Chapter 44: Scars and the Past
Li Lin stretched out his left hand and placed it on the table in front of him.
Yuanshu was surprised by her behavior, and looked at the hand to see that there was nothing unusual.
"What? What's the secret on your hands? ”
Li Lin said: "The little finger of my hand has no sensation, even if it is cut off now, it will not hurt." ”
Yuan Shu snorted coldly: "It's just a little finger, who knows if you don't say it?" ”
It was a secret, it seemed to him that no one would pay attention to such a small thing.
Li Lin knew that he would react like this, stood up in front of him, and reached out to untie his collar.
Yuanshu was taken aback, "What are you doing......"
Li Lin calmly pulled off the clothes on his left shoulder, allowing Yuan Shu to see his shoulder.
A shocking scar came into Yuanshu's eyes.
The scar was red and purple, covering almost the entire shoulder and cutting off the ribs, apparently a new wound that had not healed long in recent years.
The scar is so big that it looks like a sharp weapon has been cut straight in front of it, and you can imagine the picture of blood splattering when it was injured.
Yuan Shu was pampered, and it was the first time he saw such a big scar on his body, and he was stunned.
Li Lin explained: "I was slashed on the battlefield the year before last, and my ribs were almost broken. It took months to recover...... After the injury of the little finger, there is no longer sensation, and sometimes the whole arm is numb. ”
Reside...... How could it be so serious......
Yuan Shu looked at the scar with wide eyes, although Li Lin's tone was calm and light, but this kind of injury died if he was not careful.
He was shocked in his heart, and he didn't know how to evaluate it for a while.
In comparison, she won.
Li Lin actually smiled, "This secret is only known to me, and now I tell you, it's a bit of a joke, right?" ”
To talk about this secret, it is actually quite serious.
Because in the current dynasty, if a woman has an excessively large scar that is equivalent to an incurable disease, no man will marry.
Women will take care of any small wounds on their bodies, and they will not tell outsiders if they are injured and killed.
Not to mention that royal marriages come with harsh requirements, even ordinary noble children will be very picky in comparison.
Once Li Lin's injury is known, it will be immediately defined as disabled.
Even if they get married in the future, once they find out that they have such a big scar, they can immediately write a letter of resignation.
"So I envy you, no one will know about your illness if you take medicine, but I will never be able to cover it up." Li Lin patted his clothes well, looking optimistic.
In an instant, Yuan Shu suddenly began to sympathize with Li Lin.
He couldn't help but ask her, "With such a big scar, why doesn't your family want to treat you?" ”
Li Lin smiled faintly, twisted his head to look out the window for a while, and said for a long time: They don't know.
Yuan Shu looked at Li Lin's expression, she was obviously the granddaughter of Zheng Guogong, and she was a county lord, and other women were embroidering flowers and admiring the moon in the deep boudoir, but she lived so hard.
"Let's find a way to heal the scar." Yuan Shu said.
He wanted to tell her that such a scar on a woman's body would really affect the rest of her life, but he still didn't say it.
Li Lin said: "Fortunately, I have no major injuries now, my life has been saved, and I am not crippled!" Isn't that something to celebrate? ”
At this moment, the two miserable people actually have a feeling of being a difficult brother.
Li Lin cleaned up the things he took when he came, although he didn't take much of it, and a lot of silver was destroyed by Yuan Shu to compensate.
I originally wanted to buy all kinds of souvenirs and various specialties, but I found that after coming to Dongcheng, I didn't buy anything, only two sachets for free.
What a trip for nothing.
Li Lin summed up the remaining silver taels: "Now there are only these silver cars left on your body, if you go crazy again tonight, you won't have the money to pay for it......"
This kind of joke made Yuan Shu's face blush a little more, and he was ashamed.
Li Lin said: "After today, I will return to the capital tomorrow morning, so I won't be detained by the store and can't leave." ”
Yuan Shu obediently handed her his hand: "Or...... Tie me up. ”
Li Lin was originally just joking and teasing him, but he didn't expect him to react like this, and he was inexplicably touched in an instant.
It turned out that Yuanshu didn't know that his illness had caused trouble to others.
Despite his pride, he has always had his own responsibilities in his heart.
She opened his hand, "It's okay, I'm not going to sleep, just watch you." ”
Yuan Shu lowered his head and secretly glanced at Li Lin from time to time, he felt that Li Lin did not discriminate against and mind him in the slightest, although she found out that she had this disease, she still faced it calmly.
This is something that no one else can do.
After the two finished eating, they looked at the huge moon in the sky.
The window was open, and the night breeze was gentle outside, and there was a strange sense of romance.
Yuanshu kept looking up at the night sky.
At this time, it is really an appropriate time to talk about life and ideals, and look at the stars and the moon.
Li Lin looked at the bright moonlight, thinking that he had seen so many lives and deaths, and it was a blessing in life to be able to look at the moon so freely.
It's a pity that sitting opposite is a child who has not experienced the world, and some tragic things can't be shared with him.
Yuan Shu plucked up the courage to open his mouth to break the silence: "Sister Li Lin, what happened on the stage today is actually my experience. ”
"Huh?"
Li Lin was stunned.
Yuanshu didn't know why he opened his heart.
"I used to have a companion called Woodworking.
When I was a child, I was always messing around, no one played with me, and the wood art was bought by my father on the street as a companion, and I thought at that time that we were no different except for the clothes and food that were different from me. I can see the hypocrisy that others around me have shown me. ”
At that time, only wood art was his only friend. He told Yuan Shu a lot of stories, and the two played together, but Yuan Shu was often injured, but no matter how King Rong reprimanded, Yuan Shu just liked to play with him.
"Then one time, we went to hide and seek in the woods. He advised me that it was too late and it was easy to get lost, and I didn't listen...."
Li Lin listened to these plots from him, which were indeed exactly the same as the script performed by that troupe.
I was also secretly surprised in my heart, and the content of the plot seemed to be completely copied......
"Then I spent two days in the woods. After coming out, my father was very angry and wanted to punish him severely, I heard it and went to cry, it was okay, a few days later the servant said to take me to see the flower show, that day I don't know why I was upset, and when I sneaked back to the palace from the flower show, Mu Yi had been killed. The dog we had with was strangled too..."
Speaking of this, the corners of Yuan Shu's eyes were already red, and he had always been stubborn and burst into tears.
"I saw Mu Yi lying there with his face covered with a cloth and his body as hard as ice."
Li Lin was moved when he heard this, and he didn't know that Yuanshu, who had always been competitive and stubborn, had experienced such a thing.
She reached out and grabbed his shoulder, not knowing what to say for a moment.