There are five women on this boat, Wang Wei and his little maid Huixiang, Zhang Dai's maid Suzhi, Zhang Cao's maid Lumei, and one is Mu Zhenzhen, in the evening, the three brothers of the Zhang family went to the shore restaurant to accompany Fan Wenruo to drink, these five women all stayed on the boat, cooking porridge with a tile bowl, cooking a few side dishes, Mu Zhenzhen is also very good at cooking, but not as fine as Wang Wei, Suzhi and Lumei have never cooked, they will only join in the fun - although Mu Zhenzhen doesn't talk much, but Wang Wei is close to her, Wang Wei is the most kind person, The three maids of the three Zhang brothers, this fallen girl is the most innocent and simple.

The slanting sun falls outside the mountains on the west shore of Xuedian Lake, the sky is still very bright, the sunset is like fire, covering half of the sky, Wang Wei's women have dinner, this hot day, it is indispensable to take a bath, this wave boat is equipped with two bath buckets, men and women are divided, like Mu Jingyan, Nengzhu where they want what bath buckets, are to jump into the river, take a good bath - Wang Wei bathed out, semi-wet long hair draped to the waist and hips, clean cloth robe is not tied to the waist, wide and wide, between the steps, the waist and limbs, but more slender, plain face is not fat powder, but the eyebrows are picturesque, Between the eyes looking forward to it, the smart and charming state made Su Zhi and Lumei feel ashamed, and they were secretly jealous - "Wei Gu, Wei Gu, there are a lot of birds and birds by this lake, Wei Gu, you see-"

The hair-clad boy named Xue Tong had not been seen for the afternoon, and then he rushed back, carrying a string of birds, including yellow-headed ducks, plum blossom finch, and small bean finch...... About a dozen, colorful and colorful, stood under the willow tree and held the string of birds high for Wang Wei to see, all of which he had hit with a slingshot.

Wang Wei sneered: "You don't know if you want to come back until you get down, right, what are you doing with so many birds!" ”

"Aunt Wei, don't scold, I have something rare to show you."

Xue Tong grinned, put the string of birds on the ground, and played a trick, with an extra budding lotus in his hand, which turned out to be a lotus flower with a bud in his hand - Wang Weixi said: "Kunshan and Di Lian, where did you pick it?" ”

Xue Tong said: "It's by the lake, there is only this branch." ”

Wang Wei said: "The flowers haven't bloomed yet, it's a pity." ”

Kunshan and Tilian, see it is auspicious, is auspicious, according to legend, it is the late Yuan Dynasty famous plum blossom Taoist Yang Tieya's disciple Gu Aying from Tianzhu to get the alien species, carefully cultivated, very rare, this Xuedian Lake actually has a wild and Dilian, naturally more rare - Wang Wei said: "Little boy, throw the flowers to me." ”

Xue Tong threw the branch and the lotus to the bow of the boat, Wang Wei's eyes were quick, and as soon as he raised his hand, he had already caught the lotus branch, and looked at the flowers, Mu Zhenzhen on the side was secretly surprised, thinking that this sister Wang was so agile.

The string of birds at Xue Tong's feet suddenly fluttered, and their chirping sound was crisp, as if they were shouting, "Spare your life, spare your life-"

Xue Tong said: "One of them is not dead yet. Just waiting for a kick to run over, Wang Wei hurriedly drank: "Don't move." asked Mu Zhenzhen beside him: "Zhenzhen, what are you listening to this bird calling?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen smiled: "It's strange, it seems to be screaming for mercy." ”

The bird was still crying miserably, at first glance it sounded like it was crying "spare life", but when you listened closely, it didn't look like it much, it was just a wail.

Wang Wei said: "Little boy, let this bird go." ”

Xue Tong squatted down and looked at it, and said, "The left wing is injured, and it can't fly if it's released, does Aunt Wei want to raise it?" ”

Wang Wei said: "Then raise it first-Uncle Yao, you go to the street and buy a birdcage." ”

Xue Tong used a five-inch knife to go to the river to slaughter birds and peel them, this Xue Tong was more than ten years old, killed birds without blinking, his hands and feet were sharp, and he quickly washed and peeled more than a dozen birds, and came over to beg Wang Wei to help him cook - Wang Wei laid a guan mat at the bow of the boat at this time, moved a small case, and the branch and Dilian were raised in a celadon bottle, Wang Wei knelt on the seat, spread paper and ink, and wanted to draw this and Dilian, glanced at Xue Tong, and said: "Take a penny of silver, let the town store cook it for you, come back quickly after eating, don't be greedy for fun." ”

Xue Tong agreed and went quickly.

Su Zhi, green plum a few around Wang Wei to see her painting lotus, Wang Wei originally followed the fake mare Xianglan to learn to paint orchid and bamboo, quite its rhyme, since last year Chen Meigong pointed out, with color ink is drier, sparse a few brushes of orchid bamboo, the pen is soft with rigid, quite a wind bone, at this time with ink painting this and Di Lian, the point of dyeing wet, easy and gratifying, when the twilight is sinking down, this Kunshan and Di Lian picture has been painted, the inscription is the 42nd year of Wanli midsummer Xin Wei said grass clothes Taoist made in the Qingpu boat - Mu Zhenzhen saw Wang Wei painted beautifully, couldn't help but praise:" Sister Wang's painting is really good, just like my young grandmother, my young grandmother painted a juju picture last time, and also painted six lantern paintings, one is a frog under the peony flower, the frog seems to be about to jump. ”

Wang Wei went to Zhang Yuan's cabin to sit, and when he heard Mu Zhenzhen say this, he asked: "Is the prince already married, who is the young lady?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "It's the young lady of the Huiji Shang family, who was hired last year and has not yet married. ”

Wang Wei said "oh", and after a while, he asked, "Then Miss Shang must be both talented and beautiful, right?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen nodded and said: "Yes, she is beautiful, talented and virtuous, my grandmother likes it very much, and the young master likes it even more." ”

Wang Wei's painting and Tilian's joy gradually faded, there was a kind of sourness floating in my heart, not jealousy, not envy, just feel self-pity and self-harm, her father was Suiyang Prefecture Xuexuezheng, sick and returned to his hometown, but died on the way, stepmother sold her to Yangzhou to raise thin horses, rolled up the property and ran away, her father's coffin was stored in a small Buddhist temple somewhere in Jiangbei, when she was young, I can't remember the name of the place and the name of the temple, I only know that I haven't crossed the river, in the north of Yangzhou - the sky is completely dark, Mu Zhenzhen lit the lamp, raised his eyes to see, Wang Weixiu, who was silent, frowned slightly, her beautiful eyes were sad, and she didn't know what she was thinking?

Mu Zhenzhen didn't dare to bother, and took a volume of "Historical Records" to read.

Wang Wei came back to his senses and saw Mu Zhenzhen reading "Historical Records", and said in surprise: "Can you really read history!" There are few women who read history, and most of them read some poems - Mu Zhenzhen was a little proud, but he didn't dare to show it, and said: "It was all taught to me by my young master, I couldn't read last year, and "Historical Records" and "Zuo Biography" were also let me read by the young master. ”

Wang Wei looked at the happy look in the eyes of this fallen girl, and praised: "Sister Zhenzhen is smart and beautiful, and your young master likes you very much, doesn't he?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen's face was suddenly flushed, and his eyes didn't know where to look-Wang Wei's heart moved, he was also a personal maid, this Mu Zhenzhen was very different from Su Zhi and Lumei, and he seemed to have not been committed, otherwise he would not be ashamed to look like this-Seeing that Mu Zhenzhen was embarrassed, Wang smiled and said: "Zhenzhen, you can read, I'll go to rest." ”

Mu Zhen was so ashamed that he couldn't do it, he wished that Wang Wei would leave quickly, and when he heard that Wang Wei had gone to the cabin next door, he buried his head in reading "Historical Records" again, and he remembered every word on the page, and he knew every word, but he didn't know what it meant when he read it, and he was absent-minded.

Mu Zhenzhen brightened the wick a little, looked at the little light and was stunned, thinking about what Fang Cai Wang Wei said, and the red tide on his face did not recede——...... Fan Wenruo had a good amount of wine, talked about Fengjian, and talked freely with the three brothers of Zhang Yuan, and returned to the Cao River at the end of the time.

Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao were a little drunk, held by Nengzhu and Feng Zhu, Zhang Yuan was fine, he drank too much and hurt his body, he later replaced the wine with tea, the three brothers stepped on the bow of the boat, and suddenly heard a loud shout: "Spare your life-"

Zhang Yuan was taken aback, but he raised his eyes but saw no one.

Zhang Cao looked at it with drunken eyes: "Who, who wants to spare his life?" ”

Zhang Dai was also drunk and asked, "Whose life is spared?" ”

Mu Jingyan said: "It's a bird's call." "Walked over and took off a birdcage from the upper end of the bow hatch, the bird in the cage was slightly smaller than a pigeon, and the black feathers were like starlings, Zhang Dai, Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Cao had never seen this kind of bird.

Zhang Cao laughed and said, "I forgive you for your innocence and spare your life." ”

A boy with a cloak of hair came out of the cabin, stretched out his hand on tiptoe and asked Mu Jingyan for a birdcage, and said, "This bird is mine, and my family raised it." ”

Mu Jingyan gave the bird cage to the boy and said with a smile: "This is not a parrot, but it can also be said, strange." ”

Zhang Cao asked the boy: "Where is your aunt?" ”

Xue Tong said: "It's already rested." ”

Zhang Cao said: "Such a good night, it's a pity to sleep, call her up to enjoy the moon and drink with our brothers." ”

Zhang Dai was less drunk than Zhang Cao, and said: "Third brother, tonight is May 30, and there is no moon. ”

Zhang Cao twisted his neck and tilted his head to look at the sky, and said, "There is no moon, then look at the stars." He shouted at the top of his voice: "Aunt Wang Wei, come and see the stars—"

It's really not a big thing to shout Wang Weigu like this, Zhang Yuan knew that the third brother was drunk and liked to sing a paragraph, so he said: "Third brother, sing a "Single Knife Meeting". ”

"Nope." Zhang Cao refused and said: "I don't want to sing "Single Knife Meeting" today, I want to sing "The Story of the West Chamber". Then he sat on the bow of the boat and patted the side and howled: "--Hungry eyes will be worn, gluttonous salivation, empty I am infected with lovesickness through the bone marrow, how can he turn around when he is about to go to Qiubo!" Hugh Dao is a small student, and even a stone man is also interested in love. Near the court Xuan, the flowers and willows compete for beauty, and the shadow of the tower is round at noon. The spring light is in front of me, and the people of Zhengnai Yu are gone, and a Fanwang palace is suspected to be Wulingyuan——"

Zhang Dai also came to be interested, and sang: "From now on, Yurong lonely pear flowers, rouge light cherries, when is this acacia?" The black sea is deep, the white land is thick, the blue sky is wide; Looking up like a mountain, looking up like a sea in the East Ocean. Poisoned ......"

Zhang Yuan couldn't help laughing on the side, the eldest brother and the third brother are talking about the pain of lovesickness, Wang Wei is in the same boat, and the two brothers of my clan are confused, this is troublesome, is it a disaster-I heard Zhang Cao shout: "Jiezi, I don't bet on Li Xueyi with you, only with you Wang Weigu." ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly said: "The third brother is drunk, hurry up and go to sleep, hurry up and go to sleep." ”

Zhang Cao said: "Where am I drunk - Brother Fan, Brother Wen Ruo, do you say I'm drunk?" ”

The sound of snoring came from the neighboring boat, and Fan Wenruo was already drunk.

(To be continued)