Chapter 208: Safflower Wine (12)
As the old saying goes, little ghosts are hard! In order to appease her dead ghost husband and mother-in-law, Li Nanniang was forced to take out the jewelry she packed up and sell it. However, when Li Nan saw those jewelry, his face instantly darkened by half.
He pointed to one of the gold bracelets that were not in good condition, and asked his mother, "Isn't this bracelet of red flowers?" I clearly remember that this was the dowry given to Honghua by Safhua's father, and it was also a relic left to her by her mother before her death. But after getting married, the son never saw the safflower belt, and when he asked, the safflower was hesitant, only saying that the bracelet was expensive, and he was afraid that he would lose it. When Honghua left, her son also looked for her package, but he never found it. I wonder how this pair of gold bracelets got into my mother's hands? ”
What do you mean by that? Could it be that I was accused of stealing that slut's bracelet? I'll tell you, this is Honghua willing to honor me as a mother-in-law. Li Nanniang wrapped the bracelet and handed it to Li Nan: "It's also a loss that my mother accepted it, otherwise what would you pawn today?" ”
Li Nan knew that his mother was arguing with reason, but he was poor and short-minded, and now he could only agree with his mother's statement, and silently accepted the pair of gold bracelets.
What Li Nan didn't know was that at this time, in the shadow outside the door, Honghua was holding Li Lu's hand and was looking at them through the window. The ears of ghosts have always been more spiritual than humans. Therefore, the dialogue between Li Nan and Li Nanniang also entered the ears of the mother and daughter word for word.
Li Lu shook her mother's hand and asked, "Is that gold bracelet really given to the old witch by her mother voluntarily?" ”
Honghua shook her head gently: "That is a relic given to me by my mother, and it is also a dowry given to me by my father, if it is not a last resort, how can I give it to her?" ”
"So, the gold bracelet was snatched from her mother by the old witch?" Li Lu was indignant, and there was murderous aura in his eyes in an instant.
"It doesn't matter! We are no longer in the Yang world, and those things outside of our bodies are of no use to us. Honghua took Li Lu's hand: "Let's go, your Ruyi godmother is still waiting for us." ”
"Doesn't my mother want to teach that old witch a lesson to my unconscionable father?"
"With your wishful godmother? They will be rewarded without our lessons! Honghua said, and glanced at Li Nan again, the husband he once loved deeply, and now when he looks at it again, he only feels that he is a man with a dark heart, no responsibility, and a nest. If life could be done all over again, she Honghua said that she would not marry him again.
Sighing silently, Honghua took Li Lu's hand and slowly dispersed in the dark shadow of the shade of the tree.
Li Nan pawned the gold bracelet and went to buy sacrifices, when he suddenly thought of Honghua and the daughter who he had never looked at twice, and his heart was blocked for no reason, so he bought two more copies.
In the ancestral grave of the Li family, the graves of Li Nan's father and grandmother are next to each other. The two tombs were covered with withered grass and looked very barren. Li Nanniang pretended to apologize for a while, and then cried and admitted a few mistakes, got up, and took all the sacrifices back.
Li Nan stood in front of the grave and watched for a while, naturally unable to see his mother's actions, but what he should say and what he wanted to say was stuffed in his heart. Li Nan didn't have much impression of his honest father, but his grandmother loved him, and he remembered it.
"It is said that the mother is unkind, the son is not filial, although the son has not seen some of the mother's practices, but the son of man should still obey the mother. If the father and grandmother know underground, they should be blamed and resented, so they should all go to the mother! Nan'er is also powerless, so she can only do her best in the things on the side. ”
Li Nan said, bowed to the two tombs separately, lifted up his robe, and plucked all the dead grass on it, and then left. On the way back, Li Nan deliberately took a detour to see the graves of Honghua and Li Lu. Compared with the tombs of Li Nan's father and grandmother, these two tombs are even more depressed. It's just that after only three or four years, half of the grave has collapsed.
For safflower, Li Nan is not completely emotionless. I think that back then, when he saw her for the first time, he was also half amazed. At that time, it seemed to be an early summer afternoon, and he was sleepy from reading, so he went out for a walk. As he walked, he walked to the river, and saw a red back in the distance. When I got closer, I saw that it was a girl about my own age, wearing a very ill-fitting red dress with some patches on it. But the patch was so delicately patched that when I looked at it from afar, I thought it was an embroidered pattern on my clothes. The girl's hair is also the kind that is pulled at random, and there is a small red flower made of red velvet inserted in the hair, which looks very beautiful in the early summer breeze.
Xu was aware of the gaze behind her, and the girl turned around. Only then did Li Nan see the clothes she was scrubbing in her hand, so she nodded at the red flower.
Honghua was a little stunned between his eyebrows when he first saw that it was a young man, but when he saw him nodding to himself, the consternation turned into shyness. His cheeks were slightly red, and he hung his head.
In just that moment, Li Nan felt his heart pounding.
Later, he disobeyed his mother and married Honghua into the door. At the beginning, he also wanted to love her well. But his mother talked about safflower at every turn, and he mentioned the early death of his father and grandmother at every turn, and he was in a dilemma, so he had to temporarily wronged safflower.
Gradually, Honghua no longer had an aggrieved expression on his face, and he was not surprised by his mother's bullying of Honghua, until Honghua gave birth to his daughter, he suddenly realized that he had not cared about Honghua for a long time, and he rarely even said a thoughtful word to her.
That night, he stood outside the door for a long time, thinking that he would go in and comfort Honghua, try to help her in the future, and be kind to her in private. But when he went in and saw the appearance of Honghua, the pity that had accumulated in his heart was instantly wiped out because of her thin and yellow face.
It turned out that in the days when he ignored the safflower, his delicate lady had already become like autumn hay, which made people look disgusted. So, he turned around and came out, without even looking at his newborn daughter.
Later, he couldn't tell what the reason was, so he began to deliberately avoid Honghua and deliberately not look at her. Until his daughter died and his mother forced him to write the letter of resignation, he felt a little relieved for no reason. The letter of resignation was quickly written, and he personally brought it to Honghua, and saw the sorrow in her eyes.
At that moment, he was a little trembling, a little regretful, and a little unspeakably uncomfortable. But in the end, he still stuffed the letter of resignation into Honghua's hand without any hesitation. Honghua swallowed, and he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
After Honghua died, he once again disobeyed his mother's will and buried Honghua's mother and daughter. Li Nan believes that as an ex-husband, he is benevolent enough to the safflower mother and daughter. But at this time, standing in front of this ruined tomb, he felt a little bastard for the first time.
"Red Flower, don't hate me! Between you and my mother, I can only choose my mother. Li Nan placed the sacrifices in front of the grave one by one: "There is only one mother, but there can be many wives, I also know that this is unfair to you, but the mother is the mother, and it is not easy for her to raise me." So, Safflower, I know you were wronged in those days. But you are also a mother, you should be able to understand my embarrassment, right? If you have knowledge underground, you should be considerate of me. In this life, even if I, Li Nan, am sorry for you, in the next life, don't come to me again, go find a husband who is really good to you! ”
Li Nan said, and was about to put down the apple in his hand, but an apple next to him suddenly flew up and hit his head. Where Li Nan couldn't see, Li Lu was staring at him angrily!
"Forget Lulu, this person, he doesn't deserve to be your father!"
Honghua stopped her daughter's movements and glanced at the sacrifice on the ground.
After returning from the Li family, Honghua originally wanted to take her daughter to find Xing Ruyi. But when they arrived at the shop, they found that Xing Ruyi was busy, and it was daytime at this time, if their mother and daughter appeared rashly, it would not be good for the business of the rouge shop. So, he took his daughter back to "home" and waited until nightfall.
Who would have thought that just after coming back, he saw a person who shouldn't have appeared here, that is, her ruthless ex-husband Li Nan in cold storage. Honghua and Li Lu originally didn't want to pay attention to it, but when they heard what he said, Li Lu was annoyed first. Seeing that her daughter's nails were getting longer and longer, almost poking Li Nan's neck, Honghua stretched out her hand and pulled her daughter back.
"Why should my mother stop her daughter, a father like him, Lulu is not uncommon! Mother, you don't need to be nice to him anymore. ”
"It's because it's not uncommon that we don't deserve to be angry with him. Today, if you kill him, you can naturally eliminate some of the hatred in your heart, but Yin Si will also record one of your mistakes. Lulu, my mother is just like you, she is very angry. But it's not worth it, he has ruined our mother and daughter's present life, and he can't ruin our next life. ”
"But just let him go like this, Lulu is really angry!"
"I forgot what my mother said before, she won't let you be wronged if you want to be your mother."
"Could it be that the old witch saw the hell last night, was it the hands and feet of the godmother?"
"Naturally! The safflower wine made by your Ruyi godmother herself, it is so delicious. Honghua said, and tapped the tip of Li Lu's nose with her hand: "Let's go back, sleep well, and when it gets dark, I'll go to play with your brother Yin Yuan." ”
Li Lu nodded and happily walked towards the grave. But when he was about to enter the tomb, he suddenly got up again and blew a breath of cold air at Li Nan. The cold air went down Li Nan's neck and into his clothes. Li Nan couldn't help but shiver and coughed.
"Is it going to snow on this day? How did it suddenly get so cold! ”
Li Nan was trembling, but he didn't see that on the grave, Li Lu was smiling happily. Honghua touched her daughter's head dotingly and smiled helplessly.
"You kid! Well done! ”
(Education 123 Literature Network)