Chapter 18: In a Dream

After Mama Chang left, when it was almost time, the small kitchen brought some snacks to Ah Yu, although she was a little hungry, but she didn't eat, only said that she wanted to rest, so she let them take it back as it was.

She had not slept well that night, and there was a strong wind in the night, and she heard the sound of the wind blowing the window door, at first with a clang, and then with the sound of soft footsteps, followed by the sound of the window and door closing. Tossing and turning without sleep, Ah Yu covered her head with the quilt, her vision was dark, in the dark, she thought about a lot of things, but after pulling down the quilt, in a blink of an eye, she didn't remember anything, as if she didn't think about anything.

In the second half of the night, the wind outside the window finally subsided, and she barely fell asleep, dreaming again about the fragments she had dreamed about repeatedly.

It must have been a winter many years later, and the snow had been falling for some time, and when you opened the door, you could see the snow piling up on the branches. There were still fine snowflakes in the sky, and a girl in red was standing under the eaves looking at the snow, her face was pale, her eyes were slightly red, as if she had just shed tears.

A five or six-year-old child suddenly rushed in at the gate of the courtyard, and the child looked a little similar to her, and before the others arrived, they had already shouted at her.

"Sister, sister, let's go see my father and mother together today!"

Before the words fell, the child fell into the courtyard, and his body fell on the bluestone slab, making a heavy noise, which made people feel very painful to listen to. The child didn't cry, but got up from the ground quickly, patted the stains on his body, and continued to run to the girl in red.

In the dream, Ah Yu was the girl in red, her name was Wen Rugu at that time, and the child who ran over was her own brother of a mother's compatriot, named Wen Ning.

Wen Ruso took the child's hand, not surprised to see that the child's palm has a trace of blood, she took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, gently wiped the mud on the child's palm, and said while wiping: "Daddy needs to recuperate, wait a few days for them to get better, I will take Ning'er to ask Daddy and Niang goodbye, okay?" ”

The child's originally high mood quickly fell, and he muttered quietly: "Daddy has been sleeping, so it's not recuperating." ”

"Come in, I'm going to get some medicine on your hands, and I'll see if I can fall somewhere else." Wen Rusu put down the child's hand and took the lead towards the house.

The child who was left in place raised his eyebrows, suddenly raised his hand, and said loudly: "If my sister wants to give me medicine, she must promise me one thing first." Otherwise, I won't take the medicine, let the blood keep flowing, and I'll just die of pain. ”

Wen Rugu did not walk fast, at this time she was only two or three steps away from the child, and when she heard the child's words, her originally raised feet stiffened in mid-air. In fact, not only her feet, but also her whole person looked strangely stiff, as if she had really been frozen at a certain moment in her life.

However, this is not the case.

She was just so emotional for a moment that she forgot even her instinctive movements.

"Don't say that word!" She turned back to the child and yelled loudly.

The appearance probably can't be said to be good-looking, and even a little hideous, so the child was scared to cry by her.

At first, it was a small sob, but soon it turned into a howling cry, occasionally mixed with two inaudible words, the child wiped his tears with the back of his hand, and the maids and grandmothers heard the sound and appeared in the yard one after another, but few were the familiar faces of Ah Yu.

"Don't cry." Wen Rugu sighed and compromised: "I'll take you to see your father, don't cry." ”

The child's crying gradually stopped, and he rubbed his tearful hand on his clothes, and after consciously rubbing it clean, he walked tremblingly to Wen Rugu's side and carefully pulled her sleeve.

His mouth opened and closed as if he wanted to say something.

But until Wen Rugu took him to the courtyard where his father and mother lived, he didn't say anything.

Today's visit was not in Wen Ru's original plan, so she told no one that she only took Wen Ning and the two maids by her side.

Master Wen San and Mrs. Wen San are now recuperating in the same courtyard, and the subordinates waiting beside them have also been integrated into the same group of people, and everyone's division of labor is not very different, just like some people are specialized in boiling medicine, and some are specialized in feeding medicine. There is often more than one person who feeds the medicine, and Master Wen San and Mrs. Wen San are now in a coma most of the time, and they are unable to take medicine on their own.

Wen Rugu walked all the way, and he didn't see the people who should have been in various places in the past, and I don't know if they were derelict in their duties or were transferred. In her opinion, the first was more likely, so when she left the yard, she went to the housekeeper and punished all those she didn't see, of course, that's all for later, and then back to the present.

The child pushed the door open first.

There was an old grandmother in the door who was feeding medicine to Mrs. Wensan, she seemed to be startled by the sound of the door opening, the medicine bowl in her hand swayed, and even the soup in the spoon was spilled on the quilt.

Fortunately, the quilt in winter is very thick, and the decoction that gets half a spoon in it dries quickly by the fire.

"Mama is feeding her mother's medicine, and Ning'er is watching from the sidelines, don't disturb your mother, you know?" Wen Rugu only glanced faintly at the familiar and farmer-looking grandmother, and most of her attention was still on the child beside her.

The doctors all said that the father and mother are too sad, there is a loss of longevity, and now there is no medicine to prescribe, so they can only prescribe some prescriptions to nourish the body to eat and see, after all, heart disease still needs heart medicine, try to let them have a good mood on weekdays, if no one can enlighten them, then they can only wait for their own rest for a while, let them enlighten themselves.

Earlier, Master Wen San had said to Wen Rugu that they were just too sad for a while, and they would adjust themselves after a few days of recuperation.

Unfortunately, they have all rested for a long time and have not recovered.

The child nodded obediently.

After the two of them went out to feed the medicine, they stayed in the room until nightfall, and they didn't see Master Wen and Mrs. Wen wake up, so they had to return disappointed.

After all, they couldn't have spent the night in Daddy's yard.

On the way back, the child raised his head and suddenly said, "Sister, the next time I am sick and need to take medicine, can I put some sugar in the medicine when they boil the medicine?" ”

"No, some medicines with sugar will clash with each other, and when the time comes, not only will they not cure the disease, but they will also be harmful to people. If you feel that the medicine is too bitter, you can rinse your mouth with water after drinking the medicine. Wen Rugu absentmindedly answered the child's question, and suddenly she had a bad premonition in her heart, as if something terrible was happening, but she didn't know where the terrible thing would come true, and she didn't know how to prevent it.

The small fragment of the dream came to an end, and the two siblings, who were walking in the fine snow, were gradually engulfed in darkness, and the owner of the dream finally woke up from the dream.