Chapter 41 The spring water is exhausted, and the red furnace is lit with snow

Seeing that the rain readily agreed, Zhai Yi's eyes flashed with joy, but he still tried his best to restrain himself, "This time is still quite sunny." Let's go around to Jingde Road and go for a walk in Huanxiu Villa. ”

Huanxiu Villa is not a mountain villa, but a pocket garden. Compared to other famous S City attractions, it is quite low-key.

But it's small, so it's stress-free.

The heat was still strong, and the two of them sat down in the Wenquan Pavilion.

"You've been here?" Zhai Yi asked her.

"Well, I sometimes come here early on weekend mornings." Torrential rain said.

The sunset shined through from outside the pavilion, and the whole person was infinitely soft by the torrential rain, shaking the arm that exposed half of the child so white that it glowed, and it was dizzy to see. Zhai Yi looked away and asked her, "'Ask Spring Pavilion' - what spring is it that you are asking?" ”

"Do you remember the words written on the stone wall when you came here earlier?" ”

"Flying snow."

"yes, that's it." Rushing Rain said, "The one who asked was 'Flying Snow Spring'." ”

Seeing that Zhai Yi clearly wrote the word "spring" on his face, Rushing Yu said carefully: "During the Qianlong period, Jiang Ji, a member of the criminal department, bought Huanxiu Villa for reconstruction, dug out a spring when digging the ground, and inscribed it with a sencha poem by Su Shi - 'Mengfu comes out of the grinding beads and falls ......'"

"The snow is light." Zhai Yi continued.

"That's right." Rushing Rain smiled, "That's why it's called 'Flying Snow Spring'." ”

"Su Shi has never been an official in the local area, but he has a lot of fate here." Zhai Yi said, "There is also a 'Su Gong Lane' on the side of Dinghui Temple, which is said to commemorate him." ”

"Yes. He made a good friend here, a confidant, and left a lot of famous stories. ”

Zhai Yi looked up, the sky was as blue as washing, without a trace of clouds.

"The famous article left by Su Shi only tells the emotions of the time, but does not tell us the final ending of the story." Zhai Yi said, "What do the people and things he meets here mean in his life in the end? He paused, "It's only a small part of my memory." ”

"A little memory is also good." Rushing rain said, "Presumably, even in their old age, those people and things that warmed the old days will not be forgotten." "At that time, all you have to do is smile.

In fact, Rapid Rain feels that memories don't care about the length, but about the good or bad.

Bad memories, even if they only occupy a moment, will entrench in the darkness of your heart, gnawing at your wounds day by day. Or jump out of the way and hit you hard.

This is also the reason why she insisted on spending this time with the rosary. It was an abyss, and if you fell into it, there was no one to pull it, and it was very difficult to climb out again.

"Why don't you just keep that warmth?" Zhai Yi said, "Seeing it become a memory, it's better to let it last forever." ”

"Nothing lasts forever." Torrential rain said.

"Lu Jian asked you a question...... Zhai Yi turned his head and asked vaguely, "What do you think?" ”

Rushing Rain raised his eyes, "Can't you see that he and the rosary are joking?" ”

But he still wanted to know the answer. "What if he's serious?"

Rushing rain was stunned for a moment, and then turned his gaze into the distance. "The answer is the same – thank you."

Zhai Yi seemed to have received some kind of comfort, and then endless sorrow welled up in his heart.

Under the seemingly easy-going appearance of the torrential rain, it is an airtight protection.

Why can that person enter her heart? Zhai Yi's fingertips crushed a grain of sand on the stone table, feeling depressed.

"Why?" He finally asked, "Why did you live in that man's house?" "Aren't you afraid of owing him a favor?

"His house?" Rushing rain was stunned, and then smiled: "It's the house he helped me rent." She could already speak in a calm tone about the night's desperation. I don't know who gave me those 20,000 yuan. "At first, I saw him deny it, and I believed it wasn't him." But as time went on, I became more and more suspicious that the money ...... "may have been given by Chen Yuyao."

"He didn't rent it." Zhai Yi said suddenly, "I heard him say with my own ears, 'He is the owner of the house'. ”

Rushing Rain's eyes flashed with surprise when she heard this, and then she recalled Chen Yuyao's words and deeds, and she became more and more convinced that what Zhai Yi said was true.

"That's why I'm asking you, what's next?" Zhai Yi frowned, "It seems that you really don't know." ”

"What difference does it make if you know it or not?" Rushing Rain said calmly, "It's like Lu Jian's question is sincere or joking, it doesn't matter." ”

Zhai Yi was stunned.

"He and I are not lovers." "Never." ”

"Friendship?" Zhai Yi asked expressionlessly, "Family affection?" ”

Rushing Rain shook his head, "It's just that we depend on each other." ”

Each other, depending on each other, that's it. These eight short words, every word is like a steel needle, piercing Zhai Yi's heart and lungs. He tried to pull the corners of his mouth, but squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying: "Enough." ”

"How much can you do under the banner of these four words?" As soon as the words came out, Zhai Yi couldn't help but be surprised by his meanness, maybe he was never "Mr. Good" - just a rat trap. He was afraid of hurting the people he cared about, so he kept silent on many things, but only when he knew that the enemy had these four-character protective bodies could never replace transcendence, he lost his temper.

Rushing Rain's face did not change, swallowed every word he said in return, and just said, "I'm sorry." ”

"Don't say 'I'm sorry.'" Zhai Yi stood up suddenly, "Rushing rain, you have never been sorry for me." There was sadness in his eyes, "But if it goes on, you will eventually be sorry for yourself!" ”

Torrential rain looked puzzled.

"I'm a man." Zhai Yi smiled bitterly, "I know a man's intentions better than you." The more he gives, the more he will treat you as his personal property...... And when the time comes, you won't be able to say 'no' at all. ”

Since Rushing Rain is not to show how pure her relationship with Chen Yuyao is, she naturally doesn't have to show how innocent she is, she said: "Why should I say 'no'? ”

Facing Zhai Yi's shock and stunned, she lowered her head: "It's not him, it's someone else." "How can a girl who has lost her mind stop the malice given by fate alone?" It's better than him. ”

She saw through the sinister hearts of people early and the cold state of the world, but Zhai Yi was still a young man with a clear heart.

Ask the spring - even if the heart is sincere, but if the original waterfall is depleted, how can it be answered?

Zhai Yi was silent for a long time, and finally said in a low voice: "I'll go first." ”

The torrential rain did not raise its head, and there were tears in his eyes.

"Stay away from me." It wasn't until the young man's footsteps faded away that she said softly, "Goodbye, Zhai Yi." ”

The setting sun left a long shadow, blood-red.

In this ancient courtyard, two larks landed on the elm tree of the old dragon clock. She watched the traces of the sunset shadow flickering in and out, the duration was short, and it felt like a life traveling westward, no matter how much she couldn't give up, she couldn't stop it from passing away.

Suddenly I remembered that today is the beginning of autumn. So I bought a watermelon - "Gnawing Autumn".

Summer is over, and she hasn't eaten watermelon yet.

When I was a child, Torrential Rain's favorite thing to do was to help my grandfather go to the small outside to buy cigarettes. Because the change recovered after buying things, her grandfather will give her as errand expenses. When it rains, the money is saved and used to buy used books at the market during the holidays, or to buy a watermelon to soak in the well water at noon on a hot summer day.

When Chen Yuyao came back from school on the weekend, she took it out and cut it again, and kept half of it upside down in a vegetable pot for her grandparents.

The other half hugged it, brought two stainless steel spoons, and went to sit and eat in the bamboo forest with Chen Yuyao. Oh, when leaving, Chen Yuyao also asked her to bring the white sugar from home.

At the end of eating, only a thin layer of red flesh remains in the melon shell. Chen Yuyao shaved them down with a spoon, and the veins were clear like red yarn, beautiful enough, but not sweet enough.

So the white sugar on the torrential rain came in handy. Chen Yuyao carefully threw a layer and named it "Red Furnace Snow".

"What do you mean?" Rushing Rain raised her confused little face, "It's better to call it 'Red in the Snow'." ”

"No", Chen Yuyao shook his head, "how can it be the same as pickles." ”

Rushing Rain ignored him, lowered his head and scooped a sip of juice with a small spoon and tasted it, it was really refreshing and sweet.

"Do you know why 'watermelon' is called 'watermelon'?" Chen Yuyao asked her.

"I know." "Because it's from the Western Regions." ”

"Where did you see it?"

"My grandfather's "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" - 'Watermelon, planted in the Western Regions, hence the name.' ”

Seeing the torrential rain shaking his head and dragging the text, Chen Yuyao couldn't help laughing. "Watermelon has mixed accounts," he said. One is that you said that you came from the Western Regions, so it is called 'watermelon'. The other is said to be discovered by Shennong when he tasted a hundred herbs, and it was named 'thin melon', which means that this kind of melon has more water and thin meat. Later, it was passed on, and it became a watermelon. ”

"Ah, it's just called 'xīgua' anyway."

"How can that be the same?" Chen Yuyao said, "You have a 'yǔ' in your name...... I also have a 'yǔ' in my name. But in the end, it's not a 'yǔ'. ”

Rushing rain hugged the watermelon, walked and rested, and finally reached the fourth floor.

As soon as the door was opened, the cool air was blowing in his face, the vertical air conditioner in the living room was on, and Chen Yuyao fell asleep in the sofa. Not far from the entrance was a suitcase - he had moved back.

Torrential rain was stunned for a moment and carried the melon into the kitchen. Then he turned around and went into the bedroom, took a blanket and came out to cover Chen Yuyao.

She cut half of the melon and kept it for eating, and put the other half in the refrigerator. Rushing rain held the small half of the melon, sat cross-legged on the sofa and dug up the melon pulp and ate it silently, glancing at Chen Yuyao's quiet sleeping face from time to time.

Just go, go back. Hum. Homeowner.

What kind of contract was she asked to sign in the first place?

Just moved back like this, will it be Xu Nian who will come to the door next time?

Seriously, she's not bad. At that time, I really had no shame to face her.

Chen Yuyao, what the hell are you doing?

There's a lot to ask.

But when Chen Yuyao opened her eyes, she only asked: "Do you want to eat 'red furnace snow'?" ”

Chen Yuyao nodded, sat up and took the melon, and then said in a sincere tone: "I want to eat steamed sea bass more." ”

Seeing that the rain was silent at him, Chen Yuyao said again: "There is a perch refrigerator." He muttered, "I saw it at noon." ”