them had nowhere to go at home, it was too boring. Looking at the expressions on the faces of the two, Xia Chun could see that the autumn cicada actually belonged to Lin Yuefeng, her face was flushed, like a red apple, and her cheeks were also crimson, like cherries, which was an expression that only came when she saw her sweetheart.
And Xia Chun knew that it was because when she faced Lin Yuefeng, she also had such an expression, with a thousand charms and charms, as if the world had become silent, and only the person in front of her was still exuding light and charming colors.
"Autumn Cicada, we're back. Xia Chun walked in and said to the two people who were peeling edamame on the ground.
She handed Qiu Cicada all the pastry gift bags that Mei Leyue asked her to bring back, and asked her to keep them. Qiu Cicada wiped her hands, opened the gift bag, and saw that there were really a lot of things inside, "Yo, Aunt Mei always remembers that our young lady likes Zi Cake, and she brought so many things to Miss." ”
Xia Chun said, "Purple cake is not easy to store, so when you cook at night, you should steam a little first, and steam a little tomorrow morning." ”
Lin Yuefeng, who had been silent for a long time, was interested, he stepped forward, a little interested, and opened his mouth to ask, "What is a purple cake?"
"No, it's just a kind of steamed chicken cake that we have here, but it's delicious, and you can try it later when you have dinner. Qiu Cicada was enthusiastic, and he was busy introducing Lin Yuefeng.
Autumn cicadas giggled. Mei Wendian also walked in from outside the gate at this time, Mei Wendian was holding a big wooden barrel, he put the big wooden barrel on the ground, Lin Yuefeng and Qiu Cicada both became curious about the wooden barrel, and came over to look at the wooden barrel, only to see that there was a lot of clear water in the barrel, and through the clear water, he saw many square but hard white flour pastries.
"What kind of magical treasure is this?" Lin Yuefeng asked, "Is it also a kind of food unique to your Qingshui Stream?"
"Yes, this thing is called dumplings, I like to eat them," Qiu Cicada turned around, and began to introduce this unique food of Qingshui Jian to Lin Yuefeng, "Dumplings can be boiled, the pot is steaming, fragrant and glutinous, it melts in the mouth, the water that boils it also has a rice fragrance, after eating and drinking, it is hot enough to last for half a day; ”
Lin Yuefeng understood, "You describe it so amazingly, I have to salivate, but I think it's just an ordinary glutinous rice ball." ”
Qiu Cicada smashed his mouth, "Sir, you don't understand this, the reason why this traditional food has been handed down is reasonable, this dumpling is also like this, it is steamed, and the meaning of the New Year is beautiful, dumplings, dumplings, is for the meaning of 'reunion, prosperity'." ”
"Oh, I see. Lin Yuefeng said with a smile.
Lin Yuefeng was going to leave Qingshuijian the next day, in order to let Lin Yuefeng get the embroidered purse when he left, Xia Chun stayed up until the middle of the night, with a pair of red and swollen eyes, before Lin Yuefeng embroidered the purse.
When Xia Chun was embroidering purses, Mei Wendian came in once, he sat next to Xia Chun, silently accompanied Xia Chun, and asked Xia Chun, "Sister Xia Chun, what are you embroidering?"
Xia Chun's voice was gentle, "I'm embroidering your master's purse, his purse is old, I'll embroider a new one for him." ”
Mei Wendian lay on Xia Chun's shoulder and said coquettishly, "Then I want one too." ”
"Okay, when I'm done embroidering this, I'll embroider it for you, how about it?"
Mei Wendian clapped her hands, jumping like a child, "Okay, then I'll embroider an orchid too, Sister Xia Chun, you can be regarded as promising me, don't play tricks." ”
The next day's breakfast, everyone ate dumplings, because there were four people, the autumn cicadas cooked some and fried some more, thinking that Lin Yuefeng was going out, and wrapped some for him, which made Lin Yuefeng very embarrassed.
Mei Wendian, who had been smashing and smashing the dumplings dipped in sugar, suddenly broke the silence and said, "Mr. can't go empty-handed, right? ”
Hearing that Mei Wendian's attitude towards Lin Yuefeng suddenly changed, although he didn't know what the reason for this change in attitude was, he finally put down a big stone in his heart.
Mei Wendian ate another piece of boiled dumplings, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said to Lin Yuefeng, "I'm full, I'll go to read the book first, Mr. Adian wishes Mr. Dian a smooth journey to the provincial capital." ”
Lin Yuefeng nodded.
Before Lin Yuefeng went out, Xia Chun stopped him and handed over the purse, "Mr. Lin, the purse is ready, you always carry the old purse, I am very guilty, although the new purse is not beautifully embroidered, but it is always new, Chun'er knows that Mr. has slept very badly these days, and specially added some rosemary to it, I hope Mr. can have a good sleep when he smells these, after all, the new year and new weather, Xia Chun also wishes you a happy reminiscence with the old people." ”
Lin Yuefeng took the purse, hung it on his waist, and thanked Xia Chun, "Thank you Mrs. Mei, I believe that with this purse, Lin will definitely sleep sweetly at night." ”
Obviously she just went to the provincial capital, but Xia Chun's left eyelid has been beating non-stop since last night, her left eye is jumping, her right eye is jumping, I don't know why, she is always worried that something will happen to Lin Yuefeng.
Xia Chun has been sending Lin Yuefeng to the door, but he still looks like he wants to send some more distances. Lin Yuefeng said, "Mrs. Mei, come back, it's cold outside." ”
Xia Chun wiped away a tear that had grown on his face for no reason, and said, "Okay, sir, this trip is precious." ”
Lin Yuefeng just walked out of Qingshui Stream not far away, then saw a tall chastity archway, standing at the village gate of Qingshui Stream, this chastity arch was erected in the Ming Dynasty. Lin Yuefeng has been here for a while, and he can often see these chastity arches in Anhui. There is also a small black stone tablet engraved with the life deeds of the owner of the archway, it turns out that the husband of this woman is a merchant, made a fortune, aided the country meritorious, but died early, the woman was only eighteen years old when her husband died, and has been a widow for forty years, until she died, only in exchange for this piece of chastity archway.
In order to exchange for this piece of chastity archway admired by the world, the ancient women had to dedicate their lives, thinking of this, Lin Yuefeng couldn't help but sigh, he wanted to know, whether these women wanted this archway, or were forced by the pressure of the family and helpless choice. And Xia Chun, in fact, isn't it the same as the woman written in this chastity archway......
"That's it, I can't think of one after all, so let's go early. Lin Yuefeng looked up at the archway for the last time, weighed the burden behind him, and continued on the road.
Not long after he walked out of the gate of Qingshui Stream, Lin Yuefeng heard a loud shout from behind him from a distance, "Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin, please wait a moment!"
As soon as Lin Yuefeng turned around, he saw Mei Wendian coming from a distance from another direction.
Lin Yuefeng stopped, frowned, and asked, "Adian, what's the matter?"
"Sir......" Mei Wendian ran out of breath, and when he eased up, he hurriedly gave Mei Wendian a look, took out a small purse that had been prepared from his arms, and handed it to Lin Yuefeng, "Sir, it's hard to travel, let's bring more money with you, what will happen to you on the road." ”
Lin Yuefeng glanced down at the purse handed over by Mei Wendian, bulging, and it seemed that it did contain a lot of money. There must be a reason for being attentive to nothing. Lin Yuefeng didn't panic to take the money, and Mei Wendian's hand was also awkwardly placed in the middle.
Lin Yuefeng said lightly, "Adian doesn't have to hide anything to say, just say it directly, I don't think you are a person who can hide it, we have been teachers and students for so long, Adian, you just say it." ”
"Sir, then Adian is no longer hidden, Adian hopes-" Mei Wendian deliberately paused twice, breathed a sigh of relief, and then said slowly, "Adian hopes that Mr. will not come back to Qingshuijian when he goes." ”
Lin Yuefeng was stunned, looking at Mei Wendian, he couldn't believe that the person who said these words was actually a teenager, "Adian, why did you say this?"
"Sir, Adian is a little hairy child, but he also knows what it means to have a heart, does Mr. like Sister Xia Chun? Adian has already seen it. ”
Lin Yuefeng pursed his lips, looked at Mei Wendian silently, and did not speak.
Mei Wendian saw that Lin Yuefeng was silent, and continued, "Sir, Adian is not a little hairy child who doesn't know anything, Adian knows that Sister Xia Chun doesn't like Adian now, but Adian is already Sister Xia Chun's husband, so she can't accept the appearance of a second man by Sister Xia Chun's side, sir, you should keep this money, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away, this trip is precious, Adian will say goodbye." ”
After speaking, Mei Wendian made a deep snort at Lin Yuefeng.
Lin Yuefeng continued to set off, the road to the provincial capital was not far away, but Lin Yuefeng still had to go to the dock in front of him to take a boat to the other side, and when he walked to the dock, there was a group of boatmen chatting in front of him, Lin Yuefeng stepped forward, and was about to ask about the ferry ticket, when he heard a familiar voice, "It's this kid, I let my brothers get hurt last time, I'm X, brothers, pick up the guy, give it to me, I won't eat this kid alive today, how can I mix in Qingshuijian with my Mazi Liu!"