Chapter 34: A Dream Apart

The road is dark, the moonlight is faint, and it is difficult to penetrate the bamboo forest in the mountains. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 On the contrary, on the stone path, Hua Jiu'er, who was dressed in white, was very conspicuous. The clothes reflected the sporadic moonlight, and the footsteps were light and fast, and from a distance, it looked like a ghost in the mountains drifting away in the rain.

Although the name of Nanshan is a mountain, the terrain is not high, I don't know whether it is a natural formation or the ancestors intentionally, a large area of Nanshan is a bamboo forest. Dense bamboo forests tend to block a lot of sunlight, making it difficult for other species of plants to grow except for a single species of bamboo, so birds that like to live in low-level shrubs will not patronize, and the bamboo itself is not suitable for consumption, and other birds are rarely seen in bamboo forests.

So at this moment, there is a constant sound of rain in my ears, and other than that, quietly. Maybe there was other movement in the distance, Hua Jiu'er adjusted her breathing and listened to her surroundings.

There are no anomalies. The corners of Hua Jiu'er's mouth hooked, no one knew this bamboo sea better than her, especially since she had changed several of her positions......

"Mother-"

Hua Jiu'er pushed the door open, and a gust of cold wind blew in, the window was open, the room was dark, Hua Ruyu had already removed her makeup, changed her clothes, and sat quietly on the edge of the bed.

Fortunately, it wasn't too late to come back, Hua Jiu'er thought.

"Mother, do you want to close the window?"

"Your dad came to me again last night. Hua Ruyu sat quietly, not as if she was talking to Hua Jiu'er, but talking to herself, her expression was so wooden, but her eyes revealed the love thread that was always cut.

Hua Jiu'er understood, and instead of closing the window, she came to the chair between Hua Ruyu and the window and sat down to block the cold wind.

"What did he tell you?"

"He came back and picked up a few books that had been left behind, and by the way brought a few more changes of clothes, and told me to take good care of you children, and said nothing else, and then left. Hua Ruyu kept looking ahead, her eyes diverged, and her pupils seemed to have overshadowed the depth of the night.

"He was thinner again, his cheekbones were more pronounced, two more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and a very long scar on his arm...... But he's still so young, and he's still so mighty......"

"From the first time I saw him in the room until he finally left, he still didn't look at me, still like that night eight years ago, without saying a word, and just disappeared at the end of the street, never looking at me again. ”

Hua Ruyu sighed, her eyes just looking.

"Is my dad still so handsome in my dream?"

A faint smile suddenly appeared on Hua Ruyu's face: "Handsome, still so handsome, the first time I saw him, I was deeply attracted by his graceful demeanor, his eyes were so bright, so firm, of course, and affectionate, although that was his usual look." ”

"And his coldness, huh?"

"Yes, so cold that it makes people panic and helpless, so cold that I never know how much space I can occupy in his heart, or how much space there is at all......"

Hua Ruyu sighed, lifted the quilt, lay down, and closed her eyes.

Hua Jiu'er stood up, covered Hua Ruyu with a quilt, leaned over, and gently lay on Hua Ruyu's body, saying, "Dad has you in his heart, otherwise he won't entrust me to you, believe me, so do I." ”

Hua Ruyu breathed smoothly and seemed to be comforted.

Hua Jiu'er got up, came to the window, glanced at the full moon in the sky after the rain cleared, and closed the window.

"I'll go out again tomorrow, and I'll be back in a few days, to Lizhou, do you have anything to bring?"

"Bring a pot of jasmine tea. Hua Ruyu's eyes moved, but soon regained her quietness, as if she had nothing more to add.

"Mother, I'm out. ”

Hua Jiu'er took one last look at Hua Ruyu, who was lying on the bed with tears streaming from the corners of her eyes, smiled faintly, closed the door gently and walked out.

"Is my mother asleep?"

Hua Jiu'er turned around and saw that Nian Bixue was still sitting at the stone table outside the door waiting quietly, smiled mischievously, took a deep breath, stretched her waist cutely, shook her sleeves, stretched out her left hand, borrowed strength, flew around the column on the stone corridor, and fell on the stone chair opposite Nian Bixue, her hand brushed lightly, picked up a bottle of flower brew on the table, and poured it directly into her mouth.

Seeing this, Nian Bixue sighed with pity and said, "My poor Hua Qingjiu has been ruined by your little wine jar like this. ”

Hua Jiu'er took another big sip before putting down the crane-shaped wine jug with a smile and praised: "Not bad, yes, your wine is the best to drink in the morning and evening, refreshing and refreshing." ”

Nian Bixue smiled and said: "As far as you can say, anything can be said to be good, and if you praise it, my little pot of wine is worth it." ”

Hua Jiu'er smiled.

"Is my mother okay? Tomorrow is the death day of Master Liang, and it will be Qingming again, although my mother has been talking and laughing with the guests at night, but as soon as I returned to this inner courtyard, I never smiled again. ”

After hearing Bixue's words, Hua Jiu'er's smile was inevitably a little sad, and said: "My mother said that I dreamed of my father again last night, and it was the same as before, and she didn't say anything that her mother wanted to hear from beginning to end, which made her sad again." Alas, it can be regarded as a bitter mother for so many years. ”

"You said that Dad can't be a little pretentious and show himself in his dreams?" Hua Jiu'er added.

"Look at what you said, is Master Liang that kind of person? Besides, it is my mother's own dream, which is all born of her feelings about the past, although there are beautiful expectations, but my mother's heart knows very well, what kind of development will be the most real. Nian Bixue said.

Hua Jiu'er sighed, nodded in agreement, and continued to raise the flask and pour it.

"The generation of Fu Qinglou, who is a person of lust, knows is flattery, does not know his feelings, in the twilight of the Qin Dynasty, wine and food are entertainment;

Nian Bixue chuckled after reading: "Everyone thinks that the girls in our Qinglou don't know what true love and true love are, but they don't know which one of the 'life and death promises to see love' throughout the ages is not the story of our Liuxiang." ”

"Do you regret being sent to this place?" Hua Jiu'er suddenly asked.

Nian Bixue thought for a while and said with a smile: "I used to sit in front of the window in the evening and watch the sunset, thinking that I was like a bird being locked up in this yard, unable to get out, let alone flying, and thinking about escaping, maybe, if it wasn't for this yard, the room was not for the mother who grew up with us, maybe I would have escaped a long time ago." ”

"Actually, it's not easy to escape in this courtyard. Hua Jiu'er smiled and glanced at the courtyard around except for Uncle Fu who was guarding the door, there was no one else's yard at all, she knew that there was actually a net around her, but the purpose was to protect the courtyard.

Nian Bixue also laughed and continued: "Actually, think about it, there is nothing bad now, we are not selling ourselves, my mother is really good to us, she taught me piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since I was a child, and how to be a person." However, you don't know this, although we grew up together, but you are different from us, much freer than us, I never saw you when I was a child, and I don't know where you ran away. ”

Hua Jiu'er smiled embarrassedly and said, "Indeed, I'm too skinny, I'm going to run out tomorrow and fool around." ”

"You just can't go home," Nian Bixue said helplessly, "Why don't you wait until tomorrow to worship Master Liang before leaving?"

Hua Jiu'er shook her head knowingly and said, "I'm going to Lizhou, just in time to toast." ”

Nian Bixue suddenly said, "I said it." The bar with a pot of ice and rain tea, the frozen wine carefully brewed by the mother, is placed in the No. 3 ice cellar. By the way, what about Han Gongzi and Chen Gongzi? They are still preparing to come to you tomorrow. ”

"It's okay, I'll look for them when I get back. By the way, you know what, now that bamboo forest is mine. Hua Jiu'er showed off with a wicked smile.

Nian Bixue smiled: "Your two friends are really good, when you come back, you must thank them well." ”

"I know, aren't they nice to you, they want to give you some gifts, but you don't. ”

Nian Bixue lowered her head and smiled, and said, "You know, I don't want to be favored. ”

"I know," Hua Jiu'er said sweetly, "By the way, I may be there for a little longer this time, and my little bamboo house will be handed over to you." ”

"Every time you go out you come to me and say this, and now I look into your little eyes and know you're going to say this. ”

Hua Jiu'er put down the wine jug, got up with a smile, and said, "Okay, I'll go up to sleep first, and I'll leave tomorrow at dawn, you can go and rest quickly, you've been tired for two days." ”

"I know, seeing that you are not big or small, you have begun to educate your sister," Nian Bixue said with a smile, "How about it, this dress that my sister made for you is good, in the future, you will wear less men's clothes, women's clothes will be more convenient, don't you usually like to play with some small hidden weapons, and you can hide more." ”

Hua Jiu'er walked behind Nian Bixue, wrapped her hands around her neck coquettishly, closed her eyes and said: "Sister is the best, if you see a son you like in the future, you can marry quickly, I am still waiting to bring my little nephew." ”

"You little girl, you know how to make fun of me," Nian Bixue smiled softly, "Go to sleep, or you little lazy worm won't be able to get up." ”

Hua Jiu'er suddenly thought of something, pointed to the little snake earrings that had just been worn on her ears, and continued to coquettishly say, "Sister, thank you for your birthday gift." But that new garment has just been soaked in the rain, and I'll put it on when it's clean!"

"Little thing, I know, go to sleep!" Nian Bixue stroked Hua Jiu'er's long hair and said softly.

"Alright, I'll go to sleep, good night, sister. Hua Jiu'er glanced at Nian Bixue again, smiled happily and turned into a round door.