Chapter 53
My yard has good lighting, ventilation, sitting south and facing north, Mrs. Mu said that this is excellent, warm in winter and cool in summer, I listen to my heart is very strong, the New Year is coming soon, I want to make myself get better quickly, and I will walk around the yard after eating.
Not only in the courtyard, but also around the courtyard, I have been walking around, and since I moved into this house, I have not been able to enjoy the scenery here. Occasionally, when I walked a little farther, I met a servant girl, a soldier or something, smiled at each other, said hello, and continued to wander.
It's strange to say, these days I always see seventeen and nineteen young people muttering together with nothing to do, sometimes laughing, sometimes talking about something, nodding and patting each other's shoulders, like good brothers. Didn't these two people look at each other unpleasantly, why did they come together for a while, they were suspicious, and continued to move forward.
It is said that this white mansion is really big, go straight out from this courtyard, it is a long corridor, turn left and right, and then pass through a Lang Ting, walk through a long corridor, go east about two hundred steps away, you can see a wooden Buddha carved shadow pavilion, the golden top stone wall, painted with a variety of bird patterns, colorful.
There was laughter and talking in the yard. The maidservant Chun'er opened the door for me, and when she saw me, she was stunned at first, then laughed and said, "Mr. Su is here."
Chun'er welcomed me into the house, and I asked, "Sounds so lively, is it convenient for me to come if there are guests in the house?" ”
Chun'er said, "It's all your own people, Mr. just go in, and the nineteen young ones are inside."
I smiled at Chun'er, half a year ago, thanks to Chun'er's help, I was convinced that the murderer who killed my Ju'er was Zhao Yinlan.
Bai Yanleng looked much better than a few days ago, Bai Xiaoqiu was also there, the two were playing chess, what I didn't expect was that Rourou was also there.
The two men were playing chess, and I watched with Rourou, who looked at Bai Yan from time to time, and occasionally touched Bai Yan Leng with her elbow, prompting him to go this way or that.
Bai Xiaoqiu's chess skills are much better than mine, and he taught me chess and cards. A long time ago, at that time, I didn't know how to play chess at all, but Bai Xiaoqiu taught me little by little.
Chun'er made another pot of tea, and put red dates in my teacup, which was very intimate. I smiled at her and saw that she was looking at Rourou with her eyes peeled and looked like she was very angry. I will smile in my heart, she has taken care of Bai Yanleng for many years, presumably this master and servant affection is not less.
After a while, Bai Yan got up coldly and said, "Feifei, why don't you go with my brother for a few plates, I'll sit for too long and slow down."
Such a scene has not appeared for a long time, I vaguely remember, one day in the evening, I sat on one side, Bai Xiaoqiu sat opposite me, we each held a son, arguing, obviously I don't know how to play chess, but I just played tricks, he let go again and again, in the end I still lose, I was angry, lifted the chessboard, cried on the side, he took me into his arms and joked, "If I Bai Xiaoqiu wins Fan Fan again, I will have no dinner from now on."
That night, he had a fragrant meal, which I made myself. How can I be willing to bear to starve him.
In order to win him once, I did everything I could, and I was unprepared to steal his pawns so that he had no way out, and I won.
At that time, he took my hand and said, "I am willing to accept the loss of the bet, and I will cook dinner tonight."
Even though it was really hard to eat, I still ate it very sweetly. Through my continuous efforts, my chess and card skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
At this time, I was still sitting face to face with him, I was used to holding white characters, he was used to holding black characters, we coincided, there was no disagreement.
It was still me who took three steps first, he took one step, continued to walk, and finally wrapped the circle, and I won. He looked at me fixedly, and I looked at him, and we looked at each other, and finally fell into each other's eyes together.
He smiled and said, "Mr. Su's chess skills are very interesting, the way of moving is weird, master, I don't know who taught him."
I was shocked in my heart, in order not to let him see the end, I said, "It was a narrow victory just now, of course the chess skills of the twelve young people are impeccable, but just now when I was playing chess, I shook my head, let me take advantage of the loophole, this is a lucky win, I am really not a master."
After walking a few more plates, seeing Rourou sitting aside with nothing to do, Bai Yanleng took the book and looked at it alone, and I said to Rourou, "You come and walk a few plates."
got up and shouted Bai Yan coldly, "Nineteen Shao, come and play chess."
Seeing this, Bai Xiaoqiu was very interested and got up and drove away.
When we came to the yard together, I looked up at the birds under the beams, and Bai Xiaoqiu stood beside me and asked me softly, "Are you feeling better?" ”
I nodded and said, "Much better, thank you for your concern."
He asked me again, "Are you still used to living in the new house, and if you lack anything, just tell me."
I still said lukewarmly, "Mrs. Mu is all taken care of, I don't lack anything here, you can rest assured, I will take care of myself, you don't have to worry about me anymore, just live your own life is the most appropriate."
Bai Xiaoqiu didn't speak, but also looked at the bird, picked up a handful of broken particles from the side and threw them into the cage, and there were still a few left in his hand, and he came to the bird's mouth to feed it.
I smiled in my heart, isn't he born with bad skin, since Chu Lianwei came, not only planting flowers in the yard, but now he also dares to feed the birds directly, it seems that Chu Lianwei really has a way.
He fed the birds, and I looked at Bai Yan who was playing chess in the house, and we didn't talk anymore.
After a while, Bai Xiaoqiu turned his head to look at me and asked, "New Year, how are you going to spend it."
I smiled and said, "It's nothing better, it's the same every year, a person gets used to it, anything goes."
He said, "Otherwise, I'll take you to the wilderness."
Is he taking pity on me, take me to the wilderness, what should Chu Lianwei do, what should Jun'er do, just the two of us, what is this, cheating? At that time, Chu Lianwei will not have to dismantle me, I don't want to make a big noise and miasma during the New Year. smiled and said to him, "No, this is the first time that the young lady has celebrated the New Year in Baifu this year, and Jun'er, how can you leave their mother and son alone."
Look at how empathetic I am.
Bai Xiaoqiu wanted to say something more, opened her mouth, but was blocked by my sentence "Let's go in".
I don't know what Rourou and Bai Yanleng said together, they seem to be very happy, Bai Yanleng also showed a rare smile, standing at the door, feeling that it is better not to disturb this warmth and peace.
Bai Xiaoqiu seemed to see my concerns, and said to me, "Otherwise, let's go outside."
I looked at him and nodded.
On a winter afternoon, people are nested in their houses to keep warm, and there are hardly any people walking around in the corridors of Baifu. Bai Xiaoqiu and I crossed the arched bridge and walked on the long corridor, in front of a Lang Pavilion, Bai Xiaoqiu asked me, "Are you tired, or sit down and rest for a while."
As soon as I sat down, a gust of wind blew over, blew off the cloak on my body, bent down to pick it up, and his hand touched Bai Xiaoqiu's wrist, he took the first step, picked it up and put it on me again, and asked me, "Why are your hands so cold, is your body not well?" As he spoke, he took off his cloak and put it on me, I didn't want him to give it, I couldn't resist him.
He asked me "what are my plans for the future".
I turned my head to look at him, and I looked at his expression carefully, what he was saying and doing. I said lightly, "Continue to be my teacher, and the Holy God canonized me with the title of Huide Bachelor, now I have no free body, and I can't go anywhere."
Bai Xiaoqiu looked at the gray in front of the pavilion and said, "I'm not talking about that, the nineteenth brother is well-behaved and smart, can you consider him."
Suddenly I felt very angry, when was it his turn to arrange for me, did he feel sorry for me, did he feel guilty about me, it seems that he really let go of me, no wonder, he has never loved and how to let go. I'm a human being and not an object, being pointed at and around, as if everyone in Baifu is worried about my life's affairs, am I really so bad that no one wants it.
I said solemnly, "I have my own arrangements, so don't bother with you." Without waiting for him to reply, he got up and left.
Fourteen young man stood in the courtyard, even though the sky was a little dark, but his unbending and straight standing posture was recognizable to me at a glance.
He looked at me, stood motionless in the courtyard, and asked "Where have you been" before I could speak, his face was softer than before, not as cold as before, but it made me a little uncomfortable.
I smiled at him and said, "Just came from the mansion of the nineteenth young man."
He looked at me, as if he had something to say to me but didn't say it, and I couldn't help but ask, "Is there something wrong with the fourteenth young man coming to me?" ”
He took two steps closer to me and said in a commanding tone, "Hold your hand out."
I stood in front of him and looked at him, the light in the room suddenly turned on, and the dim halo shone on the faces of me and Fourteen Shao, as if the two of us were frozen in a landscape under the autumn dusk. I didn't understand what he was going to do to me, and my hands were clenched in my sleeves.
He reached out and pulled my hand out of his sleeve and put a small, sleek, hot thing in my hand. Suddenly, a warm current spread from the palm of his hand.
I tried to give it back to him, but he pushed and held my hand, and I pulled back, but he tightened his grip and held my hand tighter.
I looked at him, and he looked at me, and we confronted each other for a few seconds, and finally I was defeated and lowered my head. Suddenly, he let go of his hand and said to me apologetically, "I was reckless just now, I hope you will forgive me, I will never do this again."
I was a little flustered and said, "Nothing." In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, I quickly changed the subject, and looking at the hot little thing in my hand, I asked him, "What is this, why is it so hot".
He smiled faintly and said, "This is a pebble, put it on the fire to roast, bake it hot, cover your hands, the thing is not big, it is not in the way to hold, it is very convenient, and it is heat-resistant, it can be heated for a long time."
I held up this small round stone in front of me to look at it, and saw the faint lines, I didn't expect the stone to be so useful, it was really fresh and interesting.
I wanted to invite the fourteenth young man into the house for a cup of tea, but he looked at the sky and said, "It's not early, let's drink it another day when I'm free."
I always remember that Fourteen Shao said that he would come back another day, and every time I held a pebble in my hand, I would think of him, but since the last time we met, it has been more than a month, and I haven't seen him come to me for tea.
There are still seventeen young people, what is he doing these days, his eyes rolled, he didn't come to me, I can go to him.