Chapter 228: A Young Man in Troubled Times Four
(Thank you Shi and Shanshan, I'll tell the story of Fengyan well, albeit slowly.) )
Beautiful.
Beauty like clouds, singing and dancing - these are the two words that will come to mind when many people mention splendor, people in the world are like this, whether it is a high-ranking nobleman or a common person, in addition to the yearning for power and money in everyone's heart, there will be a fantasy in her heart, this person may not be beautiful and moving, but it can evoke the warmest memories in the heart, but with the passage of time, where are the bright eyes and bright teeth?
No one wants to laugh and please people every day, and similarly, no one wants to be branded as a wild seed as soon as they come out of their mother's womb, and no one wants to toss and turn under different faces every day in order to live.
If the Qinglou in the Sky Continent is an entertainment place that mainly sells laughter and sells oneself, then Jinxiu is an outlier existence.
Most of the women in the splendid are women who have sold themselves into slavery, and many people have made the worst plans when they embark on this road, and the style of the splendid is just the opposite of their thoughts, Aunt Sun does not object to the girls of the splendid girl selling themselves, but the premise is that these girls are willing, otherwise it is useless to give more silver - Splendid is not short of money, this is one, and the second is because in Aunt Sun's view, men and women are equal, and women cannot live in this world simply for men. For these reasons, these women who stayed in the splendid scenery were grateful to Aunt Sun.
Because of gratitude, so awe, because of awe, so yield.
Perhaps, some of them are used to the life of rouge and gouache, and are used to living a life of being pampered by men, but each of them yearns for another life in their hearts - it is a world described to them by Aunt Sun, a new world, and they are willing to follow Aunt Sun or wait for a new world to come.
For this reason, it is better to die.
"If a person prefers to compare herself to dirt, her life will be trampled beyond recognition. ”
"If you want to live and live better, don't think about morality and bottom line, because in my opinion, morality is nothing more than taking rabbit meat and feeding discarded puppies to heartbreak, but ignoring the feelings of rabbits who are killed. ”
These are the two words that Aunt Sun once said to them, and Aunt Sun had a sad face when she said this.
Eighteen years ago, Aunt Sun, who was famous and moved away from the fire city, was bright and moving, she had laughed heartily, cried wantonly, laughed helplessly, and had tears and sadness, but for someone she was like a moth throwing fire and moving forward, she never thought about the future, because these eighteen years have consumed her most beautiful youth.
Time erased all her brilliance, but Aunt Sun did not regret anything, for the sake of her original oath, and for herself.
Up to now, after so many years, Aunt Sun herself doesn't know when she started to become a little silent, and she doesn't know when she will be able to live a good life, don't be afraid, don't be afraid of so many wishes...... There are some things that Aunt Sun can't say clearly, and she sometimes can't even see the road under her feet, but Aunt Sun knows one thing, and she is unswerving, that is, no matter what happens in the future, she can't leave or let go of Jinxiu, because Jinxiu is the place that has accompanied her for half her life.
The attic, which is only nine floors, is the place where she will spend her life in the eyes of the current Aunt Sun.
Just after the end of the day, two guests were welcomed in the splendid interior.
A woman and a child no more than four years old.
The woman was in her thirties, dressed in a coarse cloth shirt, and had no makeup on her face, perhaps because of the wind and sun for many years, the woman's skin was dark, her figure was slightly thin, and the corners of her eyebrows were already wrinkled, while the child's tiger head and tiger brain were very cute, and he took the woman's hand and came to the splendid hall, and looked at the silk and satin, and looked at the bright candle beauties, and the child's innocent eyes were full of curiosity, until he saw the delicacies on a wooden table, and pulled the woman's hand to pass.
"Ping'er, obedient. Seeing the anticipation in the child's eyes as she looked at her, the woman frowned slightly.
Hearing the woman's words, the child muttered a little, and then looked down at his feet, which were wearing a pair of straw sandals, which were torn to reveal their toes, but the uppers were clean.
"Come, come to my sister. Looking at the appearance of the child, Nuan Nuan felt a pain in her heart at this time, she took a chicken leg on the wooden table, she came to the woman and the child two steps away from standing, squatting down, she shook the chicken leg in her hand and said to the child temptingly.
Hearing Nuan Nuan's words, the child looked up at the chicken leg in Nuan Nuan's hand, and then looked up at the woman's face, and saw the child looking at herself, the woman's sad face showed a hint of love, patted the back of the child's head, and said to the child, go, don't be naughty.
Hearing the woman's words, the child giggled, and then staggered towards Nuan Nuan.
"What's his name. Aunt Sun on the side looked at the child and asked the woman on the side.
"Anping. "The woman watched the child happily nibble on the chicken leg and remembered something, and finally a smile appeared on her face, although the smile was more bitter," he said, "Anping looks a lot like when he was a child. ”
Anping, Anping, isn't it peace?
"Ping'er will definitely be like Brother Zheng when she grows up. Hearing the woman's words, Aunt Sun was silent for a while and said.
"Thank you, Auntie. Her eyes fell on Zheng Anping's little face, and the woman said to Aunt Sun.
"Take a break. Looking at the tiredness on the woman's face, Aunt Sun said with some distress - when Aunt Sun found the two people according to the address Zheng Qiangcheng said, the woman was teaching Zheng Anping to read and write, two bowls of porridge were boiling in the pot, and some cured vegetables were placed on the wooden table.
Crying silently, without heart-rending shouts, without crying and beating her chest, the woman just grabbed the door frame tightly with one hand, and forcibly did not let her trembling body fall down without a focus point.
"No need. Looking at Aunt Sun, the woman shook her head with a little gratitude, and then glanced around in the splendid scenery. The woman doesn't know what her man used to do and what he was carrying, although Zheng Qiangcheng has been doing odd jobs to support his family in Lihuo City all these years, but the woman knows that Zheng Qiangcheng must have some secrets, otherwise he wouldn't always sigh in the middle of the night, otherwise he wouldn't sneak out at night and wait until the sky was slightly brighter to come back, she didn't know what Zheng Qiangcheng had to do with Jinxiu, but since Aunt Sun said that she would ensure that their mother and daughter would have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, she believed it, because she believed in her intuition.
Just like when she married him without hesitation, her intuition told him that he would be happy if she married such a man.
And this is exactly the case, although Zheng Qiangcheng did not give her great glory and wealth, but he brought her a lot of small happiness and satisfaction.
"Auntie, I wonder why he left our mother and son without saying goodbye. Looking at Zheng Anping, who was smiling happily in Nuan Nuan's arms, the woman who remembered something looked up and asked Aunt Sun at this time.
"Because he has something very important to do. ”
"Is it more important than our mother and son?" Hearing Aunt Sun's words, the woman asked with a wry smile.
"Which is the importance of the country and the family?" Looking at the woman, Aunt Sun understood what the woman was thinking, so she then explained, "Brother Zheng is burdened with a heavy responsibility, and this heavy responsibility is to rebuild the dynasty. ”
After a soft oh, the woman nodded and said, "I understand."
"You can rest for a while, and when it is dawn, I will send you to another city." Looking at the night outside, Aunt Sun frowned and said, after saying this, she turned her head to look at Nuan Nuan, and then told Nuan Nuan to prepare two upper rooms.
But at this time, a sudden change occurred.
The woman ran to the door suddenly.
In her hand I don't know when I hold a pair of scissors.
Then she collapsed limply.
The hand holding the scissors used up the best strength of her life.
The tip of the knife stabbed deep into her heart.
"What are you doing here?" Aunt Sun, who looked back and saw this scene, almost roared angrily, and when she came to the woman's side quickly, she supported the woman's body that had not yet fallen.
Seeing this scene, Nuan Nuan hugged Zheng Anping in her arms, and then hugged him tightly, Zheng Anping didn't know that his mother was injured, but struggled in Nuan Nuan's arms and said, "Mother, give your mother food." ”
When he said this, Zheng Anping was holding a chicken leg that had been bitten by him a few times, and his face was full of greasy, and he wanted to look back at the woman, but he was hugged by Nuan Nuan and couldn't move.
"In my opinion, home is more important than country. Looking at Aunt Sun who came to her, when the woman said this, a smile appeared on her face, and her eyes did not look at Aunt Sun, but on Zheng Anping's body.
"Since we can't live together......," said the woman, the light in her eyes dimmed, "and it is good to have a companion when you die." ”
"Looking for Langzhong!" her eyes swept over Nuan Nuan, who was holding Zheng Anping, and Aunt Sun shouted to the other women in Jinxiu.
But it was too late.
"Ping'er, please. When she had said this, blood spilled out of the woman's mouth and dripped on her patched coarse linen garment.
She followed Zheng Qiangcheng without wearing any good clothes or eating any good food, but she was happy because he was by her side, although Zheng Qiangcheng had said goodbye, but she was willing to wait, she thought he would come back.
But he didn't.
All he left behind was silver, enough money for her to live well and even spend a lifetime.
But what is this?
What was said at the beginning - life and death will never be abandoned?
I don't know if it's because Nuan Nuan hugged too tightly, Zheng Anping, who was out of breath, suddenly cried out at this time.
It's harder to laugh than to cry.
Crying hurts more than laughing.
Some people cry, some people laugh, and some people don't want to do it for the sake of other people's lives.
Stupid people will always be stupid and wait for the pure land in their hearts.
On this night, Splendid closed the door.
On this night, every woman in the splendid beauty was buried with a thorn in her heart.
On this night, a child named Zheng Anping appeared in the splendid and never left.