Chu Liang moved to the house in Linjiang City, which was bought by her father when he was doing business in Linjiang City a few years ago.

Chu Liang had nothing to do at home, so he cleaned up the house with Shanyan. After Chu Liang finished cleaning up the house, he sat down and rested for a while, and said to Shanyan: "It's been almost half a month since we came to Jiangcheng, and time flies so fast." ”

Shanyan said with a smile: "Girl, Mrs. Jiang is resting today, and she asked us to go to Xiangguo Temple to offer incense." ”

Chu Liang slapped the table: "Hey, don't you say that I almost forgot." ”

Chu Li, the mountain smoke cleaned up and went out, people came and went on the street, and all kinds of cries and sales came and went. Shanyan took Chu Li's hand and said, "Girl, look at the sugar gourds sold over there." ”

Chu Liang followed Shanyan's gaze and said with a smile: "You still like it so much." ”

Shanyan took two pennies, bought two strings of sugar gourds, and handed one to Chu Li. Chu Liang waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid of eating sour." ”

Shanyan teased Chu Liang and said, "Miss, you really don't have a good mouth." ”

The surroundings were bustling, and Chu Liang saw someone selling flowers and jewelry at a glance, and wanted to come forward to take a look. Shan Yan said on the side: "Miss, it's not too early now, it's not too late for us to come back from Xiangguo Temple and go shopping." ”

Today come to Xiangguo Temple to incense a lot, Chu Liang did not arrive at Xiangguo Temple, then saw a ginkgo tree, tall and stout, lush branches and leaves, where the branches and leaves reach, fell to the ground cool.

Jiang Yingyue beckoned to Chu Liang and said, "Sister, I'm here." ”

Chu Liang walked in the direction of Jiang Yingyue, Shanyan looked around from the time he came in, and said to Chu Liang: "Miss, have we been here before, I think these places are a little familiar." ”

Chu Liang looked around and said, "It's normal to be a little familiar, we lived here for a while four or five years ago. ”

Shanyan thought about it, Chu Zhi brought them here, and Shanyan whispered: "It would be better if the master also came." Chu Liang didn't answer.

Jiang Yingyue took Chu Li's arm and said, "What is my sister talking about?" Chu Liang replied, "I didn't say anything." While following Jiang Yingyue.

Jiang Yingyue took Chu Liang to the main hall of Xiangguo Temple, and met a monk in the middle, Jiang Yingyue greeted the monk, and then let the monk go first. Chu Liang hasn't been to the temple for a long time, what Jiang Yingyue does, she also does, according to the gourd to draw the scoop.

Jiang Yingyue put on three incense sticks, with a pious face, and after the incense, she bowed to the Buddha statue and kowtowed three times. Chu Liang was a little careless, and Jiang Yingyue glanced at her.

After the incense, Jiang Yingyue pulled Chu Li out and scolded her in a low voice: "Sister, Shangxiang is the most sincere heart, sincerity is spiritual, next time you must not be as casual as today." ”

Chu Liang said in a low voice: "My sister hasn't been here for many years, and I forgot a lot of things, so I won't be next time." ”

Jiang Yingyue smiled: "It's okay." She took Chu Liang to the room specially arranged for Miss and Mrs. to rest.

Chu Liang entered the room and said, "This room is quite clean. "The house smoked sandalwood incense, and put two pots of green bamboo and green pine potted plants.

The three of them sat down, and a bucket of bamboo sticks was placed on the table. Chu Liang asked, "Is there actually this here?" ”

Jiang Yingyue replied: "This is a bamboo stick, which is used to pass the time for the young ladies." ”

Chu Liang stretched out his hand and took it, and said, "I'll shake it first to see how lucky I am." ”

Chu Liang shook it a few times and dropped a stick, which read: There are flowers that can be folded and must be folded. Chu Liang's face was slightly red, Jiang Yingyue reached out and took the bamboo tube, and Chu Liang put the stick back.

Jiang Yingyue smiled: "I'll also try my luck." She closed her eyes and shook them a few times, and only then did she open her eyes, Jiang Yingyue picked up the bamboo stick, and wrote: Don't complain to the east wind about it. Jiang Yingyue had mixed feelings in her heart at this time, she threw the sign on the ground, smiled bitterly, picked it up again, and thought to herself: "What else do I have to complain about, I'm like this." ”

Chu Liang patted her shoulder and comforted her in a low voice: "Sister, relax, there is a way that 'the mountains and rivers are doubtful, and there is no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village.'" ”

Jiang Yingyue handed the bamboo tube to Shanyan and said, "Do you want to come and smoke?" ”

Shanyan didn't take it, shook his hand and said, "I won't smoke, I don't believe this." ”

Jiang Yingyue put the bamboo tube back, and Chu Liang said, "We've rested enough, it's still early, it's better to walk around the temple." Mountain smoke echoed. The three of them went out of the room and wandered around the temple at will, and today on the fifteenth, most of the monks in the temple avoided it, chanting sutras and meditating in the room.

The three of them walked under a pear tree, and the pear blossoms of the tree were blooming brilliantly, and the breeze blew through the flowers and fell like rain. Chu Liang picked a pear blossom, and said to Jiang Yingyue while walking: "When I was in Changshan, there was also a pear tree behind the house, it is said that it was planted by my mother, when I was seven or eight years old, it grew very tall, and it bore a lot of fruit in autumn, and the naughty children around took advantage of our absence to quietly pick my pears. As soon as we got home, the branches and leaves of the pear tree fell to the ground. ”

Chu Liang remembered the past, and then said: "Later, my mother died, my father was depressed for a while, and started to do business, he was afraid that I would not be at ease at home alone, and my family had no relatives in Changshan, so he took me with him, I was young at the time, and I didn't understand anything. ”

Shanyan couldn't help but interject and said: "The master is doing business, and he spends most of his time on the road, sleeping in the open air, and eating the last meal without the next meal." ”

Jiang Yingyue sighed: "My sister has suffered a lot. ”

The three of them walked to the lake, and there was a gazebo by the lake, and there were bamboo benches on all sides of the pavilion, and the three of them sat down to rest.

Jiang Yingyue listened to Chu Liang talk about the past, and her heart was full of mixed feelings. She was reluctant to tell others about it, and every time she said it, she would reveal her scars. With the passage of time, I have seen too much warmth and coldness of people, and my heart has gradually let go.

There are many reeds and weeds growing on the edge of the lake, and a few residual lotus plants are faintly seen in the middle of the lake. The wind blows through the lake, which makes people feel refreshed.

Jiang Yingyue said: "When our family was still in Changshan, that time was the happiest time in my life, when my father was still a petty official and conscientious in life. Every day, I would go home to spend time with my mother and me. Now that I think about it, even though my family doesn't have much money, I'm happy every day. ”

"But the good times didn't last long, Chang Shan changed to a new official, the new official likes to flatter, likes people to praise him, his father is wooden by nature, so he was ostracized, and soon the new official found an excuse to dismiss him."

"My father was not diligent and did not divide the grains, but after the dismissal, he was depressed all day long, and my mother couldn't stand it, so she quarreled with my father all day long, and finally left my father and me. I don't know where she went, she seems to have disappeared from the world, I have looked for her all these years, and there has been no news. ”

"After my father died of illness, I had no money to bury, and when I didn't know what to do, a woman with heavy makeup came to the door, and she said that she could help me bury, but on the condition that I listen to her arrangement, she asked me to be a piano girl...... After a few tosses, I came to Linjiang City. ”

Jiang Yingyue narrated very calmly, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her. Before these things, she was an innocent little girl, waiting for her father to come home under the jujube tree in front of the door every day, and her mother sat on a bamboo chair to sew clothes. Her father would often bring her snacks home, and her mother would laugh at her for her deliciousness. Nothing exists anymore.

Chu Liang didn't know how to comfort her, although she had heard about Jiang Yingyue's affairs over the years, she didn't know how to comfort her when she heard it.

Chu Liang took Jiang Yingyue's hand and said, "Then have you hated your mother all these years?" ”

Jiang Yingyue shook her head and said, "I don't know, but I want to see her now, I have a lot of things to say to her, and I have a lot of questions to ask her." ”

Jiang Yingyue said that the tears were left, and the mountain smoke handed over the handkerchief. Jiang Yingyue took it and thanked her, after her father passed away, she cried many times at night, and fell asleep crying. Jiang Yingyue has always kept these things in her heart, and she hasn't shed tears for a long time, but now she is still sad when she mentions it a little.

Jiang Yingyue wiped her tears and said, "Time flies so fast!" It seems that yesterday we were still in Changshan, when you lived next door to my house, and since you and your uncle went away, we have seen each other less often. ”

Chu Liang said thoughtfully: "I didn't understand anything at that time, I just heard that something happened to your family, and my father looked for you a few times, but unfortunately there was no news." ”

Jiang Yingyue put her hand on her knee: "So let's say that we have a fate!" Won't we meet again after going around and around? ”

Chu Liang echoed a few times, and looked at the lake in the distance.