I hugged the lamb chops, ate the foam on my face, and when I had eaten to my heart's content, I didn't forget to raise my head and laugh, my face was oily, my movements were rude, and I didn't have a trace of the manners that a woman should have. The restaurant opened by the Hu people is mixed, there are all kinds of people, most of them are people who go to the rivers and lakes, lick blood at the knife edge to beg for a living, the most particular thing is nature, bold and not twisted, eat meat and drink a lot, eat well or not.

They talked and laughed, talked about the world, foamed at the mouth, talked about the cattle and sheep in their hometown, and their own women, and their eyebrows danced. I gnawed on the sheep bones, listened to the hometown in the mouths of others, moved slowly in my hands, and suddenly felt a little sad, and muttered: "The snow is drifting in the north, and the south is pretty." It would be great if we could go north and south like them, live freely and freely, and be unrestrained. ”

But the reality is that I can only jump from one cage to another, I can't decide where I go, and I can't live according to my heart.

Changji frowned, and after a while, he pulled out a smile and gave me: "You won't be alone."

"Huh?" I gnawed on the mutton and looked at him blankly.

"Don't you still have your maidservant Duobu with you, not alone."

I smirked and nodded noncommittally.

Time flies, time flies, and I am still the unlearned and unskilled Wuluolan Muxia, the heartless Beiqiu proton in the eyes of outsiders. No one ever thought I was sad, and they didn't care if I was sad or not. When I think about it, I feel so pitiful.

Seeing that I was in a daze, Changji asked carefully, "But the dish is not to taste?"

I smiled back at him, "No, it's just too much to eat."

With a long white eye, I silently nibbled on a large mouthful of lamb shank.

When I walked out of the restaurant, there was a circle of people on the street. I naturally love to be lively, and this is especially true when there are many grievances after coming to Nanzhan. This time I found an opportunity to watch the excitement, so I naturally had to squeeze over to see what was going on.

I finally squeezed in, and it turned out that there was acrobatics here. It was an acrobatic parachute performed by two twelve or thirteen-year-old girls. It was a coincidence that I came, just in time for the show to begin. I saw a little woman squatting down slowly, and another girl stepping firmly on her shoulder. The squatting girl slowly straightened up, her hands still balanced. The little girl below slowly picked up the umbrella and handed it to the little girl who stepped on her shoulder and turned it in the air. One, two, the umbrella spun again in their hands. The small umbrella that rotates is like a fluttering butterfly, and the two slender bodies move lightly and change various postures like gentle willow branches, and the butterflies fly around the branches, which is so harmonious.

I turned my head to Changji in surprise and said, "Those two little girls are really amazing, they dare to move when they climb so high." If it were me, I would be scared to death. ”

Changji didn't reply, just smiled.

I sighed, sometimes I really didn't like being around him. Because often interesting things seem to him to be ordinary and uninspiring. I often whispered in his ear about the strange things that happened in the city, and how I fought with the wolf cubs on Shangze Mountain when I was in Beiqiu, but he never talked to me, only pricked up his ears and listened patiently, occasionally squeezing out the words from his mouth, often until I was out of interest and closed the conversation.

I tried my best to talk to him all the way, but he didn't pay much attention to me, and I couldn't hold back and talked to myself. But I've found that when a person talks to himself a lot, he gets bored, and when he gets bored, he wants to have fun.

When I was watching the play in the crowd, I suddenly felt a pair of eyes staring at me behind me, and suddenly turned around and faced Meng Jie with a pair of smiling eyes.

Today, he wears a green shirt and dark robe, with a piece of mutton fat and white jade ornament around his waist, and his hair is only lightly tied with a headband, leaving a shawl for the rest of his hair, which looks elegant and dusty.

Changji nodded to him to say hello, Meng Jie didn't come over, he just looked at us for a while and then turned to leave, I didn't think much about it, and continued to look back at the play.

At this time, he no longer performs the umbrella turning, and changes to a beautiful sword dance. I'm used to seeing this sword dance at weekday banquets.,It's very boring to look at on this street.,After watching it for a long time, I pulled Changji away.,Planning to find something more interesting.。 It's just that I lack interest today, and I can't lift my spirits about anything.

After eating, I watched the excitement, but I felt even more boring. Along the way, there was nothing that could lift my spirits. When I glanced again, I saw street vendors selling folding fans.

Nanzhan Shangwen, there are countless literati and scholars, and they like to paint and write poems on screens or fans, even if they are not a genius, people with a little culture like to buy a folding fan to be elegant. The light ink landscape map, Huajin beauty, and Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum are all vividly depicted on the fan surface.

Changji can also paint, and his painting skills have reached the point of perfection, although I don't know what kind of high attainment it is, but it must be very powerful. In Danqing's class that day, I watched him grind and paint, spread paper and moisten the pen, the pen was thick and light, and the sketch became a masterpiece.

Changji's temperament is like bamboo, elegant and high, probably different from the rough and rough men of Beiqiu that I have known since I was a child, I just think it is a particularly interesting thing to watch him paint, even if I look quietly for a morning, I don't feel bored. I tried to ask him for a painting that he had painted himself, and I thought it would be very easy, but I didn't expect him to refuse without even thinking about it. Although I have a good temper, I am also strong-tempered, so I don't save face, how can I swallow this breath. I was angry with him for three days, and I put a stinky face on him every day, and finally got my wish.

A painting can settle things, so why bother to find yourself unhappy.

The reason why he was able to compromise in the end was not because I was angry and flattered, but mainly because he thought that my stinky face was really ugly, and when my already not good-looking face got angry, it was even more saltless, which greatly affected his mood for painting, and he said so.

I'm embarrassed to talk about the picture he gave me. People and other girls are so beautiful when they enter the painting, the angle chosen is not a flower or a tree, or they are fluttering fireflies, chasing colorful butterflies, but I am a picture of lying on the table sleeping in the image, although his subordinates are merciful, and I am painted quite normal, but the more I look at it, the more I feel that the way I enter the painting is a little strange. When I complained to him, he said that only delicate beauty embryos are suitable for painting like that, and people are used to pleasing the eye and for people to comment, so naturally you should be careful. As for me, only with such a difficult technique as splashing ink and leaving blank space can I depict my verve.

I'm angry, I don't understand it, and I can tell it's not a good thing.

It stands to reason that I should be angry that he buried me like this, but I couldn't hate it anyway, it was really a lot of trouble.

I said this to Duobu, and asked her if my thoughts were a little abnormal, she stared at me for a long time, and finally realized what the big truth was, and said very Zen wit: If you are young, you will admire your parents, and if you are lustful, you will admire Shaoai.

Where would Duobu understand this, and most of her words would not be credible.

I lowered my head and focused on playing with the vendor's folding fan, the beauty pattern painted on it made people can't take their eyes off, the authentic beauty, smiling smartly, beautiful eyes, and the expression of affection is really detailed and smart.

I picked up a fan and half-covered my face, thinking to myself if I could make a folding fan from the portrait that Changji had drawn for me, if it would be as delicate and beautiful as this. Thinking of this, I suddenly became excited. I grabbed the folding fan and was about to tell Changji what I thought, but when I turned around, he was gone.

"Changji!!"

I looked around, and the long street was crowded with pedestrians, and people came and went, but there was no trace of him.

I dropped the fan in my hand and turned back to look for him, calling out loudly as I searched.

The craze for acrobatics over there has not yet subsided, and there are still many people. There were so many people, and it was very difficult for me to be petite and squeezed into the crowd, and it took a lot of effort to move every step.

Rushed into the crowd, just hit "a wall of flesh", and exited a few feet away.

My nose hurt so much that I was about to burst into tears.

I covered my nose, and I came up inexplicably, raised my head and scolded: "You don't look at the road when you walk?" Are you blind!! Get out of the way, get out of the way. ”

When you see who is coming, you can't help but feel a little embarrassed. This guy with a heart-stopping smile is not Meng Jie. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on his face, and his eyes were as black as if they were soaked in ink, and the tear mole at the corner of his eye was particularly eye-catching.

He froze in place, and didn't know if it was because of my scolding, he was silent for a long time, and only looked at me with a smile on his face, his expression subtle.

"Your heart is hot, you need to take some medicine to clear your heart and moisten your lungs."

I was displeased: "What medicine to take, you can keep it for yourself." By the way, what are you doing with me? Can you see the long pole? ”

He didn't answer, but walked slowly towards me, until he walked in front of me and stopped a few steps away, suddenly smiled, and corrected: "I didn't follow you, and besides, this road was not built by your family." If you can go, I can't go? ”

"Then how can I see you everywhere, you don't follow me what it is!."

"It means that you care about me, and you are searching for me everywhere you look."

"You talk nonsense!" I yelled at him.

"That's angry? You can't help but be funny. He burst out laughing, as bright as the sun. He was so tall that he was a lot taller than me, and it took a lot of effort to look up at him and raise his neck. When I looked at each other, there was a glint in his eyes, and I couldn't help but lower my voice and said: "Then have you ever seen Changji, he was still standing behind me just now, and he disappeared when he turned around, if you see it, please let me know."

Meng Jie shook his head and said, "I didn't see him, I've been looking at you, how can I have time to look at others."

After saying that, he blushed and kept silent.

I couldn't help but be shocked, and I sneered: What does he do with me? It is said that Meng Jie's medical skills are superb and cure many incurable diseases, and he is known as a young doctor. However, there are also some smack-smacking things about his miracle doctor, such as his love for medicine, his fascination with medicine, and his often hiding in his pharmacy to specialize in some strange medicines. It is even rumored that he also used live animals to test medicines, saying that he often stood on the street and observed passers-by, the purpose was to find the right person to practice, and if anyone was favored by him, he would get him back to try his newly developed medicine. At this moment, he said that he had been staring at me, didn't he want to arrest me and go back to test the medicine?

But seeing that he didn't take the next step, my heart hung in the air.

"There are so many people on the street, can you find someone else to test the medicine, I have thin arms and legs, and I can't help but prick the needle. Besides, we're all acquaintances, so you can't do that. ”

Meng Jie was stunned at first, then gave me a blank look, and said in a humming voice: "Who is going to arrest you to test the medicine." For a featureless person like you, I wouldn't be foolish to test your medicine, that would only be a waste of my medicinal materials. Don't die without a few stitches, and then rely on my poor medical skills and break my signboard. ”

It makes sense, but I'm still not at ease.

"Then you said that you have been looking at me, not to catch me to test the medicine, then what do you see me do." I looked at him vigilantly, and I only felt that today's Meng Festival was so strange.

He didn't answer me, but just asked, "Aren't you going to find Changji, I can accompany you to find it."

I turned the corner all at once, and I had to go to Changji, and if he didn't mention it, he would have forgotten about it. Impatiently, I pushed aside him in front of me and continued to look for someone. Meng Jie smiled bitterly, but still followed.

I walked with him, searching for Changji's figure, and he kept asking me questions. Suddenly, when I talked about Beiqiu, he asked me if I was homesick. Without thinking, I said, "Thousands of miles away from home, I naturally want to." It's just that there is nothing worth remembering about that home. ”

"You are in Beiqiu, but you still have relatives."

I was stunned, and my thoughts went to Beiqiu in the distance, strictly speaking, I have no relatives, only a father who can't be recognized.

"Yes, I have Uncle Su, and I have a friend A Zhao who has played since childhood"

"Ah Zhao? Who is A-Zhao? ”

"He's Uncle Su's son, and one of the few best friends I've had since I was a child."

Uncle Su loves me very much, and Ah Zhao is also very good to me. When I was about to marry Nanzhan, Ah Zhao still had a mission to be trapped in Yuanzhou, and after learning the news, he rushed back overnight to see me. The night before I left, he even cried.

The high-spirited young man, the person who never snorted when he broke his ribs and broke a cold sweat when he fell off the horse, would cry for my long journey. I know that he was worried about me, because he was worried that I would come to the enemy country to be a proton.

He once said that we are childhood sweethearts, our family backgrounds also match, and we have similar interests, and if no one wants me when I grow up, he will reluctantly marry me, and the right should be for the people. I thought that if I hadn't come to Nanzhan and had grown older, maybe I would have married Ah Zhao. It's just that God is willing, and I have nothing to do with him.

Half a month ago, a letter came from Beiqiu, in which Uncle Su mentioned that Tuoba Zhao was married, and he was married to Ayigu, the fifth daughter of Elder Chamu, who grew up with us.

When I first heard it, I was first surprised, and then I blessed him.

Ah Zhao used to hate Ayigu who stuck to him all day long, saying that no one would dare to marry her after she was coquettish and arrogant, but he married someone else, which was really a slap in the face.

However, the two of them are very right, they both dare to love and hate, and it is reasonable for them to be married.

It's not bad for childhood friends to be able to become couples.

I was stuck in my memories and couldn't get out, so I ignored the conversation with Meng Jie.

Meng Jie seemed to be displeased, and asked loudly: "Who are you thinking about?" Why don't you talk back? ”

I covered my ears, which were almost deafened by his yelling, glared at him fiercely, and said, "You want to take care of it." He tilted his head and looked at him: "Meng Shizi, you are very idle." Do you have to go out on the street every day and find someone to talk about some common things and not go to see patients? ”

He picked up my words and said, "I want you to take care of it."

He is still using what he has learned and is using.

A moment of silence ensued.

I didn't have the heart to talk to him at all, I wanted to find Changji quickly, I rarely come to go out alone, if I get lost, I'm afraid I can't find my way home.

I turned my head and raised my chin, and said to him urgently: "I'm going to find Changji, don't follow me anymore."

Meng Jie's eyebrows moved, and he grinned and said, "Isn't it good for me to accompany you to find it, I am more familiar with this Jiankang City than you, and it is more convenient to find people."

I crossed my waist, pretended to be angry, and glared at him, "Say, what are you going to do, do you have bad intentions, and you still want to take me to test the medicine?" Obviously, he has been following me, and he still refuses to admit it.

Meng Jie couldn't cry or laugh a little, stretched out the folding fan, looked down at me after two strokes, suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed, and said: "Why do you still remember that I will take you to test the medicine, when did I say that I would take you to test the medicine?" Why are you so afraid of me, I'm not a vicious villain, I'm not a monster, how can I think about arresting people to test medicine all day long! It's better for you to listen to less of the gossip about me. ”

I think he's deceiving people, and what is being circulated in the streets, how can it be fake. Besides, he's out of nowhere all the time, who knows what he's doing behind his back. I stopped talking nonsense with him, turned around and left.

I tried to figure out where Changji would go, and I thought about all the places he would go and still couldn't be sure.

Meng Jie is still following me, I move him, I stop him.

"I'll look for it with you, when will you find someone when you're so confused." He stopped me again behind him.

I didn't want to be involved with him, so I decisively refused: "I can find a way, I've been here so many times, I've already visited Jiankang City." I'm familiar with every path, and I can find Changji without your help. ”

Meng Jie said helplessly: "No, you seem to be prejudiced against me. Have I ever sinned against you? ”

I wanted to reply to him: Yes, I am very biased against you, but after careful consideration, I feel that this answer is very inappropriate, and what if my outspokenness angers him, what if he really arrests me to test the medicine!

Then he said again: "How come, how can I be prejudiced against you." We have no intersection, where do we get offended? ”

Speaking of which, I have a grudge against Meng Jie, all of which are influenced by Changji. Changji seems to have always had a diaphragm against Meng Jie, but it is impossible to point out where the key is. The two seem to be friends, but they are not as close as friends, they are enemies, and they have never heard of the grievances between the two. I thought about it, since Changji didn't like him, of course I had to go along with it. And Meng Jie is too good-looking, his family background is prominent, and there are countless people around him, I know that it is not an identity that climbs with him, so I naturally will not take the initiative to get close to him. also because he bid for a dancing girl at a high price that night, after ruining people's innocence, I don't have a good impression of him.

I walked a few steps away from him and said aloud, "Don't come with me again, I'll just go find someone myself."

When the words fell, I didn't talk to him anymore, and walked forward with the wind under my feet. When I looked back at him after walking a long way, Meng Jie was still standing there looking at me, his eyes were clear and clean, and when he saw me looking back at him, he seemed to be very happy, smiling, his eyes were bent into crescents.

I frowned: "What a strange person, why do you laugh every time you see me, like a fool."

The idea that Meng Jie would arrest people to test the medicine instantly settled in my heart.