"Young Master, you're here! No, the ......," the woman exclaimed to the young man, but the young man hurriedly stopped him, and then he saw that behind the young man was a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old.

"Aunt Mingfang, you still call me young master at home, this is my friend Miss Zhao, you don't have to shy away from it." Liu Zhi said and walked into the door with the girl.

The woman named Mingfang and "Yes, young master, those guards were guarding the door this afternoon, but they didn't dare to enter the mansion presumptuously, Madame gave them some wine and food, and they have been standing until now, Madame ordered the slaves and maids to wait here, saying that the young master may come, and sure enough, the young master ...... Let's go to the back room with Miss, Madame is waiting for Childe. ”

"Auntie, don't make a sound, I'll go see my mother." Liu Zhi didn't let Ming Fang make a noise, and quietly took Zhao Yan to the inner room, and did not enter the house, there was a window open in the house, and the two stood out the window and looked into the house, and saw a **** about thirty years old sitting on the side of the couch, wearing a white Shu brocade robe, embroidered with red plums, like plum blossoms and snow; Under the big red Luo skirt, dignified and elegant and rich, but he couldn't hide his beauty, but he was holding needlework in his hands, doing female labor, stopping for a while, gently rubbing the pattern on it with his hands, and his eyes were full of love.

Zhao Yan saw that Liu Zhi's eyes seemed to ooze tears, and she couldn't help but think of her mother, and looked at the woman in the house with sadness in her heart, her expression was so loving, she knew that her mother was also embroidering clothes and shoes for herself at that time......

Suddenly, I heard a coughing sound, and I couldn't stop coughing several times, "Mother, mother, what's wrong with you!" But Liu Zhi couldn't hold back anymore and rushed into the house, "Zhi'er, cough...... Ahem, Zhi'er, is that you? When the woman heard this, she looked out of the window, but there was no one, and in the blink of an eye the young man was standing before her.

"Zhi'er, you have grown taller, but you have lost weight, cough ......" Seeing the child she missed day and night standing in front of her, the woman was overjoyed and wanted to take him into her arms.

"Mother, don't talk first, why did you cough, when did it happen?! Aunt Mingfang, pour water! Mingfang was also outside the house just now, and at this time came in with ginseng tea from the outhouse, and said, "It's that Mrs. was worried about the young master a few years ago, and she had to embroider this dragon and phoenix Chengxiang pattern for you, and she embroidered it all night, and the stupid girl slept at night and forgot to add coal, and Mrs. was infected with the wind cold. He sighed again and again.

"Where's the girl?" Liu Zhi was indignant.

"I've been driven out of the house, and since then I don't dare to use them anymore, they are all slaves and maids to take care of my wife." Mingfang said.

"Mother, in the future, just let the slaves and maids do these rough jobs, why do you have to do it yourself......" Liu Zhi said with red eyes.

"Only I know what they are doing, cough ...... I know that you won't lack these things, I don't know if I can wear them on you, but I still want to make them for you, cough ......," the beautiful woman said softly Liu Zhi.

"Mother, it's all the three brothers and sisters, and it's the separation of our mother and son, so you miss the disease of the child! The child doesn't want to be this Laoshzi......" Thinking of this, Liu Zhidu felt that he had harmed his mother, and tears couldn't stop flowing.

"Son, bear with it until you ...... Cough...... Until you are full-fledged, my mother and son will no longer be separated......" The beautiful woman was also sad, but she couldn't help herself, she didn't want her son to be sad anymore, while wiping her tears for Liu Zhi, she pointed behind Liu Zhi, "Who is that handsome girl, show my mother, come, girl, come to me." Then she changed the subject, and she had already seen a young girl standing beside her son.

When Zhao Yan came, she knew that she would see Liu Zhi's mother, and she was a little apprehensive, but when she really saw it, she felt very cordial, just like her mother, but at this time she was still very shy, lowered her head and lowered her hands, and when she heard the woman calling herself, she timidly moved over.

Just saw the girl with a glance, the beautiful woman was surprised, "There are such wonderful people in the world, good, really good, cough ......" said and looked at Liu Zhi with a smile, hearing that her mother liked Zhao Yan so much, she was also happy from the bottom of her heart, forgetting her sadness, but seeing her mother's gaze seemed to have another deep meaning, she didn't feel a little ridiculous, but the beautiful woman thought to herself, she was still shy in front of her mother, and she didn't feel a little funny.

The beautiful woman turned to look at Zhao Yan, but saw that she was looking at the embroidery work she had just done, and her heart moved, and asked, "Child, do you also know some female workers?" Zhao Yan nodded and said, "I used to learn some from my mother at home, and I didn't do it well, my wife's phoenix embroidered eyes are like gods, and the feathers are bright and bright, as if they are about to fly out, attracting all birds to see." ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, the beautiful woman smiled and nodded in approval, and asked, "Child, do you also know poetry and books?" ”

Zhao Yan's face turned red, "My father taught me a little when I was young, but my father passed away and my mother was seriously ill,...... I didn't learn it. ”

"Although women don't need to have much knowledge, they can understand better." The beautiful woman said with a smile.

"Yan'er should remember the woman's teachings." The girl replied obediently, and the more the beautiful woman looked at Zhao Yan, the more she liked it, "Child, is your name Yan'er?" ”

At this moment, a maidservant girl walked in and said respectfully to the beautiful woman, "Madam, outside the door is Lord Dachangqiu Cao Teng, who wants to enter the mansion to ask for a nobleman." ”

"Hey, is that Uncle Cao, how did he come, does he know that I am here, how can this be ......" Zhao Yan heard that it was clearly Cao Teng, who she had just met today, but she couldn't figure out how he could be here anyway, thinking that she would leave without telling him or not let him see it, she had to hide.

"Zhi'er, they're still here, let's go, let's go out through the side door!" The beautiful woman said to Liu Zhi anxiously.

"Yes, mother, but I don't know when our mother and son will see each other again, I will not let my mother wait for a long time." Liu Zhi said very firmly. Zhao Yan was also surprised, "Why did he hide from Uncle Cao?" ”

The beautiful woman hugged her son again, and was willing to let him go. Finally, Liu Zhi and the girl said goodbye to the beautiful woman, walked out of the secret door, and turned a few turns to avoid the soldiers guarding the door. At this time, just after the end of the day (1), the sky was dark, but dark clouds drifted by, thinking that the heavy rain was coming again.

Walked for a while and approached the "weaving and embroidery workshop", this is the place where the two met for the first time, neither of them spoke, but they invariably glanced at each other, the four eyes were blushing, and they all lowered their heads but only felt sweet in their hearts, at this time the girl was still wearing the skirt, although the sky was dark, it was more illuminating, Liu Zhi looked at Zhao Yan and didn't realize that his eyes were straight, and his voice was as warm as jade, "Yan'er, you are so beautiful!" ”

The girl's face turned red and she said vaguely, "Why do you call me...... Yan'er? After speaking, he was even more shy, but he was asking in his heart: Where am I beautiful?

"You call yourself 'Yan'er' in front of my mother, my mother can call me too, Yan'er is beautiful everywhere!" The young man smiled at Zhao Yan, and the sadness in his heart was also diluted a lot.

The girl did not answer, but her heart was sweet, and her heart said, Can he hear the words of my heart? Listening to Liu Zhi say again, "By the way, I haven't asked you whose young lady you are until now?" Look at my ......."

"Well, I have to find my brother first, so I know where my brother and sister are going to settle down, maybe my brother has now arrived in the Great Changqiu Mansion, and we were originally in ......" The girl thought that she was from a humble background, and she was secretly ashamed, but at this time she didn't want to hide it, so she mustered up the courage to tell it all.

But before Zhao Yan could say the words behind him, he heard a scream, but it was from Liu Zhi on the side!

"What! You are the young lady of Cao Teng's mansion! Are you all in this together? Let's get together! You guys...... Okay, it's ...... me in vain" Liu Zhi screamed sharply, thinking that he was extremely surprised, but his face was full of anger, and then turned into a miserable color, as if he was extremely painful in his heart.

"You go! There you go! You go...... I don't want to see you again......" Liu Zhi roared in his mouth, his voice was hoarse, and in the end, with a crying voice in his mouth, he turned his head and stopped looking at Zhao Yan.

The girl was so frightened by this sudden change that she couldn't say a word, but her mouth was wide open, but she couldn't make a sound, and her heart was also grief-stricken. She couldn't imagine how the young man could suddenly be like this when he just smiled uprightly, watching the young man roar at herself, her heart was like a knife, like a blunt knife poking her heart, the last time she had this feeling was when her mother died, she had unspeakable grievances but it was difficult to vent, but she saw the young man so sad and painful, and wanted to step forward to comfort the young man, but was pushed away by the young man and fell to the ground, while the young man staggered forward with both feet, and never looked back, the girl fell on the bluestone ground, but couldn't get up, She felt as if she was naked, frozen in a solid block of ice that would never be unsealed, and she felt like her heart was dead......

Raindrops began to fall from the sky, drop by drop on the road, and then connected into a line, connected into a piece, flooding the entire Luoyang City, and pedestrians ran to avoid the rain. Then the rain turned into a pouring rain, the heavy rain poured on Zhao Yan like a pillar, but she didn't feel it at all, just sat like that, motionless, the blue skirt had been poured thoroughly, and after a while, the girl struggled to stand up, dragging her feet forward, one step at a time, one accidentally fell into the pool of rain, fell all over the mud, but saw the girl stand up again, and dragged her steps forward, and fell into the mire again, I don't know how many times she stood up again, how many times she stood up again, the girl was already crawling on the road, How could that underskirt still look dirtier than the tattered clothes I wore earlier......

(1) Time: between 19 o'clock ~ 21 o'clock in modern times.