Chapter 22: Falling Flowers Are Ruthless (I)
One.
In March of Jingyang, the street is full of pear blossoms, a wind blows like heavy snow, Sun Yun's house also planted a lot of pear blossoms, I heard the flowers ruthlessly said that the wind is unintentional every afternoon before dinner will go to the yard to see the flowers, so I took a book and walked around the yard, after a while, sure enough, a girl came.
I pretended to sit at the stone table and read a book, and glanced at this girl with my peripheral vision, only to see that her skin was better than snow, and her complexion looked good, except for the unhappy look on her face, there was nothing bad about it, and it didn't look like Feng Wuxin, who was deeply hurt. The girl approached a pear blossom tree, muttering something she didn't know, and then she began to kick it with her foot, muttering as she went.
I coughed twice to get her attention, but she kicked me so hard that she didn't notice me, and I coughed loudly twice before she looked at me.
"The pear tree is blooming here, what are you kicking it for?" I asked.
"I want to kick it, what do you have to do with it?" The girl raised an eyebrow and replied.
"Have you ever heard a story? It's the story of the pear ghost. I put down the book, approached her, and said with a smile, "Once upon a time, there was a little girl, who was about the same age as you, and was as beautiful as you, but this little girl, I don't know why, hated the pear tree, hated the pear blossom, and there was a pear blossom tree in her backyard, so she kicked it with her foot and cursed it, and then at night, she dreamed that the pear tree was transformed into a human form, and said that she was the spirit of the pear tree's aura, because the pear tree was destroyed by this little girl, and she had no place to live." "When I said this, I went to see her, and she stared at me without saying a word, and I continued, "She asked the little girl to turn into a pear tree to make a nest for her, and the little girl refused, but the elf had already choked her by the neck, and... This little girl has become a pear ghost, and everyone who destroys the pear tree in the future will come to you at night. ”
The little girl seemed to be frightened by me, and stood motionless, I looked at her, and couldn't help laughing, and she stamped her foot: "Okay, you trick me!" "Everything has a spirit, and if you bully the pear tree, there will be others who will bully you." I said, "Why are you kicking it?" ”
The little girl said, "It's that someone bullied me, and I have no one to bully, so I came to bully the pear tree." ”
When I heard this, I couldn't cry or laugh in my heart, and said, "Some people like you and bully you." ”
The little girl raised her eyebrows and said, "There are not many good people like this in the world. ”
I looked up at the pear blossom, I had just been kicked by her and shocked a lot, I squatted down and brought the pear blossom to the root of the pear tree, and then got up and asked her: "You don't kick so many trees in Sunfu, why do you choose the pear tree?" ”
"Because the people who bully me like pear trees!" The little girl was also straightforward, and told her about it directly, I laughed, and said, "I heard that the wind girl likes the pear tree the most, and the person who won't bully you is the wind girl, right?" ”
The little girl looked at me with wide eyes: "How do you know?" ”
I originally just said it casually, but I didn't expect it to be true, but Feng Wuxin was when he was sad, how could he bully this little girl? Who is this little girl? I had a guess in my mind, so I tentatively asked, "Are you surnamed Yun?" ”
The little girl's eyes were full of admiration when she looked at me: "How do you know? ”
I laughed in my heart, I didn't expect that the famous beauty on the rivers and lakes Yun Wuwu was still a little girl, but she was indeed the youngest of the four, looking at her dress as if she was just over sixteen years old, how could such a young girl have so many human skin masks? Her current face may also be a human skin mask, not what she really is.
"Why did the Wind Girl bully you?" I asked with a smile.
"Originally, the third sister herself wanted to rely on General Zheng, in fact, the third sister herself knew that her father killed General Zheng's father, the second sister just said it, but the third sister pretended to be pitiful there, the eldest sister was soft-hearted, and she didn't know, and as soon as she said it, she took her to Jingyang to find General Zheng." Yun Wuwu frowned, "The eldest sister follows the third sister for everything, and blames the second sister for this, causing the second sister to leave, and I have to accompany the third sister to this ghost place." As soon as the third sister was stirred, the eldest sister didn't even remember that the twenty-sixth of this month was my birthday. ”
I listened carefully to her complaining a lot, and I already had a rough idea in my mind, the relationship between the four sisters is not as strong as the rumors in the rivers and lakes, it seems to be said by Yun Wuxin, this Feng Wuxin approached Zheng Duoyi with a purpose, and Feng Wuxin snatched away Hua Wuxin's ruthless favor, this youngest little sister is not happy, this month is her birthday, but she has to accompany the third sister to a place that she has never been to, and her heart is naturally unhappy.
Well? March 26th? Looks like it's my birthday, too?
I looked at this little girl, and the more I looked at her, the more she looked like my cousin Yin Sangluo, and it was the same day as my birthday, and I felt pity, so I said, "Tomorrow, that is, on the evening of the twenty-sixth day of March, you will wait for me under this pear blossom tree." ”
Yun Wuwu frowned: "What are you waiting for?" ”
"I'll give you your birthday." I laughed.
"You?" Yun looked me up and down invisibly, "Who are you?" Give me my birthday? Why? She rolled her eyes and said, "Then you give me your jade pendant, in case you break the contract and don't come, I won't lose it." ”
"This jade pendant is very important to me, can you change it? Shall I give you this sword? "I remembered that this jade was given to me by Du Duzhen, if he returned Zisang Yupei to me in the future, but I couldn't take out his original piece, that wouldn't work, so I handed her the sword He Yunsheng gave me for self-defense. Unexpectedly, Yun Wuwu also fell in love with this piece of jade: "I want this jade pendant!" If you come that day, I'll give it back to you. "What if you don't come?" I couldn't laugh or cry. Yun Wufu swore solemnly: "I will definitely come!" ”
I sighed helplessly, took off the jade pendant and handed it to her: "Then you must come." ”
"Why do you think this jade pendant is so important, could it be that your friend gave it to you?"
"It was a friend who left it with me." I didn't plan to reveal my identity in front of her, but said, "If you like jade pendants, I'll pick a good one for you on your birthday." ”
Yun Wuwu put away the jade pendant, and said with a smile: "Then you can send a jade piece to exchange." With that, he bounced away. I looked at her distant back, sighed, and remembered that on my birthday in previous years, His Majesty would give a banquet, and everyone in the family, He Yunsheng, Wanying, Sun Yuji, Du Duzhen, etc., would come to my house to eat and drink, and we drank until the East was white, and this year, I called An Lan and the rebellion of the Fox Gate, and I forgot that my birthday was approaching, so it was better to do a good deed on my birthday and give Yun Invisible a birthday. Thinking so, I went to find He Yunsheng.
Two.
On the twenty-sixth day of March, Yun Wuwu really came as promised, but when she came to see me today, it was no longer what I saw yesterday, I smiled and said: "How many human skin masks do you have, change your appearance every day, how can your sisters recognize you?" ”
She snorted and said proudly, "I have seventy-seven forty-nine human skin masks, even my three sisters, and I have never seen all of my human skin masks." ”
"Well, I think today's one looks much better than yesterday's." I was about to tear her mask, but she ducked quickly and reached out to me: "Where's my gift?" I took out a hosta and said, "Come here, I'll put it on for you." ”
"I'm not going over, I'm going to tear my mask off!" Yun Wuwu smiled, "There is a difference between men and women, so let's not get too close... That's right! She untied the end of her hair and tied one end to her hand, and handed me the other end for me to tie. I smiled and said, "Aren't we inseparable?" "Just go, keep the strap tight, if the strap is loose, I will use my third sister's hidden weapon to stab you!" Yun Wuwu smiled, "Let's go." ”
I sighed: "I'll give you your birthday, and you're going to hurt me... Let's go. "I lit a little light and walked in front, and she followed me. It was surprisingly quiet tonight, everyone in Sun's Mansion seemed to be asleep, and when they walked to the street, it was empty, I walked in front of myself, and Yun Wuwu said in the back: "Why is there no one on the street?" Weird people, where are you going to take me? ”
"It's here." I snickered inwardly, and on the surface I pretended to be serious, "You should keep up." ”
Not only was the street empty, there were no watchmen, there were no candles, it was as if there was only a little light in the whole world. Yun Wuwu shuddered and said, "You, where are you going to take me, I, I'm not going!" ”
"Aren't you quite angry just now, are you afraid?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Yun Wuwu shouted, "I'm not afraid of the dark at all!" ”
As I walked, I felt that the place had arrived, so I blew out the candle violently, and quietly untied the strap on my hand, and the cloud saw that the light source suddenly disappeared, and I was also missing at the other end of the belt, and immediately became anxious, shouting: "Hey! Where are you? Feed! You, you come out! Don't scare me! Yun Wuwu was completely panicked, and her voice was also crying, and suddenly there was a sound of fire behind her, she turned around suddenly, and found that there were three rows of fireworks flying into the sky in the distance, going up and falling, going up and falling, exploding flowers in the air, colorful and changing, and it was very beautiful. The clouds burst into tears and laughed, staring intently at the fireworks. The fireworks took a quarter of an hour to finish, and at the moment when the last fireworks flew into the sky, the houses on both sides of the road where the cloud was invisible were lit up, and the whole street was lit up in an instant, and the pear blossoms planted on both sides of the road were also as white as snow under the candlelight.
Then people came out of the houses on both sides, and people poured into the streets, all with lamps in their hands, and the hawkers began to set up stalls, some selling masks, selling sugar gourds, some selling food, fried tofu, selling osmanthus cakes, and selling wine, and the cries were endless. In less than a quarter of an hour, the street was already crowded with people, and people also came out to visit the night market, which was very lively.
Yun Wuwu seemed to be stunned, and I didn't even notice when I walked behind her, I took a closer look, only to find that her eyes were full of tears, and she hurriedly said: "You... Don't cry, you. "I can't see girls crying, every time I don't obey Mrs. for something, Mrs. pouts her mouth, blinks my eyes and I soften my heart, and there is no way to do it anymore. Yun Wuwu wiped his tears and smiled at me, "Let's go to the night market!" ”
I breathed a sigh of relief, put the hosta on her, and said, "Let's go." ”
"Don't you want to go back to the jade pendant?" The clouds looked at me invisibly.
"There's no hurry, you'll give it to me anyway." As I spoke, I looked away, "That fried tofu is so delicious!" ”
Every time he arrived at a stall, the vendor who sold things would say good birthday to Yun Wuwu, and after eating all the way, the smile on Yun Wuwu's face never ran. The habits of birthday are different in various countries, most countries have a big birthday every ten years, Chen country is different, every year's birthday, is only once in a lifetime, is to every year of the birthday will try to live a hearty life.
Yun Wuwu held a sugar gourd in one hand and a string of fried tofu in the other, and pointed to the mask and said, "I want that, I want that!" ”
"How do you eat with a mask?" I was skeptical, but I handed the vendor a handful of baht and bought the mask that Yun Wuwu wanted, and since she was still busy dealing with sugar gourds and tofu, I took it first.
Yun Wuwu's mouth was stuffed with food, and he said vaguely: "These flutes are all like, you invited them?" ”
"You swallow and then speak." I couldn't cry or laugh, she was busy swallowing hard, not wanting to choke herself, I had no choice but to pat her on the back, she coughed for a while, and exhaled: "Okay, okay." ”
"You invited all these people?" Cloud Invisible asked, "So much?" And that fireworks? Who the hell are you? ”
"Well, I've got a bit of a way." I touched my nose and laughed, "How's it going, are you happy?" ”
Yun Wuwu nodded desperately: "It's the first time for me to celebrate my birthday with so many people!" And everywhere I shop, there are people who tell me that my birthday is good! Also, I've grown so big and it's the first time I've seen fireworks that big! As he spoke, Yun Wuwu took out the jade pendant from his arms and handed it to me, "Your jade pendant." ”
"Well, I think my hosta is a little more expensive......" I said and reached out to take the hosta on her head, she stuffed the jade pendant into my hand, took two steps back, protected the hosta on her head, and said, "This is mine!" Don't try to rob me! ”
I pinned the jade pendant and couldn't help but laugh. When she found out that I had been tricked again, she glared at me angrily and didn't speak.
Suddenly she didn't speak, only the hawkers were shouting in her ears, I suddenly remembered the previous Dragon Boat Festival Night Market, my wife and I walked in the Dongcheng Lane Night Market in Wucheng, wearing ordinary coarse linen clothes, like an ordinary couple, shopping here and there, watching performances, eating zongzi, running to the river to put river lanterns... I couldn't help but sigh when I remembered that my wife was obviously pregnant, but I ran out alone.
Seeing me, Yun Wuwu sighed and asked, "What's wrong?" Aren't you happy? ”
I shook my head: "Nothing, just one person came to mind." ”
"Is it Miss Du?"
"Huh?" I was confused, "Miss Du? ”
"This jade pendant is engraved with a Du character." Yun Wuwu's face turned crimson, "I see that you are so precious this jade pendant..."
"No, no, no." I was amused by her, "Don't worry, I'm not thinking about the owner of this jade pendant, I've been sick since I was a child, but I'm not sick to that point." As I spoke, the more I thought about it, the funnier it became, and I laughed to myself, but Yun Wuwu didn't know what I was laughing at, and looked at me blankly.
I shook my head while laughing, fireworks were set off in the distance, I looked at the people coming and going on the street of Jingyang, all of them laughed very happily, I inexplicably remembered Anlan City in the north of Guxi Mountain, and thought of Zhao Haoran who was pierced by ten thousand arrows, and his smile suddenly froze on his face, and his heart was extremely heavy.