Don’t Learn Mandarin Ducks

    Author: Egret Pairs|Publish Time: 07-0917:28|Word Count: 3228The stretched silk satin was mercerized, and it was illuminated by the good sun outside, like the lake surface in the clear summer.

    Hua Yue stared at the stretcher in her hand for a while, and continued to drop the needle as if nothing had happened.

    It has been two years in a blink of an eye. Before, in order to prevent someone from looking for it, she turned the shop in her hand several times. Later, she found that it was unnecessary. No other outsider ever came to the town.

    Li Jingyun should have a good life. As long as he lives well, the children she left behind will naturally have no worries about food and clothing. Thinking of this, Huayue thinks that is enough.

    Taking the pattern carefully one by one, she put down her hand and rubbed her neck.

    The letter was placed on the table next to it, exuding the unique fragrance of Jinghua rice paper. Huayue didn't look that way, she was silent for a while, but she still reached out to take it and tore open the letter.

      What happened in Beijing.

    The emperor of Daliang passed away a year ago, but the successor to the throne has been hanging in the air, and only Zhou Hemin temporarily supervised the country, which is probably also the reason. With frequent border battles, Li Shoutian returned to the battlefield.

    The letter this time is similar, saying that the palace gave Li Jingyun a reward, I don’t know what the credit is. The young master of the Li family is two years old and very healthy. Whose daughters fell in love with Li Jingyun and ran to the Protectorate all day long. Who made this master unhappy again, he went up Guanshan Mountain during the spring hunting and never came down again.

    In bits and pieces, only the two sentences of the young master are useful.

     After Huayue finished reading, she put it on the candlestick and burned it, yawning lazily.

    "Mother, mother." Shi Xiang ran back, hugged her legs and looked up at her, her face flushed, "Aunt Shuang said that there will be a chicken silk festival in town tonight."

    "That's the sacrificial ceremony." Holding the fluttering little arms and legs, Huayue laughed, "Want to join in the fun?"

    Shi Xiang nodded heavily, stared at her with watery eyes, and asked, "Mother, are you busy?"

    Because of teasing him, Huayue said embarrassingly: "I'm a little busy. There are a lot of customers in the shop recently, so I will be busy for a while."

    When his eyebrows drooped, his tears came out, but he didn't open his voice to cry, he just stretched out his hands and wiped his face: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll go with Aunt Shuang, give it to you Come back with the mugwort sachet, don't be sad, mother."

    It was a soft mass, the tip of her nose was red, and her little hand was patted on her shoulder. Hua Yue couldn't help lowering her head and kissing him, smiling: "Who is this sad?"

    "I, I'm not sad." Shi Xiang's red eyes opened hard towards her.

    Shuang Jiang leaned against the door and said with a heartache: "Master, you have a good conscience, this is only two years old."

    Suddenly laughing, Huayue pinched her sleeves to wipe his face: "My dear, mother is free, would you like to accompany you to see the big lantern?"

    Breaking tears into laughter, Shi Xiang nodded again and again, his body did not sit firmly, and he leaned to the side. Hua Yue took him back into her arms and patted him with great satisfaction.

    In the small town, there is a custom of offering sacrifices in the middle of the year. On the day of the sacrifice, red lanterns are hung through the streets and alleys. Adults must wear masks to ward off evil spirits. Then use wormwood to make hair, and go with the crowd to the wide area in the town to worship ancestors and drink rice wine.

    Hua Yue is an outsider, fortunately, people in the town do not reject her. Sooner or later, her aunt sent a mask and a green robe, and when it got dark, the two girls took Shi to directly. It can be integrated into the flow of people on the street.

    Hua Yue stretched out her hand to pick him up, weighed him, and said with a smile, "It's a little longer."

    As soon as Shi Fang heard it, he struggled and fell to the ground, holding Huayue's hand and saying, "No need to hug, I'll send a few."

    There were many people around, Huayue lowered her head and asked him, "Is it okay?"

    "It doesn't matter, I'm old enough." He picked up a bamboo strip wrapped in blue cloth, and said solemnly like a blue lantern, "It's time to go by yourself. ."

    Laughing and crying, Hua Yue continued to follow her.

    There are not many people in the town, but every time there is a sacrificial ceremony, there are always people who have traveled far and wide, crowding the streets, and when they are finally going to kneel down to salute, they are a little shoved.

    One did not pay attention, Huayue was pushed by someone, and the hand holding Shi Xiang was blocked. Shi Tong groaned in pain, and Hua Yue quickly let go and shouted in a hurry, "Be careful of the child, there are children here."

    There are too many people around, pushing back and kneeling one by one, and when Huayue can finally see the surroundings, Shi Xiang is gone.

    "Over there, I'll find him." Shuang Jiang kept staring at the cyan color, comforting Hua Yue, then hunched over the crowd and jumped over there.

    The children who came out today are all covered with green robes, but Shi Xiang is well-behaved and is much easier to recognize than other children. On the street, Shi Xiang was in a daze holding the bamboo strips in Qingzhuo, his eyes staring blankly at the lanterns by the roadside.

    "You kid, you always like to look at lanterns." With an exasperation, Shuang Jiang walked over, took off the lantern he was looking at, picked up a wooden stick, and put it into his hand, " Give."

    Shi Xiang likes red lanterns the most, so he is more happy when he holds it, blinks at her, and tilts his head.

      Well, she misses you, so it won't take too long."

    As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of hoofs from behind.

    In the small town, there are mostly ox carts and few horses. Shuang Jiang's face changed when he heard this, and he hugged Shi Xiang and hid in the side alley.

    A group of men and horses hurried past from the outside, and the people on the horses were wearing armor and had a good momentum.

     Taking a deep breath, Shuangjiang said to himself, "How can these people come to this town."

    Shi Xiang looked up and said in a low voice, "General Li will return to the court."

    General Li? Shuang Jiang froze, looking down at him: "How do you know?"

    "I just heard what people said." Shi Fang pointed to the outside, "Said it was a victory."

    Frightened and anxious, Shuang Jiang covered his mouth and shook his head: "Little young master, early wisdom is a good thing, but don't listen to everything, see your mother later, you must not Say this in front of her, you know?"

    Eyes rolled, Shi Xiang responded obediently: "Okay."

    The sacrificial ceremony was over. When the people saw officers and soldiers coming to the town, they all rushed home and closed the doors and windows. Hua Yue came over with her skirt, and when she saw that Shuang Jiang had found someone, she quickly pulled her back.

    "What's the matter?" Shimizu asked, "Are these people looking for trouble?"

    "No." Picking up Shi to go back to the cloth village, Huayue closed the doorway, "Said he was here to find someone."

    As soon as the leather tightened, Frostfall immediately added two locks to the door.

    Li Jiajun, come here to find someone, who can I find? The two looked at each other, their hearts a little heavy.

    "Maybe it's just a coincidence." Hua Yue thought for a while, "It's been so long, why did you suddenly think of coming over to find someone."

    "You better be careful." Frostfall pushed her to the backyard, "Go to the cellar and hide first, and then come out when they go out."

    Hua Yue understood, she reached out her hand and wanted to take the green scorpion from her body so that she could carry it to the cellar. As a result, just as she stretched out her hand, the child clung to her tightly, looked at her with tears in her eyes and said, "I don't take it, I like this."

    "Are you scared?" She asked him softly, "Where did your Aunt Shuang find you?"

    "On the street." Shi Fang replied, biting his lip.

    Maybe he was really frightened, he spoke less than before, holding the lantern tightly in his hand.

    Hua Yue looked at him and felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell where it was.

    ***

    Li Jingyun sat on the horse and looked at Qin Sheng with a cold face.

    Qin Sheng said helplessly: "Can you blame me, that little ancestor is like a loach, and he will drill when he sees a crack. Whose child is so difficult to manage."

    "You are a commander, can't play with a two-year-old child?" He sneered, "Why don't you take this hairpin and hang the seal on his waist, how about it?"

    Qin Sheng laughed dryly, scratched his head and continued to walk forward. The street was full of people who hurriedly avoided the scene. It was difficult for him to ask anyone.

    "Applause." Li Jingyun suddenly reined in his horse.

    Qin Sheng was stunned for a moment, holding the horse's nose ring for him and looking sideways, he saw a blue lantern slowly moving from the stone steps next to it, a small face white and tender, Very familiar.

    "You Jie." Li Jingyun rolled over and dismounted, strode over and picked him up, "You dare to run when you see that you are a father?"

    Short legs vacated, the child turned his head with difficulty and looked at him blankly.

    Want to pretend not to know? Li Jingyun squinted: "Take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, just wait and go back and make a horse."

    Speaking, he threw him into Qin Sheng's arms.

    "Where are you taking me?" The child struggled and frowned, "I want to go home, my mother is still waiting for me."

    Qin Sheng originally wanted to take this mess from him, but when he heard this, he was so frightened that he almost lost his grip, and hurriedly covered his mouth.

    How many times I've said these two words in front of this grandfather, this little ancestor is also very daring, grabbing against the hair.

    However, the man in his arms struggled so hard that he didn't let him cover him, and shouted loudly, "Uncle Zhang and Aunt Liu, help me, I'm going back to find my mother!"

    The street was empty, and naturally no one would come to rescue him. Qin Sheng took a look at the horse's back and saw the third master with a gloomy face, staring coldly at his arms The little thing said: "Don't think about sleeping in before returning to the capital, get up early to practice."

    The person in his arms cried out with a "wow", crying and shouting: "I want mother, mother!"

      It's absolutely useless to cry, and it's even more useless to threaten him."

    When a child is sad, it doesn't make sense. He kicks while crying, struggling to get down.

    "Oh little ancestor, this place only lights up lanterns all night. You're really going to starve to death if you stay. Did you see the inn in front? There's delicious food, don't cry."