The days passed slowly by teaching Shi Sheng how to read and recuperating from his injuries. By early summer, Ling Ruo's injuries had basically healed, except for the sprained right foot, which still had some pain when walking and was not very stable.
On this day, Ling Ruo was teaching Shi Sheng to write, which was a family character. Now Shi Sheng knew a lot of simple characters, and now he started to teach some characters with slightly more complex strokes.
When writing the word "home", Ling Ruo felt a little heavy for no reason. She had been here for more than a month and didn't know what was going on at home. She really wanted to go back and have a look...
"Are you thinking about your family?" Shi Sheng finished writing according to the instructions, and when he looked up, he found that Ling Ruo was looking at the words under the charcoal strips in a daze, with an expression as sad as the first snow.
Ling Ruo clapped her hands and stood up, sighing: "What do you think, we will never see you again."
Shi Sheng stood up. After hesitating for a while, he mustered up the courage and said, "If you don't mind that we are from a humble background, you can treat us as your family."
His eyes were very bright in the early summer sunshine, which made Ling Ruo lose consciousness for a moment, and then smiled and said: "You are already my family, why do you need to treat me as such anymore."
After getting along for a long time, Shi Sheng still saw her smile for the first time. It was very beautiful, a hundred times more beautiful than the colorful butterflies flying among the flowers and leaves. I really wanted to, I really wanted her to always have a smile on her face instead of being sad.
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At this moment, Shi Sheng's heart seemed to be filled with something, and he blurted out: "You look so good-looking, you should smile more in the future."
"Does it look good?" Ling Ruo was startled, then he stroked his delicate and fat cheeks and said with a smile: "No matter how good-looking it is, it is of no use, it is just a skin. After a hundred years, both good-looking and ugly will be the same skeleton."
"Although life lasts for a hundred years, it will be full of skeletons after that, but since you are alive, you should try to be happy and forget all the unhappy things." Shi Sheng didn't know what kind of past Ling Ruo had, but when he thought that her family members were not here, he thought
Being hunted by her enemies must have been a painful past that she never mentioned.
However, how could Shi Sheng have guessed that the root cause of all Ling Ruo's tragedies lay in the man she had loved for nineteen years? This unforgettable pain cannot be forgotten if you want to. What's more, another man died because of her
And death, pain, guilt, resentment, and regret haunted her like lingering ghosts every day, causing her to suffer so much that if she had been a mentally fragile person, she might have collapsed long ago.
Seeing that Ling Ruo looked as dull as before, Shi Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow is the market in the town. I'm going to sell some fruits. Do you want to go with me and see the excitement?"
The money you get from playing music is not much, and there are not weddings and funerals every day in this small town, so whenever there is a market, Shi Sheng will sell some seasonal fruits to the market.
Hearing what he said, Ling Ruo was slightly moved. After coming here for more than a month, she has been staying in this hut and has never taken a step. She is really depressed. Besides, although her foot injury has not healed, it no longer hinders her walking. It is nothing more than slow walking.
Some, one by one: "That's fine."
Shi Sheng was very happy and agreed to go to the pier tomorrow to pick up the fresh fruits and then accompany her to the market. Then he told Ling Ruo some of the excitement at the market.
The next day, when it was still dark, Shi Sheng carried the empty basket to the pier. It was a thirty-mile round trip from here to the pier, and he had to get to the market as early as possible to grab a good spot. The sooner, the better.
When Shi Sheng came back, the sky was getting brighter. The basket on his back was filled with cantaloupes and watermelons, and a steelyard was inserted into the gap next to it.
"Let's go." Shi Sheng held the heavy basket behind his back and said to Ling Ruo.
Ling Ruo nodded and followed him out of the simple house for the first time. The alley was long and narrow, and could only accommodate one person. The protruding eaves blocked most of the skylight, making the alley always dark and lightless.
There are many potholes, and if it rains, they will be full of rainwater, making it even more difficult to walk. Living in this alley are the same immigrants as Shi Sheng and his son, living a humble and hard life at the bottom of this society.
Ling Ruo walked very slowly. By the time they arrived at the market, both sides were already full of vendors, and it was difficult to find an empty seat. They were all like Shi Sheng, who took advantage of the bustle of the market to come here to sell and make some money.
"Brother Shi Sheng! Brother Shi Sheng!" A crisp voice suddenly came to my ears. When I looked up, I saw a pretty woman of sixteen or seventeen years old wearing a floral skirt waving vigorously at Shi Sheng. Ling Ruo had seen her before.
, it’s Uncle Zheng’s daughter, named Xuan’er, who often brings things over for her father.
When Xuan'er saw Shi Sheng coming over, she raised her eyebrows and said, "I know you will come to set up a stall today, so I took up a little more space, just enough to set up two stalls." As she said that, she placed her little toy
The art stall was moved to the side, leaving more than half of it empty.
"Thank you, sister Xuan'er." Shi Sheng, who had grown up with her since childhood, was not polite. Besides, after walking for so long, he was worried that Ling Ruo's feet would not be able to bear it. After unloading the heavy basket, he miraculously removed it.
He took out a piece of oil paper about a foot square and spread it on the back steps, and said to Ling Ruo: "Your foot injury has not healed yet, so sit down and rest first. When I finish setting up this place, I will buy you something to cushion your stomach."
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"Hey, is Sister Ling here too?" Xuan'er saw Ling Ruo at this moment and was a little surprised as she helped her sit down.
Ling Ruo rubbed her feet that were starting to tingle and smiled and said, "Yeah, I have nothing to do if I stay in the house, so I want to go out for a walk. Okay, you can mind your own business and don't worry about me."
Xuan'er only knew that Ling Ruo was rescued by Shi Sheng. She had seen her a few times and was not familiar with her. When she saw what she said, she nodded and returned to the stall. She helped Shi Sheng take out the fruits from the basket and place them on the ground, saying from time to time
A few words.
Under the morning sun, the girl's face always had a gentle smile, and the pear nests were looming on her cheeks.
Xuan'er likes Shi Sheng.
Ling Ruo discovered this the first time he met Xuan'er. That kind of look would only appear when facing someone he likes. Also, Shi Sheng was diligent, filial, and good-looking, so it was natural for Xuan'er to like him.
thing.
But unless the person involved said anything, she would naturally not point it out. To her, Xuan'er and Shi Sheng were just passers-by. They would get together in a hurry and soon be separated.
Now, her foot injury is getting better, and it's time to consider leaving. Life in the Shi family is not easy, and adding her to her mouth for nothing makes it even worse. There was nothing she could do before, but now that the injury is healed, how can she be embarrassed to keep doing it?
Eat and drink for free here.
But before leaving, she had to go back to the capital. No matter how dangerous it was, she had to go back. Yinzhen hated herself because of Rong Yuan's incident and sent people to hunt her down. Now that she had escaped with her life, she didn't know if he would be angry with her.
family members, so we must go back to confirm their safety before leaving.
Go. Also, Hongli... I really miss her child. I don’t know what is happening to him now. In the past, she was a favored member of the royal family in the palace, so Hongli was very popular with Yinzhen. Although others were jealous,
But in the end, no one dared to act rashly; but now, alas, it is really worrying...