Cyan Pearl Yeming

Dusk, in the yard.

Under the wisteria frame with bunches of flowers in bloom, Jin Sheng was sitting on a bamboo chair reading a book.

The evening wind blows the flowers and trees, making a soft rustling sound.The sunset is soft and warm, and the surroundings are quiet.

Suddenly, Jin Sheng heard a weak and shrill cry, his heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively searched for the source of the sound.Looking back, I saw a dirty little yellow bird puffing up its feathers and trembling in front of the green vegetable field in the corner behind it, and in front of it, a green snake was hissing and spitting out bright red letters.It could kill the little guy with one bite, but I don't know why it is stalemate.

Jin Sheng was startled when he read it. He held the book in both hands and trembled. He retreated cautiously to the door of the wooden house and dropped the book. He touched the long bamboo pole leaning against the wall and walked forward again.Step by step approaching the vegetable field...

After chasing the snake away clumsily and recklessly, Jin Sheng let out a sigh of relief leaning on the bamboo pole, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, turned his head to look at the little yellow bird, saw the little guy's paws fell, and he collapsed on the mud floor. There was a ball of small fur, the erected feathers were subdued, and the body undulated gently.He laughed.

Jin Sheng didn't have dinner that day.First, I boiled a basin of hot water and gently washed the little yellow bird clean.The wet feathers are attached to the thin body, which looks pitiful. A pair of small round eyes are blue-green, as clear as the purest lake water.

Jin Sheng had never seen a small animal with such beautiful eyes, and he lost his mind for a while. He didn't wake up until the cold wind blew and the bird shivered from the cold.He hurriedly took the bird to the fire to dry it.

Roasting and roasting, each person and bird are warmed up.Jin Sheng looked at the little bird carefully, and said with a low laugh, "It's an oriole."

The little bird rubbed its fluffy head against his palm and called softly.

He took out a small plate of rice from the kitchen and quietly watched the little bird peck at it.

On an April night, a bean lamp in the room shone warmly.

The weather is slowly getting warmer, and early summer is gradually approaching.

Wisteria blooms more beautifully.

The little oriole flew up and down in the flower stand, singing a lively song.The little head looked toward the open window of the cabin.

Jin Sheng fried a plate of fried flowers with fresh wisteria and flour, and came out of the kitchen with the plate in his hand. When he passed by the window, he looked out and smiled at Xiao Huangqi.

The little oriole called again and flapped its wings at him.

Jin Sheng took the decocted flowers to the bamboo table under the flower stand, and shared them with Little Oriole.

Little Huangqi was not afraid of him at all, and even rushed to eat what was on his chopsticks.

For more than a month, Jinsheng ate whatever he ate, including rice, rice, meat, vegetables, pastries... the other birds nearby stopped playing with him.

But it is happy, and every day it stands on the wisteria trellis and sings to Jinsheng's window.Jin Sheng read a book by the window, and smiled at it when he heard it.Next to the inkstone on Jin Sheng's table, there were two small porcelain plates for it, one for rice and the other for water.When it is hungry and thirsty, it flies directly to eat and drink.

When Jinsheng was painting, it even helped him paint bamboo with its paws dipped in ink.

The snake that bullied it had long since dared not come again.

The little oriole has become rounder and more beautiful.

One morning, Jin Sheng went shopping on the street.The little oriole just curled up in its nest and took a nap, and then disappeared. After waking up, it flew into the wooden house and couldn't find him. It fluttered its wings in a panic, and stamped its paws angrily.

After staying there for a while, it flapped its wings and flew out, left the courtyard, and flew towards the bustling places in the city by instinct.Not long after, I found that there was a street that was particularly lively.

In the middle of the street, a gorgeous carriage passed by slowly, and the officers and soldiers in front and behind aggressively took spears to force back the people who rushed up.

But men and women still craned their necks to look at the sedan chair, pushing and shoving, making a lot of noise.

Under the sunshine of May, the breeze blew up the small curtains on the sedan chair, revealing a bright and beautiful face, a pair of big smart eyes blinked curiously, and rose-like lips curved slightly, showing a smile to everyone.

The noisy crowd fell silent for a moment.The cloth bag in Jin Sheng's hand in the crowd was squeezed to the ground, and the fresh, crispy fried sweet potato chips in the bag were being trampled to pieces, but he forgot to pick it up and just stared blankly ahead.

The carriage and sedan chair slowly moved away.Afterwards, the streets exploded, and the discussion was like boiling water in a pot, bubbling endlessly.

"It's her, it's really her!"

"She's back from the capital!"

"Who is who? I didn't even see it!"

"Prefect Xu's daughter! We are the most beautiful woman in Qingzhou!"

The crowd gradually dispersed.Jin Sheng still ignored the bag that fell on the ground, and after a long while in a daze, he suddenly ran madly towards a little-traveled alley. Yes, he caught up with the sedan chair in a short while.

The sedan chair was on the road with no one at this time, Jin Sheng stopped abruptly without making a sound.The officers and soldiers did not find him and continued on their way.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew up and rolled up the yellow sand on the road, and everyone was blinded by the wind and sand.

Jin Sheng closed his eyes and rubbed on the spot, when suddenly he smelled a fragrant wind in his nose.

He opened his eyes and saw a pink handkerchief floating in the wind. He subconsciously stretched out his hands to catch it. The silk was soft and smooth, and a word was elegantly embroidered on it: poetry.

He was stunned, and after looking again and again, he raised his head and looked forward. There was no trace of the carriage on the road.He opened his mouth, and suddenly smiled. The smile got bigger and bigger, and he couldn't hold it back.

On the way home alone, without looking at the road, he smirked and murmured: "Xu Shi..."

Even the little oriole who flew behind him and followed him home did not notice.

In the next few days, Jin Sheng lost his mind while reading the book, and took out the pink scarf from his arms, and it took him a long time to look at it.He didn't think about tea or food, and he couldn't hear how the little oriole flapped its wings outside the window.

I also forgot to prepare water and rice for it.

The poor little oriole had no choice but to be self-reliant, flying from the wisteria trellis to the green vegetable field, looking for the green vegetables one by one, and listlessly pecked at the bugs to eat.

Bugs are not tasty.It simply stopped eating and gnawed on the vegetables.After a few days, I lost a lot of weight, and the originally bright and bright yellow feathers also dimmed a lot.

In recent days, Jin Sheng likes to go to Tianwailou at dusk, sit in a place facing the street, order a pot of tea, listen to the chatter of people behind him, and look at the scenery on the street.

On this day, as soon as he entered, he found that people's looks and tones were very excited, as if something important had happened.Sitting down, he pricked up his ears to their murmurs, and caught some broken words—

Ms. Xu, recruiting relatives, regardless of family status, as long as the bead curtain is rare, there are opportunities...

When Xiao Er was called to pay the bill, he pretended not to care and asked what everyone was talking about about the cyan bead curtain and what was going on.Sure enough, Xiaoer told him with joy on his face that Miss Xu Shi was looking for a son-in-law and said that as long as someone finds a whole pair of bead curtains for her, no matter whether the person is old, young, handsome or ugly, she will marry him immediately .

Before leaving the store, the two chatted for a few words.Jin Sheng was both happy and confused, and could only mutter, "Is it true?"Xiao Er was half happy and half sad, frowning and saying, but that bead is rare, where can I find a whole set of curtains...

After returning home, Jin Sheng didn't eat dinner, and went directly to the study to rummage through all kinds of treasures, antiquities, geographical atlases, and looked at them page by page.The sun went down, it was dark and the sky was bright, and an oil lamp was always burning.

Little Oriole was woken up by his movement, and she huddled under the wisteria leaves and looked at him puzzled.When the sky was about to dawn, Jin Sheng suddenly stood up from the pile of books, looked at a certain direction out of the window with bright eyes, and in the next moment, quickly took down a cloth bag hanging on the wall, and strode out. out of the house.

The little oriole subconsciously flew behind him to keep up.He walked faster and faster, and ran behind him.The little oriole kept flapping its wings and was out of breath, so it managed not to lose track.

When the first ray of sunlight illuminated the valley, one person and one bird arrived at the edge of the cliff above the valley.

Jin Sheng, whose face was flushed from running, didn't care about rest, let his heart beat fast, knelt on the edge of the cliff, grasped the rock soaked in morning dew with both hands, and looked down cautiously.

I saw many fireflies dancing among the vines, weeds and moss.

Jin Sheng found a long dead tree and swung it down vigorously, driving the fireflies away.Then, he opened his eyes wide and searched carefully. After a while, he finally let out a cry of surprise.

He saw it right, on the cliff that he could touch with one hand, something was glowing with a quiet, faint blue light.

He lay his whole body on the rough ground, his right hand trembled slightly but slowly and firmly moved down...

Xiao Huangqi was watching behind him, she was a little stunned, and couldn't help but dared not move or make a sound.

Suddenly, the sound of huge rocks falling to the ground, and the sound of heavy objects rolling down the cliff sounded successively.In the end, Jin Sheng's heart-piercing cry echoed in the empty mountain for a long time.