Chapter 19: Flowing Fireflies on a Spring Night

Hua Ling woke up after sleeping for half an hour, feeling a little cold in the dream, and kept trying to pull the quilt over, but it couldn't be pulled at all, and the quilt seemed to scream. When she woke up, she found that what she was tearing in her dream was not the quilt, but Shen Laibao's clothes. I don't know how hard I dragged it, and my good clothes were torn and crumpled.

She was busy smoothing him, but the folds showed no sign of being smoothed. She scratched her head and looked solemn, "Brother Noble, I'll ask Mama to iron it for you when I go back, and it's all right." ”

Shen Laibao didn't care, lowered his head and asked, "Have you slept well?" ”

Hanabell nodded.

"Then let's go back."

Hua Ling paused, and Shen Laibao immediately understood, she was still thinking about the Peach Blossom Fairy. He suddenly remembered who mentioned the last time that Daddy Hua would be back at the end of the month? It's not a flower bell. He said, "Peach Blossom Fairy came here just now and talked to me. I asked him when your dad would come back and he said at the end of the month. ”

"It's really the end of the month......"

"Isn't the end of the month approaching?"

"But tomorrow is my birthday, and I want my father to spend it with me."

Shen Laibao can be regarded as knowing why she can't forget it, children, she thinks about her birthday and her family. He said, "Then I'll stay with you." ”

Although Hua Ling was happy, she was not too happy. Outsiders are indeed no match for their father, and Shen Laibao also understands. He straightened Hua Ling's hair, except that his eyes were still a little sleepy, and he became a playful little girl again. Satisfied, he stood up and prepared to take her down the mountain. Who wants to sit for too long, the blood does not flow, as soon as he gets up, his legs become weak, he plops down, and bows to heaven and earth.

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The time has passed, but the two children who went out to play have not yet returned. Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Liao had already enjoyed the flowers at the foot of the mountain, and they were drinking tea and chatting with the ladies in the other rooms.

The other ladies asked if the two had children, and they happened to be about the same age, which was quite resonant.

The Shen family in Mingzhou is also a well-known big family, and almost everyone else knows that she has a stupid son. It just so happened that Shen Laibao came back with a limp, looking a little wolf, and he didn't look like a smart person, he looked at each other a few times, but he smiled and didn't speak.

Seeing that her son was injured, Mrs. Shen hurriedly stepped forward to ask him. Shen Laibao said, "I'm fine, I just fell and it doesn't hurt at all." ”

Both palms were bloodied, and they said it didn't hurt. Even if he really didn't hurt, Mrs. Shen would still feel distressed, she raised her head and glanced at the people who followed, sure enough, they were all outsiders, and they didn't know how to hurt the master. She sighed and dragged her son into the house to administer the medicine.

Liao also called his daughter over, looked at her a few times and saw that she was okay, and then said, "How did you get hurt Brother Laibao, are you messing around?" ”

Hua Ling shook her head, her eyes still followed Shen Laibao, who had already walked into the house, and replied, "Brother Laibao didn't stand firm and fell to the ground." He put his hands on the ground, and he fell into disarray. But Brother Noble didn't cry, or even cry out in pain, but he was brave. ”

Liao smiled, the best thing about her daughter is that she never skimps on praise.

A woman next to her saw Hua Ling, she looked really handsome, and she spoke sensibly, and asked with a smile, "Is this Madame's daughter?" How old is this year? ”

Hua Ling looked up and said, "I'm six years old, and I'll turn six tomorrow." ”

When the woman heard this, she immediately took a red agate bracelet from her wrist and gave it to her, "Come, Auntie has a gift for you." ”

Hua Ling liked the red bracelet, but she didn't take it and looked up at her mother. Liao smiled and refused, and the woman insisted on giving, "I, I only gave birth to four sons, no daughters, so I especially like such a little girl." If you don't accept it, this friend today will be in vain. ”

Liao couldn't, so he had to let his daughter accept it and thank her well.

Hua Ling took the bracelet and ran to Shen Laibao to play, when he entered the room, he was still taking medicine, and Mrs. Shen said hello, and sat on the side to fiddle with the bracelet.

Shen Laibao saw it and asked, "Is it red agate?" ”

"I don't know."

The flower bell went into the wrist, and the light yì went in. She took it out and put it back in. Over and over again, it's a lot of fun. I can't see Shen Laibao, what's so funny about this.

When he took the medicine, Hua Ling was tired of playing, so he put the bracelet in her money bag. The money bag is quite small, and the bracelet stuffs the money bag out of shape. She was ugly, so she took it out, looked at Shen Laibao's money bag, and ran over to stuff it into his bag, "Brother Laibao borrowed a place to help me put it." ”

Shen Laibao teased her and said, "It's mine to put it away." ”

Hua Ling nodded, "It's okay, anyway, Uncle Shen will pull your ears and ask you to return the things to me in the end." ”

“……”

Hua Ling said seriously, "Of course, except for food." ”

Shen Laibao laughed dryly, no wonder the Hua family never complained about him, it turned out that Father Shen did a good job of cleaning up the aftermath. He put the bracelet in his purse, and took out the broken silver from it, so that it would not be scratched.

When the servants came to call for dinner, it was already dark, and there was a long corridor on the left in front of the room. There is a red lantern hanging every ten steps in the corridor, and the lights reflected on the ground are also red, deserted, quiet, and a little scary to look at.

Hua Ling leaned closer to Shen Laibao, Shen Laibao saw that she was scared, grabbed her hand and led her over, "I'm here, don't be afraid." ”

"I'm not afraid."

"Really?"

was asked seriously, and Hua Ling immediately looked like a wilting eggplant, "I'm afraid...... In fact, there is something that is not afraid of appearing, but there is nothing, but it is scary. ”

Shen Laibao believed her, after all, she was a little girl who still thought it was funny when she heard the ghost fire. What can be seen is not terrible, what is terrible is invisible. For example, when he first came here, he didn't know who was the murderer who pushed Shen Laibao into the water, so uneasy. After knowing the murderer, he confronted Ah Fu head-on, but he didn't feel terrible.

He squeezed the little hand in his hand tighter and led her to supper.

There is a stream running through the promenade at the bottom of the promenade, and the sound of water rattling in the still night. Hua Ling looked down at the stream, and saw a little fluorescence in the air and flying on the stones.

"Brother Noble Treasure, there is a night photo."

Nighttime? What is Night Light? Shen Laibao followed her line of sight and looked there, oh...... It turned out to be fireflies. He asked, "Do you like night photos?" ”

Hua Ling responded loudly, "Brother Noble Do you know the story of Che Yinnan? ”

"Yes."

"Can you really read a book by catching a lot of fireflies?"

Since he was a child, Shen Laibao has heard stories of stealing light sacs and Yingxue - after all, this is an excellent example of how teachers and elders can teach children to study hard. It's just that this is the first time he's seen fireflies, and in the world of red lights, he can't see fireflies at all.

It is said that fireflies have high requirements for the environment, so wherever fireflies appear, it means that the local environment is not bad.

So Hua Ling's problem stumped him, and he didn't know if he could see the book if he caught a lot, the words on the book were so small, and the light of the fireflies was only a little.

Hua Ling saw that he didn't answer, so she didn't ask. After dinner, I put this problem behind me. When he returned to the room, he told his mother about today's events, Liao laughed while listening, and when he heard about Peach Blossom Fairy, he knew that Shen Laibao was deceiving people, but he was not malicious, and he was not disgusted. On the contrary, he felt that Shen Laibao was very sensible, and he didn't let her wait there blindly.

is responsible and smart, and his daughter likes him and plays like this again, Liao's ghost thought about what would happen if Shen Laibao was the son-in-law of the flower family.

When she came back to her senses, she shook her head negatively, the Hua family is a scholarly family, how can she marry into a merchant family like the Shen family. Her daughter will definitely marry a scholar in the future, either a scholar or a literati.

She secretly pinched the sweat for the moment she had just been in a trance, and she couldn't think like that in the future.

After about an hour, Hualing went to freshen up and came back, Mama Ge wrung her hair and said, "When you wring out your hair, go to sleep, do you hear, don't run around, here is a child, afraid of getting lost." ”

"Well, listen to Mama, I don't walk around, I'll sleep when I can memorize a book."

Mama Ge had pity in her eyes and said with a smile, "What do the girl's family do with so many books, and they won't need to get married in the future." ”

Hanabell looked up and asked, "Why?" ”

She was still young, and Mama Ge didn't dare to tell her this, and she just said it. At least after she has her first period, she is not a little girl, so she can explain, "It's nothing, the girl can watch it if she likes it, anyway, the old lady will not stop her." ”

Hua Ling likes to read books from the bottom of her heart, and she gnaws down the difficult words one by one, and I don't know how happy she is. Looking at her, she suddenly remembered Shen Laibao, and I didn't know how well he practiced his words.

Just as I was thinking, there was a knock on the door outside. I looked up, but I couldn't see anyone outside the door. She blinked, and her heart moved, it must be Brother Laibao, otherwise he wouldn't be blind to his head, he was still a short man like herself.

Mama Ge went over and opened the door, and Hua Ling tilted her head to see that it was really him.

It's just that Shen Laibao is a little disgraced, not only is his hair messy, but even his face is dirty, and his clothes are even more so, as if he has rolled over and over again somewhere.

Hua Ling trotted over and said with a smile, "Brother Noble, where are you going to play again?" It's dirty, dirtier than my cat. ”

Shen Laibao looked at himself, he was indeed a wolf. He stretched out his hand and said, "Here you go." ”

On the outstretched finger hung a bag of tulle, like some kind of flying insect in it. When Mama Ge saw it, she immediately became disgusted, "Worm." ”

Hua Ling looked at it for a moment, and her heart paused slightly, "Brother Noble, is it all night light inside?" ”

Shen Laibao nodded, "Just think of it as a gift for you tomorrow." ”

Hua Ling took the bag, just glanced at it, and knew that there were forty or fifty candles in it, how long did it take to catch it, no wonder he was dirty, and she laughed at him.

Shen Laibao had already turned around to leave, but she grabbed the corner of his clothes. Mama Ge hurriedly said, "Girl, dirty." ”

"It's not dirty." Hua Ling was stubborn, "Brother Noble is not dirty." ”

She grabbed the corner of his coat and led it to the candle, and stepped on her feet to blow out the candlelight. The faint fluorescence in the bag suddenly became more than ten times brighter after the candle flame was extinguished. The longer you stay here, the brighter you feel.

Hua Ling took the book and placed it under the tulle bag, as if she had a bright lamp, and the words on it could be seen clearly. She rejoiced, "I can really see it." ”

Shen Laibao sighed that the ancients were honest and did not deceive me, and when he saw that she was so happy that she seemed to be going to turn in circles, he thought again, well, Xiaohua is happy.