CHAPTER XV
Mama Li is very sick, counting, she has served the old general since she was a child, and later became Bai Xiaoqiu's nurse. took care of him to grow up, worked hard, and dedicated his life's work and sweat to Baifu.
Although he climbed up step by step from the servant girl, he was also a person who was highly valued by the old general.
The rest of the grandmothers and subordinates in the White Mansion all respected Mama Li very much, and even Mrs. Mu had to give three points to her.
Chu Lianwei was busy taking care of her precious son, as well as Huahua, and she didn't have time to come over.
In fact, it's better if she doesn't come, and she can't help much.
I don't want to fight with Mama Li in front of her sickbed and make a lot of trouble.
Mama Li was lying on the bed, her eyes closed, her breathing was even and weak, and her mouth was already dry and cracked.
She couldn't drink water anymore, so I took a small soup spoon and slowly fed it along the corner of my mouth, and whispered in Mama Li's ear while feeding, "Mama Li, drink some water."
Mama Li's eyelids moved, revealing a little gap, the corners of her mouth moved, and then they were all closed again.
Mrs. Mu ordered someone to bring bird's nest soup, and when she entered the door, she asked me, "How is it, is Mama Li better?"
I shook my head, "Mama Li can't even drink water now."
Mrs. Mu sighed, walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed, touched Mama Li's hand, and said "Mama Li, you have to get better quickly, we are all looking forward to giving you a birthday." After finishing speaking, he chatted with me a few more words, told me not to get tired, and then got up and let Mama Xiao go back.
Bai Qingrui also came to visit Mama Li early in the morning, and she and I crossed the threshold at almost the same time.
Bai Qingrui, the fourth daughter born to the general and Mrs. Mu, was sent to her grandfather's house not long after she was born, and did not return until June 6, and has remained in the mansion since then.
Mrs. Mu said that when her daughter is older, it is time to come back.
Visually, I was about the same as Bai Qingrui, but when I asked later, we were born in the same year, and I was half a year older than her.
With the same age, it was very easy to talk, but later it had reached the point where there was nothing to talk about, and they became good sisters.
What really brought our relationship one step further was the hairpin on our heads.
It was the evening of June 6, and when the banquet was about to start, Bai Qingrui came back from her grandfather's house, and as soon as she got off the sedan chair, she saw Daddy, Auntie and I standing at the gate to greet her.
First, I threw myself into her mother's arms and sprinkled Jiaojiao for a while, and suddenly found me standing aside, and I saw the hairpin on my head, and I also saw her hairpin.
The two are exactly the same, and in the dark, they have left a deep and shallow impression in each other's hearts.
Bai Qingrui felt very new about everything in the house, we talked for a long time, and then Mrs. Mu came with her maidservant to call her back.
When it was almost noon, Bai Xiaoqiu came, with a pot of wine in her hand, glanced at me, walked straight to Mama Li's side, and sat down along the edge of the bed.
looked at Mama Li, touched her face with her hand, and touched her shriveled hand again. Seeing the decoction on the side, he put a spoonful and fed it to Mama Li's mouth.
The decoction flowed out of the corners of Mama Li's mouth, and I quickly took out a silk handkerchief from my arms to wipe it, and he shook it off.
He didn't let me wipe it, he wanted to wipe it himself, and he didn't let anyone touch Mama Li.
If I usually quarrel with him, but at this time, I only have endless sadness in my heart, and I look at him, my eyes are full of despair and sadness.
Mama Li brought him up single-handedly, and for him, he was the same existence as A-Niang, and he had never even seen his own dear A-Niang.
I think I can still relate to his pain, his injuries.
Only when a person loves you to the bone can he really feel the other person's state of mind.
I don't know Chu Lianwei, can she?
Or maybe I'm doing it too much.
After a while, Bai Xiaoqiu took a stool, sat in the corner by the window, poured a glass of wine, and drank it in one gulp. Then another cup came and another sip went down.
He drank cup after cup without saying a word to me.
It's like there's no one in the house.
I wanted to get up and stop him, but I knew it was useless, if a drunken session could alleviate the pain in his heart, why not let him get drunk more thoroughly.
I dropped a few drops of water on the corner of Mama Li's mouth every once in a while, watching the droplets slowly penetrate into her mouth, as long as I drank a little water, Mama Li's face looked soothed, and the whole person was more energetic. So I just kept dripping water from the corners of her mouth.
Bai Yanleng also came when it was almost dark, and I was napping beside Mama Li's bed at that time.
is worthy of being two brothers, and they can think of a good relationship together, and they are also worried about a pot of wine.
As soon as he came, he drank with Bai Xiaoqiu, and the sound of the two clinking glasses woke me up.
I shouted "Nineteen Less".
He smiled at me, put his finger on my lips and made a shushing gesture at me, I shrunk my neck, glanced at Mama Li lying on the bed again, and gave her a few more drops.
After that, the two of them also got together.
Bai Yan was so cold that a glass of wine was handed to me, I shook my head, and he raised his hand and motioned for me to drink it. So I drank.
I drank too quickly, choked, and coughed violently.
Bai Yan hurriedly patted me on the back, and said in a complaining tone, "Why are you in such a hurry, let you drink it, and don't let you take a sip of it, thinking that you are really a man."
I glanced at Bai Xiaoqiu and saw that he was slightly red, I didn't look at him, he was just looking at me when I looked at him, and I noticed that he was looking at me when I didn't look at him, and my face was hot.
At this time, the three of us were so close to each other that I could feel the thick smell of wine exhaled by Bai Xiaoqiu, who was sitting across from me.
He thought to himself, he had been drinking for too long, and he hadn't eaten anything since noon, and if he continued like this, he would hurt his stomach.
Hurried into the back room and told the stove cook to make some appetizers.
After a while, the maidservant brought the dishes, and I put Bai Xiaoqiu's favorite sweet and sour chicken feet in front of him, and picked up one of them and put it in his bowl.
He glanced into the bowl, and suddenly lowered his eyes, his eyes gloomy, and he turned his head out of the window as if he remembered something, looking at the last rays of sunset in the distant sky.
Bai Yan coldly beckoned me to eat quickly, and I also put a chicken claw into his bowl by the way. He still smiled lightly and said "thank you". The gaze is soft and warm.
Bai Yanleng didn't eat that sweet and sour chicken feet after all, I don't know why.
He ate all the dishes, but the chicken paw I gave him lay at the bottom of his bowl without moving.
Sure enough, I didn't know enough about him, we knew too little about each other.
Although there were two maidservants waiting, Bai Xiaoqiu still asked to stay with Mama Li.
Bai Yanleng sent me to the gate of the courtyard, told me to go to bed early, turned around, and disappeared into the dark corridor.
When Rourou came to me, it happened that Bai Yanleng also came.
Azu was snubbed by Bai Zhanqi because of Zhao Yinlan's matter, and now he only got the hat of the head of the guard, but in fact, he was cut off from the power in charge.
In addition, a new batch of soldiers have also taken up their posts one after another, and Azu has been much more idle, and he just happened to be free today.
Since the last conversation with Rourou in the corridor, I feel that the two of us have a lot in common.
I admired her atmospheric demeanor, she said that she liked my gentle temperament, yin and yang intersected, and we hit it off with softness.
On weekdays, there are only me and Ai'er, and Ai'er often runs to Bai Xiaoqiu's house, so that my house is more and more deserted.
Today, it was rare to get together, and I asked Ai'er to make a pot of tea, and several people sat together and chatted while drinking tea.
Compared with me, Bai Yan Leng had a lot of life with Azu, and after chatting a few words, he went to tease the birds.
Listen to the bird call me to fly. Rourou was very happy, and hurriedly ran over to amuse the bird, and taught the bird to call Rourou, but the bird just didn't shout, no matter how she taught, she didn't shout.
Just a vigorous call, Feifei, Feifei.
Azu saw that Rourou was gone, so he followed.
Now I'm the only one sitting in a chair drinking tea, smirking at their backs.
After teasing the birds for a while, the three of them came and sat down again, drank a few more teas, and chatted for a while, but they also felt a little bored.
With a roll of her eyes, she ran into my room, found some pieces of paper, and broke two thin branches from the pomegranate tree.
Bai Yanleng and I, as well as Azu, stared at her, running in and out, busy non-stop.
Find scissors, glue the pieces of paper together with paste, cut them horizontally and vertically sideways, poke a few holes, stuff thin strips of paper into them, and finally find a long rope to tie them.
The iceberg beauty showed a rare smile on his face and said "It's a kite".
Azu and I also cast approving glances at Rourou.
Rourou took my arm and said proudly, "Let's go, fly a kite".
I secretly glanced at Bai Yan Leng behind me, and saw that he was also very happy.
He told me a few days ago that he would take me with him to fly a kite, and he got his wish.
In a clearing in the back mountain, there are many big trees, with lush branches and leaves, and the sun shines on the trees, leaving a halo of light, spots, and squeaks on the trees. Although there is wind, it is actually hot wind, because there are trees, and you can enjoy the shade, which is really pleasant.
Rourou ran in the open space with the kite, ran a few laps and was tired and sweaty, and looked at the kite in her hand or lying on the ground honestly, not wanting to take off at all, Rourou was anxious, ran over and asked me to help him release.
I am a master of kite flying, when I was very young, my father taught me, saying that kite flying should follow the direction of the wind, at first you should run fast and slowly release the line, and then run slowly and quickly release the line when the kite flies, so that the kite can always fly up.
It is a "centipede" kite with a long tail, writhing in the air and fluttering happily in the wind.
The two spectators looked at me, sometimes nodding politely at each other.
I handed the kite to Rourou, and when Azu saw Rourou running, he ran forward with him.
It's been a long time since I've run like this, and I feel the joy and pleasure of every hair on my body.
I sat down with my back against the tree to enjoy the shade, looked up at Bai Yan Leng who was standing next to me, and asked, "Who said that he wanted to take me to fly a kite, and when he came, he didn't play together."
Still smiling lightly, he turned and walked in the other direction, and I didn't hear the words that came clearly.