The stone road of the old courtyard, the cold moon is reflected, like a frosty morning, thinking that the person is gradually moving away, it should be a clog mark everywhere, but the moonlight is like water, and the traces are washed away - October 15, the beginning of winter has passed, and there are a few days of light snow solar terms, the night wind is very cold, from time to time there are fallen leaves fluttering and falling to the feet, this wind dew in the middle of the night girl gently stomped on the cold and painful feet, turned back to the Youlan Pavilion, when entering the door, the tip of the right finger lightly scratched the wooden door, there were sawdust scattered, and the heart said: "Mother Ma thirty years ago followed the guidance of a Jiangxi Kanyu warlock, and changed the door of the museum, Therefore, poverty alleviation, as the saying goes, 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, has this feng shui changed? He thought again: "Very few guests pay attention to the matter of this door, Zhang Jiezi is really a very thoughtful man——"

Thirty years ago, Ma Xianglan was in her twenties, good at painting orchids, able to poetry, and was famous in the old courtyard, but because her appearance was not very beautiful, and her feet were big, so there were few benefactors who were willing to spend money, and some poor scholars sang poems and paintings, but she had to paste the tea and wine money upside down, and the name in the song was recorded, with Ma Xianglan as the poorest, a certain said, a Jiangxi warlock surnamed Shu came to Youlan Pavilion, this warlock had seen Ma Xianglan at a banquet, admired Ma Xianglan's talent, took pity on his poverty, and came to the door and said: "Xianglan, do you know why you are so poor?" Ma Xianglan said ashamedly: "I am old and weak, so that I am cold in front of the door." The warlock said: "No, the door of your Youlan Pavilion is facing the return of wealth, you follow my instructions, change the door to the left, the wealth should be greatly advanced, and there should be a miracle within the year." "Ma Xianglan obeyed the religion and changed the door, more than three months, there was Yu Gongzi of Jinhua Mansion in Zhejiang, Mu Ma Xianglan's name, happy to see each other, before and after spending thousands of taels of silver in the Youlan Pavilion, Ma Xianglan got rich - Wang Wei didn't hear Ma's mother say this, Wang Wei listened to Xue Susu Xue Mother-in-law said, Wang Wei didn't believe it very much, she only knew that Ma's mother had been in love with Suzhou celebrity Wang Suedeng all her life, but in the end they couldn't be together, Wang Wei thought that Wang Suedeng was ruthless and lucky, and Granny Xue also thought so——...... "If Zhang Jiezi wants to fund me, Should I promise him? ”

Ma Xianglan loves orchids, and on her deathbed she also told Wang Wei to take care of the three hundred pots of orchids of various colors in the orchid garden, this winter night, the girl Wang Wei walked through the orchid garden, smelling the fragrance of the cold orchid, this situation, it is inevitable to think of being combed by the matter of being combed, and the cheeks that were blown by the night wind were as cold as jade, and she thought: "Will I promise Zhang Jiezi?" ”

Wang Wei didn't dare to be sure, she couldn't help but be disgusted with those men who deliberately combed her, if Zhang Jiezi and other men who coveted her beauty generally thought that they could conquer her with money, then it was not the Zhang Jiezi she admired and loved, but if Zhang Jiezi didn't mean that to her at all, she was stunned - Wang Wei thought to herself: "Maybe it was on the Xuanwu Lake boat that time, the eunuch said that he wanted to give money to let Zhang Jiezi comb me, at that time I was ashamed and angry, and said some fierce words, which frightened Zhang Jiezi, and I didn't dare to mention it again——"

As soon as he thought of this, Wang Wei laughed silently, and then gloomily, and said in his heart: "Zhang Jiezi is the first class smart person in the world, how can he not understand my intentions for him, and the famous Zhang Jiezi is not a timid person, how can he be frightened by me, is this the intention of Luohua to be ruthless?" I thought again: "Jie Zi Xianggong is still very good to me, really when I am like a friend, if it wasn't for the help of Jie Zi Xianggong last time, I would have been forced to leave Jinling, I can't keep this Youlan Pavilion, the same thing, that Wang Ranming only thinks about accepting me as a concubine, but Jie Zi Xianggong doesn't have any intention of asking for retribution, and is still polite——"

On this winter night, the girls in this song toss and turn, and a round of cold moon turns to Zhu Ge, low Qihu, and sleepless...... After half a month, Wang Wei every time he said to learn poetry, painting, take care of orchids, those Jinling celebrities invited her to a banquet, all of them could not be sick, on the evening of the sixth day of the winter month, Li Xueyi and the little sister Li Ko'er came to gossip with Wang Wei, Wang Wei welcomed her two to the warm pavilion to sit down, Hui Xiang held the tea, Li Xueyi was weak and afraid of the cold, Wang Wei handed her the hand stove and held it, and asked with a smile: "Sister why do you have to come to see me today?" ”

Li Xueyi said: "What kind of poetry club was established by a group of Qingke people in Fangshan Mountain, and sent the host to invite me to go, but it was so cold, I politely refused." ”

Wang Wei said: "My sister is the head of the hall, so she is naturally overwhelmed." ”

Li Xueyi frowned and said unhappily: "Xiuwei is ridiculing me? ”

Wang Wei hurriedly said: "No, no, my sister knows me, how could Wang Wei ridicule my sister." ”

Li Xueyi smiled, stretched out an index finger like a green onion tube, lightly tapped Wang Wei's blown pink cheeks, and asked with a smile: "Who is left to sweep the flower path, and who is waiting to open the tent door?" ”

Wang Weijiao said angrily: "Sister is hateful, making fun of people-"

Li Ko'er on the side smiled "Gege", she could understand the meaning of her sister's words, the girl in the song, she was sensible early.

Li Xueyi glanced at her little sister Ko'er, and asked, "Xiuwei, have the three Zhang Xianggong ever been here?" ”

Wang Wei shook his head and said: "I haven't come, maybe I'm going to leave Jinling and return to Shaoxing in the next few days." ”

Li Xueyi observed the words and asked, "What does Xiuwei think?" ”

Wang Wei's face flushed, and he said, "Of course, I have to see off the three Zhang Xianggong." ”

Li Xueyi said: "I didn't mean that, I mean that Xiuwei is so closed-door to thank customers, isn't it all for the sake of the prince?" ”

"Sister, don't talk nonsense."

Wang Wei hurriedly denied: "I have always liked to be pure, and I rarely see guests, and my sister doesn't know." ”

Li Xueyi smiled knowingly, and said softly: "Xiuwei, you and I are like brothers, I have something to say, I have something to say, the meson is more cautious, not than the Yanke minister, you like the meson Xianggong, why not let the meson Xianggong know, don't hide it from me, you have a lifelong meaning for the meson Xianggong." ”

Wang Wei blushed, shook his head and said: "My sister doesn't know anything, entrusting her life, now I really haven't thought about it, do you have to hurry to get married as a concubine, Zhang Jiezi has not married a wife, it is impossible to take a Yangzhou thin horse home first, and I haven't thought about being his concubine - I like it, I just like it, I don't think too much." The last sentence was indistinguishable.

Li Xueyi nodded and said: "Xiuwei is always very thoughtful, but I don't need to rap, it's just that how can your Youlan Pavilion last for a long time, many people rely on Xiuwei to eat." ”

Wang Wei was not worried, and said with a smile: "Thank you sister for your concern, Ma's mother still has some savings to keep, yesterday I asked Uncle Yao and Xue Tong to take the two pots of Hanlan I planted to the Fu Street to sell, selling them for one or two or five dollars of silver, not to mention anything else, just relying on this orchid garden, it can also maintain the usual use of the fourteen people in the Youlan Pavilion, it's just a little more frugal, I'm not a luxury person, and no one forces me to make more money - I'm not talking about Aunt Li, and Mother Li won't force my sister." "Mother Li is the biological mother of Li Xueyi and Li Koer.

Li Xueyi smiled, sighed lightly, and said, "Xiuwei is as infatuated as Ma's mother." ”

Wang Wei denied: "No, I won't be like Ma's mother, Wang Xudeng is not worthy of Ma's mother's treatment, looking at the eulogy poem written by Ma's mother after her death, you know that this person is lucky, the poem is not good, and the love is not true-"

"What poem?" Li Xueyi asked.

Wang Wei recited: "Singing and dancing were the first class that year, and the name won the Manqing Building. Affectionate died before he died, and turned into a hibiscus and also turned into a head - this poem does not see the pain of mourning, but only the love of self-appreciation. ”

Li Xueyi said "um" and recited the poem of Yu Xuanji: "It is easy to ask for priceless treasures, and it is rare to have a lover - where to find the person who is willing to cherish us?" ”

The two beautiful girls in the song were silently talking to each other under the lamp, each falling into delusion, and the thirteen-year-old Li Ko'er didn't know what it was like to be sad, so she went to tease the black feather starling to talk - "Wei Gu, Wei Gu-"

Xue Tong ran in and said, "Brother Xiaowu is here." ”

Wu Ling came in to salute Wang Wei, his mouth was white, and he said: "Aunt Wei, my young master will leave for his hometown tomorrow morning, let me tell you - Sister Xueyi is also here." ”

Wang Wei hurriedly asked Huixiang to fetch some cakes for Wuling to eat, asked Wuling some words, and sent Wuling back.

Li Xueyi said: "Although Zhang Xianggong and they didn't tell me about my hometown, but since I already know, then I will also go with Xiuwei to send it off." ”

Wang Wei said: "Okay, then I will call my sister to go with me, and my sister should not sleep lazy." ”

Li Xueyi said with a smile: "I know, the Ming Dynasty got up early and accompanied Wang Xiuwei to send his lover." ”

After laughing for a while, Li Xueyi and Li Ko'er went back to Xiangzhen Pavilion, Wang Wei and Uncle Yao and several manservants moved more than 100 pots of cold-sensitive orchids into the conservatory, and then took a bath, and made a freehand painting "Cliff Weeping Orchid" under the lamp, and rested after three drums——...... Zhang Yuan heard the sound of the drum of the third watch, he did not rest, and wrote a reply to his senior brother Xu Guangqi under the lamp - tonight he and the eldest brother and the third brother went to the garden to say goodbye to Mr. Jiao, Jiao Hong asked the maid to take out a thick letter and hand it to him, but it was sent by Xu Guangqi from Tianjin Wei, and it arrived in the afternoon today, Jiao Hong smiled and said: "This letter is in time, Zhang Yuan, you read it first, read it and then read it to me." ”

Jiao Hong was worried that Xu Guangqi persuaded Zhang Yuan to join Taixi Catholicism, so he asked Zhang Yuan to inform him of the content of Xu Guangqi's letter, and the reason why Xu Guangqi wrote a letter to Zhang Yuan was that Jiao Hong mentioned Zhang Yuan in the letter he wrote to Xu Guangqi more than a month ago, saying that Zhang Yuan also admired the learning of the Taixi people, and Zhang's Mirror Workshop could make faint goggles, myopia glasses and even clairvoyance mirrors, so Xu Guangqi wrote a letter - Zhang Yuan opened the envelope on the spot, and inside was a stack of books, which were the six-volume "Taixi Water Law" and the six-volume "Geometric Original", as well as a long letter with thousands of wordsIn the letter, Xu Guangqi enthusiastically and patiently expounded on his function of governing affairs, attaching importance to the ideology of science and technology, recalling his study path and the experience of interacting with the Taixi people, and expressed astronomy, geography, geometry, and water conservancy, Xu Guangqi has a strong sense of responsibility for helping the world, has excellent insight, and has a better understanding of the role of science than the Taixi people at that time, he hopes that his junior brother Zhang Yuan will become his fellow disciples, promote the study of Taixi, and benefit the people, Xu Guangqi did not persuade Zhang Yuan to believe in Catholicism in the letter - Zhang Yuan got Xu Guangqi's letter, It was very exciting, Xu Guangqi just heard that Zhang Yuan admired Taixi's learning thousands of miles away, and immediately wrote an enthusiastic letter, such efforts really made Zhang Yuan admire, Zhang Yuan wanted to find a colleague is also Xu Guangqi such an enlightened person, so he replied overnight, wrote for nearly two hours and did not stop writing, Zhang Yuan expressed his views on science, morality, wealth, current affairs, and external troubles in the letter, I believe that this letter will cause Xu Guangqi great resonance and surprise - Mu Zhenzhen brought hot water to wash his hands for the young master, Zhang Yuan is writing a long letter, Mu Zhenzhen was on the side, Zhang Yuan didn't rest, this fallen girl refused to sleep first, seeing the young master's letter and dancing eyebrows, Mu Zhenzhen was also very happy in his heart, well, he would be able to leave home tomorrow

(To be continued)