Willow Branch's eyes were swollen with tears, and she leaned into his arms, tilting her head sideways, looking at the bejeweled layer on the table. It was when he woke up in the morning, when the two of them were laughing at each other, he suddenly remembered something, and saw a loud bang pouring out a hairpin on the table, half of gold and jade, carved with tired silk, inlaid with beads and inlaid treasures.

"I missed you and Lu, don't be angry with me. Sprig, which one do you want to insert? "Exactly fifteen. Each one is so beautiful, delicate, and precious, and it is a piece of jewelry that a small town girl cannot hope for.

Willow Branch's slender fingers flickered, and the gold and jade collided with each other with a crisp and pleasant sound, and she picked up the most inconspicuous one and handed it to him, black as if it were wood. Li Chun kissed her: "I made this one myself." You see, that's how the two of us have feelings. ”

Although this hairpin is inconspicuous, it is full of fragrance after playing with it, and it turns out that it is made by Micanan. One of the most exotic of Canaanite incense trees, the aroma has undergone a special evolution to be more persistent and sweeter than ordinary Canaanite incense.

He pinned her hair room, clumsily even her original bun was crooked, and after admiring it, he was very proud, full of tenderness and sweetness: "Do you want to say something next?" ”

"I don't know what to say."

Willow Branch heard him whisper in his ear, "Then I wish my little branch more and more beautiful and a long life." She couldn't help but laugh "poof", it sounded as if she was already seventy or eighty years old, and heard the sentence "We will never be separated again." ”

There was no need to say much, just hugged each other tightly in the morning light. There is also a wisp of bitterness in the tenderness, four years of the sea, the starry sky, waiting, and rumors, disappeared in the early morning when they hugged each other again, they never seemed to be separated, it seemed that every morning he carried a bamboo basket for her, and the two walked through the bluestone street, talking all the way home.

"I'll make you a mille-feuille," Willow Branch took his hand and smiled sweetly, "When my father and mother get up, you will go and beg them." Before, they thought you were gone, but now that they see that you are doing well, they will definitely agree. ”

Perhaps seeing that he was not impressed, the willow branch smacked him hard, and now that he was getting taller, she was only up to his chin. He bowed his head and kissed her, "I will beg them well, and I will kneel down and beg them." ”

But none of this worked. It's useless for him to be good to himself, it's useless for him to become rich, and his father and mother just don't like him.

Liu Zhi looked at the table of hairpins that had not been cleaned up in the morning, jeweled, and listened to him say let's go with me. Do you really want to elope? elopement, a charming and romantic word when she first read the book, but now she knows how decisive and ashamed this word means in reality.

"Xiaozhi, between me and your father and mother, you won't choose me" Li Chun saw that she didn't speak for a long time, touched her smooth hair, and asked tentatively.

Why do you have to choose? Liu Zhi had a splitting headache, her eyes were glazed, and she took a breath: "Brother Xiaochun, my father and mother don't agree and I have been waiting for you for four years." ”

He was silent, then said softly, "I'm sorry. I'm so scared, twig, you're the reason I'm alive. ”

Willow Branch closed her eyes in his arms, wasn't she? "Brother Xiaochun, you don't know, I made a decision in my heart yesterday that I wouldn't wait for you anymore after sleeping this night, but you actually came back."

Dad said that he wanted her to die, everyone was good when she died, and she wouldn't be embarrassed herself. How uncomfortable she was to hear this, a sixteen-year-old girl, who only recognized that she had not done anything that heaven and earth would not tolerate. was forced to do this, all her courage was used up, and no matter how strong her heart was, she was crushed into slag. If she hadn't heard the sound of "Xiaozhi, I'm back", she was going to look for him in the Qingshui River, it was the Qingshui River who was rescued by him at the beginning, and now she will be relieved to go to the Qingshui River to return this life to him.

Li Chun didn't want her to continue to be sad, and kissed the top of her head, she hadn't wiped her hair oil for a long time, only the unique body smell of girls: "Xiaozhi, can you sleep first?" Don't cry, don't worry, everything will work out. Now that I'm back, I shouldn't worry you. ”

Li Chun picked her up and put her on the bed, covered her with the quilt, touched her forehead, confirmed that she did not have a fever, and then held her hand and sat at the head of the bed to guard her.

Willow Branch struggled to open her eyelids to look at him at first, but she really couldn't support it in the morning, and he was close at hand, and his breath could be smelled, which reassured her. He said so confidently, yes, he's back, and he shouldn't worry about anything.

Liu Zhi slept for more than two hours, and woke up at dusk, filled the room with a gentle glow. Looking at her wistful eyes blinking, Li Chun smiled and pinched her cheeks: "Eat, you've been hungry all day." ”

"My father—"

"Your father is fine, Dr. Liu came again in the afternoon, and your father took the medicine; Your mother has also calmed down, there is Mama Li outside, she asked someone to help, and she is very busy. By the way, I didn't show up, no one saw me, and there would be no gossip. As he spoke, he laid out the food in the food box and asked her, "Do you want to sit at the table or eat in bed?" ”

Willow sat up and looked at him in a daze, he used to take care of him by himself, but now he felt that he could really leave everything to him completely. He's so tall, he's so powerful, and the key is that he's still as focused on himself as he used to.

"I'm not sick, where can I eat on my bed?" Her face flushed slightly, and she whispered, "Brother Xiaochun, don't look back, I'll get dressed." ”

Willow Branch glanced at him secretly but saw that he seemed to be stunned at the table, listening to the sound of rustling behind him. Willow quickly dressed, got down to the ground and walked to the table, and saw the red tide under his dark skin.

A bowl of yam stewed mutton is rotten, a bowl of scallion oil chicken is one of her favorite dishes when she was a child, a steamed sea bass and a plate of tender and green cabbage.

Li Chun had already filled a bowl of mutton soup for her, and he said a little uncomfortably: "Xiaozhi, do you want to drink the soup first?" It is customary to drink soup before eating. ”

Liu Zhi took it and drank it slowly, the hot soup went down to warm his stomach, and the whole person felt a lot more comfortable. Seeing that his eyes were staring at him, when she finished drinking, he quickly took the bowl and went to add food to her, for fear that she would do something. "Brother Xiaochun, you can eat by yourself." Willow Branch couldn't help but say.

Li Chun responded. The two of them ate together at the same table, only felt that this opportunity was like a gift from God, and they both felt very lucky to each other, the world was cold and hard, and they were displaced, and there were still people who did this to themselves, and some people allowed themselves to treat her like this.

Liu Zhi was worried during this time, and his appetite was not good, so he drank a bowl of soup, took a chopstick fish, and ate a few pieces of green vegetables, and his stomach was full. Li Chun didn't force her, only said, "If you are hungry at night, ask Mother Li to cook porridge for you." ”

Seeing him pack up his things, Willow Branch was a little startled: "Are you leaving?" ”

"Your father knows that I will not be well when I am sick in your house. Let him recuperate first, and I will go back to the state capital to do some things. He couldn't bear to see her frightened face, and gently grabbed her and patted her shoulder, "Don't worry. I'll take care of our business, you take care of your body these days, and you're too thin, and you don't have any flesh on your face. ”

Liu Zhi was reluctant, they didn't meet again after four years, and they hadn't seen enough of each other. She didn't keep him in her mouth, but her fingers kept hooking his cuffs, and she lowered her head with tears. Li Chun saw that she was still clinging to herself like a little girl, and her heart was so soft that she was out of order, and she was willing to leave her.

The two of them snuggled up to each other and talked for a while, talking about trivial things, such as what you eat and drink outside, whether it really doesn't snow over there, and some strange fruits. Bit by bit, it doesn't make sense, but it only feels warm.