Chapter 12: Excerpts (Part II)
"Squeak~~~~~"
The firewood was blocked to one side by force, and the scene in the courtyard was unobstructed.
The first thing that caught Chu Liuxian's eyes were two women who looked back in amazement.
The two women sat and stood together.
The one who sat looked like he was only thirty people, and it was the time when the woman was the most beautiful, and just a look back gave birth to ten thousand styles.
The woman standing looked less than a double ten, with a sad face and a vaguely familiar look.
With a glance, Chu Liuxian's gaze moved back to the older woman's body, like a magnet, and he couldn't move it anymore.
Suddenly, the older woman stood up from her seat, her face full of excitement.
"Mother's ......"
The moment Chu Liuxian saw this woman, he almost blurted out.
This "mother" was called naturally and smoothly, and even he himself was stunned, which was very different from the difficulty of the word "father" before.
That kind of complicated feelings can't be described, and Chu Liuxian doesn't know if he wants someone too much for too many years who can make him shout "mother" and be able to accept his knees, or if Qin Bo's words before made him sympathize with this woman and don't want to see her lost and disappointed.
The changes in the feelings of each party can't even be clear to him, the person concerned.
"Liuxian my son, when did you come back?"
Chu Mu took a few steps forward and was extremely surprised.
"She doesn't even know the news?"
Chu Liuxian was surprised in his heart, and suddenly he thought that it was because Chu's mother had been reluctant to contact the people of the Chu family, so the news was blocked, and he didn't even know that he was coming back.
Mother Chu didn't want to get any answer, she stood in front of Chu Liuxian and looked up and down, stood on tiptoe and straightened his slightly creased robe, her eyes were full of love.
"You've lost weight, are you working hard outside?
"Cultivation is cultivation, don't work too hard. ”
......
Chu Mu didn't seem to have enough of it. Talking while watching, Chu Liuxian didn't even have a chance to interject.
I don't know why, with Chu's mother's chatter, Chu Liuxian's heart calmed down, and when the word "mother" came out of his mouth again, it became more and more natural.
"Mother, the child is fine. ”
Whether he followed Chu's mother's words, or whether he was referring to the experience of the past ten years, even Chu Liuxian himself was not clear.
Chu Mu seemed to be tired of talking and stopped. Still holding Chu Liuxian's palm, he walked towards the table and chairs.
"Childe~~"
From behind Chu Mu, a surprised voice came.
Passing over Chu Mu's shoulder, Chu Liuxian's gaze fell on the young woman.
At this time, his heart calmed down, and he finally recognized who this woman was.
"Xin Yi has seen Childe. ”
The young woman suppressed her excitement and bowed to her.
Looking at the young woman lying on the ground, Chu Liuxian was in a trance, remembering the time when he drew the autumn wind map in front of the village, and the scene in the warm jade soup pool on the Jiuyao Ancient Boat.
This woman. It is the personal maid before the "childe": Xin Yi!
Chu Liuxian instinctively wanted to ask, "Why are you here", but reacted before the words could be spoken.
On that day, it was he who personally ordered Qin Bo to send Xin Yi back to Shenxiao Mansion. In the name of serving Chu's mother.
It seems that after that day, Xin Yi has been serving by Chu Mu's side.
Thinking of the past, Chu Liuxian couldn't help but glance at Xin Yi twice.
Today's hardship is compared to the beginning. It's a little more calm, a little sad, a little haggard. The change in temperament made Chu Liuxian unable to recognize it at first glance.
Mother Chu smiled and said: "Liuxian my son, Xin Yi is a good girl, she has been accompanying her mother during this time, watching the play, talking, she is very well-behaved, if you are short of people around you, call her back, and there is no need for anyone to serve her mother." ”
How is this possible?
Chu Liuxian shook his head, but didn't say anything, just motioned for Xin Yi to get up, and at the same time helped Chu Mu to sit down in his position.
Xin Yi didn't hear the answer of Chao Sidu's thoughts, and the delicate body lying on the ground trembled, and when he got up, his face had already returned to calm.
After serving Mother Chu and sitting down, Chu Liuxian finally knew where the "babbling" sounds he heard outside the firewood were coming from.
In the direction with his back to the firewood, in front of Chu Mu's seat, a screen was erected.
I don't know what texture the screen is, at first glance it looks like mutton fat white jade, and there is a colorful luster floating, and the light and shadow are hazy, exuding a dazzling halo.
Under the white jade screen, there is an inextinguishable lamp, emitting a misty light, reflecting the screen.
The light of the lamp blends with the white jade screen, and all kinds of light and shadow will float on the surface of the screen, and finally condense into a stage.
What's even more wonderful is that the jade bells hanging above the screen vibrate with the floating light and shadow, and the soundtrack and singing are emitted.
Chu Liuxian has presided over all the properties of the Shenxiao Chu clan in Tiandao City during this period of time, and he has seen many rare creations under his ears and eyes, although this white jade screen is wonderful, it will not make him lose his temper.
"Come to think of it, the light emitted from the lamp is the introduction to activate this wonderful magic weapon, and those plays should exist in the white jade screen, as long as the lamp emits a millimeter of light, the opera will begin to be staged. ”
After Chu Liuxian roughly figured it out, he withdrew his gaze and asked with a smile, "Mother, what are you looking at?"
He wasn't interested in those operas, but he had never gotten along with his "mother" and didn't know how to speak, so he had nothing to say.
Chu Liuxian didn't know if his brother understood what Chu Mu was seeing, so he could only ask vaguely, so as not to arouse suspicion.
Chu Mu really didn't doubt it, she patted Chu Liuxian's hand, which was still holding it now, and said, "This is an excerpt." ”
"Liuxian, you have been slow to cultivate, and it is not strange if you don't understand. ”
"Excerpts?"
Chu Liuxian looked at Mother Chu curiously, he didn't know if he was really interested at that time, or if he wanted to say a few more words to his mother.
Chu Mu lowered her eyelids and said, "The excerpt drama is a fold in the whole play, which is proposed separately. ”
Chu Liuxian understood a little, in fact, from the time he stepped into the courtyard until this time, the interpretation in the screen was no longer the same play, and he was still wondering before, so it was.
"Then this excerpt should be very exciting. ”
Chu Liuxian smiled and followed Chu Mu's words.
Extracting the essence of a whole play, of course, is wonderful.
He should have had no problem saying this, but Chu Mu's expression suddenly darkened.
Chu Liuxian looked at the words, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, to be exact, at the beginning of the mention of the three words "excerpt play", Chu Mu's expression was a little wrong.
"Stay immortal me. ”
Chu Mu stretched out her hand and pointed to the white jade screen, pointed to the joys and sorrows that were constantly staged in it, and said with emotion: "Look, this is an excerpt, there is no beginning, and there is no ending, but because it is incomplete, because it reveals the most brilliant part, there are not so many twists and turns and unsatisfactory behind." ”
Hearing this, Chu Liuxian faintly understood something.
"If only we had lived in this life, it would be the same. Put on the phoenix crown and xia veil, smear the oil paint, perform a masterpiece of the past and the present, and then take off their costumes and disappear, how good it should be. ”
Chu Mu grabbed Chu Liuxian's hand, unconsciously used a little more strength, and grasped it tightly.
"My son, do you think so?"
"It's better to be nostalgic and regretful than to put the unsatisfactory and cruel performances behind, right?"
Chu Liuxian was silent, and subconsciously held Chu Mu's hand.
Contacting Uncle Qin's words before, he completely understood Chu Mu's mind and understood why she was so fond of excerpts.
Mother Chu lives here, and what she is immersed in is not the joys and sorrows, love and hatred of others in the excerpts, but the most brilliant scene in her life without regrets.
She wished that the scene was an excerpt and stayed there.
Chu Liuxian looked at Chu Mu quietly, watching her reminisce about the past, and her face emitted a light that made people dare not look at it directly.
She seems to be still the one who is immersed in happiness, even if she sleeps in the open with her son's meal, she still feels as happy as a girl in a fairy tale.
The remnant sun slopes westward, burning out the red clouds, spectacular and magnificent, just near dusk.
"A fairy tale is just a fairy tale after all, it will only stop at the son and the concubine living happily together, but I don't know that the love will change from strong to light, and the love species may also be amorous......"
The excerpt is also like a fairy tale, and it is drunk with Chu's mother.
Outside the firewood, a footstep sounded from far and near, interrupting the three mothers, sons, masters and servants who were immersed in emotion. (To be continued......)