The summer rain is always sudden and short, with the dark clouds coming violently, and with the clouds going down in a mess, when the clouds and thunder roll, the sky and the earth change color, like the emperor of heaven to anger, the heavenly soldiers to destroy the city, but after going to the cloudy sky like washing, the wind is clear, if it is not for the moss on the ground is slippery, the water on the eaves and bamboo joints is like beads rolling down, almost not a heavy rain has been seen.

Cui Mingde stepped down the stairs with clogs, stopped at the last level, bent down, brushed aside the low wood, and examined the orchids at the bottom of the stairs.

This clump of Xia Lan only bloomed a few days ago, and now it was beaten by the rain, the petals have gone to seven stops in the ten stops, and the remaining petals are also hanging listlessly, with the slender leaves creeping on the ground, but as soon as Cui Mingde straightens the stems and leaves and shakes off the rain, this Xia Lan will shake up again, the flowers and leaves return to the □□, and the flowers are as fresh as when they first bloomed.

Cui Mingde looked at this cluster of orchids, the corners of his mouth pulled slightly, revealing some imperceptible smiles, but she was very cautious, even when she smiled, she looked like she didn't smile, but Xiunu grew up with her since she was a child, knew her temperament, and was very happy to see her, so she asked on the side: "The rain has stopped, tell them to clean up the flowers and plants in the yard." ”

Cui Mingde nodded lightly, walked around the yard on the clogs, saw that the flowers and trees were only slightly damaged, and there was no major problem, and listened to the sound of the wind blowing after the rain. Then he stopped suddenly, and was about to say "no", thinking that it had only rained, he raised his eyes to see Xiunu, who walked to the courtyard gate and looked out, and tiptoed back: "With an umbrella, my whole body is wet." ”

Cui Mingde frowned and said, "Please come in." Fang saw that the little palace people led Dugu Shao in - it was already very hot, but she was still wearing iron armor, covered with a light-colored silk coat, tied with a red cloak that had been soaked by the rain, pressed the knife with one hand, and held an umbrella with the other, handed the umbrella to the palace people when she came in, stepped on the porch in the mud, and removed the cloak. Leather boots, both leather boots are filled with muddy water, the original white Luo socks in the boots have long been dyed yellow-brown, Dugu Shao saw his socks, showed a little apology, hurriedly went to take them off, halfway to the solution, and hesitated, Cui Mingde knew her concerns, reflexively entered, and when he came out, he took a pair of his own socks in his hand and threw them beside Dugu Shao: "Come in and change clothes." ”

Dugu Shao was overjoyed, and hurriedly changed his socks, put on Cui Mingde's, and said with a smile on his face: "I didn't mean to bother you, but I was really soaked, and I didn't bring a change of clothes, and I looked disrespectful in front of the emperor when I was wet, and there were no acquaintances in Shangyang Palace, except for you..."

Cui Mingde sighed and said, "Jin Wu is not a class on duty, why don't you put a few clothes there?" ordered someone to take the clothes and throw them in front of Dugu Shao, although this guy has not seen him for a long time, but he still untied the silk clothes in front of her and removed the iron armor, Cui Mingde was frightened by her, frowned and said: "Go inside to change!"

Dugu Shao seemed to have just remembered, hugged his clothes, walked to the room in three or two steps, and quickly took off her clothes, she also wore a layer of coarse cloth hakama under the leather folds, Cui Mingde unconsciously took a step closer, took a closer look, and frowned tighter: "Your day is up?"

Dugu Shao looked down and said with a smile: "It's the fifth day, it doesn't matter." Two or three times to take off her clothes, there are a few scars on her upper and lower body, Cui Mingde saw a slight dazzling, unconsciously took a step closer, pointed to a new scar on her arm, just about to ask, in the end, he held back, turned his head, bent down to pick up the wet clothes one by one, and said after a while:" It's really not, you can be like us, ask the queen mother to give a corridor in the palace, rest here when you are on duty, put some change of clothes in it, and also have one or two palace people to serve, although you are under the Jin Wuwei, after all, the queen mother is riding herself, and she is a woman, living in the palace, not in the way. ”

Dugu Shao said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that half of the Mulan riders are women, and all of them live like this, and I am the only one who is so squeamish, so what do they think when they see it? If they are all asked to live in the palace, what do those Jinwu think? Since it is a march, it is naturally engaged in military law, and there must be no difference." ”

Cui Mingde stared at her, this little lady originally had snow-white skin, but now it is completely tanned, in the past, she always loved to run outside, tanned, and raised at home a little, and then went back, especially Dugu Shao, but since October last year, Dugu Shao has never been white, and the scars on his body have gradually increased, no longer the small traces left by the chase and fight as a child, but the scars of the military man who are really □□ by the real knife, her body is also thick, and her hands and feet are full of calluses, not calluses from playing the piano, writing, and hunting, but a gun and a stick. The cocoons that come and go in the wind and the rain.

Cui Mingde knows that Dugu Shao is very happy now, what she thought about when she was a child was to lead soldiers to fight, to run around in the army with her father when she was young, and when she couldn't lift the pen, she had touched the knife first, and she couldn't do anything else when she was studying, only the book of war and the strategy, and she couldn't stop when she heard it- Cui Mingde didn't know how he got close to her, at first they were just two of the dozen female disciples taught by the same female gentleman, and later, it seems that because Cui Mingde became the best of those female students at a young age, and Dugu Shao was the most stubborn among them, and they happened to be bloodless cousins, so Dugu Shao's father was entrusted to Cui Mingde's grandfather, and the two families were still close at that time, so of course, Cui Mingde began to take care of Dugu Shao.

The gentle and obedient Cui girl learned to play wild ball outside, fight with Hu people in the streets and alleys, and talk nonsense in front of her grandfather and father to trick them into agreeing to play outside, while the smug Dugu Shao learned to play a good hand, and she can write a good handwriting, and she can always play some surprisingly winning careful eyes when she doesn't think about it. And the relationship between them is getting more and more... Wonderful.

Cui Mingde remembered the only time she was drunk, and that time she was almost about to tell Dugu Shao what was on her mind, but when she saw Dugu Shao's stupid and smiling face, she couldn't say a word of those willful words.

Cui Mingde has always felt that he is extremely lucky, his father is the eldest son of the long house, the first child gave birth to a daughter, and he has not yet disliked, and the second child is a daughter, so he is discouraged, even his mother is a little cold to her, it is her grandfather who took her away, raised her under her knees, and grew up to three or four years old, found that she was smart and clever, and became more and more pampered, and personally taught her to read and write, and took her to discuss matters at the age of five or six. Strange, my grandfather would bow his head, listen to her seriously, and explain the benefits and disadvantages to her one by one.

This world is extremely eccentric, and people have a lot of requirements for women, housework, female popularity, fame, virtuous... The best have everything, but they have very little to ask of women, and have never taught women the principles of how to behave and behave except grandfathers.

My grandfather said that both men and women in the family must read and reason, so as to not miss the name of Cui's family. The grandfather did not just talk, he did hire famous teachers for the ladies of the clan, bought books, made them recite the house rules, and even chose the best girls of the grandchildren to raise by his side to teach them personally.

"The country is impermanent, and the warrior has perseverance. This is what my grandfather often taught them, and my father always asked her to learn something that a girl should learn, but her grandfather taught her to be a scholar and a gentleman, and to be poor is to be good to herself, and to be good is to help the world, even if she is a woman.

"The way of university is in Mingmingde. This is also what her grandfather taught her, and her great name Mingde comes from this sentence.

Grandfather also taught her a lot of things, many other girls will never have the opportunity to learn, she can become the later famous Cui Mingde in the capital, Cui's most favored daughter, and do everything to play on horseback and ball, not an ordinary, Cui's second little lady, all because of her grandfather. She was the hope and pride of her grandfather, and her grandfather was her role model and pride.

However, Cui Mingde often feels that he is unlucky, because if she were a boy, she would definitely be able to make a difference in this vast world, as her grandfather hoped. It's a pity that she is a girl, and her grandfather always carefully and patiently explains to her the glory of the Cui family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, and then often sighs and tells her that even if she gets married, don't forget the word "Cui".

Cui Mingde was actually relieved when she knew that she didn't have to marry at all, so that at least she could stay in the Cui family for a long time and keep the surname "Cui" and her grandfather's hope for the rest of her life.

I don't know what Dugu Shao's father expects from her, but with my grandfather's mood, I guess about... It's the same.

Cui Mingde looked at Dugu Shao and changed his clothes, and saw that the face that was comparable to Zetianlou actually showed some girlish look of expectation, and heard her pretend not to care about it, and asked cheekily - "Anyway, you have a big place here, so it's better to put my clothes here, and come to you to change clothes and take a nap in your spare time, okay?—— you are in the palace, the news is delayed, I borrow your place, I can pass on a message for you by the way, and I won't let you suffer." , pulled the corners of his mouth slightly, smiled bitterly, hung his head, and said softly: "A few days ago, your father ordered Amin to come to me and ask me to persuade you to get married. I asked my eldest brother to find a few children with the four surnames, and gave the names to Amin, and at the end of the month, your father should have a decision. ”

Obviously, the rain has stopped, but the outside seems to be more stuffy than before, and suddenly there was a sound in the air, I don't know if it was thunder, but seeing Dugu Shao's face as white as a piece of paper, he pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, and finally let go, let out a sigh, word by word, and said firmly: "I won't marry." ”

She has really grown up - it's funny, although she is the daughter of Jiangmen, she used to be most afraid of thunder, every summer thunderstorm, she always has to get into Cui Mingde's arms and make a fuss, and wait for the thunder to stop before she is willing to go out, but now, she dares to brave the rain in the thunder and lightning. Such Dugu Shao looks a little strange, some... It's uncertain. 166 Reading Network