The second fool wants to go to Mei's house soon, and he wants to tell the woman the truth. But the second fool has no reason to go to Mei's house, except for red and white funerals, a poor ghost can't just step into the door of Mei's courtyard.

The second fool passed by the big field in front of Mei's house three times, or stood far away on the embankment across the river in front of the big field, watching the movement in front of Mei's house, and didn't know how many months had passed.

One morning, before the sun came out, a layer of mist at the entrance of the village and the riverbank flashed with blue light, according to the rules of the Mei family, Wang Shuping went to greet the old lady early in the morning. The old lady is twisting Buddhist beads and chanting sutras in the Buddhist hall. Shuping was just about to go up to salute, the Buddha beads in the old lady's hand suddenly broke the thread, rolled to the ground, the old lady pushed away the mahogany chair and picked up the Buddha beads, and there were words in her mouth, sin, sin. She helped to pick it up, but was gently pushed away by the old lady, and she said, sin, sin, never raised her eyes.

She watched the old lady's fat body crouch on the damp floor to pick up Buddhist beads, covered her mouth and smiled silently. She looked at the old lady and said, "All right, let's go." ”

Shuping stepped out of the threshold of the Buddhist hall and thought, "She's a hundred years old, so old?" ”

The old lady didn't speak, and Shuping asked, "Mom believes in Buddhism?" How to chant at home? ”

The old lady said, "What do you believe in Buddhism, you have nothing to do when you are idle, and you just have to fill up the numbers." ”

Although it was the work that the subordinates should do, Shuping still made a gesture and personally washed Mei Renhou's clothes.

The second fool saw the woman carrying a basket to the river to wash her clothes. The woman was still so handsome, but her face was much paler, and she rolled up her sleeves and stretched her white lotus-like arms into the water and rubbed them back and forth, and the bun that had been coiled was loose, like a black lotus. Later, a handful fell off, and then completely scattered in front of his face, and the ends of his hair were soaked in the surface of the river.

The woman pushed her messy hair to the back of her head several times, often with her hands on the back of her head, but she looked at the water in a daze. The second fool thought that if the head was raised a little higher, he would be able to see him, but the woman was always in that position.

The second fool looked around, there was the moo of oxen on the ditch in the distance, the water wheel was spinning in the water mill in the lower reaches of the river, a kite was leisurely floating above the field, and the kites were flying by three young village children, and the second fool was bold, and moved his light feet to the river, and the sun out of the mountain was shining on his figure across the river, and the face was imprinted on the woman's hand.

The woman was stunned for a while, looked down and saw a familiar face in the water, thinking that she was still immersed in long memories and hallucinating, her face was clearly red, and she hurriedly disturbed the water surface with her hands, and stepped up her scrubbing clothes.

However, just as she was in a daze again, the man's face was reflected in the water again, and she was surprised at this time, and raised her head suddenly. The second fool saw black hair like a waterfall, and the woman's wet hand brushed away the black hair, and her mouth was half open, but she did not scream.

"Young Grandma Mei," the second fool spoke, "do you wash your clothes early in the morning?" ”

The woman said, "Yes." ”

The second fool has no more words.

The woman said, "It's a fool, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't you live in the village, why don't you come and sit?" ”

The second fool said, "I'm afraid of the Mei family's dog." ”

The woman smiled, but it was not as wonderful as on the way to the bridal. The second fool saw that her eyes were red and seemed to be swollen, and he understood the reason why she was crying, and his heart sank.

"How are you doing?" The woman asked him.

"I, I'm ......" the second fool remembered his sins, "Grandma Mei, I know everything...... I don't know what it is...... You okay? ”

As soon as the woman's eyelashes lowered, two tears fell, and at the same time, she smiled softly. He said, "Fortunately, his wound is no longer painful." ”

Only then did the second fool notice that the woman was not washing clothes, but a pile of cloth ribbons stained with blood droplets and stains of medicinal soup. One slipped down the stone as he spoke. It was going to go down the river: the woman reached out to grab it, but she didn't catch it.

The second fool was about to jump over the rocks on the river to help her go to the fish, and the rocks were washed away by the water. After one time, she couldn't skip it, and the woman said, "I can't get by, I can't get by!" ”

The more the woman said that she couldn't come, the second fool's temperament was committed, and he wanted to prove that he could come, so he took a few steps back and jumped over with a jumper. But he still couldn't catch the washed cloth belt, and regretfully stamped his feet.

"Forget it, rush and rush," said the woman, "you live at the entrance of the village, when will I go to thank you"

Second fool: "I live alone." My place is so dirty that you can't sit on. ”

The woman said, "Then you will often come to my house for a cup of tea!" You are a kind person to the Mei family...... Later, when you hear a dog bite, you will come out to pick you up.

When the woman finished speaking, she picked up the strips of cloth and put them in the basket. Turned around and went back. On the slope of the big field, I looked back and saw that the second fool was still standing there watching her go, and a silent smile flashed on his face covered by half of his black hair.

The second fool remembered that eye, and the smile was very thin and curvy. The woman seemed to know that the second fool was still looking at her, so her steps were unnatural, and her hands and feet were a little stiff, but they had a more flavor. Then the two fools still crossed the river to the other side, and a big rock could not jump over, and wet his shoes and trousers.

Shuping returned home and dried her clothes in the backyard. In the corner of the back garden there is a wisteria that blooms heavily from summer to autumn. Shuping saw from her window those purple flocculent flowers swaying in the autumn wind, light day by day. She noticed that there was a well under the wisteria trellis, and that there were stone tables and benches, and that there was no one to be seen in a rather leisurely place, and that the road leading to it was overgrown with weeds.

Butterflies flew over, cicadas also sang on wisteria branches and leaves, Shuping remembered that when she was a child, she was sitting under the wisteria trellis and reading, everything was like a dream, she walked over slowly, lifted her skirt, was careful not to let weeds and insects rub against her, slowly lifted a few vine leaves, and saw a layer of dust accumulated on those stone tables and stone benches.

Walking to the well, the stone wall of the well platform was covered with moss, Shuping bent down to look at the well, the well water was blue-black, and there were old fallen leaves floating on the water surface, she saw her face flickering in the water, and heard her own wheezing sound being sucked into the well and amplified, dull and faint, a gust of wind blew, blowing her skirt like a bird, and then she felt a hard coolness, like a stone slowly knocking on her body.

She began to walk back, and walked back very quickly, and when she returned to the porch of the south wing, she exhaled, and looked back at the wisteria trellis, on which two or three bunches of flowers fell, and fell very suddenly, and thought it was also strange.

When she turned around, she saw Mei Renhou going out, dragging her legs, her legs were getting heavier and heavier, and she used to try to make herself look less lame out of self-esteem, but she couldn't support it anymore.

He gasped, his eyes blackened, and the ground was getting closer and closer—this was called falling.

Shuping quickly picked him up and returned to the room.

At night, Shuping took off his clothes for him and changed into pajamas, Mei Renhou said that he didn't wear pajamas and liked to sleep naked. Shuping looked away and said, whatever you want, but it's better to wear pajamas, you will catch a cold.

Mei Renhou laughed, you are not afraid that I will catch a cold, you are afraid of seeing my bare ass.

Shuping said, I'm not afraid. Her cheeks were crimson when she turned her face. This was the first time she had clearly faced Mei Renhou's body, perhaps because of the injury, the stem was thin and slender, and it was tense like a bow.

Shuping was a little breathless, she said, "Why are you so thin? ”