Guo's mother has been sent away, Song Tanchai came back to show Aunt Song and said: "Guo's mother has changed her mind and wants to go to Yangzhou to join her nephew, and her daughter thinks that she is lonely, and it is good to have relatives around to take care of her every year, and the Song family will send some silver every year, which can be regarded as a heart." Our family has already done a funeral for Fangsi, done a ritual, and treated Guo's mother well, so it's time to change the great favor. ”

Aunt Song sighed and said, "That's fine." Seeing Xianglan standing at the door, I remembered what Guo's mother said to her before leaving, looked carefully, and saw that Xianglan was like a peach blossom, and couldn't help but panic in my heart, and said secretly: "As soon as she came, she asked her eldest brother to drive away the two most reliable people around me because of her reasons. He was a little displeased with Xianglan, and waved his hand: "You guys go, I want to rest." ”

Song Tanchai and Xianglan retreated, not mentioning it for the time being.

After this incident, Song Tanchai found that Xianglan was stable and reliable, and gradually got closer, and it was appropriate to do work and joke from time to time. Song Tanchai said to Aunt Song: "I used to see that Xianglan was just born beautiful, but now after some experience, I know that she is a gentle and proper person, and her conversation knowledge is better than those daughters." ”

Aunt Song snorted: "What kind of knowledge can you have in a small family?" ”

Song Tanchai said: "Mother, don't say that, a few days ago, I found out that the daughter-in-law in the kitchen stole the things from the house and sold them for gambling money, and also lost the silver purchased in the account, I was so angry that I wanted to kick her out." Xianglan knew that she stopped me and said, "I know that the girl is a person who does not rub sand in her eyes, but this servant woman has remorse, her mother-in-law has been with the Song family for decades, and now she has also come to intercede. I thought it was reasonable, so I changed the person to do the laundry, and Xianglan said, 'Laundry is a thankless errand, if she does it seriously, it will not be in vain for the girl's hard work, and she will be able to use it in the future; If she can't do it, the girl will easily send people out of the house, and no one will find fault with it. And he told me not to make a noise about it, and before I could understand what was going on, some people were talking about my generosity, and I knew that I would be pitiful when I met such a slave and gave me a chance to repent. The daughter-in-law washed her clothes for a few days, and she couldn't hold on to her illness, so I sent people to Zhuangzi, which made a good name without effort, and drove out the young people. My mother still suspected her temperament, so I asked me to check the things in my brother's room, and I didn't lose anything in my brother's room. Guo's mother went along with these things at home when she left, if it weren't for Xianglan, I was afraid that the old Diao slave would run away. ”

Aunt Song turned her back, obviously not liking to listen, and Song Tanchai didn't mention it.

But it is said that the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, the summer is coming to an end, and autumn is already beginning in a blink of an eye.

Xianglan moved a pot of jasmine into the house, put the window down, and lightly brought a bowl of soup to Song Ke, and put it on his desk. ”

Pandan said: "Goji berry pork rib soup." This morning, it was boiled over a simmer, and the meat was soft. "Stacked the books neatly with his hands and feet.

Song Ke said: "Did you send Mrs. to that house?" ”

Xianglan said: "Yuexi sent it...... Alas, I don't know where I please my wife, who always doesn't want to see me. He sighed.

Song Ke frowned, it turned out that Aunt Song always mentioned to him a while ago that Xianglan's character was not good, and then she stopped mentioning the matter of her character, and instead said that Xianglan had a "poor family and a broken business" and couldn't stay at home. He listened to a few words casually, and after listening too much, he said: "Where did my mother hear these nonsense, I know Xianglan's character best, the scattered silver and copper coins in the room have never seen her move, and my mother didn't believe it to ask Yuexi and Junxi." What other faces, purely the words of the warlocks, when I was a child, someone said that I didn't live to be two years old, and now I haven't grown up safely? ”

Aunt Song never said it again, he thought that the matter had been revealed, but he didn't expect Aunt Song to still be haunted. Song Ke thought about it carefully, his mother cared about the arguments of these ghosts and gods, so she planned to take the whole family to Ganlu Temple to worship the Buddha in a few days, and give the monks in the temple some silver when the time came, so that he could praise Xianglan's face in front of Aunt Song, and also solve Aunt Song's suspicions. said: "It's nothing, she is just uncomfortable because Mother Guo is gone, you don't have to think about it." ”

Xianglan sighed silently again, how could she not think about it? Now she is slowly planning a good relationship with Song Ke, and her background is already one layer worse, if Aunt Song doesn't like her anymore, it will be even more difficult.

Song Ke watched Xianglan stand beside him and put away the scrapped papers one by one, the plain hands were slender, the nails were transparent and smooth, revealing a snow-white wrist, so he went to hold Xianglan's hand, pulled her to his side, and quietly stole a fragrance on her white and tender face, seeing that Xianglan's ears were red, he didn't let her go, and gently pinched her nails and said: "Others dye impatiens on their nails, why don't you dye them?" ”

These days and nights get along, the two of them are already quite affectionate, but Xianglan is still a little shy and wants to withdraw her hand, but Song Ke doesn't move, so she has to say: "What are you doing with that laush, it's weird and cheesy." ”

Song Ke smiled: "It looks good whether it is dyed or not." Rubbing it in his hand, he said: "Your hands are so tight, the sachet I made a while ago, embroidered with a maple leaf and a cicada, delicate like something, I grabbed it when I saw it, fortunately I grabbed it quickly, otherwise the sachet would have let him grab it." He asked me who made it, and I said I bought it from outside, and he insisted that I buy one for him. ”

As he spoke, he took off the sachet on his waist, looked at it, and said, "This pattern is also well drawn, and it has the taste of seven or eight points of 'orchid layman'." ”

Xianglan was stunned for a moment and said, "You also know Lanxiang layman?" ”

Song Ke smiled: "Who doesn't know? The painting skills are famous, the artistic conception is also interesting, and there are people who sell their works at high prices, but many people say that they look like gods. I heard that your father had some friendship with her, and he had some of his paintings, and some people asked me about buying a few. ”

Song Ke's smile was like a spring breeze in March, a drizzle in summer, watching his eyebrows slightly raised, his eyes and lips turned into a curved half moon, and the sorrow in Xianglan's heart disappeared with that smile in an instant.

Song Ke seemed to say to himself: "Your name is Xianglan, his name is Lanxiang Jushi, Xianglan, Lanxiang, this person can't be you?" He was joking, but when he looked up, he saw Xianglan smiling and not speaking, as if he had a deep meaning, and couldn't help but wonder: "Couldn't it really be you?" ”

Xianglan leaned on Song Ke's side, lifted the brush, dipped it in ink, brushed a little bit on the paper, and in a moment a small insect jumped on the paper, lying next to Song Ke's name, raising a long beard, vivid.

Song Ke was shocked, picked it up and looked at it again, as if he didn't recognize Xianglan, and looked at her from head to toe several times.

Xianglan smiled and said, "What? Don't know each other? ”

Song Ke exclaimed for a while: "It's really you?" ”

Xianglan sat down beside Song Ke and said, "When I was a child, I learned from Shitai in Jingyue Nunnery, and now I can sell it for silver because it is interesting, not because of my superb painting skills. Now that I'm suing you, I have to keep it a secret, if others know that this painting was painted by a maid, I'm afraid it won't sell for a high price. ”

Song Ke shook his head: "Those literati and ink writers should know that this painting is from the hands of a beauty, but they are afraid that the price will rise several times." There is elegance in the vulgarity in your paintings, and the artistic conception of elegance and vulgarity is not comparable to the ordinary. No wonder your family wants to buy a house and land, Lanxiang Jushi has now changed his painting to a large extent, and a painting will cost fifty taels of silver, which is worth a year's worth of silver. He looked at Xianglan, quite surprised, but somehow, he was very apprehensive.

Xianglan slowly straightened her face, straightened her waist and said, "Since I have given you the bottom, I have to explain it clearly." You saved my life, I can't repay this kindness for thousands of catastrophes, and I get along with each other these days...... I ......" blushed before he said this, and gritted his teeth: "I do have affection for you, but I don't want to be a concubine either." You are a high-ranking family, I am just a servant girl slave, and the deed of sale is still in your hands, so I am not worthy to say such things to you, but now I also dare to say it, if you have no intention of marrying the media, I will double the amount of silver you redeemed for me and let me out. I will always remember the great grace you have saved me, and I will repay it in the future. ”

Song Ke pursed his lips and said nothing.

He really likes Xianglan now, this girl is gentle and concise, but she is extremely tough in her bones, she is always silently caring and considerate, and she helps him think about everything. Originally, he liked her appearance and temperament, but now he can't do without her, and wants to be in one place for a long time in the future. Originally, he felt that Xianglan's appearance was wronged by her as a concubine, but now she has such talent, I am afraid that she will not give in. Xianglan looks good, if she has a slightly more decent background, even if it is a daughter from an official family, or a daughter of a landlord's family, he will do everything possible to ask to marry, and now it is said that Xianglan's father and mother are already good people, but in the end they are slave seeds. And he has ambitions, in order to revitalize his family, it is best to marry a wife who is capable of his mother's family......

Song Ke looked at Xianglan silently, and suddenly reached out and touched her sideburns and cheeks, the hand trembled a little, as if he wanted to touch her, but he didn't dare.

Xianglan didn't say a word, a pair of clear eyes looked at him fixedly, then stood up and walked to the door and said: "My mother happens to be in poor health these days, I will take a leave from my uncle, and go back to serve for two days first." With that, he opened the door and went out

Song Ke sat alone in the room, looking at the lifelike little insect on the paper, stunned and motionless. RS