【Xuanhuang Sancheng】Heshan Bowl

Two figures flashed across the shadow wall, Yu Xiaoyao took the lead, and led Fei Feijun to sneak into Mo's courtyard. They walked along the mahogany window edge, bypassed the woman who was going out to pour the chamber pot, and gently moved away. Basin of clouds and pine, straddling the narrow low wall behind the side building, tapped lightly under the slightly yellowed panes, three short and one long Adagio beats.

They waited for a long time but still no one answered, Yu Xiaoyao's stomach growled loudly, his chest was almost stuck to his back after two meals, he deliberately skipped breakfast to try the kidney bean cake that Jun Fengtian had promised to bring him, but in the end For some reason, Jun Fengtian didn't go to study today, and the kidney bean cake was also missing.Now that he has no patience to wait anymore, he suppressed his voice and said bitterly: "Seventeen, you idiot, you don't eat and you also make your brother Xiaoyao starve, if you have the ability, you will become the boss of this area and snatch your mother back." The very gentleman is behind Pulling his sleeve, "Why do you teach bad people like this?" Yuejiaozi who followed behind frowned, "Is this wrong?"

Very Jun was speechless, raised his hand and closed the window lattice again.This time Mo Shiqi made a movement, but he only opened a thin crack. Half of his haggard and pale face was illuminated by a section of white light, and the other half was hidden in the darkness.Days of crying made his voice hoarse, his chapped lips opened and closed repeatedly, and he said in a difficult tone: "Don't bother me."

"Excellent! Why are you angry at us? If you have the ability, go and beat your bastard father!" Yu Xiaoyao jumped up and opened his window forcefully, with one leg resting on the white powder brick and stone platform, and the other kicked hard. Turning inside, Mo Shiqi backed away, turning his back not to look at him, Yu Xiaoyao raised his hand and slapped Shiqi hard on the back of the head, "Other people scolded you for being so good, you wouldn't call him a bitch, you What's the point of suffering, just look at how cowardly you are."

Mo Shiqi couldn't bear it anymore, "Yu Xiaoyao, shut up!"

Yu Xiaoyao pushed Mo Shiqi, who staggered and was about to fall, Yu Xiaoyao stepped forward to support him, still muttering, "After three days of starvation, I still have the strength to fight with me. It seems that nothing happened. , eat the food first, we will come to Japan for a long time." Shouting towards the window: "Fei Jun, squeeze your brother Xiaoyao out of his teeth and bring him lunch."

"Oh, you guys finally think of me." came the weak voice of Wei Jun, and saw that he originally wanted to follow Yu Xiaoyao's movements and came in through the window, but his legs had no strength and he couldn't push up, and the whole person was hanging on the window sill as if A turtle that couldn't turn its shell over was looking at them in despair.

"Why didn't you make a sound?" Yu Xiaoyao hurried over, and Jun Fei smiled wryly, "It's obvious that you chatted too happily, which made me howl for a long time."

The two dragged Fei Junlian in, and Yu Xiaoyao opened the food box, "Look, fried shrimp balls, Liusi, rock sugar yam, mushroom tofu and rice porridge, the cook thought I had changed my sex because of you." I want to eat fast." Jun Fei put the porridge in a bowl and handed it to Shi Qi, "Eat slowly."

Mo Shiqi was eating food quietly, Yu Xiaoyao still didn't forget to scold him, "There are so many delicacies in the world, you choose to starve to death, there is always hope in life, what kind of a hero is looking for death and life." Very Jun also comforted him, " Although everyone is sad when things happen, it’s not your fault, so there’s no need to torture yourself like this.” They each talked until Mo Shiqi finished eating, and Shi Qi, who didn’t say a word during the period, finally burped, and said lightly: “ knew."

"Hey, you..." Just when Yu Xiaoyao was about to add a few more words, there were noisy footsteps outside the door, and Aunt Feijia Hong and the head of the Yu family broke in without caring about anything In terms of etiquette, pull up your young master and leave, "Hurry up, something big has happened!"

"What happened?" Yu Xiaoyao's eyes widened, obviously not responding.

"It's starting to fight, the one surnamed Zhang and the one surnamed Wu are fighting!" Aunt Hong's hair spread all over her temples, "Seeing that we have already arrived in Gu'an, the master is discussing about leaving!"

They were taken away in a hurry, and Mo Shiqi in the room ran to the door to chase them, but soon stopped.He leaned against the pot of asparagus bamboo, a trace of panic flashed in his dark eyes, but he quickly fell silent, watching Fei Jun and Yu Xiaoyao leave.

Yu Xiaoyao had never seen such a posture before, Yu's family members gathered in the lobby, he saw decisiveness in the face of his grandfather who was always kind and kind, and he saw awe in the face of his father who could recite the wind, flowers, snow, moon and drama, which was familiar to him The family members are so different, and in the end it was the elders of the Yu family who said: "I can't wait any longer. The Jun family got the news yesterday. The people they sent first went to Changxin and there was no turning back. Just now, the news came that the Machang side couldn't get through either." I have no choice but to go directly south from Longhua to Kunming." And Yu Xiaoyao's mother was hugging her little brother who just turned three months old, and beside her stood a jade flute tied with a red string, and the girl broke into the conversation , "Mom, are we coming back?"

Father Yu changed his usual laid-back look, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, Shuntian Mansion is Yu's hometown, we will definitely be able to come back." He said to his wife: "Go and pack up the things, don't bring any big things with you. , Don’t bring my calligraphy, painting and antiques, just take care of the children and wrap them in more clothes.” Turning to look at Yu Xiaoyao again, “Xiaoyao, you go to Jun’s house to find Grandpa Jun now, and say that Yu’s family understands the truth and understands the truth. When we were young, we met under the old crabapple tree at Qianmen Station."

Yu Xiaoyao let go of the girl and ran away, he didn't know why he was so anxious, he just suddenly wanted to see Jun Fengtian, there was no reason, he wanted to see him.

Yu Xiaoyao walked through the courtyard of Jun's house, where the spiraea chinensis planted there had never bloomed. He stepped on dead branches all over the ground and slammed into someone's arms. Jun Fengtian hugged him in a low voice. His voice sounded like a bell in a temple: "Calm down."

Jun Fengtian took Yu Xiaoyao to look for Mr. Jun, where people from the non-family faction had already come to explain the decision, Yu Xiaoyao conveyed his father's words, Mr. Jun stuck to his long beard, and said: "It's a blessing, not a disaster. It's a disaster that can't be avoided, okay. , the three of us are preparing now, and we will leave at the end of the day."

Yu Xiaoyao agreed, and turned his head to go back. He ran to the front of the house, only to realize that Jun Fengtian was holding his hand all the way, and they didn't even have time to say a word, Jun Fengtian patted him on the shoulder vigorously, still saying : "You have to calm down!"

The houses of Fei, Yu, and Jun were lit up all night. They managed the most vulgar elements of a century-old family business, those gold and silver notes, and buried countless antiques, calligraphy and paintings under the kapok tree in the courtyard. Yu Xiaoyao, she touched her son's face, and said softly: "We are not afraid, you have to make your brothers and sisters be good, don't cry, don't make trouble, if you do it, mother will buy you candy to eat."

"I want the most beautiful Phoenix!" Seventh Sister, the youngest, said.

"Okay, I'll buy the best one for you." My mother hastily sealed the box, and cut an unfinished picture of autumn colors of mountains and rivers into two sections with a firm look in her eyes.

At the same time, the Mo family was in a hurry. Instead of going to Kunming, they chose Benxi, where the distant clan clan lived in seclusion.As for some of the younger generations, they will go down the river from Xidukou to Tianjin Wharf, board a steamer at Maoshi, and use the money their families got from giving up their surnames and face to get a golden body for studying abroad.

At dusk that day, Mo Shiqi quietly put two notes with his itinerary for tomorrow on the corner of the red brick wall where they usually pass news, and held it with a porcelain bowl. He did it for no reason at the time, only I feel that no matter whether it is traveling across the ocean or traveling in different places, it is no different from him. After all, the Mo family will not be affected by the lack or excess of him.He grasped some illusory thoughts, and dragged out a long solitary shadow in the clouds like a burning sunset.

But he didn't wait for Fei Weijun and Yu Xiaoyao, someone took the bowl away, the note fluttered in the wind, Mo Shiqi was waiting at the ferry, the sky was high and the moon was bright, he thought of the peas that Yu Xiaoyao sent him when he was seriously ill when he was young Huang, thinking of the very gentleman sitting on the threshold hunched over and waving at him, he swore to himself that if they came, he would never leave, forever and ever.

Mo Shiqi finally gave up until there was only the moonlight left at the ferry. He looked up at the bright round, his heart was empty, and the big boats had left. He boarded a small fishing boat, accompanied by a narrow wooden box. , I heard the fisherman singing nondescript songs at the top of his voice: "Tomorrow is across the mountain, tomorrow is across the mountain—"

And in front of Qianmen Railway Station, the three direct bloodlines under the old Begonia tree met each other with luggage that could no longer be streamlined. Jun Fengtian saw Yu Xiaoyao hugging his infant brother, and Xiao Yuxiao grabbed the hem of his clothes.They followed behind their parents, without a single word of communication, only their eyes intertwined, and all their fears and anxieties were soothed.

The elders of the Yu family, the Jun family, and the Fei family discussed the direction of the road. The accumulation of the older generation made them feel like they were playing a game of black and white chess.Mr. Jun Zunxuan came late, he was still wearing a dusty robe, carrying a small package containing some out-of-print ancient books and documents, his tone was the same as when he was preaching, "Although I would rather be a centurion, the old man has to work for these The pedantic thing is trying its best."

Very Jun looked up at the slender branches of the century-old crabapple, and asked Yuejiao who was standing beside him, "What will happen to us?"

Yuejiaozi stepped forward to hold his shoulder, without mocking or casual tone for the first time, he solemnly promised: "You die and I die, you live and I live, you and I have the same roots, we share the same fate."

The old man of the Jun family looked around at the old people, and finally said loudly: "Let's go—"

----to be continued----

Note:

*In 1922, the first Zhifeng War started. On April 4, the Feng Faction led 28 Fengjun officers and soldiers to launch a general offensive, with a total of 12 troops from the Direct Faction. The two sides fought fiercely in Machang, Gu'an, and Changxindian.

(The above is from Baidu Encyclopedia. The location conversion in the article has not been investigated, it is only used, so don’t blame it for being careful.)

Li Ye Spiraea: Also known as "Smiling Flower".

*Tomorrow is separated by mountains: "Gift to the Eight Guards" (Du Fu): Tomorrow is separated by mountains, and the world is boundless.