Today's morning is a rare good weather, at least it is not as gloomy as the first half of the month. The culprit rain finally stopped, and when the first ray of rising sun fell on the sky, it seemed that the clouds and mist were parting to see the blue sky, finally bringing hope to the suffering Hemen City.
Perhaps it was because of the clear weather after the rain that Shen Hanguang was in a good mood this morning. She smiled and chatted with Xu Huaigu: "It has been raining for half a month, and it should have stopped. God bless you." Xu Huaigu also replied: "Yes, it has finally stopped. No matter how angry God is, there will always be someone." The end." Shen Hanguang shook his head, but said: "This is not whether God is angry or not, this is the credit of our court."
"How do you say this?" Shen Hanguang pretended to be mysterious and said: "You don't understand this. I ask you, do you believe there is a water god in this world?" Xu Huaigu naturally knew, but in front of Shen Hanguang he didn't It was convenient to speak directly, so he had to say in a skeptical tone: "I heard it from the older generation before, and there are water temples everywhere in the world. But whether there is really one, I have never seen it, so it's hard to say."
"I tell you, it is true." Shen Hanguang put his right hand in the sleeve of his left hand and said seriously,
"This matter is no longer a secret. Many people in the court know about it, but they just hide it from the common people."
"Actually, our Damang Kingdom has signed a contract with the Water God. We built a water temple, and people worshiped it, and there was incense in the temple. Correspondingly, the Water God also has to take the responsibility of protecting the peace of the land and water. Like this year This kind of weather was obviously caused by the dissatisfaction of the water god, so the imperial court sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to negotiate, and they must have used some conditions to appease her. But what the specific conditions were, my family member is no longer an official, so I don’t know the details. Just. I know that officials from the Ministry of Rites paid a night visit to the Water God last night, and the rain stopped this morning. It must be their contribution." Xu Huaigu pretended to be surprised and said: "It turns out that there is such a thing in the world. I have never heard of it before. What an insight! Shen Hanguang looked at him kindly and smiled and said: "There are still many things you don't know. Young people should go out and gain experience. But remember, if you are going to be adventurous, you must have something in your heart." Home, don't do anything stupid, safety first." Xu Huaigu met Shen Hanguang's gaze, and he always felt that there seemed to be a tenderness in her eyes that should not be shown to him.
The look in his eyes was indescribable, as if he was seeing a familiar person. Moreover, Xu Huaigu also felt that Shen Hanguang's attitude towards him was inexplicably too good.
Shen Hanguang was attentive and noticed a little bit of what Xu Huaigu was thinking, so she turned her eyes away, opened the curtain of the carriage, and looked out the window at the street.
"Speaking of which, if that incident hadn't happened, my child would have been as old as yours." Shen Hanguang let the sunlight shine in from the window and fell on her clothes, but her eyes were looking at Xu Huaigu's waist. The sword between
"He has been fond of wielding swords and guns since he was a child. He always has a sword hanging on his waist like you."
"My child loves to learn martial arts and is determined to be a general. Chen Congming himself is a civil servant, so he wants his son to be a civil servant in the future. Both father and son are carved from the same mold. They are both stubborn and quarrelsome. He He ran away and went to the border to serve as a soldier, saying that even if Chen Congming didn't help him, he would still make contributions and become a general." Shen Hanguang stopped here. She lowered the curtain and looked back. not talking anymore.
Xu Huaigu didn't ask further questions. He could already guess what happened next. It was inappropriate to question her again in this situation.
She spoke slowly again and said: "It has been several years since the incident, and I have gradually looked away from it and got used to the days when there were only two of us. It's just that your eyebrows and eyes are really similar to my child. See I can't help but think of him after leaving you. Even if you pity me as a poor mother, don't be too offended." Xu Huaigu's lips parted slightly, feeling a little sad.
He looked at Shen Hanguang seriously, shook his head and said, "What's the matter?" Shen Hanguang still looked at him gently, and Xu Huaigu suddenly felt panicked for no reason.
He thought of his parents who were far away in East Fuyao Island. They had been away from home for eleven years. Shouldn't they have forgotten him?
Maybe there is already a younger brother or sister in the family. Send a letter? Xu Huaigu never sent a letter home.
A few years before I started wandering around the world, I was obsessed with flowers and didn't think about my family at all. As we walk further back, I will sometimes think of it, but feel very guilty that I have not sent a letter home for several years. It seems that I have lost the qualification to send a letter home.
I never received a letter from home. It is true that he is wandering around. His parents are just two ordinary people. Where can they find traces of him?
Now it seems that the only thing he can do for his family is to
What Yu Qin told Yu Qin in the "suicide note" was to take his parents away from Dongfuyao Island where war was about to break out. carriage
There was a "bang" sound and it stopped. Shen Hanguang patted Xu Huaigu who was in a daze and said, "The place is here, get off the car." Xu Huaigu gathered his thoughts and got up and got off the car.
The bright sunshine was shining warmly on my body. Like many, many years ago, when I was playing in the river and got covered in mud, my mother grabbed him by the collar at the back of his neck and scolded him angrily while wiping the mud off his clothes with a handkerchief. The warmth of her palms was like this .
He knew that his mother was not angry. He glanced around. Perhaps because of the good weather, a large number of people had gathered in the square where the soup was being given.
They also felt happy because of the sunshine, and the barriers between people seemed to be melted by the sunshine. They did not avoid each other as before, and some people gathered together in twos and threes to chat.
"It's a nice day today, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it would be better if you could have a bowl of hot porridge. By the way, where is your original home?"
"Chenjiagou, the one south of Huangpizi Mountain. Where are you?"
"Huangpizi Mountain? Isn't that also near my home! I used to live in Niujia Village, only four miles away from yours."
"That's a coincidence! When the water recedes, we can go home together."
"Yes, let's go home together when the flood recedes! When the rain stops, the water will recede, it will." Small conversations continued to reach Xu Huaigu's ears.
When they saw Chen's carriage, they all quickly gathered together, lined up in a long line, and waited quietly.
Shen Hanguang asked his servant to bring down the porridge. He opened the lid and a burst of hot steam came out. Everything was in order. Everyone in line took a bowl in his hand, took a bowl of porridge, said thank you, and then went to the side to eat.
Before long, nearly a hundred people in the bustling crowd had eaten. Shen Hanguang watched from the sidelines. The routine of serving breakfast porridge was something she had done every day in recent days.
"Did you see the girl in the light blue shorts over there?" Shen Hanguang pointed out a person to Xu Huaigu,
"The woman you saw at the drug store yesterday is her mother. She is that woman's daughter." Xu Huaigu looked in the direction she pointed, and there was indeed a girl wearing blue clothes.
Probably because the clothes had been washed too many times, the faint blue color mixed with the original gray of the linen and turned into a light blue.
"If you want to know more about that woman, you might as well ask her. She will come back later." Xu Huaigu nodded and continued to look at the girl.
She finished the bowl of porridge she had received before, looked at the carriage from a distance, and paused for a long time, as if she couldn't help but ask for another bowl.
But there was a responsibility more important than hunger that outweighed her own face, so she walked slowly this way.
As she got closer, the edges of her features gradually became clearer. This is a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old. Her skin is dark yellow and her face and body are thin. She wears a light blue short jacket as her upper body and a wide and obviously ill-fitting long skirt on her lower body. It seems that the original purpose was not tailor-made for her.
Perhaps she was still a little thin-skinned, and she was a little timid. She walked up to the person scooping the porridge, carefully holding the bowl with both hands and extending it to him.
The person scooping the porridge also recognized her and gave her an extra bowl. Of course, Shen Hanguang had asked her in advance.
She thanked her softly and was about to go back, but Shen Hanguang stopped her and said, "Girl, wait a minute." The girl was a little afraid of strangers. When she turned around and saw Shen Hanguang calling her, she panicked. God, he didn't dare to look directly at her, so he turned around and couldn't move forward.
Shen Hanguang stretched out his hand towards her as an invitation, and said in a nice voice: "Come and sit down, let's chat." She was stunned for a long time before she realized what she was saying, and said abruptly in a tone that sounded like she was answering an order. : "Yes." Shen Hanguang took a small bench from the carriage, let the girl sit on it, and asked casually: "Does the porridge taste good?"
"Well...it tastes good. It tastes good." She fidgeted like a chicken invited into the house by a weasel, and suddenly she explained,
"Madam, I didn't mean to drink the second bowl of porridge. I just wanted to take the porridge back to my mother. Well, she...it's not convenient for her to get the porridge by herself." But she seemed not satisfied with this explanation. , feeling that her statement was untenable, as if the person in front of her would not trust her.
Then her ears and face turned red, and she just wished that there was no crack in the ground for her to get through. Shen Hanguang took her hand and said softly: "Don't be afraid, I know you want to take the porridge back to your mother, and I believe you. We just have a chat, okay?" The girl heard this. , finally felt a little better and nodded slightly.
"What's your name? Where did your family live before?"
"My name is Su Mulan. My family used to live in Sujiakou, Hulu Town. The Luhua River rose a few days ago and the entire Hulu Town was flooded. My mother and I had no choice but to escape to Hemen."
"Is your father still there?"
"Dad...Dad is no longer here. On the way to escape, he fell ill and couldn't survive a few days. My brother also fell ill. My mother took care of him day and night, so I couldn't come here." At this point, it seems that She touched something painful, and she couldn't hold back her tears. She tried her best to brush away the tears from her eyes.
Shen Hanguang stopped talking and just gently stroked her back to comfort her.
"If you want to know more, you might as well visit where they live." Shen Hanguang said softly to Xu Huaigu,
"There are many victims here. With my status, I can't question one person alone. It seems too biased. It's just a good time for you to go and help them. They are so pitiful." Xu Huaigu nodded, and Shen Hanguang asked her: "This big man Can my brother go home with you to see your mother and brother? Don't worry, he is a good person, I promise." Su Mulan was a little panicked and opened her lips slightly, wanting to say something but not knowing how to say it.
"Good boy, it's okay. You follow this big brother and ask him to get you some needed medicinal materials and bring them to your mother." Su Mulan looked at Xu Huaigu nervously, and Xu Huaigu smiled at her. nodded.
She still felt that what she experienced today was like a dream, not quite real, but she finally took the step forward.
Xu Huaigu turned around and thanked Shen Hanguang gratefully, and then left with Su Mulan.
