Chapter 30 chapter Ten

Walking slowly on the winding path leading to the gazebo, looking at the withered grass and fallen leaves in the back garden, the eldest young master said to Liu Yuwei who was walking together with infinite reverie: "... This is the back garden. The garden is not too big. But when I was a child, it was very big in my eyes. We didn’t go to primary schools outside, but went to tutoring in the mansion. I was the first university principal of the tutoring, and I was in charge of seven younger brothers and sisters. I always brought my younger siblings to this garden to make trouble. After six years away from home, this garden is what I see most in my dreams, Yuwei, do you think it's strange?"

Liu Yuwei said: "It's not strange, it's nostalgia, it's human nature. But this nostalgia is also a kind of evil after all." The eldest young master stepped on the dry grass and branches under his feet, walked proudly, his face became more and more serious: "I still can't forget this home, I hate it, but I can't forget it. It's the same with my father. I know that my father is an out-and-out warlord, and he fights back and forth." All of them are unjust wars, but I still care about his wars, and when I read about his wars in the newspapers, I can’t sleep for a few days.”

Liu Yuwei said: "This is very wrong. It shows that you haven't gotten over the conflict between family affection and conscience. I'm afraid that you will fall deeper this time when you come back!" The eldest young master shook his head: "Isn't it? I broke up with this feudal family in the end." Having said that, the Eldest Young Master and Liu Yuwei arrived at the gazebo. Nan Rulin was basking in the sun and sitting on the gazebo reading a book. She had seen the Eldest Young Master and Liu Yuwei walking towards the gazebo, but she just pretended not to know, until the Eldest Young Master and Liu Yuwei walked up to her face, she raised her head and smiled at them.

The young master and Liu Yuwei also smiled at Nan Rulin. The young master smiled and asked, "Does Ten Niang also like this garden?" Nan Rulin closed the book, nodded and said, "I like it, but I just like the scenery in spring. Now it's late autumn, and there is nothing to see." The young master looked at the ruins of the garden and sighed: "Yes, the autumn wind is bleak, and all trees are withered. A dead autumn is not as good as a fresh spring." He raised his head and asked, "Where is Liu Niang? Little Seven and I I said in the letter that it is Liu Niang who is in charge of the plants and trees in this garden, why didn't I see you when I came back this time?"

Nan Rulin hesitated for a moment, then sighed, "Don't ask me about this, I don't know." The eldest young master seemed to see something in Nan Rulin's hesitant eyes, stopped the conversation cleverly, looked at the book on Nan Rulin's lap and said, "Shi Niang, why do you read Li Weite's book too?" ? Levitt's books are the most boring, either cheating or dating. We all say that he only sells women's thighs, and none of his books are good, and the words are not clear, and the words are not clear." Liu Yuwei also said: "Li Weitt is a very petty person. He slaughtered a well-produced "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and sold the corpse in different ways. He sold it dozens of times. The more he sells, the more vulgar he is. If you really want to see it For such books, it is better to go directly to "The Sorrows of Young Werther"."

Nan Rulin blushed and said: "I don't like Li Weitt's book, and I didn't think it was good when I read it. It's just boring, so I just took it and flipped through it." Then she asked: "The Sorrows of Young Werther" Where can I find this book?" Liu Yuwei said: "I have a copy, if you want to read it, I will lend it to you." Nan Rulin said: "That's great." Liu Yuwei was very enthusiastic, and introduced: "I still have a handwritten script "Nara", which is also worth reading." The young master smiled and said: "Yuwei is a Nora! Her parents decided to give her to a silk businessman, and she was about to enter the bridal chamber, but she ran away and followed me."

Nan Rulin glanced at Liu Yuwei: "You are brave, and you are considered lucky to have found such a good man as the Young Master!" Liu Yuwei smiled: "There are many such things nowadays, it's not brave." She glanced at the young master, "The young master of your family is not a very good person, his general appearance is just passable!" The eldest young master felt very wronged, and shouted: "This general appearance is also the only one!" All three laughed. After the laughter stopped, Liu Yuwei asked Nan Rulin, "You are so young, why do you want to be a child in Hao's house?"

The young master tugged at the corner of Liu Yuwei's clothes, trying to stop Liu Yuwei from asking. Liu Yuwei didn't pay any attention, and still asked: "Could it be that he was also sold by his parents, so he can't be his own home? Tell me, and I can help you find a way." Nan Rulin didn't know what to say, let alone whether to say it, so she froze, her eyes gradually turned red. The eldest young master complained: "Yuwei, look at you, what are you doing asking Shi Niang about this? She is still our Shi Niang, she is an elder, we can't ask such things."

Liu Yuwei gave the young master a hard look: "Nan Rulin is your tenth mother, but not mine. I don't recognize your smog, I only see Nan Rulin as my younger sister!" The eldest young master was afraid, looked around and said: "Hush your voice, this will be heard by my aunt and my mother, so you don't want to stay here any longer!" Liu Yuwei said: "I really don't want to stay any longer! Your house is like a big coffin, everywhere you go is the smell of feudal corpses!" The eldest young master smiled wryly: "Didn't I say that a long time ago? It wasn't because of this that I was able to fall out with the old man?" Then he said, "It's okay for us to treat Shi Niang as a little sister in private, but On the whole, we have to respect her as an elder."

Nan Rulin burst into tears, bright teardrops hanging on her pretty face. The young master took out a handkerchief and handed it to Nan Rulin, saying, "Don't cry, don't cry, it's not good to be seen by others. Just talk to Yuwei calmly about yourself, I...I want to hear it too." Nan Rulin wiped away her tears with the young master's handkerchief, and tried her best to smile: "Also... there's nothing to say, it's already like this, so I don't think about it too much. People are good or bad for a lifetime. How can I satisfy people everywhere?" Sighing, he said, "It's not bad here, it's always the wind and the rain, so you don't have to worry about anything."

Liu Yuwei didn't believe this: "You are lying to yourself." Nan Rulin said: "It's better to lie to yourself than to blame yourself. What's the use of old resentment? It's nothing but trouble!" The young master said: "That's right, you have to let nature take its course. The feudal warlords will be defeated eventually, and you will be free when that happens." Liu Yuwei disagreed with the young master's point of view: "You can't just wait, you have to fight them." The young master asked, "What is the law of resistance?" Liu Yuwei said: "At least you can run away! Nine out of ten wives run away, let's see what the old man of the Hao family will do!" The eldest young master smiled and said: "It's easy to say! Who are you running with? Where are you going?" Turning his face to Nan Rulin, he said, "Ten Niang, let's talk about you, are you running?" Nan Rulin took a fixed look at the young master for a long time before shaking her head. The young master spread his hands together: "Look, if he doesn't run away by himself, what can we do?" Nan Rulin blurted out: "The Sixth Wife, Xiujuan, was killed because of this, and was shot more than a dozen times!" The young master and Liu Yuwei were both surprised. For a while, the three of them stopped talking, and the surroundings seemed very quiet, and the sound of dead leaves rolling on the grass could be heard. Probably the sixth wife Xiujuan's death had stimulated the young master, and the young master was no longer afraid, and said to Nan Rulin sadly and angrily: "When that day comes, if you want to run away, you can run to Liu Yuwei and me in Hankou. See what my father can do with you!" Tears welled up in Nan Rulin's eyes again, and she choked up and said, "One day, I... I will definitely go to you..."