His words hurt my heart, and I broke free from his embrace, sat up straight, and said angrily, "You don't have to remind me, I know I'm stupid." ”

After speaking, holding back tears, he was about to get out of bed and leave.

He took me by the hand and said, "Where did you start with this?" I'm not what you mean. ”

I tried hard to break free of his hand, but he wouldn't let go, and a deep sense of powerlessness made me feel irritable and crazy, and tears finally flowed down my face.

Zhou Sinian came over and hugged me and said gently, "Is it okay if I said something wrong?" I just don't understand why I treat you like this, you have always distrusted me, and you have always suspected me of harming you. ”

"Didn't I sue you? I don't know why, but I'm scared. I whispered, and then I said, "I won't be like this again, maybe it's all too much crankiness." ”

Zhou Sinian smiled and said, "Isn't it too boring?" Well, in a few days," he said, "shall we find a time to visit your uncles, who have many of your brothers and sisters, so that they will not be bored." ”

As soon as he said this, I remembered what Chen Xianren said about my cousin Du Lingjun, and I couldn't help but smile and said, "I really want to meet that Du Xiaohouye, this person should be very interesting." ”

His face showed unhappiness, and he smiled helplessly: "Yes, except for me, everyone else is very interesting." ”

I ignored him and said, "How long do you have to soak, I'm going out, it's too hot, I'm a little dizzy." The most annoying is hot and humid. ”

"You go to sleep, don't wait for me, I still have to practice tonight." After he finished speaking, he lay back down and closed his eyes.

Out of the hot spring pool, I instantly felt refreshed, and looking back at Zhou Sinian in the pool, I wondered why he had to practice in such a hot day and in such a hot pool for so long.

He changed into a loose hemp trouser gown, put a pair of small high-cut leather boots on his feet, tucked the trouser legs into the boots, put on a knee-length narrow-sleeved robe, braided his hair into two braids, and walked outside.

A disc-like moon in the sky illuminated the mountain path clearly, and the breeze blew away all the hot air that had just accumulated in the hot spring pool.

Qingyang rushed over and said, "Madam, go back and rest, so that you can blow the wind just after soaking in the hot spring, but I'm afraid it's not good." ”

I said, "It doesn't matter, I didn't soak for long." "Walking aimlessly along the path. Asked Qingyang: "Why did Brother Nian soak in the hot springs for so long?"

Qing Yang said: "The city lord seems to have been frozen in his early years, and he fell into a little problem, so he always soaked in the hot springs to practice. ”

I became uneasy and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Qingyang said: "There doesn't seem to be a big problem, but he can't get cold, even in summer, he doesn't eat a cold diet." ”

It didn't sound like a big deal, so I didn't ask again.

We walked down the stone path and changed our clothes, unlike the embroidered shoes and floor-length skirts we wore when we came, and I didn't think it was difficult to walk.

I like this kind of energy

Before I knew it, I walked far away, and it seemed that I had circled around the hot spring pool for half a circle, and turned to the back of the hot spring pool, and the moon disappeared at some point.

The terrain is flattening and the air smells sweet with apricots.

"It smells so good!" I closed my eyes, took a deep breath of the sweet air of the night, and said to Qing Yang, "Is there an apricot tree near here, it smells so sweet?" ”

Qing Yang said: "A short distance to the north, there is an apricot forest, and the apricots in it should be ripe now, and this smell should come from there." ”

I said, "Can we go pick a few and eat them?" ”

Qing Yang smiled: "Of course you can, this is your own orchard, madam." However, now that it is dark and the ground is uneven, be careful of falling. When it's dawn tomorrow, let's go again. ”

"It's too hot during the day, you follow me, I can see things very clearly at night."

As I spoke, I followed the scent of apricots and walked south.

After walking for a short time, I saw a lush apricot forest, and I could vaguely see that the trees were full of yellow and green apricots, and I felt that my jaw was sour, and my saliva flowed out.

It's a pity that I can't reach it, so I can only look around the tree, Qingyang can't see it, and said anxiously: "I can't even see where the apricots are, how good is it to have someone pick them and send them to the house tomorrow?" ”

"Who's there?" When I looked closely, it was an old man who came out of nowhere, dressed in coarse cloth and short clothes, holding a lantern in his hand, and by the light of the lantern, I could see that the old man had a ruddy complexion, gray hair and beard, fifty or sixty years old, and a pair of sharp eyes, staring at me.

I said, "We are from the front house, how much are your apricots, can you help me pick some?" ”

The old man did not speak, but kept looking at me, but there was no malice in his eyes, but a little bit of love belonging to the elders.

Qing Yang said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you staring at our lady like this, it's so rude." ”

The old man seemed to have just come to his senses and asked, "Can you see the apricots on this tree?" ”

I explained: "I used to spend some time in a very dark place, so I could see more clearly at night than normal people. ”

The old man said, "This apricot is not fully ripe, it is a little sour, and when it is ripe, let's eat it again." ”

I said, "I like to eat sour." ”

When the old man heard this, he looked at me again and said, "Wait." "He gave me the lantern, and with a few strokes, he climbed up the tree, and soon came down again, and there were many hairy apricots in the placket of his clothes.

I was stunned, and after a while, I came back to my senses and said, "Uncle, you are really old and strong." ”

The old man laughed, poured the apricots into the placket of my clothes, and said, "My dwelling is in front, go and sit?" ”

I didn't care about the clear eyes, nodded in agreement, and followed the old man to a small cabin in the depths of the apricot forest.

Under an apricot tree in front of the wooden house, there are stone tables and stone benches.

The old man took out a large wooden bowl, put the apricots in my clothes, went to the well platform to fetch a bucket of water, washed the apricots, and brought them over.

I said, "Thank you, sir." "I picked up a soft, almost all yellowed apricot, and took a gentle bite, sweet and sour.

The old man said, "Are you the wife of Zhou Xianggong in the former mansion?" ”

I nodded and asked, "Uncle, do you live here?" ”

The old man said, "Yes, I have lived here since there was this forest." The people in Zhuangzi call me Xinglin Weng. ”

I said, "This forest looks like it's been going to be many years old, right?" ”

The old man said, "Yes." ”