On the branches of the moon, there are occasional maids walking around in the courtyard of the deep house and a few little girls from the Lu family who have not left the pavilion, and when they meet them, they will shyly call 'Auntie', and then hide back in the courtyard, and secretly watch the handsome man in white pass by from behind the door.

The boudoir where Mrs. Lu lived in her childhood was in the back house of the Lu family, and it was full of girls who had not left the cabinet, and she couldn't go out several times a year. It's not because of the influence of science, the daughter of the Lu family in Jinling, the worst marriage in the future is also a family of the same size, it is possible to be a queen, for the sake of reputation, you must not let your own young lady run to the street like a wild girl, and if you want to go out, you have to take it with your elders, and pay attention to your demeanor and appearance since childhood.

Mrs. Lu took Xu Buling to a courtyard, pushed open the small door, and saw a delicately decorated embroidery building, the yard was clean, obviously someone often came to clean up, and there was an osmanthus tree planted under the courtyard wall near the back alley, and there was a swing next to it.

Revisiting her hometown, Mrs. Lu's eyes showed a little trance, she walked into the courtyard and looked around, and said softly: "I feel smaller, I used to think this courtyard was so big......"

Xu Buling walked behind him, looking at Mrs. Lu's appearance in a circle in the courtyard, he couldn't help but purse his lips and smile.

Under the bright moonlight, the light is not dim, Mrs. Lu in a dark green dress stands in the courtyard, the winter night is slightly cool, her chest rises and falls between breathing, her red lips open and close to exhale a faint mist, her peach cheeks are a little red, her eyes under her slender eyelashes are slightly raised, looking at the embroidery building in front of her, and her pleasant side face is very moving. His hands are still folded around his waist, but he no longer has the dignified temperament of the past, and his naughty temperament has not recovered, so that he looks a little stunned.

Xu Buling was looking at the courtyard, but at this time, his eyes unconsciously stopped on Mrs. Lu's side face, and then moved down, moving along the snow-white neck to some places that should not be seen......

"I've lived here for as long as I can remember, and every day I won't let me go out, I'll run out as much as I can......"

Mrs. Lu was unaware of it, and walked in the courtyard with Xu Buling, explaining to Xu Buling while reminiscing about the past. As he spoke, he walked under the wall, looked left and right, took out the ladder from behind the old laurel tree, and leaned against the wall:

"I asked Yuenu to secretly get this ladder from elsewhere, and I asked Yuenu to hold the ladder underneath, and I climbed to the courtyard wall to look out, but my father happened to pass by in the alley, and when he saw it, he reprimanded me. When the moon slave heard the noise, she turned around and ran, leaving me on the ladder and not daring to go down, and watched my mother run over and arrest me......"

Thinking of the naughty and mischievous scene in her childhood, Mrs. Lu pursed her lips and smiled, holding the ladder and climbing up.

The ladder is not big, the little girl can climb and play, Mrs. Lu is an adult, and she has enough capital, plus she has a gentle temperament and does not exercise often, so it is still a little difficult to climb the ladder, and her legs are trembling.

Seeing this, Xu Buling stepped forward and raised his hand to hold the ladder: "Aunt Lu can rest assured, I'll continue if I fall." ”

"How can it fall, I've crawled many times......"

Mrs. Lu stayed in the boudoir all the year round, obviously she hadn't done this kind of climbing up and down for a long time, she slowly climbed to the top of the ladder, held on to the wall, looked out of the high wall, and swept her eyes over the endless courtyard of the deep mansion, as well as the lights of Qinhuai in the distance, not knowing what she was thinking.

Xu Buling held the ladder with his hand and looked up at Mrs. Lu above, because of the height difference between them, the only things he could see were embroidered shoes and the bottom of his skirt. You can't really see anything in your thin pants, but the angle is obviously a bit inappropriate.

"Ahem—"

Xu Buling coughed lightly and looked away, his expression slightly strange.

Mrs. Lu was alarmed by the coughing sound, retracted her gaze and looked down, only then did she remember that she was no longer a little girl of a few years old, and the following was not a moon slave but Xu Buling. She panicked slightly, and hurriedly tried to tighten her skirt to avoid going naked, but her hands left the courtyard wall and did not stand firmly, and she fell directly from the ladder with a "ah-" sound.

Xu Buling was a little amused, and opened his arms to catch Mrs. Lu who was in a hurry: "Sure enough, it fell." ”

Mrs. Lu's face turned a little pale, and after relieving herself, she blushed slightly, broke free from Xu Buling's arm, and patted her skirt: "I didn't stand firm......" said and looked at the swing next to her, looking like she wanted to remember her childhood, but she was worried that it would be broken.

Xu Buling walked under the swing shelf, raised his hand to hold the hemp rope and tried it, it was very strong, and then smiled: "Aunt Lu, come here." ”

Mrs. Lu glanced left and right, and there was no niece and maid peeking, so she slowly walked to the swing and sat down, holding the swing rope with both hands, and tried to shake it a few times.

Squeak –

The swing that had not been moved for a long time made a slight noise, and the skirt and embroidered shoes swayed in the air, and the shadow of life here could still be faintly seen.

Xu Buling gently pushed Aunt Lu and recalled: "There is also a swing in the sea of flowers in Suzhou, which is placed in the cabin, but I don't seem to have played with ......it when I was a child."

"When your mother came to Jinling, she liked this swing very much, and she said at that time that she would get one when she went home in the future...... I remember that my family didn't let me go out at night, so I begged your mother for help and asked her to climb over the courtyard wall and carry me out. At that time, I was very envious, and I also wanted to learn the kung fu of flying eaves and walking walls, but unfortunately I didn't learn it in the end...... Since your mother went to Suzhou, I don't know how to get here, and it's been until now......"

Mrs. Lu said this and sighed softly. After staying in Chang'an and marrying into the Xiao family, although she didn't have a hard life, she, like Xiang'er, had a clear future path, and there was nothing else to do except to finish the rest of her life.

I miss the yard where I lived when I was a child, and I miss the big sister who took her around, but it's gone, and it's useless to miss it. Just when her life gradually lost its color like a pool of stagnant water, the arrival of Xu Buling changed everything.

This is also why Mrs. Lu is almost inseparable from Xu Buling, because except for taking care of Xu Buling, there is nothing else to do in her life, all feelings are pinned on Xu Buling, and even her own thoughts and wishes have long been wiped out in the perennial widowhood.

At this time, sitting on the swing again, recalling her innocent and 'ambitious' self in her childhood, Mrs. Lu was shocked to realize how much she had changed, almost completely two people......

Xu Buling saw that Mrs. Lu was silent, looked down at the skirt and embroidered shoes, and her mood didn't seem to be very good, and said softly:

"Aunt Lu is only in her twenties, she is still a young girl, and it is too early to be sad and sad."

Mrs. Lu sighed faintly, raised her eyes to look at the embroidery building in front of her, and said softly:

"Ling'er, what should I do in the future?"