Chapter Forty-Eight: The Story of Butterfly Valley
The four of them walked slowly, about more than 20 minutes, they entered the hinterland, looked from afar, only to see the bamboo emerald green, vines entangled, several elegant houses are scattered, and the small stone road into the house winds and circles, the side of the road is unmodified grass and small flowers, the breeze comes slowly, the bamboo leaves rustle, smoke people are intoxicated!
A few people dressed as peasants came over, with a simple smile on their faces, showing white teeth, black and white in their eyes, a smile, their faces and eyebrows were bent, Xing'er especially liked this kind of smile, she thought that only such a smile was a real laugh, a smile without a wit.
"Sister Yan Zhu, you are here, Mrs. has been talking about Yan Zhu for the past few days, why hasn't Yan Zhu come recently!" The family opened the door of the fence, and the fence was also made of bamboo, elegant, simple, and charming, and Xing'er found that she was hopelessly in love with this place.
"There was something going on during this time, so I didn't come to visit Madame, and when I was free today, I thought about coming over!" Yan Zhu smiled and said.
"Please come with me!" A few family members walked to the house with the four of them, they didn't ask Xing'er and the others about their origins, their eyes were gentle and friendly, it seemed that those who could come to Butterfly Valley were not unscrupulous!
"By the way, Madame has a guest today!" Jia Ding suddenly turned his head and said to Yan Zhu.
"Oh!" Yan Zhu looked at Xing'er with some embarrassment, she couldn't let her mother wait!
"In that case, let's walk around this valley!" Xing'er smiled warmly, and now she is more interested in this Butterfly Valley than in Madame Butterfly.
"I don't know if I have the honor to be my mother's guide!" A familiar voice sounded, Xing'er looked up, and saw a man and a woman standing against the light, the woman was about thirty years old, with an elegant demeanor, a beautiful and quiet face, plain white clothes, and even Moyang and the like. The man's instrument is lofty, his temperament is extraordinary, there is a faint surprise between his eyebrows, and his slender figure is especially tall in the sun.
"The high catcher is also here?" Xing'er smiled faintly, "That's a coincidence!" "That man turned out to be Gao Yuanli, looking at his smile at the moment, where is there still half a point of coldness in the past? It seems that people have two sides, I don't know if Ye Che, in front of Mo Yang, is he also a man with a warm and pure smile? There was a faint throbbing pain in her heart, and she quickly gathered her mind, but that faint sadness had already fallen into Gao Yuanli's eyes. His eyes were slightly dim, but he still smiled and said: "Let me introduce you, this is the owner of Butterfly Valley, as for what her name is, we can ignore it, just because her real name has been annihilated in the past, she is Madame Butterfly at the moment!" Xing'er smiled slightly, nodded politely, and looked at Xing'er again, her words became a little bitter, "This is the regent's side concubine, Concubine Long!" ”
Xing'er smiled and said, "What kind of concubine is not a concubine, this is not a palace!" Madame Butterfly also smiled, and the smile was unusually quiet, "Then it's good to call you sister?" ”
"My sister doesn't mind, what's the relationship with my sister?" Xing'er has a good impression of this Madame Butterfly and is willing to be intimate with her!
"Very good, very good!" Madame Butterfly smiled and said, "My sister and Gao Gongzi knew each other before? ”
"There have been several encounters!" Xing'er glanced at Gao Yanli quickly, only to see that his eyes were also looking at herself, she smiled at him slightly, it was a formal greeting, Gao Yanli's expression had slowly returned to his former indifference, he was a high-minded man, and his good impression of Xing'er had made him gradually let down his guard, but he knew that this was just a luxury, and he began to disguise himself while being bitter. 0
"That's good, sister, please sit inside!" Madame Butterfly made an inviting gesture to Xing'er, moved the lotus step lightly, and walked in with the fragrance of the clouds!
Xing'er looked at the house as she walked, and when she looked at it from a distance, she thought it was elegant and comfortable, and now when she walked in, she found that the house was actually made of wood, but painted with the color of the brick walls.
There are three windows open in the room, the breeze is gentle, there is the fragrance of grass, each window hangs a string of wind chimes, ding ding dong, as crisp as spring water, the furniture is all bamboo products, there are rattan chairs, tatami mats, there are also chaise longues, there is a dark brown guqin in the center, it seems to be old. Xing'er slowly approached, stroking the body of the piano, the delicate and thick touch made her sigh, the tail end of the guqin is carved with a phoenix, lifelike!
"This is the phoenix tail, and it's hundreds of years old!" Madame Butterfly said slowly, her voice hoarse and quiet, "It was my husband who gave me a birthday gift!" ”
"Good piano!" Xing'er admired, his fingers slid over the strings, and a string of melodious notes jumped!
"My sister loves the piano too?" Madame Butterfly was a bit of a surprise!
"I love to listen to the piano!" Xing'er withdrew her fingers and said lightly, "My sister's piano skills must be amazing, I don't know if I have the honor to play a song with my sister's piano flute?" ”
"Nature is good!" Madame Butterfly was overjoyed, and remembered that in the past, she used to play the piano and flute every night with the officials, how long has it been since that happened? I can't help but feel a little sad!
"What tunes does Madame like?" Xing'er asked with a smile.
"Why don't you have a song "Guangling San", okay?" Madame Butterfly's eyes were slightly moist, which was also a song often played by couples in the past.
Xing'er nodded yes, Linglong and Yan Zhu's eyes widened, Niangniang actually knows how to blow the flute? And Gao gradually left the fire in his eyes, and the face that pretended to be indifferent gradually thawed, and he looked thoughtfully at Xing'er's slightly shiny face!
The melodious and quiet piano sound sounded first, impassioned, the piano sound had the sound of Tiege, a few high melodies turned down rapidly, Xiao Sheng followed one after another, crisp, smooth, first like a forest warbler, immediately rushed up, thunder and rain like the grief and indignation in the heart, the piano sound was clear, Xiao Yin was excited, and everyone was fascinated and shocked.
Madame Butterfly's slender hands slid like flowers on the strings, smooth and free, with a reverent expression, her eyes closed lightly, feeling the leap of each note, and the star looked calm, her fingers twisting and closing quickly, like a jumping fish, and the notes flew out of the small pipe.
When both of them stopped, no one could get out of the excitement just now, and everyone's expressions were fascinated, as if the notes were still hovering in the air.
"My sister Xiao Yin is superb, my sister admires it!" Madame Butterfly has a shiny liquid in the corners of her eyes, and she is moving and beautiful at the moment!
"My sister's piano skills have reached the realm of peak attainments, and my sister is willing to bow down!" Xing'er said sincerely!
"This song should only be in the sky, how many times do you have to hear it in the world?" Gao Yanli said in a daze, but his mind was still echoing with the stirring melody.
"It's a pity that my sister is leaving, otherwise it would be a beautiful thing to play with my sister every day!" Madame Butterfly said regretfully!
"Green mountains and green waters, where don't we meet?" Xing'er metaphorically said that maybe one day, she will also appear in Daxing, "My sister is gone, so what should I do here?" "I bought it, I don't know what the asking price is?
"Here, it's just been resold to Mr. Gao, my sister likes it?" Madame Butterfly had regret in her eyes.
Xing'er's disappointment fell in Gao Yuanli's eyes, and he actually complained to himself a little, "If you like it, you can transfer your humble position!" ”
Xing'er smiled faintly, "That's not necessary, Gao Zhutou must also love this place for ten minutes, I can't take people's love, as long as Gao Zhutou can let me come to see it occasionally, I will be satisfied!" Xing'er was a little puzzled, a head catcher, where is so much money to buy a manor? Presumably, this Gao gradually departed and is not an idle character!
"When Niangniang wants to come, she will come whenever she wants, and the door here will always be open for Niangniang!" Gao was in a hurry, and blurted out such an explicit sentence, except for Xing'er, all the people present were stunned, and Madame Butterfly glanced at him thoughtfully and shook her head slightly.
Xing'er couldn't hear anything, she smiled and said, "Well, when I'm swept away, I'll come here to stay for a long time!" With that, he walked out of the courtyard and felt the warm and humid air of spring.
Gao gradually became excited, although he knew that she was just joking, but he really had an expectation in his heart.
"Niangniang laughed, how could anyone dare to sweep Niangniang out of the house?" Yan Zhu answered, and quickly glanced at Gao Yuanli, his eyes were quite warning!
"Hard to say!" Xing'er smiled faintly and looked at the shadows of the trees underground, "This day must not be far away!" ”
"Madame, when are you leaving?" Yan Zhu didn't understand what Xing'er meant, but when she saw what she said depressed, she quickly changed the topic.
"Three days later!" Madame Butterfly's face darkened, if it weren't for her mother-in-law's long-term illness and no virtuous and filial piety around her, she really didn't want to leave here!
"Why is it in such a hurry?" Xing'er turned her head and asked.
"Sooner or later, I'm going to have to leave, I don't want to delay!" Madame Butterfly sighed heavily, "Perhaps, back to his homeland, he will be able to dream of something that he will never know!" ”
"Never dreamed?" Xing'er asked strangely, usually the people who go first will come to say goodbye to their relatives in their dreams, "How did your father-in-law die?" ”
"Speaking of which, it's been almost ten years!" Madame Butterfly's face was covered with sadness, "He is a tea merchant, doing tea trading, selling tea from his hometown Wannan to this point, and accumulating a lot of family wealth. At that time, the emperor of Daxing was only a seventeen or eighteen boy, although he was wise and strategic, after all, he was fledgling, and the king of Pingnan was eyeing the throne and finally rebelled. At that time, my family officials happened to return to their hometown to buy tea, and on the way to transport, they encountered the army of King Pingnan, and the goods and money were looted, and people were forced to join the army. Later, when the king of Pingnan was defeated, my officials were also killed in battle, and like thousands of soldiers who died in battle, their bodies were burned and their ashes were scattered in the sea. Madame Butterfly looked sad, tears glittered in her eyes, and her trembling shoulders revealed the excitement in her heart, and despite all the years that had passed, she could not forget the grief she felt when she heard the news of the official's death.