Chapter 40: Difficulty sleeping and eating (Part 2)
That night, when Su Xiyao was still asleep, she talked to Xiaozhu about the military situation and about the affairs of the house. She who always liked to be quiet and alone was afraid that she would be quiet now.
Xiaozhu also wanted to go to sleep, and simply did not persuade her to rest. The two of them talked here and there, often with incompatible words.
When Xiaozhu was thinking about something in a daze again, Su Xiyao suddenly remembered something, took her hand and said: "Although we are called master and servant, I treat you as my sister, and now I also treat you as my sister."
Outsiders, let’s say something thoughtful.”
"What do you want to say, madam?" Xiaozhu asked absently.
Su Xiyao said softly: "That day when you were building a snowman, Sister Nuanyu mentioned the matter between the two of you and blamed me for not being able to do it. Today I must know the truth. You can no longer avoid answering." [
Xiaozhu's face turned red and he said shyly: "I am worried about the war, so you still have time to ask this."
Su Xiyao said: "I don't think about the former enemy anymore. The more I think about it, the more panic I get. Besides, I can't help but go to the camp immediately. It just so happens that I can talk about you and him at this moment to distract myself."
Xiaozhu wanted to withdraw his hand and hide, but Su Xiyao held on tightly.
"I must make it clear this time that you are past the age of marriage and I cannot delay you. If you really don't want to follow him, then you should find someone you like."
Xiaozhu couldn't get away, her face flushed red from shame and anxiety, she bit her lip and refused to speak.
Su Xiyao looked at her lovingly and said: "There is nothing to be embarrassed about with me. You and Xiaohe have been by my side since we were twelve or three years old. After so many years of love, there is nothing you can't say.
Logically speaking, I can make the decision for you in this matter, but since I treat you as my sister, I have to respect your thoughts. I am afraid that if I guess your thoughts wrongly and I will wrong you, so be it. If you don't want to say it, you can just say it.
No matter how you shake your head, everything is up to you and I will never force you."
When she said this, Xiaozhu immediately didn't dare to move at all, his neck seemed to be frozen, and he didn't even breathe.
Su Xiyao was a little helpless, so she thought for a while and said, "Forget it, I don't care. If you make me angry one day, don't blame me for marrying you out of anger."
Xiaozhu finally spoke, and said in an almost inaudible voice: "Don't 'force' me, it's just fine with him. I don't want to get married, and if you drive me away, I will die in front of you."
Su Xiyao smiled and said: "I finally talked, how could I drive you away? To be honest, I wish you could follow him. We will never be separated in this life. I am really worried that you will meet the one you like one day."
Let's go, if that happens I won't be able to stop you."
Xiaozhu was very emotional and said with red eyes: "Madam, where are you thinking of? I will never leave madam in this life. Before Xiaohe died, she forced me to ask me to serve madam well on her behalf. I promised her
."
Thinking of Xiaozhu's appearance before his death, Su Xiyao's eyes were red, and she hugged Xiaozhu and cried. After a while, she wiped Xiaozhu's tears and told her: "Let's just talk. You can't say this."
Tell him so as not to offend him."
Xiaozhu choked up and nodded, saying: "Since she asked me to take good care of him, how dare I not do my best? To be honest with you, madam, I will never take other men seriously, so if you really love me,
Don't mention me as a match anymore. We have more of a brother-sister relationship with him. It would actually be fun to be with him. We are fine as we are now, and we don't have to worry about anything when we talk and laugh."
Su Xiyao caressed her shoulder and said: "I wish I knew what you were thinking, and you also knew what I was thinking, so let nature take its course. You can do whatever you two like. I won't be troublesome anymore." ."
Xiaozhu relaxed and said, "It's very late, Madam, it's better to take a nap."
Su Xi moved her body and said, "You can sleep here with me tonight. Maybe you can fall asleep while lying down and talking."
Xiaozhu said with emotion: "This is the first time I have seen Madam so uneasy. I will go get the quilt."
Su Xiyao said: "Just use his. Don't wake up those little girls when they are sleeping soundly. You are brothers and sisters. Don't dislike the other."
Xiaozhu pursed his lips and smiled, then stopped insisting, and took He Ran's quilt and spread it on the floor mat next to the couch.[
Su Xiyao stopped and said, "Let's sleep on the couch together."
Xiaozhu said quickly: "This is not okay. No matter how well my wife treats me, we still have to follow these rules, but I don't dare."
Su Xiyao pretended to be displeased and said, "Are you only kissing him or not? The friendship we have had for more than ten years is not as good as the one we had for three to five years. It's just a matter of observing some etiquette in front of outsiders. How can we do it when we are away on an expedition?" So much attention to detail?”
Xiaozhu still refused, and while spreading the quilt, he said: "It's always not good for those little girls to see me. I know Madam loves me, but I must not obey Madam."
Su Xiyao no longer forced herself, and after the two of them lay down separately, they started talking one after another as before.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiaozhu stopped talking, and Su Xiyao also became tired. She seemed to hear the sound of war drums in the hazy state. She sat up in surprise, woke Xiaozhu and said, "Listen, is there the sound of war drums?"
Xiaozhu was awakened from his dream, his heart was beating wildly. He listened for a while and said, "No, I can't hear it. I can only hear my own heart beating wildly."
Su Xiyao said: "I heard it just now, but now I don't hear it anymore." Then she lay back.
Xiaozhu also lay down and said calmly: "Madam, she is too anxious. Even if there is a real war, we can't help. It's better to sleep. He will definitely report to us immediately if there is a result."
Su Xiyao listened attentively for a while, and then gradually closed her eyes again. Just as she entered the dreamland, the door of the room was suddenly knocked open. He Ran held the door frame with blood on his face and shouted: "Quick! Run quickly, we are defeated." ." After saying that, he wilted and collapsed on the ground.
She was so frightened that she shouted his name and ran over to hug him. She saw that he had been hit by several arrows in his back and was bleeding all over his body. He had no idea how many injuries he had suffered. The shirt that Xiao Xiao had embroidered by his own hands had been stained. It turned red, and it looked like she was dying. She shouted sadly, and He Ran suddenly opened his closed eyes, with a happy smile on his face, and said, don't be sad, I will win your heart in this life. , I am sorry to die. Please return to Yueshan Villa. I will go there to find you in the next life. After saying this, I closed my eyes again and lost my breath.
She couldn't accept this ending anyway, so she screamed and wailed, pulled out the sword from his side and wanted to commit suicide. But suddenly she thought about why Xiaozhu was sleeping so hard and still couldn't get up, so she shouted, "Xiaozhu! Get up and run!" The enemy soldiers are coming! Xiaozhu sat up in a daze, looked at her without panic, and said, where are the enemy soldiers? After saying that, he lay down again.
Su Xiyao rushed over and kicked her, shouting, "Don't you see he's dead? I'm going to kill myself right now, why don't you run away!"
At this time, she was finally woken up by the shaking. Xiaozhu was looking at her worriedly and kept calling: "Madam, Madam!"
Su Xiyao felt cold all over her body and was already covered in cold sweat. Her heart was pounding and she still couldn't escape from the dream. She shouted: "Hurry up and leave!"
Xiaozhu said: "Madam, please wake up. Don't be obsessed by nightmares. You are dreaming."
Su Xiyao looked at the door in horror. Because the lights in the house had not been turned off, she could see very clearly. She was surprised when she looked at it: "Is this really a dream?!"
Xiaozhu nodded vigorously and said, "Isn't this all good? Where did the enemy soldiers come from?"
Su Xiyao breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Great, luckily it was a dream." After calming down her mind, she said firmly, "No, I have to go to the camp tomorrow, early in the morning."
"Okay, let's go early in the morning. Let's lie down and cover ourselves with the quilt. Don't let the wind catch the sweat all over your body." Xiaozhu coaxed her to lie down.
At this time, Xiaoqing asked outside: "Does Madam need our service?" Apparently she was awakened by the movement here and came to visit.
Xiaozhu said to the outside: "I'm here, you go to sleep." Jiuding Military Division 240