A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 501: Seeing Dafeng Again on Reunion Night

On the Lantern Festival, there are fireworks everywhere, the moon is as bright as day, people are driving carriages and laughing, and thousands of families gather together to reunite.

At the time of Shen, in the courtyard of the outer city of Liangdu, Liu Jiangxi, his maids Shiwen and Yier were gathered in Hongqing's room drinking tea and chatting. After talking and laughing for a while, Hongqing suddenly had the urge to play a guessing game based on the Lantern Festival scene. The other three agreed as it was still early.

"Since I'm the host, let me start with the riddles." Hong Qing added hot tea for the three of them and said with a smile.

"I just thought that there were no rules for playing around behind closed doors. I am the least literate person here, so sister Qingqing, please let me go first? I finally thought of an idea in my wooden head, I don't want you to snatch it away!" As soon as Ran Hongqing finished speaking, Yier hurriedly grabbed her hand and begged.

Yier's chubby appearance made everyone laugh, so Hongqing was naturally happy to let her do what she wanted.

"A black child who never opens his mouth. If he opens his mouth, his tongue falls out. Guess what." Yier was cracking melon seeds and his round eyes rolled around the beams twice before he spoke.

"Look, the thing is falling out of your mouth." As soon as she finished asking the riddle, the others stared at the melon seeds on the table and smiled in silence. Finally, Shiwen pointed at Yi'er who was eating melon seeds and answered.

Seeing that her riddle was guessed so quickly, Yier laughed helplessly. It was a pity that she had deliberately directed her gaze to the beam.

"I also thought of one. It has no legs or hands. It can sit or lie down, stand or lie down, walk or lie down. Guess what kind of living creature it is." Shiwen then gave a riddle.

"I don't see any music or singing in my drunken dreams, I only see the graceful dancing of dragons and snakes." After Hong Qing answered, she realized belatedly that she was showing off her literary talent like she did in Fengqifang, and she felt annoyed immediately.

"That's right, it has no legs or hands and lies down every day, so it is a snake, right?" Yier nodded repeatedly as he suddenly realized.

"Since you answered correctly, let's take the next question." Liu Jiangxi noticed that Hong Qing's eyes were dim, and he guessed what she was thinking, so he smiled.

"Then I'll type a word, there's water on one side, and there's green on the other side." Seeing her friend's smile, Hong Qing immediately put aside the gloom in her heart and said.

"There's water on one side and green on the other? Oh, I'm afraid my wooden head will get rusty." Yier couldn't help but frowned and muttered when she heard it.

"How can wood be rusty?" Hong Qing couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Look how anxious I am. Even my words are irrelevant. Hehe!" Yier couldn't guess the riddle so he gave up thinking about it. He continued to eat melon seeds and joked with Hongqing.

Shiwen on the side was writing on the table seriously with her fingers, while Liu Jiangxi was still drinking tea leisurely with a nonchalant look.

"I know, it's the word 'Qing'!" Soon, Shiwen wrote the answer on the table.

"Sister Shiwen has deservedly worked hard with the young lady over the years!" Yier gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely.

"Miss has guessed it long ago!" Shiwen glared at Yi'er and pouted.

"You are such a girl, you really think you are better than the sky. Miss is a talented woman in Beijing. Do you still want to outdo Miss?" Yi'er also sneered and pointed at Shiwen, then turned to Liu Jiangxi and begged: "It's Miss's turn to ask questions. Miss, please be kind to Yi'er!"

"Have a beginning and an end, guess a word." Faced with the little girl's coquettishness, Liu Jiangxi had no choice but to pick an easy puzzle.

"This is easy, can you guess it?" Hong Qing took a sip of tea and smiled at Yier.

"I know, I know. Miss has given this riddle before. It has a beginning and an end." Yier was so happy that she drew a line on the table, and then continued: "I thought of another one. A knife, floating on the water, with eyes but no eyebrows. Guess a living thing."

"It's fish!"

"Returning home in old age, guess a medicine."

“Danggui.”

"They have long and thin bodies, live in pairs, and only eat vegetables, not soup."

"chopsticks."

"There's a little chill in the fog."

"winter."

The guessing game in the room was still in full swing amid laughter and joy. Before they knew it, it was getting dark and the Liu Mansion's carriage had arrived. After all, today was the Lantern Festival and Liu Jiangxi had to go back early to reunite with his father.

Hong Qing had lunch at Liu's house during the day and didn't want to run back and forth at night. Liu Jiangxi also knew that she was deliberately avoiding witnessing other people's family reunions, so he didn't force her and only told her to close the doors and windows before leaving with the maids and servants.

After Hong Qing sent Liu Jiangxi away, she was about to go back to the house when she heard the sound of firecrackers outside. She could not help but stand in the yard and stare at the full moon above her head in a daze for a moment. If she were not limping and had difficulty moving, she would also like to go out for a stroll in the bustling city that she had not seen for a long time. Tonight's Lantern Festival must be very lively.

As the sound of firecrackers rang out one after another, the sky was getting dark. After dinner, Hong Qing spent her time alone in her room doing embroidery. The courtyard was silent, but outside there was a lot of noise and brilliant fireworks lit up the night sky.

"In the joy of spring, under the moonlight, the flowers flame like stars and fall like rain. In my heart I ask the young man, when will he return to his hometown..." Fireworks were bright outside the window. Hong Qing sang softly while doing embroidery. The days when she and her brother Liang depended on each other in her childhood emerged in her mind.

When the fireworks outside stopped and it was late at night, most of the candles in the room had burned out. Hong Qing walked out of the house after finishing her embroidery and was about to blow out the lantern under the eaves when she suddenly heard a woman crying. In this cold and snowy night, it was creepy to hear.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Hong Qing held her breath and listened carefully, and roughly determined that the crying sound came from outside the courtyard gate. She hesitated for a moment and then slowly walked out with the lantern in hand. She wanted to open the courtyard gate but was worried that she would be in danger, so she had to ask through the door with concern:

"Who are you? Why are you crying? What injustice have you suffered?"

"Girl...Girl..."

"Da Feng?"

Hearing the weak but familiar calling voice outside, Hong Qing was frightened and hurriedly threw down the lantern and opened the gate. In the moonlight, she saw Dafeng curled up in the corner of the door and shivering.

"Girl, save me..." Dafeng was overjoyed to see the girl he had been thinking about for a long time. He stood up trembling and burst into tears before speaking again.

Seeing her miserable state, Hong Qing guessed that she must have been severely beaten in Fengqifang and had to escape for her life, so she helped her into the house without saying much.

"How could he be beaten like this? What happened?" In the light of candle, Hong Qing could see clearly that Dafeng's face was bruised and swollen, his two frozen hands were also covered with scars, and his thin body made her so distressed that her eyes could not help but tear up.

"Girl, I can't go back to that place where people are eaten without leaving any bones! If I go back, I will be beaten to death!" Dafeng did not answer, but threw herself into Hongqing's arms and burst into tears again.

Only a few months had passed, and even the kind and honest Dafeng was tortured beyond recognition in that fire pit. Hong Qing couldn't help but burst into tears and hugged her tightly.