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Chapter 87
Chapter 87
Author: Egret Pairs | Release Time: 07-09 17:28 | Word Count: 3228 The stretched satin is mercerized, and it is lit by the good sun outside, like the lake surface in the clear summer.
Hua Yue stared at the Bongzi in her hand for a while, and continued to drop the needle as if nothing had happened.
It has been two years in the blink of an eye. Before, to prevent someone from looking for it, she turned the shop in her hand several times. As a result, she found out that it was unnecessary. In the past two years, except for her and Shuangjiang, she has never been in the town again. other outsiders.
Li Jingyun should have a good life. As long as he has a good life, the child she left behind will naturally have no worries about food and clothing. Thinking of this, Huayue thinks it is enough.
After stitching the pattern carefully, she put down her hand and rubbed her neck.
The letter was placed on the table next to it, exuding the unique fragrance of Jinghua rice paper. Huayue didn't look that way, she was silent for a while, but she still reached out to take it and tore open the letter.
Xiao Cai has been staying in Qifeng Building, probably because she is too capable. The shopkeeper has increased her wages, so she can work there with peace of mind, and sends her a letter every year to talk about what happened in Jinghua.
The emperor of Daliang passed away a year ago, but the successor to the throne has been hanging in the air. Zhou Hemin is the only one who temporarily supervises the country. It is probably because of this. on the battlefield.
After all, Xiao Cai is only a servant, and the news is not so well-informed, so he can only pass on a few words, Hua Yue doesn't care, just take a biography and glance at it at will.
The letter this time was similar, saying that the palace gave Li Jingyun a reward again, and don’t know what the credit was. The young master of the Li family is two years old and very healthy. Whose daughters fell in love with Li Jingyun and ran to the Protectorate all day long. Who made this master unhappy again, he went up Guanshan Mountain during the spring hunting and never came down again.
Bits and pieces, only the two sentences of the young master are useful.
After reading it, Huayue placed it on the candlestick and burned it, yawning lazily.
"Mother, mother." Shi Xiang ran back, hugged her leg and looked up at her, blushing, "Aunt Shuang said that there is a chicken silk ceremony in town tonight."
"That's the sacrificial ceremony." Holding the fluttering little arms and legs, Hua Yue laughed, "Want to join in the fun?"
Shi Xiang nodded heavily, Shui Lingling's eyes stared at her, and he asked in a blink of an eye, "Mother, are you busy?"
Thinking of teasing him, Hua Yue said embarrassingly: "I'm a little busy. There are a lot of customers in the shop recently, so I'll be busy for a while."
His eyebrows drooped, and Shi Xiang's tears came out, but he didn't open his voice to cry, he just stretched out his hands and wiped his face: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll go with Aunt Shuang and bring you a wormwood sachet back, mother. do not be sad."
It was soft and fluffy, the tip of her nose was red, and her little hand still patted her shoulder. Hua Yue couldn't help lowering her head and kissing him, smiling: "Who is this sad?"
"I, I'm not sad either." Shi Xiang's red eyes opened hard towards her.
Shuang Jiang leaned against the door and said in a heartache, "Master, you have a good conscience, this is only two years old."
Suddenly he burst into laughter, Hua Yue squeezed his sleeves and wiped his face for him: "My dear, if you are free, can I watch the big lantern with you?"
Breaking into laughter, Shi Xiang nodded again and again, his body did not sit still, and leaned to the side. Hua Yue took him back into her arms and patted him with great satisfaction.
In the small town, there is a custom of offering sacrifices in the middle of the year. On the day of the sacrifice, red lanterns are hung across the streets and alleys. Adults must wear masks to ward off evil spirits. Children are innocent, just cover them with green scorpions, and then tie their hair with wormwood. Follow the crowd to the wide area in the town to worship ancestors and drink rice wine.
Huayue is an outsider, but fortunately, the people in the town do not reject her. Sooner or later, her aunt sent a mask and a green robe. As soon as it got dark, the two girls with Shi Fang could directly merge into the flow of people on the street. .
"Is Xiao Shitong getting fat?" Shuang Jiang hugged him and weighed him dumbfoundedly, "Auntie can't hold him anymore."
Hua Yue reached out and took him over, weighed him, and said with a smile, "It's a little longer."
When Shi Xiang heard it, he struggled and fell to the ground, holding Hua Yue's hand and saying, "No need to hug, I'll send you a few."
There were many people around, Hua Yue lowered her head and asked him, "Is it okay?"
"It's okay, I'm old enough." He picked up a bamboo strip wrapped in blue cloth, and said solemnly like a blue lantern, "It's time to go by yourself."
Shuang Jiang heard this was a joy, patted his little head, and said in his mouth: "I earned it, this is definitely earned."
Glancing at her incredulously, Hua Yue continued to follow her.
There are usually not many people in the town, but every time there is a sacrificial ceremony, there are always people who have gone out to travel back, crowding the streets, and when they finally have to kneel down to salute, they are a little pushed.
One did not pay attention, Hua Yue was pushed by someone, and the hand holding Shi Fang was blocked. Shi Tong groaned in pain, and Hua Yue quickly let go and shouted in a hurry, "Be careful of the child, there are children here."
There were too many people around, and they pushed back and knelt down one by one. When Huayue could finally see the surroundings, Shi Xiang was gone.
"Over there, I'll go find him." Shuang Jiang kept staring at the cyan color, comforting Hua Yue, then hunched over the crowd and jumped over there.
The children who came out today are all covered with green collars, but Shi Xiang is well-behaved and is much easier to recognize than other children. The bamboo strips in the green circle were in a daze, and their eyes stared blankly at the lanterns by the roadside.
"You kid, you always like to look at lanterns." With a resentment, Shuang Jiang walked over, took down the lantern he was looking at, picked up a wooden stick, put it on, and stuffed it into his hand, "Here."
Shi Xiang liked red lanterns the most, so he felt a little happier when he held it, blinked at her, and tilted his head.
"Want to find your mother, right?" Shuang Jiang looked at the densely knelt in front of him, and helplessly raised his forehead, "Is it possible to squeeze in, let's just wait here for her to come out, she misses you, It probably won't take too long."
As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of horse hooves coming from behind for no reason.
There are mostly ox carts in the town, and horses are rare. Shuang Jiang's face changed when he heard this, and he hugged Shi Xiang and hid in the alley next to him.
A group of men and horses hurried past from the outside. The horsemen were wearing armor and had a good momentum.
Taking a deep breath, Shuangjiang said to himself, "How could these people come to this town."
Shi Xiang looked up and said in a low voice, "General Li will return to the court."
General Lee? Shuang Jiang froze, looking down at him: "How do you know?"
"I just heard what people said." Shi Fang pointed to the outside, "It was said that he won the battle."
Frightened and anxious, Shuang Jiang covered his mouth and shook his head: "Little young master, early wisdom is a good thing, but don't listen to everything, see your mother later, you mustn't say this in front of her, you know? ?"
Rolling his eyes, Shi Xiang responded obediently, "Okay."
When the sacrificial ceremony was over, the people saw officers and soldiers coming to the town, and they all rushed home and closed the doors and windows. Hua Yue came over with her skirt, and when she saw that Shuang Jiang had found someone, she quickly pulled her back.
"What's wrong?" Shuangjiang asked, "These people are here to make trouble?"
"No." He picked up Shi Xiang and went back to Buzhuang, Hua Yue closed the doorway, "Said he was here to find someone."
As soon as the skin tightened, Frostfall immediately added two locks to the door.
Li Jiajun, come here to find someone, who can you find? The two looked at each other, their hearts a little heavy.
"Maybe it's just a coincidence." Hua Yue thought for a while, "It's been so long, why did you suddenly think of finding someone."
"You'd better be careful." Frostfall pushed her to the backyard, "Go to the cellar to hide first, and then come out when they leave."
Huayue understood, she reached out her hand and wanted to take the green scorpion from Shi Xiang's body so that she could carry it to the cellar. As a result, just as she stretched out her hand, the child clung to her tightly, looked at her with tears in her eyes and said, "I don't take it, I like this."
This was the first time Shi Xiang had rejected her. Hua Yue was surprised, but she didn't force her to take her to the backyard.
"Are you scared?" she asked him softly, "where did your Aunt Shuang find you?"
"On the street." Shi Xiang replied, biting his lip.
Maybe it was really frightening, he spoke less than before, holding the lantern tightly in his hand.
Hua Yue looked at him and felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell where it was.
Li Jingyun sat on the horse and looked at Qin Sheng with a cold face.
Qin Sheng said helplessly: "Can you blame me, that little ancestor is like a loach, and he will drill when he sees a crack. Whose child is so difficult to manage."
"You are a commander, but you can't play with a two-year-old child?" He sneered, "Why don't you take this hairpin and put the seal on his waist, how about it?"
Qin Sheng laughed dryly, scratched his head and continued to walk forward. The streets were full of people who hurriedly avoided the scene. It was difficult for him to ask anyone.
"Shut up." Li Jingyun suddenly reined in his horse.
Qin Sheng was stunned for a moment. He held the horse's nose ring and looked sideways for him. He saw a blue lantern slowly moving from the stone steps next to it. A small face was white and tender, and it was very familiar.
"Youjie." Li Jingyun rolled over and dismounted, strode over and picked him up, "You dare to run when you see that you are a father?"
The short legs were vacated, and the child turned his head with difficulty and looked at him blankly.
Still want to pretend you don't know? Li Jingyun squinted: "Take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, just wait and go back and make a horse."
Saying that, he threw him into Qin Sheng's arms.
"Where are you taking me?" The child struggled and frowned, "I want to go home, and my mother is still waiting for me."
Qin Sheng originally wanted to take this mess from him, but when he heard this, he was so frightened that he almost lost his grip, and hurriedly covered his mouth.
How many times have said that these two words can't be mentioned in front of this grandfather, this little ancestor is also bold, grabbing against Mao.
However, the man in his arms struggled so hard that he didn't let him cover him, and shouted loudly, "Uncle Zhang and Aunt Liu, save me, I'm going back to find my mother!"
The street was already empty, and naturally no one would come to rescue him. Qin Sheng took a look at the back of the horse and saw the third master with a gloomy face, staring coldly at the little thing in his arms and saying, "Go back to Kyoto. Don't even think about sleeping late, get up early to practice."
The person in his arms cried out with a "wow", crying and shouting, "I want my mother, my mother!"
It is most useless to mess around, Li Jingyun rode his horse and left, Qin Sheng ran after him with his child in his arms, coaxing him as he ran: "Don't cry, you don't know what your father's virtue is, crying is absolutely useless, It's useless to threaten him."
When the child is sad, there is no reason to hear it, and he kicks while crying, struggling to get down to the ground.
"Oh little ancestor, lanterns are lit in this place all night. You're really going to starve to death if you stay here. Did you see the inn in front of you? There's delicious food, don't cry."