I looked at the statue of Guanyin, I am not a believer, and I don't have much devotion to the Buddha statue. [I came in at night yesterday, and the room was already dim and there was no light, and my attention was not on it after dawn this morning, and soon the widow and woman came, so it is impossible to say that I remember it very clearly, but I have the impression that this Guanyin statue should not be covered by a black cloth, and since it is a Buddha statue that is worshiped every day, why should it be covered with a cloth?] Are you still afraid of getting dusted?

Suddenly, I moved my footsteps to change my perspective, and found that there was a wooden sign erected behind the statue of Guanyin.

Two characters are engraved on the wooden plaque.

Yiwen.

My heart moved slightly, could it be that this is the tablet for Ah Ping's father? But why not engrave "Father", "Year and Month" and the like?

If it was really a tablet, it was very disrespectful for me to observe and meditate on it at this time, and immediately covered the wooden tablet with the black cloth in my hand. Subconsciously took a look at it, and vaguely understood that Widow Liu got up every morning to chant sutras and often stayed in this Buddhist room all day, so she should be mourning for her deceased husband.

After closing the door, I sat down on the futon again, glancing at my knees and pulling up my skirt and smiling bitterly. With the current physical condition of the widow Liu, it should be impossible to supervise me to punish me for kneeling, so even if I am lazy, I don't have to pay attention to the movement outside the door with all my attention.

In fact, since I got married, I rarely have such a quiet and quiet time, and I dare not slack off on housework every day. Anyway, the meal has already been prepared in the stove room, Ah Ping should be able to eat it by himself, what about the meal at night?

I heard movement outside the house, but I sat there and didn't move, because from the footsteps I could tell that it was neither Ah Ping nor Liu Widow Woman, and I immediately thought that the old man mentioned that he would bring medicine over, and I thought that it was probably that person.

Before I knew it, the light of the skylight above my head had dimmed, and it was already dark, so I hesitated and got up and walked to the door.

Ah Ping was alone at home, he lost his temper at noon and didn't eat, and he couldn't be hungry at night. In addition, in fact, I was really hungry and panicked, although the widow Liu ordered me not to eat, but there are policies and countermeasures, and she can't keep watching me, as for being so honest and wronged herself?

But when I walked into the stove room, I was surprised to see the obvious smell of fireworks wafting through the air, and the lid of the stove was steaming. Curious, I revealed that it was boiled rice, and a box of xiao long bao and a box of steamed dumplings were steamed on it.

This obviously can't be Ah Ping's masterpiece, could it be the dinner made by Widow Liu's wife who has recovered from her illness?

I couldn't hold back my curiosity, so I walked lightly to the bedroom in the back room. The widow's door was open, and when I approached the door, I heard a soft voice wafting from inside, and I saw the next scene.

Widow Liu half leaned on the head of the bed, Ah Ping'an sat in a chair beside her, and then on the edge of the bed sat a girl dressed in purple, holding a medicine bowl in her hand, feeding Widow Liu Woman spoon by spoon.

I couldn't see what this girl in purple looked like, I only saw that she handed the medicine bowl to Ah Ping after feeding the medicine, and Ah Ping took it naturally after a pause, and then the girl wiped the corners of the widow Liu's mouth with a cloth towel, and the service was very subtle and thoughtful.

Silently, I feel that such a picture is very harmonious, like a family.

Savoring the last three words, I felt a hint of sourness and, irony. I should have been the one who stood in that position to serve the widow and woman, and it seemed that I should have been the one who was singing and singing, but now I was standing outside the door like a bystander.

I saw that the only one I could see in the perspective was the expression on the face of the widow Liu, her eyes were not guarded, and the corners of her mouth even rose slightly. All these micro-expressions express a message that the widow is satisfied with the girl in front of her who serves her. Instead of treating me like I am, my eyelids are always drooping downward, the corners of my mouth are tightly pursed, and there is a cold light in my eyes except for disgust.

However, Widow Liu is only a part of my current life, and her preferences are certainly worthy of being faced, but they are not too important to me, so I will not hesitate to contradict her and find out my own attitude before.

What I really care about is the reaction of Ah Ping with his back to me, why does he take the medicine bowl so naturally? Why would he have someone other than me who could sit quietly on his side? And why did he ...... Didn't come to see me all day?

Could it be that he sneaked over to deliver the futon late last night was really a sweet dream of mine? In fact, he didn't care that I was punished for kneeling, and he didn't care about my absence?

At this moment, Ah Ping suddenly turned his head as if he felt something, and his eyes shot straight at me.

I finally saw the expression I had been speculating on in my heart: stunned, surprised, surprised, unnatural...... I read them all, then raised the corners of my mouth, and turned to walk away briskly as the familiar dark eyes changed.

After only walking more than ten steps, I heard footsteps behind me, accompanied by the voice of inquiry in the house, I quickened my pace to the courtyard, stepped into the Buddha room and turned around to close the door, just to see Ah Ping running out in a hurry.

Then his frightened face was masked by the door I slowly closed, and I bolted the door with my hand. Also, I've noticed that there are two iron rings in the middle of these two doors, and a lock falls on one of them.

Listening to the footsteps, I ran to the door and pushed, but the push definitely couldn't be pushed, and I didn't leave, so I stood behind the door and gently leaned against the push. Then I heard the sound of knocking on the door outside, and after slapping it several times, I finally heard two words burst out from between the other party's teeth: "Xu Lan." ”

I smiled, I remember my name.

Listening to me, Ah Ping shouted again: "Xu Lan." There was a pause, "You come out." ”

I pondered for a moment and then sarcastically said, "Your mother asked me to kneel here for three days, so I shouldn't have gone out without permission, but I'm afraid that you two will have no one to take care of you and be hungry, and it turns out that I was too worried." ”

Even if Ah Ping doesn't understand, I'll teach him to figure it out today.

The banging on the door stopped, and after a moment of silence, I simply squatted down. After a while, I didn't hear Ah Ping's explanation, but I heard another footstep approaching, and then the narrow voice passed through the door panel: "Brother Ping, what are you doing here?" Aunt Qing is looking for you. ”

Ah Ping replied in a muffled voice: "Don't go." ”

I hooked the corners of my mouth, Brother Ping, so intimate.

Footsteps approached the door, "Is there anyone here?" Why did Brother Ping suddenly get angry? ”

After a moment of silence, Ah Ping said in an unkind tone: "You go away." So his voice changed, and there was a little more pity in his voice: "Brother Ping, did Xing'er do something wrong?" ”

Apricot ...... I chewed on the name, and I didn't forget that the old man mentioned the apricot girl before, that is, this girl hasn't left since she came to deliver the medicine? During the whole afternoon when I wasn't at home, she did a lot of the work that I was supposed to do, and then played my part by the way?

While meditating, I heard Ah Ping suddenly retap the door, and then dropped a sentence: "You go." Then he walked in silence. It was only when she walked into the back room that the girl reacted, and called out in a hurry: "Brother Ping, listen to me." Then he ran after him, and peace was restored outside the house.

I grinded my teeth and grinded my teeth, but the slump in my chest still didn't ease. Ah Ping, the stinky boy, slapped the door one last time, and threw a sentence of "You go", did he say it to the girl in purple or to me? The former is enough, if it's the latter, does that mean drive me away in anger? And I wanted to take this opportunity to teach Ah Ping's truth, but I was interrupted by that apricot, and I didn't say a word to him, how do I want to teach this?

After walking around the house ten times, I suppressed the impetuousness, and I must cure the stinky boy when I turn back. The daughter-in-law is still there, so she brought rotten peach blossoms, the so-called flies don't bite seamless eggs, no honey and no colorful butterflies and bees, it must be that he and others discharged electricity to hook the human soul. I gritted my teeth and thought about it, but I felt that it was wrong, that Xing'er called him Brother Ping, which shows that the relationship is not as simple as sending medicine for the first time, and the intersection of the two obviously existed before me.

Don't...... Could it be that I have a childhood sweetheart, Brother Niu, and he also has a childhood sweetheart's apricot sister?

This is very likely, although Ah Ping is not mentally complete, but he has a face. With his current appearance, it is not surprising that he must have been a handsome and fair-skinned young man with red lips and white teeth since he was very young, and he had taken away the soul of the little girl in the village.

Gollum!

My reasonable analysis and judgment was interrupted by a cry, and I smiled bitterly and touched my stomach, which was flat and flat, and I was so hungry that I had some abdominal pain. At this time, it is definitely impossible to run out to find something to eat, glanced at the tribute fruit on the Buddha platform, God knows how much I want to eat but I can't eat it, in case I eat it, Liu Widow Woman knows that it is estimated that she will have to fight with me.

Don't think about having food, or actually nest back to the futon and hug your knees tightly and arch them, so that your waist and abdomen are tightened and you don't feel so painful. I may still have a dream to have last night, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to fall asleep again this night.

I vaguely heard a cry across the yard and far away, I didn't pay much attention to it, what did it matter to me at this time? Whoever gives me a piece of apricot blossom cake is better than this. The people take food as the sky, and only with food can they have the body to make the capital, and then they are qualified to hurt the spring and autumn, otherwise everything is nonsense.

I'm hypnotizing myself so that I don't feel hungry until I fall asleep quickly. When I heard that the sound of the rope was heard again, I thought it was a hallucination, but after a while, the sound came closer, and I asked bluntly without turning in the darkness: "Ah Ping, where did you come from?" ”

The vague silhouette was close, and the breathing was slightly heavy, and I put an end to the ghost's excuse first: "Don't lie to me anymore and say that it's from the window, this room is just a window, that's the skylight, I guess you have to retract it for another four or five years before you can get out." ”

I didn't rush when there was silence, I just waited quietly.