Yes, those drunken and chaotic three days have passed.

On the morning of the fourth day, when Hanyan woke up, there was no shadow of Pei Wen on the bed, she sat up in surprise, looked around, and whispered softly:

"Peiwen! Pei Wen! Without answering, she put on a morning coat and stepped out of bed, but at a glance she saw a note pressed under the vase on the bedside table, and she took it out, on which was the handwriting of Bai Peiwen:

"Smoke:

You slept so sweetly, I couldn't bear to wake you up. Manager Zhao called, everything needs to be done in the factory, and I will have a very busy day. I don't come back for dinner at noon and I return home around 5 p.m.

Kiss you! Hope you're dreaming of me!

Pei Wen"

With a smile on her face, she brought the note to her lips and gently imprinted a kiss on the autograph. She slept so deeply that she didn't even know he was leaving her! Presumably he tiptoed away quietly. Sighing with satisfaction, she stretched lazily and lazily, without Pei Wen by her side, she didn't know what to do on this day, she was already thinking about him. I won't be able to see him until five o'clock in the afternoon, how long it is! After freshening up, she went downstairs, and with scissors, she went out into the garden to cut the roses, which should have been renewed. It was another sunny day, and the rising sun passed through the treetops, casting countless splendors on the ground. Hanyan is very fond of the old banyan trees in the garden, the dense branches and leaves are covered by umbrellas, the strong trunks are strong and powerful, and the hanging aerial roots flutter in the wind, adding a lot of emotion to this garden. There is also the willow tree at the entrance of the garden, which is also her beloved, every dusk, the twilight is four, the garden is purple and red, vaguely hidden under the giant tree onion cage and wicker, it reminds her of Ouyang Xiu's "The courtyard is a little deeper, the willows are full of smoke, and the curtains □ are not repeated." The sentence is full of poetry and picturesqueness. She walked on the gravel-paved path, the morning dew on the petals had not dried, the grass was still wet, and she wore a pair of soft-soled embroidered shoes, the uppers of which had been wet with dewdrops. She cut a large bouquet of yellow roses, and while cutting them, she hummed the song "We are together, we will never be separated". Then, she saw Gao Lide, who was standing under the old banyan tree, and didn't know what to say to the gardener Lao Zhang. Seeing Hanyan, he looked at her with an appreciative eye, this was full of youthful breath, this face was shrouded in the brilliance of happiness, this girl who stepped on the dew and held a bouquet, singing slowly and slowly. It's a painting, a moving painting. "Morning, Mrs. Bai." He smiled at her and nodded.

"Pei Wen has told you several times that you want me to smoke cigarettes, but you always forget." She said, smiling. "What are you doing?" "Deal with aphids!" He said, taking a rose from Smoke's hand to examine it, and then pointing out some small white dots for Smoke. "Look, these are aphids, they're quite nasty, I'm telling Lao Zhang how to get rid of them! These are all brought in by ants. "Ants?" Smoke surprise. "What are they doing with bugs?"

"Aphids secrete a sweet liquid that ants want to eat, so they bring aphids, and they protect them! The biological world is amazing, isn't it? ”

Hanyan's eyes widened, his face was full of innocent surprise, and his expression was touching and lovable. "Pei Wen is getting busy again, isn't he?" He asked.

"Yes," Hanyan subconsciously peeled off the thorns on the stem of the rose, with a faint touch. "He won't be back until the afternoon."

"If you're bored, you might as well go and watch us pick tea." He said enthusiastically. "That's a lot of fun, too." "Has the tea picking started?" "Yes, it's going to be hard work."

"I'll pick it too," she said, with a childish excitement. "You teach me how to pick, and I'll pick it well." "You?" He smiled. "That's tiring! You won't be able to take it. ”

"How do you know?" She said, "Do you want to start picking today?" ”

"Yes," he said, looking at his watch, "I'm going soon." ”

"How many female workers are there to pick?" "Dozens." "How many days?" "Four or five days. If you are interested, we will pick the area in front of the bamboo forest today, you can come at any time! "I'll go!" She laughed, and was about to say something more, when the maiden Alain came out of the house, and came up to her, and said:

"Madam, the old lady invites you to go, and she is waiting for you in her house."

Hanyan had some suspicions, and the old lady invited her to go? This is the first time since marriage, will anything happen? She was slightly uneasy, but, immediately, she was relieved. Of course, there won't be anything wrong, it's natural, Pei Wen is back to work, and she should take this opportunity to get too close to the old lady. So, she smiled hurriedly at Gao Lide and said, "See you later!" Turning around, she walked briskly into the house, went upstairs, first brought the roses into her room, straightened her clothes, and went all the way to the door of the old lady, and knocked on the door, and she heard the voice of the old lady in the door:

"Come in!" She pushed the door open and walked in, with a gentle smile on her face. Mrs. Bai was standing in front of the long floor-to-ceiling window, facing the garden, with her back to her, and when she heard her walk in, she didn't look back, she still stood straight like that, she was a little apprehensive with a cigarette, and she called softly: "Mom! "Close the door!" Old Lady Bai's voice was commanding, cold.

Smoke's heart sank, and the smile quickly disappeared from her face. She closed the door and looked timidly at Mrs. Bai. Old Mrs. Bai turned around, her gaze fell coldly on Hanyan's face, which made Hanyan shiver violently, this look was like two sharp knives, Hanyan had been stabbed. Pulling over a chair, Mrs. Bai sat down slowly, her eyes still staring at Hanyan, cold and stern.

"I think the two of us should have an open and honest conversation." She said, "Come here!" Hanyan walked forward passively, and her face turned pale. Raising her eyelashes, her big eyes looked at Mrs. Bai for a moment, with three points of surprise and seven points of trepidation. "Mom," she cried weakly, "did I do something wrong?" ”

"Yes," said the old lady, looking straight at her. "You were fundamentally wrong!"

"Mom?" She frowned slightly.

"Don't call me Mom! Remember that! You can only call me mom in front of Pei Wen, because I don't want to make Pei Wen sad, and other times, you have to call me an old lady, do you hear? ”

The smoky face was as white as a piece of paper.

"Y-your-you mean ......," she stammered.

"What do I mean?" Old Lady Bai snorted coldly. "I don't like you, Smoke!" She confessed, staring at her. "I have inquired about your history, at first I only thought that he married a female worker, but I did not expect that he would be worse than a female worker, and he would marry a happy woman! I think you've done everything you can to seduce him. ”

Hanyan's eyes opened so wide and wide, her lips trembled, and for a while, she couldn't answer a word, only a hazy and painful feeling that the beautiful world she had just built had been shattered so quickly.

"You are very clever," continued the old lady, "you have taken Pei Wen very well. But don't you want to play with me, the moment you walk into my house, I know what kind of woman you are! With smoke, you don't deserve Peiwen! Hanyan looked directly at Mrs. Bai, in fact, she didn't see anything, and the waves of tears had blocked her vision. Her hands and feet were cold, and she trembled, and she had been thrown from the top of a joyous mountain into a bottomless abyss, and there she continued to sink, sink, sink.

"No tears!" The voice of the old lady echoed coldly on the four walls of the abyss. "Leave the tears to the man! Now, I want you to tell me frankly, were you innocent before you married Pei Wen? ”

Hanyan did not speak. "Say!" Mrs. Bai shouted, "Answer me!" ”

Hanyan glanced at Mrs. Bai pleadingly.

"Nope." She said in a dumb voice, "Pei Wen knows everything. ”

"He knows! Hum! He actually knew! Thousands of choices, marry such a woman! Mrs. Bai looked at Hanyan angrily, her pale face, and her teary eyes! She used this weakness and tears to conquer men! "You're wrong," she stared at her, "you shouldn't have come into this family!" You've soiled the whole Kashiwa family! Hanyan's body shook a little, and she looked shaky.

"You ......," she said, trembling, wounded, and weak, "you...... Want...... What do you want me to do? Leave...... Leave...... Is it here? ”

"Would you like to leave?" She scrutinized her.

Hanyan looked at her, and then, as soon as her legs went limp, she knelt down. Kneeling there, she looked at her pleadingly with a pair of mournful eyes.

"Please don't drive me away!" She said bitterly. "I know I'm bad, I'm low, I'm filthy...... But, but, but I love him, and he loves me, beg you, don't drive me away! "Hmph, I know you're not going to leave here!" Old Lady Bai raised her eyebrows. "Smoky Heights? Smoky Hills! You've made a big profit! ”

"Mom-" she shouted protestingly.

"Call me old lady!" Old lady Bai shouted.

"Old lady!" She shuddered and screamed, tears welling up in her eyes, and she gagged her mouth with her hands, and she tried to stop herself from crying. "You- you're mistaken, I-I-

Never thought about it - about the industry - the industry" she sobbed, unable to speak.

"I knew you would say that!" Old Lady Bai sneered. "You don't need to explain, I know that to you! But don't worry, I won't drive you away! Because, I can't even drive away my son, who is infatuated with you! You stay here! But don't play tricks in front of me! Did you hear that? As long as I live, I will spy on you for a day! Don't you want to touch his property! Don't think about meddling in his business! Don't think about touching his money! "Old lady......," she cried out in pain.

"And," Lady Bai interrupted. "I think you're in a hurry to go to Pei Wen to tell the truth." Hanyan covered his face with his hands and shook his head violently.

"You'd better not say a word in front of Pei Wen!" Mrs. Bai warned, "If you wish to stay here! If you ruin the relationship between our mother and son, I won't let you go! Shaking his head desperately. I don't say it," she cried, "I don't say a word!" ”

Old Lady Bai turned her face to the other side.

"Now, there you go!" She said, "Remember what I said! ”

Hanyan cried and stood up, with her hands and mouth, she hurriedly walked towards the door, and when she reached the door, she heard the stern voice of Mrs. Bai again: "Stop!" She stood still and turned around. Old lady Bai looked at her coldly.

"In the future, you'd better be more peaceful, I understand that a woman like you is born to be restless in the room! Let me tell you, Gao Lide is young and promising, don't seduce him again! Watch out! I won't allow you to cuckold Nevin! ”

"Oh! The old lady ......" shouted with a cigarette, tears flowed down her eyes, she could not say a word, turned her head, she opened the door, and rushed out. Immediately, she ran back to her room, closed the door, and fell straight down on the bed. Buried her head deep in the pillow, she sobbed bitterly, sadly, and heartbrokenly. It wasn't until lunch at noon that Smoke came out of her room. Her face was pale, her eyes were puffy, and she sat at the dining table, like an ownerless ghost. Gao Lide had just come back from the tea garden, with a tanned face and a pair of bright eyes, he looked at Hanyan and said without a heart:

"Hah! You broke your promise, didn't you say that you were going to go to the tea garden to pick tea? Why didn't you go? Afraid of the sun, huh? ”

Hanyan reluctantly squeezed out a smile, like a flash of lightning, the smile disappeared, she didn't say anything, just hung her head in a trance. Gao Lide was a little surprised, what's wrong? What took the sunlight from this woman's face? She looked like she had just come out of hell. He subconsciously looked at Mrs. Bai, the expression on the latter's face was unfathomable and profound, with her usual solemnity and nobility, that face was no warmth, no joy, no heat and no light. What did this old lady embarrass the little woman? He thought sensitively, and then looked at Hanyan, the black-haired head hung down so low, and the rice in the bowl was almost completely untouched.

At dusk, Hanyan walked out of the Smokey Villa, and along the dirt road, she walked backwards, slowly, heavily, and distractedly. In the tea plantations on both sides of the road, groups of female workers are still busy picking tea, they are working very energetically, bending over, singing, and holding baskets. The female workers were dressed the same as she used to wear, and they also wore hats and wrapped their hands and feet with cloth of various colors. The clothes of different colors, scattered in that large green tea plantation, looked moving. She unconsciously stood still, and looked at the female workers in a daze, as if she were ...... If I hadn't fainted in the tea field, what would I have done now? Still a female worker? She ran her hand over her cheek, and suddenly, she wished she was still a female worker, how carefree they looked! There must be no insults, contempt, and harm in their lives! Have it? She pondered. Or some, who knows? Man, you are cruel animals! The cruelest thing is that other animals only hurt each other when they fight for survival, but you will kill each other for various reasons! O man! How cruel you are!

A man ran up the hillside, stopped in front of Hanyan with a smile and shouted, "You're still here, do you want to join us?" You're late, though, and we're already calling it a day. He glanced at Gao Lide with a smile, shook his head anxiously, and said:

"Nope! No! I'm not here to pick tea, I'm ...... I want to go to Songzhu Bridge and other pei texts. Gao Lide examined her, and then, he suppressed his smile, and said very sincerely:

"Did Mrs. Bai embarrass you?"

She jumped for a moment, looked up quickly, and said in a loud voice:

"No, no, not at all! She's a good mother, how could she embarrass me? Not at all! Don't talk nonsense! Not at all! ”

Gao Lide nodded. "So, there you go!" He laughed again. "Pei Wen is such a blessing! None of these female workers under my command fainted! ”

An embarrassed flush welled up on Smoke's face, and Gao Lide immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, such a joke was excessive, and he obviously made her uneasy. He immediately bent over: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ......"

She smiled and shook her head, as if to indicate that it didn't matter, that her mind was still in a distant place, in a distant deep valley. Her calm face gives people a sense of melancholy and sadness. Gao Lide couldn't help but be stunned, what about the joy that belongs to the bride? And what about the brilliance of happiness? This little woman has a heavy load on her! What's wrong with her? Hanyan turned around, and she continued down the road. The setting sun shone on her, and the shadow that staggered was thin and small and weak, like a wandering, vain ghost. Gao Lide shuddered, and an ominous premonition overshadowed him, and he was completely stunned. When she arrived at Songzhu Bridge, Hanyan sat down on the railing at the head of the bridge, bathed in the autumn sunset, she sat quietly, listening to the murmuring □ under the bridge. The slanting sun sprinkled a soft red light on the water, and the reed flowers swayed in the evening breeze, and she looked at the river with great interest, and then looked at the sunset on the horizon, and the colorful glow in the sky. I kept muttering to myself:

"Am I wrong? What am I doing wrong? ”

She didn't know how long she had been sitting like this, and finally, a familiar car horn alarm her, she jumped up, Pei Wen braked the car in time, she ran over, Pei Wen opened the car door, and said with a smile: "Why are you sitting here?" "I'll wait for you!" She said, and got into the car.

"Hah! You can't live without me! I think. Pei Wen was a little smug, but the smile immediately disappeared from his lips as he examined her. How? Smoking? Have you ever cried? "No, no." She shook her head desperately, but tears poured into her eyes without obeying the command, quickly drowning the pair of black eyes. Pei Wen's face changed, he parked the car at the foot of the hill on the side of the road and turned off the fire. As soon as he took the cigarette, he lifted her chin, looked at the pale little face deeply, studyingly, and asked solemnly, "What's wrong?" Tell me! She shook her head again, tears rolling down.

"I just miss you, I miss you so much." She said, burying her cheeks in the clothes on his chest and wrapping her hands around his waist.

"Oh, really?" He breathed a sigh of relief and stroked her hair with pity. "You little fool! You scared the hell out of me! I've only been away from you for a few hours, and you shouldn't be so pale! Come, lift up your head, and let me see you again! ”

"No!" She buried her head deeper, her body trembling slightly. "Shall I go to the factory with you in the future? I'll do things for you like I did before! ”

"Don't be stupid, smoke! You are now my wife, not my female secretary! He smiled. Tell me, what did you do all day? ”

"Miss you. I miss you so much. ”

He lifted her head and looked at her.

"I miss you too," he said softly. "I miss you so much!"

Her eyelids twitched. "Do you love me? Pei Wen? She asked faintly.

"Love you?" He let out a sigh from the depths of his heart: "Love is crazy, love is crazy, love is in the marrow." Smoke! ”

She sighed, lay on her back on the cushion, and closed her eyes. A smile slowly floated up the corner of her mouth, so sweet, so gentle, so serene smile. She said softly, as if to herself, "That's enough." For these few words, I can pay any price! What more could I ask for? What else is there to complain about? Leaning her head on his shoulder, she sighed and said, "I love you too, Peiwen!" What a hobby to love you! I am willing to suffer any hardship and sin for you, even if I want to go up the knife mountain and get off the oil pot, I am not afraid! ”

"Fool!" He smiled: "Who will let you go up the knife mountain and go down to the oil pot?" What are you thinking? He hugged her, rubbed her, teased her, and tickled her: "You say! Are you a silly girl? Isn't it? Isn't it? ”

"Yes!" She smiled, tears rolling in her eyes. "Yes, yes! I'm a silly girl! Silly girl! She smiled and bent over. Laughing breathlessly, laughing so much that tears rolled out of my eyes.