As soon as I arrived at the door, I met Chen Bing, who came back, holding the breakfast he bought for us, panting, his face was blown red by the wind, as if he was running in a hurry. As soon as he saw me, he asked me, "Why did the girl come out?" Is Miss Li okay? ”

I looked back at the pair of desolate white candles in the hallway, and tears fell from my eyes: "Li Xue said that she wanted to accompany Aunt Lian, so let her send her off quietly." ”

Chen Bing sighed, lifted the breakfast in his hand and said, "Then this is early, let's send it to her, right?" ”

I nodded, and said uneasily: "Can you watch here for me for a while, I know that she doesn't want to see anyone now, but I'm afraid she won't be able to bear it, and it's good for someone to watch - just a short while, I'll send Xia Xia over when I go home, and I won't delay you too much......"

Chen Bing smiled and said, "Where is it, anyway, there is nothing to do in the Yamen in the past two days, and it is not our turn to care, my lord, it is not our turn to care, I am idle, it is best to help the girl." But girl, can you go back alone? ”

I nodded and said, "Well, then I'll trouble you, Brother Chen." ”

Chen Bing hugged the morning and watched me silently.

I was thinking about how I could help Li Xue all the way, I hadn't done a white funeral, I didn't know how to start, and blindly withdrawing money would make me look like a philistine - it seems that this matter really needs to be discussed with Xia Xia.

As soon as I got home, the sky was much darker, dark clouds, and the wind gusted, as if it was going to rain again.

Xia Xia had already gotten up, and as soon as she saw me coming in, she greeted me and said, "You came back so early, didn't you get drenched last night?" - Sister Fei, what's wrong? "As soon as she saw that my eyes were red and swollen, she knew I had cried.

At this time, Yan Cuo was also in the corner of the courtyard, as if he had just gotten up to go to the water room to wash, and when he saw me coming, he retreated, still looking like he was avoiding me.

I wasn't in the mood to pay attention to him, so I replied to Xia Xia in a trembling voice: "Aunt Lian...... Let's go. ”

Xia Xia didn't react, helped me to walk into the hall, and said, "Who?" Where have you gone? ”

The fire in the hall was warm, and my tears flowed out: "I met Li Xue this morning, and I followed to see Aunt Lian, Aunt Lian...... No ......."

Xia Xia was stunned and said, "I saw her a few days ago, she's fine, what-"

I remembered the expression on Aunt Lian's face when she left, and I couldn't cry.

Xia Xia bit her lip, digesting the news, her eyes already red.

I think that she has been going to see Aunt Lian on my behalf all these years, and the relationship with Aunt Lian will not be shallow, sometimes after reading Aunt Lian back, she will sigh with me, saying that Aunt Lian is such a good person How can her life be so bitter or something, and then she may be afraid of making me sad when she says it, so she rarely mentions it, but she is still close to Aunt Lian in her heart.

"When I saw her the other day, she took my hand and asked me what was going on, and she told me that her son was back and was very happy - but hasn't her son been dead for years?" Xia Xia said with red eyes.

I wiped my tears and said, "Maybe I miss Lian Xiao too much, I also recognized the big brother who accompanied me back this morning as Lian Xiao, but it's okay to see the person I want to see before I die, and I can go with peace of mind." ”

"Big brother?" Xia Xia looked up at me, with tears on her face and a pitiful look, "Is that the bad brother with a scar on the tail of his eyebrows?" ”

I was stunned, how did she know that Chen Bing sent me back? I haven't even said who it is.

"How do you know?"

Xia Xia said: "A few times when I went to see Aunt Lian, I met the eldest brother, and he said that it was Brother Shangguan who asked him to help the orphans in the town more - it's strange to say, it seems that every time when the eldest brother is there, Aunt Lian will tell me that her son is back - has she always regarded the eldest brother as her own son?" ”

It turned out that Aunt Lian already knew Chen Bing, so how could she mistake Lian Xiao - and Li Xue - they had known each other for a long time?

No wonder Li Xue didn't open the store this morning, Chen Bing would feel strange-

Could it be that Aunt Lian deliberately wanted to entrust Li Xue to others before leaving, so as not to let her waste her youth and widowhood like this?

Xia Xia didn't know these things, and still regretted Aunt Lian's death: "However, it's okay, at least she can reunite with her husband and son Huangquan, she has always complained about herself, saying that she dragged Sister Li down, although I feel very uncomfortable when she leaves, but for Sister Li, it is indeed a relief." ”

I nodded with tears in my eyes, understanding the solemn blessings and pleas when she took the hairpin into her arms, she hoped that Li Xue would be free and that she could have a good home. And Li Xue once promised to live with Lian Xiao for the rest of her life, so after Lian Xiao's death, the hairpin never left her, she not only had to tell others, but also told herself that she was a member of Lian Xiao's family and Lian Xiao's wife.

But it's time to forget all about the past, and if such a thing becomes an obsession, it becomes a curse.

Lian Xiao, I'm sorry, but I hope Li Xue can have a new life. If you have a spirit in the sky, you don't want Li Xue to bind herself all your life.

"Sister Fei, what should Sister Li do now? Let's go help her. ”

"I just want to tell you about this when I came back, I don't know how to help Li Xue, you have a lot of contacts on weekdays, and you are more capable than me, I want you to put aside the things at hand and at home these days, and go and give Li Xue a hand-"

Xia Xia nodded and said, "I will, I know that Sister Fei also wants to help, but I'm afraid that I will make a mess myself, and Sister Li will also feel sorry for you, we all understand." ”

I looked at Xia Xia with emotion, she always understood me so considerately.

I haven't seen it for a day, like a long time apart, this intimate sister who has not existed in my dream is a part of my soul that I can't miss, this embroidery village is also because of her life, how can she not exist?

"Thank you, Xia Xia." I leaned over and hugged her.

Xia Xia patted me on the back and comforted me, "Thank me for what?" These are the things I should do. Sister Fei, you are also tired, although Mrs. will not snub you, but it is not your own bed that is always uncomfortable, you can go back to the house to rest, the stove is prosperous, and you will not be cold-footed. ”

I nodded, but I hugged her and didn't want to let go: "It's so good, my Xia Xia is really by my side, warm." ”

Xia Xia patted me on the back: "Sister Silly Fei, Xia Xia will always be by your side." ”

I wanted to tell her about my dreams this night, but Aunt Lian's story made me tired of thinking about it.

Xia Xia untied my clothes and asked, "This clothes seem to be Yun Niang's, right?" ”

I looked at her strangely: "How do you know?" ”

Xia Xia said: "I saw Yun Niang wear it, I think it is very beautiful, and it looks good when it is draped on Sister Fei." ”

I gave Xia Xia my clothes and said, "My own clothes were wet yesterday, and this one was changed by my wife." I'll go into the room and change this one in a while, and then you can help me spend the night with warm water, and I'll have to return it when the stove is dry. ”

Xia Xia stared at me a few times and said, "No wonder I think Sister Fei is a little different today, and her bun has changed." But she looks good like this, like a rich lady. She smiled, but forcefully, and I felt that she had been holding back her crying and perfunctory me.

This summer, you always have to be tough.

I touched my hair, and I didn't know who combed my hair, and the slight cold wandering between my fingers seemed to be still between my scalp.

"There's a lot of mud on the bottom, and it's hard to clean it." Xia Xia flipped through her clothes and said carefully.

I looked at it and frowned, there were indeed a lot of mud spots on the bottom of my clothes, and they were all dry, not like I had just picked it up when I came back in the morning, and I was very careful to carry it all the way, how could I splash so much? Did I have it before I wore it?

My brain was a mess and I said, "Look at it, how much can you get." I had a bit of a headache, so I went back to my room to rest. ”

Xia Xia touched the squirt and nodded silently.

Not long after entering the room, it was raining heavily outside, although it had reached the hour of brightness, but the sky was getting darker and darker, I sat in the room, dizzy and a little painful, but I couldn't sleep, today I saw Aunt Lian die in front of me, I still feel a little palpitation, the vitality suddenly detached from her, and her face was as white as paper, that kind of white is not any color can be described, very dead and silent, very gloomy, like a delicate flower, suddenly turned into ashes.

After pacing around the bed for a long time, the shadows in the mirror also came and went, I turned my head to look and was startled, but I didn't recognize that it was me in the mirror, and it was getting darker and darker outside, and my vision began to blur a little.

Xia Xia should be preparing to go to Li Xue, and said to Yan Cuo: "I'm going out for a while, Sister Fei is resting in the room, are you there?" ”

Yan cuo's answer: "I'm here." ”

Xia Xia said uneasily: "Don't go out if you have nothing to do, Sister Fei will be afraid of being alone at home." ”

Yan was not annoyed, and was steady as if assuring: "I'm here." ”

This sound fell on my heart, like a huge blanket, making me feel extremely warm and safe.

Xia Xia walked a few steps, but still explained uneasily: "The lights everywhere in the courtyard must be on, it will rain when it is dark, and Sister Fei is afraid of the dark." ”

"Yes."

I was lying on the bed, feeling Yan Cuo sitting outside the hall, and all of a sudden, the smell of ginger slowly crept into my nose, and he was rubbing ginger, as if to tell me silently that he had been on the side.

I was physically and mentally exhausted, and I slept peacefully until Xia Xia knocked on the door and came in.

I leaned back, "Are you back?" ”

Xia Xia sighed, closed the hidden window for me, and wiped the water stains splashed in by the rain on the table.

I looked at her reddened eyes and said, "Don't be sad, like you said, it's also a relief for Aunt Lian." It's raining now, you can go later, Li Xue probably hasn't eased up yet, and I'm a lot more relieved to have someone with her. ”

Xia Xia nodded.

I was afraid that she would be busy and tired of herself, so I said, "On this rainy day, don't be busy, just have lunch." ”

Xia Xia said: "I have already arranged lunch, and the little donkey brother will deliver it in half an hour." I didn't dare to go out, for fear that no one would answer when Sister Fei came back. ”

I wet my eyes and didn't dare to look at Xia Xia's sensible face.

At this time, someone outside rushed in with a shout, flew to hide under the eaves and undressed, and shook the rain on it: "The turtle is obedient, just go down, and the snot is clumped by the cold!" ”

This Han San smiled-

As usual, Han Sanxiao would definitely yell and beg for food when he came back from outside, but today he didn't, so he went into the small hall and moved a big stove out, and there was no sound under the eaves.

I gently pushed the window and opened a small slit, and saw that he was baking his coat on the edge of the stove, and he was lying on a bamboo chair wrapped in a quilt, staring at the raindrops in the courtyard outside the eaves with a calm face, as if he was pondering something—I don't know if I hadn't noticed it or really hadn't, I rarely saw Han Sanxiao's expression. Originally, the scene of watching the rain under the eaves should be very elegant and comfortable, but it was a little funny on him.

Han San didn't laugh or make noise, and I was inexplicably quiet a lot.

Everything was so quiet, only the sound of rain, Han Sanxiao's calm face, and his eyebrows were slightly solemn.

I couldn't help but wonder: what was he thinking? Thinking about things? Or do you want people? Who could it be?

Is that the girl named Hongyan that he dreamed about all night?