Although it is said that it is a famous song and dance workshop in the south of the Yangtze River, it is built in the remote and deserted corner of Dingjiang Chengzhu City, the appearance looks like just an ordinary private house in general, the pavilion inside and outside the pavilion, the grass and trees are sparse, the staggered fall, it is also the appearance of the private flower garden, at a glance it is not possible to see the place where the flowers are looking for flowers and willows, there is a small building dedicated to watching the song and dance, half of it is built on the Huaijiang River, a small building is planted with lotus flowers, the guests can enjoy the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River on rainy days, and you can see the lake on a sunny day.

Gu Xuezhou was led by Xiao Lian and entered the small building, the girls were practicing singing and dancing, wearing a tulle skirt like a fairy on the Dunhuang mural, with a graceful posture, and the jade feet with bell anklets stepped on the drum, and the skirt bloomed like a flower when the child was swirling, which made him feast his eyes.

When the girls saw Gu Xuezhou coming, they immediately cheered and hugged each other, "Gu Dongjia" and "Brother Gu" screamed sweetly, their eyes staring at the heavy suitcase in Gu Xuezhou's hand.

Gu Xuezhou smiled and put the box down, "This is the rouge gouache for you this month." ”

In the blink of an eye, it was divided up by the girls.

Gu Xuezhou pretended to be natural and asked Xiao Lian: "Is Mrs. Yu here?" I have something I want to discuss with Mrs. ”

Xiao Lian was almost stunned, smiled, and said, "Yes, there seems to be a guest before, I'll go see if it's still there." ”

Gu Xuezhou thanked him: "There is a little lady." ”

While waiting downstairs, the little girls had the courage to talk to Gu Xuezhou, and asked him about rouge gouache, how to take care of his skin, and how to make himself more beautiful. Gu Xuezhou treated them as little sisters, smiling, and patiently answering them one by one. These are still children, the youngest is only eleven or twelve, and the eldest is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and Brother Mu'er...... Thinking of this, Gu Xuezhou was stunned, Brother Mu was only sixteen years old.

At this time, Xiao Lian went downstairs, "Madame said you can go up." ”

Gu Xuezhou just wanted to ask Mrs. Yu about Brother Mu'er, to put it mildly, Mrs. Yu is the best at dealing with men...... He wanted to know how to get rid of Mu Yan's pursuit without hurting the relationship between the two people. Master Gu asked twice, he was already desperate, Master Gu didn't know that he was talking about Brother Mu, he just thought it was a girl younger than him, and he encouraged him to pursue it! If that was the case, Gu Xuezhou wouldn't be so bothered...... He sometimes thinks that if Brother Mu is a girl, maybe he will marry someone...... Alas...... How can you think so?

Now that the refugees have settled down, Gu Xuezhou doesn't have to go anymore, he has to go home...... Mu Yan's sixteen-year-old hair binding ceremony is about to be held at the end of the month, and the closer he gets, the more panicked he somehow becomes, and he really wants to find someone to talk to.

Mrs. Yu lit a new piece of incense, as soon as Gu Xuezhou entered the house, the rich fragrance came to his face, his sense of smell was sensitive, and he was smoked for a while and frowned, "The incense is too heavy, right?"

Mrs. Yu smiled and explained: "I got into a little weasel before, and it has a very bad temper, and it always comes, and it doesn't leave, so I'll light an incense to drive it away." ”

Gu Xuezhou was surprised, and said worriedly: "Weasel, how can a weasel get in? Will it bite? How dangerous! You have to be careful, this incense is useless, I'll teach you, you can use ......"

Madame Yu beckoned to him and asked him to sit down, "It's going to bite, but I'm not worried, you might have to be on guard." ”

"Is it so rampant?, then I'll take precautions when I go back," Gu Xuezhou said hesitantly, "No matter how bad it is, I can let Brother Mu fight the weasel." ”

Mrs. Yu almost squirted out a sip of tea, she felt that Gu Xiaodong's family was really amused, and asked with a smile: "Don't talk about the weasel." The little proprietor came to me on purpose, I'm afraid there is something else, right?"

Gu Xuezhou nodded shyly: "I don't know if my wife has heard about me, that is, it is my wife's business, because of this, and for some other reasons, I am twenty-six years old, and I still haven't married, and I ...... I don't know how to deal with that. ”

Madame Yu raised her eyebrows thoughtfully, hooked the corners of her lips, and seemed to be holding back a smile, "Come, let's talk." ”

Gu Xuezhou beautified and processed the matter of Brother Mu'er pursuing him for two years, and just thinking about it, his face turned a little red, "There is a ...... There was a girl who liked me so much that I didn't know how to refuse him. ”

"Little boss, you don't have to be so shy, you are very likable, many of the little girls in our Wei Rui Pavilion like you, don't you still circle around you downstairs? Lady Jade teased.

Gu Xuezhou hurriedly denied, "Don't dare, how can I afford it?" I, I just want to ask what to do, so that I can not only reject his affection, but also not make him sad, and then we can get along with each other calmly. ”

Madam Jade was stunned for a moment, "You are so greedy." ”

Gu Xuezhou felt like he had been slapped in the face, his face was red with shame, "Yes, I'm sorry." ”

"What is there to say sorry for? What is the specific situation, what kind of girl is the other person, why did you refuse her?"

"He's a nice, nice guy...... I can't go into detail about the reasons that will affect his reputation, but we can't do it anyway. ”

"How unlikely is it?"

“…… It's going to be doomed. ”

Gu Xuezhou said, his heart was also heavy, and he looked at Mrs. Yu sincerely: "How should I say good to him?"

Lady Jade asked, "Why did you think of asking me?"

Gu Xuezhou was very embarrassed, he was afraid that he would be regarded as rude if he said it directly, so he didn't know how to speak for a while.

Madame Yu took the initiative to say understandingly: "It's because I think I should be very good at dealing with benefactors, right? But Gu Xiaodong, I want to ask, do you know if the person who likes you is sincere? Even if I will, I will only deal with those who are hypocritical. ”

Gu Xuezhou was stunned, he couldn't speak.

Mrs. Yu also seemed to be reminded of the conversation, and her tone brought out a bit of melancholy: "You said so much, and you didn't say whether you like people or not?"

Gu Xuezhou replied blankly and fearfully: "I...... I do not know. ”

Madame Yu asked him, "Let me say so, are you happy to be liked by that person?"

Gu Xuezhou almost jumped up like a cat that had been stepped on by his tail, his face flushed, and he stammered: "How, how is it possible? That is so shameless! I am not happy at all, I am very afraid...... I get worried when I think about it...... I can't sleep well at night......" he thought, adding, "I panicked as soon as I ran into him, panicked, and tried to find a place to hide." How can I be happy when I'm like this? I'm not happy at all. ”

Lady Jade: "......"

She stared at Gu Xuezhou speechlessly, seeing that Gu Xuezhou was very embarrassed, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing...... "Lady Jade lazily held her cheeks and said in a deep voice, "yes...... In that case, I'll tell you a story. Once upon a time, I had a little sister who was young and stupid enough to give me a good deal to a benefactor, and they were in love...... It's just that as you said before, if they were together, they would be doomed to each other, so my little sister rejected him, and the two broke off and never saw each other again. ”

Gu Xuezhou seemed to be choked in his throat, "What about later?"

"Later? It's already over, but there's no later. ”

"I'm asking how they're both doing. ”

"What can we do if we all live well? It's not like you can't live without anyone in this world. ”

Gu Xuezhou was inexplicably sad.

Mrs. Yu continued: "There is another thing, I don't know if you have heard of it, the protagonist is the mother of the famous Lou Shilang, and she married three times, I don't know if you have heard of it?"

Gu Xuezhou shook his head, "No." ”

Mrs. Yu told him, "Lord Lou is the child born to his mother and her first husband, she is a concubine of the Hou Gate, although the family has a title, it sounds glamorous, in fact, there is no one for several generations, and it has been cut down from generation to generation, and it has become the last third-class, and the father and brother can't afford to support the court, and later married into the first-class Hou Jingchuan Hou Lou's family, and gave their naturally mentally handicapped little son as a daughter-in-law. This is her marriage.

A few years later, she was accused of disobeying her parents and was abandoned to her parents' home, do you know what this means to a woman? But her mother's family didn't like her and drove her to the nunnery. But not long after, another giant from Liaodong took a fancy to her beauty, and didn't mind that she married someone once and had a child, and wanted to marry her to fill the house...... So there was her second marriage. ”

Gu Xuezhou asked, "What about the three marriages?"

Mrs. Yu said: "If you want to say that it is her third marriage, before she married for the third time, she took the initiative to propose reconciliation with her husband. Her second husband ...... is very famous in the fireworks land, used to sleeping in the willows, wrapped a lot of powder, and is a vulgar businessman, gave birth to a bunch of concubines, there is no rule in the family, and the concubine also dares to call the main room, the earliest businessman also loves her, but after a long time, I feel that she is serious and old-fashioned and does not have a concubine to empathize, even if she is beautiful, it is useless. She was miserable, she could have sued him for killing his wife with a favored concubine, but her mother's family still wanted her husband's filial piety, and she wouldn't call her bad things anyway. When she was thirty years old, she met Cui Zhuoning, who was passing by on a study tour......"

"I vaguely feel like I've heard this name......"

"You must have heard of it, it is the cousin of Cui Shanchang, the head of Bailu Academy! Cui Zuning is seven years younger than her, the second son of the Cui family in Qinghe, and has been known as a prodigy since he was a child. found a vacancy and pointed out that Lord Lou's mother and her husband were reconciled. At that time, except for the princess, almost no woman dared to divorce her husband. In this world, women are always harsh, but her husband loves to look for flowers and willows, and he offers her delicious food and drink, so why should he leave her? Everyone scolds her...... Cui Zhuoning turned his head and told Sù's family to marry this woman who had been divorced twice. ”

Gu Xuezhou gasped, "What about later?"

Later, when Mr. Cui was removed from the clan, he set up his own door and ...... with his wife and her son, who went into seclusion in the countryside together. Because of his outstanding knowledge and fame, he was also invited to give lectures in Guozijian, but he only lectured, but refused to be an official. Mrs. Yu said with emotion, "Later, her son, who is now Lord Lou, is now only thirty years old, and his official position has been tired to the rank of a third-grade squire, and he has asked for her an order. She has also been with Mr. Cui for 17 years, and their husband and wife are deeply in love, and Mr. Cui has never had two colors in his life. And when she handed over and divorced to the government, everyone thought she was crazy. When Cui Zuning said that he wanted to marry her, everyone thought he was crazy. ”

"Gu Xiaodong, what do you think?"

"You think it's going to be doomed, but it's not necessarily an abyss ahead. Madame Yu said with emotion, "...... But this hope is too small and too small, if you don't have the courage and refuse, you can still live well. But in this case, don't think about being friends or something, it's all cut in two, even friends can't be done, if you make up your mind to refuse, you have to be prepared not to see each other again. Little owner, I can't tell you how to choose, this is your own day, you have to choose by yourself, I only said this, and the rest can only be considered by yourself. ”

Gu Xuezhou was even more confused, he seemed to understand, but he still didn't seem to understand, he was very worried when he came, and even more worried when he left.

Madame Yu stood by the window and looked downstairs Gu Xuezhou walked away dejectedly, and said softly: