In the following days, Su Lu read every day, took delicious food to meet the little lady of the Zhang family, and was occasionally pulled by Su Shi to consult Fan Baifu and others, and lived a very fulfilling life.

In the blink of an eye, the three Su brothers have been in Chengdu Mansion for more than two months, and seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, it is the time for the family to reunite.

Su Shi thought that he had been away from home for a long time and had never gone back to see his wife, so he proposed to Zhang Fangping to go home and come back after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Zhang Fangping agreed.

The three brothers rented an ox cart and returned to Meishan in a hurry.

After autumn, the lotus flowers all over Meishan have become withered lotus, the autumn lotus root is just in time, Yun Niang saw the lotus root farmer digging the lotus root on the way, and saw the hunting heart happily let King Kong go to buy some.

Su Shi and Su Zhe were born and grew up in Meishan since they were children, and the lotus root is no longer new to them, but Yun Niang can even use the lotus room to cook, and they must have a hand in making lotus root, and they are looking forward to it.

After not seeing the newlywed Yan'er's wife for a long time, Su Shi was like an arrow, and he forgot to send someone to report a message to his home. The little maid who came out to buy happened to catch a glimpse of the three brothers sitting in the ox cart, so she hurriedly ran back to report to Wang Fu.

Cheng's health is not good, and Su Sanniang is the daughter who married and returned, so the family affairs are naturally handled by Wang Fulai.

Wang Fu knew that her husband was coming back soon, and she was both happy and angry in her heart.

I was happy that I would be able to see my husband soon, and I was angry that I didn't say anything in advance when I came back, and she didn't even have time to change her clothes now. Wang Fu hurriedly said to Cheng's family, left Cheng's house, and went back to the room to refresh.

Cheng couldn't help but laugh when he saw Wang Fu trotting away eagerly.

The affection between children makes people happy every time they see it.

When Su Shi and Su Zhe returned home, they went to see Cheng and Su Xun first. However, Su Xun went out to visit friends again, so they only saw his mother and sister.

Cheng knew that Wang Fu was waiting for Su Shi, so he didn't leave them long, and only asked a few words about their affairs in Chengdu Mansion and asked them to go back and wipe their faces and rest.

Su Jian went to Rendi, and Su Lu couldn't see him in his yard when he went back, so Cheng left him to speak.

The Su Shi brothers came out of Cheng's house.

Su Shi saw his mother and sister talking to Su Zhe from the window, and couldn't help muttering to Su Zhe: "Look at this posture, people who don't know will think that Brother Lu is born to his mother." ”

Su Zhe said: "My brother's parents are not around, and my mother should be more concerned." "Don't talk about the Cheng family, even they usually pay attention to this cousin, lest he miss his parents who went to Lizhou.

Su Shi and Su Zhe chatted all the way, but when they walked outside their yard, they paused and hesitated.

"Brother, why don't you go in?" Su Zhe asked.

"We ran out of money to buy books a few days ago, and we didn't buy anything for your sister-in-law." Su Shi didn't think of this until he arrived outside the courtyard gate. It is said that Xiao Biesheng is newly married, and now he is about to meet after a two-month farewell, and he really has the anxiety of marrying his wife.

Su Zhe said: "If you buy something for your sister-in-law, your sister-in-law may not be happy, so it's better to read the new words you wrote to your sister-in-law." "He has seen it, his brother was in Chengdu Mansion when he was at home with Yue, and the new words he wrote can be said to be missing his hometown and his wife, and it is not just a gift to give it away.

When Su Shi heard this, he thought it was a good idea, so he sent Su Zhe into his own courtyard.

When he stepped into the hospital, he saw Wang Fu sitting by the window, grooming in the mirror. Through the window lattice, he could only see her gently tracing her eyebrows, very carefully. He was afraid that she would break the eyebrow painting, so he didn't bother, just stood in the courtyard stupidly and watched her carefully draw the beautiful eyebrows and eyes.

Wang Fu was still reminded by the maid beside him, only to notice that Su Shi had been standing outside for a long time.

Wang Fu's face turned red, he hurriedly got up and walked to the courtyard, grabbed Su Shi's hand that was cocooned by the brush, and said with a little blame and concern: "The weather is cold in autumn, why are you standing outside stupidly?" If you get frostbite, I don't know how many days it will be delayed. ”

Su Shi stupidly let his wife lead him into the house.

When he got to the house, he said, "The family has worked hard for you." ”

She was only seventeen years old after the New Year, the same age as a flower, but after marrying him, she had to take care of everything in the family.

Wang Fu knew what he was talking about, and looked up at him and smiled lightly: "It should be what I did, where can I say it's hard?" ”

The couple must have had a lot to say after not seeing each other for a long time, and the people who served them all spontaneously withdrew.

After coaxing his third aunt and cousin, Su Lu returned to the courtyard where his family lived. He stood in the atrium with his little hands behind his back, looking at the fallen leaves and trees in the yard, and suddenly he was inspired, and turned to Xiaocui and said, "Help me lay paper and ink, I want to write a letter to my father and brothers!" ”

Xiao Cui didn't say anything, and went to prepare for Su Lu with an expressionless face.

Su Lu looked at the trees outside again before entering the house.

The ink has been polished, the paper has been spread, just waiting for him to play to his heart's content.

Su Lu began to write to his father, saying that when he returned to the old house in Meishan, the wind was blowing, the leaves were falling coolly, and he was like the last leaf in late autumn, fluttering on the branches, not knowing when it would fall. A person's life is bitter in my heart! No one understands the loneliness of a person! You ruthless father, why did you leave behind your weak and poor young son!

Su Lu looked back at it in one go, was very satisfied with his sincere words, and put it aside to dry.

Su Lu continued to write letters to his mother, all of which were new dishes that Yun Niang had figured out during this time, so that his mother would ask the kitchen to cook them when she wanted to eat them, and he would eat outside with a lot of fragrance, and the uncles and young ladies outside were very good to him, so that his mother didn't have to worry.

In the end, Su Lu wrote a letter to the three brothers, and his tone was still full of ardent expectations, and by the way, he searched for difficult topics related to his major as usual, and copied them to the three brothers to relieve their boredom.

You can't rest on your laurels, whether you are an official or not, you have to live to learn all the time, otherwise you will give people a foothold for the rest of your life!

Su Lu wrote letters to his relatives one by one, and when the meal was almost up, he rubbed his sour and soft hands, feeling that he had paid too much for this.

If they don't take care of him well in the future, he must go to the royal court to ask for an explanation for himself!

Meanwhile.

This year, everything is not going well, after the autumn, Jingdong, Jingxi drought, Kaifeng Mansion is shrouded in a gloomy fog.

Fan Zhen, the prefectural court, is also very difficult to do, and there are endless impeachments every day, but no one pays attention to the impeachment, which makes people very annoyed.

On this day, when he returned home from the Imperial Court, his wife Pang Zi told him that he had received several letters, some of which were from Yunzhou.

Previously, Fan Zhen had told Pang that other letters could not be reminded, and he must be reminded when he received a letter from Yunzhou.

His friend Sima Guang followed his teacher Pang to Yunzhou. He and Sima Guang were not only the same year as the Jinshi in the first year of Baoyuan, but also mutual confidants, and they even agreed that if anyone went first, the epitaph must be written by the other party.

It can be said that they are very consistent regardless of knowledge, interests, and aspirations, and other people's letters may not be read when they are busy, but Sima Guang's letters will never be missed.

Fan Zhen listened to his wife's words, and then came to his senses, took the letter handed by his wife and went to the study to read it carefully.

The situation in Yunzhou is also not good, with the same long-term drought as Jingdong and Jingxi, Sima Guang begged God for no use, and went to ask for Buddha, it was useless to ask for Buddha, and went to sacrifice to the Dragon King, and finally even Huangshi Gong begged, and every article of praying for rain was written sincerely, but it was useless at all.

Fan Zhen looked at his friend's helpless words and couldn't help sighing.

There are only a few rich places in the country, and Pang's trip to Yunzhou is equivalent to depreciation, and they were all discouraged when Sima Guang wanted to go with him.

There is a severe drought in Jingdong and western Beijing, and grain can be transported from other places to support it, but Yunzhou can really only hold on.

Fan Zhen picked up the pen and wrote a reply, and after writing it, he looked back at his own consolation, only to feel pale and powerless.

Fan Zhen sighed, hating himself for not being able to do something for his friend.

Fan Zhen was in a depressed mood, and he didn't want to read any more letters, but his eyes were unexpectedly attracted by one of the thick stacks of letters.

This letter is from Shuzhong.

Fan Zhen has no parents since he was a child, and was raised by his brother, and now that his brother is gone, he takes special care of his brother's children, and in recent years, he has also taken a nephew Fan Zuyu to his side to raise.

Among so many nephews, only one is the most fond of writing letters, named Fan Baifu, he should never take the test, but the question is very accurate, he has taught several Jinshi, and he is also a well-known teacher in Shuzhong.

Fan Zhen once asked him why he shouldn't take the test, and the nephew said that he sweated like pulp as soon as he arrived at the examination room, and even vomited and diarrhea, even if he was lucky enough to pass the township and provincial exams, he might be blasted out because of the imperial failure, so he may not be born to be a jinshi.

Fan Zhen had no choice but to let the clan elders take care of Fan Baifu more.

Fan Baifu has a wide heart and a fat body, he can be happy about anything, and there is never anything unhappy in the letters he writes, most of the stories are interesting stories in Shuzhong, and he is very happy to read.

Fan Zhen's heart was full of gloom at this time, and he couldn't help but open the fat nephew's letter and read it.