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The 43rd year of Qianlong was an ordinary year.

It is a prosperous age, no war, no famine.

It has been a hundred years since the Qing people entered the customs, and for ordinary people, it seems that there is not much difference in the seat of the emperor who is far away in the sky. It has become a habit to shave and grow hair, as if from It has been so common since ancient times.

Ye Yier would often climb to the tree outside the private school at the corner of the village to eavesdrop. This is a skill, if caught, her father would definitely beat her up when she returned home.But she is still fascinated by the "Zhihu Zheye, Yoyo Luming" that the teacher said, even if she was reprimanded, this is not something that girls should learn.

At that time, Ye Yier was still very young and couldn't understand many things.

My husband occasionally talks about the Han and Tang Dynasties, about the domineering and tyrannical Manchus, and about Xin Qiji's words.

"Shoot all over the railings, no one will come, and you will come here."

She saw that there were tears in her husband's eyes when he read this sentence.

The students in the private school are not very old, so I don't know if some understand it, but at least Ye Yier outside the window doesn't understand why the husband is crying.

One day, the husband disappeared suddenly, and the private school was forced to close down. Everyone in the village was talking quietly, but when she asked, they refused to tell her.

However, she has learned without a teacher that the words she speaks will cause disasters.

And after that, she met Ah Zhuo.

After the husband disappeared, the small room at the corner of the village that was originally used as a private school gradually fell into disrepair, with some sundries piled up, the villagers seemed to avoid it deliberately, and rarely passed by, but Ye Yier always liked to go there .Her mother died young, her father disliked her as a girl, and she was an alcoholic. Although she was a carpenter, she was still poor, and beat her when she was drunk, so she didn't like to stay at home, and tried to pretend that she was not exist.

It was one night, her father came home drunk again, and for some reason, he became drunk and almost strangled her to death.She fled the house, afraid to go back, but she had nowhere to go.All the oil lamps in the village had been turned off long ago. Fortunately, the moonlight was very bright today, which made her not so afraid.After wandering around, she came to the tree outside the private school.

The old man said that it was a peach tree, but it grew taller and thicker than ordinary peach trees, with luxuriant branches and leaves, but it had never bloomed or produced fruit. Someone wanted to cut it down, but was stopped by Mr. It is said that it can enjoy the shade in summer.Usually, almost no one would pay attention to it, but she is familiar with this peach tree, knows every branch, and knows how to stay on the tree most comfortably.

So she thought she might as well spend the night in the tree.It was late spring at this time, and although the night was still a bit cool, it was better than being beaten at home, she thought.

She rolled up her sleeves and skirt, and climbed up the tree. Halfway through the climb, she suddenly smelled a fragrance.Very light, very light, with a hint of sweetness.

She looked up.

She faintly saw something shimmering among the thick leaves, small and distributed on every branch.

It looks like a flower bud?

But this tree obviously never bloomed.

In a daze, her foot accidentally slipped, and she was about to fall off the tree. She subconsciously grabbed the nearest branch, but the twig couldn't support her weight at all, and snapped.

Just when Ye Yier was ready to face the pain when she landed, someone grabbed her wrist.

The person who saved her was a girl she had never seen before, with a delicate face like a fairy in the mountains in legend.

"You broke my flowers," said the girl.

"what?"

Ye Yier didn't react, she just stared blankly at that face.

She has never seen such a good-looking person, but she obviously didn't see anyone on the tree just now.

The girl didn't know whether it was impatience or what, she curled her lips and pulled her up the tree. She didn't know where the thin arms were so strong.

Seeing that Ye Yier sat firmly on the tree, but she still looked confused, the girl stared at her and repeated, "You broke my flower, but I spent a lot of effort to bloom it .”

It was only then that Ye Yi'er realized that the other party was staring at the branch she was still holding tightly in her hand, and there were indeed a few clusters of flower buds on the branch, white and pink.

She quickly handed it over, "I'm sorry..."

But, why does this tree belong to this girl?

"Who are you?" Ye Yier asked.

"I'm Ah Zhuo." The girl said.

"Tao Zhiyaoyao, scorching its flowers?" Ye Yier almost blurted out, and she didn't know how to think of this sentence.When Mr. taught the Book of Songs, she liked this sentence the most. Inexplicably, when these simple words bounced on the tip of her tongue, they seemed to radiate warm light and heat, and large flowers bloomed in front of her eyes.

Unexpectedly, Ah Zhuo laughed, his eyes were crooked, and his smile seemed to glow like those flower buds, "Yes."

She seemed to have forgotten about folding flowers, "I know you, you come here often."

But, why don't I recognize you?Ye Yier whispered in her heart, but she didn't dare to speak, because Ah Zhuo suddenly leaned over.

The soft fingertips touched the corners of her eyes, and a faint sweet fragrance enveloped her, like peach blossoms.

"Did you get beaten by your father again, that's why you're out so late?" Ah Zhuo leaned very close, looking at the bruises at the corners of her eyes.

She even forgot the pain, and carefully suppressed her breathing, a little afraid that her rapid breathing would pounce on the opponent's skin, causing the opponent to melt and disappear, even her voice was almost buried in her throat, "How do you know?" of."

"I know everything." Ah Zhuo rubbed her wound, finally backed away, and then leaned back on the tree branch - that was the most comfortable position to lie on this tree.With that carefree attitude, it looked like he was just a naughty child.

Ye Yier relaxed, feeling that she was a little silly when she was nervous just now, she guessed and asked, "Are you from the next village? You also ran away from home?"

Ah Zhuo smiled irrefutably, just shook the branch in his hand lightly, and stopped talking.

Ye Yi'er sat blankly for a while, and then simply lay down on another branch next to her. It was not very comfortable, but it was okay.

Through the branches and leaves, you can see the sky full of stars.

"You say you know everything, but do you know how many stars there are in the sky?" she asked.

"..."

Ah Zhuo was silent for a while, "The flowers are about to bloom."

"What?" Ye Yier was taken aback for a moment, but before she could continue to speak, the question fell silent.

The buds all over the tree seemed to have heard an order, and they suddenly bloomed together. The branches were densely packed with pink and white flowers, shining with a strange and beautiful light.

Recipe, Shining.

It was like a scene in her imagination, and she was in it.

She looked at it almost greedily, forgot to blink, and tears gushed out of her eyes inexplicably.

It wasn't until Ah Zhuo's voice came out that she realized that there was someone beside her.

"Are you drinking?"

Ah Zhuo handed over a white porcelain bottle, looking at the tears on her cheeks, his eyes were a little strange.

"I haven't had it." Ye Yier hesitated for a moment, but still took it.She knew that wine was a bad thing, but she guessed that there must be something attractive in it, which made her father so obsessed with it.

She took a sip, and it was not as choking as imagined, but sweet, with the fragrance of peach blossoms, she couldn't help but continue to drink it.

After taking a few mouthfuls, she somehow felt a little dizzy and dizzy, as if something was burning in her stomach, and the flowers all over the tree began to sway, and she couldn't count them, fascinated her eyes.

"The flowers are beautiful," she said.

"I know." Ah Zhuo replied with his arms pillowed.

"You're beautiful too," she said.

"You've already said it." Ah Zhuo turned his head to look at her.

She didn't understand what that meant, and she couldn't think about it anymore. She became more and more dizzy, and her questions about who Ah Zhuo was and where the wine came from were all spiraled into the darkness.

She fell asleep.

In the dream, the faces of Taohua and Ah Zhuo approaching are swaying.

When Ye Yi'er woke up, it was already dawn.

She forgot where she was for a moment, and almost fell from the tree when she turned over.

Sitting up and looking around, she didn't see Ah Zhuo, and the peach blossoms of the tree last night were gone, only the leaves were left, and the white morning light leaked on her face.

Is she dreaming?

She sat stupidly, unable to recover for a long time.Just as I was about to go down the tree, I suddenly found that I was holding a broken branch in my hand.

The branches are dotted with a few peach blossoms in full bloom.

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Everyone in the village felt sorry for the daughter of the Ye family.

His mother had been lost since he was a child, and his father was an alcoholic. A few days ago, he was drunk and fell into the river and drowned.Relatives in the family helped with the funeral, but they also took back the house, saying that it was Ye Yier's daughter's family, and she was going to marry someone with a different surname in a few years, so the house couldn't be for nothing.

This also makes sense, Ye Yier has no one to rely on, and no one in the village is willing to cause this trouble to stand up for her.

But it is still impossible to let a girl fall asleep in the wild. Later, after a discussion in the village, the dilapidated private school in the corner of the village was cleaned up and she was allowed to live.

The private school has been in disrepair for a long time, leaking wind and rain, empty and without any furniture, but Ye Yier feels very happy, now at night, as long as she looks out of the window, she can see Ah Zhuo sitting on the tree, instead of midnight Sneak out to find her.

"Eat peaches?"

Ah Zhuo sat on the branch, dangling his two long legs, biting the peaches, crisp and raw.

"Eat!" She raised her head and smiled.

Living alone is not easy. She does needlework all day for money to buy rice, or does work when other families need help. She also sets up a small field in front of the door to grow some vegetables.For some reason, the vegetables she grows grow exceptionally well, and they never suffer from pests.

Of course she had already guessed that Ah Zhuo was not a mortal, probably, it was the peach tree in front of the door.But she didn't feel afraid, and she didn't reveal anything to others. She knew that words could cause disaster.

As she grew older and looked better, many people came to matchmaking, but she rejected them all. She always maintained a polite indifference to the villagers, and she didn't like to associate with people.As a result, there were more gossips in the village, saying that she was weird, and she might want to shave her hair and become an aunt.Some bums in the village coveted her, deceived her to be alone, and wanted to make trouble, but before they had time to do anything, something happened inexplicably.After a few times, the rumors became more and more, saying that the daughter of the Ye family was a bit evil, but since then, no one dared to provoke her again, and the matchmakers became less and less, she was happy to be clean.

"Don't you want to marry?"

Ah Zhuo leaned on the branch and asked Ye Yier.

She has grown up on this land for hundreds of years, and she has been born with wisdom and wisdom. She has seen generations of people fall to the ground, grow up, come and go, and know that every girl will marry and have children.

"Do not want to."

Ye Yi'er leaned on another branch, looking at the stars in the sky.She has grown rapidly in recent years, almost taller than Ah Zhuo, but she is still the same as when she was a child, and she climbs trees quite smoothly.

"why?"

"I don't like them, why should I marry them?"

"Then who do you like?"

Ye Yier tilted her head and looked into Ah Zhuo's eyes, "Don't you know everything? How can you not know who I like?"

Ah Zhuo was dumbfounded, looked back into her eyes for a few seconds, avoided it awkwardly, then took out a white porcelain bottle from his side, and poured it into his mouth lazily.

"I also want to drink."

"I won't give it to you. I'll go crazy after drinking. Last time I drank half a bottle, I just hugged me and didn't let go."

"No way." Ye Yier pursed her lips and blinked her eyes, pretending to be pitiful, which was quite different from her usual look towards others, "Give me another drink, I'm sure I won't get drunk this time."

"No."

"Q_Q"

"Pretend to be pitiful and don't give it."

"QAQ"

"...I can only take one sip." Ah Zhuo sighed, and could only pass the wine bottle, "Also, don't pull my sleeve."

However, Ye Yi'er drank the bottle to the bottom.

"Is there anything else?" Because she drank in a hurry, her cheeks were flushed with peach color, and she smiled like a cat who succeeded in playing a prank.

"It's gone." Ah Zhuo helplessly wanted to take the porcelain bottle back from her hand, but was hugged by her arms.

Ye Yier's head rubbed against her body, fluffy.

"Stop rubbing, itchy."

Ye Yier obediently didn't move, just hugged her arm.

"Asleep?" After a while, she couldn't help asking, but she didn't hear an answer.

The moon has risen very high and the night is getting dark.

Ah Zhuo slowly pulled out his arms, put away the wine bottle, then picked up Ye Yier, jumped down the tree very lightly, and jumped into the window.

Just as Ye Yier was placed on the bed, she heard her call her.Ye Yier's eyes were still closed, and her voice was indistinct, as if she was dreaming.

"Do you know that I hug you just because I want to hug you, not because I'm drunk?"

Ah Zhuo was stunned.

"Do you know that I like you?"

"..." She remained silent.

"You told me, you know everything."

She stood in front of the bed, staring at the girl with her eyes closed, the moonlight came in from the window, casting deep and shallow shadows, she could see Ye Yier's eyelashes trembling slightly.

After a long time, she finally replied, "But I don't know how many stars there are in the sky."

The author has something to say: one chapter is too long, divided into two chapters.

Hope to finish the next chapter tonight.