When Du Ruonan returned, it was already dusk, the sun was setting in the west, and the sky was full of sunset, brewing another bright and sunny day.

The horse's hooves fall on the bluestone slab in an orderly manner, the trees facing the street are full of birds, and the smoke curls in the distance, which is an ink painting with a far-reaching artistic conception.

The carriage stopped steadily in front of Du's house, and the girl jumped out of the car lightly. When the wind is quiet, many people have rested, and the Du Mansion has hung out lanterns early, and the candlelight is slightly dim in the smoke.

The porter hurriedly greeted him, and the man wanted to open his mouth to spread the message that the eldest lady would return to the house, but was stopped by a gesture from Du Ruonan.

"Leave me alone, go and help set up the carriage." Du Ruonan opened her mouth gently, walked through the front porch, turned the shadow wall, the day's circumstance had exhausted her, and now she didn't want to talk more, nor did she want to see ......

"Ruonan." A familiar voice came, revealing a handsome face from under the vines, bright eyes, and a faint smile on the lips, "I knew you would go this way." ”

There was a little smugness in his tone, as if he had decided something.

Du Ruonan was stunned. Su Zhiyu's appearance was unexpected to her, and the girl clenched her fingertips unconsciously: How could it be, he should have been in the dyeing room at this point in time, didn't it mean that the new style was difficult to think of, and he had to stay up for a few more days and nights?

"Something?" She struggled to maintain her form, trying to say the words in the calmest of tones.

It's the prime minister's nephew. If it weren't for the unexpected encounter in the bandit's den, the two of them would probably never see each other for the rest of their lives, let alone be on the same roof like now.

She thought sullenly, her heart sinking in her chest, and every moment it was like a sigh.

“……”

Su Zhiyu stared at Du Ruonan's back, he didn't know what was going on, but he was keenly aware that something was wrong: he had known Du Ruonan for so long, and this was the first time she had spoken behind her back.

She didn't want to face him, why?

"Oh, actually, it's nothing," Su Zhiyu smiled, as relaxed as ever, "I also just came from the back kitchen, and I was hungry, so I asked Aunt Yan to add a meal." ”

After saying that, he also touched his belly, his movements exaggerated and his expression was funny, trying to make the other party turn around, but the girl did not react to this.

"There is still warm porridge on the stove, it is my family's practice, shredded chicken and chestnut porridge, chestnuts are sweet, very nourishing to the spleen and stomach, you can use a little bit." Su Zhiyu spoke softly, in a gentle tone, "Now that the weather is getting colder, it's always bad to be hungry." ”

"yes, okay." Du Ruonan said lightly, "You should rest early." ”

"Okay." Su Zhiyu touched his nose, "You also know that I'm the one who knows how to take care of myself the most......"

Before the boy could finish his words, the girl had already stepped away.

Her back was straight, and her steps were brisk, like a slender willow swaying in the wind, and her steps did not stop, and she did not look back. Su Zhiyu couldn't help but wonder if the girl who had always been quiet and elegant would run fast in the next moment.

What, is he some kind of flood beast? Is there something that could hurt her? She looked like she was in a hurry to run away from him.

- He tried to get this thought out of his mind, and his reason tugged at the string called "calm", and he lobbied himself over and over again: how could it be, how could Ruonan be afraid of him?

Obviously, they share life and death together, improve batik together, fight the second uncle with wisdom, and work together to put the crumbling wood dyeing cloth workshop on the right track...... Although it is not a heart-to-heart, Su Zhiyu has always believed that the two of them are called hand in hand.

But how could Ruonan run away from herself?

He couldn't think of an answer, his thoughts twisted into a mess, and the young man's eyes were fixed on the girl who was gone away.

He wanted to chase after him and ask for clarification, but her escape made him unbearable after all.

Actually, it's a very delicate and thin girl, and she's still a little girl.

Don't push her.

A self-deprecating smile appeared on Su Zhiyu's handsome face, and the young man stood on the path for a while, then shook his head lightly and walked away.

The evening breeze blows, and the red trail is full.

It was getting late.

The red maple swirled and fell, piling up a thin piece in the courtyard, and the owner of the courtyard had not yet returned, and the little girl in charge of sprinkling and sweeping curled up under the porch, secretly napping.

There is a saying that spring is sleepy and autumn is lacking, and it is she who is talking about it. In the autumn, I was already lazy, and I was full of food, so I was extra thirsty and sleepy.

The small hall in front of the hospital was lit up, and two old men with gray beards were playing against each other. The housekeeper is cautious by nature, accustomed to long exams, and plays very slowly, and Ding Bo, as an opponent, does not urge, only occasionally squints, approaches the chessboard, and repeatedly confirms the opponent's path.

There was a sound of small footsteps at the end of the path. The housekeeper was younger, and his ears and eyes were more sensitive, so he threw his chess pieces early, and met him in three steps and two steps: "Miss, you can be regarded as back." ”

"Is it going well?" The housekeeper looked at Du Ruonan's expression quietly, carefully groping for the other party's joy and anger, "Just now I called a few family members to look for the eldest lady on the road, but I don't want you to come back one step earlier, maybe the road is forked." ”

Du Ruonan stood still, with a shallow smile and a gentle tone: "It's me who came late and made Fu Bo worried." It is only a few steps from our house to Linfu, and it is extremely cheap to walk. It's just that Miss Lin invited her to a banquet, and I drank a few cups with her, which was not a big deal. ”

"That's good, that's good." The housekeeper smiled all over his face, and a boulder fell to the ground in his heart.

Originally, he also thought that his own young lady was going to the county government to deliver goods, where could anyone who dared to offend the young lady without long eyes, but Lao Ding couldn't rest assured, so he had to wait here. Lao Ding babbled a lot, but he couldn't say why, so he followed up and played, so he sat and waited here while playing chess.

But the two of them are bad old men, waiting in front of their own young lady's boudoir, and they don't look the same. Thinking of this, the housekeeper complained a little about Ding Bodu in his heart.

However, Ding Bo didn't notice it at all, the old man's body was rickety, and his limbs were a little stiff by the night wind, he stood up behind the housekeeper, and walked to Du Ruonan with a slight trembling: "It's good that the young lady comes back, this kind of thing should have been handed over to us as subordinates." Although our Ruan County is said to have good folk customs, and you brought your family with you, but when you thought that you were going to the county government, the old slave always felt not very relieved. ”

Du Ruonan's heart warmed.

Ding Bo spoke slowly, almost word by word, and his gray beard was blown into a mess by the wind: "Maybe I'm too worried, we are old people, we can't help but think about it, and I hope that Miss won't be surprised." ”

"Lao Ding, I'm going to talk about you, the eldest lady went to the Lin County Ling family, can you ......" The housekeeper disagreed, and couldn't help but object.

"Lin County Order, I came to our house indiscriminately to arrest people, but it was also this Lin County Order." Ding Bo shook his head, his ravine-ravine face was full of vicissitudes brought by wind and frost, "Those who are officials, where are they good to get along." ”

"Officials and servants throughout the ages, who doesn't want to scrape the people's fat from us for their own enjoyment? What is the big man of the blue sky, the parents of the people, that can't be true. Ding Bo still wanted to say, but the old man had been outside for too long, and now his bones were cold, "Miss is a smart person, she must know it in her heart." And the young lady is also tired for a day, so let's rest early. ”

Ding Bo is really old, and the old man always fears more things than the young man. Although others felt that Lin Minlai's favor was a favor to the wood dyeing workshop, Ding Bo always remembered the servants who carried long knives and swarmed in, shouting at them and killing them.

I can't afford to mess with it.

The girl stepped forward and gently supported Ding Bo: "I can save it." ”

She understands in her heart, understands the boundary between the government and the people, understands the weight of the wood dyeing cloth workshop, understands that a large number of people behind her are counting on the cloth workshop to live, and also understands her and Su Zhiyu...... What a chasm.

The anger of the county order can make them as civilians silent, and the prime minister who is far away in the temple of the capital is even more like being in the Nine Heavens and unattainable.

The housekeeper accompanied him all the way, seeing that there was no one around, and explained the day's matters softly: "In the afternoon, the stewards of the shop went to the account room to check the accounts, and the business of the cloth workshop has been really good recently, especially in other counties, Miss, I have to say that your previous business is really wonderful, and all of a sudden it opened up our line, not to mention, but also the first to play the name of our wood dyeing, and now outsiders come to our Ruan County to buy cloth, the first one to find, is our door plaque." ”

Business is booming, and the housekeeper is also dancing when he describes it.

After all, who would have thought that Du Ruonan would transfer the unsalable ready-to-wear clothes in the Caiyi Festival to the shops in Linxian County at a low price, which was purely a helpless move, but I didn't expect that it was this batch of ready-to-wear clothes that made them suffer a big loss, and in the next county, the tide was rising, and in the end it was even difficult to find one.

The businessmen tasted the sweetness of the garments being robbed, ran more closely to Ruan County, and signed many large orders with the wood dyeing workshop. Now the shops in other counties can be called - how did Su Zhiyu describe it - "new profit growth point".

It's hard for him to come up with such a strange word.

The girl wanted to chuckle, but suddenly woke up: Why did you think of him again?!

She was embarrassed in her heart, and her footsteps stopped abruptly, and Ding Bo and the housekeeper also stopped, looking at Du Ruonan with a puzzled face.

"Fu Bo, you just mentioned that the cloth workshop has added another big order this month?" Du Ruonan should become very fast, reveal the worries in his heart, and turn the conversation in another direction.

"Yes, yes." The housekeeper hurriedly responded, "Speaking of which, it can be regarded as an old acquaintance, it is the famous Qian Wanguan, and I don't know where he got the news, and I know that we are also receiving a big order for ready-to-wear now." Although he didn't come to the door in person, he talked to others and asked the store manager to buy a batch of goods from us. ”

"That money is really a big business, not to mention that the shop is open to the south of the Yangtze River, and the 'water king' is still a brother-in-law, and the goods of others have not left the state capital, but his goods can go to the capital by water!"

Money. She had indeed heard of this name, if she could negotiate business with this person, would she also be able to get a piece of the pie from Jiangnan cloth market?