When Fu Ting heard this, he nodded and smiled: "I'll just say it." It turned out that the eldest brother had already visited his mother. Then you can see your mother? ”

Fu Zhuang smiled faintly and said, "My mother didn't see me, she only said that she wanted to meditate in the Buddhist hall." ”

Fu Zhuang raised his wine glass, took a shallow sip of wine, and said lazily: "It will be fine in a few days." With that, he raised his glass again, "The younger brother is here to catch the wind for the eldest brother." I hope that the eldest brother will not dislike the simplicity of the drink. ”

Fu Zhuang said with a smile: "The lake here is just right, and there are swimming fish to accompany the wine, so it is best to catch the wind for me." Big brother is not the one who picks his eyes. ”

Fu Ting smiled and drank the wine in the glass, and then asked, "How did the eldest brother do on this errand?" Can it also be shun? ”

Fu Zhuang said: "The errand is still smooth, but the road is farther." ”

Fu Ting said with some envy: "The scenery of the southwest is different from here, the eldest brother can be regarded as having a long experience, but the younger brother is envious." ”

Fu Zhuang smiled and said, "You're right. The scenery of the southwest is indeed different, and I have brought a number of earthen ceremonies, and I have already sent someone to send them to you. After a pause, he added, "I'll come back this time to rest for a few days, and then I'll go out." There are a lot of errands assigned by the ministry, and I don't think I will spend much time at home in the past three or five years. When the time comes, the family will take care of you more. ”

Fu Ting nodded, but did not speak.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Fu Ting always feels that today's Fu Zhuang is very different from the past. However, he couldn't say what the difference was. Looking closely, in addition to losing weight, the person in front of him is still the humble gentleman who is gentle and gentle, giving people a sense of spring breeze.

Fu Zhuang's return seems to have installed the last missing corner for the perfect circle of Pingnanhou Mansion, making the atmosphere of this big family more peaceful. Fu Jun even doubted that the open and secret battles a few days ago would be out of his own imagination. Such a quiet Hou Mansion made her a little unaccustomed.

Because of Fu Zhuang's return, Hou Ye was in a good mood for a few days, and there were more smiles on his face than usual. He also held a small reception banquet for Fu Zhuang, only called the three Fu Zhuang brothers, and the master drank a meal in the Jiang Tianxue Ji Pavilion in the outer courtyard.

Mrs. Hou meditated for seven days, and only made an exception to see Fu Ting once in the middle. And not long after meeting Fu Ting, she came out of the small Buddha hall.

Seeing Mrs. Hou again after a few days, Fu Jun found that the curvature of the corners of Mrs. Hou's mouth drooped by two points deeper than usual.

Fortunately, Mrs. Hou still loves to laugh, kindly, kindly, and joyfully. These smiles hid the bitterness on her countenance, and made her turn back into the decent and generous lady of the Houmen.

It was fast approaching mid-September. The early chrysanthemum opened, the evening chrysanthemum appeared, the wind was tight, and the weather became colder and colder.

Mrs. Hou has recently fallen in love with the flowers. She asked someone to move more than a dozen pots of chrysanthemums, arranged them in the courtyard, and also asked people to collect a few pots of famous chrysanthemums everywhere, and arranged them in front of the corridor under the steps.

Regarding Mrs. Hou's unusual aesthetics, Fu Jun is powerless to complain. As long as Mrs. Hou smiles every day, don't keep her eyes on the third room, she can toss as much as she likes.

Since the ghost needle incident, Fu Jia has been sick for several days and has not even attended classes. Fu Jun once made an appointment with Fu Yao to see her, but was turned away, saying that she had already fallen asleep.

Zhang was very kind, let the two of them into the main room, took their hands and said a lot of things, and asked them to come here from time to time to play.

Fu Jun didn't know what Fu Yao thought, anyway, she wouldn't go to the Hengxian Pavilion anyway. For Fu Jia, Fu Jun no longer has any hope of repair. Everyone has the best to do.

During Fu Jia's illness, Mrs. Hou rarely asked about her. The love and love of the past seems to have been swept away by the autumn wind, and the rest is just some face. Fortunately, there is a Fu Cong in the long room, although this child is a twin with Fu Jia, his personality is completely different, he is very generous, and he has a lively nature, Mrs. Hou loves him more now.

As for Fu Jun, she is still a little transparent in front of Mrs. Hou, and whether she exists or not, in Mrs. Hou's opinion, has no meaning at all.

said that on this day, the autumn was cool and nothing, and the drizzle was blowing the wind, so Fu Yao sent Red Sleeves to send a post over and invited Fu Jun to go to the Woyue Building to play chess. Recently, the two of them have gotten closer, and they often meet to spend time together.

Fu Jun took the post, looked at it carefully, but saw that the post was folded into a Fang Sheng'er, and after opening it, it was a five-color paper made of Shu condensation, with only a few lines of ink on it, writing "Autumn window smoke and rain, please play chess" Eight characters, and the lower left corner was also printed with a private seal engraved in the shape of plum blossoms, which was a seal "Yao" word.

Fu Jun smiled and said: "The third sister is really leisurely and elegant, this post is really good-looking." He asked Red Sleeves again: "On this rainy day, isn't the third sister afraid that I won't go to the appointment?" ”

Red Sleeves smiled and said, "Our girl asked the maid to tell the fourth girl, saying that you have prepared your favorite crystal grapes, and we are waiting for the girl to go." ”

Fu Jun smiled and said, "Is the third sister inviting me to play chess, or inviting me to eat grapes?" ”

Red Sleeves said with a smile: "Naturally, please do both." ”

Fu Jun said with a smile: "Since the third sister is warmly invited, I will go by myself." You go back and tell the third sister that I will be there soon. ”

Red Sleeves hurriedly answered yes, and was sent out by Qingman. Fu Jun called Qingwu and said, "You go and put the begonia fruit I got last time on a plate, and then put some of the plums stained by Mama Jiang on it, and bring it to the third sister in the next day." ”

Fu Yao likes to eat candied fruit, and Fu Jun is also a good one.

After a little rest in the afternoon, Fu Jun passed the Wang family, then took the green and green vines, the three masters and servants held green cloth umbrellas, stepped on clogs, and did not take a sedan chair, only walked slowly along the verandah, and came to the Woyue Tower in the cool breeze and drizzle.

Although the name of the Woyue Building is Lou, it is actually an exquisite courtyard. The main house is two stories high, with guests downstairs and swallow breath upstairs, which is the residence of Fu Ting and Cui's family; The east and west compartments were given to Fu Jue and Fu Xiu. Fu Yao lives in the small courtyard in the east, and Aunt Zhou and Aunt Ma live in the corner courtyard on the edge of the inverted child's room, each of them lives alone in one courtyard, but the west courtyard is vacant.

Because Cui's went to the Hengxian Pavilion to discuss with the Zhang family, Fu Jun also saved the procedure of asking the elders to say goodbye, and Fu Yao directly welcomed him into the East Cross Courtyard.

The East Cross Courtyard is not large, but it is well placed. In the east corner there is a bush of plantains, under which there is a stone table and a stone bench, and in the west corner there is a plum tree, which is still full of verdant.

Fu Yao let Fu Jun into the room, and the two sisters were very happy to see each other, talking and laughing all the way. Qingwu and Qingman stepped forward to remove the clogs for Fu Jun. When Fu Jun entered the house, he saw that under the wind and rain and autumn window, a chess table had been placed, and a brocade embroidered pier on each side. Next to the desk is a small square table with black lacquer, and a bunch of green crystal grapes are placed on the red agate plate on the table, which is very beautiful.

Fu Yao smiled and said: "I know that you love to eat this, I specially asked my father for it, how about it, my sister treats you well, right?" ”

Fu Jun also smiled: "The third sister understands me best, and the little sister is grateful." After a while, I will definitely let my sister win a few games. ”

Fu Yao smiled and pointed at Fu Jun and said, "Why do I still need you?" It's you, don't lose until the end of the golden beans. ”

After a few jokes with each other, the two sat down in front of the chess table, set out the chess pieces, and began to play backgammon.

Yes, that's right, backgammon.

Although it is a post again, and it is autumn wind and autumn rain, the atmosphere is very elegant. But can you expect two little girls, who are only more than ten years old together, to play Go together?

It's just that the noble lady of the Houmen has nothing to do, and she makes some trouble to pass the time. Fu Jun is now very used to this. She is also bored every day, and she is content with a little girl who is not so annoying to play backgammon with her.

After playing two games of chess, Fu Yao put on the refreshments, invited Fu Jun to drink tea and chat, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that it's raining today, otherwise I would like to invite you to enjoy the chrysanthemums we have here." ”

As soon as chrysanthemums were mentioned, Fu Jun remembered the soldier-like chrysanthemum array in Mrs. Hou's courtyard, so he smiled and said, "You also grow this here?" I see that there are several pots in my grandmother's yard that are in good bloom. I've heard that there are famous products in it. ”

Fu Yao smiled absently and said, "Grandmother, that's preparing for the chrysanthemum banquet at the end of the month." ”

Chrysanthemum feast? Fu Jun really heard it for the first time, so he couldn't help asking, "What chrysanthemum feast?" ”

Fu Yao put a chess piece on Fu Jun's forehead and said with a smile: "Are you actually a little fool, you don't know such a big thing?" ”

Fu Jun shook his head and said, "Should I know?" What's the big deal? ”

Fu Yao sighed helplessly and explained: "The family of Fuyuan Hou has to hold a chrysanthemum banquet every year, and everyone who goes to the banquet needs to bring a pot of chrysanthemums to meet the occasion, and the time is at the end of September. ”

I see. Fu Jun nodded, and secretly thought in his heart: It looks like a thing for the nobles to gather, but I don't know what the nobles of this time and space are like when they gather.

After thinking about it, she looked at Fu Yao again, and couldn't help but feel a little strange in her heart. It stands to reason that with such an opportunity to go out, Fu Yao should be happy. However, his complexion was not warm, which made Fu Jun very puzzled.

Seeing that Fu Yao was not very interested in this topic, Fu Jun didn't ask any more. The two played a few more games of chess, and the sky became a little dark. Fu Jun resigned from Fu Yao, and Fu Yao sent Fu Jun out of the courtyard before turning around.

After returning to Qiuxi Residence, Fu Jun thought about it, and was still a little curious about what kind of chrysanthemum banquet it was, so he found an opportunity to ask Mama Jiang, and Mama Jiang smiled and said, "There is such a thing." In previous years, the old lady took the eldest wife, the second wife, and a few brothers and girls from the son-in-law. ”

Mama Jiang replied very implicitly, Fu Jun thought for a while before she understood that Mama Jiang was hinting at herself, like such a party, the third room was originally a concubine, and it was not the turn of the case. Mama Jiang was afraid that Fu Jun would think too much, so she set the stage for her in advance.