Chapter 11: The Sand of Reality (16)
"You're drunk, Yamei, go back to your room and rest. I haven't heard these words. Tao Si said. He said as he came over and pulled a hand of Maya.
Yamei stepped back, dodging Tao Si's hand.
Tao Si said, "Don't you want me to touch it anymore?" I told you ......"
"I don't believe it. Tao Yuzhi, don't forget that the unwritten rules of the Tao family are also rules. Do you really want her to enter the door, where is the door? Yamei interrupted Tao Si. It seems that he has been angry, and he doesn't know what to say to relieve his anger.
"Go back and rest. Wait until you sober up, you're not what you look like now. "Tao Si is patient with Zishu.
"What more do I want? It's like Jingyi, and when Lao Qi marries her a bunch of aunts and grandmothers and comes back to revolve around her, she won't be silent, right? But my surname is Xu, not Cheng. I'm not that good-natured, and I'm bullied by you. Besides, my Xu family married a daughter, but because the daughter of the Xu family liked the son of the Tao family, and nothing else. ”
"Yamei, do you mean that the words are so ugly? Let people hear what it means. Tao Si was angry.
"Where did I say something wrong?" Yamei asked rhetorically and glared at Tao Si for a long time. However, when he spoke again, his tone lowered, "Tao Yuzhi, what did you say when you proposed to me?" Drama"
Tao Si was silent.
"You've forgotten all this, and what do I expect you to read...... It's not like I didn't give you a chance. Patience again and again, people have protected you before and after, what are you and me for? Yamei trembled, turned and left.
"I love you until my eyes are closed. Pray that you will be my wife and that my heart may be comforted. I will love you for the rest of my life and never give up. Tao Si said softly. A short sentence, as if reciting a poem at night.
Yamei's footsteps were sluggish for a moment, but she still didn't look back.
But she said, "How foolish I am to believe you." Believe these words and it will come true. ”
Tao Si chased after her and grabbed her.
Yamei waved her hand and slapped her hand.
She thought Tao Si would dodge, but Tao Si didn't.
A slap slammed into Tao Si's face. Yamei was stunned for a moment, and before she could react, Tao Si lowered her head, and a kiss forced Yamei to retreat, and retreated straight into the shadows on the side...... Jing Yi stared, as if she was completely stunned, and she didn't know how to react at this moment.
Tao Xiang's hand came to her, covering her vision.
He smelled of alcohol on his sleeves.
Jingyi's heart was pounding, and at this time she felt hot and flustered. She wanted to turn around, but there was no way to turn left or right, and if she went forward, she would bump into the pair...... In fact, she couldn't see anything, just thinking about it, she was embarrassed, and it was almost dark in front of her eyes.
"Follow me." Tao Xiang whispered.
He lowered his hand, quietly turned, and led Jingyi through the garden from another hidden path. Along the way, Jingyi was either touched by a tree branch or scraped by a stone, and he had to slow down his steps so as not to alarm the pair in the secret, needless to say, the hard work. Before entering, she hurriedly looked back at the garden, and there were only the shadows of lanterns and trees...... She saw Tao Xiang waiting there, and followed him into the back hall.
The two of them have been gone for a long time, and they are a little untidy when they come back, especially Jingyi, there is inevitably some panic in their expressions, everyone in the hall looks at it, but no one asks.
Tao Xiang naturally felt that he couldn't explain to anyone, and Jing Yi didn't take the initiative to say it at this time, but it seemed that there was no silver here. It's just that this awkwardness really makes her feel uncomfortable. took the mahjong tiles from Jin Xuan's hand, but lost a few hands...... The seat next to Jing Yi that was originally sitting in Yamei is now Fu Lizhen.
Fu Shi said softly: "The second sister drank two more glasses in the evening, so she went up and said that she was going out to take a breath." Why haven't you met? ”
"She's also absent-minded tonight." Tao Yinqing said, glancing at Jingyi, "The family keeps the New Year every year, but they can't wait to go out." ”
Fu pursed his lips and smiled. Jingyi only stared at the cards in her hand, pretending not to hear this.
She rubbed the dominoes, but she felt that Yamei's angry words just now were actually nothing else, except for the few sentences that mentioned her, which were as piercing as steel needles. And the later it gets, the more it hurts......
When the time came, firecrackers rang out in the yard.
Fun girls set off fireworks in the yard.
Fu Lizhen brought Qilin'er here, but only let Qilin'er sit on the old servant's shoulder and watch from a distance, and did not let him go to the ground.
Jingyi followed Mrs. Tao's side, seeing that the two younger aunts and grandmothers were still childlike, they took incense sticks and let the girls play with the firecrackers, which was really lively...... Jingyi was originally a little afraid of the loud noise of firecrackers exploding, but at this time, looking at the fireworks all over the ground, this bright fireworks actually brought a different kind of warmth and warmth in the cold night. She looked at it, and gradually let go of other thoughts.
Tao Eryi ran in from outside with the girl, and happily went to set off fireworks with the old aunts and grandmothers.
She likes the kind of fireworks called "Five Rats in Tokyo", which is lit and five little mice will come out of the flower box and run all over the ground, and people will have to jump and dodge, which is really lively. Who knew that she would be fine if she played with a few more, and when she ordered another one, there was a little mouse that was not like the others, just turning in circles in place, and the onlookers came with a swish.
Jingyi watched as a dazzling little fireball rushed towards her, and in the blink of an eye, it was under her skirt. She jumped up in a hurry, the hem of her skirt was still stained by the stars bursting out of the flames, and a column of people beside her exclaimed, seeing that there was about to be danger, it was better for Tao Xiang to hurry up, he pulled the grandmother's big coat that Jin Xuan was holding in his hand and threw it on Jingyi's skirt, and the spark was extinguished in time. Jingyi's skirt was still burned with a few big holes.
Seeing that Jingyi was frightened, Mrs. Tao comforted her and said, "Ah, the old lady's big man! ”
Tao Xiang carried the fox fur in his hand, which he used to put out the fire, and there was a bad thing on the hair underneath.
"How good is this......" Jingyi said. Just now, the old aunts and grandmothers were still talking about how rare the old lady's big piece is.
Old Madam Tao pretended to be angry and said, "Brother Xiang will pay me two new ones." ”
Tao Xiang shook his big mouth, put it on his grandmother as usual, and pinched the little fox's mouth with his own hands, bit his neckline, and said, "Yes, grandma." But if you want it to be so good, it's hard. ”
Mrs. Tao said: "It's all the eighth." Eryi! ”
Er Yi was playing happily and didn't hear her mother call her.
"Forget it, mother, let her be naughty, it's rare." Tao Xiang said.
"It's late at night, and it's time to rest." Old Madam Tao said with a smile.
Mrs. Tao agreed, saying, "Old Seven, you send the old lady back." ”
"No, let's go back." As soon as Mrs. Tao spoke, everyone dispersed in turn.
Er Yi and the old aunts made an appointment to go to Luo Ruitang for a while. She waited for Tao Xiang and his wife to come over, and while Tao Xiang was unprepared, she went to pull Jingyi and whispered, "Thank you, sister-in-law." ”
Jingyi smiled at her and said, "I should thank you Seventh Brother." ”
"Who's going to thank him......" Er Yi pouted.
"Why don't you go quickly?" Tao Xiang is ahead.
Eryi stomped his foot, turned around and ran.
"Say what?" Tao Xiang asked.
"Nothing." Jingyi lowered her head.
Tao Xiang saw that there was a smile on her lips, and he probably guessed it, and said, "This old eight." ”
They went back by car.
As soon as I got out of the car when I came back, I met Cen Gaoying and Ma Xingjian at the gate. Jing Yi didn't want the two of them to be waiting for Tao Xiang here at this time, but she thought that something must be wrong, so she hurriedly avoided it.
The sound of firecrackers died down, and as she was removing her makeup in the bathroom, she heard the sound of branches breaking outside.
She was stunned for a moment, then got up and went to open the back window halfway - the backyard was empty. She was about to close the window, but she saw a dark shadow passing by in the forest...... She tried to look closely, but the shadow was gone.
"Miss?" Qiu Wei saw her looking out the window, "What are you looking at, there is no moon tonight." ”
"Have you given all the red envelopes?" Jingyi closed the window and asked.
"Well, it's all given." Qiu Wei smiled and said, "Caozhu and Yue'er's mother Zhang took the place, thank you to your aunt and miss." ”
Quiet ripple clean face.
Yue'er is still recuperating and will only be able to come back on an errand after a year.
She asked, "What about the grass beads?" ”
"Zhang's mother said that she had a bad stomach tonight, and she ran to the toilet vigorously." Qiu Wei replied.
"Hmm." Jingyi took the towel.
"Miss, you smell of horses." Qiu Wei picked up the perfume bottle on the table and sprayed Jingyi twice.
Jingyi sneezed and said, "Again." You know I don't like this...... Ahh ”
It's just a sob.
"Go back to your room and rest, you won't need to be here." Jingyi said.
Qiu Wei went out with a grin.
Jing Yi rubbed her hands, went out and took something out of the bedside table drawer, put on her glasses and quietly went downstairs.
Downstairs, only Tao Xiang's study was still lit, and there were people talking inside.
Jingyi didn't want to hear anything that shouldn't be heard, so she hurriedly turned around and walked back. There is a small door at the end of the porch that leads to the backyard door. She slowed down, and when she reached the door, she looked back. In the dark hallway, only a glimmer of light could be seen. But she always felt as if something was behind her, and stopped, and the sound of heavy breathing did not appear.
She pushed the door open and stepped outside.
The snow in the backyard has not been cleared. There were footprints in the snow, and she followed them.
There is nothing else in front of you, only plum trees, and then go inside, it is a rockery stone cave, and you cross the hole and cross the bridge, which is another realm. But according to her observations, there is no door in the backyard.
"Who's where?" She asked.
At the rockery cave, there is indeed a dark shadow.
She stopped suddenly. As if only a layer of window paper was about to be pierced, she felt that something was wrong...... She was just about to turn around when the black shadow trembled and moved out of the rockery.
"Young grandmother ......" is a very thin voice.
Jingyi knew it was a grass bead when she heard it.
Before she could speak, Caozhu was already kneeling in front of her. The body was literally curled into a ball.
"Young grandma...... I came out to go to the toilet ......."
Jingyi glanced at the place where she was hiding and asked, "I heard that you have a stomach trouble all night, are you better?" ”
Caozhu was about to raise her head, but she didn't dare, and said, "Not yet...... Thank you for your concern. ”
"When you go out to the toilet at night, you can find someone to accompany you. Don't fall again if you're blind in the dark. Go ahead. Jingyi said.
"Yes, young grandmother." The grass beads gave her three heavy heads, got up and ran into the depths of Merlin.
Jing Yi stood for a moment before turning back.
As soon as her hand touched the handle, she heard the sound of heavy breathing inside. She hesitated for a moment, then decisively pulled the door open.
As soon as the door opened, a white shadow immediately jumped up and pounced on her, it was a white lion. The snorting and panting white lion pounced with a thousand powers, and Jingyi had no time to dodge at all.
Fortunately, the white lion was pulled in time, and the front paws still pounced on her shoulder.
Jing Yi took two steps back, and Tao Xiang pulled her back, and at the same time restrained the white lion, looking at Jing Yi in the shadows.
The white lion was about to rush down, but Tao Xiang pulled hard.
Jingyi put down her glasses and asked calmly, "Why did you come out?" ”
Tao Xiang was still looking at Jing Yi and looked behind her. Jingyi actually blocked his way with the white lion, looked at him, smiled and said, "It's cold outside, let's go inside." ”
Tao Xiang waited for Jingyi to enter the door before taking the white lion to follow.
Seeing her hair scattered, she was obviously in a hurry, and she couldn't stop shivering at this time, and I didn't know if she was cold or frightened. A layer of white mist instantly covered the two lenses, and her large eyes were temporarily blocked.
Jingyi was looked at by Tao Xiang and said, "I heard some movement upstairs, and I couldn't help but come down and take a look." ”
She knew that Tao Xiang's eyes were like torches, and besides, there was nothing to hide.
Tao Xiang said: "There are so many people. ”
"Nothing. The house is like an iron bucket, and there will be no thieves. Jingyi looked at the white lion.
Tao Xiang handed the white lion's rope to Jing Yi.
Jingyi looked at him.
"Aren't you going to ask for a white lion?" After he finished speaking, he threw the rope to Jingyi and left.
Jingyi looked at the white lion, and the white lion tilted his head to look at her. After a while, the white lion saw Tao Xiang walking away, and hurriedly chased after him, Jing Yi was dragged by the white lion, and fell to the ground with a puff. Even the glasses fell off.
The white lion followed Tao Xiang's footsteps, and after a while, she heard the sound of a man and a dog stepping on the stairs, unhurriedly.
"I really don't have a conscience." She thumped the floor, but her hand hurt again. Sit up and sit there for a while.
By the time she went upstairs, the lights in Tao Xiang's room had gone out.
She tucked the pistol under her pillow, and as soon as she rolled over, she fell asleep.
Her first Chinese New Year's Eve at the Tao family passed like this.
[Chapter 11 - End]
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