15. Charcoal in the snow
Overcast sky, under the weeping willow tree. On a stove, set up a jar of medicine. The slightest hint of heat is waving up......
Xinyue squatted beside the stove and fanned the tuyere with a fan in her hand. From time to time, he stood up and looked at the medicine in the medicine jar.
Since Xinyue returned home, Xinyue's father fell ill in bed. The baked cake shop was not allowed to close, and Xinyue did not go to the cloth shoe shop. took care of her father wholeheartedly, and even took care of Dongmu's father and mother. Boiling this medicinal soup every day has become a daily necessity.
Behind a tree not far away, a white shirt fluttered in the wind...... The eyes that looked at her quietly revealed infinite care and love.
"Xinyue, go back to the house and have a look! Your father is very uncomfortable with chest tightness and shortness of breath at this moment..."Wang ran out of the back room screaming, ran to Xinyue and patted his thigh and said sadly, "What's the whole thing?" I'm scared to death..."
Xinyue's face changed sharply when she heard this, and the pu fan in her hand fell to the ground unconsciously. She hurried into the house, the medicinal soup on the stove behind her gurgling, boiling and spilling.
Xinyue rushed into her father's room, squatting at the head of the bed and looking at her father anxiously. I saw Xinyue's father lying on the bed, his thin face was in pain, his eyes were closed tightly, his brows were furrowed, and one hand was tightly gripping the clothes on his chest.
"Ahem, ahem...... cough cough ......" coughing sound, the whole person's coughing voice changed, her father coughed and said to her, "Go, go to the doctor, cough cough...... Daddy is afraid it is... No more... Ahem, cough, cough "... At the end of the conversation, he coughed until his face turned red, and his body fluctuated with a violent cough.
"Nope! No, it won't! … Dad, my daughter will go to the doctor immediately, and she will go immediately. Xinyue looked at her father with tears in her eyes, and saw that her father was so uncomfortable that her brows were twisted like ropes, she held the calloused hand and comforted her, and the rough and grinding hand pierced her heart. Wang's face was anxious when he saw this scene, and he couldn't help but pinch his heart.
Outside the window, the sky was dark and oppressive, and the sky with thick ink seemed to be dyed with inkstone. A gust of wind swept into the house, and the wooden windows swayed and rattled. She put on her coat and rushed out the door, rushing to Langzhong's house in the town.
Along the way, the wind swept in the debris, and the wind and sand flew in the sky. Xinyue covered her sleeves and struggled to move forward, a short distance for half a lifetime. Hurry to Lang Zhong's house in the town. The wooden door in front of me was closed, and there was silence in the darkness.
With lightning and thunder, heavy rain poured down all over the sky. The cool breeze blew mercilessly, and there was only the sound of wind and thunder in my ears. In the dark of the night, the wind and rain swept like a raging storm.
"Doctor, doctor... Go see my dad. Doctor..."Xinyue hunched in front of the door, banged on the wooden door vigorously, shouted and cried.
The pouring rain drenched her, her face was like a river of rain, and the rain was so heavy that she couldn't open her eyes, and at this time she couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears on her face.
She patted for a while before a response came from the house, "My husband hasn't returned to the clinic yet, please come back tomorrow." "The voice is a male baby's voice, it should be the little medicine boy in Langzhong.
Xinyue listened to the answer, and cried with disappointment. Leaning his back against the wooden door, he stared at the incessant rain. I don't know how long it took, but the rain was a little lighter, and she hurried home with endless sorrow.
In the dark night, wind, rain, thunder and lightning were frenzied, and there was no one on the road, and at this time loneliness and fear struck. The branches on the side of the road swayed wildly, and she was drenched like a chicken in the rain.
Worried about his father's heart, crying all the way. When she was crying sadly, she suddenly felt that no rain was falling, and she slowly raised her head in surprise, with a dark red oil-paper umbrella on her head, and a blooming plum blossom was printed on the umbrella surface.
This cloth oil paper umbrella with excellent texture is only available to rich and noble families at a glance. In this stormy night, an umbrella suddenly appeared, Xinyue couldn't help but be startled, and she forgot to be sad and forgot to cry.
"Three watches in the middle of the night, won't there be ghosts?" She was frightened and guessed, her heart was pounding wildly, she patted her chest, and slowly turned her head to look. Look behind you. It was touching a pair of concerned eyes, staring at her silently with distress.
Oh, my God! It turned out to be a rival Nansheng. Why did he come in the middle of the night? When did he follow him? … Countless question marks flashed in my mind.
Xinyue stared at him in disbelief with her mouth wide open. Pointing a finger at him, "You..."?
The dark and cold phantom, his dazzling white face, like a reflective mirror, silently illuminates the night.
"Xinyue, don't feel bad. Your dad will be fine... I have arranged for Shang Jiu Jingcheng to go to the doctor. Under the oil-paper umbrella in the wind and rain, he smiled and conveyed confidence, "Don't worry, the best doctor." ”
His smiling face was the same as when they first met. As the saying goes, a goose feather gift is light and affectionate, and this is undoubtedly a carbon in the snow. She moved her lips as if she was about to say something, and looked at him with deep meaning, but there was no sound in her throat.
Soaked in the night breeze, she couldn't help but shudder and hugged herself, her teeth chattering in the cold. Seeing this scene, he hurriedly took off the shawl on his body and wanted to put it on for her with his own hands, but she silently pushed it away.
"Nan Gongzi's deep affection and kindness, the hearts of the people are unrepaid." Xinyue's wet face, a pair of cold eyes stared at him, and said ruthlessly, "No matter how much Gongzi does for the people's daughters, it is in vain." ”
"Can't get anything to pay? Vain? Nan Sheng smiled at her and repeated, raised his head again, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Xinyue, promise by body." ”
"Nan Gongzi, you..." Xinyue glared at him and choked up, so he pulled his legs and walked forward, leaving Nansheng alone in the wind and rain. Xinyue walked forward, and secretly thought angrily, this Nan Gongzi, one moment said that he wanted to marry himself in the Ming Gate, and then said that he wanted to promise himself with his body, which was obviously taking marriage as a child's play! Sure enough, I can't change my true colors!
Nansheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly chased after him. Following her steps, he said seriously in her ear, "Xinyue, your father is now seriously ill and at high risk, Nansheng, I really want to save your father." ”
Xinyue's feet didn't stop, and she said angrily, "When my father was seriously ill, did my son take advantage of people's danger?" How can Childe joke? You know, I am clean and self-conscious. How can you sell yourself?! ”
"Xinyue, my son just wants to marry you in the Ming Door, and there is no joke! Marriage matters, Xinyue can think about it. The important thing at this time is to save your father. Nan Sheng's words were not unreasonable, and Xinyue couldn't help but be silent when she heard this.
The doctor in the capital arrived overnight, and after careful 'hearing and looking'. I prescribed a few flavors of medicine for Xinyue's father, and I gave it another time according to the instructions for taking the medicine. In the words of the doctor, the medicine will be cured. Xinyue was happy when she heard this, and she couldn't help crying with joy.
Sending Nansheng on a rainy night, the heart is full of gratitude. When Nansheng was about to leave, he stared at Xinyue with gentle eyes, and said to her with hope, "Xinyue, consider the marriage matter." I'm waiting for you! ”