Deep courtyard

The deep moonlight in the courtyard shines through the clouds between the flowers and trees, as if it were caged in a faint layer of light smoke, making the already quiet courtyard more lonely and cold. The shadows of flowers and trees on the ground swayed slightly, as if they were painted in light ink. The picture has been stretching, and it was broken by an orange lamp in front of the window sill of the room. The original cold tone was stained with a little warm smell.

Nan Yu sat under the lamp and was embroidering a picture with a needle and thread. On the light yellow embroidered cloth, only a dark black is used to depict a lonely and quiet courtyard - it seems to be the epitome of this courtyard outside the window. And beside her, Gui'er is fighting with a silk thread. Pulling out this end, the other end was knotted again. As soon as it was untied, it became a pimple because it was too tight. Seeing that she could not deal with these lines, Guier decided to adopt the most direct method - bite them with her mouth.

"Wait a minute, Guier, I'll solve it." Nanyu stopped Gui'er's action.

She took over the "luan ma" and began to ** those clueless knots little by little. Gui'er saw her slender fingers deftly fiddle with the silk thread that was so messy that it could no longer be messy, and the silk thread was under her hand, fluffy little by little, and was pulled out by Nanyu one by one.

"Nan Yu, you are so awesome that you can do everything..." Guier looked at Nan Yu with her chin and said with admiration.

In front of him, Nanyu was wearing an ancient gown, his hair loosely tied a bun behind his head, and pinned it with a white jade hairpin like her skin, like a lady who came out of ancient times. In her room, except for electric lights, modern facilities can't be seen, but there are guqin, chessboards, tea sets, beautiful flower arrangements and other things, and Gui'er knows that Nanyu is good at. Nanyu is a talented woman who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

"I admire you so much... When can I catch up with you?" Gui'er took the silk thread untied by Nanyu and began to deal with the embroidery in her hand. However, looking at the twisted flower in his hand, and looking at Nanyu's embroidered picture like a traditional Chinese painting that he didn't even want, he always felt that it was not just the distance between heaven and the earth.

"You have just begun to learn. It's like this. Gradually become proficient." Nanyu said with a smile. Gui'er's personality is always hot, so it is not suitable for embroidery, which requires patience.

"I always make it like this..." Guier lit up her hand, which was covered with pinholes. She always had a way to prick her fingers during embroidery, so no matter how many times Nanyu treated her, her hand was still like this in the end.

"Don't worry, just take your time." Nanyu treated her again.

Nan Yu is really amazing. He is not only versatile, elegant and generous, but also has strong spells. I heard that he is still the head of a faction, and even Liu Di wants to give her three points. Although she is always so polite, there is no monster in Lixin City who dares to provoke her at all. Gui'er really hopes that she can be like her, no, even if it's only half of her.

Work hard, as long as you work hard, you can definitely do it... even if you do part of it.

Gui'er cheered herself up and began to fight with embroidery again.

Nan Yu stood up and walked to the window.

Outside the window is the scenery she is familiar with. Maybe in a day or two, she can embroider all the scenery on the embroidered cloth.

Under the light, a cluster of roses in front of the window swings gently in the evening breeze.

If Gui'er hadn't come here today, Nanyu would not have turned on the light. She is used to sitting quietly in the dark to complete her embroidery, or playing chess with herself. Maybe she herself is part of such a black and white scenery. Since a long time ago, she has been so silent and cold. She can feel the passage of time, but she can't accept it and let it change herself.

"Nanyu, look at my memory. I specially brought you something and almost forgot to take it out." Gui'er suddenly remembered something and shouted, "Look, do you like it?" I always see sitting in the shadow. If you don't like electric lights, use this. I found it in the antique market and bought it for only 100 yuan. But I washed it carefully, and it's still very beautiful. With that, she took out a pair of lampstands from her bag.

It is a pair of ancient lampstands. Although the workmanship is not exquisite, it is indeed not an imitation of modern craftsmanship. The lamp is lit on the lampstand. Some places have been smoked dark, but most of the places have been cleaned up and can be used completely.

"I know you don't like modern appliances, so I bought this for you." Gui'er said with some credit, "The stall owner actually said what kind of antique this is from the Ming Dynasty. He wanted me 3,000 yuan. Once he was killed by me, he would be obedient!"

It's not that Nanyu doesn't like electric lights, but that she doesn't like light. She feels more like herself when she is in the night.

"Thank you, Guier." Nanyu looked at the pair of lamps and really recalled that in the past long time, people used such tools to light them. Maybe it would be very interesting to light them. "Unfortunately, I don't have lamp oil here."

"I'll do it..." Guier volunteered, "Is it okay to use some of your flowers?"

Nan Yu nodded.

It's a very pleasant thing to see Guier busy.

Guier came to the courtyard and stretched out her hand and muttered. After a while, various smiles in the flowers and trees in the yard gradually flew to her hand. By the time she came to the house, the container in her hand had already contained half a small cup of colorful grease.

"Humans also sell essential oils of flowers and trees, but they have to kill flowers and trees to extract them." Gui'er curled her lips to show her disdain for the human way. As a mountain ghost, the flowers and trees are still willing to meet such a small request.

Lighting up the fragrant oil lamp and holding unfinished embroidery in his hand, Nanyu had the illusion of returning to the past in a trance. At that time, I often took advantage of the night to sew and mend for my master and brother. On the incense case dedicated to Sanqing, the fragrance wrapped around the whole room... For a long time, I didn't seem to remember clearly. In the fragrant colorful pavilion embroidery building, there were songs and laughter, but I was really in it. Several of the people in the middle can really laugh... It's been too long, and Nan Yu can't remember clearly...

Nanyu is used to sitting in the night, maybe just to stop recalling these things, right? Because I exist like a part of the night, the night will no longer stir up the memories of the past in my heart. Many times, Nanyu will feel that she is not really in this space. Sometimes she will feel that she is stuck in a place by time and can't advance or retreat, so she is slowly assimilated by time and become a kind of indifferent existence that will be ignored without color like time.

When did you start to feel this way?

Before that, you were actually used to this kind of life, right?

"Nanyu, come and try it." Gui'er shouted again.

Nan Yu found that Guier really knew how to enjoy life. In a blink of an eye, she put out a lot of snacks, made a pot of tea, and was ready to enjoy a candlelight (oil lamp) dinner.

"Nanyu, try this. I just learned how to make it. In order to know exactly the ingredients, I went to that hotel several times. They are really expensive, but in fact, the cost of materials is not high at all! It takes five or six hours to do it at a time. Gui'er's craftsmanship really makes people speechless. Every snack is like a delicate handicraft. Gui'er has a persistent pursuit of her cooking, color, fragrance and taste. Unfortunately, none of her diners will really appreciate the food.

"Zhou Ying and Huoer are so happy to have you take care of them all day." Nanyu said sincerely.

Gui'er blushed and said shyly, "In fact, I can't do anything. Any spell is half a bucket of water. If only I could be as good as you. Zhou Ying and others admire you, and even Huo'er admires you. It has never looked at people like this..." Gui'er raised her chin and imitated The fire looked condescending from the air and raised her chin to speak.

"Who looks at people like that..." An angry voice came from behind Gui'er. Huo'er's figure suddenly rushed in from the window, landed on the table rudely, pulled up all the snacks and threw them into his mouth, swallowed them straight, and then continued the topic just now: "You guys, you are not honest at home to make supper, and the child speaks ill of me behind my back! Apologize to me immediately, or you will exchange the midnight snack for my forgiveness!"

"Am I wrong? That's what you usually look like!"

"Where? Why haven't I seen it myself!"

"Next time you let someone talk to you with a mirror, you will know!"

Nan Yu listened to the quarrel between Huo'er and Gui'er, and stood up to meet the person who followed Huo'er: "Zhou Ying, you're here."

"Well," Zhou Ying came into the room, "Hua said she would come to Gui'er."

"Yes, yes, I heard that Gui'er's midnight snack was changed here tonight, so we came..." Liu Di came out from behind Zhou Ying and generously thought that Nanyu stretched out his hands. "Nan Yu, I miss you so much. Do you miss me too..."

Nan Yu quietly flashed his body and let Liu Di, who was trying to hug her, into the room.

"Dead dog, why are you following me again? Nanyu doesn't welcome you!"

"Hmm, she welcomes me. It's true that she doesn't welcome you, the king of destruction!"

"Who is the king of destruction!"

"It's you, where you go and destroy..."

"Dead dog, destroy my reputation, die!"

"I will discipline you on behalf of your father!"

......

"I'm sorry Nanyu, Huo'er..." Zhou Ying saw that Nanyu's elegant room became completely different in an instant and panicked and wanted Nan Yu to apologize. He doesn't feel much about the chaos of his own home, but even he will feel a pity that Nanyu has been destroyed here.

"It doesn't matter..." Nan Yu suddenly laughed brightly, "It really doesn't matter. I welcome you to come!"

The room changed the atmosphere in a short moment. The cold feeling disappeared, but it was a little too lively and noisy.

The temperature in the room is rising, and the decibels of the sound are also rising. Even if the oil lamp is overturned, the room is still bright - the brightness of the fire is really not as bright as the oil lamp.

"What are you doing, Nanyu's embroidery, Nanyu's Go, Nanyu's book..." Guier also joined the battlefield, and the whole house and courtyard were reflected colorfully.

The night can also be colored.

Nan Yu looked at everything in front of him and smiled. Zhou Ying was standing beside her.

"Come in and sit down."

"Hmm."

"I haven't seen you recently. I heard that you went out, right?"

"I went out with Huoer. I wanted to bring you a gift, but Huoer ate everyone's gifts on the way."

Nanyu can basically know what kind of gift their father and son brought: "If you really want to give me a gift, come and sit down often."

"But you like quiet..." This is the reason why Zhou Ying does not often come to Nanyu's house. He feels that his appearance will disrupt the unique atmosphere of Nanyu's family, especially when there is a fire, which will make Zhou Ying feel sorry for Nanyu.

"I also like my friend's visit..." Nan Yu looked at Zhou Ying and said seriously.

"Hmm." Zhou Ying nodded.

"So..." Nanyu looked at him with a smile.

"Well, I'll come."

Maybe I have been resting for too long and moving forward again may not be the wrong choice.

No matter what the road ahead is, it is always different from what you have walked behind you, and the next night will be different from tonight.

Nan Yu and Zhou Ying stood quietly at the door of the house and watched the ongoing war inside.

The night wind blew, the fragrance of flowers and trees rendered the warmth and softness of the night, and the quiet courtyard suddenly became vivid in the sound of ping-pong...