Flower Moon

Chapter 11

For dinner that day, Tao Yueer followed Hua Ling's recipe and made a table of desserts.Perhaps it is the natural closeness to motherhood. For Tao Yueer, who looks gentle and kind, and can cook well, everyone warmly welcomes her arrival.

After dinner, he helped her tidy up a room and came out.The hut is neat and clean, although there is only one bed and one table, but for Tao Yueer, who has been used to living in cowsheds, woodsheds and stables for a long time, it is considered excellent.

She no longer has to wander about and worry about the rain.

The only fly in the ointment is that her room is far away from the small black room, and she can just look out through the crack of the door while lying on the bed.And the door of the small black house was facing him.When the wind blows, I don't know if it's the opposite door or my own door, and there will always be a "squeaky" sound.

Tao Yue'er woke up several times, made sure that she had closed the doors and windows tightly, and then used a table to push against the door, and told herself countless times that the person living opposite was not a ghost.It's a demon, it's a demon.As long as he has a righteous heart, Ah Sheng will definitely not hurt himself.

In the second half of the night, Tao Yue'er, who was too exhausted, finally fell asleep in endless fear.But when she fell asleep, she always felt a little itchy on her face and a little cold.

"Stop making trouble...don't scratch me..."

Tao Yue'er was in a daze, thinking that she had returned to her childhood.It must be the girl Chen Qiubi who is tickling her with her hair.

She reached out to brush it away several times, but the man kept blowing on her face.Her hair fell on her forehead, the tip of her nose, and her neck... causing itches.

"Stop making trouble!" Tao Yue'er waved her hand vigorously, and caught the culprit.The coolness from her fingertips made Tao Yue'er wake up suddenly, she opened her eyes, and saw a pale and bluish face appearing in front of her bed.

"Ghost, ghost——" Tao Yue'er trembled all over, hurriedly let go of her, and shrank to the corner of the bed.The strong visual impact made her panic. At this moment, Hua Ling's words of demons and righteousness were thrown out of the blue again at this moment.

She is still afraid of ghosts.

But Ah Sheng appeared like a ghost, like a human but not a human, more terrifying than a ghost.She stood motionless by the bed, strands of hair on her head hung down her shoulders, and there were blood pits left on her scalp when Tao Yue'er grabbed her hair.

Tao Yue'er could no longer look directly at her face, so she hugged her knees, buried her head in the quilt, and kept muttering: "Go, go away! I didn't hurt you! Don't pester me!! "

After an unknown amount of time, a sigh came from beside her: "Hey..." Afterwards, the air-conditioning oppressing the room suddenly dissipated, and Tao Yue'er dared not raise her head for a long time. When the coolness dissipated completely, she felt the normal surroundings Only when the temperature rose, did he raise his head limply.

The door didn't know when it opened wide, and the table she used to prop up the door had been moved to the side of the bed. Tao Yue'er looked at the door that was blown by the wind under the moonlight, and her heart was beating wildly. About to jump out of the chest.

After Tao Yueer confirmed that she was really gone, she slowly got up from the quilt, walked to the table, and poured herself a glass of water to calm herself down, but at this moment, the window suddenly opened wide, and the For a moment, Ah Sheng's pale and bluish face appeared out of the window upside down.She was hanging on the window, her eyes were wide open, and she grinned at her and shouted: "Coward! You are not worthy of a flower actress!"

"Ahhhhhhhh——" Tao Yue'er was so frightened that she didn't take what she said to heart at all. She threw the teacup and ran out, screaming all the way to the first room in the front yard, which is In front of Hua Ling's room.

"Papapa! Papapa——" Tao Yue'er slapped the door of Hua Ling's room loudly, and soon all the children in the yard heard the sound, and opened the windows to stick their heads out to see the excitement.

"What happened to Aunt Yue'er?"

"Don't call me aunt, but sister. Otherwise, she will be unhappy."

"But Hualing is an older brother, she is older than Hualing, so she can only be called aunt."

"That's right, then auntie..."

"Why does she seem to have seen a ghost?"

"Isn't she cold dressed like this?"

The weather in early March was warm and cold.The children were talking and making noise.Hua Ling was the last one to wake up. He opened the door in his pajamas, and saw Tao Yueer standing in front of his door in a daze.

Tao Yue'er had disheveled hair, wearing thin pajamas, and was barefoot.As soon as Hua Ling opened the door, she trembled and rushed into the room, curled up on Hua Ling's bed, and refused to get out of the quilt no matter what she said.

Hua Ling didn't say anything, just looked at the children watching the show in the courtyard, stared at the children and said: "Go back to sleep!"

Although everyone was curious, they listened to Hua Ling's words very much, and immediately went back to the house, and closed the doors and windows tightly.

Hua Ling also closed the door, walked to the bed, pulled the quilt, and asked Tao Yueer: "What's wrong with you?"

Tao Yue'er huddled under the quilt, shivering.Hua Ling's bed was trampled into mud several times by her, and his patience had almost reached its limit.

"Come down first and wash your feet." Hua Ling said lightly, but Tao Yue'er seemed to have never heard of it, and would not come out alive or alive.

In a rage, Hua Ling grabbed the quilt and forcibly carried her out.At this moment, Tao Yue'er had runny nose and tears, showing extreme grievance and fear, as if she had been scared out of her wits.

Although she was older than Hua Ling, she was thinner than him. Long-term malnutrition made her a little shorter than ordinary people.She huddled into a ball without any appearance of a sister, making people shake their heads when they saw her.

"How did you make it like this?" Hua Ling was disturbed by her innocent eyes with watery eyes, she couldn't bear to say the scolding words again.

Tao Yue'er sniffed and said tremblingly, "I, I've seen the devil again..."

"..."

Hua Ling sighed, did not speak, and walked out of the room slowly.

Not long after, Hualing brought a basin of water to the boil.At this moment, Tao Yue'er still maintained the appearance when Hua Ling left, with her hands wrapped around her knees, her head buried in her knees, her eyes staring blankly ahead.Her feet were covered with mud, and the bed was filthy.

Hua Ling didn't have the heart to scold her, she just silently put the basin in front of the bed, held her legs with both hands, and soaked her feet in the water.

Warmth came from the soles of her feet, but it didn't comfort her much.Tao Yueer's eyes were still dull, with tears in the corners of her eyes.

Hua Ling squatted on the ground, took a rag, and gently cleaned her.When the mud on her feet was washed away, she saw a few bloodstains on the soles of her feet cut by stones. Although the wound no longer bleeds, it should be very painful.

"Why are you so careless?" Hua Ling held Tao Yue'er's feet, only to realize that there were more than these new scars on her feet.There are many calluses on her feet, especially on the soles of her feet, as if she never walked out of such feet without wearing shoes.There is no half of the weakness of a daughter's family, but only the helplessness and wastage of years of running around.

Tao Yue'er was born in a slum with no father or mother. After her grandparents passed away, she never even had a meal, let alone her own feet.I have only changed three pairs of shoes when I grow so big, and each pair has to be worn until it falls apart.

Hua Ling guessed the past, her heart softened, and she couldn't bear to drive her out again.

He cleaned her feet, cleaned the wound, applied some herbal medicine to wrap it up, and then carried her into bed.

Tao Yue'er's whole body has clear bones, and there is not much flesh left, so it is very easy for him to hug him.He picked it up and put it inside.After covering her with a quilt, he said, "You will sleep here tonight, and I will go to sleep in your room."

After finishing speaking, Hua Ling turned around and was about to leave, but at this moment, Tao Yueer suddenly came back to her senses, grabbed his sleeve suddenly, sat up all over, and said in surprise: "Don't go! There are ghosts there!"

"...There are no ghosts in this world." Hua Ling emphasized again.

But Tao Yue'er was obviously frightened by A Sheng, and refused to let Hua Ling go, she just kept saying: "Don't go! Don't go! There are really ghosts there! She, she might Kill you! Or, or scare you to death!"

Tao Yue'er thought of her fear of being dominated by A Sheng, and she didn't want others to suffer the same treatment as her, even if Hua Ling wasn't afraid.

Hua Ling had no choice but to sit by the bed and wait for her to fall asleep before leaving.But Tao Yueer was so startled by A Sheng, she was in surprisingly good spirits, and never let go of Hua Ling's hand.

Hua Ling had no choice but to sit by the bed and accompany her all the time.

It wasn't until the candles in the room were gradually extinguished that Tao Yue'er, who had been making trouble for most of the night, was sleepy and finally closed his eyes, did he tiptoe away.

Hua Ling walked back to Tao Yue'er's room, before entering the door, she couldn't help but stop, and looked back at the small black room behind her.

He thought for a moment and made up his mind.

Bridge to bridge, road to road, dust to dust...

A Sheng...he couldn't let her go any longer.

(End of this chapter)