Qi Xiangsi walked into the spring courtyard, the little maid guarding the door led her in, and Brother Rong was sitting in the pavilion outside the study, holding a book in his hand, but his mind was not on it.

Seeing Qi Xiangsi coming, Brother Rong got up and called the fifth sister, probably because he was a little puzzled about her arrival: "Is there something wrong with the fifth sister?" ”

"I'm coming to see you." Qi Xiangsi entered the pavilion and asked Yushi to take out all the pastries in the food box, "Minqing said that the pastries in Shangkezhai are delicious, I asked Lilac to buy them just now, you can taste them." ”

Qi Yanrong looked up at her, and met Qi Xiangsi's eyes looking at him, which was full of expectation, he was stunned, and thanked him half-loudly, but he didn't move those pastries.

"Taste it." Qi Xiangsi took the book from his hand and put it aside, moved the plate to him, and motioned for him to pick it up and eat it quickly, "It's not delicious when it's cold." ”

Under her gaze, Qi Yanrong picked up a piece and took a bite, and her question came from her ear: "Is it delicious?" ”

"It's delicious." Qi Yanrong put the remaining half on the plate, how did he feel that the fifth sister seemed to be currying favor with him.

"If you like it, I'll eat it all." Qi Xiangsi immediately moved his gaze to the book that had just been taken out of his hand, and asked casually, "Brother Rong, how many years have you been able to read?" ”

"It's been more than three years."

Qi Xiangsi looked slightly distressed: "It's been more than three years, so I must have recognized it." ”

"Hmm." Qi Yanrong was still thinking about the reason why the fifth sister came over, and seeing her like this, out of concern, "Fifth sister, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Yesterday, my eldest brother took us out, and I bought a few books in the bookstore, but I don't know much" Qi Xiangsi was a little embarrassed, "so I don't understand much." ”

The fifth sister came from Huizhou to look for relatives Qi Yanrong knew that it was not easy to live so well, where there were conditions for literacy, and the invited teacher would not teach so quickly, if you want to read and understand books so quickly, unless someone else teaches you.

Qi Yanrong looked up at her again, could it be that the fifth sister specially sent pastries to him to eat?

Qi Yanrong at a young age is thoughtful and thinks a lot, and the sisters in the house have already read many books by this age, and they have already read all the words before the age of ten; But the fifth sister is different, in her situation, she knows fewer words than Min Qing.

After thinking for a while, Qi Yanrong spoke: "Fifth sister, if you don't mind, I can teach you." ”

Qi Xiangsi's eyes lit up: "Really? ”

Qi Yanrong smiled and said implicitly: "It just so happens that I have finished reading the book I bought, I can exchange it with the fifth sister to read, I will get out of school before the time is over, is it okay for the fifth sister to come to the spring courtyard when the fifth sister is in the middle of the year?" ”

Qi Xiangsi pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes flashed slightly, the person who was connected to A Ying's blood, even the empathetic sister and brother were so similar.

"Okay." Qi Xiangsi agreed without hesitation, this kind of acquaintance method is much better than the reason she thought just now for "asking for advice".

Qi Yanrong breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her, and she was sure that the fifth sister was embarrassed to speak directly, so she said, "I have a few books here, should the fifth sister take them over and read them first?" ”

Qi Xianglonging couldn't help it, followed him into the study, was stunned when he saw the books on the shelves, and turned his head to look at him: "You bought these all?" ”

"Hmm." Qi Yanrong was also a little embarrassed, and pointed to the two rows above, "These were bought." ”

Qi Yanrong doesn't have any other expenses on weekdays, and he has the habit of reading and writing, and he will buy a few books from time to time to come back and read them.

Qi Xiangsi saw him stepping on the stool to get the book, walked over and took a hand for him, Qi Yanrong pointed to the two books in her arms, and said still implicitly: "If my sister is bored reading alone, you can read it with me tomorrow." ”

Afraid that she wouldn't be able to read the words, and afraid that she would be embarrassed if she said it, she was always considerate and considerate of other people's feelings, Qi Xiangsi looked at him and smiled: "Okay." ”

Leaving from the Spring Courtyard, Qi Xiang thought a lot along the way, compared to Minlan and Brother Hun, Brother Rong'er's understanding and kindness wanted to make people feel distressed in the depths, and in Aunt Lu's place, he was also cautious.

Qi Xiangsi couldn't wait to integrate into Brother Rong'er's life, and wanted to familiarize herself with this younger brother for Ah Ying, and there were some things that she remembered in her mind even if she had just arrived here. Standing at the gate of Xiuhe Garden, Qi Xiangsi looked up at the stone plaques as finely carved as the Splendid Garden, such as Aunt Lu, such as those things back then.

Maybe it was Gu's order before, the mother-in-law who guarded the Xiuhe Garden did not stop her, Qi Xiangsi walked all the way in, this garden is smaller than the Splendid Garden, it is very well taken care of, after crossing the stone path, after going around the rockery, there is the main house in front of the main house, and the intersection of the wing room is a pavilion full of vine green.

Qi Xiangsi looked at a few small lotus pools outside the cloister that were waterlogged, and one or two lotus flowers would grow in June, and the garden would be more beautiful at that time.

An aunt living in such a garden can make a name for herself even in Kyoto.

Yun Xia, the maid who was guarding outside the main house, saw that it was Qi Xiangsi and wanted to stop her: "Fifth girl, Aunt Lu is not feeling well and is asleep, please come back another day." ”

"No, I just met Minlan outside the garden, and she said that Aunt Lu was awake." Qi Xiangsi smiled at her, "Can't I go in to see her?" ”

"The sixth girl has been back for a while, and Aunt Lu has just fallen asleep after drinking the medicine." Yun Xia immediately chose to stop her and didn't let her in, "Fifth girl, I think you should come back next time." ”

"That's really unfortunate, in that case, I'll go to the Splendid Garden to see Brother Hun'er, it just so happened that I made some food and sent it to him." Qi Xiangsi said towards the house, didn't stop, turned around and went out along the corridor.

It didn't take much to walk, and Yun Xia chased after him.

"Fifth girl, Aunt Lu is awake, please go in."

Qi Xiangsi turned around and followed her and walked back, and when she entered the house, Aunt Lu was lying on the bed with her back against her, looking ruddy, and she couldn't see anything uncomfortable.

Aunt Lu waved her hand, Yun Xia retreated, Jade put down the food box and exited the house, Aunt Lu pointed to the pier next to the bed for her to sit, and smiled kindly: "I woke up when I heard movement outside." ”

"If Aunt Lu is uncomfortable, I won't bother much, I haven't gone to my mother's place to say hello today, just went to the Splendid Garden." As soon as Qi Xiangsi sat down, she was about to lift her body and leave, but Aunt Lu's face did not change, and she raised her hand with a smile to signal her to sit down, "Since you are here, sit down for a while, I haven't seen you for many years." ”

The person in front of her, who was looking at her lovingly, just pointed out that she was a fake ten days ago, and she was judged to be two people. Qi Xiangsi also simply sat there and let her take a good look, and only smiled at the end: "Aunt Lu, you said that you always dream of my aunt these days, what have you dreamed of." ”

Aunt Lu shook her head: "It's because I'm too worried about you and dreamed of something bad." After that, he looked at Qi Xiangsi again, apologetically, "Ying'er, what happened that day was my fault, I always felt that you had a good life in Huizhou over the years, but now I heard that Aunt Wei passed away, I felt that these were not true, and I blamed me for not checking it out, believing in the wrong servants, and making this joke." ”

"My aunt often had nightmares when she was alive, and she also said that she often dreamed of you, Aunt Lu." Qi Xiangsi looked at the jade pendant hook hanging on the edge of the bed, and her voice was lower, "Aunt often dreams of her younger brother, sometimes dreams that he starves to death, sometimes dreams that he freezes to death, and dreams that Aunt Lu beats him." ”

Qi Xiangsi's gaze went down and fell on Aunt Lu's face, with a calm expression: "Aunt Lu, have you ever dreamed of this?" ”

Aunt Lu's face changed slightly, and she smiled: "That's all a dream, besides, Aunt Wei gave birth to a daughter."

"In the theater of Yongzhou, a play called 'stealing the dragon and turning the phoenix' is often staged, which tells the story of the wife of a large family who gave birth to her daughter and someone else's son in order to seek wealth and wealth, and many years later, for fear of exposing the matter, she also sent someone to hunt down and kill the family, and did not let go of her own daughter." Qi Xiangsi paused, "Guess what happened in the end." ”

Aunt Lu's eyes shrank, and the whole person looked at her there, Qi Xiangsi grinned: "In the end, the family escaped death and reported to the capital, and the lady went to prison, and finally decided." ”

Hearing the words "cut and decide", Aunt Lu's body was shocked, she was not frightened by her, but she cared very much about what she said, but she quickly calmed down, raised her hand and brushed her forehead: "There are many things in this kind of opera and folk, how can anyone not want their own children." ”

Qi Xiangsi looked at her directly: "Yes, where will someone not want their own children, so if someone ruthlessly takes away her child, they must snatch it back." ”

Aunt Lu's heart was shocked, and she still smiled dryly and pretended not to understand: "They all say that they are operas, and they are all performed for people to see." ”

"Yes." Qi Xiangsi got up and smiled and cared about her, "Aunt Lu, you have to take care of your body quickly, and when the grounding is over, I want to ask you to help transport my aunt's bones back to Kyoto from Huizhou for burial." ”

"Ying'er, it's been a few years since Aunt Wei passed away, it's better to find a feng shui treasure place in Huizhou to bury, so it's disrespectful to go back to Kyoto after a long journey."

"Even if my aunt doesn't come back, the child who died early has to come back, after all, it is the descendant of the Qi family, and it is my sister and Minlan."

The expression on Aunt Lu's face finally couldn't hold back, and she was stunned for a moment, who was more impressed by the child who died six or seven years ago than Aunt Lu, but over the years, she had long forgotten that she had such a child, she gave birth to a son!

Qi Xiangsi left, Aunt Lu, who was immersed in her thoughts, didn't care, she was full of thoughts about that afternoon many years ago, she and Aunt Wei were going to give birth one after another, and the house became a mess. But in fact, the day she was pregnant was half a month shorter than Aunt Wei's, Aunt Wei started at term, and she was born prematurely because she was in a hurry.

At night, Aunt Wei gave birth to a son in her house, and she didn't move here, and finally gave birth at dawn, but because the amniotic water broke early, the child held her breath in the womb for too long, and went without a sound after birth.

Compared with the happiness of Aunt Wei's house, Aunt Lu was never calmer in her life at that time, she immediately bought the midwife in the house, took advantage of the middle of the night to drop the stillborn baby and Aunt Wei's son, and stuffed the silver to the nurse and gagged it, and waited until the master rushed back from Tongzhou the next day, and when she entered the house to see her, she was the newborn son in her arms.

And then later, where was the child buried?

Aunt Lu Huo got up, holding on to the window frame with her hand, her eyes flashed with anxiety, and she couldn't let the dead girl find her: "Someone!" ”