Envy

In the evening of this day, the cool breeze was blowing, and the scent of osmanthus was also blown away, and it was no longer so fragrant.The neighbors who didn't get together to chat after midsummer became agitated again, blocking the gate of their house and making noise.

Meng Tou put down his bowl and chopsticks and went to open the door.People's faces seemed familiar and unfamiliar, which seemed to be a bit of a spectacle.The leader was an aunt with a pockmarked face and thick lips, her eyes were fixed on him, and her voice was soft: "Are you that Meng Tou?"

He was a little confused by the situation: "Yes, what's the matter with you?"

The aunt walked around him, walked into the yard, saw Yan Zhaohan at the table under the tree, he had already put down the bowls and chopsticks, he was sitting upright, his long hair was hanging loose, tied with a hair tie at the end of his hair, his eyes were black but There was no light, her face and exposed neck were white, and her expression was unwavering.She said, "I'm looking for Meng Yan."

She suddenly raised her voice: "This blind man from the Meng family abandoned my daughter and flirted with his own brother. It's just a broken sleeve. I really didn't expect that, tsk tsk tsk, he looks like such a decent person, This is what they did in private! A broken sleeve actually deceived my daughter. Everyone in the neighborhood came to judge!"

There was an uproar at the door, pointing at them.Meng Tongbai came over, this is Miss Zhou's mother.With a stern face, he said politely to the woman: "It's getting late, we have to rest, please go out."

The woman refused to let go, and sneered: "Go out? You still want to drive me away? If you two brothers don't give an explanation, I will just rely on this and not leave today."

He crossed his arms and said, "Ma'am, even if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about Miss Zhou. You brought your neighbors to make a fuss today, and Miss Zhou might get dusty and gossip because of it. Please calm down."

The woman sat down on the edge of the well, crossing her legs: "My Ah Fang is not good-looking, and I don't like you young masters from rich families. He came to the door and wholeheartedly wanted to serve this blind man. You are a heartless man, and a heartless man who seduces your brother! You really know people and face but don’t know your heart. The son of a rich family is so ignorant of right and wrong, huh, I have really learned a lot today."

Meng Tou lost his patience: "You understand right and wrong, but we don't. You go out." He went to the table to clean up the dishes, and found that Yan Zhaohan was a little embarrassed, and his face turned pale.

"A man who looks so charming, and I don't know who he has seduced| seduced. My Afang was also fascinated by it at that time. Sure enough, there is no good thing for the Xi people, they are all lewd|disordered. You bitch. Your ancestors are watching from the sky, you are incest, you will be condemned by God..."

Meng Tou had never heard such harsh words before. The lost chopsticks hit the bowl, and then rolled down, "Is it over? If you don't leave, I..." The woman was frightened by his sharp eyes, and couldn't help it for a while. Forgot what to say.Yan Zhaohan pulled his sleeve and shook his head: "Third brother, don't be impulsive."

Seeing his paler face, Meng Tou was very distressed, and said to the woman, "Let's go somewhere else and say, my brother is still sick, so don't disturb his rest." He said warmly to Yan Zhao, "You wait for me at home obediently."

His wife nodded.

It took an hour for Meng Tou to go.He went to Zhou's yard.Miss Zhou's mother was not easy to talk to, he lost a pearl in the end, and that woman let them go.He was already exhausted when he was about to go home, and just after walking a few steps, Miss Zhou trotted up from behind with a lamp. "Mr. Meng, I'm really sorry, I didn't know that my mother went to your house to make trouble.

He forced a smile: "It's okay, and it's not your fault." He raised his leg to leave, but Miss Zhou said nervously again: "Say sorry to Meng Yan for me. I really didn't mean it..."

"it is good."

She looked at the tall and straight figure of the man hidden in the darkness, and thought to herself, so there is no woman in this world worthy of Meng Yan, and what she likes is just a phantom after all.But if you can hold this phantom for a lifetime, it might not be a happy thing.But what makes a phantom a phantom is that it is fleeting and elusive.Beneath the phantom was a deep pool in which she had been sinking, unable to get out.

……

Meng Tou was also unlucky, not only encountered troublesome bad things, but also encountered heavy rain.He remembered that Xue Ye liked the sentence "It will rain heavily, the reason will not make sense, and the time will be lost" in "Chen She's Family". He said that he liked it inexplicably.Every time he would answer: "If you miss the deadline, you will be executed."

He memorized many poems and articles when he was young, but he didn't think it was very useful.It's just that there are a few words that linger in his heart, and he can still blurt them out.Like something like "how deep is the love, deep in the mountains and west to shine in the deep autumn rain", and "the autumn rain is desolate, flowers splash tears, and the green clothes are getting colder by the lanai".Growing up is really bad, everything has changed, and there are too many bad things.

If time went back one time, he still wanted to go to Xingyue Pond to steal fish from Uncle Yu Qing, stuff grasshoppers in Xue Ye's lapel, swim with Fu Lian on horses, and bicker with Yan Miao.The first time we met, I would kneel in front of Yan Zhaohan, hug his legs, and beg him to marry me.But Yan Zhaohan would definitely kick him away, thinking he was out of his mind.

Even so, he would still like to live in the summer when he was 17 years old, writing love letters to Yan Zhaohan every day, expressing his heartfelt love.

The heavy rain came suddenly, he didn't bring an umbrella, and ran back all the way in the drench, his body was soaked.It was dark at night, and he could only rely on a few remaining lanterns under the eaves of others to illuminate the way forward.He felt embarrassed, and this awkwardness made him depressed.

Turning the corner of the street, Meng Tou glanced casually, and saw Yan Zhaohan, who was also drenched, standing under the eaves to hide from the rain.The dim lantern light fell on him.He cowered in a corner.Meng Tou shouted in the rain: "Zhaohan."

Yan Zhaohan suddenly raised his head and smiled childishly: "Third brother, you are back!" Meng Tou walked up to the man, held his hand, and led him to stand up: "Come back with me, you will catch cold like this .”

He wrung out some wet coats and put them on top of their heads. They braved the heavy rain and walked home all the way.Meng Tou stripped Yan Zhaohan's clothes, wiped him with a dry towel, and stuffed him under the quilt.He boiled the bath water and poured it into the tub before putting the naked little daughter-in-law into the hot water.

Yan Zhaohan stretched out his hand to grab the hem of his clothes: "Third brother, you come in too, you will get sick if you wear wet clothes."

The wooden basin is quite large, but it will be a bit crowded if it accommodates two people.Meng Tou wanted to say "No", but the words went back to his mouth, and the picture of the mandarin duck bath in "The Secret of the Liyuan Backyard" appeared in his mind.