Since returning home, my mother has rarely spoken or gone out of the yard.

Every time Mingxi went to see her, she was always wearing a white nightgown, her hair was scattered, barefoot, leaning on the black lacquer butterfly pattern coffee table, staring blankly at the sky. Sometimes the sun slanted, and the golden sunlight fell on her through the carved fence, dyeing her more beautiful than the lilies on the mountain.

Mingxi tried to amuse her and try to say good things to her father, but she usually just glanced at Mingxi lightly and twisted her head back.

Mingxi knew that she must be very angry with her father, and she wanted them to reconcile.

Mingxi knew that her mother liked flowers, so she asked her father to plant the entire yard where her mother lived with flowers, and decorate the whole yard with dazzling colors. But the mother still didn't speak, and her face became more and more pale.

Until that day, Dad was teaching Mingxi to write, and he was teaching him to suddenly stare at Mingxi in a daze.

Mingxi wondered, could it be that there was something on her face? Before Mingxi could ask him, he suddenly picked up Mingxi and walked towards his mother's yard.

The mother was still leaning on the coffee table in a daze, and the father walked over with Mingxi in his arms, put her beside the mother, and pleaded in a deep voice: "Ah Yue, I know you hate me, but I beg you, think about Xi'er." You take care of your body, give birth to a younger brother to Xi'er, and our family will live a good life, huh? ”

Dad's words are so complicated, Mingxi can't understand them, but she knows to help her father. So she mustered up the courage to grab her mother's hand and shook it gently: "Mother, mother, don't quarrel with Daddy, he is on the same side as us." ”

My mother's hands are full of bones, and it is very uncomfortable to touch.

Half a day later, the mother pulled out her hand and touched Mingxi's head, but her eyes were still looking at the sky: "Demon corpses make monsters, indiscriminately kill innocents, there is always retribution in the world!" The mother gently raised the corners of her mouth and showed a desolate smile, "This child is pitiful, and he has become your daughter." I am her mother, I will take care of her when I live, I will take her away when I die, and I will never leave her in this world to be implicated by you. ”

Dad suddenly lost his temper, and he roared uncontrollably: "Retribution, what retribution, you are my retribution!" ”

Mingxi had never seen her father angry, and when she saw him like this, her heart trembled.

After the father finished yelling, he suddenly stood up and walked towards the door.

Seeing her father disappear at the door, Mingxi wanted to cry, but she didn't dare to cry in front of her mother.

Suddenly, the mother lowered her head, reached out and stroked Mingxi's face, and two lines of crystalline tears slowly slipped down: "Child, my mother is sorry for you, it was my mother who hurt you selfishly." But don't be afraid, your mother won't let you be wronged, your mother won't be sorry for you anymore, in the future, you will follow your mother, and you will follow your mother wherever you go. ”

An ice-like coolness flowed down her mother's fingertips onto Mingxi's skin, giving her goosebumps all over her body. Somehow, she suddenly remembered that dark night, and her mother almost strangled her to death.

"Mother," Mingxi's body trembled involuntarily, "I'll go find Daddy." ”

The mother didn't speak, just touched her face, and tears fell down like beads of broken thread.

"You should have done it sooner, but unfortunately, now that you are back with me, how can I allow you to hurt my daughter again?"

Mingxi turned his head to look, and his father was standing at the door, smiling softly, the anger on his face had disappeared without a trace, as if nothing had happened.

"Lady, a hundred years are good and a hundred years are good, and only when you are together can you be good." Dad spread out his right hand, and inside was a black box, "This is the new rose paste." Xi'er, get out. ”

"Oh." Mingxi answered and was about to go out, but she didn't expect her mother to hug her quickly and say to her father in a trembling voice: "Mingyue, you said that you wouldn't do that to me again." ”

Dad slowly walked to the bedside, his eyes seemed to be brighter and more dazzling than before: "But I want a son, since you refuse to give birth to me, I have to give birth to you." As he spoke, he glanced at Mingxi, "Xi'er, get out quickly." ”

Before she could answer, her mother interjected loudly: "Xi'er, don't go." ”

Dad raised his hand and unfolded the quilt, and the smile in his words was even stronger: "Ah Yue, let Xi'er go, you know, it's useless." ”

The mother was silent, and suddenly, she sobbed and slowly let go of her arms. Dad gave Mingxi a look, she nodded sensibly and walked towards the door.

Dad said softly to his mother behind him. "Ah Yue, one son is not enough, at least three is good?"

The mother didn't answer.

Dad didn't come to dinner with Mingxi that night, and only came to apologize to her the next day, saying that he shouldn't be angry in front of her.

also told her that her mother had promised to give her a little brother, and she would be able to be her sister next year.

Mingxi wanted to know how the little brother was born, but it was very hard to give birth to the little brother. Dad was afraid of disturbing his mother, so he didn't let Mingxi go to see her. For a whole year, she only saw her mother once.

It was autumn at that time, and my father suddenly took Mingxi to my mother's yard.

The yard was full of golden chrysanthemums, and the mother was lying quietly on the chaise longue in the yard, and the snow-white gauze was as beautiful as a pure cloud in the sky. Her belly was slightly bulging, like a ball.

Mingxi didn't dare to call her, only dared to look at her. But a gust of wind blew through, raising golden petals in the sky.

The mother turned her head to avoid it, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of Mingxi standing on the porch.

She was about to walk over, but her mother ran towards her quickly, holding her tightly in her arms.

Mingxi's chest swelled with something warm, and her mother had never hugged her like this before.

"Xi'er, are you hungry? Are you wearing enough clothes? ”

Niang's voice is as ethereal as a cloud, as ethereal as a bird in the deep mountains. Mingxi was ecstatic and wondered, was it because she hadn't heard her mother say something about concern for a long time, so she liked it very much?

"Daddy cooks me a lot of delicious food every day, and I'm not hungry. Daddy bought me a lot of clothes, and it wasn't cold. Mingxi touched her stomach curiously, "Mother, Daddy said that if you have a little brother, you will reconcile with him." Mother, you are reconciled with your father. ”

At this time, my father came over and whispered softly in my mother's ear: "Ah Yue, you see how sensible the child is." As long as you are obedient, I can let Xi'er come to see you every day. After the birth of our son, our family of four will have a good life. ”

For a moment, the entire courtyard was filled with Daddy's magnetic and threatening voice.

But Niang's expression didn't change, just stroked Mingxi's back again and again.

Suddenly, the mother took off her coat and draped it on Mingxi, and then hugged her tighter, as if she wanted to insert Mingxi into her body.

"Mother." Mingxi was strangled by her very uncomfortable, and couldn't help shouting softly.

Suddenly, she let go of Mingxi and turned around and walked towards the house.

"Mother, you forgot your clothes." She hurriedly shouted.

The mother turned her head and smiled, smiling brighter than the sun in the sky. For the first time, Mingxi saw her mother smiling so happily and so relaxed.

Mingxi was very happy, she guessed that her mother and father must have reconciled, and in the future, just like her father said, her younger brother was born, and their family lived in harmony.

After that time, Mingxi hadn't seen her mother for a long time, but she dreamed of her brother's birth. Because of that, their family of four will be able to live a good life.

One day at the beginning of spring, my father sent someone to tell Mingxi that his mother was about to give birth to a little brother, so he didn't come to eat with her today. Mingxi was very excited, and hurriedly turned out the cradle quilt that had been prepared.

However, until the bloody sunset stained the sky red, my father, mother, and little brother did not show up.

Mingxi couldn't wait, and after dinner, he ran towards his father's yard. The bearded uncle was guarding the gate of the courtyard, and he told me that my father told her to wait at the gate and not let her in.

The entrance of the courtyard was very lively, and many people were nervously entering and leaving.

The sky gradually darkened, the courtyard of my father and mother was brightly lit, and the number of people entering and leaving did not decrease at all. There was a sharp smell in the air, and it made people's throats ache.

This was the case for the next few days, and on the fourth day, it suddenly rained heavily with spring thunder.

As soon as the rain stopped, Uncle Bearded suddenly asked Mingxi to see his little brother, and asked her to call her father and younger brother out for dinner.

After Mingxi entered the courtyard gate, the bearded uncle gently closed the door behind him.

She had a faint delusion that they were afraid to go into this courtyard, or that they were afraid to go in to see their father.

The other day, the lively yard was quiet, and some banana leaves that had been knocked down by the spring rain were lying in the puddle aggrievedly, and no one cleaned them up. There was a thin layer of fog in the corridor, and the fog carried a strong smell of rain.

Mingxi wrapped her shawl tightly in fear and walked towards her father's main house.

The door of the main house was wide open, and the pink veils in the room slapped lonely, against the walls and pillars, like butterflies tied in place.

Turning the crescent moon door, Mingxi breathed a sigh of relief.

In the milky white gauze tent flying like flowing clouds, the mother was dressed in a gorgeous pure white wide-sleeved flowing cloud skirt and lay quietly on the bed. Her eyes closed gracefully like buds, and her face was as white as snow on the petals of a plum blossom.

For some reason, Mingxi felt that her mother was a little different from usual, which made her inexplicably scared, and she didn't even dare to take a second look.

Dad sat on the edge of the bed, holding a jade rouge cup in one hand and a delicate lip brush in the other, brushing his mother's lip red. His eyes were so focused on his mother, as if he had accumulated all the tenderness in the world.

Mingxi tilted his head, trying to avoid his mother as much as possible, and shouted, "Daddy." ”

"Be quiet, your mother is sleeping." Daddy whispered as he dipped a little rose-colored translucent lip blush from the turquoise rouge. A hint of sweet fragrance was stirred up by the lip brush, and slowly dissipated in the spring breeze.

Mingxi watched all this blankly, and felt an inexplicable chill rise all around, rushing from her feet to her back, freezing her whole body and even her bone marrow into ice.

After half a day, her body finally regained some feelings: "Daddy, it's time to eat." "She didn't know what else she could say besides that.

Dad didn't answer, just gently helped his mother tidy up her clothes.

Mingxi held back the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes, and continued: "Daddy, my mother said that people have to eat well when they are hungry, and they won't grow taller after eating other things. ”

"yes, it's time to eat." Dad looked up at Mingxi, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more full, "But don't worry, be good, come and touch your mother, take a good look at your mother, and keep your mother's appearance in mind." ”

Mingxi stood over obediently and stretched out her hand tremblingly, but halfway through, she quickly retracted her hand again. Mother's body is very cold, that weird coolness affects the air around her, and she is already shivering from the cold before she touches her mother.

"Child, touch it, your mother actually loves you very much." Daddy's smile was brighter than the snowy pear blossoms outside the window.

She shook her head hesitantly, she, didn't dare.

Seeing her movements, Dad turned his head to look at his mother, and said with a smile: "Your mother is too fierce, not only for me, but also for Xi'er." Therefore, Xi'er is afraid of her. As she spoke, a tear rolled out of her father's eyes, sliding down like a meteor, hitting Mingxi's heart, knocking her heart so painfully that she couldn't control the sourness in her nose.

After thinking about it, she mustered up the courage to look at her mother's face again. In fact, if you look at it twice, you will find that although her face is not very good, her expression is very serene, and the corners of her eyes are still shining.

"Dad, is my mother crying?"

Unexpectedly, my father took a step forward and looked nervously at the tears in the corners of my mother's eyes.

"Daddy?" She asked, puzzled.

"Hahahaha, Ah Yue, Ah Yue," Dad suddenly reached out to hold his mother's face and laughed, but his tears fell down like beads of broken thread, "My Ah Yue, you have mine in your heart, you have mine." You wait, wait for me to raise the child, wait for me, you must wait for me to ......" Crystal clear tears kept falling on the mother's face, like crystals that will never fade.

She wanted to ask her father if he was crying or laughing, but at that moment, the bearded uncle who had sneaked in suddenly took me out with one hand.

Before leaving the door, Mingxi looked back at them again. In the demonic flying light veil, the father hugged his mother's body and howled sadly like a wolf.

She finally understood that her father was crying because of her mother.

So, Mingxi couldn't suppress the fear and sadness that had accumulated in his heart for a long time, and cried loudly, and his feet stopped involuntarily.

Now, the yard was crowded with my father, and Mingxi's crying. I could hear the banana leaves in the courtyard sigh again and again in the breeze, scattering tears all over the ground.

The bearded uncle looked down at Ming Xi and sighed: "Young master, why don't you go in and see Madame again." ”

There was a voice in Mingxi's head telling her that she should go to see her mother again.

But she was afraid, afraid of her mother's current appearance, afraid of her crazy father. In the conflict, the more she cried, the more sad she became, and the more she cried, the more helpless she became.

The bearded uncle sighed again, reached out and picked her up and walked out of the courtyard. (To be continued.) )