The sun is dazzling, the painting boat rises and falls slightly with the rippling waves, and the sound of buzzing among visitors can be heard in the distance. Ning Yi and Xiaochan were sitting on the side of the painting boat against the lake, and in their field of vision, there were still boats sailing from afar, and birds flying in the sky.

"Okay, what the hell is going on?"

After sitting down, there was some silence between the two. Xiaochan didn't sit upright, sat sideways on the edge of the chair, this is a somewhat restrained way of sitting, if it is in ordinary people's homes, the maid does not dare to sit in front of the master, it is like this, but Xiaochan has already let go of those formalized respects in front of Ning Yi, and suddenly has such an attitude, which may only show that she is thinking about something difficult to decide, seeing that the fingers of her hands are still twisted together, Ning Yi stretched out her hand and held one of her hands in the palm, the palm was white and small, after putting it in Ning Yi's hand, trembled slightly, but finally made Xiaochan breathe.

"Aunt, aunt, ......"

"Huh?"

"Uncle...... Can you promise me one thing? ”

The girl asked timidly, her words gradually lowered, and Ning Yi smiled slightly: "If you don't tell me anything, I don't know if I can do it myself." ”

"I, I want my uncle to promise me what I say to my uncle later, if it is...... If my uncle doesn't agree, don't tell Miss if it's okay......"

"Oh? Can't you tell your lady? ”

"It's not ...... either"

Chan'er shook her head quietly, one of her hands was held by Ning Yi, feeling slightly relieved, and then she thought about it for a while, and decided to speak, her face gradually turned crimson.

"Uncle, can my uncle...... Talk to the young lady and say ...... Say...... Tonight, no, or tomorrow night...... You can ...... any day Uncle and Miss, come out one night, don't live with Miss, okay......"

Her words were difficult and ambiguous, and it was too arrogant to let the two masters live together at night as a maid. Ning Yi was slightly stunned, Xiaochan should also be aware of the ambiguity of these words, her face was red and white and anxious for a while, she was just a simple and cute smile, at this time, all kinds of expressions were mixed together, the left hand held by Ning Yi shrank and wanted to pull it back, but Ning Yi used force in her hand and couldn't pull it back, so she touched her right hand, lowered her head, and bowed down on the chair, Ning Yi couldn't see her face anymore, she only felt that her skin seemed to be burning, not only the palm, The originally white neck has also burned red.

"Uncle only needs to accompany Xiaochan and accompany Xiaochan...... Uncle only needs to sleep with Xiaochan for one night. ”

After she finished saying this, her forehead lowered to Ning Yi's hand, and in the shadow of the side of the boat at this time, the girl's thin body seemed to curl up in front of Ning Yi. Ning Yi thought for a while, then sat down a little, put her forehead on his shoulder, and sighed: "Wait a few days, after passing the door, isn't it okay?" ”。

There are ships coming in the distance, if you look carefully, you may be able to see the situation here, but at the moment, Ning Yi doesn't care, Xiaochan shook her head slightly on his shoulder: "No, it's not a door......"

After saying this, she moved her body back, reached out to wipe her eyes, and raised her head slightly to show a reluctant smile: "Xiaochan has thought about it, but the door is open, Xiaochan...... After Xiaochan and her aunt and aunt are there, you can just be a girl in the room, you don't need a name, it's okay. ”

Ning Yi looked at her and didn't speak, his concept was different from that of people at this time, it didn't matter if he had a name, status or anything, but for Xiaochan and others, it couldn't be like this. As far as the concept is concerned, the maid can be a roommate, or a concubine, with a ceremony, there are multiple titles, even if the status of the concubine is not high, but many girls in the room are pursuing, and they can only be these titles, for them, there may be some important symbolic meanings.

Even if Ning Yi can rely on his own influence to make this family as harmonious as possible, as ...... as possible It's weird, but for Xiaochan and others, there are always things that are impossible to eliminate. In fact, it's not just the identity of the concubine, with the intimacy between Ning Yi and Xiaochan, more things can already be done between the two, the reason why Ning Yi doesn't move forward is because he knows the Tao, at least for Xiaochan, those rituals should be meaningful. ..., she is just a maid, but she can still have a ceremony, this ceremony may be small, may only be attended by a few people in the family, but at least in that ceremony, she can also be valued like an ordinary woman, worship heaven and earth, serve tea, and there will be a candle in the cave room. These will be meaningful in her life, therefore, Ning Yi hopes that her experiences can be complete, but she said at this time that as long as there is one night, the thoughts in it can be imagined.

I didn't know what to say for a while, Xiaochan looked at him with pleading eyes. She couldn't tell Miss about this matter, and it was also because she knew that Ning Yi had a status in the family, so she begged Ning Yi to come forward to speak. After a long while, he added, "I—I've been thinking about it for a long time......

She tried her best to calm down and whispered: "I, me and Juan'er were not originally the maids who followed Miss, only Sister Xing'er followed Miss from the beginning, and then Miss said that she wanted two people to help with things, and Juan'er and I came to Miss's side." We have always helped Miss do things, if you really pass the door, the family's opinion will be different, maybe they will say that Xiaochan is a concubine, it is not good to show up again, and some of the things that Xiaochan was in charge of before are not easy to manage, otherwise they will be said to be restless. I, even if I follow my uncle, I still have to follow the young lady to do things......"

Speaking of this, he looked up at Ning Yi: "Uncle, don't think about it, I like it very much, but ...... But...... Anyway, Xiaochan can take care of it, and she can also help Miss or serve her uncle, it's okay......" Her voice lowered, and then returned to normal, "Also, there are Juan'er and Sister Xing'er, we are all maids, if I follow my uncle, my identity will be different in the future, and I may not get along as well as before...... I have a good relationship with Juan'er, and I regard Sister Xing'er as my own sister, and I don't want to be alienated......"

Having said this, the courage in her heart finally ran out, and Ning Yi organized a speech: "I...... I won't talk nonsense to your young lady, but with her shrewdness, if I say that I will deal with it according to your idea, do you think she will not think that this is your idea? Or will she not be able to imagine what you think? ”

"Huh?"

"Think about it, what will happen to your young lady after I relay it?"

"Unthinkable ......"

"She may find you and pretend to lose your temper, but in the end, it will be a result......" Ning Yi played with her delicate fingers, "Some things are decided by this era, but for me, I do ...... I like you very much and don't want to let you go, Xiaochan ......" He folded his hands and wrapped the girl's palm in it, "A lifetime of things, you only want one thing, do you want to marry?" ”。

For some of Ning Yi's words, Xiaochan obviously didn't understand well, but at this time she only blushed slightly: "Xiaochan and Xiaochan were originally uncles and young ladies, and it doesn't matter if they marry or not...... But I don't want to upset Miss......"

"In that case, just let me deal with it with your young lady, huh?" Without answering Xiaochan's second half of the sentence, Ning Yi smiled and made a decision, Xiaochan was stunned, and then nodded as well, revealing a smirk. Many things do not necessarily have a perfect solution, at this time Ning Yi is just a little moved, but he may not have specific ideas, of course, some things may not really need to be solved, in fact, it is enough to make Xiaochan feel that she has a backbone.

In the previous life, I used to be in such a circle, to the highest point, the surrounding environment of the wife is less common than the mistress, one night* is often much more practical than love, money and power do not bring real feelings, on the contrary, the more material desires, the more distorted everything around. After experiencing a lot, when he is tired, he will yearn for innocent things, but it does not mean that he will completely idealize these things.

Su Tan'er's sudden mood and Xiaochan's pitiful compromise are all part of this innocence, and the distress between the two is part of this era, and at this time when there is no concept of monogamy, it is actually not a serious matter.

Ning Yi took this matter up and comforted him a few words, and Xiaochan, who believed that Ning Yi, was also in a cheerful mood. At this time, recalling the fact that Fang had just begged Ning Yi to sleep with her for one night, he was shy again, and said a few gossips such as "The clouds in the sky are like fish scales, it's so strange", and ran away in a hurry, Ning Yi wanted to take her off the boat to watch a group of talented people chanting poetry, but naturally she couldn't find her at this time. ..., after delaying these times, in fact, everyone who is going to arrive today has basically arrived. Xiaoyingzhou itself is a narrow roundabout, although it is also a beautiful water garden at this time, but it is not yet the scale of later generations, and there is no place on the island where a large number of people can gather, although it is a poetry club, but due to the large number of people who come, at this time people walk and sit in the forest to enjoy the scenery, it seems that it is also somewhat similar to the Qinghui meeting.

However, of course, there are still poetry meetings, at this time the large and small ships moored on the shore are almost connected, and the real poetry meeting is actually not held on the shore in the first place, but on several large ships parked on the shore.

"The beginning of autumn is still too hot, and it is not a practice to hold a poetry meeting at this time, it is still a precedent opened by Xiong Ruming, who served as the prefect here a few years ago, when disasters were everywhere, and the autumn harvest has not yet arrived in Hangzhou, but all kinds of materials have also bottomed out - of course, saying so, in fact, the problem is not big. Xiong Zhifu invited many people to come to this island to play, let the big families give some materials, let the talented people write some poems, write about the spirit of the difficult times of everyone, at that time invited Qian Xiwen Qian Gong, Mu Bochang Mu Gong, Chang Yu An Chang Gong these people to help to strengthen the momentum, now Chang Gong has passed away, but the beginning of the autumn this poetry will be preserved, if not, their literati gathering, but not to invite so many businessmen to strengthen the momentum. ”

The time was about the same, and Luo Tian, who had been strolling around for a while, also arrived at the painting boat, ready to pick up his wife to go to the meeting officially, and talked about the origin of the Liqiu Poetry Meeting by the way, Ning Yi thought for a while: "I'm afraid it won't be very harmonious, right?" Quite a few words"

"There have been high-ranking people who used poems to satirize businessmen about the smell of copper, but some people will take out the events of the year to refute. At that time, it was also considered that the rich contributed money, and the powerful contribution made a good name for everyone. And the people who came over also have a background in poetry and writing, like a clumsy jing, and she was also a talented woman with some fame back then, heh...... In fact, now this Liqiu poetry will not be as utilitarian as it was at the beginning, visit the garden, write poems, and in the evening, there will be a banquet carefully prepared by the chef of Fuqing Building, and put some water lanterns at night to pray for blessings, which is still quite lively......"

After Luo Tian said this, he led his wife away, and when Juan'er was cleaning up the tea bowl and fruit plate, Su Tan'er pulled Ning Yi to the side and said softly: "I just saw Chan'er's eyes red, did she tell you something?" Quite a few words"

Ning Yi relayed Chan'er's request to her, Su Tan'er was silent for a moment, put her forehead on Ning Yi's shoulder, and didn't speak......