"Miss, the Ninth Young Master said that he and his wife would come over in the evening." Qiu Wei reminded Jingyi.

"I know." Jingyi closed the door. When I entered the bedroom, I started to change my clothes, "I'll be back then." ”

……

Cheng Zhishen and his mother Du Houde arrived at Yiyuan after dinner.

Du Shi heard Cheng Da'an say that Jingyi and Tao Xiang were not at home, frowned, and looked at the deserted upper room.

Seeing that his mother seemed to be displeased, Zhi Shen hurriedly made a mistake and asked Cheng Da'an to put the things they brought into the upper room, and accompanied his mother into the hall.

The hall was cold too.

Du Shi sat down and saw that Cheng Da'an ordered people to send everything to the Jingyi house one by one, and ordered people to bring the brazier in one by one. After a while, there was a little warmth in the hall, Rao was like this, and Zhishen still stomped his feet.

Du Shi asked Cheng Da'an: "The two of them went out together?" ”

"Not really. My aunt has dinner today, and the young lady is going to my aunt's place. Miss should be back soon. Cheng Da'an said.

Du Shi nodded and asked, "Who followed?" ”

"Qiu Wei and Sibao." Cheng Daan replied. He is an old man in the Cheng Mansion and knows Du's temper. At this time, she was obviously a little unhappy, but he couldn't figure out what Du Shi was for.

"Let Qiao's mother come, I have something to ask her." Du Shi said, brushing off his dress.

Her hand pulled out of the otter's sleeve and clanged.

After a while, Qiao's mother came and gave Du Shi and Zhishen a salute.

"Madam, Ninth Young Master." She was blessed twice.

"Lao Jiu, you go and see if Yi'er should come back." Duch said.

Zhishen frowned and looked at his mother.

"Yi'er is back, let someone tell me." Du Shi said again.

"Mother, if you have anything to say, it's better to ask Yi'er directly." Zhishen's brow furrowed even tighter.

His face was already dark, and this time his face was even more ugly.

"You know what." Duch's face sank.

Zhishen didn't say anything, but when he went out, he glanced at Qiao's mother.

As soon as he came out, Cheng Da'an followed, closed the door with his hand, and accompanied him to the courtyard.

"Ninth Young Master, sit in the house, it's cold outside." Cheng Daan said softly.

Zhishen looked at him and asked slowly, "Are you still used to it?" ”

"Get used to it." Cheng Daan also replied slowly.

Zhi Shen raised his eyebrows, and there was a subtle smile on his delicate face.

He asked vaguely, and Cheng Da'an answered vaguely, but they both knew that the other party did not misunderstand what they meant.

No wonder his mother sent Cheng Da'an to Yiyuan to serve the young couple...... Seeing that he took care of Yiyuan in an orderly manner, he knew that he was really buried in the Cheng family in the past.

"That's good." Zhi Shen said, and walked outside the courtyard.

"Young master, it's better to be warm in the house. Miss Ten will come to the door to tell you when she comes back. Cheng Da'an said.

As he was talking, he heard the sound of cars outside.

When he looked closely, the brand-new Rolls-Royce, which glittered in the lamplight, stopped outside the second door. After a while, Jingyi walked in quickly, saw him, and called "Ninth Brother".

"Hmm." Zhi cautiously looked at Jing Yi - the snow-white fur coat on her body almost hung down to her feet, and the fiery red cheongsam was already close to the ground as she walked. When I came to him, because I was in a hurry, the ostrich feathers on my hat trembled fiercely—there was really some indescribable change.

"Brother Nine?" Jing Yi looked at her cautiously and exclaimed.

"Mother has been waiting for you for a long time when you came back so late." Zhi Shen said.

"My aunt left for dinner, ate and talked for a while, and it was late." Jingyi looked at the closed door in the upper hall and asked, "Mother is inside?" I'm going to ask her for guilt. ”

"It's not enough to be guilty, but you have to be careful and wait for your mother to ask you." Zhi Shen lowered his voice to remind Jingyi.

"What did Mother say?" Jingyi knew that Zhishen would not say this for no reason.

"Mother is asking Qiao's mother." Zhishen said, rubbing his hands, "It stands to reason that Qiao's mother won't talk nonsense." But you know your mother's temper. Just don't ask, just ask. ”

Jingyi nodded.

"Brother Jiu, if my mother attacks me, you must say good things for me." She smiled. When he said this, he was worried.

Zhishen looked at her and said, "If your mother attacks you, you won't be saved, understand?" ”

Jingyi stuck out the tip of her tongue.

Zhishen couldn't help but reach out and knock her on the forehead, hatefully, and said, "I don't have a heart yet." I think you are pampered and proud in front of your mother. ”

Jing Yi covered her forehead and shouted, "Ninth brother! ”

Zhi Shen smiled.

It's like her again. Although she is already dressed as a young woman, she is still a little girl when she is annoyed.

He shook his head and said, "Who marries a daughter-in-law like you, and they can't scratch their ears and cheeks?" I don't understand anything, and I know how to cause trouble......"

"Then you're pushing me out to harm people?" Jing Yi in turn asked.

Zhishen was stunned and did not answer.

Jing Yi took his arm and walked with his head down.

"Brother Jiu, are you better?" She asked.

Zhi Shen nodded.

Today is sixteen, the moon is round and big, the moonlight is excellent, and the white gauze is spread on the ground, which makes people look clear in their hearts.

"It's cold." Jingyi said.

"It's colder in the northwest. You remember to eat more when you go there, especially meat. Zhi Shen said.

"Won't Brother Jiu send me there?" Jingyi asked, smiling. She knew that her father intended to let Zhishen accompany her to Lanzhou, but Zhishen refused. Sure enough, when she asked, Zhishen's face stiffened.

"My father had other arrangements. The third brother will go. Zhi Shen said.

Jingyi said, "If you think according to me, you don't have to go......"

Zhishen sneezed and wiped his nose with a handkerchief.

"How can I not go? If you don't go to a mother's brother, they will be no one in the Cheng family, and you will be angry in the future? Zhi Shen said half-truthfully.

Jing Yi frowned at him and said, "Look at what you said is weird and scary. Frightened me, don't go, you suffer. ”

Stand still.

"That's also my family, Brother Jiu, what are you worried about?" Jingyi said.

"If you really think so, and be the daughter-in-law of the Tao family in a down-to-earth manner, I really don't feel at ease." Zhi Shen said.

As soon as the hall door opened, Du Shi came out of the hall.

"Mother!" Jingyi let go of Shen Shen's arm.

Du Shi walked down, glanced at Jingyi, and asked, "Are you back?" ”

"Yes, Mother. At my aunt's place, my aunt left food and delayed a little longer. I thought that my mother and ninth brother would not come over so early. Jingyi said with a smile. She saw that Du Shi was not as pleasant as usual, but she was still coquettish, and in the end, she had a coquettish taste. "Mother is angry with me? I made my mother wait for a long time, I should call ......"

Du Shi glared at her and said, "You come in with me." As soon as she stretched out her hand, her chubby hand was held by Jing Yi's hands, and she frowned again: "Make!" If you don't come back soon, go back to the room to be warm, just stand here and talk to your nerd ninth brother, look at this cold hand! I've married someone to be a wife, and I don't know how to maintain it, but how can it be good...... Why don't you come soon? ”

Jing Yi hurriedly followed her to her room, and when she entered the door, she turned around and grimaced at her

Zhishen couldn't help but smile in his heart, "Mother Qiao, you have to watch your young lady a little closer." ”

"Yes, Ninth Young Master." Qiao's mother also smiled, "Miss is still a child." ”

With his hands behind his back, he walked around the yard twice.

Child...... Circumstances always force children to grow up faster.

He heard a voice outside, and then he saw a tall man coming in at the Hanging Flower Gate, followed by several people, it was Tao Xiang and his entourage.

"Brother Zhishen, why don't you go in?" Tao Xiang obviously knew they were coming.

Zhi Shen shook hands with him.

The cold in the air covered the smell of wine on Tao Xiang's body, but it could still be seen that he had drunk a lot of wine, but it was not out of shape.

Zhishen knew that Tao Xiang was massive, and said with a smile: "Mother and Yi'er are talking privately, and I am not allowed to listen." ”

Tao Xiang clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "It can be seen that it is quite an important word, I will accompany Brother Shen to wait here." ”

"Already arranged?" asked cautiously.

"Take the train to Taiyuan first. Take a flight from Taiyuan to Lanzhou. It's already arranged. It's just that I'm going to go first, and I can't be with her. The second sister-in-law will accompany her, and there will be a care on the way. Tao Xiang said.

"So you're going to go back to the northwest first?" asked cautiously.

"It's the time to hire people, and we have to go back early." Tao Xiang said.

Cautious and clear.

He lit a cigarette for Tao Xiang and said, "I wish you a safe journey and success." ”

Tao Xiang nodded in thanks.

The two were silent and did not continue to talk about the subject.

It was so cold outside that it seemed that the smoke between their fingers was about to freeze out, but no one took the initiative to enter the house. And there was no movement in the room.

"When I was a kid, I liked swings." Zhi Shen said.

He pointed to the large vat in the courtyard that was wrapped in a thatched fence.

Tao Xiang didn't know why his heart moved.

"On the wisteria trellis in the back garden, Bao Ye made a swing for her, and I saw that there was still one before, but it was old. She loves it and goes to play from time to time. When I was a kid, my brother and sister were naughty. Once the seventh and eighth children deliberately teased her, saw her on the swing, and pushed her very high. Qiu Wei was even younger at that time, she was scared and cried, and she was watched by the old girl, she couldn't help, so she ran to the study and pulled me and shouted to help. When I came, I looked at her on the swing, her face turned white, and she didn't know what it would be like, but she didn't say a word. The swing was too high, and everyone looked at it and didn't know where to start. My mother asked Bao Ye to bring someone over, and at that moment the swing was taken off, Xiao Shi fell down, and his head was on the big vat where lotus was raised. I fainted. It took half a month to get out of bed. Zhishen said, shaking his head, "I ask, why don't you jump off?" She said I didn't know how to jump. Later, I thought about it, but no, she knew how to go to the heights, and she didn't know how to get down. That's what I remember, the second time she survived. Yi'er has a big life. ”

Tao Xiao didn't speak.

"What do I think, she hasn't been on the swing since." Zhishen said and smiled again, "I don't hold grudges, but I have a good memory." That time I knocked on my forehead, and it was a big scar, and it was gone. It's not fate, it's fate. I still remember that at that time, my mother said that if there was a scar, the Tao family would quit their relatives. ”

Tao Xiang smiled.

The door of the upper room opened, the two turned back at the same time, Jingyi opened the door, saw the two of them in one place, and paused for a moment before saying, "Why are you standing here?" ”

"It's a good moonlight tonight." Zhi Shen said.

Jing Yi looked up at the sky, beckoned them into the house, and said, "Brother Jiu is really ......" She quickly glanced at Tao Xiang.

Tao Xiang also glanced at her.

She had taken off her outer robe, and was wearing only a gown with a bucket of beads, as if she was still feeling hot and blushing.

"Mother." Tao Xiang went in.

Du Shi didn't expect him to come back, and he was very happy to see him.

Tao Xiang gave Jingyi his coat and sat down beside Du Shi.

Jingyi put away his coat.

His coat was stained with aroma and wine, and there was more than one kind. Baked by the warmth of the room, the smell came back to life, and it went straight to people's noses...... She handed the coat to Qiu Wei to hang up. After a while, by going to get something for Du Shi, she went in and wiped her hands with a wet hand towel.

"Little Ten, we're leaving." Zhishen shouted outside.

Jing Yi came out, and sure enough, Du Shi had already put on his coat, looked at her and smiled, and said, "Rest early." These few days to nourish the spirit, this journey is far away, and you have to suffer. ”

"I'm not tired, Mother." Jingyi sent her out.

Du Shi reached out and pushed her, saying, "It's cold outside." The gentle gaze with a sense of majesty made Jingyi stop.

took them two steps, and she sent them out with Tao Xiang.

Zhishen got into the car and said, "I thought you would tell this baby aunt that my little ten are not sensible, so take care of it." ”

"Shut up." Du's face was calm, "Where is Xiao Shi ignorant?" Need to take extra care? ”

"Yes, you just need to take care of it, your old man has always protected the foal, and he won't say it." Zhi Shen said.

Du Shi was silent for a long time and said, "Come with me to see the second wife." ”

"Okay." Cautiously agreed.

"Don't talk too much." Du Shi said again.

Zhishen smiled and asked, "Don't you know that I never talk too much, so I let me watch this play?" ”

Du Shi glanced at Zhi Shen.

"Aunt Wei is not in good health, Jingyi will travel away immediately, I don't know the severity, and I won't pick this time to talk nonsense." Zhi Shen said.

"The second wife has always loved you. In the future, Xiao Shi is not at home, although it is inconvenient for you to enter the inner house alone, don't forget to send greetings from time to time. "Du Shi instructed to be cautious.

"Yes." Cautiously agreed.

Du Shi sighed unconsciously.

She thought about Tao Xiang and Jingyi, who were standing at the gate of Yiyuan just now, and saw them off.

The sky was clear all night, and the moonlight was excellent, but at that time there was a fine snow falling like jade dust, which made the pair look so beautiful......

[Chapter 8・End]

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