After changing trains several times on the way, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon when I arrived in Wuzhen.

Jiang Linuan was so hungry that he screamed, and after getting out of the car, he led Wen Chen to find a restaurant.

In Wuzhen, winter is the off-season for tourism, and tourists are no better than other seasons, and it has already passed the lunch point, so the customers in the store are relatively scarce.

The two of them chose a window position on the second floor to sit down, which was also convenient to see the beautiful city river outside the window.

"The cuisine here is spicy, are you used to eating it?" Jiang Linuan asked while looking at the menu, and during this time together, she found that Wen Chen rarely ate spicy.

"I can eat spicy, but I rarely eat it. "He just thinks it's more exciting to his taste buds, such as sour and spicy.

She reassured that she ordered Dongpo meat, white water fish and plum cabbage button meat, and then handed the menu to Wen Chen, and did not forget to say to the waiter, "Less spicy".

Wen Chen also ordered two dishes casually and ordered two mutton soups.

The waitress is a girl in her early 20s, and it is the first time to see a man and woman with such an outstanding temperament, although both of them are wearing masks and can't see clearly, but they can't stop her enthusiasm.

"The two of you are outsiders, are you here to travel? Have you booked a hotel, if not, I can help you refer to it, I am a local." ”

Wen Chen declined lightly: "Thank you, we are here to visit relatives." ”

The waitress girl was not embarrassed, smiled and said, "It's rare to come once, you have to do a good shopping", and then picked up the menu and went to the kitchen.

Jiang Linuan winked at him mischievously, "That's right, Mr. Wen, wearing a mask and talking to a beautiful woman!"

Wen Chen said seriously: "There is a master, and I don't accept anyone to talk to you." ”

"What about me?" she winked at and gave him a flying kiss.

Wen Chen was quite cooperative, looking at her tenderly, "You are an exception. ”

Jiang Linuan continued to laugh, "I hate it!"

The waitress girl who came back to prepare the tea shook her body when she heard this, and couldn't help but whisper: "I thought it was a couple, but I didn't expect it...... What's wrong with society now?

It didn't take long for the dishes ordered by the two of them to be served, Jiang Linuan tasted it first, it was slightly spicy, it was very good, she urged Wen Chen to taste it quickly.

"Is it delicious, these are all specialties of Wuzhen. Jiang Linuan watched nervously as he took a piece of fish meat and put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, for fear that he would not be used to eating it.

The meat was tender and delicious, Wen Chen nodded and commented, "It's delicious." ”

Seeing that he liked it, Jiang Linuan put his mind at ease and slowly introduced him: "It's still the Wuzhen Lake Sheep Cultural Festival these days, in Xizha, if you are interested, we can go and have fun, the important thing is that you can feast!"

"Okay, snack goods, I'll listen to you. Looking at her bright eyes and expectant look, Wen Chen couldn't help but smile.

"Also, Christmas in Wuzhen is also very lively, which can definitely bring you a dreamy feeling, no worse than abroad. She smiled and continued.

Wen Chen stopped and looked at her when he heard this, he had been paying attention to her movements abroad, but he didn't know what she was doing when she returned to Wuzhen every year, it turned out that she would always spend Christmas?

Noticing his surprised gaze, Jiang Linuan pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, his voice was cold, and he couldn't tell what emotion it was: "I didn't tell you, my mother used to like Christmas very much, and she has to take me out to play at this time of year." I don't know if it's a coincidence, she is also the one who left me forever on this day, that day she was the same as in previous years, her health was so bad and she insisted on dressing up beautifully and going out to see the excitement. Maybe she knew that if she didn't have a good Christmas again, she wouldn't have a chance again. ”

She sniffed, "That's why I always disagree with him burying my mother in City B, what she likes is Christmas here, and I'll accompany her to all the fun places in the town as before, and then put a wishing lamp for her." ”

Wen Chen stretched out his hand to hold her hand, his dark eyes were deep and focused, as if no matter how prosperous the world was, there was only one person in his eyes, "In the future, I will accompany you." ”

Jiang Linuan looked back at him, and suddenly remembered that this person had just said seriously to the waiter that he was here to visit relatives, and he couldn't help but feel soft in his heart, but he was not so sentimental.

"Okay. She smiled at her lips, even more charming than this gentle water town.

"Well, eat quickly, aren't you hungry?" Wen Chen gave her a few dishes and urged her to eat well, "We will stay here for a few days, you can be my guide slowly." ”

Jiang Linuan nodded in response, this is where she grew up, of course she hopes to take him around and have a good look.

The dwellings in Wuzhen, inhabited in small streets and alleys, are different in size, wide and narrow, but they are the same makeup, the same deep boudoir charming. They face the street with a one-color wooden wall, revealing the unadorned nature of the wood, one by one, and the function of a door. The wall of the back street is made of bricks, giving people a sense of solidity and solidity, and it is winter, and the desolation of deep winter is particularly clear in the ancient town.

The courtyard where Jiang Linuan lived when he was a child is still the same, and Mr. Jiang even specially arranged a middle-aged couple to guard it for ten years.

Jiang Linuan stood at the gate of the courtyard and did not go in directly, but said quietly: "At that time, we couldn't afford to buy such a small courtyard, and it was my uncle who secretly rented it, and later after my mother had a stable job, I was not afraid of being kicked out if I couldn't pay the rent." Later, the old man bought it again in order to keep a memory and want me to have a stable place to live every year. Although she felt uncomfortable at that time, she had to say that she was very grateful for the old man's approach.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Wen Chen had been here back then, and in his memory, it had not faded for a long time.

He looked at the familiar courtyard of the old mansion quietly, and his thoughts were full of thoughts for a while. When he first came, he never imagined that today, thirteen years later, he would come back hand in hand with the girl who was so enthusiastic about helping him.

While the two were talking, at the end of the long bluestone street, a middle-aged man in a gray coat walked slowly with unhurried steps, and at a distance of only a dozen steps, he noticed a pair of men and women at the gate of the courtyard, and his face suddenly appeared happy, and the steps under his feet also accelerated a lot.

Then, Jiang Li Nuan and Wen Chen heard an excited voice coming from behind him.

"Is Miss Nuan back?"

Jiang Linuan turned around, took off his hat and mask, and curled his lips and smiled, "Uncle He, it's me." ”

The gray-clothed man called Uncle He was full of smiles, and he excitedly stepped forward to catch her luggage, "I'm tired all the way back, your room has already been cleaned up, go back and rest first, by the way, are you hungry, I'll ask Aunt Hui to cook something for you to eat, didn't Jiang Se's two girls follow, this gentleman is Miss Linuan's friend, right?"

Wen Chen bowed his head politely, "Hello Uncle He, I'm Wen Chen, and I'm Nuan Nuan's boyfriend." ”

Uncle He paused, looked at him seriously, and then said with a smile, "Hello Mr. Wen." "This is the first time Miss Nuan has brought a man back, and it seems that the relationship is very good. Moreover, with his experience of reading countless people over the years, it can be seen that this Mr. Wen has peaceful eyebrows, extraordinary bearing, and is extremely noble, and he is by no means an ordinary person, and he is a very good match for Miss Linuan.

Uncle He's expression of looking at his uncle was too obvious, Jiang Linuan couldn't help but clear his throat and said, "Don't bother, Uncle He, we've eaten since we got out of the car." ”

"Then you go back to the room to rest first, and then walk around when you have rested enough, Wuzhen is very beautiful at night, Mr. Wen will like it." Uncle He retracted his gaze and smiled, pulling his luggage and leading them into the hospital.

The courtyard is paved with a color of blue bricks, large and small potted plants are scattered in the courtyard, leisure tables and chairs, carved doors and windows, water pavilion embroidery floors, cloister trees, and the courtyard also has a place to plant vegetables of the four seasons. Outdoor antiseptic wooden stairs, all kinds of potted bonsai or placed or hanging, all of them are not beautiful.

Jiang Linuan's room was on the second floor near the terrace, and the room Wen Chen chose happened to be downstairs from her.

Uncle He helped them deliver their luggage to their respective rooms, and then went out with his wife to buy ingredients and prepare a sumptuous dinner to entertain them.

This book was first published in Reading Books