"I heard that you are getting engaged..." Alyssa looked at the emerald green wheat fields in the distance. The constant blowing wind caused the wheat seedlings in the wheat fields to form waves of wheat. The wind also became tangible and qualitative, and was moving in a kind of way. Showed up in completely different ways.
In the evening of midsummer, the wind blows on people and takes away the remaining heat of the day. Looking at the layers of wheat fields, lined with fiery red sunset, the fishy smell of earth and the fragrance of vegetation make people accustomed to seeing high-rise buildings. People feel relaxed and happy.
Alyssa held the railing and looked at the horizon in the distance. Once upon a time, she had had the slightest expectation that she might really become Dulin's wife, but the reality was always so cruel and ruthless, shattering her fragile sweet dream. When she learned about Dulin's engagement from Mr. Kesma, she felt an indescribable feeling, including lack of oxygen, dizziness, and her heart seemed to be about to burst. However, after careful consideration, it was not that serious.
Her feelings for Du Lin are very strange. She has considered this issue very seriously. It may be more about the initial surprise, the bond between the two children, love or something... maybe, but maybe not much.
The so-called discomfort is more likely to be a kind of loss rather than despair.
Du Lin stood next to her and looked hard at the sky in the distance. He answered Alyssa's question with a sigh. Just like what he and Mr. Kesma said, this is what he must do. It is also a link that needs to be experienced in order to complete one's pursuit of ideals.
"Who is that girl?" Alyssa retracted her gaze from the distant sky and stared at Du Lin's face. Although it was not very handsome, it always gave people something that could not be ignored. His eyes were very Alyssa saw what he was looking at from his eyes - this world.
She suddenly thought of a very interesting question. Until now, she had never had a deeper understanding of Du Lin. All her contacts were superficial. She never knew what kind of pursuit Du Lin had, and whether he had terrible or not terrible pressure. She had no idea about his attitude towards life, his attitude towards life, and his attitude towards his career, let alone think about it. To understand.
This is a strange man. To her, Du Lin is like an ordinary passerby. You may pass him by, but you don't have to know everything about him, because he is just a passerby. But unfortunately, this most familiar stranger is also the father of his two children. They don't understand each other at all, but they do things that only husband and wife can do.
Is this fate
Then this fate is really wonderful, and it has turned into a bad fate.
Dulin felt very calm at this time. Only here could he completely calm down. He thought for a while and replied, "Do you know, Mags? Prime Minister of the Empire, that girl is his niece."
"Magus's niece? She must be a very powerful girl, right?" Alyssa secretly compared herself with the girl who was about to be engaged to Dulin. Unfortunately, in any aspect, she was She couldn't find a place where she could outdo the other person, even though she had never met that woman.
Du Lin nodded, "This is what I need too. On the way to the end of life's journey, you can walk there step by step, or you can run. I chose to take a car, which is faster and can make people more comfortable." I'm going further." He looked back at Alyssa, "This is a transaction and has nothing to do with love. It may be difficult for a person like me to be emotional in this life." He smiled to himself. , when a person has an unprecedented great ideal and tries his best to realize it, all personal desires will be suppressed to the limit.
He didn't know if there were such people in this world, but there were them in the world in his dream, and not just one or two. Once idealistic things appear, it means that there is a more ideal goal, and someone firmly believes that this more ideal goal can be achieved.
"Don't fall in love with me, you will be very tired!" Du Lin suddenly raised his arm and put his arm around Alyssa's shoulders. The two of them stood under the sunset, neither one said a word, and they were covered with clothes woven by the sunset. Watching the ups and downs of the wheat waves, I fell into a rare silence that shouldn't exist.
At night, Dulin was assigned to Alyssa's room. In fact, this room was originally his. Of the four older Kesma children, Mason and Doolin slept in one room, and Merlin and Kinsel, the twins, slept in another room. Now that the four children have left home to pursue their careers, one of the two vacated rooms is given to the two children, and the other is for Alyssa.
Of course, it was impossible for Du Lin to squeeze in with the Kesma couple, nor with his younger brothers and sisters. It was even less possible for Mr. Kesma to let him squeeze with the two children, especially after Du Lin revealed After realizing that he wanted to give his two children loving fatherly love, he could only sleep in his own room, which is the room where Alyssa now lives.
I took a bath in the evening. Bathing in the countryside is not like taking a bath in a villa or manor in the city. There is a shallow well for non-drinking water. Boys often stand directly next to the well mouth and wash up happily. Girls They will have a shack specially used for bathing. The water is sent to a large bucket on the shack, and then a pipe with a faucet is connected below.
Many city people don't like it when they first come to the countryside, but once they get used to it, they find that it's actually quite good. At least it's very convenient, and it's especially cool in summer - Merlin likes this.
After taking a shower, he changed his clothes and looked at the only bed in the room. Dulin didn't pretend to sleep on the floor. He lay directly on the bed, leaving enough space. Alyssa didn't show any pretense and lay next to Dulin in her pajamas.
This is the strangest state between two people. They are not a couple, they almost don’t know each other at all, and they haven’t seen each other for a long time. Even a real couple would feel some strange alienation if they did this, but this thing that should exist does not exist between two people. They lie together as naturally as they sleep together every day.
Compared with Du Lin's heartlessness and falling asleep with his head on the pillow, Alyssa finally behaved more normally and did not fall asleep.
Du Lin was lying next to her. During countless nights, she sometimes imagined that Du Lin would come back one day and thought of other things. But at this time, she was neither excited nor uncomfortable, just a little uncomfortable. Too used to sharing a bed with others.
She thought about a lot of messy things when she couldn't sleep, such as what to do when her two children grow up, whether to send them to a private school in the future, whether Du Lin's engagement ceremony would be very grand, For example... .
Amidst countless random thoughts, Alyssa gradually became sleepy, and her eyelids became heavy, until she fell asleep without even noticing it.
The next morning the chickens crowd strangely outside. When Dulin opened his eyes, Anlisa was lying on the side sleeping peacefully holding his arm. He raised his head and glanced at the sky outside the window, and then walked lightly. Breaking free from Alyssa's restraints, she curiously walked outside the house. In his memory, the rooster that crows in the morning does not crow like this. It feels a bit... miserable
He didn't know why he had this idea. Maybe he thought the crow of the chickens was very sad. As soon as he went out, he saw Mr. Kesma sitting on an easy chair, smoking a pipe, watching two children being beaten by a group of people. The old goose was chasing him everywhere, but he had no idea of stopping him.
Du Lin sat next to him and lit a cigarette. The father and son just sat in silence, watching the group of old geese chasing the two children away. This was perhaps the only unscrupulous person in the town. Are you afraid of these two brothers’ poultry? !
"Why...do all chickens crow like this now?" Du Lin asked quickly when another rooster crowed.
Mr. Kesma turned his head to look at him with a strange expression, and then pointed impatiently at the two laughing boys, "They used soybeans to silence the throats of all the crowing roosters..."
In fact, when it comes to this matter, Mr. Kesma himself has to be blamed. Once he showed off to his two grandsons that his family was very poor when he was a child. In order to have a delicious meal, he elaborated on all the methods, including "Chicken fishing". Fishing is very common, but as soon as the word chicken fishing appeared, the two children became interested. Then Mr. Kesma proudly told the two boys to find a larger soybean and drill a small hole in the middle. , and then find a strong thread to thread it through.
Throw the soybeans into the fence used by wealthy businessmen to raise poultry, shake them, and when the line in your hand feels a little heavy, pull hard and you can catch the chickens.
This is a crystallization of the wisdom of the working people, because the large soybeans get stuck in the throat of the chicken, and neither the rooster nor the hen can croak, and it will not arouse the owner's suspicion. After stealing it, he can directly break the chicken's neck. You can have a sumptuous meal without even noticing.
This story greatly aroused the interest of the two children, and then...the chicken in the town suffered.
In the past, those two scary little humans would just chase them around, but now they actually know how to play dirty tricks. Of course, these two little bastards were taught a lesson by Mr. Kesma, and even more of course, Mr. Kesma Mr. Ma would never admit that they did it because he told a story from his childhood.
If you want to blame, blame them for being Dulin's children. That bastard didn't pass on good things to these two children, but only gave them bad genes.
Dulin is really an out-and-out bastard!
(End of chapter)