Zuo Shaoyang continued to walk forward with an umbrella, and Bai Zhihan followed in the snow and rain behind, and he could see the small attic in the distance.

Turning the corner of the path, the eyes are impressively bright, only to see a red plum tree on the side of the road, red and bright in the snow, which makes people feel refreshed.

Zuo Shaoyang walked under the plum tree, looked up, a cold wind blew, a plum blossom fell slightly from the branch, fluttered on his face, and rolled down, lightly, falling on the snow at his feet.

Zuo Shaoyang looked down, and saw that between the thin layer of snow on the ground, there were red plum petals exposed, and some had been stepped into the mud by Aunt Long, who had run in to get things before. Standing under the plum tree, a faint fragrance envelops his body, refreshing people's hearts, I don't know whether it is the residual plum on the tree, or the fallen plum on the ground scattered on the ground, the faint fragrance makes people feel clear, and can't help but sigh: "'Scattered into mud and dust, only fragrant as before'!" It really smells so good......"

Zuo Shaoyang has no good impression of this Bai Zhihan, so he didn't deliberately want to plagiarize the poems of later generations, and show something in front of Bai Zhihan, just seeing this scene and this situation, he casually chanted two sentences, and he couldn't think of this famous sentence of Lu You, a famous lyricist in the Southern Song Dynasty, Bai Zhihan couldn't have heard it, but he felt that these two sentences had a superb artistic conception, where could ordinary people recite. I didn't feel that my heart was cold, and I looked at him twice.

At this moment, Aunt Long held a hat and a brown linen coat in her hand, and hurriedly ran back: "Miss......"

"Stop!" Bai Zhihan hurriedly waved his hand, "Be careful not to step on the plum blossoms on the ground!" ”

Aunt Long hurriedly stopped, carefully avoiding the falling plums on the ground, came to Bai Zhihan, helped her put on her robe, and brought a hat.

Zuo Shaoyang looked at the pond with an umbrella, and said indifferently: "You go to get your luggage, I'm waiting for you here." ”

"Yes!" Bai Zhihan agreed, lowered his head and walked quickly to the small attic.

Zuo Shaoyang stands by the lotus pond, looking at the snowy scenery of the garden, and it is said that it is dull and clear. He was wearing a silk cotton jacket, and although the cold wind was gusting, it was not as cold as before. It's just that the exposed hand is not wearing gloves, and soon it freezes a little stiff, so I have to keep changing hands to hold the umbrella, and the other hand is tucked into the sleeve to warm up.

Fortunately, Bai Zhihan and Aunt Long quickly came over with a few large packages, and they came back so quickly, obviously, these packages had been prepared in advance. What Bai Zhihan said just now was true.

Bai Zhihan was carrying a small package, her hair was covered with white velvet snow, and her shoulders were already wet with snow and rain, and she kept shivering in the cold wind. And Aunt Long carried a cover roll on her back, which was so big that she bent her waist.

Zuo Shaoyang stretched out his hand to Bai Zhihan: "Wrap it up for me." ”

"No, I'll take it myself."

"You misunderstood," Zuo Shaoyang smiled faintly, "I helped you get this small package, so that you can free your hands to help Aunt Long carry that big package." -- These things are yours, and you should carry them yourself. I'll help you carry a small bag, it's already up to you for your pitiful sake. ”

Bai Zhihan was stunned for a moment, didn't look at him, lowered her head and hung the small package on her arm, and walked over to pick up the cover on Aunt Long's back.

Aunt Long hurriedly said, "No need Miss, I'll help you send it to the pharmacy......"

Zuo Shaoyang said: "No, since I signed the deed of sale just now, she is no longer a young lady, but my slave and maid, and the slave and maid must do what the slave and maid should do, and learn to do things from now on, not enjoy." If a slave or maid needs help from others to do what she can do on her own, especially if she asks an elderly woman to help, such a slave is incompetent. ”

Bai Zhihan bit her lip lightly and snatched the cover roll from Aunt Long's shoulder. Laboriously carried on her shoulders, the cover was quite heavy, taking up most of her body, and there was a small package hanging on one arm, and her body was swaying in the cold wind, looking a little funny and a little sad.

"Miss......" Aunt Long was distressed, her eyes were red, and her words were crying.

Bai Zhihan smiled reluctantly: "I'm fine, don't worry......"

Aunt Long nodded vigorously, wiped a handful of tears, choked up and said to Bai Zhihan: "Miss, in the future, you have to take good care of yourself......"

Bai Zhihan's voice was soft: "I know, although there will only be a wall in the future, I am already a member of the Zuo family, and I can't come over if I have nothing to do." Old lady, the old lady will entrust you to take care of it. ”

Aunt Long nodded, crying and holding Bai Zhihan's hand but refusing to let go.

Zuo Shaoyang said lightly: "If you don't let go, she won't be able to hold on!" ”

Aunt Long hurriedly let go of her hand. Although Bai Zhihan was carrying a large package and a small package, he was too tired to do it, but he didn't dare to walk in front of Zuo Shaoyang, and stood aside bending over and waiting.

Zuo Shaoyang said to Aunt Long leisurely as if he hadn't seen it: "Aunt Long, last time I carried Old Lady Qu back to the house, I used the small bed in our Guizhitang, which was used for patients to diagnose diseases, and now that Old Lady Qu has moved to his own bed, this small bed is vacant, please help send it over, okay?" ”

Aunt Long hurriedly agreed.

Zuo Shaoyang held an oil-paper umbrella in one hand, carried it behind his back with the other, hummed a little song in his mouth, and walked slowly towards the backyard door leisurely.

Bai Zhihan followed behind, and Aunt Long cried and sent each other off, along the stone path until the back door of the back garden.

When she arrived at the door, Aunt Long cried, "Miss, take care of yourself......!" ”

Bai Zhihan was already so tired that he was out of breath, his eyes were full of stars, how could he care about turning back and talking, he didn't even have the strength to nod, he was one foot deep and one foot shallow, twisted and crutched and followed Zuo Shaoyang through the alley, and entered the back door of Guizhitang Pharmacy.

When Miao Peilan saw them coming back, she hurriedly came over and took the cover on Bai Zhihan's back and put it on the ground in front of the medicine cabinet.

Zuo Shaoyang smiled faintly: "How is it?" The slave's life is not as pleasant as you think, right? ”

Bai Zhihan was just panting, how could he still have the strength to speak. Liang was very embarrassed, and glared at Zuo Shaoyang complainingly: "Zhong'er, why don't you help the white girl take it, and look at it empty-handed, it's true!" ”

"I helped, let her give me the package, she didn't want to help herself."

Bai Zhihan finally took a breath, smiled bitterly, and said to Liang: "Madam, I'm fine, call me Zhi'er in the future, I don't dare to be called a girl, what will I do in the future?" I can cook, do laundry, sew, and weave. ”

Zuo Shaoyang on the side smiled: "So capable? After that, I picked up 30 pieces of water every day, and the water tank couldn't fit it, so I poured it into the well in the back alley, which had been dry for a long time. Just fill with water. ”

Bai Zhihan's face turned white, what she is best at is female red, cooking is also good, laundry and cooking are often done, but she has hardly done such heavy physical work as carrying water, the roll just now is actually not very heavy, she is already so tired that she is about to lie down, and she wants her to pick up thirty picks of water every day and pour it into the dry well, isn't this deliberately exhausting her to death?

Liang glared at Zuo Shaoyang: "Don't talk nonsense!" He smiled at Bai Zhihan and said, "No, Zhong'er is joking to tease you." He turned around and asked Zuo Guidao: "Master, let the white girl, ah no, what will Zhi'er do in the future?" ”

"It is very clear on the deed of sale, you can give Zhong'er as a wife, a concubine or a slave, so naturally you are taking care of Zhong'er. It's good to be Zhong'er's personal maid and medicine boy. - Zhi'er, in the future, you will be responsible for taking care of Zhong'er, and you will not do rough work such as carrying water. It's ...... to live here, so I live in the concoction room with Zhong'er. Miss Miao's two younger brothers are just temporarily borrowing, so let's move out and live in the lobby temporarily. ”

Of course, the two little boys didn't care where they lived, so they quickly agreed. Ran into the concoction room, took out all the bedding rolls, and put them in the corner of the lobby. Miao Peilan's bedding felt that it was an eyesore here, so she helped them take the bedding roll to the corner of the kitchen, put it together with her own bed, and said that when they wanted to rest at night, they would take it out again.

Zuo Gui has already explained that Bai Zhihan will be Zuo Shaoyang's personal maid in the future, so naturally he will live with Zuo Shaoyang. Bai Zhihan promised in a low voice that he was going to hold the cover roll, Miao Peilan wanted to come over to help, Bai Zhihan grabbed the package and didn't let it go, shook his head vigorously and said no need, and forcibly carried it into the house. Zuo Shaoyang shook his head at Miao Peilan, and Miao Peilan could only give up.

's father arranged for Bai Zhihan to live in the same room with him, which made Zuo Shaoyang a little embarrassed, but thinking about Jia Baoyu's personal maids in the dream of Red Mansions, they all slept in the same room with him, and the personal maids should all be like this. Besides, there were indeed no more vacant rooms at home for her to sleep alone, so she had to follow up on the concocted room and said to Bai Zhihan: "I slept in the attic, and you laid the floor on the flat ground in front of the stove below." The concoction room is said to concoct medicinal materials, so you can only trouble a little, put away the cover roll during the day, and then unfold it to sleep at night. ”

"Yes!" Bai Zhihan lowered her eyes and stacked the cover rolls and small packages neatly in the corner.

At this time, Aunt Long and Mrs. Qu carried the small wooden bed to Guizhi Hall and put it in its original place, and the two took Bai Zhihan's hand and cried and spoke.

As he spoke, more than a dozen patients came to the store, most of them people with burns and broken bones. The lobby was full of people, and Aunt Long and Mrs. Qu said goodbye and left.

These singers are both male and female, and those young male patients see Bai Zhihan, their willow eyebrows are like smoke, their eyes are as bright as stars, their peach cheeks and apricot face, their teeth are like broken jade, their cherry lips are delicate and red, their skin is like clotted fat, and their moon-white long skirts cover their graceful and delicate bodies, and they are pretty, indescribably charming, and indescribably tender. I couldn't help but look stupid, and I couldn't even move my eyes.

The older man looked at it several times, and felt that it was inappropriate to look at other people's daughters like this, so the old man blushed and bowed his head, pretending to talk from time to time to look at the layout of the lobby, and secretly took a look at Bai Zhihan. The young daughter-in-law's eyes were full of envy and a little jealousy. The old woman rolled her eyelids and muttered, "When I was young, I was much more beautiful than her......!" ”

(To be continued)