Chapter 6: The Word of the Father
By this time, the sun had gone home, completely gone, the sky was getting darker and darker, and everything seemed to be like something far away in the eyes of the myopia, vague, and a gust of evening wind blew, and the trees swayed and the hunting sounded, as if to tell the naughty children to hurry home and eat.
Lu Yicheng replied: "In the past, there was a room 100 meters away from our house, and there lived a scholar in it, who taught here for a living, and his family had a rich collection of books. Whenever I had nothing to do and was bored, I would go there and read a book for a while to pass the time. Once I accidentally saw the great poet Bai Juyi's "Song of Long Hatred", I liked it so much that I couldn't help but memorize it for a while. ”
"But the people of Liupu Village here are poor, and it is good to have a full meal, and how many of them have the opportunity to go to school? The gentleman named Lu Yuwen later had no books to teach, and had no source of money to live, so he had to sell his house to someone else and go elsewhere to make a living. Lu Yicheng's nose wrinkled, took a deep breath of the aroma of rice in the air, and then continued: "Okay, it's so late, don't say more." Do you smell the food? You should be hungry too, right? Let's eat. ”
Late at night, it is pitch black between heaven and earth, people are almost all asleep in bed, there is silence and emptiness around, the frog cries that come from time to time in the distance are unusually loud, the night wind blows, the branches and leaves of the trees are rattling for a while, the grass and flowers shake their heads, the unique fragrance on the body leaks into the wind, fluttering and dancing with the wind, edifying the world, all the sounds emitted are contrasted with the surrounding more silent, a round and a half moon in the sky, not bright or dark, faint, exudes a light like white mist, like a soft scarf, shrouded in the treetops, between the branches and leaves, on the flowers, on the grass, on the mud ground, all of this looks a little white.
In Liupu Village, in a room, a small room, a wooden bed, and two people lay on the wooden bed. The room was made of yellow mud and wood, and the furnishings of the room were very rudimentary, except for a double bed, only an old table, on which lay a mirror, which was half broken, and a crimson comb, which was almost jagged, and next to it were two stools of gray color, except for the owner of these items, God probably only knows how long they had been used.
One of the people on the bed turned over, and after some time, one of them stretched out his hand, shook the other, and asked cautiously and softly, "Chungbang, have you slept?"
The tone of the voice is a little high, the voice is soft and beautiful, as if the yellow warbler is singing at night, and it seems that the beads are falling on the jade plate, as if the heavenly maiden has irresistible magic, which makes people listen to it, and all of them think of a peerless and amazing beauty in their heads.
Another man in the bed said, "I haven't slept yet." Roushi, what's the matter?"
It turned out that the first speaker was Lu Zhongbang's wife, that is, Lu Weiguo's mother, whose name was Li Roushi.
The second voice was rough and hoarse, obviously it was a man who spoke, and his name should be Lu Zhongbang.
Li Roushi said faintly: "Does anyone want the house? Have you gone to talk to someone today? How about the price? Have you negotiated with someone? Who are you going to buy it to?"
A shadow flashed in Lu Zhongbang's eyes, but he quickly returned to normal, and even his face was a little happy and firm, and he said slowly: "I was busy all day today for the matter of buying a house, and finally found the main owner, Lu Rufeng. It took me Lu Rufeng almost two hours to finally reach a consensus and negotiate the price. ”
Li Roushi asked, "Lu Rufeng, is it Lu Rufeng who lives in the village?"
Lu Zhongbang looked at Li Roushi affectionately and replied, "En." ”
Li Roushi asked lightly: "So, how much will this house be sold?"
Lu Zhongbang said gently: "Five hundred taels." Lu Rufeng and silver gave me both. The two of us agreed that Lu Rufeng would come to collect the house in twenty days. A few miles away from our house was a small abandoned temple, and when the house was bought, our father and I moved there, and we just had to clean it up and clean it up, and although it was a little shabby and old, we could barely cope with it. ”
Li Roushi's face was surprised, and she said in a slightly trembling voice: "Five hundred taels, so little? Haven't you entangled with Lu Rufeng and asked him to give more? At least six hundred taels." ”
Lu Zhongbang said with a bitter face, and said in an angry voice: "Do you think I haven't talked and entangled with Lu Rufeng?" I talked and argued with Lu Rufeng until my throat was about to burst, but he just refused to increase the price, so the two of us almost fought. “
Suddenly, the two of them stopped talking, and the surroundings were quiet, as if time had stopped flowing, and the atmosphere was a little awkward and resentful for a while.
Maybe it's because of a woman's nature, but after I don't know how long, Li Roushi was the first to speak: "Since we have so little money, why should we sell our house? Can't we sell our land? Don't we still have a few acres of land? Although the price of the land is lower, we still have hundreds of taels of silver in storage." ”
Lu Zhongbang sighed and said slowly: "If we sell our land, what kind of land do we have? Without farming, then we will have no source of money." So what are we going to live with?"
Li Roushi was silent for a moment, swallowed and foamed, nodded, as if she had made a decision, and said in a trembling voice: "Zhongbang, you ...... You...... Can't you let Lu Weiguo not ...... Isn't it good to go to Quanzhen to teach martial arts literacy? Isn't it good to live in such an ordinary and happy way? How expensive is the tuition fee for going to Quanzhen to teach martial arts literacy! And those expenses, where can we find so much money?"
Lu Zhongbang seemed to have known that his wife would say this, prepared an answer in advance, and replied reflexively: "I know that you are also for the good of the child, but we have a long-term vision, and it costs a lot of money to send Weiguo to Quanzhen to teach martial arts literacy, but this can give the child a good future in the future." As parents, as long as our son is promising, what is the point of working hard? I believe you don't want our only son to be like us in the future. I know you are reluctant and reassured, after all, we only have one seedling, but how can I be reluctant?"
When I was a teenager, my father wanted to send me to Quanzhen to teach martial arts and literacy, but I refused to go, and my parents said that I was unproductive. But who among them knows my mind? And who knows how eager I am to teach martial arts literacy? As a man, as a seven-foot man, who would want to be an ordinary and busy peasant for the rest of his life? Who doesn't want to do something big? But my father is physically disabled, and my mother has done almost all the work from childhood to adulthood, and every time I see her hard work, I feel heartache and hate myself for being useless. ”
"I don't want the two of them to rest assured, I don't want the two of them to work so hard for me, otherwise I wouldn't want to go to Quanzhen to teach martial arts literacy? Quanzhen Sect, what a big name this is, and how many heroes and heroes have been produced! As long as our son stays in the Quanzhen Sect for a few years and learns a little bit of something, it can be called a lifelong use for the defense of the country! Besides, the defense of the country in our family is never forgotten, is gifted, and has a strong comprehension, and as long as it is well cultivated and educated, it will definitely be useful in the future. ”
"Yes, I almost forgot to say that we must behave as usual, and we must not let Wei Guo know that we sold the house in order to send him to teach martial arts literacy, if we accidentally let him know, he will be sad and guilty. The father also asked someone to help Wei Guo see the numerology, and the fortune teller said that he was Zhuge Liang who came into the world and would definitely make a difference in the future. Speaking of my mother, there are still seven days to go before her death day, so we should make good preparations and pay respects to her when the time comes, hoping that she will be in the spirit of heaven and bless our family with peace and happiness in their lives, so that the defense of the country will have a future and make a career in a down-to-earth manner. Speaking of which, I was useless, I couldn't make money when I was a child, I couldn't help my mother, otherwise she wouldn't have become ill and died at such a young age. ”
After finishing speaking, Lu Zhongbang sighed deeply, his eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and his face darkened, but he quickly returned to normal, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he seemed to want to say something, but after a long time, he finally didn't say anything.
Li Roushi was excited when she heard her husband's voice, knowing that Lu Zhongbang thought of something sad and was unhappy, so she gently patted her husband's back a few times to show comfort, and then saw that it didn't have much effect, she held his head in her arms, kissed Lu Zhongbang's head lightly, and said softly: "Okay, everything is over, and it will be better in the future...... We sent Weiguo to Quanzhen to teach martial arts literacy...... Everything is up to you. ”
After listening to his wife's comfort, Lu Zhongbang's heart became even more excited, tears kept pouring up, but he tried his best to endure it, just not letting the tears flow out of his eyes, and the crying hit his mouth like a wave after another, but he also endured it desperately, just didn't let it rush out of his mouth, he hugged his gentle and considerate wife Li Roushi tightly in his hand, buried his head deeper into his wife's arms, and his back trembled slightly.
The night is gentle, the moonlight shines through the small window, projecting on the ground, faint, and the air is filled with a unique summer atmosphere.
I don't know how long it took, Lu Zhongbang turned over, and the whole person pressed on his wife's body, and then the two hugged each other, and then the two quickly kissed each other lip to lip, hugging so tightly, it seemed that they would never let go anymore, and the kiss was so passionate, as if the two burning flames touched together, all this happened so naturally, so appropriately, as if it should have been so. At this moment, the two hearts of Lu Zhongbang and Li Roushi merged into one, time seemed to stop beating, and everything around them seemed to be non-existent, except for the person they loved the most, in addition to the passionate passion, in addition to the two hearts that were unswerving.