Chapter 14 The Passage of Time
Wait for Frost Muzi to return to the room; I saw that Du's mother was sitting at the table, sipping tea from time to time.
"Mother Du hasn't slept yet;" Shuangmuzi was very curious, Mother Du must have something to do so late.
"What about your mother and me, what you say, tomorrow, Cui'er will go out with you to play, but," Du's mother paused and said, "You have to come back before the opening, and don't rub such a heavy fat powder again, otherwise, don't blame my mother for turning my face." Mother Du glanced at Shuang Muzi and said without a good voice.
"Muzi thanks to Du's mother, it's just that the appearance problem will not affect Muzi's performance." Shuangmuzi said with his head bowed, and in this case, how could he prevaricate Mother Du.
"It won't affect your performance, but it will affect my business; Look at what such a beautiful face is painted by you; Miss Xia was launched at the same time as you, and everyone is now the first young man in 'Liangcheng', the baby of Song Gongzi, but what about you, it's scary to be with heavy fat powder all day long, and you still don't let me live. Mother Du pulled Shuangmuzi to the bronze mirror and counted it down.
"Mother Du's lesson is that Muzi is incompetent and has embarrassed Mother Du." Shuang Muzi looked at himself in the bronze mirror, and heard about Song Jingran and Yu Zixia, and felt depressed.
"Mom is not teaching you, Mom just wants you to know the Tao, now in this world, if you have the ability to fight, you must make good use of it, if you can't be a master, then you have to be stepped on for the rest of your life, do you understand?" Mother Du saw that Shuang Muzi was unhappy, and comforted again.
After going through the vicissitudes of life, she knows well the helplessness and rustiness of a girl who first enters the fireworks place, fate does not allow her to choose, but everyone has the right to change or choose the way of life, she just hopes that Shuangmuzi will enter the state as soon as possible, after all, her fate belongs here a few years ago.
"Muzi understands, please give Muzi some time, Muzi will not let Du's mother down." Shuangmuzi admitted that Du's mother was right, if she didn't fight for it, she might miss it for a lifetime, but she still needed time to prepare.
"Okay, think about it yourself, rest early!" Mother Du shook her head helplessly, and left, maybe what she wanted was time, I hope she won't have to wait too long.
"Mother Du is easy to go." Shuang Muzi looked at Du's mother's fat figure and said thoughtfully.
Waiting for Du's mother to leave, Cui'er waited for Shuangmuzi to freshen up.
"Cui'er, are you familiar with 'Liangcheng'?" Frost Muzi sat down in front of the bronze mirror.
Cui'er untied her hair for Shuangmuzi and said; "Although the slave maid is from 'Liangcheng', she has been sold into the Yanyu Building since she was a child, and she rarely has to go out of the building, so she is not familiar with it."
"You don't have to call yourself a slave, just call your name." Shuangmuzi and Cui'er have been together for a while, Cui'er is serious, thoughtful, and very smart, and Shuangmuzi likes it very much.
"Miss Xie Shuang." Cui'er saw that although Shuang Muzi never smiled, her temperament was quite gentle and she got along very well.
"It's not early, you go down to sleep early, tomorrow, I have to bother you to accompany me out of the city." How long has it been since Shuangmuzi passed the sandalwood comb in Cui'er's hand, and she was no longer used to being served by others.
Cui'er stepped back and bowed her head; "Frost Girl also rests early, and Cui'er retires."
Shuangmuzi nodded in reply, looking at himself in the bronze mirror, he didn't know what kind of expression to reciprocate.
Early the next morning, Shuangmuzi left together, accompanied by Cui'er and two big men; Escort is nice to hear, but in fact it is surveillance. Shuangmuzi was dressed in white, and simply pulled up the front hair, and the back hair was scattered behind the back casually; The heavy fat powder on the face provoked people on the street, squeezing their eyebrows and pointing at them.
Shuangmuzi looked useless; casually weaving through the streets; Cui'er has been following closely, and the two big men are just in the distance, just keep Frost Muzi from running away; After a while, they came to a stop in front of a large mansion; I saw that on the rusty gate, there was a faintly visible 'Lin Mansion', and Shuangmuzi stood in a daze, this is where she grew up, but now she has fallen here, and there was a grief in her heart, and tears flowed down the corners of her eyes.
"Frost Maiden?" Seeing this, Cui'er stepped forward to remind Shuangmuzi with her eyes.
Shuangmuzi understood and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes; He glanced at it reluctantly, and then turned to leave.
Song Jingran walked out of the path on the side, and happened to see the back of Shuangmuzi leaving, but he had an inexplicable sense of familiarity in his heart; Shaking his head slightly, he also turned to leave.
After Shuangmuzi left in front of the 'Lin Mansion', he had no intention of shopping, so he hurriedly returned to Yanyulou; after the reappearance of the past, Shuangmuzi also had no intention of dealing with those pastimes and fun, so he simply prepared for a while, and on the grounds of preparing for a while, Tuo Cuier took sick leave to Du's mother, and has been resting in the room.
"Does the Frost Maiden know that 'Lin Mansion'?" When Cui'er saw Shuang Muzi coming back from the front of the Lin Mansion, she was stunned for a while, thinking that it was related to this time.
"What, Cui'er also knows?" Since the Lin Mansion was exterminated, very few people dared to mention it again, and Cui'er suddenly asked, with a little excitement and expectation, if she could find out some information.
Cui'er shook her head and said, "How can Cui'er know such a big family, it's just that when Cui'er occasionally goes out to do errands, I heard that the Lin Mansion is often haunted, so no one dares to live there." ”
"Haunted?" Shuangmuzi looked at Cui'er curiously and uncertainly, if there was really a ghost or god, it would be too ridiculous;
"But it's not, over the years, there have been a few big families who have the heart to buy the Lin Mansion, but they also heard that it was haunted, so they sent people to try to live, and those who didn't want to go to try to live went crazy when they came out, and said that there were ghosts in the house; Later, no one dared to mention the Lin Mansion again. Cui'er said earnestly, with a hint of horror on her face.
"Didn't anyone go and check it out?" For the Lin Mansion, Shuangmuzi wanted to know too much.
"There were also many people who investigated before and after, but in the end they were all fruitless, and later, no one checked again." Cui'er said as she poured water.
"Oh" Shuangmuzi nodded thoughtfully, secretly laughing in his heart, how could the huge Lin Mansion be haunted, even if there were really ghosts and gods, it was also the unjust souls who were killed in the mansion to ask for the lives of those wicked people.
Cui'er handed over the tea, and seeing that Shuang Muzi was still distracted, she also asked tentatively, "Frost girl, you?" ”
"Oh, I have a distant relative who used to be a subordinate in the Lin Mansion, so" Shuangmuzi came back to his senses, he was too sensitive to the Lin Mansion, so much so that he lost his temper for a while, I hope that Cui'er will not notice it.
"No wonder Miss Shuang is sad, I heard that a few years ago, the Lin Mansion was destroyed overnight, and no one in the mansion was spared, presumably your distant relative" Cui'er couldn't bear to say any more, and she didn't want to try any further, after all, everyone has their own secrets in their hearts.
"People can't be resurrected after death, and after so many years, I'm indifferent." In order to make Cui'er not suspicious, Shuangmuzi had to say this, although it hurt in her heart, she had to endure it.
Cui'er nodded, and suddenly thought of Mother Du's order, so she said, "By the way, Mother Du just sent someone to give instructions, saying that Miss Frost should appear tonight." ”
"I know it." Shuangmuzi nodded abruptly, although he had repeatedly brewed his feelings, but when it came to the moment of confronting, he always couldn't help but want to retreat.