The ferry port where the Qinhuai River enters the river is busy and lively at any time. Boats and boats on the water are densely packed, and shops on land are open on the street, and brokers, merchants and pedestrians are bustling and noisy - Jinling is located in a hilly area, and the city and market are built according to the topography, and there are almost no straight roads, so the shops are also scattered. It's not as neat as the northern giant port, but it also has a kind of fireworks in the world.

Since the establishment of caravans, Ruyi has often frequented the big cities and docks in Changganli. There are many people here who "take the boat as their home, and sell as their business", although they are prosperous and wealthy, they do not pay much attention to the deep boudoir daughter, and it is common for children to catch Qingmei and ride a bamboo horse to run and play on the street, and there are not a few married women who are the masters of the house. Therefore, I feel very comfortable walking here.

She went out early in the morning and walked around the city first. I also saw the famous fishing market, when the peach blossoms are in season, and the river is producing the most delicious anchovies. The lips of the fish are dotted with zhu, and the meat is fragrant. However, when it comes out of the water, it dies, and the fragrance is gone. Therefore, it can only be purchased by the waterfront, and it is best to fish it out of the fishermen's nets. Most of the anchovies were privately supplied to wealthy families, but the fishermen also had surplus goods in their hands. In order to grab a few of the major restaurants in the city, they all sent people to the wharf early in the morning to bid for the fishing market.

Ruyi felt that this trading method was very novel and interesting, so he ordered someone to shoot a few tails. As for the fish, she asked the fishermen to cook it, and sent it to several shops she opened with the pot, and gave it to the boys for tooth sacrifice.

Xu Yi followed her and watched her have nothing to do.

Ruyi was actually very good at concealing it, she always smiled lightly and gently, and when she listened to him, she would slowly stop and turn slightly sideways to face him.

But she didn't look at him directly.

Xu Yi was prepared in her heart. At the beginning of the year, his aunt mentioned to Xu Si about his marriage with Ruyi, and Xu Si's reply was that if he was not in a hurry, he would still wait for another two years - one Liuli had not yet married, and it was orderly; Second, Ruyi is still young and has not yet grown up.

This reason is very reasonable, but it is very different from Xu Si's tone all along. Therefore, Xi Shi felt not very happy.

Although Xu Yi explained her, "Ruyi is indeed two years younger than me, there is nothing to say." It's not that you can't wait. What's more, when I was also studying and progressing, it was safer to get married two years later. But he was also vaguely aware that he was afraid that something had changed in a place he didn't notice.

Maybe it was Princess Miaoyin's marriage change that made him sensitive, and he always felt that as soon as this matter came out, both the Son of Heaven and Xu Si became passive and cautious about the marriage of their children. The original marriage contract between him and Ruyi doesn't seem to be so reliable.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with being cautious about marriage. Xu thought about staying for two more years, and he can understand. But...... He couldn't accept "change". The situation of him and Ruyi was completely different from that day of Princess Miaoyin, why did they want to let their pair suffer from the pond fish?

At this juncture, Xu Yi felt that she should not be passive and inactive.

Therefore, although Xu Si touched a nail somewhere, Xu Yi still didn't have to be suspicious and asked Erlang to help meet Ruyi. He wanted to get a glimpse of Ruyi's tone.

However, as soon as they met, Xu Yi realized that Ruyi's attitude towards him had changed.

She's running away from him—but she's boldly accepted his invitation to meet him privately.

Xu Yi didn't like the girls next to her. He only likes Ruyi, and he likes it naturally. Everything seems to be logical between them - they have had a marriage contract since childhood, they are a good match, they are comparable in character and learning, and even their temperament and preferences are compatible. When you are ignorant, you read books together, and when your love first opens, you will be happy with each other, and you don't even need to confess and point out.

Emotionally, he has never experienced setbacks, so he has no experience. It's just that Ruyi is still whitewashing the peace.

For the first time, Xu Yi realized what it meant to be "tricky", or that she didn't know where to start.

They walked among the streets and alleys of Chang'anli.

The twilight spring in the south of the Yangtze River is misty and rainy, the peach blossoms fall all the rhododendrons, there are always endless flowers and trees, and the beautiful scenery is overwhelming. On the white mud and black tile courtyard wall next to the road, there are also roses sticking out. Ruyi enjoyed the beautiful scenery, met an elegant flute shop, and went into the house to help Xu Yi choose a tube of bamboo Xiao.

However, after leaving the dock and heading south to Shizigang, the alleys were gradually deep, and the pedestrians were scarce, and the wishful bluff could not hold on.

Her voice gradually faded, and finally her face hung her head slightly red, and she stopped making a sound.

Xu Yi first just talked to her, so as not to be embarrassed and attentive when she spoke alone. As Ruyi was speechless, he gradually spoke less.

For a while, only a drizzle fell on the umbrella surface of the bamboo bone ice silk, and occasionally from a distance came the sound of a flower girl singing.

They went to the stone hill, and in the drizzle, there were hardly any tourists here. The grass and trees are lush and lush, and the birds of Zigui chirp among the densely intertwined canopies.

The ground was already soaked, and despite the rudimentary stone steps and crooked roots, it was still heavy and slippery underfoot.

Xu Yi walked in front and stretched out his hand to Ruyi.

Ruyi hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and tugged at his sleeve. Her eyes drooped, her long eyelashes blocking the light from her.

Xu Yi paused and didn't make a sound.

Ruyi only grabbed the corner of his sleeve, but it seemed that he could still feel the warmth on his body. In such a humid weather, the fragrance emanating from his body is still dry and steady, and people can't help but want to get close.

The voice was also low and steady, "There are tree roots, be careful not to trip." ”

Ruyi Xin ape and horse responded, but stepped on the root of the tree without paying attention. The root of the tree is at the corner of the stone steps, and it has been borrowed by countless people, and it has long been smoothed out of the literature and science, and it has fallen from the rain, and it is so slippery that it is impossible to step on it. Ruyi slipped into the air with his foot and threw himself face down to the ground. Xu Yi hurriedly reached out to help her. Ruyi was in a hurry, grabbed his arm, and flipped in mid-air, jumping onto the muddy slope beside him.

Xu Yi looked down at her for a moment and chuckled, "Swallow-like." ”

Ruyi's face was just flushed - her foot was stepping on the mud, the black mud in the forest was soft and slippery, although she stabilized her body at the moment, but she only had to move, she was afraid that she would slide down.

Of course, after all, she has grown up from a trotting plum blossom pile, and she will also have a complete set of five bird plays, and it is a big deal to have another set of gymnastics, and she will definitely be able to find a stable foothold.

But somehow she remembered the monkey show she watched on Suzaku Street during the Shangyuan Festival.

She felt a lot like the tumbling monkey - except that the monkey was being juggled and she was being played by herself.

She could even imagine Xu Yi's narrow smile behind her - somehow she vaguely felt that her cousin was a little angry, I was afraid that he would generously hug his arms, and watch her behave as much as he wanted, and would never lend a hand to avoid embarrassment to her...... Ruyi suddenly felt that her face was about to burn, and she couldn't find a crack in the ground to get into, and she didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of Xu Yi.

"Ruyi."

She craned her neck and half-squatted between the fallen leaves and the dirt, and heard Xu Yi calling her behind her again.

She blushed her nose and quietly turned her head, and saw Xu Yi handing over a tube of dong flute.

He said, "Hold it." Ruyi subconsciously held it, Xu Yi said, "Go up." Ruyi moved his hand upward, and Xu Yi said, "Hold it tight, I'll pull you over." ”

Xu Yi pulled Ruyi back to the stone steps. When Ruyi was about to let go, he said, "Hold it." Ruyi clenched again.

They went up one after the other.

Although Shizigang is taken out of the climbing Range Rover in the city, the mountain is not steep. When you climb up, you will find a flat plateau. Because of the rain on this day, even on the top of the mountain, the field of vision is not wide, and only a foggy patch can be seen from afar. The mountain, which is obviously not steep, has become a little high and deep.

At this time, the cherry blossoms in the mountain have already withered, and only the new leaves and orchid grass between the stones are growing on the trees, and the drizzle will condense on them like dew.

So they sat down in a storm pavilion in front of the cliff.

Ruyi had countless words to say to Xu Yi in her heart. She knew that Xu Yi had sensed her subconscious estrangement, and she wanted to explain, but she couldn't say it.

Obviously, the two hearts are the same, but at this moment, she doesn't know Xu Yi's thoughts, and she doesn't even know if Xu Yi is angry. There was a love thread wrapped in her heart, which made her feel depressed and sad. She couldn't help but sigh, and said lightly, "I heard that my cousin is going to be a senior, and I haven't congratulated ......you yet."

Xu Yi said, "You congratulated you when we met. ”

Wishful:......

Xu Yi laughed helplessly and said, "I originally planned to make a decision after discussing with you, but you didn't seem to care very much, so I did what I wanted." ”

Ruyi said, "Oh......" It took a moment to remember that Xu Si had indeed mentioned these things to her earlier. It seems that the imperial court recommended Xu Yi to be a free horseman, but Xu Yi wanted to go to the shogunate of Da Sima, so she said, "At that time, A-Niang mentioned to me, and I did say that my cousin would decide for himself, but--I don't care, it's just ......"

She spoke in a rambling manner this day, Xu Yi vaguely understood her intentions, but wondered if she really thought so - he has always been a glorious person, if he likes someone, then what he shows must be that he likes this person, not that he doesn't like this person or he may also like others. He admits that he has never expressed any wrongdoing.

But Ruyi is not like this.

There seems to be a shell on her body, firmly wrapping her heart. She is very good at keeping a distance from people, but she is not good at revealing her heart and even her feelings - even if she is so angry that she cries, she will use "why bother with her" to take her feelings back. She's serious and focused, but most of the time she's always on her own, as if she doesn't need anyone else.

They were in love. Xu Yi felt that Ruyi liked him, but at this moment he was suddenly unsure. He wondered if Ruyi would be close to him just because of the marriage contract, but deep down, he actually rejected him?

After all, she really never seemed to explicitly say that she liked him too. The friendship between them may just be an ordinary brother and sister relationship, two little guesses?

Xu Yi seriously thought about Ruyi's mood for the first time, but found that he would also be disturbed by these trivial feelings.

Therefore, he refused to accept Ruyi's words, and only insisted on waiting for her to explain her intentions clearly.

Who knew that Ruyi choked and blushed in annoyance and refused to say any more.

Xu Yi waited for a while, but after all, she still couldn't ask her. It's just that I was depressed about this heart, and if I didn't vomit or be unhappy, I would be abrupt and Meng Lang.

He put the bamboo flute under his lips and played it slowly.

Ruyi was depressed, so he heard the sound of the flute.

Due to the humidity, the sound of the flute was slightly sluggish, but Xu Yi's breath was long, and although the sound of the flute was sluggish, it was not stopped. It reverberates long on this open high platform.

The sky was full of rain, and the clouds and smoke slowly surged above the high sky and the river. They sat in a hut made of thatched grass and dead wood, and among the green and white rocks at their feet grew weeds of bluegrass.

The sound of the flute was slow at first, and I don't know what kind of song it was. It is like an eagle spreading its wings and jumping off a cliff, and the wind under its wings is long and the sky is high. Vast and boundless, yet lonely. But the eagle circled three times, up and down, hovering and not going. Gradually, the sound of the flute became bright and bright, as if it was poured, deep and warm but with a delicate feeling.

Ruyi couldn't help but look up at Xu Yi. She vaguely felt that Xu Yi seemed to be confiding in her, as if she had the meaning of a phoenix soaring all over the world to seek a phoenix. But she doesn't care about music theory, she just "feels" that she hears the meaning of the music, but she doesn't know if this song really has this established "original intention" - she is originally a person who is too serious and thinks less.

The sound of the flute finally fell in melancholy and sigh.

Xu Yi looked at her quietly.

The chaotic thoughts in Ruyi's heart were suddenly forgotten.

They looked at each other for a long time, and Xu Yi finally said, "...... My heart is a stone, and I can't turn it. ”

Ruyi's face immediately turned red.

Xu Yi said, "It's not early, I'll send you back." ”

Ruyi raised her hand and grabbed his sleeve.

Xu Yi looked back gently, and Ruyi plucked up her courage and said, "Chinese New Year's Eve." Chinese New Year's Eve that day, I ...... that Miaoyin was dead, and her heart made her reluctant to talk about the rights and wrongs of the deceased, and the words turned in her mouth for a long time, and finally she swallowed them. She only looked at Xu Yi and said, "...... My heart is a bandit, and I can't be swept away. ”

Smoke and rain.

But at this moment, their hearts were full of clouds and rain, and they were happy and sunny.

They looked at each other, and the smile on their faces could no longer be hidden.

On this day, Erlang's heart was always troubled, although he was handling government affairs in the house as always, he always thought inadvertently, "I don't know what they will say when they meet", and secretly hate, "I knew that I should quietly send someone to follow him", "The third cousin looks refreshing, but his belly is dark, and Sister Ah is sure to be calculated by him again". Thinking about it, I became more and more unrighteous.

In the end, I still found a reason and went out to find them.

Although "I didn't send anyone to follow Ruyi", how many people around Ruyi didn't pass his eyes? On the contrary, there are people he sent and Ruyi does not know. After a few words, he found out where Ruyi was going, and went straight to Shizigang.

When he arrived at the foot of Shizigang, he saw Ruyi and Xu Yi coming down together.

They each held an umbrella and smiled softly, always one step away from each other. It doesn't seem to be any different from what it is on a regular day. Ke Erlang's heart jumped, and he realized the change between them.

What is the feeling in his heart, Erlang can't say. He was just observing Ruyi's mood, as if he wanted to find something out of her to prove that he was careless.

But in the end, I only "hummed", thinking, stupid.