3. Chapter III
Su Hongtang smiled and hugged the beggar who was about to cry in her arms, while thinking about another person called 'Changxin'.
Long heart! Long Heart!
The name 'Changxin', how could she Su Hongtang be willing to forget?
After silently reciting 'Changxin' twice, Su Hongtang's vision was a little blurry, and she seemed to have the appearance of her teacher teaching her literacy again.
The years have never left traces on the face of the master. It seems that when she was four years old, Shizun looked eighteen, and by the time she was seventeen, Shizun still looked eighteen. The rejuvenation technique should be regarded as the secret technique of the love valley, and it can also be called the master's mastery.
But Shizun was unwilling to teach her this, saying that it was not suitable for her.
For her, it doesn't matter if she stays there, but she still hopes that her master will not get old.
If the master is old, he must be even more reluctant to accept her.
Su Hong wrapped her arms around the beggar in her arms, and an impulse surged in her heart, she wanted to adopt this beggar, just like the master taught her back then.
"Changxin, are you willing to worship your mother as a teacher?" Su Hong looked at her cardamom nails, and sighed like an orchid.
"Master? What is that? The beggar nestled in Hongtang's arms didn't seem to understand the meaning of the master.
"Master! Shizun is the one who will protect you no matter what happens......" Su Hongtang tried her best to think about the appearance of Shizun protecting herself back then. At that time, the sky was also drifting with snowflakes, and she knelt outside the hall, and the old valley lord stood in the center of the main hall, she couldn't remember the old valley lord's bewitching face, but she still remembered that she said loudly that she would drive herself out of the love valley.
If it weren't for the master, she Su Hongtang would have died on that winter night!
Su Hong pulled the beggar out of his arms with a smile and put him on the chair, "Master can also teach you many interesting spells. β
"Spells? Is it a trick? Long-hearted to see, to see! β
"That Changxin must first promise to be an apprentice to his mother." Su Hong squinted her eyes and scratched the bridge of the beggar's nose, "Otherwise, my mother will not change!" β
"Good! Good! Good! Seeing that someone was willing to play tricks on himself, the beggar was so happy that he couldn't spend it, so he clapped his hands directly.
But before Hongtang could praise him for being well-behaved, he saw the beggar's face suddenly darken, "Forget it." Changxin still doesn't watch tricks. β
"Why? Don't you want to see it? Su Hongtang couldn't understand the child's mind.
"Mother, you can't be an apprentice to your mother! My aunt said, my mother can only be my mother's mother, and I can't be a long-hearted teacher......" The beggar hugged Su Hong's neck again, "Can't my mother just be a mother?" β
Feeling the tears sliding down her neck, Su Hongtang gently patted the beggar's back, she didn't think that she had to let the beggar be her apprentice, the matter of accepting the apprentice was just a whim, if the beggar didn't want to, then forget it, it would be no big deal.
It's just that the beggar mentioned her aunt again in her words just now.
Who is the beggar's aunt?
Su Hong picked up the beggar and sat on the couch, "Changxin, tell your mother, who is your aunt?" β
"Auntie?" The beggar puffed out his cheeks and bit his purple lip again, "Aunt Changxin is not allowed to tell others her name." β
"Isn't it even a mother?"
"My aunt said that if Changxin tells her aunt's name, her mother will drive Changxin out, don't be long-hearted."
"Long Heart...... Mother...... My mother promised you that my mother would not kick you out! β
"My mother only asks you to tell my aunt's name to my mother, which is very important to my mother."
"That'...... All right! But ......"
"But what?"
"The mother has to promise Changxin, and after Changxin tells her who her aunt is, her mother wants to feed Changxin and eat peach cakes."
"Peach?" Su Hongtang's heart palpitated again, she remembered that Shizun's favorite food was also peach cake, could this child be sent by God to make up for her regrets?
Su Hongtang's eyes were red, she choked slightly, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes again.
But the beggar is still in front of him.
Su Hongtang raised his cuffs and dipped his eyes, cleared his throat again, and asked with a forced smile, "My mother promised Changxin, as long as Changxin said who my aunt was, my mother would feed Changxin and eat peach crisp." But Changxin told sΓΉ mother, why does Changxin love to eat peach crisp, okay? β
Why do you love peach crisp? Su Hongtang remembered that she had also asked Shizun this question.
The answer that the master gave her was that liking is liking, and there is no why.
This beggar will answer in the same way.
Listening to the beggar's answer of "yes", Su Hongtang smiled lightly and slowed down her breathing, she looked into the beggar's eyes, quietly waiting for the answer she wanted.
But seeing the beggar's bitter face, Su Hongtang knew that she was thinking too much.
"Because my aunt has only eaten peach cakes for Changxin." The beggar replied with some embarrassment.
Facing the beggar's aggrieved face, Su Hong entangled the disappointment in her heart, and secretly laughed at her whimsical, how could there be two masters in the world? His hand still clenched involuntarily.
"Don't you like to eat peach cakes?" Children are always more sensitive than adults, and Su Hongtang was sad, so the beggar learned Su Hongtang's movements and touched her head, "If my mother doesn't like it, I still have sugar lotus seeds." β
"Sugar lotus seeds?" When Su Hongtang heard the beggar say that she would give her sugar lotus seeds, her expression was in a trance, she remembered that if she couldn't buy peach cakes before, the master would bring her a packet of sugar lotus seeds.
Sugar lotus seeds, although not as good as peach crisp, are just some fresh lotus seeds wrapped in a thick layer of frosting, but they can be sweet to the bottom of the heart.
Su Hong thought about the days when she stood at the mouth of the valley and looked at the back of her master in the early years, waiting for her return.
It was extremely boring, but the hope was never lost.
When she was a child, she thought that she was waiting for the bag of sugar lotus seeds from her master, but it took many years for her to understand, all she was waiting for was the smile when the master gave her the sugar lotus seeds.
Whenever the master gave her sugar lotus seeds, she would first have a cold face and ask herself if she had practiced and practiced her words well.
If she nodded her head and said that she had practiced as much as she could, the master would hand her a piece of peach cake with a faint smile.
If she shook her head, the master would touch her head, leave a packet of sugar lotus seeds, and tell her that there was no next time.
Next time, next time, although the master said that there would be no next time, Su Hong pestered her, but she couldn't remember how many times she had a next time.
Recalling that when she was young, she deliberately accused Master SΓΉ of not practicing well in an attempt to deceive the sugar lotus seeds, but she was discovered by the master and punished for eating two packets of sugar lotus seeds, Su Hongtang couldn't help but chuckle out loud.
The teacher treated her very well. was never willing to punish her, and the punishment was to the end, but it was just a packet of sugar lotus seeds.
When you hear the sugar lotus seed, you will think of Shizun, and when you think of Shizun, you will think of Love Valley.
Although everyone in the world says that Love Valley is not a place for women to stay, she likes it tightly.
It's not because of how good the love valley is, but because there is a master there.
Xu is the sweet taste of the sugar lotus seeds given by the master, so she doesn't feel that the practice is hard!
Thinking of the sugar lotus seeds given by the master, looking at Su Hongtang, who was begging, a little smile appeared in his eyes, "Changxin, my mother wants to eat a sugar lotus seed." β