041, Lantern Festival
"Today's Lantern Festival, why didn't Mr. reunite with his family and come to this forest?"
Su Tong broke the silence, she was also a lonely traveler tonight, and there was always some sympathy when she saw another lonely person.
Lu Zhou paused, he turned his head to look at Su Tong, and then pointed to a mountain forest not far away and said, "My father and mother are buried on that mountain, I'll just come and see them." ”
No wonder! Su Tong shrunk his neck and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I don't know ......"
"It's okay," Lu Zhou stared at the mountain, and as far as his eyes could see, it was about where his parents were, and he said lightly: "I came to this Baishao Village with my parents when I was a child, and the people in the village welcomed us warmly, so our family lived in this village. ”
The village chief originally wanted to allocate two acres of wasteland to their family, but unfortunately his father was not in good health, and his legs and feet could not walk.
All the entanglements that his father and mother originally carried were used for his father's soup and medicine, and the family's livelihood could only rely on his mother's weaving and embroidery to earn some silver, but fortunately, the people in the village were enthusiastic, especially the Yang family, who often gave his family all kinds of help.
But his father still couldn't get through it, and passed away three years ago, his mother was heartbroken, and she worked hard to support the family all these years, and she was already squeezed dry, and it didn't take long for her to follow.
The village chief took him home to take care of him, he followed his father to study since he was a child, three years ago he had already passed the Tongsheng exam, was preparing to take the Xiucai exam, suffered from this incident, naturally had no intention of taking the exam, so he stayed in the village chief's house while doing work and studying.
In the second year, he went to take the exam, and sure enough, in high school, the village chief built a school, which not only allowed the children in the village to have a place to study, but also solved his livelihood problem, and he could have leisure to study in addition to teaching, and would not delay his imperial examination too much, killing three birds with one stone.
Su Tong listened to him tell his story quietly, she seemed to see an elegant man sitting on the bed teaching the child to read and write, a soft woman sitting by the window weaving, the loom creaking but not affecting the child in the slightest.
What a family that has been quiet for many years.
"Let's go." Lu Zhou finished telling the story and walked again, he didn't know why he said so many words to this girl who had only met once.
Maybe the moonlight tonight is too beautiful and lonely.
Su Tong took two quick steps and quietly looked at his side face, with a high nose bridge, thin lips, thin cheeks, and calm eyes, which made people feel sad.
She lowered her head, and what lingered in her ears was Wang's insults and the loud slap that slapped her mother's face that day.
She was alive under the umbrella that her father had opened with his heart, and never thought that there would be such a day. At that moment, she deeply felt Yang's pain and self-blame, and this was all brought to her by her ignorant daughter.
She has a lot of things to say, but she doesn't know who to say it to, and everyone in the family thinks that she is in love and can't be hit by it, and only she knows that she regrets hurting her father and mother who loves her the most.
Facing this man who had only met him from afar, Su Tong told him her story, and at the end, she said: "Am I very selfish, I always only think about myself, and I have never considered my father's feelings." Now that they have woken up but are afraid to admit their mistakes, they ...... They must have been disappointed in me. ”
"Well, you're pretty selfish." Lu Zhou was blunt.
He looked at the little girl's gloomy expression, and said: "But no parent will think of their child like this, they give everything, no matter what the child does wrong, they will be angry and angry, but they will definitely not give up on their child." ”
"Really?" Su Tong was a little unconvinced, her father didn't even let her spend the Lantern Festival at home, wasn't it because he was so disappointed in her?
"If you really realize your mistakes, admit them and trust that they will forgive you."
Lu Zhou thought for a while and continued: "I don't want to evaluate your cousin's matter, I guess up to now, you yourself have a number in your heart, I only said that if I have a sister who wants to be a concubine, I will definitely not agree, no one spoils their daughter to be sent to others to play with, you should understand your father's heart." ”
Su Tong nodded and said, "I know, I won't be confused anymore, I don't want my father and mother to be pointed at and scolded, the second aunt accused me that day, my mother was obviously ashamed and angry, but she just hugged me, covered her ears for me, and whispered to me not to listen, I don't want her to go through it a second time." ”
After saying that, Su Tong couldn't help but ask again: "Will my father and mother really forgive me?" They sent me to my uncle's house, and they didn't even let me spend the Lantern Festival at home......"
"Alas, your father is protecting you," Lu Zhou admired Su San's heart for protecting his wife and daughter, "Your father is a concubine, but the second room is the blood of your old lady's relatives, you must know that there is always a difference between biological and non-biological ones."
"Your second aunt is not easy to provoke, and she has some means, she will inevitably find the old lady to come out, if your father doesn't send you to the countryside, the old lady may not listen to your second aunt's instigation and punish you more harshly."
Now that this is the case, the third master has protected his daughter, but he has taken all the blame on himself. Lu Zhou didn't say this to Su Tong, presumably the third master wouldn't want his daughter to know.
Su Tong suddenly realized, but her heart was even more uncomfortable, her father thought about her everywhere, she even wondered if her father didn't want her anymore, she really deserved to be beaten, she knocked on her head hard.
"How are you-" Lu Zhou was very surprised to see her hit him, but he figured it out in an instant, and laughed.
Su Tong was slightly embarrassed, but the anxiety that had been held in his heart for two days was relieved at this moment, and he only felt that he suddenly became brighter, and his eyebrows really relaxed, and he smiled at Lu Zhou, which was bright.
As soon as the two of them entered the village, they saw the people in the village looking for her everywhere, and when they saw them, they shouted loudly, and asked someone to send a message to the Yang family, who was looking for someone on the other side.
When Su Tong returned to Yang's house, only her grandmother, a few aunts and a few younger brothers who were not able to walk steadily, and her uncle and other brothers and brothers went to look for her, even Huang Dou followed, but they got the news and came back after a while.
When everyone saw that Su Tong was busy shushing and asking for warmth, they learned that they were lost and sent back by Lu Zhou, and the Yang family hurriedly thanked Lu Zhou, and asked Lu Zhou to stay and have dinner together - everyone was busy looking for someone and didn't care about eating.
The relationship between Lu Zhou and the Yang family was originally good, and he and Chidou were still friends who grew up together, so they stayed after they resigned.
Several aunts brought out the hot dishes one after another, and as soon as the newly cooked rice balls were put on the table, a group of half-sized children were asked to grab a fine light, and the uncle scolded them for having no rules, and the aunt shouted, "Don't grab it, it's more."
There was a mess, Su Tong and Lu Zhou participated in it with a smile, and they could no longer find their previous loneliness.