Chapter Seven: Prosperity Scatters Fragrance and Dust (1)
Chu Yunxi has been unconscious since she came back, and Bai Qiao, Luo Chun, Qing Chun, Lu Yan, and Bi Yin have been undressed, and they take turns taking care of her without sleep. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
She was in a worrying condition, with a high fever, and her body was hot and cold, and the doctors she invited were helpless. The doctor told Bai Qiao that the fourth lady practiced martial arts and fitness, and her physique was originally good, but last night's toss damaged the foundation, and I am afraid it will be difficult to get better. The wounds to the flesh and skin are already serious, and they spend the night in the middle of the night in the cold winter, and the cold has invaded the internal organs, and it is really difficult to predict whether they can save their lives.
Bai Qiao was in pain and had no choice but to turn to Bai Kuo for help.
She didn't dare to say much in the letter, for fear that his brother, who was reckless and reckless, would do something again. Her daughter's illness was described in detail, and she begged her brother to ask his friend Ji Zheng to save her.
Everyone looks forward to it every day, and after more than ten days, there is an echo, but Bai Biao and Ji Zheng have not appeared, but the person who has come has brought life-saving medicine, in order to prepare this medicine, the two have been on the top of Huashan for three days and three nights, the medicine has been sent, but the two are trapped on the mountain, it is difficult to get out, so they can not invite to come to the rescue visit.
Medicine is a miracle medicine, but unfortunately Chu Yunxi's illness has been delayed for a long time, and the best treatment time has been missed, and the cold has become a disease, although it can be alleviated, it is difficult to eradicate the roots, and this cold disease is destined to accompany him for a lifetime.
After three pairs of medicine, Chu Yunxi's consciousness began to recover. Another night, as soon as the fourth dress was taken off, she opened her eyes faintly.
When Bai Qiao saw that her daughter was finally alive, she couldn't help but feel sad, tears fell like rain, and Biyin couldn't help herself, lying on her body and crying loudly, it seemed that only in this way could she know the grievances, anxiety and guilt and apologies they had suffered these days.
Lu Yan also couldn't cry, kept wiping her tears with a handkerchief, Luo Chun was silently sad, stroked her forehead, and suddenly pulled the corners of her mouth, but she wanted to laugh but it was more sad than crying.
Qing Chun didn't join them, she just stood silently by the door, witnessing this scene, her heart was deeply touched, it was a feeling of home that had not been seen for a long time, it was a kind of happiness surrounded by family affection, she wanted to embrace that warmth, but she was afraid of being close to home. She slowly stepped out of the threshold, closed the door, and covered the joys and sorrows of the people in this room, but human emotions can not be closed by a door, she was pulled by her own emotions, and walked quickly to the kitchen behind the courtyard, crying with joy.
Everyone gradually stopped crying, and Bai Qiao checked Chu Yunxi's face again, her originally white and ruddy face was thin and white from the pain, her eyes were slightly convex, and her lips seemed to be smeared with a thick layer of white frost.
However, although she has the weakness and haggard of an ordinary patient, she also has a calm and serene charm, which makes people feel at ease and comfortable, and she has always had a faint smile, and her smile is natural and decent, showing her unique and elegant temperament.
Bai Qiao's gaze kept wandering on her daughter's face, and when the two of them fused their eyes, she was surprised to find that this disease had made Chu Yunxi change a lot. Her once clever and cheerful temperament was like a wave sinking to the bottom of the sea, and all that floated on her face was the indifference after life and death.
Bai Qiao recalled that in the past, her daughter's eyes were always full of sunshine and vitality, innocent and childlike, naughty and intelligent, and when she opened her eyes again, it seemed to be a deep dark night, a deep blue water immersed in a lustrous black pearl, quiet and almost beautiful.
Chu Yunxi didn't care about his mother's surprise, and said with a low smile: "Mother, I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat?" ”
Bai Qiao hadn't come back to her senses yet, and casually answered, "What?" ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard a "squeak" and the door was pushed open.
Chu Yunxi looked at the door when he heard the sound, and the morning light fell on the back of the person who came, plating a layer of golden light on the person's body. She approached slightly, and Chu Yunxi saw clearly that a girl about ten years old was wearing a light cyan long skirt, with bangs on her forehead, the bangs slightly covered her eyebrows, and a pair of eyes that were docile on the surface but extremely unyielding on the inside.
She held a bowl of freshly stewed white porridge in her hand, and said calmly: "Miss has been asleep for so long, and she hasn't eaten, but now that she is awake, she can eat some light, white porridge nourishes the stomach and nourishes, Miss can taste a little." ”
When she spoke, her eyebrows were lowered, she didn't look at anyone, her voice was soft, her tone was flat, her words were appropriate, neither too intimate nor deliberately cold, just a reasonable distance from people, polite but a little distant.
Bai Qiao thought that her daughter didn't know her anymore, and was about to remind her, but who knew that Chu Yunxi smiled at her: "It's hard work." ”
There was no sense of rustiness, as if they had been friends for a long time.
The girl walked up to her bed with her head down, lifted her upper body neatly, tucked a pillow behind her back, and then sat down on the wooden chair beside the bed and fed her porridge spoonful by spoonful.
Bai Qiao looked at them and looked very compatible, feeling a little comforted, she leaned over and patted the girl's shoulder and said softly: "Qingwu, I'll leave it to you here." ”
As soon as Bai Qiao and the others went, the room suddenly seemed empty and quiet, and neither of them spoke, but the atmosphere was a little awkward. Chu Yunxi watched Qing Chun seriously scoop the white porridge in the bowl, first put it to his mouth to blow it cool and test the temperature, and then slowly sent it to her mouth, and asked casually in his heart: "Your name is Qing Chun." ”
"Yes." Chun replied.
"What a chic name, who gave it to you, your father?" Chu Yunxi asked again.
Qing Chun said: "It's the name given by the third lady." ”
"You're going to stay here in the future, don't you miss home?"
Qing Chun's movements remained unchanged, and she said expressionlessly: "I have no home and no relatives, I will do my best to serve Mrs. Miss in the future, and ask Miss to take care of me." ”
Qing Chun asked and answered one by one, and refused to say a word generously. Her voice has always been flat, and there is no fluctuation even when she talks about her parents.
Chu Yunxi actually asked her why she was hunted down and killed last time and why she was scarred, but looking at her expression today, she still decided to keep silent, just let those painful past events go away with her personal memory, just like her, forgetting is the healing medicine that is good in the world. She thought about it, and silence returned, and the room became empty and quiet again.
Chu Yunxi was awakened by a sobbing sound when she was in a daze, she opened her eyes suddenly, saw the person in front of her clearly, her face showed an unbelievable look, and she exclaimed excitedly for a long time: "Second sister." It was really unexpected, this second miss who never left the house and couldn't help but be weak and couldn't help the wind actually came to visit her at a time when everyone was afraid to avoid her, and she was surprised and added some overjoyed gratitude.
Chu Yunyi saw that she was awake, and covered her handkerchief and twitched: "Dad, why are you so ruthless, why did you get into this field, didn't he usually love you the most, how to say that you will be beaten, and you will be beaten to death, and you are also your father's daughter." ”
Chu Yunyi's words were pitiful, just when she said her pain, her eyes darkened, and she tilted her head slightly inward, not wanting the second sister to see her painful appearance and cause grief in vain.
Chu Yunyi's eyes were red and swollen, obviously she had cried many times, Chu Yunxi was distressed when she saw it, so she had to force a smile to wipe her tears.
Chu Yunyi gasped for a while before she said intermittently: "Sister, you will change it in the future." ”
Chu Yunxi knew that this was a true heartfelt statement, and said sincerely: "Don't worry, after entering this calamity, I am not the same person I used to be." ”
Chu Yunyi held her hand after hearing this, and said firmly: "But you will always be my sister." ”
Chu Yunxi smiled knowingly, with tears in his eyes, and nodded heavily.
Chu Yunyi helped her brush the messy hair behind her ears, and said softly: "I'm afraid I'll have to take this medicine for a while in the future, I'm used to taking medicine." Knowing that the medicine tastes bitter and astringent, it is difficult to swallow, and I will ask the girls to send some good plum candy later, which I pickle myself, and usually contain one when I take the medicine, which is both delicious and raw, and it is better than buying outside. The two talked like this for a while, but they were even more intimate than usual, and when Chu Yunyi sneaked back through the side door later, they were still a little reluctant.
In the evening, the maid in front of Chu Yunyi sent two jars of plum candy, and the maid smiled politely: "This is sent by the second lady, to relieve your hunger, the second lady also said that she has a lot, if you eat well, you will be sent next time." ”
Chu Yunxi hurriedly thanked her and rewarded her, and the maid just refused, but when she saw that it was difficult to be gracious, she thanked her and said: "Fourth Miss, you are really kind-hearted, and you will definitely recover as soon as possible." ”
After the maid left, she was half-lying on the bed, her upper body leaning on the pillow, she picked up a sugar jar and looked left and right, the sugar jar was very delicately made, and on it was a painted story of Ti Ying saving her father. She picked up another one, which happened to be painted with Mulan serving in the army on behalf of her father. The two porcelain jars are similar in shape, and the colors echo each other, just a pair.
She opened the lid, and the sweet smell of plum candy rushed to her nose. She pinched one out and put it in her mouth, only to feel that it was very sweet when she first entered the mouth, and then she felt a sour breath attack to wrap the wisp of sweetness tightly, and then the two flavors fought and tore in the mouth, and in the end you can no longer tell the difference between sweet and sour, the two flavors have been completely integrated, and the aftertaste is long.
She was suddenly blinded by this strange taste. Outside the window, it suddenly began to rain, and the sound of the rain hitting the leaves was very desolate.
She reminisced about the sourness between her teeth and thought of the colorful paintings on the sugar jar, and her heart was infinitely sad, and she couldn't help but chant the poems of the ancients about the sad spring and autumn, and she felt that life was sad and the world was impermanent. She got up in her cloak and sat alone by the window, sighing at the rain until dawn.
Winter was quickly driven away by the newly sprouted willow branches, and after a long cold day in the snow, the earth that had been dormant for months was finally revived by its warm body temperature.
Under the careful care of everyone, Chu Yunxi's illness has improved greatly, but since he was seriously injured. Her face changed from ruddy to pale and pure, and her body was even more cold and terrifying.
Bai Qiao is often worried, but Chu Yunxi seems to have grown up overnight, but often enlightens her. Bai Qiao knew that she was just pretending to be okay on the surface and didn't want her to worry, but the more she was like this, the more pity she felt.
Bai Qiao used the excuse of her daughter's mistakes, and said in front of everyone that she had no way to teach her daughter, causing her daughter to make such a big mistake, and she was really shameless to face the elders and children in the family. Since then, she has also learned from Jiang Mulan, refusing to attend all occasions at home, guarding her own side of the world, her daughter and a few girls all day long, and she lives a comfortable life. She even broke off her expectations for her husband, and her heart was only on her daughter, who really became the only sustenance and hope for the rest of her life.
Chu Yunxi also put away his playful thoughts, and seriously and assiduously picked up the painting and martial arts taught by Bai Ao. She practiced hard and hoped to protect her mother with her own hands.
In March, the pear blossoms are fragrant, Chu Yunxi came to the yard to perform light skills and jumped, shuttling and rippling between the flowers and trees, his clothes and hairbands fluttering in the wind, and his footwork was light and elegant.
Ulva happened to pass under the tree, and looked up to see her floating in the shadows of the flowers. Her arms were spread flat, palms outstretched, and she swept lightly through clusters of flowers, petals falling from time to time on her body and in her hair.
Qing Chun, who didn't know martial arts, was extremely surprised and thought she could fly. In fact, it was the grass and trees in the courtyard that blocked her vision. If it was in a sparse place of trees, she would see that Chu Yunxi was able to fly freely in the forest with the help of the branches of the trees and her ingenious body skills, not to take off the wind.
Qing Chun's mind wandered slightly, her eyes involuntarily followed her flipping and moving steps, she had been envious of birds since she was a child, and always hoped that people could fly everywhere in the sky like birds, and her mother always laughed at her for dreaming. She didn't expect her dream to come true today, she really wanted to call the soul of her deceased mother to tell her the good news.
Chu Yunxi suddenly turned around in the air and crossed over the top of Qing Chun's head, and fell to the ground lightly. She gathered her breath and turned around, her clothes fluttered and danced around her body with her movements, at this moment she was like a fluttering jade butterfly, beautiful and not eating fireworks in the world.
She looked up and looked around and said regretfully: "It's a pity that there are so many flowers and trees here that there are no pear trees, so it's a pity that I can't appreciate pears." "After that, I can't help but miss the scene of appreciating pears in the pear courtyard in the past.
Qing Chun was like a sweet dream, hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but make a request to Chu Yunxi - she also wanted to learn this kind of flying skills.
Chu Yunxi readily agreed, and since then, the two have practiced together, and Qingxu, who has always been quiet, rarely showed a childlike smile.
When the two of them were tired from practicing, they casually spread the handkerchief on the bluestone steps in front of the white buckwheat house and sat on the ground. Chu Yunxi clasped her hands on her knees, her eyes wandered around, and suddenly she must have pointed to the green branch not far in front of her and shouted happily.
Qing Chun was excitedly figuring out the moves of light skills, and was startled by her cheers. She saw Chu Yunxi jump up and run forward, and she didn't know why, so she immediately followed. Chu Yunxi bent over and looked left and right at the newly sprouted branches, and his joy was beyond words.
"It's really a pear tree seedling, I just wanted to say where to find a pear core to plant, but I didn't expect there to be a ready-made one here."
Ulva stretched out her hand to the opposite door frame and thought to herself: This pear tree grows right in front of the door, and when the leaves are full, it can just cover the scorching sun in front of the white buckwheat door.
The scorching summer brought not only the lotus leaves and lotus flowers full of ponds, the noisy and long song of cicadas, but also evaporated the source of life in the southwest land, the southwest drought shocked the government and the opposition, and the emperor sent Chu Yilian to serve as the southwest, and the prime minister for disaster relief. As soon as he left, the Chu family completely became the world of the Lu family.
The Lu family made a full posture every day and strictly managed the Chu family. Especially for Bai buckwheat, she is as sharp as a cat, and knows her every move well, and if there is a slight mistake, it must be faked color
Bai Qiao was very happy about this, and Chu Yunxi also accepted it calmly and no longer argued with her. Gradually, their food and clothing have shrunk to the point where they can no longer sustain themselves. In order to supplement the family, Lu Yan and Luo Chun had to sew clothes for other people.
Luo Chun's needlework is very good, and Lu Yan also learns carefully. Bai Qiao also taught Qing Xuan to make some embroidery, and it didn't take long for Qing Ying to be smart and make a good appearance, while Chu Yunxi relied on the painting techniques she had practiced quite skillfully in the past few years to ghostwrite or imitate paintings for others. In order to strive for realism, she often ponders for half a night for a stroke, and such polishing and tempering makes her painting skills just go to the next level.
Biyin also has her own division of labor, she often buys some good wine and food, and bribes those people in the backyard, and the people are naturally greedy. She got acquainted with them, and they turned a blind eye to her going out to sell some things without permission, and then they made an appointment to make an appointment, and the people left the door for Biyin, and Biyin didn't need to thank them much, as long as she brought some good wine and meat to entertain them when she came back. Coupled with Jiang Mulan's occasional help, their lives are still passable, not too depressed.
Three years passed before I knew it.
On the eve of Chu Yunxi's tenth birthday, Chu Yilian, who had served abroad for three years, finally returned home, and the Lu family ordered everyone in the whole house to greet him, and even prepared a grand dinner party in the evening to catch him up and wash the dust.
Bai Qiao was reluctant to attend, but he was afraid that he would be told the truth and make his life even more difficult. She reluctantly attended the family banquet with disgust, but ordered Chu Yunxi to pretend to be sick and stay in the room.
At night, the lights are high everywhere in the house, and the red candle flame is accompanied by the faint sound of cups and plates colliding and noisy people in the distance, which looks very lively and jubilant, but it is more and more lined with the deserted and unpopular courtyard of Baiqiao.
Biyin sat alone in front of the window with a stool and put her hand on the windowsill, looking out while smacking her lips according to the sound of firelight: "I really want to go and see it." It was hard to hide the sense of loss in his voice.
Lu Yan pursed her lips and smiled when she heard this: "You are thinking about those snacks in the front yard, you are really greedy enough." ”
Biyin spat disapprovingly and said: "You know again, you will laugh at me this time, you have the ability to try without eating for a day, and see if you starve to death." ”
Lu Yan laughed louder, shook her body forward and leaned back, and said vigorously: "Look at your thick skin."
Biyin bared her teeth and pretended to be angry, and pounced on Lu Yan to scratch her squeaky nest. Lu Yan was laughed and screamed by her. Qing Chun also watched it funny on the side, only Chu Yunxi ignored their hip-hopping. She stared at the door with a deep brow, and a sense of foreboding rose in her heart.
Qing Chun saw that she was a little tired, so she wanted to serve her to go to bed early, but she shook her head and said, "I'll wait for my mother to come back." Although he said it to her, his eyes were staring straight at the door.
Qing Chun persuaded: "Look at this situation, I don't know when Madame will come back, you still ......" Before the words were finished, I heard a bang, and the door was pushed open heavily.
Chu Yunxi stood up with a sigh of relief, Biyin and Lu Yan were also startled, and when they looked back, they saw that the person was actually Bai Qiao.
Bai Qiao's hair was scattered, his face was gloomy, his eyes were full of tears, half of his body hung on the door panel, his steps were vain, shaky, and he looked like he was in pain.
Chu Yunxi helped her to mourn in her heart, and shouted with tears like rain: "Mother, what's wrong with you, mother." ”
Bai Qiao seemed to have taken away her soul, leaving only an empty shell, her eyes were empty and confused, her mouth was muttering, and she didn't respond no matter how her daughter shouted.
Biyin looked up and down for a while and said, "Madame, shouldn't she be evil." ”
Lu Yan hurriedly said: "Then what can I do?" ”
Biyin was still thinking, and Bai Qiao had already fainted.
Everyone hurriedly lifted Bai Qiao down on the bed, and Qing Chun reached out under her nose and said, "It's okay, it's just a temporary fainting." ”
Biyin scolded angrily: "Where did the little ghost not do anything about reincarnating a living person, no wonder he lived a short life, and he didn't do anything." ”
Lu Yan wept and said, "I'll go and tell Madame and ask someone to ask for a doctor." "I'm going to get started. Chu Yunxi felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly reached out and grabbed her and said, "Wait a little longer." ”
Qing Lva fed Bai Qiao a sip of water, she coughed lightly, woke up faintly, and said blankly: "Where is this?" ”
Chu Yunxi nervously held her hand and said, "Mother, this is your room." ”
Bai Qiao closed her eyes slightly before she recovered, and when her heart gradually cleared, she cried bitterly: "Yun'er, my life is so bitter." ”
Bai Qiao cried, her body trembled, and her voice was hoarse. Chu Yunxi didn't know why, and he was also crying beside him.
After a while, Bai Qiao seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurriedly urged with a hoarse throat: "Yun'er, quickly write a letter to your uncle, let him come quickly, we must leave here immediately, quickly." As she spoke, she pushed her body, and she hesitantly walked to the bookcase, picked up the pen and wrote.
Bai Qiao glanced at the others again, gasped and said: "You have been following me for three years, you know who I am, now Chu Yunxi and I are about to leave here, Luochun is going to follow us, as for you, if you want to leave, I will definitely try my best to let you go safely, if you are willing to stay in the mansion, I will send you to the second lady, you don't need to worry about someone to embarrass you, just ask you not to tell others about our departure for the sake of our relationship, I will be grateful." ”
Qing Chun took the lead in getting up and said firmly: "I will follow you and Miss without going anywhere." ”
"I'm also following Madame." Midori echoed.
Bi Yin took a step forward and kept nodding her head and said, "I have been a young lady and your person in my life, and I will protect young lady and you when I die." ”
Bai Qiao's heart was moved, she reached out and folded the hands of the three of them in her palm, and said emotionally: "What a good boy, I have received your heart, we are a family, we will never be separated." At this time, everyone only felt warm in their hearts, and with a sense of belonging to a family, even if they were asked to die immediately for this family, they would be willing.
On the second day, Bai Qiao took them to quietly pack their clothes and luggage, and packed all the important things that could be taken away in wooden boxes.
When Chu Yunxi packed up and went out, he saw the pear tree that had grown thick and straight in front of the door, and his heart was infinitely sad, time flew by like a white horse, and three years had passed in a blink of an eye, and this pear tree had grown from a small sapling to a towering tree, with a canopy like a canopy, and the front door of the house was all in it, just like a mother's embrace, protecting the fragile courtyard under him, and like a father's broad shoulders to shield his children from the wind and rain, or a loyal lover's soul after death, wrapped around it, still firmly guarding his lover.
She knew that her mother loved pear blossoms the most, and her parents made an unswerving vow under the pear tree that year, if there was no passing under the pear tree that day, the affectionate look back in the falling flowers would not have created today's heartache.
I remember that my father used to say that he would plant a bouquet of pear blossoms in front of this door, so that the pear blossoms would accompany his mother with a concerned heart. Maybe God fulfilled the forgotten promise for his father, the flowers bloomed, the people are still there, but the heart is lost.
She sighed in a low voice, her heart moved, looking at the pear branches of the tree, and suddenly there was some nostalgia and reluctance. Even though the times have changed, she still can't forget her father's smile. She has complained, been angry, hated, and disappointed, but she can never forget this father who made her love and hate.
At noon, news came from the palace that Emperor Zhao Chu Yilian entered the palace to attend a dinner to reward him for his achievements in the past three years. The Chu family felt glorious, and the emperor also ordered that the family members could be allowed to pass. Chu Yilian only didn't bring Bai Qiao and Chu Yunxi's mother and daughter with him.
This is exactly what Bai Qiao intended, she hurriedly packed up and studied the escape route.
Chu Yunxi has been in Chu Yunyi's room, and Chu Yunyi was nervous when he learned that he was going to enter the palace. Chu Yunxi took her hand to comfort her, and personally groomed her.
Soon someone came to urge, Chu Yunxi took the second sister's hand and looked up and down: Although Chu Yunyi has been sick for a long time and has insufficient energy, she looks slightly thin and weak, but she has her own unique charm, such as a weak willow delicate flower.
Chu Yunxi smiled at the door and said, "Go quickly, let the palace also know that the Chu family not only has a noble and dignified eldest lady, but also a beautiful and delicate second girl." ”
Chu Yunyi held her hand and said sincerely: "Alas, it's a pity that the world can't see the beauty of the jade, sister, it's not me who compliments you, if compared to you, I am just a dark star, you are a bright moon in the sky, even our eldest sister who is strong in everything will be eclipsed in your light." It's a pity that you're out of luck, otherwise you'd be the best of our sisters. She sighed softly.
Chu Yunxi thought for a while, bowed his head and said: "I regard false fame as dung, I only hope that the family can be harmonious and beautiful......"
Chu Yunxi paused for a moment and suddenly held her hand tightly and said: "Second sister, in the future, you must pay attention to your body, go to bed early and get up early, don't hurt your nerves, be calm, come out and walk around more, if you ......" Before the words were finished, his voice choked, and tears gradually flowed from his eyes.
Chu Yunyi gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said pityingly: "I remember." ”
Chu Yunxi's tears were blurred, and the feeling of parting came to her heart, she suddenly stepped forward and hugged the second sister heavily, and then quickly let go and turned around, and forced herself to calm down: "Second sister, let's go, it will be rude to wait too long, go quickly." ”
Chu Yunyi felt that she was quite abnormal tonight, and she was at a loss.
She tugged at Chu Yunxi's sleeve and said, "Sister, then I'll go first, and I'll come back to see you when I come back in the evening." Chu Yunxi listened to her footsteps going out, and couldn't help but burst into tears.
When she returned to the room until she undressed and fell asleep, Chu Yunxi was always in a daze, and her thoughts were rushing when she was lying on the bed, she closed her eyes and forced herself to sleep, but there were always countless vivid pictures shaking in front of her, which made her upset and uneasy.