Xin Wei recalled the plum blossom language that Zhang Ning once said: elegant, transcendent, loyal.But when this familiar environment came to me, the plum blossoms in my memory didn't feel that way at all.
……
The group was getting closer and closer to a place called Guzhuang, which was the hometown Xin Wei mentioned.
She said to the Taohua Fairy: We are just staying in Guzhuang for a while. If the news is spread through gossip, it will take a long time even if it can be transmitted to the government. The only thing worth guarding against is that if someone in the village raises suspicion and reports to the official, it will be a little bad.Therefore, to be cautious, we should send people to take turns to install a secret whistle at the intersection.
Fairy Taohua thought she made a lot of sense, so she agreed with the proposal.
There is a green mountain opposite the intersection in and out of Zhuangzi, and a secret whistle can be set up in the forest; if you meet someone, you can say that someone has sprained his foot and go up the mountain to collect herbs.
A dozen people were walking to the intersection of the village. The road was relatively wide, but the dirt road was filled with dust when people and horses walked by.
There is a archway built in the middle of the main road, with stone and wood building engraved with the words Guzhuang.
The local gentry landlord named Gu, named after his surname; but not all the people in Guzhuang were surnamed Gu, with the most surnames of Li, Zhang, Chen, and Lu, and Xin Wei was originally surnamed Lu.
In Xin Wei's view, the hilly terrain and pastoral road pattern have almost not changed in five years.
There is also this archway, which is as old as before, and its handwriting is also a bit blurry...
The subtle appearance of a place that makes her remember so clearly is the only hometown where she grew up.
No matter where a person goes, it is difficult for him to get rid of the impact this place has had on her.
Xin Wei was in a very complicated mood for a moment.
This time everyone was in need of a place to avoid it, so she took the initiative to make suggestions to come here because she wanted to take the opportunity to come back and take a look.
Returning to the old place is five years apart from the last time.
Five years may not be too long for an adult person; but Xin Wei was only over twelve years old five years ago, and when he walked out of here, he was confused about the world.
But the feeling at this time was slightly different from the memory. As soon as I walked under this archway, the scene that Xin Wei immediately remembered was during the Chinese New Year.
There was not so much dust on the road, but a lot of white snow, with snow on both sides and broken ice in the middle.
She lay on her father's back, and the wind was very strong and she felt very cold; she was very hungry, and the smell of meat dishes wafted in the wind made her very greedy.
The fragrance of vegetables always comes from one direction, that is the Gu family's manor; she turned her head on her father's back and saw a few plum trees blooming in the snow, and the wealthy manor was behind the sparse plum blossoms, and her vision was broken by the branches.
The white snow and plum blossoms have been frozen in her heart, and they always appear in dreams and memories.
But the plum blossoms never made her feel the so-called elegance and transcendence, but instead felt sad and sad.
After getting older, she gradually envied the meat dishes that satisfy her cravings and the warm clothes of the house, but also slowly changed.
In her ignorant eyes, the things in Guzhuang became the embodiment of beauty. The women who came out of it always wore beautiful clothes. In people's eyes, they liked and awe, and felt good but did not dare to get close to them. In the lakes that belong to Gu family, there are often small boats floating among the lotus leaves. The people in the boat neither fished nor picked lotus roots, but were very leisurely.
The exposed trees and roofs in the high walls make people imagine the different life inside.
When Xin was in his teens, he often wanted to approach the Gu Family Manor intentionally or unintentionally and yearn for another world there.
Later she came over and felt very comfortable while walking around, which was probably satisfying her temporary fantasy.
Later, his parents passed away one after another, and the Gu family noticed Xiao Xinwei and discussed with her relatives to buy her.
However, the Gu family did not want to buy a maid, but bought it and sent it to another place.
Because the local gentry's maids and slaves are the least willing to buy a good wife locally, which will damage their reputation, and if something happens, they will have to face the trouble of their relatives nearby.
Several of the Xinwei family members collected the money. Xinwei left his hometown since then and was first sent to the Fengyue Site in Nanjing for cultivation. Later, something happened and ran away to the west and was taken in by the people who warded off the cult.
After several years of displaced, she grew up and gradually woke up from her childhood dream.
Whether it is the prosperity of Nanjing or the wealth of wealthy families, you will have a chance to see it, but none of them can belong to you.
People always greedily examine her value of use. Her age and appearance are not troubled by her family. Of course, the upper class will accept her. However, after acceptance, it is not sharing, but plundering. Xin Wei saw through the process very early. If he submits himself, he will be abandoned in less than a few years and will return to a more miserable and hopeless situation than before.
She gradually understood a woman's advantageous capital and weaknesses; when she was in a quiet state of prosperity and declining, she occasionally missed the poor but sincere warmth of her family when she was a child.
So when the cult vanquished cults got another chance to rise, they were attracted by Yao Ji and chose to be the queen of the white-clothed swordsman...
She was surprised at first, and soon regretted her intention to escape.
The White-clothed Swordsman is respectful and afraid of the cult, and the rewards are very high. When he was a child, he could already realize his dream of being rich and elegant, and his wealth and decent food, but what can he get in the end?
It is almost impossible for women to start a family again. In a few years, the lives that ordinary people should have the right to be a luxury.
Xin Wei still has a little childish look now, the youngest among the group, but her mind is truly mature, and some middle-aged women in the Cult (Essay Province) may not have any ideas as she has.
Now her biggest dream after experiencing is to have a wealthy family, have children, and have their own identity to be recognized by the world, and that man is within his own control; a man can have the ability in talent and work, but he must be honest in his relationship. It is best to be stupid in this regard to make it easier for him to master it, and he cannot be easily snatched away by others.
Of course, this kind of perfect good thing is not easy, and she herself understands that the possibility is not high, it is just her dream; but compared to her childhood thoughts, it is no longer the same.
……
Xinwei, where are we going?The words of the Peach Blossom Fairy made Xin Wei come to his senses, and people were walking on a fork in the road.
Xin Wei pointed the direction without hesitation: The road on the right is to our village, and the road on the left is to the Gu family... She turned to the left and had clearly seen the wealthy manor that she had longed for very much.
For some reason, she was a little disappointed in an instant because when she looked at the manor again, she suddenly felt very rustic.
I heard that the Gu family’s master had a reputation as a child. The young master was admitted to the status of a child early and was also a scholarly family. However, at this time, it seemed that the house building was indeed no different from the local rich man.
There were actually a large group of gray and black ducks fed in the lake outside the door, and the duck feeders on the shore were thrown everywhere.
A woman was standing at the door, wearing bloated clothes and knocking melon seeds. Not far away, another little girl was washing clothes by the lake. The wooden hammer was hitting her and there must be a lot of duck feces on the water not far away.
Xin Wei remembered the situation in the Chu Palace. Yao Ji and others' words and deeds were completely different from the rich man in the countryside.
She no longer wants to visit the Gu family's manor, and there is nothing good to watch.
Soon after, the group walked into the village, all of which were familiar roads. Xin Wei took Taohua Fairy and others to find her third uncle, an elder in the Lu family clan, and a group of uncles and relatives.
She was sold to a brothel back then, were the relatives in the clan informed?
Or have you been fooled by the Gu family?
I guess it is estimated that the Gu family will not tell the truth to the people in the clan if they buy it, but generally speaking, adults with normal minds will know that there is nothing good to buy from other places after a little thought...
But to this day, Xin Wei no longer holds a grudge against his relatives, and time can dilute a lot of things.
A group of children playing were the most prescient and soon followed behind their butts. A little girl boldly caught up and asked: Are you peddlers?
Another boy with a snot yelled: Why don’t there be sugar radish?
There was another guy who came up to slap his horse's butt, and then slapped him and ran away. The man who was holding the horse suddenly became less serious. He turned around and pretended to be grimacing to scare the little kids.
At this time, a follower whispered: Will the Gu family gentry whom Xin had not mentioned just now have something to do with the government? Do they know the situation will be risky?
The fairy of Taohua said: The landlords are here, they have family and career. They have to be a little worried about them if they want to find trouble to offend others... Besides, have we arranged a secret whistle?
aunt!?Suddenly a woman shouted, "Are you the aunt from the second aunt?"
Xin Wei was stunned and suddenly said: Second sister!
The woman threw down the bucket and jumped up happily: Haha, it's really an aunt!You still recognize me!
Everyone noticed the woman who was talking, and was obviously in her twenties or thirties, but when Xin Wei was able to call her second sister, perhaps her real age was a little younger than Xin Wei.
The woman's hair was combed randomly on top of her head, tied with a piece of coarse cloth, and her face seemed to be unwashed, but when she looked closely, it turned out to be stains and the crow's feet in her eyes were very obvious.
The woman was wearing a jacket and skirt, and had a waistband, but the stitches were very thick and cut, and they were not particular about it, and they were stained with a lot of soil.
The clothes of the people in the village are basically cut and sewn by themselves, just to cover the body and keep warm. Xin Wei didn’t think there was anything wrong with it before, but now, the clothes of women from fellow villagers are so ugly. No wonder the people I saw along the way were obviously not fat but looked bloated.
Compared with Xin Wei's lapel robe, although he was dressed up by a man, he was carefully cut and thoughtful, which highlighted the lines of his body. The conservative style also had a unique style.
Her skin was fair and her hair exposed under the square towel was neatly combed, and she looked soft and black hair...
Compared with the second sister of the fellow villager, it is like the difference between silk and straw.
A woman dressed as a man was wearing only cotton cloth, but at this time she was like a fairy from another world.
Sure enough, the woman who was called the second sister quickly asked: Auntie, have you married to the noble family?
Xin Weibing roughly explained the long-standing argument that he and Taohua Fairy were both concubines from a wealthy official surnamed Wang from Taihu Prefecture, Nanzhili. This time he was willing to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors.
After hearing this, the woman looked envious and jealous, saying that she was having fun together when she was a child. Everyone was almost the same and regretted not marrying Ergouzi at the entrance of the village...
As for whether you are a concubine or not, it doesn’t matter. People are very realistic. Although they are not as good as a concubine, it is really nothing shameful to be a concubine.
Xin Wei asked again whether the third uncle was still there. The woman enthusiastically wanted to take everyone over in person, but she left the work she was still doing.
……
The group was getting closer and closer to a place called Guzhuang, which was the hometown Xin Wei mentioned.
She said to the Taohua Fairy: We are just staying in Guzhuang for a while. If the news is spread through gossip, it will take a long time even if it can be transmitted to the government. The only thing worth guarding against is that if someone in the village raises suspicion and reports to the official, it will be a little bad.Therefore, to be cautious, we should send people to take turns to install a secret whistle at the intersection.
Fairy Taohua thought she made a lot of sense, so she agreed with the proposal.
There is a green mountain opposite the intersection in and out of Zhuangzi, and a secret whistle can be set up in the forest; if you meet someone, you can say that someone has sprained his foot and go up the mountain to collect herbs.
A dozen people were walking to the intersection of the village. The road was relatively wide, but the dirt road was filled with dust when people and horses walked by.
There is a archway built in the middle of the main road, with stone and wood building engraved with the words Guzhuang.
The local gentry landlord named Gu, named after his surname; but not all the people in Guzhuang were surnamed Gu, with the most surnames of Li, Zhang, Chen, and Lu, and Xin Wei was originally surnamed Lu.
In Xin Wei's view, the hilly terrain and pastoral road pattern have almost not changed in five years.
There is also this archway, which is as old as before, and its handwriting is also a bit blurry...
The subtle appearance of a place that makes her remember so clearly is the only hometown where she grew up.
No matter where a person goes, it is difficult for him to get rid of the impact this place has had on her.
Xin Wei was in a very complicated mood for a moment.
This time everyone was in need of a place to avoid it, so she took the initiative to make suggestions to come here because she wanted to take the opportunity to come back and take a look.
Returning to the old place is five years apart from the last time.
Five years may not be too long for an adult person; but Xin Wei was only over twelve years old five years ago, and when he walked out of here, he was confused about the world.
But the feeling at this time was slightly different from the memory. As soon as I walked under this archway, the scene that Xin Wei immediately remembered was during the Chinese New Year.
There was not so much dust on the road, but a lot of white snow, with snow on both sides and broken ice in the middle.
She lay on her father's back, and the wind was very strong and she felt very cold; she was very hungry, and the smell of meat dishes wafted in the wind made her very greedy.
The fragrance of vegetables always comes from one direction, that is the Gu family's manor; she turned her head on her father's back and saw a few plum trees blooming in the snow, and the wealthy manor was behind the sparse plum blossoms, and her vision was broken by the branches.
The white snow and plum blossoms have been frozen in her heart, and they always appear in dreams and memories.
But the plum blossoms never made her feel the so-called elegance and transcendence, but instead felt sad and sad.
After getting older, she gradually envied the meat dishes that satisfy her cravings and the warm clothes of the house, but also slowly changed.
In her ignorant eyes, the things in Guzhuang became the embodiment of beauty. The women who came out of it always wore beautiful clothes. In people's eyes, they liked and awe, and felt good but did not dare to get close to them. In the lakes that belong to Gu family, there are often small boats floating among the lotus leaves. The people in the boat neither fished nor picked lotus roots, but were very leisurely.
The exposed trees and roofs in the high walls make people imagine the different life inside.
When Xin was in his teens, he often wanted to approach the Gu Family Manor intentionally or unintentionally and yearn for another world there.
Later she came over and felt very comfortable while walking around, which was probably satisfying her temporary fantasy.
Later, his parents passed away one after another, and the Gu family noticed Xiao Xinwei and discussed with her relatives to buy her.
However, the Gu family did not want to buy a maid, but bought it and sent it to another place.
Because the local gentry's maids and slaves are the least willing to buy a good wife locally, which will damage their reputation, and if something happens, they will have to face the trouble of their relatives nearby.
Several of the Xinwei family members collected the money. Xinwei left his hometown since then and was first sent to the Fengyue Site in Nanjing for cultivation. Later, something happened and ran away to the west and was taken in by the people who warded off the cult.
After several years of displaced, she grew up and gradually woke up from her childhood dream.
Whether it is the prosperity of Nanjing or the wealth of wealthy families, you will have a chance to see it, but none of them can belong to you.
People always greedily examine her value of use. Her age and appearance are not troubled by her family. Of course, the upper class will accept her. However, after acceptance, it is not sharing, but plundering. Xin Wei saw through the process very early. If he submits himself, he will be abandoned in less than a few years and will return to a more miserable and hopeless situation than before.
She gradually understood a woman's advantageous capital and weaknesses; when she was in a quiet state of prosperity and declining, she occasionally missed the poor but sincere warmth of her family when she was a child.
So when the cult vanquished cults got another chance to rise, they were attracted by Yao Ji and chose to be the queen of the white-clothed swordsman...
She was surprised at first, and soon regretted her intention to escape.
The White-clothed Swordsman is respectful and afraid of the cult, and the rewards are very high. When he was a child, he could already realize his dream of being rich and elegant, and his wealth and decent food, but what can he get in the end?
It is almost impossible for women to start a family again. In a few years, the lives that ordinary people should have the right to be a luxury.
Xin Wei still has a little childish look now, the youngest among the group, but her mind is truly mature, and some middle-aged women in the Cult (Essay Province) may not have any ideas as she has.
Now her biggest dream after experiencing is to have a wealthy family, have children, and have their own identity to be recognized by the world, and that man is within his own control; a man can have the ability in talent and work, but he must be honest in his relationship. It is best to be stupid in this regard to make it easier for him to master it, and he cannot be easily snatched away by others.
Of course, this kind of perfect good thing is not easy, and she herself understands that the possibility is not high, it is just her dream; but compared to her childhood thoughts, it is no longer the same.
……
Xinwei, where are we going?The words of the Peach Blossom Fairy made Xin Wei come to his senses, and people were walking on a fork in the road.
Xin Wei pointed the direction without hesitation: The road on the right is to our village, and the road on the left is to the Gu family... She turned to the left and had clearly seen the wealthy manor that she had longed for very much.
For some reason, she was a little disappointed in an instant because when she looked at the manor again, she suddenly felt very rustic.
I heard that the Gu family’s master had a reputation as a child. The young master was admitted to the status of a child early and was also a scholarly family. However, at this time, it seemed that the house building was indeed no different from the local rich man.
There were actually a large group of gray and black ducks fed in the lake outside the door, and the duck feeders on the shore were thrown everywhere.
A woman was standing at the door, wearing bloated clothes and knocking melon seeds. Not far away, another little girl was washing clothes by the lake. The wooden hammer was hitting her and there must be a lot of duck feces on the water not far away.
Xin Wei remembered the situation in the Chu Palace. Yao Ji and others' words and deeds were completely different from the rich man in the countryside.
She no longer wants to visit the Gu family's manor, and there is nothing good to watch.
Soon after, the group walked into the village, all of which were familiar roads. Xin Wei took Taohua Fairy and others to find her third uncle, an elder in the Lu family clan, and a group of uncles and relatives.
She was sold to a brothel back then, were the relatives in the clan informed?
Or have you been fooled by the Gu family?
I guess it is estimated that the Gu family will not tell the truth to the people in the clan if they buy it, but generally speaking, adults with normal minds will know that there is nothing good to buy from other places after a little thought...
But to this day, Xin Wei no longer holds a grudge against his relatives, and time can dilute a lot of things.
A group of children playing were the most prescient and soon followed behind their butts. A little girl boldly caught up and asked: Are you peddlers?
Another boy with a snot yelled: Why don’t there be sugar radish?
There was another guy who came up to slap his horse's butt, and then slapped him and ran away. The man who was holding the horse suddenly became less serious. He turned around and pretended to be grimacing to scare the little kids.
At this time, a follower whispered: Will the Gu family gentry whom Xin had not mentioned just now have something to do with the government? Do they know the situation will be risky?
The fairy of Taohua said: The landlords are here, they have family and career. They have to be a little worried about them if they want to find trouble to offend others... Besides, have we arranged a secret whistle?
aunt!?Suddenly a woman shouted, "Are you the aunt from the second aunt?"
Xin Wei was stunned and suddenly said: Second sister!
The woman threw down the bucket and jumped up happily: Haha, it's really an aunt!You still recognize me!
Everyone noticed the woman who was talking, and was obviously in her twenties or thirties, but when Xin Wei was able to call her second sister, perhaps her real age was a little younger than Xin Wei.
The woman's hair was combed randomly on top of her head, tied with a piece of coarse cloth, and her face seemed to be unwashed, but when she looked closely, it turned out to be stains and the crow's feet in her eyes were very obvious.
The woman was wearing a jacket and skirt, and had a waistband, but the stitches were very thick and cut, and they were not particular about it, and they were stained with a lot of soil.
The clothes of the people in the village are basically cut and sewn by themselves, just to cover the body and keep warm. Xin Wei didn’t think there was anything wrong with it before, but now, the clothes of women from fellow villagers are so ugly. No wonder the people I saw along the way were obviously not fat but looked bloated.
Compared with Xin Wei's lapel robe, although he was dressed up by a man, he was carefully cut and thoughtful, which highlighted the lines of his body. The conservative style also had a unique style.
Her skin was fair and her hair exposed under the square towel was neatly combed, and she looked soft and black hair...
Compared with the second sister of the fellow villager, it is like the difference between silk and straw.
A woman dressed as a man was wearing only cotton cloth, but at this time she was like a fairy from another world.
Sure enough, the woman who was called the second sister quickly asked: Auntie, have you married to the noble family?
Xin Weibing roughly explained the long-standing argument that he and Taohua Fairy were both concubines from a wealthy official surnamed Wang from Taihu Prefecture, Nanzhili. This time he was willing to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors.
After hearing this, the woman looked envious and jealous, saying that she was having fun together when she was a child. Everyone was almost the same and regretted not marrying Ergouzi at the entrance of the village...
As for whether you are a concubine or not, it doesn’t matter. People are very realistic. Although they are not as good as a concubine, it is really nothing shameful to be a concubine.
Xin Wei asked again whether the third uncle was still there. The woman enthusiastically wanted to take everyone over in person, but she left the work she was still doing.