In the courtyard, Su Tan'er's expression seemed a little confused, she used to call Ning Yi "Xianggong", and at this time, her voice was soft, as if with the warmth of softness into her heart. But the slight confusion soon faded, and she raised her hand and shook her head, rubbing her face, and then picked up the fire fold on the table. The light lit up a few times in the window, and lit the oil lamp in the room again, Ning Yi pursed his lips, and smiled embarrassedly.

"Well, it's almost over...... A little tired. ”

She shook her head and her hair, which was already a little scattered, then folded her hands on the table, raised her head and looked at Ning Yi with a smile, after a while, Ning Yi turned to leave, and the figure of the woman in the window became busy again, and when the light finally went out, it was already more than half an hour later.

This day is the 11th day of July in the eighth year of Jinghan. The next day, when they went to the academy, Su Zhongkan, Su Chonghua and several other academy teachers held a meeting, and of course they also called Ning Yi and Li Pin. Mainly because the situation outside is starting to become a little tense, and the academy is already preparing to close temporarily.

The children who studied in the academy were generally related to the Su family, and if their homes were outside the city at this time, most of them had already entered the city with their parents and arranged to live in the Su Mansion. For a month or two after the city gate was closed, the outside of the city was relatively chaotic, and the inside of the city was actually not very good, and it was impossible for all kinds of life to be as usual. For example, Qin Lao had already closed the chess stall two days earlier, and he no longer went out to set it up.

At this time, the academy had already learned that Li Pin was going to Beijing, and he planned to leave after the flood, so he would stay here to teach for more than a month. But now that the academy is going to be temporarily closed, "I won't see it in the academy for more than a month, so at noon, Su Zhongkan made the east, and set up a banquet in the best restaurant near the academy as a farewell.

From the moment Li Pin entered Yushan Academy, Su Chonghua and others knew that it was impossible for him to teach in this small academy for a long time. However, with Li Pin's fame, Yushan Academy can naturally raise his value, and some people who know the inside story of Lu Dao this time probably understand that he is going to become an official, Su Zhongkan did not hesitate to send a large salary and entanglement, and said a lot of good things, wishing him a smooth journey and soaring.

"Dexin and Li, Heng, are the two most outstanding people in my Yushan Academy, we are all old and useless. However, Liheng's temperament is too light, "it is embarrassing, when you learn more from Dexin, Dexin is practiced, and it is the cultivation that people who will do great things in the future should have........."

On top of the banquet, the rest were middle-aged and elderly, so it was inevitable to take Ning Yi and Li Pin out and talk about it. In fact, now both of them are considered to be the top talents in Jiangning, but Ning Yi's situation is more extreme, I heard that some people in his fame regard him as the first talent in Jiangning, and when he appeared, others were a little hesitant to write poems. But he doesn't participate in poetry meetings, doesn't associate with many literati, and has the title of son-in-law, he has such talent, but he really can't see what he wants" Now I have to think that he has a strange temperament. In private, there are those who think that he sells his reputation and reputation, and there are those who think he is a ghost, but the fame of Li Pin and Cao Guan is always different.

Su Chonghua said this as an elder, and Ning Yi had to smile: "Don't be sarcastic about me, the mountain chief." Li Pin smiled: "Liheng is better than me a lot, I should learn from Liheng."

"Hey" I know that the two of you are close, but Dexin doesn't need to say this good thing for Liheng. Su Zhongkan also smiled and waved his hand next to him, "As soon as the gate is closed, I don't know when it will be opened, Dexin has at least more than a month to leave, it's not good to be bored at home all the time, if you go to a poetry gathering, Dexin will come over and bring Liheng." Although Liheng is a scholar, his temperament is too boring, and he is always bad. Otherwise, tonight I will take Wenxing and others to do the east in Yancui Building, Liheng and Dexin will go together, they are all young people to get together, don't shirk, the younger generations in the family are not successful, Liheng Dexin Bento is to teach these brothers, how,""

Li Pin didn't mind this kind of thing, Su Zhongkan spoke as the second uncle, and Ning Yi couldn't shirk it for a while, so he had to agree for a while. After the feast, the group went downstairs, and Su Zhongkan walked to Ning Yi's side: "What kind of big house, two bedrooms and three rooms are divided into small houses at home, in fact, they are all boring outsiders watching the excitement, in fact, they are all a family, how can there be so many good points." Your cousins are not angry, if they really let them take over the family business, sooner or later they will have to lose, Tan'er Shang will not let Xu Mei, if she takes over the Su family in the future, it will be the best thing. It's a pity that she is a daughter after all, sometimes it is inevitable to be alone, recently the form of tension inside and outside the city, her temperament also has some things to bow to, recently met, it can be seen that Tan'er is always a little tired, you are her husband, take care of her more, and persuade her to relax appropriately. ,

The business of the world is not something that can be done in one moment. ”

Su Zhongkan's words were earnest, and Ning Yi also nodded respectfully. The third generation of the Su family has nothing to do except Su Tan'er, but the second generation is not like this, Su Boyong, Su Zhongkan, and Su Yunfang have their own skills, and now the overall situation of the Su family is still in their hands. Whether it is true or false, based on this passage alone, you can know that Su Zhongkan is indeed not simple.

All the way home, this afternoon has passed halfway. Passing through the inner courtyard of the outer courtyard, there was a little noise outside because many relatives had recently been arranged to live on the Su family's side. When I returned to the courtyard where I lived, the noise became quieter. The sunlight poured into the somewhat silent courtyard through the tall branches, and there seemed to be no one, Chan'er, Juan'er, and Xing'er were not there, and I didn't know whether to go out with Tan'er or deal with those things related to the relatives of the big house. The window of Su Tan'er's room was open, and when Ning Yi walked over, he saw her sleeping on the table, similar to the situation last night, today I am afraid that she was dealing with some things at noon, and then fell asleep, and the wind blowing through the courtyard stirred the woman's hair.

Since she was sleeping, Ning Yi didn't plan to disturb her, and went straight back to her room to read a book for a while. In the sound of cicadas, he got up again and went to the small kitchen next to him to boil water, and made a fire to boil water, ready to take a bath.

In these days, bathing is actually a troublesome thing, and every time you take a bath, you always have to go back and forth many times, which is full of trouble, and it is even more troublesome to pour out the water in the bath after washing. There was a large tank in the bathroom to store water, but today I ran out of water, so I had to go to the small kitchen in the next room to bring it, and the hot water was also brought from there. In winter, you can also make a fire under the tub to keep the water warm, but this is not the case in summer and early autumn.

He has been strong recently, especially after practicing Professor Lu Hongti's method of spitting, he doesn't even sweat at all for such simple labor, and he also has a sense of accomplishment when he puts forward it, probably mixed with some hot water, and after pouring most of the buckets, the courtyard is still quiet, and the noisy people are far from being real. On an early autumn afternoon, in the ancient world world that was a dry year away from the past, it felt really amazing for a person to do such a thing.

There are many things to bury, but at least there are martial arts, there is such a ...... A small family. When he fetched water into the water tank, he felt the amount of strength accumulated in his body, and thought about what kind of things Hua and the three maids were busy with in such an afternoon, and then carried two buckets around the corridor, all the way to the outside of the bathroom, and then opened the curtain and entered inside, and walked two steps before he could see the figure standing in front of the bath tub clearly.

The cyan coat and long skirt were already on the rack next to the clothes, the woman was wearing a red belly pocket and white thin silk pants, her figure was graceful, her white and smooth bare back was facing Ning Yi's side, and the shoes had been taken off on the ground on the side, she reached out and pulled out a few hairpins on her head, and her long hair fell down like a waterfall, shaking with her shaking her head. When Ning Yi noticed this scene, the woman had already turned around, holding her hands on her cheeks, a few fingers seeping into a black hair, and her eyes were a little confused as if she had just woken up.

Su Tan'er's confusion came from a reason. At noon, she was dealing with some things at home, because she slept late last night, the quality of sleep was not good these days, the temperature at noon was high, and the yard was quiet, so she was a little sleepy. Lying on the table and thinking about taking a nap, there were some bits and pieces of sound outside, it was Juan'er who was doing hygiene or something, wiping some porcelain, tea sets, tables, chairs and benches, so she subconsciously ordered Juan'er to boil some hot water to take a bath, at this time her consciousness was blurred, and then she didn't hold it up, and fell asleep.

Juan'er listened to the order and ran to boil the water in a hurry, and when everything was ready and she ran to call someone, the young lady was already asleep. Juan'er knew that she had worked hard in the past few days, and thought that sleeping was the most important thing, so she continued to do hygiene, and she was sweating after cleaning, and the young lady slept deeply, and the water was almost cold, so she simply went to take a bath by herself. Then someone came to look for Su Tan'er, and she followed out to deal with things, and it was precisely for this reason that Ning Yi came back and saw that the water tank in the bathroom was empty.

Su Tan'er just woke up, couldn't tell the time for a while, and came here in a daze. She wasn't sure if she had said she was going to take a bath, but when she saw that the water was already ready, she pulled back her cognition, took off her dress, and turned around to see her father-in-law carrying two buckets of water behind her and frowned slightly.

Ning Yi was also a little puzzled, but he reacted much faster, and after thinking about it for a while, the bucket was put down, and he silently turned around and walked out.

Before the curtain came out, there was a low cry of "ah" from the back, and with a bang, Su Tan'er fell into the bath bucket that already had more than half a bucket of water, and it was obvious that Fang Cai was indeed taken aback.

I don't shout out when I'm scared, and I don't know whether to say that I have self-control or that my temperament is suppressed a little weird...... Ning Yi glanced back, sighed in his heart, then pulled up a bath towel next to him and walked over, reached out and took Su Tan'er out of the bath bucket, wrapped her upper body with a bath towel, and then helped her to sit down next to her.

Leaning on Ning Yi's arms, Su Tan'er kept coughing for a while. Ning Yi patted her back through the bath towel and sighed.

"If you drown in your own bathtub, I don't know what others will say, ah?"

"Ahem, huh............ Ahem...... Xianggong ......"

Su Tan'er's body trembled, and she laughed with difficulty, and for a while, the cough became more serious......