Chapter 7: The First Taste of Human Dreams
"Oh, by the way, Sister Xinghe, do you know how to do needlework?" Xing Luan suddenly thought of Xingmei's torn clothes and asked.
"Yes, the lotus flowers in the embroidery room are familiar with the ears and eyes, and they can do some needlework. What's wrong, Sister Xingluan? Xinghe asked.
Xing Luan leaned on the side of the boat: "Sister Xingmei accidentally damaged her clothes when she came to Yanhui Courtyard, so my sister bothered her to make up for it." ”
"Okay, I'll be there later." Xinghe replied.
"Then thank you Sister Xinghe." Xingluan Road.
So, Xingluan took the boat and left Xinghe, but suddenly saw an unknown dream star falling lonely in a corner of Mengxing Lake, shining with a charming light, echoing the bright moonlight.
"This star is so unique." Xingluan was overjoyed, stopped the boat, untied the dreamcatcher net tied to his waist and put it down.
The moonlight and starlight melted between the dreamcatchers, and after a while, the yellow feathers flew away from the dreamcatcher river with the dreamcatcher and fell into Xingluan's hands, and Xingluan happily tied the dreamcatcher net to the boat, walked a little farther, and closed his eyes.
In the blink of an eye, she entered the dream she picked up. It's a human night market, with lights and crowds.
The male protagonist of the dream is a very young boy, even if the size is about to reach his mother's shoulders, the boy still rejoices in the sweetness of the sugar man, and pulls the corner of his mother's clothes on the side: "Mother, Huan'er wants a sugar man." ”
Cane out of Jiangdong for the victory, Luling also has a good person, Guangzhou a kind of several years old, are as big as bamboo, long zhang yu, take the juice for sugar, very beneficial people.
When the taste buds of mortals touch the purest and intense sweetness, countless people willingly indulge in the happiness it creates.
It is a taste that can delight the body and mind, and the golden sugar silk slowly transforms into a variety of characters and birds under the skillful hands of craftsmen, bringing them to life.
"Huan'er, you can only buy one, be careful if you eat bad teeth."
The woman stopped at the stall, took out her handkerchief and counted out the copper coins, "Shopkeeper, how much?" ”
"Thank you, mother, Huan'er knows." The teenager agreed.
"10 copper coins for the big ones, 6 copper coins for the small ones." The old man hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
"Bring us a small one." The woman counted six copper coins and handed them out.
"Okay, let's pick the one you like and take it down." The old man wiped the sweat from his forehead with a sweat towel.
The clear candy man swirled in the boy's hand, causing the projected candle flame to splash everywhere.
Sticking out his little tongue, he licked it like a baby, and the corners of his eyes continued to move forward with his mother's figure.
"Mother, Sister Tao'er said that she would blow to me today." The boy looked up.
"Hmm."
Suddenly, a drunken man shouted and went crazy while walking on the street, arguing with the vendor in front of him, and the small merchant was frightened and weakened, and begged for mercy, only to be let go by the drunken man.
The woman and the young man tried to dodge but were still stopped by the big man, who spoke lightly and moved his hands and feet at the woman, and the woman suddenly screamed in terror.
The sugar man in his hand fell to the ground in the boy's push with the big man, broke apart, and shattered at the big man's feet.
"Let go of my mother." The boy shouted, biting the big man's arm.
The big man was annoyed, and in a daze, he took out the knife he had with him and slashed it on the back of the boy's hand.
The boy's blood flowed, but fortunately, the men around him quickly subdued the drunken man.
"My child is so brave." The man who shot exclaimed.
"Thank you, big brothers."
"Mother is alright?"
"Does Huan'er hurt?"
"Brave, is this bravery?" Xingluan muttered to himself, stood under the tree, and stretched out his right arm.
At this time, the bead stone on her arm glowed yellow.
In a moment, the bazaar and the crowd slowly disappeared, and the surroundings became chaotic and pitch black, and the dream woke up.
Xingluan opened his eyes and returned to Mengxing Lake, the stars on the lake were still flashing and shining, Xingluan untied the dreamcatcher net on the boat and tied it to his waist, rocking the boat back to the shore.
"Alas, sister, you're finally back. You see, Sister Xinghe has already helped me mend my skirt. Xing Mei saw that Xing Luan had returned, so she got up.
"Okay, where did she go?" Xingluan saw that there was no trace of Xinghe on the shore, so he asked.
"They all came back, saying that they were sleepy, and only Xingkui hadn't come ashore yet." Xingmei replied.
"Look, there. She's back too. Xingluan turned around and saw a boat coming back from the lake.
"Really." Xingmei also looked over, "What kind of dream did my sister enter just now?" ”
"In that dream of mine, it was a human bazaar, and a young man was injured in order to save his mother from the clutches of a pervert, and he was really brave." Xing Luan said.
"The dream I caught was very pitiful, only a little girl carried her feverish brother around to seek medical treatment, and asked several doctors before anyone was willing to save her brother." Xingmei was a little sad.
"Alas, the world is full of poor people." Xing Luan said with emotion.
"Sister, sister, I'm back." Xingkui shook the oars and happily greeted Xingluan and Xingmei.
"Slow down, we're all waiting for you, don't be in a hurry to go back to sleep." Xing Luan responded.
"I don't want to sleep either, let's take my boat and have fun." Xingkui is still very playful.
"Okay, don't take the boat here, let's go."
Xingluan and Xingmei flew to Xingkui's boat from the shore, and Xingkui immediately turned the bow of the boat: "The two sisters are seated." ”
Piercing the stars and moon, stirring the soft waves, a lonely boat left behind a undulating wave.
Between the boats, Xingmei didn't forget to stretch out her hand to play in the water, took a basin of cool lake water, leaked a shining dream star, and splashed at her while Xingluan was not paying attention.
"Ah, Xingmei, what are you doing?" Xingluan was startled and screamed, and the fine hair on his sideburns was wet and stuck to his fair face.
"Sister, what do you say I'm doing?" Xingmei saved up another handful of water and threw it towards Xingluan.
Seeing this, Xing Luan hurriedly stood up to dodge, and also picked up a handful of water to play with Xing Mei.
"Two sisters, what dreams have you captured?" Xingkui asked curiously.
"That dream of mine was made by a young man, he dreamed that his mother was molested by a drunk man in the market, he stood in front of his mother to protect her, and then he was scratched by the drunk man, but fortunately, the men around him took action in time to get rid of him and her mother." Xing Luan recalled.
"Oh, that's a brave boy." Xingkui said with a smile.
"Xingkui, what dream did you capture?" Xing Luan asked.
Xingkui's face flushed: "The dream I captured was made by a man in his prime, he was a general, he led thousands of troops and horses to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and finally won a big victory." ”
"Wow, Xiao Xingkui should like a man like a general the most." Xingmei coaxed.
"Sister Xingmei, don't laugh at me, then what dreams did you get?" Xingkui asked with a shy face.
"My dream was made by a little girl, the little girl was very pitiful, fatherless and motherless, only a little brother and her depended on each other, her little brother also had a high fever that night, and they didn't have much money at home to go to the doctor and catch medicine, so she carried her little brother on her back and ran to many hospitals to beg those Lang Zhong to save her younger brother, many Lang Zhong refused, but in the end there was finally a kind-hearted Lang Zhong who saved her brother." Xingmei replied.
"It's pathetic." Xingkui sighed.
"Fortunately, he was saved in the end, and there are still good people in the world. Starflower, are you tired? I'll take charge of the boat, it's not too late, let's go back." ”
The orange light stained Xingluan's eyes and twinkled gently.
"Well, change my sister." Xingkui and Xingluan changed positions.
"Sister, how can you say mortals can dream? How amazing? Starflower blinked curiously.
"Mortals are not like us, they still have a part of their brains awake when they are asleep. Thinking about the day, dreaming at night, dreams, both illusory and realistic, are the release of the suppressed desires in the hearts of mortals, so this is endowed with the huge spiritual power that the purple shake immortal said. Xingluan said.
"I heard that we immortals can't dream." Xingmei on the side said.
While the three of them were talking, the boat had already docked, and they followed the night light to find their way back to Fengqing Courtyard.
"Let's go back to sleep quickly, and I'll go to Yanhui Courtyard tomorrow." Xing Luan whispered, and the three of them dispersed in the courtyard.
Xingluan pushed the door open, took the flint palm and lit the lamp, and an orange lamp bloomed warmly, lighting up the whole room.
Xing Luan put the lamp in his hand on the head of the bed, untied the dreamcatcher net around his waist and hung it on the bed, remembering the bright eyes of the young man in the dream, he unconsciously bent his eyes and laughed.
Sitting in front of the dressing table, using a wooden comb to spread the gentle bun, Xingluan suddenly remembered the lipstick in the makeup, and saw that Xinghe seemed to have applied some, so he found it and wanted to give it to her when she went to Yanhui Courtyard tomorrow, so as to thank her for helping Xingmei mend her dress.
After some cleaning, he can finally lie down and fall asleep, at this time Xingluan is already tired, and he is dizzy when he gets on the pillow, don't immortals really dream?
This thought flashed through his heart, and he fell into a deep sleep.
The evening breeze sent a faint fragrance of luan flowers, the pearls hanging under the dreamcatcher net shone brightly, and the luan flowers flew outside the house, and from time to time they carried the rose petals planted outside the star rose house.
And Xingmei in the Hualan Pavilion is tirelessly tracing her eyebrows on her face, ordering the eyebrow peak, eyebrow tail and eyebrow, the eyebrow peak is higher than the eyebrow and the eyebrow tail, and the eyebrow tail is not lower than the eyebrow......
"Sister Xinghe's method is really useful." Xingmei saw the beautiful eyebrow shape on her face, and she was very glad that she had just asked Xinghe for advice.