The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and said to Jian Huaizhen: "Madam, you don't know that this woman is a mute girl, and she can't speak by nature. Not long ago, she was exiled to our town, and our shopkeeper saw that she was very pitiful, so he took her in to play music in the teahouse. I didn't expect to be molested by bad guys today. ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded and asked the shopkeeper, "Do you know where she comes from?" ”

Dian Xiaoer said: "I have heard her compare before, she seems to be the death of her parents, no support, walking alone in the rivers and lakes, being bullied, and finally there is no way to escape to our town, her name is Bai Qingqing." ”

"White light?" Jian Huaizhen only felt a chill in his heart, and he felt an indescribable surprise.

"Could it be that this Bai Qingqing is the same person as Bai Qingqing she knows? Could it be that Bai Qingqing came back from the dead? But looking at the age, this girl is only eighteen or nineteen years old, and the Bai Qingqing she knows is about the same age as herself, how can it be the woman in front of her? ”

"Your name is Bai Qingqing?" Jian Huaizhen held back the grief in his heart and asked.

The woman nodded and gestured, "Bai lightly." ”

She wrote a few words with her fingers in front of Jian Huaizhen.

Indeed, her surname is Bai and her name is gentle. "White" is the white and clear, but the word "light" is not the "clear" of the beautiful water, but the "light" of the light.

Jian Huaizhen gently held her hand and said, "It turns out that your 'gentleness' is these two 'gentleness'. ”

The shopkeeper said next to him: "It's true that she is a woman, she is called Bai Qingqing." ”

Jian Huaizhen was stunned, her eyes stayed on Bai Qingqing's body very lovingly, and she asked her, "Do you live alone?" ”

Bai gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and nodded slightly.

"Where do you live?"

The shopkeeper said: "Woman, she doesn't have a place to live, our shopkeeper takes pity on her, so he takes her in and lives in the firewood room behind our teahouse." Our shopkeeper has a good heart, and it's not that he doesn't want her to live in the wing, but unfortunately our wings are already full of guys, and there is no place to keep him. ”

Hearing this, Jian Huaizhen nodded, took out the ingot, put it in the shopkeeper, and said, "In this way, I thank you for taking care of the shopkeeper." ”

She whispered to the white, "Can you hear me?" ”

Shiro nodded slightly.

Jian Huaizhen laughed, his eyes smiling like crescent moons.

She had never been so happy in so many years, and how unhappy she was to meet a woman who was so much like her sister Bai Qingqing.

"It's always inconvenient for you to live here as a girl, why don't you go back and live with me? I also live alone, and I also have a sister, her name is also Bai Qingqing, which is the 'Qing' of Xiushui Qingqing. But now that she's dead, you can live in her room. ”

Jian Huaizhen's words had been completely understood, and she was so moved that she wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Jian Huaizhen.

Jian Huaizhen hurriedly helped her up, and felt more and more pity for the girl in front of her in her heart.

This Bai Qingqing is so similar to her sister Bai Qingqing, both of them are so cautious, and they are so easy to cry.

Jian Huaizhen said to the shopkeeper: "From now on, Bai Qingqing will not live in your firewood house, and will live in my house with me, thank you for taking care of her during this time." ”

The shopkeeper and the shopkeeper both said: "Woman, why be polite, today is also thanks to the woman who helped us defeat the strongman." ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled, and took Bai Qing's hand back home.

She pointed to Bai Qingqing's house and said softly to the Bai in front of her, "How about you live in this room?" ”

Bai nodded slightly, as if he was very moved.

Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly, she felt that God was very good to her, she lost a sister, and God gave her a sister again, and these two sisters are exactly the same.

She smiled.

I feel that God treats me very well.

Jian Huaizhen gently took Bai back to his small courtyard, and the two of them have lived in the alleys of the south of the Yangtze River since then.

In his spare time, Bai Qingqing would accompany Jian Huaizhen and play a song for her.

Her skills in playing the piano are far inferior to Jian Huaizhen's original sister Bai Qingqing, and there is no way to compare their piano skills.

But what Jian Huaizhen appreciates most is the charm of her playing the piano, every time she sees her, she will think of the days with Bai Qingqing, and Bai Qingqing has accompanied her for twenty or thirty years, and she will sigh in her heart.

Bai Qingqing sometimes went to fetch water with Jian Huaizhen, and the two of them walked on the path of the bluestone slab, and the bluestone slab stretched their shadows for a long time.

Every evening, Jian Huaizhen would go to the "Dust Washing Workshop" with Bai Qingqing to drink tea.

They sat on the green wooden chairs of the "Dust Washing Workshop", looked at the clouds outside the sky, and suddenly fell asleep when they recalled the world.

Jian Huaizhen is very satisfied with the current days, and she hopes that life can be so peaceful forever.

Before I knew it, more than a month had passed since such a leisurely day.

Since Bai Qingqing came, Jian Huaizhen felt that his body and mind were comfortable, and he even slept very deeply.

She has a habit of gently going to the "Dust Washing House" to drink tea with Bai every evening.

On this day, it was evening again, the sunset was back, and the northern geese flew south, she went to Bai Qingqing's room and asked Bai Qingqing to go to the "Dust Washing House" to drink tea together.

Bai Qingqing had just finished playing the piano, and when she saw Jian Huaizhen, she gestured and said, "Sister, I feel a little uncomfortable today, and I don't want to go to Xichenju to drink tea, you can go alone?" ”

Jian Huaizhen looked at her with a sad expression, as if she was seriously ill, and said, "What's wrong with you?" I've also studied medicine, so why don't you let me take your pulse? ”

Jian Huaizhen reached out to touch Bai Qing's forehead as he spoke, and sure enough, he found that Bai Qing's forehead was a little hot.

Bai gently continued to gesticulate, and said to Jian Huaizhen: "Sister, don't worry, my illness is not something I have a disease, this disease is brought about by the fetus since childhood." At the beginning of each month, I will be weak and weak, and I just want to sleep, and after a few days, my condition will be better. ”

Jian Huaizhen had never heard of such a strange disease, but she knew that there was nothing strange in the world, and there was nothing strange about having this kind of disease.

Therefore, she said, "Gently, you can rest alone." In a moment, I'll bring you some refreshments from the Dust House. ”

Bai lightly heard this, and made a gesture and said, "Thank you, sister." ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled, got up and went out.

After so many days of getting along with Bai Qingqing, she can fully understand Bai Qingqing's gestures.

Although Bai Qingqing is a mute girl, her gestures are not as familiar as Jian Huaizhen's sister-in-law Bai Qingqing before, but many of them were taught to her by Jian Huaizhen.

But after getting along, Jian Huaizhen could also understand the meaning of every word she said.

After Jian Huaizhen got out of the small courtyard, she walked forward, walked a few steps, she stretched out her hand and touched her sleeve, only to find that she was in a hurry, and she forgot to bring the money bag, so she turned around and turned back and went to look for the money bag again.

Because she was worried about Bai Qingqing, after she retrieved the money bag, she went to visit Bai Qingqing again, and she was surprised to find that Bai Qingqing was not in the room.

Jian Huaizhen was very worried about Bai Qingqing, afraid that something would happen to her, so she looked for her everywhere, she searched all the rooms, but still did not find Bai Qingqing's shadow.

When she was anxious, she thought of the backyard and walked straight to the backyard.

When she came to the backyard, she found Bai Qingqing standing there alone, dressed in white clothes, like a fairy.

She stood there, her eyes looking at the sky, as if she was thinking about something.

At this moment, the sky was already a little gloomy, and the sky and the earth were gradually swallowed up by twilight.

Jian Huaizhen looked at Bai Qingqing, and wanted to tell her to go back to the room quickly, don't wait for a while to rain and be drenched, but saw Bai Qingqing suddenly take out something from her sleeve.

Jian Huaizhen felt a little strange, so he raised his eyes to see that Bai gently took out not another one, but a carrier pigeon.

The dove was as white as snow, and it was very tame in the hands of man, and it was evident that it had been domesticated.

Jian Huaizhen was taken aback, she didn't know what Bai Qingqing wanted to do, so she didn't squeak.

She tied the piece of paper to the pigeon's leg, and then raised her hands lightly, and the pigeon soon flew into the sky.

Jian Huaizhen involuntarily asked, "Gently, what are you doing?" ”

Bai lightly put the carrier pigeon very attentively, as if she didn't expect that there was someone else behind her, she suddenly heard Jian Huaizhen ask her, she was startled, and subconsciously said: "Sister, I didn't do anything." ”

When Jian Huaizhen heard Bai speak softly, he only felt cold, and his whole body seemed to be placed in an ice cellar, and he was speechless in surprise for a long time.

She pointed at Bai Gently and asked in disbelief, "Gentle, why do you speak?" Aren't you a dumb girl? ”

Bai Qingqing's face became very frightened, she looked at Jian Huaizhen with some surprise, and her face was aggrieved for a while, and frightened for a while.

It took half a day to shed aggrieved tears and not say a word.

Jian Huaizhen originally felt very sad, her eyes were blood-red, and there was an indescribable feeling of being torn.

She didn't expect that Bai Qingqing, who she regarded as her sister, would actually deceive herself.

The most unacceptable thing for her may not be this, it is that her former sister Bai Qingqing is a mute girl, she originally thought that her adopted sister Bai Qingqing was also a mute girl, but she didn't expect her to be not, she was pretending to be a dumb girl.

Jian Huaizhen only felt that all the complexes and dreams in her heart had been shattered, so there was a faint surge of anger in her eyebrows.

Bai cried softly, but refused to say a word for a long time, no matter how Jian Huaizhen asked.

Seeing this, Jian Huaizhen didn't want to force her, so he sighed and said, "When you want to say it, just tell me when you want." ”

After speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Before Jian Huaizhen walked out of the door, Bai Qing suddenly grabbed in front of her, knelt down with a plop, and cried and said, "Sister, you drive me away, it's me who is not good, I deceived you." ”

Jian Huaizhen saw that she was pitiful, and there was a rare shadow of her deceased sister Bai Qingqing in her bright eyes.

Feeling soft in his heart, he helped her up, helped her sit down, and then asked, "What the hell is going on?" Why do you pretend to be a dumb girl even though you're not a dumb girl? What is the purpose of your coming to me? ”

"Sister, I didn't expect to meet you at all, I don't have any purpose, I walked the rivers and lakes alone and suffered grievances, I had no choice but to wander to this town, thanks to the kindness of the shopkeeper to take me in the dust washing workshop to sing and make a living. Because I was born more beautiful than ordinary people, people often treated me with fuss, so I pretended to be a dumb girl and couldn't speak. In this way, those who originally had thoughts on me will dismiss a thought. That's why I'm doing that. When my sister met me, I was a mute girl, and if I told my sister that I was an ordinary person, I was afraid that my sister would not forgive me, so-"

Speaking of this, her tears flowed down again, crying like a pear blossom spring with rain.

Jian Huaizhen still didn't dispel the doubts in her heart, and continued to ask her: "Since that's the case, why do you still refuse to tell me that you are not a dumb girl after we have lived for more than a month?" ”

"My sister doesn't know, it's not that I don't want to tell my sister, I'm afraid that after telling my sister, you will think I'm cheating on you, so I'll drive me away. I have been wandering on the rivers and lakes for so long, and I have already suffered all kinds of hardships, and it is rare to live such a peaceful and good life now. I cherish it very much, and I can't bear it, so—"

Jian Huaizhen heard Bai lightly say this, and immediately understood very much.

It turned out that Bai Qingqing had suffered a lot before, and he was wary of everyone.

Although Jian Huaizhen helped her and saved her, she did it because she was afraid that Jian Huaizhen would dislike her and think that she had deceived herself to drive away.

Jian Huaizhen thought about it, and couldn't bear it in his heart, so he helped her hair and said with a smile: "Silly sister, how could I drive you away because of this incident?" It's just that since we're sisters, you shouldn't have anything to hide from me, right? ”

Bai lightly heard Jian Huaizhen say this, she nodded with infinite pity, and said, "What my sister taught me is that I will never do this again in the future." ”

Her voice was crisp and beautiful, like a heavenly sound.

Jian Huaizhen said with a smile: "Isn't it a pity that your voice is so good, and you have to hide it?" ”

Bai smiled a little shyly, but her eyes were still full of tears.

Jian Huaizhen suddenly remembered that Fang Caibai gently released the carrier pigeon, so he asked again: "I saw you releasing the carrier pigeon in the backyard alone, what is going on?" ”

Bai gently lowered his head and thought for a while before he said slowly: "If my sister asked me, then I won't hide it from my sister." In fact, in this world, I have another relative, and that relative is my sister, and I just released the carrier pigeon to tell her the news of me. ”

"Your sister? Why haven't I ever heard you mention it? ”

Jian Huaizhen frowned, she felt that the white light in front of her was getting more and more simple, and she didn't know how many secrets she was hiding from herself.

Bai said softly: "My sister and I have been dependent on each other since childhood, and although the two of us are half-siblings, we love each other. Our family used to be a big family, but in a fire, the whole family was burned to death, leaving only me and my sister, who was three years younger than me. Later, my sister and I made our home together, wandering around the world and being bullied. My sister was very poor, I couldn't support her at all, there happened to be an old family with no children and no daughters, their life was very rich, they saw my sister and liked it very much, so they wanted to take my sister as a daughter. ”

Bai said this softly, and there were clear tears in her eyes, she seemed to be immersed in the past and couldn't extricate herself, and her expression became very sad, making people sad and crying.

"Although my sister doesn't want to be a goddaughter to that family, she can't bear me. But now, what can be done, if the two of us continue to make our homes on the rivers and lakes, there may be only one possibility in the end, that is, to starve to death. My sister didn't want to drag me down, so she finally agreed to be the daughter of that family. The family gave me a few dozen taels of silver, and sent me away, and from then on I was alone and wandered about. ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded and continued to ask, "What about later?" ”

Bai said softly: "Later, whenever I went to a place, I would write a letter to my sister. Because we used to keep carrier pigeons when we were young, we relied on pigeons to keep us along. I came to this small town in the south of the Yangtze River, and I was taken in by my sister, and I lived such a happy life, and I always wanted to write a letter to my sister and tell her that I was doing well. But because I didn't confess my past and that I wasn't a dumb girl to my sister, I was always ashamed in my heart, so I didn't dare to write to my sister. It wasn't until today that I was a little unwell and my sister went out for tea again, so I secretly wrote a letter to tell my sister that I was living a happy life now. ”

Jian Huaizhen heard Bai lightly say this, and felt very moved in his heart.

She patted her gently on the shoulder and said, "Silly sister, since you think it's good to be happy, you tell me anything in the future, and I won't blame you." We sisters live together, so we have to confess to each other. ”

Bai lightly listened to Jian Huaizhen say this, wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and said: "I have written down all my sister's teachings, no matter what happens in the future, I will tell my sister first, and I also hope that my sister will not blame me." ”

The two of them said something more.

Jian Huaizhen was more clear about Bai Qingqing's past, she felt that Bai Qingqing was very pitiful, and her pity for her couldn't help but increase a little more.

Jian Huaizhen and Bai Qingqing had a more harmonious relationship, and they lived happily in this small town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Before I knew it, another half a month had passed.

Early in the morning, Jian Huaizhen got up and wanted to practice swords in the courtyard, she had just walked to the courtyard with the sword, and suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.

Jian Huaizhen couldn't help but be slightly stunned, she had been in Jiangnan for so long, and she had no contact with the people in this town, who would knock on her door?

Jian Huaizhen felt a little suspicious, so she walked to the door with her sword and opened the door.

The person she saw in front of her surprised her, it turned out that it was none other than Jiang Shaoheng, who was standing in front of the door.

Jiang Shaoheng was still holding his folding fan, and his face was full of dust.