Chapter 2: The Full Moon
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There is a family in the city doing a happy event, and another family is doing a funeral.
The family who did the happy event was the Liu family. Their son was a year old, and he was to cast lots. The Liu family is a big family, and the slaves they buy are the gods of wealth in various shops. The promise of selling the brush gave the little master a champion, looking at the future of Chang'an flowers, the tip of the pen was dipped in water, and a large drop fell on the rice paper, flashing with the scorching light of the sun. The purchaser then turned his head to see the wood-carved horse on the other side with a distinct mane. When this trip is over, after the faces of all the people who procured are illuminated red, there is already a pile of golden light, and the incomparably glorious future is placed on the red cloth, waiting for the little young master to catch it.
The family who did the funeral was the Chen family, and this funeral has been going on for a year.
The white cloth was tied to the beams, and the white flowers were adorned on the hair of each maid. There were no guests to pay their respects, and there were no tablets to worship. The hall was empty, and there was nothing.
The flowers in summer are so heavy that they hang low. Behind the branches, a young man sat on a stone bench. He hugged a rabbit and touched it twice from time to time.
No one knows where he came from. When he came to the city, he quietly bought a house and hired a steward and a maid. The housekeeper Zhou Huan first met him in the autumn of the previous year, and he said that his name was Chen Lan and that he wanted to help a friend build a home here.
Zhou Huan saw that he was young and spoke in a flashy manner, thinking that he was just secretly raising a concubine outside. He quietly waited for the sedan chair to carry his aunt over, but after the autumn leaves fell clean and the eaves were covered with snow, not to mention his aunt, he hadn't even seen Chen Lan's face again.
When I said goodbye to Chen Lan, it was at the beginning of spring last year. He lived in the house for a while, and one day, he called Zhou Huan over, and after talking for a long time, he asked, "Can you find the nurse?" ”
Zhou Huan looked at the flashing look in his eyes, and thought to himself that he was really raising a concubine, and he even had a child. He thought about it for a while and said yes, there is one in the south of the city, when will I call you?
"No hurry, no hurry, the child will be born in the summer."
Summer has finally arrived. The child did not come.
Chen Lan herself is lazy, and after the summer, she is even more nested in the house and does not move. Zhou Huan was worried that the main room would come to make trouble, while Chen Lan was lying on the couch, chattering. In the middle of the night, everything was quiet, and his words could barely be heard:
"The monk is late."
The nurse in the south of the city is not idle, she feeds the little master of the Liu family, raises the little master for nothing, and raises herself for nothing. She did her best to please her wife, and took the knick-knacks to her children. She knew that her wife loved to listen to operas, so she waited for lunch to leave, and hugged the little young master to her wife:
"Madam, there's a new troupe in the city."
Just this sentence can arouse the lady's addiction to drama. Mrs. smiled and said that when the lot was drawn, there was a banquet anyway, and it was just right to call the troupe to sing and sing.
So the butler got the order and invited the troupe.
Three days later, the drawing of lots began. The Liu family set the time for drawing lots at night, because the troupe said that they only sang at night. The old man took the little young master from the nurse's arms, put him on his lap and teased him. The courtyard was full of more than a dozen tables, and there was a lot of people. The sky slowly turned dark blue and inky black, and the troupe appeared as scheduled.
The lantern swayed on the railing, and the light on the railing was like wine in a cup.
The sound of erhu is getting weaker, and the sound of guessing is getting higher. After singing a song, the troupe owner came out and asked the master for money.
The old man said: "Don't worry, wait for the young master to finish the lot." ”
As he spoke, the red cloth was brought up. The troupe owner smiled: "This is a coincidence, there is a child in our team who celebrates his birthday today, and he happens to be touched by the young master's luxury." ”
After saying that, he hurriedly slapped his mouth again: "Oh, how can you touch the young master's extravagance with a worthless life?" ”
The lord told him not to blame himself, and rewarded him with gold and silver, and said, "Take the child out and let me see." ”
The owner of the class asked the woman to bring out a three-year-old girl from the backstage. This kid is carved in pink and jade, and he is very cute. She called the head of the class her father, and the head of the class said: "I picked it up three years ago, at the entrance of Wuchang Village, when it rained in April." ”
The girl looked at the class master and then looked down, timidly. She eventually set her sights on the things that were used to draw lots. However, she could not get this, and Madame had her given a bowl of meat in it, which was a good reward. Before the child was pulled back, he turned his head and looked at the Liu family couple who were coaxing their son to play in the seat.
After an hour, the lot was over, and the moon was rounder. The head of the class said loudly: "Thank you for the reward, we should go back." ”
"Butler, send them back."
"Don't bother with it."
After that, a drum sounded, and the people on the stage disappeared. There is no drama, where are there any people who play and sing, those people seem to have never been here, and they disappeared in an instant.
Master Liu remembered one thing, remembering that three years ago, he killed his newborn eldest daughter.
He also remembered that last year, when he had just thrown the baby girl in the dragon and phoenix fetus into the well, a monk came to the door. The monk said that the child had nothing to do with him, and asked him to give the child to him.
"I only gave birth to a precious son, where did I get my daughter?" Master Liu replied.
So the monk closed his eyes deeply and turned away. He slowly turned the corner and said to the people there, "It's late." ”
The body of the man who heard this trembled greatly. The rabbit in his arms took the opportunity to break free, and jumped aimlessly in front of the road in a snow-white mass.
When Chen Lan was a snake, she had seen too many discarded baby girls.
Now, standing at the gate of Chen's mansion, he finally saw the soul of the ninefold.
The black shadow stood not far away, unrecognizable. Chen Lan knew that she was looking at him.
Chen Lan moved her lips and said, "Jiuzhong, Jiuzhong, you come to me, I invite you to eat rabbits." ”
But the shadow took a few steps back, passed through the wall, and disappeared in an instant.
At this moment, a person walked out of the door behind him. The housekeeper Zhou Huan looked at Chen Lan who was standing there, and called out in astonishment: "Master." ”
The person who was called did not come back until a long time later.
There is a family in the city doing a happy event, and another family is doing a funeral.
The family of the happy event forgot to hold two funerals. The funeral family is waiting for an old man.