2. Get acquainted
Ning Die didn't sleep soundly this time.
The gunshot wound recurred, her chest hurt terribly, and she heard Lan Xin arguing with her father while lying in a coma on the bed, and the fourth lady said it too shamelessly, followed by the sound of a bullet being loaded.
"Daddy, don't shoot—" Ning Die sat up abruptly from the bed.
The oil lamp hanging on the wooden wall emitted a soft and gentle light, the sound of the oars paddling the water, the hull of the boat swaying, and her body swaying lightly.
"Butterfly, what's wrong? But had a nightmare? The woman next to her asked nervously.
Turning her head to look at the woman, the eyebrows similar to her own had repeatedly appeared in her dreams, she stared at the woman in a daze, and her vision gradually blurred, I don't know if it was quiet for a few minutes, she couldn't help but throw herself into the woman's arms, and said with tears, "Mom, I miss you so much, am I dreaming?" ”
Su Mei stroked Ning Die's back with her hand, comforted her, and called Mama Li, who was waiting at the bow of the boat, to come in.
"This body is still a little hot, and I can't talk before or after, let the boatman hurry up, in case it burns out......" Su Mei panicked in her heart and didn't say anything.
Mama Li responded, and ran to the bow of the boat to spread the word.
Ning Die was nestled in Su Mei's arms, she stretched out her hand to touch her chest tremblingly, she didn't feel the scar on her hand, but she could feel the body temperature of her hot hand.
Only then did she decide that this was not a dream, and that she was not in the underworld, but that she had truly returned to twelve years ago.
This year, she followed her mother to the northwest by ferry to join her father, who was a general.
Along the way, she was weak and couldn't stand it, and she fell ill and developed a high fever, which affected Su Mei for several days.
Xu is illness and the surprise impact of rebirth, Ning Die was tired all over, and fell asleep in a daze, and woke up the next day on the white bed in the hospital, with flower baskets and fruits piled up on the table, even in the aisle outside the door.
She slowly opened her heavy eyelids and saw Su Mei sitting on the edge of the bed wiping her tears with a handkerchief, still wearing a turquoise soft satin cheongsam that she hadn't changed out of yesterday.
Ning Die remembered that when his father and mother met, he said that he had no family.
At that time, Ning Shen was still a young general with less than 100 soldiers, and was forced by his opponent to hide in a small village in the southeast, so he met Su Mei, the only daughter of a small landlord's family.
In order to support him to return to the northwest, Su Mei and his grandfather took out all the belongings of the family to buy soldiers and horses for him, and Su Shen made a fortune in a few years, but he did not take Su Mei over until his grandfather died of illness, and after completely taking care of his grandfather's funeral, Su Mei, who had no worries, simply took Ning Die to the northwest.
People have found it, and everyone in the northwest knows who Ning Shen is, he is powerful and powerful, and there are so many concubines in the family that it is difficult to count them, not to mention the pink confidants outside.
Su Mei was completely heartbroken.
"Mom," Ning Die grabbed Su Mei's clothes, her lips were still white, and she smiled hard: "Let's go back to my hometown, I don't want to stay in the northwest." ”
Su Mei looked at her daughter, holding back her tears, full of sourness.
Ning Die knew that in her previous life, because she felt sorry for her and worried about her suffering, Su Mei went back to Ningfu to be the fourteenth aunt, but she did not live well, and she was sick after less than a year.
"Mom, look, as soon as I heard that I was the daughter of Ningfu, those people who were flattering came to visit after hearing the news, but Dad didn't show up until now. I don't want a dad like that. Ning Die tried her best to imitate the tone she had when she was fifteen years old.
Su Mei was surprised and then had a sour nose, the daughter who muttered that she wanted to see her father before now seems to have grown up overnight, she is also the person who is a young lady in the family, so she has some arrogance, how can she willingly let herself be a concubine, she hesitated and asked: "If Ning Die never sees her father again in the future, will you miss him?" ”
Su Die shook her head, in her previous life, that man had never let her experience a trace of fatherly love.
Su Mei breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had made up her mind, and touched Ning Die's forehead, her eyes still contained tears, but she was no longer as sad as before.
That night, taking advantage of the change of shifts in the hospital, Su Meizhi opened the two bodyguards sent by Ning Fu at the door, led Ning Die, and Li's mother took the luggage and took the train to the southwest.
Even if Ning Shen is powerful, the southwest is always the territory of the Zeng family, these years of turmoil and disputes, the relationship between all forces is competition and plunder, Ning Shen wants to find people in the vast southwest, and it is almost impossible not to alarm the Zeng family.
When Su Mei left her hometown, she thought that she would not return in the future, so she brought out the only remaining belongings of the family, which was enough money for them to rent a house in the southwest and live for a while.
The train whistle sounded, Ning Die looked out of the dark window, she only hoped that she could avoid Ning Mansion and the man named Huo Cheng in this life.
After all, the southwest is a prosperous place, facing the world's trade, getting off the train, this bustling big city dazzled Ning Die's eyes, she was led by Su Mei, through the bustling streets, although the surrounding was noisy, and her heart was quiet.
Comparing the rents of several houses, the final housing is set at the mouth of the alley, there are many outsiders here, and no one will talk about them when they move in, the rented house is on the third floor, two bedrooms and a living room, and the furniture is readily available, compared to the prices in the southwest, the rent is very cheap.
Su Mei knew that Ning Die liked a bright room, so she gave her Xiangyang's room as a boudoir, Ning Die pushed open the window of her room, and on the balcony of the opposite house, there was a girl sitting on a rattan chair reading a book.
Two thick braids hung down on his chest, his face was like a silver platter, his eyes were shining like black grapes, and he was wearing a bright blue plaid dress, the sun's halo was beating down in circles, and his fair cheeks were sunburned with a layer of pink.
Undoubtedly, it was amazingly beautiful, maybe she looked at it for a long time, the girl seemed to be aware, raised her head and looked at her, for a while, Ning Die smiled at the other party embarrassedly, and the girl also smiled in response.
The next day, she went to the local Huili Girls' Middle School to apply for enrollment, and Ning Die met her again, in the same class, and her name was Lin Laiyu.
But she is a proud person, and she looks like she doesn't want to interact with people at school, and Ning Die doesn't know how to greet her.
In the afternoon, they met again in the library, both of them took the same movie book introduced in English, Ning Die let go of his hand first, Lin Laiyu took the book in his hand and turned the page as a matter of course, and when he lowered his head, he showed a slender white neck, and asked casually: "Can you speak English?" ”
Ning Die smiled: "I know a little, but I'm not proficient." ”
She originally planned to come to learn, but she remembered clearly what Ning Zheng ridiculed in her previous life, and it was always good to have the opportunity to learn one more foreign language.
Lin Laiyu sighed and asked again: "Interested in movies?" ”
Ning Die shook her head, it was ridiculous that in her previous life, she didn't even have a chance to catch up with the emerging trend.
Lin Laiyu stopped talking, just stood and buried her head in reading, Ning Die went to find other books, and quietly walked away, when Lin Laiyu came back to her senses, the sky had already darkened, she suddenly remembered that this book was hard to find, the number of prints was only a handful, Ning Die gave it to her so lightly, I don't know if she really doesn't know the goods, or if she has a good heart.
But it's really annoying.
Although it was a class, it seemed that Pingshui was meeting in the same place, and one day Ning Die took a newspaper and asked her excitedly, "Are you the person on this newspaper?" ”
In the local newspaper in the southwest, there will be some advertisements in the corner below the newspaper, and the black-and-white printed magazine shows Lin Laiyu wearing the most popular fashion of the moment, smiling smartly.
Lin Laiyu didn't speak, and the rest of the class heard the movement and explained in surprise: "Laiyu is a little star in our class, but people have acted in movies." ”
Ning Die smiled now, "No wonder it looks different." ”
"What's the difference?" Lin Laiyu sat in his position and raised his head and asked.
"No wonder it's so pretty." Ning Die was telling the truth, but Lin Laiyu changed her face, but any outstanding woman will inevitably attract jealousy, not to mention that Lin Laiyu usually has a cold and arrogant temperament, seeing that she is unhappy, there are girls around her with a gloating smile on their faces.
Lin Laiyu was angry, and this morning's class was simply skipped.
Seeing Ning Die for several days in a row was like seeing an enemy.
Ning Die didn't know what she was wrong, thanks to a kind girl who reminded her: "This Lin Lai Yugui is the school flower of our school, and she usually hates others praising her appearance." ”
Why is that? Isn't it a good thing to be pretty?
The girl continued, "Lin Laiyu's mother, what she does is to serve people in Israel." ”
In addition to being famous for trade, the southwest is also famous for dance halls.
Ning Die was dumbfounded, this future apology work will have to be a trouble.
In the evening, she went to Lin Laiyu's house, and it was an elderly woman who opened the door for her, looking at the appearance that she should be the nanny of the Lin family, speaking with an accent in the southwest, Ning Die didn't seem to understand, and in short, she was looking for Lin Laiyu, and the old woman turned sideways to let her in.
As soon as she entered the house, Ning Die found that the Lin family was different, the floor was covered with soft blankets, the clean and bright windows were hung with plastic violets, the walls were pasted with intricate patterned wallpaper, and the tables were covered with piping tablecloths, the sofa must be a brown leather sofa, and there was a gramophone in the corner, and the room was full of beautiful sounds.
Knowing that she was coming, Lin Laiyu came out of the room barefoot, Ning Die stared at her feet, and couldn't help but think of the word "jade feet".
"Newly baked French biscuits, I don't know if Miss Lin can appreciate it." Ning Die handed the paper bag forward, and the smile was just right.
Lin Laiyu knew that she came to apologize, she was not really angry, and she didn't know why, if someone said her, she would sneer and not take it to heart, but it was different for Ning Die, she secretly minded the other party, a woman who has always enjoyed the stars and the moon, if she found that there was a person who was equal to herself, she would have to compare.
Ran Ningdie has a calmness and restraint that she does not have, her family background is extremely innocent, and her mother is also Miss Sven's style, Lin Laiyu can't help but be discouraged. Now seeing that the other party bowed her head and softened in order to please herself, she was happy, took the paper bag, opened it and smelled it, and sighed: "It's so fragrant." ”
Ning Die smiled silently, at her age in her last life, she also liked snacks very much, after her mother was seriously ill, she grew up almost overnight, her temperament became gloomy, and then she married in a hurry.
Girlhood is always short.
"See what's different about me tonight?" Lin Laiyu turned around, and the lotus skirt on her body was like a blooming trumpet flower, lining her waist as if she could hold it.
Ning Die replied: "Painted makeup? ”
Lin Laiyu nodded her forehead, and said with hatred: "You read the newspaper every day, the skirt on my body is a popular style in the southwest, and there are only about 100 pieces in the country." ”
That price must have been extremely expensive, and Ning Die was surprised by her generosity.
"I borrowed it from a photographer friend," seeing her thoughts, Lin Laiyu explained, "I'm going to shoot an advertising magazine tonight, so come with me." ”