novelraw Chapter 269 Longing
Chapter 269 Longing
The winter nights were cold, with white snow falling from the dark sky.
Gu Qing stood in front of the window wearing dark clothes.
The ground is covered with a layer of silver and white, and the house is decorated with red, which makes it really beautiful.
Gu Qingsong couldn't feel the joy of the approaching New Year, only the endless coldness of this snowy night.
He couldn't help but think of the last New Year in Xinghua Village. At that time, Gu Huaizhi was a scholar, with good harvests in the fields and abundant harvests in the mountains. On the day before New Year's Eve, he bought new clothes for Gu Huaizhi and Mrs. Liu and entered the house. When I was walking, I saw Mr. Liu sewing the last stitch, biting off the thread, and turned around and smiled at him: "My father, you're back just in time. Go wash your hands and try on this dress. Does it fit?"
He was stunned and stood at the door, letting Mrs. Liu pick up the newly made new underwear and mark it on him. Finally, she stuffed it into his arms and urged him to change it.
After Gu Qingsong washed his hands and put on his clothes, he realized that the clothes were made of fine cotton.
This was the first time in many years that he put on muslin after his family fell into ruin.
He took it off and handed it to Mrs. Liu: "I am a rough man, why do I wear such fine clothes? Let's change these clothes and give them to Huaizhi."
Mrs. Liu glared at him: "Huaizhi is still growing, and he is wearing too good clothes. If he jumps around, these clothes will be wasted. You put them on first, and then change them for Huaizhi to wear when they can no longer be worn."
Gu Qingsong didn't sleep for a long time that night. The conditions at home were better, but his wife and children still had to live frugally.
Around the second watch, Mrs. Liu got up at night. He closed his eyes and felt her light an oil lamp, take out a box of ointment, take out a piece of ointment, put it in the palm of her hand and let it melt before rubbing it on his back.
Only then did Gu Qingsong understand why Mrs. Liu, who had always been frugal, changed him into fine cotton clothes. It was all because of the injury on his back.
When she fell asleep, he turned over, hugged Mrs. Liu, took out the newly bought silver hairpin from under the pillow, and put it on her head.
At dawn the next day, he went to the mountains and dug a sack of winter bamboo shoots. When he came back, it was already dark.
Mrs. Liu put on new clothes, wore the silver hairpin on her head, and stood at the door with a smile, waiting for him to return home.
It was also a snowy night like this. The whole family put on new clothes and sat around the stove. Gu Huaizhi told him interesting things about the academy, while Mrs. Liu was frying taro aside, with a small pot hanging on the stove and a pot of wine warming.
The firelight made Liu's eyebrows gentle. She heard Gu Huaizhi say that the auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. She looked forward to a good harvest in the coming year, so that she could save more money and do some small business in the future. He would not have to hunt in the mountains all day, fearing He will encounter danger. Gu Huaizhi could study quietly without worrying about the expense of rushing for exams.
She was probably happy. She talked a lot that night. Even when Gu Huaizhi is in high school, he will get married. The family will have a small income, so that he can give more betrothal gifts and make the bride look good, and call her the Jiang family. Knowing that the Gu family is not ungrateful, they will not look down on Jiang Mixue just because Gu Huai has a bright future.
If they take a fancy to the bride, outsiders will not gossip about the bride's high aspirations.
Gu Huaizhi said quietly: "What if I fail the exam?"
Mrs. Liu was choked and stared at him. She immediately made him pooh a few times and said childlike things.
Gu Huaizhi naturally did not follow the instructions, but took a sip of wine quite speechlessly.
Mrs. Liu's dissatisfaction with him doubled: "You have been drinking at a young age. Today is New Year's Eve. I will not scold you and punish you by not eating fried taro."
Gu Huaizhi opened his eyes slightly and stared at the fragrant taro in the pot. After a while, he turned away and sighed a few times.
Mrs. Liu immediately laughed heartily and shoveled a large piece of taro for him.
He listened quietly, watching the mother and son bickering, and his heart was filled with warmth. He felt that she was thinking too far, but the atmosphere was so good that he couldn't help but imagine the days she described, feeling particularly hopeful.
It is a pity that the future did not develop as Liu envisioned.
He left his mother and son and became a general in another country, while other women enjoyed happiness by his side.
Mrs. Liu did not open a shop and lived in poverty. After suffering the loss of her husband, she then suffered the pain of the death of her youngest son.
Gu Huaizhi didn't go to high school, and he didn't marry Jiang Mixue. Instead, he married the eldest daughter of an official family.
Gu Qingsong couldn't help but think of the two words Su Wan asked the maid to tell him. It was like drinking coptis water, and the bitter taste spread from his mouth to the bottom of his heart.
After reviewing the first half of his life in Xinghua Village, the sky became slightly brighter. Gu Qingsong went to take a bath, changed into court clothes and went to the morning court, preparing to have a good talk with Gu Huaizhi.
As soon as they arrived at the palace gate, they heard discussions and the envoys of Zhou Dynasty had already left.
After questioning, he learned that Gu Huaizhi and Su Wan were among them.
He immediately rode a horse and chased them to the city gate, and after questioning the soldiers guarding the city gate, he found out that they had been gone for a long time, for more than an hour, and he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up.
The snowflakes all over the sky seemed to have fallen into my heart and condensed into ice.
Gu Huaizhi didn't want to recognize him, and he didn't even want to stay with him for a long time, which shows how deep his prejudice against him was.
Gu Qingsong felt unspeakable bitterness as he returned to Changxing Palace alone. Looking at the huge mansion, the hole in his heart seemed to be even bigger, and his heart felt empty.
His wife and children are all in Dazhou, and everything in Xiliang has no meaning to him.
Gu Qingsong suddenly woke up and seemed to have figured out something. He strode to the study, took out the military talisman, rode his horse to the palace, and asked the queen to win the title and allow him to resign and return to his hometown.
Wei Yang looked at Gu Qingsong with a sincere expression in surprise, her eyes falling on the military talisman. She had heard about Gu Qingsong's deeds and knew why he acted like this.
"You have to think clearly. It was your lack of dedication and responsibility that separated you husband and wife, father and son for many years. When they needed you most, you were not by their side. Now your role is to them, It’s optional. If you abandon the king with a different surname in Xiliang and return to the Zhou Dynasty, you won’t be forgiven by their mother and son, will you regret it?”
"Your Majesty, back then Wei Chen wanted power, but Xi Liang was in short supply of generals at that time. Wei Chen could get what he wanted in the shortest time, and then return to Zhou Dynasty to find the enemy who plotted to kill me. Things were not what Wei Chen thought. It's so simple, and the ministers get what they want, but they also lose their freedom. Although they are successful, they can't easily return to their hometown. At that time, they forgot that the original purpose of climbing to their current status was. What."
It was to return to Da Zhou and avenge their family.
But in the end he put the cart before the horse.
He had to swallow the bitter consequences he had suffered now.
Wei Yang was right.
Gu Qingsong thanked the emperor for his kindness and felt that his blood was rushing all over his body. He returned to the mansion and handed over the family property to the housekeeper to take care of. Then he met him in Dazhou, packed his bags as he pleased, and went to Dazhou.