After arriving home, Long Zi and A Ling immediately made preparations to give Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You a bath so that they could go to dinner. However, when Yu Qiu You jumped naked and ran into the bathhouse, Yu Qiu Shang was caught by Imagawa.
Maple stayed.
"Mom, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Yu Qiu Shang looked back at his mother who was holding his sleeve, his eyes flickering.
"The person who should ask this question is mom, right?" Imagawa Feng frowned, squatted down, and looked directly into Yu Qiu Shang's eyes, "Shang'er, what's the matter with you?"
"Mom, I..." Yu Qiushang's lips opened and closed, then tightened quickly. Finally, he uttered the words: "I'm fine."
"Silly boy, you are only 4 years old." Imagawa Kaede sighed, with a wry smile on his lips, "Tell mom, are you going to have fun with your brother today?"
"I'm happy." Yu Qiu Shang nodded quickly.
Imagawa Kaede shook his head slightly, gently stroked Yu Qiu Shang's cheek with his right hand, and asked in a low voice again: "Tell the truth to mom. Didn't dad educate you since you were young to be good children who have credibility and don't lie?
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"Did you have fun today?"
Yu Qiu Shang was stunned for a moment, a hint of loneliness flashed in his eyes, he quietly lowered his head and buried his face in the shadows.
"You actually don't want to be chosen as a monster because you only have one hand." Imagawa Kaede sighed, looked at the aggrieved child in front of him, and whispered: "Being grabbed back and forth by other children and my younger brother,
I must feel very uncomfortable."
Yu Qiu Shang's little hands twisted the hem of his clothes uneasily, as if he was a little embarrassed because his thoughts were seen through.
"Silly boy, mother knows what you are thinking about. You can't hide it from me." Imagawa Feng slowly opened his hands, hugged Yu Qiu Shang into her arms, and whispered: "Shang
My dear, tell your mother. Why did you still agree to be a monster and keep playing with them even though you were obviously unhappy at that time?"
Yu Qiu Shang swallowed, tears welling up in his eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he said softly: "Because... because the children seem to want me to be a monster. If I become a monster, they will be very happy.
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"And...and," Yu Qiu Shang paused and added in a low voice: "Ayou seems to be having a lot of fun. I'm afraid that if I say I don't want to stop playing, I'll ruin his fun."
Imagawa Kaede was stunned for a moment, and her eyes suddenly turned red.
Perhaps because he was born weak and sick, and missing one of his hands, this child has been very sensitive since he was a child. He should still be an innocent and innocent age, but he already has a lot of worries and thoughts in his heart.
After thinking for a moment, Imagawa Feng suddenly smiled. She raised her body slightly, stared into Yu Qiu Shang's eyes, and asked those words.
"Shang'er, do you know Hongye?"
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"Red leaves?" Yu Qiu Shang was stunned for a moment, then raised his head blankly, "Isn't that the family crest of our Yu Qiu family? My father always carries the red leaf shawl embroidered by his mother on his shoulders, and his mother also always carries the red leaves given by her father.
Pendant.”
"Well, that's right." Imagawa Kaede nodded and asked softly again: "Then what do you think is the difference between red leaves and other leaves?"
"It's different?" Yu Qiu Shang thought for a moment and replied in a low voice: "It should be autumn...the other leaves are all withered and yellow and falling. Only the red leaves will turn red and will fall the latest."
"Yes." Imagawa Kaede nodded again and said with a smile: "Autumn is here, the leaves have no nutrients and can no longer stay on the trees. Everyone is very sad and painful, so they all turn yellow and wither.
Pedestrians passing by were filled with grief."
"Only the red leaves are different." Kaede Imakawa said while looking out the window - that is the direction to the east. Her eyes seemed to be staring at some beautiful and heartbreaking scene. "She turned her blood into nutrients, and she is still proud.
Standing on the branches, it covers everything in the beautiful bright red. What is displayed in front of others is always the beautiful and moving red, not the pain. She doesn't want passers-by to be sad because of its withered yellow color, and she doesn't want the tree to be sad because of it.
He is lonely after Ye's departure, and doesn't want Qiu to blame himself for his death. He always thinks of others, lives for the feelings of others, and bears all the pain by himself."
"She wants everyone to feel that she never needs comfort and will always be so attractively red. Even when she is drifting, swaying helplessly in the wind, she still uses red to pretend to be strong and beautiful."
Yu Qiu Shang listened silently to his mother's ramble for a long time, and the emotions in his heart kept rolling. At this moment, when he looked at the red leaf pendant around his mother's neck and the red leaf family crest on the back of the Yu Qiu family warriors,
The state of mind is completely different.
"Shang'er, do you know?" After being silent for a long time, Imagawa Kaede suddenly spoke, but it was about another topic: "What happened when you were born."
"Because Shang'er was born without one hand and was in poor health, some people suggested that you should make You'er the eldest son and become the next governor of the Yuqiu family." Imagawa Feng stared at Yu Qiu Shang.
, saw the latter's eyes flash suddenly, and his body began to tremble slightly.
"Because in their eyes, the eldest son should be a strong and healthy person in order to become the heir of the family."
"That adult may be right. Teacher Zhuzhong often teaches me that the eldest son must shoulder the responsibilities of the family. He must be brave, wise, responsible, and courageous." Yu Qiu Shang said in a low voice, his voice also
He couldn't stop trembling: "Shang'er was born without a right hand, is frail and sick, and has a stupid talent. Whether it's reading, calligraphy, etiquette, martial arts or the arithmetic taught by my father, I can't compare to Ayou. Maybe Ayou is really better than me.
suitable…"
"But mom doesn't think so." Imagawa Feng said firmly and solemnly, interrupting Yu Qiu Shang's words, causing the latter to raise his head in surprise.
"No matter who you are, you will live in someone else's world." Imagawa Kaede sighed, slowly raised his hands, took off the red leaf pendant from his neck, held it in his hand, and looked at it for a long time.
"Some women live in a world where there is no matchmaker marrying her husband. In order to make him happy, she silently endures her own pain. Even if she can only see her a few times a year, every time she greets her husband, she always has a smile on her face.
With a smile on her face. She never complained about the unfairness of love, never complained about men's indifference, and never made any demands."
"Some young people live in the world of a sweetheart whose status is much higher than his. In order to make her happy, he silently endures his own pain. In order to climb to the position where he can marry that rich lady, he goes through life and death, risking everything.
He goes out to fight hard, but he always tells his sweetheart that it’s okay, and shuts out his sweetheart’s care and commitment.”
As Yu Qiu Shang listened to the unrelated stories told by her mother, she felt an indescribable sadness in her heart.
"There is a child who also lives in other people's world." As Imagawa Kaede said, he changed the subject and turned his attention to Yu Qiu Shang, "What do others think of being the eldest son of the family? In order not to let him down
He worked hard to meet other people's expectations. Others wanted him to play the monster, so he acted in order to make everyone happy. The younger brother wanted to continue playing the game, and even though he was already unbearably grievances and overworked, he still wanted to keep his younger brother's heart intact.
Feel free to continue playing."
When Imagawa Kaede said this, he suddenly smiled and said softly: "Don't they look like red leaves?"
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"Hongye can also cry and feel pain."
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"How sad would it be if a person's life was just like a red leaf, living for others, feeling happy, angry, sad and happy because of others, always living under a bright red smile? This is not the life a person should have!
"
Imagawa Kaede grabbed a section of the pendant's chain, shook his wrist, and watched the red leaf pendant fall straight down until it was caught by the chain lock. It shook twice unwillingly in the air. Through the crystal clear red crystal
, Imagawa Kaede saw countless scenes at once in a trance. This pendant, which has gone through the twists and turns of time and space for hundreds of years, reflects the love between her father-in-law and mother-in-law whom she has never met; it reflects the solemn promise of that handsome young man;
It reflects the tears of young boys and girls under heavy rain; it reflects the long companionship of two red leaves in a cabin in the snow in the harsh winter.
During the turbulent times of the Warring States Period, many children of the Wu family were destined to live in other people's worlds for the rest of their lives and become other people's red leaves.
How lucky I am to encounter another red leaf and give me the opportunity to live for myself as a woman.
"Child, don't be someone else's red leaf, don't cover up your pain for others, change your life, and live for yourself." Imagawa Feng looked into Yu Qiu Shang's ignorant eyes and said firmly word by word: "
This is my mother's lifelong creed, and I hope you can live independently."
After saying that, she gently tied the pendant around Yu Qiu Shang's neck and placed a kiss on his forehead.
"Shang'er, I know it may be difficult for you to understand this now." Imagawa Feng stood up, gently rubbed his hair twice, and looked at him with his eyes wide open, looking at him blankly. "But wait.
When you grow up, you will understand. Whenever you see this pendant, you will think of one thing."
"Don't be someone else's red leaf, live for yourself."
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Yu Qiu Shang nodded in understanding, while Imagawa Feng just smiled in relief.
At this time, a burst of cheerful singing came from the bathhouse. I saw Yu Qiuyou dragging his clothes on the floor, and then hurriedly ran towards Yu Qiu Shang and Imagawa Kaede. Ryuko followed behind, with his arms in his arms.
Holding two or three pieces of clothes that Yu Qiuyou hadn't put on yet, he followed him at a trot.
"Brother! Brother!" Yu Qiuyou ran to Yu Qiu Shang excitedly, "Let's go find them together tomorrow afternoon to play with monsters and catch people!"
Yu Qiu Shang was stunned for a moment, and her little heart was in a mess.
Finally, he looked at his brother's expectant smile and nodded silently.
Chapter completed!