Chapter 5: Seeing My Father for the First Time
Ling Yue didn't know what time of year it was, but it was still hot at night, and it was even hotter during the day.
During the day, her mother asked Shen Xue to take care of her, and they went out to do work, and within a few days, her mother and Tong's mother were sunburned as if they had just run back from the equator.
And she somehow? In the past few days since she moved here, she has been lazy and has no appetite. On this day, her mother boiled rice soup and served it to her, Ling Yue had no appetite, but she couldn't stand her mother's worried eyes, and reluctantly took a sip, but before it reached her stomach, she vomited it out.
Ling Yue's stomach was as uncomfortable as fire, and cold sweat broke out on her body, so her mother hurriedly picked her up in a panic and called Tong's mother to see the doctor.
The mother held her in her arms, the mountain road was rugged, although she tried her best to keep it steady, she still made Ling Yue spit out a few more mouthfuls, the sour water in her stomach went straight up, Ling Yue hummed uncomfortably unconsciously, her consciousness gradually became dizzy, and after a while, she fell asleep.
When she woke up again, she had already returned to the nunnery, and it was already bright outside. When her mother saw her wake up, her swollen eyes were filled with joy for a moment, and she thanked the Bodhisattva.
Tong's mother brought a bowl of soup and medicine, and picked her up to drink the medicine.
Ling Yue only felt that her body was light, as if lying on cotton, she knew that she was sick, and swallowed the spoonful of bitter soup.
After drinking the decoction for a few days, Ling Yue's consciousness was finally no longer groggy, and she was able to drink the soup, and her illness gradually improved.
When Ling Yue woke up that day, she saw her mother holding a pair of silver bracelets in her hands in a daze, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Mother Tong returned to the house with the meal, and when she saw the bracelet in her mother's hand, she suddenly burst into tears of sadness.
Ling Yue didn't know why, seeing that the expressions of the two of them were a little gloomy, she thought about it and understood a little.
Within a few days, Ling Yue saw that there was an extra spinning machine in the house, and every day her mother and Tong Ma spun cloth during the day, and at night they picked up the lamp to sew the clothes they got back from each family during the day.
With such a continuous rotation of black and white, Li's body was already injured and had not yet recovered, and he became more and more overwhelmed, and finally fell ill.
Ling Yue looked at her mother who was leaning crookedly on the bed, looked at her sideburns with white hair, and looked at her haggard face, her heart was unspeakably sour.
It was she who affected her mother, maybe she exchanged her sister's bad luck, and the people around her continued to suffer.
Ling Yue blamed herself to death, but fortunately, her mother finally got better.
Li's body slowly recovered, and after a few days, they were able to walk around the ground, and they were also much more energetic, so they lived in the nunnery for more than two months.
The master in the nunnery not only drove them, but also provided them with rice and white flour, you know, in troubled times, ordinary people are hungry and full, how can they have spare money to add sesame oil. Li knew that this was all saved by the teachers in the nunnery, and it was not good to live like this anymore, Li Tong settled them during the day, and went out to find a place to live during the day, but fortunately, the teachers and wives in the nunnery helped take care of it.
After a few days, Li Tong finally found a place, not too far from here, which was originally a house for melon farmers to watch melons. Although it is simple, the price is not expensive, and it can be said that it is for nothing.
Li Tong briefly cleaned up, and took them to settle down the next day, because it was not too far from the nunnery, and the teachers and wives in the nunnery had to visit them every time they went down the mountain, and every time they were about to open the pot, they would always carry a few catties of rice.
Slowly, the situation became better day by day, and the mother's face was full of smiles again, humming songs to coax her to sleep every day.
"Miss...... Miss ......", there was an excited shout from Tong Ma outside the door, her footsteps were hurried, and Mu Bingyue seemed to be following someone behind her when she heard the voice.
I saw Li's body trembling, his eyes fixed on the figure standing at the door, and the needle and thread in his hand fell to the ground. She pressed one hand tightly to her lips, as if she wanted to suppress her excited heart, tears slipped down in an instant, and the choking in her throat was difficult to suppress.
Seeing her mother's expression, Ling Yue knew in her heart that this should be her father who she had never met before!
I saw a middle-aged man with a haggard look and stubble walking into the house.
Li cried and laughed, and the hand covering his mouth kept shaking.
Mu Chengjie stared at his wife with red eyes, and Li Tong led Shen Xue, who was confused, to retreat with a smile.
The two people in the room looked at each other for a long time, and at the same time walked towards each other, silently embracing each other.
After a while, the two calmed down, and Mu Chengjie began to explain the reason for the loss of contact.
It turns out that Mu Bingyue is now in a troubled era where the heroes are competing for hegemony, with frequent wars and frequent regime changes, and the country where Mu Bingyue is located is a large middle and upper country, the Red Flame Country.
After Mu Chengjie returned to the barracks after the festival, due to the accession of the new emperor of Xuanyuan Kingdom, Heiyi led troops to attack, and even brought the Red Flame Country, which is the country where Ling Yue is now, was also attacked by the pond fish.
Heiyi knew that even if they captured Xuanyuan's city, they would not be able to defend it, so they retreated to the border after plundering, but the newly enthroned Emperor Xuanyuan was worried that there was nowhere to establish his prestige, and he chased and attacked Heiyi's soldiers and cavalry.
The melee between the two countries will inevitably lead to accidental injuries, and since Heiyi mistakenly robbed Chiyan's grain and grass, Chiyan has officially joined the melee.
Another big country, the firmament, because the emperor is old and frail, and his many princes are competing for the crown prince's position, so they did not fight.
Other small countries sandwiched between the three countries were also affected by this war, and they were inevitably wiped out, so they had to take money to eliminate the disaster, which can be described as a heavy loss.
These three big countries fought for a year, and because of the lack of food and grass, they stopped one after another.
Ling Yue's father did not deliver the news because of the constant turmoil in the frontier and the transportation was almost paralyzed.
Later, when he heard in the barracks that his hometown was in trouble, he used money to dredge up various relationships, and he was granted family leave again.
Who knew that when he rushed home, the house was already empty, and after looking around, he found that his wife had returned to her parents' house, and he hurried back, and it was not until he saw that his wife was safe at this moment that his heart was relieved.
After the two of them finished talking, Mu Chengjie found Ling Yue, "This is ...... My baby?! The voice was both questioning, but more excited.
"It's a girl", Li came to her husband and patted Ling Yue.
Mu Chengjie burst into tears for a moment, choked up and said excitedly: "Whether it is a man or a woman, it is my child, I thought that I Mu Chengjiajie was destined to have no children in this life, but I didn't expect God to give me a daughter in the year when I was not confused, Mu Chengjie has no regrets in this life...... Ha ha...... Madam, this child is good-looking, and he must be a beauty when he grows up. ”
Mu Chengjie held his wife's hand and looked at her with gratitude, "Xiangyun, thank you!" I really didn't think there would be this day. ”
Li listened quietly, and when her husband finished speaking, she leaned into his arms and cried loudly. No matter how much he coaxed the tears, he couldn't stop the tears, Mu Chengjie clumsily wiped the tears on his wife's cheeks, but the more he wiped them, the more he wiped them, making him sweat in a hurry.
Ling Yue looked at her parents and laughed in her heart, stretching out her little hand to wipe the tears on her mother's face.
Li Shi finally broke into tears and smiled, looking down at Ling Yue, "Give the child a name!" ”
"What's the matter?" Mu Chengjie touched Ling Yue's little face lovingly, his eyes were full of smiles, and his mind was also spinning rapidly, thinking of countless names, but he quickly denied them one by one, "Why is this kid so cold?" ”
"Hey, it's been like this since birth", Li sighed, suddenly remembered something, and took out Ling Yue's little hand, "The child was born with this bead in his mouth, and he usually holds it in his hand. ”
"Really? ......", Mu Chengjie looked at his wife in surprise, then looked at the beads in Ling Yue's hand, and saw that his wife nodded but was also suspicious, so he couldn't figure out why, and he didn't ask any further, looked back at Ling Yue, and blurted out: "It's called Mu Bingyue." ”
Yue is a divine pearl! The eyes are like ice jade, and it is appropriate to call this.
That's how she has the name of this life, Mu Bingyue! She loved it! And her life as Ling Yue has officially come to an end, and she will ...... Her name is Mu Bingyue!
At this time, Li Tong, who was outside the house, felt that he was almost done, knocked on the door and brought in the prepared meal.
Shen Xue followed behind, looking at Mu Chengjie timidly.
Mu Chengjie smiled, stretched out his hand and groped in his arms for a long time, took out a bag of dried fruits and handed it over.
Li Tong took it with a tearful smile and handed it to Shen Xue, "Aunt Lao thinks about the slave mother and daughter in everything." ”
Mu Chengjie said with a smile: "Of course the family is concerned, these days when I am away, Xiangyun has to be taken care of by you, otherwise I really don't know what will happen?" ”
"This is all what slaves and maids should be, if it weren't for Miss, the slave mother and daughter would have been in the wilderness long ago."
"It's all a family, don't say these words, come and eat." Li set up the meal and called the two of them over.
"Yes, we are a family, we should support each other, let's eat." Mu Chengjie also smiled.
Mu Bingyue misses her sister even more at this moment, and all she thinks about is the time when she was dependent on her sister.
Everyone was talking and eating, and after a meal, it was getting dark, and everyone remembered that Mu Chengjie hadn't lived yet.
Mu Chengjie took out the clothes in his bag and wanted to go outside for a night, for him sleeping out was commonplace.
Here is at the foot of the mountain, and at night snakes, insects, rats and ants are even more rampant, and Li was afraid of biting him, so he drove Mu Chengjie to the inn at the bottom of the mountain to live.
The next day, Mu Bingyue and her sisters had just finished eating, when they heard their father calling them outside, and their mother took her out to take a look, and saw a carriage parked outside the field.
Mu Chengjie came over, greeted the stunned Li and the others, and went into the house to help pack up their things, and when Li asked, he knew that her husband had already found a good house for them, and they had already rented it.
Li and Tong's mother went to find a house, and the price must not be cheap if it was settled so quickly, but watching her husband happily go in and out to pack up his things, Li's words were swallowed back.
Li took Mu Bingyue and sat in the car, and Shen Xue also followed in to tease her.
Mu Chengjie said outside the carriage: "Although the place is a little remote, it is better than the humble houses in the wilderness, and there are some families not far from there, you can stay, I can rest assured." He knew that his wife felt sorry for the silver and was afraid that she would not agree, so he cut it first and then played it.