Chapter 55: The Break Between the Closest Friends
At this moment, Li Siyun looked at the girl's intimate eyes, and her heart was as if she had lost something important, and a deep sense of loss suddenly arose. All along, she didn't have feelings for Li Le, she just hoped that it could develop naturally, but she never thought that after a few days, there was already a pretty and smart girl like a fairy by his side.
didn't open her mouth to call him, Li Siyun even had a feeling of wanting to escape at this moment, she didn't know what kind of feelings to face Li Le again. The cheerful footsteps suddenly became heavy, the sunny weather seemed a little gloomy at the moment, and the hearty chatter and laughter in the ears became a little noisy.
With the mood of escaping, Li Siyun wanted to find a clean place quickly, but it was as difficult to move her legs as if they were filled with lead. The short distance seemed so long, and the direction of travel began to become a little blurred.
At this moment, her heart seemed to sink into darkness all of a sudden, and there was no light in all directions.
At this time, Li Le had already found a seat in the classroom, looked around, and didn't see Li Siyun's figure, so he calmed down and waited quietly.
Regarding Li Le's sudden arrival, Tony Leung, Yu Yi and others came over to say hello, and then asked him what happened when he left in a hurry that day. After hearing Li Le say that it had been dealt with and there was nothing serious, they returned to their seats separately.
When Ling Xiang was in class, Li Le saw Liu Yunyao slowly walking in from the outside, and his expression seemed to be very depressed. When he saw her gradually getting closer to him, Li Le was about to ask her what happened, but saw that Li Siyun did not sit next to him as he expected, but went straight to the seat in the back as if he didn't see him.
He just wanted to get up and follow, but saw that the teacher had already walked in at this moment, and it was difficult to move again, so he could only sit down patiently and calmly with questions in his heart.
For the whole class, Li Le was taking time to look at Li Siyun behind her, but she didn't seem to see herself, just there with her head down, and she couldn't see any expression clearly.
After the class bell rang, Li Siyun hurriedly wanted to go out directly, and Li Le chased him out when he saw this. Then he stopped her in an uninhabited staircase.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you avoiding me. Li Le's heart was full of questions and puzzles at the moment, he didn't know why he hadn't seen him for a few days, Li Siyun would treat himself like this, as if facing a torrent of raptors.
Seeing that she still wanted to escape, Li Le grabbed her arm, then pulled her to face her, and asked a little hurriedly, "What's wrong with you?" Why are you avoiding me, you have to give me a reason, right? ”
"I beg you to let go, will you let me be alone?" Li Siyun's voice was begging, as if she wanted to cry.
Seeing her like this, Li Le's heart was even more anxious, "Did I do something wrong?" Or something sorry for you, you tell me. ”
"You don't have anything to be sorry for me, it's all my own feelings, I think too much, you let me go!" Li Siyun struggled as she spoke, her eyes became a little red, and tears kept rolling in her eyes, as if she was going to stay in the next moment.
Hearing her words, Li Le couldn't help but be confused, and couldn't help asking: "What do you mean by being amorous and thinking too much?"
Seeing that Li Le still refused to let go, Li Siyun also said with a crying voice: "I like you, I thought you liked me too, I saw the girl next to you at night, do you want me to be more clear?"
Li Le was stunned by such words at the time, and instantly understood the reason why she became like this. It turned out that she liked herself, and the scene of saying goodbye to Liu Yunyao at night was seen by her. Thinking about it, the hand that grabbed Li Siyun's arm suddenly loosened a little, and she was suddenly freed by a struggle, and then quickly fled with tears.
Li Le wanted to catch her again, but it was already a little late, watching her run with tears and pain. Suddenly, I felt a violent twitch in my heart, as if I had lost something at that moment, and I could never get it back.
Staying between the stairs and trails in a daze, Li Le also felt extremely irritable at the moment, so he couldn't help but light a cigarette and sit on the stairs and smoked.
He never thought of bringing so much harm to Li Siyun, and the two have always been like the closest friends. Although he also had an interest in Li Siyun, but after a few tactful temptations, he only regarded the other party as a good friend, and never thought that the other party would like him.
Seeing her heartbroken appearance today, Li Le only felt as if someone had raised a knife and dug hard in his chest.
He understands very well that Li Siyun's departure today will also mean that the relationship between the two is no longer as close as before. This crack may never be repaired.
He didn't chase Li Siyun because he didn't know what words to use to keep him. What can you say, that you like her too? In this world, no woman will easily share her other half with other women, not to mention that the two have never even met each other, and they don't even know each other's names.
After the class rang, Li Le did not enter the classroom again, and he couldn't stay in that place for a moment at the moment. Walking out of the door of the department, he randomly found a place to do it quietly, smoking one cigarette after another, he wanted to think quietly to see if there was any solution to the problem.
The thick melancholy floated quietly beside him like a puff of smoke, and it could not be dispersed. After smoking a pack of cigarettes, he continued to buy a pack of cigarettes and came back to smoke again. It wasn't until my throat was dry and I didn't stop accumulating cigarette butts all over the floor.
After thinking about it for so long, he still didn't have a clue, Li Le also felt a little upset and irritable, and the air in front of him also felt gray with a puff of dust, so annoying.
Looking at the time, it was almost 11 o'clock. Looking at the point, after staying for a while, Li Le also returned to the classroom, did not see Li Siyun's figure, and felt a little lost in his heart, and then found a position at the back, sat down quietly, and started to stay.
When it was time for school to get out of school at noon, thinking that she would have to wait for Liu Yunyao, Li Le also cheered up a little, and then called Liu Yunyao and made an appointment to wait for her at the school gate.
When she saw Li Le and came to him, Liu Yunyaoqiong's nose twitched lightly twice, and then she frowned slightly and said to him: "What's wrong with you, smoking such a cigarette, you look at the smell of smoke and choke a little."
"It's nothing, some annoying little things, don't think about it. Walk! Let's go home! Seeing Liu Yunyao's questioning expression, Li Le also instantly restrained his mind, and didn't dare to let Liu Yunyao look strange again. The loss of a Li Siyun is enough to upset him, if even this genuine girlfriend Liu Yunyao leaves him, Li Le really wants to cry too late.
During class in the afternoon, Li Le finally saw Li Siyun's figure, but he didn't seem to want to see him, and even the place where he sat was far away from him. As soon as the class ended, he quickly disappeared, so that Li Le wanted to take a chance to explain to her, but he couldn't find it.
Seeing her like this, Li Le was also quite helpless, so he had to go with her, maybe both of them needed time to think about it.
In the next few days, the two basically maintained this silent relationship with each other, and even their eyes rarely met each other. Even the classmates in this situation could see that something was wrong, but they didn't know why.
Because since being watched by many people that day, Li Le and Liu Yunyao will set the school gate as the place to meet each other. So not too many people know that Liu Yunyao is Li Le's girlfriend.
Tony Leung, Yu Yi and others couldn't help but ask what happened when they saw the two of them like this, but Li Le always shook his head and refused to say, and they didn't dare to ask any further.
In addition to the time for school, Li Le basically spends his free time on carving, sometimes he is alone, sometimes accompanied by Liu Yunyao.
For the conceptual patterns of the three gadgets of the bracelet, comb and hairpin, Liu Yunyao had already drawn it two days ago. Li Le originally made a tea table and still had a lot of leftovers, so it was more than enough to make these gadgets.
Regarding the conceptual patterns of these things, Li Le knew from the moment Liu Yunyao handed them over to him that she had put a lot of thought into them.
The Buddhist bead bracelet designed by Liu Yunyao was originally two strings, and her own was 6mm in size, with only 18 in total. No matter how much she had, she was too heavy to carry on her hand. Later, following Li Le's advice, the beads were reduced to 4mm, and the number of beads was increased to 27. And Li Le's own is also 6mm in size, with a total of 14 pieces.
Buddha beads are also called prayer beads, and a standard string of Buddha beads should be composed of mother beads, child beads, septal beads, disciple beads, Ji Ziliu and some ornaments.
Buddha beads are generally composed of 108 prayer beads, and the 7th, 21st, 54th, 87th, and 101st beads are separated by beads of other colors or sizes, which are called: dividing beads or counting beads. Generally speaking, the beads are slightly larger than the beads, and the number can vary from 1 to 3, and they are not counted within 108. For 54 beads, a bead should be added before the 27th, and for 27 and 18 beads, a bead should be added for every 9 beads.
Jiziliu refers to some beads or ornaments that are slightly larger than the disciples attached to the end of each string of disciple beads, which can also be replaced by vajra knots, in order to prevent the disciple beads from slipping.
At the beginning of the beads, the mother bead is attached to two thick belts, and on each belt there are ten small vajra rings or ten small beads, with ten as a string, like an abacus. The decimal position is used to represent the ten paramitas of Buddhism. Namely: giving, forbearance, diligence, meditation, prajna, convenience, willingness, strength, wisdom, and precepts.
A string of Buddha beads is composed of: 2 Buddhas, 4 Buddhas, 4 Nirvana, 8 Bodhisattvas, 6 Paramitas, 4 Heavenly Kings, 29 Heavens, 1 Four Heavenly Princes, 1 Hangzhu Disciple, 1 Earth God, 18 Hells, 1 Master, 1 Benefactor, and 28 Nakshatras, a total of 108 pieces.
The number in the photo represents the beads, and its meaning is: 1 is the good wealth boy, 2 is the love of the Ming King, 3 is the Fudo Ming King, 4 is the good secret boy, 5 is the Jizo Bodhisattva, 6 is Shakyamuni Buddha.
Hanging beads usually refer to more than one hundred and eight rosaries that can be hung around the neck. The use of beads is very particular, and usually among monks, only abbots, elders, puja officiators and master teachers are allowed to hang beads. Or a master who has been ordained for more than 10 years can hang beads. The whiskers of the rosary, if you are in charge, hang on the right side; Zhike's whiskers hang on the left; The presiding monk must be hung on the back, called a bead. It is absolutely forbidden to hang rosaries in the household. Rosary beads are hung around the neck in a circle; If you hold it in your hand, it must be two circles; If it is placed on the table, it must be placed three times to comply with the rules.
The rosary is a tool for spiritual practice, and reciting the Buddha and holding mantras are kept in one mind. "Quiet and free from delusions, and beware of holding beads." The quantity, structure and material of the Buddha beads are only the help of the Tao, and should not be too focused on the appearance and attachment: "The phase is born from the heart, the environment is changed from the heart, the heart is connected to the Buddhas, and the beads can help the Tao." "Buddha beads, also called prayer beads, are a tool used by Buddhists to remember and bind their hearts when reciting Buddha; At the same time, it is also a necessary token for Buddhist disciples to practice. Today, many people who like fashion or show their personality also wear a string of Buddhist beads, but they may not know the meaning of different length of Buddhist beads: according to the records of the Tibetan scriptures, the highest grade of Buddhist beads is 1080 grains, this kind of Buddhist beads because it is too long, only for a very small number of great monks and hidden cultivators to use, or for famous monks in the ** meeting as decoration, in addition to very few people use.
The number of Buddha beads has its own meaning: 1080 grains are 108 numbers of each of the ten Dharma realms; The 108 grains represent the simple 108 kinds of afflictions, or the merits of the 108 Buddhas, or the 108 kinds of immeasurable samadhi, and so on. 54 grains represent the realm of self-cultivation; The 42 grains indicate the bodhisattva stages such as dwelling, walking, direction, and earth; 27 grains, indicating the 27 sages of the sound; The 21 grains are the ten places that represent the original existence and the ten places of self-cultivation and the Buddha fruit in Buddhism; The 14 grains represent the 14 forbearances (the Three Sages, the Ten Sages, and the Enlightenment) mentioned in the Nioh Sutra. The rest of the 36, 18 and other Buddha beads, some are for the convenience of carrying, divided into one-third or one-sixth of the 108 numbers, and some are the 36 Tiangang or 18 kinds of supernatural power changes expressed by the outer Tao, and there is no other meaning.
It is said that there are many troubles in the world, and reciting the phrase "Nam no Amitabha" and plucking a bead can relieve the troubles. Because when reciting the Buddha, it is necessary to eliminate all distracting thoughts and evil thoughts, so that the heart is pure, so the rosary is also called "pure heart beads". Buddhism says, "A sincere recitation of 'Amitabha Buddha' can destroy eight billion eons of life and death." ”
However, most modern people just wear it as a plaything, and do not emphasize the point of belief too much.
The 108 and 54 beads are generally worn as ornaments, while the more than 20 beads and more than 10 beads are worn on the hand.
Liu Yunyao also chose 12 because she was too disgusted. After Li Le reduced the size of each bead, the bead chain composed of 27 beads became slightly longer, but it was more delicate and beautiful when wrapped around her hand.
The 27 Buddha beads are ready to be separated every 9 pieces, and the memory is to keep him to make some good jade leftovers into small peace buckles for its use. As for the 14 ones, he didn't make the beads and keep the notes.
These leftovers were made by Zhen Yan's shop, and for the sake of money, the two did not fight less. Later, Li Le said that if he didn't give money, he wouldn't want it, so Zhen Yan had no choice, so he just asked Li Le to have a meal in another way.
Li Le didn't refuse anymore when he saw her say this, and called Yao Hong by the way, picked a good place, and invited the two of them to have a Western meal.
The final ornament was designed by Liu Yunyao herself, two leaves that could be put together into a heart shape, one leaf was plump and fat, hanging on Li Le's string. The other leaf is slender and delicate, which is her own.
As for the hairpin, it was originally made into a hairpin according to Li Le's idea, but modern women rarely have their hair coiled, and it is not suitable to wear a hairpin, so it was changed to a hairpin. The pattern on the front of the hairpin is three clusters of peonies, one is budding, one is delicate and blooming, and the other is also half-open and half-closed, shy and blooming, as if refusing to welcome.
The three flowers have different postures, each with its own merits, the rhizome of the bud valley flower is longer, extending to the tail, and the blooming one is the head, and the half-open flower is the middle, and the combination of the three flowers also forms the whole and front of the hairpin. With the embellishment of green leaves, it looks delicate and euphemistic, but it is very in line with Liu Yunyao's temperament.
The last comb was not too complicated, it was just a simple depiction of some patterns, and then engraved with the words "forever in the heart".
It didn't take long to make these things, just three or four days, and Li Le was able to get them done. Then he made another set and carefully hid it in his room. The bracelet has not changed much, and the hairpin is in the shape of a phoenix, with slender and elegant tail feathers winding open, which looks full of aura. The pattern of the comb has also changed slightly, and the four words have become a pattern, which is still the big-eyed girl and the little fat man on the note.
However, the above pattern is the little girl leaving, and the little fat man is heartbroken.
These three things took Li Le nearly a week, because he was afraid that Liu Yunyao would misunderstand, so he basically took advantage of the time when he was out of class, and Liu Yunyao was taking time out at school.
He wanted to find a time to give it to Li Siyun, although he didn't know if the other party would forgive him, but it was good to express his apologies a little. For that big-eyed, somewhat nagging and somewhat cute girl, Li Le never thought of breaking her heart, and it was not what he wanted to achieve such a result.
Although the chance of redemption is slim, Li Le also wants to give it a try, and he does not want this rift to become a regret and lack in his heart in the future.
For more than a week and nights, Li Le basically carved the tea table with Liu Yunyao, and as time went by, the tea table gradually took shape, and only the steps of polishing and lacquering were left to complete.