Chapter 10: Keju Competition
When I looked up, it was Chen Feng, what was he doing here so late?
He helped me up, hugged my fists at me, and said, "The general is not feeling well, and the fight in the city has passed, so I bother the girl to come to the general's room." ”
It's only been a few days, why did a good person suddenly get sick? A few days ago, they locked me up in a small black room, but now it's good that I've been punished. I answered Chen Feng and followed him.
The air in the Central Plains is particularly humid, not to mention the situation before the rain, and the clothes feel very sticky and annoying when they stick to the body, even in the summer, there is always this feeling.
Walking through the long corridor, a little dark window swayed in the door, and the shadow of the man was faintly visible.
He stopped suddenly: "Ahead, Chen Feng said goodbye." After saying that, he walked away without looking back. I felt so strange in my heart, and I couldn't say what the fault was, only a hunch that something bad might happen tonight.
I knocked on the door first, and there was a low "come in" from inside.
Pushing open the door, the candle flame was dim, and the smell of agarwood came to my nose. I cautiously closed the door, turned around and walked back to the back room, and said carefully, "That ......"
My hand was pulled, and I crossed a small threshold. I didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere, I looked carefully at Li Yi in the dark, he was suspicious, I was about to ask something, he made a "shhh I nodded.
He doesn't look like he's unwell, so what the hell is he going to do?
Li Yu let go of my hand, and his eyes were always on the side of the door. Then the hand slowly rested on my back and pushed me in. So I somehow leaned against his chest, and I wanted to keep some distance, but the hands with many calluses of different thicknesses gently patted the back of my head, as if to make me feel at ease. But I don't think his attention is on me at all.
It was pouring rain outside, and the raindrops hit the eaves and the ground. Every second I could hear the pounding of my heart. It felt like a woodcutter in the distant mountains saw the pedestrians crossing the river, and unknowingly dropped dry firewood on the ground, and it was like a three-foot dust and sand on the clouds, ethereal and ethereal......
"That...... Where are you uncomfortable, or are you ...... What about sleepwalking? He didn't respond, "If it's sleepwalking, then I'll help you back to bed." ”
Someone outside the house suddenly said delicately, and the sound seemed to be so sweet that it could pinch out honey. Li Yi covered my ear with one hand and let out a sneer, so I didn't hear what she said later, only vaguely felt that it was Ling Niang's voice. But hasn't she already packed her bags and left? That's probably because I misheard.
But, seriously, every time he came into contact with me, my face burned involuntarily. He doesn't like me, right? My hands slowly climbed up his waist, and I could feel Li Duo stagnate slightly.
"You...... If you like it...... Like my words...... It's not that it can't, it's just that my dad said...... This kind of thing should be done slowly, not in a hurry, and besides, I'm not an adult.
"And, you ...... Aren't you particular about the door? You're a dignified general—but if you really like me, I don't think that's a problem.
"Actually, I-"
Li Yi suddenly pushed me away, staggered to the table, poured a cup of tea with his back to me, drank it all, and said, "I'm not interested in you, you can go." ”
I stood there at a loss, as if my heart had been hollowed out all of a sudden, and an indescribable feeling swept over me with a full of sourness.
I glanced at him as I passed by, and there was a trance and dodging in his eyes. I'm afraid this is my own sentimentality again.
I rushed out the door, and it was already a drop of water the size of a bean. Rain always has a magical power that can carry away all the embarrassment and depravity from people, and then scatter them into the sky with the sun hanging high.
Just let the rain hit your body and walk on this bluestone path. I wiped my face and looked up at the sky, where the blackened clouds obscured the moonlight.
Whether it is the distant mountains and rivers, or the fireworks in the world that are within reach. Come to think of it, I'm the sleepwalker.
Forget it, forget it, Daddy used to say that this kind of thing can't be forced, Zang Hu doesn't want so much red tape in the Central Plains, what kind of parents' words matchmaker appointment, as long as the two of them look at each other, no matter how unpleasant the father and mother look at it, they can't stop the two. What's more, now that I'm thinking about it alone, will he treat me as a maid, I looked down at the wet red shirt.
......
When it was dawn, I was awakened by a knock on the door.
"Little Xingyue, get up quickly! There is a big event in the infantry camp today, but it is lively! ”
"I'm not going—" What does those soldier drills have to do with me, I need to catch up on my sleep.
"There are wrestling and kemari competitions! My second brother did it on purpose! When I heard the first sentence, I got up from the bed, and when I heard the second sentence, I fell back again. It's not embarrassing, something like that happened last night, how embarrassing it would be to meet again, but I may not be able to easily meet someone like him.
Well, so I'll go anyway.
"Wait for me!"
The infantry camp had a large practice ground full of soldiers, and by the time we arrived, we had already missed the dirt wrestling matches. In the middle of the field, there were many shirtless soldiers running. The black-clad pawn was seen to irreversibly lead ahead of the blue-clad pawn, and the ball rolled nimbly between their attacking feet. Occasionally the ball is kicked to the side, and someone kicks it back hard.
When I was a child, I played Keju with my brothers, and the fourth brother played the best, and I would be on a team with him every time. After the competition, whether I won or lost, he would teach me the skills and experience of playing Kemari, and in this way, step by step, I also improved a lot.
"Come on! That's amazing! "I saw that the side behind had finally scored a goal with all the hard work and threw my fist with joy.
"You wait, I'll go too!" Li Mo walked out of the crowded crowd, didn't know where to change into a set of blue clothes, and changed into a person on the field.
A pawn blew the whistle, and both sides switched to the next group to start the game. The ball was occupied by a fierce soldier at first, and he shook off the enemy and prepared to score a fancy goal, but was robbed by Li Mo. He was very agile, while paying attention to the ball, while directing his teammates, methodically, it didn't take long to score three in a row, especially his last kick, it was simply handsome!
Li Mo turned his head to look at me from a distance, his whole face was covered with sweat, and the sun shone on him to outline a circle of light. The boy's bright smile bloomed, and I jumped up to applaud him, not forgetting to give him a big thumbs up.
After several rounds, the game was still in full swing, and at half-time the ball was kicked out of the foot of a soldier, and the soldier used too much force, so the ball rose straight into the air, and a "wow" sound rang out.
After a long time, I begged why it didn't fall, and the commotion began to spread.
Bang –
"Ahh Iniquity, iniquity! It's not good to hit somewhere, but it hit me on the head, it's just too unlucky!
The crowd laughed, and I awkwardly touched my bag above my head. Originally, my brain was not very bright, so wouldn't it be even more sorry for my head to smash it like this?
I picked up the ball in my hand and threw it at the opposite side with all my might. I thought that someone would catch it on the field, but I didn't expect to fly directly to the direction of Li Yuan, who was sitting one meter outside the field, and when it was about to be smashed, Chen Feng quickly caught it and threw it back to the training ground.
There was a false alarm.
After the game, Li Mo specially ordered someone to make sour plum soup for the infantry in the army, a large pot, and each person came up to receive a bowl.
Li Mo came over with a bowl and handed it to me, and when I was about to take my mouth, I noticed that something was wrong. I sniffed, this is not an ordinary sour plum soup, this is a medicated sour plum soup, the smell is very familiar, but I forgot, blame me for not learning well with A-Niang before. But even if this medicine is added, it is not harmful to most people.
I drank it in one gulp, and it was sweet and sour, and it was not bad.
"You played so well!" I gave him another thumbs up.
"I can't do it yet, but my second brother is really good. Once on the emperor's birthday, a juju contest was held in the palace, and my father took our three brothers into the palace, and we compared ourselves with some children of princes and nobles, and my second brother and I were considered younger between them, and the second brother was only ten years old at that time, and I was only eight years old. After this comparison, I realized that the eldest son of Old Man Wei, who was known as the 'Golden Foot', was just a little minion in front of my second brother. Although we still lost later, the emperor immediately took a fancy to my second brother, and was originally going to promote him to the Imperial Forest Army, but my father refused because of his young age, and just let my second brother inherit the Li family's army. ”
He looked adoring, and sparks were about to burst out of his eyes.
"The person I admire the most in this world is my second brother!" I looked at Li Mo helplessly and amusedly. That's because he hasn't seen my brothers yet.
"Hey, don't believe me, what I said is true."
"Well, I believe it, I believe it."
Suddenly, a person outside the field fell to the ground, and for a while everyone surrounded him, and two soldiers carried the fallen soldier outside, he kept covering his stomach, and his face was distorted. I looked at him with straight eyes.
Li Mo's hand waved a few times in front of my eyes and said, "There's nothing strange about this, anything can happen in the barracks." Don't talk about that, do you want another bowl? ”
I shook my head.