Luo nine needles

Chapter 8

Well, Aokiji thought it was unexpectedly good.

Since the young lady woke up that morning, she didn't have a fever, cough and vomit blood, or fall into a deep sleep.

Yesterday I got out of the car and walked a few steps, but I was weak after all, and soon returned to the car and lay down.

It was still the skinny donkey pulling the cart slowly, the road was bumpy, and it was hot and rainy for a while, but every time I turned around to talk, there was someone to respond, and all the difficulties, hardships and anxiety were swept away.

Unknowingly, I really came to Xu Chengjie.

I'm really going to Miss's house.

She really sent Miss back.

"Miss." Aokiji asked excitedly, "Are you familiar with this place?"

The lady lay on the car and shook her head: "I'm not familiar with it."

That's right, I just entered Xu Chengjie now, not the lady's house. Xucheng is so big, how could the lady be familiar with it, and it's not a very happy thing for the lady to come home...

Aokiji took out the picture drawn by the young lady and looked at it. Although he had memorized it in his heart, he still had to open it every time. It seemed that it would be more accurate.

That night, the lady braced herself and drew dotted lines to outline the route, which was simple but detailed, down to the names of villages and towns.

Now that those villages and towns have passed by, there are only two dots left on the picture, one dot is Xinghua Academy, and the other is the cemetery.

Aokiji's eyes fell on the last point, and his heart ached.

"Miss, are you hungry?" She asked softly.

The lady shook her head again: "I'm not hungry."

Qingzhi said good: "Then let's continue on our way and try to stay at home tonight!"

The lady also said hello, but instead of closing her eyes to rest, she looked at the picture in Aokiji's hand and stretched out her hand: "Show me."

Road map?Aokiji hurriedly handed her the blueprint, and the young lady unfolded the blueprint with both hands in front of her eyes, looking at it carefully.

The donkey cart wobbled and continued on its way.

Qingzhi looked back from time to time, and saw that the young lady was looking at it seriously, and she was still stroking the words on it with her fingers.

"Miss's handwriting is really good." Qingzhi said, "everyone in the family said so, even the third son said...

Before he finished speaking, Qingzhi raised his hand and slapped himself on the mouth, what kind of family members, what kind of third son, these are all enemies in the future, why did she mention this in front of the young lady.

The young lady didn't seem to hear the last sentence, she stroked the drawing lightly with her fingers, and nodded: "It's very good."

Qingzhi heaved a sigh of relief, stopped talking, and led the thin donkey to speed up the pace.

At dusk, a thatched cottage finally appeared in Aokiji's line of sight, just beside the road and by the lake, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast a layer of golden light on it.

But when it got closer, the golden light dissipated, leaving only ruins everywhere.

There are three houses side by side, and there are traces of fence posts outside the house, and the fence has disappeared.

Doors and windows are dilapidated and overgrown with weeds.

It was even worse than the ruined temples they passed along the way.

Miss's home is really not like home... Qingzhi stood in front of the thatched cottage and didn't know what to say, feeling very sad, Miss, in fact, he has no home.

"Not bad." A voice behind him said.

Qingzhi hurriedly turned around, saw the young lady got out of the car, she hurriedly supported her.

The young lady put her backhand on her arm, and looked at three rooms through the windows from left to right. One should be the living room, one should be the place where the young lady's grandfather taught, and the other one is the kitchen, and the earthen stove is still there.

"This house is well-repaired and solid. It looks dilapidated on the outside, but even the wind and rain have not invaded the inside." The lady said, patted the doors and windows with her hand, "Just change the doors and windows and clean them, and you can live in it. "

She sniffed lightly again.

"The house also uses medicinal materials, so that snakes and insects do not invade."

Is that so?Aokiji poked her head to look inside, and sure enough, she saw that the roof was intact, there was no trace of rain leaking on the ground, and whether there were snakes or insects, she couldn't tell if she didn't go in. However, she also sniffed hard, and there was indeed no such long-lasting rotten smell.

"Sure enough, Miss's home is the most familiar to Miss." She said happily.

The young lady looked at the thatched cottage and said, "I'm not familiar with it either."

Qingzhi didn't think it was too strange when he heard this. When the young lady was in the Lu family, she seldom talked about herself, and only mentioned to her that it was her mother who died of a serious illness before she came to her grandfather's side.

Not long after I arrived, I was picked up by the old man, so I am not very familiar with this place.

Qingzhi didn't ask any more questions, and looked at the lock on the door: "Miss, do you have the key?"

The young lady hummed, but she didn't take it out, but looked up at the hill next to her.

"Go and see the cemetery first," she said.

Yes, after such a big event, even if the relatives are gone, there is peace of mind in front of the tomb, Aokiji responded, and did not ask the young lady if she could walk, and if the young lady couldn't walk, she carried the young lady on her back.

The young lady didn't let her carry her back. Although she looked very weak, she supported her with one hand and a bamboo stick with the other, and slowly came to the halfway up the mountain.

Turning around an obviously artificially repaired path, I saw two small tombstones in a field of green bamboo.

Aokiji carefully helped the young lady to sit down in front of the tomb, not knowing how to comfort the young lady, so she lowered her head to clean the dead branches and fallen leaves in front of the tomb. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the young lady was not crying, but was quietly looking at the tombstone.

"Old man Yue." The young lady said softly, reading out the name on the tombstone.

This is obviously not his real name, and Aokiji couldn't help but look at the tombstone. There is no life, no history, only three words.

"Yue Nu." Miss looked at the tombstone next to her.

Is this Miss's mother?Qingzhi looked at the tombstone, and it was so simple. A person only left these two words in his life, and nothing else.

"Then I will write in the future..." The young lady's voice said, "Yue, little girl?"

Aokiji somehow wanted to laugh, but it wasn't funny at all.

Does Mrs. Yue have only one daughter?Does Yue's mother only have one daughter, Miss?miss's father
The young lady only has a nickname in the Lu family, but no surname.

Without a surname, for a person, there is no family, no clan, no other relatives.

It is so sad to live a lifetime with no name and no home, and a lonely grave on the mountain.

"Miss." Aokiji said, "Your name is Ah Qi, this is the name."

Even the nickname my mother calls is still a name.

The young lady turned to look at her and shook her head slightly: "No."

no?Aokiji was stunned.

"It's Qixing." The lady said, stroking her cheek with her hand, "The name is Qixing."

Seven stars?The lady's name turned out to be Qixing, Qingzhi was surprised and delighted.

"This name is really nice." She said happily, but also curious, "Does it mean the Big Dipper? The stars in the sky——"

Aokiji raised his head to look at the sky. It was getting late at this time, but he could not see the stars all over the sky. He also looked at the lady sitting in front of the tomb under the setting sun. Her black hair hung down her shoulders, her eyebrows looked like distant mountains, and her eyes looked like lacquer spots.

She couldn't help saying: "It means that the young lady is as beautiful as a star."

The lady smiled.

"Aokiji," she said, "Go and gather some firewood, we'll light the fire."

Oh yes, I will cook and boil water later, there must be no firewood at home, Aokiji replied yes, and hesitated to go away.

The lady is so calm.

When I got home and saw the tombs of my grandfather and mother, I didn't cry or make trouble, not even tears.

Does the lady have a will to die?
"Miss." She said, "Don't be too hard on yourself, anyway, you are alive..."

She didn't know how to persuade her for a while, she was treated so treacherously by the Lu family, and she was an orphan, how would she live in the future.

Aokiji's tears fell down.

"Miss, if you are alive, at least you can visit the graves of your grandfather and your mother."

The reason for this consolation?

The lady glanced at the tombstone. People who don't even leave their names should not care whether there are descendants to visit the tomb.

She looked into the tearful eyes of the maidservant, nodded and said hello.

"I will not die," she said, "I will live."

She looked at the tombstone, her eyes fell on the word Yue Nu, and she reached out to stroke it gently.

(End of this chapter)