Chapter 18: A Thousand Turns (15)
Qiu Wei took out the towel from Jing Yi's hand, and when she was about to twist it again, Jing Yi shook her head.
She sat on the bed, unmoving; Qiu Wei looked at her and didn't move.
"Sleep." Jingyi lay down again. Cold sweat trickled down his forehead, sticky against his hair.
She didn't give up, and raised her hand to see that it was clean.
Only then did I realize that it was just a nightmare... Rice plant...
Qiu Wei covered the quilt for her. I stayed by the bedside for a long time and didn't leave. Jingyi closed her eyes, and knew that she hadn't walked away.
"Miss, did you dream of your uncle?" Qiu Wei asked Da in a low voice.
Jingyi turned over and opened her eyes to look at Qiu Wei. Qiu Wei had a worried face and was looking at her intently.
She reached out and took Qiu Wei's hand. Qiu Wei's hands were hot, and her palms were full of sweat, thinking that she was scared by her. She whispered, "Well, I dreamed that something happened to him." β
Qiu Wei hurriedly said: "Dreams are all reversed, don't think nonsense, Miss." β
Jingyi nodded and said, "Come over and sleep with me." β
She moved in.
"Okay." Qiu Wei twisted the button twice at the base of the glass lamp, extinguished the glass lamp, and turned off the bedside lamp again, but Jingyi didn't let it. Qiu Wei knew that she was frightened by the nightmare, and burrowed into Jingyi's bed like a small fish. Jingyi is next to Qiu Wei, and Qiu Wei has a good smell of orange blossoms. It's warm, I don't feel anything when I smell it on weekdays, but at this time it gradually makes her settle down.
"Miss, are you asleep?" Qiu Wei asked.
Jing Yi was silent.
"Miss?" Qiu Wei asked again, and touched Jing Yi.
"Sleep. So many words. Jing Yi said, moving to the side.
"Miss, if I wake up in the middle of the night, I won't be able to sleep again." Qiu Wei said.
Jingyi sighed. I regret waking up this noisy girl.
"Miss, what dream did you just have?" Qiu Wei also moved.
The aroma of orange blossom is a little heavier.
Jing Yi remembered that this was what she gave to Qiu Wei.
I have forgotten when I got it. It seems that every once in a while, Tao Xiang will have someone give her these things. She hadn't used it, but he still had someone send it. Most of them were sent by her as favors, and some of them were really good-looking, so they only left one or two bottles, which were not bad as ornamental objects. They are all placed in the cabinet, and they are pleasing to the eye when they are looked at occasionally.
Qiu Wei, a childish girl, likes to clean up those beautiful perfume bottles. This orange blossom fragrance is a crystal bottle of orange blossom in full bloom. Look, she likes to let her play with it...... Such a warm aroma, Jing Yi sniffed, only to feel that the terrible dream just now was about to be temporarily washed away by the warmth.
"Qiu Wei," Jing Yi whispered, "I ......" she stopped talking.
Qiu Wei was quiet.
Jingyi sat up.
"No, I have to go." Jingyi said.
"Where to go?" Qiu Wei was taken aback.
"Into the frontier." Jingyi said, lifting the quilt and getting out of bed.
"Into Xinjiang? Looking for my uncle? Right now? Qiu Wei asked, and realized a serious problem, so she said eagerly: "Miss, you can't go to your uncle...... Adjutant Tu said that the rebels were fierce. The armament is very good. After they played each other, they knew they were strong. My uncle is so good at fighting, and this time it will be difficult. Even Adjutant Tu said that he didn't know what would happen when he went back this time...... Miss, how can you go at this time? Miss ......"
Jingyi pursed her lips.
In the dark shadow, Qiu Wei sat on the edge of the bed and danced with her hands, very excited in her words.
"Besides, in this house, if you beat the old lady, no one will agree to you going! Miss, that's the front line! When have we ever seen a war......" Qiu Wei jumped out of bed, identified the direction of Jingyi, grabbed her arm and shook it. I was so flustered.
Every now and then, her young lady would say something that frightened her heart.
Into the Frontier! This is something she can't even think of......
Jingyi quietly pushed Qiu Wei's hand away and said, "Don't shout, let me think about what to do for myself." β
"What else do you want to think, Miss? Of course you can't go! Besides, what can you do when you go? Uncle still has to take care of you! Qiu Wei was frightened and told Miss not to miss not to ...... In the midst of her stacks of begging, Jingyi paced in the room.
Qiu Wei saw that she didn't listen to her persuasion, so she simply squatted on the footstool and watched Jingyi walk back and forth.
I walked like this for most of the night, and the morning light penetrated into the house through the thick curtains.
Jingyi's figure gradually became clear in the morning light.
Her long hair hung down to her calves.
Qiu Weiqiang opened her eyes and saw that with Jing Yi's footsteps, there were strands of hair floating up, and the black thin silk-like hair was like a soft feather scratching the tip of people's hearts in the eyes of people...... It's beautiful.
She sighed and saw Jingyi also stand.
Jingyi turned around, and the ends of her hair were flung up. Her frightening figure flashed into the bathroom.
Qiu Wei was stunned for a while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, so she hurriedly got up and ran over to see - the bathroom door was open, Jing Yi was arranging her long hair in the mirror, and when she saw Qiu Wei coming, she picked up the scissors and gave them to Qiu Wei, and said calmly: "Come, cut my hair." β
Her delicate jade fingers tweaked at the earlobe.
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A black four-horse carriage was running down the muddy road, and the rain was falling, and the roof of the car was rattling. The young man sitting in the carriage listened to the sound of the rain and the sound of horses' hooves, lifted the curtain and looked into the distanceβhe had already seen the city wall, and he was soon there.
"Young Master, will you go home first?" The thin teenager rubbed his nose, and in the early summer season, it was raining and cold.
Xiao Dunhuang shook his head and said, "Go to the nursery." β
The wheat lifted the curtain and went out and sat down beside the coachman. Listening to Maizi's still changing voice, he talked happily with the coachman, telling the coachman where they were going later.
He went to the nursery school and made an appointment with Ren Xiufang. Cheng Jingyi wanted to go overseas, and they wanted to practice it for her, so they also called him. When Xiufang asked him if he wanted to go, he hesitated. Dr. Zhao and Dr. Hu both went, and Father Joseph, so it didn't hurt to have one more man. What's more, he still wants to see her again before she leaves.
The gates were wide open, and the inventory was not strict.
However, when the soldiers defending the city saw his documents, they carefully checked them for a long time before letting them go.
He looked calmly at the bulletin board behind the soldiers, and when he saw that he was paying attention to the wanted notices, the small leader of the soldiers guarding the city came over, looked at him, and said: "This is the latest wanted notice. β
Xiao Dunhuang looked at it, nodded and didn't say anything.
It was only three or two years ago that he almost appeared here.
"Release." The soldier returned the documents to Dunhuang, and said to his companions.
"Master Xie." Xiao Dunhuang said politely.
The carriage ran smoothly, and the coachman said, "The young master is really good-natured now, and I am impatient to wait." If you want to put aside the previous years, it's time for the young master to lose his temper. β
Xiao Dunhuang smiled.
He is not impatient or not afraid of trivial temperament, he has something on his mind at this time, and the rest is not on his mind.
Due to the expansion of the nursery, the area adjacent to the church is no longer enough. Moved to the west of the city, but it was close to the Taoist temple. The noise of the children made the adults who were running for it happy, and it also reflected the Taoist temple where the incense was very strong. Joseph was a missionary, and he had always been interested in the Taoist temple next door to the nursery. This mystical Eastern religion was not well understood to him, and out of a missionary mission, he always tried to influence their faith. At least young people like them who have been exposed to Western culture should not always burn incense and worship Buddha...... Influenced by thousands of years of culture, their views on Taoism and believers will certainly not be easily shaken by Joseph. It's just that they have accepted modern civilization, and they will not burn incense and worship Buddha when they encounter problems.
So when he got off the carriage and stood in front of the nursery, he was about to walk up the stairs, when he saw the black sedan parked across the street, he recognized it as Cheng Jingyi's car, and when he paid attention, Cheng Jingyi and her little girl Qiu Wei were coming out of the Taoist temple, he was surprised.
Qiu Wei held an umbrella, Jing Yi lowered her head and just walked, but did not see him.
He told Maizi to knock on the door, stood there himself, waited for Jingyi to get closer, and called "Cheng Jingyi".
The voice was neither high nor low, and it happened to be heard by her.
Jing Yi raised her eyes and saw Xiao Dunhuang in a green shirt, standing under the oil-paper umbrella, looking at her, nodding to him, and taking the umbrella from Qiu Wei's hand.
Qiu Wei held another umbrella and followed behind her.
Xiao Dunhuang watched Jingyi approach, and when he walked up to him, the slightly drooping umbrella was higher, and he looked at her short ear-length hair, and suddenly frowned.
"Why did you get here first?" Jingyi asked. She noticed Xiao Dunhuang's surprised eyes that she thought she had seen wrong, "Doctor Ren called me, she, Dr. Zhao, and Dr. Hu are very busy today, and we will go directly to Dexiang Building later." Go in and see the kids? β
Xiao Dunhuang still didn't say anything.
Jingyi instructed Qiu Wei to let her go in and call people to move all the things for the children in the car.
"You wait." Xiao Dunhuang stopped Jingyi and motioned for her to speak.
The two of them stood under the poplar tree in front of the nursery school, watching Qiu Wei command people to move boxes in and out.
"Just went to Baoyunguan to burn incense?" Xiao Dunhuang asked.
Jingyi nodded and said, "Ask for a signature." β
Xiao Dunhuang stammered, staring at his pair of bronze bell eyes.
"How? What to ask? He asked.
"Ask about travel. Signed. The sign said, I have the help of noble people, and this trip will be smooth. Jingyi said.
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There is a shift around 10 o'clock in the evening. It's a little late, don't wait. Have a great weekend, everyone.