Winter.

It has been snowing intermittently for nearly two months, and the city of Shengjing is covered in snow, like a world of ice and snow.

Because of the negligence in cleaning, a thick layer of snow accumulated in the courtyard of the Weiguo Mansion, and An Ruolan couldn't help but think of the winter when the ice and snow drifted in her previous life when she looked at it from the window.

At that time, the Weiguo Mansion was also snow-white, with white paper lanterns hanging under the eaves, a row of white flags erected in front of the door, and white silk on the plaque that was a few points whiter than snow.

It was a scene she will never forget.

Snowflakes fell outside the window again, An Ruolan lay by the window with her arms on her pillows, looking at the snow without the slightest trace, and said in a gentle and fluttering tone: "I dreamed of guarding again." ”

Liu's hands trembled slightly, and it took a while for him to squeeze out a stiff smile and ask, "Uncle, what did he say to the young lady in his dream?" ”

"He said he'd be back with me soon." An Ruolan showed a dreamy smile, and said with the shy attitude of a little daughter: "He said that he misses me very much and hopes that we can have a child sooner, and he also said ......"

Before she finished speaking, Liu couldn't help but burst into tears, and turned his face to wipe his tears.

Seeing this, An Ruolan asked puzzledly, "Mom, why are you crying?" Do you also think that he is gone? ”

"No, no!" Liu Shi hurriedly wiped away his tears, and said with a smile in a coaxing tone: "Uncle Fu has a great life, and he will definitely be able to live a long life, and the young lady said that Uncle is coming back soon, that is, he will be back soon." ”

An Ruolan smiled slightly, sighed lightly, and said, "I know it's just a dream, a dream that I made when I was too worried about missing the guard." I can't do it accurately, but Mom, don't laugh at me for deceiving myself, even if it's just a dream. I feel much more relieved to see him. ”

"Yes, yes, Mommy won't laugh at you." Liu squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying.

"Young lady, Miss said I'll come and see you later." As he spoke, Bai Ling lifted the curtain from the outside and came in, rubbed his cold and stiff hands, stomped his feet and said, "It is estimated that a few old ladies are coming over soon." Come and discuss something with the young lady. ”

Hearing this, An Ruolan beckoned Bai Ling to come over and roast the fire, and sighed: "This time has really been hard Xiao Shao. Hopefully I'll get better soon, so I can share it with her. ”

"Don't just talk about it, you have to pay attention. On this cold day, don't sit at the window and blow the cold wind. Otherwise, it won't get better quickly. Liu said angrily.

An Ruolan smiled apologetically. He got up and tightened his shawl, and said with a smile: "I'll go inside and sit down, and never blow any more wind." ”

Liu stepped forward to help her, sent her to sit on the soft couch in the warm pavilion, covered her knees with fox skins, and stuffed a stove in her hands. Another little girl broke the hot tea and the freshly baked dim sum and came over for An Ruolan to eat.

Wait until you are all thoughtful, take advantage of An Ruolan's dim sum stall. Liu pulled Bailing behind the partition and asked in a low voice, "There is still no news from Sixi Bayuan?" ”

Bai Ling glanced inside. Shaking his head, he also lowered his voice and said, "No, Mom, you said that they have all gone back to Qianxunju for more than half a month, so they haven't found any news at all?" Or is my uncle really ...... So they don't dare to come back and report it? ”

Under Liu's stern gaze, she didn't dare to say those two words.

"I don't know." Liu shook his head bitterly, "Although the young lady's current appearance is distressing, I would rather she always be like this, I don't dare to imagine her collapse and despair." ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but shed tears.

Bai Ling patted her shoulder comfortingly and said, "Mom, let's not think so much, just take care of the young lady." ”

Liu touched the corner of his eyes and nodded, "You're right. ”

Seeing that her mood had stabilized, Bai Ling said, "I still have something ahead of me, and this is about to pass, so my mother will bother to take care of the young lady." ”

The two exchanged a few more words, and Bai Ling neatly put on his cloak and went out of the room.

Liu waited until his eyes were not so red before returning to the inner room.

Walking to the warm couch and seeing that the dim sum was basically not moving, Liu couldn't help asking, "Why do you eat so much?" Let's eat more. Immediately took a pair of new chopsticks and sandwiched two pieces of osmanthus lotus root flour cake into the plate in front of An Ruolan.

An Ruolan shook her head and said, "I don't want to eat it." ”

"Are you tired of eating? Another day, Mom will make a few new ones for you to try. Liu couldn't force her, so he put down his chopsticks.

An Ruolan didn't nod or shake her head, and said incorrectly: "Bailing is becoming more and more capable, I heard that she has helped Xiao Shao deal with a lot of things during this time, and it seems that she has learned a lot from the housekeeper of the Guogong Mansion." ”

"Yes, Bailing has also grown up." Liu couldn't help but sigh with relief, and then realized that An Ruolan might have heard what they had just said, and his eyes showed a little worry and pity.

An Ruolan just took her hand and smiled.

After a while, Wei Shao came, bringing a lot of novel food and toys, and wanted to eat and play games with An Ruolan.

Pushing away the mille-feuille sesame crisp that had been brought to her mouth, An Ruolan smiled bitterly: "I just ate a snack, you will come over and stuff me again, I really don't have enough stomachs." ”

Wei Shao stuck out his tongue, turned his hand and stuffed the sesame crisp into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Anyway, you definitely didn't eat much." ”

An Ruolan glanced at her, gently wiped the residue of the snack from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "They are all people who can take charge of themselves, why are they still so unorthodox." ”

"Why should I be serious in front of you?" Wei Shao asked confidently, and An Ruolan couldn't cry or laugh.

Wei Shao brought the new flower cards, the two talked about the conversation, and then played the flower cards, and someone accompanied the conversation and played, An Ruolan seemed much more energetic.

In the middle of the game, a maid came in to report and said, "Young lady, young lady, young lady Zhou and young lady An Si have brought the little young masters and young ladies of the Zhou Mansion and the Hou Mansion to visit." ”

"Sister Jin, are they here?" An Ruolan was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Quick, quick, let's go and greet you!" ”

As the words fell, a familiar soft voice came from outside, quipping, "Wait for you to pick it up." We're afraid we'll have to wait until our hair is gray, or we'd better be self-reliant. ”

But An Ruojin and Zhou Mi'er with a few children have already come over.

"Sister Jin, Sister Mi'er!" An Ruolan cheered. A few steps up gave the two of them a bear hug.

"Auntie, auntie, you want to hug, you want to hug!"

"Sixth aunt, sixth aunt!"

The few small buns that were ignored were not happy at the time, and they gathered around An Ruolan and shouted for a hug.

An Ruolan's eyes were moist unconsciously, and she responded in a crisp voice: "Eh! My little darling! One by one, he took turns to cuddle in his arms and rub them. Make the three children giggle before stopping.

One big and three laughed happily, and the smile also infected others, staining the gloomy Weiguo Mansion with a hint of brightness.

Ever since I heard the news that the guard had fallen off the cliff. An Ruolan never smiled happily again, and now seeing her show her joyful face, Liu couldn't help but smile and bend his eyes, and at the same time felt a little sour in his heart. In her life, she doesn't know if she can hold the children of the young lady and her uncle.

In the end, he is sick. The body was very weak, and after laughing with the children for a while, An Ruolan was out of breath, An Ruojin hurriedly glanced at the three children to retreat, and personally helped An Ruolan to sit down on the side of the couch, and said, "Don't you know that you are still sick?" Such a big person doesn't know how to measure. ”

was not angry when she was scolded, An Ruolan instead smiled and said: "Aren't I happy, it's rare for Nuomi Xuetuan and Brother Feng to come to see me." I've been busy for half a year. I didn't even have time to see them, and I was sorry that they remembered me. ”

"Don't say that. No one will forget you, and you are the one who thinks the most every day. Zhou Mi'er said with a smile.

This is true, even the youngest Brother Feng always talks about the sixth aunt, and I don't know if he was born with An Ruolan or what.

Hearing this, An Ruolan laughed proudly, hugged the soft bodies of the three small buns who followed him, and said, "This shows that I didn't hurt them in vain, doesn't it, glutinous rice, snow balls, Brother Feng?" ”

"I like my aunt the most!" The three buns spoke in unison, twisting their bodies in her arms lovingly.

An Ruolan was amused and laughed.

Seeing this, An Ruojin and Zhou Mi'er secretly exchanged a reassuring look.

With the company of three children, An Ruolan swept away the previous haze, was in a good mood, and played games with Wei Shao with the three buns, and laughter floated out from the slightly open window, making the passers-by look much more relaxed.

The children are still young, they have the habit of napping, after lunch, the buns who have played all morning are so sleepy that they can't open their eyes, An Ruolan arranges for them to sleep in their own rooms, so that the next person can take care of them, so that they have time to talk to the good sisters.

Needless to say, Zhou Mi'er said straightforwardly: "The day before yesterday, King Gong went to the house to talk to his father. ”

"Fifth uncle?" An Ruolan was surprised, "What is King Gong looking for the fifth uncle?" ”

"You have been bored in the house for a long time, Xu Wei still doesn't know, in the past half a year, the fifth uncle has been diligent in making friends with teaching children, and he is very famous among young students. An Ruojin sighed.

An Ruolan really didn't know about this.

Zhou Mi'er said again: "King Gong has also been to the Zhou Mansion, but my father hid and didn't see him, Ruolan, do you know what this means?" ”

What does that mean? It means that King Gong thinks that the overall situation has been decided and is already making final preparations for his accession to the throne.

An Ruojin frowned worriedly and said, "Lan'er, I shouldn't ask this, but do you plan for the future?" ”

"Later?" An Ruolan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Sister Jin, my future will be in this mansion, and I won't go anywhere." ”

An Ruojin and Zhou Mi'er both looked at her in surprise.

An Ruolan continued: "I know that the two sisters are worried about me, and I specially brought three children to make me happy today, I am very grateful to you, and please rest assured that the two sisters will not be knocked down like this, to put it really badly, even if the guard is really gone, I am willing to do it as a fifteen-year-old widow." What's more, I believe that the guard will definitely come back to me. ”

Hearing this, An Ruojin and Zhou Mi'er's eyes were red, and she only thought that she had been hit too hard and her mind was not clear, so she said such nonsense. Who knows, An Ruolan is more sober than anyone else.

Wei Shao wanted to speak on the side, but finally didn't speak, only silently reddened his eyes. She has a lot of things in her heart to say to Ruolan, but she doesn't know how to speak, she is moved by Ruolan's loyalty, and she is also grateful for Ruolan's deep affection for her brother, but as Ruolan's friend, if her brother is really gone, she still can't bear Ruolan to die alone.

An Ruojin and Zhou Mi'er both knew that An Ruolan was stubborn and had ideas, so they didn't persuade much, but sighed helplessly: "We don't persuade you, you still have us." ”

An Ruolan nodded tearfully.

In the evening, An Ruojin and the two took the children to say goodbye, before leaving, Zhou Mi'er said to An Ruolan: "You can't take care of the housework when you are sick, why don't you go back to live for a while, grandmother and aunt also miss you, you just go back to accompany them, you can also go with the children everywhere, unlike those troubles." ”

An Ruolan shook her head with a smile and said: "I'm just infected with the wind cold, and I'm going to get better soon, when there is a shortage of manpower in the Guogong Mansion, I won't take advantage of minor illnesses and pains to hide from idleness, and when I'm really idle for a while, I will definitely go back to visit my grandmother, her old man, and the elders in the mansion." ”

An Ruojin said: "It's good if you have an idea, if you are bored, you can stay with me for a few days." ”

An Ruolan agreed, but only verbally.

The three children were very reluctant to let their aunts and aunts pout, and they pouted and asked An Ruolan to coax them for a while before they were willing to get into the carriage.

After they all got into the carriage, Zhou Mi'er lifted the curtain of the carriage and waved, saying, "Go back, don't send it." ”

An Ruolan also waved his hand, and the silent Wei Shao turned around and went back to the second gate. (To be continued......)

PS: I was abused and cried by the little black house, and it was originally only locked for three hours, who knew that it took ten hours to unlock it, and the small black house was closed for a long time, and I felt that the bottom of the prison was going to be sat through/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~