The willow branch stood by the river with an umbrella, and the rain continued after the beginning of spring, and a thin layer of cold air shrouded the river surface, and the air full of moisture was heavy. She asked Feng Jiaojiao, held back her fear and shame and asked many people, and even stopped the drunken Li Da, but everyone said that they had not seen Li Chun in Huashi County this winter.

There are all kinds of things to say, and some say that he will run away naturally when he grows up, and he will be better off wherever he goes than following Li; Some people also said that he fell into the river and died, and it was said that a floating corpse floated in the Qingshui River somewhere. Hearing the willow branches, I had a nightmare when I got home.

After a few days, Ma Pozi came over, and the two families exchanged Geng posts, made an appointment with the Dragon Boat Festival, and waited until the willow branches and the flute passed the door. Liu Wang generously promised Yang Dongyun that all his future restraints and expenses would come from himself. The son's tuition fee has been settled, and Yang Lushi doesn't care when his daughter-in-law comes over, so the little woman had better not get married, and happily agreed.

Perhaps also considering the character of his eldest daughter, Liu Wang and his wife both chose the idea of "raw rice to cook mature rice", neither telling their eldest daughter, nor did they put anything at home. Liu Zhi was indifferent to these things, she was still outside to inquire about Li Chun's news, but she still found nothing, she entered the kitchen door in a cold air, and put the umbrella against the wall to drain it.

"Zhi'er, it's raining every day, what are you doing when your little daughter's family goes out? If you want to buy vegetables, call Li's mother, and ask your father to take it from the shop if you want needlework or something. Li beat her eldest daughter a little tiredly, she felt that she was wasting her tongue, this child was a stubborn stone.

But even if she is a day worker, she has to work hard, what if she suddenly opens up? After all, the daughter has already taken the name of marriage, and if she makes something, she will no longer be an excuse to "still be a child" and laugh it off.

"Do you know Zhu Niangzi?" After watching his daughter wipe her hair and drink a bowl of ginger soup, Li started talking idly.

Liu Zhi thought for a while: "Is it Zhu Niangzi, who has been an embroiderer in the weaving mansion?" Of course I know, the flowers she tied are beautiful, vivid, and I don't know how she matches the color, which is always better than others. ”

"My mother invited her to come to teach your sisters how to needle in a few days." The wicker on the side heard a cheer. Zhu Niangzi is worth a lot of money, and only a few big families in Huashi County can afford her embroidery work, so I really don't know how much to worship when I invite her to do teaching, which shows that my father and mother are really loving to my sister.

"Zhi'er, you are thirteen years old this year, and you are going to talk about your in-laws at this age. You only know that if you go around the stove and make smoke and fire all day long, how will your husband respect you in the future? Follow Zhu Niangzi to learn two bright jobs, let her help you make a wedding dress together, and your mother-in-law will praise you on the day of marriage. "Li Xiaozhi is affectionate, moving with affection, every word is for his daughter, and it is enough to show a heart of love for his daughter.

Hearing that her mother said that she was getting married or something, Wicker felt so shy, she couldn't help but cover her face with her little fat hand and secretly look at her sister through her fingers. Liu Zhi's face was pale: "Mother, didn't you set something behind my back?" ”

"Mother is for your own good—"

"Don't!" Willow Branch's reaction was amazing, "Don't --- me, I'm ----" Her lips trembled a few times, but she couldn't say it, she just turned around and ran.

Only the innocent child of Wicker said the fact that everyone didn't want to look at directly: "Mother, I think my sister only has Brother Xiaochun in her heart." Why can't my sister marry Brother Koharu? ”

Li Shi let out a long sigh and wiped away his tears: "Little girl, you remember that no matter what your father and mother do, it is always good for you." ”

In the spring rain, the noise is wrapped in a layer of mist, as far as near as unreal, the neighbors are wearing umbrellas and robes, watching the excitement and comforting. Liu Zhi stood at the door of his house, watching the door of Fang'er's house next door open, Fang'er was lying on a door panel, covered with a sheet, a handful of hair and a miserable white hand on the ground, I couldn't figure out whether it was the water or the rain on her body, and it kept seeping.

Fang'er's mother, who is usually so clean and tidy, rolls and cries all over the ground, tearing her hair. The wicker was carried in, and Li trembled his lips and told Mother Li to hurry up and call the willow branch into the door. Mother Li turned around but didn't see the willow branches.

Willow Branch looked blankly at the rain in front of him. Fang'er fell into the river and disappeared, Fang'er also bought a pack of cookies in her shop yesterday, and talked to herself, and taught her after learning needlework from Zhu Niangzi---- how lucky she was, that time there was Brother Xiaochun - Liu Zhi screamed, he didn't care about himself, where did he go, Qing Shuijiang looked at it and looked at it rising, if he was like Fang'er-

"Twig" his voice, Willow Twig looked at the hand holding his arm, and looked up to see his eyebrows through tears.

"What's wrong with you, Twig? Standing here without an umbrella—" Before he could finish his sentence, she cried and hugged him.

Li Chun's eyes widened and he looked at the little girl wearing a white dandelion pattern gown on a blue background and a green embroidered bib tied around her thin waist. Her braids were a little loose, her hair was wet from the drizzle and clinging to her scalp, and she cried so sadly: "Where the hell have you been, don't you want me anymore?" ”

The two of them hid in the corner of the back wing room of the Jiangshen Temple, the feet of the willow branches were completely wet, Li Chun took off her wet shoes and socks, and pulled a curtain to wipe her white and delicate little feet. Liu Zhi opened the small box he had given, and inside was a comb painted with vermilion lacquer and gold, and the peony flower pattern was very exquisite. Her tears fell and fell on the base of the silk, which did not absorb water and rolled into transparent beads one by one.

"What are you crying about, don't you like it? I'll buy you a better one later. He was a little upset. He couldn't afford to buy silver and gold bracelets, in fact, even this comb turned out to be a set of three sizes, and all the money he scraped together could only afford the smallest one.

She was so annoyed that she pushed him: "You haven't seen anyone for so long for this?" You, do you know how anxious I am, I dreamed that you were dead Woo~~~"

"Okay, don't cry, I'm not okay," he comforted. Willow Branch was even more angry, he looked so good, worse than any time she had seen before, it was like a fight with a pack of wild dogs. The hair has grown much longer than before after a winter, but it is a mess, like a mess of grass. He was already in rags, but now he was almost indistinguishable from a beggar, his hands were red and swollen, all of them were small cracks, and he didn't even have straw sandals on his feet, and he was barefoot, and his whole body was in shambles.

"Why are you like this, I don't want any broken comb, why did you buy this comb and make yourself like this~~~" She only felt that he was too hateful, and pounced on him, beat him, and bit him several times before she felt angry. didn't notice that his body was trembling slightly, he secretly pushed his fingers back to the ground, and only coaxed her: "Don't be angry, it's me who is not good, don't cry." ”

Whether it was still raining outside the temple, whether the lights had been lit, whether someone was summoning relatives who had not returned home in the drizzle, the two of them didn't care, they just snuggled together, and only felt that they wanted to get close and closer.

"Have you been in the state capital in the winter?"

"Well, I found something to do. I don't want to fish anymore, and the money from fishing is also for my uncle's drink. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Xiaozhi, I'm going to Nanquan." ”

Liu Zhi was sad and panicked: "You promised to take me with you in a few years." ”

"But in the past few years, it is better for me to come back as a dowry when I make money and marry you, just two or three years." He just wanted to endure the hardships alone, and she sat in a sheltered room and waited for him to come back.

He had a tough attitude this time, hugged her tightly as if he was going to crush it in his arms: "Your father looks down on me, everyone thinks that the eldest girl is wrong to marry me, I want to pile up the gold and show them." ”

Liu Zhi only felt that his heart was broken, and he whimpered: "But--- but what if you come back and they marry me to someone else?" What's the use of you piling up mountains of gold! ”