A few days after the Dragon Boat Festival, the white cat fell ill. He ate something unclean, vomited and had diarrhea. Overnight, his face was so thin that his face was pointed, and his coat was dull and dull. I hurriedly hugged it and searched all over the Luoyang Medical Center. With great difficulty, I found a good-hearted man who was willing to treat the cat. He prescribed a prescription and told me to boil it and let it cool down before giving it to it. It had to be repeated for three days. After three days, take the cat to the door and take a look with him. If there is no abnormality, follow this recipe for another four days. If there is any abnormality, change one or two herbs and decoct for three days before consultation.
Not to mention, this doctor has a good heart and excellent medical skills. Sure enough, the medicine will cure the disease, but in a few days, the white cat will no longer look like a sullen disease, and can eat some small fish mixed with gruel.
According to the doctor's instructions, today is the last time I will take the cat to let him see it. I had planned to visit in person, but unexpectedly, it was the day when the goods were purchased on the counter, so I had to take a look at it in person, so I gave up and had to let the housemaid, who is more delicate in hands and feet, take the cat out for a follow-up consultation.
In the middle of the afternoon, I checked the medicinal materials in the same way as I went to the north wind and cool place in the medicine store. The head of Qin, who was standing next to the troupe, reported to me about the recent situation of the troupe, saying that this time I found the largest Dexing restaurant in the city, and I was with the boss. After negotiating the contract for the next month, all the dramas in the restaurant this month will be performed by our drama troupe.
When I heard it, my heart blossomed with joy. People said that the extremes must be the opposite of the extreme. It is not bad. This Dehe Restaurant is the most lively place in Luoyang City. The diners come and go every day. If our troupe can sing there for a month, not to mention the silver taels offered by the guests are the money paid by this fancier. Worth the money in the sky.
Guess what, when he was enjoying himself, he saw the maid who took the cat to see a doctor in the morning with a crying face and Ai Ai came in and said, "Miss, that cat..."
"What's wrong with the cat?" I stood up nervously.
"That cat... that cat was lost." The maid twisted her hand and bit her lip, and said, "The slave girl just passed by the Xishi street with it in her arms, and when I saw... I saw a rouge seller, I wanted to buy a box of gouache, but , but holding the cat is not easy to get money, the servant thinks... The servant thinks that this cat is very obedient and never runs around, so she put it on the ground, how do you know... how do you know that if you pay the money in the blink of an eye, the cat will be gone. disappeared."
"Then why are you still standing here? Go and look for it!" I thought, my face must have been very bad at the time, and the maid looked at me, and her face was so pale that she was about to cry.
In the end, the little servants and maids in the family came out of the nest and went around the west market, but couldn't find the white cat. I was so congested that I couldn't even drink water for dinner. Uncle Ding Yu, the old man in charge of the family, advised me, "Cats are all spiritual, and they must know the way home. Maybe they just got lost for a while, and they will come back after two days of wind and sleep. Besides, all things They all pay attention to fate, and if there is no fate, it is inconvenient to force it.”
My heart was full of confusion. This cat is the only memory I have about Xiaoer. Now that I lost it, there is nothing left... Could it be that this is our mother-son fate? After wandering around the world, so shallow
I do not believe.
In the next few days, if I have free time during the day, I will go back to Xishikou, hoping to find the cat. After a few days, I was disappointed.
I don't want to, but after a few days, the head of the troupe, Qin, unexpectedly hugged the white cat back. Just listen to him: "Look at the boss, but this white cat?"
I happily took it over and looked left and right, and said, "Exactly. I don't know where the master picked it up?"
The class leader Qin picked up the teacup and sipped a large sip of tea, and said repeatedly: "Don't say it, it's a coincidence! We just finished singing in the restaurant today, and when we were packing up and preparing to go out through the back door of the restaurant, we happened to meet the restaurant. The cook in the kitchen caught a little thief. Guess what he stole? He even stole a live catfish. I saw that the little thief was only five or six and a half years old. Stealing should also be stealing cooked food. What's the matter with stealing a live fish, so I asked him about it. The kid was stubborn at first and wouldn't say anything. Later, I promised that if he told me, I would let the cook let him go, and then he would leave. He took out a cat from the bag and said he wanted to feed the cat with fish. When I saw it, hey! Isn't this short-bearded white cat the one you lost a few days ago? The cat is his, I think, this child is not very authentic, since he can steal fish, I think that the cat must have been stolen from the crowd, so I took the cat back and showed it to you."
The white cat twisted uncomfortably in my arms twice, as if he was always trying to scramble out the door with an absent-minded look. If I hadn't remembered the cat's appearance well, I would have almost wondered if I was holding it wrong.
I touched the top of its head and gradually calmed its restlessness, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Qin. Where is the child now?"
I just heard him say that this child is five or six years old, and I felt a lot of sympathy in my heart, Xiaoer, he is also five years old this year...
Since the child has been reduced to stealing, he thinks that he is a lonely child without a parent and no mother, and he will not be able to eat himself. Under such circumstances, he still does not forget to feed the cat, which shows that the child has a pure and kind heart.
"And there are thousands of mansions and mansions, and the world's poor people will be happy?" Although I don't have such a noble quality, but since this child has let me know, I can't stand idly by.
"The child is now locked up in the firewood house in the backyard of Dexing Building." The class leader Qin replied.
"Ask him if he has parents. If he doesn't have parents to rely on, he will be accepted to study in the opera troupe. In the future, he will have a good skill to make a living. Don't do this kind of robbery again." I instructed the class leader Qin.
The next day, the class leader Qin came back and said, "This child said that he has no father and has been separated from his mother for a long time. I asked him if he would like to learn opera, but he held the air and hesitated for a while before nodding. Don't say, this child is washed After changing his clothes, he looks really handsome! The delicate skin and tender meat have some of the handsomeness of everyone's sons. If you study well, you will definitely become famous and become a pillar in the future! Do you want to see this kid?"
Now that I was settled, I let go of my heart and replied to him: "No need. You can take care of him, and let the master in the team teach him well."
The class leader Qin led the way.
After about two days, I went to the shop to patrol the shop last time, but I didn’t want to see officers and soldiers patrolling all the way. Whenever I saw someone leading a child, I had to go forward to check it, and I couldn’t help but be inexplicable.
Upon entering the store, the shopkeeper was looking at the officers and soldiers who were searching outside with great interest. There is no customer to buy medicine in the store at the moment, the shopkeeper who met me came from setting a stool and pouring tea, he was attentive and thoughtful, needless to say.
I drank the tea and looked at the tent for a while, and when I looked up, I still saw his eyes glittering with gossip, so I asked casually, "I didn't see the bulletin posted on the city gate. I don't know what these officers and soldiers are searching for in the sky and day?"
The shopkeeper, Xu Shizhengchou, had nowhere to say. Now, when I asked, the chatterbox opened up and continued, "How dare you post a list! I have a relative's eldest nephew who is on duty in the yamen, and I heard that this time the search is good. No..." He suddenly heard him lower his voice and continued: "The search is for the young prince of the Prince Regent's mansion!"
I was startled, "Prince?! Which prince?"
"Which other prince can you have? It's not me who said that, you are a bit ignorant. The prince regent has only one precious son in his power. It is very easy for the prince regent to take over the world and govern the world. This little prince. I heard people say that although the little prince looks like a Guanyin boy, his temperament is not very good. He often runs away from home, making the regent a headache. This time, he ran out of the capital. "
"Running out of the capital?!" I repeated anxiously.
"Yeah. I heard that the child is very likely to come to our city of Luoyang this time. No, as soon as the government knows the situation, how can they dare to slack off, the city gate was closed early this morning, and the whole city was under martial law. However, according to me Look, the little prince is not necessarily in Luoyang, how can a five-year-old child run so far?"
night! Night is gone!
Suddenly, something flashed across my mind, however, so fast that I passed it before I could catch it.
The shopkeeper still spoke vigorously, "Do you know who this little son's biological mother is? There are rumors that the son's biological mother is the only daughter of the world's No. 1 businessman, Shen Qian! Speaking of the Shen family, this is even more legendary. From the master down to the servants, including this young lady of the Shen family, all fell ill and died, tsk tsk, it’s a pity that this family has a big career. So, if I want to say that in life, it is better to live happily without disease and without disaster. is the most important…”
I don't know what he said to himself, but all I know is that Xiao'er is lost. He is such a small baby. If he encounters some bad people and makes a mistake, what should he do!
My heart was in a mess, and I hurriedly left the pharmacy and went home to pass on the book to Dad and Song Xiyuan to inform him and ask for help. At this time, I just hate myself for being useless, and I can't find any way to find Xiao'er to keep him safe.
Yawen Library
I didn't sleep for the candle all night until the early morning, I heard a few cat meows, my feet were warm, and I bowed my head, but I saw Xiaoer's white cat circling around the hem of my Luo skirt, rubbing its head against me from time to time, thinking I was hungry. Come to beg for food. I picked it up, and suddenly a light flashed in my mind—
This white cat belongs to Xiao'er and has been with him for many years. Although a cat is no better than a spirit dog, it will more or less be able to distinguish the smell of Xiao'er. If you take it to look for Xiao'er, will you have some hope? Woolen cloth
I have no power, no power and no connections in Luoyang City, but as a mother, how can I watch my children wander outside. Xiaoer can shake the tree with a slingshot and mayhem for me, but also stop Song Xiyuan from touching me. For my only Xiaoer, how can I not carry this white cat and walk all over the streets of Luoyang to find the homeless children?
Even if looking for a needle in a haystack is laughable, try it.
At the moment, I conveniently fed the cat to the ground and carried it out. I didn't take a carriage. I only used my feet to find the busy places, Xishikou, Donghe Street, Luoshen Temple... Unexpectedly, that cat Not only did he not have the slightest vision, but he squinted in my arms and fell asleep leisurely.
Passing by the intersection of West City and East City, I have to pass in front of Nadexing Restaurant. At noon time, two shop assistants greeted me at the door. I was hesitating whether to buy a small fish to feed the cat. Suddenly, his arms were empty, and the cat had smelled the fragrance of fresh minced fish wafting toward him from the store, and jumped out of my arms with a bang, and without hesitation, rushed into the restaurant.
I was in a hurry, and without thinking about it, I chased it and broke into the door.
However, I can't match the dexterity of the cat, but in the blink of an eye, I can no longer see the white shadow, so I can only stop in the middle of the restaurant lobby anxiously and helplessly, only to see the diners crowded with diners on the left and right, on the first stage of the lobby hall. Pink and green babble and babble words I can't hear at all.
"Master, why are you here? It's a coincidence that the show just started today. I'll find a seat for you, so you can sit and listen for a while?" I turned around in response, but the headmaster Qin, who was leaning on the tent, saw me sharply. , warmly greeted him.
I was about to push back, but a flash of white flashed across the corner of my eyes. I quickly turned my head, and instinctively pushed aside the person in front of me and kicked to catch up. The next moment, I quickly stopped and picked it up. A seat, sitting down suddenly and quickly, almost recklessly, only hoping to be drowned in the crowd of diners left and right...
But the man on the Wen stage said affectionately: "Mi'er, I was wrong, but I don't regret it!"
A woman turned her head away with an indifferent expression, and sang mournfully, "Runyu, you know that there is a kind of injury in this world, called - repentance, there is no way."
…
That white shadow was indeed Xiao'er's white cat.
However, it rushed into the arms of the guest in the first corner of the lower hall of the stage at an unbelievable speed. The man had his back to where I was, with a clear back, a black robe and a wooden hairpin, and his wide sleeves were far away.
Yes, I only know that this cat is Xiao'er's cat, but I forgot that it can not only be familiar with Xiao'er's breath, but also recognize another person's breath...
When my life was at risk of confusion, I inexplicably remembered what drama was being sung on the stage.
There is a myth widely circulated among the folks of Luoyang. It is about the love entanglement between a beautiful grape fairy and the night god and the fire god in ancient times. Calling people indifferent.
Some people say that the god of night has exhausted the grape fairy, and finally handed the god of fire to the emperor of heaven.
Some people say that the grape fairy died after being used by the night god.
Some people even say that the grape fairy was killed by the night god himself, and eventually his soul died...
Of all these arguments, I have never believed in the last one. My troupe naturally sang this third playbook.