Brother Fan kept crying to find his mother, Mingyue patiently coaxed him, and she didn't know if the three-year-old child understood what death meant. I had to tell him again and again: "Let's find Aunt Liu first, and then go to your mother, okay?" Only Aunt Liu knows where your mother is, do you remember where you lived with your mother before? ”

Although Brother Fan cried a lot, he heard Mingyue's words, and while sobbing, he wiped his eyes with his little hand: "I don't remember...... After walking for a long, long time, I also took a big boat and an ox cart. ”

He was still young and had no idea of time, but he remembered riding in a boat and an ox cart. It can be seen that they spent a lot of effort on the road, and Aunt Liu is willing to spend so much effort and entanglement to send Brother Fan to the capital, which shows that she is a simple and kind person.

Mrs. An obviously also thought of this, "That Aunt Liu is really a good person, a woman from a Taoist family just left her hometown and sent Brother Fan to the capital, our family must find her and repay her well." ”

Mingyue also smiled, Mrs. An did not use malice to speculate on the purpose of Aunt Liu, a rural woman, to leave her hometown and send Brother Fan back to the capital, which shows that she is also an open-minded and kind person.

Coaxed Brother Fan to tell Aunt Liu's appearance, Mrs. An listened, and hurriedly ordered someone to go outside to find it, and said solemnly in front of Brother Fan: "You must find someone!" ”

Brother Fan'er's eyes were less flustered and timid when he looked at Mrs. An.

Knowing that he had not eaten lunch, Mrs. An raised her voice and ordered someone to bring food over.

Mingyue wanted to put him down, but who knew that Brother Fan was still holding her neck tightly and didn't let go, Mingyue had no choice but to sit down with him. Zihe wanted to feed him, but he turned his head and ignored it, only biting his lip and hiding in Mingyue's arms with his eyes down.

Mingyue had no choice but to say, "I'll do it." ”

scooped the fragrant and tender egg custard close to Brother Fan'er's lips, thinking that he was going to make his temperament refuse to eat again, but he obediently opened his mouth to eat.

Mingyue was happy to see that he was willing to eat, and after a while, a bowl of steamed egg custard was finished. He was small, and Mingyue didn't dare to feed too much, so he whispered that he wouldn't feed the others when he was full, "Do you want to sleep for a while?" ”

Brother Fan raised his head suddenly, blinking nervously at her, his thin fingers tightly grasping Mingyue's clothes, looking afraid of being left behind by her, "I don't sleep!" ”

"Shall we talk for a while?" His complexion was very pale, so the bruising under his eyes was particularly noticeable. This kid entered the house last night, and he didn't sleep all night because he was scared, and his eyes were about to fight, but he still insisted that he didn't sleep.

This is because he is afraid that Mingyue will leave him alone after falling asleep, right?

Mingyue gave Mrs. An a look, and Mrs. An nodded apologetically and gratefully, and led the people to retreat silently. Mingyue lay on the bed with Brother Fan in her arms, and she herself lay down.

Brother Fan immediately slipped into her arms, his hands still clutching the hem of her clothes.

Mingyue smiled softly at him, patted his little body, and asked, "Why did Brother Fan run out that night?" ”

How could he, a small child, suddenly run out of the courtyard with such a big temperament. And there are still people guarding the courtyard, Mingyue feels a little strange no matter how she thinks about it.

Brother Fan said softly: "Aunt Liu said that my mother is dead, and I can't go back in the future, so I want to live here forever." She also said that she could not stay with me all the time, and that the wheat in the field was about to ripen, and she had to rush back to harvest it...... I was scared, I didn't want to stay there, I wanted to go back. My mother is waiting for me at home, and I'm going back to her. ”

As he spoke, he became sad again, and tears fell on Mingyue's clothes, and soon became a wet mess.

Mingyue remembered that her mother-in-law replied that they found Brother Fan at the gate of the city, and then she knew that the child wanted to go out of the city and go back to find his mother.

Such a young child can find the city gate smoothly. Mingyue sighed softly in her heart, "Actually, Brother Fan doesn't have to go back, he can find your mother." ”

Brother Fan'er's teary eyes suddenly opened the boss, "Really? So where is my mother? I haven't seen her in a long time, I miss her so much. Aunt Liu said that she died, and I would never see her again, and I was sad. Sister. Do you really know where my mother is? ”

Mingyue had to continue to make up: "Of course I know where your mother is, but now we can't see her, and we can't see your mother until night." So you go to bed obediently now, and when you wake up, I'll help you find your mother, okay? ”

"Okay, I'll go to sleep." Brother Fan said, and really closed his eyes obediently.

Soon, his even, soft breathing sounded.

He was really sleepy.

……

Mingyue came out of the house and saw Mrs. An waiting outside, so she hurriedly stepped forward and said softly: "Mrs. Tai, Brother Fan is asleep." The child probably didn't sleep all night last night, and was very sleepy, so he fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow. ”

Mrs. An got up and took Mingyue's hand, patted her hand with gratitude and satisfaction, and said, "Thanks to you today, if you hadn't coaxed him, I don't know how long it would have been troublesome." ”

"Mrs. Tai is too polite, but it's just a gesture."

Although she said that the clouds were light and light, Mrs. Tai was still very grateful to her, and the two walked out while talking.

Mrs. An also felt pitiful for Brother Fan, and she also knew that if she was not sad about Brother Fan at all, the people below would look at her attitude towards Brother Fan, and they would also step on Brother Fan. Therefore, as soon as he went out, he said sharply to the maid who was guarding the door: "Take good care of the little master, if something like the previous one happens, I won't ask anyone, just beat you all out!" ”

Mrs. An spoke, and the maids and ladies dared to slack off, and they responded one after another.

Seeing this, Mingyue relieved herself. There is a maid in the house who takes care of Brother Fan with all her heart, Brother Fan will not be wronged again, and she will soon be forgotten.

Children don't have any growth.

But she was relieved too soon.

When it was time for dinner, Aster and Xiaotan had just put the food on the table when they heard hurried footsteps outside.

Aster hurriedly put down what she was doing and turned out, and Mingyue heard her reprimand the little girl in a low voice outside: "What are you running?" Why are there no rules at all? If you quarrel with the princess, the housekeeper's mother will have to beat you twice. ”

"Sister Aster, I can't help it." The little maid's very aggrieved voice also came in, "The little master woke up, didn't see the princess, and immediately cried again, refusing to take medicine or eat, no one can feed it." Mother Yin had no choice, so she asked me to come and beg the princess to take a look. If it doesn't work out, there will be no more to tell Mrs. Tai. ”

If Mrs. Tai is alarmed, the people who serve the little master in their courtyard are afraid that they will be punished by Mrs. Tai. Therefore, the people who had nothing to do had to ask for Mingyue to come to them.

Xiao Tan also heard the movement outside, and couldn't help but pout and complain: "Then you can't come to the princess, what do you think you are?" The princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, and she is not specially coaxing children. ”

and persuaded Mingyue tightly, "Princess, you must not go, if this sets a precedent, in the future, if the little young master has something, they will all find you, won't it be you to help them take care of the children?" Why, you don't live here to take care of other people's children? ”

Bringing children is a matter of the nurse and the people below, but do you want to treat her princess as a nurse or a current person?

Xiao Tan was very reluctant to let Mingyue go over to coax the child.

Mingyue looked at her with a smile, "Didn't you sympathize with Brother Fan before?" You care about that fake Brother Fan, why don't you allow me to care about Brother Fan now? ”

Xiao Tan puffed out his cheeks and said: "This is different, I still sympathize with him now, but my concern for him is different from that of the princess." ”

"What's the difference?" Mingyue got up as she spoke.

Seeing this, Xiao Tan was very anxious, and blurted out: "You are a princess of gold and jade, and Brother Fan is just a child born to a woman who can't be on the stage, aren't you surrendering your identity." ”

Mingyue was amused when she heard it, and said lightly as she walked out: "Jin Zun Yugui? When have you ever seen me expensive? ”

"Princess!" Xiao Tan stomped her feet angrily, but Mingyue had already walked out with Shi Shiran, she gritted her teeth and stood for a while, and had to follow quickly, in the end, she was uneasy, and muttered quietly beside Mingyue: "Even if you want to go over to help others take care of the children, you should eat two mouthfuls of food first, don't starve yourself by then!" ”

Mingyue instructed her: "Send my food to Brother Fan'er, I can eat it with him." ”

Thinking of the little child's tearful little face and panicked dependence, Mingyue couldn't care less about him.

She sighed in her heart, and secretly wondered, has her heart been getting softer and softer recently?

This is true for Huang Hongfei, and it is also true for Brother Fan.

Alas, this is not a good sign!

The courtyard of Brother Fan was brightly lit, and the little maids saw the bright moon, and they were elated as if they had seen the Bodhisattva, but they didn't recite Amitabha Buddha anymore. Although they were all worried, they didn't dare to make too much noise so as not to alarm Mrs. An, and they all enthusiastically led Mingyue into the house.

The eldest mother in the house, Yin, was brought over by Mrs. An to take care of Brother Fan, and she was serving the bowl at this time, half-squatting and half-kneeling beside Brother Fan, who was huddled in the corner and crying, begging him to eat like an ancestor.

Brother Fan was just crying, and his two little hands were waving to drive Yin's mother away, "You go away, go away, I don't want you, go away!" ”

Mother Yin, who looked helpless, turned her head and saw Mingyue coming in, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly got up and saluted Mingyue, "Princess, you can be regarded as here." The little master has been clamoring to find you, but the slaves and maids really have no way, so this is ...... I also hope for Princess Haihan. ”

Before Mingyue could speak, Brother Fan had already rushed over like a cannonball, hugging Mingyue's legs tightly and not letting go, crying so pitifully, "Where have you been?" I'm so scared...... I'm afraid you're going to be gone, just like my mother......"

Mingyue had to squat down and coax him, "I won't see it." I had dinner coming, so I asked someone to go to the kitchen to prepare dinner, and you see, I brought it all and wanted you to have dinner with me. ”

She pointed to the food box that Aster and Xiaotan had brought, and hugged him with a smile, "Do you want to enjoy your face and accompany me to eat?" ”

Brother Fan turned his head and looked at Aster and Xiaotan who were setting the meal, then he stopped whimpering, obediently wiped his tears, and nodded vigorously, "Okay, I'll accompany you to dinner." ”

Mingyue laughed, "Brother Fan is so good." ”

Brother Fan'er's pale little face turned red, he buried his head in Mingyue's shoulder socket embarrassedly, laughed muffledly, and said with some pride: "My mother also said that I am the most well-behaved child." ”

This time, Brother Fan didn't let Mingyue feed him, and he ate with a silver spoon in small bites, his eating appearance was very gentle, and half a grain of rice never fell on the table.

Mingyue originally wanted to ask the maid to feed him, but when he saw that he could eat, he waved his hand and only asked the maid to give him vegetables.

It is not difficult to see that Brother Fan's upbringing is actually very good. His mother can still teach him so well in such a poor environment, Mingyue can't help but think, what kind of woman is that?

Although Brother Fan was still a little nervous, he was reluctant to let Mother Yin and the others get close to serve, but Mingyue sat there calmly and smiled at him, for some reason he didn't reject Mother Yin and the others so much.

After dinner, he rinsed his hands and mouths by Yin's mother and others, and quickly threw himself into Mingyue's arms, "Sister, you said you wanted to take me to my mother." It's night, where is my mother? ”

Mingyue thought that he would forget about it after he slept, but who knew that this child still remembered such a prison. Mingyue twitched the corners of her mouth under Xiao Tan's gloating smile, and she felt remorse for lifting a stone to hit her own feet.

But Brother Fan just looked at her with expectant eyes...... Mingyue had to pick him up and walk outside, thinking hard as she went, are there any stars tonight?

She was in such a hurry just now that she forgot to look up, if there were no stars, how would she make it up?

There should be stars. In various dramas, as long as there is this stalk, there will be a night with stars. This is a routine, it doesn't make sense that when she wants to use it, the stars won't give her face!

Mingyue clenched her fists, well, there will definitely be stars!

It's just that when Mingyue walked out with Brother Fan, looked up and wanted to look up at the starry sky but only saw pitch black, Mingyue not only twitched the corners of her mouth, she only felt that the thunder of the Nine Heavens was rolling down, hitting her whole body black.

, what about the bright starry sky!

The bright moon stood like a pillar of wood under the dark night sky, tears streaming down her face and choking speechlessly.

There are no stars, how can she coax Brother Fan to say that your mother has become a star and looks at you in the sky!

Brother Bifan still hugged her neck and asked nervously and seriously, "Sister, where is my mother?" ”

The maids and women who came out with Mingyue also looked at Mingyue curiously, very puzzled that she went out and looked at the night sky in a daze, as if she had been kissed by thunder.

Mingyue finally moved, she exhaled a sigh of relief, and sat on the newly made swing frame with Brother Fan in her arms, she also sat next to him, and said with a hard head: "Because Brother Fan didn't sleep obediently last night, and she refused to eat obediently today, so your mother hid and didn't let you see her." ”

As soon as she said this, Brother Fan flattened his mouth and wanted to cry.

Mingyue's scalp became even more numb when she saw this, so she had to threaten him: "If you cry, you won't be able to see your mother tomorrow night." If you are obedient, your mother will come out to see you. ”

Brother Fan hurriedly sniffed hard, held back his emotions and tears, and quickly shook his head and said, "I don't cry, I don't cry." I won't cry in the future, I will sleep obediently, and I will eat obediently, so will my mother come out to see me? ”

He stared at Mingyue with black and white eyes, pitiful and cute like a puppy.

Mingyue touched his head and nodded affirmatively: "You are obedient, of course she will come out to see you." ”

"But where is she?" Brother Fan persevered in asking.

"Didn't Aunt Liu tell you, didn't your mother die? When everyone dies, they become stars in the sky. Mingyue took a deep breath and whispered in a soft and gentle tone: "In this way, whenever we miss our relatives, as long as we raise our heads, we can see them." They are also very reluctant to us, so they will become stars, so that we can see them as soon as we look up. Although we can no longer see them, you know that your mother is there watching you, and she misses you too. So don't be afraid that you will never see your mother again, she will always watch you from heaven and bless you. You know? ”

Brother Fan tried his best to raise his neck to look at the sky, and said dejectedly: "But tonight, my mother doesn't want me at all." ”

Seeing that he believed his nonsense, Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief quietly before laughing again: "Your mother must miss you too, but if you don't sleep well or eat well, your health will be very bad, your mother is very angry that you don't take good care of yourself, so I want to punish you for not seeing her tonight." In fact, she was also very sad in her heart, but for your good, she had to endure it. You don't want your mother to endure so hard not to see you, do you? ”

Brother Fan nodded vigorously, "I understand, I won't make my mother sad." In the past, when she was sick, I promised her that she would be very well-behaved and would listen to my grandmother and listen to my father, and my mother must have known that I was not very well-behaved and did not listen to my grandmother and father, so she was angry with me and didn't see me. I get it. ”

Mingyue looked at Brother Fan'er's sensible appearance, and she didn't know whether to be relieved or weak-hearted.

Brother Fan will grow up one day, and her lame lie will be exposed one day, I hope Brother Fan won't blame her at that time.

I thought that this would fool Brother Fan, but I didn't expect Brother Fan to ask again: "Sister, my mother is so far away from me, I want to talk to her, she must not be able to hear, so what can I do?" I have a lot to say to my mother. ”

Mingyue: "......"

Does this lying snow ball mean that it is going to get bigger and bigger?

"Sister, you must have a way, right?" Brother Fan looked at Mingyue expectantly.

Mingyue: "...... You can write to her. ”

As soon as her voice fell, a cheerful smile appeared on her little face, and she stroked her palms and said, "That's right, we can write a letter to your mother - Xiao Tan Xiao Tan, let people find a few Kong Ming lanterns!" ”

"Kong Ming lantern?" Xiao Tan looked puzzled, "It's not a festival right now, what do you want Kong Ming Lantern to do?" ”

"Don't ask so much, just go and look for you."

Seeing that her princess's excited eyes seemed to be glowing, Xiao Tan didn't ask much, and turned to Aster to ask for Kong Ming lantern.

Aster listened to Xiaotan's request, and was also a little puzzled, but she didn't ask anything, only smiled and said: "During the Lantern Festival, the house bought a lot of Kong Ming lanterns, and there should be a lot left, so I'll let people find them." ”

……

Nowadays, there are already Kong Ming lanterns, but in general, there are major festivals in the temple or the lanterns will be put to pray for blessings, which is plain and unreasonable to find Kong Ming lanterns, which naturally caused many people to speculate, and even the lady in the main courtyard was alarmed.

I heard that Mingyue asked for it, so Mrs. An asked for Aster, and when she heard that Mingyue wanted Kong Minglan to make Brother Fan happy, she couldn't help but sigh, but with a smile on her face, "Mingyue, this child, although she often laughs, I have always felt that she has a cold personality." I didn't expect her to bother so much for Brother Fan...... She's a nice kid. ”

Her henchman Mother Wang smiled and flattered: "Who said it wasn't." The princess is kind-hearted, which is a blessing for you and the little master. ”

Mrs. An sighed again, "If Zhou'er doesn't like Mingyue, I will definitely marry Mingyue for that unfilial son." That's really a blessing for me, but it's a pity...... But it's good for Mingyue to marry Zhou'er, after so many years, that kid doesn't know what to think, no matter how I urged him before, this marriage just refuses to let go, and now it's finally a nod, and it's a good girl like Mingyue...... I should be happy for him. ”

"According to the slave maid, whether it is the prince or our marquis marrying the princess, it is your blessing. Think about it, how filial he is to you on weekdays? You are his only relative in the world, the prince is filial to you, and the princess will not be the same filial to you in the future? Speaking of which, it's all a family, so it's still a blessing for you and the little master. ”

"You." Mrs. An laughed at what she said, "Knowing what I like to hear, she picked up the words I like to listen to and coax me—that's it, it's rare that Brother Fan is happy, let's go and join in the fun." ”

Mother Wang hurriedly helped Mrs. An to get up, and the master and servant led the maid and the maid to Brother Fan'er's courtyard.

Before entering the courtyard gate, he heard Fan Ge'er's crisp and loud laughter coming from inside.

Mrs. An couldn't help but stop and glanced at Wang's mother.

"The princess still has a way to make the little master so happy." Mother Wang said with a smile, looking up and seeing a Kong Ming lantern rising leisurely into the sky, "Look, Mrs. Tai, this is put on." ”

One by one, the Kong Ming lanterns rose into the sky, and under the dark night sky, little lights flickered, higher and higher, farther and farther away.

"Sister, can my mother really see the letter I wrote to her?"

As soon as Mrs. An entered, she heard Brother Fan nervously asking Mingyue.

They were sitting in the pavilion at this time, the maids and maids were all serving outside the pavilion, Mingyue was writing something with a pen, and Brother Fan was sticking to her side and watching hard, and I didn't know if he could understand it.

Mrs. An saw that Mingyue didn't raise her head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we have put so many lights, your mother will definitely be able to see it-what else do you want to say to your mother?" ”

"And there's more." Brother Fan hurriedly said: "You tell my mother, I will learn to write soon, and I will be able to write to her myself when the time comes." I will definitely study hard, my mother wants me to study hard, sister, you tell her that I will study hard and will not let her down. ”

He said whatever he wanted, and said a lot of things, Mingyue was not annoyed, and responded to him with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll write it to you." You're so well-behaved, your mother won't be disappointed. ”

The two of them were talking word by word, and the maid next to them was smiling heartily.

Mrs. An also laughed when she heard this, and she looked at Mingyue's eyes, becoming more and more satisfied and gentle.

At the end of the quiet path, the light and shadow under the corridor blurred the darkness of the night, and the trance light and shadow outlined a clear figure.

He stood there quietly, quietly blending in with the darkness, but there was a faint smile on his face, like water without light, but overflowing, with a breathtaking loneliness and pride, and strange gentleness, like flowing water, as if to surround something firmly.