The sound of horses' hooves outside the window disturbed his thoughts, and Li Nan pushed open the window and glanced at the next door.

The carriage was parked at the door of the courtyard next door, and looking at the decoration, it looked like it belonged to a rich and noble family. Li Nan snorted softly, but his eyes fell on the young woman who was getting off the carriage with an anxious face.

This young woman is none other than Li Siniang, the proprietress of the Li family's wine shop, who was driven back to Li An's house by Li Mao. Siniang was originally beautiful, although she was dressed in coarse cloth on weekdays, but she couldn't hide her natural beauty, if it weren't for her stubbornly guarding the small wine shop, her temper was a little hot, and the person who proposed her relatives was afraid that she would have already lined up from Suzaku Street to Xuanwu Street.

At this time, because of her anxiety, her originally fair face was dyed with a layer of red, her chest rose and fell violently, and the light on the horse made her look more and more good. Li Nan looked in a daze for a while, and his hand holding the window lattice froze there.

Li Nan also knows about the affairs of the house next door. He and Ang Lee are classmates, and they also studied in the same academy, and in terms of talent and talent, Ang Lee is stronger than him, but he doesn't want to admit it in his heart. Because he couldn't stand Li An's pressure on himself everywhere in the academy, and he was older than Li An, so after he was ordered by his parents to get married, he changed to a small academy, teaching while continuing to study, hoping that in the next year's scientific examination, he could also take the top three exams and glorify his ancestors.

Thinking in his heart, his eyes kept following Li Siniang. Xu was aware of the gaze of others, and Li Siniang also raised her head and looked towards him.

Looking at each other, Li Nan's heartbeat unconsciously increased by two beats, his face was slightly hot, and he nodded to Siniang.

Siniang was worried about Li An in her heart, and she was already a little upset, but the other party was a neighbor, and she was embarrassed not to return the gift, so she also nodded slightly.

Seeing the faint smile on the corner of Siniang's mouth, Li Nan's heart instantly jumped to his throat, and he quickly lowered the window. But as soon as he put it down, he began to regret it in his heart, Li Nan felt that as a neighbor, he had to ask a question with concern to leave a good impression on the beautiful young woman. If we meet again in the future, maybe we can give birth to some beautiful stories.

Here, Li Nan was thinking nonsense, but over there, he heard footsteps in his ears, judging from the priority of the voice, it should be a woman.

Could it be that the young woman next door has come to find herself?

Li Nan thought to himself, and his hand had already opened the door. Outside the door, there stood a little girl about three or four years old, dressed in a red dress, combing two small buns, with two moon-like eyes shining on her round little face, holding a lantern in her hand, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and standing outside the door with a smile.

"Excuse me, are you Li Nan?"

The little girl tilted her head and asked, Li Nan unconsciously glanced next door. The carriage was still parked at the door, but the young woman and the young man were gone. In the originally dark room, the lights were turned on at this time, and there was the voice of a young woman talking and the voice of Ang Lee's father sighing. Through the conversation, Li Nan knew the young woman's name, called Siniang, and also knew that she was here for Li An's affairs.

"Excuse me, are you Li Nan?"

The little girl waited for a long time, but didn't see Li Nan answer, so she raised the lantern a little, grabbed the hem of his clothes with her hand, and gently shook it twice.

"Did you come from the carriage that followed you?" Li Nan asked, half-bending over to make himself look as kind as possible.

The little girl looked at the carriage and nodded.

"Excuse me, are you Li Nan?"

"I'm Li Nan! Is this name also asked you by the aunt next door? ”

Li Nan said, secretly pointing to Li An's house, which was separated by a fence.

The little girl looked at her with wide eyes and did not answer.

"If you don't answer, I know who asked you to come."

"My mother asked me to come!" The little girl raised her head and looked into Li Nan's eyes: "Do you know that my mother asked me to come?" ”

"It turns out that she is your mother!" Li Nan felt a little lost in his heart.

Yes, the young woman just now was indeed dressed as a married woman, and judging by her age, it is not surprising that she has such a big daughter. It's just that somewhere in his heart, he is still gently teasing, so he asked again unwillingly: "What about your father?" ”

The little girl's eyes flickered twice, and then she stretched out her little hand and pointed at Li Nan.

"My name is Li Lu, and my nickname is Lulu, because my mother said that I was born when I was first dewed, so I was given such a name. You have to remember it. ”

Li Nan looked at the little girl's smile and couldn't bear to refuse, so he nodded and said, "I remember, your name is Li Lu, do you live here?" ”

The little girl shook her head: "No, I live with my mother in a far away place from here. But my mother said that if you want us, you can come and see us. Mother said, that place, you know. ”

"I know?" Li Nan searched in his mind, but he couldn't remember where he had seen the young woman.

Originally, he wanted to ask a few more words, but the little girl carried a lantern and waved her hand: "It's not too early, I'm going back." You see, my mother is waiting for me over there. ”

The little girl pointed behind her, and Li Nan looked in the direction she pointed, and there was only a piece of darkness.

Li Nan smiled, he squatted down and touched the little girl's head: "Wrong, your mother is here, not over there!" Okay, go back, lest your mother be in a hurry. ”

The little girl nodded, took the lantern, and turned away.

At this moment, a cough came from another room, followed by a slightly rough voice of an old woman: "Who's outside?" ”

The youngest daughter took the lantern and glanced into the room, and her eyes instantly turned black.

"Oh, it's me!" Li Nan hurriedly said: "Mother, are you awake?" ”

"Nan'er, when has it been, why haven't you rested yet? Although reading is important, this body is even more important, hurry up and sleep, don't let your mother worry about you anymore. ”

"I know my mother, I'll sleep here!" Li Nan whispered as she urged the little girl to hurry home.

The little girl's hand holding the lantern tightened, and a lot of black gas instantly emanated from her face, but unfortunately Li Nan didn't see it clearly in the night. He watched the little girl leave his yard, and then closed the door.

The little girl carried a lantern, and the lantern spun freely in the wind. Turning to the reverse side, there is a blooming red flower. The saffron also has a name, called saffron, and later generations prefer to call it saffron.

According to legend, Zhang Qian's red and blue flowers are planted in the Western Regions, and crocus is one of them. This flower can be used in medicine, can be used in soup, used appropriately, regarded as saving people, not easy to use, it is harmful.

Where the lantern shines, there is a vague red light and shadow, and in this light and shadow there is a woman standing. The woman was slender and beautiful, but her face was white. When she saw the little girl coming, she smiled lovingly, stretched out her hand, and took her.

"Mother, I saw Li Nan." The little girl looked up and said, "He's not as good as you describe it to me." ”

The woman shook her head and smiled slightly, leading the little girl and disappearing into the night.

At night, Li Nan had a dream. In the dream, it was a dilapidated tower, nine stories high. He seemed to be trapped in the building, unable to get out of the building. Just as he was about to go crazy, the little girl appeared. She carried a lantern, stood at an entrance, and pointed upward: "This tower is reversed, up is down, down is up, and the more you go up, the more it sinks down." Any idea where this last floor is? It's the entrance to hell! As long as you get to that door, you can push it with your hand, and you will reach the eighteenth layer of hell. Do you want to visit it, only the last floor remains? ”

Li Nan hurriedly shook his head and said, "I'm not going to hell, I'm going home, I haven't finished reading my book yet." ”

The little girl was already sitting at the window of the tower, her head tilted sideways, her feet dangling back and forth, and the lantern in her hand swaying: "That's a pity, hell is actually fun." Those who lie will have their tongues removed, and those who steal will have their hands cut off. Then tell me, what will happen if you steal someone else's heart and don't cherish it well, and go to hell? ”

"Will you be heart-wrenched?" Li Nan asked tentatively, but in fact, he didn't want to discuss this topic at all. But the little girl's innocent expression made him unable to ignore it, so he had to guess along the other party's train of thought.

"Dig your heart?" The little girl held her chin, thought about it carefully, then jumped off the windowsill, walked to Li Nan, stood on tiptoe, pointed to the location of his heart, and asked, "Then Li Nan, do you have a heart?" ”

Li Nan woke up suddenly, he looked at the roof in a daze, and a lot of cold sweat was dripping all over his body.

"Nan'er, are you trying to scare your mother to death?" Li Nanniang clutched her chest and took a few steps back: "Are you tired of reading last night?" Why did my mother shout at you many times in a row, but you didn't hear it. ”

"Mother!" Li Nan called lightly, sat up, and the cold sweat on his forehead also flowed down.

"Why do you sweat so much in this cold winter, are you sick?" Li Nanniang touched his forehead: "What did my mother tell you before, no matter how important it is to study, it is not as important as the body." Look at you, did you catch a chill last night? If this is sick, spending money is small, and making my mother feel distressed is the most important thing. ”

"Mother, it's okay, my son just had a nightmare, that's why he broke out in a cold sweat!"

Li Nan wiped his forehead, got up, and stood up.

Li Nanniang quickly took the coat and put it on him, but her eyes fluttered and asked, "What kind of nightmare is it?" Could it be that the slut from Honghua is bothering you? ”

"It's so decent, mother, why did you bring up the saffron again!" Li Nan's face changed.

"Don't care so much, just tell your mother if it was the slut who gave you a nightmare. You tell your mother that if it is really her mourning star, even if she is dead, her mother will have her body dug out and whipped fiercely. This mourning star, when he is alive, he will not stop, he is dead and dead, and he still comes to pester my son, is there really no way to bully my old lady? ”

"Mother! Regardless of the safflower business. Li Nan's face was slightly displeased: "Besides, everyone is dead, why do you say such unpleasant things." No matter how bad it is, she was also your daughter-in-law, and when she was alive, she still honored you! ”

"Honor me? I'm not bad if I'm not angry with your mother. Li Nanniang exhaled from her nostrils: "When you wanted to marry her, I didn't approve of it, but you have a bad temperament, and you can only obey your son as a mother." What is the result, it's not for my mother, it's a complete mourning star. Fortunately, she died first, otherwise, it would be you and me who are buried in the loess in the suburbs right now. ”

"Mother!"

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about her, it's ruining the good mood of our mother." Li Nanniang said, pointing to the next door: "Do you know what happened to the house next door last night?" ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)