Chapter 24 Eleven (middle)

Sure enough, after passing the pear tree, and walking a short distance, I saw the stone city around Daihei, and I saw Chenggong.I saw towns and I saw villages.With people, there are lights, and the twilight deepens, only the distant lake light reveals a piece of whiteness in the gaps in the woods. Flying slowly around the cooking smoke are hoarse crows, their calls are so hoarse, and the white spots flashing in the leaden gray evening sky are egrets. The shore of Kunming Lake is the home of egrets. There are so many egrets here, and their nests are Built on tall trees next to the official road, viewed from the mountain, the rows of trees draw clear vertical and horizontal lines in the field even in the twilight.

The smoke from cooking cooking is mixed in the twilight, making the sky even darker. The smoke from cooking cooking in the evening is like a greeting hand stretched out from a warm home. This euphemistic and stretched arm stretches high into the air to call you back from the deep valley far away. , Called back from the place where the stream flows by the edge of the woods, so you have to be lazy and lift your tired legs, cross the field ridge, and walk through the neighboring village to your home. It is such a soft and nostalgic thing, and home is such a somewhat exclusive thing; so who can look at the place where the smoke rises and think: "There is someone else's home! "Come on?

Lin Yanmei had been away from home for a year, and suddenly on an afternoon when she was extremely unhappy and desperately wanted to find someone to cry with, she ran into an aunt who was more suitable for her to talk to than her mother, and they separated again within a few minutes.She is exhausted at the moment, and of course she feels that it is better to go to a place where friends gather to have a rest in view of the village scene, but once homesickness suddenly hits her, it is better to go to a place that is no better than home If you want to laugh, it is better to find a more desolate place to cry.

Could she find such a deserted place to cry?If there is such a place, she may not just go there!Such a girl who is loved by everyone has lost the courage to cry in a desolate place! If she really has a home here, can she let go of her unhappiness?With her appearance, and at the time when she was easily disturbed, how could this unhappiness be resolved by going home?Instead of going home, it's better to put it bluntly, don't blush, it's better to go back to Kunming.She is going to Chenggong immediately, but her heart is going to Kunming by railway! Car accident, what's the matter?What's the point of students complaining?She only hates one person, why can't he forgive her and comfort her?He should be protecting her and favoring her, but he seems to be standing opposite her!How could she still be unable to conquer this man?How could she not make this man bow his head in front of her at all!What a proud person!She simply thought he was rude, rude, rude!She simply hated him!

She may need someone to cry with her.who is it?Wu Baosheng?She couldn't bear it, she was afraid that she would be sad too.Xiao Fan and the others?She was so happy, people who were too happy would not think of her situation, not to mention they might not know about Kunming yet, so she would keep it from them.Thinking of this, I can't help feeling sour again!What else, Ling Xihui?Too strong to curl your lips.Qiao Qianyin?Too weak again! She thought that there would always be someone, but she just couldn't figure out the figure in her mind, this naughty and amiable, simple and funny, so innocent, always happy child, those endless and funny actions to work with!But he is a boy, and he has never seen him cry, so it is almost impossible to associate it with crying.Although this afternoon thanks to his comforting himself.

Sometimes people think about the place they are going to when they are traveling, so they are either impatient, joyful, or doubtful.Sometimes I miss the place I will leave, which is mostly nostalgia, and I can naturally feel liberated. No matter what, there always seems to be a string in my heart tied to the place I just left, and the farther I go, the tighter it is.These two situations are not as embarrassing as the third one, that is, I don't like both ends, and I wish I could just linger on the road like this forever.Where we left, we look back and see that he is not there, so we can pretend that he does not exist. The place we will go to will not be found in the future. Who can prove that it is real?We have no choice but to deceive ourselves, and greedily spend every minute and every second of the time between the two scenes.Although we know that the next scene will appear sooner or later.Of course, there are also many people who are timid, or have too much "admirable laziness" in their talents, as a French writer sang; they will always escape in wandering, and even Escape the time of your life.If they can get away with it, it is difficult to comment because the world sometimes catches them back from the ends of the earth.Did they not accomplish nothing, and they destroyed nothing.They have done nothing, and they have been spared, under certain probabilities, great blunders.

Since it is difficult for us to have any opinions that everyone can agree with, we often hear another saying, if you can't do well, since you follow your nature, you might as well do wrong, if you can't succeed, then what Do something to fail?Failures and mistakes need to be done by people.To do nothing is a crime, and he cannot say, "Nothing is accomplished, at least nothing is destroyed." He ruins a life.As for escaping, it is also a sin. This view is also easier to accept.In particular, the sentence "Things that fail...have to be done by people" is somewhat romantic, and it often encourages many young and noble temperaments to do things that extraordinary people are willing to do.

Time is always fair and ruthless. It is not allowed to linger on the beautiful sunset in front of you. If it slides down the mountain according to the law, it will also set up a good sunset in time.Regardless of whether you like it or not, Chenggong City is presented at the foot of the mountain.Xiao Fan showed Lin Yanmei Jiangwei Village by the lake with a whip, but she couldn't find the temple where they ran the shelter. "I said hurry up." Xiao Fan sighed, "Is it cold because of the rain? Or what? I'm very hungry today." Lin Yanmei looked at this beautiful village scene, but felt lost in her heart.She was hungry too, and her hunger was not only physical.She also likes to go down the mountain and sit in a place where the smoke rises to eat some hot food.But she felt that there was something lacking in that.She felt a kind of emptiness in that comfortable atmosphere.After that rest there was a greater restlessness that disturbed her.Maybe she couldn't escape at last and was forced to leave her friends and warmth and escape back to desolation and loneliness.

People have a certain part of their nature to seek good luck and avoid evil, but according to another part of their nature, they are willing to be in danger. downhill.The city wall of Chenggong slowly rises above the horizon, the sky is getting darker, and the scene in front of the eyes is more hazy and unclear, but the sound of horseshoes is constantly heard in the ears to accompany the ups and downs of thoughts in the heart.We are approaching the city wall, and there are stone slabs on the road.The sound of the horse's hooves was like a rushing drum, Lin Yanmei was not a stage-frightened person, but the sound of the drum hit her heart really hard.

Xiao Fan and the Liang sisters were just shadows in front of her eyes, and only the white horse Liang Chonghuai was riding could be seen more clearly, so she walked beside her, but she didn't want to cause her to come and fight just because she got too close. Talk to yourself. After walking a few steps, Liang Chonghuai asked, "When did you decide to come? Why didn't you hear about it?" "That is, this afternoon." "The office of your West Station is over?" "No." "Then why did Dayu let you come?" "Why did he let me come? He forced me to come here!" She thought, but she didn't speak yet.

"Oh." Liang Chonghuai didn't know why he said that.When they were in the car, several people chattered and laughed, but she never caught Lin Yanmei's answer.Now she herself had turned her mind elsewhere.Coupled with the already tired spirit, the bamboo shoots in the dialogue are also very slack.She added: "Fan Kuanhu is so happy to know that you are here!" "You probably have a lot of fun here." Lin Yanmei just thought in her heart, but didn't say it out of her mouth.Suddenly, she said: "If you don't have much to do here, I'll go back." "Back to the West Station?" "No. They don't have anything for me to do there. When I say go back, I don't want to play in Chenggong." "So it seems to be the same thing!" Liang Chonghuai felt that her tone was not as usual, so he persuaded her to be happier, saying: "The matter is over, and everyone should go to school. It is best to win the war. There are no refugees and no shelter. So, it’s enough to fulfill one’s responsibility now. What else are you thinking about?” "I can't say it either." She sighed, as if this sentence had just reached her heart and made her talk: "Maybe I see everything in life as a stage, as an opportunity. In this scene, Everyone performed well, but I am a laggard, and I am unwilling to accept it. I would rather endure a little longer and try my best. How can I play again?" "Who is different from whom?" Liang Chonghuai said.Suddenly she laughed again: "For example, Xiao Fan, although she worked hard, she had to interrupt the whole summer vacation here. I want to say that her greatest contribution is that she brought you here this time! Don't worry, When I'm done, I saw you today and it occurred to me that I don't know what you'd look like in a nurse's white dress. You know Florence Nightingale, the English lady who started the nurse? The song about her Wearing white clothes and holding a lamp to take care of the ward? I think if Xiao Fan plays that role, he will definitely trip over the foot of the bed and drop the lamp in his hand. Maybe it will cause a fire and the wounded soldiers will come Help. You, here, come to our ward to set up the rules, what a Nightingale, and even more beautiful than Nightingale." Lin Yanmei and Liang Chonghui were good friends, and they often whispered small things to a pair of birds in the spring flowers.They often said this to each other very seriously.So Lin Yanmei didn't scold her after hearing this, she said: "I heard from Xiao Fan that all the patients in your place are almost cured, and those who wash clothes, cook meals, repair houses, run businesses, and raise children are all living at home." "That's not true, but there are still patients. Even if the illness is mild, there must be someone like you, who will feel better after seeing it." She laughed to herself as she said: "Don't mention that life again." Xiao Fan is so happy when the baby is born! Publicize it everywhere, as if it was born by her!" As they talked, they felt that the horse in front had slowed down, and when Xiao Fan came over to listen, they just laughed and stopped talking.Xiao Fan scolded them and said, "Let's chew people behind their backs! The road is dark, people can't hear, there is God in the dark!" "Would you be afraid of a kid if you don't have a god? Let's guard against her in the future!" Liang Chonghuai smiled even more happily as he spoke. These few words were spoken in a higher voice, and Liang Chongrong also heard them later, so he also urged his horse to come forward.Everyone cheered up again and went to Chenggong City.Outside the city over there, at the door of a restaurant with lights, several people were standing and looking this way along with the laughter.Suddenly I heard Fan Kuanhu's voice: "Four? That's Lin Yanmei?" They ran over, and Fan Kuanhu grabbed Lin Yanmei's horse and helped her down, saying, "You're here too? That's great. The car is late. It’s getting dark. Fortunately, we came to pick you up, otherwise there is still a long way to go to Jiangwei Village, and if you want to ride a horse in the dark, it’s not like receiving guests.” Lin Yanmei felt very tired. She only took Fan Kuanhu's hand and helped him on the shoulders. She got off the horse slowly and said, "Thank you." eleven The short-distance bus on Dianyue Road is suitable for sitting when the mood is free, and it is also suitable for riding when the mood is tired.This is not to say that the rhythmic sound made by the red car with thick wood and the hard black steel frame when it is walking can remind people of many familiar tunes and pass the time. Smile and don't tidy up.Or the simple and overlapping sound of rattling makes people rest, and it is easy to fall asleep with it.It's the bamboo baskets and wooden boxes of all kinds, those carried out of the pedals by poles, those tied to the window frames by ropes, and the border area ethnic men and women of various colors and different costumes, and how many different kinds of bamboo smoke they have. All tubes are pleasing to the eye.If he is a caring person, he will be able to hear many different languages.If he has leisure, he has enough to attend to.These people are busy again.In the morning they brought vegetables to the city, fruits, eggs, tofu, and flowers.In the afternoon, I talked about a day's life in the city, the market prices of the vegetable market and the flower market, and exchanged the experience of police interference, hooligans, and blackmail to collect money.They said it with a smile, because most of them are so simple and docile, not to mention that these are common things every day, and now it is time to go home after a hard day's work?They happily showed each other what they bought in Kunming that day, maybe some incense sticks, paper horses, a few packets of sugar snacks, some horses and so on, and occasionally some people bought some clothing materials, even coarse cloth. , It was enough to startle all the people sitting next to him.It's cutting new clothes!What a big deal it is to add a new dress this year!So under those eyes of admiration and envy, the honest countryman lowered his smiling head in embarrassment.If someone is more enthusiastic, take this piece of cloth, look at it carefully, and shake it, and the new starched cloth will rustle, and get into everyone's ears.When everyone praises that the deal is done well and the price is good, the buyer will be even more embarrassed, and will take back his cloth shyly, saying: "Everything has gone up. Which one can't be helped, there is nothing to do." I go to buy cloth after the clothes are worn.” When everyone saw him put away the cloth, they would talk about the hardships of life and start smoking dry pipes, water pipes, and rolling cigarettes more vigorously.A weary traveler will be silently touched by these hard-working good countrymen, and feel that there is no pleasure in life without toil, and there is no rest without fatigue.Looking at these traders and farmers who have been busy all day, I feel that there is no life that cannot be lived.He will suddenly be self-sufficient, and then become happier and more energetic.A tired state of mind is hard to get rid of by happy and exciting encounters, but it can be rested in a quiet, serene, contented, and ordinary atmosphere.This kind of comfortable traveling companion for villagers is only available in short-distance vehicles, such as Chenggong vehicles, Kebao village vehicles, and Yiliang vehicles.No matter how far away it is like A Miche, it will be less.First, because the travel time of the long-distance train is not suitable, it is an express train and does not stop at small stops.Second, taking such a long drive, it is not worthwhile to go to Kunming to sell some tofu and vegetables.Short rides are their world.It is the famous green vegetable cart that goes into the city at dawn in the morning. The vegetable vendors pick the vegetables on the cart the night before and spend the night. You can hang empty baskets everywhere on the cart when you go back at night, so you don’t have to worry about chicken manure or straw ropes. Will spoil the new clothes of some well-dressed traveler. The students like to hang out with them, buy a bag of peanuts, peel and eat them, and exchange conversations that everyone thinks is new.After seeing the adobe houses under the shade of big trees in the village by the road, I would even think of visiting there.Lin Yanmei and the others got on the last Yiliang bus in the afternoon.Yiliang cars are called Mingliang cars by the villagers.This car is often hung very long. It has to bear the transportation to the Mingliang Coal Mine in the city, and it walks very slowly, and it takes a lot of effort to go up the hill. The other two good companions of the villagers on the short-distance bus are idle soldiers. They are also from the peasant family, just like brothers wearing different clothes.As a soldier, his temperament seems to be much more bold and unrestrained.Sitting together can often hear loud laughter, and what an arrogant talk they are talking about! Apart from soldiers, there are missionaries.They have the neatest clothes and the most smiles on their faces.Yunnan is the mission area of ​​the French Catholic Church. The clothes of the Catholic priests are black and white, mixed with the passengers in the gray-blue homespun, they are like old crows in the silver-gray clouds in the clear sky, or like egrets in the blue sky. So obvious. There was a priestess in the car that day.She was very handsome, and her manners were more serene.The pure black Taoist robe with a little bit of brilliance covered her slender and moderate body, and the white and shiny collar on her chest reflected her healthy, rosy and elegant face.She was still very young; her bright, dark eyes smiled kindly under the black and white monk hat.The part of the hat draped from time to time brushed the hair of a middle-aged lady beside her, and they were talking.The lady had a pair of children in front of her, both about five years old.The girl seemed to be older, and she was playing with a vegetable seller, and she was learning to peel green beans and rice, which were leftovers, and she happened to peel them for dinner at home.The boy knelt on the stool and looked out the window to watch the planes taking off and landing at Wujiaba, and the buffaloes in the fields. "That's why I say things are sometimes too coincidental, and sometimes too unfortunate." The female monk said in a concluding tone. "Father Li will go to India at that time, and my sister and brother-in-law will go to the United States. At the same time, among the many passengers, they will be on the same plane, and they will sit next to each other, and then they will start talking. I have never been here since the European War. After I came back from France, the news from my family was long gone. My sister and I have been in Yunnan for two or three years at the same time, so we don’t know each other. Well, now they have news of me from Father Li and wrote a letter Come on, now I’m in a foreign country again. It’s rare for me to come to Kunming, this time I came to the city to see their daughter in Lian Da, but I didn’t meet her.” "You are upset because you didn't find her. Since you are all in Yunnan, and the distance is not too far, you will definitely see her in the future." When the lady said this, the monk nodded. "Just one thing, I want to ask, why does your niece like you so much? I haven't seen you in six or seven years, so I miss you so much? I can't let it go, I can't let it go. As soon as I get news, I will work for you from Yiliang. Last time?" "She's a pain," said the nun.When she saw that the car had already left, the lady liked to listen to a conversation she had just had while waiting for the car, and she started talking leisurely as if she were telling a story. "This is my sister's first daughter, born in the first year of marriage. I was still young at that time, and I was still studying in junior high school. Now I know that they have another boy. This boy is so happy to have such a good sister. Well, he must have learned a good disposition from his sister. I was talking to myself, and then I turned to her and praised her." The lady laughed too. "She is different, she is outstanding." The nun looked at the distance outside the car window, and said in a deep voice, hearing such praise words from such an angelic nun, No one can't help thinking of some extremely beautiful visions following her voice. She was in a daze for a while, then with a shy expression, she withdrew her gaze from afar, looked at the lady, smiled charmingly, and said: "There are such painful children in the family, not only myself Parents like it. Every time the visiting guests come, they would like her to come out, ask her a few words, and give her one or two small things that can make her happy. Because seeing that she likes the guests, the guests like it even more. " "We were both in Peiping at that time, and we lived so close together that I almost always grew up in her house. This child is sometimes closer to me than my sister. She loves to be coquettish in my arms, and she will use her small face to tease her." Wipe my ears, even touch my cheeks with eyelashes. I love her from the bottom of my heart, love her, I have unspeakable happiness." As she said that, she looked at the little girl who was squatting on the ground and helped the peasant woman peel green beans and rice. Her mother followed the loving eyes and looked at her daughter.She wondered how the nun, with such a soft and amiable temperament, could become a nun when she happened to be traveling. "I often think that this little girl is a star that landed in my sister's house, a shining star that caught the eyes of all of us. She is so smooth and beautiful that she is hardly human. "When she was six or seven years old, we felt the enviable and loving atmosphere in this family. Rather than saying that my sister and brother-in-law are well educated and have a good temperament, it is better to say that it is the daughter's beautiful nature. . "She can understand the sorrows and joys of others, and she can make people happier when they are happy, comfort them when the air is dull, make them laugh again, and feel God's mercy again. "Her soft mouth, so light, so sweet, she called: 'Mom.', and when she called 'Auntie.', we would put aside any worries. Seeing her dark, big eyes are also speculating When we are thinking, no one can bear to think of any unpleasant thoughts anymore. "She was born to be pampered. Because we pampered her and obeyed her together, but she didn't get any bad temper from being pampered. In the area where we live in Peiping, no matter what the situation is, they can behave comfortably. With her as a little guest, she can make everyone feel that they are their own family. These cannot be taught or learned. "I remember that she was admitted to the kindergarten of a missionary school nearby. We didn't send her there, but she was asked to go by the kindergarten teacher. At first, she was dropped off every day and picked up by others. Later, because it was too close, even a street away It doesn't matter, she just walks back and forth by herself. We love to see her come back from school, running so that her fine hair is flying, and even the little schoolbag and people get into the mother's arms. "One day, we were so afraid that we would come back after she was out of school. In order to remember that she would cry if she didn't see anyone when she came home from school, we rushed home together. I still seem to see that time. It was spring at that time. , the flower branches in the yard stick out of the wall, and the flower shadows are clearly printed on the wall. In front of the vermilion gate, I saw her lying on the outside and crying. I was shaking because I cried so much. I was so distressed that I hurried to hug her from behind, and she quickly bent down to pick up the windmill in her hand. It turned out that she did a good job with the windmill and won an award, so she was busy running I came home to tell you, but we all went out. The servant was watering the flowers in the yard and closed the door. She was too small to reach the door knocker, so she had to slap the door vigorously with her small hands. If the hand slapped red, she couldn’t hear it from inside. She stretched out her little hand, and my mother blew it to her, and her voice became hoarse. We never asked her to be left out for a minute, so she was going to be sad after shutting the door. My brother-in-law found her the next day. A carpenter put a special little knocker under the door, just one. A ridiculous animal head and a little ring, a small brass one, just for her. In fact, she never used it again. , we never stopped waiting for her at home. Later, when she was older, she sometimes went to the door to play, and tied her dog with the little door knocker." Hearing this, the lady was also fascinated.The two children also let go of their respective ways of playing, and leaned over to listen.When the boy came close to his mother, the nun took the girl into her arms.She said: "There is one more thing about this little girl when you were your age, and it hurts to talk about it. They had a kiss meeting in kindergarten. There was a song by her, and she kept it from none of us beforehand." Yes, it’s her own lyrics. My husband changed it a little and made it to the score. She squatted on the stage, imitating the chick’s appearance, and sang with her little hands like this: ' There is an egg the size of Hatch a chick this big put him back in the egg can't fit anymore I can't fit it any more' Everyone died laughing before the song was over.After she finished singing, she ran to her mother, but was hugged and kissed by a friend's wife on the way.I think who in the audience would not want to kiss this lovely child! " When she said this, she kissed the little girl in her arms, and the two children clapped their hands happily. One asked, "What's her name?" and the other asked, "How old is she?" I was very happy, and felt that this female monk was just as cute as the little girl she was talking about. "Her name is also wonderful," she went on, "I made it up myself. She was going to school, we hugged her, asked her what name she likes to have, and it's good for children in kindergarten. She couldn't tell. We I asked her what she liked. At that time, the swallows on the beam were flying back, and she said, "I like swallows." My brother-in-law said, "'That's right. ''What else do you like? ' my sister asked.She said: 'Little swallow. ' Made us laugh out loud.My sister said: "It can't be helped, she loves all small things, and she just loves the word "small". ' We thought: 'Xiaoyan' is too vulgar.Just ask her what flowers she likes.She said: 'Plum blossom. 'Actually, this is wrong.She likes roses, but she always omits a word and becomes 'plum blossom'.We also called her after her: 'Yanmei', commemorating the name she gave herself when she was young. " The two children didn't wait for others to finish talking, and wanted to interrupt again.The mother covered their mouths, and asked herself: "Really, don't ask what the child's last name is. Miss, we don't know your last name yet!" She said with a smile: "Our surname is Bai, and we only got it after the war. Those who come to Yunnan live in Taoyuan New Village, a place not far from Chenggong. Please come down to play when you come again. You are so kind and willing to be close to people! Are you leaving alone?". The nun also smiled and said: "Thank you, my surname is Yang. We nuns don't go out alone. So you see us in pairs on the street. There is also a French nun who can speak Chinese well. Well, it would be very interesting if she was here. Before you got into the car, she went to another car to chat with some church members in Yiliang." The lady hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I took her seat!" "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, you just sit down. She probably won't come back, and she can talk very well. We probably only meet when we get off the car. Leave her alone, let's talk about us. Where did I say it?" She smiled and looked Two children: "Oh, what's her last name, isn't it? Her name is Lin. She is not a child now. Let me do the math, she is twelve years younger than me, and she is nineteen now !" As he said that, he couldn't help thinking about it, what she looked like when we parted four or five years ago, let alone how she looks now. "Later when she entered elementary school, it was the same as before. None of the teachers and classmates didn't like her. Boys love to fight. Yanmei forbids them to fight, so they don't fight. But in order to fight to play with Yanmei, they fight even harder. They have such a way of playing. Push Yanmei to sit on a small chair, and two boys fight in front, sometimes it is real, sometimes it is fake, although the fight is always real. They were not allowed to play with Yanmei for half a day. But after a long time, Yanmei objected to this game. Instead, she played with defeated ones more, so everyone pretended to be defeated. Later, even those who would not even touch them lay on the ground Pretending to be knocked down! What naughty children! When I went to school, I often saw them rolling around smiling and calling Yanmei to pull them up, saying that they were knocked down and injured. Yanmei was so angry like. "It seems that they can't play without Yanmei in their game. Sometimes girls like to divide into groups and play with anger, so any group wants to invite Yanmei to join, but Yanmei can't bet with anyone. Get angry. When everyone plays with He Qi, they all listen to her. In fact, she doesn’t have any ideas. The leader, she actually listens to everyone, so she plays very well. If there is any competition, then she will be the one who will give out the prize. It seems that if you don’t receive the prize from her, it’s better not to win. She’s like that She grew up in school. When I went abroad, she was a little sick, so she didn't go to school anymore. Because the summer vacation was coming, the family moved to Beidaihe seaside. She was fourteen years old at the time, which was the year when the incident happened. , because I will go abroad in autumn, so I also go together. "Her illness will recover soon, so we had a good time as if we were just escaping the summer. She learned to swim very quickly, but the doctor didn't allow her to participate in the competition that year, saying it was too It's not suitable for her to be excited, I'm afraid it will leave a nervous foundation. I believe that if she participates, if she doesn't get first, she will definitely get second. Among the girls who were about the same age at that time, there was only one who was half a year older than her The English girls can swim as well as she does. They're really good friends. "The disease stopped developing all of a sudden, and her complexion became better day by day. In order to lay a good foundation for her health, we agree that she should take more care of her body. What the doctor said made sense after all. Her complexion gradually improved. But she has become more grown-up. Ever since she fell ill, her appearance has shown a kind of beauty that she didn't have before, her temperament has also added a thoughtful element, and she has a deep emotional element for people and things. She is so enthusiastic. It's like a small stove. I really think this temper is more injurious to health than any disease. "In any case, on the one hand, she is resting well, and on the other hand, she is not at the age of indulging in thoughts, so although she has this tendency, it is not deep. She is still lively, and her happiness is like a flower that blooms in the morning when the sun rises." When the female monk said this, the girl had already squatted down and went to peel the green beans and rice with the vegetable seller. The boy was also teased by a farmer with a small grass stick. For small animals, a farmer's child can whistle with a bean leaf in his mouth, but if he can't learn it, he just blows it hard.The mother looked at them and smiled, then used her eyes to invite the nun to continue speaking. "On the day of the swimming competition, we sat on a small wooden boat with a canopy to watch. Hundreds of small wooden boats gathered at the finish line to watch. Because it is a beach, the competition cannot be held in deep water a little far from the shore. The two black flat-bottomed boats anchored 50 meters apart is the starting point and the end point. The adult men's race is exciting, but it's not very interesting to watch that kind of fierce competition under the scorching sun in summer. We want to see Yanmei's good My friend Elizabeth won the bid. Yanmei can be regarded as her little protector, so we can berth close to the finish line and berth with Elizabeth’s family boat. "The longest competition in the girls' group is the 200-meter freestyle. In fact, there is no restriction on the posture. The British girls swim very well in this posture. Yanmei also learned this posture. They only learn this One, the body is both flat and straight, and it is faster and more beautiful. Elisha has participated in the 50-meter, 100-meter, and 200-meter races. "Their show has started, and people who watch it are refreshing. They have swimsuits of various colors and small hats. They also have the sound of shouting like a bird. The first event is the 50-meter freestyle, Elisha Bai briskly swam to the side of the boat at the finish line first, and after touching the side of the boat, she turned around and swam to the side of our boat when others had also swam there. Yanmei stretched out her hand to pull her up. Elizabeth's parents in their own boat are also smiling this way. Below is the fifty-meter breaststroke. First is a Japanese girl. She attracts the attention of both of them because they didn't see this powerful role beforehand. Every movement of her effectively stimulated the water to push her body forward. She was at least 5 meters ahead of the second one. We all believe that if she is in the first item, Elizabeth must have a hard time. We know that breaststroke is not suitable for short distances. This is probably the reason why she did not participate in the first 50-meter freestyle. Each person is only allowed to participate in three events. She must use breaststroke to win in the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle. Then I really don’t know if Elizabeth can be faster than her. These girls are all very good. We have no preference at all. But Elizabeth is beautiful, and it is easier to win the audience’s preference. "When we talked about this, the Japanese girl jumped onto the big boat to be applauded by the audience. Elizabeth's father nodded to his daughter and pointed to the big boat with his finger. Elizabeth smiled very confidently, Yanmei hugged her tightly with one hand. "After a few items, it's the 100-meter freestyle. This 100-meter swim is from our side of the water to the opposite side of the boat and back. Yanmei took Elizabeth's shawl with trembling hands and looked at it. She stepped onto the ship and took her place. "At one command, Elisabeth jumped into the water with great grace. When she came up, she took the lead with her shoulder. But the Japanese girl swam curiously fast this time, and was level with her when she reached the boat over there. We saw that Elisabeth Sha Bai's 50-meter swim was not as fast as the last time, because her rhythm of slapping the water was not as strict as last time. When turning around, the Japanese child was also very agile, so when he turned around, he actually took the lead. "The people watching on the big boat and the small boat all focused their eyes on the two of them, and the people below the third came to the side of the boat at this moment. At this time, apart from the sound of the water, the only sound was the flag on the command platform being blown by the wind. , there was no one who didn't hold their breath and watched quietly. Yanmei clasped her chest tightly with both hands, and was so nervous that she was stupefied. I remembered what the doctor said. I was afraid that she would be too excited. I hugged her in my arms, and she just raised her face. Seeing me, I didn't smile as usual. Poor boy, this is just watching someone else's game. After turning around again, Elizabeth glanced at the Japanese girl in the water. Without looking at her, she straightened her body again and swam along the floating line with all her heart. After all, she was a confident child, and the sound of the well-proportioned splashing of the water was heard again, and it took effect immediately, like music, a march The tone pushed her forward. They tied at more than 80 meters, and fiercely competed to 90 meters to get halfway. The two of them were two adjacent waterlines, splashing waves, fighting On her body, the snow-white foam became even more brilliant in the sunlight. Amid applause from all around, Elizabeth in the crimson swimsuit touched the side of the boat first. "Elizabeth grabbed the side of the boat with one hand, squatted up first, and suddenly saw that she seemed to be injured by something, and her face twitched in pain. There was a lot of cheering and applause at that time, she must have called out, but no one I heard it. But when she raised her hand to answer the salute, she was facing us, we could see it. Her right arm was wet and red, and the water dripped down on her snow-white arm to form a branch Like a few red lines, the red water on them also rippled away. "'That's blood!' Yanmei shouted. She stood up and made the boat shake. She couldn't jump over the big boat. Many boats in the middle were floating. She was also wearing a bathing suit, but the surrounding She took off her skirt and jumped into the water, swimming to the big boat. None of us held her back. "She gently pressed the side of the big boat and went up. There were already many people surrounding Elizabeth. We knew that Yanmei was probably right, so we urged the boat to swing over with Elizabeth's parents. At this time, the swimming water The boats are packed. "We got on the big boat and saw Elizabeth lying in Yanmei's arms. Her eyes were closed tightly and her face was pale. The Japanese girl was holding her hand. A doctor tied her with a bandage to stop the bleeding. The blood was still gushing out. The seawater on the arm was wiped off now, but I still felt how much the salty seawater would hurt her. The wound was cut open, it looked deep, and it was four or five inches long! No one knew how to suffer for her This pain, I can only watch the doctor bandage her up and give her an injection to make her stable. As for her, she seems to be content with Yanmei holding her. Everything is over, and she is handed over to her parents, and we are also together. Back. That day the Japanese girl won the first place in the 200m. She won the championship with a total score of one more than Elizabeth. Later, she went to Elizabeth’s house to see her. Yanmei spent the whole day Watching her at Elizabeth's house. "The tragedy happened because the wooden boat was old for a long time. I didn't look at it carefully before the race, and I didn't expect that it would be under the water skin. A spike was exposed. When Elizabeth stretched her hand up, her body was already covered by the race. The speed at that time pushed it close to the hull of the ship. As soon as he stretched his hand upwards, he wiped the spikes and went up. Fortunately, the blood on the elbow was not rubbed. If so, I dare not think about it. up. "Her wound has not healed after a week, but festered. Her father was a professor at Tsinghua University. At that time, he had to go back to take the freshman exam. Yanmei and her, the two children, came up with an idea. I want to keep her here. Our two families got to know each other well because of the children. Fortunately, there was no space, so we agreed. After Elizabeth’s mother gave her a few words, she brought the two younger daughters. , went back to Peiping with her father. "From now on, our patient has become a nurse, busy all day. We saw her happily doing those nursing tasks, and we knew that it was no harm to her own recovery. Since she couldn't stop her, we had to smile and let her go. She was going in the morning. Picking wild flowers for Elizabeth on the mountain, and going out to the fruit market to choose fresh fruits for Elizabeth. Elizabeth’s doctor came, and she was a nurse of course. She learned fast dressing and changing dressings, and we are sure that she Elizabeth's work did not make Elizabeth feel the slightest pain. She nursed the sick like a hobby, and her care was a kind of comfort. "Suppression is a temporary thing. Elizabeth gradually recovered. She sat in front of the snow-white bed and opened the window. The two of them watched the window screen fluttering in the wind and chatted with the green wild mountains and pine trees outside the window. "Because she is my sister's only daughter, even though she is not yet fifteen years old, we already think she is a half-adult. Seeing her gentle appearance, sometimes we think about her future, and we think: 'The future is really wonderful. I know what her love story is like. She probably doesn't realize it now. Since God has always blessed her, may he still treat her well in the future." When the nun said this, her tone was like a prayer. The lady also nodded in agreement with her.Thinking of the female monk's own life experience, she couldn't help asking questions. "Then the child was even better," said the nun. "They were missing from the house one morning, and came back a little later, and there were three of them. The other peasant daughter, who was very playful, was tanned. face, round eyes, blue and coarse clothes, bare feet, and a pair of black shoes. The three of them all hugged some flowers, radishes, vegetables, and tomatoes. Maybe it was because of Yanmei together, she especially Unflinching, surprisingly generous. Elizabeth's Chinese language is not very fluent. Yanmei can really find things for herself, and she has to be an interpreter when playing together. It's really hard for her. We let them have breakfast together and listen to them. "It turns out that this little girl was recognized by Yanmei when she went to the mountains to pick flowers every morning. Yanmei picks flowers, and others pick up fungi. It has only been ripe for two days, and it will be very good. But Yanmei can't play with her more every day. I miss Elizabeth at home. She also needs to pick up the fungus back home earlier so that they can be sold in the market. A few times, the two of them couldn’t be separated, and it was already late, so the fungus was brought home by Yanmei , it was sold to us. Strangely, we have been eating mushrooms at the dinner table these days. "When Yanmei comes back, she often talks to Elizabeth about her new friends and how they play on the mountain. Elizabeth looks at the green hills outside the window and wants to go. Today Elizabeth herself has been allowed by the doctor to go out and play. , you are not allowed to move your legs and run and go into the water. It just so happened that a cow in the girl’s village gave birth to a small yellow calf. The two of them went to the mountain to help pick up enough fungus in the morning, and rushed to the village to play together. The family saw the big basket of fresh mushrooms and was embarrassed to accept it, so they gave them these vegetables. The two of them gave flowers to them, and they asked their daughter to help them get them back. "During breakfast, the three of them kept talking about the newborn calf. While talking, Yanmei mustered up the courage to discuss with me: 'Auntie, can we buy that calf?' said the country girl. "It's very expensive." Yanmei had a little money herself, so she pulled Elisabeth's clothes and said, "Eliza, let's get together." Then asked: "How expensive? I really want to buy it!" I knew she liked the calf, and I knew she really wanted to buy it. She was a little careless. I stopped her and said, "If you buy a newborn calf, who will give it milk? ' She was about to speak after hearing this, but she retracted again.I said, 'Would you like to buy the cows too? ’ She also smiled and said: ‘Then buy it after weaning, Auntie! ’ I said, “It’s time to go back to Peiping by then. Besides, there are so many weaned calves in the village, I’m afraid you might not just want to buy one. Look at you, a foolish kid!” Yan After hearing this, Mei stuck out her little tongue and went to eat her porridge again.Elizabeth also followed Yanmei to call Auntie. She said, "Auntie, can we go up the mountain to pick up mushrooms every day and then go to the village to play with her until we come back for breakfast?" She looked at her sister and brother-in-law. The brother-in-law smiled and patted them and agreed. The maid cleared the table and said, "Miss, plus you two with sharp eyes, I'm afraid you will clean up all the fungus on the mountain!" "What happened later was a bit miserable. The three of them played for a long time, talking about everything, and gradually learned about the girl's life experience: she was only thirteen years old, and her name was Yinfeng. Because Yanmei and the others recognized her. Gan sister, we also call her Yin sister, her family is very poor, no livestock, no land. There is an older brother, who drives donkeys for others, and is in the business of guiding tourists. There is not much income from growing some vegetables. My mother is a poor laundryman. Sister Yin has already promised someone to be a child bride. It's not as good as one year, the family is reluctant to send it over, but eats their own food to grow up. Now that sister Yin has grown up and can do things, people are urging to take it over again. "Yinfeng hates that guy so much. She often cries when she thinks about it. There are so many pitiful stories about her, and I can't go into details at the moment. Now these two god-sisters have to make up their minds again, and they must find a way to avoid it." She went, this is really a difficult thing, when I took money from others, it was really like selling it. "It's a different thing than buying that calf. They can't do anything about it. "At that time, I thought for Yanmei. When she grows up, she really doesn't know how to endure this world! How many things in this world are really happy? Just like that calf, how many things there are in the village, how many things do she have? Can you buy them all? But her nature is so intolerant of a hair that can't be combed, and can't bear to see a little misfortune. I dare to believe that if she herself does something wrong that cannot be repented, she will She would rather die! This time, because of other people's affairs, even a little bit of injustice made her seriously ill. "They don't have the money to redeem the deed for Yinmei. Even if there is, the matter can't be finished. Even if it's done this time, what about Yinmei's life? Many girls go out like this, and it won't be so bad in the future. They lived the same way for the rest of their lives, but they were redeemed, and after a year or two, life forced them to sell them again. "Their affairs are not confidential, and everyone knows about them. Yinmei's family knows it's useless, but it's not very good. The other family has evil intentions, saying that Yanmei and the others interfere in other people's housework, and that my brother-in-law and other other things have plans. "At that time, there was a lot of tension. They planned to rip off. Yanmei and the others were not afraid, and went to get a few words behind our backs, but they came back crying. From then on, I thought about it all the time, and I didn't eat well. I took a bite. "So Yinmei was beaten one day by that guy. He kicked her and hurt her, and she was lying on the bed and couldn't move. Yanmei and the others knew about it. We were afraid of accidents, so we didn't dare Let them go. The family was also afraid of things, so they never dared to let them know, for fear that they would come. But Beidaihe is a small place. After they heard about it and found out, they finally went secretly. "They went secretly one night. When they got there, the three of them cried very sadly. On the way back, they frowned and thought about it in their hearts. It's really a narrow road. On a mountain path, the man on the opposite side was drunk. Jiu, walked towards them and saw them all at once. The two of them had nowhere to hide, and were so frightened to death. The drunk man cursed them indistinctly and was about to reach out to grab Yanmei. Yanmei was so frightened. Backed away, stumbled on the dirt ridge, couldn't stand up, fell down, and fell into the wild jujube bushes by the side of the road, scratched all over his head and face. Elizabeth was more courageous, she yelled out, and beat the drunk The man punched him. How could the drunk man care, he was making a fuss. "We found out not long after they left, so we quickly sent people to look for them. We arrived at this time, and when we heard Elizabeth shouting, we hurried over with yelling. The drunk man saw that someone was coming, so he let go and ran away. "Yanmei was angry and frightened. She caught cold outside at night, and when she came back she had a high fever, talked nonsense, and fell ill. The man later found out that he was in trouble after drinking, so he didn't want to blackmail him anymore. We told Yan There is no good way for Mei to stop the accident before, lest the girl suffer. Yanmei was sick for several days, but Elizabeth recovered. Her mother came to pick her up. At that time, the July 7th Incident started, and I also rushed to Shanghai Getting ready to go to France. When I left, Yanmei was still on the hospital bed, good for a while, bad for a while. I still miss her sister Yin!" "She was fifteen or sixteen years old when you left her?" Mrs. Bai asked with a long sigh after listening. "It's that big," said the nun. "I have already entered the United Nations University now. I really don't know if my temperament has changed!" "What a pampered young lady has escaped this time." Mrs. Bai said. "As for your temperament, it's better to stay the same. Why change it? It would be much better if you practice more." "I know that I can't change my temperament if I want to." The nun said, "But it doesn't change. And she will suffer endlessly all her life." "It's just what makes people think about it." Mrs. Bai said, "But again, who can live without suffering for a lifetime? For example, the ladies who used to open their mouths and stretch out their clothes for so many years, I haven't seen you for a few years. Now We met at the back. Some got married and became family members. The whole family squeezed into one room, doing laundry, cooking, and holding children, and even went out to work because they had gone to school!" "But that one is different," said the nun. "But after a lot of experience, everything is good. Naturally." Mrs. Bai stretched her waist and said, "It's no wonder that you miss your niece. It's my fault that I want to see her. I know a lot of Lian Da. I'll inquire about her, maybe I know her, I myself rarely go to Kunming twice a year, and the United Nations University has a lot of space. Now it's on vacation again." "It's also because they are on vacation and it's hard to find them. They are located in one place in the east and one in the west. The school buildings are scattered very much." "My surname is Lin?" Mrs. Bai was really thinking about it: "Isn't it? What a kind-hearted person, from a big family. This will be a big girl!" "The surname is Lin, Lin Xiangru's Lin." The nun said, "It's easy to find out about her in school. She is very famous and everyone knows her. But she said she went to serve. When I went to the place where they served at the West Station, I said that she had just Walk." "I knew it!" Mrs. Bai immediately said: "It's not unusual for such a girl to grow up. She is very popular in school!" "I'd say it's because she has such a beautiful personality!" The nun said with a smile.She was so beautiful in her own eyes! Hearing this, Mrs. Bai mentioned another thing in her heart. She loves this monk's beauty, intelligence, and her style of conversation and character. She has long wondered about her life experience.After listening to this passage now, I know more about her previous situation.In my heart, I wanted to try to ask with words.But it's hard to get started.She fell silent for a moment.At this time, the wind from the window suddenly became cold.The people in the car turned to look out the window and knew that summer showers in Kunming were coming.The nun was being embarrassed by Mrs. Bai, so she said: "Let me close the window for you, the rain is coming." They stood up together, and after a long time, the big wooden window that was not flexible was closed.All the windows in the car were clanging and closing.As the rain was talking, it had already started to fall. It was a big idea, and it knocked on the window panel, and the car immediately felt too cold.