The dream continues.
As she remembered, her father did not keep his promise and still did not come back even the next night.
But Bai Xi (Mu Yunxi's mother) is a weak woman and still dare not go out alone to look for her at night, not to mention that she still needs to take care of Yun Xi.
Moreover, I heard that the security in the town has not been very good recently.
At noon on the third day, she finally couldn't sit still anymore and temporarily left Yunxi in the house of a trusted neighbor while she went out to look for her husband.
However, what surprised her was that her husband had actually come back a long time ago, but for some unknown reason, he never came in.
She found him under a peach blossom tree not far from her door.
She still remembered that peach blossom tree, which they had planted together.
It means that their long-lasting love has been cultivated well.
It was obvious that Mu Yuan (Mu Yunxi's father) had completely changed his appearance after not seeing him for less than two days.
The high-spirited and high-spirited people we once had are no longer seen, and what is left is just shabby and desolate.
Half leaning on the tree trunk, the clothes he had packed with his own hands before going out and sewn them with fine fabrics turned out to be a bit tattered and stained with dust, and seemed to have a lot of other people's footprints on them.
You must know that he treasures that piece of clothing. Except for socializing with big shots, he would never wear it on weekdays, but now he looks like this.
Still holding the half-drunk bottle of wine in his hand, he also noticed Bai Xi at this time, but still had no intention of speaking.
I just kept pouring wine into my mouth...
Seeing his lost look, Bai Xi felt a little strange, even scared:
"Dad, what's wrong with you? Why don't you go inside?"
After hearing her speak, Mu Yuan finally turned around and looked at her, the corners of his mouth seemed to be twitching slightly.
But after a while, still not a word came out.
Bai Xi didn't know what happened, so she could only pat him on the back and comfort him:
"Don't be in a hurry, let's go home first and talk slowly when we get home, okay? Xiaoyun has been worried about you too!"
These words seemed to break through his last inner defense. Mu Yuan could no longer hold back the tears in his eyes. The dignified seven-foot-tall man actually burst into tears:
"I don't deserve to go back! Xi'er, I don't deserve it!
I messed everything up! I lost all my official position and all our savings! "
In front of the one he loved, he finally released everything.
That night, he originally just drank with the adult and his men, but he took advantage of the wine to play gambling with them.
I had won a lot at first, but after a while I vomited it all back, and even paid a lot out of my own pocket.
Like all lucky gamblers, he thought it was just a temporary bad luck and continued gambling!
The result is that I stepped into the abyss, lost everything, and was thrown out...
After he finished speaking, he no longer dared to look at his wife and almost knelt on the ground.
However, there was no scolding from her. Bai Xi still comforted him in the same gentle tone as before:
"Okay, okay, it's no big deal. As long as you can come back safely and don't do that kind of thing again, there is still a chance for everything.
No big deal, we'll start all over again. After all, we had nothing from the beginning! "
Mu Yuan was once just a poor scholar, and she was a rich lady. Naturally, her family did not agree with Bai Xi's relationship with him.
But she decided to elope with him without hesitation.
Along with him, I started from scratch until now.
This is also the reason why she can say these words.
After hearing these words, Mu Yuan seemed to have regained his courage, his eyes were burning, and he kept murmuring:
"Start over again! Yes! Just start over again, I haven't lost yet!"
Seeing that his ambition was back, Bai Xi was naturally very happy and took his arm and walked home:
"Come, come home with me. You must be starving. There's even hot food for you at home..."
But Mu Yuan still whispered secretly:
"I didn't lose, I didn't lose..."
At that time, Bai Xi did not fully understand the meaning of this sentence.
And all of this was captured in Mu Yunxi's eyes.
She now seems to have separated from her childhood body and is watching everything from a third-person perspective.
She knew in her heart that this was the inner demon at work, trying to make her understand everything more clearly, so as to disturb her mood and take advantage of it...
The dream progresses faster, and the time for questioning the mind is limited, usually only about half an hour.
What follows are several important nodes.
It's another bright morning. Today is the fifteenth anniversary of Bai Xi and Mu Yuan's marriage.
Bai Xi got up early and wanted to dress herself up.
But he sat down on the dressing table and opened the wooden cabinet that was supposed to contain his trousseau.
But they only found a wooden hairpin, which was a token of love given to Mu Yuan when she was at her most destitute.
Looking at Mu Yuan who came back very late last night, he was still snoring non-stop.
She was so angry that she grabbed his ears and woke him up:
"Mu Yuan! Did you go gambling again?!"
Mu Yuan was still a little confused at this time and said with a guilty conscience:
"No...no, didn't I say that? I went to work yesterday..."
But looking at the empty wooden cabinet, he also knew that the matter was exposed, so he didn't say any more, but he still defended himself without giving up:
"Didn't I keep that wooden hairpin? I remember that it was our most precious memory..."
In fact, it's just that the thing is not valuable at all.
However, with his sharp tongue, Bai Xi slowly calmed down again:
"Then you promise me you won't go there again! I just want to live a good life with you."
"Okay, okay, I won't go, I won't go..."
In fact, I don’t know how many times this is his guarantee.
Bai Xi was also a little helpless. She actually thought about leaving with Zijin.
However, she had eloped in the first place, so where could she run away to?
Although some of the prosperous days in the past will never come back, at least he has not done anything yet and his family can barely keep food and clothing.
It's a pity that Bai Xi didn't understand that blindly tolerating will not bring the prodigal son back...
The picture changes again:
Bai Xi had already taken Yun Xi to live in a somewhat shabby thatched house.
At this moment, they can't even talk about being a mere family member.
The time between Mu Yuan's return became longer and longer, and Bai Xi had already given up persuading him.
Now, she only thinks about taking good care of Yun Xi and working hard to support her in school.
For this reason, she spends her whole day doing work for others. In fact, she is just a maid.
Those once beautiful and graceful hands were already covered with thick calluses.
