Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 50 Found something

"Where's your sister-in-law?"

She, her sister-in-law, and niece-in-law were busy in the kitchen for nearly two hours. When it was almost time for dinner, Tao's mother didn't see Lin Chaoyang and asked Tao Yumo.

"It seems that he went upstairs with the little brother."

Du Feng is one year older than Tao Yumo, and she calls him "little brother".

Today, when visiting her cousin's house for the New Year, Mother Tao was most worried about Lin Chaoyang, fearing that he would make a fool of himself. She frowned and told Tao Yumo, "Tell him to come down and tell him that we are going to have dinner."

"Oh."

Tao Yumo went upstairs somewhat reluctantly. If you want to call me, just call me yourself. Why do you have to order me around?

Having lived with her cousin since she was a child, Tao Yumo was not at all shy. She came to Du Feng's room and pushed the door open.

"Brother-in-law!"

The girl suddenly broke into the room. Lin Chaoyang remained calm, but Du Feng, who was engrossed in the words on the paper, was startled. He hurriedly hid the letter behind his back with a panicked look on his face.

"What are you doing, you guys?"

"Nothing."

Even a fool could tell that something was wrong with Du Feng's look.

Tao Yumo thought for a moment, but said calmly, "It's time to eat, mom wants you to come downstairs."

"I understand. You can go out first." Du Feng said.

"I'm going down first."

Lin Chaoyang said something and went downstairs, and Tao Yumo followed him downstairs.

Seeing that both of them had left, Du Feng took out the letter paper in his hand, glanced at the words on the paper again, and felt the vigorous romantic atmosphere blowing in his face.

He folded the letter and put it carefully into the bedside drawer. This was the guarantee of his future happiness.

About twenty minutes later, the two families downstairs were having dinner and the atmosphere was harmonious.

The door was suddenly opened, and Tao Yumo sneaked into the room and went straight to the bedside drawer.

When she opened it, she saw that there was something inside, and a hint of pride appeared on her face.

She unfolded the letter and saw the fresh and timeless words on it.

"I have smelled your scent. You are the humid air of Jiangnan, the unique fragrance of the rainy season. Like the tender green sprouts of the two old trees at the gate of the compound, and also like the bright blue and clean white of the sky at the beginning of the day.

I dream of going with you to see the peach blossoms in March, the flowers are in full bloom, all over the mountains and plains. We sit under a small bridge made of two stone slabs, with the stream gurgling. You like to sit on the bridge and dip your feet in the cool stream water while I read poems to you.

You listen:

The air is humid and dull, summer afternoon
The rain is coming
You put your hands above my head

The rain flows down my eyelashes, and your brow bone smashes between us
Hold your breath
The lotus flowers in the pond are nodding frequently, have you seen it?

The water drops on the lotus leaves are also telling each other
Love, Love

It flows like a torrent in the rain
……

The girl's whole attention was attracted by the words on the paper. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, her eyes were bright, her cheeks were slightly red, and her heart was surging.

The hand holding the letter paper dropped down, Tao Yumo was still immersed in the situation brought by the words, unable to extricate himself.

Which young man is not passionate, and which young girl is not in love.

"Boom!"

The sudden sound of someone coming up the stairs woke the girl from her trance. She hurriedly put the letter back to its place, and was about to open the door when she was caught by Du Feng.

"Good for you, doing underground work again!"

"What underground work? I just lost my hairpin and came here to look for it." Tao Yumo made up an excuse.

"Go on making up stories. Tell me, what did you do?" Du Feng stared at him viciously.

"nothing."

Du Feng glanced behind her and asked, "Did you touch my drawer?"

Seeing that he couldn't dodge anymore, Tao Yumo puffed out his chest and said, "It's moving. Let's see what's going on!" "You..."

Du Feng was somewhat helpless. Tao Yumo grew up with him, and the two siblings had been fighting since they were young. He really had no way to deal with this girl's unreasonable behavior, and if he reported it to her parents, he would be the one who would suffer.

Besides, he didn't want the news of his writing a love letter to spread around the family.

"It's New Year's Day, I won't argue with you. Don't talk nonsense when you go out, or I'll make you pay!"

Tao Yumo didn't care about his threat at all, and instead asked, "Who wrote it for you?"

This time Du Feng was sure that she really saw it.

"Who else could have written it? I wrote it!"

Tao Yumo rolled his eyes almost to the sky, "I don't know what your level is? Don't flatter yourself."

“I wrote it originally.”

Seeing that he refused to admit it, Tao Yumo smiled and said, "I know it even if you don't say it."

In fact, she was not sure and was just trying to trick Du Feng.

Du Feng pushed her out the door, "Go away, don't mess with me here!"

The brother and sister went downstairs, and the party was still going on downstairs.

There are too many people at home today, so we divided into two tables, one for men and one for women with children. It was very lively.

Uncle Du Ruolin was pouring wine for Father Tao, and Lin Chaoyang sat quietly on the side. This kind of thing was not something a junior like him could get involved in.

From the moment he came down the stairs, Tao Yumo's eyes had been fixed on Lin Chaoyang, with a hint of inquiry and curiosity in them.

She sat down next to her sister Tao Yushu and asked, "Sister, how did you fall in love with my brother-in-law in the first place?"

Tao Yushu was slightly stunned when he heard this, "Why are you asking this?"

"Curious, just asking!"

The women at the table were chatting about family matters and the children were playing around. In such a happy atmosphere, everyone was happy in their hearts.

No one paid attention to the two sisters' conversation. Tao Yushu looked at Lin Chaoyang who was sitting there quietly.

"Because I know he's a piece of gold!"

Tao Yumo saw a kind of proud feeling of "everyone is drunk but I am sober" on her sister's face, and the words she had just seen were flowing in her mind.

She was not sure that those words came from her brother-in-law.

She asked tentatively: "Sister, are you impressed by my brother-in-law's talent?"

Tao Yushu was slightly surprised, "How did you know that?"

Although Tao Yushu did not answer her question directly, Tao Yumo still saw a positive answer from her sister's face.

"Nothing much, I just heard you guys chatting from time to time and felt that my brother-in-law is a man with a lot of stuff in his head."

Tao Yumo was perfunctory with her sister, and her eyes unconsciously swept towards Lin Chaoyang who was not far away.

She couldn't help but recall the first time she met her brother-in-law. He had an ordinary face, and his figure was quite tall despite the Zhongshan suit he wore, but the cloth shoes on his feet looked a little rustic.

How could such a beautiful sister choose such a rustic and ugly man?

This question lingered in Tao Yumo's mind for a long time.

Even if her attitude towards Lin Chaoyang improved later, it was out of moral reasons rather than from the heart.

Now, she seemed to have finally discovered something.

"Sister, has my brother-in-law ever written you a love letter?"

"Love letter?" Tao Yushu felt that his sister was a little abnormal today. "Why are you asking this?"

"Oh, nothing. I just went upstairs and saw the love letter the boy wrote to a girl."

Tao Yumo sold his younger brother Du Feng without any psychological burden.

(End of this chapter)