One

"Come, look here, laugh a ......", Lin Qiaoer held a rattle in her hand, Lin Yu held a bamboo dragonfly in her hand, and the two surrounded the two dolls in the shaker

This is Lin Feng's house

The two children were born to Lin Feng and Lin Jia last year, the elder sister was named Lin Mo, and the younger brother was Lin Mo

"Qiao'er, Yu'er, I have to take the child to feed...... Lin Jia is afraid of sweeping the interest of the two of them, but the child should be hungry, she is a mother, she can't wait any longer

Lin Feng just came back, holding a big fish in his hand, and the fish flicked its tail vigorously and struggled, "Xiaojia, there is a fish ...... tonight"

But I didn't expect to see this scene

They were there when he first went out in the morning......

Seeing that these two guys had been teasing the children here for a day, his wife was in the way of even feeding them, and his temper was not good, he put down the fish and rushed up to push the two away, and picked up Lin Mo to Lin Jia, "You guys are enough!" Hurry up and take a walk...... I want my child to have one of my own! ”

Lin Jiala pulled his sleeve and signaled him not to be so rude, after all, the visitor was a guest

Lin Feng ignored her, waved her away, picked up Lin Molai, and yelled at Lin Jia, "Don't you hurry up, what should you do if you are hungry?" ”

Lin Jia didn't reply, and hugged Lin Mo and went into the room

"Isn't it just a birth of two at once? What's ...... about this", Lin Yu was not convinced, her eldest brother would be able to give birth to a dozen to him next year

"If you have the ability, let's take a look!" Lin Feng picked up the fish, picked up the long knife on the board, sat on the threshold to remove the scales of the fish, held the fish body with one hand, and quickly scraped the knife with the other, "By the way, Lin Jia told me, in a few days you are going to marry Lin Shu's blind man?" ”

"What a blind man! You can see it, and you don't have to be better than him! Lin Qiaoer is the most taboo when someone mentions Lin Shu's eyes in front of her

Lin Yu went back and continued to tease Lin Mo

"Where am I not better than him?" , Lin Feng cut open the belly of the fish with a knife and cleared out a pile of bloody internal organs, "I can fight hares and pheasants, I can plant melons and farm, I can also cook fish soup, will he?" Nerd ...... He's really, studying all day, and he doesn't necessarily get a top score......"

"He can write poetry, he doesn't steal, he listens to me, he ...... He's good anyway, much better than you, it's just one in the sky and one underground! Lin Qiao'er counted it carefully, but she couldn't make it up, and finally could only say, "He is the best person I have ever seen!" ”

"What is there to taunt about the fear?" , Lin Feng took the fish into the stove room, and then stretched out his head again, "Alas, will you eat before leaving?" Let me say first, this fish is for Xiao Jia's body, but it doesn't have your share! ”

Lin Shouer told Lin Feng that the twins of one child consume blood and gas, and Lin Jia should eat more good food during her confinement

"You've said it all, of course we can't live up to your kindness!" , Lin Qiaoer thought to herself: Eat more, eat poor, let his stinky mouth talk nonsense!

Lin Feng put the dishes on the table, but Lin Qiaoer stretched his neck and looked forward to it for a long time, in addition to the big fish, just a plate of pickles, a small pot of white rice porridge, she looked around, he only put a pair of dishes and chopsticks on the table, Lin Qiaoer took advantage of him to go back to the stove room, picked up the empty bowl, spooned a bowl of porridge, picked up the bowl, and when Lin Feng came out, holding a drawer of buns in his hand, a total of five, seeing that she was about to drink it, he suddenly shouted, "Put it down!" ”

Lin Qiao'er was taken aback by him, and she didn't know what was going on with this bowl of porridge, so she quickly put the bowl down

Lin Feng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and picked up the bowl and put it next to another empty chair, "The porridge is Xiao Jia's ......"

Dare you leave us for dinner and only nibble on these five buns...... Lin Qiao'er glanced at him hatefully, grabbed three buns with one hand, and desperately stuffed them into his mouth, Lin Feng quickly grabbed the remaining two buns, at this time Lin Jia had already fed Lin Mo, and came out to change Lin Mo to go in, the little girl was full and fell asleep sweetly, Lin Yu looked aside, and smiled a little stupidly, "Lin Feng, I saw a ...... in the town yesterday who put iron chains on children", do you want to give Da Mo and Xiao Mo a pair, as long as thirty yuan each......

"Hmm...... Longevity lock, thirty wen each, I heard that it is very spiritual, can turn evil into good fortune, avoid ghosts and exorcise evil spirits......", Lin Qiaoer said vaguely - her mouth was bulging with buns

"Don't go, Xiaojia can't stand the wind, I still have serious things to do, how can I have that time to ......", Lin Feng didn't believe this, "It's better to let Uncle Tie help fight a ...... if you have that leisure"

Lin Yutou lay on the rocking bed and poked Lin Mo's little face with his fingers, "I'll go...... ...... tomorrow", but you have to ...... the money

Lin Shouda hung red curtains at the door of his house, pasted a big word "double happiness" on the wooden door, piled up these two big bags of peanuts and red dates that had just been exchanged from the town in the corner, and burned incense in front of the ancestral tablet and worshipped again and again, "Lord Muyan blesses, ancestors bless, bless Shu'er to give birth to a noble son early, bless Lin Jiaping safe and ......"

In Lin's study

"Book ......"

"Mother, I'm here, what's wrong?"

"Not really, it's just my book...... It's twenty years old in a blink of an eye, and I'm about to start a family, and my mother is reluctant to ......", Lin Xian was about to cry when she saw it

"Mother, don't think about it, Shu'er is not married out, Shu'er has always been with her mother ......", Lin Shu felt that her mother was too easy to be sad

Lin Xian closed his eyes to stop his tears, and still carefully combed his eldest son's hair in his hand, "Books......"

"Mother, the book is in the ......", Lin Shu responded

"Actually, the name that my mother wanted to give you back then was to call you Chuqing", Lin Xian gently held the wooden comb, and a hairband hung on her left elbow, "It's just that later I felt that 'books' are better, and my books can be won in the future, and my mother's wish will be fulfilled......"

"See you for the first time, Qingyun Man, it is really a beautiful scene in calligraphy and painting, but my mother changed the name of the book according to this?" , Lin Shu heard his mother talk about this for the first time

"Hmm...... No, it's "the first son, Qingqing" is the right ......", Lin Xian said very seriously, "Shouda said that the name 'Chuqing' is not good, I thought about it, the palace nobles, the Lieqing is divided into three, six, nine, etc., this 'Chu' is Shangqing, but after giving birth to Xiaoyan, it can no longer be taken as 'Moqing', right?" Favoring one over the other, Xiao Yan will have a knot in his heart......"

"Hatsuko?" When Lin Shu heard this explanation, he was stunned for a while, and said uncertainly, "Xiaoyan should ...... No, ......", he has never thought about other people's thoughts

"He will, my mother knows ......", Lin Xian smiled, "Come on, comb it, in the future, Qiao'er will comb it for you, mother...... It's really a bit ......."

Lin Shu didn't want to see his mother's sadness, so he immediately said, "In the future, my mother doesn't need to help Shu'er, when my mother grows up, help my mother comb ......."

"Okay, my book is the most filial......"

Two

Lin Shu spread the "On Poetry" in his hand on the table, "Children, I will talk ...... today", he opened the book from memory, "turned to page sixty-nine......

There was a sound of flipping books below

Lin Xiang threw the child in the school to him and concentrated on preparing his daughter's dowry

"The moon, the night hangs in the sky, the sunset rises, the clouds and the sun is shining, which child has ever heard a story related to the moon...... Or have you memorized this kind of poetry? Lin Shu groped and sat down on the chair, smiling softly, there was a long ring ruler on the table, but it was Lin Xiang's, he had never used it

"I'm ......", a small child couldn't wait to raise his hand, and before Lin Shu called him, he had already stood up half of his body

"Lin Yue, you come to ......", Lin Shu could clearly hear everyone's voice, "You have 'Yue' in your name, do you memorize articles or tell stories?" ”

"Memorize the article, I memorize the article!" , Lin Yue stumbled, looking very anxious, as if he was afraid that he would not be able to answer if he was slow to take a beat, he stood still, "My mother said that she turned out my word 'Yue' from this article, huh...... I think about it, it's 'the golden wind in the autumn season, the millet is full of warehouses, the well is full of Chanjuan, the well is Yuejue, the rest is painted, and I am ...... with light."

"It's an imitation of Xiao Xuan's "Ape Mu", so do you know what the 'Yue' in your name means in this article?" , Lin Shu was very satisfied

"Of course!" , Lin Yue was very excited, "This is a kind of divine pearl, Mr. said that the words next to 'Wang' mostly refer to jade, and some refer to other treasures, and the 'Chanjuan' in the poem refers to the real moon ......"

"Lin Yue said it well......", Lin Shu made a gesture for him to sit down, "The moon is as crystal as a pearl, warm as jade, and often connected with jade, just now Lin Yue said that 'Chanjuan' is another name for the moon, is there any other name for the moon?" ”

He deliberately paused for a moment to hear that no one was going to get up and speak, "In the middle of every month, the moon is complete, what does it look like at this time?" ”

Lin Shu felt that it was difficult to teach, these children were usually at home, and they would not calm down to read books at all, and they didn't know if they were asking three questions, and he was almost singing a one-man show in the previous classes, "Mr. said a few, the children want to go on their own for a while, and it's okay to make it up blindly......"

He was afraid of the silence below, like he was the only one in the room

"Jade mirror, heavenly mirror, jade plate, jade wheel ......", Lin Shu stopped every time he said the last one, hoping that someone would answer, but the children were reluctant to speak, he could only continue to speak alone, "At the beginning of the month, it was like a tooth, so there is a jade bow, and the jade hook is called ......"

Speaking of this, he has accepted his fate, and no longer waits for someone to answer, and continues to talk by himself, "Chanjuan on behalf of the moon, there is a laurel tree in the middle of the month, Chang'e, for the ancient beauty, it is rumored that the moon is flying, living in a cold and lonely state for a long time, and the rabbit fairy has mercy, and sends the young son to the Moon Palace, so that he can be accompanied by this medicine rabbit, and it is also said that it is because of the demotion to here, pounding the elixir, the legends are numerous, so the moon can be Chanjuan, Cinnamon, Guigong, Jade Rabbit, Han Palace, Toad, Toad Palace, Guanghan, Chang'e to replace it......"

"Is it okay with Yujing?" A child whispered below

The wellhead is also round......

Lin Shu has never read this kind of statement from the book, but he still encouraged, "Naturally, there are no ancient books, and there is nothing to add to them today", he thought about it for a while, and made a poem on the spot with "Yujing", "The water and the moon ripple, the false Xuan, such as the jade well, how can there be no coffin......"

"This poem is not yet in rhythm, children can think about how to change it on their own?"

That child was Lin Yuan, Lin Jia's younger brother, he blushed, laughed eating, and touched his head shyly

The children were encouraged, and they were all vying to say their thoughts, which were really varied, some of them were simply laughable, but Lin Shu could only keep nodding his head and shouting against his will

"Jade Bowl!"

"Yushu!"

"Jade Cake!"

This is really "made up......

"Wait, the children ......", Lin Shu felt that he couldn't lead them astray, not everything that is round can be compared to the full moon, otherwise how can he talk about the far-reaching artistic conception, he said something else, "The moon, the world's Kyushu looks at it together, the so-called 'thousands of miles together', looking at the moon and homesickness, nostalgia; When the moon is full, it is lacking, such as career, which cannot be fulfilled all the time, and it can be used as a metaphor for shortcomings; The world is changing, the moon is constant, this is a thing is a person, do the children remember the first sentence of the beginning of "On Poetry"? ”

Some of the books are naturally easier to answer than can only be guessed, and below there is a loud flip of books, and the jagged voices say the same sentence

"Poetry takes meaning as the soul, words take the image as the spirit......"

"It is the poem that takes the meaning as the soul, and the words that take the image as the spirit!"

"I found it, poetry takes meaning as the soul, and words as the image!"

"The children are very right, the gentleman talked about the three 'moons' commonly used in the artistic conception, cakes, trees, bowls, how to connect with these artistic conceptions to make poems?" , Lin Shu estimated the time, and it would not be long before he left school, "Today's homework, with the theme of 'month', five words, seven words and four words can be used, let's dismiss......"

There was a commotion below, and Lin Shu was afraid of bumping into the children rushing around, so he sat on the chair, wanting to wait for the children to be gone, and then he would leave

The classroom slowly fell silent

"Sir, are you waiting for Sister Qiao'er?" , Lin Yuan hadn't left yet, he looked at Lin Shu a little timidly, "Brother Shu, Sister Qiao'er and Sister Xiaoyu are accompanying my little nephew and little niece at my sister's house, you can find her when you go home with me......"

As soon as Lin Shu stood up, when he heard Lin Qiao'er's name, he thought of the day after tomorrow, and unconsciously smiled, knowing that Lin Yuan was still there, he picked up the book and straightened his face, "Lin Yuan is good, Mr. can't see your sister Qiao'er today......"

"Why?" , Lin Yuan is very strange, in the months before his brother-in-law married his sister last year, he came to their house every day to cook for his sister, isn't he, sir?

"Uh...... Lin Yuan will understand ...... when he is older", Lin Shu prevaricated, the family is decorating the new house, the father and mother are very busy, the work in the farmland has been entrusted to the second uncle and Xiaoyan in the past few days, and he has to go back to help

Lin Yuan thought for a moment, "Mr. preaches and teaches to solve doubts, why can't you say?" ”

"Because there are many things in the world, which are not explained in books, and what Mr. teaches is only books, and you have to learn more than ...... books", Lin Shu flipped through his mind for a while, "You opened the fifth page of "On Poetry" and "Chronicles", what did it say? ”

Speaking of books, Lin Yuan was depressed, he didn't pass his schoolwork, "Sir, I'd better go......"

Lin Yuan clipped the book in his hand and walked out of the classroom slowly

Lin Shu also left, he stretched out his hand, touched the old wooden door, and locked it

The wooden door rang loosely a few times, and then it rang again......

Three

Lin Yu has a baby in one hand, carrying it - that's right, it is carrying, and the two Mo (Mo) of the Lin family were taken out of the village by her in this way

Lin Jia caught up from behind with a big basket, panting and shouting loudly as she ran, but Lin Yu was too far away, and she only cared about teasing the two dolls, and there was no response

"Lin Jia, is that you?" , Lin Shu came out of the school, for his marriage with Qiao'er, classes were suspended today, but he forgot, he came here as usual, and now he was about to go back, he was afraid that something was wrong, and asked again, "It's Xiaomo (Mo) Niang, right?" ”

"Lin Shu, it's my ......", Lin Jia was so tired that she sat on the stone slab, covered her stomach, and pushed the basket into Lin Shu's hand, "Lin Shu, I can't do it, can you give the basket to Lin Yu for me, Mo (Mo) Er, I'm afraid she won't understand, and she will be upside down, and it will make them ......"

"Good ......", Lin Shu took the basket in her hand, "Then you should be careful, the little sister is so skillful, she is very arrogant, but there is no malice, I hope to be considerate......"

Lin Jia only felt a throbbing pain in her abdomen, her face turned pale, and she staggered home, "Thank you...... Thank you ......."

Lin Shu felt that he, the eldest brother, was no different from his father, and he worried about them all day long, he put the book under his armpit, walked past the big tree at the head of the village, carefully identified the footsteps, and kept up with Lin Yu's pace

The trees are still the same, the annual rings are still the same, the birdsong is still the same, and the white clouds are like a dog

Night solstice

"Do you have a grudge against me?" , Lin Yan was about to be confused

After many years, he was once again blocked at the east gate of Los Angeles, but he was not allowed to enter last time, but this time he was not allowed to go out

"The vegetable seller, it's not our fault, now that dusk is coming, do things according to the rules, the city gate should have been closed a long time ago, why did you go earlier?" , The soldiers on duty at night above and Lin Yan, who sells vegetables at the gate of the city all the year round, are just familiar nodding friends, and now they are empty, so it's good to say a word to relieve boredom

"Don't you know that we who defend the city, looking at the scenery, are actually more miserable than you......", the soldier walked down the city tower and sighed, "Let's talk about Lao Luo, that night four years ago, a bandit was like you, and he was about to leave the city in the middle of the night, and he made up a ghost story that I don't know...... I forgot, eh, when I'm older, this brain is not good, Lao Luo he went up to ask, and the turtle grandson was cheap, but I don't blame him, I didn't even meet anyone who was willing to live with him in his thirties, and touched the face of the thief's wife and children, isn't this ...... Yes...... I'll never forget that scene, good fellow! Grandpa, I didn't see it clearly, Lao Luo followed and fell down, and then I helped him up to see, a stone was stuck in his throat, and he was directly cut off! ”

Lin Yan was still angry, but it was not good to speak ill of this officer and soldier, and said in a slightly perfunctory tone, "And then you survived?" ”

"Go, go, go! We weren't easy to bully, and a crowd rushed up and stabbed the horse to death...... It was a good horse, and the man and woman ran out of the dog and the man with the wounded and the camel, and we searched for three miles to find the dead horse......," the soldier continued

"They still escaped!" , Lin Yan has not heard others talk about this

"Fleeing is fleeing, but their arrest warrants and portraits have been hung until now, and one day they will ......," the soldiers were convinced that they could be apprehended

Lin Yan was not interested, "That means that day hasn't arrived yet!" ”

"That being said, you're too blunt......"

"Manly man, why do you have to squirm like a woman when you talk and do things......", Lin Yan threw out a copper plate, and the soldier reached out to catch it, "Big brother, do you have a supper to fill my stomach at night, it has begun to sing empty city plans......"

"I brought bread, but ...... I have to sell this flatbread for five copper plates ......", the soldier took the opportunity to raise the price, and this flatbread is the price of two copper plates

Lin Yan counted out four more tosses, caught the soldier's cake, and ate it alone

A village in the woods

Quiet as usual

If there is a new life in life, Su Li will probably say: I regret it......

It's a pity that God didn't give her a chance to start over, so she can only say......

"I'm sorry......"

Su Li was holding a dagger in his hand, judging from the small flower that even had rough lines, it was obviously a pair with Wen Renlong's one, but Wen Renlong abandoned it in the warehouse, but she carried it with her and accompanied her for nearly ten years

She poked into the trunk of the tree, drew deep marks along the three words "village in the forest", and pried it open, and under those three words, a tree hole faintly appeared—this living tree that could bloom and bear fruit was actually hollow......

By the torch she saw the stone tablet inside

Above: Jiao Wan's Tomb

She threw the torch in her hand into the hollow of the tree

But the tree did not burn

A crack suddenly cracked in the ground, zigzag forward, and under the dirt, there was a faint fire

Took out a piece of jade from the sleeve, this is a piece of blue-white jade, engraved with three fan-shaped feathers, pure and flawless, the fly in the ointment is that the inside is like a drop of bright red blood stains, abruptly at the tip of the feather in the middle, a red dot appeared, in the dark night, flashing bloody red light

The flames moved forward inch by inch along the roots of the tree, and Su Li lifted his sword and slowly walked towards the outside of the village

Before leaving, she stopped again, took out a paper bag from her arms, and under the reflection of the firelight, she opened the yellow tissue paper, revealing a small pile of gray-white powder, which is unique to the secret door "Pear Blossom Tears", she walked to the well at the entrance of the village, and poured the powder into it, "Don't blame me, who made you the descendants of Lin Zi......"

She smiled slightly, which was a rare smile for her, but at this time, a beautiful face looked eerie and terrifying, enough to stop the child from crying at night, "Who made me Su Li, ruthless?" ”

"Ziqi Ziqi, Zimu is a coffin, born here and buried here, but it is a fallen leaf returning to the roots, brother, Xiaoli is helping them, right?" , Su Li threw the piece of paper aside at random, and under the hot wind, fortunately it was not burned, "Xiaoli knows that you don't want to do it, so Xiaoli does it for you......"

Arayu, the third piece, she has to ...... no matter what Find the full ......

She was really confused, and it took her five years to think: this is Zimu Hall, it is a forest village, and it is a wood god......

Four

People say that things are divided into five elements, water overcomes fire and wood makes fire, so think about it, that night is indeed starlight, and the land is indeed flourishing, although the specific cause of this fire is not clear, but this fire is also reasonable

That night, like the rising sun in the middle of the night, the morning glow smeared red half of the sky, and there was a small wind, fearing that the fire would rise by the wind, affecting the pond fish, the people in the neighboring villages and towns spontaneously went to the rescue, and the sleepiness was also awakened by the sky-high fire, pots and pans went into battle, experienced to the periphery of logging and trenching, and the day was bright, the lush mountains and forests outside Los Angeles were like being carved a pitch-black scar, ashes and smoke, and could not heal for a long time

Some people say that it is fortunate that there is no one in the forest, but others say that there is a small village there

"Uncle, you said there is a village, what is the name of that village?" , a thickly wrapped teenager gathered into the crowd

It was Meng Qiu, and the weather was getting colder, but it didn't reach the point where he needed cotton clothes and pants to keep out the cold, everyone thought he was strange, but after all, he was a child, and he couldn't say if he was suffering from a strange disease

A tall middle-aged man with a sword also followed, holding the hilt of the sword in his right hand, his face was tight, and he opened his mouth without anger and self-authority, "Let's go!" ”

He said that there was a village where people kindly replied to him, "I can't remember exactly, it seems to be Lin or something, it's Lin...... Nakamura bar! ”

Lin ...... Nakamura! Wen Renxi was smiling and laughing, but now a strange expression appeared on his face, which was an expression exclusive to adults, it was the expression of hearing that his field was going to pay tribute, the baby was taken away by the abductor, and the death row was trembling before going to the execution ground, he pulled out a neatly folded rag from his sleeve, and hurriedly spread it out to the uncle, "Uncle, you ...... Misremembered...... Which forest is in which? No...... It's ......."

"Yes, yes! That's it! It's just that the latter two 'forests...... What does 'mean'? ”

Wen Renxi was so excited that he grabbed his uncle's clothes, "Did anyone escape?" Did a little girl about two or three years younger than me escape? ”

Seeing that he was in a hurry, the uncle sighed, but he still told the truth, "It's all burned to ashes, even the stones are burned out, and it is estimated that I can't even dig up a single bone......

The guy who said there was no one there said before, "Don't frighten people and children, if there are really people, why are they burned alive without making a sound?" Anyone who can sleep well to that extent......"

The people next to him echoed one after another

Wen Renxi couldn't hear what he said afterward, his hands drooped weakly, his ears were buzzing, and the strip of cloth fluttered in the wind, silently shedding a tear, "How is it possible...... How is that possible, how can you deceive you......"

He turned around and ran away, Wen Renlong saw that he looked depressed, but he didn't know where this "down" came from, and wanted to hold him, "bang", the cloth was torn, and Wen Renxi was unaware, wearing a tattered coat, rushed into the crowd, shouting, "Where is the place where the fire started!" ”

"Can someone tell Xi'er where that place is!"

"Does anyone know!"

The passers-by showed him the way, and he followed the general direction and disappeared into the bustling sea of people

At least...... At least until he finds the rabbit hole, and the cliff, and the river, and ...... He wanted to see her with his own eyes...... of corpses to ......

to believe all this......

"How so? How can it be? Why? He raised his eyes, it was a big hole, a few stumps sparsely covered the hole, he remembered the hole, that was the last time he heard her voice, he opened his eyes wide, trying to see that it was not the hole, but the more he looked, the more he understood: this is it, this is it, it turns out that they are so close......

But now it's far away, so far away that it is separated by yin and yang......

His clothes are soaked, like wet green algae that has just been fished out of the water, and some places say that God cries when it rains, but today the sky is clear, and it is as clear as a wash, this time it is not God crying, but ...... People are crying......

On that day in Los Angeles, two strange things happened that are still talked about by people today

The river froze, and the wasteland was overgrown with weeds

But none of that matters

Because no one remembers them, the old-fashioned old gentleman is Lin Xiang, the one who is carrying the rotten gourd is Lin Shouer, and it is Lin Feng who always shouts loudly, and it must be Lin Yuan and Lin Jia's two sisters and brothers who are bound when they see outsiders, and it is Lin Yue who says "This is a divine pearl", and it is Lin Qian who does not like to cook vegetables and loves stew......

It was Lin Qiao'er who was always by Lin Shu's side......

Lin Shu was still at the locksmith's house, coaxing the two dolls

Lin Yu and her sister-in-law, Lin Xian, are supporting her uncle

On the way, I bumped into Lin Yan who came back from Los Angeles

That night

Lin Xian said that Qiao'er opened the door, woke them up, and took them out with him

When she came out, she saw several bodies lined up on the ground one by one

Qiao'er looked tired, her clothes were gray, and she asked her where Lin Shu was

Lin Xian said that Lin Shu went to the study school in the morning, and now she hasn't returned, she thought that Lin Xiang left the book to talk to him at night, this kind of thing has been common since Lin Shu started to teach Lin Xiang, and she didn't worry too much

Lin Xian remembered that Lin Yan hadn't gone home again, and Lin Yu didn't know where he had gone

People are always powerless in the face of life and death, Lin Xian saw the corpse that was burned so that she couldn't see her face clearly, she held a mouthful of blood in her chest, her eyes were sore, but she couldn't shed tears, her throat inhaled too much smoke and dust, she used her weak body to help Lin Shouda up, and her crying was like a wail

When she saw the sea of fire rising into the sky, she knew that the village was finished

She couldn't remember which time, she was sitting at the door of the house, sharpening the kitchen knife, and her younger siblings were also sitting at the door of the second brother's house, knitting socks in the moonlight, and there was no light in the house, so that she could save a little money for lamp oil

Shouda carried the hoe and led the old ox, swayed open the door of the fence, burped, and said to her, "Today Lao Tie called me to eat and drink, and I ...... I'll just eat a little, Xiao Yanniang, you...... Belch...... Help me get a bowl of tea to sober up the wine......"

She sharpened her knife by herself and didn't raise her head, "There is a pot of coarse tea on the stove, I thought that Ming'er would let you take it to the field, you can get it yourself, or you go to the bed to rest, I will bring it to you later...... You too, Lin Tie told you to go, you went? I also walked back at night, what should I do if I broke my two children? Next time, remember to ask someone to come back and report the letter, and I'll pick you up......"

"Don't worry about it, I'...... Belch! What time did something ...... happen?", Lin Shouda staggered into the house

She sighed

Lin Xian thought of this, but saw Lin Qiao'er rushing into the sea of fire again

She had no strength left, and shouted at the little girl in the gray cloth, "Qiao'er, where are you going?" ”

Lin Qiao'er turned around, "Auntie, I listened to the people in the teahouse commenting on the book, do you know what they say, what should a husband and wife do?" ”

Lin Xian didn't understand what she was talking about, and asked, "What should I do?" ”

The firelight was very high and bright, Lin Xian saw Lin Qiao'er standing in front of a purgatory, as if she was about to fall into the abyss in the next second, Lin Xian saw her smile, smiled very happily, as if she was going to a long-lost appointment, she put on red makeup, put on a hijab, and the bed was covered with red dates and peanuts brought back by Lin Shouda from the town, and the men, women and children of the whole village gathered in the courtyard of their house, the men were drunk and arrogantly carried out the wine order, the women coaxed the babies, and the older children surrounded Lin Shu, saying, "Mr. is going to get married!" "I want to see the bride, is she good-looking?" ”

Lin Xian also saw that Lin Shu responded with a smile and said, "Of course! ”

Lin Qiaoer fell into that fiery red light, and she replied to the sentence, "Married as husband and wife, born as the same Qiu, and died as the same hole!" ”

When Lin Xian came back to his senses, he found that he was already teary-eyed

Five

It wasn't until the next morning, when the two dolls were crying and fussing about breastfeeding, that Lin Yu really realized that they ...... and herself, all orphans......

Everything was suddenly like a nightmare, always thinking that when she woke up, Lin Jia would come over and pick them up, and she could also eat a fragrant rabbit meat

But this dream seems to be unfinished, she can't wake up, she looks at the two children in a daze, touches her face—she hopes that none of them are true, she can touch nothing, not even herself, but she touches it, touches a living self, she is here, she lives in this nightmare......

Last night, Lin Shu sat at the door alone for a night, he knew that his father was injured, he knew that something had happened in Lin Village, and he knew that most of the people in the village, including the second uncle and aunt, were gone, and he only knew this, but he didn't ask a word else

Everyone except Lin Shu and Lin Shouda gathered at the dinner table, and they all tacitly didn't say a word, Lin Xian skillfully picked up Lin Mo and shook the milk in the bottle, Lin Mo stretched out his little hand to grab it, opened his mouth and babbled without knowing what he was talking about, Lin Xian took advantage of his mouth to open his mouth and put the bottle to his mouth for him to bite, so that the child would not be able to spit out the milk

This is the home of the locksmith in the town, and Lin Yu discussed with them to let her family spend the night here, and then go to Shucheng to join distant relatives

Lin Shouda was seriously injured, he had been protecting Lin Xian when he escaped, the clothes on his back were burned through a big hole by the fire, and all of them were scorched, Lin Shu borrowed a few leftover white cloths from the locksmith and washed them on the stove to dry, and bandaged the wounds, but Lin Shouda had been groggy, half-asleep and half-awake, as if he would not wake up at any time, Lin Xian held his hand and whispered to him on the side of the bed all night, probably not to leave me and the child or something, the next day, Lin Xian almost fainted due to lack of strength, Lin Shu probed the pulse and said that his father had survived, It's okay now

Lin Shu walked out of the inner room, and Lin Xian hurriedly put the stool aside and pulled him to sit down steadily

"Mother, Lin Zhongcun...... Can we go back? Lin Shu suddenly asked

Lin Xian paused for a while before saying, "Let's go to your Uncle Di first...... After she finished speaking, her eyes involuntarily looked away, not daring to look at Lin Shu, even though Lin Shu was blind......

"Are we the only ones left?" , Lin Shu's hand holding the bowl trembled slightly, he didn't want to ask, but he always had to ask, he couldn't deceive himself all his life, he wanted to know...... Where did the bride who was supposed to visit her church today go?

"No, there's Qiao'er!" At this moment, Lin Xian made a decision in her heart, she did regret that she couldn't hold Lin Qiao'er at that time, but she must not let her book really go to the same "death as the same hole" as Qiao'er

Lin Shu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and the big stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground, "Where is that Qiao'er?" Is Uncle Xiang here? She also ...... Will you marry me? ”

If Lin Xiang dies, Lin Qiaoer should be filial piety for three years, and she can't discuss relatives here

"Qiao'er went to your Uncle Di first, Lao Xiang is gone, as for Qiao'er, it's up to her ......", Lin Xian said ambiguously

The sense of loss that was wrapped around Lin Shu's body gradually weakened, he took a sip of porridge and smiled as usual, "Then I'll wait for her......"

Waiting is a very long thing, and sometimes it can even take a long time for your whole life, that is, even if you wait for a lifetime, it may not be fruitful

Since Lin Shouda was still an injured person, except for the group of women and children, they walked for ten days before they arrived in Shucheng

In the low wall, there is a dense bamboo forest, verdant and dripping, the pine and bamboo do not wither in winter, Mei Lingshuang blooms, this year is cold and three friends, this courtyard only occupies one of them, but it is a unique of its own

The lintel reads: Lower Forest View

There is only one old Taoist who lives in Guanli all the year round, his surname is Lin, and his name is Di

It is the Tang of the Tang and the Tang of the flower

The bowl is not brewed with tea leaves, but bamboo leaves, which is temporarily called bamboo tea here, Lin Yan took a sip of it, feeling that it was like boiled water, and there was no taste at all

Surrounded by a bamboo forest, there are only two back-to-back high-stilted bamboo houses, the eaves are covered with thatch, the front and rear two steps are four steps each, the outer circle of vacant bamboo corridors, and then the bamboo railings, a bamboo case is nailed on the corridor, a bamboo mat is paved, the tea set is neatly placed on the case, and the eaves are covered to the outside of the railing

Look at the front room again, the furnishings are also extremely simple, there is a painting hanging on the wall facing south, which depicts a family of five, three elders sitting on a bamboo chair, the middle one is obviously the highest, the most respectful status, the beard grows to the chest, it is already gray, the two around also have a beard, but not as long as the middle one, it is still black, two children, a man and a woman, the man on the left and the woman on the right, each held in the arms by the two old men next to him

The only remaining are bamboo mats covering the floor of the whole room, an oil lamp, an incense tripod, and three incense sticks, which are made by Lin Di with all kinds of spices made of ground new bamboo leaves, so the house is filled with bamboo incense inside and outside

Lin Di had already learned about the incident from Lin Xian, and of course he also knew about Qiao'er, but he didn't say much about it

Lin Yu asked Lin Yan strangely, "Uncle has heard about this earlier?" Why didn't he react at all......

Lin Yan shook his head, looking at the criss-crossing wood grains on the tea table, his expression was like an old antique with knowledge

"The world is changeable, but there is a common way in the sky, and those who should be destroyed will never leave ......", when Lin Di said this, Lin Shu sat on the threshold with his back to the house, as if he was old and old for a moment, Lin Di stared at not Lin Yan and Lin Yu, but Lin Shu's back, saying, "The natural who should live can survive, and the people who should die will naturally return to dust......"

Lin Shu turned around, his empty eyes looked very weak, "Why hasn't Qiao'er come yet?" ”

"Are you tired of waiting?" , Lin Di poured himself a cup of bamboo tea

"I'm afraid she won't remember, it's late ......", Lin Shu buried his head, "I'm afraid she will wait too long......"

Lin Xian coaxed Lin Shu and said that Qiao'er was a lot haggard because of Lin Xiang's death, and he didn't want to see anyone now, so he took Lin Shu to the back room and let him rest obediently

It's not a way to go on like this, Lin Xian understands how Lin Shu feels now, on the one hand, all he wants is to be able to see Qiao'er a day earlier, to make sure that she is really still there, but on the other hand, he is afraid that these are all fake, his family is coaxing him, and the longer he drags on, the more uneasy he becomes

There are three people, one is the most beautiful, but can only be missed, one is the most hated, but it is a stranger, and the other is ordinary, but it is with each other until old age

Sooner or later, she knew that the third was what he wanted the most

The first one he chose Lin Qiaoer himself

This third person, she chose for him, Lin Yu......

Six

Lin Xian remembered that it should be the first meeting between Lin Shu and Lin Qiao'er

Lin Shu was nine years old

Due to the accident when he was a child, the white gauze wrapped around his face has been wrapped for six years, and it was just removed that day, and it was also the first time Lin Shu saw the sun again in six years, he picked up a wooden stool, deliberately chose a warm place, and sat in the livestock shed to feed the old cow

Lin Xian wrapped a meat roll with his own hands that day to entertain the guests, mixed with meat foam and chopped green onion as the filling, spread it on the dough, made it into a roll, and steamed it in the cage drawer for about half an hour

That time, when Lin Yu was not at home, and she was embarrassed because she couldn't get away, Lin Qiaoer recommended herself to give Lin Shu

Lin Xian told her that she must wait until Lin Shu finished eating and took back the dishes, otherwise Lin Shu would be inconvenient to move, and the matter of accidentally overturning would be small, and the matter of cutting and leaving scars would be big

Lin Shu smelled the fragrance from afar, the blind man's nose and ears have always been more sensitive than ordinary people, "Little sister, is it you?" ”

Lin Qiao'er casually threw the plate into his hand, and Lin Shu finally took it steadily, "You're not a little sister?" ”

"Yes, I'm Lin Qiao'er, Lin Xiang's daughter!" , Lin Qiao'er sat next to him

"Oh ......", Lin Shu lowered his head and ate the meat rolls, and then asked, "Do you want it?" ”

"If you really want to give it to me......", Lin Qiao'er's eyes rolled, "I want six!" ”

At this time, there were only six left in Lin Shu's bowl......

Lin Shu was stunned for a while, he thought that he had already eaten more than half of it, and this little girl must not be able to eat it, so he was greedy, even if he gave her all the rest, he still ate too much, so he gave the bowl to Lin Qiao'er, holding a plate for her so that she could dip the sauce

Lin Qiao'er was deliberately embarrassed, but she didn't want him to really give all the meat rolls to herself, she lowered her head and ate the meat rolls, without dipping the sauce, the surroundings were a lot quieter, and she stopped shouting, "Why haven't I seen you in my father's school?" Is it because you are blind and can't study? ”

"I ...... You can go to the school tomorrow ......", Lin Shu continued to hold the meat sauce, motionless, "Don't you stick to the sauce?" It's going to be a lot better......"

He didn't know what Lin Qiao'er's expression was at that time, but he felt that her voice was far away from now, she first said, "I'll try", and then Lin Shu felt that the plate in her hand was clicked - she lightly dipped a little sauce, and then she lowered her voice

Whispered, "Then I'll wait for you to come......"

……

……

"Qiao'er, is that you?" , Lin Shu hurriedly stood up, he smelled the smell of green onions, pushed open the door, listened to the footsteps approaching, grabbed the hand of the visitor, and hugged her tightly into his arms, "Qiao'er is not afraid, it's okay...... I'm here, I'm ...... I will give Qiao'er a good home, finally ...... Wait until you......"

Lin Yu was holding a large bowl, and there was a small plate on the piled meat rolls, soft meat sauce, she was frightened by this sudden hug, and she was speechless for a while

Lin Yan followed behind, and put the sea bowl in his hand while Lin Yu was stunned

"Qiao'er? Be...... You? Lin Shu was full of the words "jubilant" all over his body, he let go of Lin Yu, but he still held her hand tightly, and he was a little uncertain......

"Yes! Big brother, it's Sister Qiao'er, no, it should be a sister-in-law......", Lin Yan had an idea, thinking that his mother really expected it well

Lin Yu stopped talking, she only felt that this was a conspiracy, a conspiracy designed to calculate her, she looked at Lin Yan, who was able to play the play, and finally didn't pull her hand away

She wondered why her aunt suddenly remembered to wrap the meat rolls......

I see......

She could have shaken off Lin Shu's hand at that time, or just said "I'm a little sister ......", but sometimes people don't understand why they do this, she watched Lin Yan babbling with Lin Shu there, saying that her sister-in-law was smoky and her throat was damaged, and now she can't speak, and said that this meat roll was specially wrapped by her sister-in-law for Lin Xue, and even said that her sister-in-law was sick with lovesickness when she thought about him every day in Xia Lin Guan......

Suddenly I don't want to poke him

Also...... When did she poke him?

The saliva swallowed seems to be bitter and unbearable, the green in the bamboo forest is different from the village in the forest, the green in the forest is green, dyed into a dark green when the mountain rain comes, when the sky is clear, the sun is pouring down through the fingertips like a rippling turquoise, the green is soaked in the clear soup and little water, taste the sweet and bitter taste of the world, fade the green of the bright makeup, the cup of bamboo tea is silently hung on the bamboo case, no one cares, Lin Yu is like the lost cup of bamboo tea, I don't know the sweetness and bitterness, I can't wait for the aftertaste

Lin Yu hadn't spoken for several days, not only in front of Lin Shu, but also in front of Lin Yan, she seemed to have suddenly lost her interest in talking, and after breakfast, she went to Lin Shu to send meat rolls according to Lin Xian's intentions, Lin Shu wrote poems to "read" the book, she sat with him on the side, sat for a full day, sometimes Lin Yan would come over, noisy two sentences, but the two of them, one was listless, the other was indisputable, he was so bored talking to himself alone, so he went to wander around the street

Some things have been hidden for a long time, and some have not, just like this time

Lin Yu's mood is low these days, sometimes walking and walking will be distracted, Lin Shu seems to have a feeling, he always wants to tease her, once, he painted a painting, Lin Yu prepared ink for him, but since Lin Qiaoer and Lin Shu got along, she has not polished him again, not to mention Lin Qiaoer's usual ink color order, Lin Shu himself followed the rules and drew a piece of ink bamboo step by step, after she adjusted the color, it became two thin bamboo poles with clothes to dry

"Does Qiao'er like it?" , Lin Shu lifted the painting, "For you...... Hang in our new house later......"

The light in Lin Yu's eyes gradually dimmed again, and he only responded in a low voice, "Hmm......"

She couldn't help but look out the window, the courtyard was full of green bamboo, the scenery was infinitely good, but there was no one, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to see it all through the window, so she walked towards the courtyard

Outside the sky, there are clouds outside the sky, there are immortals in the clouds, and the immortals drink Qiongjiu, and ask, "Why are you here?" Answer, "Looking for someone", and asked, "Who?" Again, "Sweetheart ......"

"Bang!" , Lin Yu was woken up from the ethereal fantasy, a bloody wound on her knee, hideous and terrifying, it turned out that she was so distracted that she forgot the threshold in front of the hall, and fell hard, "Painful ......"

Lin Shu was putting away the picture scroll just now, when he heard the sound, he guessed that something had happened to "Qiao'er", and hurriedly followed the sound, "Qiao'er is okay?" I went to get the medicine, where did I fall? Is the injury serious? ”

He went to get the medicine, Lin Yu was really hurt this time, "...... pain"

"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt......", Lin Shu coaxed her, "It won't hurt if you blow it......"

Seven

Lin Shu said "blowing", but in Lin Yu's ears, it is "kissing"

Lin Shu bent down, the action was done in one go, extremely natural, as if he had done it thousands of times, and his head slowly approached Lin Yu's wound

Seeing that the two were getting closer and closer, Lin Yu suddenly shouted, ignoring the pain, getting up in a panic, and running away

happened to bump headlong into Lin Yan, who was about to enter the yard

"Who?!" , Lin Yan covered his head, "Walk without eyes or go out without brains!" ”

Lin Yu saw that it was Lin Yan, so he couldn't care about anything, so he threw himself into his arms, "Second brother, second brother, I don't want it!" I don't want to marry my big brother!

Lin Yan saw that it was Xiao Yu'er, and his anger was gone, he patted Lin Yu's back to express comfort, and put on an elder's frame and said, "Xiao Yu'er, you are obedient, didn't the second uncle always want you to marry the eldest brother?" It's not just ...... right now."

Lin Yu had tears in his eyes, "Do you want to?" Do you want me to marry my eldest brother?

"Qiao'er! Don't run, you'll get hurt if you fall, and if you don't rub the medicine, you'll get inflamed! Lin Shu also chased him out of the house

He still held the cork of the medicine bottle in his hand and squatted down, "Qiao'er, let's go back...... Do you want me to carry you? ”

"I'm not your Lin Qiao'er!" , Lin Yu's tears rolled, and she repeated word by word, "I, no, your, Lin Qiao'er!" ”

Lin Shu was stunned and withdrew his outstretched hand, as if he had already understood, "You...... You're a little sister, aren't you...... I knew ......"

Lin Yan Lin Yu was frightened by the loss and remorse that appeared on Lin Shu's face, this was an expression that had never appeared on his face, he had always been a smiling person, a very gentle person, and the two said in unison, "You...... How do you know? ”

How do you not know? Qiao'er is never so quiet......

In the past few days, he has felt that the surroundings are a little quiet

Lin Shu turned around and entered the house, closing the doors and windows

Everyone tried to knock on the door, but there was no answer, Lin Shouda fell into a coma again in the past few days, several people were very busy, Lin Xian was almost forty people, and the people in the village used to praise her for looking only in her early twenties, these days, she seems to have aged twenty years old, and she can already know the destiny of heaven

Lin Shouda was poisoned

According to Lin Di, it is a kind of poison in the secret door, specifically for people who have no martial arts or low martial arts, and the poisoned person can only use strong internal force to suppress the poison, and after the person dies, the body turns into dust and no longer exists

It is a miracle that Lin Shouda can live for so long

Lin Yu took the small black jar, looked at it curiously for a while, pulled out the lid, and a foul smell came to his nose, so smoked that Lin Yu hurriedly stuffed the lid back, and almost vomited out yesterday's breakfast, "What is this?" Is it cow dung, sheep dung or pig dung?

"It is vanilla pill, more than 100 kinds of herbs collected from all directions, choose the rain over the azure, the first day of Hongqiao spread on the ground, even eight eight sixty-four days, and then boil with slow fire, an hour to add a herb in order, so it must be boiled for hundreds of days, day and night, into this incense pill, placed in the room, a radius of three hundred miles can smell the fragrance, bees and butterflies linger, pedestrians stop", Lin Di looked at Lin Yu with a face full of disbelief, smiled and finished the last sentence, "There are dozens of grains here, it is said that the fragrance is endless, and it can be stored for three hundred years......"

"You ......", Lin Yu put the jar on the table, and retreated a few feet away from the "stinky" "fragrant" herb pill

Lin Yan didn't mind the smell, he sat calmly in place, and said to Lin Di, "Xiao Yu'er is asking: Are you looking for her to be happy?" ”

Lin Yu leaned against the door and nodded vigorously

"Of course not! This vanilla pill is genuine, it is refined by the great sect of Yaoshan, and if it is put in the bazaar, a hundred taels of gold cannot be exchanged for one! Lin Di is serious, but Lin Yan and Lin Yu feel that he is really serious and talking nonsense without knowing it

Lin Di took the jar into his arms, and saw that Lin Yu had goosebumps all over his body, "This is a token, I don't have much time, you two bring this jar to Yaoshan, just say that it is the old man of Takeshita who wants to see, I am willing to ignore the past grievances and help each other, I will be grateful, and I will repay ...... in the next life."

"Retribution in the afterlife?" , Lin Yan muttered to himself, "I may not be able to see you again in this life......

Lin Shu locked himself up

I introspect myself for a moment that I felt that it was good to be deceived for the rest of my life

"I ...... I'm going to marry Qiao'er......", he hid in the house alone for two days and two nights, and when he finally opened the door, the first thing he said was this

The etiquette is simple, Lin Xian is tears, watching Lin Shu hold a tablet to worship heaven and earth, and then worship the high hall, watching him gently brush away the dust on the ground with his hand, before putting the tablet opposite him, and then the husband and wife worshipped each other......

Sent to the cave room......

That signing came true, Lin Zhongcun was gone, and the two of them finally got married......

There were two incense candles lit at the head of the bed, the red wedding curtain covered the bed covered with a red embroidered quilt, a small plate with a little fructose and peanuts, and placed on the wooden table

Lin Shu opened a delicate wooden box

He received a lot of gadgets, when they went to town when they were a child, Qiao'er had been red for a long time The beaded chain, he saved money to buy it for her, but he never dared to send it, because it was a few years later, Qiao'er was a few years older, she may not like it, and Qiao'er liked the pears, she smiled and said that she wanted to plant a pear tree in the backyard of their home after they got married, so that they could eat pears every day, and when he ate the fruit later, he would pick out the seeds and put them in small bottles, and there were not a few rotten ones every year, and he picked them out one by one, Seal the rest carefully, and the red ribbon that has begun to fade, Grandpa Cheng said that they took it, this time he refused to bring them the new ribbon, fortunately he took it, Qiao'er will see it, said that it is not bright enough, so he went to the Zimu Hall and came back, Qiao'er liked the leaves, that was brought by a group of acrobats to the town, a leaf with a variety of colors, mottled, he followed the gang of jugglers for several hills, only to pick up these pieces of falling, He also specially asked Lin Yu to pick many other leaves for him, and studied how to retain those colors for a long time

The last one he touched was a small porcelain vase with a stone as pale as dead ash, dipped in an eerie teal liquid

This is...... How many years ago? He counted the day when they went to ask for the red ribbon eight years ago, Qiao'er wanted to see the snake that the second uncle caught, and when he got home, he begged the second uncle to cut off the fangs for him, and he kept soaking them in medicine, which was also the thing he kept for Qiao'er for the longest time

Lin Shu has always packed these things and carried them with him, he was afraid that one day she would suddenly want it, but he couldn't give it to her

"I don't know what it means to be 'liked', but I know that I have known since I was a child that I want to marry you, and in my life, nothing is predetermined, but the marriage contract with you was made eleven years ago, and I have been looking forward to it coming soon......"

"They all said that we didn't get along, the second uncle always wanted me to marry my little sister, and Uncle Xiang also persuaded me to revitalize my husband and marry my wife as a husband, but they didn't know how much I liked to be bullied by you......"

"I even thought of a name for our child, gave birth to a girl and hoped that she would be as uninhibited as you, not to be the Zhumen peony, just willing to be the grass by the water, feel free, give birth to a boy and hope that he will have no disease and no disaster in his life, and die safely, Lin Guan and Lin Shan ......"

"Huangquan Road is so dark, without you leading me, I'm afraid that I will go wrong, so you can take me with you......", Lin Shu turned the porcelain bottle upside down and filled it with water, he hadn't drunk wine, this was the first time, so let him get drunk and dream of life and death......

Divide and merge, go to the king's appointment, live with Qiu, and die with the same hole

He didn't want to be lovesick for a long time......