Chapter 335

The snow has been floating, from cotton wadding to goose feather, falling from the sky. The street stone, roof and roof of Liuying lane are covered with a thick layer of silver.

An umbrella covered with snow moved slowly in the wind and snow, leaving two pairs of footprints on the ground behind, starting from under the old willow and extending to the flower bar in the distance.

Life spent walking while telling a long story that I didn't know whether it was true or false.

"The paper cut from the old willow grew into a big tree in a few years, and no mulberry tree survived on the surrounding land. The name of mulberry camp was gradually not mentioned, and people began to call it willow camp. Because without mulberry trees, willows are worthless, and the farmers who used to grow mulberry and raise silkworms have no income, and their lives are getting harder and harder.

The old housekeeper took the lead in doing small business. Because the contacts and prestige of the Hua family were still there, the business soon opened, and the willow camp formed a small market according to the original site of the Hua family's house. Everyone said that the feng shui of the Hua family's house was good, some said that master Hua had a spirit in heaven, and some said that the willow God was protecting everyone.

Some businessmen built new houses near the market. Of course, the new houses at that time are now old houses. As we can see now, the old houses on this street were basically built at that time.

The market gradually became crowded, so liushuying became Liuying lane.

The old housekeeper kept in mind what master Hua told him. He thought that master Hua would not ask him to transplant the willow to the mulberry root for no reason. There must be a reason. Maybe the mulberry root didn't die, and one day he would live through the transplanted willow. So he vowed to protect the old willow all his life.

Fortunately, the old willow is regarded as a sacred tree. Naturally, no one will destroy the sacred tree, and no one around will break the ground.

At that time, the old housekeeper also made money, so he bought the land of the pond where the old willow was located and built a house on it. "

When lifeflower said this, she was walking side by side with Aoki to the door of Ruhua bar.

She pointed to the bar house and said, "this is the backyard pond of the Hua family. The old willow tree at the entrance of the alley was originally planted here. The house was built by the old housekeeper. It was repaired several times and became what it is today."

Aoki looked up at the familiar house.

Snow hung on the cornice of the roof, like a white dragon. There are many carved patterns under the eaves. It may be because of the repair that we can't see what the carving is. The blue bricks and mottled ash on the walls can still see the traces of ancient times.

Although the first floor has been renovated into a bar, it can be seen that the whole life has been spent on decoration. The overall exterior wall style does not conflict with the antiquity here. The nostalgia and literary style of the bar complement the ancient appearance of the old house.

Only the glass windows on the second floor, the aluminum alloy anti-theft fence outside the windows and the words "Duke Zhou's dream interpretation" pasted on the windows are very abrupt, which is very incompatible with the pattern here.

For the first time, Aoki looked at his place so carefully that he found that there were many things he had not paid attention to in the past. After telling the story of lifelong flowers, these things became very fresh.

The snow was heavy and his sight blurred. He seemed to see the old mulberry, which slowly turned into ashes in the fire, and the mulberry trees ten miles around withered. The old crow nest on the old mulberry tree emitted a cloud of smoke, and a crow flew up from the fire and circled the tree three times.

"The housekeeper's last name is Bi?" he said, taking back his misty eyes.

The lifelong flower nodded gently, "that's my great grandfather."

"You have always been reluctant to leave Liuying lane and are firmly opposed to demolition. Is that why?"

"That's right. My grandfather's last wish is to protect this place and that old willow tree from generation to generation. He doesn't know why the Japanese wanted that old mulberry tree and why old man Hua burned it down, but he knows that what the Japanese want and old man Hua must not be as simple as a tree. He said that the Chinese family lived for that mulberry tree and didn't want it It was to transplant the willow, and he died in the fire. So our Bi family lived for this willow. "

I don't know when a short willow branch was added in the flower's hand all my life. "When I was young, every spring, grandpa took us to cut the branches of the old willow, and then cutted it to the river. There were several willows I planted."

"But when will you keep it like this? It will be demolished sooner or later." Aoki said.

Lifelong flower said, "when I was a child, I asked my grandfather. He said that everything has its own number. I'll know it when I get there. I also know that it's inappropriate to still keep such a family tradition, but it's a thought anyway."

She gently fiddled with the dead branches in her hand and looked up at the green wood. They were very close, and the cold outside made the umbrella more and more warm.

Aoki also looked into her eyes and saw that her eyes were full of soft light. As the crow said, the original men and women have become more and more feminine, although the clothes they wear are still so neutral.

"Er... I'm going to New Zealand this time... Not to travel, so..." Aoki suddenly felt his words were so pale, and he didn't understand why he said these.

The lifelong flower puffed with laughter.

"Just go. Don't worry about me. I tell you this just to tell you that I won't leave Liuying lane. Unlike you, you are not an ordinary person, and you can't stay in Liuying Lane all your life. No matter where you go, just remember that there is an old willow here, that you have stood under the tree all day and night, and that there is someone willing to guard a piece of wood all your life , that's enough. "

"But..."

"Don't worry, listen to the dead crow!"

At this time, Aoki suddenly felt the umbrella in his hand sink and bang. A small black head was stained with some white snowflakes and hung upside down from the edge of the umbrella: "Hey, such as flowers, I'm helping you not to quack!"

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In the next few days, Aoki came to the old willow again and again, recalling the day and night when he stood under the tree.

The scene at that time was vivid, but he couldn't remember what was thinking in his own heart at that time. As for the previous things, as long as he thought about them, his head was buzzing and his mind was like paste.

The stories told by lifelong flower are not detailed. Many of them were told by her grandfather when she was a child. It is difficult to tell the true from the false. But in Aoki's ears, there is a familiar feeling.

He always felt that he would not come to this street for no reason. Will the old willow, the mulberry roots in the soil, and the stories that have happened here have anything to do with yourself? At the beginning, people all over the street regarded him as a beggar. Finally, only lifelong flowers took him in. Is this a providence?

Aoki remembers that the flower of his life mentioned the Xia family in Nanzhen. In those days, he and the Hua family in sangshuying were two big families in Wuzhong. Then the Xia family, especially the old Xia Wenyuan, should know something about the events of that year.

Therefore, he decided to visit Mr. Xia again before going to New Zealand.