Flower Moon

Chapter 2 Find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to hang yourself
As night fell, the sky was completely dark, and Tao Yue'er walked aimlessly on the street.The restaurants beside the road are full of people's high-spirited and impassioned voices, pointing to the country, as if everything is in the palm of their hands.

Every year when it comes to March [-]rd, everyone else is on the gold list, and the spring breeze is proud.The husband and the king look after each other, three matchmakers and six ladies, holding hands in both hands, reaching the pinnacle of life.Even those students who failed the exam, even if they didn't pass the imperial examination, could still be spotted by some women with better family backgrounds, and they had the beauty of sitting opposite each other and cuddling each other after they got married.

But for the past ten years, her end has been nothing but misery and misery.While pushing cups and changing cups, it seemed that other people's dogs could afford meat, but she didn't even have money for a bun in her pocket.This world is really dying of drought and dying of waterlogging.

Tao Yue'er looked up at the sky, and found that the world is vast, but there is no home.

"Moon?"

"Is it Tao Yue'er?"

Suddenly, a man and a woman called from behind. The voices were so familiar that Tao Yue'er became stiff.After being dazed for a long time, Tao Yue'er still turned her head.

There are two soft sedan chairs not far behind, and a man and a woman are standing beside the sedan chairs.The man was tall and handsome, suave and suave, leading a girl; the woman was dressed in fine clothes, covered in gold and jade, and held a baby in her arms.One can tell at a glance that they are an enviable couple.

"It's Qiubi and Guanting... Okay, long time no see." Tao Yue'er raised her eyebrows and tried her best to smile, but the smile was uglier than crying.

"It's really Yue'er... I feel like it from a long distance, but I don't think it's really..." Chen Qiubi's face was moved, and his eyes were red.Lu Guanting immediately took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes.Then he helped her and walked towards Tao Yue'er.

As the two approached, Tao Yue'er gradually stood up straight, feeling at a loss for what to do.Her hands were behind her back, even trembling a little.

Her heart is far from being as peaceful as it appears on the surface.

"Yue'er, are you... okay?" Chen Qiubi hesitated to speak, remembering that today is March [-]rd, and seeing her expression again, she already guessed that she was probably no longer cared about.

The reputation of her old lady has spread throughout Jingcheng, and of course it has also reached the ears of these childhood playmates.

Tao Yue'er raised the corners of her mouth, nodded her head, and said, "I'm fine, how about you?"

Lu Guanting hugged Chen Qiubi's shoulders and did not speak.Chen Qiubi frowned, and said softly: "Min'er has just turned one year old, and we are considered to have both sons and daughters, so that the clouds will open and the moon will shine."

Both Chen Qiubi and Lu Guanting were Tao Yueer's childhood friends, and the three of them were childhood sweethearts in the neighborhood.Chen Qiubi was poor and white like her, and she didn't have any shocking beauty, so she separated very early; Lu Guanting lost news after the scientific examination, and hadn't heard from him for ten years.She has been wondering whether her childhood friends are also struggling like her?
She worried about them a lot, but now it seems that she is thinking too much.

She is the only one struggling.

"That's great, congratulations." Tao Yue'er rubbed her hands, took out of her pocket for a long time, and said awkwardly: "Look at me, I didn't bring any money when I went out, and I wanted to wrap a gift for the child, now..."

Lu Guanting could not bear it, he hesitated to speak, as if he wanted to speak but didn't know where to start.

Chen Qiubi, on the other hand, was much more generous and enthusiastic. She walked up directly, took her hand distressedly, and interrupted her: "Yue'er, why are you being polite to us? You are so skinny, have you eaten yet? Why don't you eat later?" What about the government?"

Tao Yue'er waved her hands repeatedly, shook her head and said, "I've eaten. I still have something to do, and I'm leaving Jingcheng tonight."

"That's it...then we'll meet again when you come back. My family lives in Shiyongfang. If you go anywhere and ask someone, you will know the name of Baoguanting." Chen Qiubi said, taking out two ingots of silver from his pocket and stuffing them in it. In Tao Yueer's hand, let her accept whatever she said.

"I can't take your money, I'm not short of money." Tao Yue'er refused repeatedly, but Lu Guanting also stepped forward, directly stuffed the money into her hand, and said, "Why are you so polite to us? This is You deserve it."

yes……

Yes, she deserves it.

Tao Yueer looked at the half-pursed lips and tightly wrinkled eyebrows of her childhood friends, and knew that if she didn't collect their money today, they would have a hard time.To make others feel better, just take the money yourself.Self-esteem or something, I have already rolled in the dirt a few times, and it doesn't matter if I step on it a few more times.

"Thank you." After Tao Yue'er finished speaking, she lowered her head and looked at her toes.

"Then, see you another day."

"Okay." Tao Yue'er nodded, with tears in her eyes, she never looked up at the two of them, she only raised her head when they got into the sedan chair and walked away, watching the two sedan chairs drift away, finally Disappeared on street corners.

Tao Yue'er looked at the silver in her hand, clenched it tightly and then let go. She wanted to throw it away several times but was reluctant.

She walked and walked, and saw a beggar by the side of the road, so she sent it out without any hassle.The beggar was behind her grateful to Dade, but her heart was completely cold.

She had heard that Chen Qiubi was married and had a son, but she didn't expect her husband to be Lu Guanting.

Lu Guanting used to be her best friend and also her only friend.She stole wild vegetables and fruits from everywhere to sell, and bought books for him when she made money.He once said that if no one married her after the age of 15, he would reluctantly marry her back home.As long as he has a bite to eat, she has a share.So she worked harder to dig wild vegetables.

Later... Later Lu Guanting really got admitted to Juren, and after that, he went to the foreign government to become an official, and was transferred back to the capital in the past and present.Judging by the age of their daughter, I'm afraid she was born when she was 15 years old.But when did Chen Qiubi and Lu Guanting get together?
I dug the wild vegetables myself, but it's really meaningless.Instead, she missed the best age for choosing a mate in vain, dragging herself into a big girl.

Tao Yue'er rubbed her hands, her heart was empty, but she seemed to have no position to be angry.

Lu Guanting never said he loved her.Whether it is waiting or digging wild vegetables, she is voluntary.She didn't need any verbal agreement from him, so she did everything happily.Putting herself in the position of Lu Guanting's wife, she did everything that was good to him.

Later Lu Guanting disappeared, and she didn't wait for him.Instead, he listened to the words of his grandpa and grandma and participated in the March Flower Fair.Her bleakness now just shows that there is nothing wrong with Lu Guanting's choice.

Not only did he despise her.

Everyone in Jingcheng looked down on her.

Realizing this, Tao Yue'er realized that she didn't even have the right to blame them.

She was cowardly and had no opinion, and when Lu Guanting asked her to wait, she waited.Lu Guanting disappeared, and her grandparents asked her to go on a blind date, and she went on a blind date.She can't blame them.Not at all strange.Instead, sincere blessings.Both came from the same slum, and she should be happy that the two of them got married.

Tao Yue'er sniffed, thinking of her life like a laughingstock, she just felt that she was a complete waste, that even living was a waste of air.

Why not just find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters... hang yourself.

A yin house is also a house.

There, there should be no leaks in the house and rain all night.

(End of this chapter)