Flower Moon

Chapter 1

The capital of Jingguo, Jingcheng.

The weather was fresh on March [-], and there were many beautiful people by the Luoshui River.On the day when the list is released, on both sides of the river, there are flowing cups of water, which is the time when elegance meets.The beautiful men and women walk along the banks of the river. If they see each other right, they will break the willow branches and give them to each other. Then they will go home and tell their parents to ask a matchmaker to engage them. In this way, it will be considered a happy event.However, Tao Yueer waited eagerly for ten years, but did not wait for a willow branch.

As the sun sets, the heartbroken man is under the willow tree.After being noisy for most of the day, the crowd gradually dispersed, leaving only a white figure - that was the color of the peach pink clothes after being washed countless times.dilapidated.

"Again... no one has taken a fancy to me?"

Tao Yue'er stood by the river, watched the last limping man pass by without turning her eyes, and finally decided...well, no one has taken her fancy.

This is the tenth year that Tao Yueer has participated in the March Flower Fair.

Over the past ten years, grandpa and grandma have been pissed off by her, and they closed their eyes one after another. Before leaving, they told her: "As a woman, the most important thing is to find a good family to marry. You should lower your profile, behave properly, and never lose your temper." Don't deviate from the scriptures and make people laugh."

Tao Yue'er has been a timid person since she was a child, she has no opinions, and obeys her elders. What her grandpa and grandma instill in her ears day and night are the three obediences and four virtues.She was obedient and came here every year to participate in the meeting, and she never missed a year.

Watching the sisters in the same company get married and have children one after another, but ten years later, she is still single.

They all said: "You were born with poor fortune, and you missed the best age. No good family would dare to take it." Not only good families, but even not-so-good families look down on her.

She is the famous lone star of Tiansha.When he was born, his mother died, and within a month, his father also died in an unknown fire.Now that her grandpa and grandma are gone, she is truly alone, without any worries.

In fact, she doesn't need to participate in the March meeting anymore, but as a woman, her family is poor and she has no skills, and now she doesn't know what else she can do.

As a child, she had great dreams and ambitions.She once heard from Mr. Storyteller that on the other side of the sea, in Qing Cangzhou, Yong Kingdom is respected by the queen, and daughters there do not need to marry and have children, they have equal rights like men.

She fantasizes that one day, she will be able to travel across the sea to Yong Kingdom and live a life that will not be ridiculed by others.But this idea was stifled in the cradle at the age of five—she didn't even have the money to go to Yan, let alone cross the sea?

So she turned her gaze back to Jizhou.She once heard that in the capital city of Yan State, a neighboring country, there are nine academic masters with outstanding literary talents and famous names all over the world, all of whom are daughters.Because of their literary talents, they live a carefree life. They say that they will never marry and serve Wenmo all their lives.

There is also Yan Guo, the master of weapon forging is also a woman, and she has three hundred men under her command, who can make peace with her at will.

……

All these kinds of stories would sound strange to the ears of ordinary people, but to her, she felt that that was the life she wanted.

The world is so big, she can do many things, but her family only let her marry.

At the age of 15, my grandfather and grandmother became seriously ill.They didn't want to get medical treatment, but sold all their family property, cut her clothes and combed her hair, and arranged for a matchmaker, thinking that they would be favored by others at the March meeting and marry them back home.Firstly, Tao Yue'er's lifelong affairs were resolved, and secondly, a dowry gift was added to reduce the burden on the family.But for ten years in a row, no one cared about her.

Ten years have passed, and those beautiful childhood fantasies have been left behind, and what is engraved in her heart is only the frustration of being ignored year after year.Now she is 25 years old, and if she misses this year, it is impossible for her to marry again.And the sisters who were traveling with her back then were already starting to prepare their daughters' outfits for March [-]rd.

"Tao Yueer, give up, you look like a skinny monkey, you can't have a son!" The old woman selling tea eggs by the river hugged her great-grandson and waved to Tao Yueer, saying this for the tenth time if.

In the past ten years, the old woman has seen many women who were not favored by others, but she has never been so persistent as Tao Yueer.She was so persistent that even her great-grandson knew Tao Yueer's name. When she saw Tao Yueer, she opened her mouth and said childishly, "Aren't you tired, Grandma Tao? Don't be sad, the old lady said wait." If she can't do it anymore, she will give up this position to you, and you will sell tea eggs. Sell tea eggs for a lifetime."

Tao Yue'er was struck by lightning, the pain of being called grandma even surpassed the pain of losing the election.

Back then, when she participated in the March Flower Fair for the first time, the grandson of the old lady who sold tea eggs reached her waist, and said to herself in a childish voice, "Aunt Tao, I will definitely do it next year."

She also thought that she would be able to marry next time.But after ten March Flower Meetings, when she was called 'Grandma' by her grandmother's great-grandson, she really had deep doubts about herself.

Tao Yueer clenched her fists tightly, then let go, and clenched again.She turned her head, glanced reluctantly at the place that carried all her youth, finally took a deep breath, let go of her fist, and strode away.

"Jingcheng Bridge, Tao Yueer, has been on a blind date for 25 years in a row;

Don't look east, don't look west, nothing will happen.

Old girl, it's really useless, no one cares about the Luoshui River..."

A group of children clapped and sang around Tao Yueer.This song has been sung for many years, and the first sentence changes every year.From singing to the age of 25, her ears were calloused.But also used to it.

But today, she was extraordinarily tragic.

Tao Yue'er lived in the outskirts of the city, not far from the Luoshui River.After leaving Chongwenmen and walking south for two hours, she found her residence - a muddy thatched hut.This is all the property left to her by her maternal grandparents.But it seemed uninhabitable.

The spring rain continued for seventeen or eight days, and the soil on the house was almost washed away. When the wind blew, even the thatch on the top of the head was blown away.The items in the house were scattered all over the place in the storm. A group of people threw them around. Tao Yueer picked up one thing and lost another. A 25-year-old girl was bullied by several children until they all dispersed. , she discovered that half of her most cherished book was missing.

It was the first and only book in her life.The book had no cover, no author's name, and even she couldn't read, but when she picked it up, it belonged to her.It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, it's a book anyway.

That was the only gift in her bleak life—it represented a place she couldn't go to.

Now half of the book has been torn out, and the other half is missing. Those children must have taken it.Furious, Tao Yueer finally mustered up the courage to knock on the neighbor's door.After a while, the other party slowly opened the door. Shopkeeper Zhao was tall and fat, standing in front of the door with his hands folded.With a contemptuous smile on his lips, he stared straight at Tao Yue'er and said, "What do you want?"

Tao Yue'er was originally thin and frail, so she came here out of anger, but after being stared at by him like this, her momentum was greatly weakened.All her anger dissipated at this moment, and she said with a shy face: "Zhao, shopkeeper Zhao, my little girl just wanted to ask, did your grandson take away my little girl's book?"

"Little girl... son? At your age, you still have the nerve to call yourself a little girl? I don't think there is a problem with you being called 'Old Body'!" Shopkeeper Zhao sneered: "You don't even pee and look in the mirror, see How annoying is my poor appearance? Still taking your books? My toilet paper is worth more than your books! Keep rolling! Otherwise, I will teach you to walk around without food!" Zhao shopkeeper raised his fist as he said, Pretending to teach her a lesson.

"Calm down! Shopkeeper Zhao's calm down!" Tao Yue'er subconsciously knelt down with her head in her arms, hiding in the corner of the wall and trembling.

Seeing her like this, shopkeeper Zhao didn't even have the desire to hit her, so he sneered twice and closed the door with a bang.Out of sight is pure.

The expected fist didn't come down for a long time, Tao Yue'er raised her head in shock after hearing the sound of closing the door for a while, after being frightened by this, she completely forgot why she came all this time.Seeing that the other party had already returned to the house, she straightened up and patted her chest to rejoice that shopkeeper Zhao still didn't hit her.He is still a good person after all...

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