Ordering Ru Yi around was not as easy as ordering Xiao Huan around.
He did not add more hot water, nor did he let Ruyi continue to massage his shoulders. After she went out, he came out of the bathtub, dried his body, lay on the bed with his arms as a pillow, and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
Before going to bed, he would habitually think about some things, even the memory fragments hidden in the depths of his mind in his previous life were found in a corner, carefully savoring, and never tired of it.
One by one, the happy, sad, or angry things, were like fleeting clouds. Although it had only been a few months, it seemed to have crossed thousands of years.
Those things, whether happy or sad, did not cause much ripples in his heart. He just tried his best not to think of those familiar faces. Every time this happened, an emotion called yearning would spread like crazy.
Those people or things, he was destined to be unable to give up in this life. If there was a chance to go back, no matter how difficult it was, he would not have any hesitation, even if it was just a glance, and then look at that familiar world …
Pa!
A crisp sound rang in the room, but Li Yi, who was in a state of absent-mindedness, did not notice it.
Today was the fifteenth, and the moon outside was very round. This day of every month was the most difficult time for Li Yi, especially when he was alone. There was no sound around, and a feeling of loneliness escaped from the depths of his soul.
However, even in a state of absent-mindedness, the feeling of dizziness could still be felt, and the strength in his body was gradually draining away. The feeling of nausea also gradually became clearer.
Naturally, it was impossible for him to feel dizzy and nauseous because of homesickness. When he realized that the situation was not quite right, he immediately recovered his mind and sat up from the bed.
At this time, the room was filled with a strange smell.
Li Yi was very familiar with this smell, the smell of coal smoke that he often smelled when he was a child.
Not knowing when, the chimney made of bamboo on the honeycomb briquette stove actually cracked. The symptoms that he felt just now were obviously mild carbon monoxide poisoning.
The chimney made of bamboo couldn't completely expel the smoke, so people who had a stove would usually choose to extinguish the stove at night. After taking a bath just now, he forgot to do so. Fortunately, he didn't fall asleep. Otherwise, Ru Yi and the others would have to wait to collect his corpse tomorrow morning.
With a lingering fear in his heart, he moved the stove outside and opened the door and windows to the fullest. He sat alone on the porch and looked at the moon.
She did not know when the carbon monoxide in the room would run out. The moon tonight was big and round. It was said that the moon on the fifteenth of the lunar month was round on the sixteenth of the lunar month, but the "round" in the word "circumference" was not the "round" in the word "reunion".
Wearing an unlined garment, it was quite cold sitting on the porch. However, Li Yi did not want to move now, so he did not go back to the room to get his clothes. He just leaned against a pillar and looked up at the sky. He did not know whether the moon in the two worlds was the same, at least on the surface, there was no difference. There was a large dark spot alternating between light and dark. Now, the common saying was that the moonlight was blocked by the osmanthus tree in the Moon Palace, and almost everyone thought so.
Every time this happened, he would involuntarily have a feeling of loneliness as a master. A group of ignorant people. It was just a plain on the moon. There was no osmanthus tree. Last time, when Li Xuan was drunk, he said he wanted to go to the moon to see Chang 'e. With the current conditions, he could not think about going to the moon, which was even more difficult than reaching the sky.
A figure had been leaning against the door for a long time, watching Li Yi's expression alternating between joy and sadness. His eyes had never left the moon in the sky, and he was holding a garment in his hand, but he never walked over.
"Achoo!"
He sneezed and almost snot came out of his nose. When he was about to get up and go to the room to get his clothes, he felt a weight on his shoulder, and a coat immediately appeared on his body.
"Husband, are you admiring the moon alone?" Liu Ruyi sat down beside Li Yi, also staring at the moon in the sky.
"I'm thinking, when can I go to the moon to have a look?" Li Yi seemed to murmur unconsciously.
"Ah?"
There was a little surprise in Ruyi's voice. She looked back at him, blinking her eyes. She had always been steady, but at this moment, she actually looked like a little girl.
She reached out and touched Li Yi's forehead. After finding that he did not have a fever, she became even more confused.
The Moon Palace was the place where immortals lived. How could mortals go up there? Since ancient times, countless people had thought about it, but no one had done it.
Although the moon always hung there quietly, there was no door. Only immortals could go up there.
"Don't be surprised. In theory, this is very feasible." Li Yi took her hand away from his forehead and found that it was very cold. He held it with both hands and said, "Maybe thousands of years later, someone will really do it. However, if an ordinary person goes up there, they will definitely die. It's hot in the day and cold at night. There are holes made by big stones everywhere. It's not a place for people to stay at all … If they don't die from the cold or the heat, it will be fun.
If they don't die from the cold or heat, then it'll be fun. Everyone there is an expert in Qinggong. With a leap, they can cover at least a distance of several feet. Their strength is also extremely great. An ordinary person can lift the stone lion at the entrance with just a little effort … "
Liu Ruyi let Li Yi hold her hand and transfer his warmth to her. She listened to him talk about these incredible things and would occasionally ask a few questions.
He was always so knowledgeable. He knew a lot of things that she had never heard before. In the past, she thought that people who were educated were all so amazing. Later, she gradually realized that her husband was different from those scholars. No scholar could tell so many wonderful stories, and no scholar knew so many ways to earn money. Furthermore, no scholar knew that Chang 'e was not on the moon …
Her husband even knew how far the moon was from here. If there was a road that could go straight to the moon, an ordinary person would have to walk for ten years to get there.
If it was someone else, they would definitely think that the person who said these things was crazy. However, she knew that her husband never lied about these things …
"Achoo!"
He couldn't continue gossiping about the moon with Ruyi. Li Yi had already sneezed a few times. It was winter, and it was still cold to sit outside with clothes on. His butt was almost frozen to the point of losing consciousness when he sat on the cold ground.
Seeing Li Yi stand up, Liu Ruyi walked into his room and quickly came out. She shook her head and said, "I can't go in yet. The carbon poison has not dissipated completely."
When she went to Li Yi's room to get his clothes, she already felt that something was wrong. Seeing him put the stove outside, how could she not know what had happened?
"Forget it. I'll sleep in the kitchen tonight." It was really too cold. Li Yi really missed the hot kang bed.
Liu Ruyi shook her head and said, "Xiao Huan is afraid of the cold. I've already let her sleep in the kitchen. I'm afraid she's already asleep."
Li Yi wrapped his clothes around his body. Originally, he had one room, Ruyi had another, and Xiao Huan usually slept with Ruyi. Now that he couldn't sleep in his room at night, and Xiao Huan had taken over the warm kang bed in the kitchen, did he have to sleep outside tonight?
"Why don't you sleep in this concubine's room tonight?"
Hearing Ruyi's voice, Li Yi's expression froze.
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