At the same time, Xianglan held a broom to sweep the fallen leaves in the courtyard, raised her eyes and looked into the distance, and Lin Jinlou looked at the same sky, only to see the blue sky and floating clouds, and the autumn was high and refreshing.

On the same day, the newspaper helped her to the Guanyin Temple to rest, and said: "Grandma will rest for a while, drink tea to suppress the shock, and send you back when the little one is young." ”

Xianglan was stunned for a long time and said: "I don't want to go back to the Lin family, if you are willing to help, let me go." ”

Bao'er was taken aback and said in surprise: "Why? ”

Xianglan looked at the warm tea in front of her and said: "I have never been happy in the Lin family, I want to live a few days of quiet and happy life." ”

"Huh? Eat and drink spicy food every day, silk and satin, gold slaves and silver maids are not happy" Bao'er scratched his head, "I heard that grandma has been wronged, but now there is no one in the house who disrespects you, the masters all look up to grandma, and the uncle also loves it, how is grandma?"

Xianglan said: "When I first came to the Lin family to be a little girl and was bullied, I was afraid that no one would dare to believe that I would come to this point today. ”

"Grandma, this is unfounded"

"I'm just afraid that I won't be able to have children in the future."

"Huh? Is that rumor true? It's a sister with the surname Jiang."

"Uncle is the eldest son, how can he have no heir? Even if he exalts all odds to promote me, he will inevitably take concubines to continue to his descendants in the future, I am from a humble background, without the slightest reliance, and I will be more like a wanderer in the future, not to mention that this matter has caused disharmony between the uncle and the father, and the elders do not like it, and it will be more difficult in the future. I believe that the uncle treats me sincerely, but people's hearts are fickle, I never dare to hope extravagantly, and it is not good to make a scene in the future, but in fact it is a bitter result, it is true, the deep courtyard of the wealthy family is just a cold golden jade cage I know that the lock is locked to the golden cage to listen, not as free as the forest. ”

Bao'er was dumbfounded, speechless for a long time, and said: "I don't understand grandma's poetry, but I understand, when my sister became an uncle, the family thought she was outstanding, who knew that she ended up in that situation, some powerful minions can bully her, and it was not good to be a maid at the beginning, maybe she could save her life, and died so miserably, if it weren't for grandma, our family would have been scattered" said that his eyes were red, wiped his eyes with his sleeve, and paused and said, "But the uncle loves grandma, The next people say that the uncle still wants to marry grandma" peeked at Xianglan, "Grandma is ruthless? ”

Xianglan also looked gloomy when she thought of Lin Jinlou, but she thought of her sister Jialian. Yuan Shaoren treated her very sincerely that day, but in the end, it was ground up in the right and wrong of people, bitterness and evil; She and Song Ke also had a happy relationship, but in the end, they couldn't resist the impermanence of the world. Shaking his head, he said: "I live to this day, mostly for the sake of others, only this one, I want to think for myself." I don't have much ambition to boast about in my life, it's just a few days of pure life" Xianglan smiled at Bao'er after speaking, there were a few vicissitudes and sourness in that smile, but her eyes were as bright as stars, "Uncle Uncle will always have someone else who can be caring"

Bao'er saw that her heart was twisted, thinking of Xianglan's kindness to her family, especially after the death of Brother Parrot, and ordered Guiyuan to take more care of herself, so she gritted her teeth and said: "Cheng, even if grandma is willing, I don't have a second word." ”

The two then discussed, and said: "I have a distant cousin who was an old woman who stayed in the capital to watch the house, deaf and dumb, and had no children, and was honest. ”

Xianglan also felt good, so she took up the pen and wrote a letter, Bao'er pretended to find someone, and the two met on the mountainside, and Bao'er quietly sent her back to the capital. Xianglan took off a gold ring and asked Bao'er to go to the pawnshop to bet twenty taels of silver, and took ten taels to Bao'er, Bao'er shirked it, Xianglan said: "There is still a place to count on you in the future, so keep it." ”

When Xianglan went to the back street, she saw that it was a small courtyard, a bright and dark house, full of heavy and rough things, the old woman slept in the west room, Xianglan first with a tael of silver, the old woman was happy, and hurriedly cleaned up the east room A place where people can barely sleep, and Xianglan settled down.

Since then, she has lived in seclusion for half a year, only doing some needlework, and the newspaper occasionally comes to send some food and drink, and she takes out the finished needlework with him to exchange money. Xianglan knows that this is the day she wants to live, get up early in the morning and scatter in the courtyard, water the flowers and grass, take a nap at noon, close the door at night and read at night, enjoy herself, and spend the rest of her time doing needlework, or writing, or painting, without having to look at people's faces, and no longer suffering from zero anger and dark air, and no more entanglements and disputes, no need to be rich and expensive, no need to be rich and expensive, no need for fine clothes and jade food, coarse tea and light rice, as long as you are clean and comfortable every day. Xianglan felt that it was time to be content, she finished the embroidered screen in her hand, and then sold it for a good price, and then bet on a hairpin, exchanged for silver, and set off to the south to quietly pick up her parents, looking for a place with good mountains and rivers to live, but as long as she thought like this, her heart was scattered and always disappointed.

The day is fine, but once you are in bed at night, your thoughts become more and more scattered, and the past that has long been blurred is very clear. When she first entered the Lin Mansion, she saw him by the stream, and when he was in danger of being insulted, he came to save her, and then he had to be his concubine, he used to insult and fist and kick, get along with Yangzhou when he got along, and maintained himself in front of others, and then lived and died together in the snowy night, and the love of the outside world was not enough, and the subtleties were all over the place, and she thought that she had long forgotten it, but it came one after another, and the past that she did not want to recall stirred in her heart, like a pot of boiling water, about to boil, burning her heart, but let her forcibly suppress it, but it became more and more empty.

She couldn't sleep and simply got up, turned on the lamp, spread the paper, and wrote a few words to relax, but she used a few strokes on the paper to outline Lin Jinlou's appearance, squinting at her, as if smiling at her. Xianglan was stunned, and a large ball of ink on the tip of the pen "snapped" on the paper. She suddenly realized that she really missed him, with blazing eyes, annoying and domineering words and deeds, a good bad temper, and the pious and cautious appearance when he hugged her and said "I love you" that day.

Little by little, it was imperceptibly entangled in her bones and blood, and she covered her face with her hands. How can she feel good in her heart, she has been about to go back several times, but there are many obstacles, how can people live by love alone, there are many obstacles, and in the end it is just that love is gone.

The flowers bloom in two, one on each branch. Here Lin Jinlou felt a rare emotion at the fallen leaves and floating flowers, but he heard Lingsu report and said: "The two masters of the Liu family and the Xie family are here and are waiting in the study. ”

Lin Jinlou was melancholy in his heart, he didn't bother to take care of it when he heard that it was a few of them, he paced to the front slowly, and waited for the second door to hang a smile full of spring breeze, and walked leisurely - what kind of character is he Lin Jinlou, like a girl, the sad autumn and sad spring, and spreading it will not ruin the reputation of a lifetime.

Lin Jinlou walked into the study, only to see Liu Xiaochuan leaning on the chair with Erlang's legs crossed, and when he saw him, he nodded a few times and said: "Brother, you are not kind, last time the younger brothers invited you to eat and drink, you left without eating half of it, and you snubbed the beauty, which made the girl cry a lot, it is really sad for the listener, and the listener will also cry." ”

Lin Jinlou drooped his eyelids and said, "You kid is idle and has nothing to do, just to come to me to grind your teeth and fart?" If you don't have anything serious, get out of here, I'm busy, and I don't have time to listen to your nonsense. ”

Liu Xiaochuan snorted, glanced at Xie Yu and said, "Okay, I said brother, the two of us are like stupid second children to send letters, see it, we drove people away in a few words." ”

Xie Yu held a piece of ancient jade with longevity and spring in his hand, and said with a smile: "Look at what he said to our brothers today, he should let him be in a hurry." ”

Lin Jinlou only thought that the two of them came here to make nonsense for him, so he smiled and said, "What are the two of you doing with it?" Don't be here with me, pick a reason, and invite you back to Ming'er's brother as the east. Let's go home. ”

Liu Xiaochuan stood up slowly and said, "Okay, I'm not used to seeing my brother, let's go!" Zhenzhen'er deserved to let him not find Xianglan, so he cried in the middle of the night by himself in the cold quilt. ”

Before he could say a word, he only heard a "snap" behind him, Liu Xiaochuan shrank his neck, looked back, and saw that Lin Jinlou had no smile on his face, and his hand slapped heavily on the bookcase.

When Xie Yu saw that it was not good, he quickly stood up and took it into his arms, and said, "Brother, don't be angry, our brothers are here to bring good news to my brother." He took out a ring and handed it to him, saying, "That's it." Seeing Lin Jinlou pursing his lips tightly, his face was already clouded, and he hurriedly said: "This is what I received in my pawnshop, and the shopkeeper presented the good goods collected in half a year, and I saw it at a glance." Do you remember my brother, this is when I was in Yangzhou, when my brother was filial to my sister-in-law, inlaid with pearls and emeralds, it was a sea goods, and I couldn't find a second piece here. The shopkeeper said that the person who came to give the ring was a small guy, not tall, born smart, with a red mole on his chin, and drove the car"

Lin Jinlou's face turned blue, his hands were clenched into fists, and he slammed it on the table with a "bang", gritted his teeth and said, "Bring the newspaper over!" ”

It didn't take long for the newspaper to arrive, Lin Jinlou didn't wait for him to kneel down and salute, grabbed his shirt, threw it aside, Bao'er rolled to the ground, couldn't help but "ouch", he hadn't returned to his soul yet, and let Lin Jinlou step on his chest, Bao'er couldn't help moaning, and the tears in his eyes rolled down.

Xie Yu couldn't bear to look at it, and stepped forward to pull Lin Jinlou's arm and said: "Brother, dissipate your anger, it's not necessarily him, if you have something to ask, why bother." ”

Lin Jinlou said with a calm face: "It's none of your business." Looking at Bao'er again, with a flick of his hand, the ring "jingled" next to Bao'er, and sneered: "Do you know this thing?" Say! ”

Bao'er was so frightened that his legs were weak, and when he saw this ring, his soul flew halfway, and when he saw Lin Jinlou's fierce look, his eyes were fierce, it was really like the Lord of Yama in the Senluo Palace, and his face had turned from blue to red at the moment, and the green tendons on his forehead were tensed. Bao'er didn't dare to look at it, Lin Jinlou lifted him up again, gritted his teeth and said, "Master asks you, how can you have this thing?" Where's Pandan? Where?! ”

Bao'er was so frightened that she trembled, her legs were like noodles, she couldn't hide it anymore, and stammered: "It's really grandma who wants to leave her, she said that she is not happy in the Lin family, and she may not be able to give birth in the future, the uncle will take a concubine and give birth to children, there will always be a new love, and the lord doesn't like her, but I am afraid that there will be no place to stand in the future" Lin Jinlou only felt a roar in his ears, and as soon as his hand was loosened, Bao'er also threw it on the ground, shook it twice, and sat down. Bao'er knelt on the ground, sobbing and choking, and told the story of the future.

Lin Jinlou's blood cooled down, he thought about it for a while, the person who stepped on the iron shoes and had nowhere to find was actually under his nose, and he was willing to suffer rather than come back, he only felt a ball of choking in his chest, and he got up and was about to rush out to find the woman, and heard the newspaper crying: "Grandma, grandma said that she was also tired and afraid" Lin Jinlou paused, slowly retracted his legs, and fixed there. R1152