Iron Mask (2)
A long time has passed, and Li Chuxi is already twenty years old.
He is now a gentle and beautiful young man, dressed in white with folding fans, sword eyebrows and starry eyes.
He once participated in the township examination, and his written test results were excellent, and he was selected as a talent. It's a pity that because of his voice defect, he is destined to not be able to his father's employment and be a gentleman.
Therefore, he could only make poems, calligraphy and paintings, and ask people to sell them outside.
"There are very few people who know how to appreciate! Although your calligraphy and painting are good, few people have Yaxing, so you can't sell them for a few dollars! That's what the guy who helped him sell his paintings said.
However, his calligraphy and paintings can always be sold, although the silver is not much, but it is enough to support his family.
He is not young, and with his family affairs and appearance, he has many admirers, but he picks and chooses, and he always can't find a suitable one, so he has always been single.
The reason for this is the problem of his voice.
When I met those young ladies, I had a good impression at first sight, but after saying a few words, Li Chuxi sentenced this relationship that had not yet begun.
Their conversations often go something like this:
The young lady said, "Childe, the moonlight is so beautiful tonight!" ”
Li Chuxi said: "......"
The young lady said, "What did you say?" ”
Li Chuxi said: "......"
"What?"
“......”
"What?"
“......”
“......”
“......”
“......”
“......”
And then there was no then.
Those young ladies always asked repeatedly, and Li Chuxi always said repeatedly, after half a day, the two of them couldn't finish a single conversation, and they were already tired and half dead.
Li Chuxi thought: "Forget it, if you do this every day in the future, you won't be tired to death." ”
Until one time, he traveled by night.
The moonlight was cold, and his back looked particularly lonely.
He sighed, and before he knew it, he was already far away.
There was only one lonely family here, so he walked to the wall of the house, sat down against the wall, and looked up at the moon in a daze.
There are many creatures born in this beautiful world, why is he like this?
Such a strange disease, it is better to let him be a dumb person completely, at least he will have no reason to resist.
He is now a half-mute, others treat him as a mute, and he himself is unwilling to be a mute, fate arranged it this way, purely to disgust him!
Helplessly, he sighed softly.
He likes to talk, especially with others.
When someone makes a mistake, he likes to use what he has learned to reason with them, make them realize their mistakes, let them correct them, and let the righteous path they believe in spread throughout the world, and he seems to have done a great thing.
He would be proud of it.
It's just a pity that there are many such opportunities, but he rarely succeeds.
Those who are angry will not listen patiently to his reasoning, but will only scold: "Stinky dumb! Get out of here! Don't fucking bullshit here! ”
He could only leave in embarrassment and frustration.
Why, I like to shout so much, but my voice is so small?
He was puzzled, so he sighed again.
He also hopes that he is a normal person and can meet his lover under the moon and talk to each other.
She doesn't have to ask questions again and again, and she doesn't have to answer out loud herself.
Everything was so natural and pleasant, he just had to speak softly, and she listened quietly......
But......
Then he sighed heavily.
"Who! There's no end to it! In the middle of the night, sitting by my window sighing, it's noisy! ”
The overhead window was suddenly pushed open.
Startled, he looked up in surprise to meet a pair of angry eyes.
Under the moonlight, a young woman leaned out of the window and met the young man under the wall.
Time seems to have stood still.
Li Chuxi looked at this woman in a daze.
The woman looked straight at the man.
The woman said, "Who are you, in the middle of the night, why do you run to this girl's window and sit down?" ”
Li Chuxi said: "I have nothing to do, and I wander around." ”
"What's your name?"
"In the first day of the next year."
"What are you sighing for?"
"Naturally, something is not going well."
"In the world, there are nine times out of ten unsatisfactory things, and you have to quarrel endlessly under this girl's window?"
Li Chuxi scratched his head: "Generally speaking, I won't disturb others. ”
The woman glared: "Manly man, you dare to admit it!" ”
Li Chuxi smiled: "It's just an unintentional mistake, not to mention that it's not a big mistake." ”
"This girl has a light sleep, and it is difficult to sleep at the slightest breeze, you disturbed my sweet dream, it is a big mistake!"
Li Chuxi said with a smile: "So that's the case, Xiaosheng is here to make amends to the girl." ”
The girl pouted, "Okay, spare you." ”
Li Chuxi said: "The night is a little cold, Xiaosheng walked here, I didn't see other people's houses, I don't know if it is convenient for the girl, let Xiaosheng spend the night?" ”
The girl looked at Li Chuxi, her eyes swept around his face suspiciously: "What do you want to do?" ”
Li Chuxi smiled: "It's just a nightstay." ”
"There is only a weak woman at home alone in my family at this time, how can I let a man in you?"
"Sage Cloud, convenient with others, convenient for yourself."
"The sage also said that men and women should not kiss!"
"I'm sleeping in your house, and I'm not sleeping next to you, so how can I say that I can't kiss or not?"
"Who knows what's in your mind! What if you're the bad guy? ”
Li Chuxi pointed at himself and said, "Do you think I look like a bad person?" ”
"Like." The woman nodded.
Li Chuxi smiled: "Where have you seen such a handsome bad guy as me?" ”
The woman thought for a moment: "Then you promise, don't do bad things to me." ”
The woman looked at Li Chuxi with a serious face, her eyes blinking.
"I swear."
"Okay then." The woman said, "Then I agree with you to come in." ”
The woman closed the window, and after a while, she ran and opened the courtyard door.
Li Chuxi entered the courtyard and looked around: "Do you live here alone?" ”
"Hmm." The woman said, "I have a strange disease, and I can't get too close to others. ”
"Oh?" Li Chuxi became interested, "What strange disease?" ”
The woman looked at him and said, "If I say it, you won't dislike me, will you?" ”
Li Chuxi shook his head: "How come, I can't hide it, I also have a strange disease." ”
"Oh?" The woman's eyes were full of curiosity, "What's wrong with you?" ”
Li Chuxi said with a smile: "You talk about yours first, we can compare who is more sick." ”
The woman looked Li Chuxi up and down: "You don't look like you're sick." ”
"I can't see my illness."
"Oh." The woman nodded, "Then I'll talk about it first, my illness is in my ears." ”
"Ears?"
"Yes." The woman nodded, "I'm extremely sensitive to the sound of people. ”
"Is this also a disease?"
"Of course!" The woman said, "It is precisely because of this illness that I moved out of the city and lived alone in this cold mountain wilderness. Can you understand the feeling of not being able to sleep day and night, from morning to night? No matter when I open or close my eyes, my ears are always filled with the voices of all kinds of people! I could hear what men and women, young and old, everyone was saying, and their normal conversation was a deafening thunderstorm in my ears that almost shattered my head! They talked day and night, all the time, that I couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, and felt uncomfortable...... Only by being away from the crowd can I live a normal life. ”
Li Chuxi looked at her with a smile.
The woman sighed: "I'm done, what about yours?" ”
"My illness is in my mouth. My voice is so small that no matter how loud I speak, no one else can hear me. ”
The woman looked at him in surprise: "What you said, is it true?" ”
Li Chuxi smiled: "I'm right in front of you, do you think I'm talking loudly?" ”
The woman frowned: "This is the normal volume." ”
"It's not like a thunderstorm you say, is it?"
The woman was stunned.
Li Chuxi said: "I think, why did fate give us such a strange disease, he was afraid that I would make noise in your ears, and he was afraid that you would not be able to hear my voice." ”
"He's afraid we won't recognize each other."