The meal was finally eaten slowly in silence, during which Duanmu Shenjiu and Old Man Deng drank alone without saying much.

At the end of the meal, Old Man Deng was a little drunk, and looked at Li Nuan, who was sitting on the side and eating in small bites, with a slight drunkenness, and said seriously: "Xiao Nuan, Uncle Deng is also confused, and introduced such a marriage to you." ”

Speaking of this, Li Nuan blushed, bowed to the side, and peeked at Duanmu Shenjiu from the corner of his eye, Duanmu Shenjiu was sitting precariously, looking at the wine glass on the table without squinting.

Old man Deng glanced at his wife again, sighed secretly, lowered his head and said: "The key still depends on the meaning of the children, what is auspicious or unlucky, what age, and we old immortals still believe it." ”

The old woman glanced at the old man Deng dissatisfied, snorted softly, her face was displeased, this scene was seen by Duanmu Shenjiu, the old woman probably found out that Duanmu Shenjiu saw her demeanor just now, so she turned her head to look at Duanmu Shenjiu and apologized: "I don't mean anything else, I just think it, Xiao Nuan, the yellow flower girl, can't just find a second marriage, although our Xiao Nuan's family is incomplete, but the person is still very good, since I decided to start a family for this child, I have to take care of her like a mother." ”

The old woman's words were sincere and gentle, Duanmu Shenjiu nodded secretly when she heard this, Old Man Deng lit a cigarette and lowered his head and stopped talking, but Li Nuan, who had been sitting on the side without saying a word, suddenly looked at the old woman with tears in her eyes, and said with a crying voice: "Aunt Deng...."

Aunt Deng's words were sincere, and she really touched Li Nuan, a hard-working person who had been ruined since he was a child, and felt some maternal love for the first time.

The old woman looked at Li Nuan, whose tears were about to fall, stretched out her hand to hug Li Nuan, and comforted: "Silly child, what are you crying about, this is not good, the aunt will find you something else, there is no shortage of men in this world, you can rest assured, the aunt will definitely make you a family, and it has to be the kind that comes to the door!"

Hearing this, Li Nuan's tears welled up in his eyes, slid down his cheeks and onto his clothes, and said in a voice not much bigger than a mosquito fanning its wings, "I didn't mean that...."

Old man Deng and his wife didn't really hear it, but Duanmu Shenjiu listened to it word for word, and immediately lowered his head and smiled bitterly, feeling a little happy and a little disappointed.

Duanmu Shenjiu stood up, glanced at Old Man Deng, and said loudly: "Old Man Deng, old sister-in-law, thank you for your hospitality today, it's not too early, I'll leave first, right?"

Old man Deng hurriedly got up and said in surprise: "What's the hurry, I'll sit down and drink tea again." ”

"No, another day. Duanmu Shenjiu smiled, left the dining table and walked towards the courtyard, looked back at the three of them before going out, and suddenly smiled: "The food is good, it tastes good." With that, he walked out of the hall.

Old man Deng hurriedly left the dining table, looked at Duanmu Shenjiu's back and shouted, "I'll send you off on a motorcycle, the road is not easy to walk, when do you have to walk?"

Duanmu Shenjiu had already walked to the gate, waved his hand without turning his head, and replied: "No need, I'll go for a walk, take a walk, I haven't been to the mountains for a long time." ”

When Old Man Deng ran to the courtyard, Duanmu Shenjiu had already gone out of the gate, and when he chased him outside the gate, he could no longer see Duanmu Shenjiu's figure. So he returned to the hall dejectedly, looked at his wife and Li Nuan, sat down silently, and poured himself another glass of wine.

Old man Deng was a little sullen, and the old woman knew it, but she still said strongly, "I don't agree with this marriage." ”

Old man Deng raised his head and drank wine, glanced at Li Nuan, who got up to pack up the dishes and chopsticks and sent them to the kitchen, and said with a wry smile, "Do you agree to have a fart use, I see, these two children didn't look at each other, and they didn't have that mind at all." ”

"Then who do you show your sad face? I thought you couldn't make this marriage, and I was unhappy. The old woman looked at Old Man Deng and asked.

Old man Deng stood up again, put away his wine and glass, and sighed, "I'm worried about that kid, I died at a young age, and my wife died, which is also one of the great sufferings in life, alas!"

The old woman brushed her hair with her hands, glanced at the kitchen, there was the sound of water inside, and thought that Li Nuan was brushing the pot and washing the dishes.

"These two people are hard-working people. The old woman was silent for a while, and then said in a low voice, "It's because of the hard life that Xiao Nuan can't be allowed to continue to suffer." ”

Old man Deng glanced at his wife, and said angrily, "Cheng, it's all up to you, anyway, I don't have the idea of starting a family when I see Xiao Nuan, you just work hard yourself, I don't care about this matter." ”

"You don't care. The old woman also glanced at Old Man Deng, knocked on the table hatefully, as if she had made up her mind, "Such a good girl, can you still find a good man?"

The room was quiet for a while, neither of them spoke, only the breeze outside blew softly, blowing into the house through the door of the hall, and it was a little cold.

After about ten minutes, Li Nuan in the kitchen walked out, her face was as usual, even with some relaxation, as if she was in a good mood, she did not enter the hall, but stood in the courtyard and the two people in the house and said, "I went out for a walk, I just ate enough, and I was a little supportive." ”

The old woman habitually said, "Put on some clothes, it's cold outside." ”

Just like a mother telling her child, the old woman's words sounded very warm to Li Nuan, warm like her own name.

"It's okay, it's not cold. Li Nuanyan smiled and walked out of the courtyard.

After Li Nuan left, the old woman frowned, thought for a while and said, "Xiao Nuan seems to be in a good mood, doesn't she really want to start a family?"

Old man Deng said angrily on the side, "Isn't it obvious enough? ”

On the mountain path, Duanmu Shenjiu walked slowly alone, stopping and stopping all the way, looking at this, looking at that, and he was in a very good mood. The air in the mountains is humid, and it is winter, so it becomes damp and cold, and ordinary people in this season, wearing cotton boots and walking for a while, will produce a lot of foot sweat, which makes people very uncomfortable, but these will not have any effect on Duanmu Shenjiu.

The mountain road is not too long, after reaching the end is the highway, the road leads directly to the city, it is the time to come, the old man Deng rode a motorcycle with Duanmu Shenjiu to take the road, at this time the highway has appeared in Duanmu Shenjiu's field of vision, according to his current speed, walk for more than ten minutes, and arrive.

Duanmu Shenjiu, who was walking, suddenly stood still, turned his eyes and looked behind him, in his sight, there was a very agile girl, from far and near, up and down on the deserted mountain road, moving quickly, quickly approaching his side.

Duanmu Shenjiu was a little surprised, and frowned slightly, but then he stretched out again, and then the girl's figure also came closer, it was Li Nuan.

Li Nuan landed a few meters behind Duanmu Shenjiu, her face flushed, slightly panting, she calmed down after standing still, and looked at Duanmu Shenjiu.

Neither of them spoke, Duanmu Shenjiu looked at the girl seriously, Li Nuan also looked at the beautiful man seriously, the wind blew and lifted a few strands of hair from the two, and the weeds and dead leaves on the trees also shook gently.

In addition to the sound of nature, there was only the sound of horns from the cars passing on the highway in the distance, and the flush on Li Nuan's face gradually faded, and Duanmu Shenjiu smiled.

"Do you have something to say?" Duanmu Shenjiu asked as he looked at Li Nuan.

Li Nuan's face flushed again, but he quickly returned to normal, and his tone was as usual, "You just left?"

Duanmu Shenjiu thought it was interesting, smiled and asked again, "Can you still stay if you don't leave?"

Li Nuan also smiled, thinking about it.

"You... Do you want to go to my teacher's door to have a look and pay tribute to her?" Li Nuan asked tentatively.

Duanmu Shenjiu's smile gradually disappeared, and he raised his head and looked at the sky, gloomy, just like the mood every time he thought of Zichu Guan Qingzhou.

"I'll go, after a year. After Duanmu Shenjiu finished speaking, he turned around and continued to walk towards the highway.

Li Nuan wanted to speak and stopped in the back, looking at Duanmu Shenjiu who was about to go away, somehow, he suddenly wanted to follow, but he was embarrassed to follow, so he stood there and hesitated, his heart beat a drum, and he was losing his mind, Li Nuan suddenly heard Duanmu Shenjiu's voice in front of him.

"Girl, have you been good to her all these years?"

After Li Nuan heard the question, he walked forward behind Duanmu Shenjiu, and replied honestly: "Every year during Qingming, Master will go to the grave to burn some paper money, and occasionally take the junior sisters to mourn her. ”

"Oh?" Duanmu Shen didn't turn his nine heads, and asked with a smile, "Does she have any relationship with Yuchun'an, why does your master want to do this?"

Li Nuan didn't speak, just shook his head, but Duanmu Shenjiu, who was facing forward, seemed to see it, nodded and asked, "Then do you know why Wan'er's tombstone is erected in Yuchun Nunnery?"

Li Nuan shook his head again.

Duanmu Shenjiu stood still, was silent for a while, looked at the sky and sighed, and said in a low voice, "I don't know what happened after I died." ”

Li Nuan also stood behind, looking at the lonely Duanmu Shenjiu in front of him, wanting to say comfort, but he didn't know what to say.

After being still for a long time, Duanmu Shenjiu never had the intention of continuing to walk, his eyes looked straight at the sky above his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Nuan wanted to speak out loud, but she didn't open her mouth several times, and when she plucked up the courage to speak for the last time, Duanmu Shenjiu suddenly moved, and continued to walk forward, Li Nuan hurriedly opened his legs and followed, but Duanmu Shenjiu didn't turn his head and said: "Don't send it, there is the road ahead, I will take a taxi on the road and go back." ”

Li Nuan's face flushed, and she really stood there still, looking at Duanmu Shenjiu who was gradually moving away in front of her, she lost her mind for a moment, she struggled in her heart for a while, and suddenly shouted loudly when she stood behind, "If you want to go to Yuchun Nunnery to see her in the future, I can take you there." ”

This time, Duanmu Shenjiu turned his head, glanced at Li Nuan from a distance, and nodded solemnly, "Okay, thank you." Then he walked onto the road, turned a corner and disappeared.

Li Nuan looked at the intersection where Duanmu Shenjiu disappeared, smiled happily for no reason, turned around with the playful appearance of a little girl, and jumped back.