Chapter 5
But all this is just what she thinks. Suning is weak, weak to the extreme. She was so weak that even if the man bullied her again, even if someone wanted to stand up for her, she was still like that.
No one knows what she is afraid of, and no one knows what she is living for even if she has studied martial arts for so long, what is she still living like a waste person, is it just because of martial arts that she has been abolished?
Liu Meilan frowned, and the anger in her heart burned more and more. The wood in front of her seemed to have turned into Liu Wu's appearance, and her hand holding the axe was clenched tightly.
His eyebrows tightened, he exhaled deeply, and slashed down at the wood with an axe. The firewood split in half and poured to both sides. And Liu Meilan's axe was stuck on the guard plate for chopping firewood. The head of the axe had sunk into it very deeply, and Liu Meilan took out the axe again.
She stepped forward and picked up half of the wood that had fallen on the ground and placed it on the board. Raise the axe, another heavy blow.
"Lan'er, you chop wood, don't use so much force." Suning really couldn't listen to it, whether this was chopping wood or cutting people.
Liu Meilan ignored her, and now Liu Meilan has a very heavy head. Just standing, there is a feeling that she wants to ascend to heaven on the spot, where can she still care about what the people around her say to her.
"Lan'er, your father", Suning always thought that Liu Meilan went out last night to kill Liu Wu. In the past, Liu Wu didn't go home, and she never worried about it. This time, she raised her heart to her throat.
Liu Meilan threw the axe aside, "Since my mother said that I killed my father, then I should be regarded as killing him." If my mother wants to report to the official, go for it. Anyway, dying in the hands of my mother is better than dying of old age, sickness and being killed in the future. ”
Liu Meilan ran out of the house and ran all the way down the mountain. She sat cross-legged on a large rock at the foot of the mountain, Suning's words echoing in her head.
"Heh", Liu Meilan sneered. The person in the dream must not be Suning, she is sure. Because the difference between the two is not a big one, if she is allowed to choose, Liu Meilan thinks that she may not hesitate to choose Liu Erniang as her mother.
Although at present, whether this person is true or false has not yet been determined.
"This is not Lady Liu, why are you sitting here." A man said, Liu Meilan looked up at the source of the sound. After seeing the person clearly, he hurriedly got up and stood.
"Hello Uncle Li, I'm waiting for my father here." She stood obediently beside the stone, and Uncle Li smiled and touched his beard.
"Wait for your father, come, Uncle will give you a bun. Eat while waiting, ah. Uncle Li took out a bun from his basket and handed it in the direction of Liu Meilan.
Liu Meilan hurriedly waved her hand, "Uncle Li, I won't eat it, I've already eaten it." As soon as the words fell, Liu Meilan's stomach rumbled.
"Hey, you kid. Uncle still doesn't know about you, come and take it and eat. Uncle Li walked up to Liu Meilan and forced the steamed bun into her hand.
"Eat, wait for your father to not be bitter about his stomach. As the old saying goes, it's better to have pus on your mouth than to have your stomach poor. ”
Liu Meilan was amused by Uncle Li's words, she squinted her eyes, and her pale red lips raised a simple smile. Uncle Li rubbed her head, "Let's eat." Liu Meilan didn't care about anything now, and took the steamed bun and ate it in a big gulp.
Liu Meilan just got up and didn't have time to drink water. The inside of the mouth is very dry, and swallowing steamed buns seems to be very hard. Uncle Li took out water from the basket again, "Eat slowly, be careful of choking." ”
Liu Meilan swallowed the steamed bun, "Uncle, I've eaten all your food, so what do you eat." Uncle Li smiled, opened the basket in his hand, and lifted the cloth covering it.
There are also several steamed buns and water in it, "Look, Uncle has a lot of steamed buns here, enough to eat." You eat slowly, and if you're done, Uncle will give you another one. ”
With that, he handed the water over again. Liu Meilan had no choice but to take the water, "Uncle, sit down and rest." She moved the stone out of the way and let Uncle Lee go up and sit down.
Uncle Li did not refuse Liu Meilan's kindness and sat on the stone. Liu Meilan stood beside Uncle Li and nibbled on steamed buns, and the two looked like father and daughter.
Uncle Lee is alone and has no children. His ancestors were poor, the kind that couldn't open the pot, and it was only from his generation that he became rich.
is relatively late in wealth, and when I was young, I also married a wife, but I ran away with someone and did not give birth to a child. Uncle Li arrived in Yanzhou earlier than Liu Meilan's family.
There is a small shop here, and life is quite good. He often deals with children, but some children's parents don't let their children get close to him, for fear that he won't want to snatch the child from him for a while.
Since Liu Meilan's family arrived in Yanzhou, by chance, he helped Liu Meilan once, Liu Meilan and him knew each other, and the relationship began from then on. In this regard, Liu Wu didn't care, and Suning didn't take it too seriously.
Liu Wu likes to drink, and usually goes to Uncle Li's house to ask for wine if he wants to drink. Liu Meilan asked Uncle Li for it a few times and then didn't ask for it again, because she couldn't go down, so she went to another house to ask for it. Uncle Li, a very good person, in Liu Meilan's opinion. Whoever is good to her, she will be good to whom, because she will not maliciously treat anyone who is good to her.
"Your dad went drinking again last night?" Uncle Li asked, Liu Meilan didn't want to hide it from him, and nodded.
Uncle Li sighed, although he had a lot of words scolding Liu Wu in his heart, when the words came to his lips, he finally held back. After all, Liu Wu is her father, how can she speak ill of her father in front of people and children.
Liu Meilan could probably guess what he was thinking, "Uncle Li got up so early today, where are you going?" ”
"Ah, Uncle heard that there were some singers from the next village. This morning, Uncle went to your house to look for you, and your mother said you were still sleeping. Uncle Li explained, and took another steamed bun to Liu Meilan.
"Uncle, if you give me all the steamed buns, you won't be able to eat them." Liu Meilan didn't answer, Uncle Li smashed his mouth, and pretended to reprimand Liu Meilan, "You kid, didn't Uncle tell you that Uncle took enough steamed buns to eat." ”
"Then Uncle Li, are you still going?" Liu Meilan thought, since Uncle Li has something, wouldn't she delay others like this.
"Go, son, go with your uncle." Uncle Li knows that Liu Meilan herself likes to listen to dramas. Liu Meilan wanted to agree, but then thought of her mother at home, "Uncle, I'm afraid I won't be able to go." My mother is still waiting for me at home, and I have to wait here for my father to come back. ”
"Okay, Uncle will go first." After saying hello, Uncle Li took his basket and left. Liu Meilan looked at his back and fell into deep thought.
Uncle Li and Liu Wu are about the same age, but they are much worse than each other. Liu Wu does not have Uncle Li's gentleness, he will only lose his temper and make a mess with his relatives.
And Uncle Li, who is so good to outsiders, must be very good to his family.
"Who's that, you see." Xu Dang didn't know when, came down from the mountain. "Uncle Li, you don't know you either." Liu Meilan replied without replying, and Xu Dang chuckled.
Liu Meilan, a little doll, is not very old, but her temper is quite big. "I'm about the same age as your father, so why don't you call me uncle? Eh, I forgot what you called me. ”
"Huh? If you don't say it, I'll forget it. Liu Meilan pretended to be surprised, "What do I call you, oh, it can't be Xu Dang." No, no, isn't it? I'm obviously very polite. ”
Liu Meilan's words made Xu Dang not know whether to cry or laugh, he jumped on the stone and sat next to Liu Meilan.
"How did you explain to your mother last night? I heard you two arguing this morning, and you chopping wood. ”
When Liu Meilan heard him say this, she immediately lost interest in chatting. She had come down with a belly of fire, and now she had to rekindle it. Liu Meilan glanced at Xu Dang and moved to the side a few times.
"I can't imagine that you have so much strength at such a young age. I see that the guy in your house who chops wood has been cut down by you so big. Tell me how much you have done it. Xu Dang also moved a few times.
"I don't want to say, don't ask." Liu Meilan changed her sitting position after drinking the last sip of water. She rested her forehead on both of her knees and took a deep breath.
"Okay, let's not talk about it. So what are you going to do now? Xu Dang asked her, but Liu Meilan didn't speak. Seriously, she didn't know what to do. But if Xu Dang asked her about what happened last night, would she regret it later.
Liu Meilan will definitely say that she has no regrets, and not a single cent of all the money in Liu Meilan's family was earned by Liu Wu. Liu Wu didn't get the food, he was completely a big Buddha at home. It's a burden, or a malignant tumor. When it comes to Liu Wu, Liu Meilan's mind is full of hatred.
"Oh yes, why does your mother like your father so much. I still like it when I am beaten like that", Xu Dang said familiarly.
Liu Meilan still didn't answer, and she couldn't answer either.
In other words, she didn't know how to speak. Do you want to say that Suning is because Liu Wu saved her back then? Then Suning was moved, even if he was bullied to death, he had no regrets? How to say this, Liu Meilan felt that if she was Xu Dang, she would be laughed to death by these words.
"Why don't you speak, you're not quite able to speak." Xu Dang patted her shoulder, and Liu Meilan raised her head, "If you ask something else, we will still be good friends." ”
Xu Dang was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, this kid is still angry, and it is really not good for him to do this. "Okay, let's ask another question. How do you know I'm a prisoner. ”
Xu asked when Liu Meilan scratched her head, her consciousness was a little clearer, but her head still hurt a little.
"It's so easy to get to know you, when you first came, when I went to ask my dad for wine, I accidentally saw you being hanged."
"Hung up? You can't talk nonsense, what does it mean to be hung up. Xu Dang joked, although this may be the case, but Xu Dang always felt that this was a little strange.
"That's not what to call being hung, what do you say I should call. At that time, I heard that there was still money to be paid, but I didn't know if it was true, but I heard people say that as long as you are sent over, there will be a lot of silver, but I don't know if it is true. ”
"Poof", Xu Dang couldn't help laughing, is this a child's words? This kid really dares to say anything. "Then, since you know that I am a prisoner, and you know that you will get money for sending me over, why don't you send it?" Xu Dangqiang asked with a smile,
"I still know how capable I am", Liu Meilan explained, she was only how old she was at the time, if she chose to send Xu Dang over, maybe she would have met the king of Hades before she reached the door.
"That's right, so you're not afraid?" He asked, and Liu Meilan shook her head.
"You are so bold, if the person you met was not me, perhaps, you were killed by a wolf like your father last night." Xu Dangman didn't care about opening his mouth, Liu Meilan listened quietly and didn't interject.
This area is a little remote, and there are not many people who come and go.
"You and I know each other, right?" asked Liu Meilan. Xu Dang nodded and agreed, "Count." ”
"Can you tell me where you're from?" Suning asked.
"It doesn't matter where I'm anymore, it's enough for you to know I'm a prisoner." Liu Meilan turned her head to look at it, staring at Xu Dang's side face, unable to move her gaze for a long time.
Xu Dang had a cloth belt tied around his forehead, and his hair was messy.
Although he was dressed very sloppily, he looked like a scholar. He is different from ordinary murderers, Liu Meilan feels that something must have happened to him that he was wronged or misunderstood.
It may be that he killed the wrong person, or he may have been framed. But since he didn't want to say, then why did she ask more. The friendship of gentlemen is as light as water, and some things only need to be appropriate, not absolute.
"You are very brave, and you will definitely make great achievements in the future." Xu Dangdao, Liu Meilan pursed her lips, "Borrow your auspicious words." "Oh no, don't you say more? I've praised you. ”
Xu Dang felt that he was at a loss. "Huh? Praise you, praise you? "Liu Meilan has never praised people since she was born, and now that Xu Dang asks for it, Liu Meilan can't answer it more or less.
First, I am afraid of saying the wrong thing, and second, I am afraid of saying the wrong thing.
"Forget it, I don't count on you. Hurry back, your mother's eyes are almost blind from crying. Xu Dang wiped his nose and told Liu Meilan what he had just seen.
Liu Meilan didn't move, and she didn't mean to get up. "Your mother is about to cry blind, you don't go up!" Xu Dang asked again, and Liu Meilan suddenly became bored. Suning cried? What is she crying about? Isn't it yourself who should be crying? Liu Meilan is ready to sleep here tonight.
"You don't have a good relationship with your father, and you don't have a good relationship with your mother." Xu Dang asked.
Liu Meilan sighed, "I had a dream last night. I dreamed that when I arrived in Kaifeng, I saw a woman who looked very much like my mother. Like my mother, she loves cherries and martial arts. After Xu Dang listened, his mind was full of question marks. Does this have anything to do with her coming home?
"She's headstrong and she's good." Liu Meilan recalled the bits and pieces of her dream, although she couldn't remember many things clearly, but she would never forget that person wanted to force her to stay.
"It's good to be willful, what, are you comparing her to your mother?" Xu asked when Liu Meilan was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily, three times in a row, "You'll think I'm stupid." ”
"I don't think", Xu Dang's words made Liu Meilan a little incredulous. "What kind of expression are you", Xu Dang glanced at her with some disgust.
"Don't you think I'm stupid, good man?" Liu Meilan grinned. "Yes, good man, thank you for giving me such a good evaluation."
Xu Dang patted Liu Meilan's head, and the force was very light, as if he had never hit at all.
"You're welcome", Liu Meilan didn't say anything, and generously admitted.
"It's not a way for you to stay here, why don't you go back first?" Xu asked tentatively, and Liu Meilan got up directly and walked on the road. Xu Dang hurriedly followed behind her, "You said that you are a little girl, what if you don't go home on a cold day, what if you freeze to death on the road." Xu Dang said while chasing.
"I didn't expect that you came to be a lobbyist for my mother. How? She also told you that she could find you an official? ”
"How can you think that, I'm doing this for your own good, do you understand." Xu Dang was a little anxious, but he couldn't pull Liu Meilan's arm. Liu Meilan stopped suddenly, and Xu Dang also stopped.
He looked at the back of Liu Meilan's head and wanted to say something. Liu Meilan suddenly turned around, "Good for me?" I hate this quote the most. If you want to eat, don't come to me. Nosy guys, get out of the way before it's too late. ”
"I just told you to go back, nothing else." "I'll calm down for a while and I'll not go back, do you need to take care of it?" I don't care about you! Liu Meilan pushed Xu Dang, and Xu Dang took a few steps back. The road was slippery, and Xu Dang almost didn't stand firm.
Liu Meilan's eyes were red, and the hands hanging on her sides were pinched fiercely.
"Okay, don't worry about it, then I'll go." Xu took a few steps as a momentum, thinking that Liu Meilan would leave him, but he didn't expect Liu Meilan to have no movement all the time.
Liu Meilan watched Xu Dang walk away before she began to wipe away her tears. Good for her? What does it mean to be good for her? Suning is just a person who is used to being moved by herself, and she is the only one who is moved by the things she does.
It is said that filial piety comes first, but how can she be filial. Suning either complained to her about the hardships of life, or complained about daily food and clothing. The problem is that she did it, planting vegetables, chopping wood, washing clothes, she did it all.
Even when Liu Wu bullied her, Liu Meilan stood up for her. And what about Suning's approach? Let her make amends to Liu Wu, and let Liu Meilan see with her own eyes how Suning pushed her out of Liu Wu's clutches and how she was tortured to protect her.
Suning said that everything is for the future; said that he was for the sake of saving his life, but in fact, he was pulling Liu Meilan with him, and lived a frightened life every day.
Liu Meilan was fed up with her miserable sales, and even thought about leaving. But can she? Liu Meilan couldn't do it. How can we forget the grace of childbirth.
Tsk, it seems, in a way, that both of them are the same. It's just that Liu Meilan is bold and Suning is timid. Liu Meilan dares to pursue, and Suning only seeks peace.
Liu Meilan took a long breath and sat down on the ground.