That year, I left my hometown and told my family that I was going to participate in the imperial examination, but in fact I came alone to a Taoist temple in Luofu Mountain to meditate and practice, you know me, I am a good reader of poetry and books, but I have no interest in being an official, so when I became an adult, I decided to leave my hometown and do something that can make me clear and calm without being bound by the world.
The Taoist temple is located in the depths of Luofu Mountain, very secluded, there is only me and an old Taoist in the view, I read the scriptures day and night, when I am hungry, I go to the forest to catch some wild things and pick some fruits to eat, and live a leisurely life.
On that day, the autumn wind swept across the entire mountain forest, and the leaves on the trees seemed to have fallen overnight, filling the Taoist temple to the brim.
I took a broom and stood in the cold wind to sweep the fallen leaves, often just swept into a pile but then blown away by the cold wind, fluttering and falling from the air.
After doing this, I couldn't help but be anxious and annoyed, and threw the broom to the ground in anger, and walked to the side and sat down.
At this moment, there was a crisp laugh above the courtyard wall, and when I looked up, I saw a young girl, wearing a water-green dress, and her face was as pure as the autumn sky.
A smile that did not match this plain appearance and its inconsistency hung on her face, and I knew at a glance that this smile was designed, and she didn't know how long she thought about it, and how many times she practiced it, before she created this "chance encounter" between us.
I didn't expose her, but I pretended to put on a serious face, "Zifei is not a fish, you don't know the joy of fish." ” She paused for a moment, and her body slid down the wall, "Little Taoist, you can't even sweep a fallen leaf, you can talk about the messy truth, but you can talk about it, in this deep mountain and wild temple, what fun can you find?"
” I stared at her intently, and didn't speak for a long time, but she was uncomfortable with me, and a layer of blush slowly floated on her face, "Little Taoist, don't think that I will let you go if you pretend to be dumb, tell me quickly, what is the fun of the fallen leaves in this place for you?"
” "Every time I hear the sound of shoes stepping on fallen leaves, I know that you are coming, and my heart is naturally happy."
"You......
Found out a long time ago?
Her face was no longer red, but her breathing was rapid, and her chest was sinking together, which was cute.
I walked up to her and reached out to remove a dead leaf from her hair, "Are you a green warp?"
” "How did you know my name?"
"A few days ago, the master said that Zhang Dahu came to the village next to him to collect rent, and brought his only daughter Miss Lu Qiao with him, that Miss Lu Qiao is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has the color of the city, according to what I see, only the girl you can afford to be the master."
"Dad said that if you read too much, people will be stunned, but I think you are a little Taoist, but you are very flamboyant."
She glared at me, but the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously.
Since then, Lu Qiao has come to the Taoist temple to find me every day, she sometimes brings her own Ji Qin, for me to play a song, the green Qiao of the qin, like a fairy, ten fingers slender, elegant posture, I often will be fascinated by the sound of this piano, I feel that heaven is nothing more than so wonderful.
But one day, when the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, her father, Zhang Dahu, came unexpectedly, and he didn't even allow us to explain more, so he broke the green Ji Qin and beat me with his fist until my nose and face were swollen, so as to warn me not to go even half a step closer to his daughter.
Here's what he said: "You scholars, all of you who look well-dressed, are actually human-faced and beast-hearted, with a bad stomach, I will never marry my daughter to you, don't even think about it." ” I looked at him with half of my swollen face and smiled bitterly, thinking about Lu Qiao's life experience, her mother ran away with a pianist soon after giving birth to her, so Zhang Dahu hated us so-called "literati and scholars" to the core, and it was his limit to let his daughter study and learn the piano, and it was simply wishful thinking to let him marry Lu Qiao to me.
But I, as Zhang Dahu said, may be crazy about reading, and I always feel that I have to give it a try, so on a moonlit night, I sneaked into Zhang Dahu's house, found Lu Qiao, and asked her if she was willing to give up everything and go to the outside world with me to break through.
In fact, before I came, I was prepared that she would reject me, because she had been pampered since she was a child, how could she willingly leave the greenhouse built by her father and follow me on the uncertain road ahead.
However, Lu Qiao agreed to me without the slightest hesitation, saying that Zhang Dahu had planned to marry her to the son of a landlord, and if I did not come to her, she would be ready to fight to the death and hang herself on the beams of the house.
There were tears and smiles in my eyes, "It's good that I came one step earlier, otherwise I would ......"
"Otherwise, you'll see a corpse."
"No, or I'll have to go with you."
Lu Qiao and I left Zhang Dahu's house overnight and came to Xin'an City, dozens of miles away, where we settled down and became an ordinary couple.
At that time, we didn't have the money to start a college, so I went to work as a teacher in a family, and although my income was meager, I could barely support Lu Qiao and me.
Lu Qiao was not pampered at all, although she was poor, she took care of the family in good order, and every morning, she personally helped me tie my hair, yes, it was with this wooden comb that I combed every strand of my hair neatly and obediently, tied it into a perfect bun, and then sent me out.
And I never go out to eat, drink and have fun, but save every penny of silver in my pocket, ready to give her a jiqin on Lu Qiao's birthday.
Finally, on the day of her birthday, I had saved enough money, so I went to the street and bought a jiqin, and then took it to the house where I taught, and was going to surprise her as soon as I got home.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Zhang Dahu sitting upright in the hall, repeating my "crimes" to my employer: how I hooked up with her daughter, how I abducted her to Xin'ancheng, and how I severed the fate of their father and daughter.
Seeing this scene, I knew that I couldn't keep my job, so I wanted to leave without looking back, but after Zhang Dahu saw me, he walked over quickly, and with a smile, he threw the Ji Qin on the ground and folded it into two pieces.
"I'll take Lu Qiao away today, if you still have a little conscience, don't let her suffer with you anymore."
That was the only thing he said to me that day.
That night, I didn't go home for the first time, I bought a can of wine with a few copper plates left in my pocket, and I was drunk on the street, I was not afraid of Zhang Dahu, he would find someone to beat me up at most, but I felt sorry for Lu Qiao, I felt sorry for her to suffer with me, this year, she didn't touch the piano again, every time I thought of this, my heart hurt like a pinprick.