Time has you, memories become flowers

Chapter 15
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Yiyou year, midsummer.

In the Tang mansion, Tang Yun was dignifiedly tending to a bush of dark rhododendrons in the garden.Before, Tang Yindui poured a large pot of eel blood under the flowers, saying that the flowers would bloom better because they eat meat.Tang Yin poured it meticulously, but there were still a few sporadic drops of faint red on the petals.From Tang Yunshen's point of view, the red became deeper and deeper, then turned bright red, and finally smudged, filling the entire Tang mansion... He never talks about politics, but it's not that he doesn't understand it at all.He knew what his father was doing, but there were eggs under the overturned nest, and he didn't have the courage to leave, so naturally he could only escape without touching it.

Now, the atmosphere of danger is getting heavier and heavier.In the entire Tang mansion, there may be only one person who is really happy with all his heart——

"Brother Yunshen." Qi Yuehua ran over from a corner of the garden with a face full of joy, "I succeeded!"

Tang Yun deeply concealed the uneasiness on his face, put on a smile, and then turned his head, "What are you messing with?"

"Your birthday present!" Qiyue's face bloomed, "I made it myself, it's delicious! There's your name on it..."

"What is it?" Tang Yunshen took an exquisite small box.

"open to take a look."

Tang Yunshen carefully opened the bow on the box, and pulled out the carton, which contained a round piece of soap.There is a circle of curly cloud pattern engraved on the side, and the beautiful word "cloud deep" is in the middle.And in the cloud patterns on the lower right, there is a crescent moon secretly hidden.

"Silly girl, it's good for you that the price of goods is soaring outside. You have learned to make soap by yourself. I saw you and Mama Zhang making soy sauce that day?" Tang Yunshen couldn't help but reached out and stroked Yue's head affectionately, "Are you Are you afraid that the Tang mansion can't support you?"

Qiyue's smile gradually disappeared, and he said timidly: "Brother Yunshen, at school that day, someone said that Uncle Tang is...is..."

Seeing her stammering, Tang Yun was deeply uneasy, "What is it?"

"Traitor..." Qiyue's voice was as low as a mosquito's, but it was still resounding in Tang Yunshen's ears, "Brother Yunshen, is what they said true?"

Tang Yunshen didn't answer, but asked again: "What else did they say?"

Qiyue looked at her, the uneasiness in her heart deepened sharply, and her voice trembled a little: "They also said that if the Anti-Japanese War is won, Uncle Tang will be arrested..."

"Enough!" Tang Yunshen suddenly became excited, and then realized that his anger at the little girl in front of him would only show his fear, "I'm sorry, Qiyue."

Qiyue was taken aback, it was the first time that the always gentle Tang Yunshen spoke to her so loudly.For a moment, she froze there, speechless.

"Father is not like that..."

Tang Yongnian was still arrested.Amidst the cheers of victory in the Anti-Japanese War outside, the city of Shanghai changed hands again.

Once Tang Yongnian left, the entire Tang family seemed to have had its backbone removed.Gu Peiying disappeared for two days, and Tang Yin found her dying at the door of Tang Mansion in the early morning of the third day.Tang Yunshen rushed out of the room in his pajamas, and heard her say the last words: "Gongsun Chujiu is dead, and Cheng Ying is a sinner through the ages. No one will know whether that child is an orphan of the Zhao family or Cheng Ying's own son." The ancients would have believed Cheng Ying's confession, but people nowadays..."

Tang Yun thought about this cloudy sentence for a long time.Gu Peiying seemed to be telling him something, but he couldn't figure it out.But the court trial will not wait for him. Tang Yongnian will soon be sentenced to shooting for traitor, and the Tang mansion will be closed soon.

"Qiyue, are you afraid?" Tang Yunshen's ears kept ringing with the messy gunshots on the execution ground in the afternoon.After dismissing all the family members, only he and Zhang Qiyue were left in the huge Tang family.

"Not afraid. I believe that Uncle Tang is a good man. One day, everyone will know that he was wronged." Qiyue's tearful eyes had a firmness beyond his age.

"Okay." Tang Yunshen stretched out his hands and hugged Qiyue tightly.From now on, in the world, he has only one family member, "Tomorrow they will come to seal the house. Mom's funeral has been delayed for so many days, so it can't be a big deal. Qiyue, let's send my parents off tonight."

"Ah."

Tang Yunshen put a black veil on the white triangle Mendelssohn, with a photo of Tang Yongnian and Gu Peiying on the side.

"Back then, Mr. Li Shutong saw his mother off in this way. Now, I follow the example of my predecessors and send my parents off." He murmured to the photo.It wasn't until his parents died that he realized that he didn't know them at all.He has always been immersed in his own world, not asking about the source of food and clothing, or the situation in the world.

He played tirelessly one after another, and Qiyue stood by the side, her heart seemed to be clenched by a big hand, getting tighter and more painful, and then slowly numb until tears fell like rain Without knowing it.

Finally, Tang Yunshen stopped, because his hands were too trembling to continue playing.He stood up slowly and went out.

It was raining at night outside.He went straight to the edge of the rhododendron clump, swayed his body, and said "wow", spit out a big mouthful of blood, and then fell down slowly.

Zhang Qiyue watched him go out, and had a premonition that something was going to happen, but her feet were completely numb, so even if she was anxious, she could only limped out of the house and watched him fall down.Tang Yunshen was a tall man much bigger than her, and she couldn't hold him back at all.At that moment, she wiped away her tears, took out a thin blanket and an umbrella from the room, and half hugged him, letting him lie in her arms.On a summer night, you can survive anything.

At sunrise, Tang Yunshen woke up.He was dazzled by the rising sun, looked at Qiyue who was still holding up his umbrella while taking a nap, and he was stunned before he came back to his senses.

There was still a little fishy smell in his mouth, he reached out and wiped the corner of his mouth, and when there was a movement, Qiyue woke up.

"Brother Yunshen, how are you?" She asked anxiously.

"I'm fine." He struggled to sit up, barely raising the corners of his mouth.He couldn't protect his parents before, but now he can't let a little girl take care of him instead.He collected himself and said solemnly, "Don't worry Qiyue, we'll be fine."

"Well, I will always be by Brother Yunshen's side." She reached out and grabbed his hand.

Tang Yun smiled wryly, "Ten years, if I can be with you for another ten years, I will be content."

She looked at him with tears in her eyes, "Why only ten years?"

He reached out and stroked her head habitually, and said, "After that, you will have a husband. He will take care of you instead of me."

She shook her head without hesitation, "No, I only want Brother Yunshen."

Tang Yunshen didn't speak any more, just smiled stiffly at the corners of his mouth, his eyes were empty.

Walking out of the Tang mansion, a foreign car was waiting at the corner of the street.A young man in a suit and leather shoes got out of the car and waved at Tang Yunshen.Zhang Qiyue recognized him, he was Tang Yunshen's cousin Tang Yunji's assistant Wei Hu.

Tang Yun nodded slightly at him, gave him all the luggage in his hand, and pulled Qiyue into the car.

"Where's Yunji?" Tang Yunshen asked.

"The young master's boat has gone to Hong Kong this morning. The master has been doing business with the British, so he has moved most of the property a few years ago. Many of the shares belong to the elder. Now the elder is in trouble. The meaning of the master is to let you go to Hong Kong quickly. The boat ticket for tomorrow morning has been prepared for you."

Tang Yunshen felt that Qiyue's hand in his palm trembled suddenly. He understood what she meant, and immediately said to the man, "I'm not alone."

Wei Hu was obviously taken aback for a moment, then looked back at Zhang Qiyue, "You want to take her with you?"

"She's my sister."

"But in the current situation, you also know that the boat ticket is priceless."

"Xiao Wei, please think of a way."

"Young master, don't embarrass me! What can I do if I'm alone?"

"Okay, I won't make things difficult for you. I'll call my second uncle when I get to the hotel for a while."

Zhang Qiyue watched Tang Yunshen pick up the public phone from a distance, and saw his frown getting more and more deep, and secretly made a decision.She knew that he was now being charged as the son of a traitor, so it was very unsuitable for him to stay in Shanghai any longer.And she, she is not a child of the Tang family, the Tang family has raised her for so many years, and now that the two elders are dead, she can't repay her kindness, so at least, she can stop dragging him down.

On the way back to the room, Tang Yun pondered over what his second uncle said just now: "Why do you gamble your future for an outsider? She has no relationship with my Tang family and has no reason to raise her for so many years. I am worthy of her." It's not that I don't want to take her away now, it's that I can't." Walking to the door of the room, he paused, and the timidity gushing out of his heart made him dare not reach out to open the door.

After standing at the door for an unknown amount of time, Tang Yunshen opened the door with trembling hands.Just now, he made a decision: If Qiyue couldn't leave, then he wouldn't leave either.At the moment of the decision, he felt a little tragic.He couldn't wait to tell Qiyue that he hadn't broken his promise.

Tang Yunshen didn't realize how ridiculous he was until he looked at the message on the table in the room.When he was struggling left and right, Zhang Qiyue left without hesitation, in order not to drag him down.He thought he had made a big enough sacrifice just now, but it turned out that she was more decisive than him.

Ten years, he promised ten years in the morning, but she wants a lifetime.But now, in order not to let him break his promise, she gave up first.

At this time, Wei Hu brought two bowls of wontons, and was a little taken aback when he saw this.

"Where is the moon girl?"

"She's gone." Tang Yunshen put down the note and said hoarsely.

"Then... where will she go?"

"I do not know."

"Then you..." Wei Hu wanted to ask if he still wanted to find her, but felt that he was going too far by saying this, so he shut his mouth.

"You said you have no family?" Tang Yunshen said without thinking.

"Yes."

"Okay. I'll go to Qiyue now, and leave the boat ticket to you. When you arrive in Hong Kong, please tell Uncle Er, I will take care of myself, and when the wind is over, I will go there with Qiyue." As he spoke, he took out his The boat ticket was stuffed into Wei Hu's hand, and he rushed out.

Wei Hu stood there holding the ticket, with a dazed expression on his face.

At dawn, Tang Yunshen finally found Zhang Qiyue in the Tang family's garden.She opened her eyes wide and looked at him in disbelief, but he pulled her up and left without saying a word.The house of the Tang family became an enemy property and was sealed up. He didn't expect that she would dare to go back. He ran almost everywhere he could think of but found nothing. He wanted to come here to give it a try out of desperation.

"Aren't you afraid of being arrested when you come back like this?" He had never been so strict to her.

"You go, I don't care about you!" After leaving the Tang mansion, Qiyue began to struggle desperately.

"Do you think you are so powerful and great? You are so smart!" He grabbed her and spanked her ass for the first time, "Do you know how worried I am, how afraid I will never find you again?!"

Zhang Qiyue was stunned by his beating, and looked at him with two tears hanging down, which flowed down in unison.

Tang Yunshen didn't expect her to cry like this, and was at a loss for a while.I went back and forth in my mind, and finally just sighed softly, "I'm sorry." Then he pointed to the watch in his hand and said, "Look, the boat has already left."

"Why don't you go?" she choked out.

"You're not very old, and your memory is so bad." Tang Yunshen nodded her forehead, "Who told me at this time yesterday that you want to stay with me for the rest of your life? Don't you want me so soon?"

Zhang Qiyue sniffled, "But—"

"No but. From now on, wherever you are, I will be there." He said every word.

Tang Yunshen finally stayed in Shanghai, and took Zhang Qiyue to settle down in a separate two-story building under Tang Yunji's name.This small building is quiet amidst the hustle and bustle, hidden in the depths of an alley.Everything inside is complete, including several boxes of calligraphy and paintings, but what makes Tang Yunshen most delighted is that there is a piano on the second floor.Although this piano cannot be compared with the previous Mendelssohn in the Tang Mansion, he is already very satisfied.

After settling down, Tang Yunshen found a teaching position in a remote middle school, and he happened to take Qiyue with him to and from get off work.The new neighbors don't know him well, seeing him as gentle and refined, Qiyue is well-behaved and smart, and he takes good care of the siblings.

Seeing that peace is approaching, the years are quiet.

5
Mo Li stood up after playing the piano and walked back to Grandma Tang, seeing Tang Xiaonian wiping the old man's tears.

The old man's face was full of tenderness and reassurance. She looked at Xiaonian and said, "Tell me, from now on, wherever I am, you will be there. You have to keep your word."

"Okay." Tang Xiaonian agreed.

Grandma Tang couldn't stop crying and laughing.

Li Li thought, perhaps knowing the hopelessness of reality would be better than living in his memory.

Grandma Tang held Li Li's hand again and asked, "Who are you?"

"My piano...was taught by someone you love." His mother must have cared and cared for him to be able to teach such an outstanding and kind person as Mr. Tang Mulang.But Li Li knew that Grandma Tang would definitely think she was talking about Yun Shen.

Sure enough, Grandma Tang said happily, "So it was taught by Yun Shen. What's your name?"

"Mo Li, Mo Fei's Mo, Li who will never leave."

"Okay, Li Li, will you come tomorrow? I plan to cook glutinous rice balls tomorrow. You come to learn the piano from Yun Shen, and I will cook them for you."

Li Li looked at his own hand covered by the warm hand of the old man, nodded and said, "Okay."

Wei Chi sat in the car, looking at the people who came out of the nursing home.

He watched her go to a panguchi plum tree and take a look, then took a flower and walked to the side of the snowman who didn't know who had piled it up, and put the flower on the snowman's head.There is a little more bright orange on the white head.

She smiled, and the sun fell on her face.

Wei Chi just watched like this, he didn't know what kind of impact he would have on her every time he approached her.He stayed here, not daring to approach her, but unable to leave.

When Mo Li returned home, after a good meal, he couldn't help but think about Grandma Tang, as well as the fragments about Tang Yunshen in his memory.

Grandpa seemed to have said that he and Tang Yunshen had known each other in the early years, and he admired Tang's character and talent very much. Later, when he met Tang Yunshen, who was down and out, grandpa couldn't bear the tragic death of his old friend outside, so he took him in.

When her grandfather took Tang Yunshen in, her father probably hadn't been born yet, and he was still living in the old house.Li Li remembered that all the books and works of his grandfather's life were moved in from the old house, but some old furniture was left there.

She wondered if Tang Yunshen's notebook would also be left there?The more she thought about it, the more she felt it was possible, so she couldn't wait to say "go out and do something" to her aunt and went out again.

Whether or not to tell Granny Tang about Tang Yunshen is the same thing, and Li Li felt that he still had to find the things.

The Zhao family's old house is in a long and narrow alley. The houses here are old and densely populated, but most of the original residents have left, and many houses have been rented out to migrant workers.Although no one lived in the Zhao family's old house, it was not rented out, and there were still some old things that Zhao Hongwei didn't want to dispose of, so they simply kept them as storage places.

Li Li opened the rusty iron door.The moment the door opened, an old musty smell rushed over.She frowned, and reached out to pull the light cord by the door.

The light bulbs in the living room cast a dim light.Li Li looked over and saw that the lampshade was also covered with dust.There are some cardboard boxes piled up all around, and all the old furniture has been moved to the study of my grandfather.She went straight to the study, wanting to start there first.

However, the light in the study was broken, so I could only look at it with the help of the little light in the living room.

While Li Li was rummaging through the dim light, the only light source suddenly went dark.She couldn't help being surprised—in this world, she was most afraid of two things, one was biting animals, and the other was ghosts.

Even though she came here many times when she was a child, but now that her grandfather has not been here for many years, things have long changed, and the emptiness makes people feel flustered.

"Mistake, I ran here as soon as my head got hot, I should have come during the day."

As a result, just as she finished talking to herself, the light in the living room was completely turned off!Suddenly, it was dark all around.

Li Li gasped, and prayed silently: "Grandpa bless you, grandpa bless you..." She thought to herself, it might be a switch trip, just go out and fix it.

When she was groping to go to the living room, her knee hit the table and she couldn't help but screamed softly.

(End of this chapter)