On a hot and stuffy night at the end of July, Lu Zilin walked into Mr. Leng’s traditional Chinese medicine hall with a white cloth wrapped around his head to observe mourning, and a bottle of Taibai wine under his arm. After entering the room, Lu Zilin put the bottle on the table
Suddenly, he pulled off the mourning cloth from his head and hung it on the wooden peg of the earthen wall. He sighed loudly and naively: "Brother, sir, you see, as soon as old Mr. Xie Buxie was buried in the ground, my yard became empty.
As soon as I entered the street, I was so anxious that I couldn't sit still. Let's have a drink tonight, brothers." Mr. Leng could understand Lu Zilin's mood very well, and immediately asked his husband to prepare three or four dishes to go with the wine as soon as possible, a plate of cold cucumbers,
A plate of scrambled eggs, a plate of fried lettuce, and a plate of fried peanuts. The feeling and effect of Mr. Leng's drinking is the same as drinking cold water. He can't taste the fragrance of any famous wine. No matter how much he drinks, he never blushes, let alone gets drunk.
, he often felt baffled when he saw others drinking so much and making ugly appearances. Lu Zilin was addicted to alcohol. He drank when he was happy and drank too cold when he was depressed. He drank too hot when he was doing good things and drank when he was doing bad things.
, before entering Xiao'e's cave dwelling, he must drink to strengthen himself; he is not happy to drink alone, so he must have a group of drinking companions. At least one person must accompany him, while laughing and shouting, the most enjoyable thing is guessing.
It made people fall on their backs, and gradually entered a state of relaxation where they were neither aware of pain nor pleasure. "Sir, I have something difficult to say..." Lu Zilin's eyes began to smell like wine, "I think about it over and over again.
I better tell you." Mr. Leng didn't say anything. He grabbed the wine glass from the table and invited Lu Zilin to drink, encouraging Lu Zilin to say what he wanted to say as soon as possible. Lu Zilin raised his neck and drank a glass of wine, and sighed loudly in his mouth:
"I heard a rumor that Xiaowen was having an affair with that kid from the kiln..." Mr. Leng couldn't help but was surprised. He had guessed that Lu Zilin might want to talk about their affairs, but Lu Zhaopeng refused to go home.
The anti-marriage action could not be concealed for a long time. The most embarrassing situation was actually the father of both parties in the marriage. He and him. Lu Zilin expressed his deep apology to him many times and told him again and again the measures he would take to subdue his son.
Measures...are we going to take new measures again? It was completely unexpected, but there was some kind of entanglement between Xiaowen and the Heiwa woman. Mr. Leng said flatly: "Brother, I won't believe it even if you say this." Luzi
Lin nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes. Not only did I not believe what I said when I heard it, I slapped the person who reported it to me. I said, 'If Xiaowen has such a thing with her, then the temple will
The clay god in there would also have this problem with her. The man got slapped and ran away, but then two more people came to report. They said they had noses and eyes. They all said that they saw Xiaowen entering and exiting the kiln with their own eyes. One
One said that he was looking for pigs at night and ran into Xiaowen entering the kiln. The other said that he came back from a relative's house in the middle of the night and saw Xiaowen sneaking out of the kiln. The two of them didn't meet in the same night. If you can't believe it, I can slap these two people in the mouth again.
"Mr. Leng said: "If this is true, it would be worse than a bandit breaking his waist, and it would cost Jiaxuan his life." Lu Zilin said, "When I sent the two people who reported the report out, one of them was still dead.
Seal your mouth first: Don’t talk nonsense. I don’t think it’s easy for me to say this to Jiaxuan. Brother Jiaxuan doesn’t want to know that I’m innocent. But it’s not okay if I don’t tell Brother Jiaxuan about this. Brother Jiaxuan will be in trouble in the future.
He also blamed me for hiding something from him; after thinking about it, you are the only one who can say this. None of us want to see the Bai family make a fool of ourselves... He and you are in-laws and I would have agreed with you earlier. I hope everyone can
Glossy and dignified…”
Mr. Leng went to apply medicine to Bai Jiaxuan as usual the next day. Looking at the in-laws who were still bearing the pain and showing a calm demeanor, he recalled his judgment the night before: Jiaxuan could withstand a blow from the bandits and would never be able to withstand the rumor.
The blow. Mr. Leng felt very sad and painful. His face still maintained a cold tone that would never change. As in the past, he did not even say a word of comfort and only focused on healing the injury. After the unbearable dog days, he also passed the torrential rain.
In autumn, when Bai Jiaxuan recovered from his waist injury and reappeared in the streets of Bailu Village, the terrible rumor buried in his heart had waited until the day he was born. He was heartbroken over how to pass this sentence to Jiaxuan.
It seems that I have never had to worry so much about saying a word...
Mr. Leng looked at Bai Jiaxuan who was hunched on the chair and said: "Brother, I see that people who have not enjoyed happiness in this world are all suffering. The poor have the suffering of the poor, the rich have the suffering of the rich, and the nobles also have the suffering of the rich."
Unspeakable suffering. This is what people bring when they are born. You see, everyone comes into this world crying, and I have never heard of anyone who falls on the ground and either laughs or cries for the first time. No one wants to come to this world.
"Come on, the world is too miserable. It is not as peaceful and leisurely as in heaven. God will kick people down... Since people are destined to suffer when they come to the world, understand that no matter what kind of disaster they encounter, they can think about it..." Mr. Leng
Even he was surprised to say so many words at once. Bai Jiaxuan said: "We have to make things clear first. Whether it is true or false, we cannot treat it as gossip. This is gossip that kills people."
Bai Jiaxuan walked through the streets of Bailu Town with his waist bent, and then turned onto the T-shaped road entering Bailu Village. A thick layer of snow had fallen under his feet, and there was a crunching sound. His hands and neck were resting on his waist.
He felt the coldness of the melted snowflakes, and the snow was still falling in the sky. When he entered the street gate of the courtyard, he had already made a clear outline of how to deal with the gossip revealed to him by Mr. Leng. It was not complicated to deal with the matter, and there was no need to ask anyone for questioning.
It would be worse if there was no result. He believed that if nothing happened and secretly observed Xiaowen's actions, it would be clear. He asked casually as if nothing had happened, "Xiaowen is asleep." Xiancao said indifferently: "
Let’s go make peace with Lao Liu’s family.”
Bai Jiaxuan's heart was pounding in his chest, and he felt something hot rushing to the top of his head. The shock and anger aroused by learning about this extraordinary gossip became uncontrollable now, and he had planned to deal with this matter when he returned.
The outline and steps were all scrapped. He retied one of his untied trouser belts, grabbed the crutch that Xiancao picked up from the firewood shed from behind the door, and had a strong foreknowledge of the important use of the crutch. When he went out,
He did not forget to cover up the real purpose of going out at this time: "Those descendants of Lao Liu are hard to talk to. Lao Liu asked me to go and suppress the evil. I almost forgot..." He crossed the threshold and stepped out into the street again.
A disastrous step.
Bai Jiaxuan froze when he came to the door of Bai Laoliu's house. There was a row of four dilapidated mansions standing on the narrow base of Laoliu's house. It was an open courtyard with no walls or fences. Everything was clearly visible. The four mansions
All the fixed four-hinged door panels were closed, and there was no light or sound. Bai Laoliu's thunderous snoring rushed out from the building on the south side and rippled in the open courtyard. Bai Jiaxuan felt a paralysis all over his body at that moment. He
Walking out of the open courtyard of Lao Liu's house, it seemed as if a thousand hands were pushing him up the gentle slope at the east end of the village. He saw the cave dwelling that he usually had no interest in taking a look at; the thought of forcing him into this sordid place
The anger and sorrow in his chest made him miserable; he stepped onto the flat ground of the kiln courtyard from the slow path, his legs trembling uncontrollably; he walked to the muddy ground
In front of the black linen paper kiln window, I could hear the whispers of intimacy inside; Bai Jiaxuan reached the end of his life at that moment, suddenly jumped forward like a dog, and stepped on the door of the cave dwelling.
, with a bang, he also fell down at the same time.
The banging sound was no different than thunder on a snowy night, shaking away the tenderness and sweetness on the fire bed in the warm cave dwelling. Xiaowen was completely paralyzed, lying on the bed unable to move, all the muscles and bones in his body were broken and broken, leaving only his body to hold on. The skin that couldn't bear the pole. After the sound of thunder, silence returned. Xiao'e slipped down from the kang, pouted her bare clothes and leaned against the crack of the door to look out. There was nothing unusual in the hazy snowy light, and she raised her eyes downwards. She saw a group of black towers lying on the snow at the door. She breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to hold the edge of the kang. She leaned down and leaned against Xiaowen's ear and said, "Don't worry, a beggar will fall to the door." Xiaowen suddenly jumped up and pushed aside the quilt, hurriedly put on his clothes and kicked off his trousers, slipped down from the kang, hooked up the cotton wool, pulled the latch of the door, jumped over the man who was lying at the door, and walked down to the courtyard of the kiln. After walking up the slow road and entering the village alley, his heart seemed to start beating again.
Xiao'e put on her clothes and walked out of the kiln door to see if the unlucky man lying at the door was dead or alive. She knelt down and touched the man's nose. As soon as she touched the bridge of his nose, which was as cold as iron, she suddenly gasped in fright. She fell to the ground with a sigh; from the neat clothes and rickety waist of the fallen person, she could identify the clan leader, but where was the poor and frightened old beggar? The kiln was spinning around. She heard a cough in the kiln yard, and immediately jumped out of the kiln door and ran across the kiln yard to block Lu Zilin who was coming down the slow path. Xiao'e said: "Oh no, the patriarch is so angry that he is blind..." Lu Zilin glanced at the door of the kiln pointed by Xiao'e, then turned and walked up to the kiln yard. He stood beside Bai Jiaxuan who fell to the ground without saying a word for a long time, as if he was admiring a prey that he shot and fell to the ground. Xiao'e was so anxious that he looked at him. He poked his waist: "What should we do? What should we do if a person dies? Why are you staring so politely?" Lu Zilin bent down, stretched out his hand to touch Bai Jiaxuan's nose and mouth, straightened up and said to Xiao'e: " Don't worry, don't worry. Don't worry. You can't die. This person has a long life." Xiao'e muttered anxiously: "It's a serious matter if he can't die. What should I do if he falls here?" Lu Zilin said: "I should put him It's just a matter of sending him back on his back. If he carries me like this, he won't even be able to turn around... Okay, you go ask Mr. Leng and let him think of a solution. I should pretend not to know what's going on. Go quickly and be careful about the time. It will be troublesome if she really dies if she grows up." Xiao'e turned around and ran out of the courtyard to find Mr. Leng. Just as she ran down the slow slope, Lu Zilin stopped her again: "Forget it, let me carry him back on the way. ." Xiao'e ran back to the kiln yard again. Lu Zilin gritted his teeth and said in his heart: "I just want you to be unable to turn around and hide your face, leaving no room for concealment. It depends on what you do when you come down, I will definitely kill you. Even if we are forced to the 'Yuanmen', we will not end." He carried Bai Jiaxuan on his back, said goodbye to Xiao'e and said: "Do you still remember what I said to you? You are good at what you do." Xiao'e knew what that sentence meant: you To be able to pull Xiaowen into his arms was to pee on his father's face. Now that she had achieved her goal of revenge, she did not feel the joy of revenge. She was frightened by the unexpected serious consequences. She watched Lu Zilin carry Bai Jiaxuan behind his back. He turned around, but before he could walk out of the kiln yard, he walked into the kiln, closed the kiln door, and suddenly fell down on the kang.
Lu Zilin carried Bai Jiaxuan on his back through the snow-covered village alley, kicked the Bai family's street door open, and said to the panicked Xiancao: "Don't ask... I don't know what's going on. Save people first." "A needle of the fairy grass was inserted into the human body. Bai Jiaxuan made a growl in his throat and finally opened his eyes. He sighed and closed his eyes again. Lu Zilin pretended to be ignorant and said: "What are you doing to Li Jia? "Brother Xuan collapsed at the door of Heiwa's kiln" and then left.
Bai Jiaxuan was brought back to life by a needle of his wife's fairy grass. He sighed and closed his eyes again. He waved his hand stubbornly to stop the chaos in the family from the young and old who were shouting and asking, "You all go back to bed and let me rest."
" His eyes were still closed when he spoke. Only the fairy grass was left in the room. When the room became quiet, Bai Jiaxuan was still lying quietly with his eyes closed. Since everything is irreparable, the most decisive and aggressive measures must be taken to cleanse Xiaowen.
He and his ancestors and the entire family had been ashamed. He believed that the family members gathered around the kang could only hinder his decision-making and add chaos, so he waved them away without mercy. He just lay there thinking about nothing.
He moved, listening to the rooster crow again and again, then he coughed and sat up, and said to Xiancao: "Call the third brother here."
Lu San was very puzzled in the horse horn, how could Jiaxuan collapse in that kiln yard? He was smoking a dry pipe and sitting by the kang, with one foot on the ground and the other foot on the edge of the kang, with his elbows on his knees.
He was smoking a cigarette on his head and was puzzled. Xiaowen walked in with his head down and leaned timidly on the opposite side of the trough. He thought that Xiaowen was as worried about Jiaxuan as he was, but he didn’t know that Xiaowen had something in his heart. He sincerely advised Xiaowen
He said: "Don't be sad. Just take a rest and your dad will be fine. Maybe he got lost in the snow." Xiaowen leaned on the trough and lowered his head. He was extremely happy when he slipped back home from Xiao'e's cave dwelling.
He shouldn't be so unlucky, so he groped into the bed in the dark, and then felt that the heart that was stuck in his throat and eyes returned to its original place; when he heard the knock on the door and saw Lu Zilin carrying his father into the yard, his knees went weak.
He fell to the ground; all of this was temporarily covered up by his father's illness. He had no choice but to die. He no longer had the strength to live until dawn, or even live long enough to see his father again. He felt it was necessary.
He left the last words of regret to Lu San and walked into the horse stable. He raised his chin that was hanging low on his chest and said: "Uncle San, I have to leave. If you say a word to him in the future, just tell him about me."
He said, 'I'm not a human being'..." Lu San suddenly turned his head and pulled out the pipe from his mouth: "What did you say?" Xiaowen said, "I'll be ashamed to live if I do something embarrassing." Lu San then got Jiaxuan
An explanation of the question lying at the door of the cave. He moved his legs from the edge of the kang, walked step by step to Xiaowen, looked at Xiaowen's drooped head with a livid face, suddenly opened his arms and slapped him twice, and trembled his lips: "Shame on you
You have shamed your ancestors... What does it mean to be ashamed of our ancestors? This is called shame to our ancestors. Heiwa has shamed our ancestors, and you have shamed our ancestors..." At this moment, Xiancao came in. Lu San was still furious.
Xiao and Xiancao walked into the west room of the upper room. When they saw Jiaxuan, they couldn't help but sigh: "Jiaxuan, you are so miserable." Bai Jiaxuan held back the tears in his eyes and said, "You know what happened, you know."
I don’t need to say it anymore. You clean up now, get up, go into the mountain and ask Xiaowu to come back, and ask him to come back immediately. Just say that I have an emergency and I need to die..."