Chapter 118, Butterfly
Ah Ci and Yu Ying glanced at each other, turned their heads again, and said in surprise: "How do you say this?" β
The woman sighed again, glanced at the two of them in embarrassment, and said: "This matter, the slave family is not easy to say, Die'er married the little son of the He family in Yucheng when she was seventeen years old, at that time the two of us also watched the two of them get married, at that time we saw that the little son of the He family was also very healthy, but after a year, he said that he was sick and died, and Die'er didn't stay long in the He family and came back, it stands to reason that even if her husband died, Die'er should stay in the He family to fulfill her filial piety for her husband, but Die'er said that her husband gave her a letter of resignation before he died. β
Speaking of this, the woman wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "My family Die'er was still a lively child when she was a child, and after marrying into the He family, her temperament changed, and she either sat in the house all day long, or went out early in the morning and didn't come back until night. When we asked her where she went, she only said that she had gone to the mountains to collect medicine and send it to the pharmacy in the city. We thought that it must be the people of the He family who bullied her, so we went to the He family in Yucheng to ask them for an explanation, but they were driven out without even seeing the face of their in-laws. β
Ah Ci stepped forward and patted the woman's back and comforted: "My sister is still so young and so beautiful, as long as someone will come to my sister to propose marriage in a few days, you don't have to worry too much, auntie." β
Yu Ying dragged Ah Ci, squeezed her eyes at her and said, "But she knows martial arts, and she seems to be above me." β
Ah Ci pursed her lips, and looked at the woman again: "Auntie, has my sister ever learned martial arts from others?" β
The woman grabbed Ah Ci's hand, patted it, and sighed: "I just shouldn't let her go with that stinky Taoist priest." β
Ah Ci sighed softly, and the woman continued: "Die'er had an illness when she was a child, and then a Taoist priest came to the village, saying that she could cure Die'er, and we didn't have the money to hire a doctor, so we had to let him try, but I didn't expect it to be cured." The Taoist priest said that Die'er was a good seedling for martial arts and asked Die'er to go with him.
"Although he cured Die'er, but we are such a second female Die'er, let her follow a strange Taoist priest, we will not agree, but Die'er is dead to go with someone, Die'er is stubborn, we don't depend on her, she will go on a hunger strike, there is no way, we had to agree to the Taoist priest, Die'er just followed the person away, we look forward to it day and night, every day is frightened, always afraid that she has been wronged outside, but a few months later she came back, and changed into clean and beautiful clothes, said that he worshiped the Yanshan faction as a disciple, so we don't have to worry. β
Ah Ci scratched his chin and said, "My sister followed that Taoist priest away, isn't she also a monk?" β
The woman shook her head, "That's not true, Die'er is a lay disciple of the Yanshan Sect." β
Ah Ci's mind came to the face of the woman who was as cold as a plum, she opened her mouth, but finally did not speak.
The woman continued: "Die'er has been learning martial arts in the Yanshan School for many years, about seven years, and she will come back every other year, and we are relieved, but when she came back when she was seventeen years old, the little son of the He family came to propose marriage with a bride price, obviously the two have already agreed, Die'er quickly agreed, and we see that He Xiaogongzi is also very pleasing to the eye, although Yucheng is far away from here, but if Die'er can live well, we can't say anything, and nod.
"He Xiaogongzi sent eight sedan chairs to marry Die'er home, from the village to Yucheng, and the cannon and the gong and drum, along the way is not lively, we are also happy, feel the face of the glory, the people in the village say that my family Die'er is married to a good family, and you can live a good life like honey in the future.
"Alas, what kind of honey-like days, who knows what kind of suffering my butterfly suffered in which family." The woman wiped away her tears, and when she saw Ah Ci frowning at her, she hurriedly said embarrassedly: "My old woman talks a lot, and she tells the girl about her own troubles, and the girl should not dislike it." β
Ah Ci waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I asked first, I like my sister very much, so I want to know something about my sister." β
"My Die'er, it's different from those girls in the village, it's different since I was a child, and I don't like to play with those people, I go to the private school every day to learn literacy from that Xiucai, and that Xiucai also praised Die'er for being smart with us." The woman walked to the door, took out a few old books from under a pile of dry wood, and handed them to Ah Ci, who glanced at them and said, "This isβ"
"This is the book that Die'er brought back from Xiucai's house, and Xiucai gave it to my Die'er."
These books are just some enlightenment books, Ah Ci and Yu Ying have read them before, when the woman took the book back, a piece of paper fell out of it, Ah Ci stepped forward and picked it up, and eight words were written on it: "Obviously like the moon, when can it be broken." β
The woman, Ah Ci, handed the paper to the woman, and the woman took it, put the book back under the pile of dry firewood, turned around and saw her husband coming back outside, so she immediately bowed down to Ah Ci and Yu Ying and said, "It's not too early, the slave family is going to cook." β
Ah Ci nodded, "Auntie, go quickly." β
The woman went into the kitchen, and Ah Ci and Yu Yingfu sat down at the low table in the courtyard, Ah Ci poured herself a cup of tea, sighed and said, "My sister is really pitiful." β
"But I don't think it's that simple." Yu Ying propped her chin and said, "Last night she went out in a night suit, and at night, she was a widow, what did she do when she went out in a night suit?" β
Ah Ci was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered what Mu Die said to her last night, "My story, I'm afraid that I will lose the girl's appetite if I tell it", what does this sentence mean?
"Sister Aci, do we really want to take care of this matter?"
Ah Ci glanced at him lightly, "Could it be that you think I'm nosy?" β
Yu Ying's head immediately shook like a rattle, "Don't dare, don't dare." , it's just that I don't think we can control it, you see that Mu Die's martial arts are higher than mine-"
"Don't you have a bunch of guards behind you to protect you?" Ah Ci continued to cool down.
Yu Ying knew that Ah Ci was determined to take care of Mu Die's affairs, but anyway, there was no hurry to return to the Western Regions, since Ah Ci wanted to stay, then let's stay.
The woman made the meal and called the two to come over to eat, the two looked at each other, got up and walked over, Ah Ci said, "Auntie, won't my sister come back to eat at noon?" β
The woman shook her head, "If you don't come back, Die'er has already brought enough dry food before she goes out." β
Until the evening, Ah Ci saw Mu Die coming back with a big bamboo basket from a distance, and when she got closer, Ah Ci hurriedly greeted her, Mu Die saw her, frowned slightly, Ah Ci was a little confused, stammered and lied: "I'm a little unwell, and I'm going to bother you for a few more days." β
Mu Die obviously didn't believe it when she heard this, but she still nodded, and was about to enter the house without saying a word, but Yu Ying suddenly reached out and grabbed her.
Ah Ci patted him, "What are you doing?" β
"You have injuries?" Yu Ying ignored Ah Ci and asked Mu Die.
Ah Ci's eyes widened in surprise when she heard this, and she looked at Mu Die, her face was indeed a little pale, Mu Die used her skill to break away from Yu Ying's hand, and said lightly: "I fell when I was collecting medicine." β
Yu Ying's lips squirmed, but in the end she didn't say anything, Mu Die entered the house, and Ah Ci asked, "What do you see?" β
"Sister Achi, you said that she was also injured when you first saw her, she couldn't have gone to the mountains to collect medicine."
Ah Ci nodded, "She hurt her chest last time, and what she wore that day wasβ"
Yu Ying looked at her seriously, "What is she wearing?" β
"She wore the clothes of a prostitute, that is, very thin and sheer gauze skirts and light shirts." Ah Ci remembered that day when she saw the blood-stained waves on Mu Die's chest, her face couldn't help but feel a little hot.
Yu Ying snorted and laughed, Ah Ci glared at her, Yu Ying said: "It's her who wears less, Sister Ah Ci, what are you shy?" β
"Where am I shy?!" Ah Ci subconsciously held his face.
Yu Ying smiled meaningfully, Ah Ci reached out and grabbed his ear, "What are you thinking about?" β
Yu Ying screamed in pain, "I didn't say anything, why did Sister Ah Ci blame me?" β
Ah Ci let go of his hand, snorted, stood up and walked out, Yu Ying followed, "Sister Ah Ci, what are you going to do?" β
"Take a bath." Ah Ci coldly shook off the next sentence, and Yu Ying hurriedly stopped.
After all, Mu Die's house is not as good as Yu Ying's house, and there is a special bathroom for bathing and bathing, Ah Ci was depressed for two days, so she had to find a place to take a bath by herself, and in the afternoon she found that there was a pond not far from Mu Die's house, the water was clear and shallow, which was very suitable for bathing.
Ah Ci arrived at the destination, looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, she couldn't wait to take off her clothes and jump into the water, it was night, the water was a little cold, Ah Ci couldn't help but shiver, but gradually she got used to it, she soaked in the water, and gently rubbed her skin. Under the moonlight, the girl's skin was white and delicate and almost transparent, like a fine mutton fat white jade, the water beads shone slightly, like pearls, Ah Porcelain was washing to the fullest, and suddenly heard a sound of rustling, she was so frightened that she hurriedly sank into the water.
Someone also went into the water, some distance from him, Ah Ci carefully revealed a pair of eyes, locked on the other party's back.
A long hair was tied to one side, revealing the snow-white skin on the back, but on this back, there was a huge butterfly, Ah Ci almost screamed, and hurriedly covered his mouth, this mouth splashed, and Ah Ci hurriedly sank into the water again.
Mu Die turned around when he heard the voice, but he didn't see anyone.
She took a few steps towards Ah Ci, who held her breath and didn't dare to move, for fear of making another movement.
Mu Die didn't continue to come over, Ah Ci couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, spit out a string of bubbles, she surfaced again, Mu Die still had her back to her, Ah Ci saw that there was a long scar on the butterfly behind Mu Die, and she forcibly divided the butterfly into two halves.
"Girl, can you help me see, has the pattern on this butterfly been damaged?"