Taohuaxi

Chapter 28 Acrobatic Team
She is still the same as she was when she was young.

Wearing light blue clothes, smiling slightly.So demure, so approachable.

The illness at the end of her life finally no longer tortured her.

"mother--"

I shouted and cried in my heart.

She reached out and caressed my cheek.

"Sang Yu, my son, you have grown up so much. My mother has not been here these years. It has been difficult for you."

I shook my head desperately and was speechless.

She combed my hair like she did when she was little, and I rested on her lap.

"I remember the first time my mother saw you, you were still very young. You were sallow and thin, but your eyes were very clear and endearing. At that time, my mother knew that you and I were destined to have a mother-daughter fate..." The mother said calmly. Said slowly.

I raised my head and looked at her: "Mom, what are you talking about?"

My mother hugged me, her face was like the grass and trees on an October night, covered with a layer of frost.

"Sangyu, do you know why my mother gave you this name? What I lost was lost, and I gained Sangyu. My mother lost a child and was so sad that she could no longer bear children. She has always regarded you as a Bodhisattva and bestowed upon me the most precious blessing. "

The wind suddenly rose in my heart, and there was light smoke and sparse rain in the desert.

East corner.Xifeng.

Could it be that the Zhu family did have a child named Zhu Dongyu who died in infancy?
"Sang Yu, mother originally thought that since you have forgotten the past, forget about it. Mother raised you as her own child and made you happy and peaceful from now on. Before she died, mother had been hesitating whether to tell you the truth or not. . But until the moment I closed my eyes, I still couldn't bear it. The world is so big, where can my little Sangyu fit in?"

The smile on the mother's lips revealed endless compassion and kindness.

"Mom, I am your biological child. I am your biological child."

Growing up, I never doubted this.

My mother gave me a bath, made me soup, combed my hair, taught me to write and paint stroke by stroke.She is so kind to me, how could I not be her biological child?
The lion iron plate in my hand fell to the ground.

My mother picked it up and said to me: "Sang Yu, when Mom brought you home, you held this iron plate tightly in your hand. Mom doesn't know the origin of this iron plate. Maybe one day, you will know it yourself. Find out."

"Mom, why can't I remember anything..."

Mother stroked my hair: "Sang Yu, you were seriously injured in the acrobatic troupe."

Acrobatic team.

Dragon and lion dance.

The familiar dizziness came over me like a wave.

There was a sound of more drums coming from somewhere.

The mother disappeared.

"Mother! Mother!"

I called out loudly.

"lady--"

Someone held my hand tightly.

I sat up suddenly and opened my eyes. My whole body was soaked with sweat, and there were tears on my cheeks.

Cheng Huaishi looked at me with concern.

I looked around, it was already dawn, everything in the bedroom was as before, the red gauze curtain had been rolled up, Xiaoyin came in with washing water in a copper basin.Outside the window lattice, there was a faint glow of sunlight, and the birds on the branches were singing happily.

This dream is so real.

It was so real that my mother had really been here.

I touched under the pillow, and the lion iron plate was still there.

"What time is it?"

Xiaoyin said: "Miss, it's almost a quarter of an hour."

Cheng Huaishi asked, "Did Madam have a nightmare?"

I whispered: "It's not a nightmare. I saw my mother."

Cheng Huaishi said: "It must be because Madam has been working too hard recently. Let the cook make some restorative soup for Madam later."

He placed a few banknotes beside the bed and stood up: "Madam, I have to go to the Ministry of Accounts to take over my post today. I have to leave. If my father-in-law and the others really want to leave today, madam, please remember to give these banknotes to them. . Then he said that the Cheng family’s reception was not good this time, and I asked them to forgive me.”

Xiaoyin twisted the warm handkerchief and handed it to me, and I wiped my face.

Cheng Huaishi had already walked to the door. He looked back at me and I smiled at him before he left.

After he left, Xiaoyin said: "My uncle is really a kind-hearted person. Yesterday, the young master made trouble like that, but he can still do this today."

After I washed up, I put the banknote in my sleeve and arrived at Nanyuan.

In Nanyuan, my father, Lin Yue and others have packed their luggage.

The old lady ordered her maid to bring many gifts.

The maid smiled and said: "The old lady said that she didn't sleep well yesterday. She got up early today and felt that she wasn't feeling well, so the second young lady sent her husband, wife and uncle to the ferry. As the old lady has told me many times, I wish you to My father-in-law, my wife, and my uncle, have a safe trip. Come back often when you have free time in the future."

My father and Lin Yue chatted.Zhu Xifeng was still angry from being beaten yesterday and stared at me resentfully.

The steward prepared a carriage, and I followed them to the ferry.Lin Yue and Zhu Xifeng got on the boat. I called out to my father: "Dad, please wait a moment. I have something to ask you."

My dad stopped walking.

I looked at him: "Dad, I dreamed about my mother last night."

He coughed a few times and stroked his beard.

I said, "Dad, Mom once had a child named Zhu Dongyu who died in infancy, right?"

"It's so good. Why do you ask me to do this?"

"Dad, am I a child of the Zhu family? My mother told me last night that she picked me up from outside. Dad, I want to hear something from you."

The water in the canal rippled.

My father's eyes flickered and hesitantly said: "You... of course you are a child of the Zhu family. How can you be true to what you said in your dream?"

I watched him silently.

From his expression, I got the answer.

I put the banknote into his hand: "Dad, no matter whether I am a child of the Zhu family or not, if my mother raised me and loved me, I will remain a child of the Zhu family for the rest of my life."

The ship is about to leave.Lin Yue urged.

My father looked ashamed: "Sang Yu, Sang Yu, I...I...I have no bad intentions towards you..."

He got on board.

I stood at the ferry, feeling extremely melancholy.

Turning around, I heard a few men talking loudly in the wine shop nearby.

"Since Mr. Zhang's reforms, the lives of us ordinary people have become much better. In the past, corvee was allocated based on household registration, which caused hardship to the poor. Now, taxation is based on land, and the corvee falls on the big landowners. We can also take a breather."

"Master Zhang has offended many landlords and gentry, and many people want to harm him."

"Master Zhang will be fine. He is protected by Long Live Lord and the Queen Mother."

"But Mr. Zhang is ill now, and our good days may come to an end..."

"Master Zhang is still busy with state affairs even though he is ill. I heard from my cousin who works as an errand in the yamen that Master Zhang has sent an adult named Cheng to be in charge of the household department. Mr. Cheng was very young and won the april exam. I am very much appreciated by Master Zhang.”

"Gods and Buddhas bless you, I hope this Master Cheng is a good person..."

Listening to these words and looking at the sincere smiles on the faces of the men in short shirts, I suddenly understood the magnificent words Cheng Huaishi said last night.

"Establish a heart for the heaven and earth, and establish a life for the people." When it comes to the world of fireworks, it is the dawn of countless poor people.Let them be freed from the heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes. After hard work, they can sit in the tavern and have a glass of wine.

Real peace in the world is not limited to singing and dancing in temples.

Qingyang Yaoling, peaceful and graceful.

Only when all sentient beings like ants find peace and happiness can the oceans and rivers be clear.

"Sister, why are you walking so fast——"

Someone behind me lightly tapped me on the shoulder.

I turned around and saw Feng Gao looking at me with his lips pursed.

He did not wear the official uniform of Dongchang today, but an ordinary haze-colored brocade suit.

If the peaches and plums are young, they seem to be full of joy in the spring.

His eyes were a little narrow and a little proud: "Did Zhu Xifeng leave? I didn't see my sister. He was so scared that he peed his pants yesterday -"

I looked at his face.

I have never stared at him so intently, so carefully, for so long.

He touched his cheek: "Sister, why are you looking at me like this?"

"Where is your lion iron plate?"

He was stunned, took out the iron plate from his arms and handed it to me.

I took it and took mine out to compare.

Zhu Xifeng was right.

Two iron plaques, exactly the same.No difference at all.

"Sister, you remembered, right?" His voice was trembling.

"Where did you get this iron plate?" I looked at him.

"Sister, this is the iron plate of the acrobatic troupe. Each of us has it. I...I thought yours was gone...I later went to Dongchang Mansion to look for it many times. The acrobatic troupe of that year was gone and there was no trace. Can be found.”

Dreams and reality are intertwined and confirmed.

I froze in place.

The sun at noon was so hot.Everything seems to be dyed with a touch of orange.The leaves rolled up.The cicada was making noise.

Feng Gao put his hands on my shoulders and said eagerly: "Five directions lion dance, hydrangea..."

Suddenly someone pushed Feng Gao away and covered me behind him.

(End of this chapter)