Chapter 111
The next day, when we got out of the park, I really didn't remember anything. It was as if my brain had become a coconut that had been scooped out clean one spoonful at a time, leaving only a thin layer of indiscriminate shell that would completely shatter with a slight tap, and the ground was covered with tiny pieces of shell that were impossible to pick up.
Sick Ajia asked: "Do you want to go out and wash up? You should go to eat soon, and then you have to go to class."
Leyuan smiled and said, "Okay."
Sick Aga opened the door and walked out. The door was blown by the wind and there was a creaking sound. The door closed with a bang and the room suddenly became dark. Leyuan was stunned for a moment and squinted his eyes. The scene in front of him became more and more blurry. He looked at the door and suddenly there was a person in front of him. The person walked in front of Leyuan. Leyuan couldn't see his face clearly, but he felt that it should be a man.
He looked at Leyuan, lowered his head, and squatted down. Leyuan was a little scared, so he stepped back a little and blinked. The man's shadow became increasingly blurred, like a stone hitting the water surface and creating ripples. Leyuan couldn't help coughing because he felt an unbearable itching pain in his throat.
“Ahem…”
Leyuan lowered his head, thinking that he must have seen it wrong. He wiped his face, but everything in front of him was still black and his face was wet, as if tears had fallen. However, that feeling was not real, as if everything was fake, too fake to think seriously. Leyuan had to curse: "If you have eyes, who would tolerate this bird's breath! Burn it with fire to be clean!"
The man hugged Le Yuan, smiled in his ear, and whispered, "You don't remember me, and you don't recognize me. It doesn't matter. You will remember everything, but what I want to tell you is not this."
Leyuan was a little curious, so he grabbed the other person and asked, "Then why did you look for me?"
The man did not answer. Leyuan secretly turned his head and tried to look at the other person's face, but even at this close distance, Leyuan could not see clearly. He only felt that it seemed that there was not a person beside him, but a cloud of mist, a puff of smoke, a color, a pair of eyes, a shadow, an indescribable feeling of trust, but also like a broken mirror.
When Leyuan looked at it, he saw countless mirror fragments, countless eyes, countless blurry and confused selves, and tense emotions materialized into countless swirling colors. Leyuan felt like he needed to vomit, as if at the same time as he saw it, he needed to dig out some redundant, unclear things from his body that should not have appeared.
Leyuan grabbed the man's clothes. He actually managed to grab the man's clothes tightly. In his palm, he felt the texture of the clothes was similar to that of a frosted matcha cup. It was like he was holding a handful of rough stones used for roasting chestnuts in sugar that had just been dug out of a big black pot in his palm. There was still a warm heat on the surface.
It was as if the person in front of me was a real living person, and as if the clothes were not clothes but a layer of strange human skin. It was also as if the color I felt had materialized into a layer of something similar to cloth, which penetrated into my palm, then into my arm, and then into my heart and brain.
Then, those things spread throughout his body, like heavy ink contaminating a bowl of water.
Leyuan shivered and felt very cold, as if he was having a fever and someone suddenly pulled away his quilt and threw him into a yard where rain was pouring down. He knelt on the bluestone slabs, and the broken porcelain bowl fragments were blown by the night wind, making his hair stand on end.
"Who are you?!"
Le Yuan had to ask again. This was a question that his heart compelled him to ask, but his focus was not here. The part that he cared about was that after he asked this question, his tense mood eased a little and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"Who are you?"
Le Yuan repeated this to himself like he was mumbling to himself, trying to ease his emotions once again. However, this action didn't work this time. It was like taking too many painkillers and the effect gradually weakened.
He felt the pain and his body trembled slightly, but because of this, he couldn't let go of the thing in his hand, which might be clothes, human skin, or something of color.
"Answer me!"
Leyuan almost shouted, but he didn't know why, so he chose to keep his voice down, perhaps because he was afraid of being heard or seen. It would be difficult to explain the current situation. How could he say it to make others believe that a stranger suddenly walked out of his room? It's best not to say things that are difficult to say.
That's what Paradise thinks.
He didn't want this person to be seen by other eyes, nor did he want this person to walk away quietly.
"I came to find you, I came to see you, I am..."
Before he could finish his words, the man disappeared.
When he disappeared, he didn't look like a person at all. He was like smoke in a gust of wind, blown away, disappearing bit by bit. Or he was like a ball of color that was rolled down by the mountain wind and scattered all over the ground. It was impossible to pick it up, and it completely melted when touched by water.
There is nothing left.
Leyuan was caught off guard. He wanted to ask more questions, and wanted to hear that person say a few more words. Not two words, but one word would be fine. But now there was not even a word left. Leyuan subconsciously reached forward and grabbed twice, but caught nothing. He only felt his hands were full of air, and the wind blew away the little extra heat in his palms.
I couldn't even catch the last trace of that person.
Leyuan's body shuddered. He took his hand back and clenched it into a fist. He felt a headache. Large beads of sweat passed over the bulging veins on his forehead and slid down little by little, landing on his clothes. His collar was instantly soaked. Leyuan didn't know when he fell to the ground, but he felt that this posture would feel better, so he did it.
However, soon, this posture could not give him any peace. He sat up, but felt dizzy and dark in front of his eyes. The colors were blurred and blended in front of his eyes. He almost vomited, so he could only lie down quickly, rolled on the ground, and with a bang, he hit the leg of the table next to him that was not covered with carpet. Leyuan covered the place where he was hit and curled up into a ball.
"it hurts."
I don't know whose voice it is, mumbling to himself.
Leyuan wanted to cover his ears, but he only had two hands. If he covered his eyes, he couldn't cover his ears, and if he covered his ears, he couldn't cover the wound.
It's hot.
Leyuan hit the carpet sideways with a bang. The carpet was not hard, but the floor underneath was very hard. Leyuan was dizzy and turned sideways, but he inexplicably felt better. The excessive dizziness finally subsided gradually, and Leyuan lay flat on the floor. The next second he immediately felt very cold. He quickly turned sideways and curled up, feeling a little warmer, but it had no other effect.
He closed his eyes and could not see anything. After a long while, he finally felt better. The door creaked open and Sick Ajia walked in. Before he stepped over the threshold, he saw Leyuan lying inside in a changed position and posture, and seemed to be uncomfortable. He paused. Leyuan had a headache and started trembling because of the wind outside. Sick Ajia quickly entered the house and closed the door.
Leyuan knew that someone was coming outside the door. He didn't know who it was, but from the footsteps he felt it was a sick guy, so he didn't want to open his eyes. As long as it wasn't Wu Rizhao coming, Leyuan would definitely not want to get up, even though he clearly remembered that he had to go out for dinner and class after today, and he also had to meet the teacher he had an appointment with yesterday.
Sick Aga rummaged around in the box next to him for a while and found a new small bottle. He opened it and saw a pill inside. He poured a glass of water and walked to Leyuan. Because Leyuan was lying on the carpet, Sick Aga took off his shoes, knelt beside Leyuan, bent over, handed him the water and asked, "Can I have some?"
Leyuan shook his head.
Sick Aga stretched out his hand, placed the cup of water on the table next to Leyuan not far away, and asked Leyuan, "Why don't you take the medicine first?"
Leyuan was very annoyed. He took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and was about to get angry. However, when he saw Bing Ajia's sincere look, he felt that if he really got angry, he would be ignorant of right and wrong, and it would be a bit too much. Being interrupted like this, Leyuan could no longer get angry. He just felt like his heart was like a blocked bottle with the lid unable to be opened. The harder he tried, the tighter the lid became.
He closed his eyes and moved closer to the table, ignoring the sick Aga.
When Sick Ajia saw Leyuan open her eyes, she knew that they could still communicate. She moved a little closer to Leyuan, gently put her hand on one of Leyuan's shoulders, lowered her head, and asked in a gentle voice, "You will get better after taking the medicine."
Leyuan found a reason to get angry this time, almost shouting, but the voice was still not loud: "I won't eat it! You want to hurt me! Do you know what I am like? You are not a doctor, you can't treat illnesses, how can you find medicine for me? Do I have to take the medicine you give me? Who knows where you got the medicine from, and how you selected it? I won't eat it! What do you know?"
His throat was a little hoarse, and he didn't know if it was because he was sick and had an inflammation. He stared with his eyes, but his look was lifeless, as if even though he was talking to the sick Ajia face to face, he didn't see such a person in front of him at all. His expression was angry, and his eyebrows drooped. He didn't look happy that he could be angry. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and ignored the sick Ajia.
病阿加既不生氣森*晚*整*理也不氣餒,對樂園輕聲說:“主人,我雖然不知道看病,但我知道看藥,在昨天晚上,主人睡下之後,我特意請人幫忙外出去主人第二個老師的門外要了一份藥來,老師聽說是主人需要,直接讓人送了一個箱子過來,許多的瓶子,瓶子貼着治療病症對應。
主人不用擔心我找錯東西,必定是可以治療病人的藥,也必定是可以治療主人的藥。
主人且吃了再說話吧!等會兒還得去見大人呢。主人要讓大人久等而不見人再從別人口中得知主人生病的消息而擔心嗎?”
樂園先是惱羞成怒似的喊道:“誰允許你跟我你我的!你先前就沒有喊我主人,你現在喊我這個,你莫不是在羞辱我?”
病阿加耐心解釋:“沒有那回事,主人起來吧。”
樂園更加惱道:“你喊什麽?我才不幹!我憑什麽聽你的?我就是不要起來。我努力了那麽久,現在想睡一下都不行,那我究竟是為了什麽活着的?為了別人?那還是算了!不如現在去死好一點。至少不會萬事不随心。”
病阿加說:“不喊就是了,主人,起來吧。”
樂園惱道:“催催催,你是哪裏的催命判官?讨厭!我不起來。我不去。大不了就是這樣,再把我趕出去,怕什麽?橫豎從前是活着的,現在也是活着的,從前可以去死,現在就怎麽不可以了?我還不相信,今天能睜眼睛,我現在就要去死嗎?”
病阿加說:“那主人吃了藥再休息吧?很快的。”
樂園将信将疑,但還是有點生氣,雖然是摸不着頭腦似的生氣,不過不妨礙他胡言亂語:“我才不相信你,也許你是要害我。”
病阿加說:“沒有,主人要是不相信,可以自己起來看,東西就在旁邊呢。”
樂園才不願意起來,把頭一偏說:“哼,我做什麽相信你?”
病阿加說:“吃了藥,病就會好起來了,主人要是不相信我,只怕不好過吧。就算是相信了我,又不會死掉,也不會更難過,何必這樣折磨自己呢?”
樂園冷笑道:“折磨自己?我呸!我幹什麽都是為了折磨別人罷了。什麽好東西。我才不相信。何況,你說不會更難過?我跟你說話的時候就更難過了,你怎麽賠償我?”
病阿加說:“我沒有其他東西可以給主人的,連我自己都是主人的財産,只有這些藥不是我的,不如我借花獻佛,請主人将這藥吃了吧?”
樂園已經有些動搖了,但是不願意表露出來,好像說出來就是自己丢人,把臉別過去,沒有搭話,心裏還有點氣,已經不多了,只是他自己矛盾,想聽病阿加繼續說話,又嫌棄他話多叫人煩躁,想不聽病阿加繼續說話,又覺得病阿加要是不說了就是生氣了,要走了,更讨厭。
病阿加輕輕推了推樂園,低聲說:“主人,吃了這藥,您再睡不遲,不想出門就算了,我去說,大人和老師都會理解主人的。”
樂園一聽,這都提到另外兩個長輩了,頓時坐起身來,有些頭暈,趴在桌子邊上,惱道:“我呸!我才不!你現在把藥給我,我怎麽不去?我是肯定要去的!不然我之前去那些日子算什麽?好像我區別對待似的。我才不要。你現在把藥給我!”
病阿加問:“主人現在不懷疑我投毒了?”
他說着,将手裏的藥丸遞給樂園,樂園一口吞了,病阿加又從旁邊将水杯遞給樂園,樂園也一口喝了,将杯子還給病阿加,病阿加笑眯眯拿起杯子準備放在遠處,免得不小心打碎了,樂園問:“我什麽時候說你給我投毒了?”
病阿加說:“對,主人沒有說,主人只是說我要害人罷了。害人怎麽能算是投毒呢?若我要害人,必定是因為那人該死,而不是必殺主人。主人如何算,也是沒法出現在我的暗殺名單的。這一點,主人大可以對我放心。”
樂園有氣無力眯着眼睛笑了一聲:“那可不見得。”
相信你?相信別人都是要命的事情。誰要是那麽幹了,大概是要死了,走投無路,不得不相信別人,要是萬事都寄托在別人可以幫忙的想法上,那這輩子是白過了,不如不活。
病阿加将水杯放好了,箱子關好了,看向樂園問:“我扶主人出去?”
樂園覺得很困,大概是制藥的時候,藥丸的成分之中加入了令人困倦的東西,因此現在吃了藥就會睜不開眼睛,他勉強點了點頭,走在路上都是閉着眼睛,病阿加扶着樂園走出門,跨過門檻的時候,樂園擡腿不夠高,鞋子撞上了門口,被自己絆了一下,打了個激靈。
他睜開眼睛,不過兩秒,又恢複了困倦的樣子,走了兩步之後,看起來甚至比之前更加困倦。
病阿加看他這個樣子,也知道這麽走下去不是個辦法,就想了想問樂園:“不如我帶主人過去?
主人要休息只管在路上休息,快到了地方的時候,我會找個最近的掩人耳目的位置,把主人放下來,叫主人坐在路過的凳子上醒過來,也許睡過之後,主人會更清醒一些。”
樂園沒聽清楚,只覺得病阿加在耳邊叽叽咕咕說話聽起來像一只巨大的蚊子,一心只希望他趕快說完,就胡亂點了點頭,算是答應了,病阿加就将樂園抱起來,一步一步走了出去,之所以不把樂園背起來是因為擔心樂園睡着了,完全沒有要攬住別人的意識,會掉在地上。
那就不太好了。
雖然樂園不是柔軟彈彈的半透明彩色果凍,掉在地上不會輕易碎掉,會滾得滿身都是灰塵,看起來髒兮兮的,不能吃了,撿起來洗一洗感覺也不太好,但是,一個大活人突然掉在地上,除非是睡死過去了,不然,突然睜開眼睛還是有可能的。
那就不是做好事,那是故意找麻煩了。
為了不讓主人誤會自己,病阿加權衡利弊之後就選擇了這種行動方式。
反正路上的人并不多,就算是有人,看見也無所謂,把主人的臉擋一下就可以,再說了,病阿加是主人的仆人,為主人做什麽都是應該的,不過是替主人走一段路,讓主人多休息一段時間,也算正常,傳到吳日照大人耳中,也是再沒有什麽問題的事情。
病阿加把樂園送到了餐廳附近的一個休息地方,晃了晃樂園,樂園坐在凳子上,迷迷糊糊睜開眼睛,醒了過來,看見病阿加的臉,點了點頭說:“你好啊,我們是不是應該起床了?要去上課是吧?什麽時候啊?我吃飯了沒有?”
他問到吃飯事情,突然就清醒過來了,睜了一下眼睛,盯着病阿加問:“我是不是沒有洗漱就出門了?”
病阿加搖了搖頭:“這個,主人不需要擔心,因為我已經在出門之前就給主人洗漱過了,主人可能沒有印象了,不過沒有關系,主人要是覺得之前的洗漱沒有作用,在這裏再洗漱一次也是一樣的。我有帶東西。”
樂園眨了眨眼睛說:“好吧。你把東西給我。”
病阿加就從兜裏掏出來一杯水和一個簡陋的植物杆子,那個植物杆子不長不短,比一根手指頭長一點,形狀看起來像一個牙刷,還有一點玫瑰鹽和白色粉末,用小盒子裝的。
□□末是牙粉,玫瑰鹽也是處理牙齒的,為了保持牙齒清潔,如果這兩種東西要混合在一起刷牙也是可以的,也許效果會更好。
病阿加還掏出來一個小小的拳頭大笑的一次性杯子,遞給樂園。
樂園用這些東西刷完了牙齒,病阿加轉身将垃圾收進一個小口袋,丢到不遠處的垃圾桶,又不知道從哪裏掏出來一份新的東西,遞給樂園看,是洗臉的水和小杯子。
樂園勉強用那些水洗完了臉和手,又對着病阿加掏出來的鏡子,對着梳理了一下自己的頭發和衣服領子,再低頭看了一眼腰帶,站起來試了一下鞋子,突然有點驚訝,低下頭去,掀開衣服的下擺看鞋子,發現鞋子确實是出門需要穿的那一雙,不由得看向病阿加。
病阿加笑了笑,露出一種溫和的早知如此的預料似的目光,看着樂園說:“我在出門之前,都給主人準備好了,我想,不管是什麽天氣,出門的時候和不出門的時候,鞋子都是需要有差別的。”
樂園點了點頭:“那好,我們走吧。”
到了餐廳,吳日照已經坐在裏面了,打量樂園進來的時候的儀容儀表,挑了挑眉,笑道:“你這臉上的水漬還沒有幹呢。一路上是沒有吹風還是又遇上雨了?”
樂園眨了眨眼睛,摸了一把臉,沒有感覺到很濕潤,走到吳日照身邊,笑道:“是剛剛洗的。”
吳日照點了點頭:“那你過來坐下,剛好再洗一次。”
他說着,對旁邊的仆人招了招手,仆人就捧着水盆和毛巾還有盤子過來了,樂園随便洗了一下,仆人端着東西出去,吳日照就讓他吃飯。
樂園問:“老師呢?”
吳日照說:“你那個老師,還是想在自己的屋子裏吃飯,所以不過來了,讓廚房把飯菜都給他送過去了,他要是吃完了,你過去正好,他要是沒有吃完,你過去再等一段時間好了。”
他哼了一聲,笑道:“這一點,倒應該算乖覺,他要是過來,我還看不慣他,他這麽不過來,我心裏的氣也漸漸散了,過兩天,也就好起來了,以後走在路上見面,還算平和,也不影響你在中間怎麽樣。”
樂園說:“多謝哥哥,連這種小事都為我考慮。”
吳日照笑了一下:“你既然已經是我的兄弟,怎麽能不為你考慮?”
他頓了頓,神色漸漸若有所思:“其實有一件事,我想,先告訴你,免得你在別人那邊聽見了,以為我另有所圖。”
樂園睜了睜眼睛問:“什麽事?”
吳日照說:“有些人說,我是存心想收你為義子才要你住在這裏,并不是那回事。你聽見了,千萬別誤會。”
樂園笑了一下:“既然哥哥已經告訴我了,我是不會誤會了。”
吳日照點了點頭:“那就吃飯吧。”
吃過早餐之後,吳日照對仆人招了招手,仆人端過來一碗茶,吳日照對樂園說:“這是新得的雪頂寒翠,你嘗一下。”
樂園點了點頭,喝了茶,想着別浪費,感覺一杯都喝完了,吳日照笑道:“果然還是看你順眼一點,有些人是真心讨厭,自己到別人家做客,也不提前說一句,別人給他待客的茶水,他看一眼就嫌棄杯子不好看,又嫌棄東西不夠昂貴,喝了一口茶,還說茶水不好。
誇誇而談大半天,不以浪費為恥,喝了一口茶就要把茶水倒掉,還對負責倒掉茶水的仆人說,最好把杯子砸掉。你可不要學那樣的人,膈應。要是叫我看見了,別說跟我有關系,我覺得丢臉。”
樂園點了點頭:“我知道了。”
吳日照說:“咱們家不講究那些,至于別人家,我們管不着,不去就是了。他們要是挑你的刺,你能忍就忍了,要是忍不下去了,也別跟他們客氣,大不了吵起來,再大不了,打起來,他們要是能殺了你,也不會只是在這些事情折磨你,你別害怕,牽連我也不要緊。
我不是任人揉扁搓圓的面團子。好麽?”
樂園點了點頭:“我記得了。”
吳日照對樂園笑了笑。
樂園就和病阿加離開餐廳,去了第二個老師的住處,敲了敲門,老師出來說:“你們再等一會兒,我這裏還沒有吃完,吃飯不能着急,着急就不好吃了,要是好吃的,更要仔細慢慢來,你們放心,我也不是天天都這麽吃得慢。”
樂園點了點頭。
老師說:“你們進來吧。随便坐,我還要吃一段時間。”
樂園點了點頭。
病阿加和樂園進入了第二個老師的堂屋,坐在開門的廳堂屋內的兩把椅子裏,一左一右,各自并肩,病阿加實在是坐不下來,就站在樂園身邊,樂園本來也想站起來的,但是,眼前一黑,就又坐下來,睜着眼睛,再次看見了數不清的顏色在黑暗的背景之中,旋轉扭曲。
顏色之中藏着眼睛,眼睛都汗津津的,像是從別人的後背上挖出來的。
樂園用力地閉了一下眼睛,重新睜開眼睛的時候,看起來就稍微好一點了,又過了一小會兒,眼前的情況就正常了,樂園在心裏悄悄松了一口氣,第二個老師從飯廳走出來,對樂園說:“我已經吃過了,我們可以去學堂了。”
樂園點了點頭。
走到半路上,本來兩個屋子的距離也并不算遠,但老師突然就在路上摸了一下自己的口袋,對樂園說:“遭了,我的東西忘了帶了,要是平時,那也不算什麽,确實也不是重要的東西,但是,這次是要給你上課的,那個東西我昨天晚上在做,今天早餐之前才做好。
要是丢了可就不好辦了!我很需要那個東西作為上課的素材給你講解問題的。
怎麽辦怎麽辦?要不我回去拿了,你們先去學堂,等會兒我拿了東西就過去?”
樂園搖了搖頭說:“這就不必老師費心了,我去拿吧。老師先去學堂等我。”
老師将信将疑問:“真的可以嗎?”
樂園點頭說:“作為學生為老師分憂是應該的,老師這次又是孤身一人走到這裏來給我上課,我怎麽能不為老師做點事呢?若是大事,我做不到,老師不找我也就算了,這種事情,只是拿東西而已,老師對我說清楚那東西究竟是什麽樣子,我去拿了回來再上課也不遲。
老師也不必着急,若有人問起來,就說是我走得慢了,也不是什麽大事,哥哥知道了,也不會為難老師的。”
老師聽到樂園提起吳日照,愣了一下,笑道:“你倒是十分體貼恭順。”
樂園只是笑了笑問:“那老師要找什麽東西?現在告訴了我,我快去快回,也算不浪費時間。”
老師點了點頭說:“那好,我就告訴你,我要找的東西是一個風幹了的老鼠,老鼠也算是一味藥材嘛。”
樂園不知道醫藥學,不清楚這話是不是真的,但是看老師說起來,神色鄭重,顏色正常,目光清澈,直視自己,想了想,笑道:“那好,我就去。”
他說着轉身就要走,老師連忙喊道:“不急,你身邊不是有一個仆人嗎?叫他去吧。若他睜着眼睛看得見,去了就能找到的,也不是麻煩事情,他是你的仆人,他做了這件事,就等于你做了這件事,你若是在貧寒人家處處要自己動手也就罷了,現在也不是那樣啊。
你有這個仆人,自然應該讓他去活動,怎麽勞動你呢?雖然你不是金枝玉葉那麽尊貴非常,但是,你既然一心想要上學,不如我們一起去學堂,大不了他沒有把東西拿回來之前,就暫時先不講到那邊,我把其他的東西給你念一念,你對這些東西有一點初步印象再說材料。
你覺得怎麽樣?”
樂園怔了一下,緩緩微笑道:“老師說這些話可真是折辱我了,我何德何能連為老師取一個東西都得借自己仆人的手做?兩條腿還沒有廢掉,我看,多走兩步路也不會把我怎麽樣,我在這裏,先多謝老師的關心了,但是,老師之前怎麽不說要他去呢?”
他看起來有點警惕的模樣,像是在擔心老師會讓病阿加離開之後去做危險的事情。
老師看出來了,笑道:“你放心,我雖然收集各種奇奇怪怪的東西當材料準備随時給別人做藥丸子之類的東西提供治療方案和手段,但是我不會在自己的住處安裝各種麻煩的物件讓人受傷的。你只管讓他去,你們之前不是去過嗎?也都看見了,我那裏沒什麽危險的。
你不必這麽擔心,我也不是找不到仆人可以幫忙,何必要你的仆人去只身犯險?”
樂園笑道:“老師提醒我了,既然可以找其他仆人,就找其他仆人去拿東西吧。”
老師臉色一頓,搖了搖頭說:“不行啊,他們笨手笨腳的,也不熟悉我的住處也不熟悉我的習慣,要是他們不知道我的東西有什麽用處還膽小怕事的,走過去,只怕剛剛開門,他們就要把自己吓出事情來,我不想回住處的第一時間先在門口發現一個陌生人昏迷了。
一個大活人要是昏迷了,只有我一個人可不容易擡起來送到屋子裏的床上治療,更何況,躺在地上的人肯定是弄髒了衣服的,要是鞋子不小心蹭到了我的衣服,我的衣服就髒了,要是那個人躺在我的床上,我的床鋪就髒了,雖然洗東西的也可以是別人,但我就是不高興。
這個事情,要麽你去,要麽我去,要麽你的仆人去,你們一起去就算了,人太多,沒有必要,更何況,那個地方畢竟還是我的住處,讓你們随便來來去去也不是很好,你們以為呢?”
樂園皺了皺眉問:“那我究竟為什麽不可以去?”
老師笑道:“我這不是考慮情況嗎?你要是去了,跟我一起去學堂的就是你的仆人,可是,我是你哥哥給你找來的老師,他跟我去當然可以,可是,到了地方,我又不是教導他,他沒法當我的學生,我也沒法當他的老師,這也不可以,那也不可以,叫我怎麽辦呢?
與其咱們一起坐在教室裏面無所事事等你出現,不如一開始就找你過去,這樣,你我都可以節省時間,不是嗎?你也是為了更快更好學習更多東西才想找老師學習各種東西吧?
既然我已經作為你的老師過來了,何必再為了其他的事情拖延我們的教學進度呢?
今天可是第一天,要是第一天都沒法認真上課,恐怕是開了一個不好的頭,你也不喜歡走在路上第一步就倒黴吧?雖然也不是倒黴,但說起來,別人怎麽又會給你深究根底呢?你說是不是?”
樂園在心裏嘆了一口氣,面上笑道:“好吧。既然老師都對我說到了這個份上,我再說不同意未必也有些過分了,我心裏,實話說是想要尊師重道的,老師的意願就是我的意願,老師的意思已經這麽明白了,我再拒絕,實在是不知好歹,畢竟,老師為我考慮了這麽多的。
那這件事就按照老師的意思來辦吧。”
他面上随便笑了一下,垂下眼去,心裏暗想,這可不好,第一個問題就被打回來了,之後還不知道要有多少個回答是不對的。
要學的東西是很多,要改的東西,只怕也是很多。
怪不得許多人都說這位老師脾氣古怪,如今看來,确實是十分古怪的,不止是第一次見面的那種胡攪蠻纏來試探別人是否真心的古怪,還有這第二次見面就丢三落四還固執己見的古怪,若是不退讓,也不算什麽,老師大概不會生氣,但是,作為學生和老師對着幹總不太好。
而且,這件事,老師也是理性思考,算不得意氣用事或者故意為難,若要一定說自己不同意,那才是真的不好。
事情雖然落下來了,但心裏莫名有些不高興,就像是走在路上,一陣風吹過來,突然把風沙眯了眼睛還沒法弄出來的感覺。
沒法說是一個疙瘩,因為若是為了這種小事就起疙瘩實在不值得也顯得自己小肚雞腸,但若說這麽一件事情之後,心裏什麽想法都沒有,那就不是樂園了,或許高低要算個以聖人為目标的好學生。
樂園是知道自己不大可能做得到那種地步的。
他就想,大事化小,小事化了。
因為《紅樓夢》裏面,司琪鬧廚房之後,茉莉粉替去薔薇硝,後引來玫瑰露那一段劇情之中,快結尾的時候,平兒出面處理廚房的鬧事,對衆人說,大事化小,小事化了,方為興旺之家。
樂園私心裏是很希望,這住處能長長久久,若能像桃花源一般,那就更好了。
可惜,這地方究竟如何,也不由得他。
他倒不是想要掌權,只不過,覺得越是好,越是和他不沾邊,早晚要散了的。
那就說不清楚了。
學堂。
老師和樂園各自找了各自的位置,老師對樂園說:“這裏應該有我之前要求準備的書,你先找到一本出來看看。若有看不懂的,只管問我,若我也不知道的,你就查新華字典。你明白我的意思嗎?”
樂園點了點頭:“我知道了。”
所以,這節課的流程就是,進門,看書,問問題,自己理解。
如果病阿加能及時回來,這節課還得增加一個環節,就是對着藥材講解用處。
樂園随手從書架上抽出來一本書,書脊的大字寫着《黃帝內經》。
老師坐在上面,見樂園已經抽出一本書來了,有些好奇,就走過來看,看見是這本書,笑道:“看來你也知道,什麽樣的書是我這樣的老師要對你講的?你看,你看。”
他說着,走遠了,又回去坐下。
樂園就慢慢翻看起來,漸漸覺得有點困倦了,幾乎要睡着了,老師敲了敲桌子,提醒他清醒一點,他就猛地一顫,睜開眼睛,但很快又變成了剛才那樣困倦的樣子,老師有些奇怪,就起身道:“你昨天晚上沒有休息嗎?”
樂園已經不記得昨天晚上發生過什麽了,只感覺自己好像在晚上睡覺之前洗過澡,但也不是很确定這個事情是已經發生的,就猶豫着回答:“我休息了的。”
老師說:“就你回答問題這态度就不像是休息過的,就算是你真的休息了,也肯定沒有休息好。你怎麽回事啊?”
樂園搖了搖頭:“不知道。”
老師笑道:“我還以為你只會說好和我知道了我記住之類的話呢。原來你也會說其他的簡單回答。那好,你還記得什麽?”
樂園搖了搖頭:“不記得什麽了。”
老師漸漸察覺出來有點不對勁了,就皺着眉頭疑惑地問:“那你晚上睡覺做夢了嗎?”
樂園搖了搖頭:“不記得了。”
他想起來今天早上的事情,覺得很像是自己做夢沒有清醒過來但又覺得那些事情并不像是一場夢,就猶豫着回答:“應該沒有做夢的。”
但他說完這話就覺得好像是做過夢的,因為他實在是非常非常不能确定這件事的結果,想自己已經回答過一次了,就沒有再說話,不然顯得出爾反爾的,不太好,要麽像是态度不好故意找老師的麻煩給自己找補出氣,要麽就是對老師的意思不滿意來挑刺,再不然是自己不好。
橫豎都是不好,懶得多說那一句話。
樂園低着頭,看着書,有些沉默。
正當他準備繼續這麽沉默下去,直到盡快把眼前的這本書看完,老師又問:“那你還記得什麽?”
樂園搖了搖頭:“不知道。您指的是哪一方面?”
老師問:“那你昨天生病吃了藥沒有?”
樂園不知道話題怎麽突然就轉移到這個方向來了,但是,頓了頓,還是努力跟上進度回答:“吃過藥了。”
他還是不确定回答,但是,回答之後想了想,覺得是這樣,就看向老師問:“有什麽問題嗎?”
老師說:“如果你是吃了藥過來的,這就說得通了,我的那些藥都是會讓人困倦的。你知道為什麽嗎?”
樂園想了想說:“因為病人需要休息,吃了藥休息,更能讓藥效發揮效果好一點,要是病人吃了藥胡亂出門,可能造成病症加重,為了讓病人好好休息養好身體,藥的成分之中就必須要加入一點可以鎮定安眠的東西,這樣治病的效果也會更好。
因為就算藥吃了之後沒法治療好病人,但是病人吃了藥,睡足了覺,被人叫醒過來,看起來也會比無法入眠的時候,更好一點,至少,從感受說,病人不會呈現出非常痛苦的狀态,因此,這種藥給病人之後,病人家屬看見也會覺得稍微安心一些,至于是否真的有效另算。”
樂園頓了頓,看向老師問:“是這樣嗎?”
老師不說是也不說不是,只是笑了笑:“既然你心裏有自己的想法,這是好事,我不便打破你的想象,免得你受到打擊之後心情變壞無法認真學習,你要是有心學習,早晚就能知道這些事情,我現在問你,不過是想給之後的學習計劃鋪墊一下,我好準備資料。
了解你的想法,也算是了解你的學習進度,對我們的教學有好處,大家省點時間更是好事。
你知道也好,不知道也好,知道是觸類旁通細心謹慎,不知道是白紙一張方便塗抹更好教學,各有益處,我現在既然已經選擇了你當學生,你只管學習,其他的事情,我會安排,你要是想私下自己學習,也可以,這些書都在這裏,你只管看了,若有不懂再來問我。
如果你不問我,也可以,我會在上課的時候,随時抽背,在下課之前,給你布置作業,在有時間的時候,讓你回答問題和完成試卷,這些都是教學計劃的基礎,現在我說給你聽,你覺得沒問題吧?要是沒問題,我們就按照這個方向繼續下去,要是不可以,我再想辦法改。”
樂園說:“很好,就這麽辦吧。”
老師笑道:“你這個人說話,一時孩童心性,一時老氣橫秋,真是有意思,若你再這樣說話,出門了去,別人聽見,或許還以為我不是在和學生說話,而是在和一位談生意的老板吩咐情況聽別人的命令呢。”
樂園不知道這是有意見委婉提出來還是不怎麽好聽的誇獎,只笑了笑,當自己什麽都沒有聽出來,就只拿這些話的字面意思來理解回答:“多謝老師點評。”
老師揮了揮手:“我怎麽配點評你?你們這些豪門貴公子都是了不得的,一日的銀錢如流水一般,我可不敢比較,若連比較都不敢,怎麽會随意點評你呢?最多說是我一時狂妄說了你兩句誇大的好話罷了。你不計較也就罷了,你若計較起來,我還不敢說話了呢。”
樂園只是笑了笑,沒有再接茬,他擔心再說下去,又要鬧出事情來。
說起來也奇怪,樂園看書也有一段時間了,只是沒有看見病阿加從門外出現,也沒有把東西帶回來,這件事,不想也算了,想起來就覺得擔心,樂園坐立不安起來,頻頻望向門口,沒有看見人,越發擔心了,老師見他往門外看,還以為他是想下課出去玩,心想,還是小孩。
“你要是想出去,就出去吧。一節課也應該有時間限制,若是無休無止地繼續下去,你就是撐得住,我也是撐不住的,反而會影響我們的效率,不如你現在出去玩一會兒,等會兒,時間差不多了,你再進來,慢慢坐下看書,若能念出來也不錯,都随你的意思,怎麽樣?”
老師問。
樂園蹙了一下眉說:“老師沒看見我的仆人來吧?”
老師怔了一下,點了點頭說:“是啊。”
這件事在老師這邊也是,不提也就算了,差不多快忘了,要是提起來就覺得有點奇怪了。
“從這裏到我的住處也不算是遠,怎麽他到現在還沒有過來?”
老師喃喃道。
他說着,走到門口去看,沒有在門口看見走過來的病阿加。
他也覺得事情奇怪起來了,樂園皺了皺眉,本來心中暗想,以為是老師想從仆人的方向打壓一下新學生免得之後不好相處被越過頭去,但是,現在看老師的樣子,不像是故意讓仆人單獨去自己的房間拿沒見過的東西的反應,樂園心中猶豫了一下,問老師:“不如我去找他?”
樂園擔心老師不會同意,就又說:“我很快就會回來的,這裏和老師的住處并不遠,走兩步路就到了,等我到了,敲一敲門,他若在裏面,肯定會開門應我一聲,他要是不在裏面,我肯定也沒法在裏面找到他,既然找不到他,我也不會進去,在外面另尋人幫忙找一下罷了。”
樂園低聲說:“不會需要很多時間的,我盡量在下一節課開始之前回來,可以嗎?老師。”
老師想了想,同意了,對樂園笑道森*晚*整*理:“你只管去,就算是今天耽誤了,還有明天,明天用完了,還有後天,橫豎我在這裏,樂得逍遙自在,你還有另外的老師,若你要學的時候,我一時間不在附近,你可以去找他,你們再互相溫習學習過的知識,也不算是浪費時間。
我有什麽可不樂意的?你去吧。別為了趕時間在路上把自己摔一跤,那才叫不好呢。”
樂園點了點頭,十分感激,對老師行了禮就跑出去,臨走之前對老師說:“我盡量早點回來,不會耽誤老師太多時間的。
若實在是今天不能繼續上課了,我會找人過來通知老師一下,再回自己的住處去,要是能繼續,我肯定回來,老師若要回自己住處,也給我寫一張字條放在學堂桌上,若是不能寫字條也不是回去住處,在路上見了其他仆人,拉住他們說一句話,叫他們見了我,轉告我就是了。
無論如何,我肯定是會在晚餐之前去餐廳見我哥哥吃一頓晚飯再回自己的住處的,不至于找不到。”
老師點了點頭:“你去吧。我都知道了。”
樂園一溜煙跑出去很遠,很快在拐角處不見了。
老師就坐下來,自己找了一本書,随便翻看起來,想下次見面上課的時候需要用什麽樣的材料和什麽樣的教學文本比較好,口中漸漸喃喃自語起來。
樂園已經出去有一段距離了,在路上都沒有看見靠近學堂的病阿加,心裏有些疑惑,越發着急起來,心想已經走出學堂了,索性再走出去一段路,若是能在路上見到人當然最好,要是沒法在路上見到人也許可以在路上見到其他人問一問,或許是有急事被人拉出去用了。
只要病阿加記得在走出去之前随便拉一個人給他留個口信也就放心了。
可是,一路上沒有看見其他人,別說其他仆人,就是連一根掉下來的頭發都沒有看見,好像這裏的地面剛剛被人打掃過,打掃也正常,這麽大的地方,不可能沒有專門的人進行打掃,衛生是非常重要的一件事,只是這種時候發現衛生非常好,莫名讓人有點崩潰。
說得輕一點,也是加速崩潰的一個原因。
因為環境越是幹淨,越是代表清潔的時間越近,清潔的力度越大,有人路過的痕跡就越是不好找,很有可能早就被清理掉的東西就是樂園要找的。
雖然他也不知道自己想在附近找到什麽,但是,他就是覺得這裏應該有什麽,讓他看見就能知道病阿加在哪裏,然而,找了半天,什麽也沒有找到。
樂園更加着急了,額頭上密密麻麻布滿了一層細小的汗珠,看起來熱乎乎的,衣服都漸漸濕了,這次不是因為下雨,而是因為着急發熱而出汗導致的。
樂園在路上走了半天,找找停停,沒有找到病阿加的痕跡,就走到了老師的住處門口,擡頭一看,門口是老師的住處門口的時候,樂園整個人都愣了一下,感覺心裏像是突然被潑了一盆水,覺得冷了一點,他試探着伸出手去,敲了敲門,沒有人在裏面回應。
樂園猶豫着又推開了外面的這扇門,進入院子裏,院子裏空蕩蕩的,沒有人,樂園慢慢邁開步子走到了第二扇門門口,這扇門要是打開,就進入了老師的屋子裏了,樂園再次敲了敲門,還是沒有人回答。
樂園等了一小會兒,沒有等下去,推開了門,裏面空蕩蕩,還是沒有人,和院子裏的情況一模一樣。
樂園皺了皺眉,紅着眼睛在屋子裏找了一圈,沒有找到病阿加,也沒有找到病阿加落在這裏的東西,只找到了老師囑咐要找去上課用的素材,幹巴巴,黑漆漆,硬邦邦,脆生生,還有一點屬于藥材的莫名濃郁的特殊氣味,像是屍體幹燥之後裹上了一層不正規的薯片生粉。
樂園搖了搖頭,連忙讓自己趕快打斷幻想,走出去繼續找人。
他順手帶走了,那個老師要的上課素材,心想,現在帶出去,回到教室,把東西放下,老師要是願意在這個時候上課,那就上課之後再找人,要是老師不願意在這時候上課,那就把東西暫時放在學堂裏面,等老師有空了願意了,再去上課,在學堂直接把東西拿出來也是一樣。
反正,病阿加那麽一個大活人,年紀也不算是十歲以下的小孩了,怎麽想都不可能随便走丢,也就是這麽個地方,稍微大了一點,一時間迷路沒法找回來也有可能,被人叫出去做事了也有可能,也許他心裏想,很快就回來了,所以,走在路上也沒想起來要讓人傳個口信。
這些都很正常。
樂園想了想,皺着眉頭回到了學堂,将東西放下,對老師說了自己的想法:“老師今天要是想上課,我就上課之後再去找人,老師今天要是不想上課,我就現在去找人,東西已經拿過來了,老師看怎麽辦?”
老師看了樂園一眼,笑道:“就算是現在讓你上課,你也沒有那個心情吧?”
樂園沉默不語。
老師卻揮了揮手說:“算了,既然我是來給你上課的,第一天就不上課也不太好,你去那邊坐下,我給你講兩句,也算是上過一堂課了,你再出去找人,也不遲,再說了,一時半會不出現,也許是忙其他的事情去了,也不需要特別着急,你一個人出去也起不了什麽大作用。
不如在這裏努力學習,也許可以化着急為動力更加認真,學習好了,要找人也好方便一些。
你現在或許不知道我說這些話的意思,但是沒有關系,等以後你學了些東西了,該知道的,你就會知道了。”
樂園點了點頭。
老師笑道:“那好,今天的課正式開始了,你盡量不要走神,我會随時叫你回答問題的。”
樂園點了點頭。
“你剛才看了《黃帝內經》,我就來考你一下,你知道,這本書分為幾個部分?”
“兩個部分。”
“分別是叫什麽?”
“《靈樞》和《素問》。”
“這本書在時間上和內容上有什麽特殊之處?”
“最早的醫學典籍,傳統醫學經典四大書之一。”
“基本素材來源于什麽?奠定了什麽?被稱為什麽?別說我不待見你,這些可都是首頁的內容,要是你看一本書,連第一頁都沒有看見,那就是白看了,我可是很希望你能全都回答出來的。否則,這些問題,你都弄不明白,要是以後随便問你一點歷史知識,你豈不是全完了?”
老師十分平靜且真有兩分期待地看着樂園說。
樂園努力壓抑自己的情緒和想要沖出去找人的沖動,努力說服自己外面沒人,一個人出去也找不到,深吸一口氣,面無表情回憶着回答:“基本素材來源于長期觀察、解刨和大量的臨床試驗。奠定了生理、病理、診斷和治療的認知基礎。被稱為醫之始祖。”
老師點了點頭,露出兩分高興的顏色,對樂園和顏悅色說:“我一開始聽見是一個有錢人家要請老師,還以為是不學無術的纨绔子弟,被家裏人按在桌子旁邊,不得不聽從長輩的命令而讀書。
I never thought that I would meet someone like you. It is my blessing to meet you. As a teacher, it is a happy thing to meet a student with insight and memory. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we both have time. How about this, since you can remember these basic knowledge after just one look, I will test you on more things. Are you willing?"
Leyuan nodded: "Please, teacher."