I didn't expect that the places Mengjie wanted to go to include Huangye Village.

Huangye Village is located at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain in Beijing.

Here, surrounded by low hedges, stone paths are winding, and alleys are deep, which has a unique charm. There are vegetable gardens, medicine gardens, melon sheds in the village, stone mills, stone mills, arrow fields, ancient mounds, teahouses and wine shops, and there are scenic spots such as "river wall smoke willow", "Xueluomen lane", "bamboo fence thatched shop", "firewood gate evening smoke", etc., which are the atmosphere of a mountain village farmer. Among them, the Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall shows Cao Xueqin's life and the great achievements of "Dream of Red Mansions".

"If it weren't for my daughter's repeated requests," Meng Jie said quietly, "I think I would never have walked into Beijing again in my life, and I would never have set foot in this place called Huangye Village again." ”

"We've been here before!" I whispered.

"I know!" Meng Jie nodded slightly.

We couldn't help but walk to the old house of the flag man that made people feel uneasy.

On the door of this old house, there is a plaque of "Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall" inscribed by Duanmu Yuliang; An old locust plant in front of the door, with crooked branches, confirms the sentence "crooked neck old locust" in Xueqin's posthumous poem; The current house number of this Qiren old house is No. 39, Zhengbaiqi Village, Xiangshan.

"Mom, this place is so deserted!" As soon as Xiao Yinyin walked to the old house, she suddenly stopped holding Mengjie's hand, she tilted her little head and said to her mother, "I don't want to go in to see, I want to play outside!" ”

"Then you can play outside," Meng Jie said to Xiao Yinyin, "Mom and Uncle go in and take a look and come out!" ”

Xiao Yinyin nodded sensibly and played with the fallen leaves alone outside the house.

The fallen leaves are as yellow as a haggard face.

We walked into this old house of the flag man with ups and downs.

In the house, there are a large number of traditional old objects of the flag people, such as the table of the eight immortals, the elevated pit, the wooden reclining cabinet, the old pier box and the ancestral shrine of the god lord, etc., all of which are similar to the depiction of Yihong Courtyard in the 17th episode of "Dream of Red Mansions"; On one of the old walls of the inscription wall, some of the mottled wall skin has fallen off; It also has a large collection of facsimiles, copies, genealogies, title deeds, inscriptions, etc. I walked into the back room with heavy steps, which was the small room of the owner with the title of "Anti-Wind Xuan". I looked at the tile stoves, oil lamps, rope beds and pen inkstones displayed in front of me, and thought about the master's "wine and credit", "porridge for the whole family" and "ten years of hard work" made by the owner of this house more than 200 years ago.

The people of yesteryear are gone.

Anything can pass away, love, dreams, and life.

"When I arrived in Beijing, I was only 23 years old, and because of your 'I still love you', I came to this strange city alone despite the advice of my family and the kind words of relatives and friends. At that time, Beijing was a place where dreams and love flourished for me. Mengjie said quietly.

"When you came, it was also late autumn!" I whispered.

"When I first came," Mengjie still said quietly, "I was blown by the bleak autumn in Beijing!" But as soon as I saw you, my heart felt warm in an instant! But when I arrived at your place, I was dumbfounded! ”

"The bungalow is very basic," I said, smiling, "and the bed, the toilet, the bathhouse, ......."

"Actually, I thought about it at that time," Meng Jie raised her head and looked at me and said, "I am willing to work hard with you, run around together, work hard together, and then save money together to buy a big house and a happy future for two people." At that time, for me, this desperate love was enough to accompany me through many difficulties. ”

"I didn't expect you to resign," I said seriously, "I thought you were on leave!" ”

"I didn't tell you the truth," Meng Jie said softly, "I'm afraid of affecting you!" ”

"It was actually a very happy time!" I say.

"It's very free and very happy!" Mengjie stared at it affectionately and said, "Free and happy days like a fairy!" ”

"At that time, the red leaves were just right in Xiangshan!" I say.

"Red as fire!" Mengjie said in a faint voice, "However, in Beijing at that time, there were more and more things that scared me!" I was afraid to huddle by that small, dirty public sink and wash my clothes by hand, to huddle in that crowded aisle to cook, to walk through several messy alleys to go to the toilet, and I was even afraid to huddle in a small basin of water before going to bed...... Beijing, there are more and more things that scare me. The cruel and unforgiving reality made me think of going home......"

"If I had known at that time that you had resigned and come to Beijing," I said with great certainty, "I would not have let you go!" ”

"And what about her?" Meng Jie smiled slightly, "You came to Beijing for her, and you broke up with me for her!" ”

"I'm sorry!" I say apologetically.

"After that time I went back," Mengjie still said quietly, "I didn't have that very comfortable job of ensuring income during drought and flood. And the huge sense of loss in my heart almost made me marry a man without hesitation, the kind of man who wore a suit with a logo sewn on the cuffs. Beijing has become a wound in my heart that will never be healed! ”