In June, Xiangyang is like a blazing sun, and it has gradually entered the midsummer season. The sky is bright, and when you know it, you can't stop screaming among the trees, adding a liveliness to the originally quiet Plum Lane.

Plum Lane is not deep, from the end of the alley to the end of the alley a total of three, few people go in and out on weekdays, so it seems to be very quiet, the courtyard at the end of the alley, the red pink, a cluster of fluffy flowers are blooming brilliantly, the dew drops on the flowers shine with a crystal luster in the early morning sun.

The plum trees near the wall next door are flourishing, with half-baked plum blossoms and many unripe green plums. There was a rocking chair under the tree, and Zhao Xian was lying comfortably on the chair holding a book and looking at it casually.

"Little lady, the sun is coming up, but you want to go back to the house for some breakfast?" Sister-in-law Hu put a cup of refilled warm water on the small table next to the rocking chair and asked softly.

Zhao Xian put down the book "Xiangyang Chronicles" in her hand, she had read through this book, especially the attached map of the towns near Xiangyang, she had studied it repeatedly for a long time, and finally she saw some eyebrows.

Zhao Xian picked up the cup of warm tea and took a few sips, put down the teacup and asked, "Senior brother, have you had breakfast?" ”

"Li Gongzi went out before dawn, he said that he would go into the mountains today to find a few medicines, and he would not be able to come back until the evening, so he told the little lady that she only needed to take care of her own meals, and there was no need to wait for him." Sister-in-law Hu said.

Zhao Xian has been here for six or seven days, and Sister-in-law Hu gradually became familiar with the rear to know that Sister-in-law Hu was the inner person of the coachman Lao Hu who drove her back that night, and the couple were originally the servants of the Xie family, a big lacquerware merchant in the city, because they were honest and reliable, so they were borrowed by Yin Ren to take care of Zhao Xian's daily life.

Zhao Xian only knew that the Yin family and the Xie family had been friends for many years, and after a few days of observation, she saw that Sister-in-law Hu kept her duty, was honest and hardworking, and she liked it quite a lot, but she was secretly grateful to Yin Ren for her careful arrangement, but Yin Ren's intentions seemed to have another layer of deep meaning in her eyes.

"Alright, let's go in and have breakfast." Zhao Xian stood up from the chair, shook the few small pink and white flowers that had just fallen on her body, and said with a smile.

She moved her hands and feet, feeling that she was still flexible, after a few days of careful conditioning by her senior brother, her injured leg has recovered ninety percent, and the poison of the poppy in her body has also been expelled by more than half, and it will be solved in a few days, thinking of this, Zhao Xian was in a good mood, and couldn't help but cover her forehead with her hand with emotion, looked up at the clear sky, and exhaled gently.

There was a soft "click", Zhao Xian turned her head to look when she heard the sound, but it turned out to be a green plum falling on the chair, she said "Huh", bent down and pinched the plum.

"Sister-in-law Hu, how can plums fall by themselves before they are ripe?" Zhao Xianqi said.

Sister-in-law Hu smiled and pointed to the tree, Zhao Xian looked up, and saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy sitting on the wall between the small courtyard and the house next door, holding a long hook rod in his hand, maintaining the action of hooking plums.

Zhao Xian was about to say a few words, and a loud female voice sounded in the courtyard next door, the female voice was full of anger, and seemed to be calling out to the young man, "Ah Sheng, don't come down quickly, that yard has already been rented out, you don't want to pick plums again, it's rude to others." ”

The young man named Ah Sheng hurriedly turned around and replied: "Master, there is only one pot of plum wine left in the master's plum, if you don't take advantage of the fact that the plums are still green, pick some plums and soak them, I'm afraid I won't drink them next month." ”

"That's not possible, you quickly come down with me, be careful that your master knows that the Tao will be punished again, and you are not afraid to copy the book a hundred times?" The loud female voice sounded again.

When the young man heard that he was going to copy the book, his face immediately became bitter, and he turned back and said, "Master, don't scare me!" I'll come down here. As he spoke, he climbed down the ladder that had been erected by the wall.

Seeing that the young man was gone, Zhao Xian asked: "I haven't heard a noise next door for a few days, it seems to be uninhabited, when did I actually live in someone's house, I heard the young man's wife say that our yard is also rented from her?" ”

"It was indeed uninhabited a few days ago, and it is said that they went back to the countryside, only to come back last night." Sister-in-law Hu explained.

Zhao Xian nodded, seeing that there was no sound in the courtyard next door, thinking that the young man would not come up to pick this plum again, and he didn't want to do much, so he turned around and wanted to enter the house, only walked a few steps, and stopped and ordered: "Sister-in-law Hu, why don't you pick some green plums and send them to the next door, this plum tree was originally planted by someone to make wine." ”

Seeing that Sister-in-law Hu should go down, Zhao Xian knew that she was doing things safely and would be able to handle this matter well, she was just living here temporarily, because she didn't want to have more contact with her, so as not to cause trouble, even if the landlord next door was the landlord, she didn't want to interact too much.

After thinking about it, she walked into the room with her legs raised, sat at the table and slowly had breakfast, thinking that she would go to see Ah Yan's situation later. In the past few days, Ah Yan has been treated by her senior brother's acupuncture and moxibustion medicine, and her body, which was originally unconscious, has reacted in the past two days.

At this time, the courtyard gate was pushed open again, Zhao Xian estimated the time, guessing that it was her brother Yunxi who came to visit her, although the brother still lived in the camp outside the north gate, but he would take time to see her every day, and it must be the elder brother who came at this time.

She swallowed the last bite of her meal, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and stood up to greet her.

"Girl, is breakfast available? If it's okay, I'll take you to visit an old man today. Zhao Yunxi smiled and walked towards Zhao Xian, who came up, and said.

"Boss? Big brother still has an old friend in Xiangyang City? Zhao Xian asked with a smile.

"This old man is not my old friend, but ...... Arrange for people who must be visited. After that, he pointed his finger to the sky, and his mouth made a silent mouth shape.

Zhao Xian immediately understood, and said, "I'm fine, so I'll accompany you through this experience, how do we go?" Need to hire a carriage? ”

"That's not necessary, the old man lives very close, and he happened to be home last night, so he must be able to see him at this moment." Cho Yoon-hee said mysteriously.

"Oh? In this case, the big brother will lead the way! Zhao Xian shook her head and smiled.

"Sister, can you wait for me to change into clean clothes?"

Zhao Yunxi took the hot towel handed by Sister-in-law Hu, wiped the sweat beads on her face, carefully tried her hands, went into the house to change into light clothes, opened the courtyard door, and took the lead in walking out.

Zhao Xian silently followed behind Zhao Yunxi, thinking to herself what kind of person she was, so that her brother was so solemn, and she only went to see her after trimming and changing her clothes. I saw that after the eldest brother went out, after taking five steps to the right, he stopped again and knocked lightly on the door of the courtyard next door.

Zhao Xian was taken aback, thinking to herself, it turned out that the landlord next door was the eldest brother who wanted to visit, and the eldest brother was clearly talking about the official family, but she didn't seem to have heard the official family talk about who it was before she came to Xiangyang, and she didn't know why she arranged for the eldest brother to visit this person.

The door of the courtyard opened, and the young man looked at it, and suddenly saw Zhao Xian following behind, knowing that they were the ones who rented their own house, and asked politely, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Zhao Yunxi said with a smile: "Can the little brother report to Master Hu, just say that Zhao Yunxi, the old man of Bianliang, is visiting." ”

The young man nodded, turned around and went in, and after a while, he ran out again, opened the courtyard door and led Zhao Xian and the others in.