Chapter 1 If the moon is hated, the moon is always full
It's back to my hometown.
The hometown is still so kind, so warm, so quiet.
The small bridge flows, the bamboo shadow shakes clearly, and the green smoke curls.
This is the choice
Xie Chenfeng's hometown - Huating Village, Songjiang County. It's been three years, three years, since Chenfeng left his hometown.
Hometown is a fresh and elegant poem, and hometown is a beautiful and beautiful pastoral song.
For Chenfeng, this is a place of haunting dreams and a place of sadness.
I don't know if she's happy, I don't know if she's still living in resentment.
"Xiao Shang, forgive me, forgive me-" Every time he called this name deeply in his heart, Xie Chenfeng's heart was trembling, and he was sobbing in pain.
Xie Chenfeng himself didn't know whether it was right or wrong to leave at the beginning.
She is so smart and beautiful, so icy and jade. In front of her, Chen Feng felt ashamed of himself in all aspects.
Small businessman, formerly known as Qian Qinzhen, has a wealthy family. She is a local daughter who is a foreigner, with a rough understanding of poetry and songs, and it is commendable to help the poor and worry about the country and the people.
She is the eternal goddess in Chenfeng's heart.
She is like a beautiful and thin plum blossom blooming in the ice and snow.
Her beauty is admirable and breathtaking.
Her figure is slim, her demeanor is dignified and generous, her face is delicate, her cheekbones are a little prominent, her eyebrows are like willow leaves, her lips are like rouge, and the corners of her mouth are slightly raised, which makes her look a little naughty and reserved.
If it's a part of the body, it's normal. However, when she stands in front of you, you just feel that she has an otherworldly beauty, and the temperament she exudes is amazing.
Every time he thinks about her, Chen Feng's heart feels pain and loneliness.
Every time he thought of her, Tatsukaze had an illusion as if she was standing in front of him, and he seemed to be able to smell even the faint fragrance of plum from her body.
Chen Feng himself could not explain the lingering and sympathetic feelings, and deep in his heart he longed so earnestly to see her again, even if for a moment, this life was enough, but deep in his heart there was a frightened timidity, how he had the courage to bear her cold and resentful gaze.
Chenfeng is forever guilty and forever sad.
Perhaps it's human nature, a rare or lost love that is always unforgettable.
It's another night like this.
The moonlight is faint, and the stars are few.
The only difference is that last time I left, this time I returned.
Xie Chenfeng can't forget that night in this life, the night when Qian Qinzhen and Xia Wanchun got married.
I have witnessed my beloved marrying someone else's bride, but I have to pretend to smile and bless the newlyweds as if nothing happened, even though my heart is like a knife.
My heart was broken, like the red blood dripping from the remnant sun, so painful, so desperate.
From that moment on, he secretly swore that he would never return in this life and this life.
Taking advantage of the unpreparedness, he slipped out of the summer mansion.
He stood on the hill in the distance and looked out at the illuminated Xia Mansion, like melodious music floating in the night sky.
Who knows that the old man cries!
Xie Chenfeng never drank alcohol, however, he drank heavily that night and was so drunk that he couldn't wake up.
He wished he hadn't woken up again, at least no pain, no sorrow.
How many times can you get drunk in life?
From then on, he was drunk and smoked every day, and the huge wine gourd was carried with him all the time.
The bitterness in my heart can only be known by myself.
Giving up because of love, who can understand his Chenfeng's thoughts.
Xie Chenfeng's life experience is bleak. His parents died in the war, when he was seven years old, with the flow of people fleeing the famine, living a life of hunger and cold, when he was displaced to Huating Village, it was raining, he passed out in the rain.
Perhaps by coincidence, Changle County ordered Xia Yunyi to pass by and save him, and recognized him as a righteous son.
Xia Yunyi's sons Xia Wanchun and Xie Chenfeng had no guesses, eating and sleeping together, like brothers.
Xia Wanchun's cousin Qian Qinzhen lives in the east of the village, is innocent and cute, smart and clever, and often comes to play.
The three little ones splashed water in the clear stream barefoot, fished small fish, caught shrimp, and picked stones-
It was a lovely and wonderful time.
I remember one time, Qian Qinzhen folded a paper boat and invited Chen Feng to go to the creek to release it, and they made a beautiful wish sincerely, carefully lowered the boat to the water, and let it drift with the current. They persistently believed that the boat would never sink and would drift to a distant and beautiful place, and perhaps at some point in the future, they might encounter it.
At that time, Chen Feng asked curiously: "Qin Zhan, what wish did you make?" Qian Qin Zhan glanced at him slyly, and said mischievously: "Don't tell you!" and ran away with a twist.
Later, Chen Feng still knew her thoughts, and she wanted to be inseparable from him and wander the world.
Xia Wanchun is very smart, at the age of twelve, he is already a well-known "prodigy", with quick thinking, able to export chapters, compose poems in seven steps, and was also received by Hong Chengchou, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Once, the friends went to play outside the village, and one of them, named Ah Dong, herded the cattle for the family by the way, and the cow always ran to the field to eat seedlings. There was only one tree in the middle of the small pond, and Xia Wanchun pinched one end of the ox rope and tied a slipknot around the bank of the pond, and the ox rope was tied to the tree pole, and the buffalo could only move around the pond. The friends had a good time with peace of mind.
Time flies, the three children grow up, and each has its own ignorant mind.
Qian Qin's seal is slim and elegant, and he is knowledgeable.
Her relationship with Chen Feng seems to be closer, and Chen Feng nicknames her 'Xiao Shang', due to the homonym of her name Qian Qin Seal (money is earned). At first, she pretended to be angry and ignored him, but Tatsukaze couldn't help but joke with his nickname. After a long time, she accepted it from the bottom of her heart, but felt that the nickname was more kind.
I don't know when Xia Wanchun began to wander when he read the book, and he was thoughtful. Although he didn't tell Chen Feng, Chen Feng read his thoughts from his eyes.
Xie Chenfeng painfully found that Xia Wanchun fell in love with Xiao Shang wishfully, and there was always a trace of warmth in Wanchun's eyes when he looked at her.
"It's time to leave, it's really time for me to leave, all this shouldn't belong to me!" Chen Feng said to himself silently in his heart.
If there was no Wanchun's family, there would be no Xie Chenfeng today. Maybe the grass is already growing on the grave.
What qualifications does he have Xie Chenfeng to love her and give her happiness! In terms of family background and talent, Xiao Shang and Wan Chun are both natural matches.
Xie Chenfeng deliberately became addicted to gambling and often did not return all night. His family earnestly admonished him, but he did not repent.
Qian Qinzhen pleaded with him affectionately, and even burst into tears many times, but he still did not repent.
Xie Chenfeng has become a complete gambler, and there is no cure.
Later, Qian Qinzhen saw that he didn't say a word anymore, but just looked at him silently with a sad and complaining gaze.
Xie Chenfeng always acted as if nothing had happened, but in fact, his heart was like a knife, and he could hear his soul crying in pain in the depths of his heart.
On the same day, two strange things happened in the Xia Mansion of Huating Village.
The marriage between Xia Wanchun and Qian Qinzhen is rumored to be a good story of talented and beautiful women.
A prodigal son who is addicted to gambling has disappeared inexplicably.
Amorous is always ruthlessly mistaken!
The cold moon is silent, and the stream trickles. Where does the stream meander and flow? The shore of Zhitinglan looms, and the stream is like a soft hand brushing the aquatic plants on the stream bed.
A fallen leaf is like a butterfly fluttering down to the stream, and it is involuntarily swept away by the stream, and I don't know where to wander, even if it was once beautiful, even if it was once verdant.
The past is like a dream.
Xie Chenfeng's eyes were a little moist and hazy, and he was sad.
He felt that his fate was like that of a fishing boat drifting in the water for many years.
Could it be that fate was destined in a previous life?
In the miserable and rainy days, in the days of eating and sleeping in the open, he walked alone on the journey.
How much boredom and exhaustion filled my heart, how much I longed for a peaceful harbor to anchor and rest.
No one knows the bitterness and bitterness of wandering.
But he didn't dare to let himself be quiet, the sorrow of the past was like a tenacious seed of life, which could sprout in his heart at any time, and it hurt him deeply.
He forced himself to forget the past, but it was not easy to forget, and the past was long forgotten.
He could only keep drinking and walking, and forget the pain and sorrow for a while.
Time passes quietly with thoughts.
Before you know it, the air in the countryside is exceptionally fresh, with green grass and scattered wildflowers dotted along the village road, which is full of fun.
Tatsukaze felt more relaxed than he had ever felt before.
It was still early, and he planned to go to the breakfast shop in the east of the village to eat something, and then visit Xia Mansion.
The breakfast shop is still open, and the owners are a young couple, they don't know Xie Chenfeng, and their voice and appearance have already changed.
There weren't too many words between each other, and Tatsukaze filled his stomach and got up to pay the money.
Xie Chenfeng walked along the cobblestone village road towards Xia Mansion, his thoughts were numerous.
The large and small pebbles embedded in the village road are beautiful and wet. I don't know how many times I have walked this village road before, but now my mood and feelings are completely different, hesitant and emotional.
Are your parents still alive?
Are the brothers-in-law and daughter-in-law happy?
When he was thinking nonsense, Xia Fu suddenly appeared in front of him.
Xia Mansion is now showing a scene of decay and withering. The two large doors still show their former grandeur and majesty, and the paint is mottled by the weathering and peeling. The stone lions on both sides were tall and mighty, their teeth were shattered by the naughty boy, and the stone beads in their mouths were gone. The door beam flies to the eaves and the corners are warped, and the cobwebs are knotted, and it is still difficult to hide the solemn and simple charm.
Xie Chenfeng really didn't want to believe that this was the former Xia Mansion that had haunted his dreams many times.
"Bang Bang!—" He struck the knocker hard for a long time, and no one cared for it, and he was about to give up and turn away.
"Who is ?——" but there was an old and tired voice inside, and after a while the door creaked open, and a white-haired head poked out to look out, muttering to himself: "No one has come for a long time, no one has come for a long time------
"Uncle Xia, are you okay?" Xie Chenfeng exclaimed in surprise, and he recognized the old man at a glance as Xia Anping, the housekeeper of the Xia Mansion. My friends like to listen to him tell folk anecdotes.
The old man looked at the young man in disbelief, but he couldn't remember.
The simple young man wore a blue-gray robe with a mutilated edge, a large wine gourd pinned to his waist, and a long sword carved with a unique plum blossom on the hilt.
The appearance is also ordinary, a pair of eyes are almost squinted into a line and look very small, the eyes are red and swollen, it seems that he may fall asleep at any time, and he is a drunkard who is addicted to alcohol!
Xie Chenfeng said a little anxiously: "I'm Xie Chenfeng! Don't you recognize me?"
The old man approached and stared at him, his face was suddenly flushed with excitement, and he stretched out his withered hands slightly, and said with a slight reproach: "Where have you been all these years? Why have you come back? The old lady was still chanting your name before she died. ”
The news hit Tatsukaze's body like a thunderbolt from the clear sky, and he trembled and staggered, and his whole body almost fell.
A mother's care is like a warm picture.
Xie Chenfeng was heartbroken, and suddenly couldn't help but burst into tears and wept silently;
Xia An comforted him peacefully, and recounted the changes in Xia Mansion in a paragraph.
In 1645, the Qing army captured Songjiang to lure Xia Yunyi to surrender, he did not want to be arrested and humiliated and committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, leaving a suicide note for Xia Wanchun to inherit the will to resist the Qing Dynasty.
Xia Wanchun threw his pen from Rong and moved his family to Nanjing, the capital of the country.
The old lady was nostalgic for her hometown and didn't want to drag down the juniors, so she planned to spend her last life in Huating Village, but she died of depression soon after the pain of losing her husband.
Xia Anping volunteered to stay and take care of the old lady's diet and daily life.
He also told Chenfeng a secret story: the old lady often looked forward to Chenfeng's return before her death, and she was afraid that he would not find a home.
Tatsukaze was even more guilty and sad when he heard this.
Everything is like a cloud of smoke in the past, and now things are not people!
The flower beds in the courtyard are overgrown with thorns, vines are coiled, and seven or eight discarded bricks are scattered.
Chen Feng touched the scene, and his mood was full of desolation and sadness.
He begged the old man to guide him to his parents' graves to pay homage, and he had all the necessary items in place.
The wind is bleak, and the grass is green. The two mounds are overgrown with weeds and have no tombstones, making them particularly bleak and lonely in the wilderness of Wakada.
The old man said that he was afraid that the Qing soldiers would dig up the grave.
Chen Feng finished mourning, and then said goodbye to the old man.
Xia Anping clutched Chenfeng's arm tightly and refused to let go for a long time.
After experiencing too much warmth and coldness in the world, Chen Feng shed tears again for this true feeling.
However, he has a special mission to help the world.
What joy in life, what fear in death, he only lives for responsibility now.
Seeing that he was resolute, the old man said sadly: "Childe, when will you come again? ”
Chen Feng held back the sourness in his heart and forced a smile to comfort the old man: "I will be back soon." ”
The future is unpredictable and unpredictable, and he cannot guarantee that there will be tomorrow and future in life.
The old man finally let go and let him go away.
Xie Chen's heart was like a worm devouring the pain, he drank a few sips of wine, and looked up to the sky with sadness through the wine: "It's okay, it's difficult, it's time to finally have to, laugh at Hongchen, cry Hongchen, and make Huangchen behind you——"
The sun stretched and shrunk and pulled the back of Chenfeng farther away, looking so lonely and lonely.
Xia Anping lamented that Childe was not only a drunkard but also a madman.