It's hard to tell who I saw in the dream. The scene felt a bit modern. When I woke up, it was like a gush of water.
At night in the Wu Dynasty, the mosquito net gave an indescribable feeling, as if the body was surrounded by soft water. Dimly, he heard the sound of a slight cough. It took him a long time to realize that the sheets were slightly raised in the darkness.
, Xiaochan's body, then Xiaochan sat up halfway, lifted the blanket, and in the dim light, puffed out her cheeks with some distress and embarrassment, held something in her mouth, and looked down in distress,
It seemed like he was about to cry. He looked at Ning Yi's face again, his throat moved with difficulty, and he leaned down again.
In the water again...
Ning Yi closed his eyes. The person under him was careful and moved slowly.
After a while, Xiaochan quietly got out of the thin blanket. She glanced at Ning Yi, pulled up the thin blanket, and got off the bed.
The little maid was obviously worried, but she didn't have a complicated expression on her face. She just put on her clothes at the end of the bed, buttoned them up, and then quietly went out. Soon after, there was the sound of sporadic water outside the door, which was probably washing her face, washing her hands, and gargling.
Mouth, in the quiet night, crickets were chirping in the grass. Xiaochan quietly pushed the door in, closed the door quietly, took off her shoes, took off her clothes, had sex, and lay back in Ning Yi's arms, with fresh water on her body.
breath.
"This... is not good..." Ning Yi said softly.
"Gu, uncle..." Xiaochan shrank her neck slightly and her body stiffened. Ning Yi smiled: "There's no need for this..."
"But...but...this is what Xiaochan wanted to do, and...my uncle is not feeling well..."
Xiaochan said softly. Ning Yi rubbed her hair: "Where did you learn these?"
"Okay, before we got married, some aunts brought us pictures, saying they were... they said they were..."
She may have had the courage to do it, but she was caught. After all, she couldn't continue. She turned around in Ning Yi's arms, fell asleep relatively, and rested her forehead on Ning Yi's chest. After a long time,
Then I heard her say: "Uncle...do you think that Xiao Chan is ignorant and said that Xiao Chan is unfilial? Regarding daddy..."
Ning Yi laughed: "Why do you say that?"
"Actually...my mother, brother and sister-in-law all thought that Xiaochan had already shared a room with my uncle...well, in fact, when my mother, brother and sister-in-law said that Xiaochan and my uncle were sharing a room, Xiaochan was...happy...Dad
After passing away, Xiaochan actually didn’t feel...very sad..."
After she finished speaking, her voice dropped. Ning Yi put his arms around her shoulders and remained silent for a long time.
"I can't say it, but I'm very happy."
"Huh?" Xiaochan blinked.
"Xiaochan entered the Su family when she was four years old, right?"
"Yeah." Nod.
"Xiaochan feels that the Su family is more important. She feels that she is the maid of the Su family. She feels that... she feels uncomfortable with me... Although I am very happy, although it may be a bit unfair to you..."
The little girl in her arms didn't understand what he said. She raised her head and looked at Ning Yi, and then blinked in distress: "But... Ben, originally, Xiaochan... was meant to do these things.
And..." She got closer and lowered her voice slightly, "Xiaochan likes my uncle..."
"As long as you like it."
"What my uncle just said..."
"Oh, it's okay." Ning Yi patted her shoulder and after a while, "But it doesn't matter if you pay attention to some things. These days... you don't have to be like this anymore..."
"Yes." Xiaochan nodded obediently and spent a while, "But if...my uncle is not feeling well..."
"It doesn't matter if you have to endure it. Your uncle is very powerful and has perseverance. Otherwise, he would be called Ning Yi."
"But Xiaochan doesn't like my uncle to endure it..."
"It's okay if you say it's okay, don't talk too much!"
"oh."
Silence. Then Xiaochan's voice came out quietly.
"...Are you holding back now?"
"..." Ning Yi opened his eyes and exhaled wordlessly.
"Okay, I'm going to take a cold shower."
"I'll take my uncle there."
"Lie down! Don't move!"
"Well……"
"...I know where to wash it."
"But……"
"Lie down! Sleep!"
After severely criticizing the enthusiastic Xiaochan, Ning Yi put on his clothes and went out. After closing the door, he curled his lips under the eaves and said: "A little test." After taking a few steps, he shrugged again and said to himself: "
With so many storms coming, who have I been afraid of..." Then he walked very boldly to the room at the end.
Soon after, he sighed, walked back somewhat wordlessly, and pushed the door into the bedroom. Xiao Chan was lying upright on the inside of the bed, her hands folded on her bellyband, as quiet as a mummy.
He closed his eyes and went to sleep. Ning Yi sighed: "Xiaochan, where is the well? There is no water, I have to fetch water."
Xiao Chan was still sleeping, with her eyes closed. After a while, a cute voice came out: "Xiao! Chan! Sleeping! Up!"
"..."
Ning Yi was stunned for a long time, and then he spread his hands. How could there be such a night that combines sadness, beauty, and comedy...
That night, under the leadership of Xiao Chan, we went out to find a small stream flowing from the well above and took a cold bath. Of course, it is not very reliable to say that it was Xiao Chan's leadership. The master and the servant came out secretly.
, without alerting Guard Geng and Dongzhu in the yard next door, and then used Xiaochan's memory to search for the well, and decisively missed it.
Xiaochan didn't come back to Nanting Village for a long time. It was so late at night that she couldn't figure out where the well was. Then the master and the servant searched slowly in the dark and found the stream before letting Ning Yi take a bath. Because Xiaochan couldn't figure out where the well was.
Chan waited on the sidelines and had no chance to vent for a second time. When she woke up the next morning, she felt that she might have dark circles under her eyes.
Being able to return to the room from there is actually a blessing.
For Xiaochan, there may be two emotions existing in her character at this time.
Peaceful, sad... She was sold into the Su family at the age of four, and she had already settled down in the Su family. As for the home in Nanting Village, when others mentioned that it was her home, and her relatives, she also
Every year I send money back, bring things back to see, take care of the people in my family, and call them daddy, mommy, brother, sister-in-law, but it may be difficult to say clearly how much specific cognition there is.
In the past twelve years, and a total of more than ten days together, for this girl who is already fifteen years old and almost sixteen years old, whether she will return to this family again in the future, whether there will be a fallen leaf returning to its roots, etc.
I'm afraid it's hard to put it into words. At least for now, I'm afraid there aren't many such thoughts. She already lives in the Su family and is a maid of the Su family. She has to do many things for the Su family and serve the young lady and uncle.
, these are natural priorities. As for going home, when she is really free, she may take a leave and come back. How much can she expect in her heart? It is probably the same as doing something that must be done but is not urgent at all.
Small things are similar.
If her heart could be divided into two layers, the more important one must belong to the Su family, and Nanting Village might be just some embellishments. Her father passed away, and her sadness was not fake, but this sadness was not fake.
It belongs to the more important level. It's as if she listened to a short story when she had something important to do, felt emotional or funny, and then ran away in a hurry.
This is Ning Yi's reason for saying it's unfair to her. However, many people in this era, including Xiaochan, may take it for granted. Only he can understand this kind of emotion when a person can think of himself wholeheartedly.
How precious.
One day, if Xiaochan grows up and feels that life is not good, she may think of words like "fallen leaves return to their roots" and what it would have been like to be with those family members back then. But for Ning Yi, he has no plans to give her anything at the moment.
Opportunities like this, words like this for a lifetime, will be just floating clouds many years later, but now, they are relatively easy to realize.
Then, on the fourth day of the funeral...
Singing in the mourning hall, keeping vigil every day, and simply socializing are actually a very boring thing. Since some gift lists were prepared, Ning Yi went with Geng Guard and Dongzhu to visit the neighbors during the day, giving gifts to each family.
Thank them for taking care of Xiaochan's family, and then chat with them. He has an ordinary figure and is polite, but he also has a distant temperament. After the visit, the other party basically praised him, Ning Yi thought
If I were to seduce a girl in the village, I would be sure of it, and I couldn't help but sigh.
"...Sister-in-law told my brother today that the gift we sent to Aunt Mu's house was too expensive. She also told my brother that there was no need to give such a good gift. It would be best if we could get some of it back to supplement the family income... But she is not good
When you told me this, my brother was a bit hesitant because he was saving face, so I just pretended not to understand..."
At night, he and Xiao Chan were still in the same room. Xiao Chan lay on the bed, shaking her bare legs and slender feet, and told him what had happened.
Everyone in the village thinks that Xiaochan has a relationship with Ning Yi, and Ning Yi has no intention of clarifying anything at the moment. But he just sleeps and doesn't do much. As for being uncomfortable, he can only endure it with one person.
I took a shower in the room. It felt good for the two of them to talk together. At night, Ning Yi divided the beds.
"You sleep inside and I'll sleep outside." Then he rolled the blanket into a long rope and spread it in the middle. "I'll tell you a story."
"Yeah." Xiaochan moved the place where she was lying inside.
"Far away in the mountains, one day a guest came to a girl's house. He was a boy who seemed to be a gentle and gentle man. It rained that day and he asked to stay overnight. Since the girl's house only had one bed, they came to the rescue and decided to go together.
Sleeping. Anyway, gentlemen are magnanimous, and the other party looks quite decent. There is a rope between them. The girl said that if the rope is messed up the next day, you will be a beast and not a gentleman at all. The girl is very beautiful, so that night
, the gentlemanly boy endured and endured, and when he got up the next day, haha, the rope did not move as expected, he raised his head proudly, and the girl slapped her over..."
"That boy is so cunning. He must have messed it up at night and found a way to straighten it out."
"No, the girl scolded him: 'You are worse than a beast!'"
Ning Yi shrugged, and Xiaochan laughed.
When he woke up early the next morning, Xiao Chan was clinging to his back like an octopus. Ning Yi turned to one side and felt that he might have squashed the girl, but Xiao Chan moved like a marshmallow.
Ah, squeezed out from behind him, then crawled onto his chest in a daze, and continued to sleep.
The blanket is long gone.
In the afternoon of the fifth day, the people who were supposed to visit had basically visited. Next, it was time to spend another two days waiting for the coffin to be buried the next day. Also on this afternoon, in the city of Jiangning, the willows were green.
By the river bend, Nie Yunzhu, who was coming back from the shop, looked at the old man who had set up a chess stall not far away, and paused for a moment. He had said hello several times in the past, and he was considered acquaintance. This time, the old man raised his head and smiled.
He waved to her over there.
She bowed respectfully, then stroked her hair, which was probably a little messy, and ran towards the chess stall, stood beside the chess stall and spoke to the old man with a smile.
The old man also stood up with a smile. After a few words, he reached out and gestured to the other side, and then asked the girl at the tea stall next to him for a pot of tea. After the two sat down, in the shade of the willows, they chatted about where they were at this time.
The matter of a man named Ning Liheng in a remote mountainous area. This is a good topic. The old man and the young man who may become father and daughter can be regarded as truly knowing each other.
Chess piece, the first one falls...
At this moment, Ning Yi was standing outside the kitchen of the big house that was full of messy smell, smelling the fishy smell coming from the big pots of dishes, and felt a little bit toothache. This was the best dish for everyone in the evening.
The dish contains meat, but to be honest, it really doesn’t suit his taste...
He could endure hardship and eat this food without changing his expression, talking and laughing, but it didn't mean that he really liked it. At this time, he smelled the smell, nodded with a smile, turned around and left, and the person in front of him came over, thinking that