After Shengchang came to Guangzhou from the ancient city, he followed the acquaintances entrusted by the guards all the way to find friends in Guangzhou, and with the help of friends' friends, he entered the Guangzhou School after several twists and turns. Since then, Shengchang has started his life of study, and slowly got used to the rules in the school.

At that time, a vigorous anti-imperialist warlord revolutionary movement broke out, and this revolutionary movement swept the whole country, with a huge scale, a wide range of mobilization, and far-reaching influence. The third national congress of the Chinese ** was held in Guangzhou to discuss the question of the Chinese ** members joining the Kuomintang. Shengchang gradually accepted the spread of the new democratic ideology, the passion in his heart was ignited, and he joined the anti-civil war movement with the radical youth, printing leaflets at night, running the streets and alleys to post them, listening to speeches by patriots during the day, organizing student parades, etc., which gradually attracted the attention of the first people, joined progressive groups, and actively participated in various activities. Soon discovered by the Kuomintang, included in the list of arrests, in order to avoid the pursuit of the Kuomintang, Sheng Chang obeyed the organization's arrangement and fled back to the ancient city day and night, with a stack of leaflets that were too late to destroy.

After returning to the ancient city, Sheng Chang first went to the house where he lived before to find his uncle Fu guard, but heard that his uncle had already moved out, and now lives in the crooked door ramp house in the "Sifangjing" lane, Sheng Chang looked all the way along the street and found the "Fu house", and was deeply surprised that his uncle could place such a house in the ancient city.

However, in the "Fu Mansion", Sheng Chang and his uncle often turned their faces between uncles and nephews without saying a few words, and Fu guards warned Sheng Chang not to join any radical organizations, thinking that it was a matter of losing his head, and it was a serious matter to read books well and get an errand.

"The family is going to be destroyed, the country is going to die, how can you study?" Sheng Chang said.

"That's not your business, don't mess around with you, you little hair." The Fu guard said with a disdainful expression.

"What's wrong with pursuing freedom and equality? How can this be said to be nonsense? Sheng Chang shouted.

"If you kid don't listen to me, I'll cut off your money first, and then drive you out of this door." The Fu guard warned.

Sheng Chang ran out of the house in a negative mood, wandered aimlessly on the street alone, unconsciously walked to the Hong's cloth shop, happened to meet Lingzhi to send the two wives out, Sheng Chang wanted to follow up the cloth shop, but because he was still holding a flyer in his hand, he was afraid of being discovered, looked around, thought about it and continued to walk forward, arrived at the Zhusheng Bridge, stood under the "Kuixing Tower" in the bridge, looked at the river flowing eastward and couldn't help but sigh.

When I left my uncle for the first time and went to Guangzhou, I was so reluctant to give up, but I didn't expect to be so incompatible with my uncle after I came back, the house at home has become bigger, and my aunts and sisters have it, but there is no warmth of home, and the women are fighting all day long, although there is no shortage of food and clothing in the house, but it is like a cold ice cellar, and it is possible to swallow up the family after a long time.

Shengchang yearns for the days in Guangzhou, every day is so energetic, windy, and the conversation between the students is always so passionate, although we do not have a decent home, but the heart is belonging, no matter how busy and tired every day does not feel, especially at night with the students to live together to discuss current affairs, each express their opinions, happy, although the time is late, but they are still unfinished.

After returning to the ancient city, I suddenly walked into another world, and the days were peaceful, peaceful, easy-going, and not disturbed by the outside world, just like the river that flowed to the east, quietly flowing through the city every day, without stirring up any waves, people were busy with their own lives, and they would not think about living a new life.

When he fled Guangzhou, Sheng Chang did not see any danger, but the organization had clearly told him that the people who worked with him had entered the bureau, and if he did not leave quickly, he would not only be arrested, but also may affect the organization.

Walk into the "Sifang Well" laneway, Sheng Chang walked while thinking about how to hide the leaflet in his hand to an unknown place, to the door of the house after looking up, the wooden plaque on the door made his eyes bright, carefully read a few times, very proper, see no one in the courtyard, quietly moved out of the courtyard a wooden bench, stood on the wooden bench, stuffed the leaflet into the wooden crack behind the plaque, turned his head, suddenly saw the word "square house" carved in stone behind the plaque, was wondering in his heart, heard the sound in the courtyard, quickly jumped down and hurriedly stuffed the wooden bench into the back of the door, clapped his hands, Pretending to be nothing, he went back to the room.

After dinner, Sheng Chang was bored in his room flipping through the magazines he had brought back from Guangzhou, and accidentally saw a girl in an illustration who seemed to have seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember anything for a while, so he threw the magazine aside, fell on the bed, turned over several times, and fell asleep in a daze.

It rained the next day, Sheng Chang was bored in the room, and wanted to go to Guangzhou to see how the situation was, but he was afraid of violating the rules of the organization, but he couldn't talk to the people at home, and he didn't dare to tell the truth to his uncle. When I walked to the window, I saw a little girl struggling to hold an oil-paper umbrella, so she ran out to help.

"Where are you going?" Sheng Chang asked.

"I went to Hong's cloth shop to pick up clothes for the eldest wife, but it was raining." Xiao Yahuan said.

"It's not easy to walk in this rain, I'm fine anyway, why don't I go and get it for you." Sheng Chang said.

"How's that going to work? You are a young master, how can you do this, go back and let my wife know, and you have to scold me for being lazy. Xiao Yahuan said busily.

"It's okay, it's still a little far from the cloth shop, in case the wife wants to ask you to do things and you can't find anyone." Sheng Chang persuaded.

"Well, well, it's just that this umbrella doesn't work, you should be careful." Xiao Yahuan handed the oil-paper umbrella to Sheng Chang and said.

"It's fine." Sheng Chang took the oil-paper umbrella, turned around and walked out the door.

Because of the rain, there are not many people who come to the "Sifang Well" alley to wash vegetables, Shengchang holds an umbrella and walks on the bluestone slab that is washed clean by the rain, making a "pop" sound, after walking out of the alley, there are still people coming and going on the street, there are people holding umbrellas, there are people wearing hats, interspersed with each other, raindrops fall on people's clothes along the umbrella edge, hat side and eaves edge, Shengchang holds an umbrella left and right to squeeze through the street, enter the pheasant gate hole, and then walk along the steps to the dock, waiting for the boatman to row over.

At this time, the wharf is empty, Shengchang stands alone with an umbrella, drizzle, the breeze blows, the river surface is covered with a layer of mist, the stilted wooden building along the river grows in the water in a trance, the boat that ferries in the river shakes gently, as if coming out of a pastoral landscape painting, after the boat arrives at the shore, Shengchang jumps on the boat with a key step, throws a copper plate in the iron can on the boat, and then walks to the bow of the boat, rowing the boat as usual "the boat is gone", the long tail has become a portrayal of the ancient city in the rain.

Due to the rain, there are not many people who come to the cloth shop, at this time only Lingzhi, Osmanthus and Hong Shun are in the store, Hong Shun is teaching osmanthus literacy, Lingzhi is sitting in front of the dressing table and bowing his head to cut the fabric, Shengchang stood at the door for a while, saw the appearance of Lingzhi, only to remember that the girl on the illustration yesterday turned out to be similar to Lingzhi, no wonder I only think I have seen it somewhere, especially the Lingxiu between the eyebrows, it looks so extraordinary, the clear eyes are like a pair of talking eyes, as long as I look at you, You will understand what she wants to say, maybe only the mountains and rivers of this ancient city can breed such a smart woman.

As soon as Sheng Chang walked in the door, Lingzhi, Osmanthus and Hong Shun all looked up at him, and Sheng Chang walked towards Lingzhi.

"Miss, I'll pick up the clothes." Sheng Chang said.

"You? I don't think you came to us to make clothes. Lingzhi thought carefully.

"Oh, it's not mine, it's my aunt's." Sheng Chang said with a smile.

"What day did you do it? What kind of décor? Lingzhi asked.

"This? I don't know. Sheng Chang scratched the back of his head and replied embarrassedly.

Osmanthus had never seen a person who didn't remember to make clothes, so she couldn't help but feel funny, put down the album in her hand, stood up and walked over and said:

"Young master, if you can't remember, then you won't be able to get your clothes."

"So what to do?" Sheng Chang didn't know what to do for a while.

"You go back and ask clearly, come back tomorrow." Hong Shun said.

Sheng Chang turned around regretfully, slowly walked to the door, while looking back at Lingzhi while holding the umbrella with his hand, accidentally damaged one of the umbrella bones of the oil-paper umbrella, the umbrella could not be opened, Hong Shun saw this, helped Shengchang to try, still no, Lingzhi walked over, took the umbrella from Shengchang's hand and looked at it, returned to the garment table, carefully connected the umbrella bone with scissors and rulers, handed it to Shengchang and said:

"You take it back and wipe it with lamp oil, your bones are a little astringent."

"Thank you, your hands are so skillful." Sheng Chang praised sincerely.

"Of course, Lingzhi is the best craftsmanship we have here, and many ladies and ladies wear the clothes she makes." Osmanthus said.

"Oh, your name is Lingzhi, and you really live up to your name. What do you two call them? ”

"My name is Hong Shun, her name is Osmanthus, and she is a good sister of Lingzhi." Hong Shun introduced.

"He's the little master of our cloth shop." Osmanthus pointed at Hong Shun and said with a smile.

"Oh, disrespectful. My name is Sheng Chang, I am studying in Guangzhou Academy, and when I come back from vacation, I will go out for a walk, and help pick up clothes by the way. Sheng Chang said.

"I'm studying in Shanghai Academy, and it's okay to come back from vacation, my father asked me to help." Hong Shun said.

At this time, the rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and Osmanthus looked at the heavy rain and said:

"If this rain goes on and on, our business will not be good."

"You don't usually say that you are very busy, but now you are a little more leisurely, and you can't be idle." Hong Shun said.

"If business is not good, our wages will be less." Osmanthus said mischievously.

"When I cut this garment out, you'll have something to do." Lingzhi said with a smile, then turned back to the garment table, turned his head to look at Shengchang who was standing in front of various fabrics, and when Shengchang also turned his head to look at her, Lingzhi pursed his lips and smiled slightly, and began to work.

Sheng Chang walked around and walked to Hong Shun, asking him about his studies in Shanghai, Hong Shun told him one by one, Sheng Chang also told him about his situation in Guangzhou, the more the two talked, the more excited they became, and put Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus aside, Osmanthus slowly walked to Lingzhi's side, pulled the corner of Lingzhi's clothes, and gestured to her with her eyes, Lingzhi glanced at them, handed a piece of clothing cut to Osmanthus, and Osmanthus picked up the needle and thread and began to sew.

After a while, Hong Shun looked at the weather, mentioned that yì closed the door and closed it, so as to send Lingzhi and Osmanthus home early, Lingzhi finished cleaning up the work in his hands, put on a hat with Osmanthus, and prepared to go out, Sheng Chang said:

"The hat is too small, it can't cover the rain, and it will wet your clothes, you two use my umbrella, and I will wear a hat with Hong Shun."

"Then you'll get your clothes wet, too." Lingzhi said.

"The two of us are men, so we're not afraid of this little rain." Sheng Chang said with a smile.

"Give us the hat." Hong Shun stretched out his hand and said.

So Lingzhi and Osmanthus walked in front of them with an oil-paper umbrella, Shengchang and Hong Shun each wore a hat to follow, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, with the wind, it seemed to overturn their oil-paper umbrella and a hat, Lingzhi and Osmanthus held the umbrella handle tightly, the two of them walked forward together, the wind blew their dresses and hair, and the rain took the opportunity to hit their faces. Sheng Chang and Hong Shun covered the hats on their heads with their hands as they walked, but their bodies were all wet with rain, and the two followed closely behind Lingzhi and Osmanthus until they were sent home.

The next day, Hong Shun launched a high fever, uncomfortable, so that Mrs. Hong was distressed, Boss Hong invited Lang Zhong to take a closer look, the cold air, need to lie at home for two days, Lang Zhong prescribed medicine and handed over to Mrs. Hong and then said goodbye, after Boss Hong sent Lang Zhong away, because he remembered the cloth shop, he was afraid that Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus would wait for a long time at the door of the store to open the door, so he went out to the cloth shop first. Mrs. Hong helped Hong Shun to lie down, pulled the quilt to help cover it tightly, and hurried out to grab the medicine, and when she came back, she rummaged through the box and turned the cabinet to find the medicine jar and began to decoct the medicine, and from time to time she probed into the house to see if Hong Shun was uncomfortable.

"Mother, I'm thirsty and want water." Hong Soon shouted.

"Okay, here we go." Mrs. Hong hurriedly put down the things in her hand, trotted into the house, picked up the thermos and poured a cup of boiling water, and felt a little hot for a while, so she poured out a little, mixed it with cold water, walked to the bed and handed it to Hong Shun.

Hong Shun took a sip and drank it dry, put the cup on the bedside table, and said to Mrs. Hong:

"Mother, where is my father?"

"I'm going to the store." Mrs. Hung replied.

"I don't know how Lingzhi and them were yesterday? Will it be as sick as I am? Hong Shun said.

"You take care of yourself first, why don't you know how to avoid the heavy rain yesterday?" Mrs. Hong sighed.

"The rain kept falling and didn't stop, I was afraid that Lingzhi would be late for them to go back, so I hurried away." Hong Shun said.

"Okay, okay, let's talk less, I'll go see if the medicine is good." Mrs. Hong said as she walked out.

Hong Shunzhi felt a headache, wanted to get up but was tired, so he had to lie down and close his eyes to recuperate, after a while, Mrs. Hong walked into the house with the decoctioned medicine, helped him drink the medicine, and still let him lie down to sleep.

Boss Hong rushed to the cloth shop, and sure enough, he saw Lingzhi and Osmanthus standing in front of the store and waiting, so he opened the door and told them that Hong Shun was sick, so that Lingzhi and Osmanthus were very worried, and Boss Hong said that Mrs. Hong was taking care of him at home, thinking that he would be fine if he lay at home for two days after taking medicine. Lingzhi saw that Boss Hong was talking easily, but his expression was very worried, so he and Osmanthus let Boss Hong go home first, and the store was handed over to them, and after the door closed, the two of them closed the door together and then went to visit Hong Shun. Boss Hong thought about it, felt that it was reasonable, and went home first.

Because the sky is clear, there are more people in the store today, buy cloth, take clothes to Lingzhi and osmanthus for a while, until noon after sending away a few ladies and ladies, the store is a little quieter, osmanthus re-arranges the fabric, Lingzhi sits in front of the garment table but is uncertain, from time to time to look at the door, not paying attention, fingers are pricked by needles, can't help but "ah" sound, osmanthus quickly ran over and asked:

"What's wrong?"

"The needle pricked the hand, it's fine." Lingzhi said as he put his finger in his mouth and sucked.

"Look at your uncertainties today, tell me if you have anything."

"You say, did that young master Sheng Chang from yesterday come today?" Lingzhi hesitated and whispered.

"I don't know, Young Master Hong Shun is sick, will he be sick too? Or maybe you didn't get your clothes yesterday and went back and got scolded. ”

"They are both studying in the academy, but they are not the same, I can't say it well, I feel that Young Master Hongshun is like a person from our ancient city, and Young Master Shengchang is not like it."

"Why?" Osmanthus asked curiously.

"Young Master Sheng Chang is curious about everything in the ancient city, although he goes out to study, he doesn't remember anything about the ancient city, and he speaks so cautiously, as if he is afraid of revealing something." Lingzhi said.

"I didn't pay attention to this, but now that you say so, it's indeed a bit of a thing." Osmanthus said thoughtfully.

"Let's talk about them behind our backs, okay?" Lingzhi blushed and approached Osmanthus and said.

"It's just the two of us here, and there are no outsiders, what are you afraid of?" Osmanthus said with a smile.

The two were talking, and suddenly saw Sheng Chang walk in with a little girl, Sheng Chang opened his mouth and said:

"I can't remember the color of the clothes, so I brought her here, let her tell you."

Xiao Yahuan glanced at the folded clothes, stretched out her hand to the fourth, Lingzhi took it out, first unfolded it for Xiao Yahuan to confirm, then folded the bag again and handed it to her, took the money and put it in the cabinet, Xiao Yahuan turned around and saluted Sheng Changxing, and went back. Shengchang looked around, didn't see Hong Shun, and asked after learning that Hong Shun was sick, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Students, you still need to be healthy, otherwise you will become an old man full of empty ethics."

"What are you talking about? We don't understand. Osmanthus said.

"It's taught in your school." Lingzhi said.

So Shengchang talked to them about the interesting things in the Guangzhou School, and avoided the things of the progressive group from time to time, so that Lingzhi and Osmanthus could listen attentively, because Shengchang's Guangzhou School was really different from the Shanghai School that Hong Shun talked about, the three of them chatted unconsciously It was almost time to close, Osmanthus covered her stomach and said that she was so hungry, Shengchang asked them what they wanted to eat, and Osmanthus was embarrassed to turn her head to look at Lingzhi.

"I'll eat it when I get home." Lingzhi said

"I'm too hungry to walk." Osmanthus muttered.

"I see that there are a few restaurants selling food around here, I don't know what you like to eat, so I said I'll buy it."

"I want to eat Xiao's rice tofu, and Lingzhi also loves to eat it."

"You wait." After Sheng Chang walked out quickly, it didn't take long to bring two bowls of rice tofu, and the two of them shyly took it and ate it slowly, while Sheng Chang helped them move the door panel to the front of the door to prepare for the board.

Lingzhi and osmanthus finished eating rice tofu, Sheng Chang took the dishes and chopsticks back and returned them, came back to help the door board, Lingzhi counted the silver in the cabinet, packed it in a bag and held it in his hand, the three of them made an appointment to go to Boss Hong's house to visit Hong Shun, walking on the road, Sheng Chang saw the shop selling pastries, so he stopped and weighed two boxes of pastries and wrapped them in his hands.

"Then let's buy something too." Lingzhi said to Osmanthus.

"You don't want to buy it, just take the silver and hand it over to Boss Hong, it's my first time going, and I can't go empty-handed." Sheng Chang said.

Lingzhi and Osmanthus felt that Shengchang was reasonable, so they no longer insisted, and the three of them walked to the door of Hong Shun's house together, Boss Hong saw Shengchang and introduced the three of them into the house, Hong Shun learned that the three of them were coming, and quickly sat up, Mrs. Hong took the pastries brought by Shengchang and turned around to make tea for them.

"Come here, why are you so polite." Hong Shun said to Sheng Chang.

"It's nothing just to see you, your illness can make your mother hard, so I am honoring your mother and your father." Sheng Chang said with a smile.

Hong Shun was embarrassed for a while, Lingzhi handed over the silver to Boss Hong, and told Boss Hong today's accounts in detail, Boss Hong just nodded and agreed, and handed the silver to Mrs. Hong, Lingzhi came over and asked Hong Shun with concern:

"Is it better?"

"I've been much better after taking the medicine, and it's fine." Hong Shun said.

"Your body is so defenseless, you just got sick after a little rain, so scorched." Osmanthus muttered.

"I'm hating myself for not being angry." Hong Shun said.

After Mrs. Hong brought the tea and handed it to them, she went out of the house with Boss Hong and let the four young people chat together. Hong Shun asked Shengchang, Lingzhi, and Osmanthus to sit down and said:

"I've been worried about you, I'm afraid you'll get sick too, it was raining too hard that day."

"You can exercise a lot in the future, and men have to have a strong body. I see that your father and mother treat you as a baby, but they spoil you. Sheng Chang said.

"Your father and mother are so good, I envy them." Osmanthus said.

Lingzhi was silent, every time he saw this kind of scene and heard this kind of words, he couldn't help but think of his father and mother, his nose was sour, and he lowered his head and drank a small sip of tea to cover up.

"Actually, I don't want to do this, I also want to learn from Sheng Chang and do my own things more independently, but I am in charge of my parents at home, and my relatives are in charge of me, so I don't have my own opinions." Hong Shun said.

"I wanted to be in charge, but my uncle never cared about me." Sheng Chang said.

"And what about your father?" Lingzhi asked.

"They all died in the war." Sheng Chang bowed his head and said.

"You've been with your uncle, just like Lingzhi." Osmanthus said.

"Really? It seems that the four of us are quite destined. Sheng Chang said.

Mrs. Hong came into the house and wanted to leave them to eat, Sheng Chang, Lingzhi, and Osmanthus hurriedly stood up and postponed, and told Hong Shun to recuperate, and then left Hong Shun's house together.

A few days later, Hong Shun recovered from his illness and still came to the cloth shop, and Sheng Chang was familiar with Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus and became a frequent customer of the cloth shop. When the goods came, because he couldn't find anyone to help get the goods for a while, Boss Hong was anxious, Shengchang didn't say a word, rolled up his sleeves and ran over to move bundles of fabrics, and carried the fabrics on his shoulders towards the store, Hong Shun also followed, tried it, but couldn't move, but watched Shengchang carry it back and forth, always felt guilty, thought about it, took scissors to cut the rope, stacked a few pieces of fabric together, and it was much faster, Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus were cleaning up and moving in the store, and they were also busy, so that Boss Hong looked very unhappy. Especially watching Shengchang sweating profusely on a hot day, and the clothes all over his body were made by sweating, so he told his wife to go to the street to buy two watermelons and come back, and when everyone was done, wash their hands, and cut them with a knife to share them with everyone.

"Sheng Chang, thank you so much today." Boss Hong said.

"Uncle, you're welcome, I don't have anything to do anyway, I'm glad I can help you do something." Sheng Chang said while eating watermelon.

"Look at your clothes are wet, take them off and I'll wash them for you." Mrs. Hung said.

"Don't don't, I'll be able to wash it when I get home." Sheng Chang hurriedly excused himself.

"I'm wearing these wet clothes on my body, I'm going to get sick when it's cold and hot, so I'd better take them off, and I'll wash them for you." Lingzhi said.

"That's even worse, how can I ask you to do my laundry for me." Sheng Chang said embarrassedly.

"You're welcome, there are a lot of people who want Lingzhi to help wash the clothes, and they are all in line." Osmanthus said with a smile.

"What nonsense are you talking about." Lingzhi walked over to Osmanthus to squeak her, but Osmanthus smiled and dodged.

Sheng Chang looked at them funny, and couldn't help laughing, Hong Shun took out a piece of his own clothes from the store, handed it to Sheng Chang, and asked him to change it, Sheng Chang took it, turned around and took off his clothes, Lingzhi and Osmanthus also turned around, and when Sheng Chang got dressed, the two wanted to help him wash it, but Sheng Chang rolled up the clothes and held them in his hands, refusing to let them wash them, saying that they would take them home to wash, and everyone had to give up.

Because the weather was too hot, there were fewer people coming to the store than usual, so Boss Hong decided to close the store for a day on the day of "Lixia" to avoid the Sheng Department and let everyone rest. The four young people were very excited when they heard it, Sheng Chang mentioned that he went to play outside the city, and Osmanthus said that he wanted to go to the Qinglong Cave to see the play, so the four of them invited them to go to the Qinglong Cave in the east of the city to go shopping.

The temple in the east of the city is also known as the "Qinglong Cave", backed by the green mountain, facing the river, five steps on the first floor, ten steps on the first floor, ten steps on the first floor, warped wings and cornices, carved beams and painted buildings, there are Tibetan scripture pavilions, palace rooms, academies and theater buildings, etc., four young people usually just pass by in front of the door, or stand on the consecrated bridge to look at, never go inside to see what is going on, at this time osmanthus and Lingzhi put on their own clothes, walk in front with a handkerchief, osmanthus is overjoyed along the way, touch the east and look west, and from time to time point to the distance called Lingzhi to watch, Shengchang and Hong Shun followed them closely, Four people from the Zhongyuan Zen Academy, walk up a row of stone stairs, turn the corner to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, a total of three floors, go up the stairs are very narrow, Sheng Chang walks in front, back hand pull Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma lucidum pulls osmanthus, Hong Shun walks in the end, four people go up to the second floor of the attic, look out of the window, Zhusheng Bridge and half of the city in full view, the bridge on the "Kui Xinglou" stands majestically under the reflection of the sun, the reflection of the bridge hole and the water surface forms a perfect circle, several bow boats pass through the bridge, divide the circle into two halves, The blue tiles and white walls along the river bank are matched with the turquoise and clear river water, and seeing the city without seeing people has become the unique charm of the ancient city.

When the four of them were about to ascend the stairs again, they were stopped by a Taoist, saying that it was a place where the scriptures were hidden, and outsiders were not allowed to approach. So Sheng Chang took the three of them downstairs, through a dozen corridors, to a temple, osmanthus saw someone burning incense to worship the Buddha, so he pulled the Lingzhi and said:

"Let's go and worship one too."

"My mother used to believe in this, but she was still ......" Lingzhi wanted to say and stopped.

"Do you want to worship? Then I'll buy incense. Sheng Chang stepped forward and said.

"I don't worship, osmanthus worship, I'll wait for you." Lingzhi said.

"I don't worship either, what about Young Master Hong?" Shengchang turned to Hongshun.

"I'll worship one, and I'll buy incense." Hong Shun rushed over to buy incense and gave it to Osmanthus, the two stood in front of the incense burner to light incense, Lingzhi and Shengchang slowly walked to the attic corridor on the side, leaning on the pillars on the corridor, turned around and looked at Osmanthus and Hong Shun reverently burning incense and worshiping Buddha.

"What did you just say happened to your mother?" Sheng Chang asked.

"Nothing." Lingzhi shook his head and turned to look at the turquoise river.

Sheng Chang saw that Lingzhi refused to say, and it was inconvenient to ask more, so he had nothing to say:

"Look at the two of them, it's like a couple getting married."

Lingzhi turned around and saw that Hong Shun and Osmanthus were kowtowing together with incense, and when they heard Sheng Chang say, they couldn't help but laugh.

"The two of them are going to get married, and we can be busy." Sheng Chang continued.

"Why?" Ganoderma lucidum is puzzled.

"I have to greet Young Master Hong, you can't be a bridesmaid for osmanthus, and if you can't keep it, you have to make a new wedding dress overnight." Sheng Chang went on as he spoke.

"Look at what you say, it looks like it's true." Lingzhi said with a smile.

"These are all old customs, in Guangzhou, men and women dress up, sit together and take pictures." Sheng Chang said.

Lingzhi looked at Sheng Chang with wide eyes, puzzled, and then Osmanthus and Hong Shun came over.

"What are you two talking about?" Osmanthus asked.

Lingzhi only smiled and did not answer, Osmanthus became more and more curious, turned to Shengchang, and Shengchang blurted out:

"Say that you and Young Master Hong are a good match."

"You're talking nonsense." Osmanthus waved a handkerchief to chase Sheng Chang, and accidentally tripped over the steps, Hong Shun hurriedly came over to help, making Osmanthus more and more embarrassed.

The four of them came to the theater, found an empty table and sat down, ordered food, and concentrated on watching the play. A young master-like person walked past the table, and accidentally saw Lingzhi, and couldn't help but stop and go back to take a look, Lingzhi's vision was blocked, so he tilted his head to the left and right, and the young master also looked at Lingzhi left and right, Lingzhi glanced at him, and turned his head to the side.

"Yo, Miss is so handsome, she seems to have seen it somewhere?"

"Young master, this is the cloth shop that sews clothes." An attendant who followed the young master followed and replied.

"Oh, miss, can you sew a piece of clothing for Young Master Ben, the size, come to my house, Young Master Ben will strip naked and give you the measure."

"Don't measure it, I'll measure it for you, you can strip naked now." Sheng Chang stood up and walked over and said.

Hong Shun and Osmanthus also stood up to protect Lingzhi, the young master looked at Sheng Chang, and said indifferently:

"What's the matter with you? Get out of the way. ”

"Molesting people and girls in broad daylight is not as good as beasts." Sheng Chang said solemnly.

"You dare to scold me, go out and inquire, who is this young master, don't give you a little power, you don't know that the pot is made of iron. Small, call me. As soon as the young master shouted, the attendant who followed came up and waved his hand, but he was grabbed by Sheng Chang, twisted his backhand, and hurriedly shouted "Young master, help" in pain.

"It's against you," the young master grabbed the teapot on the table and threw it at Shengchang.

"Be careful." Lingzhi screamed.

Sheng Chang turned his head, his forehead was cut by the teapot lid, and a stream of blood flowed out instantly, Sheng Chang didn't care much, pushed away the attendant, grabbed the young master with both hands, pressed him to the ground and beat him a few times, until the young master begged for mercy, and then let him go.

The performance on the stage of the theater was also frightened by this sudden formation, and quickly ended the show. Lingzhi took a handkerchief to wipe the blood stains for Shengchang, and asked distressedly:

"Does it hurt?"

"It's okay, it's a little bit of skin, you see, it's stained your handkerchief."

"Let's go to the pharmacy and apply some medicine." Hong Shun said.

"That man is so hateful, well fought." Osmanthus said through gritted teeth.

The four of them walked out of the theater, walked out of the "Wanshou Palace" along the stone steps, went to the pharmacy on the street, walked in and asked Lang Zhong to apply some medicine, and then bandaged the wound.

"It's so hanging, I almost hurt my eyes." Lingzhi said worriedly.

"Will you be scolded when you go home?" Hong Shun asked.

"Why don't we send you home together." Osmanthus said.

After Sheng Chang waited for Lang Zhong to wrap up, he stood up and said with a smile:

"This little injury is fine, don't worry, let's send Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus home first."

The four of them walked out of the pharmacy and sent the lingzhi and osmanthus separately to their homes before they dispersed.

In the evening, Lingzhi sat in front of the river window, thinking about the scene that happened during the day, and couldn't help but have a little more admiration and love for Shengchang, since growing up, in addition to his uncle Fang Min's care and love for himself, Shengchang was the first man to stand up to protect her, thinking of every time he looked at Shengchang, his heart fluttered and fluttered, is this the girl's spring is moving, when he thinks of Shengchang's healthy body, sunny smile, thoughtful care, Lingzhi has a good feeling, and when he is with Hong Shun, he has no such feeling. Thinking of this, Lingzhi felt shy, but he couldn't help but think about it, a man like Shengchang can be entrusted for life, but I don't know if Shengchang has the order of his parents, the words of the matchmaker, and whether his heart is the same as he thinks, and his daughter's family can't break this mouth to ask him. Alas, it would be nice if my mother was still there, when I was a child, whenever I had troubles, my mother would solve the siege, and it was now...... Thinking of his mother, Lingzhi's eyes couldn't help flashing tears, and the scene of being killed at home when he was a child vaguely and vaguely came into view, and he involuntarily took out a handkerchief, but he couldn't find it, and when he thought about it carefully, it seemed to be in Shengchang.

"Lingzhi, why don't you sleep yet?" Fang Min walked upstairs and asked.

"Uncle, it's okay, I'll sleep in a while." Lingzhi hurriedly wiped away her tears with her sleeve.

"What's wrong? Whoever bullies you, sue me. Fang Min saw that Lingzhi was sad, and asked carefully.

"No one bullied me, I, I, I miss my mother." Lingzhi fell into Fang Min's arms and cried softly.

"Cry, don't hold back, I'll take revenge on this sooner or later." Fang Min gritted his teeth and said firmly.

As soon as Sheng Chang walked into the house with his injuries, he was seen by the guards Fu and stopped him:

"Ho ho, you have learned to fight with others, do you want me to teach you a few tricks, you can hang less color in the future." The guard said.

Sheng Chang glanced at the Fu guard, turned his head and walked straight towards his room.

"Wait for the Wang family on the other side of the river to come and kiss, you don't show me a face." Fu Guard snorted angrily.

Sheng Chang walked into the room, looked in the mirror, looked at the wound wrapped, suddenly saw that there were traces of tea and blood on the collar of the clothes, took off the clothes, and immediately fell from the pocket of the clothes to the ground, carefully picked it up, it turned out to be a handkerchief of Ganoderma lucidum, which was already stained with blood, so he quickly called the maid to fetch water, and washed the handkerchief himself, and unfolded it while washing to check it repeatedly, until it was thoroughly washed, and then carefully dried it on the basin stand, and then fell on the bed and stared at the handkerchief, From time to time, I fantasized about Lingzhi's smile and laughter.

Since returning to the ancient city, getting acquainted with Ganoderma lucidum, osmanthus and Hong Shun is the happiest thing for Shengchang, I thought that the boring days became angry because of them, and Hong Shun had endless topics to talk about, Osmanthus's naughty humor is so frank, the most attractive thing for him is Ganoderma lucidum, both the beauty of the small jasper, and the understanding and thoughtfulness, smart and gentle, beautiful and dignified, the pair of smart eyes seem to hide countless secrets, attracting Shengchang always want to find out.

The flower matchmaker took Miss Wang Fengying and a servant along the winding path of the "Sifang Well" to the door of the crooked ramp house, looked up at the door, and nodded straight and said that he had found it. Fengying was dressed in a Western-style skirt, wearing a mesh veil, holding a small fan in her hand, curiously looking at this ingenious courtyard gate, and then followed the flower matchmaker into the courtyard, while fanning the cool while looking up at a qiē in the courtyard, the maid who followed behind was holding a gift box in his hand, and the flower matchmaker saw the Fu guard sitting in front of the living room, so he hurriedly walked over and said with a smiling face:

"Yo, Master Fu, I've kept you waiting for a long time, I'm in a hurry, and I haven't delayed all the way."

"Why is this young lady coming along?" The Fu guard frowned and whispered to the flower matchmaker.

"People have seen the world, and as soon as they say it's a blind date, they have to meet it by themselves, and I can't stop it." The flower matchmaker approached the guard Fu and said

"It's a new outfit." The Fu guard squinted his eyes and nodded at Fengying and said.

Fengying stood in the courtyard and looked at the entire courtyard carefully for a while, before slowly walking into the living room and saying to the flower matchmaker:

"This yard is good, antique, quiet and elegant, Aunt Hua, who is this?"

"This is what I told you about Sheng Chang's father." The flower matchmaker replied.

"Oh, it's Uncle Fu, Uncle Fu is good, why don't you see Shengchang? It's all the Republic of China, is it shyer than me. Fengying said curiously.

It was the first time that the Fu guards had seen such an open, unevasive, and straightforward young lady, but they lost their former position, stood up curtly, and said to the servant:

"Go and call Shengchang." turned around and beckoned Fengying and the others to sit down, and instructed the servants to prepare dinner.

Sheng Chang was concentrating on thinking about Lingzhi when the servant pushed the door in and shouted:

"Young master, a guest is here, the master told you to go to the living room."

Sheng Chang's thoughts were interrupted, he sat up from the bed and stayed for a while, and reluctantly followed the maid out, and as soon as he entered the living room, he stood by the door, looked around at everyone with his eyes, and the flower matchmaker spoke:

"Yo, it's only been a few days, and Shengchang has grown again."

Feng Ying stood up with a smile, walked over to Sheng Chang and said:

"What's going on? Why are you so careless, let me see, this Chinese medicine is not as good as Western medicine, and I will ask someone to send you some Western medicine. Meet me, my name is Fengying. ”

Sheng Chang reluctantly stretched out his hand and said:

"My name is Sheng Chang."

Unexpectedly, Feng Ying took Sheng Chang's hand and didn't let go, turned around and said to the others:

"Let's go to the courtyard and talk, you are here, we can't talk."

Fengying didn't care whether Sheng Chang was happy or not, he pulled him up and walked towards the door, Sheng Chang didn't come back to his senses, so he couldn't help but follow Fengying out of the living room, but it made the Fu guards and the flower matchmaker dumbfounded, and they couldn't say anything, so they had to let them. Fengying and Shengchang walked to the southeast corner of the courtyard under the flower gallery, Feng Yingcai let go of Shengchang's hand, and told him that he had been studying in Japan, and wanted to do things in Guangzhou after returning to China, but Guangzhou has been fighting not peacefully, thinking that his father and mother are old, so he came back to see first, but he didn't want his father and mother to keep her and not let her go outside again, so she had to find her in-law to stay.

Fengying's frankness made Shengchang no longer so hostile, and learned that she had also been in Guangzhou, so she couldn't help but ask her about the current situation in Guangzhou.

In order to avoid the nagging of his father and mother, Fengying chatted with Shengchang again, so he took the initiative to come to Shengchang to play for several days, and Shengchang wanted to know a little more about Guangzhou, and did not want Lingzhi, Osmanthus and Hong Shun to know their true identity and thoughts, so in the name of recuperating wounds, he specially accompanied Fengying to wander around the ancient city, and the injury on his head quickly improved due to the use of Fengying's Western medicine. Everywhere she went, she could talk eloquently, and her insight impressed Sheng Chang, if it weren't for the organizational discipline, Sheng Chang would have almost told Sù Fengying what he did in Guangzhou several times.

When Fengying was with Shengchang, he always regarded Shengchang as a classmate studying in Japan, but he left the blind date behind, and his father and mother knew the results from the flower matchmaker, and they were relieved a lot, and every day Fengying no longer asked when she went out, and she went, which made Fengying more free and easy, and simply happily played around with Shengchang.

In the cloth shop, Lingzhi is still busy choosing new clothes for the ladies and ladies to make fabrics, Osmanthus nagging from time to time that she hasn't seen Shengchang come to the store for a long time, and I don't know what happened to the injury on his head, Hong Shun handed her a look and signaled Lingzhi to the side, Lingzhi pretended not to see, and after sending away the lady who bought the fabric, she continued to sew, and Osmanthus walked to Lingzhi and said:

"Lingzhi, Sheng Chang was injured for you that day, don't you want to know about him?"

"He is a young master, there must be someone serving at home, and besides, we are so busy here, we can't leave." Lingzhi said helplessly.

"Why don't you let Hong Shun take a look, there are us in the store, it's not in the way." After Osmanthus said softly, she turned around and walked towards Hong Shun.

"Young Master Hong, you see that Lingzhi and I are both women, and we can't leave, why don't you go and see Young Master Shengchang?" Osmanthus said tentatively.

"Well, okay then." Hong Shun nodded in agreement.

"Wait." Lingzhi stood up and shouted.

Osmanthus and Hong Shun turned around at the same time, not knowing what Lingzhi was going to do, only to see Lingzhi take out a few copper plates from his pocket and say to Hong Shun:

"You can buy some pastries for Young Master Sheng Chang for me and bring them to you."

"I have money here, you don't have to take it." Hong Shun hurriedly said.

The two were talking, but unexpectedly, Sheng Chang walked into the store with Fengying, which surprised the three of them.

"Lingzhi, let me introduce you, this is Fengying." Sheng Chang said with a smile

"Ganoderma lucidum, such a beautiful name, people are also born beautiful." Feng Ying exclaimed.

"This is Osmanthus, this is Young Master Hong Shun." Sheng Chang introduced Fengying.

"Hello, my name is Fengying, I heard Sheng Chang talk about you these days, so I specially asked him to bring me over to get to know you." Feng Ying said generously.

Lingzhi and Osmanthus looked at Fengying seriously, especially Fengying's curly hair and ponytail, coupled with the dress she was wearing, she was handsome, and her whole demeanor was completely different from them.

"It's been a long time since you've been here, and I thought you wouldn't come again." Osmanthus shouted towards Shengchang.

"Is the wound on your head healed?" Lingzhi asked.

"It was the western medicine that Fengying brought from Japan that got better quickly." Sheng Chang said to Lingzhi.

"Oh, let me see, it's good. It's just that I don't know where my handkerchief fell that day? Lingzhi said.

"No, at my place, I washed it, but today I forgot to bring it." Sheng Chang said apologetically.

"So you guys were fighting together, and you were bleeding." Fengying asked in surprise.

"We fight? Hahaha! The four of them burst out laughing together.

Then Shengchang mentioned yì everyone went to the Dahe Inn restaurant to get together, Osmanthus happily clapped his hands in response, Shengchang helped Hong Shun on the door panel, Lingzhi and Osmanthus counted the cashier's payment, Boss Hong just came to the front of the store to lock the door, Lingzhi handed over the money to Boss Hong, Hong Shun told his father that the five of them were going out to eat together, Boss Hong took the money and nodded in agreement. The five of them came to the small restaurant of the Dahe Inn, ordered a few side dishes and a bottle of wine, and ate while talking lively.

"When I just came back from Guangzhou, I was really bored, fortunately I got to know all of you, and I met Fengying again in the past few days, so I felt less bored, come, cheers for our acquaintance." Sheng Chang raised his wine glass as he spoke, and everyone raised their glasses in response.

"The tea ceremony I learned in Japan didn't come in handy, the outside world is chaotic, it's really not as quiet as our ancient city." Fengying said.

"My parents just asked me to go to Shanghai to see the world, so that I could come back and help them manage the cloth shop in the future." Hong Shun said softly.

"You have all seen the world, only me and Lingzhi have never gone out." Osmanthus said while eating.

"What you said about the outside world, Osmanthus and I are curious, you won't dislike us for not knowing anything, right?" Lingzhi said humbly.

"Where, in fact, the three of us are still relying on the family, and the two of you are already helping the family on your own, but we feel ashamed." Sheng Chang said.

"You are all capable of doing great things, and with you, I and Osmanthus have grown a lot of knowledge." Lingzhi said.

"That's it, I've smelled the smell of this little restaurant when I passed by before, but I've never come in to eat, and I'm going to eat it well today." Osmanthus said while eating.

"The five of us, no matter what we did before, if we can meet and get together, it's fate, come, I'll ask everyone to have another drink." Sheng Chang raised his glass and said.

"No matter what, we are all people of the ancient city, and we will be friends forever in the future, sharing blessings and difficulties." Feng Ying said heroically.

"I just like what Fengying said: share blessings and hardships!" Osmanthus praised.

"From now on, we will all be like five brothers and sisters, and we will never leave us." Hong Shun said.

"We are destined to meet thousands of miles away, and may we never be separated." Lingzhi said.

The five of them chatted while eating, very happy, and before they knew it, the sky was dark soon, and the other guests on the side were checking out and leaving one after another, and finally only the five of them remained, the restaurant owner and the shopkeeper sat on the side and guarded them, listening to them with great interest, and did not urge, Lingzhi felt sorry when he saw this, so he mentioned that everyone dispersed, Hong Shun stood up and was ready to go to the checkout, but was robbed by Shengchang, the two of them were there, you pushed me to rob, so that the restaurant owner and the shopkeeper did not know whose money to receive, Osmanthus looked at the two of them like this, and couldn't help but smile and said:

"You two fight individually, or the three of us women don't know who to help."

"I just said that I want to be friends forever, looking at this situation, it seems that there will be no next time after eating this meal." Fengying quipped.

Lingzhi thought for a moment, stood up and said:

"In this way, the two of you will guess the copper plate and pay the bill." After Lingzhi finished speaking, he took out a copper plate from his pocket, put his hands behind his back to get it for a while, and then clenched his fists with both hands and stretched out, so that Shengchang and Hong Shun guessed, Shengchang and Hong Shun looked at each other, and walked over hesitantly, Shengchang guessed Lingzhi's left hand, Hong Shun guessed Lingzhi's right hand, osmanthus anxiously pulled Lingzhi and urged her to unfold her palm, Lingzhi smiled and slowly stretched out her right hand first, everyone looked curiously, there was nothing in the palm, and then Lingzhi unfolded his left hand, only to see a copper plate in the palm of his left hand, Shengchang was happy, Hurriedly ran over to pay the bill, Hong Shun smiled and shook his head.

After settling the bill, the five people walked out of the small restaurant, because Fengying lived far away, Shengchang called a rickshaw, let Fengying sit on and go home first, Shengchang and Hong Shun sent Lingzhi and osmanthus together, the four of them did not go far, Lingzhi suddenly remembered that the handkerchief that was being made for a young lady in the past few days has not yet thought of a pattern, and the young lady will come to pick it up tomorrow, it is better to sew it according to his handkerchief pattern, and it can be done at night anyway, so he told Shengchang his thoughts while walking.

"Then go with me to my house and get it now. Otherwise, Young Master Hong will send the osmanthus back first, and after Lingzhi and I go to get the handkerchief, I will send her home. ”

"Okay then." Hong Shun agreed.

"Lingzhi, you have to go home early, otherwise your uncle will not be at ease again." Osmanthus admonished.

"Okay." Lingzhi agreed.

After the four separated, Lingzhi followed Shengchang to go back, the moon and stars were scarce, the merchants on both sides of the street sat in front of the door to enjoy the shade, the children ran around playing with each other, Shengchang took Lingzhi through the middle of the street, and walked straight towards the "Sifangjing" alley.

"Just now, you figured out how to guess the copper plate, and it was solved in an instant." Sheng Chang said to Lingzhi.

"And how did you guess it all at once?" Lingzhi asked curiously.

"When I looked at you with your hands behind your back, I thought you would hold the copper plate in your left hand." Sheng Chang said proudly.

"Why?" Ganoderma lucidum is puzzled.

"Because your right hand often does cutting, and when you hold scissors too much, your hands must be very sore." Sheng Chang said tentatively.

"You can think of that?" Lingzhi said in surprise, but he couldn't help but be moved by Sheng Chang's careful consideration.

"Every time I look into your eyes, I feel that you have many stories in your eyes, and even if you don't tell them, or don't want to tell them, I want to know about you." Sheng Chang said softly.

Lingzhi lowered his head with a red face, and silently followed Sheng Chang, as if he was carrying a deer in his heart, and felt as if Sheng Chang had seen through his thoughts. Sheng Chang turned his head to look at Lingzhi, in the white moonlight, Lingzhi looked so delicate, delicate, shy, Chu Chu moving, like a piece of white jade people couldn't help but want to protect her, Sheng Chang couldn't help but reach out and hold Lingzhi, Lingzhi wanted to retract his hand, but was held tightly by Sheng Chang, so he had to be pulled forward by him.

The two of them crossed the street and turned into the "Sifangjing" alley, but they didn't know that there was a figure behind them quietly following them, and after entering the "Sifangjing" alley, Lingzhi vaguely felt a little familiar, and after turning a corner, the door of a house was closed, and Sheng Chang just said it, and he heard a shout behind him:

"Lingzhi, come back."

"Ahh Lingzhi was frightened and couldn't help but throw himself into Sheng Chang's arms, Sheng Chang couldn't help but say that he put his arms around Lingzhi and turned his face to look behind him.

I saw a figure rushing forward, pushing Sheng Chang away, holding the Lingzhi and walking back, Sheng Chang stumbled, almost fell, and after trying to gain a foothold, he immediately threatened loudly:

"Who are you?" Sheng Chang was reaching out to pull the lingzhi as he spoke, but was pushed away by the man, and said angrily:

"Don't ask me who I am, stay away from my Lingzhi in the future."

"Huh?" Sheng Chang was taken aback, and was speechless for a while.

"Uncle, why is that?" Lingzhi saw that it was Fang Min and asked in surprise.

"Ganoderma lucidum, you won't come to this kind of place in the future." Fang Min couldn't help but say that he left quickly with Lingzhi, Sheng Chang stood in front of the door in astonishment and watched the two of them leave in a daze, unable to speak, stretched out his hand and touched his head, and couldn't understand why this sudden admiration was for a while, until he couldn't see the figure of the two of them, he walked into the house in a daze.

After Fang Min returned home with Lingzhi, he closed the door and walked to the attic room with Lingzhi, Lingzhi walked to the river window and stood, looking at the river flowing eastward outside the window silently, his eyes were filled with tears, and he didn't understand why Fang Min didn't let himself associate with Shengchang.

Fang Min walked to the chair and sat down, and after calming down a little, he slowly said to Lingzhi:

"Lingzhi, since our family suffered that disaster, there are only the two of us left in the family, and my uncle always wants you to forget about that tragic scene, and I hope you have a happy life. I believe you will remember the days when we escaped and hid all these years, when you hugged your uncle all day and all night and cried bitterly, and said that you would let your uncle take you to your father and mother, do you know the hatred in your uncle's heart at that time! If it hadn't been for the fact that you were young, my uncle would have fought hard with them. ”

"Uncle." Lingzhi turned around and shouted.

"After we returned to the ancient city, my uncle was afraid of hooking your memories of the past, so he consciously avoided the old mansion far away, and I heard others say that no one dared to live in our old mansion, and it was deserted, so I never went to see it. Who would have thought that the more you want to avoid it, the more you will have to come to the door. Fang Min sighed and said.

"Uncle, when I walked into the alley with Sheng Chang today, I just felt a little familiar, and I didn't remember it for a while, it turned out to be our old house, but why is Shengchang's family living in it now?" Lingzhi walked over and leaned on Fang Min's shoulder and asked.

"How long have you known this Shengchang? What does he do? Fang Min asked.

"He's studying at the Guangzhou Academy, and the academy is now on vacation, so he's back. I heard him say that he also lived with his uncle, but I didn't know who his uncle was, and he never met him. ”

"Oh, that's right. Lingzhi, have you sued anyone else about this old house? For example, osmanthus and Hong Shun. Fang Min asked.

"No, I never want to mention our family affairs to anyone." Lingzhi shook his head and said.

"That's good, don't tell anyone about this old mansion. Wait for me to take the time to slowly inquire about the situation of this Shengchang family, but you, you are not allowed to go there again in the future. Fang Min admonished.

"yes, okay." Lingzhi nodded in agreement.

"Okay, you go to bed early, and don't forget to close the windows." Fang Min stood up as he said and walked downstairs.

Lingzhi closed the door, walked to the window and lowered the window, then slowly walked to the bed alone and sat down, picked up the unfinished handkerchief, thought about it and dropped it again, leaning against the bedpost, and recalling what had just happened in his mind.

Since I met Shengchang, I haven't asked where his family lives at all? Who is in the family? Besides, this is not a girl's casual inquiry, this has to be known to others, and you can't laugh at yourself. What he didn't expect was that Sheng Chang would live with his uncle in his old mansion, how did they live there? What did his uncle do? I don't know anything about this. In his dealings with Sheng Chang, he only knew that Sheng Chang was studying in the Guangzhou Academy, and it was not like he made it up when he talked to Hong Shun like that. I don't know if he and his uncle are from the ancient city, but what is the connection? Lingzhi only felt that his head hurt, and he couldn't figure out a thought, so he fell into bed and slowly fell asleep.

The next day, Lingzhi was busy in the cloth shop, and saw Sheng Chang hurriedly walking in with his handkerchief, handing the handkerchief to Lingzhi while asking with concern:

"Your uncle didn't scold you last night, did he?"

Lingzhi took the handkerchief, shook his head, and was busy with himself, Osmanthus came over and asked with concern:

"Your uncle was worried about you again yesterday, didn't he?"

"It's common for my family to worry, and my parents often love to nag me." Hong Shun said.

"You, I'm afraid that your father and mother will also nag you when you become a family." Osmanthus quipped.

"Who's going to have a family? I knew that a few of you were here, and as soon as Sheng Chang was injured, he forgot about me. Feng Ying said as she walked in.

Sheng Chang was embarrassed to tell Fengying about last night's incident, and was afraid that Fengying would tell Lingzhi about the proposal of the two families to make Lingzhi more hearted, so he didn't talk more, Fengying walked straight to Lingzhi and said:

"Lingzhi, your dexterity, it's too hot, you can make me a dress. This is wages, no change. Feng Ying said and put the silver on the cabinet, looked up at the fabric that was laid out in the cabinet, and then said:

"I want to be quieter, you can help me pick it."

"Then I'll give you a measurement." Lingzhi turned around and picked up the ruler and said.

Feng Ying put the things in his hand on the cabinet, then stretched out his hands, let Lingzhi measure up and down, and said as he turned around:

"I know that there is a cool place in our ancient city, just four miles out of the city, have you all been there?"

"Oh, you're talking about Tieshan Creek, that's where the big brush is." Osmanthus said.

"What kind of brush?" Fengying asked.

"It's Wu Jingzi who wrote "The History of Confucianism". Hong Shun replied.

"Got this place? I haven't been there before, so let's go play together. Sheng Chang said.

"You can go, Osmanthus and I want to see the shop." Lingzhi said after measuring Fengying.

"It's okay, wait until I go back and tell my father, it's too hot this day, and there are few people who come to buy cloth and make clothes, and the store is closed for a day." Hong Shun said.

"Then it's on you, Lingzhi and I are waiting for your reply." Osmanthus said with a smile.

Hong Shun agreed and turned around and walked towards home, Lingzhi took Fengying to pick fabrics on the cabinet, Fengying didn't find a satisfactory choice, Lingzhi looked at the color of the clothes Fengying was wearing, and then pulled out a stack of light purple floral fabrics on a white background from the colorful fabrics and put them on the cabinet, pulled up the fabric head and put it on Fengying.

"What do you think? Do you like it? Lingzhi asked, tilting his head.

"Well, this fabric is quite quiet, so let's leave it at that." Fengying said.

"What do you think? Do you like it? Lingzhi asked, tilting his head.

"Well, this fabric is quite quiet, so let's leave it at that." Fengying said.

Sheng Chang saw that there was not much to do in the store for the time being, so he said to the three of them Lingzhi:

"You're busy here, I'll go prepare some food for tomorrow."

"Young Master Shengchang, prepare more fruits, I love melons." Osmanthus said with a smile.

"I love grapes." Feng Ying tilted her head and said mischievously.

"What about you?" Sheng Chang asked Lingzhi tentatively.

"Me? Whatever. Lingzhi bowed his head and said.

"Whatever? Tell me about it. Feng Ying quipped while pulling Lingzhi.

"Yes, I haven't even eaten it? Where can I buy it? Osmanthus said with Feng Ying.

"You two are good or bad, are you deliberate?" Lingzhi said to Fengying and Osmanthus.

"Why do I think it's not that I'm bad, but that you're taking the test for Young Master Shengchang." Feng Ying said with a smile.

"Then Young Master Shengchang, you sue us, whatever?" Osmanthus turned to Sheng Chang and asked.

"Lingzhi just said casually, you two are not endless." Sheng Chang shook his head with a smile and said.

"I like both of you to eat, so it's always okay." Lingzhi said.

After Sheng Chang said goodbye to them, he walked out of the cloth shop first, and not long after, Hong Shun came back, telling their father not only agreed, but also asked his mother to prepare good food for them, several people were excited, and they gathered together to discuss the matter of going out tomorrow, until it closed, they put on the door panel together, closed the door of the store, and then went home separately.

The next day, the sun was shining, the blue sky was hung with clouds, the five agreed to meet at the Zhusheng Bridge, Shengchang was the first to arrive, carrying a bag of snacks and fruits, standing under the "Kuixing Tower", looking left and right, and after a while, Hong Shun also came with a bag of food.

"You're bringing so many things, too?" Sheng Chang asked.

"This is what my father and mother asked me to carry, afraid that we will starve." Hong Shun said helplessly.

"I really envy you, it's distressing to have such a good father and mother." Sheng Chang said sincerely.

"I was taken care of by my father and mother, and the osmanthus joked that I didn't grow up." Hong Shun said helplessly.

"It's always good to be with my mom and dad day and night. Hey, why didn't the three of them come yet? Sheng Chang stood on his toes and looked at both sides.

After a while, two rickshaws pulled Lingzhi, Osmanthus and Fengying to the bridge, the three of them beckoned to Shengchang and Hongshun, Shengchang and Hongshun hurriedly lifted things and ran over, Lingzhi, Osmanthus, Fengying sat in the middle, Fengying sat in the middle with an umbrella, covering Lingzhi and Osmanthus from time to time, and Osmanthus only cared about being happy, not caring about the sun, from time to time to turn around and tell Shengchang and Hongshun to hurry up, Shengchang and Hongshun sat on a rickshaw behind, the two of them held food in their hands, looked at the happy expression of Osmanthus, and couldn't help but joke with her.

"We've brought so much food today, you have to destroy it, and you can't let the two of us carry it back." Sheng Chang said with a smile.

"Don't worry, wrap it up with me. Lingzhi and Fengying can't snatch me. Osmanthus said loudly.

"If you can't finish eating the osmanthus, you won't be allowed to come back, so leave her in Tieshanxi." Fengying quipped.

"Ah, you don't want me anymore, I'm going to cry." Osmanthus pretended to cry, causing everyone to laugh for a while, and even the rickshaw driver couldn't help but look back at her.

Everyone walked all the way and laughed all the way, and soon arrived at Tieshan Creek, and sure enough, they saw a huge brush across the mouth of the stream, on a book, on which was written "Confucianism's Foreign History", and the words "Wu Jingzi" were engraved on the lower paragraph. The five young men got out of the rickshaw, paid for the car, and walked slowly along the stream, only to see that the mountain peaks were steep, the peaks were stacked, the jungle was lush, and a clear stream ran through the forest, jumping happily, bringing infinite vitality to the silent valley, and it was indeed a quiet and elegant place to escape.

Sometimes five people take off their shoes and socks together, wade hand in hand across the stream, let the cool stream soak their clothes, and suddenly enter another world, temporarily forgetting the scorching summer.

On a flat pebble beach, Sheng Chang and Hong Shun spread out the cloth towels wrapped in food, and put the food they brought on it, scallion pancakes, boiled eggs, fried cakes, chicken cakes, fruits, etc., which are really rich, and on the bank of the stream, I saw osmanthus picking up the pebbles on the bank with bare feet and throwing them into the stream, Lingzhi bent over, picking wild flowers blooming by the stream, Fengying squatted on the side of the stream to catch small fish and shrimp, the river valley wind blew their hair and dresses, like three white lotus flowers blooming on the bank of the stream, each with its own demeanor, each showing its style.

"This place is really a paradise, no wonder Wu Jingzi chose this place to write a book and speak." Sheng Chang said.

"My father often told me that our ancient city is a good place, with mountains, water, spirit and sex." Hong Shun said.

"But we hot-blooded young people can't live a life of mediocrity at home. When I was in Guangzhou, I saw many aspiring young people joining the national salvation movement and pursuing democracy and equality, which was the life I wanted. Sheng Chang sighed.

"You can't be influenced by progressive organizations, are you?" Hong Shun said tentatively.

"I think what they're doing is really saving the country." Sheng Chang said cautiously.

"But that's risky, I've seen some people arrested in Shanghai, and some of them have been shot." Hong Shun whispered worriedly.

"There are risks, but somebody has to do them." Sheng Chang said firmly.

"What are you two talking about?" Fengying walked over and asked.

"Didn't say anything." Sheng Chang said while gesturing to Hong Shun.

"Ganoderma lucidum, osmanthus, come and eat something." Hong Shun understood and quickly diverted the topic.

Lingzhi and osmanthus trotted over, five people sat in a circle, Fengying opened the bag he brought, and recommended to everyone the Japanese sushi he learned to make, osmanthus said that it was like the rice dumplings eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival in the ancient city, Lingzhi praised the fine work, and then pinched the picked wildflowers, and put them together with the sushi, so that everyone praised the beauty.

"I really didn't expect that in addition to the Qinglong Cave, there would be such a cool and fun place in our ancient city." Fengying said as she ate.

"When I was a child, I heard adults say that our ancient city is a pearl left by God on the ground, but I rarely go out to see everywhere, and getting to know all of you really opened my eyes." Lingzhi said.

"Our ancient city is a treasure of feng shui, once I climbed Longtou Mountain with my family, and when I looked down, it was actually a Tai Chi Bagua map." Osmanthus said.

"Is there such a god?" Hong Shun said in disbelief.

"Really, the bend of the Daheguan is the dot on the Tai Chi Bagua map." Osmanthus said while eating fried ba.

"Seems to be the case." Lingzhi nodded and said.

"You all have your own things, Lingzhi and Osmanthus sell cloth to make clothes, Hong Shun helps my father and mother in the family to do some business, and Fengying goes home to accompany my father and mother, but what about me? But I was idle all day, and if I hadn't gotten to know you, I wouldn't have known how to live this day. Sheng Chang sighed.

"Aren't you like us? Why do you do this? Lingzhi asked puzzled.

"I'm only happy when I'm with you, but when I get home, I feel depressed and lifeless all day." Sheng Chang said.

"But it's your home after all." Osmanthus said.

"That's not my home, it's just my uncle's." Sheng Chang said resolutely.

"Does it make a difference? Didn't you live with your uncle? Fengying asked.

"I was entrusted to my uncle by my father and mother when she was dying, and I used to be fine when I was adrift with my uncle, but now I am out of place, and I choke when I speak." Sheng Chang said.

"Lingzhi also lived with her uncle, but she was taken care of by her uncle so thoughtfully." Hong Shun said.

"Yes, as long as Lingzhi comes home a little later, her uncle will come to pick her up, it's like her own father." Osmanthus said.

"You've all won the prize, maybe because I'm a girl." Lingzhi bowed his head and said.

"I've been thinking about it for a long time, maybe I'll have to leave after a while." Sheng Chang said.

"Where are you going?" Lingzhi blurted out, and the other three were also shocked.

"I want to go to Guangzhou." Sheng Chang said.

"I also want to leave, I have friends in Guangzhou, or let's go together." Fengying said.

"I don't get along with my uncle, and I'm always arguing at home. And your father and mother miss you so much, they will definitely not let you go. Sheng Chang said.

"We haven't known each other for long, and you're going to be scattered, alas!" Osmanthus sighed.

"I'm not far away from school now, and I'm going back to Shanghai in a while, but when I graduate, I'm definitely going back." Hong Shun said.

"When the three of you leave, only me and Lingzhi are left." Osmanthus said boringly.

"There is no banquet in the world, you have brought me and osmanthus a lot of happiness during this time, we will remember you." Lingzhi said.

"Don't always say such discouraged words, since we come out to play today, everyone should be happy." Fengying said.

"Yes, it's all my fault for influencing everyone's feelings. Well, I'm not going to say that unhappy thing anymore. Shengchang reinvigorated.

"No matter where we are in the future, we must be good friends for life." Hong Shun said.