boarded the carriage, crossed two T-shaped streets, and bumped on the road for more than half an hour, and finally returned to Shen Mansion before Shen Shi.

Enter the house from the south main gate, pass the Hui Hui Hall, face a stone road in the north-south direction, there are buildings such as crape myrtle Zhai, Zhi Ya Xuan, Baoyue Pavilion, Shoujing Hall and so on the side of the road, and there is a stone road in the east-west direction, an elm tree is planted on the side of the east road, and a piece of acacia is planted on the side of the west road, although it is not the season of flowers at this time, but the leaves are green and oily, but it also makes people feel full of vitality.

The couple walked all the way to the end, and through a few flower barriers, they faintly saw a group of people walking outside the Yimei Courtyard where the Chen family lived.

Chen Yun still has respect for the Chen family, thinking about going over to report goodbye, and seeing that Pingshun is still carrying the gifts he bought in his hand, he hurriedly said: "Since you have passed by here, you don't have to go back and go again, just send it to your wife now!" ”

Shen Fu thought that she had been shopping for a day, and said distressedly: "I've been shopping for a long time, and my legs and feet should be considered weak, so I'll send it, you go back to the hospital to rest!" ”

Chen Yun nodded yes, and watched him walk for a while before slowly turning around and leaving.

When I returned to the courtyard, I saw that the two little girls of Cuckoo and Eucommia had nothing to do, and the whole pestle was playing with the parrot next to the ebony carved Fulushou Hongzi cage, Chen Yun couldn't help but smile, lifted her steps, and walked up slowly. Leaning forward, I saw the parrot nodding for a while, looking at people for a while, and jumping for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "This little thing is weird and painful, have you fed it?" ”

Du Juan smiled and said, "I just threw bird food in the peach tank!" ”

Chen Yun listened, beckoned the parrot a few times, and saw that it was not interesting, so she couldn't help but be angry, and said, "I've been shopping for a long time, and I'm thirsty, you go make a cup of tea!" Seeing that the cuckoo agreed to walk away, he asked Du Zhong again, "Is anyone coming in the morning?" ”

"I didn't see the mothers in charge coming, but the third lady came a few times, asked if grandma was there, I told her truthfully, and asked what was going on, she was indifferent, and refused to tell me, just told me, when grandma came back, I asked someone to tell her!"

Chen Yun said: "Eighty percent is looking for me, it just so happens that I am free now, you go and call her over!" As soon as he finished the order, seeing Du Zhong leaving from front of him with a smile, Chen Yun raised his hand to pry the parrot a few more times, and listened to its sharp chirp, and couldn't help but laugh.

Turning his head and entering the house, Chen Yun saw that the powder had dispersed, so he sat down in front of the dresser, evened his face again, and then changed into a honey-colored gown and a green and yellow silk skirt.

It just so happened that Ruiyun came with tea, Chen Yun went out of the room, sat down at the table of the Eight Immortals outside, and slowly drank a few sips of herbal tea, and his heart suddenly felt a lot more refreshed.

Chen Yun was happy in her heart, slowly put down the colorful figure in her hand, tidied up her clothes with a smooth movement, and quickly went out to greet her.

When she arrived at the bottom of the corridor, she saw Shen Xueru holding a mustache on her head, wearing a silver-red gown and a mint long skirt, Chen Yun greeted with a smile: "Sister! ”

Shen Xueru slowly started the autumn wave and said happily: "Sister-in-law is back, you don't know, during the time you haven't come back, I've already run three or four times!" ”

When I came back, I heard the cuckoo mention that his sister had been here several times! I was wondering what you could do to me, and then I heard you coming! Chen Yun said, Haosheng introduced Shen Xueru into the house, and said with a smile as she walked: "This time I went out, I thought about you, I bought you a lot of things, hurry in and take a look if you like it?" ”

Shen Xueru listened and said with a faint smile: "Sister-in-law has a heart!" ”

"It's all my own family, what I say is intentional or not, and it makes people feel like outsiders for no reason!" Chen Yun said with a smile, personally welcoming people into the dark.

Sit down, the aunt and sister-in-law said a few words, and Chen Yun sent Ruiyun to fetch something.

Ruiyun moved fluently, and in the blink of an eye, he held two rulers of different colors and two jasper hairpins in front of Shen Xueru.

Shen Xueru saw that the hairpin was unique in shape and the price was expensive, so she happily pinched it up and looked at it carefully, and then flipped over the two rulers stacked together. Seeing that the top one is a lotus lotus orchid butterfly pattern Hang Jin, and the bottom one is a lotus root pink eight auspicious flower pattern Su embroidery, Shen Xueru smiled and said: "These two colors are what I always like, but there is no embroidery on this cloth, it is really a fly in the ointment!" ”

"What's there to worry about?" Chen Yun said confidently, "It's not that I'm boasting, as long as my sister can draw patterns, I can embroider them for you!" And don't worry, guarding me, the embroiderer, can you still have no clothes to wear? ”

When Shen Xueru heard this, she couldn't help but smile, and then glanced around the room and asked, "Where is my brother?" ”

"I, by the way, also measured a few rulers for my wife, so I sent him to send them as soon as I came back!" Chen Yun took a few sips of fragrant Biluochun, and suddenly wondered: "But he has been gone for a long time, and he should come back!" ”

"My mother has been very broken recently, yesterday, I said selfish words in the middle of the night, I guess my brother was retained!" Shen Xueru said slowly, and said, "By the way, I have another matter here to ask my sister-in-law, and my sister-in-law has to promise me!" ”

Chen Yun smiled: "If you have something, just say, I can't wipe your face, what are you afraid of?" ”

"The strings of my lyre are broken, and I want to repair it myself, but I can't fix it, so I have to trouble my sister-in-law to find a suitable time and ask a skilled craftsman to come into the house to repair it!" Shen Xueru said, seeing that Chen Yun did not show an embarrassed look, she hurriedly said: "If it is convenient, sister-in-law had better find the master of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, my piano was bought in their store!" ”

"This, it's not difficult to do, the difficult thing is that you, a boudoir lady, how can you let a foreign man enter and leave your yard at will? In my opinion, this matter should be handed over to your brother seriously! Chen Yun said, seeing Shen Xueru's worried face, she hurriedly said: "You just have to rest assured, if your piano can't be restored to the original, I confess this sin, and promise to pay the money from the account room and give you a new one!" ”

When Shen Xueru heard this, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Sister-in-law, this is using the public for personal gain!" ”

"What am I trying for, not all for you?" Chen Yun asked.

Shen Xueru smiled faintly, then looked outside at the sky, only to see the red wheel falling westward outside the window, and the colorful glow was continuous, and she was busy saying: "It's not early this day, it's time to prepare dinner in the Green Bamboo Courtyard, and my sister-in-law is also busy here, so I won't bother!" With that, he stood up and spoke.

Chen Yun walked around for most of the day, and was indeed exhausted, seeing Shen Xueru leaving, she didn't stay as usual, but just talked and laughed and sent it to the door.

When the people left, Chen Yun suddenly felt that her legs and feet were soft, so she sent Ruicai to clean up the beauty couch and go up to rest.

Before you know it, night falls.

Chen Yun slowly opened her eyes, and seeing that Shen Fu hadn't come back yet, she couldn't help but call Rui Cai to come in and let her go to Yimei Courtyard to find out.

Ruicai received the order, and was just about to withdraw, when he suddenly saw Shen Fu coming in full of concern, so he turned his head and looked at Chen Yun with a smile in his eyes.

Chen Yun waved her hand, signaled her to go down to rest first, and then dragged her tired body up, pulled her beaded embroidered shoes, walked up to Shen Fu, and asked, "I just asked you to send a few rulers to my wife, why didn't you come back until it was dark?" ”

Shen Fu said: "My aunt sent a message from Yangzhou, saying that she would arrive in Suzhou in the next two days. The old ancestor was anxious to send someone to catch the wind, but the eldest brother and the second brother were busy with business all day long, and they didn't have time to take care of this matter at all, so my mother took care of it for me. ”

It turned out that Shen's mother had three sons and one daughter under her knees: the eldest son Shen Jiajun, the second daughter Shen Bilu, the third son Shen Jiagong, and the youngest son Shen Jiafu. At the age of sixteen, Shen Bilu was called by the old lady Shen, and was promised to Chang Qinghe, a tea merchant in Yangzhou, and then a husband and a child, and a family finance, although he went back to Suzhou twice in the middle, he could only count on his fingers, and there were fewer days of reunion and more days of separation, and he had not returned to his hometown for more than ten years.

"Did your aunt arrive in Suzhou?" Chen Yun couldn't wait to ask.

"No, I hurried over, and waited for more than an hour, although there were a few boats anchored in the middle, but I did not see my aunt's shadow, and later, it was getting dark, and I thought that waiting stupidly was not a solution, so I asked the general manager of the ferry. I heard that there will be no ships anchored tonight, and there will be a few passenger ships tomorrow, so I will let Pingshun wait there, and when there is a letter, I will let him come back and pass it on! ”

Chen Yun blinked and said, "This arrangement is also appropriate, but you have to go early tomorrow, lest your aunt get off the boat and can't see you, but it seems that you are not sincere enough!" ”

Shen Fu nodded yes, silently arranged tomorrow's itinerary in his heart, and then yawned tiredly, and said: "Today is either sitting in the carriage or sitting in the saddle, at this time, I am a little tired, it is time to rest!" ”

As he spoke, Shen Fu began to take off his shoes and socks.

Seeing this, Chen Yun hurriedly said: "Alas, don't be in a hurry to sleep, it's good to wash your feet seriously, I've been running outside for a day, it's good to hit a basin of hot water and relieve fatigue!" ”

Shen Fu listened, stared at her eyes as if begging for mercy, and said, "I'm really sleepy, I think it's better to be free today!" ”

"I know that you are tired, and I didn't plan to let you do it, wait well, I will personally go to fetch water and serve you, a living Bodhisattva!"

Chen Yun said, smiling and walking out.

Shen Fu couldn't help but smile.

When the water came in, Chen Yun tiptoed to Shen Fu's side, and saw him leaning diagonally, leaning next to most of the candles, holding a book and reading, so he couldn't help but say angrily: "This is strange, I don't have the strength to wash my feet, but I have the strength to read a book!" ”

"Reading is effortless!"

Shen Fu said casually, and seeing that she had already sent the foot-washing water to the side of the footrest, he lifted his leg and fell into the water with a suitable temperature.

After burning his feet for a while, his whole body was a lot more comfortable, and Shen Fu saw Chen Yun staring at the scroll on the case, so he smiled and said: "This is "Caigen Tan", which has a lot of Zen sentences, such as 'Don't be shocked by the humiliation, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; Go and stay unintentionally, and follow the clouds outside the sky! ''Where the path is narrow, leave a step and pedestrian; When the taste is strong, subtract three points for people to taste. ’”

Chen Yun listened carefully, it was indeed full of Zen, so he held it in his hand and looked at it, reading and reading at the same time: "Those who live in morality are lonely for a while; The powerful are desolate for eternity. A master looks at things outside the object, thinks about the body behind him, and would rather suffer from the loneliness of the moment than the desolation of eternity. ”

Reading and thinking, Chen Yun slowly closed the scroll and opened his mouth to say: "This book is good to read, easy to understand, it just so happened that I finished reading the West Chamber, in the future, read this one!" ”

"Whatever you want to read, you decide!" Shen Fu said, and suddenly glanced at Chen Yun with bad intentions, "It's late at night, we should rest!" ”

Chen Yun lowered her eyes and dizzy.