ladybug

Chapter 33

Title: Stone in the Water

Summary: One day, I will return you ten thousand lamps

When I woke up, it was light, I put on my coat to wash the medicine jars, took four food jars from the kitchen of Qi Jin’s house, and went to a nearby foot shop to buy steamed stuffed buns for morning snacks.The person in charge of the spoon twisted the mixed meat and boiled the salted black bean soup between the soup pots lined up: "Four servings are eighty cents." I asked, "How much is the larger pot of salty black bean soup?"

The spoon said, "It counts as 150 Wen for you."

I took out copper coins and paid: "Salt and black bean soup is divided into four cans." I brought Qi Jin home, he was vigorously washing his face in the courtyard, and his face was red from rubbing himself.I put down two servings in the kitchen before calling him: "Qi Jin, I put it in the kitchen for you earlier." He vaguely agreed: "Wash and eat."

I took the remaining two copies back to Shen Lian's bedroom. When he entered, he was wearing a dark red fur coat and half leaning against the head of the bed.The masculine and handsome face between a teenager and a young man, with slender phoenix eyes and raised tails, looks quite sharp and aggressive.The early summer morning light sprinkled a few strands on his snow-white face, and there was a certain majesty of the gods.The mottled shadows of willows cast on the ground, filled with warmth, I handed over the food jar: "Eat breakfast."

He took it, and I touched his forehead with my free hand, it wasn't hot.I sat on the chair and ate while pondering, yesterday he caught me and Wei Yan having a good time, I don't know if it has something to do with his vomiting blood.

After eating two bags, I usually said: "Would you like to hear a story?"

He raised his phoenix eyes and said, "Li Ping, tell me." So accompanied by the warm sunshine, the audience with unknown attitudes, and the mottled shadows of trees in the room, I told a story about sheep, stones and cats.

"A long time ago, there was a very ordinary sheep with a snow-white coat and a medium size. When other sheep mentioned it, they said: 'Oh, that guy has a good temper.' He had grass to eat, a companion, and was very content with his life. But it is very lonely. So it goes back and forth in the forest every day, originally hoping to marry the sheep next door. But one day it accidentally stepped on a black stone, hard and cold, and full of scars. But it I just like stone. One day, stone gave him a kitten. At that time, the kitten was very small, with big and round eyes, and its small claws were not sharp, so it could only dig the ground with meat pads. After five years of acquaintance, the sheep found The kitten is becoming more and more intelligent and fearless. Maybe the stone was sent to a tiger. But the sheep still like the kitten as if it were their own, and hope that it will be safe, healthy and have a bright future. And the sheep has a simple Worrying that it falls in love with the stone, it is definitely not bullying like a cat, but it doesn't know how to say it."

"Your symbolic story is quite clumsy." Shen Lian smiled after drinking the salt and soy soup, "Li Ping, your temper is not as good as it looks; the evil star Wei Yan is not as harmless as a stone, and I am not a cat."

It turned out that he didn't need enlightenment.I was thinking about him vomiting blood, and he said: "I can accept that you have a habit of cutting off your sleeves. I vomit blood and get sick not because you are in love with a man. You don't have to worry about it."

I breathed a sigh of relief and said to my eldest son, "That's good."

Shen Lian suddenly smiled, "You secretly called me the eldest son again in your heart."

I was startled, but admitted: "How do you know?"

"Oh, it really is screaming. I wasn't sure at first, but now I'm sure." Shen Lian said, "I just came here for the Lantern Festival, you thought I screamed once in my sleep, and I still scream like this."

I said, "You were awake then?"

"Well," he said, "stop calling me eldest in your mind."

He was so thoughtful that I was a little scared.Just a little bit.I took the blessing lamp on the chair and the torch for lighting it and said, "I'll go to the riverside and put a blessing lamp for you to take away the sickness."

"Okay, I'll watch it in my room." He smiled and handed me the food jar, "Also, in your boring story, do the sheep only have stones in their hearts?"

I took it and answered calmly: "Yes, he is the only one."

He pressed his hands into the quilt and whispered, "I see."

I went around to the Caoshi River to light a blessing lamp, and the white paper was dyed orange-red by the fire, rising slowly in the morning breeze.I turned my head to look into the window, and suddenly there was a crisp sound from Geda when Shen Lian made the bed.He stood in front of the window in an instant, and the wooden bed behind him was turned into powder, and the cotton wadding was flying.But he was looking up at the lamp, met my gaze and just smiled and said: "One day, I will return you ten thousand lamps."

"Then I'll wait." I reminded him, "Your bed is cracked."

He said: "That bed has been used for too long, and I will ask the master to change it later."

I took out a tael of silver and said to him: "Change to a sturdy one, and there are beddings." He still didn't thank him.

And I yelled at Qi Jin's house: "Brother Qi, I'm leaving."

He replied inside: "Oh. I'll buy this salt and black bean soup later, it's delicious." I took a shortcut by the river and went back to Hemu Medical Center.

The incident was over, and life went on as usual.

Except that I no longer secretly call Shen Lian's eldest son in my heart.

On the way back, there was a curl of smoke from the kitchen, which added a warm earthly atmosphere to the miserable wind and rain mourning Mu Zong.Hemu Medical Hall was also filled with cooking smoke. I opened the door of the front shop, ran across the yard, and went straight to the kitchen.The orange firelight from the stove is dimly projecting onto the wall.

Wei Yan was wearing the new clothes and shoes that I left in the hospital yesterday, and was concentrating on the hot water pot in a daze.I walked up to him and asked, "What are you worrying about?"

He pointed to another pot on the stove and said, "The pot is worn out."

He burned a big hole in the pot on the stove, I suppressed a smile and said, "There are other pots, it's all right. I'll cook the mutton later, please sit down."

He sat obediently at the table. "Shen Lian is sick, I took care of him overnight, so I didn't spend your birthday with you yesterday, I'm sorry." I took off his headband.

He said, "It doesn't matter."

I used my right hand as a comb, and slid down his still solid black hair from behind: "Besides clothes and shoes, I saw that you stared at ladybugs for a long time yesterday, so I will give you a ladybug scarf as a birthday present." With my left hand, I took out the red agate black jade ladybug scarf that had been in my arms all night, and hung it in front of his eyes.He grasped it firmly, rubbed it back and forth in his palm, and then lifted it up to put his hair and said, "I want to tie it up." I passed the hair band through both sides of the ladybug towel ring, tied his hair and tied it.The sound of water gurgling on the stove didn't stop.

Wei Yan is clearly the stone in the water. The water around him may be turbulent or dark, but he remains motionless.

But nothing is fixed, even the most stubborn rock will be pierced by water one day, and finally merge into these currents and return to his destiny.

After Mu Zong's mourning period expired, Sihu joined the army and Lin Lin and Yan Butou came over in the evening to eat my newly learned goose gizzard palm soup.During the dinner, Lin Lin picked up a piece of southern fried eel and said, "Li Ping, you are not married at the age of 27. I should have taxed you. Sang Lan, who lived next door to you, had a son who was five years old. I can run on the street."

I touched the dice on my neck and begged for mercy: "You all know that I can't get married."

Yan Butou chimed in: "Lin Lin, how many people in this world can afford your taxes? Don't scare Li Ping."

"Forget it, forget it." Lin Lin chewed the eel section and showed mercy, "Even in this world, Mu Zong earlier, that is, in early spring, didn't he celebrate the birthday of Empress Wei? None of our servants are taxed. , I don’t know where the silver came from.”

Sparks lit up in the eyes of Wei Yan who was planing rice.I knew he only noticed that I wasn't married anymore, so I whispered to him, "You're finally happier and not so distressed."

Lin Lin and Yan Butou called at the same time.Lin Lin, who had moved his household registration, said, "Li Ping, Wei Yan has no expression?" Yan Butou said, "How did you know that?"

I've been with him long enough.I turned to ask the three people who were grabbing goose palms one after another: "How about the goose gizzard soup?"

Wei Yan said: "Okay." Yan Butou said: "Your craftsmanship never disappoints." Lin Lin said: "I will come here a few more times."

I laughed and said, "Goose palm is warm and clearing away heat, so it's better to eat more."

After he returned after two meals, I asked Wei Yan: "Are you still troubled by the fact that the Tianyi Xinfa is stuck on the eighth floor?"

He said, "Yes."

I said: "I can always figure it out, take your time."

The days flow by.I run the Hemu Medical Clinic in Caoshi Town, Chang'an City.I have a lover Wei Yan.He is currently distressed because he is stuck on the eighth floor of Tianyi Xinfa.He has a colorful friend Tan Qing.I have an adopted son, Shen Lian, who is never called my father. He learns everything and works hard. Everyone praises him for his success.His master Qi Jin is number one in the world.I cured Mr. Wei's asthma and watched him win the God of Wealth along the way.Patients, neighbors, Sihu, who was in charge of me, joined the army, and Yan Butou were all easy to talk to.Generally speaking, time is muddled and happy.

There are many ladybugs in summer.In fact, the world is built on the back of a gigantic ladybug.And there are stars on its back, and every time it flaps its wings, these stars will cross the edge of reality and reach my world.Sparks are born where reality is brushed, and miracles are born in the fire.

Or change a rock.

I squatted on the threshold of the first year of Yongxi, sometimes joking with Yan Butou and helping each other.He once passed by and lamented the hard work: "Human relationships are always endless." I smiled and replied in the medical clinic: "Exactly."

And outside of my world, giant ladybugs make everything go round.On June 15, the year of Yongxi, someone appeared at the door of my clinic.At that moment, I thought, I was caught by Yan Butou, and it was time to repay the favor I owed at the age of [-].