Chapter 13: The Strange Paper Kite
At dusk, the colorful glow precipitates the west, and the autumn mood is stronger at this time, and the people who watch the excitement shrink their necks and mutter home to eat, and the kites over Xifu are also sparsely falling.
The children are natural players, shouting to continue flying kites, and they still refuse to leave after tossing and turning in front of the Xifu Gate for half an hour.
"I don't want it, I don't want it, I can fly a kite when it's dark." The boys sat on their knees, their legs kicking up a large cloud of dust, and the girls did not dare to do so, only holding their sleeves and crying, peeking at their parents' expressions from time to time through their fingers.
"The black farts are almost the same, whatever kite you fly, give me home." In order to convince the children, the adults added: "Whoever has the ability to fly a kite at night, your father and I call him uncle!" ā
A few passers-by who left late screamed "ah" strangely, "Ma Dan Dad, your uncle flew a kite and brought fire." ā
The man who was called Ma Dan Daddy turned his head and looked over Xifu, one, two, three...... Many kites with sparkling air lanterns flew into the air.
The dim light formed a fiery cloud-like desire to compare with the colorful glow in the west, and the momentum was violent, like a tide. After a while, Caixia lost her armor and ran away, and the wind lamp illuminated half of the sky.
Passers-by are glazed, hundreds of kites are neatly lined up in the air and occasionally change formations, is it the New Year? Or is it a dump Tanabata?
In the inner courtyard of Xifu, Wen'er held the flag with both hands: "The first team and the third team changed positions, and the second team fell three feet and scattered and outflanked." ā
The little maid and the old woman moved quickly and the wind under her feet, and the mother-in-law of the second team saw that the kites of the maids on both sides were about to hit themselves, so they hurriedly bent their knees and turned sideways to avoid the danger, and couldn't help but curse a few words.
Asked back: "Moms are sharper than me when they receive the reward, and they can't say it at this time?" Do you want the bounty for the first prize of the kite festival? ā
The old wives had heard that Wen'er had brought a team of mothers-in-law of the same age as them to participate in the kite festival before, and they all returned to their hometowns to buy a farm house and live a small life because they won the first place and took a bounty.
Who doesn't want to live a good life, these hundreds of kites are their hope, and they are the hope that the third lady gives them.
Gu Ren stood beside Ruan Miaoling, and the firelight reflected his rough face even more terrifyingly, like a ghost.
The young lady suddenly planned to dismiss the subordinates in the house, but instead of using the easiest method, she let them make their own money and leave.
Could it be that there is a fine work sent by the Eastern Government among them, and it can't be made a big show?
Gu Ren pursed his mouth, if this is the case, it is not as good as the result of a knife.
Ruan Miaoling sensed the killing intent and said, "Uncle Ren, my father was really killed by Nanban?" ā
Gu Ren said: "When the last general rushed back to Ruyang, the general's body had already been buried and the wound could not be examined. No one survived the annihilation of this battle, and several villagers saw different situations, but their rhetoric all pointed to the remnants of the Nanban army. ā
The last battle between Ruan Yanliang and Nanban did not strangle everyone, and a detachment rose up and was able to escape, but Ruan Yanliang ordered a strict inspection of the entry and exit gates, how could this remnant army enter the territory of Ruyang?
For the first time, Ruan Miaoling saw Gu Ren, who she regarded as an elder, with a tangled look, and swallowed the words when she came to her mouth, it was better not to say this secret for the time being.
She was afraid that as soon as the words came out, Gu Ren would leave earlier, and the end would not be as simple as exposing the corpses in the wilderness.
Ruan Miaoling advised: "No matter what happens recently, Uncle Ren, you must not go to Dafu Temple to find my mother, and disobey the military law." She took out the objects she had never used in her life and displayed them in front of Guren.
When Gu Ren saw Princess Baozhen's general token holding his fist and receiving his life, his heart was turbulent. The princess actually gave the token to the young lady, does that mean that the Ruan family army will have to obey the young lady's command in the future?
But Miss Ke is currently just a flightless eagle......
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The East Mansion was lit up by the fire, and Ruan Miaoyi couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, so she simply put on her clothes and went to the old lady's courtyard.
When Mrs. Ruan fell asleep when she was old, she couldn't see the light, and the window paper was covered layer after layer but to no avail, so she had to open her eyes to see the corner of Ruan Miaoyi's skirt appear outside the screen.
"Grandmother."
Old Mrs. Ruan called out her heart, Ruan Miaoyi had already thrown herself into her arms and rubbed around, and said aggrievedly: "I know that grandmother must not be able to sleep tonight, come and accompany grandmother." ā
What a caring little padded jacket, Mrs. Ruan happily caressed the soft back of her second granddaughter, and said sharply to her mother-in-law: "Let her accept it when she sees it, so that she can play with what kind of fame." ā
The mother-in-law said: "The third master said to bear with it for the time being, so that he can go and do business." ā
What is the matter, Mrs. Ruan knew it, and opened her mouth to catch the pastries that Ruan Miaoyi sent to her mouth, and said in her heart that she really didn't spoil this second granddaughter in vain, and she knew that it hurt people.
Ruan Miaoyi said in a low voice: "Last time, I accidentally pushed the third sister into the pool...... My grandmother didn't let me sleep here for days, so she must have been angry. My uncle was also angry with me, and he didn't treat me as well as before. ā
Mrs. Ruan didn't take this matter to heart, among the granddaughters, only Miaoyi and the eldest granddaughter looked the most similar, she had no chance to give the eldest granddaughter love, only pinned on the second granddaughter.
Miaoling has been shouting for Miaoyi to apologize, but it is her own sisters who are calculating, but it seems that the grade of Xifu is low.
The people in Xifu didn't feel that they were of low grade at all, and when Ruan Yanzhe hunched his waist and entered the side door, the concierge's waist was straighter than usual.
"The third old man is a rare guest." The porter stared at the wine and meat that Ruan Yanzhe was carrying in his hand, and greeted him with a smile.
Ruan Yanzhe put the wine and meat on the table from the cook, and neatly arranged the plate to add wine and cut the meat. "The inner courtyard is flying kites, but you don't fly them in the outer courtyard?"
The porter thumped his legs: "You can't play all the time, the safety of the house depends on the man." ā
"These lights are shaking and my eyes hurt, and the third lady doesn't sleep tonight?" Ruan Yanzhe took a sip of hot wine and added a glass to the porter by the way.
"The third lady is greedy for fun, you should persuade more people at the moment, don't just care about playing with her, after all, there are more than a dozen warehouses at home."
The porter didn't care, and said with a smile: "General Gu came back this time and brought a lot of soldiers, and the young lady can rest assured that they will guard it." They have killed only the living and the dead, and they can distinguish between men and women. ā
Ruan Yanzhe's back was cold, and when he raised his eyes, he suddenly saw a paper kite with fiery red wings falling straight in the direction of Dongfu, "Phoenix! ā
The porter opened the side door without hurrying: "Third master, that's a kite running water." ā
The door rotated and brought a gust of wind to blow Ruan Yanzhe into a round bag, he struggled to turn around and run towards Dongfu, bad omen bad omen, he said that those kites were a little weird to look at in broad daylight.
The wine and meat on the table were not eaten by the porter, but were moved out of the wall with the wine so that the beggars crossing the street could take them to wrap their stomachs. It has become a habit for him to do this, and as soon as the side door is closed, the aroma of wine and meat is blown clean, and no one has come.
"Let's go...... Walk...... Walk the water! ā
The mother-in-law raised her hands above her head and kept dancing, and ran all the way to the courtyard of Mrs. Ruan. "Old lady, the house is out of water......"
The weather is dry and dry, and it is most likely to make mistakes, and she didn't care about drinking the sweet soup served by Ruan Miaoyi, so Mrs. Ruan stood up happily.
"Where to go to the water?"
The mother-in-law gasped: "Ha...... Ha...... It'sā"