Chapter 24 He smells so good

Author: Bai Xia

Chapter 24 He smells so good

After the fire in the Salesian Bureau, Tao Yue'er has been in a state of depression, unable to cheer up for anything she does.

Hua Ling tried to persuade her several times, but nothing could lift her mood. She seemed to be back to the time when they first met, lifeless and idle.

On this day, after the continuous yellow plum rainy season, the sun began to clear. Hua Ling made a cup of tea and held the teacup under the eaves to enjoy the flowers. Behind him, Tao Yue'er was still out of focus, like a walking corpse.

Hua Ling frowned and couldn't help but ask her: "How long will you continue to be sad?"

Hua Ling's concern not only failed to have a positive effect, but instead aroused Tao Yue'er's dissatisfaction.

"You have taken care of them longer than me, why are you not sad at all? Don't you have any feelings for them?" Tao Yue'er asked.

"I have feelings, but I won't waste my feelings." Hua Ling said coldly: "It is precisely because we have been together for a long time that I know that they will leave one day. I cherished them when I was alive, and I will feel sad after they die.

It’s meaningless.”

"Really? You are really open-minded." Tao Yue'er drooped her head and said distressedly: "I am not as open-minded as you are. They... they are obviously still so young... so cute..." Tao Yue'er said

As he spoke, he choked up again, covered his face again, and cried loudly.

At this time, half a month had passed since the fire in the Salesian Bureau. During this half month, they hid in an abandoned house in the slums and lived by fishing and digging wild vegetables every day.

Hua Ling didn't eat much, mainly cooking for Tao Yue'er. But Tao Yue'er was in a bad mental state and had no interest in food. She often glanced at it and put it aside. In just half a month, Tao Yue'er lost weight.

After walking around for a long time, the whole person looked even thinner.

"You can't go on like this." Hua Ling realized that the burning of the epidemic center had a far greater impact on her than he imagined. She seemed to have been in bad health since that day and had trouble sleeping every night.

Because as soon as I close my eyes, what comes to my mind is the fire and the smell of meat filling the air.

This made her lose her appetite.

In order to cheer her up, Hua Ling had no choice but to find another way.

In order to help Tao Yue'er sleep peacefully, Hua Ling made a homemade incense burner out of clay.

The incense burner is very simple, with a two-layer structure. A candle is placed at the bottom, and a thumb-sized incense ball is placed on the upper layer. The whole room will be filled with a fragrance, like orchids in an empty valley, or like the clear sky after the rain blowing across the lake.

The breeze carries the scent of green grass.

After getting the incense, sleeping on a pile of hay in a leaky and draughty house became less uncomfortable.

Tao Yue'er seemed to be able to temporarily forget the burning smell and was able to sleep peacefully.

Tao Yue'er gradually recovered a little. She began to sleep well and eat well. She even occasionally wondered how Hua Ling made these incense, and would pester Hua Ling to tell her some things about 'spice'.

Hua Ling answered them all one by one and gave her a book - "Temple Incense".

This book is different from "Quiet Drinking Meals" and has more text. Although there are pictures, the usage and proportions in it require a lot of literacy. Tao Yue'er studied for a while and could only barely recognize part of it.

Vanilla look.

Hua Ling seemed to be very happy for her to read more books. She always found various spices for her in different ways, and then told her how to write and pronounce the words next to the pictures.

"This is Lingzhi."

"This is the canopy."

"This is Qionghua."

…

It turns out that this is how ‘花’ is written.

The word "Qionghua" was written on the book, and Tao Yue'er remembered it.

"Then how to write the character '伶'?" Tao Yuer'er was a little curious.

Hua Ling's name sounds so nice, but she can't write it.

Hua Ling took a dead wood branch and wrote the character "伶" on the ground in the yard. Tao Yue'er followed suit and wrote another character "伶" in a crooked way.

"The mural is not like this, it is like this." Hua Ling held her hand and taught her to write stroke by stroke.

The fragrance on Hua Ling's body is different from the incense at night.

She has never seen Hua Ling serving other incense, which means that the fragrance on his body is natural. Although she doesn't know how it is formed, he smells so good...

The clean, ethereal smell is as boundless as the sea. It is also like the gardenias falling on the bedside after the spring rain.

Tao Yue'er was enjoying the delicious fragrance of his body, when suddenly, she was shocked to notice several small scars on his hands.

"What's wrong with your hand?" Tao Yue'er grabbed his hand and examined it nervously, only to find that the palm of his hand was densely covered with scars, large and small. The back of his hand was just a scratch.

These injuries would not be surprising if they appeared on others, but on Hua Ling's body, they were particularly dazzling.

"How did you get hurt?" Tao Yue'er was extremely nervous, but Hua Ling didn't care.

"It's okay." After Hua Ling said that, she wanted to retract her hand, but for the first time, Tao Yue'er held her tightly.

"These injuries shouldn't appear on your hands. How did you get them?"

"Chopping firewood, fishing, hunting, making incense burners, pounding medicine...and so on." Hua Ling didn't do many menial jobs in the past. Even in the Salesian Bureau, she just couldn't do it. Now she accompanies Tao Yue'er every day,

In order for her to eat well and sleep well, she needs to spend money. He can only try his best to make money.

Therefore, in addition to going to the city to write letters for him every day, he would also go to the dock to carry goods on his way back. He did not tell Tao Yue'er about this because he was afraid that she would worry.

But Tao Yue'er can completely imagine the hardships he has gone through these days.

Hua Ling should be a young master sitting at home, playing with incense and ink. Mundane matters, such as food, rice, oil and salt, should not be a concern for him.

This should be something she considers.

"I'm sorry that I've been dragging you down these days. If it weren't for me, you would definitely be able to find a good job..."

Hua Ling knew literature and fragrance, so it would not be difficult for her to work as a teacher in a private school or as a waiter in a fragrance hall. But because he was worried about himself, he could only live with her in a dark and shabby house. He did some things all day long.

Menial chores.

She really couldn't bear to let a younger brother take care of her daily life.

Tao Yue'er lowered her head, feeling sad.

Hua Ling didn't think it was important.

Hua Ling: "You are unhappy. I take care of you because I want to. You don't have to feel ashamed of me. I am good to you just because I want to be good to you. I don't expect anything in return from you. It's getting late. You

Go to bed early."

After Hua Ling finished speaking, she withdrew her hand and ignored Tao Yue'er. After lighting the incense for her, she went back to her room to sleep.

Tao Yue'er looked at Hua Ling's thin back, and suddenly realized that his figure seemed much taller than Lu Guanting's.

Memories can beautify many things. She once thought that Lawrence Lu was the most stalwart man she had ever seen, the most capable of protecting her. Although that stalwartness did not fall on her head after all, it really gave her hope.

This hope grew day by day and became as magnificent as mountains and seas.

But now, as thin as a flower, what he gave her was real companionship, care and comfort. For a moment, she actually forgot what Lu Guanting looked like...

Does Lu Guanting really make people feel safe?

Not necessarily.

That night, Tao Yue'er finally stopped dreaming about the children from the Salesian Bureau. What she dreamed about was the broken maid.

In her dream, she was worried about Hua Ling, worried that he would be like a porcelain doll, which would break at the slightest touch and then disappear when blown by the wind...
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