In Tangmen Bay, bursts of vegetable fragrance came from a hut.
Lu Chunqiu put the dishes out of the pot and placed them on the wooden table when two figures suddenly appeared. Tang Zhuo struggled in with a big wooden barrel, put it on the ground, and said, "Mother, we're back from fishing!"
Tang Zhuo went out fishing with don Juanxi early in the morning, and only came back at this time, with a lot of harvest. Don Juan Xi picked up the fish from the wooden barrel and threw it on the chopping board, took the kitchen knife and said, "Today, your father, I will cook it myself!"
Tang Zhuo's face was pale, he hurriedly stopped in front of the chopping board and pushed don Juan Xi wildly, "Don't, don't, Dad, I'm afraid I'll vomit—no, no, no, I'm afraid that your body will be tired, so you put down the knife first."
Lu Chunqiu sneered: "Look, my son dislikes you."
Don Juanxi smiled and said, "So what? As long as Madam Tang doesn't dislike her, that's enough."
Lu Chunqiu said, "You are slick."
When he was young, don Juanxi was always slick, and he liked to mess around with flowers. He was frivolous and impetuous, which made his parents, Tang Zhuo's grandparents, a lot of pain. At the age of marriage, I am even more reluctant to live in such a wild life, hiding outside all day without seeing anyone. In the end, he was brought back by his father and dragged back to Tangmen Wancheng.
Although Lu Chunqiu had a strong and domineering temperament, when he was with don Juan Xi, they unexpectedly matched up, and he was even more able to manage don Juan Xi. Since getting married, don Juan Xi's temperament has also softened a little. Later, the family business has grown to a higher level, and they have a son and a daughter. To outsiders, they are still very happy.
Lu Chunqiu was born in a medical family. Since he was sixteen years old, he has often gone out alone to save lives and heal the wounded. He was once asked about the sick and his life. Because he just came from Qianxing Town, he casually said "Lu Qianxing". Who knows, this name has been passed on all the time. Up to now, it is also known as the "Thousand-line Doctor". But because the identity of a woman is always pointed out by the world, it is always said that you are a woman, who should be quiet and keep yourselves at home, stay at home and teach children, but you actually learn how to hang a pot to help the world by yourself. Lu Chunqiu has always been stubborn, but she is not moved by what others say about her.
Because Tang Zhuo is often away from home, Tang Zhuo does not see her for so many months out of twelve months of the year. When Tang Zhuo was a child, he always pestered Lu Chunqiu to go out to take him with him, and he went all over Jiangbei, Jiangxi, and Jiangnan. Sometimes it is rare for a family of four to get together, so Lu Chunqiu cooks and eats around a wooden table in a small room. Over the years, this has become a habit.
While killing the fish, Lu Chunqiu turned his head and shouted into the inner room, "Ayun!"
There was no answer.
Tang Zhuo frowned and said, "What happened to my sister recently? Since she came back from the Yunling Snake Territory, she has always been behind closed doors. Could it be that she is sick?"
Lu Chunqiu said, "I showed it to A Yun, and there is no sign of illness."
Tang Zhuo said, "Could that be—"
From one side came the sound of feet stepping on the stairs.
Tang Yun used to wear a veil to reveal her eyes, but after returning from the Yunling Snake Territory, she covered the upper half of her face so tightly that she never took it off even at home.
Tang Yun gently walked to the table and sat down, "Father, mother, brother."
She spoke weakly, and although she covered her face, she could still feel that her face must be extremely haggard. Lu Chunqiu also brought the rest of the dishes to the table, and the four of them sat down at the table. Tang Zhuo was hungry for a long time and devoured it. Lu Chunqiu glanced at Tang Yun from time to time, but couldn't say what he wanted to say. Don Juanxi said at this time, "Son, there is a store opening nearby tomorrow, do you want to go and play?"
Tang Zhuo shook his head and said, "No, Dad, I'm going to test and write in a few days. I haven't memorized the ancient prose yet, so I don't have time to play anymore."
Don Juanxi whispered to Tang Zhuo, "It doesn't matter, I remember there was a girl sitting next to you, called Tang Xuexue, right? She does a good job, you can just let her copy it for you, and send it to you after you finish copying it. Some gadgets that little girls like, get in touch with the feelings-"
Lu Chunqiu said angrily, "Don Juanxi!!!"
Don Juan Xi immediately shut up and lowered his head to grab the rice. Lu Chunqiu grabbed him and said, "How can you be a father, and teach your children this kind of thing!"
Don Juan Xi quibble: "What's wrong? Does my son not want to get married in the future? Look at him, he has grown up for sixteen years, he has never touched a girl's hand, and he only knows how to be with a group of boys all day long. Playing in the mud, like an iron man. When I was his age, a bunch of girls ran after my ass every day."
Lu Chunqiu wanted to grab him again. Don Juan Xi raised his hands again and again and said, "I'm sorry I was wrong!! I surrender!!"
Tang Yun suddenly got up and said, "I'm full."
After saying that, he walked away. Lu Chunqiu paused, then turned around and called her, "Ayun!"
There is no stop.
Lu Chunqiu sat back in his place, his face was a little bad, he was silent for a long time, then suddenly wiped his tears and said, "It's all my fault, it's me who hurt Ayun..."
Lu Chunqiu trembled slightly and said, "If it wasn't for me, A Yun wouldn't be like this."
Don Wangxi sighed, gently embraced Lu Chunqiu, and said, "I don't blame you."
In the boudoir, Tang Yun closed the door and walked over to the dresser to sit down. It is said that this is a dressing table, but in fact, there is nothing to dress up, just a mirror, and there is no cinnabar that almost everyone in the old girl's family has. Tang Yun lifted the veil and suppressed the urge to escape.
I saw that the girl in the mirror was very beautiful, with a pair of almond eyes and pupils cut water, looking gentle and lovely. It's just that there was a birthmark from the left side of the neck, which destroyed the beauty and made the face look a little scary.
Tang Yun looked at the birthmark in the mirror, raised her hand, and stroked it gently.
Because of the birthmark on the face, the mother always feels guilty for herself. But where did Tang Yun ever hate or hate others? She just hates herself.
When she was a child, the word she heard the most from others was "pity". At that time, she was young and didn't care much about whether her appearance was beautiful or ugly. It wasn't until she grew up that some people who knew or didn't know began to point at her appearance, and she didn't realize that she was ugly. , is unbearable. Therefore, she never dressed herself carefully, because seeing those beautiful things made her feel even more dejected and unworthy of anything.
On her fourteenth birthday, Tang Yun put on a veil for herself. When I was free every day, I took off my veil and sat in front of the mirror staring at my face, and then fell into the abyss again and again.
But there was another scene reflected in the mirror at this time. A large piece of turquoise climbed up from under her collar, occupying the other half of her face with claws and claws, like a monster.
At this moment, there was a sharp pain, as if someone poured boiling oil on his body. Tang Yun twitched for a while, struggling to look at the mirror, only to see that the green seemed to have life, and spread a little to the side.
After the pain passed, Tang Yun put on the veil again, sat silently for a long time, stretched out her hand and opened the drawer, and took out two letters from it.
She stood up, left one letter on the dressing table, tucked the other one into her sleeve, took a white silk ribbon with her, carried the burden she had prepared, and left Tang alone when her family was not paying attention. door bay.
While walking, Tang Yun took out the letter from her sleeve and opened it to take a look. The handwriting is beautiful, and it has been written on five pages. Every word and every sentence seems to be poured with blood, reminding her of something.
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In Huanling Stream, a fourteen-year-old girl in green clothes wearing a veil stood alone under the corridor with a basket. The basket is full of longan. On weekdays, she thought she would leave home less often, but today was the first time she accompanied her mother to Huanlingxi as a guest. The basket contained gifts that had not yet been given to her mother's friends in Lin's house.
In order not to disturb her mother and others, Tang Yun walked out of the room alone. Not far away, there was a group of Lin family teenagers dressed in white cranes playing and playing. Tang Yun was a little nervous and closed her veil. Today was the first time she went out wearing a veil.
Suddenly, the group of teenagers jokingly passed by outside the house. Someone saw her and said to their companion, "Who is that?"
Someone said, "It's probably a servant who came with the wife of the owner of the Tang family."
Tang Yun lowered her head. But someone else said: "I heard that the head of the Tang family has a son and a daughter, maybe it's that girl."
Hee hee said: "How can the daughter of the head of the family dress like this? Hey, why is she still wearing a veil? Isn't she a peerless beauty!"
The group of teenagers seemed to be very interested in her, and they all said to her: "This sister, take off the veil and take a look."
Tang Yun panicked, took a few steps back, covered her veil and said, "I'm sorry, I—"
The interest of the group of teenagers seems to be unabated, and someone actually wants to directly pull her veil off. Tang Yun immediately wanted to escape, but just as she ran down the steps, she suddenly fell unsteadily to the ground. The veil fell. The surrounding crowd was full of people, but they showed a look of disdain, saying: "It's actually an ugly monster."
"Ugly bastards are still pretending to be reserved, what a waste of my time. It's gone. Hahahahahahaha!"
The longan in the basket rolled all over the floor. Tang Yun knelt on the ground in embarrassment and picked them back into the basket one by one. Her hair was a little messy, but she didn't want to comb it. She just lowered her head and said nothing.
The crowd dispersed, Tang Yun lifted the basket, slowly got up from the ground, pursed her lips, and wiped away her tears.
She just lowered her head and walked a few steps when suddenly a voice said, "Brother!! Wait for me!!"
Tang Yun looked up and saw a young man about fourteen years old walking down the corridor. The appearance is very handsome, with a crane embroidered on his clothes, a silver sword and a jade pendant on his waist.
The boy was followed by a young boy who looked about eleven years old. He had thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, a pair of big eyes, and he was very active. He grabbed the handrail and jumped two steps to the next step. Tang Yun was a little flustered, and hurriedly tightened the veil, bowing her head a few steps away. When passing by, he couldn't help but raised his head and glanced slightly, only to see that the young man smiled slightly as he passed in front of her, and gave her a slight nod.
Tang Yun kept watching the young man's back go away. Suddenly, I felt like I had someone I wanted to meet.
…
With a bang, an oil-paper umbrella was propped open from under the eaves.
The countless silver beans that fell from the sky splashed one by one on the umbrella surface, making a pleasant crisp sound.
The girl in blue clothes turned the corner and walked down the long mountain steps. The trees on both sides of the road flowed slowly behind them like the houses and mountain streams. At the end of his gaze, a pavilion seemed to grow out of the ground, and it happened to stand there. The girl stopped not far away.
The breeze gently lifted her veil. Tang Yun saw that there was a tall and jade-like boy in white standing in the pavilion. Tang Yun was stunned for a moment, squeezed the handle of the umbrella tightly, walked to the back of the pavilion and gently hid the umbrella. After a moment of hesitation, she walked in.
Tang Yun said, "What a coincidence, Young Master Lin, you are here too."
Lin Luan had some jade beads on his black hair. Hearing the sound, he looked sideways, smiled slightly, and said, "Who is this girl?"
Tang Yun was nervous and expressionless, and said, "I am, Tang Zhuo's sister."
Before Lin Luan could speak, Tang Yun stammered: "I, today, I came here to go to the pharmacy here for my mother to get the medicine, you too, what's the matter?"
Lin Luan said, "Today is my mother's death anniversary, so come here to offer incense."
Tang Yun was stunned for a moment, then closed the veil and said, "Oh..."
The two didn't speak anymore, and the atmosphere was extremely cramped for a while. Tang Yun searched and scraped her stomach, but she was extremely bad at chatting, so she couldn't find anything to say.
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After seeking the approval of don Wangxi and Lu Chunqiu, Tang Yun came to Huanlingxi alone and became a female celebrity. From the room, you can see Lin Luan's house in the distance.
Even though they were so close, they could often meet in Huanlingxi, but they never dared to speak. All day long as a girl red, her hands don't look like the hands of a 16-year-old girl, they are covered with calluses. Sometimes in the middle of the night, tiredness gradually hit, and Tang Yun looked there through the window. In the distant white-walled and black-tiled house, an orange lamp was dimly lit, like a warm eye in the dark.
Tang Yun was writing and drawing on paper in her spare time, and unknowingly she wrote Lin Luan's name several times. Looking at it, suddenly thoughtful, couldn't help smiling slightly, and said to himself, "I think you are the best person in the world."
One day two years later, Tang Yun huddled in the crowd, watching the welcoming team pass by.
Soon after, she left Huanlingxi and returned to Tangmen Bay. Since then, he has become more and more closed-door, as if he has cut off all connections with the world.
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When I came to Huanlingxi, I wandered for a long time, but didn't dare to go in. A domestic servant came and went several times, and he was puzzled. He stepped forward and asked, "Miss, are you looking for something for our master?"
Tang Yun hurriedly said, "No, I'm here to find Mr. Lin... Mrs. Lin."
The servant said, "Please come with me."
Tang Yun put her hand into her sleeve and clenched it. This time, she had to be brave again.
Tang Yun said, "Thank you."
Tang Yun followed the servant for a while, and suddenly a voice said from a distance, "Miss Tang."
Tang Yun came back to her senses, and quickly stepped forward a few steps, and said politely, "Sister."
I saw that the woman in front of her had a very beautiful appearance. She was wearing a begonia-colored dress and earrings. She swayed back and forth like a delicate and small fruit as she walked, and she wore a silver ring between her fingers. Although the dress is luxurious, it does not feel enchanting, but very dignified. The voice is gentle and the demeanor is generous.
Yunshang returned the salute and said with a smile, "Miss Tang, please come in."
Tang Yun lowered her head and followed Yun Chang into the house, closed the door, and sat down on the chair. There were bursts of light fragrance from the house, which was very soothing. A cradle was placed on one side, and the baby was fast asleep.
Yun Chang made a cup of tea for Tang Yun, and Tang Yun took it respectfully. Yun Chang was silent for a while, and said, "Lu An went out early this morning. I don't know when to come back. If Miss Tang has time, she can chat with me here for a while and wait for him to come back."
Tang Yun pursed her lips and put down the teacup gently. Said: "I... I'm here to say goodbye."