Chapter 43: The Plum Tree in the Courtyard
Yan Juan said that he didn't have to worry about Yan Chongjing, but in fact, he still sent someone out to find him.
said that it was to inform Yan Chongjun of sending a letter back, but in the final analysis, it was not because he was worried about people.
The people who sent out hadn't come back yet, so Yan Juan walked from the front yard to the back yard.
The bluestone path in the house has been paved for many years, and how many people have come and gone on it, it is still the appearance in Yan Juan's memory, and it seems to have never changed.
Along the trail all the way forward, before he knew it, Yan Juan actually walked to Jinjiang Garden.
There is a courtyard in the courtyard of the Xie family that outsiders can't set foot in, and even Xie Chen, who is the owner, rarely goes in, most of the time he stands outside the courtyard and looks twice, and there is a similar place in the Yan Mansion, which is the Jinjiang Garden that Yan Juan saw at this time.
Even though someone comes to clean the house every day, and every plant and tree in the courtyard is well cared for, standing outside the courtyard, you can still see that there has been no one living here for many years.
It is a very mysterious feeling, hidden in every corner of Jinjiang Garden, shallow hidden, so that people can see a little clue from a distance, and it is impossible to ignore the past.
There is a red tassel next to the base of the flower pot under the eaves, which is embedded in the pattern of the flower pot, which is both hidden and public.
The crimson tassels have lost their original brilliance under the wind and rain, and the faded tassels are obscured by the branches and leaves spreading out of the flower pots, faintly revealing a vague shadow.
Yan Wan saw a little red in the green leaves, and she knew that there was a key hidden under the flower pot.
The brass key was pendant with a red tassel, which could be used to open the treasure box that Yan Chongjin had given her.
The Duobao Box was originally just an ordinary wooden box, which was placed on the bookshelf of Yan Juan's study, but because Yan Chongjin often put all kinds of small gifts into the wooden box, sometimes it was a street vendor's noodle man, sometimes it was Bazhenzhai's dim sum, and sometimes it would be a popular jewelry in the city, every time it was opened, there would be a new surprise, so the ordinary wooden box was also named the Duobao box.
Later, Yan Chongjin died, and the multi-treasure box changed back to its original ordinary appearance.
Today's multi-treasure box is still in its original place, but the key is hidden under the flower pot of Jinjiang Garden by Yan Juan, and it has not been opened for many years.
"Girl......"
Yu Nong looked at Yan Wan who was in a trance with some concern.
She believes in what the ghosts and gods say, and believes that between heaven and earth, all things are mutually reinforcing, and the Jinjiang Garden in front of her and their girls are mutually restrictive, every time the girl comes here, she must have a minor illness after she goes back, even if she is lucky not to get sick, she will definitely be depressed for a long time.
Finally, their girls have been a lot more lively during this time, and Yunong really doesn't want her to become the same as before, who only knows how to burn incense and chant Buddha.
"Is this a plum tree? I didn't expect to be able to feed it! ”
After Yan Wan stepped into Jinjiang Garden, her eyes shifted from the flower pot under the eaves to the tree in the center of the courtyard.
In the winter, the tree had lost all its leaves, and its gray branches looked lifeless, and when you looked closer, there were many small saplings near the roots, slender as if they would break their waists when the wind blew, and they were as gray as the tree, and there was no green on their bodies.
But they are indeed alive.
Speaking of this incompatible plum tree, it has to be traced back to Yan Juan's childhood, when she was a child, she read and read 'peach and plum do not speak, and the next is its own', and she was very curious about what kind of situation the peach and plum forest is.
For the peach in 'Peach and Plum Forest', she has eaten sweet and delicious peaches, and she has also seen the ten-mile peach forest outside Jinguan City, but she doesn't know what the latter will be like.
At that time, Yan Juan's most sticky person was the little brother Yan Chongjin, in her eyes, Yan Chongjin was omnipotent, so she rushed to the little brother if she had any questions in her heart, and never bothered others.
When she was a child, Yan Juan even felt that there were only three kinds of people in the world, one was Yan Chongjin, the other was her father and eldest brother, and the rest were all other people.
It can be seen from this how high Yan Chongjin's status is in her mind.
"Actually, I've seen the plum tree, just outside the city on the small green hill, but it doesn't look so inconspicuous, whether it's flowering or fruiting, it's very inconspicuous to me."
Yan Wan's fingertips touched the cracked trunk, the rough bark, and it was even a little awkward to the touch.
"I remember that when the little brother came back that day, he had a broken branch in his hand, and he said that if he planted that branch in the soil, it would become a plum tree the next spring."
The book says that there is no intention to insert willows and willows.
So Yan Juan knows that willow branches can grow into willows when they are inserted in the soil, but can plum trees also do the same?
She listened to her brother's words at the time, and she was skeptical.
"The little brother planted the branches in his yard and said that when the fruit came to fruit, he would invite me to eat the plums."
Today, the plum tree has been growing for almost a decade.
After the change of seasons, the flowers bloom and bloom, and even the fruits bear stubble after stubble, but Yan Juan can no longer wait for the person who will hold the fruit in front of her.
The girl who was immersed in the past, although her face did not have a sad color, but the aura around her body seemed much more depressed.
Just when Yu Nong was racking his brains and thinking about how to enlighten his girl, the sound of broken porcelain suddenly came from the door, which made Yan Juan startled, and quickly came back to her senses.
Yan Wan walked out and saw Bai Guo squatting on the ground picking up fragments, and also saw Cheng Huan standing on the side with an unpredictable expression.
"You ...... this"
Earlier, Master Yan couldn't beat Yan Juan, and Cheng Huan couldn't live in Jinjiang Garden in the end, but the courtyard he lived in later was next to it, and there was only a wall between him and Jinjiang Garden.
"It's the slave who walked carelessly, didn't notice Young Master Cheng, and hit it directly, not to mention, and broke the vase......"
Bai Guo was still holding the fragment of the vase in his hand, and no one looked at it when he lowered his head, but he didn't notice that his hand had been scratched by the fragment, and bright red blood was dripping down the edge of the fragment to the ground.
Cheng Huan paused, and was about to speak, but asked Yan Juan to take the lead.
Yan Juan looked at the pile of vase fragments on the ground, and could already distinguish its original appearance by the patterns of the fragments.
The vase was given to Yan Chongjin by Yan Juan in the old days, and the plain white bottle was painted with red plums, and it was also very appropriate to put it in the house at this time of year.
However, it is now broken.
She whispered, "Things are dead, people are alive, and since they are broken, let them be broken." You don't have to pick it up with your hands, I see you're already hurt, so let's go down and bandage the wound, and ask someone to get something to sweep it away, don't let it hurt people again......"
As if hearing something incredible, Cheng Huan's eyes widened involuntarily.
He didn't know when Yan Juan became so easy to speak, and he didn't even scold him, so he let go of this matter so lightly.
Shouldn't she be very angry that the maid ruined her things, and she had to pay for an identical thing to dissipate her anger! And because she knows that the maid can't pay anything, she sulks by herself, and someone has to coax her to make her angry, otherwise she will be angry for a few days and can't sleep well, and she doesn't even want to eat!