In the plain curtain, Ding Youwei and two maids knelt under the celadon lamp and sat on sewing clothes, with a thick mat woven of cattailgrass under their knees, and a bronze handguard stove on the walnut small case in front of them.

Ding Youwei sewed a small skirt with brocade lines, Ah Xiu took it and looked at it, and praised: "The lady's female red is really exquisite, the stitches are neat and fine, and the silky seams are seamless, I and Swift have learned tailoring and sewing since childhood, and it has been almost ten years, but it is not as good as the three years of the lady." ”

Swift said: "How can the two of us compare with the lady, the lady is the first ingenious person I have ever seen." ”

Ding You smiled and said, "Isn't it annoying to praise every time?" He stretched out his white and slender right hand to cover the bronze stove, listened attentively, and said, "Duo Duo, it's time again, ah, it's time!" He said to Ah Xiu and Shi Yuyan: "Run'er and Zongzhi's New Year's clothes have been sewn, you all go down and rest." ”

Ah Xiu asked while packing up the needlework: "Cao Zhi Xiaolangjun should also come back in the past two days, these new clothes are just for him to bring, I really want to see the cute appearance of Run'er little lady wearing a new skirt." ”

Swift said: "This north wind is blowing so tightly, maybe it will snow at night, and Cao Xiaolangjun will have to brave the snow to hurry." ”

Ding Youwei frowned slightly: "Xiaolang is young, he hasn't been out yet, he has been away for nearly three months, and he doesn't know if he's healthy?" ”

At this time, there was a faint noise of people from the direction of the gate, Ding's villa was very large, there was more than half a mile from this small courtyard to the gate, Ding Youwei couldn't hear what was going on, and she didn't care, so she asked Ah Xiu to help her unload the hairpin, a long black and plump hair poured down, draped on the waist and hips, the slender body became more and more feminine, and was about to undress and chuang, and heard someone patting the courtyard door-

There was an elderly servant woman living downstairs, who had already fallen asleep at this time, and Ding Youwei said, "Swift, go and see, what's the matter?" ”

Swift lights a small lantern and pulls Ah Xiu with her, saying that she is scared alone.

Ding Youwei didn't undress, sat on the edge of the bed with the stove in his hand and waited, seeing what would happen so late?

I could hear the sound of the swift opening the courtyard door, and then the voice was not very clear, and then Ah Xiu ran downstairs and said loudly: "Lady, Cao Zhi Xiaolangjun is here, he came back from Wu County, and he came back with Xiaolangjun in the Spring and Autumn Period." ”

Ding Youwei was pleasantly surprised, hurriedly put on green silk shoes, his long hair was flawless to comb at this time, he found a blue ribbon and tied it, walked quickly to the corridor, leaned over and asked, "Is Xiaolang here?" Where is it? ”

The servant woman who reported the news said: "Dine in the front hall with Chunqiu Xiaolangjun." ”

Ding Youwei immediately ordered Ah Xiu to take the lamb fur to put it on, the three of them went to the front hall, Ah Xiu went to visit first, saying that there were outsiders, Ding Youwei waited in the side room, and he could hear Xiao Lang's gentle words through the curtain, and he was really happy.

Uncle Ding Yi came over and said, "Youwei is waiting for Chen Caozhi, hehe, the three juniors rushed back overnight, and they are also homesick." After a few words, he left.

Ding Youwei is a little strange, Spring and Autumn is back, and his uncle is naturally happy, but his uncle calls Cao Zhi and Spring and Autumn juniors together, which is really rare.

After a while, Chen Caozhi came over and respectfully saluted Ding Youwei.

Ding You looked at Xiao Lang with a slight smile and said, ", why did you rush overnight, but how hard it was, what should I do if I freeze?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "I'm worried that the snow will be delayed again, and it will be evening when I arrive in Yuhang, so I just take a night walk to come over - sister-in-law, I'm in good health, I'm dressed warmly, and I won't freeze." ”

Ding Chunqiu also came over to greet his cousin and said, "Are you still resting in the third sister's courtyard tonight?" That's good, I'll let people settle it out, and I'll go with the third sister, by the way, let's go take a bath first, the hot water is ready. ”

Chen Caozhi said to Ding Youwei: "Sister-in-law, let's go back to the yard first, I'll come after I take a bath." ”

Ding Youwei saw that Ding Chunqiu and Chen Caozhi were very familiar with each other, and knew that the two had formed a friendship by studying together in Wu County, and was very happy, and said, "You go to bathe, my sister-in-law is waiting for you here." ”

After Chen Caozhi hurriedly bathed, he rushed over to take a look, his sister-in-law was still waiting for him here, Ah Xiu and Yuyan were there, and they kept warming their hands, it was cold.

The four of them walked towards the small courtyard, and Ding Youwei looked sideways at Chen Caozhi: "Cao's body is really fast, now he is seven feet tall, he was about the same height as me when he came in April, and now he is a cut taller than me." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Sister-in-law, I will be sixteen years old after the New Year, and I will be dragged to serve as a miscellaneous servant." ”

Ding You smiled and said: "You are a six-grade official, who dares to pull you to serve miscellaneous labor." ”

When they arrived at the small courtyard, Swift and Ah Xiu hurriedly went to tidy up Chen Caozhi's bedroom and fold the quilt to make the bed, and Swift placed one of her own tin pots, commonly known as "Tang Pozi", on the bottom of the quilt, so that when Cao Zhi Xiaolangjun came down to sleep, the quilt would be warm.

Chen Caozhi told his sister-in-law in the study about Wu Jun's study for two and a half months, but he didn't say anything about the interaction with Lu Weirui.

Ding You frowned slightly and said: ", it seems that the Chu family has a deep grudge with you, you must be careful, my uncle once said that Chu Jian is very insidious, and he will not give up." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, the county is the monarch of Wangfu, and there is Lu Taishou in the county, and the Chu family can't do whatever he wants, I will also deal with it carefully, and it will be fine after the official product is finalized in March next year." ”

Ding Youwei still had a lot to say, but he knew that Xiaolang was in a hurry, and now that it was almost time, he didn't say anything more, and asked the swift palm lamp to send Chen Caozhi to rest.

Chen Caozhi was indeed tired, so he fell asleep, and woke up the next morning to hear the sound outside the house, hurriedly dressed and stayed, opened the door to the porch and looked: Ah, it's snowing!

The snow was not heavy, drifting here and there, and the ground had not yet accumulated, but looking at the heavy gray clouds in the sky, the snow would definitely fall heavier and heavier.

I slept late last night, Ding Youwei, Ah Xiu, and Swift hadn't gotten up yet, so Chen Caozhi went to get water to wash himself, and when he returned upstairs, his sister-in-law Ding Youwei was already sitting in front of the bronze mirror to make up, and Ah Xiu was waiting, just like the women's makeup scene depicted in Gu Kaizhi's "Female History Atlas" that was handed down in later generations.

Ding Youwei looked at Chen Caozhi from the mirror and said with a smile: "It's really time for Caozhi to come here last night, you see it's snowing early this morning." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Sister-in-law, I have to rush back to Chenjiabao immediately." "Said the promise he made to Run'er.

Ding Youwei laughed in surprise: "Run'er, that little thing is really going to cry." He hurriedly ordered Ah Xiu and Yuyan to pack up their things, all of which were new clothes sewn for Auntie, Cao Zhi, Zong Zhi and Run'er, as well as some New Year's gifts.

Chen Caozhi said: "I also brought some small gifts to my sister-in-law and Sister Ah Xiu and Sister Yuyan in Wu County. After that, he went downstairs and was discharged from the hospital, and after a while, he brought Laide and Ran Sheng to present gifts, which were Wu Jun embroidery, tattooed Qimian, openwork ivory combs and other things, as well as a volume of Chen Caozhi's copy of Wei Heng's "Four-Body Calligraphy", which was for Ding Youwei, Chen Caozhi had heard his sister-in-law say that he had heard the name of "Four-Body Calligraphy" for a long time but had not seen it.

Chen Caozhi couldn't wait to eat the soup cakes, so he said goodbye to his sister-in-law and asked Laide to call Liu Shangwei to set off together.

At the end of the day, two ox carts rolled south, the snow gradually became heavier, an hour later to the Fenglin ferry, there was already a thin layer of snow on the ground, and the Xi ferry boat was here, Chen Caozhi let Laide take the ox cart behind, he and Ran Sheng first took a small boat across the river, and Liu Shangwei said goodbye at the ferry, changed into a high-toothed clog, swinging his sleeves, stepping on the snow first.

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