Chapter 16 Playing Home
She spent an extra two days in Kongshan, during which time she stayed at Li Yi's house.
She was not idle, at first she followed the women in the kitchen to help make a big pot of rice, but later found out that she was really not a clever type, and she was not good at cooking, and letting her in charge of the kitchen was tantamount to wasting food. When food was scarce, she was quickly invited out of the kitchen.
Later, she worked with the men to repair the house. She has a lot of strength, which also depends on her deep internal strength and abundant spiritual power. As soon as the palm was split, a piece of wood fell.
She opened her bow left and right, pulling two bundles of bundles with ease, and even improvised a mountain song.
Li Yi often turned her head and saw her wielding a hammer or holding a saw in her hand sweating like rain, tirelessly.
Only Jin Yunlan herself understands that only by concentrating on doing these coolies can she temporarily forget the heavy guilt in her chest.
In the evening, after Jinyunlan went to Shanxin Lake to bathe, she changed into clean clothes and sat on the porch in front of Li Yi's house to cool off.
Halfway through June, the hot summer breeze is coming. The sound of cicadas is ready to chirp, and mosquitoes are leaving a vivid preface on people's skin.
On the eaves of the house hangs a string of wind chimes made of bamboo, which jingle when the wind blows. She thought that if she could talk in the summer, it must have borrowed the mouth of the wind chime.
After Li Yi finished serving her mother and drank the medicine, she held a pu fan and came to Jinyunlan's side to sit with her some distance away.
Jin Yunlan was so distracted that her calves naturally hung down, swaying lightly from time to time. She looked at the sunset on the horizon, like a broken egg yolk. Melancholy and annoyance rendered her eyebrows instead of Luo Dai.
Li Yi silently pounced the wind of the pu fan towards her, "I'm homesick, you can go back." These words were cold, not half as warm as the wind that blew in.
Jin Yunlan replied with a smile: "Empty Mountain belongs to Los Angeles, and this is also my home. β
Li Yi glanced at her and asked, "What are you going to do after that?" You can't stay here forever. β
Even if she didn't frown, she could still see that she was sad. The light in her eyes was dim, like a candle about to burn out. She sighed, "If only I knew." But don't worry, I'm here to ensure that you have enough food and clothing. But you deserve it. β
The two of them didn't say anything, and sat dry for a while, each with a lot of emotions.
The bumpy road is nothing, it is rare that you can't even find the road, as if you are in a sea, except for the empty horizon, there is no direction at all, you can only drift with the wind, resigned to fate.
At this moment, Li Qiang, a girl with pigtails, ran over with two little boys, tugged at Jinyunlan's sleeves, and said, "Sister Fairy, come and play with us." Brother Gardenia will come along. She cast an expectant look at Li Yi.
After Li Qiangfang said this, she was pulled by her little friend, "Brother Xiao Yu is now the patriarch, so he won't play such a childish game with us." β
The three children brushed their eager gazes at Li Yi. Li Yi obviously couldn't withstand the attack of this kind of eager gaze, and his gaze wandered for a while, but he still disarmed and surrendered. He sighed lightly: "What role am I playing?"
The three of them succeeded, and they laughed happily.
Li Qiang smiled: "Then Brother Xiao Yu will play my father." β
"What about me? What about me? Jin Yunlan excitedly asked about her role.
Li Qiang pinched her chin and thought for a while, "You play my aunt." β
Li Yi's face darkened.
Jin Yunlan hid her face and snickered.
She entered the play on the spot, moved closer to Li Yi little by little, looked at him with a smile, and called him out unexpectedly: "Husband." β
Li Yi instantly stood upside down, glanced at her, and quietly warned: "The back injury is healed." β
Who knew that the female bandit was not afraid of his threat at all, and replied with a smile: "Okay, it's good morning." Can now do twenty backflips. β
He sighed, and was about to shirk the invitation of this famous folk children's game, so he heard Jin Yunlan shamelessly threaten beside him: "Look at the expectant eyes of the children, are you willing to hurt their childlike innocence?" As a patriarch, you should rejoice with the people. β
Li Yi saw that the three red-faced, jaw-dropping pigtail dolls had a curious light in their eyes, but they finally failed to be ruthless and didn't do anything.
He glanced at the female rascal angrily.
Jin Yunlan snickered, her slender fingers silently creeping up his palm, gripping it tightly before he could escape.
Sure enough, it was a man's hand, wide and warm.
Her fingertips rubbed against his palm, intentionally or unintentionally, and felt the thin calluses attached to his knuckles, which seemed to have a habit of holding a sword.
When she remembered the image of her shooting stars when she swung her sword in the bamboo forest, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.
And Li Yi really wanted to scold her, shameless. But when the words came to my lips, I somehow couldn't say them again. The image of her bathing in the mountain lake suddenly floated through her mind. He was ashamed of his shameless thoughts, so he forgot to argue with her, and only turned his face away.
Little Rose exclaimed: "Brother Xiao Gardenia and Sister Fairy have a really good relationship, and they are still holding hands." β
Jin Yunlan generously admitted: "Yes." Because we're husband and wife. β
Little Rose applauded, "That's great." Then we can get started. The plot is like this, I fell in love with Xiaolan and wanted to marry him, but Daddy likes Kaoru and wants me to marry Kaoru. β
Li Yi's heart jumped.
"Then naturally choose Xiaolan. The life of the parents, the words of the matchmaker. You can't go wrong by following your elders. Li Tang walked leisurely from behind and made his own remarks.
Li Yi snorted lightly: "I don't agree." Love is the cornerstone of marriage, and a union without love is deformed. β
Li Tang's face sank, and he sneered: "Love is just a flash in the pan, and it will dissipate in an instant." Only long-term and loyal companionship is real, and it can eventually grow old with it. β
Li Yi quietly retorted: "Love and companionship are not in conflict. Those who love can grow old together. A ruthless couple is not a partner, but only a partner who lives together. β
Li Tang rushed forward and pointed at Li Yu angrily, and the words seemed to turn to a strange place, "But my mother married my father first, and my husband gave birth to children." When I was born, your father hadn't even entered the door! β
Li Yan also directly provoked, "So what." When my father and mother got married, they got along well and soon gave birth to a child. And for more than ten years, my father was always more favored. Your father has to stay alone in the empty house. After he finished speaking, he snorted proudly.
When Jin Yunlan heard the content of the quarrel, her jaw dropped in shock.
What kind of thunderous bridge is this?
Is Lai's folk customs so strong?
Polyandry?
When she saw that the two brothers were arguing, she wanted to persuade and persuade peace. Who knew that the two brothers grabbed one of her arms and asked in unison: "You are a woman, you say, if it is you, who do you value more?" β
Jinyunlan wanted to cry without tears, like a swing frame in the wind being pulled and swaying from side to side.
Very sad.
Didn't you say that it was good to play a house?
The two brothers broke up in order to compete for their father's place in their mother's heart. Shoulder to shoulder, no one will let anyone. Before going back to the room to sulk, the two looked at each other, sneered at each other, and then "banged" and closed their doors at the same time.
Seeing this, Jin Yunlan could only shrug her shoulders helplessly, and said to Little Rose regretfully: "Daddy has run away, and only Auntie is left." β
Little Rose stuck her waist in her waist, and the little adult sighed as well, "The boy is so naΓ―ve. β
Jinyunlan couldn't help but laugh when she saw her saying mature words in a childish voice.
The sky was completely dark unconsciously, and Little Rose's two little friends looked at each other, pondered for a while and said to Little Rose: "Li Qiang, let's go back first, A-Niang is still waiting for us at home for dinner." With that, the two children ran away as fast as they could.
Little Rose's face became extremely obvious, from radiant to stunned for only a moment.
Jinyunlan found that she looked like she was about to cry, so she took the initiative to take her to her side and sit down, her fingers caressing the folds of her eyebrows, "Why are you unhappy, the game can continue tomorrow." β
Little Rose shook her head, her dark eyes glistening with tears. She rubbed her sour eyes helplessly, and her voice was hoarse, "My aunt has passed away." β
Jin Yunlan's chest was hit by these words, and her face became sad. She hugged Li Qiang and was silent for a long time in front of the June night sky.
"My aunt also passed away. Died in childbirth, and I didn't even see what she looked like. She said it calmly.
Li Qiang raised her head abruptly and looked at her sadly, "Then are you sad?" β
Jin Yunlan took a deep breath: "Sad." Even though my stepmom loves me very much. But whenever I see her with my younger siblings, I always think of my birth mother. β
Little Rose subconsciously rubbed the corners of her clothes and complained to her, "My aunt died when I was very young. She gave birth to me late, but fortunately, my father is still young. He hurts me a lot. I was very sad without my mother, but there are many people on Kongshan who have lost their parents at a young age. Everyone was sad together, and it felt better to cry together. β
Thinking of this, Jin Yunlan couldn't help but clench her fists, eager to smash a punch on the spot. Who was it who came up with such a vicious way to cause these children to suffer so much?
The blood curse of the thirty limits is simply outraged by people and gods.
She looked at the little girl in the crook of her arm distressedly, and asked gently, "Little Rose, do you know what your mother looks like?" β
Li Qiang nodded: "Father often mentions it." He said that his mother had a melon seed face, a pair of willow eyebrows that were softly spread on the apricot eyes, a small beauty mole on her small nose, and a small beauty mole next to the corner of her mouth. She likes to comb her hair like this. She couldn't tell the name of her bun, so she could only use her hand to make random gestures, "That's right, her earlobes are big, like a bodhisattva." β
Jin Yunlan couldn't stop nodding, listening to her description, and had an outline in her heart. She gently blindfolded Li Qiang and whispered in her ear, "When a loved one dies, it will turn into a star in the sky." When you look at her, she looks at you too. When your thoughts are conveyed to her, she will descend to the mortal world and come to you. With that, she withdrew her hand.
Li Qiang opened her eyes with hidden pain, and suddenly opened her mouth and stammered.
Because she saw the mother she had been thinking about all day and night appearing before her!