Notes of Lanxi Crossing

Zhan Chen only felt that the air was so dull and depressing that he couldn't breathe, so he asked his father back without thinking.

"Father, have you visited Concubine Mother these few days?"

Zhan Ze wanted to say something more, but when he heard the words, he seemed to be stuck, and suddenly forgot what he wanted to say in his mind.

He tied his hands behind his back, looked at his wife's courtyard from a distance, and said calmly: "Isn't she sick? Thinking about it, she doesn't want to see me either."

Zhan Ze looked down at his son, who was [-]% similar in outline to his wife, with a little more complexity in his eyes.

"That's good too. It will save her from getting angry when she sees me, which will make her condition worse."

Zhan Chen shook his head, but he didn't say anything about his mother's concubine thinking about him. Even though he was still a child, he could see that his mother's concubine seemed to no longer care about how her father treated her.

In the past, he could always hear the beautiful past of his parents when they fell in love from the maid of his mother and concubine. Those things sounded really touching, and they were completely different from their cold appearance now.

It's a pity that he can only hear from the maids and sisters, since he can remember, he has never seen them have a harmonious atmosphere.

Zhan Ze lost interest in speaking after being interrupted by his son. Zhan Chen looked at his back as if fleeing, and really couldn't figure out why the world of adults is so complicated.

It doesn't matter whether the father has the concubine mother in his heart or not, but it is a fact that he has hurt the concubine mother. Zhan Chen stopped thinking about these almost incomprehensible things, and went into the room and came to his desk.

He took out a small wooden box from under the table, and there were four paper tubes in the wooden box.

These four paper tubes are all picture scrolls, which he drew by himself with the assistance of Lu Youyi. He originally planned to frame them, but unfortunately he never found a chance to finish it.

Does sister Xi'er think this gift is too simple?
Zhan Chen frowned and opened them, intending to check them again.

After Zhan Chen returned home, he also worried about what kind of birthday gift he should prepare for Lanxi. Lu Youyi saw that her son was always frowning, and after asking about it, she learned of her son's entanglement.

After hearing how he and Lan Xi got along these days, Lu Youyi was very happy that her son could reap such a pure relationship, so she suggested that Zhan Chen give Lan Xi the thing that best represented his precious friendship.

For Yu Zhanchen, the most precious friendship is of course created when he and Lan Xi played together. He remembered the comic book she accidentally introduced when copying Buddhist scriptures, so he wanted to prepare a comic book drawn by him for her. .

Zhan Chen also learns painting on weekdays, but his skills are still relatively shallow. Lu Youyi's paintings are good, and he is also very interested in this so-called cartoon, so he mentioned a few words about him.

The first painting has three small elephants, which are divided into three parts and take the shape of a triangle on the paper.

In the upper part, there are two children, a boy and a girl. The girl climbs on a tall peach branch, and there are many peaches hanging on the peach tree. A few trees away, the boy sits cross-legged under the tree with a painting on the top of his head. A little circle of thought.

In the lower right part, the girl looked down while holding on to a branch, holding several gnawed peaches in her arms, while the boy under the tree raised his hands towards her, his eyes widened in shock.

In the lower left corner are two children falling on top of each other. The girl has a big hole in her clothes and is lying on the boy underneath, reaching out to help him.

This is the scene imagined in Zhan Chen's mind. At that time, he was sitting on the ground and overheard Lanxi's laughter not far away.

Maybe at that time, she was so happy to climb the tree to pick peaches, and then, he found his voice and was frightened by her dangerous behavior, and she obediently stopped moving.

Thinking about it now, sister Xi'er was so proficient in climbing trees, she must have considered his thoughts at the time, otherwise how could she be so obedient and motionless.

However, she is a bit sloppy and usually needs someone to take care of her, otherwise she wouldn't be caught by a tree branch and fall into a pile with him. Thinking of this, Zhan Chen couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled.

Immediately afterwards, he opened the second painting, which was the same as the previous one, and also had a triangular structure.

The upper part is a peach grove full of fruits. The girl's hair is scattered, the broken clothes are flying in the air, and she is running on the path with her hands wide open. Behind the girl is a boy with the same dirty sleeves. His face A big smile is painted on it, and the viewer seems to be able to empathize with his happiness.

In the lower right half of the scroll, two children squat together on a big rock to scrub each other's dirt. The boy removes a dead leaf from the girl's head, and the girl wipes the dirt off the boy's clothes.

The two people in the lower left part fell into the creek together. The creek does not look deep, and the boy in the painting is standing in it, and his calf is only up to his calf.

Zhan Chen was a little lost in thought as he looked at the upper part of himself running with a smile on his face.

At that time, he was also troubled by the relationship between his parents and his younger brother's mischievousness. It was Sister Xi'er who led him to let himself go, and made him feel carefree and happy for a long time.

He took out the third painting, which was divided into upper and lower parts. The upper one was the scene where he and Lan Xi were punished after returning to their mother, and the lower one was the two of them copying Buddhist scriptures side by side in the Buddhist hall. .

I saw the boy standing upright and earnestly copying, while the girl on the side looked at the candle on the side with strange eyes, and the brush in her hand was dripping ink without noticing it.

Zhan Chen still finds it funny when he sees this painting. Sister Xi'er is also very mischievous, but she will not ignore other people's feelings, nor will she hurt others for fun. Although he is the eldest son, he envies her life very much.

Zhan Chen opened the last painting. This painting has four parts, and each scene occupies a corner.

In the upper right corner is the brightly lit hall, the boy is crying on the seat, the girl is squatting in front of the boy's table, resting her chin on the table, her two eyebrows drooping in worry.

The boy in the upper left corner was no longer sad, and patted the wooden door with disheveled hair. The girl inside opened the door halfway with a yawn, also with disheveled hair, and the silhouette of the rising sun was faintly visible among the mountains in the distance.

In the lower right corner is a dark forest. The moonlight casts light on the trees, making the shadows of the trees clearly visible. The overlapping backs of the two walking together are stretched infinitely by the moonlight until the end of the scroll. The girl smiled and looked up at the bright moon, and the boy also He looked at the girl beside him with a smile on his face.

The two people in the lower left corner looked nervously at a cricket on the grass blades by the stream. The boy covered his mouth and opened his eyes wide, while the girl bent forward and folded her hands towards the cricket. This is Zhan Chen and Lan Xi. The scene of catching crickets at that time.

Lu Youyi accompanied her son to complete these paintings, as if she had witnessed the precious and pure beauty between them along the way.

She was especially grateful that the accidental act of offering incense gave her son a sincere and lovely good friend, and the matter of fate was really wonderful.