storytelling

, not much to say.Let alone talking now, Liu Qing didn't even look at Jinyu any more.

Jinyu was very sad, but since it was her own fault first, she also blamed herself very much.Unconsciously, his indifference towards Liu Qing was flattering to the point of groveling.

For a day or two, I couldn't help but think about it, and when I thought about it, I wanted to go and see him, looking for reasons to go to him.

When he arrived at Liu Qing's house, Liu Qing showed an attitude of not welcoming and ignoring him.Jinyu found things to do by herself, helping Liu Qing settle accounts, help Liu Qing with homework, help Liu Qing sit here and do that, and do it herself.

Jinyu worried about Liu Qing's basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation, so meticulous that she never cared about herself.

This afternoon, Jinyu was sitting in her room reading a book.I took the book for a long time, but I couldn't read a single word.Liu Qing's figure popped up in his mind from time to time, as well as his cold and indifferent eyes.

Every time, Jinyu's heart skipped a beat, he sighed, shook his head, and again gained the upper hand with lovesickness.He hesitated, hesitated, and finally couldn't give up, put down the book, and went to Liu Qing's study to ask for embarrassment.

When I arrived, I saw that Liu Qing's room was very quiet.

The maid, Xiaocui, was holding a banana fan, sitting on a stool beside the bed, slowly shaking it, and dozing off, when she suddenly noticed Jinyu approaching, she stood up in fright, and wanted to kneel, but was stopped by Jinyu's hand.

"Second Young Master..."

Jinyu made a silent movement and smiled at her.

Xiaocui blushed with embarrassment, bowed to Jinyu, took a fan, stepped back a little, and stood aside.Jinyu sat on the stool she had just sat on, and looked at Liu Qing who was sleeping soundly on the bed.

"How long have you slept?"

Xiao Cui said, "Eldest Young Master went to sleep after lunch. Around noon."

Jinyu frowned slightly, bowed his head in thought for a while, and murmured to himself, "Why has he become more sleepy lately..." Then he asked Xiaocui with concern, "Is there something uncomfortable about his body these days?"

Xiaocui is Liu Qing's personal servant girl, she shook her head upon hearing this.The Chinese knots on the two round buns swing like rattles.

Jinyu pulled the thin quilt on Liu Qing's chest, and explained to Xiaocui:

"Liu Qing has been weak since that serious illness. You are by my side, so take good care of her. If anything happens, send someone to call me immediately."

"Hey, the servant knows, Second Young Master."

Jinyu nodded in a daze, lost in thought.

I remember that winter, it snowed heavily.

On the spacious road, there are no pedestrians except for the white snow.

The mother-in-law's wedding procession is brightly red, lively and festive.

The beating of gongs and drums left a row of long, disorganized deep and shallow footprints in the snow.

In the big red bridal chamber, the groom's official could not be seen.

In the middle of the night, the Liu Mansion was brightly lit and crowded with people.

Liu Yingying dressed in wedding clothes, knelt in front of the portrait of Guanyin Bodhisattva, chanting sutras and praying non-stop, but tears couldn't stop streaming down her beautiful cheeks.

Jinyu was too young to understand what was happening around her and why her mother was crying.

I only cried when I was hungry in the past.

But grandpa said, as long as you come to Liu's mansion.You will never be hungry again.

"Woooo..."

Dressed like a red rice dumpling, Jinyu threw herself into Liu Yingying's arms, crying, "Mother doesn't cry. Jinyu is obedient."

Liu Yingying hugged him and said, "Mother came in for joy. Jinyu is still young and doesn't know what joy is. The young master of Liu's mansion is seriously ill, and many doctors said that there is no cure. If mother comes in, His illness is still not good, and our mother and child will not have a good life. Unfortunately, the sky does not follow people's wishes. I only entered the door in the morning, and the child will die in the afternoon..."

When Liu Yingying said this, she couldn't help but burst into tears, for her own life, and Jinyu who hadn't grown up yet.

It snowed all night, but the next day it stopped, and the sun was still warm.

The illness of the young master of Liu's family was severe all night, but he finally recovered from it.

From top to bottom, Liu's mansion was exhausted, but he didn't dare to be negligent. He still looked after an enemy carefully, so there was no one to take care of the new second wife and Jinyu, who had just entered the mansion.

Jinyu took advantage of the time when Liu Yingying went back to the house to catch up on sleep, and ran to the garden to build a snowman.While playing vigorously, a small figure appeared in the corridor.

A young man with red lips and white teeth, wearing gorgeous clothes, holding a bunch of paper cranes threaded in colored thread, stood in the aisle, looking at Jinyu in the yard, a little at a loss.

Jinyu was taken aback, and ran over curiously, standing at the bottom of the steps, staring at the colorful thousand paper cranes in his hand.

"Who are you? New here?" The child looked at Jinyu curiously.

Jin Yu nodded timidly, and glanced at the paper crane in his hand, "Can you give me one? You have so many..."

"No. These are for my brother's blessing. My brother is sick."

Jinyu shrank his neck, as if thinking of something, frowned and asked, "Then will he die?"

Liu Lidao, "No. I heard that if you fold a thousand paper cranes by yourself and hang them on the tallest tree, you will be scared away."

Liu Li looked into the yard, "But I don't think the trees here are very tall. I want tall trees like that!"

Liu Li stood on tiptoe and made a 'top' gesture with his hand.Some of the paper cranes fell from their arms.Jinyu ran over, followed the colored rope, picked it up and hugged her in her arms, her eyes were bright.

"I know a place where there is a tree that is the tallest in Yangzhou City. My family used to live nearby, and I often went to play."

Liu Li laughed happily, "Really? Then take me there quickly."

So the two children escaped the sight of the adults in the family, managed to slip out through the back door, ran to the big banyan tree outside the city, hugged the paper crane, and couldn't see the top when they raised their heads.

"It's too high... how do I hang it up?" Liu Li frowned.

Jinyu scooped up his sleeves, looking for the tree hole that he liked to tell his secrets most later, stepped into it, with a colorful rope in his mouth, and climbed up the tree trunk.

The small body quickly climbed to a higher position, hung the paper crane, and slid down again, his cheeks flushed with exhaustion.

"Okay."

Liu Li clasped his hands together in a dignified manner, bowed to the banyan tree, and muttered to himself.

"Please bless my brother to get well soon." He also bowed several times.

Jinyu stood beside him, panting, seeing him bend over, she bent a few times herself.

After Liu Li made his wish, he looked up at the thick white snow on the branches and sighed, "This tree is so big! How old do you think it is?"

Jinyu scratched her head, "Anyway, it should be very big. It was here when my grandpa's grandpa's grandpa was around. Besides, the tree was half-submerged in the summer of the year before last, so it's fine." A lot of people died in the city that year. My father also died at that time..." Jinyu couldn't help but burst into tears when she said this.He lowered his head and wiped his face.

"Ah!" Liu Li suddenly yelled, stretched out his hand to pull Jinyu's sleeve, and pointed to a branch above his head, "The snow on that tree has moved! Look!"

Jinyu looked up for a long time, "Where is it? Did you read it wrong?"

Liu Li stomped his feet stubbornly, "There is one! I saw it just now! It looks like a living thing. An animal?"

Jinyu raised his head, looked at it for a while, and pulled him back to run, "Don't look at it. Maybe you read it wrong. Let's go back quickly, if we are found out, we will be scolded."

Liu Li was suddenly sad, and looked at Jinyu expectantly, "What if my brother really dies?"

Jinyu thought for a while, then shook her head helplessly, "I don't know. My father is also dead."

Liu Li wiped away his tears, and held Jin Yu's hand, "Then if there is a day when I will be your father, how about you being my brother?"

Jinyu sniffed, nodded heavily and said, "En!"

The two villains walked while talking.

Liu Li said again, "My brother loves me very much. He will play with me, share snacks with me, and never snatch my toys. Do you have a brother?"

Jinyu shook her head, "I haven't."

Liu Lidao, "Then you will be my brother in the future, and you will treat me like this."

Jinyu was dazed by him, nodded, "Oh..." and suddenly there was an avalanche sound behind him.

Jin Yu and Liu Li hurriedly turned their heads to look around, only to see layers of snow falling from the branches of the banyan tree, fluttering and falling to the ground cleanly.

When Jinyu first entered Liu's house, he didn't think Liu Li was so bad, and even liked his true nature very much, and felt that he was easy to get along with.

It's a pity that the two of them sneaked out to play that time, and were quickly discovered by the adults at home.

Because that night, Liu Li developed a high fever because of the cold.

Fortunately, nothing serious happened, and he recovered after a few days.Personality has changed a lot.

When Jinyu went to play with him again, he always looked domineering, indifferent to answers, and became very smug.

瑾瑜刚开始还嘲笑过他几次，说他比女娃娃还爱照镜子，被刘立揍成猪头，哭着跑回去找娘。From then on, he avoided Liu Li like a snake and a scorpion.

The friendship between the two was cut off.

At the beginning, Jinyu was still young and not very sensible. She was beaten by Liu Li and wanted to take revenge.The method is stupid.

That day when he saw Liu Li entering a room, he rushed in, looking for Liu Li to challenge him one-on-one.

"Liu Li is a thief! Come out and die!"

"Wow..." The bead curtain was lifted, and Jinyu didn't find the annoying Liu Li, but instead saw a very beautiful sick boy lying on the bed.

With a thin body, even through the material of the clothes, the bony bones can be seen.With long and slender fingers, he was holding a grasshopper made of platycodon stalks. Seeing Jinyu rushing forward and then standing still, the soft smile in his eyes was the same as in the March sky that Jinyu had seen before. The most beautiful scenery.

"Are you the new brother?"

Jinyu didn't listen to what the other party said at all, looked at the boy opposite, drooling, and nodded silly when he heard the words.

Liu Qing asked again: "What's your name?"

"Jin Yu."

Liu Qing pondered for a moment, "Good name. A gentleman's virtue is like a flawless jade." Then he waved to Jinyu, "Come here. Get closer to the bed."

With hands down, Jinyu walked over obediently, staring at this unknown brother... the grasshopper in his hand.

Liu Qing handed it over, "Do you like it?"

Jinyu looked at him, then at the grasshopper reluctantly, and shook his head.

Liu Qing said with a smile, "I'll give it to you if you like it." As he spoke, he took Jinyu's hand and put the grasshopper into Jinyu's palm.

Jinyu was so excited by his scalding body temperature that he shrank his hands, and the grasshopper fell to the ground.

Jinyu didn't dare to pick it up, so she took a few steps back, and said with her hands behind her back, "My mother said, you can't just take things from others. If you want something that doesn't belong to you, you have to pay a price."

Liu Qing's eyes were very disappointed, with loneliness and despair, "I don't want you to return anything. When you are free, come and chat with me, please? I haven't gone out for a long time. I miss the rural scenery outside, and my childhood. On the ridge, it’s fun to catch grasshoppers.” Liu Qing bent down from the bed with some difficulty, picked up the bellflower grasshopper on the ground, and stretched out his hand to where Jinyu was standing.

"If you like it, I'll make it up for you every day. I can make up many shapes, such as peacocks, phoenixes, and goldfish. But you have to pick bellflowers." Liu Qing said, looking at his bones lonely. Thin arms, and legs that haven't gotten out of bed for a long time.

Jinyu was tempted, and came to visit Liu Qing every day from then on.

Liu Qing's servants were told by Mrs. Liu not to allow anyone to disturb Liu Qing, and when they saw Jinyu coming, they even stopped them.After being scolded by Liu Qing, Jinyu was allowed to enter.

But day by day, Liu Qing's condition seemed to be getting better, and Mrs. Liu stopped blocking her.

Jinyu vividly told Liu Qing the interesting stories about his life in the slums; sometimes he coquettishly complained to Liu Qing, saying that Liu Li bullied him again.Liu Qing didn't favor his younger brother, he always gently massaged Jin Yu's forehead, which was swollen by Liu Li.

No matter what Jinyu said, Liu Qing would always be happy to hear it, and sometimes "hehe..." laughed a few times, with a short, bloody cough.

The good times didn't last long, and when spring came, Liu Qing's illness became more serious.

But no matter how uncomfortable it is, Liu Qing will definitely welcome Jinyu's arrival on time.

The way he leaned against the bedside and smiled, he was always so gentle and like a spring breeze.

Finally, one day, Jinyu was halfway through the story, "...and then guess what happened? Brother? Liu Qing..." Because after asking for a long time, but did not hear Liu Qing's answer, Jinyu turned her head to look, and immediately I was stunned.

There was a slight smile on the corner of Liu Qing's mouth, and he was leaning on the pillow with his eyes closed, his expression satisfied and calm. At first glance, he thought he was falling asleep.But upon closer inspection, there was a line of dark blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

Jinyu was so frightened that she cried and yelled out the door.

Many adults soon surrounded the room, and the doctor arrived in time.

But Liu Qing was like a doll with a disconnected thread, not even the slightest intention to open his eyes.

Jinyu frantically ran out of the city, and ran under the banyan tree, looking for the thousand paper cranes that he and Liu Li had hung on the tree branch. With his fingers propped on the tree hole, he shouted loudly towards the crown of the tree:

"Please! Let him wake up! I am willing to use my 20 years of life to exchange him for another 20 years!"

Suddenly, the wind picked up.The leaves rustled.A person suddenly appeared beside the tree roots.

Jinyu was taken aback, and looked at Liu Li who didn't know why and how long he was here.

Liu Li supported the tree trunk with one hand and stepped on the roots with the other, with a gloating smile on his face.

"That's what you said. You can't regret it."

At that moment, Jinyu began to look down on Liu Li from the bottom of her heart.It seems that Liu Qing is not his brother.

It turned out that Liu Li who would feel sorry for his brother, and who would fold paper cranes to pray for Liu Qing's health, was gone forever.

Today's Liu Li seems to be a different person, very much like those evil beasts of those big families who, in order to rob property, disregarded the life and death of their relatives and killed each other!

Jin Yu gave him a bitter look, left the big banyan tree without looking back, and walked away alone.

"Second Young Master?"

Jinyu came back to her senses, and pointed to the coffee table to Xiao Cui who was holding the medicine bowl, "Put it here."

"Yes." Xiao Cui knew that every time the Eldest Young Master took medicine, the Second Young Master would definitely feed it himself.

Put down the medicine bowl, leave gently, and close the door, Xiaocui is a servant who knows how to manage.

Jinyu touched the temperature of the medicine bowl, saw that Liu Qing was still awake, and put his hand outside the quilt, put it back under the quilt.

The body temperature of Liu Qing's fingers was slightly cold, and it seemed to always be like this since the serious illness.

Jinyu sighed slightly, but fortunately, Liu Qing's illness gradually improved miraculously.These adult past events are gradually lost.

Why do you suddenly remember now?

Is it...

What kind of bad sign is this?

Liu Qing's illness...

Jinyu frowned, trying not to think badly.To comfort myself, Liu Qing just didn't sleep well recently because he was in a bad mood.

While bowing his head, Liu Qing turned over and moved his eyelids a few times.

Jinyu immediately moved her body and called him softly.

"Liu Qing, are you awake? Take the medicine and go back to sleep."

Liu Qing blinked and rested his arms on his forehead, as if he was still awake.Seeing him open his eyes, Jinyu quickly took the medicine bowl on the coffee table beside the bed, and leaned over to help Liu Qing up.

Liu Qing waved his sleeve lightly. With a bang, the medicine bowl in Jinyu's hand shattered on the floor.

Xiaocui outside the door heard the sound and knocked on the door.

Jinyu held back her anger and shouted outside the door, "Come in."

After Xiao Cui ran in, she silently picked up the broom and began to clean up the debris and the concoction that had been spilled all over the floor without saying a word.

Jinyu said, "I know you're in a bad mood. But you can't be angry with me with your body, right? It's all my fault anyway. I apologize! Just please stop ruining your body!"

After knocking out the medicine bowl just now, Liu Qing turned over and lay on the inside, without even looking at Jinyu, and even replied in a flattering way after hearing the words.

"If you don't like it, go to Liu Li. I don't need your fake kindness."

Jinyu endured it for many days, and at this point, couldn't hold back anymore, stood up and said, "What do you call that? I have explained to you a hundred times what happened that day. It's fine if you don't believe me. I have always What do you do to you, you don't appreciate it, but you should be considerate. Why do you misinterpret my kindness and use such heavy words to me. "

Liu Qing snorted coldly, closed her eyes, and ignored her.

Jinyu was so angry that she was reluctant to leave.Standing in front of the bed with her hands behind her back, feeling sulking, seeing that Xiao Cui was about to tidy up, she said, "Go and make another bowl of medicine."

"Yes." Xiao Cui responded.

But Liu Qing's voice came from inside the bed, "I won't drink it."

Jin Yu was so angry that she was about to step forward to persuade her, when there was a 'crash' from the door, and the sound of a folding fan unfolding.

"Desert! Just make him proud. I want to see how long he can screw it up."

Jinyu knew it was Liu Li without looking back.My heart can't help being troubled like a mess.

"What are you here for?"

Liu Li waved his fan and approached, raised his eyebrows, "Of course I came to visit Big Brother. Could it be that Master Ben came here to see you, an ugly monster?"

Every time Jinyu gets along with him, something bad happens.I didn't bother to argue with him, so I only looked at Liu Qing's back in the bed, and said:

"Be sure to drink the medicine later. I'll go first."

Liu Qing remained silent.Liu Li had an expression of watching the excitement, which made Jinyu feel uncomfortable.

The atmosphere in the room, as well as his status, suddenly became very awkward.Jinyu is a sensible person, and left in a hurry after speaking.

Walking outside the door, still a little bit reluctant, he turned his head and glanced inside.

I saw Liu Li carefully sitting down on the edge of the bed, shaking his fan seemingly carelessly, with a playful smile as if he was telling a joke, but the smile on his face was very stiff, even a little flattering.

Liu Qing was still lying face-in, motionless, and didn't know if he was asleep or not.

Jinyu felt depressed, so he rode his horse to the suburbs, walked, and walked to the big banyan tree habitually.It was easy to find the familiar tree hole, Jinyu stroked the folds of the bark, and murmured:

"I don't regret..."

He pulled out the hairpin that tied the hair on the top of his head, and with the pointed end, carved a line of words one inch below the tree hole:

I love Liu Qing

Jinyu is not good at seal cutting, and it took her a long time to write it crookedly. Then, blushing again, she suddenly stretched out her head and kissed it quickly with her mouth.

"Hmm..." Liu Qing, who was taking medicine, suddenly covered his neck below his ears, and fell into the bed.

Xiaocui looked at Liu Qing's fingers, slowly oozing red blood, and was startled, "Master, why are you bleeding?" Then she turned around and shouted to the door, "Please doctor!"

"Don't call me..." Liu Qing called Xiao Cui with a trembling voice, and tried to speak again, but couldn't even utter a complete sentence, lying on the bed weakly and panting.

Xiaocui looked at Liu Qing in fear, for fear that the young master of the Liu family whom she served would die suddenly.

But he saw Liu Qing's half-faded blouse, now it was half-hanging and half-hanging on his elbows, and his shoulders and collarbone, which were about to be exposed but still ashamed, were half-covered and half-hidden by his long black hair.

The cheeks are glowing, and the eyebrows are affectionate.Obviously very man's limbs, at this moment, Youbi is more charming than a woman in a swaying mood, which makes people's blood rush. I just want to press him between the beds and love him a lot.

Xiao Cui had never seen Liu Qing, who had always been ascetic, show such a state of mind, she couldn't move her eyes for a while, and her cheeks were burning hot.

Under the banyan tree, Jinyu had just stood up when the wind picked up on the hillside.Blowing down the numerous leaves, there is a person standing at the root.

A flamboyantly dressed flamboyant with a smirk waving a folding fan.

The jade crown on the head and the wide sleeves embroidered with gold silk swayed slowly in the wind.

The handsome and handsome man who seemed to come by the wind was still Liu Li.

"It's so infatuated... It's really touching, and it's also disgusting!"

Jinyu ignored what he said, turned around and left.

'Shuh! '

Liu Li closed his folding fan and stretched his arms to block his way.

On the hillside, one purple and one red, there are two teenagers with black hair and crowns, pearls and jade.Blue sky and white clouds, green grass and green trees.The scenery is infinitely good.The son is as beautiful as a picture.

"You get out of the way!"

Jin Yu was already angry in her heart, how could she have a good attitude when she saw Liu Li again at this moment?

Liu Li asked unhurriedly, "Where are you going?"

"I want you to mind your own business! Follow me all day, are you tired? Didn't you just stay in Liu Qing's house well? What did you come out to pester me again?"

Liu Li withdrew his arm that was blocking him, opened the folding fan again, shook it lightly, and said casually, "Come out to get some air when you're tired of being bored. You're not the only one who sees other people's faces. I am the same."

Hearing this, Jinyu, for some reason, lost her temper, walked around him, walked to a place full of bellflowers, and began to pick out good ones.

Liu Li followed behind him. Seeing him busy for a while, he gradually became impatient. He opened his clothes and sat down on the grass.

"What are you doing?"

Without raising her head, Jinyu pulled it out and said, "Pick it back and give it to Liu Qing."

Liu Li tilted his head and looked at it for a while, "He likes this?" His tone was eccentric.

"You can make grasshoppers." Jinyu wiped off the sweat on his forehead, thinking of Liu Qing, his smile was brighter than the sunshine in the sky.

Liu Li shook his head for a moment, felt that his eyes had been stabbed, and muttered to himself, "You really have a heart..." Then he asked Jin Yu loudly, "Hey, are you angry with him for treating you like that just now?"

Jinyu shook her head in the grass, "Why are you angry? People who are sick will naturally have worse tempers than ordinary people. Because they are not feeling well, they are annoyed. I like him, of course we must be more tolerant. Why compare those trivial things and hurt each other's feelings .”

Liu Li stood up suddenly, "Then I bullied you all day and night for more than ten years, and you tolerated me. Do you like me?"

Jinyu was taken aback for a moment, and stopped picking bellflowers. He looked up at Liu Li, who was standing upright halfway up the hill, and asked:

"You don't like me, why do I like you?"

"Then what if I like you?"