Chapter 14 Diao Tianxia Eleven

(1) There are many bandits in the world today, Grab what you see. Only the mouth can't take it away, Keep it and sing folk songs. ——Yunnan folk songs An Ye's two assistants are named Paul and Mosang.They scolded An Ye for not being enough friends, and bought all of Gao Shimei's good things by himself.Therefore, Paul and Mosang avoided An Ye and secretly planned how to snatch Gao Shimei's wooden lattice door.Paul and Moissan believed that such a great woodcarving work should belong to the great France.Paul and Mozan bought 12 local rogues.They pretended to be masked men, and in the middle of the night, they came to Xinlin Village without anyone noticing, planning to steal Gao Shimei's wooden lattice door.

During those few days, Gao Shimei and Li Bang went to Nilang Town and did not return home at night.Only Gao Lizhi was left in the workshop to guard the wooden lattice door. That night, the moonlight was very white.Gao Lizhi left the workshop and walked to the big pond.Suddenly, I saw a man in bleached clothes.The clothes were as white as moonlight, fluttering over the pond.When the man came to her, he stopped and looked at her, as if he wanted to say something to her.She also had the courage to look at him: tall torso, thick arms, big eyes, big ears, and a delicate face, like transparent jade.Ah, he is the American boy.She was a little embarrassed, how could she come to him alone at night?Thinking of this, she hurried past the American boy.When she looked back, the American boy was gone. Where did he go?She saw that it was getting dark around the pond, and the tall willow trees hid the moon.Her heart sank, met a ghost?She hurried towards the entrance of the village, but couldn't run fast.She has little feet, how can she run like big feet?

Finally, she ran to Ma's residence, "Grandma, grandma, open the door quickly! I'm Lizhi." Ma woke up from sleep and heard Gao Lizhi recount the scene just now.Mrs. Ma said: "You must have encountered a ghost. The American boy had already left Xinlin Village and went to Wudao Village to investigate. How could you have encountered him? What you have encountered is a terrifying male ghost. Fortunately, You run away, otherwise, that male ghost will lure you into the pond and drown you." She was so frightened that she cried. Mrs. Ma asked her: "It's dark, what are you doing by the pond? I can't imagine that you are so courageous. A girl with little feet dares to wander outside the village at night?"

Gao Lizhi said timidly: "I went out to look for my father, but he hasn't come home for a few days. I thought, I'm staying at home alone, fearful of ghosts. The moonlight is bright tonight, so I might as well go out and see my father." What are you doing outside at night? Unexpectedly, I really encountered a ghost." That night, Ma sent Gao litchi back to the workshop with "fazhu" (a thin slice planed out of wood for lighting). Gao Lizhi was lying on the bed alone, unable to close his eyes.Her whole body was icy, as if there was a chilly wind blowing on her body.Her moist eyes looked out of the window, which was still a terrible paleness.In her consciousness, only the sweet-scented osmanthus alley leading to the gate outside the house is a real thing.Maybe, Dad and Li Bang are going home soon, and they are walking in this alley at this time.She seemed to hear his footsteps.In the silence, Dad walked towards the workshop with great interest.She seemed to see Daddy's figure, a cheerful, colorful, loving figure, bursting into the door and filling the small building.

However, the long and indifferent time tore up Gao Lizhi's feelings, expectations and fantasies.When it was dawn, she struggled to open her eyes, but no matter what, she couldn't perceive the meaning of dawn.As a result, she became more disturbed, miserable, and even went crazy.She needs that night that can turn a person into a transparent person, a feeling of being called.She wanted to walk, talk, listen, and see that transparent American lad. The sun had already shone on Gao Lizhi's bed, she sat up, scratched her legs, rubbed her feet, scratched her eyebrows, scratched her head, it seemed that no force could stop her from making these movements.She thought she was going crazy, she couldn't say anything, and she didn't want to say anything.But as long as she thinks of the American boy who was as transparent as jade by the pond last night, she can temporarily calm down, her eyes become clear, and the morning becomes soft and fragrant.She was not afraid that the American boy was a ghost, she fell in love with that ghost.She longed very much to look into the eyes of that ghostly man, so that he would not drift away in her gaze.At that time, she wanted to use all her strength to grab the American boy.

Gao Lizhi hurried to the pond.The water mist is changing in the sun, but the willow tree looks so thin and weak, and the sun doesn't give it any energy.She sat down by the pond, untied her foot-binding bandages, and dipped her little feet into the water until they were limp and white. She closed her eyes, and immediately felt that ghost-like American boy emerge from the water. Turning her head, she picked up her little feet and hugged her to her chest. Diao Tianxia Eleven (2) At that time, sunlight and mist surrounded her.She trembled a little, like the powerful pulse of the American boy, beating the water, the earth, the willows and her skin.She didn't tell the American boy anything, but she felt that the ghostly American boy understood everything.He opened his dark blue eyes and said to her: You know what?My little Chinese girl!I love you so much, I will take you far, far away!

Gao Lizhi was uneasy, her heart was beating violently.She heard the American boy's whistle, soft and sharp, piercing into her heart.Suddenly, a burst of cramped footsteps washed away the wonderful whistle.She recovered from the dizzy state, opened her eyes, and looked back, her father and Uncle Li Bang were standing behind her.The faces of both of them seemed to be deformed, like a lion or a tiger, as if they were going to devour her with one mouth.Terrified, she lowered her head and dared not look at them again.Gao Shimei grabbed her and dragged her from the water's edge to the shore. "Where did my lattice door go?" Gao Shimei asked her in a low voice, "You said, where did my lattice carving go? Where did my lattice carving go?" Gao Lizhi replied blankly: "Your The lattice door is in the workshop."

"Go and see, what else is there in the workshop?" Gao Shimei was almost furious, and yelled at Gao Lizhi, "I told you to take good care of the grid carving, but you ran to the water to play? You are getting more and more courageous The bigger you get, see if I don't kill you?" Saying that, Gao Shimei's palm hit Gao Lizhi's head heavily.Li Bang immediately hugged Gao Shimei by the waist, preventing him from moving his limbs. "Don't hit people yet, go back and look for it!" Li Bang said, "Maybe the thief hasn't gone far, maybe he can catch up. Besides, Li Zhi is a big girl, beating her will only make people laugh. "

Hearing what Li Bang said, Gao Shimei broke free from Li Bang's grasp and ran to the forest outside the village.Li Bang was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Gao Lizhi, "What are you doing sitting here? Why don't you go back quickly?" As he spoke, he ran after Gao Shimei. Gao Lizhi ran back to the workshop in one breath.Goodness, the lattice door is gone.No wonder Dad was so anxious?That was his 15 years of hard work, his treasure, his lifeblood!She knew that a catastrophe was imminent for her, and she would inevitably be punished more severely by her father.She was so frightened that she cried, and hurried to Mrs. Ma's residence to seek the protection of her grandmother.Mrs. Ma said: "Last night, after I sent you back, I didn't sleep well all night. I always felt that something was going to happen, and I panicked, but I never thought that someone would steal the lattice door of my house."

For a whole day, Gao Lizhi didn't take a step away from grandma.At night, Gao Shimei and Li Bang returned empty-handed.Gao Shimei was desperate, and she aged a lot in one day.When he saw Gao Lizhi again, he went mad again and cursed people.Gao Lizhi backed away in fright, but was still caught by her father.Although she was not beaten this time, Daddy's fingers got into her flesh.Mrs. Ma couldn't bear it anymore, and cursed: "Why are you crazy here? You master and apprentice have been fooling around all day, and now you have finally received your retribution. You don't repent, and you put all the blame on Lizhi alone. You What kind of man is he? Have you ever thought about it? Even if Lizhi guards the lattice door, how can she, a girl, handle the robbers when they come?"

"The robber is coming, can't she shout? Can't she?" When Gao Shimei said this, her eyes were red and her teeth were gnashing.Seeing this, Ma was also taken aback. "We didn't fool around outside," Li Bang said. "We went to the city to see if there was any suitable work." Ma glanced at them dissatisfied, and took Gao Lizhi to bed. However, the next morning, Gao Lizhi was still punished by his father.She lost her freedom and was imprisoned in the back garden of the Zhao family.It was a barren garden, full of bamboos and plantains, and weeds as tall as a man.In the past, when the friends were together, they often talked about the adults seeing big snakes in the garden, catching big wolves and so on.Therefore, since Gao Lizhi came to Xinlin Village, she never dared to play in the garden, she was afraid of the big wolves, big snakes, night devils, mouse spirits, and green-eyed ghosts.She never dared to follow Mrs. Ma in.Because she felt that grandma could not protect her.If you encounter the big wolf spirit, the big snake spirit and the green-eyed ghost, both grandma and she will surely die.Of course, this was the idea in the past, and now that she had grown up, she was no longer afraid of those imaginary monsters. But now, when Gao Lizhi was forcibly locked into the garden by her father, she was still a little scared.No matter how she shouted or cried, her father would not spare her lightly. Diao Tianxia Eleven (3) On the first day, Gao Lizhi was locked in Huangyuan. She was like a frozen shadow, afraid to move or speak.But the image of horror still danced in her eyes.Behind the ruined walls, as long as there was the slightest sound, she would shrink into a ball in fright, lest the robbers would jump out and kill her.Gradually, she didn't know what was thinking in her heart, and she didn't know what else she should think about.There was only a gray, chaotic, floating mass of air in front of her eyes, and all the terrible things in the deserted garden disappeared.The next day, Mrs. Ma came to see her in the garden.When grandma turned to leave, she grabbed her lapel and begged her to take her out.Ma said: "Your father's temper is getting worse and worse. Stay in the garden and don't go anywhere. Let's see what he can do to you." Gao Lizhi said: "Grandma, I'm afraid!" Ma said: "What are you afraid of?" Gao Lizhi said, "I'm afraid of everything." So, Ma said: Old snake spirit, go away, old wolf spirit, go away, mouse spirit, go away, green-eyed ghost, go away. This is not your home, this is not your bed, the land here is not yours, the bamboos here are not yours, the plantains here are not yours, the people here are not your relatives, the food here is not yours, The water here is not the water you drink. Go away, go away, if you don't go away, you will be caught and disemboweled. After Mrs. Ma finished reading, she kowtowed to the broken wall.After kowtowing, he spit on the grass again.Gao Lizhi laughed loudly, and said to the grandmother: "You treat me like a child? I am so old, and I am still afraid of those ghosts? I am afraid of bad people." In this way, Gao Lizhi was imprisoned by her father in Huangyuan for a whole month.It wasn't until the evening of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month that Xizong County held the "Lantern Festival Flower Street" that Gao Shimei asked Ma to take her to play.That day, Ma's mood was very good, she dressed Gao Lizhi like a flower.When they came to Nilang Town, they saw all kinds of red lanterns and strange revolving lanterns hanging on the doors and pavements of their houses.Under the lamp, there are carefully cultivated "Nilang Gladiolus" and "Nilang Flower Pile Bonsai" and other fragrant and splendid flowers.Rows of seats are placed around the flowers.In the seats, there are women in fashionable clothes, beautiful and embroidered, fighting for their beauty, greasy and fragrant, and shining.They sat there, some lowered their eyebrows shyly, some scratched their heads and looked around, some were complacent, and some were embarrassed.But the most eye-catching thing is the double hooks under their feet: a pair of small feet that are too big to hold, set in soft satin embroidered shoes as red as cinnabar and as green as emerald.Whether viewed from a distance or close up, both sides of the street present a charming and dazzling scene of interlaced embroidered shoes, colorful and dazzling, just like walking into an unreal picture. It's a pageant for women with small feet. The "Tianzu Movement" is like a gust of wind, which has already blown away.Today, foot binding is still popular all over the world.So, today is still a day of glory and dreams for those little girls who have just found success in footbinding.If one of them is recognized as number one by all the men in the city tonight, then this little girl will be associated with prosperity and wealth in the future, and she will get everything she dreams of.Therefore, on this day, women with small feet from all over the world poured into the small town to be judged by the men.Of course, the young lads did not let go of this wonderful opportunity. They wandered in the flower street, arbitrarily looking at the feet and face of the little-footed woman.They usually don't dare to be so bold and presumptuous, but today is the day when they start their precepts, and it is a festival when their hearts are full of joy.For girls with little feet all over the street, they can not only take a close look at them, but also play with them. After seeing and playing with them enough, they can also comment on them with undiminished interest.There seems to be only one purpose, and that is to select the most beautiful "Golden Lotus" of the year. In addition, there seem to be some old men whose thoughts are not on the little feet of women, but on the poems on the lanterns and the riddles on the revolving lanterns.Those things also make them fascinated, just like judging a woman's little feet, they also have to choose who writes the first poem and whose riddle is the most ingenious.Of course, those poems and riddles are all words to praise and decipher the little feet, and they are all "night snacks" and "snacks" for men that are soaked in the smell and color of the little feet. Mrs. Ma quietly took Gao Lizhi to the fourth gate on the left of Baoshan Street, and let her sit under a big red lantern.Gao Lizhi's chair was provided by a family surnamed Kong.Because her feet meet Jinlian's standards: pointed, round, thin, small, and tight.It was the "fact" that the men had seen that night.People are happy to serve her and applaud her.Therefore, she became the first flower in the "Lantern Festival Flower Street" that year and won face for the Gao family. Diao Tianxia Eleven (4) After Gao Shimei knew the good news, she naturally felt much better.Put aside the grief of losing the lattice door for a moment.He smiled and said to Gao Lizhi: "Do you hate dad?" Gao Lizhi smiled sweetly and said, "I don't hate you."