Ah Chang

Chapter 24

The small building listened to the spring rain all night.

After a rain, A Chang recalled some of her past, about her background, that desolate and desolate small village where the people's livelihood was dying.

The woman who pointed at her and scolded her in the dream was actually her mother.

Memories about home are always wet, just like A Chang's eyes, that home is damp and cold, so she can't feel any warmth.She supports herself, her mother, and two younger siblings by making embroidery for others.

There seemed to be nothing special to remember in the days in that family. The hunger and cold, the complaints, and the endless reproaches and insults were all interrupted when Ah Chang was 19 years old.

The memory after the age of 19 seems to have reached a cliff, and it stopped so abruptly.

All that remains in my mind are some fragmented memory fragments, the rainstorm, the fire, the empty courtyard, the white flowers, and the torn pages of books that fly into ashes in the firelight.Behind these pictures are the sound of my own reading, the gloomy man's voice, and that familiar yet unfamiliar woman's voice...

All of these surged and intertwined in Ah Shang's mind, but no matter what, they couldn't piece together a complete picture.

Ah Shang looked out of the window, the last drop of rain was falling on the eaves of the window.The rain stopped, but her thoughts did not stop, and the eagerness to restore her memory seemed to make everything more chaotic. A Chang rubbed her forehead and saw Ke Li waving to her in the courtyard.

"A-shang beauty, do you want to go out with me?"

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Keli was going to a nearby town to buy some medicinal materials, and said that A-Shang was depressed all day long, so he asked her to go with her, just to relax.

"Depressed..." A Chang touched his face, a little embarrassed: "But Li Zhangshi, do I really look so obvious..."

Ah Shang did have something on her mind, but she thought she was hiding it well. She didn't want her bad mood to affect others, but she never expected that Keli would see through it.

"It's not that obvious." Keli walked in front, turned around and waved his hands: "It's just that I'm used to watching words and expressions. Beauty doesn't have to be so nervous."

Hearing what Keli said, Ah Shang not only did not relax, but became even more nervous. When it comes to "observing words and observing colors", even Keli can detect it, so Qiyun...

The more A Chang thought about it, the more frustrated she became. She didn't want Qi Yun to feel that she was depressed all day long. Qi Yun said that she should smile more.

"At that time, I was in a beautiful family, and the color of the beauty was as delicate as a flower~Beauty, beauty, big beauty, I will put pearl flowers for you~"

On the way, it started to rain again. It was thin, and the clothes were not wet.Apricot, rain, pear clouds, red flowers and willows, Keli picked up a willow branch by the roadside, hummed a little song while walking in front, and the bamboo basket behind her swayed with her cheerful steps. The medicinal materials were also sprinkled, and A-Shang followed to pick them up. When they arrived at the destination, the bamboo basket behind Ke Li was empty, but A-Shang picked up a full bag.

The shopkeeper of the pharmacy seemed to be very familiar with Keli, and the two of them couldn't stop chatting when they met, but most of them were the shopkeepers who were asking Keli for advice. First, they discussed the intractable diseases they encountered recently, and then I asked for some prescriptions, and in the end I did not forget to admire and discuss the way with Keli, the beauty. On the bridge was Miss Zhou, the one who just walked by was the daughter of the Li family, and the one holding the umbrella was Linglong from Cuiyun Tower. ...Keep squinting her eyes, she enjoyed watching, until she heard the sound of rain on the eaves getting louder, and she realized that it was time to go back.

As soon as the two left the pharmacy, A-Shang was hit by an oncoming man. A-Shang was thin and weak, and the collision almost knocked her to the ground, but he went to help her to make sure she was safe, and then went to the hospital. When scolding that man, the man has disappeared without a trace.

"Don't you have eyes when you walk in broad daylight? Let me see him next time, and I will take a good look at him."

"Ke Li's envoy, I'm fine..." A Chang smiled gently, but instead calmed Ke Li's emotions, the hand that straightened the clothes stopped suddenly when it touched his waist, and the smile on his face also stagnated : "Money bag...my money bag is missing..."

"Oh! It really is that habitual thief!" The shopkeeper of the pharmacy poked his head out at this moment, and smacked his lips in the direction where the man disappeared: "He ran too fast, I didn't see it clearly just now, so I'm not sure, now Girl, if you lost your purse, it must be him! That man is a habitual thief on this street! His hands and feet are so fast that even the people in the yamen can't do anything about him. I guess it's because of the clothes of the two girls. Dress up richly, and set your sights on it early in the morning!"

A Chang became even more anxious when he heard that, just as he was about to chase after him, Keli stopped him with his hand: "No hurry, wait."

"etc......?"

A Chang followed Keli's gaze, not knowing what she was waiting for when she said "wait". There was a corner where the man disappeared, and the two of them just watched quietly, and after a while, a figure really appeared. The figure was very familiar, and with a cool wind, he returned the lost purse to A Chang's hands intact.

"Master Youfeng..." Seeing the lost purse in his hand, A Chang blinked in disbelief, and just wanted to say thank you, but Li already said the word first: "Oh, I I knew we Xiaofengfeng would definitely be there!" While speaking, Keli naturally put on Youfeng's shoulder, Youfeng's shoulder tilted slightly and did not dodge, A Chang secretly looked at it, that handsome face was still Cool and Xiao Su's appearance.

"Oh! This girl is so skilled! You have found the purse in such a short time!" Seeing that he was an acquaintance, the shopkeeper of the pharmacy rushed over to flatter him, and just after boasting, he looked at the corner , Exaggeratedly regretted: "Hey! Girl, why didn't you catch that person when you are so powerful? The Yamen is offering a reward! Whoever can catch him, but there is a lot of money! Let me let you go He also entered the Yamen, so that he can suffer for his actions!"

You Feng didn't answer, but just cast a cold glance at the shopkeeper, which scared the man almost back into the counter, but Keli laughed beside him: "What money is not money, the point of the yamen clothes The money is not enough, please move our little Fengfeng's finger, besides, that person is probably much worse now than in the yamen~" She clasped Youfeng's hand tightly again, and winked mischievously along the way He closed his eyes: "Are you right? Lord Youfeng?"

"..."

You Feng still didn't answer, but the shopkeeper of the pharmacy imagined a series of cruel scenes from Keli's words, and then broke out in a cold sweat.

Keli said that since the purse was back, he asked Ah Chang if he wanted to buy something back, such as rouge, gouache, silk and satin, he could choose whatever he wanted: "You are welcome, beauty, you can buy whatever you like, our little Yunyun has plenty of money!"

A Chang repeatedly waved her hands to say no, she didn't ask for anything, and what she really wanted might not be able to buy with this money.

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"Keep leaving the palm... how do you know Master Youfeng is nearby?"

On the way back, You Feng disappeared again. A Chang asked curiously, but Li smiled and said, "Every time I come out, Xiao Fengfeng will be there, because Xiao Yunyun is afraid that the road will not be safe."

"You mean..." A Chang lowered her eyelashes and guessed in a low voice, "Master Youfeng was sent by the pavilion master."

"Of course." Hearing A Chang's question, Ke Li blinked in surprise, thinking that A Chang had not been in Jianshui Pavilion for a long time, and explained: "Maybe the beauty doesn't know Xiao Fengfeng yet, Looking at her, you should also know that she is not a nosy person, the whole Jianshui Pavilion Xiaofengfeng only obeys the pavilion master." Keli turned the umbrella in his hand, and spoke lightly: "That is Xiao Yunyun Well, as for other people's affairs, if there is no order from Xiao Yunyun, she will never take care of it. In other words, although we are all from Jianshui Pavilion, Xiao Fengfeng won't care Other than the pavilion master, everyone is dead or alive."

"..."

A Shang didn't know how to answer the words for a moment, not because of Qi Yun's indifferent and almost heartless temperament in Keli's mouth, but because of Keli's saying that without Qi Yun's order, You Feng would not meddle in other people's business, then Does this mean that Cheng Qiyun entrusted Youfeng with protecting and helping her when she was in that village.

So, Qi Yun has been secretly paying attention to himself...

But why is this...

A Chang's head started to hurt again, and the fragments of those memories suddenly began to surge, and the fragmented edges and corners opened up cracks in her brain, which was painful.

Ke Li said that the memories she had settled in her mind and couldn't put together anyway were not due to the potency of the medicine, but A Chang's subconscious choice to bury them.

In other words, it was Ah Shang herself who didn't want to think about that past.