Chapter 6 6. Years in Paradise

During the days when he lived with his mother and aunt, Yu Huang Chang was like heaven. She likes her aunt's house, likes the layout of the room, likes every decoration in the house that permeates the atmosphere of her mother and aunt, the bright and clean living room, the exquisite and warm bedroom, the refreshing and elegant study, and the bathroom with a tiled roof , a kitchen with a gas stove, and a large balcony with glass doors on the balcony all made her feel surprised and fresh. The most special thing is that all the houses seem to be independent, but they are intertwined with each other.A moon hole is dug on the wall of the bedroom and the study room. The study room and the living room are only separated by a row of Babao grids, while the living room leads to the balcony. There is only a row of French windows in the middle. Spring comes in through the window unhindered. Sunshine is generously sprinkled in every room, so everything is bathed in spring light, bright and healthy.

How rich and fulfilling life was when my mother was sitting in the living room playing the piano and my aunt was standing behind me beating time and singing. Huang Chang looked at them and his relatives with such fascinated eyes.There is a plaque hanging outside my aunt's door, but it is not engraved with the words "Huang Zhai" or "Huang Yu", but a very special one, engraved with three small seal characters of plum blossoms: Shui Wuyou.My aunt explained that tea is also called "Wuyou Jun", and "Shui Wuyou" means "tea".Huang Chang felt that the name was very appropriate. Isn't my aunt just as indifferent as tea?She likes this water worry-free residence, and likes the bright and clean meaning here. She knows that she has finally left her father's garden mansion forever and forever left the cell where she was confined.

That's not a home, it's a big prison. Everyone inside is in prison, but some are forced, some are voluntary, some are eager to escape all the time, some are enjoying it, and even serve as their own jailers without knowing it . That night, under Cui's mother's cue, Huang Chang sneaked out of the house while the two guards were changing guards.When she finally stood on the street outside the high wall, she felt that the world was so vast and the night breeze was so cool, she couldn't believe that she was really free. With such a vague and mysterious smile, she stopped a rickshaw on the side of the road and fluently reported the address of her aunt. When the rickshaw briskly ran all the way to Wuyouju, she felt that she was really Towards a carefree and happy life.

Needless to say, the scene of mother and daughter reunited was filled with joy and sorrow, and the next thing to do was to inform Huang's mansion.Huang Chang said, "I'm not going back even if I die." The mother only knew how to cry, and the aunt stroked her arm and said, "I won't be willing to send you back either. But the debt must be settled with them. " Counting it, Huang Chang has been locked up in the "haunted house" for half a year. I don't know if the student status of St. Mary's Girls' High School will continue to be reserved for her. This is the first major matter to be dealt with; Who will bear the tuition fees, they have to discuss with Huang Jiaqi; also, from Huang Shang, Zhao Yifan knows that the little emperor is still studying in a private school, and this matter must be dealt with immediately.Yifan was distressed, and said to his daughter in tears: "I'm really not a successful mother. I think I didn't do anything wrong in my life, except for giving birth to you two."

But in the end, everything was finally settled. Huang Jiaqi agreed to send Xiaodi to school immediately, but the condition was that he would not take care of Huang Chang's education fees. He said: "Don't think that raising Xiaodi is an easy task. I thought you would be at a disadvantage if Huang Chang was taken care of by you. I have raised my daughter to such an age, she is very knowledgeable, and she can marry off immediately for a gift, but Xiaodi is different. She is still young and weak. She takes injections and medicines all year round. It will scare you to death if I tell you about the money, you can be satisfied if you get a ready-made cheap one."

Zhao Yifan already knew that her husband was unreasonable, but he still didn't expect him to be so philistine. Although Huang Erye was fun when he was newly married, he was still a celebrity after all. The tone of bargaining has also been learned.Thinking about it, it must be the result of the training of the new second grandmother, Sun Peilan.A few days ago, I heard Jiaxiu say that Huang Jiaqi is not only smoking opium, but also addicted to morphine injections.Yifan looked at Jiaqi, the man who shared the same bed and had two children together, she knew that he was finished, just a dead person who hadn't died yet.What could be expected of such a dead man?Yifan was heartbroken, so he stopped arguing, and just said that whatever you say is fine, just because Huangdi is the only boy in the family, he must pay more attention to his health and education, and he must not hurt this innocent boy again. Mother's child.

Having said that, Jia Qi became ashamed, and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry." "Don't worry." These are the heart-to-heart words of Brother Li Bao to Sister Lin.When they were newly married, Yifan once commented on Jiaqi, saying that there are so many love vows in ancient and modern China and abroad, no matter how sweet and gorgeous they are, they are not as intimate and ironic as these three words.Now she also got these three words, but in such an uncontrollable situation, she said it so powerlessly. She looked at his face, gray and depressed, with an indescribable helplessness, but she had just passed forty, but she had already revealed the scene of the next life. It was the last time their husband and wife met. She was very sympathetic, but Huang Sun Peilan said sarcastically from the side: "You are so pitiful, why is he a child without a mother? Doesn't he call me mother? If you are really worried, you might as well take it with you." So, The lingering warmth about the old days that had just risen in her heart cooled down again.

Huang Di was afraid, ran over and held Yi Fan's hand and said, "Mom, I don't want to be separated from my sister, can you take me with you too?" Yifan hugged his son and tried hard not to cry for Sun Peilan, but his heart felt like a needle prick, and he said in a trembling voice, "Little Emperor, my mother really wants to take you away, but mother's financial ability and burden Your sister's tuition is already very difficult, and I really can't take you with me. You are also suffering with your mother, so you should study hard to recuperate, get born early and find a good job, so you can afford it yourself."

The Yellow Emperor burst into tears, and Huang Chang also wept unceasingly, Zhao Yifan couldn't bear it anymore, got up suddenly, turned around and ran out of the hotel where the negotiations were held.Jiaxiu also led Huang Chang out.The three of them walked home without a word, Zhao Yifan lay down on the big bed, face turned inward, shoulders shrugged and cried for a while.Jiaxiu knew that she couldn't persuade her, so she just told Huang Chang to go out and come in and keep her pace low so as not to disturb her mother. Huang Chang sat on the large open-air balcony, watching the stars light up one by one, and he didn't know whether it was worry or joy. The worry was that the siblings would be separated, and it would be difficult to meet in the future. Mother and aunt, never separated again.

She remembered a night many years ago, under such a starry sky, she told her brother the story of the Red Chamber.Huang Di didn't understand why Baoyu gave Sister Lin an old handkerchief. She told him that it was because the girl shed tears.At this moment, mother's handkerchief is also full of tears, right?And what about myself?How many handkerchiefs will we weep in a lifetime?Perhaps, this is the daughter's life, God has arranged it all, just waiting for her to step on it and practice it one by one. Huang Chang's heart slowly calmed down in the night wind. Since everything is coming, he can only face it.She waited for her fate and decided not to avoid it anymore.

It was half a year later that Huang Chang saw the Yellow Emperor again. Huangdi wore a nondescript suit and was led by Mama Lin to see his mother—because it was his birthday, he came here to kowtow to his mother to commemorate the day of "mother's death". Yifan took his hand, it seemed that he just couldn't get enough of it, and asked one after another if the school was good, whether the homework was deep, the classmates were easy to get along with, how was his health recently, but he didn't ask about Huang's family affairs.Lin's mother took the initiative to talk about it, and then Sun Peilan laughed at Yifan behind his back, saying that she automatically carried a big burden on her body, but Yifan ignored it. Mama Lin felt bored, so she went downstairs to talk to Mama Cui—after Huang Shang escaped, Mama Cui was made things difficult by Sun Peilan for being suspected of cheating. She was invited and became the only Chinese servant in the apartment.She and Mama Lin were very happy to reunite after a long absence. The two got together, head to head, knee to knee, chatting not enough, but chatting more passionately than the boss.Mama Lin said: "It's better for you, stay away from there. The new grandma seems to have never been a servant in her life. She doesn't know how to torture people. I don't think I can do it for long. In a few days , I just want to go back to the countryside. Otherwise, find another family, so I don’t want to look at that late mother’s face." Cui's mother asked: "Why is Miss already gone, is she still so domineering?" Mama Lin clapped her legs and said, "Isn't that the case? The day before yesterday, I pointed out that some silverware was lost, so I summoned the whole family and asked us to confess to each other. They said that if they couldn't ask questions, they wouldn't be given food for a day. In the end, it was The housekeeper said, "If you don't lose anything, it's not that the second master used it for gambling. She started arguing, saying that we didn't have the rules, and we clearly wronged the master. Later, the second master admitted it himself, and she just I have nothing to say, but within three days, I had a big fight with the housekeeper and fired the housekeeper. I can’t wait for her to leave, but it’s better to go by myself. Just watch, it’s half as fast month, or a month later, I must leave." The two sighed for a while, and Lin's mother asked: "Our second mistress here has been divorced for so long, does she have any plans?" Cui's mother said: "If you have any plans, you won't tell me, but I heard her talking to my aunt, and she kept mentioning an Englishman named Lawrence. It seems to be her foreign boyfriend." When the two said this, they lowered their voices.And the conversation between Yifan and Huangdi in the living room was passed on in detail. I just listened to Huangdi politely, asking questions and answering one sentence, saying that what was taught in the school was very different from what was taught in the private school. The teacher spoke quickly, and often mixed Chinese and English. I don't know when I will be able to graduate.Because of his poor health, my classmate can't participate in many extracurricular activities, and doesn't get close to him. Therefore, going to school is very lonely. In fact, I am a little reluctant. I really miss the quiet and stable private school at home. When will I come? Classes can be continued no matter how long the break is. When Jiaxiu heard this, she couldn't help curling her lips, and said, "It's best for our young master to open the school to the hospital, where he can take medicine and copy scriptures at the same time, without having to think about it." Yifan was also troubled, but this son finally met him, so he couldn't bear to criticize him, so he changed the topic and talked about who he met recently, what movies he watched, and which movie star he liked. Huang Di said: "I like Mei Lin's "Tian Lun", her performance is so natural and has such a fresh taste... I met a nurse in the hospital, named Han Kedi, who looks very similar to Mei Lin, gentle and gentle. My injection gestures are light and quick, and I don't feel any pain at all." Yi Fan then asked him what injections he had recently taken, what medicine he took, when he was hospitalized and when he was discharged, and told him that he should learn to take care of himself when his mother was not around, and not to get sick every now and then. Take care of yourself, it won't be good if you grow up and suffer from severe illness in the future.While talking, he started to cry again. Huang Di persuaded: "Why is mother crying again? No wonder my sister said that women always cry the most. The Miss Han in the hospital also likes to cry very much. She wipes her tears when she has nothing to do. She said , she came out to be a nurse for the sake of her family." Then, Huang Di talked endlessly to his mother and sister about the nurse Han Kedi, saying that although she was born in a small family, but because the whole family is Christian, she was taught to read and write since she was a child, and she could recite whole chapters Later, I learned to speak English after working in a hospital, and I can read the original "Old Testament" fluently, and my knowledge is no worse than that of our young lady.Speaking of becoming a nurse in a hospital, there is another legendary story in it. It turns out that Ms. Han was burned in a large part of her back when she was thirteen years old. She almost died and was sent to Renxin Hospital for several treatments. She was cured only a year ago. During her hospitalization, she learned a lot of nursing knowledge about injections and medicines from the nurses. She stayed in the hospital after recovering from her injuries. When Huangdi was talking like this, Yifan and Jiaxiu exchanged glances frequently, and nodded tacitly, they knew: Huangdi fell in love with that Miss Han.Maybe he didn't know it yet, but when he mentioned her, his eyes would light up, and his usually pale face would be flushed. He kept talking in a hurried tone, for fear of being interrupted.Because this is the most important person in his heart, he can't wait to share his happiness with people, and force people to agree with his point of view, and praise the goddess in his heart together with him.The lovely and simple feelings of first love had already made this pale young man so excited that he couldn't control himself. After the Yellow Emperor left, Yifan and Jiaxiu discussed this matter, and they all felt that this might not be a good thing for the Yellow Emperor. At least, it could open his closed heart to the outside world to some extent. Perhaps, he Because of this, it will become healthy, and it may not necessarily be lively. Yi Fan even said: "It made me curious, and I really want to meet that Miss Han." But that would be too revealing, and Huang Di is still just a child, even if he has already developed the emotions of Young Werther, he still needs to see him. It also depends on the interaction and development of the two of them.So Yifan and Jiaxiu didn't intervene in the meeting, just smiled and watched the development of this matter quietly. On the contrary, when Huang Chang sent his younger brother downstairs, he said: "If you have a chance, you might as well bring that Miss Han to play at home next time." Huang Di immediately became coy and said, "I don't know if he is willing or not." But his shining eyes clearly showed that he was very enthusiastic about this matter, as if he could not wait to send a solemn invitation to Miss Han tomorrow.If it works, it will be the first date in his life. In the spring of the following year, Huang Jiafeng's family also moved to Shanghai. Jiaxiu took Huang Chang to have a meal with them, and when she came back, she said to Yifan, "My big brother has become more and more prosperous, but he has no shame. Back then you called him a prodigal son who made unscrupulous money. Now it seems that there is no mistake in scolding." Yifan never cared about the affairs of his ex-husband's family, and he didn't want to inquire about them, but he suddenly thought of something and asked, "A few days ago, I met Mr. Ke and talked about Aixinjueluo's establishment of Manchukuo in the northeast. You said the Huang family was also involved?" "Huang Jiafeng also said it at the banquet today, and he was very proud. He said that when Puyi arrived in Dalian, it was Huang Kun's in-laws named Tao who picked him up. Huang Kun's son-in-law, Tao Laowu, was some kind of imperial guard. I rushed to Changchun to become an official, and Dingdai Hualing from the old year has also been picked up again. In fact, it’s not a child running a house? It’s just that the trouble is bigger and more ridiculous, and the consequences are worse. I don’t know if it’s been so long For many years, will the routine of kowtowing like pounding mountains and shouting long live still go?" "What about Boss Huang? He doesn't plan to go to Changchun?" "He doesn't. He wants to take advantage of this opportunity to make money in the country. Of course, Shanghai is the best choice. Puyi doesn't pay him a salary, and he also wants to raise donations from Qin Wang, his miser, how can he agree? Lian Huang Gan originally Seventeen Gege, who had decided to marry Prince Su, would come in, but he kept procrastinating and refusing to do it. He was afraid that Jin Bihui would give an order: Since he is a relative, please help the 'An Guojun', and he has to pay for it himself. come out." "What's the matter with Jin Bihui here? Isn't she Japanese? I heard that her original name was Yoshiko Kawashima?" "That was the name she changed after arriving in Japan. Her real identity is Prince Su's Fourteen Gege, who was given to the Japanese as a foster daughter since she was a child in order to restore the restoration... If Huang Qian really married Seventeen Gege, what would she be like?" Fake eldest sister." "It's no wonder that Commander Jin is said to be Chinese for a while, and Japanese for a while. It turns out that there is such a story...Then Huang Gan procrastinated not to get married, and he was willing?" "That's not clear. There's always a reason...Huang Qian is now working in the port company. I haven't seen him for a few years. He is tall and handsome. He is more pleasing to the eye than his father. He is also sober. I don't think so. I guess this marriage is about to blow up. How can a shrewd young man like him be willing to marry a prince who has passed away? He doesn't have a little bit of glory and wealth, but he has the image of an entire era. The political crisis is chasing after him...he can't run away!" Huang Chang has always been not interested in this general discussion.She seems to have an innate immunity to politics. All the news comes to her from one ear to the other. She has no idea about Manchukuo, Anguo Army, Yoshiko Kawashima and Jin Bihui.As long as the war does not come to the door of the house, as long as the sound of the mother's piano is still pleasant, as long as the sun rises at the same time every day, she will still be in the mood to sit under the tea stand on the balcony and watch. Today's family reunion, the only thing she was worried about was that her younger brother looked thinner and darker, and his eyes were even more dull.Because I missed a bad quail egg with chopsticks and fell to the ground, my stepmother knocked it on the head. It was so crisp and loud that Huang Chang's heart jumped, but he had a headache. He took it without lifting it, paused for a while, and then looked at other dishes as if nothing had happened.When Huang Zhong, who was sitting beside him, gave him the quail eggs in his bowl, he smiled instinctively. Huang Chang couldn't help it all at once, pulled away the chair and ran to the bathroom, crying for a long time in front of the mirror. She cried for her father's indifference, her stepmother's harshness, her siblings' inability to reunite, and her younger brother's weakness and numbness.Her face was reflected in the mirror, distorted and wet, like a Picasso painting.Now she has returned to St. Mary's Girls' High School to study, and will graduate in a year.But her figure is still as thin as a child's, but her thoughts are far ahead of her body, becoming a little adult who is thoughtful, sentimental and sensitive. Not only does she empathize with what happened to her younger brother just now, but also because she is powerless And feel stinging. Just as she was crying so heartbrokenly, Huang Zhong came in, checked that there was no one else in the bathroom, and opened the door to let Huang Di in.Huang Di stood in front of his sister, staring blankly at her crying into tears, and said for a while, "It's better if I'm with them than if you stay at home. Anyway, I don't care." It's okay not to listen, but after hearing this sentence, Huang Chang cried even more, hugged his younger brother and said, "It's all my sister's fault, I have no ability, so I can't take you away." The siblings hugged each other and cried, Huang Zhong watched, and suddenly said: "You can't take him away, I can." Huang Chang was taken aback: "What did you say?" "I said, I want to take the Yellow Emperor away and let him live in my house. Then, I will take care of him." "But, how is that possible?" "How is it impossible? Our new house has more than 20 rooms, but only my father, my mother and I live there. There is a row of small houses in the back garden, and they are all empty. The little emperor recuperates. I will tell my dad that if I invite the Yellow Emperor to come to my house to recuperate, my dad will definitely agree, and the second uncle may not disagree...you just look forward to it." Speaking of Huang Jiafeng and Huang Jiaqi's restoration of the old good, it is Huang Sunpei Lan's credit. Since she dealt with the two concubines, the second major thing she has been thinking about is how to reconnect with Huang Jiafeng, a rich relative. Usually, she said in Er Ye's ear: "Husband and wife are like clothes, and brothers are like brothers and feet. Back then, you Clothes offend siblings, but it’s not worth it? Besides, now that the rags are gone, it’s time to rebuild the sibling relationship, otherwise, others will take advantage of it.” As usual, the second master didn't want to worry about it, so he just said casually: "What do you want to do again? Just do it. Why come to me again?" So Sun Peilan got excited, prepared four gifts, and ordered his family to send them all the way to Beijing in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and passed on the words of the second grandfather and second grandmother: "The matter of the ancestral hall was originally for our own good. It was that bitch who was ignorant and offended my eldest brother. Now that bitch has gone out and is no longer a member of the Huang family. The brothers of the Huang family did not make a mistake of hurting their own family because of her. From now on, they will still communicate in harmony and greet each other. It is." Huang Jiafeng is a person who cares about face. Back then he broke off contact with his second brother's family because he hurt his face. Although the anger still lingers, it's an old thing after all. Now the second brother has married another person, and he hastily came to the door to give gifts to admit his mistakes. Hit the smiley man.It wasn't a major event that would break the sky, so let's forget about it.Therefore, he politely accepted the gift and prepared four other gifts for the visitor to bring back.And the two brothers have been in contact since then. A few years later, the old lady Huang Chenxiufeng passed away, and Huang Kun went to Changchun with her husband's family. Although Huang Qian was not married, he lived in the staff building of the Shanghai Port Authority for many years. , but that practice cannot be counted, so speaking of it, there are only three people left in the Huang house, the family style couple and the youngest daughter Huang Zhong.Huang Jiafeng is a person who is used to being lively. He came from the ostentation of bells and lanterns, but now he feels very deserted.So Sun Peilan actively lobbied again, persuading her eldest brother to move the whole family to Shanghai. Anyway, the Huang family still has more than ten properties in Hongkou, and they can take back their own house at any time.Huang Jiafeng also thought that his son had already arrived in Shanghai first, and his old relatives in Beijing also went to Changchun, and those who went to Dalian went to Dalian. In this way, Huang Jiafeng moved to Shanghai in the spring of the following year.He likes to be lively, but also likes to take care of things, and the cost of bringing the Yellow Emperor home is not much, which not only increases the excitement, but also buys a good reputation among relatives.So when the youngest daughter Huang Zhong proposed to invite Huang Di to go home to recuperate at the banquet, he smiled and said, "I asked your second uncle and aunt, your second uncle is willing to let the little emperor live here. I welcome you with both hands. You sisters and brothers should also get close to each other, and tomorrow we old people will close our eyes, and you will know that there is a relative in this world." Sun Peilan wished that the Yellow Emperor would go as far as possible, and also wanted to find opportunities to spend more time with Huang's family. Living there, the Yellow Emperor would give him an excuse to call on him at any time, so he naturally agreed: "That's kind. I really don't want to part with Xiaodi, but seeing him alone at home is strange. It's rare that Ms. Huang Zhong is so gentle and courteous, and doesn't despise Xiaodi's rudeness. Learn the rules." Huang Jiaqi hesitated at first, but when he saw what Sun Peilan said, he nodded in agreement.So Dangxi decided that Huang Jiafeng would go back tomorrow to tidy up the house in the back garden, and wait for the Yellow Emperor to come and recuperate.Huang Zhong was the happiest about this matter. He grabbed Huang Di's hand and said, "That's great, that's great, then I can tell you stories every day. This time I really want to tell a thousand and one stories." night." Huang Chang looked at Huang Zhong, and couldn't help but think of the situation in Beijing seven years ago. This little cousin was two years older than himself, but she looked as if she hadn't grown up in so many years, and she still talked and acted like a teenager But on the other hand, her gentle and considerate nature made her look older than she really was, and it could be seen that her welcome to Xiao Di was sincere.The younger brother can't live with his own sister, it's good to be able to live with his cousin. Huang Chang later said to her mother: "Huang Zhong will get married next year, but she looks like a little mother now. For her, the saying 'women are motherhood' has really been fully experienced." Zhao Yifan nodded and said, "This reminds me of an old story: Sister Bao and Sister Lin in the movie. Huang Zhong is Sister Bao, and Miss Han is Sister Lin..." Aunt Jiaxiu gave a "puchi" laugh, and went on to say: "Our Yellow Emperor is indeed a bit like Baoyu, and they are all equally useless." Yifan and Huang Chang also laughed when they said that.