When he returned to the capital this time, the person Shuheng wanted to see the most was Dong Yin. Because her daughter, who loves to travel, has been silently staying at home for almost a year, it is rare for Shuheng to come to the door with a gift, and Mrs. Dong is naturally very welcome. But no matter how excited she was, she couldn't say much because she was used to silence. It's just that on the basis of "cooking, eating tea, and tasting snacks, Mrs. is good", he added a sentence "The weather is really good today." ”

Dong Yin is getting taller and taller, his body has grown, his handsome eyes and eyebrows are trimmed, and he looks forward to Shenfei. Snow lotus-colored folded lotus jacket, pomegranate red gold thread butterfly skirt, covered with a rose-red trimmed milky white flying red leaf long coat, the new cloud bun is neat, a jasper phoenix head ringing bell hairpin on the head, and a pair of jade pomegranate flowers in the ear, exquisite and exquisite. When he saw Shuheng from a distance, he opened the curtain and smiled: "What a beautiful girl, I don't dare to recognize it." ”

Shuheng was not polite, smiled two dimples, and personally took out a straight and vulgar panda bamboo tea tube from the basket: "Sister, you can taste my sweet tea." It can reduce the fire, and the weather is just right now. After eating barbecue hot pot or something, I definitely want to have a cup. ”

"Ah, what a novelty and good tea, I must try it." Cloud blue small orchid Xingyao porcelain cup, yellow-brown amber-like tea body, gently shaken, clear and translucent. This was Shuheng's unexpected discovery, and the taste tasted very similar to Wang Laoji.

Dong Yin didn't drink tea, just went to look at Shuheng, and after taking a closer look, he pulled it violently and hugged it in his arms: "I haven't seen you for a long time, you are so good." ”

Shuheng was startled, and the tea almost folded on his skirt.

Hearing that her words were already nasal, Shu Heng knew that this thought was real, and couldn't help but be moved, and hugged her and gently stroked her back: "Good sister, don't be sad." We'll be in one place again. My sister came to see the gift I had specially prepared. People in Jiangnan can't be there to congratulate, I'll make up for it now. ”

She took out a small carved lacquer box from the basket carried by the peach, and the rosin wood lid was finely embossed with a picture of Taibai listening to the qin, and a poem on one side, respectively: "I am drunk and sleepy, and the Ming Dynasty intends to hold the qin." "Implicitly Dong Yin's name and phonetic character. Dong Yin was very satisfied just by looking at the box, and said with a smile: "You are always so careful and considerate, the ancients laughed at the buyer who returned the pearl, but today I think that if there is really a satisfactory box, the pearl there is not to be it." ”

Shuheng smiled: "Sister, don't be busy, just open it and take a look." ”

Dong Yin gently rubbed the lid of the box, and pressed the small brass lock with his thumb, but saw that there was a very small and delicate nine-turn exquisite Boshan furnace on the red cloth lining, which was finely carved and the workmanship was very delicate, not stone or gold, but it was made of cypress. Light and flexible, it is best to put it in the wardrobe, on the bookshelf, in the sedan chair, and more importantly, the poem on the base of this furnace is inscribed by the female gentleman Bai Suyuan, and the woman Dong Yin admires the most.

It is said that it is a bit nondescript to give an incense burner to a gift, but this person is exactly Dong Yin. Ordinary gold and silver jewelry, hairpin ring jewelry, even if it is priceless, she will not take it to heart, she can only enjoy it with new ingenuity. Not only is it a little old-fashioned but also practical, then she loves it. Shuheng remembers that there were small wall-hanging bottles on the walls of her room and even in the bed tent, which were either filled with spices or flowers of the four seasons, and were very carefully arranged. This is a noble woman who knows how to enjoy life.

Dong Yin really liked it very much, and carefully put it away: "Ah Heng is so comfortable no matter what he does. She personally opened the cabinet and took out a topaz clay inkstone: "My brother found it from the Yellow River in Shandong, one-to-one, and now I will give one to you, and others are not worthy of it." ”

Shuheng accepted it very gratefully, and said with a smile: "Give it to those who understand." I don't bother to put this kind of thought into ordinary people. ”

said that she listened intentionally, but Dong Yin took it as she meant, "Give to those who know how to cherish", she chewed carefully for a while, and her face was overshadowed, and her face was painful. Shu Heng was surprised: "Why did my sister get sad for no reason?" ”

In fact, from the moment she entered the door, Shuheng found that she hadn't seen her for four years, this girl had matured too much, from greeting her to seeing Shuheng through the curtain, every move, every word showed dignified and peaceful, she was a big girl, and she was no longer flying away from the past. Why is this sudden sadness?

"My father is going to marry me to a classmate." As soon as Dong Yin opened his mouth, his eyes were red, and his tears were like rain.

It is common sense for a daughter's marriage to obey her father's orders, and no matter how much Dong Yin is loved, she will not be spared. In Dong Ge's old eyes, this son can't be wrong in comparison. Shu Heng asked with concern: "Could it be that the man is very eye-catching?" ”

Dong Yin gently held the red silk handkerchief and wiped away her tears: "My brother went to visit that person in advance, and only said that he had studied and discussed □□ academy, but he didn't see it very unbearable. ”

There are some articles in this statement, "not necessarily very unbearable", the implication is "nine points unbearable" or "very unbearable" just not seen, or this person is just decent and not outstanding? Dong Yin would not have thought of these things. No wonder she was sad. You must know that if it is an ordinary official girl, it will be forgotten, but Dong Yin is different, she has a lot of experience and high ambitions, is she not a dragon and a phoenix among people, can she marry?

"Engaged?" Dong Yin is sixteen, even if she comes back this time, she is married, Shuheng doesn't feel much surprised.

Dong Yin shook his head: "No." My grandfather and brother weren't very happy. ”

Shu Heng was surprised: "That's strange." There must be a story in this. "People like Dong Shilang are not like the kind who will disobey their father. It's a pity that Mrs. Dong has always obeyed her husband's orders, and she doesn't know how to fight for her daughter, so she will only come to persuade Dong Yin.

"It's my father, my father got up that day to travel to Huashan with his classmates, but he accidentally stumbled, sprained his foot, and almost slipped off the cliff. It was a young man who carried my father down with his father. My father, in his heart of their kindness, will marry his daughter. ”——

Well, sure enough, the story is very strong. Shu Hengxin said, things are not so simple, Dong Shilang has more than one daughter, but the concubine Dong Yin is particularly good, and she also has a few sisters. Dong Yin didn't want to marry, so he chose another one, anyway, he didn't say which daughter it was. The problem is still with Dong Yin, could it be that she hasn't decided to marry at the age of sixteen?

Wait a minute! Give to those who know how to cherish it?! This girl won't still flirt with the monk - and she hasn't succeeded yet. Because she hasn't said kiss yet, her sisters naturally can't take their turns, and the order of ranking is also her! Dong Shilang was anxious and angry, so he simply pointed her out to his classmates.

Shu Heng was anxious: "Sister, is it possible that you are still thinking about that gnostic little monk?" ”——

Although this kind of story of women chasing men has always been more vivid and interesting, it is understandable, but we must not ignore the background of the times. This is an era when straight men are rampant with cancer, and big husbandism is prevalent. Don't talk about anything else, let's talk about Mao Bijiang and Dong Xiaowan. Xiaowan girl is beautiful, right? Talented, right? Gentle and considerate, right? Qin Huai Bayan's flower fame is far and wide, how many kings and grandsons buy a smile. But she fell in love with Mao Bijiang, and she made excellent efforts and made money. She was willing to defect to her if she ignored her, but Qian Qianyi came forward and said that he had entered the mansion. Then, she has to serve the lady of the main room, and she has to do housework, and she has to find a way to make her husband happy.

Xiao Wanmei may believe: "I love you and it has nothing to do with you." "I can't change a man until I die, and I don't regret it at all, it's so willful because of love. But in Shuheng's opinion, it is very worthless!

It's not worth it, it's just a slap in the face. Dong Yin, you won't be like this, right? It's in vain that you worship Bai Suyuan, you see how well-informed people are!

Sometimes sincerity is the best thing to talk about, but many times, you love me and I love you are not the same thing. Mr. Qian Zhongshu said well, what is marriage, marriage is to find someone who is not too annoying to live. It is certainly pleasant to achieve positive results in love, but there are many good things to say and there is a blessing that cannot be satisfied, after all, there are few happy marriages for life, and most people are stumbling with firewood, rice, oil and salt all their lives.

Dong Yin sat back in his seat silently, gently twisting the whooping red inserted in the beauty Huansha spring bottle. "Four years ago, in the summer, I once met his mother, who came from Yuzhou and stayed in the village under the Daqing Mountain behind Guangji Temple. I went to meet the old man, and I was a little curious about how she was willing to let him become a monk with such a son, didn't she want to hold her grandson to continue the incense? ”

"I know that when I met him, he was about to go home and said that his mother was critically ill. But Madame sent someone to bring the doctor with her, and he should have been pulled back from the Ghost Gate. Shu Heng said: "At that time, I saw Sister Shen and them, and they talked about it. It turns out that you went to the countryside to see the old lady. ”

The gnostic maid is filial piety, and Dong Yin also thought of saving the country with a curve, which can really be regarded as a painstaking effort.

"The old lady didn't know that her son was a monk, so she only thought he was working in a rich man's house." Dong Yin's face showed a little gloomy: "The old lady has an eye disease, which began on the way to escape from the famine, and her vision is blurry, every time he goes home to clean up a little, the old lady can't see that he is a monk." ”

Shu Heng almost guessed the bloody ending: "-You accidentally told the truth, the old lady was heartbroken and scolded Gnostic, Gnosis can't blame your mother, so I blame you for many things." ”

Although he didn't say it on the surface, he probably thought so in his heart. Dong Yin looked very annoyed: "I was scared away when I realized that I was in trouble. Later, I went to see the old lady, who was completely blind. ”

Shuheng was speechless, what is the matter.

"I bought a maid to stay there to serve, and Gnosis found out later."

"-Wouldn't he be so angry that he sent the girl back?"

"Not really." Dong Yin looked even more lonely: "He later gave me a peace charm enshrined in front of the Buddha, as well as a Buddha vessel that had been opened, which was a jade thread." ”

Peace charms, that's what the general temple will give if you accept sesame oil money or something, but it's not it. Could it be that Ling knew Dong Yin's intentions, and he refused?

Shuheng recalled that as early as when she went to Jiangnan, Dong Huaiyu had a close past with Gnosis, and now I think that this brother must not refuse his sister's follow, and always take her, so he will give Dong Yin's love a chance to sprout. It stands to reason that when a girl grows up, she can't see a foreign man lightly - but Gnosis is a monk. Dong Huaiyu probably didn't expect that he would regard Gnosis as a confidant, and his sister would actually think about sleeping master?! - Four years, Shu Heng is a little convinced that she is a demon, unlike the hormonal restlessness that aimed at Liu Mu, the king of Cheng, she fell into a demon barrier called Gnosis.

Shuheng looked at Dong Yin, who was crying, and then looked at the Huawu with her heart, she was really much more mature, unlike before, she fell ill when she lost her love, and she was bedridden, even if her heart was injured, she learned to pretend to be nothing on the surface.

Are you going to marry the man who is "not necessarily very unbearable"? ”

Dong Yin's face turned pale sharply, and he suddenly turned over and vomited. Shuheng was startled, and hurriedly brought water to rinse her mouth: "Not feeling well? ”

Dong Yin shook his head slowly, and wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief: "I have my father and brother to protect me, and the Dong family supports me, even if I marry anyone, I won't suffer." I know all of this. But I can't help it," Dong Yin's eyes turned red again: "As soon as I thought of being on a pillow with that man in the future, I wanted to vomit—"

The corners of Shu Heng's mouth twitched, and things seemed to be a bit big.

"My grandfather knew what I wanted. The old man only said that the Dong Mansion would not come forward to provide any help, and I would do it myself, and I would think of my own methods, but I would not lose the lawsuit and insult the family style. If he can return the gnosis to the world and gain fame, he will not stop it. Sixteen years old is the limit, if I don't do it, I will let him arrange to marry! ”——

In the end, it is the grandfather who feels sorry for his granddaughter, and this condition is already very magnanimous.

Shu Heng already felt strange, Dong Yin had done so much silently, as smart as Dong Huaiyu, as wise as Dong Ge Lao, he would be completely unaware, and now it seems that someone is supporting him. Having said that, if it weren't for her father and brother's pampering, which made her different from other daughters since she was a child, I am afraid that she would not have the temperament she has today. Dong Huaiyu went to find Gnosis If she didn't take her, she would have a chance to fall in love

"What about your brother?"

"My brother noticed something and didn't take me out." Dong Yin's expression was a little gloomy.

"Why do you think he gave you a rope?" Shuheng was a little curious, whether Dong Yin had a clear understanding of his actions and encounters.

"Confined to the rules and precepts? Stuck in secular rituals? For the sake of purifying sentient beings, I have no intention of loving the world? Dong Yin leaned on his cheeks, his eyes a little confused. Shu Heng glanced at her lightly, and found a bunch of objective reasons, but he didn't want to admit that he might not feel for you at all.

"There's a problem, there's a question that has to be clarified. Is he determined to worship the Buddha and not to be a woman, or is he just not a sister type? Shuheng thought about it for a while and decided to ask.

If it is the first type, she is actually not very convinced. The power of Buddhism is great, but in large numbers, the common people entered the temple to escape from labor, taxes, etc., or to avoid famine. For example, Wang Haoyu. If it's the second one, then it's helpless, after all, peaches are beautiful and delicious, and the other party loves apples, so there's nothing to be done.

Shuheng wrenched his fingers, Wang Haoyu, he should be twenty years old this year, just a weak crown.

Dong Yin really couldn't answer.

"Have you ever made your heart clear?" Shuheng observed Dong Yin's expression and continued to ask, "What have you done?" ”

Dong Yin gently rubbed his handkerchief, and two red clouds appeared on his face: "I have talked about the piano, sent paintings, sent poems, specially invited him to give lectures, and also sent lotus flowers." ”

"You didn't sue him, you like him?"

"—what, how do you say that?"

Shu Heng covered his head in annoyance: "Do you know how famous Gnosis is?" In the south of the Yangtze River, there are noble ladies and ladies who collect his portraits and his scriptures. Send him the piano to draw poems, not to mention the lotus, there are a lot of people. How does he know that you are married? Do you think you've done a lot when you give your mother a maid, so do you know that some people are eager to call them godmothers? ”

"But what I mean is in—"

"You have to understand better." Shuheng turned over and left his seat, turning around a little eagerly: "Guessing riddles is the most annoying. Isn't it okay to talk, do you have to play you guess you guess you guess guess, everyone is very idle? What's more, the implied meaning is understood differently by different people, which is easy to misunderstand. ”

Looking at Dong Yin, I don't believe it. Shuheng said: "You think, it's like someone gives a gift and gives a cucumber." If it were me, I would immediately slice and apply it to my face, because in my eyes it is equal to a solid body lotion. If it was given to the old man Wang, he would definitely use a kitchen knife to slap it, because in his eyes, it was the ingredients. If it is given to Sister Shen, she is only afraid that she will draw it back and forth to the gift-giver, because she will reflexively consider the painting. If it was for a widow - uh-cough, I didn't say it. ”

Accidentally, the book balance with a quick mouth braked in time.

"But what I'm sending is—" Dong Yin was still unwilling.

"Purse? Handkerchief? Jade pendant? Jade pendant? ”

"No, that's too cheesy. I send lotus, koi, purple swallow, hand-copied scriptures or something. Dong Yin is quite conceited, she has always thought that she is different from the ordinary people in the boudoir, and she doesn't know if the energetic chasing monk is also to prove that her vision, taste and ability are different.

- It's better to have a handkerchief. Shu Heng pursed his lips slightly: "Is there any difference between your lotus flower and the lotus flower given by the Queen Mother?" ”

"Mine is Gillian."

"The Queen Mother's is still a twin lotus." Shuheng almost laughed, your difference is just what you think is different. Form 2 girl. Why should others match your thinking?

"Yes, you also sent poems. But it doesn't matter, it's useless. Shu Heng saw that she was not convinced, and smiled very good-naturedly: "You know that the concubine has a husband, and the concubine is given a double pearl." "What is written?"

"Loyal ministers do not change their ways, and they do not serve the two masters"

But literally, "a married woman is not tempted." Shuheng asked again: "The mountains have trees and branches, and the heart is happy." What are you talking about? ”

"Literally, women are obsessed, and men are ignorant—"

"That's right!" Shuheng answered decisively: "But he actually expresses the lament of those who have not met talents that are not reused. If you think about your so-called hints, so-called love poems, I think most of them are interpreted as the righteousness of kings and ministers, and brotherly love is not wrong. Those who like to write poems for gnosis are generally literati, and they are those literati who think that they are worthy of their own talents, and they do not meet people who are like resentful women. ”

Dong Yin was stimulated fiercely, and it took a long time before he spoke. Shuheng made persistent efforts: "Besides, Lingzhi is famous, and it is another signboard of Guangji Temple. There are so many girls who ask him about marriage and solve Sichun's troubles. Even if he knows that you are trapped in love, how can he know that your goal is him, not to find relief like others? ”

After many years of getting along, Shuheng probably knows what Dong Yin's implicit hints are. That only asked, there is a woman playing the piano under the pine tree, whether she plays "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" or "Bamboo Branch Words", outsiders only know that this girl has someone in her heart, but who is there, I'm afraid no one dares to sit down with affection - not to mention that the other party is a monk.

"But he gave me a rope."

"So I said I hate insinuation. It's not wrong to be reinforced, but it's also a wine vessel. A monk gives a girl a wine vessel? What is he going to say?

Meaning? It's still a musical instrument, why don't you think about bell and drum music? ”

It's not that Shuheng has to tease her, he has to make Dong Yin feel that he has a play, it's really that Dong Yin didn't give up at all, although she herself retracted into her shell like a snail, there were still wisps of affection lingering in her heart. It's a clean rule, a vulgar theory, and an ideal, and I found a bunch of objective reasons for the other party, but I don't want to admit that the other party may not love me at all. So it's better for Shuheng to pick it up and encourage her to fight again, either she gets what she wants, or she is directly rejected and completely dead.

What's the point of dragging it out like this? Marrying someone who "doesn't necessarily feel very unbearable" vomits every day? Or are you used to spitting and spitting?

Shuheng subconsciously felt that this was the most fatal place. In such a society, a man will be praised for having great ambitions if he does not let go of his wife, but if his wife does not have a husband in his heart, it is heinous and cannot be tolerated. Dong Yin, who grew up carefree since she was a child, and is a frank person who is not good at acting, how can she disobey the yang and the yin?

Shuheng had a friend in his previous life, after falling out of love, he lay in bed for a month, hid in the house for three months, and his weight of one hundred pounds fell less than eighty pounds, he was haggard and yellow, almost out of shape, and his aunt was not normal. My mother stewed the theme, boiled longan wolfberries, and recuperated for almost two years before recovering. Shuheng has never loved hard, nor has he been completely pained, but he is also horrified to see his friend being tormented like that by a broken love. And it was relatives and friends who went into battle with the whole family, young and old, and tried their best to comfort and heal. Dong Yin has no one to talk about, nowhere to say, so he can only shrink up by himself. Mrs. Dong is not a mother who can iron her daughter's heart. And no matter how smart Dong Huaiyu is, he can't take care of it.

Time is good medicine, but it can also hurt the body.

Miss Dong, if you want to choose this path yourself, there is no way. This kind of temperament is just a matter of getting what you want, otherwise, it is really possible for something to happen that ends up depressed, think about Tang Wan? Since ancient times, it has hurt people ruthlessly, and it hurts people even more. Shuheng didn't expect that he would really encounter such a one.

Shuheng held her chin and stared at her eyes: "Sister, won't you wipe it again?" Don't play any tricks, don't care about any hints, you just ask him to go. You can only feel at ease if you ask, right? ”

Dong Yin was a little cramped, his fingers stirred the handkerchief, and his breathing became short.

"You've done so much anyway, is it that hard to explain it clearly and plainly? The worst outcome is just another one. Shuheng pressed her shoulder: "Sister, if you ask the result you want, then I will naturally seal a big newlywed red envelope for you, if you clearly get a negative answer, then please just live a good life." Forget what gnosis, you must know that if you don't love others, they must love you. It's true to live well on your own. ”

Dong Yin stiffly leaned on the light purple Lingzhi pattern pillow, unable to speak for a long time. Shuheng sighed softly, "I'll leave first, my sister doesn't have to send it, think about it yourself." ”