Chapter Twenty-Six: Qing Xiaoxiao
The incident in Hanzhou made the crossbowman more heartfelt.
This goes and leaves, Yumaguan, Beishan County, Hanzhou, Fuzhou, Yuzhou, Zhen'an County, Xiangguo Pavilion...
All kinds of famous mountains and rivers, state capitals and county towns, how can the crossbow men be in the mood to stop, but they are all fleeting.
Although he traveled day and night, as long as he drank the wine in the crossbowman's wine gourd, he was immediately full of energy, without fatigue, and galloped up like a sharp arrow.
Eight days later, the crossbowman had passed the Xiangguo Pavilion.
Two out of the city, Liyang Town, the first pass of the original capital.
A small way to get off the horse, according to the time, one day will be two out of the city, but he is afraid.
Xiaodao led the horse slowly on the streets of Liyang, his thoughts were partial, a paper kite shop on the street, a naughty boy was noisy and unwilling to leave, beside him was a simple man, the man was not like the rich and noble, dressed very plainly, and the money bag around his waist was shriveled. He seemed a little helpless, no matter how he tried to pull the naughty boy, the naughty boy just refused to leave.
The naughty boy seemed to be hurt, but he still suffered a lot of grievances, and when he threw his hands away, he actually sat in front of the shop and cried.
The man had no other way, gritted his teeth, and gave all the remaining coins in the money bag to the proprietress who was smiling at him at the door, and the proprietress didn't care whether the money was enough or not, so she hurriedly asked the young man in the store to take the tiger paper kite hanging at the door and hand it to the man, the man took it with a smile, thanked the proprietress as a gesture, and handed the paper kite in his hand to the naughty boy. The naughty boy burst into tears and laughed, holding the man's hand and screaming happily, and the man's face was also full of happiness.
The crossbow man looked at the father and son who were far away, talking and laughing, and his heart was full of envy. I still remember that when I was also at this age, every time Daddy returned triumphantly, he would bring himself and Auntie here to buy paper kites. And those two figures are now "ruthlessly" leaving themselves behind, and they don't know where they have gone to "be happy".
Seeing things and thinking about people, the crossbowman's heart was full of bitterness.
The crossbow man stopped at the mouth of the paper kite shop and wanted to take a second look, but his eyes collided with the shopkeeper's wife, he felt why this person was so familiar, but he couldn't remember clearly.
The proprietress is a little similar to herself, but her age looks much younger, and she also has the kind of gentle pampering in her eyes. The crossbowman, who was already a big guy, was looked at like this by a "strange" woman, and he was inevitably a little uncomfortable, and his face was slightly red.
The proprietress didn't know what Xiaodao was thinking in her heart at this moment, her tenderness began to transform into sadness after a while, and tears appeared in Feng's eyes for no reason.
The crossbowman's heart was shocked, and the memory of his youth was evoked by a tear, and the father and mother at that time brought him to Liyang Town, and buying paper kites was just an excuse, a large part of the reason was to see a girl, the girl's name was Qing Xiaoxiao, according to Auntie, it was her aunt.
Every time she came, A-Niang would talk to her aunt and ask her to move to the city to live with her, but her aunt just refused, saying that this is the place where A-Niang and herself stayed, and that was A-Niang's mother-in-law's house. Besides, he didn't recognize his father, the so-called brother-in-law, and then he stopped it.
However, for her little nephew, my aunt still likes it quite a lot, and she helped her to put the paper kite hook on which house she hung it on, and she also helped chase after the vicious dog...
At that time, my aunt was many times more powerful than my father in my mind, and she was simply my own role model, as long as I came to my aunt, I was like a fart, and I couldn't get rid of it, and I loved to cause trouble, which made Daddy and Auntie a headache.
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These old memories surfaced in the crossbowman's mind one by one, but he didn't realize that a warm figure had hugged him, and said, "Xia'er, you are finally back." Ringing in his ears, the man who hugged him was already drowning in tears.
The crossbow man had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know what to say, until his aunt collected her emotions a little, and then she dared to speak, "Auntie, I know everything, you don't have to worry about me." ”
Qing Xiaoxiao let go of the crossbowman, gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a silk silk, nodded, and instructed the guy to bring him the goods, and then led him into the shop.
The paper kite shop was bought by the aunt herself, and it turned out that the shopkeeper was a fat businessman, as for why she bought it, in order to leave a thought for the crossbowman.
When talking about her parents, the aunt seemed to be deliberately reluctant to talk about it, but she still knew that there was so much to it. But she still tried her best to comfort the crossbowman not to despair, his sister and brother-in-law were just missing, let him just let it be.
The crossbow man didn't want to ask too much, and the two talked about what had happened to them over the years... Qing Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered something, slapped his head with his hand, and said, "Xia'er, a few days ago, there was a strange Taoist in the shop, and he insisted on telling the fortune of his aunt, and he couldn't tell the reason for it, and finally he only said 'There are relatives from afar, hand in hand with Hanshan', and he was kicked out by the guys in the store, I think it should be related to you." ”
The crossbowman thought that it should be his dead ghost master, so he asked, "Auntie, what is Hanshan." ”
Qing Xiaoxiaomei's eyes were a little puzzled, thought about it, and replied, "It should be two Hanshan Taoist temples outside the city, and there are no place names called Hanshan around." ”
The crossbowman nodded, then eight or nine would not be far from ten.
Qing Xiaoxiao looked at the crossbow man and nodded, and said with a smile, "Xia Er hasn't seen Aunt Xiao for so long, do you miss Aunt Xiao very much." ”
The fickleness of women, the crossbowman is beginning to understand, just now he was serious about the business, and in an instant it became a joke, saying that he wanted to, he almost forgot about it, and said that he didn't want to, with his aunt's previous temper and character, even his father couldn't resist it, let alone himself.
The crossbow man finally said with a clear conscience, "How can you not think about it, Xiaodao misses my aunt every day." ”
After saying that, the crossbow man regretted it, and saw that Qing Xiaoshen grabbed his ear unconsciously, and scolded with a smile, "I miss you big-headed ghost, I almost didn't recognize me just now, and I also called myself Xiaodao, and my aunt saw that it was a calf's nose." ”
The crossbowman was in pain, and hurriedly begged for mercy, Qing Xiaoxiao was willing to let go, and the strength of this hand was not inferior to A-Niang.
Qing Xiao hid her face and snickered, and then looked at the crossbowman's eyes full of doting.
The two planned to go to the Hanshan Taoist Temple early the next morning, and then rush to the two leaving the city.
At night, Qing Xiaoxiao took the crossbow man to a restaurant in the town, the restaurant is called Qingshui Pavilion, according to Qing Xiaoxiao's novel, this restaurant was originally A-Niang's, and then A-Niang followed A-Dad and made a hands-off shopkeeper, so she left the restaurant to her. Speaking of this, she was still sad, how good it would be if her sister was still there, but these inner words can only be hidden in the bottom of her heart, and saying it only adds to the sadness of the two.
The two entered an attic behind the inn, which is where Qing Xiaoxiao usually lives, the attic has two floors, the upper floor has several guest rooms, and the lower floor is the living room, the living room area is the size of two paper kite shops, and it is full of exotic flowers and plants, although there is no sunlight, but it also grows very well.
A few of them are not strangers to the Dream Butterfly Orchid Crossbowman, I remember that there are a few in A-Niang's room, and there are a few that I can't name, and there are also in this living room.
It was early summer, and it stands to reason that the flowers were all gone, but the flowers and plants in the living room were in full bloom, and the fragrance of flowers permeated the entire attic, refreshing people's hearts.
The crossbow man followed Qing Xiaoxiao to the second floor, there was only one door open on the second floor, that was her room, and the remaining few rooms had been closed, but there was a crossbow man who felt so familiar, and asked carefully, only to know that it was A-Niang's previous room, since A-Niang married A-Daddy, she never came back to live, every time I came to see my aunt, I was with A-dad in the guest room in the restaurant, most of the styles of the restaurant were the same, and the crossbowman did not remember that he had been to this Qingshui Pavilion.
As for the attic at the back, I haven't been here.
Pushing open the door of A-Niang's previous room, the decorations inside are almost the same as the decorations in A-Niang's later room, except that there are a few flowers and plants missing, probably the first floor is full, so there is no more to do it.
The crossbowman stroked every ornament in A-Niang's room, wanting to feel a trace of familiar warmth, but he moistened his eyes first.
Qing Xiaoxiao was silent on the side.
After a long time, the crossbow man came to his senses and said to Qing Xiaoxiao on the side, "Auntie, I'll live here tonight, do you think it's okay?" ”
Qing Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement, and replied earnestly, "Xia'er, there are some things that are inconvenient to explain to you, it is your parents' arrangement, they just want you to live well, don't think too much, when the time comes, auntie thinks, you don't want to know." ”
The crossbowman didn't know what the aunt meant, but since it was arranged by his parents, he didn't know at all, so how to explain it.
Since my aunt can't count on it, then my dead ghost master doesn't know if it's reliable this time, I hope it's more reliable this time...
Qing Xiaoxiao instructed the guy in the restaurant to bring food to the crossbowman, and the crossbowman remembered the cheap goods in the paper kite shop, and was about to leave to bring it.
Qing Xiaoxiao on the side learned the reason, crying and laughing, this horse is more expensive than people, seeing the crossbowman's anxious appearance, he said that he was already in the stable of the restaurant, and the crossbowman was relieved.
I didn't feel embarrassed to eat in front of my aunt.
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Outside Liyang Town, under an ancient tree, a down-and-out fortune teller was sitting cross-legged, saying that he was a fortune teller rather than a beggar, if it weren't for the fact that there was a flag with a few words scribbled next to him.
When the moon was bright, through the branches and leaves of the tree, sprinkled on his robe full of patches, he combed the messy long hair on his head, and deliberately fiddled with the flag beside him, and said to Mingyue, "Master Dead Ghost, don't blame Dao Ye for robbing your old job, if you want to blame, blame the little junior brother for being really rich..."
After speaking, he swallowed his saliva, and continued, "Don't you always say that senior brothers should treat each other with all sincerity, I will take this as a test of the little junior brother's heart, last time I suffered a loss in the hands of that 'little bastard', this time it is not good to knock him..."
The fortune teller's eyes widened, and the two mustaches on his mouth were directly crooked, and he didn't care, and laughed weirdly...