Wishing You Eternal Happiness - Chapter 68

On the first seven days, the Pei family did the first seven rituals at Ci’en Temple, and after one night, they returned to the city the next day.

There was a blizzard in the mountain last night and it was freezing cold. Everyone stayed up all night, all sleepy, and they all took a rest after returning.

Pei Youan and Jiafu returned to the room, and the servant sent hot water. After the two of them washed and changed their clothes, they lay down for a short time. Then another servant called, and the guardian who stayed in the temple sent someone back to report in a hurry. It is said that there is a century-old locust tree outside the root hall for the ancestors of the Pei family. The tree trunk has been eaten by insects and ants, but the branches are knotted. It almost opened half of the yard of the root hall. The blizzard last night, the mountains The wind was strong, and the branches were a little slanted this morning. The guards were afraid that there would be heavy snow again tonight. In case the whole tree collapsed, it would be a big deal. Because the Pei family’s ancestor lotus platform was nearby, he didn’t dare to dispose of it at will. Therefore, it is urgent to send someone back to report.

Pei Youan asked Jiafu to go to bed, got up, and ordered people to ask Pei Quan to discuss.

Pei Quanfang fell asleep and was disturbed by his subordinates. There was a hidden danger in the temple he heard. Pei Youan came to ask for a discussion. He was about to get up, but was grabbed by the second wife, and said coldly: “No real damage. Come down, why are you panicking? Isn’t someone holding the ancestral ticket given by the old lady? Whoever is holding it will go. Without you, I am afraid that the sky will not be bright? It’s snowing, the road is so far, your body is weak, and you still yelled at the pain and swelling of your knees, and it’s not easy to walk? You lie down and I’ll talk to you!”

Before the old lady left, she gave the iron coupons to Dafang’s second nephew. When the two rooms were separated, although they gave the Erfang field more property to make up for it, what Pei Quan secretly hoped was the iron coupon. , Knowing that I am hopeless, I am extremely disappointed, and secretly complaining about my mother’s eccentricity. In addition, after years of hard work, the old lady has gone like this. In addition to his son’s delay in opening the spring season, he was also forced to Ding You. With his qualifications, it is impossible to be stunned. After three years, the affairs of the country have long been known. What’s it like? The frustration happened one after another. At the time, Japan was depressed and difficult. When Meng said that, when he hesitated, he saw that Meng had already gone out, so he slowly lay back.

Pei Youan waited for a while, but did not see Pei Quan, but the second wife came and apologized: “Youan, it’s really unfortunate. Your second uncle had been frozen all night last night. After going down the mountain this morning, he suffered an old problem and his knees were swollen. It’s so painful that I just put two ointments on it. If you don’t think the repairs are getting in the way, or I ask him to let you go and make a move?”

Pei Youan doesn’t need to say anything, ask the Meng clan to speak on his own behalf, so that his uncle can raise his legs with peace of mind. Together with Pei Xiuzhi and the third uncle of the clan who came after hearing the news, he took a few stewards and went out in a hurry. A woman in front of Jiao’e ran out, saying that Zhou Jiao’e was a little unwell, and she was looking for her second master everywhere.

Not two days after the old lady’s funeral, Zhou Jiao’e was diagnosed with joy. These days, the taste of sour and sweet is extremely golden, and she naturally stayed at home to raise her baby yesterday.

Pei Xiuzhi scolded the woman and said, “Don’t ask the doctor to come and see, what do you want to do with me? I have something else to do!”

The mother-in-law only promised, turned around to leave, Pei Youan said: “The younger brother and sister’s body is important, I can deal with it, you can go back.”

Pei Xiuzhi pushed back a few words, and finally reluctantly agreed, turned back, and entered the inner room. Seeing Zhou Jiao’e leaning on the bedside, holding a warm woman in her arms, chestnuts simmering on fire in the furnace, the **** the side was busy peeling it. Shell, she looked at herself with a smile, then frowned: “Didn’t you mean it’s unwell?”

Zhou Jiao’e told the girl to go out and smiled: “The wind blows like a knife. Someone has already gone on your side. What are you going to do and who will you see? Come here and give me a beating. Oh, my waist is so sore that I can neither sit nor lie down, and I will lose half my life…”

Pei Xiuzhi couldn’t feel any pain for her in her heart. He calmed his face and turned around to go out. Behind him, Zhou Jiao’e had her eyebrows pricked, grabbed a handful of empty chestnut shells, and slammed it on his back, yelling, “I’m hot. With a cold **** on his face, an adult dog bites Lu Dongbin and doesn’t know good people? If you dare to step out of this room, you show me! You are thinking that something happened to Uncle Zhou Guo, this time Long live is not pleased , In your eyes there will be no empress, right?”

She sneered, “After I got married, you just picked up on me and squinted at me. Don’t think I don’t know. You are still thinking about the one in that courtyard, right? Dreaming! Don’t follow. Look in the mirror and see how you feel! That’s me. Marrying a chicken loves you, but you are regarded as a donkey liver and lungs! Be careful to make me anxious. If you take a picture, don’t think about having a good life!”

Pei Xiuzhi’s face became hot, and he froze there. After Zhou Jiao’e lost her temper, she took up her kerchief and wiped her tears. After a short while, Mrs. Xin’s coughing sound came from outside. Pei Xiuzhi suppressed the annoyance in his heart, but reluctantly slowed down his face, went to talk with her, and cuddled her waist and squeezed her legs without mentioning it.

…

Soon after Pei Youan was called away, it snowed again. At first, it was just like catkins, but it gradually drifted and turned into heavy snow of goose feathers.

Even though the room was warm like spring, Jia Fu couldn’t sleep anymore.

After noon, it was only two minutes after Shen Shi, and the sky was gloomy, as if it was about to get dark. A girl lifted the curtains, Sandalwood brought in a bowl of food, put it down, and sighed in her palms, saying: “Grandma, there was a message from the concierge just now, saying that Sanshu slipped and fell on the mountain. People have already been sent back now. Grandpa can’t come back for dinner. If it’s late, I won’t be able to go down the mountain at night. I will return tomorrow morning and ask Grandma to close the door earlier instead of waiting for Grandpa to return.”

Jiafu listened to the whistling sound of the north wind passing over the courtyard wall, thinking that when he went out, he didn’t plan to spend the night on the mountain, but only wore an outer cloak, and the snow was wet. At night, his feet The boots must be soaked. If you really spend the night alone in the mountains, there are guests in the temple, but if it’s such a snowy night, if the bedding is thin…

How could Jiafu feel relieved, he immediately asked people to take out the fur quills, together with Pei Youan’s clothes, thickened shoes and thick socks, and beat them all together. I wanted to send a small servant to send it to my lips. I thought of the loneliness in the snowy night in the mountains. I still wanted to be with him after all, so I changed my mouth and let Sandalwood and Mother Liu put on warm clothes. , Brought enough bedding to prepare for the night, called the steward, ordered the small servant, prepared the carriage, and went out of the city to the temple. There was no half of the person on the road, braving the wind and snow, and finally reached the foot of the mountain before it got dark. Next, with a bright corner lamp, Xiangxiang slowly moved up. The young man with long legs and legs quickly climbed up to report.

Before the Jiafu people reached the mountain gate, Pei Youan quickly walked out, plugged her in, and placed her in a temporary residence for the ladies when they came to worship the Buddha. After entering the house, they ordered people to get up and keep warm, and saw her cloak. Snow covered her eyelashes and her nose was red with cold. While helping her to pat the snow, she whispered, “Who is going out in this weather? Didn’t I tell you to close the door earlier, don’t you have to wait for me? I didn’t obey, and I ran over by myself? The ground is covered with heavy snow, what if I fall?”

The death of his grandmother must be a great sadness for Pei Youan. During the past half month, he was exhausted, but he never showed more than half of his thoughts in front of her.

In front of her, he was more gentle and considerate than before, as if afraid that she would be sad, as if she was a little person who needed his care.

The snow velvet on the eyelashes gradually melted into small drops of water. Gaffer blinked his eyes: “I’ll be very careful. I heard them say that Uncle Six accidentally fell his leg and came back first. You are the only one left on the mountain…”

She stopped, looking at him slightly disturbed.

Pei Youan was taken aback, then smiled, took her to sit on the side of the couch, and saw that the toes of the deerskin boots on her feet were covered with mud and snow. At this moment, the snow melted slowly, and he leaned down personally. Take off her shoes.

Jiafu shrank her foot hurriedly, but Pei Youan already held it, took off her boot, and took off the other one, rubbing her frozen numb toe hidden in the stocking with the palm of her hand, and then sent it to the couch. , Asked Sandalwood to take the woolen quilt, cover her legs and feet, and put a small heater sent by the monk to her arms, and said: “You and rest here first. Be sure to take it first tonight. Put the tree down so that it won’t be smashed down. It’s just too big, so it’s a little troublesome to dispose of. I’ll go there first, and I’ll come back to dine with you later.”

He turned around, ordered Sandalwood and others to serve Jiafu, and hurried away.

At this moment, when he came back, the house was already warm. The monk sent a vegetarian meal. After eating, he went there again. It was at Haishi, when he finally came back, saying that the tree had been put down safely, and it was originally put away. The lotus position has returned one by one, just wait for the tree to be dragged out tomorrow morning.

Although the two are a couple, they are in the temple, but they are inconvenient to live in the same room. Pei Youan finished tonight’s affairs, came to see Jiafu, let her sleep, and then went out of the house and returned to where he stayed overnight. In this courtyard, there is a gable wall between them. Before Jiafu had passed by, he personally helped him remake the bed.

The snow gradually stopped. Sandalwood Mother Liu and others who slept in the same room with Jiafu were already asleep.

The mountain temple in the middle of the night, in the daytime, because of the royal name, was covered with the wealth and fireworks in the world, but at this moment, it was also completely silent, restoring its original quietness and remoteness.

Jiafu closed her eyes, accompanied by Mother Liu’s high and low snoring, thinking of Pei Youan, who is separated from him by the wall at this moment, tossing and turning.

She has a feeling that he shouldn’t be able to sleep peacefully at this moment.

She finally couldn’t help it, quietly got up from the couch, put on the clothes, opened the door, stepped on the snow that hadn’t reached an ankle, left the courtyard, and came to Pei Youan’s house.

The panes are dark and there is no light inside.

Jiafu went on the porch and stood at the door. When he hesitated, he heard Pei Youan’s voice suddenly heard from inside: “Come in.”

Although she just let go of her steps, she still made a slight creak when she stepped on the snow. He must have recognized it a long time ago.

Jiafu responded softly and pushed open the concealed door. He saw Pei Youan standing in front of the window with his cloak. The window was open. He turned his face to face himself at the door.

In the darkness around him, his figure was sunk in the darkness, except for a snowy light outside the window, reflecting half of a deep contoured face.

He looked at her, his eyes silent and gentle.

Gaffer walked over to him. He touched her little hand, which was already a little bit cold: “Wear so little! Why don’t you sleep?”

“You don’t sleep either.” Gaffer defended herself in a low voice.

He smiled slightly: “I’m about to go to bed. You’re going to sleep well.”

Gaffer was silent.

Pei Youan took a look at her by the snow light outside the window, and then held her shoulders, bowed her head and kissed her face, her voice was soft and soothing: “Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine. .”

After he finished speaking, he took off his outer cloak, put the clothes with body temperature on her body, then took her by the shoulders, took her, and walked towards the door.

Nothing can be hidden from him, including his own emotions.

She braved the wind and snow to come here tonight. She wanted to accompany him, but she didn’t want the result, but he comforted herself.

Gaffer was moved, but felt lost. He refused to leave. He stayed on the spot, holding his sleeves with both hands, showing a little coquetry and stubbornness.

Pei Youan smiled and shook his head helplessly.

He added some silver charcoal to the dying fire, and when the charcoal fire became vigorous, he put a pot of tea, sat down in a chair in front of the fire, and motioned for Jiafu to go over.

Gaffer came to him. He hugged her and sat on his lap, covered her with clothes, and the two of them squeezed into a chair.

The warm firelight jumped quietly in the dark night. In the belly of the teapot on the stove, a slight and pleasant sound of boiling water gradually emerged.

This quiet night in the mountain temple is so peaceful.

Gaffer closed her eyes, leaned in his embrace, and gradually became sleepy and confused. After some time, she felt as if she was being gently embraced.

She opened her eyes, looked up at Pei Youan who was about to lay her flat on the couch, stretched out her arms to hook his neck, and said lowly: “Big cousin, I want to worship your aunt. You accompany me, okay?”

…

Jiafu wrapped up the inner and outer layers of clothes, was held by Pei Youan, and walked towards the courtyard deep in the back of the Ci’en Temple without accompanying him.

The night sky cleared, and a half-round moon shadow gradually appeared, and the whole mountain temple was covered in silver, and the ears were quiet, except for the slight creaking sound of the snow under the feet of the two.

Gradually, when he came to a place where few people usually approached him, Pei Youan suddenly stopped.

There is a fork in the road ahead, and there is a small road on the side that leads to the gate of the back mountain.

Intermittently, it has been snowing for several days and nights. The snow is half a foot thick. At this moment, there are two rows of footprints on the fork. The courtyard in front.

In other words, just tonight, perhaps a moment ago, someone had already gone to that place before them.

Who would it be, in this severe weather where the snow is almost closed to the mountain, in the middle of the night when no one is there, come to this now almost deserted place where the former Yuan and the Queen spent the last part of her life?

Gaffer’s heart jumped “bang”, and immediately thought of someone.

She quietly glanced at the people beside her.

Pei Youan frowned slightly, and then continued to lead Jiafu and walked forward.

It was getting closer and closer to the closed door.

The footprints in the snow were also clear, leading to the door.

Pei Youan went straight to the door, stretched out his hand, and pushed.

The door was not locked from the outside, but it could not be pushed open, as if it was bolted from the inside.

Pei Youan frowned tighter and pushed again, but the door still didn’t open.

His face was dark, and he groaned slightly, and he led Jiafu behind him, and then slowly pulled out the long sword worn on his waist.

Jian Guang Yingxue flashed a dazzling icy cold under the moon.

He pointed the tip of the sword to the crack of the door and said coldly: “I am Pei Youan. I know you are behind the door. This is a forbidden place. Whoever you dare to enter! If you don’t open the door and show up, I won’t recognize anyone!”