The cold rain fell overnight, and the severe cold froze the water on the ground, and sealed the dead branches and leaves blown down by the wind under the hoarfrost, which was as beautiful as a glass painting.

The vendors in the market will not appreciate this scene, only complaining that it is too cold and freezing to the point that people's hands are wooden, but they are still fighting against the severe cold, shouting hard for the firewood, rice, oil and salt at home.

The charcoal seller came out on the first day of the year, the squeaks on his shoulders, the business was bleak, his face was sad, and the shouts resounded through the streets, but no one paid attention to them.

Lotus opened the window of the street next to the inn and called him to stop: "Grandpa, is there still carbon?" My lady asked for it all at a high price. ”

Before he had visited half of the city, he opened a hot plate, and the charcoal seller's eyes narrowed with a smile, thinking that he could add a thick cotton coat to spend the winter this year, and promised again and again: "Yes!" If I still want it, I'll go back and pick it up. ”

Lotus nodded, turned around and ran downstairs a few steps, paid, picked up the carbon basket and walked into the house.

I didn't have a straight line, and I ran into a lotus leaf that happened to come out of the kitchen with medicine. Fortunately, the lotus leaf was agile and caught the medicine bowl, which was not broken, but the medicine juice inside was spilled all over the ground.

The lotus flower was immediately rewarded by her with a burst chestnut.

"Didn't you always say that Miss Zhaozhao's demeanor was elegant and good-looking? Why haven't I learned half a point in these days! ”

Seeing that the medicine was spilled, Lotus Flower was also a little annoyed, touched her forehead and said guiltily: "I'm sorry, sister, let's go boil another bowl, it's harder to get better if her illness drags on for a long time." ”

Lianye nodded and instructed her: "Just put the charcoal underneath, and then serve it when it is burned, it is not as good as choking on the smoke." ”

According to her words, the lotus flower put the carbon basket on again, followed the lotus leaf to the kitchen, and said as she walked: "Miss is fine with everything, but her body is too weak, and she has been sick twice along the way. ”

Lianye also said strangely: "When Madame chatted with me, it was strange that Miss was born with few illnesses, and she didn't want to grow up and become so weak." ”

Seeing that there was no one around, Lotus Blossom leaned into Lotus Ye's ear and shared with her in a low voice: "I know, Miss was married before, will that person be gone, and if she is too sad, her body will be weak." ”

Hearing this, Lianye knocked her on the head again and reprimanded: "Guess again, why don't you guess that the person treated her badly and consumed her body like this?" ”

"Impossible!"

Ignoring the pain, Lotus Flower's tone was absolute, and she argued: "Miss originally told me that the person who married her was very good to her, and if her body really started to be bad at that time, she was also spoiled by that person." ”

Hearing her words, Lianye looked her up and down, and said with a joking smile: "Girl, do you want to get married?" ”

"You are!"

The two laughed, packed up their things, and went about their own work. The shopkeeper ran in with two big crucian carp, hurriedly put them in the water, and when he saw that he was still alive, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the lotus leaf diligently: "The fish that the girl wants, I got up early in the morning and bought the best by the river, but I want the cook to stew it?" ”

Lianye replied: "Just put it down, it's tiring, you can keep the rest of the money for drinking." ”

got what he wanted, the shopkeeper took the money and blossomed, thanked him again and again, and withdrew.

The upstairs residents were emptied, leaving only the lotus flower and their group, anyway, the boss only recognized the money, who was not happy to sit and collect the money, yesterday when the lotus leaf came to rent a house, he happily agreed, and took the money back to his hometown to see his son.

So the store is quite clean, no one is noisy Yu Zhao sleeps peacefully, the charcoal in the house is burning red, Yu Lu is afraid that she will be stuffy, so he opens a small window to breathe, and it is almost noon, a faint ray of sunlight shines in from it, just shining on Yu Zhao's eyes.

Yu Zhao's brows furrowed slightly, and the red five-petal flower like a birthmark on his forehead moved slightly, making his face more feminine.

Slowly opened his eyes, and the stinging pain in his throat surged up instantly, making Yu Zhao couldn't help coughing violently, Yu Lu heard the sound and hurriedly came over to wrap her in the quilt. "It was cold last night, and the strange lady didn't pay attention, and the window outside opened a little bigger, which made you feel cold again."

The throat was sore and dry, Yu Zhao couldn't speak, only shook his head, and held Yu Lu's hand to signal her to be relieved.

There was a knock on the door, and it was the sound of lotus leaves. "Ma'am, the medicine is cured."

Yu Lu said yes to let her in, and the moment the door was pushed open, a cold air came in from the invasion, and Yu Zhao coughed again.

Bringing the freshly boiled medicine to Yu Lu, the lotus leaf sensibly retreated aside, waiting for the order. Seeing that Yu Zhao's face was a little pale, he couldn't help but speak: "Miss Zhaozhao wants to get better soon, I heard from the shopkeeper that there will be a highly respected monk preaching in Yunding Temple the day after tomorrow, so you can go and ask him for a signature." ”

Yu Zhao has always been unbelieving in ghosts and gods, so after hearing this, he didn't show much interest, but Yu Lu next to him had his eyes lit up, and hurriedly asked: "When is it the day after tomorrow?" Zhaozhao may not be able to blow the wind for a few days, so I'll just ask for her. ”

Fortunately, I didn't find any suspicious people along the way, and it seemed that I wasn't being stared at, so Yu Zhao was a little relieved. also knew that if the illness was not completely cured, it might delay the journey even more, and wanted to make Yu Lu feel at ease, so he let her go, and only asked in a dumb voice: "That mother takes the lotus leaves, be careful." ”

The voice was hoarse, and Yu Lu was afraid that she would hurt her throat again, so she hurriedly agreed. wrapped Yu Zhao into a zongzi with a quilt, and then served the boiled fish soup and fed her to drink it one by one.

The fish soup was boiled milky and milky, and after drinking it hot, Yu Zhao felt that his body was not so cold, and he leaned on the bed in a daze. Yu Lu was most afraid that she would be sad, so he found an opportunity to talk to her, and involuntarily told her about the things that he had never mentioned in his heart before.

"Zhao Zhao is much more powerful than his mother, his mother was abducted when she was three or four years old, and she was bought here and there by Fengyang's tooth wife since she was a child, and her courage was almost gone, and she never dared to have the heart to plan anything for her life. I have suffered that you have been born in my belly, and when I was pregnant with you, I made my mother feel that she had hope of living for the first time in her life......"

I had never heard Yu Lu mention her life experience before, but now that she suddenly heard her say this, Yu Zhao couldn't help but ask: "Do you remember where your relatives are?" ”

Hearing her question, Yu Lu shook his head with a wry smile, two tears couldn't help but flow out of the corners of his eyes, and after wiping them away, he sighed: "I only superficially remember that there is a father and a father at home, and my father should be a blacksmith who works for others, and he is not rich, but they also hold me in his hand and feel distressed." ”

"Father, Aji?" Hearing such a title, Yu Zhao's heart moved, and he couldn't help but wonder, because this was clearly the name of his father and mother in Western language.

Thinking that she didn't know, Yu Lu explained: "What I said when I was a child was different from here, but now I forget it, I just remember that it was called Daddy and Auntie." ”

Sure enough, Yu Zhao looked at Yu Lu carefully, he didn't know the reason for this, so he didn't pay attention to it, but now he looks at it again, Yu Lu's big eyes, with snow-white skin and a high nose bridge, can stand out at a glance among the people of Da Chu. This kind of appearance is not the characteristic of some Western people, the more I look at it, the more I think about it, the more I feel right, and I can't help but be secretly surprised.

Seeing her staring straight at herself, Yu Lu looked back at her strangely. "Zhaozhao?"

Hearing her call herself, Yu Zhao came back to his senses and told him what he thought: "This is the name of the parents in the Western Fan Kingdom. Mother's parents may be the children of the kingdom of Zefan. ”

Hearing this, Yu Lu was slightly stunned, since elementary school, the thing is to keep oneself and keep oneself and four virtues, and he has never had the opportunity to understand how the world outside Da Chu is like. At this moment, listening to Yu Zhao say this, I realized where I came from. But it's been more than 30 years...... Yu Lu's eyes drooped, hiding the regret in his eyes.

Seeing this, Yu Zhao said softly: "If my mother wants to go to find relatives, my daughter can accompany you." ”

"No need......" Yu Lu's voice was slight, but there was no trace of hesitation: "The sea of people is vast, it is difficult to find it, if you can't find it, it will be lost, Zhaozhao can go wherever he wants, I vaguely remember that I still have a younger brother, presumably my father Aji has someone to take care of, my mother just wants to guard you now, and if you are happy, your mother will be happy." ”

Hearing her say this, Yu Zhao didn't want her to worry, nodded and agreed first, thinking in his heart that after Yanling settled down, he would ask someone to go to Xifan to inquire.

Do your best, it's good to find it. can't find it, and after that, the mother and daughter depend on each other for their lives and spend the rest of their lives in peace, which is not too bad a result.