The pear rain fell like the rain in Jiangnan. It was endless. The rain curtain made of flowers solidified the world and isolated people from their ethereal memories. They could not escape or walk out.
The spring scenery was beautiful, and even the clouds dyed by the setting sun were covered in a bright and beautiful aura.
"Biao Younger Sister, are you in the attic?”Rong Ruo stood at the bottom of the building with her hands behind her back and called out softly.
A series of creaking sounds came from the stairs, and a light yellow dress floated into her eyes. It was a beautiful and lively meaning. Xiaoli held back her unspeakable smile and stood on the stairs, tilting her head and looking at Rong Ruo with pursed lips.
The afterglow of the setting sun polished her bright side profile into a pear tree, blooming and monopolizing the spring scenery.
Little Li and Rong Ruo had originally agreed to go out together today, but Rong Ruo was delayed because of her conversation with Ming Zhu, so she asked Ting Ming to send a letter and let her wait first.
When Rong Ruo rushed over, he saw Xiaoli hiding in the attic and did not come downstairs for a long time. At this time, she was only smiling at him. She smiled so happily, but she was always silent and her eyes were full of love.
Rong Ruo could not figure it out for a moment. She was anxious and quickly went forward to hold her pair of soft hands. She felt a delicate fragrance.
Xiaoli was stunned, her cheeks slightly flushed, and her face was bashful. He was a little fascinated by it, and just as he was about to express his longing, his cousin suddenly turned around and pretended to blame him." Don't say excuses, I actually missed the appointment for no reason!"”
Rong Ruo was anxious and quickly said," Since when did I miss the appointment? I have already delayed the time to send a small red letter to cousin."”
"There's no evidence!" Xiaoli pretended to be angry and gently shook off Rong Ruo's tightly clenched hand.
Seeing Biao Younger Sister angry, Rong Ruo's chest was filled with waves, but she immediately became flustered and anxious, her face turning red and helpless. She just stood there in a daze, looking like a fool.
Xiaoli couldn't help but burst into laughter. She then walked up to him coquettishly and reached out to scratch the tip of his nose. She smiled playfully and said," Cousin, you must be intoxicated by such a spring scene. Don't wait for the falling flowers to fall without pity."”
Finished talking, Rong Ruo's chest suddenly shook. Could this be her heart? Could it be that there was a saying,"If there is a flower to be broken, you must break it straight. Don't wait for no flower to break the branch in vain"?
Xiaoli saw his gentle eyes and realized that she had spoken too fast, and she blushed.
Who called the sunset down the stairs, holding a fragrant hand. He turned his head and stood in front of the steps with a smile on his face. He was always speechless and reluctant. There is no evidence for the letter, so stop talking about missing each other. He advised her to drink to the red window, and when the flowers fell, she could not catch up with him.
"Biao Younger Sister, let me bring you somewhere!”Rong Ruo came to her senses and held her hand without any explanation.
"Where to?" Xiaoli was shocked.
"We'll know when we get there." Rong Ruosui pulled her through the Pavilion of Green Water, around the Pavilion of Cold Fragrance, the Cottage of Flowers, and through the flowers and trees for a long time before stopping.
"It's here. Biao Younger Sister, have you thought of anything?”Rong Ruo looked at her expectantly.
"Here? I've never been here." Xiaoli answered without thinking.
Rong Ruo was disappointed.
Rong Ruo walked forward and pushed aside a thick pile of straw at the foot of the wall. At this time, a small hole appeared in the dilapidated wall. Xiaoli looked at Rong Ruo curiously, not understanding what he was doing. It was not until the entrance of the cave appeared that she stuck her head out and excitedly found that the entrance led to the outside world. She clapped her hands happily and said,"Cousin! It was like a magic trick! This hole could lead to the outside. That was great. In the future, he would not have to climb over the wall to sneak out and play!”
"Mm, yes. In the past, we had to sneak out to play, but we were afraid of being discovered and reprimanded by Ma and Mother, so we dug this hole together. It took us a long time. When we left the private school, we ran over to dig a hole. We dug for a whole month. Don't you remember these cousins?”Rong Ruo tried to awaken her memory again.
Xiaoli's heart skipped a beat. What he was talking about should be the trivial matters between him and his cousin when they were young. How could I know? Looking at his expression, he must have thought that her cousin had lost her memory. What should I do now? Should she continue to pretend that she had not recalled it, or…
"Biao Younger Sister, if you can't remember, then don't force yourself.”Rong Ruo gently stroked her forehead.
" Cousin..." Xiaoli wanted to say something but stopped. She really didn't want to see him worry about her.
"Biao Younger Sister, let's go, let's sneak out and play again.”Rong Ruo smiled, took her hand and went through the hole at the bottom of the wall. The cave entrance was a little narrow, and when he crawled in, he was covered in dust.
"Hahaha, cousin, you've become a big multicolored cat.”Rong Ruo went outside first and pulled Xiaoli out. As soon as Xiaoli came out of the cave, she saw Rong Ruo's dusty face, which was really funny.
"Cousin, come." Rong Ruo smiled, took out a handkerchief from her bosom, and carefully helped Xiao Li wipe her face.
Xiaoli felt her cheeks heat up and lowered her head.
A refreshing breeze blew past, making a rustling sound in her ears. Xiaoli looked around and found that there was a bamboo forest behind the Ming Mansion. She looked up and saw the slightly intoxicating sunlight passing through the cracks of the overlapping bamboo leaves. The spots of light scattered on the thick fallen leaves under her feet. They were like chess pieces, like a Zen machine that could not be seen through in the world.
Rong Ruo asked softly," Cousin, do you have any memories of this bamboo forest?”
"Hmm?" Xiaoli lowered her head and mumbled again.
" Haha…" Rong Ruo could not help but feel a little disappointed and sighed," Cousin, this bamboo forest carries too many precious memories of our childhood…"
Rong Ruo's deep eyes looked into the distance, as if she saw the scene of her childhood playing with her cousin here.
Xiaoli looked at his infatuated expression and felt pity in her heart, but she didn't know what to do. If I hadn't come to the Qing Dynasty and become his cousin, they would still be playing here like they were when they were young, right? 'I've become the murderer who cruelly destroyed their happiness. I'm sorry, Rong Ruo. I'm sorry, that Lachelle…'
"Biao Younger Sister, this bamboo forest hides our secret. Do you want to know?”Rong Ruo blinked her eyes mischievously, pretending to be mysterious. Xiaoli burst out laughing. Rong Ruo, oh Rong Ruo, history has always said that you were a melancholic genius. Who would have thought that you would have this side in front of your younger cousin sister? Naive and infatuated.
"Good cousin, quickly tell me what secret it is. I'm very curious.”Xiaoli had unknowingly blended into the story.
Rong Ruo scoffed and pointed to the hole that they had just come out from." From the left side of this hole in the wall, start counting the bamboos. When you count to the seventh tree, our secret is carved on it…"
Without waiting for Rong Ruo to finish, Xiaoli ran to the hole in the wall and started counting carefully. One, two, three…She jumped and ran happily in the forest, sometimes turning her head to smile at Rong Ruo, and sometimes circling around the bamboo. She was like a white rabbit in the forest, pure and agile.
"Seven!" Only then did Xiao Li stop in her tracks. She stood in front of a thick bamboo tree and raised her head to look around. She circled around it again and then looked around from bottom to top, but she did not find anything. Disappointment gradually crept onto her small face, and she turned to call Rong Ruo," Cousin! You lied to me! There's clearly nothing!"
Rong Ruo walked up to him and smiled without answering. Seeing his expression, Xiaoli pouted and said angrily," Cousin, are you bluffing me?”
Rong Ruo suddenly picked her up from behind, holding her waist and lifting her up high. However, due to her petite figure, Rong Ruo was as relaxed as holding a white rabbit.
Xiaoli was shocked and shouted," Put me down!”
Rong Ruo turned a deaf ear and laughed happily. Xiaoli didn't expect such a gentle and elegant young master to have such a strong grip. Perhaps it was because he was hugging her too tightly, her whole body was burning up, and her face was flushed red.
Rong Ruo saw that Xiaoli was suddenly silent, so she stopped and asked," Cousin, what's wrong? This was your favorite trick when you were young!”
" No, no, nothing…" Xiaoli stroked her burning cheeks and muttered.
Rong Ruo lifted her up and stopped in front of the seventh bamboo. She said excitedly," Cousin, quickly look for it. What's carved on the bamboo on the top?”
Xiaoli widened her eyes and began to seriously search through the bamboo joints one by one. Finally, she touched a concave mark on a long bamboo joint. She quickly asked Rong Ruo to raise it higher. Rong Ruo simply let her step on her shoulder, both hands tightly holding her ankle, staring up at her, her gentle eyes hugging her whole body, afraid that something would go wrong, full of love and a little uneasiness.
"Heh, it's a 'seven'!" Xiaoli suddenly shouted excitedly.
Rong Ruo saw that she was moving around uneasily and quickly put her down. As soon as Xiaoli's feet landed, she came up to her like a candy and shouted," Cousin, it's a 'seven'! It's a 'seven'!"
It was as if she had discovered a shocking secret.
Rong Ruo caressed her slightly messy hair and said softly," Actually, you were the one who carved this word. Hehe." When we were young, it was only as high as our shoulders. You could have reached it.”
"I carved it? However, what did the word 'seven' mean?”Xiaoli looked at him in confusion.
"Looks like you really can't remember." Rong Ruo reached out to stroke the bamboo and said with infinite emotion," When you were young, you came to the residence to stay temporarily and went to the private school with me. That day, when I was practicing calligraphy in the study, you suddenly ran in with a mysterious expression and said that you wanted to bring me to see a secret. So we went through the hole in the wall and came here. You asked me to start from the left side of the cave and count to the seventh bamboo. Just like you today, I counted seriously. When I counted to the seventh tree, I found the word 'seven' engraved on it. I was puzzled and asked you what was your intention. You shyly and excitedly told me that it meant 'wife'. At that time, I didn't recognize many words, and you could only use 'seven' as a homonym. When I heard it, I was happy. When I wanted to pull you, you turned around and ran away shyly…When I caught up with you, you said to me,'Mother said that as long as you become someone's wife, you can be with him every day, and no one can separate them. Cousin, I don't want to be separated from you either. I want to be your wife too. Let's play together every day, okay?'I immediately agreed and played the role of bride and groom with you. You covered your head with a handkerchief as a veil, while I took off my sweat towel and tied a knot to make a wedding band. You pull one end, I pull the other, and we get into the hole in the wall. That's considered crossing the door…You even said that on the day of crossing the door, you have to wear the most beautiful red dress. I remember all of this, word for word.”
Rong Ruo said this emotionally, her eyes were watery, and she was immersed in the memories of the past. She did not speak for a long time.
As Xiaoli listened, she couldn't help but shed tears. She stood there and looked at Rong Ruo, who was looking up at the sky with her hands behind her back. Her heart ached. Such a peerless young master in the history of literature who led the Qing Dynasty's Ci world with sorrow and sorrow. The tone of his historical commentary was just for a childhood memory...
That Lexie 'er was Rong Ruo's younger cousin sister, and wasn't she that woman now? At this moment, she really wanted to be that person in the depths of Rong Ruo's memories. She wanted to comfort him, comfort this soul that had been lonely in the history books for 300 years...
Xiaoli couldn't help but silently step forward and gently hug Rong Ruo's waist from behind. Her side profile was pressed against his back, and she only felt the warmth…
" Cousin, I am your Xie 'er…" Xiaoli muttered.
With her embrace, Rong Ruo's eyes could no longer hold back the tears that were about to fall. He tightly held his cousin's soft hands in front of his waist. He only wanted to turn white in an instant at this moment and live his life.
"Perhaps it's an unsettled debt from my previous life. I'm willing to buy you off in this life and pay you back.”Rong Ruo sighed deeply.
"Give me a crime of love that doesn't last long. I won't exchange it for a long life. I only wish that I could spend that moment in your melancholic eyes.”Xie 'er replied softly.
The flower hairpin hanging down, facing the well secretly changed the old time. Green plum is still small, under the eaves a total of several stars in the Milky Way chaos. Threaded childhood, falling on the swing, one end was far away, the other was invisible. Xu Yishi's hair turned white, but he only needed the time to make a cup of tea…
Rong Ruo and her cousin walked through the bamboo forest and soon arrived at the Houhai of Shichahai. They saw a vast expanse of white reeds, the water was quite wide, the trees were mixed, and the slopes were winding. Obviously, it was deserted and secluded. The reeds had already passed the heads of the people. As they passed through, the breeze blew past, and the reeds rolled like white waves. It was a beautiful sight.
" Could this clear water be waiting for someone?" Xie 'er sighed." Otherwise, how could it turn my black hair into this gray hair…"
"Maybe. Maybe the boy who hung the lantern in her previous life left all his worries to her.”Rong Ruo recalled the past and sighed with emotion.
"The boy must have forgotten. He didn't come back for her, and she's still waiting bitterly. After waiting for her past life, would she continue to wait? Did she regret it?" Xie 'er was affected by Rong Ruo's story and asked as if it was true.
"She definitely won't regret it. You see, she gave the boy's hometown to Gan Ze, the people to Che River, and the mountains and rivers to the abundant.”Rong Ruo paused for a moment and stared at Xie 'er." The boy must be able to feel her intentions, right?”
"That's true…It's just that this kind of unknown love is too great. Cousin, Xie 'er is stingy. Xie' er doesn't want to be separated. She wants to stay with cousin day and night.”Xie 'er looked at Rong Ruo seriously.
"Silly Xie 'er, aren't we together right now? How could we separate?”How could Rong Ruo agree to stay with her day and night? She was about to enter the palace, and as a subject, how could I afford to make such a promise?
"The reeds are green, the white dew is frost. The so-called cousin is on the other side of the water, hehe.”However, Xie 'er was still a little pear, mischievously adapting the words of the Book of Songs.
" The so-called beauty is on the other side of the water..." Rong Ruo's current mood was not as sweet as her cousin. He had too much pressure and responsibility. He was a subject, loyal to the monarch and patriotic. He was a son, filial to his parents. His love seemed too humble in front of the first two. He loved her but could not make a promise. He wanted to send the person he loved into the depths of the palace. Perhaps she would become the Emperor's woman, or perhaps they would never see each other again…The person in front of him had finally recovered her memories and recalled the promise she had made privately, but he could not bravely give her a firm oath…Rong Ruo, oh Rong Ruo, what did you do? If you knew this, it would be better to let me suffer alone. I would rather she never know.'I don't want to live in pure and happy life forever. I don't want to live in pain…'
It must be the punishment of the heavens. This poem in the Book of Songs is about a man who doesn't conform to etiquette and music to pursue the woman he loves but can't get her. Isn't I, Rong Ruo, this man? How can I be happy if I don't conform to the rules? How could he give her happiness?
"Whoever breaks Jian Jia will become the flawless one in your life.”At some point, Xie 'er had broken a reeds in her hand. Her eyes were bright as she gave it to Rong Ruo." Cousin, this is for you."”
If you are deeply in love, I am afraid you will lose me one day. He hugged her and kissed her gently on the forehead affectionately. She was caught off guard and was shocked at first. Then, she broke free and ran deep into the reeds. She saw her white dress blending with the vast reeds, swaying in the wind in Rong Ruo's eyes. She was as beautiful as an ink painting, innocent and light.
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