This night, Xu Zhiliu had been sweating in nightmares, calling someone's name in a daze, and didn't fall asleep until the morning dawn.

Xu Qing didn't wake him up, ordered a few commonly used medicines online and delivered them to his home, cooked a pot of millet porridge regularly, and went out to work.

In the afternoon, she originally made an appointment with a stage studio to discuss the space design, but worried about Xu Zhiliu's situation, she postponed the meeting time and ran to the home hall while she was free, planning to change him to a more comfortable couch.

He has been unwell for the past few days, and he doesn't know what's going on, and he came back from Mingquan Teahouse yesterday and tossed it all night. His problem is different from normal people, she can do limited, thinking about ordering another massage chair, on the way back to the supermarket to buy two bags of fruit and milk.

When I arrived at the downstairs of the apartment, the administrator said that there was a lot of movement in her home today, and they inspected the elevator and other monitoring in the community, and found no abnormality, but just in case, I still had to go upstairs with her to see the situation.

As soon as I opened the door, a strong smell of alcohol came to my face. The caretaker glanced suspiciously at the single woman's apartment, covered his nose and walked inside.

The ground was full of wine bottles, and the administrator frowned and asked Xu Qing, "Do you have a man in your family?" ”

"Well, he's resting upstairs." Xu Qing said, "I'm sorry, he's been in a bad mood lately, I'll tell him well, and I won't do it again in the future." ”

The administrator said, "If you are in a bad mood, you can't disturb the people, so tell him to pay attention." ”

"Okay."

The administrator seemed to be suspicious, looking left and right, Xu Qing hurriedly blocked the door. Seeing off the caretaker, she didn't even have time to change her shoes, and ran upstairs as soon as her things were put away.

The house can't be said to be a mess, except for the wine bottles everywhere, only rabbit-related rabbit ornaments, rabbit lantern balloons and toys, everything that can be broken is broken, everything that can be cut is also cut, and other objects are still in place.

She stepped on a small roller under her feet, picked it up and saw that it was Xu Zhiliu's favorite rabbit lamp, which was also dismantled.

What's going on?

She kept calling Xu Zhiliu's name, but Xu Zhiliu never responded. She searched inside and out twice, but saw no one, and her heart became more and more uneasy, and when she returned to the entrance and turned on all the lights in the house, she immediately saw a hazy shadow behind the curtains.

She hurried to the balcony, and as soon as the curtains were drawn, she saw a thin figure sitting on the balcony railing on the twenty-ninth floor, her legs dangling in the air, just a drunken state swaying from side to side.

She immediately stepped forward and grabbed his arm: "Are you crazy?" What are you doing? Come down! ”

There was a warm touch on his arm, and the young man, who had been blowing the river breeze and his skin was cold, instinctively curled up and approached the source of warmth.

His eyes widened, and the fog in front of him seemed to be blown away, reflecting the warmth of a room. He suddenly burst into tears, became emotional again, and shouted, "Xiao Liang, is this your way!" ”

After that, he pulled violently, and the silk silk on his waist broke in response, and the ugly and dirty Wufu buckle was held in the palm of his hand, half-hanging high in the air and swinging with the wind.

He stared at everything around him with tears in his eyes, his bloodthirsty eyes were full of scars, and finally, he raised his arm and waved it vigorously, and the purple silk drew a parabola in the air, and the pearl and jade on the five blessing plates clanged and fell.

Below is the river embankment, the river water laps the shore, and the waves are rolling.

His body was in the air, as if he was about to go with it, when suddenly a resistance hit his lower back, and he grabbed him and pulled him back. He lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground along with the people behind him.

With a bang, Xu Qing couldn't help but roar.

Xu Zhiliu was clear in a flash.

At that moment, the lightning and thunder in his eyes, the wind and rain in his eyes, left the scene one after another, and turned to cover the bottomless pool of water. He helped Xu Qing up and examined her body.

"Where did you fall? Going to the hospital? ”

Xu Qing clutched his arms and stared at him intently.

He lowered his head and muffled, "I'm sorry. ”

"What madness were you just doing? Did you know it was dangerous? This is the twenty-ninth floor, and if you fall down, you'll die! ”

"Haven't I died a long time ago?"

Xu Zhiliu looked out, the high-rise buildings were surging and cold, the waves of the river were rolling, and the silk silk had long been gone.

What's lost is more than silk? He obviously attaches great importance to the buckle far more than the silk, and he ties it around his waist every day and never leaves his body. Thinking of all the things last night and the sentence just now, Xu Qing asked: "Is it Xiaoliang?" ”

Xu Zhiliu looked at her.

"Wufu panbuckles, rabbits, they are all small beams, right?"

Xu Zhiliu raised her hand and brushed the hair from her ear, smiling gently: "Not in the future, not again." ”

She had never seen him laugh like this, so desolate, so broken, so frightening. Her heart jumped suddenly, and she didn't dare to make a loud noise, so she only gently tugged on his sleeve: "What happened?" ”

"Nothing."

How to tell her that night, when they left the Mingquan Tea House and walked beside the ancient tree at the ferry, he suddenly saw a fragment of the monument.

It was only after several days of rain washed away the mounds around the ancient tree, and the remnants of the monument were revealed. The upper half of the stele has been burned, and the lower half has a few well-preserved ancient sayings, which are recorded as: Liang Peiqiu, the word Qingya, the floating Liang Yaoli people's family, can be a good poem, a lifetime engaged in ceramic craft, all the utensils are good, and people are called "living fire gods". Deeply appreciated by Emperor Qianlong, he was exceptionally promoted to the deputy of Jiujiang kiln affairs, cooperating with the chief supervisor of kiln affairs...... The achievements of a lifetime are incomparable.

He stared at the last eight words fiercely, and his heart ached. That night, he saw the past of "heart and mind" again, and it turned out that this "lifetime merit is incomparable" was obtained in this way?

Xiao Liang, Xiao Liang, how can you? stepped on my corpse to ascend to the throne, was exceptionally promoted for offering longevity porcelain, embezzled Hutian kiln, persecuted Anqing kiln, forced Wang Yu to death, hurt Shi Nian, and threatened the people who beat the faction with Uncle Xu's life, and colluded with An Shijiu, is this the morality you keep saying?

On the treetops, under the moonlit night, the hot pig's trotters, the stories in the teahouse, and the well-preserved "Hengqu Quotations...... All kinds of thoughts that can't be cut up and are messy, are they really just a show?!

What admiration, what agreement, it's all a joke!

Under that moonlight, there was no one who was at peace with him. And he was shaken, shaken by the hypocrisy, the absurdity, the shameful thoughts!

He tried his best to get rid of distractions, not to see the man's lost leg, what did that shocking leg come from, and what did it have to do with him? How could he be unbearable for such a murderous enemy? How can we forget why we came into this world? Death is not extinguished, the meaning of the soul for a hundred years, isn't it to re-walk Xu Zhiliu's "right path"? Isn't it in his way to redefine life and death, to defend everything he has lost?

Xiao Liang, you shouldn't treat me like this.

You should never have done this to me.

Xu Zhiliu closed his eyes, his hands hanging by his side trembled, and gradually clenched into fists. He said to Xu Qing: "I think these abnormalities in the body may be related to the spring and summer bowls, I used to parasitize in the bowls, and now the bowls are broken......"

"What then?"

"Can you help me get a piece of broken porcelain? One slice will do, I need it. ”

Xu Qing looked at him, he didn't tell her that as long as there was one piece, Cheng Yubai would not be able to complete the repair, so ......

He wouldn't have died.

And those pasts, he never wanted to see again.

Xu Qing thought of the last time Cheng Yubai left Mingquan Tea House empty-handed, so he went to the fresh supermarket to buy a cage of live crabs, and then boarded the door to drink.

Count the small seven, eight big blue crabs, each of which is not small. He thought he was dazzled, and repeatedly confirmed that it was given to them, and Fei also ran to the backyard to inform Cheng Yubai of the "good news".

As soon as Cheng Yubai looked up, he saw Xu Qing following behind Xiao Qi.

A scoop of drinking workshop is not accessible to ordinary people. In fact, the workshops and factories in Jingdezhen are about the same, no matter how big or small, they will not be visited by outsiders.

He glanced at her quickly, retracted his gaze, and did not stop, skillfully following the wheeled cart to pull the thick tires. Until a narrow and round spout was formed, he stopped and said, "The crab stays, and there is something to say." ”

He had an apron on his body, a lot of mud splashes, and his hair was untidy, and he looked a little embarrassed. Xu Qing handed him a towel and said, "I want to buy something from you." ”

"What's that?"

She had already seen the half-restored spring and summer bowl on the workbench, and leaned in to take out a piece of porcelain from it. Cheng Yubai twisted his eyebrows and looked her up and down: "That's it?" ”

"Hmm."

"Did you take the wrong medicine?"

Xu Qing wrapped the porcelain piece into a handkerchief: "How much?" ”

"You're sick." Cheng Yubai got up from the wheeled car, strode forward and took the porcelain piece back, and carefully put it on the workbench, "I'll fix it right away, what do you mean by taking a piece?" If you like it, I'll give it to you when it's repaired. ”

"And how long will it take you?"

"You're welcome?"

Xu Qing didn't have time to joke with him: "You just say how much money you are willing to sell." ”

Cheng Yubai had a slight suspicion of her anxious attitude: "What kind of bad idea are you playing?" ”

Xu Qing glanced at Xu Zhiliu who was standing beside him. The boy is the same as this piece of antique porcelain, hundreds of years of time will polish him to be warm and translucent, refining a certain agarwood breath from his bones, originally quiet and suitable, and the spirit is natural, just look carefully at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, which is faintly a little stale, it looks particularly cool, and a little strict.

She dismissed it as her own delusion, and thought of his growing weakness, and hurriedly retrieved the porcelain from the workbench. Cheng Yubai watched her "playing a scoundrel" for the first time, and was a little interested: "To tell the truth, I'll let you take it." ”

"I need it."

"Why?"

"I can't say why." She didn't know how to explain the absurdity that existed around her. No matter what, she can't let Xu Zhiliu disappear.

Cheng Yubai saw that her ambition was bound to win, and snorted: "I don't want money." ”

Xu Qing pursed his lips unhappily: "You open the conditions first." ”

"Withdraw from the Chunyuan Porcelain Association."

"You know it's impossible." She took two steps back with a little guard, "Tell me something." ”

Cheng Yubai laughed angrily at her small actions: "Do you think you have to bargain for vegetables in the vegetable market?" I want what you know. ”

Xu Qing looked at him and didn't speak.

Cheng Yubai knew that she would not agree, strode over and snatched the porcelain back, waving his hand in a gesture of catching people. Xu Qing glanced at the young man next to him again, like a silent wind shadow.

It was not easy for her to join the Chunyuan Porcelain Association, how could she quit? But if you don't get the porcelain pieces back, what will Xu Zhiliu do? How long will he last?

Cheng Yu looked at her with a look of a strong man cutting his wrists, and said bitterly: "Okay, I quit Chunyuan." He was surprised, and saw her step forward, and when he was not paying attention, he picked up the porcelain piece and turned around and ran.

He was taken aback, and when he chased him out, the man had already run away.

Cheng Yubai immediately took out his mobile phone and scolded Xu Qing on the phone: "Do you think I can't repair it if I lose a piece of porcelain?" ”

"Don't talk big."

Is this man reasonable? Cheng Yubai laughed at her for not knowing, Xu Qing listened to the lecture hard, and finally said: "I owe you this time, and I will definitely pay it back if I have the opportunity in the future." ”

Cheng Yubai sneered: "You owe me more than this." ”

Xu Qing was inexplicable, and before he could ask, the phone was hung up.

Afterwards, Qin Feng knew about it, and he couldn't stand up from laughing. Thinking about how Qingmei was forced to do this? It's just a vain thing to have this ability! Qin Feng said: "Lao Zhang recently wanted to write a book on the red shop, and I just asked him to write you two into it." If it is published in the future, pull you two big people to sell books live, and the effect will definitely be good. ”

Hongdian is the painter's industry, Lao Zhang specializes in painting porcelain, and occasionally makes porcelain. Among several people, he is the most embarrassed, nearly thirty years old, lonely, and unable to support himself. The number of orders is pitiful, and it is a top paint player. I haven't been painting for five years, and I haven't finished painting a porcelain plate painting, and I'm starting to think about writing a book again.

Lao Zhang said: "I have money, and I don't plan to sell paintings. ”

"You have it, you can't get it for three days, you can't open the pot for a long time, right? If you want me to say, let Yibai match you with a few businesses, as for this, can't you lower your head? ”

"I don't want it."

Lao Zhang said no, that is, really don't. Qin Feng couldn't help it, and the words went back to Xu Qing, and asked Cheng Yubai what he planned?

What could he have planned?

Cheng Yubai said: "Since she came back, it has not stopped day by day. ”

"I think you're having fun."

"Seriously, the number of times Qingmei came back and smiled more often."

"He's just a dead duck with a hard mouth, and his heart is very beautiful."

"Why don't you try it?"

Qin Feng hurriedly waved his hand: "But don't, I can't afford to enjoy this blessing." Qingmei has a high vision, so I won't humiliate myself. ”

Lao Zhang was surprised: "Have you really thought about it?" ”

"Fart, I look like a person like Liao Dacai who doesn't know the general situation?" Qin Feng kicked him, and then asked Cheng Yubai again, "Having said that, Liao Dacai and others can be in the same company, close to the water, aren't you in a hurry?" It's been so long and you don't plan to take the initiative yet? ”

Cheng Yubai smiled coldly.

We really can't be passive anymore.