Mei Ruolan spoke slowly and at length, as if she were telling an endless story. Wan Chun sat on the edge of the bed, listening, and brought herself into the story. The house in the story is also such a shikumen building, but it is much more dilapidated and old than here, and the iron gate at the entrance of the alley is creaking every night, thinking that it may be that the night shift people are back, or it may be the sound of the wind, and every time the people who watch the alley will always shout and curse a few times in a loud voice, as if to intimidate people with bad intentions.

My mother sat in the hallway with a briquette stove, and on the way there was a small bowl with water chestnuts boiling in it - and occasionally, white taro porridge. He sat on the steps leading to the staircase, sitting with his cheeks crossed, listening to his mother fanning the flames and chattering with the mothers who rented the house together. They always asked her where the man had gone, and when her mother said that the man had died early, they sighed and sympathized, and then persuaded her to find another home while she was still young. At this time, Mom would take the fan and point it in her direction, and said with a smile: "No, I still have a small oil bottle." ”

The mothers laughed, harsh but happy. She also sat on the steps and laughed, and the boy that her mother brought back from outside would run down the stairs on her feet, grab her braids, shake it lightly, and say, "Sister, go, I made you a little windmill, do you like it?" ”

She didn't know what a windmill was, and in the days she lived with her mother, she only remembered sugar gourds and sugar cakes, and the first time she heard the little windmill, she thought it was also a delicious thing, so she climbed upstairs after his buttocks. Sometimes he thinks she's climbing too slowly, so he picks her up. Carry her upstairs to their room, and then sit at the table. I went to hold the small windmill, puffed out my mouth and purred like a bellows to blow the wind towards the windmill. The windmill whirled and turned.

I don't know what the windmill is made of, the fan leaves are covered with colorful things, much more beautiful than sugar gourd sugar cakes, she took it in her hand and looked at it, and then she bit down, and the bite was full of astringent taste. The boy stood beside him, amused and helpless, so he snatched the windmill from her hand and told her that he would make her a more beautiful one tomorrow.

She doesn't know if she understands or not, but because she hasn't been so close to anyone other than her mother since she was a child. She has always liked that boy, no matter what he says, it is a very interesting thing for her, and it is no wonder that her mother always teases her, and if she is greedy again, she will promise her to Xiaoguang's brother to be her daughter-in-law.

Brother Xiaoguang said Brother Xiaoguang?

"Brother Xiaoguang!"

Wan Chun suddenly called out the name in a daze, which frightened Mei Ruolan, who was telling about the past, and was stunned for a moment before smiling slightly: "Fourth Miss, what did you just say?" ”

Wan Chun shook his head in a daze. Sitting on the edge of the bed and looking at everything in front of you in a daze, it's familiar, isn't it? This arrangement, except for the furniture, is really similar to the layout of their old home. She was really young. It was so small that if it wasn't mentioned by Mei Ruolan, she couldn't remember that she had a partner who was much older than herself in her childhood.

It turns out that Du Jiu is Du Chongguang, and Du Chongguang is Du Jiu - is there anything more bizarre than fate? They are indeed old people. When her mother led Du Chongguang back, she was still sitting at home peeling water chestnuts. The black skin of the water chestnut was hard to peel off, so she had to bite it with her teeth. After biting, spit out the skin. Her mother smiled and asked her to hand the water chestnuts in her hand to Brother Xiaoguang, telling her that Brother Xiaoguang would live at home from now on, and she would leave a copy for Brother Xiaoguang if there was anything delicious.

She naturally listened to her mother's words, handed the water chestnut to him, he took it in his hand and sat down next to her, hung his head and peeled the skin little by little, and after peeling it, he didn't eat it, but stuffed it into her hand. At that time, he was probably because he suddenly had a place in despair, so he was grateful for everything, and he couldn't be better for her, not at all like today. - How did he become like this today?

Wanchun was in a daze, if Du Chongguang hadn't joined the underworld/society at the beginning, if his mother was willing to continue to take him in, would they really be able to be together when they grow up? And she won't meet Lu Jianhao, who has a human-faced beast heart, won't give birth to a baby, and won't drown innocently?

However, all this cannot be solved with ifs, the world is a foregone conclusion, and she and him are still strangers after all.

There was a sour pain in the end of her nose, and Wan Chun didn't know whether she was happy or unhappy when she recalled the past at this moment. I couldn't imagine that my mother's original act of containment was a life-saving grace in Du Jiu's eyes, and she also recorded this kindness on her head, so that she really didn't know what to do. At this moment, she is no longer Xie Yaxian, let alone the sister in his impression, it is impossible for him to tell him that Li Wanchun is Xie Yaxian, and Xie Yaxian is Li Wanchun. As the fourth lady of the Li family in Beiling, it can really be said that she and today's Du Jiuye have met strangely.

What kind of friendship can there be between such two people, it is for Xie Yaxian's sake, and today's Du Chongguang is not the Du Chongguang of the past, he naturally has his measurements, and he will not treat her and Xie Yaxian equally.

After calming down for a while, Wan Chun tried to put on a listening face, and reacted to Mei Ruolan's words as she should: "I didn't expect Boss Mei to know Du Jiuye in such detail, and I didn't expect Du Jiuye to have this past. It's just that I just look alike, after all, I'm not the old man of the Ninth Master, how do I know that he will be kind to me? ”

Mei Ruolan smiled faintly, and her slender jade fingers slowly crossed her sideburns, combing her eyebrows. She muttered to herself, being able to know Du Jiu's past was also because of that old man. I didn't tell Wan Chun that she was similar to the old man, not in her appearance, but on the tips of her eyebrows - both of them had a pair of beautiful willow eyebrows.

It was because of these eyebrows that Du Jiu felt pity for her and told her about his past. If Wanchun didn't come, she thought that in this life, she was afraid that no one would be more favored by Du Jiu than her. But now, Wanchun is here, and she can naturally see the gap between herself and her.

She has an almost identical face. And she's nothing more than eyebrows.

With a self-deprecating smile, Mei Ruolan felt that she was not such a forward-looking person in the past. Maybe it's because I've been blessed a lot in the past two years, so I'm greedy. Want to get more. Knowing that it is impossible for that person to allow himself to trespass, he still expects that he will be a different one in his eyes. Now that Wanchun asked such a sentence, Mei Ruolan seemed to comfort herself and seemed to comfort her: "If the fourth lady doesn't look like that old man, I don't think the ninth master will treat you like this." I haven't seen much about kidnapping, but I've heard of the inhuman suffering of the kidnapped hostages, only Miss Fourth is unharmed, this is the difference he treats you. ”

The difference? Wanchun was gloomy for no reason, it really seemed like a farce to say it, she was kidnapped. The result is still on her own face, so she can survive so far.

The two of them talked so much, but they didn't sing a single drama.

Ah Wolf stood at the door, listened carefully for a long time and didn't hear any movement, just didn't know what the hell the first two people were doing in the house, it happened that when they went upstairs, they told their mother to bring the food. At this time, my mother took the lunch box and walked upstairs, and when she saw him, she said, "Is the ninth master out?" Do you still want to eat this food? ”

The wolf said, "Eat, eat, there is a distinguished guest inside." Although the ninth master went out, this meal was prepared for her, so you can bring it in. ”

Mom agreed, and she was going to push the door. As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw a big lock firmly wrapped around the door, and said with a sigh: "How did you lock the house, isn't that young lady still inside?" ”

Wolf smiled. Without much explanation, he took out the key from his body and opened the big lock that was wrapped around his head. Let Mommy in. From the crack in the door that flashed open, you can see Wanchun and Mei Ruolan sitting side by side at the head of the bed. It's not like singing, but it's like whispering about her daughter's house.

Ah Wolf remembered Du Jiu's words before leaving, and couldn't help but have a few more eyes, beckoned and said to his mother: "You send the food to see what Miss Mei is doing, if it's okay, please tell her that someone is coming from the big paradise, and ask her to come out to greet the mourning guests." ”

Mom and Mei Ruolan often meet, although they don't like her profession very much, but they still recognize her as a person. I think it's not easy for a girl to be clean and self-conscious in such a flowery place, so every time Mei Ruolan comes, she will ask her if she has eaten.

Seeing that she and Wanchun were both sitting in the house, Mother Mu walked in with a lunch box and said with a smile: "Two young ladies, let's talk about what you have to say, the meals here are all freshly made, and they are very hot, let's have some food." ”

When Wanchun and Mei Ruolan heard the sound of the door opening, they thought it was Du Jiu and they came back, and turned their heads to see that it was an old mother who delivered food, Wanchun was still sitting on the edge of the bed, only Mei Ruolan stood up and said to the old mother: "Mother Song, I'm not hungry now, so I won't eat, let's let Miss Fourth eat something." When he said that, he smiled at Wan Chun, "Have you eaten today, are you hungry?" No matter what, people always have to eat, and everything is left to wait until they are full. ”

Wan Chun snorted in his throat and eyes, and said softly: "Put it there, I will naturally eat it if you want to." ”

Mother Song Mu listened to her tone and was not very kind, and said a few words in her mouth, so she smiled and put the lunch box on the glass round table.

Because she hadn't seen Wanchun before, she thought that she was the same as Mei Ruolan, working in the Great Paradise, so she nodded at her slightly, but just said to Mei Ruolan, "Miss Mei, why don't you sit down and eat some, I heard Ah Wolf say that you still have to go back to the Great Paradise, how can you do it without eating?" ”

Mei Ruolan was stunned for a moment, and said, "Mom, who told you this?" Didn't you say that I was asked to sing for Miss Fourth here, why did you ask me to go back to the Great Paradise? ”

Mom smiled: "It was Ah Wolf who asked me to deliver a message to you, saying that someone from the big paradise is looking for you to go to the party to entertain guests." She didn't recognize Li Yujun, Ah Wolf and Du Jiu had a strict mouth, so she didn't know that Li Yujun was dead, and her ears were always not very bright, and she often misheard and missed words, and the meaning conveyed had to be a ninety percent true even if it was good.

Mei Ruolan listened and guessed, but she also understood that it was Li Yujun's mourning day, today is the first night, it is okay for others not to go, it would be rude for her not to go. So he stood up and said apologetically to Wanchun: "Then I'm going to be sorry for Miss Four, I still haven't been able to sing a play for you this time." Things are a bit cumbersome over there in the Great Paradise, and it will probably be busy for a few days, how many days will you stay here? If I had time, I could go to the house and sing out of the church. "I forgot for a moment that Wanchun was the identity of the ticket kidnapper.

Wanchun herself couldn't cry or laugh, just thinking that maybe she was really treated preferentially, otherwise how could Mei Ruolan misunderstand this? immediately said: "My time is not up to me, I have to ask you Du Jiuye, when can you send me home?" (To be continued.) )