Dinon

It's just cooking. For Tuo Bachen, who has been familiar with this since childhood, it's just a piece of cake and doesn't take much effort. Even if he makes a big table full of dishes, it just happens to be dusk and dusk.

The courtyard of Tuobachen's house is considered a treasure handed down from the ancestors. Although it has been renovated and repaired a few days ago, the charm that has been deposited in the bones cannot be obliterated by one or two bluestone slabs. Slate is the easiest to show the vicissitudes of life.

At this moment, Yuan Shuyi was reclining on the wicker chair that was still glowing blue, her waist-length blue silk was scattered on a burgundy gauze, which would disperse as soon as the wind blew, carrying a woman's unique fragrance, the tip of her nose moved slightly , thinking that the wind blew her hair onto her beautiful face, she felt a little itchy, the twilight light shrouded her body, as if she had been covered with a veil, so beautiful that it seemed real and unreal.

It is said that the spring sleep of Begonia is the most touching. At this moment, Tuo Bachen, bathed in the gentle sunset, feels for the first time that the pomegranate flowers that are red and red in May are not inferior to Begonia flowers.

Even if she is not expensive.

Even if she doesn't know her preciousness.

"Sister, wake up." Tuo Bachen stepped forward and called softly, took off his coat and covered her, and said softly, "This day, it will be dewdrops in the evening, sleep here, later In a few days, my sister will have a headache again."

"Hmm..." Yuan Shuyi lay on the bed and didn't want to move. She rubbed her eyelids that were still fighting up and down, and she said reluctantly, "It's still early, let me sleep a little longer, um...Chen'er makes dinner alright?"

"Well, sister, get up and eat, and you can take a bath after eating."

"Ah... Chen'er has even boiled the hot water." Yuan Shuyi muttered inarticulately, "Wait a little longer, you go eat first."

"Then I won't leave a meal for my sister," said Tuo Bachen, who was about to leave, but was grabbed by the hem of his clothes as expected.

"I'm up, Chen'er." Yuan Shuyi smiled behind her, "Let's have dinner together."

"Alas..." Sighing silently in his heart, Tuo Bachen got up and went to the kitchen to get the bowls and chopsticks.

There were many dishes on the bamboo table, Yuan Shuyi raised his eyebrows, and moved his chopsticks towards the dishes of wild vegetables that looked good, without even looking at the meat and fish next to him.

Tuoba Chen was surprised, "Sister thinks that Chen'er's food is not delicious?"

"How could it be! Chen'er cooked it so hard, how could it be bad, but Sister Yuan thought, it's better to eat vegetables." As she spoke, she picked up a chopstick of green wild vegetables and watched it turn clear in the twilight. Gloss, I admire it in my heart, it is better to be plain and light after all.

"By the way, where's the mouse...yellow flower barley fruit cake that Chen'er promised to make for my sister?" Yuan Shuyi changed the subject, "Why isn't it on this table?"

"I thought Sister Yuan wouldn't eat it." Tuo Bachen whispered, "So I didn't do it."

"Huh?" Yuan Shuyi frowned and looked at her suspiciously. Although they didn't get along for a long time, she also knew that Tuoba Chen had always kept his promises. Now that he had agreed to do something for himself, how could he go back on his word?Besides, judging from her expression, she seemed very worried.

"But you're afraid that my sister will dislike you? Don't worry, that's what I said at the time. As long as Chen'er makes it, sister Yuan will definitely eat it up." Yuan Shuyi comforted her, "So, Chen'er, take out the things."

"Hmm..." Tuo Bachen stayed where he was in embarrassment. Under Yuan Shuyi's embarrassing gaze, it took him a long time to finally make up his mind. Leaning on crutches, he slowly entered Dongtou's room and brought it out. A plate of golden and crisp pastries, "Sister... I didn't make many..."

"It doesn't matter." Yuan Shuyi smiled and looked at her anxious look and said, "I told you that my sister doesn't eat much, these things are enough."

"No..." Tuobachen blushed, still holding the plate of pastries, looked at Yuan Shuyi and wondered, "Sister...you...can you save some for me?"

Um?Seeing her flushed face, Yuan Shuyi was surprised, and said with a smile, "Chen'er can eat as much as he wants, don't worry about his sister, I'll just taste a piece."

"No, no." Tuo Bachen quickly waved his hands, looking around in panic, "Well... my sister just eats... just leave some... for me."

Seeing her abnormal appearance, Yuan Shuyi glanced at her strangely, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of a few zongzi in front of the tablet in the east room which was not covered by the door curtain.

Yuan Shuyi's deep blue eyes sank, she had completely forgotten about this problem.

"I told you my sister doesn't eat much." Yuan Shuyi smiled calmly at Tuo Bachen, walked up to pick up the wheat cake she was holding in her hand, put it in her mouth, and glanced sideways at Tuo Bachen. Ba Chen looked nervous and said with a smile, "Why, are you afraid that I'll snatch food from you? Have you eaten all your food?"

"No..." Tuo Bachen was clumsy and couldn't speak to Yuan Shuyi, who had always been eloquent, so she had no choice but to hold the things in her hand, limped to the table and sat down, picked up the bamboo in her hand Chopsticks, softly said to Yuan Shuyi, "Sister, hurry up and eat, it's getting late."

"Well, it's really getting late." Yuan Shuyi smiled at her profoundly, looking at the sun still hanging on the western mountain and said.

After taking a bath early, Yuan Shuyi didn't go to lie down in the courtyard for a while as usual, but wrapped her hair that was still dripping with a scarf, went to bed early, and was rarely dressed neatly.

"Sister, don't you dry your hair?" Tuobachen asked worriedly, "It's cold at night, and it's easy to get a headache."

"No need, it will be done anyway." Yuan Shuyi glanced at her and smiled, "Chen'er won't come to bed? It's getting late."

"I'm not sleepy yet, I slept a lot yesterday." Tuo Bachen waved his hand and said, "Sister, let's go to bed first."

"Then I'm going to sleep." Yuan Shuyi smiled at her, shouted at her, and without waiting for her to answer, pulled up the thin quilt and closed her eyes.

It was still early when Yuan Shuyi fell asleep, and the afterglow of the setting sun was still hovering in the sky. Tuo Bachen carefully moved a bamboo chair and sat on her bedside, and fanned her with a tattered cattail fan.

The cool wind blowing on people is like the cool moonlight, which relieves the heat of the day and gives people peace and comfort at night.

Like a bow, the moon climbed onto the tree by the window of Tuobachen's house. Tuobachen looked at the sky, then at Yuan Shuyi, who was breathing evenly, and carefully picked up the crutch he was leaning on the side Go out lightly.

As soon as she turned around, Yuan Shuyi opened her eyes.

She didn't fall asleep at all, and she couldn't fall asleep, but she wanted to know what Tuobachen, who was always obedient and obedient, was planning with his abnormal behavior today.

Tuoba Chen walked carefully to the east room, and bowed to the painted tablet in the dark, "Mother, Chen'er is useless, I can't buy good sacrifices for you, but Chen'er has made yellow flowers Wheat cake, just like the one you taught Chen’er at that time...” Tuoba Chen swallowed for a while, and Yuan Shuyi, who was hidden in the darkness, knew that she was sobbing, “This year, Chen’er Finally, I can send cakes to dad again, which you haven’t eaten before, but this time, you can finally get what you want.” While speaking, she slowly took out a few pieces of crispy pastries from the cloth pocket she had prepared, and said to her She bowed to the tablet again, sniffling her nose and said, "Unfortunately, I don't have much lard, and I don't know if mother is used to eating it." As if coquettishly, she smiled at the tablet, "Mother, I'm leaving, and I'm going to deliver food to Dad." After saying that, he staggered out of the east room.

Yuan Shuyi hid quickly, looking at her limping back in the dark under the moonlight, feeling inexplicable in her heart, touched the dozens of taels of silver secretly saved in her bosom, and looked up to see that even her back was thin Tuo Bachen, who was in a disfigured state, was walking slowly in front of him, leaning on crutches, trying not to make a sound.

My heart is sour, no matter what I think, Tuo Bachen is not yet fifteen this year, he is still a child.

She sighed, and there was a glimmer of light in her blue eyes.

There are tens of thousands of unfortunate people in this world, and she is the only one?It would be too hypocritical to say self-pity.

Tuo Bachen waited until he was in the courtyard before he dared to light the lamp with the velvet grass. In the house, she was afraid of waking Yuan Shuyi who was sleeping soundly, so she lit the lamp, and took a clean bamboo box to pack a few, as well. The only few pieces of pastries, carefully wrapped them with unused waste cloth, tied them in a knot, fell on the left hand holding the oil lamp, leaned on crutches with the right hand, and went out slowly.

Behind her, Yuan Shuyi cautiously followed her.

Pass through Aunt Gu's house where there is a dog at home, then turn a corner, bypass several silkworm houses, and go straight ahead.

Not only Yuan Shuyi is so familiar with this road that he can walk out with his eyes closed, but Tuo Bachen even walks on this road in his dreams.

--riverside.

The small river is always very beautiful at night, Tuo Bachen sniffled, put down the oil lamp, and called to the small river, "Father, I'm here to bring you food."

Yuan Shuyi, who was hiding by the river bank, was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear when she heard the words, and suddenly understood what was unusual about her tonight, and also understood why she insisted on joining the girl who fell into the water not long ago. In the matter of the farm boy.

"Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, I think, since it's the Dragon Boat Festival, there must be a lot of people giving you zongzi, so I won't give you any more." Tuo Bachen put down the food box on his shoulders again, and took The lamp shines on the sparkling river, and the river ripples in circles, as if laughing.

"Did dad guess what Chen'er is going to give dad?" Tuoba Chen also smiled, but in the dark night, there was light in his jade-like eyes, "yes, it is the yellow flower barley fruit cake that dad likes to eat." In the past, when you wanted to eat, Mother always stopped you, but now, no one stops you, Dad, are you happy?" Tuo Bachen couldn't help sobbing while wiping his tears stubbornly, "Father, you are happy today Right? These things were made by Chen Er himself."

"You silly girl, since my daughter brought it to me, of course I'm happy."

"Who? Sister Yuan!" Tuo Bachen was surprised, "Didn't you already fall asleep?"

"Yeah, I fell asleep, but in my dream I saw a little idiot taking away the food, so I woke up again." Yuan Shuyi smiled and teased her, both angry and funny, "If you say that the cake is a sacrifice Wouldn’t it be better if you tasted it? I’ll end up grabbing food from the dead.”

Yellow-flowered wheat fruit, made from the tender juice of sagebrush and added with appropriate amount of flour lard, is the most popular during tomb-sweeping in the Qingming Festival, and it is a food made by relatives and friends for the dead.

Shaking his head, Tuo Bachen said in embarrassment, "When I was a tribute to my ancestors, most of the yellow flower wheat fruit cakes my mother made went into the stomachs of my father and me, but my mother was very angry and said that it was a dead person. Living people will suffer if they eat food. But the food is really delicious, so I treat it as an ordinary food. I just wanted to let my sister taste it, but I was afraid that my sister would be scruples."

"Don't worry, I'm not taboo." Yuan Shuyi winked at her and said with a smile, "I don't care about the worldly customs either. But—"

"However, if you give this to your father during the Dragon Boat Festival, won't people see it?" Yuan Shuyi said as she walked up and put her feet on her feet, gently touching her head, and fixed her eyes on the beautiful woman under the bright moonlight. Dreamy river, whispered, "I didn't quite understand what that crazy woman said last time, but now I finally understand. Your father...did he drown?" Yuan Shuyi turned and stared at Tuo Ba Chen's paler face under the moonlight asked, "Is the theory of gods and ghosts prevalent in your village?"

As if reminiscing the bitterness of the past, but also as if immersed in the sweetness of the memory, Tuobachen raised and lowered the corners of his mouth, shook his head, looked at the clear river, and sighed, "I can't hide anything from my sister."

Not only is the theory of gods and ghosts prevalent in their village, I'm afraid it's not an exaggeration if it is popular.

If people in the village are sick, they seldom go to see a doctor. Instead, they invite a witch to dance to the gods.

"So that's why you changed from a rich lady to a poor fisherman?" Yuan Shuyi asked without any emotion.

"Hmm..." Tuo Bachen replied hoarsely.

People in the village believe in gods and ghosts. Since her father drowned in the river, many people said that her father's soul is still in the river, and he has become a water ghost. The cleanliness of this river has made their descendants uneasy for generations to come.In order to quell the panic and anger of the villagers, her mother dragged her sick body to invite a Taoist witch to perform rituals by the river every day, but Taoist priests and witches are so easy to invite, not to mention asking for a lot of practice fees every time. A piece of talisman paper costs dozens of taels of silver, and even if it is necessary to treat her mother, over time, it will empty out their family's wealth.

"I won't invite those Taoist priests and witches after my mother died, otherwise our family's ancestral house might have to be sold." Tuo Bachen smiled wryly, "The field that I took my sister to yesterday is the last few pieces of our family. One of the fields."

"Then what about the remaining fields?" Yuan Shuyi frowned, "I remember Zhao Kingdom doesn't allow private trading of land, could it be that you all sold it?"

"The Emperor Shan Gao is far away. He is almost starved to death, so how can he care about the laws of the country?" Tuo Bachen shook his head, "The Emperor promulgates laws like this because he doesn't understand the suffering of the people."

Far away in the capital, Tuoba Ji, who was reviewing memorials in his bedroom, suddenly sneezed, and whispered to himself, "Who is speaking ill of me again?"