Ling Heng Courtyard, small library.

Xie Jinci held "Shang Song", his little head shook non-stop, and his eyelids were almost slit.

She was already sleepy, but she couldn't go back to sleep.

The low tea table in front of you can sleep on your stomach, but the night is too cold, if you don't cover the quilt, you can't sleep at all.

The little girl yawned, pulled her already dry hair behind her back, and turned back to open the window.

Since the beginning of the winter month, the weather has become colder and colder day by day.

The night breeze poured in through the crack in the window, stinging her skin and causing her to wake up instantly.

She rubbed her cheeks and leaned against the window, her gaze rustling in the wind.

She pursed her mouth lightly and muttered in a small voice, "I don't know if Sister Nanshuang is gone." If only she had come to her little brother's house every night...... Then I don't have a place to sleep? ”

The cold wind swept by, and the bamboo forest stirred up a rustling sound, and a clear voice sounded unhurriedly below:

"My sister is standing in front of the window with her hair disheveled, is she going to jump off the building and kill herself, or is she pretending to be a ghost and scary? Oh, I know, my sister is probably thinking of spring again, right? ”

Xie Jinci hurriedly looked down, and sure enough, he saw the little brother standing downstairs, looking at her with a smile.

An elegant young man, dressed in an embroidered silver crane and looking at Lan Dayu, with moonlight on his head, stepping on bamboo shadows, his figure is tall and handsome.

But such a person who looks gentle and personable, but his words are not ordinarily ugly.

Xie Jinci restrained the joy in his heart, pursed his lips, and said angrily: "Little brother is just thinking of spring!" I'm reading here! ”

After speaking, as if he was afraid that he would not believe it, he turned around and picked up the "Shang Song" on the tea table and shook it at him.

Shen Changfeng raised his eyebrows slightly, "Didn't you say it last time?" This book is very boring. I'm afraid that reading books is fake, but laziness is true. ”

"I'm not lazy!"

Xie Jinci leaned out of the window with half of his body and stared at the young man downstairs angrily, "Obviously because Sister Nanshuang is in the house, I came to the library to read!" ”

"Tsk, I didn't know that my sister was so understanding."

The young man bent his peach blossom eyes and hooked his finger at her, "Come down." I'm hungry and want to eat Yangchun noodles. ”

The little girl snorted, closed the window, and went downstairs obediently.

The master and servant came to the small kitchen, Uncle Shen sat on the bench as usual, his long legs were raised high, and Xie Jinci was busy boiling water and cooking noodles after running.

Her waist-length hair fell gently over the girl's shoulders, occasionally slipping down her face, and she stretched out her small white hand to pin the strands behind her ears.

Shen Changfeng stared at her hair, and there was a deep darkness in his peach blossom eyes.

The fine black and silky hair, every time he saw it, he couldn't help but want to touch it.

Xie Jinci sat in front of the stove, bent over and seriously added firewood to the fire, and a hand suddenly fell on top of her head.

She raised her watery and clear deer eyes and saw Shen Changfeng standing next to her at some point.

The boy looked at her with a smile, his slender fingers rubbing the top of her hair as if he were rubbing his face.

The little girl glared at him, "What are you doing?" ”

"Burn your fire."

Shen Changfeng pressed her head and let her eyes look at the stove, but the movements in her hands did not mean to stop at all.

Xie Jinci sullenly added a few sticks of dry firewood to make the fire extremely strong, and then got up from the small bench and pushed his hand dissatisfied.

"My sister is really stingy, I'm just touching your hair, and I won't lose a piece of meat."

The boy was like a piece of kraft candy, and wherever the little girl went, he followed her, grabbing her hair and not letting go.

Xie Jinci didn't know what kind of wind this guy was smoking, so he pushed him a few times but didn't push him away, so he didn't bother to talk to him anymore.

As soon as the water in the pot boiled, she skillfully underneath and added seasonings, and was very busy.

Shen Changfeng stood behind her, playing with her hair with great interest.

The little girl's hair had an elegant scent of submerged water, he first picked up a strand and put it on the tip of his nose to sniff lightly, and then simply rested his chin on the little girl's thin shoulders and felt the softness of the hair with his cheeks.

Xie Jinci was taken aback by his movements.

The little brother leaned on her like this, almost half-holding her in his arms.

The young man exuded a refreshing aroma of honey locust, faintly sandwiched with a warm and cold fragrance.

They were so close that she could almost hear his heartbeat.

Plop, plop.

It's like carrying a little rabbit in your arms, jumping faster and faster.

Suddenly, his face was pinched vigorously, and the young man's mellow voice sounded in his ears with a hint of banter: "My sister's heart is beating so fast......"

Xie Jinci was stunned, and his little white face suddenly turned red.

It turned out that what she had just heard was her own heartbeat!

She was ashamed and annoyed, grabbed the young man's hand, turned her head and bit it!

"Shhhh

Shen Changfeng Yuyu's eyebrows twisted slightly, "Is the little word a dog?" ”

Xie Jinci loosened his mouth angrily, and blinked with satisfaction when he saw a light tooth mark on the back of the young man's white hand.

She curled the corners of her mouth and was about to serve the noodles, but she saw a trace of blood oozing from the tooth marks.

She raised her eyes in panic, and looked at the young man's peach blossom eyes.

"Little brother, I didn't mean to! I, I didn't use much strength, why did I bleed? ”

The little girl took his hand, her tone was sincere and urgent, but more doubtful.

She really didn't exert any effort, but how did she bite out the blood?

Shen Changfeng withdrew his hand unhurriedly, "Does my sister know the mistake?" ”

Xie Jinci nodded, "I'm sorry ......"

The young man held back a smile and flicked her head with his other hand, "Then I will punish you for cooking Yangchun noodles tomorrow morning." ”

Xie Jinci hurriedly responded.

The young man sat back on the bench, thought for a moment, and said, "You have to do the homework assigned by the master for me." ”

Xie Jinci brought the noodles to the table and nodded in agreement without thinking.

As soon as she was done, she regretted it.

Although she is a scholar, she should not do homework for her little brother, the little brother is the one who wants to participate in the scientific examination, how can someone else do this kind of duty?

The little girl's worries were all written on her face.

She wanted to say no, but the thought of biting her little brother's hand made her so guilty that she couldn't say anything.

Shen Changfeng hooked his lips silently, and quietly hid his injured hand in a place where the little girl couldn't see.

If she takes another look, I'm afraid she will find that the wound on the back of his hand is obviously not related to the tooth mark.

It's a mistake that way, and that's good.

Da Sima's granddaughter is destined to stay by his side Shen Changfeng and be used by him in the future.

The young man raised his eyes and looked at the little girl opposite, there seemed to be distant mountains and spring water under the peach blossom eyes, and the green smoke on the river was hazy and intoxicating.

But I can't see it really.

The next day, Xie Jinci got up early and squatted by the pond to wash clothes.

The weather was cold, the water in the pond was biting, and the little girl's hands were red from the cold.

After drying her clothes, her hands were no longer felt, and their color changed from red to deep purple.

She rubbed her hands gently, put them to her lips and took a breath of hot air, and hurried to the small kitchen to make a fire to cook noodles.

Last night she bit the back of her little brother's hand out blood, and she promised to cook noodles for him to eat.

And when she entered the house with the incense food box, the young man in the middle of the bed still hadn't gotten up.

The little girl was quite helpless, so she had to frown and call him.

Finally waited for Uncle Shen to finish washing, and she went to water the emerald plants on the stone steps outside the house without touching her feet.

Shen Changfeng was eating noodles while watching the little girl go in and out busily, and his peach blossom eyes were full of playfulness.

Xie Jinci squatted down by the flower pot and looked at the small plant with bright black eyes.

During this time, it seemed to have grown a lot taller, the stem, which was less than six inches long, was now close to ten inches, the oval leaves were more than two circles wide, and the emerald stems were sporadically pale green flower bones.

The little girl gently stroked the buds that had not yet grown, and the corners of her lips curled in a curvy curvature.

This is a plant that she has watered with her own hands, and she has watched it grow day by day, and she has long developed a relationship with it.

"This is Garan, also known as longevity flower, and it is most suitable to use it as a birthday gift for the old lady. My sister has to take good care of it, and it is estimated that it will bloom in a few days. ”

The young man in the iris blue wide-sleeved brocade robe leaned against the door at some point, his eyes slightly drooping, and he looked at her with a warm smile.

"Galanhua?"

Xie Jinci raised his head and smiled sweetly at the young man, "The name is so nice!" I don't know what kind of flowers it will bloom......"

Shen Changfeng said casually: "Red, yellow, blue, white, purple, pink, all kinds of colors are possible." What color do you want it to be? ”

Xie Jinci thought about it very seriously and said softly: "Red." After all, it is for the old lady to celebrate her birthday, and the red and bright flowers are more festive. ”

"Tsk, if the old lady hears my sister's words, she will be happy to ask you from me to accompany my third sister."

The young man Yu Yu's eyebrows raised slightly, and his voice was as clear and pleasant as ever.

Speaking of being a reading companion, Xie Jinci couldn't help but remember that when he asked the old lady to say goodbye last time, the little brother deliberately messed up her hair, and said that he was afraid that she would accompany others to study.

At the time, she didn't understand the meaning of his words, but now she had an epiphany.

The little brother must have known that the old lady intended to find a companion for the third lady, so he deliberately messed up her hair, just to prevent the old lady from taking a fancy to her and begging her to come over.

Thinking about it like this, I unconsciously remembered the pink-clothed girl who was reading "Xiaoya" aloud in the front hall of the Crane Courtyard that day.

The third lady, Shen Lingxi, seems to be a good person, if she really goes to study with her, it is actually not bad.

A little girl of seven or eight years old, her mind is pure and simple, and her thoughts are almost undisguised on her face.

The young man bent over and poked her bud, "Xiao Ci'er seems to regret not going to accompany my third sister?" ”

Xie Jinci, who was pierced in his mind, was a little surprised.

She blinked her dark and clear fawn eyes and said seriously:

"Actually, it's not a pity. Didn't my little brother also let me pretend to be a scholar to go to the academy to audit? For me, as long as I can learn knowledge, go to the girls' school or the White Deer Cave Academy, it's the same. ”

The young man smiled, "You are a real person." ”

The little girl stuck out her tongue and stood up with her hands on the pillars, her round eyes bent into crescents, "Besides, my little brother treats me very well, so I naturally prefer to accompany my little brother to study!" ”

Shen Changfeng was successfully pleased, hooked his lips and smiled: "I spent a hundred taels of silver to redeem my sister, and my sister is willing to think so, I am very pleased." ”

Xie Jinci pursed his lips and disagreed, "But all that silver is fake......

"Why is my sister so worldly? What is the difference between true and false? Is it true that I can buy my sister's heart? ”

"Hey, little brother is used to talking big......"

"Fourth brother!"

The master and servant were chatting energetically, when a shout came across the courtyard.

Xie Jinci glanced in the direction of the courtyard gate, and a trace of panic appeared on his small white face.

The sound of brocade boots trampling on the cobblestone road became closer and closer, and she hurriedly lowered her head and stepped aside, saluting obediently: "I've seen the third son." ”