evening tide

The water town is not far away, and it takes about two hours to drive there.In a place like Jiangnan water town, the sky is as blue as a filter, with black tiles and white walls, row upon row, willows brushing the embankment, a green stream meanders through, and the black awning boat is swaying. Pick up a few birds that are sneaking.

So beautiful, not only beautiful, but also very familiar.

It is more familiar than tall buildings smoother than a mirror, than cars of different heights and sizes, than the smell of engine oil, and the sound of electric bells.

"How did you build it like this?" Xiang Wan tugged on La Chao Xin's sleeve, with sparkles in his eyes.

"This was originally an ancient town, but it was later developed into a tourist attraction. Many buildings have been restored. Look, there are still people wearing Hanfu over there."

"Do you want to wear it? I'll buy you a set." Chao Xin was very gentle.

A little carrot jumped up beside him: "I want it."

"You are too young, you don't have such a small Hanfu." Chao Xin glanced at her.

Papa held a pink microphone, his nostrils dilated with anger.

Xiang Wan smiled, pushed the luggage into the scenic spot together with Chao Xin, checked in at the service desk in advance, then checked in at the service counter, put the luggage in the shuttle bus and delivered it to the room, and then the three of them walked lightly from childhood Start walking west of the town.

There are not many pedestrians, but the stone road is already lively enough. Under the eaves on both sides, there are various vendors, some imitating old-fashioned wine making, some drying corn and cutting pork, and some making lanterns and weighing beams.

Xiang Wan was overwhelmed by watching, so he walked to a kite shop, squinted his eyes and looked carefully under the sunlight.

Chao Xin stood still behind her: "Do you like it?"

"It's so delicate." Xiang Wan said.

"We used to make paper kites, and I could make flying swallows and draw immortals chasing the moon." She pursed her lips and smiled, a little embarrassed.

"Is your family so poor?" Pa Pai said while holding a voice-changing microphone, "Do you still have to make this yourself?"

She and Chao Xin were also very poor before, but they bought kites for the spring outing.

Xiang Wan was taken aback, and Chao Xin tapped his head: "Turn off the microphone."

I sang all the way in the car, why haven't I played enough yet?

"Oh." Papa turned off the microphone.

Xiang Wan bowed his head and smiled, Chao Xin said, "Do you want to go in and have a look?"

"No," Xiang Wan turned his face away, "I don't play that anymore now."

She seemed a little lonely, Chao Xin didn't say anything, and followed her into the depths of the willow shade.Passing through a stone arch bridge, the three of them looked at the mandarin ducks in the water on the bridge, and a black ink boat came out of the bridge hole, swaying and swaying, making ripples.

"Boater." Xiang Wan smiled softly again.

"Yes, boatman."

"Do you know? Our family used to be in Fengling, and there was a pier in the south of the city. There were always boatmen parked on the pier. The wilted vegetables were thrown on the shore, and some birds gathered around to peck at them.”

Xiang Wan turned around and supported the stone pier with her hand: "I was very curious at that time, and wanted to send Yuancui to ask what kind of bird it was, but the nanny urged me, so I asked the bearer to leave in a hurry."

She spoke in a soft voice, and Chao Xin described it lightly and heavily in his heart.

It's amazing, like listening to a long-ago story, but the protagonist of the story is Xiang Wan standing beside her.

"I don't have any regrets. When I came here, I always missed it. That's the same thing. I want to know, what kind of bird is that? But it still doesn't exist now. I can't find it again."

I don't know if it is extinct, maybe it is, after so many years, it should have been extinct long ago, just like Xiang Wan's past.

She has never said this to anyone, not even Yu Zhou.

Some things are a ball of thread stuck in the breastbone. If you accidentally pull it a little, it will be ripped apart, until there is very little left.

Therefore, Xiang Wan is always very careful to bypass this thread.Although it is an eyesore, it is always stunned.

Having been here for more than two years, she has never traveled purely, and no one has brought her to such a small town with ancient Jiangnan charm. She is a little hard to resist, and her memories are not very obedient.

Chao Xin sighed, wrapped her arms around her shoulders, Xiang Wan held her hand, and the two of them continued to walk forward with Yunliwuli's cards.

Arriving at a candied haws shop with a long queue, Paipai clamored for food, so the three of them lined up together.

After a while, the queue arrived. Chao Xin bought a hawthorn for Paipai, and then asked Xiang Wan what he wanted.

Xiang Wan shook his head: "Don't eat, it's sour."

I still haven't forgotten the one Peng Houzhi bought last time.

"There are non-sour ones, strawberry ones, chestnut glutinous rice ones, and grape ones, all of which are sweet." The clerk was very enthusiastic.

Xiang Wan saw that there was one of 68, so he said, "I don't want it, it's very expensive."

I have never seen her say expensive ones at the counter like this. Chao Xin smiled and said, "It's not expensive. It must be delicious after waiting in such a long line. Let's choose one."

"That's right, my sister is a treat, my sister chooses one. It's really delicious." The clerk also smiled.

elder sister?Xiang Wan glanced at Chao Xin, then lowered his head and pointed at Strawberry's.

Looking at the window, Chao Xin raised the corner of his mouth, picked up his mobile phone and scanned the QR code to pay.

Walk out of the flow of people with the card, go to the edge of the square and eat while looking at the scenery. The sugar coating is crystal clear, like the best glass material, and it emits a seductive aroma.Xiang Wan ate seriously, as if he was so sweet, his eyelashes twinkled.

Chao Xin flicked her hair: "Don't you want to give sister one?"

More than 60.

Xiang Wan glanced at her, handed it to her, and Chao Xin took a bite from her hand, it was indeed delicious.

Papa tugged at her hand: "Taste mine."

"No." Chao Xin chewed on strawberries and declined.

"Why?" Paipai was aggrieved.

"Maslinic acid, I'm old, and my teeth will fall out if I eat it."

"Really?" Papai opened his mouth wide, looking at her teeth with a little fear.

"En." Chao Xin nodded and walked forward.

Going deeper, it is the cloth dyeing area. Dyeing workshops of various colors set up bamboo poles in the yard, and printed cloth on them, most of them are sky blue, dyed with small white and light blue flowers. Near noon, there is finally a breeze, and the cloth is dyed. Each style is swaying, with Jiangnan water town, conveying the smell of soap locust washed.

There is no fun in the dyeing cloth square area, and there are few pedestrians, so it is too easy to give people the illusion of tonight and night.

Several dyeing workshops are similar, except for a clothing store at the end, which stands far away in the depths of the clean stone slabs, and the door is only half opened.

All the furnishings are the same as in the old days. Silk and satin are rolled into rolls and placed on the stalls one by one. I gave up the one I used to use in the mansion.

She was a little excited, as if she had returned to the time when she went shopping with her sisters in the satin shop after the first day of the fifteenth day. At that time, she always had to pick out a few horses, and while touching the embroidered surface, she thought, the double bats look stable, and they are crow blue. , suitable for making a robe for dad.The peony is rich and noble, and the bottom of the water sandalwood color is not very ostentatious. When it is made into a skirt, my mother will definitely like it.

The last time the second elder brother came back from the border, he said he was missing a sword tassel, so he wondered if he could find Si Mian.

My little girl wants a cotton-padded hand, something fluffy and festive.

She looked at the silent silk and satin, as if looking at a carefully selected girl.

"Go and see." The low voice seemed to be bewitching, whispering in her ear.

Xiang Wan smiled and nodded, stepped up the steps, and made a habitual movement of picking up the skirts on both sides.

But she missed it.

She froze for a moment, stopped, and looked at her empty hands and the jeans clinging to her legs.

Then she took a step back and took a slow, long breath.

Chao Xin had a panoramic view of her movements, walked up to her, and held her empty palm.

Xiang Wan turned around, hugged her, buried her head in her neck, and wept silently.

It's not the silk, but the parents, brothers and sisters who want to wear the silk. She has restrained herself for too long, and she dare not even think about it.

She said to Yu Zhou, and she said to herself, fate comes and goes, there is a definite number, everything yesterday, should all be gone.

Come back today, only as a new student.

But how can it be regarded as a new student?

Is there a second such poor person in the world who forgot to drink Mengpo soup when he was in the underworld, and could only forget it by himself.

Is it the memory she abandoned?No, it was herself.

It is Xiang Wan who has lived for 18 years.She had to send Xiang Wan to the grave first before she could erect a monument to her past love and hatred.

"Chao Xin." She choked up and called her softly.

He didn't say anything, and didn't call her "Teacher Chao" again.

She seemed to have forgotten to tell anyone that she would also be afraid, afraid of being alone, afraid of being expelled, afraid of being abandoned, afraid that no one would remember her or care about her.

I was even afraid that I would never have the courage to say it——Can you not leave me?

Can you, never leave me?