3. A pair of heart-warming cloth shoes
The morning light reflects the town. Xinyue wakes up to the sound of birdsong in the early morning. Xinyue's father has been getting up early for many years, and the full baked cakes are out of the pot early. And the lazy woman Wang, as usual, will sleep until the sun basks her buttocks every day.
Rustic cottages with papier-mΓ’chΓ© windows. A ray of sunlight penetrated into the house, reflecting Xinyue's white and tender face. She sat upright at the head of the bed, skillfully running her long hair like a waterfall, and pulling up her long hair at will. Simply wash your face and go out refreshed.
This morning, she went to the cloth shoe shop in the east of the town. Most of the women who work in the cloth shoe workshop are to support their families and supplement their families, and they do this meticulous and complicated work of women. Xinyue also integrated into it and earned odd wages.
If you want to talk about this Xinyue, why don't you help her father sell baked cakes? Just because Xinyue is ingenious and a good hand at needlework. Her father also felt that a girl's family was good at needlework.
In the early morning, the town is full of people. The town has a Jiangnan flavor and a strong scene of fireworks. In an inconspicuous corner of town, a few shady weeping willow trees are not far away. And it is the home of Xinyue.
In the early morning in front of Xinyue's house, groups of people bought baked cakes. The people who came to buy the baked cakes were nothing more than kind-hearted people who wanted to help Xinyue's family. There are also those who have improper intentions and compete to see the beauty.
No, a few unemployed ruffians in the town bought a few baked cakes, and stood in front of Xinyue's house, quietly waiting for Xinyue to appear. Swear to rely on it to the end, and there is no trend.
"I said, why hasn't this heart moon come out yet? The people who are waiting are really anxious. One person munched on the baked cakes, looked at Xinyue's house, and said strangely.
"Waiting for the beauty, what are you anxious about?" A man who doesn't look good, Hang Erlang is like a man, and glared at this person, "Monkey anxious guy!" It's hard to get done! β
One of them, with a demented look, stretched his neck and looked out. The saliva at the corners of his mouth kept dripping down. Saliva is like raindrops, falling on the baked cake in your hand...
"Go, go, go! I haven't seen anyone yet, and my ugliness is unbearable..."Several people disliked him. After waiting for a while, someone said impatiently, "A few of us are waiting here, just to quench our thirst and feast our eyes." That winter wood, like her personal guard, no one can get close to her. β
"That's right. With Fuyuki here, no one should think about the idea of Xinyue. At this moment, behind several people, a voice suddenly sounded, although it was plain, but it was categorical.
A few ruffians turned around when they heard this, stunned. I saw Dongmu suddenly appearing, with his arms folded in front of his chest, staring at a few people.
"Fuyuki?" One blurted out. Several people were stunned for a moment, and after they woke up, they scattered again and fled in all directions.
Fuyuki stood there, looking at the few people who had fled in an instant, and couldn't help but sneer.
At noon, Xinyue hurried home from the cloth shoe shop to make lunch. As soon as he stepped into the door, he saw that Wang was unhurried and walked out of the room slowly. She was disheveled and sleepy-eyed.
Xinyue's father is not in front of him, this stepmother and Xinyue, their eyes meet unexpectedly, like lightning and flint. Secretly competing with her eyes, she didn't want to be entangled, Xinyue looked away and silently went to the back kitchen.
"Xinyue, the work of the cloth shoe factory... I think you'd better stop doing it. Wang followed her, leaning against the kitchen door. Fiddling with his nails, Leng might as well come up with this sentence.
Xinyue was confused when she heard this, and she didn't understand Wang's meaning. Just silently busy. She buried herself in lighting the firewood on the stove, and kept fanning the stove with a pampas fan in her hand. The soot from the firewood drifted everywhere...... Xinyue covered her nose with one arm, and still shook the fan with the other.
"Ahem..." Wang was choked when he heard the cigarette, and hurriedly covered his nose and mouth with both hands. Retreat by yourself, and the back hall seems to be thousands of miles away...
Wang stood there, seeing that Xinyue was silent, he peeked at her with his eyes, and smiled maliciously. raised his voice and continued, "You are so good-looking, and there are many people who admire you. Just one stop in front of this door, and it can attract a lot of butterflies. β
The words are so harsh. Doesn't this mean to attract bees and butterflies? Xin Yue's buried head suddenly lifted. Her eyes were filled with anger, and she choked out, "This girl is not sexy!" β
"Harm, what are you angry about? Mother, I mean, you can help your dad at home. Seeing that she was annoyed, Wang pouted disapprovingly, twisted his fat body, and turned around and walked towards the main hall.
With a "snap", Xinyue glared at Wang's back angrily, threw the firewood in his hand to the ground angrily.
In the dark blue night sky, a bright moon hangs, full of stars accompanied by the moon. The lights of the town are faintly tinted. The dim light stretches in a straight line to the distance......
Xinyue's home is not far away, under a secluded willow tree. Xinyue and Fuyuki were two people, shoulder-to-shoulder, leaning against the trunk. The two of them looked up at the night sky quietly, as if they were admiring the moon and thinking......
The night breeze blows Xinyue's black hair, and the hair keeps fluttering with the wind... On her pale white face, there was a touch of melancholy in her pure eyes.
"Xinyue, do you have something on your mind?" Seeing that Xinyue was sullen, Dongmu couldn't help but ask her with concern, "If you have any worries, just tell my brother." β
Xinyue looked up at the sky and shook her head slightly. After a while, she lowered her head, her hands behind her back stretched out, and a pair of black cloth shoes appeared in Dongmu's eyes.
"This is a cloth shoe that I made with my own hands. Brother Dongmu, your cloth shoes... It's time for a change. Xinyue handed the cloth shoes to Fuyuki, and the warm words were heartwarming.
Fuyuki touches the moon of hope... After a long time, he silently took the cloth shoes. The emotion in my heart was aroused by this warmth. He turned his head to hide it as hard as he could, but his eyes gradually moistened.
Restraining his emotions, he slowly turned his head to look at Xinyue again. Holding these cloth shoes, like a precious treasure. Carefully put the cloth shoes into his arms.
"Kokotsuki...", for a long time, Fuyuki opened her mouth and called out her name. The look of wanting to speak and stopping, but he swallowed what he wanted to say, and he couldn't help but blame himself for being cowardly and cowardly.
Looking at his beloved Heart Moon, Fuyuki's heart is surging. Ordinary as he is, humble as him. How can the beautiful and virtuous Xinyue look down on herself? But the strong love shouted silently in my heart, "Xinyue, do you know how much I love you?" β
This sentence has been buried for many years. If you want to say it but can't say it, it is difficult to go to the sky.
Xinyue looked at him inexplicably, waiting for him to speak. After waiting for a while, I waited until Fuyuki's face was as red as liver purple.
"Brother Fuyuki, have you ever thought about doing something else? Every day, wood is cut on the mountain and sold at the bottom of the mountain. It's hard work, and I can't earn much. After a long silence, Xinyue broke the silence first.
Hearing this, Dongmu raised his head, reached out and pulled off a willow leaf on the top of his head and drooped down the branch. I couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, what else can I do with this clumsy person?" β¦β
The discouraged words made Xinyue speechless. Fuyuki's words are not unreasonable, he really has nothing but brute strength, and he has nothing. The two of them looked at the sky without saying a word, and fell silent again...
The night is getting thicker, and the moon is already invisible. Only the shining starlight illuminates the way home for the two of them.
The heart moon is in front, and Fuyuki is in the back. The heart moon is like the moon, and the winter wood is like the stars. The stars follow the moon and guard the bright moonlight.