funny marriage

Chapter 22

But he said that the bandit compared the pistol to the forehead of the family tree, and only heard a slap. It turned out that Li Erjiejun saw it from the side, and kicked the pistol aside.He took a step forward, clinging to his hand and said: "What are you doing? Are you crazy?" The man smiled and said: "I have no bullets in my gun, scare him and see how brave he is. The God of Wealth beat you!" Li Erjie said: "There's no need to try his courage. What if you want to scare him to death? Stop talking nonsense and let's go." So the five gangsters took turns supporting the family. Tree, just walk forward in the dark.Jiashu was shocked, seeing that they were going to take them to another place, he didn't know where they were going, he was flustered, his feet were uneven, so he followed them.After walking for about twenty miles, the east gradually turned white, and there were high mountains facing me.

The family tree was about to be carefully divided into four directions, but Hu Gouzi tore off a small skirt, and wrapped his eyes heavily.He supported the bandit and walked another distance. He only felt that his feet were climbing the mountain step by step, but he didn't know if he was facing the high mountain.

After a while, I felt that there was no way under my feet, so I just climbed and led away on the slope. My feet often stepped on gravel and had long thorns hanging on them. Although someone helped me, I walked and fell. It was clearly on a chaotic mountain. Climb, it is not the way to go.After walking for a long time, I finally stepped on stone steps. I heard a few bandits pushing the door, and then I stepped on a very square stone slab. Where is this kind of place on the mountain, but I don't know what it is?Later, when I walked to the long table and smelled a little stale fragrance, I knew it was a temple.

The bandits let the family tree sit down on a haystack, and they were busy, as if they were familiar with each other, but went to prepare firewood and water separately.Later they closed the door of the Buddhist hall, got some dry firewood, and lit a fire in the middle of the hall.The five bandits all sat around the fire, discussing how to survive today and find a place tomorrow.When Jiashu heard that they were going to change places again, it became more and more difficult to find the family members, and he was very anxious.The five gangsters didn't leave that day, so they burned sweet potatoes several times to eat.Li Erjie said:

"God of Wealth, let's just take a day. Tomorrow we will find a way to get you something delicious." Jiashu was not polite to them, and reluctantly ate two sweet potatoes. He just panicked all night and ran these roads again. Can stand it!As soon as the firewood was smoked, it warmed my mouth a little, and I fell asleep.

Jiashu fell asleep in a daze for a day, and he didn't know when, when he was sleeping soundly, he suddenly felt his body was pinched, and the person ran a few steps quickly, and then put himself down.Only someone shouted: "Hey! You bastard, wake up for me. My man knows that people don't do secret things." The family tree heard the voice, it was none other than Guan Shoufeng.This joy was no small matter, and he didn't care about the benefits, so he immediately pulled down the cloth that tied his eyes, and saw Xiugu also coming.She and Shoufeng stood at the entrance of the Buddhist hall, the dry firewood burned in the hall still had some swaying lingering flames, and she saw Li Erjiejun and his accomplices crawling from the haystack on the ground. Come.Shoufeng shouted: "Stand for me. You move, and the two guns here will go off at once." It turned out that Shoufeng and Xiugu each took a quick gun, and together they held a gun, and pointed at the five bandits. aim.

As expected, they didn't move. Li Erjiejun stood upright with his hands down and smiled and said, "Friends, which road are you from? You have something to say, why bother?" Shoufeng said: "We are not from that road, don't blind your dog's eyes! The people around you I borrowed two quick guns from you. You still have a few pistols strapped to your waist, hand them over together, and I will take them away." When he said that, he raised the gun again.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Erjiejie first took out a pistol from his body, threw it to the ground, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, people who travel in rivers and lakes, there are times when the wind is favorable, and there are also times when the boat capsizes." Then Two more people dropped their pistols on the ground.Shoufeng turned the muzzle of the gun inwards, and let them stand on the corner of the room, then jumped to the middle of the room, picked up the pistol, stuck it in the waist belt, and then retreated to the door of the hall, and fired. He nodded and said with a smile: "I already know that you don't have any guns on you, but the other guys can't keep them. I have to wait here." Then, he took out a pistol from his body and handed it to Xiugu He said: "You take Mr. Fan down the mountain first, and leave these people to me. They will be fine."

Xiugu took the pistol, squatted down in front of Jiashu, and said with a smile, "I don't care about it now, my life is at stake, so I'll go behind my back." Jiashu stretched out both hands when he thought that he was not humble, He hugged Xiugu's neck.She tucked the quick gun under her side, put her hands behind her, supported the knee of the family tree, jumped up and down, and walked forward.In the dark night, the family tree passed through some unknown place, and after a while it fell to the ground, Xiu Gu put the family tree down, because she said: "Wait here for my father, don't get lost."

Jiashu breathed a sigh of relief, only then did he feel that his life was his own.Looking up and looking around, the sky was dark and the stars were sparse, the wind blowing in the mid-air, the cold mouth penetrated into the sweat pores, and I couldn't help shivering.Xiu Gu also looked up at the sky and said with a smile:

"Mr. Fan, you are very cold. Can you wear a big ripped jacket?" As she spoke, she stretched herself and climbed up a tree, took a bundle from the tree, and opened it. Come, there are three old sheep with bare covers, so I took one and put it on the family tree.Jiashu said: "How can there be such a thing in this place? Didn't the eldest girl bring it?" Xiu Gu said: "Our father and son each have one, and I will prepare the next one for you. When you go up the mountain, you will tie it to your clothes. This tree." The family tree said: "It's rare that Uncle Guan and Miss are so thoughtful! How can I repay you?" After hearing this, Xiu Gu leaned against the tree trunk and remained silent.

There was no sound at all around, and the two stood quietly for a while, only to hear footsteps, and Shoufeng asked from a distance: "Have you arrived yet?" before.Jiashu stepped forward and knelt down to Shoufeng; Shoufeng dropped his gun, helped him up with both hands and said, "Little brother, you are a new character, how do you perform this old ritual?"

Jiashu said: "Uncle is so old, he took such a big risk to save my nephew, I don't know what to say for my nephew's gratitude!" Shoufeng laughed and said, "Don't thank me, thank you My God. How could he have such a busybody like me!"

Jiashu then asked: "Why did you know this and come to rescue?" Shoufeng said: "Your case has been published in the newspapers and it is very lively.

As soon as I heard it, I visited everywhere.I heard my apprentice Wang Erbald said that in the sweet forest, there are some customers who came to the countryside to sell persimmons, and they behaved suspiciously.I just visited with some of my apprentices back and forth, and it really wasn't the right way.Last night, just as I was about to attack, the army opened fire with them. I hid behind the army and really caught a sweat for you.Later I heard that the army only shouted that people ran away, thinking that you were out of danger.Early in the morning, I pretended to be passing by, and saw several traces of people crawling in the ditch, all facing northwest.I searched all the way to the main road, and I saw some marks of gun stocks, and I understood that they went up the mountain here.

There is a Xuandi temple on this mountain, and there have been no monks for a long time.I don't think they come here, where else can they go to hide?So we father and son, taking advantage of their tiredness yesterday, let them do it tonight.They hid on this mountain, and they never dreamed that someone would plot against him, so let me rescue you easily.Otherwise, my father and son have no guns, but only two knives, which is really difficult! "After finishing speaking, he laughed.

At this time, there were a few cock crows in the distance.Guan Shoufeng said: "It's almost dawn, let's go. Always stay here, be careful to follow. These two long spears will attract attention when you take them with you. Let's destroy them and throw them in the deep well." So he took the bullets out, took the guns upside down, and smashed them on the rocks, smashing both guns.Shoufeng sent them to a well by the side of the road together, threw it in, and said, "Yes! Don't keep it to harm others." So his father and daughter put on old sheep furs, and walked towards the road with the family tree.

About two or three miles away, the east gradually became brighter, and suddenly I heard footsteps behind me, and it seemed that several people were chasing me.

Shoufeng stopped and listened, then said to Xiugu: They are the ones chasing you, lead Mr. Fan away first, and I will deal with them.Seeing a high mound on the side of the road, he took out two pistols, squatted down, and hid behind the mound.Unexpectedly, the few people chasing him didn't hesitate and chased them all the way.Seeing a mound of dirt in front of them, they seemed to know that someone was hiding behind them, so they stood still and shouted: "My friend, the pistol you took has no bullets; you throw the gun away, we are not afraid of you anymore. We are not afraid of you now." You are a hero without a gun, come out and compare with us." Hearing this, Shoufeng put his pistol into the sky, but there was no bullet.I wanted to come out, but I was afraid that the bandits would have bullets, so I fell into his trap, and kept silent to see how they were doing.Only at this moment, a person jumped onto the mound and came straight over.Shoufeng saw that he was holding a knife in his hand, needless to say, he really didn't have a gun.So he threw the pistol away, and said with a smile: "It's just in time." Together, he squatted and stretched back, and caught the man's leg, and the man fell to the ground with a slap.Shoufeng kicked away the knife in his hand, then grabbed one of his hands, raised it up, threw it to the opposite side, and said with a smile: "Fuck! Fuck you." The two gangsters were waiting to move forward. Hit by the person who was thrown over, the three of them rolled into a ball.

At this moment, in the dim dawn, Shoufeng saw two people standing behind him without guns, so he was not afraid.He walked up to him and said with a smile: "You guys want to rob people? Go back, don't come to die!" Someone said: "Old man, what's your last name? You didn't ask me, Li Erjie, is it not easy to mess with?" Is it?" Shoufeng said, "I don't know." Seeing him standing upright, Li Erjiejun didn't dare to go forward.The other bandit held a stick in his hand, no matter what was good or bad, he slashed at his head.Shoufeng didn't dodge, he just lifted his right hand to the side, the stick touched his arm, flicked it, and flew straight into the air.The man ouch rolled to the ground.The first two who were hit on the ground came together at this time, and Shoufeng swung, swiped, and pushed before rolling down.

Seeing that Shoufeng is powerful, Li Erjiejun stood far away and said, "Friend! I've had a hard time today, so I know you." After speaking, he turned around and left.About four or five steps away, he turned around and raised his hand, something shot straight at Shoufeng's head.Shoufeng stretched the middle finger of his right index finger upwards and clamped it, it turned out to be a steel dart.As soon as he saw it clearly, Li Erjie's second one came again, Shoufeng raised two fingers of his left hand again, and caught it again.Li Ergui threw a few steel darts in succession, and Shoufeng's hands were like magnets, they were all sucked into his hands, one was caught, one was thrown, and the last one was caught, Shoufeng said with a smile: "This kind of thing, How much do you have with you? Just throw it away together. After you finish throwing it, it's my turn." After finishing speaking, he raised his hand.Li Ergui was afraid that he would really throw it out, so he ran away.Shoufeng said with a smile: "I'm going to the city, I don't have time to settle accounts with you, it's cheap for you boy!" After finishing speaking, he picked up two pistols, turned around and left.Xiugu and Jiashu came out from the side and said with a smile: "I heard they didn't move their guns, so I knew they were not your opponents, so I didn't go forward." So the three said to take them away, and Yuemo left After more than ten miles, I went to a market town.There is a long-distance bus to Beijing, and the three of them took the long-distance bus to the city.

When he arrived in the city, Shoufeng had already made a roll of fur and weapons, handed it to Xiugu, and told her to go home, but he personally sent the family tree to Tao Bohe's house.On the way, Jiashu asked, "Uncle used to live in the city of Beijing. Where is he? I will know later, so I don't need to ask now."

The two hired a rickshaw and drove to Tao's house. Fan Duanben, a servant, was at the door. When he saw the family tree, he turned around and shouted: "Okay, okay, master nephew is back!" In the inner courtyard, Uncle, his wife and his uncle came out to welcome him.Bo He took a step forward, clinging to his hand and said: "We have sent people to contact Qianqian many times. Why did the people come out without paying the money?" Jiashu said: "It's hard to explain! Let me introduce this life-saving benefactor first. " So he introduced Guan Shoufeng to everyone, went to the living room together, and told the story of being rescued.After all, Fan Duanben was a person with deep experience in the world. Seeing Shoufeng's spirited and imposing manner, he was indeed a heroic figure.Stepping forward, he bowed deeply to him three times, and said with a smile, "I don't want to repay a great kindness. I just feel it. I don't want to talk about it." Nephew, you are a good friend. A friend is in adversity, is there something we don’t share with each other? It’s fine if you don’t talk nonsense.” Liu Fu was serving tea at this time, Shoufeng stroked his beard, and smiled at him: “ Friends, you young master, you don’t suffer a lot by handing me an old man, right? Don’t look at the people who live in Tianqiao. They have everything, but there are not many friends! It’s okay in the future, let’s talk about it Talk about it, you will know how to practice the style, and it's good to be brave." Liu Fu blushed a lot of shame, didn't dare to say anything, and retreated.

At that moment Shoufeng cupped his hands and said, "Goodbye, everyone." He got up and walked out.The family tree chased after the gate, and asked: "Uncle, where is your house? I can go to see you too!" Shoufeng smiled and said: "I forgot, the place you used to go to in Daxi Hutong is my home. "After finishing speaking, he left with a smile.When Jiashu returned home, he talked about the past again, only to find out that his uncle had come to redeem him.The bid has reached [-], and the matter was known to the army, so there was a night battle.When it comes to Guan Shoufeng's father and daughter, everyone appreciates it, and Fan Duanben insisted on exchanging notes with him.This day, Jiashu took a bath and had a haircut. After a while of fuss, he went to rest early.

The next morning, Jiashu went to Daxi Alley to see Shoufeng.Unexpectedly, when the north wind blew in the middle of the night, the mouth was already drifting, and there was an early snow.Walking up the street and looking at it, the snow is about a foot deep, and the north and south are far away, but one side is white.The snow in the sky is falling tightly, and the white houses and streets make the white snow, with white nets hanging down, faintly cover it, so everything is in the hazy white mist.Jiashu took a car and passed through several streets in the cold white mist, and he didn't realize that it was Daxi Hutong.I don't know why, but as soon as I entered this alley, I felt a sense of disunity, joy and misery at the same time.I used to pull up the collar of my coat to cover my face, but now I put the collar down, the snowflakes fell on my face, and I didn't feel cold.

At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Isn't this Uncle Fan?" As he spoke, a man came up from behind the car.When the family tree looked at it, it was Shen Sanxuan.He was wearing a gray cotton gown, one horizontal and one straight, all covered with oil stains and black spots, and the small melon cap on his head was like a plaster, with a lot of snowflakes on it.He shrank his neck, held up a handful of Sanxian, breathed hot air from both nostrils, and chased after him, holding the car with his hands.Jiashu jumped out of the car, gave the fare, and asked, "Why are you still in this situation? What about your home?" Said: "I'm really sorry to see you again. Once Lao Liu dies, we will be finished. Uncle Guan is really righteous. He heard the doctor say that Fengxi's illness should be done with what she wants, whoever is willing, always It is engraved in front of me to tease, or I will wake up slowly. It just so happens that the original house here is vacant, and he paid the money, so we will move back..." Jiashu asked before he could finish, "Feng What's wrong with hi? How's it going?" Shen Sanxuan said: "She used to cry all day long. When she saw a person in uniform, no matter if it was a soldier, a patrolman, or a postman, she said they came to shoot her, and she cried even more. Awesome. I moved to Daxi Alley, but I don’t cry, and I always smile. I don’t know anyone except her mother. The doctor said she doesn’t have much memory. It’s snowing. You can sit at home.” , leading the family tree forward.Not far away, Jiashu saw the familiar Xiaohongmen.The two small red doors in the white snow are particularly eye-catching.It's just that there are two pagoda trees in the wall, only the white trunks left, not as green as before.The door was ajar, and when Family Tree pushed it, his whole body became numb as if he had been electrocuted.The first thing I saw was the deep snow on the ground. A girl in black cloth trousers and a red short jacket was standing in the snow, leaning against a locust tree, her feet buried deep in the snow.She was standing with her back to the door, and she saw a lot of snowflakes sprinkled on her short fluffy hair; there was a big bowl under her feet, which was covered with snow, and there were many snow lumps on the side of the bowl, which were round and flat, tall and tall. It looks like silver coins, which are printed on the bottom of the bowl. ——Some children in Beijing like to print fake foreign money to play like this in snowy weather.Someone shouted inside: "Son, come in. Uncle Fan will be here in a while. I'm afraid you'll make a fuss, but I dare not pull you. What if it's cold?" Because she heard the door knock, the girl suddenly turned around. , Jiashu saw that it was Fengxi, and saw that her face was as white as paper, and she became thinner again.

Shen Sanxuan stepped forward and said: "Girl, look, Uncle Fan is really here." With that sound, Aunt Shen, Shoufeng and his daughter all ran out of the room.Xiu Gu held Feng Xi's hand in the snow, led her to the family tree, and asked, "Big sister, who is this?" Feng Xi pouted slightly, stared blankly at the family tree, and smiled slightly , shook his head again.Seeing that her eyes were devoid of spirit, Jiashu forgot any resentment in this situation again.Then she asked her, "Don't you recognize me? You just have to think about it carefully." So he took her hand and everyone entered the room together.

Jiashu saw that the layout of the house was roughly the same as before, the big photo of himself was still hanging with a smile, but there were a few cracks in the middle, which seemed to be torn and re-folded.In the middle of the room, there is a white coal stove.Feng Xi stretched out a pair of bare hands, opened her mouth on the fire, and nodded her head, just looking after the family tree.I always smile when I watch it.Jiashu said again: "You really don't recognize me?" She ran over suddenly and said with a smile: "You guys are wronging me again with photos, but photos can't speak!"Let me touch it. So standing in front of the family tree, he first touched the outline of his body, then his hands, and then his face. When Feng Xi touched it, everyone looked at her in a dazed way, seeing that she was so infatuated. She. The family tree waited until she finished touching it before saying:
"Do you understand? I am a real person, not a photo. Isn't the photo on the wall?" He pointed.Fengxi looked at the photos, looked at the people, put away her smile, looked at the family tree, turned her eyes a little, closed her eyes, put her hands on her head, thought for a while, then opened her eyes again and nodded: "I ...I...remember...remember, you are the uncle. It's not a dream! It's not a dream!" When he said it, his hands were trembling, and he even said it was not a dream, not a dream, and when he continued, his whole body trembled.After looking at the family tree for four or five minutes, there was a sound of wow, and I started to cry.Aunt Shen hurried over, supported her and said, "My child! My child! What's the matter with you?" Feng Xi cried, "I don't have the face to see you!" As she spoke, she fell asleep on the bed and let out a loud voice burst into tears.

Seeing the situation, Jiashu couldn't say a word, but just sat there blankly.Shoufeng stroked his beard and said: "She may have come to understand, let her lie down and wake up slowly!" Then he took off Fengxi's shoes, let her lie down on the bed with her clothes on, and let everyone go outside to the room come and sit.During this period, Aunt Shen and Shen Sanxuan blindly repented; Shoufeng blindly forgives, Xiugu often smiles; Jiashu just meditates, but doesn't say a word.Shoufeng knew that Jiashu hadn't eaten, so he took out two yuan and asked Shen Sanxuan to buy some wine and food, and made an appointment to sit around the stove to enjoy the snow.Family Tree didn't refuse, and stayed here.

When everyone was sitting outside, Feng Xi cried for a while, and then fell into a drowsy sleep.When everyone finished eating, Feng Xi moaned inside.Aunt Shen went in and out several times because of her, once she came out, she watched the face of the family tree once.When the family tree came to this room, he took care of all the past and the past, and felt like sitting on pins and needles when he stayed, but he couldn't bear to leave.When Shoufeng talked to him, he just talked a few words; when Shoufeng didn't talk, he just sat silently.At this moment, he frowned, took a glass of wine, and sipped it little by little with his lips, as if he heard Feng Xi calling Uncle Fan slightly.Shoufeng said with a smile: "brother, no matter what happens, bear it all. Do you still care about her when she has reached this point? She is calling you, go in and have a look at her." Jiashu said:

Well, let's all go in and have a look.At that moment, Mrs. Shen hung the door curtain, so everyone came in.I saw that Feng Xi would cover the lower half of the quilt, revealing her two bright red sleeves, that white and thin face, but now there were two big blushes on her cheeks, and her unkempt hair was even more disheveled. full of pillows.She saw Family Tree's small face hidden under the disheveled hair, she nodded slightly, raised her hand halfway, made a move, and pointed to the bed.Jiashu understood, took a step forward, and wanted to sit down on the edge of the bed; when he looked back and saw these people, he sat down on a chair beside Fengxi's bed.Xiugu wrapped one hand and was leaning on the back of the chair.Feng Xi moved her body, stretched out her hand to hold the hand of the family tree and said: This is real, this is not a dream!A lot of foreign money, I dream of riding a car, I dream of living in a foreign-style building. ……ah!He's going to throw me downstairs, Sister Guan save me!help me! "As he said, he propped himself up with his hands and tried to get up from the bed.
She sat down, but her mouth was not strong enough, so she raised her head up, and couldn't support it with her hands, so she fell down.Aunt Shen shook her head and said: "She's confused again, she's confused again. Hey! How can this be good? I've been happy for a while." Then she shed tears.Because of Shoufeng's belief in the doctor's advice, Fengxi has some hopes of turning around step by step; now she not only does not recover, but even her body feels weaker.Standing behind him, he stroked his beard and nodded, "Poor kid!"

When Feng Xi touched the family tree just now, she felt extremely hot, but now seeing that everyone felt sorry for her, she kept silent, and everyone became silent.I only heard a gust of wind blowing past, rustling, and crushed snow gushed out of the window.In the dark room, the coal fire in the stove gradually dimmed again, and I felt even more miserable.In the outside room, the half-baked food and wine are placed by themselves, and no one cares about them.When he looked at Fengxi again, he closed his eyes and kept saying: "This is not a dream, this is not a dream!" Jiashu said: "When I came, she was still fine. Like this, I hurt her Just ask the doctor to come and take a look." Mrs. Shen said: "That's good, it's just the doctor's visit fee, I heard it's ten yuan..." Jiashu said: "That's okay, I will give it to him naturally."

After discussing for a while, everyone asked Shen Sanxuan to ask the doctor who rescued him from the hospital.Aunt Shen went to clean up the dishes.Guan's father, daughter, and Jiashu are guarding the patient.Jiashu sat aside, put his feet on the stove to warm up the fire, and kept poking the black coal balls with fire chopsticks.Shoufeng walked up and down the room with his hands behind his back, nodded and sighed again.Xiu Gu sat sideways on the edge of the bed, brushed Feng Xi's hair, pulled the quilt for her, and pressed her pulse, without making a sound.Because there were three people in the room, they were all silent.Feng Xi fell asleep again... About an hour later, the horn of the gas car rang at the door, and the family tree was greeted by the doctor when he arrived.The doctor who came here was the one who treated Fengxi's disease in the past.He walked in, looked at the house, looked at the family tree, and asked, "Is this Mrs. Liu's house?" After hearing the word "Mrs. Liu", the family tree felt very harsh, and said, "This is her mother's house." .” The doctor nodded and followed Jiashu into the house.Unexpectedly, the sound of the horn alarmed Feng Xi. She wanted to get up on the bed, but she couldn't get up. She just rolled around and shouted, "You hurt me with the whip, so why don't you take me to the hospital by car?"The soldiers are dragging me again, I won't go, I won't go! "Guan's father and daughter, because the doctor came in, stepped forward and held her down, and asked the doctor to check the pulse. The doctor gave her an injection, said it was to relieve her fever and soothe her nerves, so she shook her head and walked outside the room Come, I asked about the process, and seeing the different clothes of the family tree, I guessed that it was from General Liu's family, so I said: "I used to think that Mrs. Liu's illness was not very serious. Turn her around and the bad impression will gradually disappear. Maybe All right.Now that her illness has suddenly worsened, it may not be easy for her family to take care of her. It is best to send her to a lunatic asylum. "As he spoke, he looked around the house again, because he said: "It is government-owned, and there is no need to charge a fee. Please discuss it with your husband and the owner.Mental illness cannot be cured with medicine.Otherwise, in a family with simple facilities like this, I’m afraid..." As he spoke, he smiled lightly. The family tree saw that he refused to sit down, and of course he was leaving, so he asked, "Send him to the madhouse, what?" How about a good time? The doctor shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, maybe for a lifetime... But she might not be able to."Fortunately, if the family members don't want her inside, they can take her out. "Jiashu couldn't bear to ask any more questions, so he paid the outpatient fee and let the doctor go.

Aunt Shen wept and said: "I have made this child a drag. If there is a place to recuperate, send her there. I only have one body left. Even if I go to help others, I will live a better life." Xi's illness suddenly changed, and she also felt that the family could not take care of the illness. If the family members did not take good care of her, she might have some accidents, but she was afraid that Mrs. Shen would not agree, so she could not insist on it; now she declares that she will It was very good that Fengxi was sent to the madhouse, so he promised to subsidize the expenses of the madhouse, and asked the madhouse to pick up Fengxi in a patient car tomorrow.

After everyone discussed this matter for a while, Aunt Shen had added a new fire to the white stove.She took a square stool, sat far away from the fire, crossed her fingers, put them in her arms, just looked at the fire, and said with tears: "From now on, I will be left with a lonely ghost! This child lives like..." He hurriedly copied his clothes and mouthed his mouth, his shoulders trembled, and he just choked up.Xiugu said: "Auntie, don't be sad. Otherwise, you can go to the countryside with us." Shoufeng said: "You are stupid. A piece of meat is left in Beijing, can you throw it away?"

The family tree is very concerned, unless it is absolutely necessary, it always keeps its head down and does not speak.At this time, he suddenly took a step closer, held Shoufeng's hand and said, "Uncle, I've asked several times, but you still refuse to tell me where you live. Now I have a way to satisfy both needs. I don't know if you will accept it or not?" Shoufeng stroked his beard and said, "We are not lacking in both, why do we want to have both?" Jiashu was stunned and could not speak after being refuted by him.Shoufeng held his hand, shook it twice and said, "I understand what you mean. What can I do?" Jiashu peeked at Xiugu, saw her bring a cup of hot tea, took a sip, and healed her slightly. Teacher, I haven't been invited yet, I want to introduce the uncle.Our school is also in the countryside, and there are many private houses nearby, so you can live there.Moreover, we have primary and secondary schools attached to the common people, and older girls can also study.In the future, after I graduate, I can also accompany my uncle on a long trip abroad. As she spoke, she peeked at Xiu Gu. But Xiu Gu looked at her father and smiled and said, "I'm still studying to be a student. That's good. I'm learning to play drums at the age of 80." Shoufeng nodded and said, "You mean very well."In two days, the weather will be fine and warm. You can go to my house in Xishan "Huancui Garden" and discuss it carefully. "The family tree didn't expect Shoufeng to agree without any hesitation, but he was overjoyed in his distress, because he said: "Does uncle's family live there?What an elegant name! Shoufeng said: That's just the original name.

Shen Sanxuan went in and out of the room, but couldn't find a chance to talk to him. At this moment, he heard Shoufeng mention "Huancui Garden", so he interrupted: "This place is very good, I have been there too." He said, also No one cares about him.He said again: "Uncle Fan, you are still studying! You can get an errand wherever you want, isn't your uncle very rich? If you are willing to promote me, or... hehe... recommend me a job, Enjoy a bowl of rice." Seeing his appearance, Jiashu couldn't help feeling annoyed, and when he heard this, he was even more displeased, and suddenly stood up, looked at him and said, "Your relatives are much richer than my uncle!" After saying these two sentences, he sat down and looked at him, but couldn't make a sound.Shoufeng said: "Hey! Brother, why do you have the same knowledge as him? Sanxuan, you still don't go out!" Shen Sanxuan lowered his head and went out of the room.

At this time, Aunt Shen was about to say something, but when Shou Feng opened her mouth, she fell silent again.Shoufeng said: "It's snowing heavily! Let's find a place to enjoy the snow and have a drink or two." Jiashu really couldn't sit still, so he put on his overcoat and got up.Just when he was about to leave, he heard the sound of singing in Weiwei, but when he listened carefully, it was "...Suddenly, he heard a cry from a lone goose, it made people really ecstatic, poor my god, my god! Lang is a sentient being." How about..." This is exactly the autumn section of Feng Xi's "Lovesickness in Four Seasons", it is sad and melodious, and it is still the same rhyme that I taught her to sing that day, so I feel stunned.Shoufeng said: "What are you thinking?" Jiashu said: "Where is my hat?" Shoufeng said: "Isn't your hat on your head? You are really in a trance." Jiashu touched it, and then Suddenly, feeling a little embarrassed, he immediately followed Shoufeng.

The two found a mutton restaurant outside the Zhonghua Gate, and drank a few cups facing the mouthfuls of Qionglou Yuyu and Yushu Qionghua in the imperial city.While drinking, Jiashu mentioned the matter of inviting Shoufeng to be a martial arts teacher.Shoufeng said: "Brother, if I agreed to you, I wronged you; if I didn't agree to you, I buried your kindness. Let me tell you that I only stayed in Daxi Hutong for a few days because of the girl from the Shen family. In the future, you Go to my house and have a look, and you will understand." Seeing that the old man refused, Jiashu didn't say much.Shoufeng said again: "We all have things on our minds. Boozing can hurt people. It's probably enough. Don't drink any more. You're not in good spirits. Go home and rest. You leave the hospital affairs to me. Tomorrow morning, Great joy at the alley meeting." Jiashu really felt that he couldn't support himself, so he said goodbye and went home.

By the next day, the sky was clear, and the winter snow in the north was not easy to melt.After the family tree got up, he was about to go out. Bohe said: "After suffering for more than half a month, let's rest. The city is full of snow, where are you going?" The family tree was inconvenient to walk in front of them, so he had to endure Wait; wait until you are not paying attention, and then come to Daxi Hutong.From afar, I saw a van picking up patients in the hospital, parked in front of Shen's house.Walking into her house, Aunt Shen was standing beside the remnant snow, holding on to the tree, crying tears, but choked up slightly, opened her mouth silently, and couldn't close it.Xiu Gu ran out with red eye circles, and said softly:

"Auntie, she's coming out soon, don't cry!" Aunt Shen lifted her skirt and tried her best to wipe away her tears, then said: "Master, you came at just the right time, your good time is not in vain! You can see her off. Isn't this sending her into the coffin?" As he spoke, he choked up again.Xiugu wiped her tears and said: "Don't cry! Let her get in the car quickly, she will commit a crime later, but it's not easy to deal with." Seeing her like this, Jiashu was also saddened by it, stood aside and moved no.Shoufeng shouted from inside: Sister-in-law!Come in and give her a hand.He wiped his face with a towel, and then went into the house.

Not long after, Shou Feng turned sideways, grabbed Feng Xi with both hands, and walked out all the way.Feng Xi's hair was combed oily, and there was a little rouge powder on her face, but she was wearing a purple satin jacket over a cotton robe, and she wore stockings and a pair of shoes underneath.Aunt Shen walked side by side and gave her a hand. She smiled and said, "Why don't you change your clothes? There are plenty in the box, so don't save money." Although she had a smile on her face, her eyes were direct.When I came out of the courtyard, I saw the family tree, but stared at it blankly, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go to the theater! The car is waiting at the door." After looking for a while, he was suddenly very surprised, and pointed his hand: "He, he, who is he?" Shou Feng was afraid that she would make trouble again, so he caught her and left, saying, "The show is about to begin." Feng Xi walked to the gate, and suddenly stopped desperately, shouting: " Don't be busy, don't be busy! What is this underground? Is it flour, is it silver?" Aunt Shen said: "Son, don't you know? It's snowing." As soon as she was so delayed, Jiashu stepped forward , Feng Xi smiled and said: "It's snowing under the moon, it can't be! I remembered, this is a dream. I dreamed of Uncle Fan, and I dreamed of white flour." As he spoke, he said to Jiashu: "Master, don't scare me. , Didn't I tear it up..." As she said that, her face changed, and she was about to cry.

The guards in the car just waved to Shoufeng, telling them to get in the car quickly.With another effort, Shou Feng carried Feng Xi into the carriage.Only Aunt Shen got into the car alone, she stretched out a hand and flailed outwards.The guard pushed her hand and slammed the car door shut.There was a small glass window on the carriage, but Feng Xi looked out through the window, her hair was messed up again, and her collar was crooked, but she just smiled at the person who saw her off at the door: "Go to the theater, go to the theater... "Snowflakes rolled on the ground, and the car drove away.

Guan's father and daughter, Shen Sanxuan and Jiashu stood at the door together, all silent.Jiashu looked at the two wide ruts at the door, imprinted on the frozen snow, and sighed, but couldn't lift his head down.Shoufeng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, go back, see you in Xishan in five days." When Jiashu turned to look at Xiugu, she also nodded and said, "See you again."

Here, the family tree nodded, and was about to leave, Shen Sanxuan smiled all over his face, and asked for a greeting from the family tree: "In two days, I will go to the Tao mansion to greet the uncle, okay?" He took out a few banknotes from his body, stuffed them into his hands, and said with a straight face: "We will not know each other from now on." Turning around, he said to Shoufeng: "I will be there in five days." Then he turned around and left.At this time, the frozen snow on the ground was already solid, but when pedestrians and horses stepped on it, it became smoother again.Family Tree only took two steps, and fell into the snow with a pop.Shoufeng came up and asked what was wrong.Jiashu stood up and said the road was slippery.He wiped the broken snow all over his body, copied the collar of his coat with both hands, and walked forward.I don't know why, but after walking seven or eight steps, my feet slipped, and I rolled into the deep snow again.Xiu Gu let out a "Yo", ran forward, and was about to bend down to help him, but when she saw that he had got up, she withdrew her hands.Jiashu stood up, put his hands on his head, frowned and said: I am dizzy, why did I fall twice in a row?Come over, Xiugu hired them all, and smiled at Jiashu: "I'll take you to the door." Shoufeng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you here." Jiashu kept saying "I dare not be", but Not very resolute, the two got into the car together.Jiashu's car was in front, and Xiugu's car was behind. On the way, I said a few words to Xiugu, and she agreed.Later, the two cars gradually moved away, and when they entered the entrance of their own alley, the car behind did not turn around, but went away by itself.

When Jiashu went home, he collapsed on a sofa and lay down. He didn't know whether he was happy or miserable. He just pushed his body and felt uncomfortable, and just fell asleep.Because Fan Duanben was going back to work early tomorrow morning, so he reluctantly got up, had dinner with him, and then went to bed early.

The next day, Jiashu waited for Fan Duanben to leave, and went back to school by himself. When the teachers and friends saw each other, they had to send condolences again.When they heard that the family tree was rescued by Shoufeng and Xiugu, they all said that if they wanted to meet, it would be best to invite Shoufeng to be a teacher of Chinese martial arts.When Jiashu saw that his classmates suggested it first, he hit it off.On the fifth day, I took a car and went straight to the west mountain around the road.Arriving near the "Biyun Temple", the family tree asked the villagers, and there was indeed a Huancui Garden in the Huancui Garden, surrounded by the foot of the mountain, with a short wall around it, and a small garden inside. And the mouth.Jiashu said to himself: "That's not right. How could they live here?" He hesitated in his heart, but he was fascinated by the western-style building.Look at the left side of the door, and then look at the right side of the door, just when it is uncertain whether to advance or retreat, suddenly I saw Xiugu jumping down from the downstairs corridor, walking forward, smiling and beckoning to Jiashu: " Come in! Why are you looking at me?" Family Tree had never seen Xiu Gu look so lively, which was surprising, because he went up to him and asked, "Where's Uncle?" Xiu Gu smiled and said, "He I'll be here in a while, please sit inside." Then, she led the way, entered the western-style building, and led to a living room.The furnishings here are extremely gorgeous. There are two connected living rooms. One side is furnished with red sandalwood carvings and matched with Chinese antiques;Jiashu thought to himself: In the novels, a heroic character's family is often described, how rich he is like a prince, it's really good!Thinking in her heart, she just looked around and was about to look at the above calligraphy and painting, but Xiu Gu stretched out her hand to stop her, and said with a smile:

"Please sit here." Where did Jiashu see her talking and laughing casually, it was even more unexpected.Laughing: "Is there any secret?" Xiugu said: "Of course there is." Jiashu said: "Is this the mansion?" Wait a minute, and I'll tell you." At this time, a servant brought tea, and Xiugu looked at him, as if to say hello, and then said: "Mr. Fan, let's go upstairs and have a seat." At this time, the family tree didn't know where it was, and it was at her mercy, so it went upstairs all the way.

When I got upstairs, I was sitting in a study.Behind the study is a round door with double yellow curtains hanging down, which is more elegant here.Inside the yellow curtain seems to be a small Buddhist hall, with many hanging Buddha statues and altars for offerings.When Jiashu was waiting to look, Xiugu yelled, "The guest is here!" When the yellow curtain moved, a woman in a gray cloth robe came out from inside with a yellow face.When the two saw each other, they shrank back in surprise. It turned out that the woman was He Lina.She first smiled and nodded: "Mr. Fan, Mr. Guan. Miss Guan only said that there is someone who wants to introduce me to meet, but unexpectedly it is you!" Jiashu couldn't answer for a while, only said "Yeah", looking at Xiugu Road "It's broken. Why do you two meet here?" Xiu Gu smiled and said, "Mr. Fan, why bother to break the monster! Speaking of which, I'm also grateful for the introduction you gave us in the park. I moved out of the city. , also lived near here, and became neighbors with Ms. He. One day, when I walked by the gate of the garden, I met Ms. He, and we started dating. She said that she would never go to the city if she moved to the country. Yes. Tell people, it can be said that we have gone abroad! We can be regarded as 'meeting in a foreign country'." As he spoke, he smiled again.

After hearing what she said, Jiashu suddenly realized.This is Mr. He's Xishan villa, but he has fallen into the trap of Guan's father and daughter again.Facing He Lina, it was inconvenient to say anything, so she said vaguely: "Forgive me for coming here." Although He Lina was very dissatisfied with the family tree, but the snow was all over the ground, since she came to the door in person, she should be extremely forgiven, so she also Don't ask how he got here, so as not to embarrass him, let him sit down with Xiugu in the study very politely, and ask with a smile: "When did you come back from Tianjin?" Jiashu replied: "Not long ago. .” Ask: “How is Mr. Tao?” Answer: “He is fine.” Question: How is Mrs. Tao?Is Lixue too old? "The family tree said: "It's very big. At this point, He Lina had nothing to ask, so she rang the bell to ask the servant to pour tea. After the servant had delivered the tea, He Lina thought about drinking it, and said to Xiugu with a smile, "Where is your lord?" "Xiu Gu lifted a corner of the window curtain and pointed downstairs, "Isn't that so?" When the family tree looked at it, he saw two donkeys and a hoe camel outside the fence. A few pieces of luggage were piled up on the hoe camel, and Shoufeng was driving the animals to the gate. The family tree said: "What is this?" ? "Xiu Gu pointed again: "Look, there is a small house under that bush, that is my home.Isn't this very close to Miss He's place?But today, our father and son resigned from that family and are going back to our hometown in Shandong. "Jiashu said: "Can't you? "Only said these three words, but couldn't continue. But Xiugu ignored it and said with a smile: "You two, send me off! "Said, got up and went downstairs.

He Lina went downstairs with Family Tree and followed them to the gate of the garden.Shoufeng held a small whip in his hand, and He Jiashu smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Is it an accident again? We'll see you again, we'll see you again!" He Lina held Xiu Gu's hand tightly and said in a low voice : Miss Guan, until today, I can fully know you.You're really worthy of it... She waved her hands again and again and said, "I told you earlier, you're welcome." When she said that, she let go of He Lina's hand and straightened the donkey's reins.Shoufeng was already holding a donkey, and Jiashu stood in front of Shoufeng for a long time before saying, "I'll give you a ride, okay?" Shoufeng said, "Yes." Slowly walking up the road, Yin said: "Uncle, I know that you have nowhere to go, and no one can keep you there. But I don't know if we can meet again?" Shoufeng said with a smile: "In life, we will meet again, you still don't understand Is it? It's a pity that I did my best for you, and I only did one of two points. It's cold, so don't give it up." Saying this, he and Xiu Gu got on the backs of their donkeys, and with a whip, they had to go along the way.Xiugu looked back on the donkey first, then ran about several tens of zhang away, brought the donkey back, walked up to the family tree, and said with a smile: "Really, don't give it away, carefully, you have caught a cold. "After finishing speaking, he dropped the donkey's head and galloped away.But there was one thing that was taken out of her arms and thrown at the foot of the family tree.When Jiashu quickly picked it up and looked at it, it was a paper bag. When he opened the paper bag, there was a black and thin hair, and a half-length photo of Xiugu himself. There was no writing on the front, but when he turned it over, there were two lines of writing: "Miss He said, you don't approve of the second half of the thirteenth sister. You have a good conscience and a good vision, let's keep this as a souvenir!" Jiashu read it twice, suddenly realized, and looked up, her father and daughter had passed away. There was no trace.Facing the road illuminated by the setting sun, I shed a few tears unknowingly.

Here, Jiashu was feeling sad in his heart, but he couldn't guard against someone behind him saying: "This father and son are so kind, I can't bear it!"

When I looked back, it was He Lina who came after me.She smiled and said: "Mr. Fan, can you come to our place for a sit-down?" Jiashu quickly stuffed the paper bag on his body and said, "I want to go to Xishan Hotel to open a room first, and then we can talk about it later." He Lina said: "Then, you won't go back to the city today, can you have dinner at my house?" The family tree was inconvenient and refused to agree, so he said, "Yes." So he said goodbye to He Lina, walked to Xishan Hotel, and opened a window In the building facing outside, one person sat under the window, looked at the photos, looked at the road, and looked at the pile of blue hair, just thinking: this kind of person's behavior is really unpredictable, is it sentient or ruthless?The inscription on the photo said, of course she is a celibate; according to her hair, an old-fashioned woman is willing to give it away easily!As for her uncut hair, what a precious hair, giving this to me is a deep friendship, not to mention.

But she first pulled me to get back together with Fengxi, and second to me to meet Lina, and she definitely wasn't a self-seeking person.The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't figure out the reason, so I just sat there blankly.When it was dark, He Lina sent a servant to bring a sedan chair, saying that the driver had let him rest and invited you to eat in the sedan chair.Jiashu couldn't give up his kindness, so he put down his things and came to He Lina.At this time, a small gasoline lamp was already lit in the downstairs living room of He's villa, shining like daytime.As soon as Jiashu entered the door and took off his coat, He Lina came forward to meet the servant and took the coat and hat on for the footman.Seeing many snowflakes on the hat, he said, "Is it snowing again?"This is my carelessness.The sedan chair here is a name, but it is actually two poles carrying a chair.Let you blow the snow and catch the cold.The car should pick you up. "Jiashu smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay. "As he spoke, he rubbed his hands, then sat close to the stove. There was a sound of fire in the stove, and the fire was booming, and the room was warm like spring. On the tea table in the living room, there were many flowers of late chrysanthemum and early plum. The bonsai, as well as the genus of begonia and thousand-shaped lotus, are thriving. The family tree only looks at the flowers, first sits to look at them, then turns around and then stands up to look at them. He Lina said: "Is there anything beautiful about this flower? "He also came over.

Seeing that her face had been thinly applied with makeup, Jiashu said, "It's snowing outside, but there are flowers in the house. I admire the skill of the Beijing florist." Still on the flowers, I also felt shy, so I said: "Please drink a cup of hot tea, let's eat." Then, he personally brought a cup of hot tea to him.As soon as the family tree received the teacup, there was a burst of floral fragrance, which was the newly imported rose tea.

While Jiashu was drinking tea, He Lina and a maid were already sitting on a round table with two sets of chopsticks facing each other.Then the food was served, only four bowls and four dishes, all of which were vegetarian.While putting down a bowl of rice, there was no wine.The most special, two silver candlesticks, lit with a pair of big red ocean candles, placed on top.He Lina smiled and said, "Country living is just as bad, there is no electric light."

Jia Shu didn't pay attention to her explanation, so he put down the teacup he was holding in his hand, and sat down to eat with her.He Lina picked up the dishes in the bowl with her chopsticks, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, they are all vegetarian dishes, but I made them myself." He asked, "How's the taste?" The family tree said, "Okay." He Lina said, "I'm used to eating vegetables, it's very good. As soon as I came to Xishan, I became a vegetarian." As he spoke, he looked at the house. Tree, see how he asks questions.He didn't ask, but agreed: "I agree with being a vegetarian, it's very hygienic." Seeing that he didn't ask why, He Lina had to forget it.

When the meal was over, the maid brought the towel and took away the bowls and chopsticks.At this moment, there are only two red candles left on the table.He Lina and Jiashu sat down on the sofa facing each other, and each took a cup of steaming rose tea, sipping slowly.He Lina looked at the pot of red plums on the coffee table, and asked, "Do you think I'm a vegetarian for hygiene? You don't know, and others don't." Family Tree paused for a moment before "Oh" Said: "Yes, Ms. He has learned Buddhism now. A young man in the golden age, why is he so negative?" He Lina pursed her lips and smiled, put down her teacup, because she walked to the chatterbox beside the house, opened the box, and said He took out the words from a drawer, put them on, and said with a smile: "Why, don't you understand at all?"When it is sung, it is a big drum script of "Daiyu's Sad Autumn".As soon as Jiashu heard the "clear and cold Xiaoxiang courtyard, the green screen window was blown by the westerly wind", the tea cup in his hand fell down, and he said "ahh".Fortunately, it landed on the carpet and was not broken, only a cup of hot tea was poured out.He Lina stopped the conversation, and asked: "What's the matter?" Jiashu picked up the teacup calmly, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid of this cold tone..." He Lina said with a smile: "Then, let me change yours." Love to hear it." Saying that, he changed his wife.

It turned out that the wife had a long passage of confession, and there was a line that said "you should kowtow three times to this red candle", which is exactly the passage of the thirteenth sister in "Nengren Temple".When Jiashu heard it, he suddenly remembered what happened to the theater that night, and said with a smile: "Miss He, you have a good memory!" He Lina closed the chatter box and stood in front of Jiashu, and said with a smile: "Your memory is not bad... "Just this sentence, the window opened wide with a snap, but a bunch of flowers were thrown in from the outside.Jiashu stepped forward, picked it up, and saw that there was a small red silk strip on the flower, on which was written: "Guan Xiugu bows and congratulates." When he hurriedly looked out the window, the snow had just stopped, and the moon was shining on the snow. , the vast expanse of white space together, bright and clean without trace, where is there any figure?Jiashu's heart suddenly moved, feeling that he couldn't help Xiugu, he had mixed feelings at the moment, and suddenly burst into tears.

Because the window was open, He Lina blew in a cold wind, which made the candle light flicker twice. He quickly closed the window and took the bouquet of flowers casually.But Jiashu took out a white chrysanthemum in his hand and held it, standing with his back to the light, facing the window.He Lina took a look at the silk strips on the flowers, and said with a smile: "Look, Miss Guan, you're making a big joke on us!" The family tree still stood with its back on its back, and said nothing.He Lina said: She is a person who comes and goes quickly, how can you see her, why are you staring blankly? "Jiashu said:" Two grains of sand were blown into the eyes. "As he spoke, he wiped his eyes with a handkerchief and turned his head.

When He Lina thought about it, snow was covering everywhere, where did the wind and sand come from?He smiled and said, "Eyes are like love, there can't be a single grain of sand in them. Don't you think so?" As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows, twirled his dimples, and looked at the family tree.

Jiashu stood blankly, holding the chrysanthemum in his left hand, and using his thumb and index finger in his right hand, he just picked up the stem of the flower.After a while, he smiled slightly.

It is:

After all, the human world is empty,
Shrike swallows go east and west.

The pity is infinite and unspeakable,
Only in the twist of a smile.

However, He Lina didn't know the twists and turns of this fate, so she stretched out her hand and covered the glass window with the purple curtain, so that the family tree would not look out again.The light in the room illuminated a pair of figures on the purple curtain.The cold moon in the sky outside the window was deserted and lonely. In such a world of ice and snow, and seeing such a house full of spring waves, with such beautiful scenery, I couldn't help smiling enviously.

(End of this chapter)