Li Xia was silent, and Xia Zhi also accompanied her to be silent.

It was the first time Xia Zhi had seen Li Xia like this, and she guessed that something serious must have happened. Xia Zhi didn't ask questions, she waited for Li Xia to tell her.

After sitting quietly for a while, Li Xia looked at Xia Zhi and said: "Sixteen, if we are separated for a while, I mean a long time......"

"How long are you going to go out?" asked Xia Zhi.

"For a long time. Li Xia replied.

"How long is it?"

"One year, no, maybe two years, three years......" is not even more than three years. Li Xia looked at Xia Zhi, "Sixteen, if we are separated for a few years......"

"Where are you going?" Oh, where is your father going to arrange for you to go?" Xia Zhi asked quickly.

"My eldest brother wrote to me that he had found a famous teacher in the capital and asked me to go to the capital to study for a few years. Li Xia told Xia Zhi.

"You didn't study well in the academy, why did you suddenly want to go to the capital to study?" The famous teachers in the capital may not be as good as those taught by Li Shanchang and Lao Hanlin. And going all the way to the capital to study is not necessarily better than staying in Beizhen Mansion.

Xia Zhi was keenly aware that Li Shanchang and Mrs. Tian arranged such an arrangement only to separate themselves from Li Xia. It's not that she is self-inflicted, on the one hand, because Mrs. Tian has clearly targeted her, and on the other hand, ......

Such an important matter is definitely not something that can be decided by a letter. But there was no rumor before, which can only show that Li Shanchang and Mrs. Tian are hiding this matter.

If you don't have to hide something that you don't need to hide, you can't help but say that they are guarding against someone or something.

"Let you go to the capital to study, it's your father's meaning. Xia Zhi lowered his head and thought about it, so he asked Li Xia.

Li Xia nodded.

"Do you have to go?" asked Xia Zhi.

Li Xia looked at Xia Zhi and was speechless for a long time.

Xia Zhi looked at Li Xia's expectant eyes, and his heart moved slightly. What did Li Xia want her to say?

"I think you're going to go. Xia Zhi said to Li Xia. Li Shanchang and Mrs. Tian should have been planning this matter for a long time, and Brother Li Xia's letter explained that everything was arranged.

The fact that Li Shanchang and Mrs. Tian were willing to let Li Xia go to the capital showed that they had made up their minds.

The current Li Xia is actually unable to resist his parents' decision.

“…… It should be your ~ mother's idea. Xia Zhi said slowly, "The capital is a place where the world's talents gather. Even if you can't find a better gentleman than the academy there, it will only be good for you to make more famous friends......

"But that's not what I'm thinking. Li Xia interrupted Xia Zhi's words.

"Li Xia, it doesn't matter what you think. The important thing is that you have to go. Xia Zhi said calmly, "Don't tell me there's room for maneuver, you know if there is." ”

Li Xia smiled. He looked at the summer solstice for a while, and then he asked the summer solstice: "Sixteen, the capital and Beizhen Mansion are separated from thousands of mountains and rivers. I've been there for a few years. Sixteen, I'm not with you, and when we meet again, you may forget me, right?"

"If you don't write...... Possibly. Xia Zhi said lightly.

"Sixteen, do you want me to write a letter?" Li Xia asked Xia Zhi.

"Do you still need to ask?" Xia Zhi asked Li Xia rhetorically.

"I'll write. Li Xia lowered his eyes to hide the strong affection in his eyes, and after a while, he raised his eyes again to look at the summer solstice. "Sixteen, are you willing to let me go to the capital to study?"

Li Xia asked a few questions one after another that shouldn't have been asked, and it seemed that his mind was a little confused.

Xia Zhi understood why Li Xia was like this.

"Li Xia, it's not a question of whether I'm willing or not. "The problem is that Li Xia has to go to the capital according to Mrs. Tian's arrangement, and he has no other choice.

Did you make a big fuss with Mrs. Tian?

Mrs. Tian's decision was obviously supported by Li Shanchang. And going to the capital to study is indeed good for Li Xia's future.

Even if Li Xia makes trouble, the result will only be a lose-lose situation.

Just as Li Xia has been supporting her, Xia Zhi didn't want Li Xia to break her wings because of anyone, anything, especially because of her.

"When are you going to leave?" Xia Zhi asked Li Xia.

Li Xia saw that Xia Zhi had accepted the fact that he was leaving so happily, and his mood was a little complicated.

However, this is the summer solstice.

"My mother's meaning is to let me go at the end of the month. Li Xia told Xia Zhi.

"It's too rushed. Oh, you~ mother must have everything ready for you. However, I was thinking just now that your father and mother might leave you after the August Festival. ”

"Then I'll go back and discuss it with my mother. In fact, my mother is not very willing to give up on me. ”

"After the August Festival, I still walk. Xia Zhi smiled.

……

Li Xia had a lot of things to say to Xia Zhi, but because of his hesitation and Xia Zhi's faint refusal, he didn't say what he wanted to say to Xia Zhi when he left in the end.

In this way, Li Xia, who returned to the Li Mansion, seemed to be preoccupied and depressed.

Mrs. Tian knew that Li Xia had gone to Ninghua Hall, so she paid special attention to Li Xia's every move. Li Xia's frustration was in her eyes, on the one hand, she felt sorry for her son, but on the other hand, she was secretly happy.

It seems that there will be no obstacles for Li Xia to go to the capital.

Mrs. Tian talked to Li Shanchang about this. They all guessed that Xia Zhi should not have retained Li Xia.

"Count her as governor. Mrs. Tian said.

Li Shanchang sighed softly: "Sixteen is not an ordinary girl. ”

If it's an ordinary girl, it's okay to get away, it's because the summer solstice is so unusual, so she can't bear to send her son to the capital.

Although she thought so, Mrs. Tian thought of Xia Zhi's performance in this matter, and secretly couldn't help but nod.

Ninghuatang

After Li Xia left, Xia Zhi rarely lost sleep.

She knew what Li Xia meant, but she couldn't stop Li Xia. The children crying and crying, pestering and making a fuss are not something she can do.

Li Xia's departure has become a foregone conclusion, so what she can do is accept it calmly.

After being separated for a few years, since it was not harmful to Li Xia, then she had no reason to stop her.

Li Xia is very enthusiastic about her now, but Li Xia is also a teenager after all. After a few years of separation, if Li Xia's heart for her changed, then Li Xia would not be the person she wanted. If Li Xia's mind still hasn't changed by then......

Li Xia set a date for departure. Xia Zhi sent Xin'er back to Daxingzhuang, and Xia Qiao at least came to send Li Xia.

Xia Zhi is still busy with his own business, but he is taking time ~ to prepare things for Li Xia to bring. She smiled at the euphemistic and cautious temptations and comforts of Mrs. Jiugu, Tian Kuo, and even Aunt Xia and others in front of her, and didn't take it to heart.

Daxingzhuang received a letter from Xia Zhi, and Old Man Xia really sent Xia Qiao.

"I haven't heard of it before, let's go to the capital if we go to the capital, and how many years will it be?" Xia Qiao asked Xia Zhi when he arrived at Ninghuatang.

"His father's arrangement, it is estimated that there is a famous Confucian teacher in the capital, and people don't wait for Li Xia. "The summer solstice said.

"That's right. Xia Qiao immediately agreed with the statement of the summer solstice.

Xia Zhi took Xia Qiao, Little Black Fish and Little Shuer to Li Mansion to see Li Xia.

Mrs. Tian invited them to the upper room to talk together.

In front of Mrs. Tian, Xia Zhi had nothing to hide.

Knowing that Li Xia was going to the capital, Old Man Xia and Old Lady Xia asked Xia Qiao to bring Li Xia a lot of things.

"These are a few sets of clothes, shoes and socks that my grandmother took out with my third aunt and Sister Lanzi. I didn't make a big coat outside, I'm afraid that the material and style of our clothes don't fit the style of the capital. ”

Xia Zhi handed over several neatly folded sets of clothes, shoes and socks. Mrs. Tian asked the little girl to catch up with Li Xia in front of her. She asked the little girl to bring the things to her and look at them carefully.

"Good fine and neat stitches. It's bothering your family. Mrs. Tian said politely to Xia Zhi and Xia Qiao.

"We don't have anything of value in our family, but it's just a heart. Xia Zhi smiled, and then sent a few pieces of skin, a box of mountain ginseng, and lipstick and flower dew packed in a brocade box.

The skin and ginseng were collected by her one after another.

"I heard that the capital is warmer than ours, but it is also cold in winter. Let's have a good skin, bring a few more pieces, and do whatever you want when the time comes, and it's not bad to give them away. This mountain ginseng is also rare, and it is reserved for emergencies. ”

As for the thing that dotted the lips, it was for Li Xia to give it away.

When Li Xia arrived in the capital, he wanted to live in his eldest brother's house, and he had to have a good relationship with his sister-in-law.

Of course, Xia Solstice will not say this.

Mrs. Tian sat on it, and when she saw that the things sent by Xia Zhi were so attentive, her heart was also touched. For Xia Zhi to come to see Li Xia like this today, she was even more unlucky.

Mrs. Tian thought that Xia Zhi was going to send something, and she would also make an appointment with Li Xia in private, and these instructions would also be told to Li Xia in private.

Xia Zhi did this, and once again Mrs. Tian had to look at her with admiration.

Mrs. Tian doesn't like Xia Zhi, not because of Xia Zhi herself. If it weren't for Li Xia's love of the summer solstice so much, Mrs. Tian felt that she might also appreciate the summer solstice as much as Mrs. Jiugu.

Now she doesn't like the summer solstice, but she will never underestimate the summer solstice.

Mrs. Tian was very polite to Xia Zhi, and said a few words of thanks for Li Xia.

"You children don't have any longevity, it's rare for you to be so careful. Li Xia left, and when he came back, it is estimated that you will all have your own families and your children will make a trip. When Mrs. Tian said this, a pair of eyes stared at the summer solstice.

The summer solstice looks unchanged.

Li Xia immediately retorted: "Mother, when you come back, you will get married, children or something, there is nothing to do." I told my father that my family affairs must be done by myself. I agreed to go to the capital to study, and you can't go back on family affairs. ”

The so-called agreement on family matters, that is, Li Shanchang and Mrs. Tian cannot give him a marriage without his consent.

“…… It's still child's talk. Mrs. Tian smiled.

"Not really. "Li Xia is very serious.

Mrs. Tian's smile was slightly stiff.

Xia Zhi knew that Mrs. Tian was saying this to her, so she just laughed.

After a conversation in the upper room, Mrs. Tian stayed at the Li Mansion for dinner on the summer solstice. Xia Zhi excused himself slightly, and then nodded in response.

Mrs. Tian asked people to prepare a first-class table, and Li Xia accompanied Xia Qiao, Xiao Shu'er and Xiao Heiyu'er to one table, and Xia Zhi to another table.

“…… Go to Xifu and invite the Seventh Girl to come,......" Mrs. Tian paused in the middle of her words, "Forget it, you don't need to invite the Seventh Girl, just let her use it with me." ”

In the end, Mrs. Tian stayed in Xia Zhi and ate in her own house. During the banquet, Mrs. Tian had to say some expectations for Li Xia's future, including her plan to marry the Tian family.

Summer solstice keeps smiling.

These things are not for her to express her opinions.

The day of Li Xia's departure has arrived.

The summer solstice gave both the little black fish and the little tree leave. The brigade of people who saw off the pedestrians sent Li Xia to Shili Pavilion outside the city and returned. Xia Zhi and Tian Kuo continued to send Li Xia a while forward.

"Go back Sixteen, it's been too sunny. Li Xia said.

"Hmm. Xia Zhi nodded, but did not go back.

Li Xia was waiting, he felt that Xia Zhi should have something to say to him.

Xia Zhi really has something to say to Li Xia.

"Li Xia, you study hard. I...... Probably going to see you. ”

This sentence was a big surprise to Li Xia.

"Sixteen, what did you say?"

"Maybe, just maybe. Xia Zhi smiled, "Li Xia, you asked me that day, if I haven't seen each other for a few years, will I forget you." Actually, I also want to ask you this sentence. ”

"Of course I won't forget. The summer heat dissipated, and Li Xia only felt the fragrance of birds and flowers all over the mountains.

"You don't count what you're saying now. Xia Zhi smiled again, "If you haven't forgotten me, I will go to see you." ”

"Sixteen, are you serious?"

"Once the word is spoken, the horse is difficult to chase. ”

"Okay, then we'll make a decision. Li Xia immediately answered. Happiness came so suddenly, Li Xia was a little dizzy, "Sixteen, when I asked you that day, why didn't you ......?"

Because she hadn't thought about it at that time.

If Li Xia had been by her side, she would have had more time to think about it slowly. But Li Xia was leaving.

Li Xia was afraid that she would lose her because of this.

Xia Zhi thought about it, she wanted Li Xia, and she couldn't lose him because of this.

Although the body is only thirteen years old, the soul inside is mature. Xia Zhi doesn't know much about love, but she knows what she wants, and at the same time she attaches more importance to responsibility and commitment.

The barrier of thousands of mountains and rivers, for other women in this era, it may be that they can't see each other, but fortunately, it's not the summer solstice.

Mrs. Tian sent Li Xia to the capital, she could stop Li Xia from coming back, but she couldn't stop Xia from going to the capital.

As long as Xia Solstice wants to, she can go.

Xia Zhi only told Li Xia two words: "Surprise." ”

……

But to separate is to separate.

Li Xia left Beizhen Mansion, and half a year later, Xia Zhi did not receive a word from him.

In this regard, Xia Zhi just smiled.

Life goes on.

……

With the joy of the local atmosphere, the sound of firecrackers sounded, and the people who came out and went in and the half-grown children who kept running made the originally spacious courtyard seem crowded, but it also added to the joy.

Xia Zhi wore a bright red jacket and skirt and was surrounded by people in front of the hall.

Time flies and doesn't stand still for anyone.