In late December, Qingzhou City ushered in another heavy snowfall. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The snow fell for two whole days before it stopped, and the official road outside the city was already frozen, not only could not people walk, but also the carriage could not drive, and some people even overturned.

Both the city and county offices sent servants to remove the snow outside the city, but the snow was thick and the north wind was blowing tightly.

Zhong Jingren was originally scheduled to stay in the Qin Mansion for only three days, but now the road was blocked due to freezing snow, so he had to live in peace.

When Qin Su saw him, it was already the third day after the snow stopped.

After the heavy snowfall, the wind is like a knife, it is really the season when the water drips into ice, the water under the stone bridge outside the east fence freezes into a thick piece of ice, standing on the bridge and looking at it, the swimming fish at the bottom of the water can hardly be distinguished.

The old ladies of both houses stopped the province of each room, and when Mrs. Tai summoned everyone to meet Zhong Jingren in Dehui Hall, it was also the warmest afternoon of the day.

Qin Su took Jinxiu's hand and carefully stepped across the stone bridge, trying to step on every step where the soot was sprinkled.

Even if it is a clog that is stepping on the snow, the soles of the feet have been slippery many times along the way, but fortunately, it is necessary to support the cane to serve the decay, and now this wooden cane has helped.

When the two of them finally arrived at Donghuaju, the tip of Qin Su's nose was already frozen red, and Jinxiu couldn't stop holding his hands, and his slender fingers were rubbed bright red, as if they were dyed with rouge.

"It's been a really cold winter this year. Qin Yanzhen came earlier, and was standing under the corridor waiting at this time, when she saw Qin Su coming, she took the rare initiative to say a greeting, and while speaking, she slowly dusted off the residual snow on her shoulders and bent her eyebrows to Qin Su.

This action was done by her, and somehow, it had a special elegance, which gave people an illusion, only to feel that these remnants of snow were wiped by her, and they flew into this world.

"What is the sixth sister thinking?" Seeing that Qin Su didn't speak, Qin Yanzhen asked again.

Qin Su put down his thoughts, shook his head and said, "It's okay, I just think that the fourth sister is right." After that, she hugged the warm bag in her arms tightly, and said: "This year is indeed cold, and the wind is even stronger at night, and I don't even dare to open the window crack now." ”

Qin Yanzhen seemed to be a little interested in talking today, but she talked more than in the past, so she said a few words to Qin Su about the weather, and at this time, she saw a small figure walking at the gate of the courtyard, wrapped round like a snowball, but it was Qin Yanrou.

"Four sisters, six sisters. Seeing the two sisters from a distance, Qin Yanrou couldn't help but speed up her pace, but she couldn't prevent her feet from slipping, and she fell to the ground with a bang.

Everyone exclaimed, and the maid behind her hurried to help her. Helplessly, the little girl was wrapped too thickly, and her two little hands and two little feet danced in the air, even if someone pulled it, she didn't get up for half a day.

This situation really made people laugh, Qin Su was the first to can't help it, and he didn't dare to laugh out loud, so he hurriedly shook his mouth tightly. Qin Yanzhen glared at her, and called the maid beside her to curl her ears to help, and the corners of her lips couldn't help but bend.

The child's bones are soft, and he wears a lot, Qin Yanrou didn't suffer any injuries in this fall, but she was very ashamed, her little face was red, and she was easily helped up, so she pouted and twisted her body, and was no longer willing to move forward.

It just so happened that at this time, Qin Yanwan led Qin Yanpu in, saw this, hurriedly stepped forward to pick her up, patted her on the back and coaxed her for a while, and then ordered the maid to pick her up, and then brought the little girl who was blushing with a blushing face over.

When Qin Su and Qin Yanzhen saw her like this, they couldn't stop laughing more and more, and they could only endure it desperately. Qin Yanrou became even more shy this time, buried her head in the maid's arms, only revealing two round buns, and refused to look up no matter how she screamed.

The sisters surrounded the little girl, coaxing her softly and gently, and Qin Yanzhen also counted a few words from Qin Su, saying that she shouldn't be disrespectful to her elders and laugh at her little sister.

These people gathered together, and they left the only male doll Qin Yanpu alone.

He didn't say much, blinked with a pair of big dark eyes, tilted his head to look at the sisters, and shook his head with a fat white face, looking disapproving.

After a while, the Lin family also cleaned up, and Qin Yanrou was finally coaxed, still held by the maid, and everyone went to Dongxuan Pavilion together.

Mrs. Wu has been unwell in recent days, and everyone went to the corridor, but they didn't even get into the door, so they were stopped by Jiang Fei.

Jiang Yu had two points of worry on her face, and her long curved eyebrows gathered in the center of her eyebrows, and her face showed a little sadness.

She came out of the room, apologized to everyone first, and then whispered to the Lin family, explaining Mrs. Wu's condition, and then passed on the meaning of Mrs. Wu, saying that she was not in good spirits, so she would not go to Dehui Hall, and asked them to go on their own.

Everyone greeted each other through the door under the corridor, and then resigned, and when they arrived at Dehui Hall, they happened to meet the people in the West Courtyard.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to remove the snow, Qin Su glanced at it, but saw that beside the old lady Gao and the Zhong family, there was a woman with a charming face and a pale face, but it was the concubine of the West Courtyard, the Cai family.

As soon as he saw her, Qin Su couldn't help but widen his eyes.

On such an occasion today, as Cai's identity, he cannot attend at all.

None of the four concubines in the Qin Mansion were born in the scholar clan, and they were all daughters of Hanwei. Because of this, their use is only to continue the heirs, and they don't see anyone at all, but only stay in their own yard. The only time they go out of the courtyard every year is in the evening of the twilight of the year, they will go to Dehui Hall and have a reunion dinner with everyone.

Because the use of these four-room concubines is from Mrs. Tai's account, the ladies of the two houses usually don't care much about them, and Mrs. Tai always sends a steward to keep an eye on them.

Although Mrs. Tai was strict, she did not prohibit these concubines from seeing their children. However, there is a fixed number of times they see each other each year, and if the children of the concubine see their biological mother too often, the wife will send the old woman to reprimand, and even worse, she will punish them to kneel in the ancestral hall.

On the issue of concubines, Mrs. Tai has always been very strict, even though she treats her great-grandchildren and great-granddaughters very well, but she is only very unkind in matters related to the face and rules of the scholars.

Because of this, Cai's appearance here today is extremely unusual. What is even more surprising is that although the Cai family came, the pair of children born by the Cai family, Qin Yanbai and Qin Yanli, did not show up at all.

At this time, not only Qin Su, but even Qin Yanwan glanced over, not to mention the Lin family, a pair of eyes opened exaggeratedly, and the bright face with full contours was full of surprise and disbelief.

Zhong didn't seem to be aware of it, nodded hello to Lin, and accepted the greetings of the juniors with a smile, his demeanor was elegant, and his response was calm, more gentle and touching than usual. (To be continued.) )