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The border crossing was very difficult and long. A line of buses lined up along the border. They crossed the Chinese border, as always, very quickly, problems arose during the passage of the Russian border. However, some buses did not stand in line. Buses of high-status travel agencies, without any ceremony, drove past the queue and drove up to the thorn that separates the Chinese border from the Russian one.
It was hot, hard, and still very hungry. Lilith wished she had taken the time to buy some food for the journey. However, it was not worth complaining about what did not happen.
Lilith looked at her watch - it was 14 o'clock. The head of a foreign tourist group, which was traveling on a bus with our unfortunate tourists, announced that tourists can already translate the hands on the clock to Russian time. Lilith did just that. It was now 4pm on the clock.
The day passed to the second middle, and the bus with tourists was still standing on a small stretch between the Chinese border and the Russian one. The crossing of the Russian border began only at 19:00.
At 20 pm, the bus, picking up speed more and more, dusted along the roads of his native Primorsky Territory. The journey to Vladivostok was supposed to be four hours. The next stopping point for a bite to eat was supposed to be in two hours. This stop was called the village of Barabash. At this point of rest there was a shop and a cafe, but it was still necessary to go and go to this place.
Lilit switched on the phone, thank God that after the settlement of Kraskino the phone was already working properly, and it was possible to call home freely. After reporting that the border crossing was over and she was on her way home, Lilith leaned back in her seat with relief.Рукопись полностью по этой ссылке http://proza.ru/2022/03/22/197
Everything, now you could think about what you dreamed about at night. As soon as Lilith relaxed, the memory flashed brightly before her eyes. The woman closed her eyes. So it was easier to go, so it was easier to think and remember. Actually, to remember, Lilith, it was only necessary to remember one thing - names. She was strangely disturbed by two names: Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.
It seemed to Lali that she had already seen these two names somewhere. The feeling of something heavy, terrible, something connected with these names, did not let go of Lilith. But the more she strained to remember, the harder it was for her to focus on the memories. At some point, Lilith felt that she was falling asleep.
The bus bounced over bumps, the sun burned through the window glass, and Lola drifted off to sleep. Before finally falling asleep, she remembered that she had seen the names of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in a dream while riding the train to Beidaihe. However, now the details of this episode stubbornly refused to return. However, after a few minutes this circumstance ceased to excite Lilith completely. Lilith was sleeping.
This time, as soon as Lali fell into a deeper sleep, she saw the girl in whose body she had been in a dream all last night. However, this time Lolita watched the dream again from the sidelines. She was in the same house and in the same room, only this time she looked younger. Zhu Yingtai in this dream was a teenager, almost a girl. Father and mother also looked younger.
Zhu Yingtai argued with her parents and asked them to let her go to study. From this dispute, Lilith learned that in those days when a girl lived, the lot of a woman was only housework. Only young men studied, girls did not need teaching. However, Zhu Yingtai was an inquisitive and inquisitive girl. The picture was also complemented by the fact that the girl whom Lola saw in a dream had eight brothers. Zhu Yingtai wanted to be as smart as her brothers.
When the girl grew up, she demanded that her parents send her to the same school where her brothers studied. At first, the parents were shocked by what their beloved daughter offered them. They tried to explain to her that only boys study at this school, there are no schools for girls. Zhu Yingtai was a beloved daughter, moreover, she was a spoiled daughter, but this does not mean that the girl was stupid.
Zhu Yingtai was a smart girl, and she came up with a plan. She told her parents that she would change into a young man. The parents were horrified again. And again, the daughter had to persuade her parents. Four of the girl's brothers had already graduated from school, two were already almost graduates, and two more had to study at school for at least three years. When the parents began to frighten their daughter that she would be completely alone at school, among boys and young men, many of whom were completely uneducated, and there would be no one to protect the girl, Zhu Yingtai replied that the brothers who study at this school would protect her. The parents did not give up immediately. There were many more arguments, tears, insults before the parents gave their final consent.
The girl chose suitable clothes from the wardrobe of her brothers, and every day she learned to walk the way boys walk. Finally, the parents gathered their sons, who were now at home, and the girl had to pass a kind of exam. However, the first time she did not succeed.
The brothers said that even in men's clothes, it can be seen from a mile away that the clothes are worn by a woman. A month has passed. The girl has shown several timesshe gave the brothers their achievements, but the brothers were inexorable - Zhu Yingtai, even in men's clothes, looked like a girl. The girl could have suspected the brothers of conspiring with her father if she did not know that her father remains crystal honest in any situation.
One day she rode away from home. Zhu Yingtai was annoyed with herself and the whole world. Having galloped to the forest, the girl saw a hobbled horse. The horse was peacefully nibbling grass, the owner of the horse was sleeping. The young man, or rather, almost a boy, slept right on the ground, not far from his horse. Hearing that someone had arrived, he woke up. Zhu Yingtai felt shy. However, then the girl remembered that she was now in men's clothes and therefore she was afraid of nothing.
Fortunately, the young man did not suspect anything. He smiled uncertainly and said that he had been on the road for two days. After talking, the girl learned that the young man's name was Liang Shanbo, and he was going to study at the same school where her brothers study. The boy and girl talked until the evening. It turns out they have a lot in common. They read the same books, liked the same food, they even shared a favorite color - red.
When it began to get dark, Zhu Yingtai came to her senses, if she did not return home soon, they would start looking for her. It was also time for Liang Shanbo to leave. However, young people suddenly felt such an attraction to each other that it was hard for them to part. Zhu Yingtai told Liang Shanbo that in a week she would also go to the same school the young man was going to now. Liang Shanbo was delighted, he was worried that he would be lonely at school, and was glad that now such a friendly boy would study with him. Having agreed on a meeting, the guys parted.
Now Zhu Yingtai knew who she needed to imitate so that the brothers would believe that she could imitate a boy. The object of imitation had just been before her eyes.
Besides, the girl now had a goal, even two goals. She wanted to study, and she really, really wanted to meet the beautiful boy again. This time, the brothers were forced to agree, gritting their hearts - the sister passed the exam. Mother and father were forced to let go of their daughter.
However, when she set off on the road, four servants rode out with her. Arriving at the place, the girl sent the servants home. She knew that her father would be angry, but she was afraid that the servants would let slip that she was not a young man, but a girl, and therefore ordered to find her a servant right in the town where the school was. The old servant, pleased to be brought back to the estate, quickly found Zhu Yingtai a suitable servant.
After the girl rested, she sent a new servant with her papers to the school. The servant soon returned and brought a note, the headmaster - it was a woman, graciously allowed Zhu Yingtai to join the rest of the students. When the girl sent a servant with documents, she indicated in a cover note that her four brothers were already studying at the school where she wanted to study.
The principal of the school ordered that the new student should share a room with one of the brothers. The brothers were not at all happy that their sister would now study with them. They were embarrassed that the sister now walks around in men's clothes. However, this was the decision of the father, and the brothers would never argue with the father.
The girl was lucky, she ended up in the class where Liang Shanbo studied. The young man was in seventh heaven when he found out that the friendly young man he met in the forest would indeed be in the same class as him.
The first month was the hardest. At home, the girl had her own room, and she studied one-on-one with teachers. And here she had to be in a class where there were a lot of boys. However, she soon got used to it, and did not see anything special in the fact that she was studying in a class where there was not a single girl but her.
The bathing days were the hardest. If not for her brothers, she would soon have to return home. However, thanks to the brothers, everything went smoothly. The brothers guarded their sister while she was washing, and only then did they start washing themselves.
The friendship between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai grew stronger by leaps and bounds. Liang Shanbo was glad that he had such a good and faithful friend, and Zhu Yingtai fell in love with Liang Shanbo with all her heart. One day, Liang Shanbo suggested that he and his new friend become sworn brothers. The young man had no brothers and sisters, and he envied Zhu Yingtai, who had many brothers. The girl enthusiastically accepted the offer of her beloved friend. They vowed to be always together, never to betray each other and not to be separated.
Time has passed, so imperceptibly three years have passed. The training of the girl's brothers came to an end. When the brothers left, the girl thought that now everything would change for her, but everything was the same as before. She was inseparable from her friend, confided all her thoughts to him, studied and was happy.
A month had passed since the brothers left, and suddenly Zhu Yingtai was summoned by the principal of the school. She informed the student that a letter had come from the estate. The father demanded that Zhu Yingtai return home. Young people experienced the upcoming separation very hard. The girl could not find the words to telltell a friend who she really is. It was even more difficult for her to confess her feelings for the young man.
Liang Shanbo was an impressionable and nervous young man. Any negative event could unsettle him. Sometimes the young man was sick for a long time, and the girl devotedly looked after him.
Now the girl was afraid to upset her friend completely. The young man was already depressed all the last days. He worried that he was left alone in a cold, indifferent world.
He could not return home without completing his studies. At home, a sick mother was waiting for him, who sold everything she could so that the young man could learn. Once the family of the young man belonged to the most noble families, however, when the father of the young man died, the well-being of the family was shaken. And now all the hope of the mother was only on the son.
The girl did not dare to tell her friend the truth. As she left, she revealed the truth to the principal of the school. The woman was surprised, but showed no anger. The girl gave the woman her hairpin with a precious jade in the shape of a heart. She asked the principal of the school, when the young man graduated and was about to return home, to give the young man the hairpin and tell him the truth about Zhu Yingtai.
When the girl returned home, she asked her father why he brought her home, because her education had not been completed. The father replied that after the brothers returned home, it was unsuitable for her to remain alone among men. The girl did not argue with her father, she was grateful to him and for what he had done for her. If the girl had not gone to this school, she would not have been able to live side by side for so many years with her beloved friend.
Time passed, the girl counted the months and days until her friend's training was completed. According to her calculations, there were two weeks left before Liang Shanbo's graduation, when the girl's father announced that now Zhu Yingtai is an adult and she needs to prepare for marriage.
The girl was in shock, she did not know how to explain to her father that she has a friend whom she loves, whom she dreams of, whom she wants to marry. But, for a while, talk of marriage stopped, and then everything happened at the same time.
On that day, the whole house was on the ears, a letter was sent to the estate early in the morning. An old friend of his father was in seventh heaven with happiness - his son returned from distant countries, where he studied for a long time, and in the evening the girl's trusted maid brought a note. Liang Shanbo had already arrived and was waiting for the girl at the place where they first met. Not feeling her legs, the girl ran to the stables.
The road to the forest seemed to her long, like a winter storm, although in fact she rode no more than five minutes. Liang Shanbo was indeed waiting for the girl in a designated place.
At first, the young people were embarrassed, a whole year had already passed since the day of separation, and the girl was now in a woman's dress, but then the embarrassment passed, and they began to chat as before. The young man told the girl all the news about the school, but this was not enough for her, she wanted to know how he lived without her. The young man said that his mother had died and now he was lonely as never before.
It was already late in the evening when the girl heard screams and realized that they were looking for her. The young man said that he was staying at a local hotel. After that, they parted, agreeing that they would meet tomorrow.
Father and mother did not scold their daughter for a long absence, they were embarrassed and delighted. The son of an old friend, Mo, who returned from distant countries, wanted to marry Zhu Yingtai, and matchmakers were soon to come to the house. The parents, who knew nothing about their daughter's love for a school friend, were surprised by their daughter's reaction. Instead of rejoicing with her parents, she burst into tears and ran to her room. After conferring, the parents decided that this was a normal reaction for a modest girl.
However, the girl darted around the room like a tiger in a cage. She knew that tomorrow she would not be able to escape into the forest. Since the girl was now considered a bride, her freedom would now be limited. However, Mr. Mo has not yet proposed to the girl, and if Liang Shanbo manages to propose first, then all will not be lost.
Without giving an account of what she was doing, the girl wrote a note and called the maid. Soon the maid returned. She said she gave the note to the young man. The young man first burst into tears, and then asked the maid to wait. After that, he wrote a reply note and ordered the maid to run faster than the wind and give this note to the mistress. The girl was not afraid that the maid would read the note. In this house, she was the only woman who could read and write, even her mother did not know the art of reading.
Having unfolded the note, the girl found out that her friend was ready to meet her right now, at night, at the same place. Soon the lovers were together. The moon was shining, the cicadas were singing so loudly that they drowned out all sounds. The girl threw herself into the arms of her beloved and burst into tears. They had little time, and they made a plan. Half an hour later, the girl was already at home. The next day, Liang Shanbo, as agreed with Zhu Yingtai, asked for an audience with the girl's father.
The conversation was short. First, the father came out of the front hall darker than a cloud, and then Liang Shanbo, pale as death, ran out from there. Everything wasoh it's over. Father refused Liang Shanbo. After that, the girl was locked in a room with a key. She couldn't even look out the window, the windows were boarded up crosswise from the outside. Nothing was explained to the girl, only they announced that her father had accepted Mr. Mo's proposal, and from next week the girl would have to prepare for the idea that she would soon have a wedding.
However, the girl was still a beloved daughter and soon they stopped being angry with her. House arrest was lifted. After the girl was allowed to leave the room, she waited one day. Falling asleep, she dreamed that in the morning she would run away from home.
However, the morning brought terrible news. A trusted maid reported that the owner of the hotel where the girl's beloved lived had sent a note. The note said that his lodger had died.
The next few days passed in a blur for the girl. She did not attend the funeral ceremony. All concerns about the burial were taken over by distant relatives of her beloved. Liang Shanbo was buried in the local cemetery.
The girl's father was crushed, but still hoped that the marriage with Mr. Mo's son would dull the pain of his beloved daughter. Mr. Mo's son was a learned man, respected his future bride, and was glad that his wife would be a woman close to him in spirit.
Before agreeing to the wedding, the girl demanded to be taken to the place where her beloved was buried. The father reluctantly agreed.
Zhu Yingtai told the servants to leave her for an hour. Lilith looked at the girl and cried, the suffering of a girl in love was also the suffering of Lilith. Then Lily shifted her gaze to the tombstone under which her beloved Zhu Yingtai was buried.
And then Lilith, as if something pricked in her heart, the memories were ready to float to the surface of memory, when they suddenly disappeared somewhere again. Something was missing. It seemed to the woman that she had already seen this place, but in her knowledge, next to the young man's gravestone, there was something else. Finally, Lita gave up trying to boost her memory. At that moment, the servants returned for the inconsolable girl.
And the woman woke up because the bus jerked and stopped. The driver announced that the bus stop would be ten minutes.
Lilith was sick.
Maybe it was the result of not eating anything in the past few hours, or maybe she felt so bad because the dream she had had ended so tragically.
But most likely it was that Lita was just tired. After all, she had been on the road for more than two days. After a vivid dream, Lilith all around seemed gray and unreal. It was hard to stand in line for pies, Lolita left the cafe and went into a nearby store. She bought the first muffin she found and a bag of juice. Back on the bus, she put her groceries in her bag.