I am a tree, I used to live in Yanzipo, and I used to take the sun, moon, earth and stone as the sky; Eat with water and dew and sweet rain; Accompanied by a yellow oriole.

Now settled in the Zou family courtyard, the current sky is as far as the eye can see inside and outside the courtyard; Meals are the lights of a hundred schools; Accompanied by a scholar's family and the four seasons.

Oh! Now in theory, I shouldn't call him "scholar", and the people who dangle in front of me call him "master", but I am still used to the title of "scholar", and I can't change it back.

It's been almost three years since I came here, and I haven't met the birds I knew before, but I'm not too sad, after all, everything pays attention to fate.

I have learned a lot in the past three years. For example, the room next to me is called the "East Wing", where scholars usually write and read, and the one on the west side is called "West Wing".

The farthest north room is called the "main house", which is the place where the scholar meets and rests with his wife.

In the spring of the second year I moved here, the scholar got married. The girl's surname is Kang, her ancestors have been connected with the famous imperial merchant Kang's family, and now she still relies on this thin noodles to provide some fat powder to several mansions in the capital, and she can also earn a lot of silver taels, she is an authentic merchant girl, and the next person calls her "Mrs.", and the scholar calls her "Mrs.". This Kang girl is twenty-eight years old, ten years younger than a scholar, and I heard people say that there are only a handful of scholars who become families at such an age.

The door on my right is called "Hanging Flower Gate", the scholar generally goes out from this door every day, and only sees him come back when he is about Shen, sometimes it will be later, and every time he returns late, someone will help him enter the door, at this time, the people will say: "Oh, the master is drunk again!" Madame was also busy taking care of his dressing.

Another example is that scholars are now doing what they are doing in a place called "Hanlin Academy", and they have to listen to lectures every day. I don't quite understand the specifics, but I will understand it after watching and listening to it more, and I guess I will understand, anyway, I can hear from what the scholar sometimes says to me, he has a lot of respect for the teacher, and it seems that even the scholar's courtyard was also helped by the teacher.

There are also those in the same year, which one is the trend of inflammation, and which one is the real celebrity self-style; Those official wives, which one is the husband and the scholar do not deal with, and which one is easy to walk around; Those beauties in Qinglou, which one only loves silver coin hand ornaments, and which one values talent and knowledge more.

Some of these things were heard from the conversation and laughter between the scholar and his wife, some from the mouths of the people who had been smeared with oil, and some of them were the roots of the tongues chewed by people outside the courtyard. Anyway, I know a little bit about all kinds of things. Ha ha! Interesting and interesting, compared to the swallow slope, it is indeed much more lively here.

The only fly in the ointment is that I haven't been able to grow new shoots, leaves, let alone flowers in the past three years. For this matter, an old woman who came with Mrs. Kang was kicked out by the scholars, just because the old pious woman privately said that I was unlucky, and I was afraid that I had planted it in the wrong position and became a "murderous tree"! I don't think she's lucky! But since then, the people who came and went took care of me like a scholar and his wife, for fear that if the scholar was dissatisfied, he would follow in the footsteps of the crazy woman.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is the reason why I moved the nest, this time the movement is big, and I have to cultivate well, so I can't grow buds, but when I think of this nest, I am really angry!

When I first arrived, the scholar heard that a man who claimed to know a little about civil engineering had pruned some of my branches. It hurt me, and I also dug out the soil that I had just planted. It was said that there was a problem with the drainage of the soil pit and that it had to be dredged again, but I had to stay up with a small soil ball for half a night!

The most annoying thing is that the scholar thinks that this person is still in an orderly manner, and he has been promoted to be a manager, and he has become the head of more than a dozen people! Because his real name is Lin An, everyone calls him "Lin Steward", which is the same meaning as the monkey king I saw in the mountains and forests. Later, my daily care, as well as watering and weeding, were also taken care of by him.

I don't have an opinion, I don't have it, I can't hear it, do I?

After another cold day, I felt that it was almost time for germination, and I couldn't help but rejoice, but I thought that in recent days, the scholar's face has been not good, and he has not touched my bark for a long time to talk to me. For me, the scholar is my God, and when he is unhappy, I feel bored.

On the evening of that day, the scholar came out of the main room in his underwear and walked slowly to me with his hands behind his back. At this moment, he didn't speak, just stood in front of me, not knowing what he was thinking.

After less than half a bowl of tea, Mrs. Kang also came out with a candlestick, wearing a thick coat and a large jacket in her arms, tiptoeing close to the scholar, and carefully draped the scholar from behind.

"Master, although it's almost spring, it's still very cold this night, don't freeze out." Mrs. Kang said softly, "Qiao'er, this girl, she has been getting more and more slack off recently, and she didn't hear it when the master got up at night." ”

What a thing! Obviously, the maid woke you up, but when my ears are as soft as human ears, it's useless?

Qiao'er is Mrs. Kang's dowry maid, she serves in the room, she is the most vigilant and careful, where does she come from!

Alas~ The most annoying thing is this kind of person who doesn't blush and doesn't beat his heart when he tells a lie!

"You said this spring, my brother might sprout?" The scholar didn't make any moves, and asked very thoughtlessly.

"The concubine's family is in the fat powder business, and she doesn't know much about ginkgo, but I only heard that the ginkgo tree is 'three years of life is not considered to be alive, and three years of death is not considered death', which is amazing! Besides, the bark of this tree is also fresh and tight, and it won't take long to boil out a large area of green. ”

When the scholar heard this, he pinched and buckled my bark, and said: "Brother Shu has been like a day for three years, and there has been little change, which is rare. Now it's going to be a blockbuster again, but I don't know ...... What can I get in exchange for Zou Ze's three years of study? ”

In the past few days, the scholar has seen that he is hiding something in his heart, but he has not let go. Mrs. Kang was speechless, only listening, as if the scholar did not take the initiative to speak, she would never ask recklessly.

After being silent for a while, I only heard the scholar's hoarse voice: "The museum will be closed in two days, I received a message." Those who have a way and are willing to be yellow and white, can make up for the lack of six departments, but they are divided into several grades according to the school examination results, and from then on they are serious Beijing officials, and those who are slightly inferior to the silver money can also be mixed with other county officials. Hum! The most ridiculous thing is that those foreign class Hanlin, relying on their own power in the court, were even exempted from the school examination, and stayed in the museum directly, and were given the posts of editing and reviewing, and then they were close ministers of the Son of Heaven! And I'm afraid it's hard to get ahead......"

"If the lord is short of money, just say that he is with the concubine, what if the concubine's ladder and dowry are given to the master, no matter how bad it is, there is still my mother's family, why is the lord depressed?"

"What do you do to those dirty officials? I'd rather sink the silver to the bottom of the lake than be given to it by rice worms! Don't mention this again! The scholar blushed and said in a deep voice.

By the faint flame of the candle, I saw for the first time that the tendons in the scholar's neck burst, and he must have been very angry. But this is also beneficial, it's not good to hold it all the time, he has vented a little now, and he should feel better. Anyway, I don't understand the "disbandment" and "revision" and the like, but I don't think it's a big thing to live or die, and I'm a lot more relieved.

"The concubine can be saved, and the master is dissipated. No matter what the future of the master is, the concubine will always accompany the master, and ask the master to take care of himself. If the lord suffers from the cold, it is all a concubine. She whispered as she led the scholar back to the room.

Hehe, I look at Mrs. Kang's white and red goose egg face, which is still a little amiable and cute. At this time, she was holding the candlestick in one hand and the scholar in the other, and she was a head shorter than the scholar.

When I was about to enter the main room, Qiao'er had already opened the curtain just right, and the scholar stopped, looked back at me, and said to Mrs. Kang: "Ming'er told Lin An to let him build a set of stone tables and stools under Brother Shu, and he should sit comfortably without any marble." ”

"Hey~ The concubine has written it down."

Hahaha, I've been standing for a long time, my legs are sore, you stupid nerd!

……

The next day, just after the arrival of the hour, the scholar quietly got up from the stepping bed, looked at Mrs. Kang's delicate side face, she had not gotten up at this time on weekdays, and Mrs. Kang and Qiao'er would wake up after a while to dress and clean up. Their master and servant bothered last night, so they won't make trouble with them.

The scholar put on a coat and walked around the courtyard. Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of a green on a branch of the ginkgo tree, and the light was not good, so the scholar took a closer look, and it was really the delicate jade bud!

There seemed to be another ringing in my ears, Mrs. Kang's sentence last night: "Three years of life is not considered life, and three years of death is not death!" ”