The shabby window frame reflected the crouching figure, who muttered something softly and changed direction.
Nie Honglian curled the corners of her lips and brushed the young man's hair.
In the past, I was just an actress. No matter how famous I was singing on the stage, I actually had the aspirations that a girl should have.
"I am only an actor."
She often reminded herself that the best outcome in the future would be to be noticed by someone and become a concubine. If she gave birth to a child, she would depend on the child for the rest of her life.
This must have been what her parents thought when they sold her to the opera troupe.
Unfortunately, everything was lost in the end. Killing the maids and servants in Chen's house turned her into a fierce ghost, but she could feel that if she continued killing, she might just be a wandering lonely soul forever.
The young man in front of her killed Chen Yaoke first. She knew why and was grateful. Perhaps before reincarnation, she wanted to stay by his side and help him with some things. This was what Hong Lian wanted to do.
Gradually…
I also kind of like watching him nodding his head while riding on the back of a donkey, watching him tossing and turning on the bed, watching him sitting at the desk, reading by the light of an oil lamp...
There was a thin mist in the fenced courtyard and the sound of a wooden door creaking. Li Jinhua got up to go to the toilet at night and saw in a daze that the light was still on in her son's window.
"…Even if you have some money, you can't waste it like this."
The woman muttered something and walked down the courtyard. The window frame cast a range of warm yellow light. She stopped suddenly, thinking that she was dizzy, and rubbed her eyes vigorously, and then... she shuddered all over and began to tremble.
In front of her sight, on the side of the window frame, a blurry female figure was sitting on the desk, looking down at Liangsheng. She seemed to have noticed the woman's gaze and turned her pretty face slightly, shrouded in a dark green. Frightened, Li Jinhua hurried back to the bedroom, crawled under the quilt, hugged her husband tightly, shivered constantly, and could not help but lift the corner of the quilt a little to look out the window.
Outside, the wind blew through the branches, making them sway. A figure appeared outside the window and slowly floated past.
Li Jinhua turned pale, bit the quilt instinctively, and reached out to push her husband: "Lao Shi, get up quickly, there is a ghost..."
Outside the window, Nie Honglian stopped. Since she was seen, she wanted to talk to the woman. When she was about to push the window and float in, the sky turned dark and roosters crowed in the village.
She put down her fair palm, sighed, turned around and floated towards the kitchen, and soon floated out again.
In the room, Lu Laoshi had been pushed awake. He looked at the window and lay down again.
"What the hell, let me sleep a little longer."
The sky was gradually getting brighter, and the sounds of roosters crowing and dogs barking rose and fell. Gradually, human voices were heard, and the wind in the courtyard died down. Only then did Li Jinhua dare to get up. She quickly put on her clothes, and looked outside a few times, but there was nothing.
"Is it really because my eyes are blurry?"
She picked up a bundle of firewood and walked to the kitchen. The firewood in her hand fell to the ground with a snap. The stove was steaming and the fire was burning. Someone had already started cooking breakfast for her.
"Mom, have you cooked dinner so early?" Lu Xiaoxian yawned and walked out of the room, standing there in a daze.
Li Jinhua didn't know what to say and seemed a little at a loss: "Go wash up, then wake your brother up."
"oh!"
The little girl came to the well, scooped a bucket of water from the bucket, turned around and shouted to the house opposite: "Brother, get up!"
Inside the room, the figure lying on the desk moved, sat up, stretched, and the clothes on his back slipped to the ground.
Lu Liangsheng picked it up and tilted his head to look at the toad.
"Master gave it to me?"
He tilted his head and thought for a while, then blew out the oil lamp. It was already bright outside. He had actually spent the whole night lying on the desk. However, he did not feel any discomfort at the moment. He opened the door, snatched the wooden basin from Lu Xiaoxian's hand, ignored the little girl who wanted to tickle him angrily, poured water on his face and rubbed it a few times. There was a little oil stain on his fingertips.
I think once you have achieved a high level of cultivation, you won’t have these worries anymore.
"Hey, Liangsheng got up early."
Suddenly someone was talking outside the yard. Lu Liangsheng was about to use the water-avoidance technique to clean the water stains on his face. When he heard the voice, he loosened his fingers and looked at the fence. He saw an old woman standing there holding an oil-paper bag.
Without waiting for the young man in the yard to invite her in, she walked to the eaves with a smile on her face, as if she was familiar with the place. Just in time, she saw Li Jinhua coming out of the kitchen. She walked over to her enthusiastically and stuffed the oil-paper bag in her hand into hers.
"Aunt, I'm from Beicun. I came here uninvited today because I have something." The old woman glanced at the young man in the yard and clicked her tongue a few times.
Li Jinhua was also an experienced person. Seeing the person coming to her house with gifts in hand, she naturally understood what was going on.
"My house is small, and there is no place to entertain you. If you don't mind, let's talk here."
"Okay, okay, I don't mind."
The old woman sat down with Li Jinhua with a smile, looked at Lu Xiaoxian who was passing by, said a few nice words, and then talked about business.
"I came here today because of a great event..."
The sound spread to the room in front and to the side. When the scroll hanging on the wall heard the word "happy event", a figure floated down, hid in the shadow of the wall, and listened quietly.
"… Yesterday, your son went to Beicun and saw a girl. He fell in love with her. He was upset but didn't dare to tell her. Her parents came to me before dawn and came to your house to act as a matchmaker…"
The word "matchmaking" made the figure behind the wall frown slightly. It was originally a happy thing, but Nie Honglian felt indescribably annoyed when she heard it in her heart. She also looked at the matchmaker with some displeasure. Suddenly, her red lips curled up slightly, and she thought of something, and glanced at the evil Toad Taoist.
He raised his finger between his lips and made a "hush" sound. His figure faded and he passed through the earth wall and came to the next room.
Under the eaves over there, the matchmaker was still talking excitedly: "That girl is pretty good too." "She's also good-looking, you two are definitely a good match." "Besides, to start a family, you naturally have to get married first."
Lu Liangsheng in the yard chuckled dryly. He was not interested in marriage. He took the hoe from home and said to Li Jinhua, "Mom, I'm going to the fields."
Of course, it was not about digging the ground, but about finding a place to set up the center of the formation.
"The young man is shy. His aunt, please say something..." The matchmaker watched the figure leave and turned around as she spoke. Just as she was about to continue with the words, her voice suddenly stopped and she stared blankly at the window in front of her.
Li Jinhua had already arranged a marriage for Liangsheng before. She was extremely happy when the matchmaker came to her house, which alleviated the feeling of seeing a ghost in the early morning. While waiting for the matchmaker to say something, she saw that the other party's face was covered with cold sweat and his expression was extremely strange.
Just as she was about to ask "What's wrong?", the matchmaker suddenly screamed "Ah!" and pointed at the window behind the woman. Without being able to utter a word, the stool under him suddenly tilted and he sat down on the ground.
He got up in a panic, ran outside quickly, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Li Jinhua stood up, turned around and looked back. There was not even a ghost on the window, but her heart still skipped a beat.
… Is there really a ghost
Thinking of this, he quickly clasped his hands together and bowed to the people around him.
In the room, Nie Honglian, who had just come back from the next room, felt much better. Seeing the matchmaker running away in a panic, she had a smug look on her face, "How can such a vulgar woman be worthy of Lu Lang? Humph!"
Only then did I feel comfortable returning to painting.
Only the Toad Taoist was left sitting by the bed, tilting his head and wondering what had happened.
The sun rose between the clouds. Most of the villagers had left the fields. On the only dirt road leading outside, the sound of horse hooves could be heard from afar. Bailiffs in black robes came running over and bowed to the farmers working in the fields.
"Excuse me, is Lu Liangsheng from Lujia Village ahead?"