Chapter 22: Parting
By the time they returned to the clearing, it was nearly noon. The stage was also empty, apparently when it was time to break, and the artists took advantage of this time to eat and rest in preparation for the afternoon performance.
Because lunch was approaching, and the singing stopped, the villagers who originally watched the play also went home. Some of them came from other villages, so they found a place, took out the dry food they had brought with them, sat around them, and ate with laughter.
When Wen Anze and the others came to the open space, they saw Wen Qing'an and Wen Shi sitting on the stool watching the play at a glance, obviously the two of them were waiting for them to go back.
Seeing three children approaching from a distance, Wen beckoned to them.
After the three of them approached, Wen noticed their gray little faces, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Where did you go to the wilderness, you didn't see anyone all morning" Although it was a question, Wen didn't expect them to answer, but just took out the handkerchief in his arms to wipe the faces of the three of them one by one.
While Wen was cleaning up for the children, Wen Qingan walked up to Wen Anze and picked up his daughter. Seeing that even the youngest daughter's face was dirty, she frowned and asked Wen Anze, "Why is An An'an's face so dirty?" You won't take your sister to do anything unseemly, right?"
"Uncle Wen, ah" Xiaobai saw Wen Qing'an frowning, and just wanted to explain, he was pinched by Wen Anhao who was behind, and the words that came to his mouth were pinched by this fiercely, and he swallowed them back into his mouth.
After Wen Anhao finished pinching people, he was afraid that Xiaobai would tell them what they did today. So he trotted a few steps forward, stretched out his wrist, revealing the beads carved in mahogany, and boasted, "Dad, mother, my brother and I have bowed to Xiaobai today, this peachwood bead is our token of worship, like this?" Is it good-looking? ”
Wen Qing'an didn't expect to get such an answer, and swept between his two sons and Xiaobai in confusion, as if he didn't believe Wen Anhao's words.
Wen Anhao saw that Father Wen didn't believe it, so he had to pull over Xiaobai, who was a little uneasy on the side, revealing the red thread beads on his hands and neck, and then motioned for Wen Anze to do the same.
Wen Qing'an looked at the three little hands stretched out in front of him with some tears and laughter, all of them carrying the same style of red thread beads, only to realize that these children were not joking, but really bowed somewhere.
Bai Yanyu looked at the Wen family who was standing next to him with his mouth covered and smiling, and Wen Qing'an, who was looking at them helplessly, hung his head uneasily, and whispered: "Uncle Wen, Aunt Wen, if you don't like it, I can ......" said and was about to untie the red thread on his hand.
Wen Qing'an knew that the child had misunderstood, and hurriedly held down the hand holding Xiaobai to move, and said with a smile: "Xiaobai, don't get me wrong, your aunt and I don't disagree, it's just funny that you are ...... at such a young age, but you don't understand what it means to worship."
"What swearing?" It was Master Qiao who was questioning. He arranged the affairs of the drama troupe, and when he came out, he saw that the Wen family and Xiaobai were still here, so he wanted to come forward and say hello. But before he got closer, he heard what Wen Fuzi said 'bowing', so he asked curiously.
"Hehe, Master Qiao, you have to ask this group of children" Wen Qing'an turned his head and looked at the person who came funny, and then motioned to Master Qiao to see a few children.
Master Qiao was confused by Wen Qing'an's appearance, so he walked to Xiaobai's side and lowered his head to ask what happened. When he knew what was going on, he was also amused by the behavior of these children. The sound of laughter attracted the surprised eyes of the villagers around him.
After laughing, Master Qiao touched the heads of the three of them and teased: "How old are you to learn from others?" Do you know what it means to bow down, in the future"
"In the future, Xiaobai will be my brother and Wen Hao's younger brother"
"In the future, if someone bullies Xiaobai, we will support him"
"In the future, I will still feel that An Ze looks like a stinky fart, and I will still dislike An Hao for being too stupid, but I will help them beat up the people who bully them, and protect An An" Xiao Bai blushed, and hurriedly expressed his heart to several adults. After finishing speaking, he felt embarrassed, so he had to turn his head awkwardly and look away.
Looking at Wen Anze with a faint expression, Wen Anhao with an excited face, and Xiaobai, whose face was flushed, the three adults didn't know what to say for a while.
"Coo-goo" didn't know whose stomach it was, and sang inappropriately in this silent atmosphere. Hearing the sound of my stomach screaming that I don't know whose it was, everyone realized that it was time to go home and eat.
Shi hugged Wen An'an from Wen Qing'an's hand and beckoned, "Okay, okay, don't stand here, go home and eat." Master Qiao's class will come along, too" This pulled everyone back from the somewhat awkward atmosphere.
After some persuasion, the most dear Hou Qiao also followed Wen Qing'an and them home.
Since it was the New Year, the family made a lot of dishes, even if the cooking time was late, it would not be shabby to the guests.
After eating, since it was not yet time, everyone sat around the stove to warm up and chat.
Master Qiao looked at Xiaobai, who was laughing with the Wen brothers and sisters on the side, was stunned for a while, and then said to Wen Qingan: "Master Wen, tomorrow our drama troupe will leave"
In a word, the noisy room suddenly fell silent.
Xiaobai raised his head, looked at Master Qiao solemnly and asked, "Uncle Qiao, are we really going to leave tomorrow?" ”
Master Qiao Ban knew that this was Xiaobai begging him in disguise, hoping to stay for a few more days. If it was him, of course, I hope that Xiaobai can spend more time with the Wen family, after all, he hasn't seen such a happy Xiaobai for a long time. But he wasn't alone in the troupe, there were dozens of mouths waiting to eat.
Wen looked at the embarrassed Qiao class master, and the silent Xiao Bai, thought for a while, and then suggested, "Aren't your opera troupes going to tour in a few villages around here, why don't you let Xiao Bai live here for a few days first, and when the performance is over, you can come and pick up Xiao Bai."
When Wen Anze and Wen Anhao heard their mother's suggestion, they all felt good, and they persuaded Qiao Banzhu and Xiaobai to do this according to Wen's. But they couldn't get the two of them back for a long time, and Wen Anze and Wen Anhao were a little anxious.
Seeing that the brothers were a little impatient, Xiaobai had no choice but to explain in frustration: "This village is the last stop we have come to, next"
What to do next, even if Xiaobai didn't say it explicitly, everyone knew what the Tao was, and for a while, the atmosphere froze there.
After another half an hour, Wen Anhao walked over, patted Xiaobai's shoulder, and said heroically: "I don't care, you will write to us every place you go in the future, so that we can know where you are." When we're older, we'll go to you so we can meet. Oh, this is the voucher" said, and pulled his sleeves to show Xiaobai the red rope on his hand.
Xiaobai looked at Wen Anze, who nodded beside him, and then looked at Wen Anhao's expression of everything, turned his head, and didn't let Wen Anhao and them see his expression, and then mocked: "It's just that you, who have a bad brain, will use this red rope to recognize people, and I will definitely recognize your stupidity at a glance."
Xiaobai's few words provoked Wen Anhao to jump to his feet, and the two of them chased and fought in the house.
The atmosphere in the house has gradually improved because of the two children.
Master Qiao looked at the three children who were playing on the side, and said to Wen Qing'an and Wen with a smile: "Master Wen and Mrs. Wen, you are all good people, and your help is unforgettable. When Xiaobai and I stabilize in the future, we will definitely come to visit you again."
Although he heard Master Qiao say this, Wen An'an, who was in Wen's arms, was a little unimpressed. It was an ancient place, and not only did it not have the fast and convenient means of transportation of modern times, but it was also bound by secular etiquette. Even if they are relatives, if they go away, some of them will never see each other again for the rest of their lives, let alone friends who have a few faces, and their profession requires them to travel back and forth.
Thinking that maybe he might not be able to see this arrogant and venomous boy in his life, Wen Anan felt a little melancholy in his heart.
The rest of the conversation was of little substance, and when it was ugly, several people hurried back to the clearing.
When he came to the open space, the play had already started, and this time Wen did not hand over Wen Anan to his two sons, but only told his two sons and Xiaobai to play, and then sat in front of the stage with his daughter in his arms and listened to the play with everyone.
The scene Wen Anan is watching now seems to be about a scene where the Central Plains sent the minister to Kyoto to take the exam. Wen An'an estimated that it must be another student who became famous in one fell swoop, abandoning the chaff in his family and marrying someone else, such a bloody plot.
Listening to the euphemistic and melodious singing of the woman on the stage, Wen Anan felt that her two eyes were fighting. I wanted to hold on for some time, but slowly I felt that the person in front of me was getting more and more blurred, and the sound in my ears seemed to come from afar, and I fell asleep after a while.
When Wen Anan woke up again, he was already lying on the bed. Next to him slept Wen's, and then outwardly Wen's father. Usually, Father Wen and Wen Niang are afraid that someone will overwhelm them, so they put her on the small bed. Today, I guess it was because I went to bed early and was afraid that she would get up at night, so I deliberately carried her to the big bed.
The room was quiet, Wen An'an stared at the gauze tent on the bed with wide eyes, and the sound of Wen Dad Wen Niang's breathing was in his ears. After a day of running back and forth, I was extremely tired to think about my parents. I wanted to take advantage of the dead of night and when I woke up alone, to think about things, but my mind was messed up and I couldn't catch anything. I don't know how long it took to go to the road, but in the end, I still didn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep.
Because he slept for a long time yesterday, Wen An'an woke up at about midnight. Wen An'an moved, and the Wen family next to him also woke up.
When Wen saw his daughter open her eyes, she got up to urinate for her, and when she moved together, she couldn't sleep anymore. So he put Wen An in Xianggong's arms and went out of the house to make breakfast.
Unlike yesterday's breakfast, the atmosphere at the dinner table today was a little gloomy. Looking at Xiaobai, who was immersed in hardship, Wen Anan felt sad in his heart, he was really reluctant.
After breakfast, everyone didn't stop, so they accompanied Xiaobai to the open space.
Yesterday it was still sunny, but today the sky is gloomy and a little cold. It's really ironic, it actually matches their mood very well.
When we arrived at the open space, the stage had been dismantled, and the troupe's cars were almost packed. The clearing has been restored to its original state, as if everything yesterday was a dream.
When Master Qiao Ban saw the Wen family coming, he immediately greeted him, and then pulled Xiaobai to think about Wen Qing'an and Wen Shi bowed before saying: "Xie Lu Xie Wen's family has taken care of you in the past two days, and we should almost leave."
Several people said goodbye again, and Xiaobai, who had been standing on the side, didn't say a word. It wasn't until the troupe was about to leave that Xiaobai ran in front of Wen Anze and Wen Anhao, looking like he was about to cry, and said in a slightly choked voice: "If you dare to forget me, I will definitely make you look good in the future." ”
After speaking, he didn't wait for Wen Anze and Wen Anhao to reply, and hugged the two of them with a full embrace.
Then he walked in front of Wen's family, raised his hand and touched Wen An'an's face, and said: "Auntie will talk to An An more in the future, he still has a brother, I must tell her about it, so that we can meet each other in the future."
After Xiaobai finished speaking, he just wanted to turn around, but he felt that his hand was grabbed by a soft little hand, and the soft touch was exactly the same as that night.
Xiaobai raised his head and looked at Wen Anan suspiciously. I saw the little girl holding one of her fingers with one small hand, and handing him the sleeve in her arms with the other hand, and babbling at him something he didn't understand
This sleeve was originally Wen Anhao's, because he was too hot to let Wen help hold it, and then he went to Wen An'an's place, seeing that Xiaobai was leaving, the sky was a little cold, and Wen An'an didn't know what Lu Dao could do for him, so he had to borrow flowers to offer Buddha and give him the sleeve, saving him from cold hands when he was in a hurry.
Xiaobai took the sleeve handed over by Wen An'an, and the tears that were rolling in his eyes couldn't stand it anymore, and flowed out vigorously. It's just warm tears, but now it's hot, and my heart hurts.
Seeing Xiaobai like this, Qiao Ban couldn't bear to let him be sad here anymore, so he stepped forward to grab Xiaobai, hugged him into the car, and didn't leave with his head.
Wen An'an looked at the gradually blurred figure, thinking that when he left, Xiaobai, who had his back to the red rope that was stretched out to them, also felt that his eyes were sour. Although the chances of knowing the Tao are slim, at this moment she sincerely prays, hoping that they can meet one day.
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Tu Yu: Originally, two days ago, I was notified by the editor that I was going to be pushed down in the category of girls, and I was very happy. Today, I went online and searched for a long time on the webpage, and then found my own article on the "Ancient Romance Cover" recommendation, and I was in a row of big people, all of them were very beautiful covers, and then when I saw myself - there was no cover for the time being (because I was a newcomer, I applied for the cover late, and I was still applying), I was messy in the wind.
I don't know if the readers who say goodbye will feel that it is 'a light in the eye' after seeing it. Then I'll click in.,See which brain-dead author you dare to put a work without a cover.,It's actually very arrogant to put it on the cover.。
Even on the Internet, I think it's a shame, but it's also a fun experience. If I can't post the picture, I'd like to put the screenshot on it for everyone's entertainment. "Your pain is my happiness" So take my interesting pain as the end of the day, and be happy with you
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