[Lu Xiaofeng] Beside the flowers and the willows

Stargazing

When Huamanlou heard the words, he immediately paused, then shook his head, and said helplessly, "Ah Mo, don't make jokes."

"I'm not joking!" Liu Mogui puffed up his face, his voice was full of grievance and dissatisfaction, "She obviously likes you!"

Although Hua Manlou couldn't see it, he could almost imagine the little girl staring at him with a puffy face, and couldn't help shaking her head and laughing:

"Oh, Ah Mo also knows what liking is?"

When the man who was always gentle was talking, he brought some obvious ridicule and jokes - the little girl's mind is very simple, it can be seen that she has been protected by people tenderly and considerately, and she rarely sees outsiders, Hua Manlou always unconsciously regards her as a child who has not yet grown up.

Although the little girl was simple, her senses were very keen, and she accurately received the meaning of the man's words. Her face immediately swelled into a bun, and she poked A-Gump, who was walking beside her, with her finger angrily— —A-Gump seemed a little wronged, and rubbed her waist flatteringly. The little girl stared at it for a while, then reluctantly withdrew her hand, and softly "hummed":

"Of course I know! Many girls who come to the valley to seek medical treatment often look at Senior Brother Pei with the same eyes that Xia'er looked at you just now! The senior sisters said that that kind of look is called liking..."

Hua Manlou didn't seem to expect the little girl to answer her question like this, she was taken aback, then shook her fan, "seeing" the little girl's seriousness, couldn't help being a little amused:

"It's my fault, I shouldn't say that Ah Mo doesn't understand."

"Hey? No, it's okay..." The little girl who was puffed up and angry when she heard his apology suddenly felt a little embarrassed, blushed slightly, scratched her head, and secretly checked her face Looking at Huamanlou who still had a smile on his face, he was a little hesitant, but he still couldn't stop the curiosity in his heart, so he couldn't help asking a little cautiously:

"Then...then do you like her?"

"Xia'er's father is the treasurer of the Hua Family Bank. Her mother is suffering from leprosy. She has been recuperating with her mother in Yunjian Temple. When I was young, I often went to Yunjian Temple to play. Xia'er does not dislike my disability. She often talks with me," Hua Manlou shook her head, as if sighing, "I always treat her like a younger sister, not to mention, I'm just blind..."

"That's not it!" As soon as Hua Manlou finished speaking, Liu Mogui's eyes widened and he shook his head vigorously.

Hua Manlou smiled: "Where is it not? Although I am not sad because I am blind, I am indeed blind."

"You are blind, but you are not 'just' a blind man!" The little girl turned to look at him, deliberately accentuating the word "just", her clear eyes were full of seriousness, "You are blind, And an amazing person!"

Hua Manlou was slightly taken aback: "Why so great?"

"Because you are very happy!" The little girl unconsciously tightened his loose sleeves and tilted her head slightly. "Although my master is a saint in the valley, he is actually a monk. He often said, ' Everything is bitter', so I thought ... if a person can be happy all the time, he must be a very amazing person."

The little girl paused when she said this, her face flushed a little for some reason, but she still continued the second half of the sentence openly:

"Just like you!"

Huamanlou has received countless sympathies and praises over the years. Everyone sympathized with his blind eyes and praised him for being dignified and modest, and his martial arts are good. He is almost no different from ordinary people, but only this little girl, she praises him and thinks he is great, just because-he is very happy.

It doesn't matter if he is blind, it doesn't matter whether his martial arts is good or not, it doesn't matter whether his background is good or not, it's just because he is a happy person.

There are many sufferings in this world, but there are also many beautiful people and things. How could he be unhappy?

Hua Manlou felt his heart was touched by something, it was soft beyond his expectation, closed the folding fan, touched the top of the little girl's head, and laughed loudly.

The little girl tilted her head and rubbed against his palm, looking at his gentler and heartier smile than usual, she was actually slightly absent-minded.

……

Huamanlou accompanied the excited Liu Mogui to wander the streets all day, and they returned to Baihualou after dinner.Huamanlou carefully planted the newly purchased flower seeds in the flowerpots by himself in the small building, and then arranged the flowerpots one by one on the window sill on the second floor before going back to the room to rest.

In Baihualou, only Huamanlou lives alone on weekdays. There are not many rooms. Apart from Huamanlou's own room, there are only two guest rooms for emergencies—they are all next to Huamanlou on the left and right. , and Liu Mogui lives in one of them.

The light was still on in Liu Mogui's room. It was obvious that the little girl was not asleep, but Huamanlou couldn't see the light. He could just feel that the door was ajar and not closed, and the little girl was not asleep either.

Hua Manlou hesitated at the door, but knocked anyway.

"Hua Man Lou?" The little girl's crisp voice came from inside the house, "Just come in directly!"

Hua Manlou responded, pushed open the door and entered the room, Liu Mogui was sitting on the couch with A-Gump in his arms, lying at the window and looking up at the sky.

Probably because she just took a bath, the little girl was just wearing a robe casually, her long half-dry and half-wet hair was scattered on her shoulders, as if it had melted into the black robe, it was hard to tell whether it was Which kind of black is deeper.

Hua Manlou seemed to be a little surprised by this scene, he paused slightly, then walked to the window, and said softly, "Haven't you slept so late?"

"The weather these two days is very good," the little girl turned her head to look at Huamanlou, moved to the side, and made room for Huamanlou to sit down, then pointed to the sky, "The stars It's so bright!"

There was only a low couch by the window, not too wide. Hua Manlou sat there as he said, almost leaning against the little girl - he has always been a polite gentleman, and he has never When Guo was so close to the girl, he coughed a little uncomfortably, seeing the girl's generous and careless appearance, sighed silently from the bottom of his heart, but he still didn't say anything. Just smiled gently.

"In the past, every night, as long as it didn't rain, Master would teach us to look at the stars." The little girl lay on the window, poking A-Gump's chubby body with her fingers. I don't know if it was because of the darkness of the night. That's why, the normally lively little girl looked unusually quiet at this moment.A-Gump seemed to know that she was not in a good mood, so he not only let her poke him obediently, but even rubbed her face flatteringly, the little girl laughed and hugged her even tighter.

Sensitively aware of the little girl's depression, Hua Manlou reached out to stroke her hair, and said in a gentle voice, "Ah Mo is amazing, you know so much."

During the day she praised him for being great, but in his opinion, the little girl is really enough to be called "great".

The little girl seemed a little unaccustomed to such compliments, she blushed slightly, but pursed her lips, and said softly: "Master is really amazing, he knows everything about astronomy, calendar, mechanism and mathematics..."

"Ah Mo, don't underestimate yourself," Hua Manlou smiled and shook his head, "Master is amazing, and Ah Mo is also amazing."

"But... I still have a lot to learn," Liu Mogui lowered his head, a little depressed and remorseful, "If I had known, I would not have been so playful before."

The little girl is very quiet tonight, but it is this kind of silence that makes her drooping head depressed and remorseful. Hua Manlou felt that her heart was being pulled for no reason, and she reached out to touch the top of her head. Half-wet hair, with a guilty tone: "Sorry, I haven't found the news of Wanhua Valley for so long, but I have a friend who is also very amazing, I think he will find out soon."

As soon as the words fell, the little girl's back immediately stiffened, she turned her head to look at him, and was silent for a moment, as if she was seeking assurance with some uncertainty:

"Hua Man Lou, you...will definitely take me home, right?"

"Yes." Hua Manlou nodded in assurance.

The man's eyebrows and eyes are gentle, with a faint but warm smile, perhaps because of the night, the night makes his outline look softer and gentler, Liu Mogui looked at him in a daze, and slowly Biting his lip, he hesitated for a while before asking:

"Hua Man Lou, if I go home, won't I... I won't see you in the future? Will you forget me in the future?"

"Even if you go home, you can still visit me, or I can visit you," Hua Manlou laughed, "We are friends, aren't we?"

It is because they are friends that I am reluctant to part with her, so I want to ask if I will forget her——In Wanhua Valley are all her family members, and Huamanlou is the first friend she made... Although I know that hope is very slim , but she thinks about going home all the time, but if she can really go home, then she will never see Huamanlou again in the future, right?Liu Mogui bit his lip, his tone was unexpectedly stubborn:

"Then what if you really can't see it?"

It seemed that she didn't expect the little girl to be so stubborn on this issue, but Hua Manlou still smiled gently and replied with a good temper: "Then I won't forget Ah Mo."

The little girl who got the guarantee stretched her brows slightly, her mood seemed to improve slightly, and she raised her eyes to look at the man beside her - his eyes seemed a little dull due to blindness, but reflected by the candlelight, they seemed extraordinarily clear.The little girl poked A-Gump in her arms with her finger, she seemed to be a little hesitant, but after staring at the man's gentle smile for a while, she finally made up her mind and said:

"Hua Man Lou, then... then you can touch my face, and then you will remember what I look like."

The author has something to say: "Amo also knows what liking is?" ← Huahua, are you sure you are not molesting Amo Guliang?

Apart from being tall and tall, the monks and his party in history [Hello! 】In addition to scientists, he is also an eminent Buddhist monk (belonging to Tiantai sect, later entering Tantric sect)

"Everything is suffering, all actions are impermanent, all dharmas have no self, and Nirvana is peaceful" are the four Buddhist seals (the latter three are also called the three seals).

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