At dawn the next day, Ah Gui and his wife got up, and his wife made breakfast, and then asked Ah Gui to call Yuanzi to eat together, and when they were full, they were ready to go on the road.

Gui woke up Motoko, who opened her hazy sleepy eyes, rubbed her eyes, and then got dressed and followed Gui to eat. Motoko didn't show anything out of the ordinary, the same as before, except for the slightly red and swollen eyes. Fortunately, there are no mirrors at home, and Motoko can't see it herself.

The sadness of a child is like the sun and rain, a burst of effort, a sleep, and the next day it is the same as if nothing happened, which makes people feel a lot of peace of mind.

But for some reason, it seems a little ruthless.

After breakfast, Motoko suddenly thought of something, and her eyes suddenly burst into tears. It seemed that she remembered the events of last night, and it seemed that she just needed a moment to realize where she was now. Even if today's sun is as hot as yesterday, today is today, and it is not the same as yesterday.

The woman didn't give her a chance to cry, but took Yuanzi's hand and said, "Yuanzi, go, go and see what the new clothes I made for you are like. ”

Soon after, the woman dressed Motoko. It's been so many years, and this time it's the most attentive, it used to be because I didn't care about it every day, but now I'm leaving, and I always want to dress up.

The woman looked at the dressed Motoko and nodded with satisfaction, well, not bad. I didn't realize it before, but this dress is different, much more beautiful, like myself when I was young.

The mother and daughter came out of the room, the woman was still the same woman, Ah Gui had been watching it for more than ten years, and she would only look older and older, as old as herself.

Yuanzi was dressed cleanly, her ponytail looked full of energy, and the red dress on her body reflected Yuanzi's face red, like a peach blossom, and like a cluster of fire, shining like a morning glow.

Ah Gui suddenly felt that the clothes on Motoko's body were very similar to the fabric of the clothes his wife wore when she married her. Ah Gui couldn't help but feel that at this moment, his wife should treat Yuanzi as a daughter, poor Yuanzi was really accepted by his wife when he was dying.

Gui walked over and said, "Yuanzi, it's very beautiful."

Motoko's eyes widened and she asked, "Really?" ”

"Really"

"Great"

Which girl doesn't have spring, which woman doesn't love beauty, beauty is always a pleasant thing. Even after crying, even after a while, I still have to cry.

More than thirteen years old, cardamom tips in early February.

This year, she was fourteen years old, and this year, she left the home where she had lived for twelve years.

Twelve years ago, Ah Gui brought Yuanzi back from the 100,000 mountains, and today, twelve years later, he sent Yuanzi out with his own hands.

Twelve years ago, he could hold her, but now that he is old, he can't hold it, and of course, Yuanzi is also too big to hold it.

The one-armed man led the girl in a ponytail in red and walked towards the town step by step.

Yuanzi rarely goes out, and when she gets on the road, she can't hold back the curiosity in her heart, looking east and west, as if everything on the road is a rare treasure, as if she wants to write down the road she has walked. I don't know why she did that, maybe it's just fun, maybe she's still thinking that maybe she'll come back one day.

Make a note so that you don't go the wrong way.

On the way, Ah Gui suddenly said: "Yuanzi, do you hate your aunt?" ”

"No, I like A-Niang the most, but I don't know why A-Niang doesn't seem to like me a little too much"

Ah Gui sighed and said, "Yuanzi, don't blame your Auntie, your Auntie, she, she has her difficulties"

"Well, I know, I won't blame A-Niang, and A-Niang didn't say that as long as I go and work hard, I can eat pastries. Yuanzi lied to A-Niang at that time, and Yuanzi likes to eat pastries the most. And A-Niang also made me new clothes, I can see that A-Niang likes this dress very much."

"Well, that's good, that's good"

Ah Gui said two sentences in a row, but he didn't speak after saying this. After a while, Ah Gui couldn't help but say, "Yuanzi, you can change your name."

The girl was a little confused, and stopped looking at the man in surprise.

"Why?"

Ah Gui also stopped, picked up a branch and said while drawing on the ground: "Actually, it's not the name, the name is still the original name, but when you write it in the future, you will change the way you write it, and you didn't pay much attention to it when you named it, and your mother said it was a good omen, so I used ingots as the names of your brothers and sisters." ”

Ah Gui wrote a yuan character on the ground.

"That's good, that's good, why change it?" She is still a little inexplicable, and she feels that there is no need to change it, Gui Yuan, Gui Bao, Yuan Bao Yuan, it's good.

"Well, back then, it didn't matter what you called it at home, but now that you're going out, you have to pay attention. If someone asks you which yuan you are, you say that the yuan of the ingots is too vulgar, so change it. You'll use this Yuan in the future. Of course, the names are the same, they are all called you Yuanzi, but it's good to write this Yuan when you write it."

As he spoke, he wrote another word on the ground.

"Why?"

"Don't you think the latter word is more beautiful?"

"Well, it does seem to be a little, but I don't know much, Bao'er learned it all after Bao'er went home and watched Bao'er, I'm afraid I can't write well"

"It's okay, I'll teach you a few times, and then practice slowly"

As he spoke, he picked up another branch, and then taught Yuanzi one by one.

"Will it be?"

"Hmm"

"Very good"

Ah Gui looked at this word and remembered what happened when he went to sell the green lotus twelve years ago.

He would go to a small city more than ten miles away and sell it to a medicinal herb shop with a good reputation. The shopkeeper gave him a large sum of money, and when he came out of the shop, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and was in a good mood. Maybe he was in a hurry when he went in, so he didn't pay attention, and when he came out, he noticed that there was a small restaurant opposite the pharmacy.

He looked at the words on the building card, and only knew two, one was called Ya and one was called Lou, and the other was not known, so he asked a passer-by, only to know that the other was called Yuan, Yayuan Lou, which is a place where people with status in the city go.

He thinks this word is very good, it has a relationship with him, and it has a relationship with the green lotus he bought, which means that it has a relationship with Yuanzi. At that time, he mentioned this to his wife, but his wife heard that it was the yuan of the ingot, and said that the yuan of the ingots was auspicious, and it could attract wealth and enter the treasure, so he called it casually for more than ten years.

It's just that this time Yuanzi is going out, and it is inevitable that he will be asked for his name, so he suddenly had a whim and asked Yuanzi to use this word instead, first, he really thinks it looks good, and second, he thinks it's time for Yuanzi to get back what belongs to her.

He felt that this word was like wine, the longer it was hidden, the more flavorful it would become, just like his daughter Hong.

After that, they continued on the road, talking about everything and saying that they were tired, and that they would stop and rest for a while before continuing on their way. The road from home to town, which could have been reached in an hour, was walked by the father and daughter for three hours.

He never seemed to be able to speak so well, and he never seemed to walk so slowly, but he felt that there was still a lot of unfinished words, and he felt that he was still walking faster

Finally, Ah Gui and the others came to the town.

The streets of the town are bustling with people, much more lively than the small village where they are located.

It's just that while she feels lively, she feels as if there are a lot of people looking at her, she is not used to so many people's undisguised eyes, maybe they are looking at Daddy, Yuanzi thought in her heart to comfort herself.

They stopped in front of a shop that said 'Zhang Kee Pastries', and there was a woman in the shop who was greeting customers who had come to buy pastries, and that woman was Aunt Zhang, who had come to their house yesterday.

Aunt Zhang saw the father and daughter coming in at the door, and immediately understood what was going on, so she said to the two of them: "Ah Gui, you sit next to the child for a while, and I'll come over when I'm done."

"It's okay, Aunt Zhang, you're busy with you"

Ah Gui replied very politely, he thought, in the future, Yuanzi will work with Aunt Zhang, be polite, Aunt Zhang will never reach out to hit the smiling person, so that Yuanzi will be better if she is not happy in the future.

He didn't think about whether it was too late to do this, he just wanted to do something for Yuanzi as much as possible.

However, after saying this, Ah Gui suddenly remembered one more thing in his heart, he should bring some gifts to Aunt Zhang.

He was a little annoyed in his heart, and he patronized and talked to Yuanzi along the way, but he forgot about this stubble, and it was not appropriate to buy it now. Alas, there is no way, so let's do it first.

Ah Gui took Yuanzi to sit on the stool next to him and wait. Yuanzi looked around curiously, looked at the brightly dressed guests in the store, looked at Aunt Zhang who greeted the guests calmly, and looked at the delicate and lovely pastries, she suddenly felt that it was not so terrible.

Aunt Zhang brought a plate of pastries and motioned for the father and daughter to eat by themselves. Yuanzi originally wanted to reach out and pick up the food directly, but suddenly thought that there were so many people around, would it be bad for her to eat, would they want to eat when she ate herself, would there be many people watching her when she ate herself, and she hadn't eaten outside her family yet.

So Yuanzi didn't dare to do it. Ah Gui didn't think so much, the reason why he didn't eat it was because he wanted to leave it for Yuanzi to eat, he wanted to give all the good things to his children to eat, it was as simple as that.

It's just that Ah Gui looked at the motionless Yuanzi, and wondered why she didn't eat, so she said, "Eat, Yuanzi"

"Hmm" Yuanzi agreed, but there was no movement.

Ah Gui saw that it was not a matter to go on like this, so he picked up a piece and handed it directly to Yuanzi, saying, "Yuanzi, give"

Yuanzi didn't refuse again this time, and picked it up, but she was still a little restrained. Ah Gui also picked up a piece for himself, and then put it in his mouth and ate it.

Yuanzi saw that her father had eaten it, and then she was not so afraid. She picked up the pastry in her hand, it was a red pastry, she put it to her nose and sniffed it, smiling with satisfaction.

It's this taste, it's right, I've eaten it before, and she still remembers its name, it's called red bean cake.

Then she took a bite gently, and couldn't help but squint her eyes and laugh, it was so delicious, sure enough, the pastry was the most delicious in the world.

Delicious always has a unique charm, it makes people feel at ease and less afraid.

She greedily enjoyed the delicacies of this world, and she felt that the taste of worldly happiness was the taste of pastry.

Unbeknownst to Yuanzi, many people noticed them after they entered the store, and many of the whispers in the room were about them.

"Whose girl is this, why haven't you seen it?"

"I don't know, I also feel that the face is raw, but Jun is really handsome"

"Well, it's true, I was born with a beautiful embryo, and I don't know who is so blessed to give birth to such a good girl"

"Who is the man sitting next to her? It doesn't look like a family, it looks average."

"I don't know, maybe this kid looks good."

"It's a pity that a flower was stuck in cow dung"

"Shhhh

"Well, okay"

“……”