Chapter 9: Goodbye Like Snow

Hearing Master's words, I sighed, I am not a fool, and what they said was obvious, almost explicit. (You can find this site)

When I faced Ruyue myself, I just didn't want to think about this kind of problem, I cherish my relationship with Ruyue, and some things are just because the more I cherish it, the more I am afraid that it will 'deteriorate', and the more I want to escape.

Pulling Hui Gen'er and walking all the way up the mountain, Hui Gen'er jumped while walking, unable to be idle for a moment, and shouted in his mouth: "Brother Cheng Yi is Brother E, Sister Ruyue is Sister E, as soon as Master E received the amount as an apprentice, he said to E, there is a brother, and there is also a sister." I didn't see you at that time, so I was wondering what my brother and sister were like. ”

I don't know how many times I've heard Hui Gen'er talk about this passage, which is why Hui Gen'er has been so attached to me and Ruxue since she was a child, but today it sounds different, I can't help asking: "Hui Gen'er, you are particularly reluctant to lose Sister Ruyue, right?" ”

"Well, I don't want to live without my brother." Hui Gen'er blinked her eyes wide and said to me seriously.

"Well, my brother too, you are my younger brother, Ruyue is my younger sister, I think you will be my younger brother and sister for the rest of your life. So, I don't know anything, and I don't want to ask anything, Ruyue is my sister, a sister for life. "I also said to Hui Gen'er seriously.

"What do you mean?" Hui Gen'er looked at me inexplicably, of course he didn't understand.

Thinking about this, my mood was also a little brighter, touched Hui Gen'er's round head, smiled, and said, "That's what it means." ”

Hui Gen'er pouted, removed my hand very dissatisfied, and said in a long voice: "I don't care about you, you are all neurotic when you speak." ”

Hui Gen'er's words made Brother Chengxin next to him laugh, and even Erin, a fierce girl, laughed too, Brother Chengxin held me very gently and said: "This way is good, sometimes pretending to be confused is much less harmful than saying it bluntly." It's like a wound, resting, it will always heal, and if you play with it, it will bleed. There is no need to worry about scabbing and leaving traces, because the scabbed place is the hardest skin. ”

Brother Chengxin is like this, his demeanor is gentle as a spring breeze, holding ah, pulling, it is his usual action, I accept it calmly, I feel that after so many years, the friendship between the same family has revived in our generation.

"Everyone in the world is good, how can I forget the words" Master inexplicably roared out loud a tune that was out of tune, Uncle Hui glanced at Master with contempt, snorted, and muttered beside him: "What are you singing!" Eh is the real golden voice, and (we) who doesn't know the girl in that ravine? ”

The master stopped singing, and glanced at Uncle Hui with the same contempt, and said, "The girls in your ravine are all 7 or 80-year-old old women, and they can't hear in their ears, otherwise how can they say that you have a golden voice?" Your donkey hummed and sang, and a herd of she-donkeys gathered around her. ”

"Fuck your fart." Uncle Hui scolded, and then began to roar a song of Xintianyou.

This is a **naked heads-up, my master is willing to admit defeat, and he also roared a Sichuan folk song.

Then a group of us climbed to the top of the mountain under the repeated 'bombardment' of Master and Uncle Hui.

Master, they said that they had important matters to discuss, and went directly to the ancestral hall-like building, where the big witches in the village were usually there, but when I arrived here, I was a little apprehensive in my heart, and I didn't know whether to follow Master and them, or go to find Ruxue.

But it was Master who came up to me and said to me, "Go ahead, no matter what the outcome is, you always have to face it." Again, Master will not interfere with any of your decisions, and you should not be pressured. ”

I took a deep breath and said to Master very seriously, "Master, you don't need to say it, my choice has already been decided, and in the same way, I will respect Ruxue's choice. I"

Hearing me say this, a trace of gloom and nervousness flashed in Master's eyes, and he waved his hand to me and said, "Don't tell me your decision now, no matter what it is, it is an uncomfortable decision, I have not opened the wound of my own apprentice, just like I am not used to thinking about my own sad things. ”

After speaking, Master sighed, turned around and left, looking at Master's back, I thought, Master must have loved Grandma Ling Qing very much back then.

But whether it's me or him, we are all Lao Li's apprentices, apprentices, and grandchildren, and we are all the same.

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It was still the same building on stilts, I stood downstairs, looking at the window upstairs, but I didn't have the courage to go up, I lit a cigarette, leaned on the staircase, and I felt that I needed a little more peace to face it.

When I was halfway through the cigarette, I saw Ruyue holding Grandma Ling Qing down, Ruyue's eyes were still a little red, but her expression had become a little more natural, she didn't speak, but Grandma Ling Qing asked me very calmly: "Your master is in the ancestral hall?" ”

"Well, just went." I don't know why, but in the face of Grandma Ling Qing, I was a little nervous.

"Hmm." Grandma Ling Qing nodded, and then asked me again, "Why don't you go up?" ”

"I'll go up after I smoke later."

"Anyway, say it well. When a fate has a beginning, there should also be an end, no matter what kind of end, it is its own fruit, and the process is also its own process. There are some things that need not be regretted. After speaking, Grandma Ling Qing took Ruyue and left.

But I always feel that Ling Qing***'s words have another meaning, is the same for the story of her and my master back then?

Ruyue wanted to say something to me, but she didn't say anything after all, just whispered: "Third brother, come on." ”

I made a reassuring gesture to Ruyue, then smiled gently at her, snuffed out the cigarette butt, and turned to go upstairs.

The midsummer dusk leaves beautiful lights and shadows outside the window, and the slight wind, with the unique atmosphere of summer, fills the whole room.

It's still the same room, it's still the curtain, the wind blows slightly, I'm standing outside the door, and the snow is inside the door.

Taking a deep breath and opening the curtain, I saw the familiar figure, only a little thinner, she was still leaning against the window, her long hair was still scattered on her shoulders, and she was using a small wooden comb to gently comb her long hair.

I don't want to speak, and I can't bear to speak, for fear of destroying the tranquility of this moment, and for fear that I will forget such a picture in my future life, it is so beautiful, I want to see it for a while.

After a few seconds, as if carved into my soul, I stepped forward and walked slowly.

Ruxue didn't look back, and I didn't want to call her, just walked behind her, stood quietly, and then naturally took the wooden comb in her hand and helped her comb her long hair.

Ruxue's body trembled slightly, but she still didn't refuse, and after half a sound, she said, "You're here?" ”

I combed her long hair carefully and replied very calmly, "Well, I'm here." ”

The room was quiet, only the sound of 'rustling' combing was left, Ruxue still didn't look back, and I whispered: "In ancient times, men always expressed their feelings for their beloved wives like this, combing her hair, drawing her eyebrows, watching her put yellow flowers on the mirror, and then watching her dye red makeup in the mirror. I'd love to do that to you for many mornings to come, you know. ”

Ruxue also said softly: "I know. After a pause, she said: "Not only do I know this, but I also know a lot of things, I know that when you first saw my sister, you combed your very stupid hair, you knew that you were tricked by my sister, I knew that you were afraid of flowers flying, and I knew a lot of everything about you." ”

"What Ruyue told you?" I asked, burying my head in combing Ruxue's hair.

"Yes, it was all Ruyue who told me, and she likes to tell me everything about you and her. At that time, I was very envious of her, she could go outside, she could take risks, and she could have friends who got along with her naturally, regardless of her identity. When she grows up, she can have a third brother who is a little stupid and impulsive, but absolutely reliable and will not leave others behind. Before that, I had imagined what you would look like many times, but I didn't. Ruxue said to me.

This is the first time Ruxue has said this to me, I don't know at all, it turns out that before I met Ruxue, she was so familiar with me, and I didn't know anything about her, because of coincidence, every time I said her name, I was interrupted.

After meeting her, I realized that she was the beautiful woman in their mouths, with a good singing voice, a pair of skillful cooking hands, and the goddess in the mouth of Brother Chengxin.

She is also the Gu girl of Yueyan Miao Village.