Chapter 15: Poetry

"Out of its east gate, there are women like clouds. Although it is like a cloud, I think about it......"

"Out of its place, there are women in full swing. Although it is in full swing, I think about it and ......"

Unconsciously, Ling'er read out a few lines of poetry softly, which were written in Chen Yong's letter, she didn't understand what it meant at the time, but because Yuan Wei recited it repeatedly, she also remembered it. Now, Yuan Wei's appearance appeared in her mind again, she stood under the tree, looked up at the leaves that had been slightly yellowed, and with a dreamlike expression on her face, she read these lines of poetry again and again.

"Ling'er, what do you mean by Chen Gongzi writing these poems?" Yuan Wei's eyes were bright, as if they were inlaid with the dew of the morning sun.

"I don't know a single word, and the young lady asked me what I meant, isn't it embarrassing for me?" Ling'er has always been puzzled.

Yuan Wei turned around and put her finger on her head, "Dumb thing, this poem says: I walked out of the east gate of the city, and I saw that there were as many women as clouds in the sky." But although there are many women, they are not the person in my heart, and the woman in the white dress and green dress makes me happy and wants to be close. I walked out of the outer city, and saw that there were many women. But these flower-like beauties are not the people I yearn for. The girl in my heart, she is dressed in white and red scarf, which makes me miss me night and night, and I can't sleep. ”

Ling'er covered her mouth and yawned, "White? Miss, you didn't wear a white dress, so it can be seen that Chen Gongzi is not talking about you. ”

Yuan Wei shook his head and sighed, "Ling'er, you are really getting more and more stupid, how can you marry a housekeeper in the future?" This poem is taken from the "Book of Songs", which was written by people more than 1,000 years ago, and Chen Gongzi transcribed it in order to use the past as a metaphor for the present and poetry as a metaphor for people. ”

Ling'er was scolded for being stupid, but she was not annoyed, but only followed Yuan Wei's words, "Miss, I think you two always write letters, and it's not good." If someone finds out, he's fine, and you've got a bad reputation. According to my opinion, it is better to settle this matter as soon as possible, so as to save many long nights and dreams, and give rise to some incidents. ”

Yuan Wei was stunned by her, and after a while, she was stunned and shed a few tears, "Chen Gongzi said that he wanted his father and mother to come to the door to propose......

Ling'er was overjoyed in her heart, and jumped a few times under her feet, "Miss, it should be like this, Ling'er doesn't know poetry, she only knows that proposing marriage is the right way, Chen Gongzi has this heart, Ling'er is relieved." ”

Yuan Wei was not as excited as her, and the light in her eyes seemed to dim a little. When Ling'er saw her like this, she wondered in her heart, and hurriedly said, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" Isn't it a good thing that Chen Gongzi is going to come to the door to propose? ”

Yuan Wei grabbed Ling'er's hand, hesitated for a while, and finally whispered, "Ling'er, what does the Chen family do, haven't you inquired clearly?" ”

"Of course, speaking of which, their family and ours go hand in hand. Their shop and Yongsheng are on the same street, one street and one end of the street, and they also sell kites. By the way, the shop is called Chen's Kite Shop, and the business is quite big, and I heard that several branches have been opened. ”

Yuan Wei lowered his head and chuckled desolately, "Chen's kite shop is a shop that has emerged in recent years, and the kites they make are three-dimensional and vivid, especially the dragon head centipede kite is sold to the capital, and I heard that their kites were released at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet." This year, as soon as the kite square made by the Chen family came out, it was welcomed by businessmen from all walks of life, and the sales volume far exceeded that of Yongsheng, so although my father was busy in the shop all day long, Yongsheng's business was still far worse than in previous years. ”

Speaking of this, seeing Ling'er looking at her with a confused expression, Yuan Wei sighed lightly, and continued, "Of course I heard about these things from my father and brother, and my father was very indignant about the Chen family, because he had personally come to the door to ask for advice on how to make new kites, but he was rejected by the Chen family. The father touched a gray nose, so since then he has formed a feud with the Chen family, and the people of the two shops ignore each other even if they occasionally meet in the market, and even have several conflicts because of the source of customers. Ling'er, I think that Chen Gongzi should not know about the conflict between the Yuan and Chen families, so he said in the letter that he would let his parents come to the Yuan family to propose marriage...... But in my opinion, this family business is not successful, and he and I are destined to be two people who are destined to be inseparable......"

When he said the words "fate is inseparable", Yuan Wei's eyes were lowered, and they were full of indescribable sadness. Ling'er had never seen Yuan Wei like this, so she couldn't help but cry with her. Later, after Yuan Wei's death, she couldn't help but think of those eyes, because from Yuan Wei's eyes, she seemed to understand the difficult poems on Chen Gongzi's letterhead for the first time.

What is love? Is it a poison that tempts the heart? So I know that there is no result, but I still can't help but step into it.

In such a quiet and dark environment, people's hearts seem to be particularly easily touched, so thinking about it, Ling'er couldn't help but read out these lines of poetry: "Out of its east gate, there are women like clouds, although they are like clouds, I think about it." Out of its troubles, there are women in full swing, although they are in full swing, I think ......"

"Click."

The copper rings on both sides of the box sounded, Ling'er's scalp tightened, her body suddenly became stiff and abnormal, and her hands and feet seemed to be frozen, standing upright.

In the darkness, she didn't even dare to breathe loudly, only staring at the lid of the box that could not be seen above, imagining it being lifted little by little, imagining the monster made of bamboo pieces and pasted out of silk silk, which could turn her into a thin human skin just by looking at itself.

"Squeak."

The lid of the box slowly opened upwards as she expected, and Ling'er couldn't see it, but felt the cold air outside rush in, mixed with a stale smell, scrambling to squeeze into her nose. She pinched her thighs hard, pinching out bloody cuts on her skin. However, she could not feel the pain, and fear had now permeated every corner of her body, enveloping all her senses, and even the pain was covered by it.

"Zheng...... Zheng ......"

The bamboo whistle came as scheduled, and in the next moment, she was about to be sucked dry by it, and she was sure, so she was not prepared to resist again.

"Zheng...... Zheng ......"

The bamboo whistle sounded again, this time, the voice was short and urgent, as if urging Ling'er.

"Does it want me to do anything?" Such a grotesque thought crossed Ling'er's mind, but then, she suddenly realized that it was urging something, because the yellow eyes half-hidden in the darkness were full of sadness, exactly the same as Yuan Wei's eyes that day.

But aren't its eyes drawn? How can a pair of eyes drawn by a pen be full of sorrow?

But all this doesn't seem to matter anymore, because Ling'er has blurted out a sentence: "Do you want to hear me read it again?" ”