Scholar and old attack

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, it was freezing outside but hot inside. Xu Shuizhou was making some small clothes for the child while shaking Jiang Jingyuan's slender hand.

"Everyone has gained a lot of weight, why are you the only one who lost weight? You have eaten well these days, why are you still so thin?" Xu Shuizhou's black pearl-like eyes were both distressed and puzzled.

Jiang Jingyuan's brows and eyes were gentle, "Maybe it's because I don't gain weight, don't take it to heart, some people just don't gain weight by nature, maybe they will gain weight after two days."

"Don't lie to me. If you don't gain weight, you don't have enough to eat. Are you under too much pressure recently, thinking about the imperial examination, that's why you lost so much weight?"

Xu Shuizhou squinted at Jiang Jingyuan, saying that he would not believe Jiang Jingyuan's nonsense, no one is born fat, even if he grows fat, at least he looks energetic and will not stay thin.

Jiang Jingyuan, on the other hand, was losing weight at a speed visible to the naked eye every day. Even those from poor families were not as thin as him.

Chen Xiuxiu muttered, "Could it be that I really need to find an eminent monk to come back and do a practice to stabilize my soul."

She had never experienced how to deal with this kind of thing, and she was afraid of what would happen if this eminent monk didn't understand anything and hurt Jiang Jingyuan.

Worrying around the room in a hurry.

"Son, don't hide it. If you have something to tell, maybe mother can help you. Seeing you like this makes mother feel uncomfortable." Chen Xiuxiu rubbed her tears as she said, she had already lost a son, and she could no longer Lost one.

He Yuzhu also persuaded, "Jing Yuan, no matter what happens to you, your mother and I will not be afraid. You tell the matter, and everyone will face it together. Seeing you so thin and ugly, your mother My heart is like a knife."

"There is another one. If you don't think about yourself, you think about Shui Zhou. He is still pregnant with your child. If something happens, how can you make them father and son?"

He Yuzhu hurriedly comforted Chen Xiuxiu who was crying so hard, Chen Xiuxiu's heart would die if it went on like this, these days she seemed to be fine, but when she couldn't sleep all night, she could recite Buddhist scriptures backwards.

I hope Buddha can bless this child Jing Yuan.

Jiang Jingyuan looked at his family members' worried expressions, and didn't know what to say for a while, he could only coax him, and said softly, "Mother, I'm really fine, it's just that I don't have a good appetite, and it will be fine in the beginning of spring."

"Kaichun, Kaichun, are you going to survive this winter if you go on like this? Look at how thin you have become." Chen Xiuxiu cursed angrily, and her hands shook again after she finished cursing.

She was really afraid of losing this son, really afraid.

Xu Shuizhou went into the room and took out a bronze mirror and placed it before Jiang Jingyuan, "Jingyuan, look for yourself, can you wait until spring like this? You are so thin that you are almost disfigured. Everyone is thinking about you." Worry."

Jiang Jingyuan looked in the mirror and was startled. The cheekbones of the face of the person in the mirror were all thin, and the edges and corners were so sharp that it felt sharp to the touch.

Raising his hand to look, his body, which had been so hard to fatten up, was now thinner again, with bulging veins on it, and even his arms were as thin as a child's thigh.

His face was so pale that there was no trace of blood. If it weren't for the luster in his eyes, he would look no different from a living dead.

Isn't this back to the look he had just crossed over, no wonder everyone is so worried.

"Jing Yuan, if you have something hidden in your heart, just say it. There is nothing difficult to overcome in this world. Both your mother and I have experienced big storms, and maybe we can help you a little bit."

He Yuzhu comforted Chen Xiuxiu while comforting Jiang Jingyuan in a gentle voice. She thought that Jiang Jingyuan had to speak out about this matter, and it was useless for them to worry about it.

"Son, do you feel a little unwell? How about I ask the doctor to show you, or we can go to Datong or the capital city, and we can only cure your illness. Come please."

Chen Xiuxiu was crying until she was out of breath, but she still missed Jiang Jingyuan in her heart.

Xu Shuizhou also looked at him with a pair of concerned eyes.

Jiang Jingyuan was silent and didn't dare to open his mouth. He had this disease before he crossed over.

When he was in the Jiang family, he was also favored for a while. After all, his parents died because of the entire Jiang family, or because of guilt, or because of their true love for him. From grandpa to uncle, there is no one who does not love him his.

Especially since he was still in the hospital all day long, and he didn't even have a friend around him because of a heart attack, which made him even more lovable.

But this kind of love is sometimes quite enviable. For example, his younger brother Jiang Jingtai, who was supposed to be his elder brother, was born prematurely by a car accident for more than a month, so he became his elder brother.

Jiang Jingtai was his uncle's child. Two children of the same age, one favored and the other not favored, inevitably felt resentment in his heart, and he could actually see some of his emotions at the time.

Originally wanted to take him to play, but no one thought that he actually put medicine in his meal, which almost killed him.

It was a beautiful and cold winter, and he lay on the hospital bed listening to Jiang Jingtai curse him word after word, "You should have died a long time ago, you should have died with your parents, it was all because of you." My parents don’t love me anymore, I’m their own, why do you want to snatch my affection, you want father’s love and mother’s love to go underground to find your parents.”

Perhaps it was because of this incident that my uncle and aunt sensed Jiang Jingtai's emotions, and began to put the focus back on Jiang Jingtai. After all, one side is an unrelated nephew who is about to die at any time, and the other is a healthy and lively son. No one knows what to do. How to choose.

From that winter onwards, in his ward, the four seasons were like winter. At the beginning, Jiang's family still remembered to visit him occasionally, and then they never did it twice a year.

As long as it doesn't die it's fine.

From then on, he couldn't eat in winter, and when he ate, he remembered the days when he was lying alone in the ward waiting to die, and couldn't help but want to vomit. Mu Junxi was right, he was suffering from a heart disease, The kind that can't be cured.

The difference is that there is nutrient solution in the hospital, he can't eat, at least the doctor can give him nutrient solution all day long, but there is no such treatment here.

"Mother, don't cry, I will try to eat well from today, so I won't worry you." Jiang Jingyuan recalled the past, and felt a heart-wrenching pain in his heart, as if he had a heart attack again .

In fact, he has always been afraid, afraid that if Chen Xiuxiu knew that he was not her son, he would collapse. He was afraid that everything in front of him was stolen by himself. He had never been serious about his heart.

I am afraid to face the days of waiting to die day after day, year after year, so I can't let go of the past and struggle with reality.

"Is this something that you can do by eating well? My mother has watched you eat these days, but she has not seen that you are more energetic." Chen Xiuxiu was still a little bit indomitable, and a wave was also born in her heart. panic.

Chen Xiuxiu said while grabbing Jiang Jingyuan's hand, tears fell on the back of his hand, and she gritted her silver teeth, "Why don't mother accompany you to the temple to ask the eminent monk to do the practice."

"How to do it?" Xu Shuizhou was a little confused. Chen Xiuxiu had never shown that she believed in these things. Could it be that she was brought by her own mother.

Jiang Jingyuan was sweating profusely, and his body was covered with cold sweat, as if he had been slapped on the head, he grabbed Chen Xiuxiu's hand fiercely, and asked tremblingly, "Mother, do you know something? .”

"Do you know that I am not..." Jiang Jingyuan choked up and couldn't speak. At this moment, he was afraid that Chen Xiuxiu would let go of his hand. He finally experienced the feeling of mother's love and family affection, and he didn't want to let go.

He didn't want to go back and count the days until he died, so he thought about hiding it from Chen Xiuxiu for the rest of his life, but what was fake was always fake. After all, he couldn't hide it anymore, was he going to lose this maternal love?

"No, you are my son, you have always been my son, son, don't blame mother, although you are mother's biological son, but mother also hurt Jing Yuan for 18 years, mother's most painful 18 years were Jing Yuan He is with me, so I may love him more than I love you."

Chen Xiuxiu didn't want to hide it any longer, these words weighed heavily on her heart, and she was also afraid that Jiang Jingyuan would complain about her, but if a heart were to be divided between two people, it would inevitably be uneven.

Jiang Jingyuan, who had never shed tears before, shed tears, why he didn't understand what his mother meant.

Xu Shuizhou, who was still in a daze, was even more confused. What Jing Yuan was not his mother's own son, and what Jing Yuan was his mother's own son, was confusing.

He Yuzhu sighed, looked at Chen Xiuxiu and Jiang Jingyuan, who were crying so hard that they couldn't speak, and said softly, "Let me tell, both of you mother and son are crying like this, and you can't speak clearly, don't worry." It made the misunderstanding even bigger."

Jiang Jingyuan had no choice but to congratulate Yuzhu with expectant eyes, but the tears in his eyes didn't stop flowing. As the saying goes, a man doesn't flick his tears lightly, but he hasn't reached the point of sadness. At this moment, his heart is really hurt.

Holding Chen Xiuxiu's hand and refused to let go, he was afraid that his mother would leave him if he let go.

"It's a lot of talking at this time, and we have to start with Jing Yuan..." He Yuzhu paused when talking about Jing Yuan, glanced at Jiang Jingyuan, and then said again, "Your mother Jing Yuan changed his name again, It's called Jing Yuan, I can't let the two of you have the same name anymore."

"From Jingyuan's birth, your mother accidentally fell on the day of delivery, and the baby was born with no breath, and the midwife at the time said that she would not live for three days, and then sister Xiuxiu didn't believe her fate, and cut herself The wrist is nourished with blood every day, and an eminent monk is invited to do it." He Yuzhu said and paused here.

Looking at Xu Shuizhou and Jiang Jingyuan who had already widened their eyes, they still couldn't figure out what was going on.

With a clear cough, he continued, "When the eminent monk did this, the weather was not quite right, and a strong wind blew up, and the baby was out of breath. Even the eminent monk shook his head and said that the child was hopeless, and then walked away shaking his head. "

"At that time your mother was holding the child and refused to believe in her fate. Unexpectedly, the weather would clear up fifteen minutes later, but the child miraculously came back to life, crying loudly, which made your mother very happy."

"I thought the matter would end here. Your mother took care of Jingyuan with peace of mind. Later, when your father passed away, your mother took Jingyuan to live in this village after her heartbreak. Everything was peaceful. Although I know that when Jingyuan died of poisoning last year, maybe it was a flashback, holding sister Xiuxiu's hand and saying a lot."

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Although He Yuzhu's voice was gentle, he could still hear a bit of sadness when he listened carefully, "The child kept holding Sister Xiuxiu's hand and said that he was not Sister Xiuxiu's child, and he stole these 18 years. For some reason when he was a baby, he and you exchanged souls."

He Yuzhu said as he rubbed his teary eyes, "I didn't believe it at the time, but sister Xiuxiu said that she never told anyone that the child had been lifeless for a while after birth, and then she suddenly remembered, could it be that What happened this time caused the souls of the two children to be replaced."

"Jingyuan said a lot of things that day. He said that after he died, you would return to your own body, telling sister Xiuxiu not to be sad, and that there was a son who would be sister Xiuxiu's son for him."

Chen Xiuxiu was choked with sobs and could not speak anymore. At that time, she watched the child she raised with great difficulty die in her arms. The pain was so painful that it hurt her heart.

"Looking at Jingyuan's body getting cold, sister Xiuxiu was ready to find someone to hold a funeral. Neither of us felt relieved about what Jingyuan said that there was another person to replace him. We thought the child was talking nonsense. .”

He Yuzhu also choked with sobs and wiped away her tears with a handkerchief. She also watched Jing Yuan grow up. Although the child was a little dull, he was also a dear and filial child. It's not good either.

"After discussing with you, when you came back, the body was warm again. Your mother hurried to ask the doctor to see you. Later, when the people in the village found out that your mother was going to prepare for your funeral, they jumped out and asked your mother to hand over to you Out of the paddy field, you know what happened next."

He Yuzhu couldn't continue talking, and lay down on the chair and burst into tears.

Xu Shuizhou was the most shocked one, so it is said that his A Yuan changed so quickly later because he changed his soul.

A small mouth opened wide, he didn't know these things at all.

Jiang Jingyuan was also completely stunned, and looked at Chen Xiuxiu in shock.

Chen Xiuxiu sobbed and said, "I've already lost a child, I can't lose you anymore, no matter you are a lonely ghost or my son, mother will treat you as her mother's child, It's just that mother still thinks of Jing Yuan from time to time, after all, he was once my child."

"I don't care, mother, I don't care if you are eccentric or not, I just want a little love from you, a little bit is fine, a little bit is fine." Jiang Jingyuan choked up and said, he didn't ask for much.

"Good boy, although mother doesn't know what you've been through, mother loves you sincerely. If you have any hurdles you can't overcome, you can tell mother. Mother is afraid of losing you." Chen Xiuxiu stepped forward and hugged Jiang Jing Yuan, looking forward to giving this troubled child a little warmth.

"Well, I know mother, I won't worry you any more in the future." After talking, Jiang Jingyuan felt comfortable in his heart, and he no longer had to carry a heavy burden and worry every day.

After drying up his tears, Jiang Jingyuan looked at Xu Shuizhou apologetically and asked, "Are you afraid, I'm just a dead body resurrection person, I'm sorry I haven't told you the truth."

Jiang Jingyuan bowed deeply to Xu Shuizhou. In fact, he was most sorry for Xu Shuizhou, who had been hiding it from him all the time. He didn't know if he would be afraid now that he knew the truth.

Xu Shuizhou stepped forward to hold Jiang Jingyuan's hand, shook his head and said, "No, I'm not afraid, you see your hands are hot, and there are shadows when you walk, you are not a lonely ghost, you have a mother and I, in the future And children, you are not a ghost, you are a living person."

Xu Shuizhou lifted his feet gently, and wiped away Jiang Jingyuan's tears, "It's good to talk about it now, so that everyone won't feel pain in their hearts, cry hard today, and live with a smile from tomorrow on."

"Especially for you, Ayuan, you have to live the life of two people by yourself. You not only have to live for yourself, but you also have to live the part of Brother Jingyuan well. The important thing is to avenge him."

Xu Shuizhou hugged Jiang Jingyuan's body that was so thin that only a handful of bones remained.

"Well, Ah Zhou, you are so kind." Jiang Jingyuan leaned on Xu Shuizhou's shoulder, completely moved by his words.

If his misfortune in the first half of his life was for him to meet such a group of lovely and amiable people, then he would be willing to suffer those hardships.

"Yes, what Zhou Zhou said is right. Let's cry a lot today, and we will live with a smile in the future." Chen Xiuxiu vented all the pain buried in her heart. Although there were still tears on her face, she was smiling. Yes, at this moment she smiled comfortably.

Everyone in the room looked at me and I looked at you, and everyone cried until they were in tears, but they all laughed endlessly.

Chen Xiuxiu and Jiang Jingyuan untied their knots, she turned over the tablet without a name, and Jiang Jingyuan personally engraved his name for Jiang Jingyuan.

In the future, during the Chinese New Year, everyone no longer needs to hide it, and can burn a stick of incense to him in a fair manner.

Standing in front of the memorial tablet, Jiang Jingyuan sincerely lit a stick of incense for Jiang Jingyuan, put it in the incense burner, and silently thanked, "Thank you, thank you for letting me out before I died, no matter whether we have changed souls or not, But I still want to thank you for doing this.”

The cold night wind blew past, flickering the candles and incense in the house, as if an ethereal and crisp voice came from afar, "You're welcome, I should do everything."

"Thank you, mother gave you a new name. I don't know if you like it or not. If you don't like it, you can entrust it to me in a dream and change it for you." Jiang Jingyuan seemed to hear it, and pointed at the corner of his mouth with a beautiful arc. The tablet replied.

The wind in the house was very strong, but Jiang Jingyuan didn't feel cold at all when it blew on Jiang Jingyuan's body, and soon burned up the incense he just lit. Jiang Jingyuan stepped forward to look, and the ashes of the incense wrote a The word "may".

"As long as you like it, if you are short of clothes, food, or money down here, remember to entrust me with dreams." Jiang Jingyuan touched the tablet, as if loving his younger brother.

Suddenly the door was slapped by the wind, as if to tell Jiang Jingyuan again, are you annoying.

"Okay, okay, I'll just go. I won't disturb your rest. Please bless my mother from below. I hope she will be free from disasters and illnesses in this life, and she can die peacefully."

After Jiang Jingyuan finished speaking, he walked out of the room and closed the door gently.

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"Mother, why are you marrying me to A Yuan even though you know the truth? Aren't you afraid?" Xu Shuizhou asked curiously while hugging He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu gently patted the back of Xu Shuizhou's hand, "Mother has calculated the horoscope for you, it is based on the time when Jing Yuan came here, it is a destiny, and besides, you have all your heart attached to him, mother can't tell, Mother has experienced too many things in this life, I have no other requirements, I just want you to be happy in this life, not to mention that you fell in love with someone, even if you fell in love with a ghost, mother will recognize it."

"Speaking of which, you have to thank your mother. It was your mother who asked me to join forces with her to force the marriage, otherwise you two don't know when you will be able to get together." Chen Xiuxiu said and smiled here, At the beginning, she thought that Jiang Jingyuan might not agree, but she didn't expect him to agree.

Xu Shuizhou's eyes widened upon hearing this, "Mother, aren't you afraid that Jing Yuan won't agree?"

"Mother has piercing eyes. Jing Yuan still has a little bit of meaning for you, but I'm embarrassed to say that you two have reached the age of marriage and hang out with each other all day long. Just because of Jing Yuan's slow temper, wait until he It may take two years to pick it out, so do you still want your reputation?"

Chen Xiuxiu tapped Xu Shuizhou's forehead. She really didn't think about this silly child. At that time, all kinds of gossip spread in the village, and she couldn't bear to listen to it anymore. She thought that the two of them were both friendly anyway, so it's better to be a friend. Honey, it's all over.

Jiang Jingyuan felt very happy listening outside the door, it turned out that the feeling of being loved by someone sincerely is so happy.

"Mother, I'm so slow." Jiang Jingyuan listened and opened the door and entered the room.

"It's not too slow. Whether it's eating or walking, even the sleeping posture is slow. Seeing you and Zhou Zhou, you don't even dare to hold a little hand. Sister Yuzhu and I are dying of anxiety." Chen Xiuxiu She rolled her eyes at Jiang Jingyuan, she knew Jiang Jingyuan's living habits thoroughly in a few days.

"Mother, don't you have to show affection and end courtesy." Jiang Jingyuan was a little confused.

"Where are there so many precepts and clear rules? Whose family is right? Propose marriage and get married." Chen Xiuxiu waved her hand. How can there be so much time for you to talk about love? Many people have never met before getting married. Not to mention feelings.

Chen Xiuxiu shook her head again as she spoke, "Okay, don't talk about these old things, tell me about you, mother doesn't know what you have experienced before, why you are getting thinner now, if you are really unwell, we will go to a famous doctor, There is always a way to find an eminent monk.”

Jiang Jingyuan pondered for a while and said slowly, "Maybe the world I'm going to describe is different from what you imagined, and mother, don't worry, it's not because of my body, it's just a mental illness."

As soon as Jiang Jingyuan was talking, he began to describe the grotesque modern world. Hearing the three of them had a good time, and hearing Jiang Jingyuan talk about the Jiang family, made his heart ache.

"Son, it's hard for you, but it's all in the past, don't think about those unpleasant things, we can't say who is right and who is wrong about your parents' previous life, we can only say that the times make people. "Chen Xiuxiu sighed after hearing this, no wonder the child's slow temper, it turns out that he has always been in poor health.

"Yes, I don't want to pursue who was right or wrong in the past. Now I just want to spend every day with my two mothers and Ah Zhou." Jiang Jingyuan nodded and replied.

It's strange, his heart always hurt when he talked about the Jiang family, but now he doesn't feel any pain except a little melancholy.

"A Yuan, there will be me in the future. Although our family has no money, we will definitely not make you suffer. You can do whatever you want, as long as you live happily. I can do housework and money, and I can go earn."

Xu Shuizhou tugged at the corner of Jiang Jingyuan's clothes, his eyes were full of sincerity.

Jiang Jingyuan lowered his head and touched his head that was resting on his lap, and said with burning eyes, "Silly boy, men have always supported their families and made money over there, husbands like you are used to pamper and hurt, even cooking It’s all reluctant for you to do it.”

"Then won't you be proud of being favored like that, won't you leave me?" Xu Shuizhou asked in a low voice, he always felt that he would be spoiled like a useless person.

A man wants to make money and support a family and still has to pamper him when he comes back. Isn’t it tiring? Isn’t two people pampering each other in a relationship?

"No, it's too late to pet, how could he leave." Jiang Jingyuan looked at Xu Shuizhou deeply, and pinched his nose. His husband is so cute, how can he get such a good husband? beg.

The author has something to say: This misunderstanding has finally been solved. In the future, both A Niang and A Yuan can live without burdens, and they don’t have to hide it from A Zhou. The burden on A Yuan’s shoulders can also be relieved.