a lonely cat

Cui Yu locked himself in the house, and came out with a beard and a beard ten days later, with no clear expression on his face.

He quietly resigned from his post as a petty official, and returned to the village under the guidance of others.

I went back with him.

The mansion, the maids and servants, and the shining fame all disappeared.

Cui Yu ate and slept peacefully every day, I thought he didn't care, until one night, I heard him crying, the cry was extremely desolate.

After the crying, he ate and slept as usual, but he started to drink heavily, and he got drunk every day.I counted the few copper coins at home, and took his paintings to sell in the city, but I didn't expect them to be quite popular.I happily returned to the small courtyard, dragged him up from the bed, and stuffed the brush into his hand. He looked at me with drunken eyes and suddenly smiled.

Laughing and laughing, tears flowed down.

From then on, he stopped drinking, and painted obediently every day, and then I sold them in the city every ten days, and after a year, he earned a lot of money.

I heard people talking about marrying a daughter-in-law in the city, so I also thought about using the spare money in my hand to find a wife for Cui Yu, who is not young, but I encountered strong opposition from Cui Yu.He refused to paint for the first time, and sulked alone under the old tree in the yard.

"You have to think for yourself." I squatted beside him.

He glanced at me and said in a low voice, "Have you ever planned for yourself?"

I looked at him honestly: "I think you're fine." Indeed, as the first person I've met since I went down the mountain, I really hope that he can have a good ending, at least he can be safe and sound.

Cui Yu didn't say anything.

I persevered: "Your paintings are quite famous in Suzhou City now, and everyone knows your talent and name. Even if there is any gossip, it is because of jealousy of you. Don't take it to heart. Now that we have money, I can buy a new house, marry you a daughter-in-law, and the quality of life will be improved at once, wouldn’t it be great?”

Cui Yu lowered his head and said, "I have no shortage of wives."

I sighed: "But you have to find someone to accompany you, either male or female, so I can rest assured."

He suddenly looked up, keenly aware of something: "Won't you stay with me?"

I pointed to the mountain not far away: "I followed you Hongchen for a trip, and I have quite realized something, and I plan to go to retreat and practice."

Cui Yu's hand tightened, then loosened.

He whispered, "Okay."

So I went back to the mountains with peace of mind and began to retreat.When I woke up again, it happened to be night.

I suddenly remembered the night when I met Cui Yu for the first time, so I made up my mind to go down the mountain to see him, guessing that he must be full of children and grandchildren.

I transformed into the boy I was many years ago, and casually conjured up a Taoist robe, and went down the mountain leisurely.Cui Yu's original small dilapidated house has become an exquisite small house.I sneaked in quietly and followed the smell to find Cui Yu's wing. Along the way, I felt that the house was empty and there were no people.

I was a little surprised when I saw Cui Yu, his beard and hair were already white.

We were both relatively silent.

He was painting at this time, and he was accompanied by a man, whose eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to mine.

Cui Yu was silent for a while, then softly told the man to go out, the man walked past me, took a look at me, turned around and closed the door.

Cui Yu looked at me: "What are you doing here again?"

I just came out of retreat, when I was in a peaceful state of mind, so I replied calmly: "I'm out of retreat, I want to see how you are doing."

Cui Yu didn't speak.

I continued to say calmly: "I remember the first time we met, it was also a winter night. At that time, you were a young scholar, and you had dried fish hidden in your house..." Cui Yu suddenly interrupted me: "You Do you want to go?" I couldn't see through his eyes.

Maybe I'm not experienced enough.

So I nodded: "I'm going to the world for a walk. But I will come back to see you."

Cui Yu laughed a few times, and then said coldly: "You go, and don't come back after you leave."

I know he's angry, but he's sad too.I turned into a cat, and sprinted to the table in front of him, staring at him, but he was sullen and didn't speak.

I tilted my head and made a "meow" to try to be cute, but Cui Yu finally put his hand on top of my head and touched me under my expectant gaze, just like when we first met, I rubbed gently Rubbing his palms, his fingertips smelled of ink.