On the first day of June, Xiaoxiao.

When the sky is bright, Mu Zhenzhen gets up, it is her habit to get up at dawn, and she has to get up early on the boat, otherwise it will not be embarrassing to be seen sleeping by other men - there is a four-foot-high bamboo screen in the cabin, which divides this cabin into two halves, and on this side of the screen are Mu Zhenzhen and Zhang Yuan, there are two guan seats and a bookcase, and there are ten wooden boxes and two clothes stacked on top of each other, and on the other side of the screen are Zong Yishan, Wuling, Laifu and Mu Jingyan, although this wave boat is spacious, after all, there are only four cabins, it is inevitable to have master and servant, Mixed living of men and women - the light penetrates through the canopy window, Mu Zhenzhen kneels on the seat and ties his shirt, while looking sideways at the young master sleeping on the side, the young master is asleep on his back facing the sky, although his eyes are not open, but he can see the eyeballs sliding under the eyelids, Mu Zhenzhen pursed his lips and smiled silently, and said in his heart: "I woke up the young master again." ”

- On the boat, every time she got up in the morning, no matter how lightly she was, she would wake the young master, and the young master was very careful, either with her eyes closed, or turned sideways to the other side, and only when she got up to make the bed after tying her dress would stretch her waist and pretend to be awake from a big dream, so that she would not have to hide under the covers and put on her dress.

…… It should be about the same, Zhang Yuan heard the crisp sound of the key, and the bunch of keys Mu Zhenzhen usually hung in a small bag around his waist except for sleeping at night, like a housekeeper.

Zhang Yuan stretched out his arms and kicked his legs, stretched his waist, opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a sturdy and round buttocks wrapped in a green cloth skirt, the feet that had not been twisted under the buttocks, the instep was close to the ground, the toes were slightly curled, and when the plump buttocks were slightly raised, the wrinkled lines on the soles of the feet could be seen, and the thick calluses on the edge of the soles of the feet - this fallen girl heard the young master stretching her waist, turned around, smiled, and said, "The young master is awake-" The thin line blanket was still folded in her hand, and it was neatly folded.

Mu Zhenzhen's posture of kneeling and twisting backwards is very moving, the curve of his waist and back is twisted and pulled, and the sleeves are wrinkled and slanted, like a sculpture of great strength and beauty - Zhang Yuan put his hands behind his head and said with a smile: "I want to learn to paint and paint Zhenzhen." In fact, I really want to reach over and pat it on this buttocks, you can imagine how crisp and refreshing it is-Mu Zhenzhen saw the young master's eyes wandering on the back of her waist and hips, and couldn't help but be shy, so he quickly moved his knees and turned around, and said: "Young grandma can draw, why doesn't the young master learn to paint from young grandma?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I can't be busy - let Miss Ran draw a portrait of you in the future." ”

Mu Zhenzhen was really happy in his heart, remembering that Wang Wei painted lotus yesterday, so he said: "Young master, that Wang Weigu also painted very well, yesterday he painted a branch and Di Lian, although the maid will not appreciate it, but also think it looks good." ”

Zhang Yuan let out an "oh", sat up and said: "Wang Weigu is a disciple of Chen Meigong, and she is good at poetry and painting, what does she do with painting and Tilian?" The heart said: "Sichun?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "Wang Weigu's maid picked up the lotus by the lake, and the bud was about to be released, so Wang Weigu painted it on the lotus and painted it quickly. As he spoke, he put on his cloth shoes and said, "Does the young master want to see the painting, and the maid will come here?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Who has you got up early, it's not yet bright this day - really accompany me to the lake for a walk, it's really strange that there is a lotus here." ”

Mu Zhenzhen agreed, and reached out to pick up the small dragon stick next to the pillow.

Several boatmen haven't gotten up yet, not to mention Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao, who drank too much last night, the sweet dream is in full swing, and Fan Wenruo's boat moored on the side is also silent, in the twilight, there is a layer of mist on the water surface of the Cao River that flows into Xuedian Lake, the sky is slightly bright, and the flowers and trees on the other bank and the people are faint.

Mu Zhenzhen put on the springboard, Zhang Yuan went ashore, stretched out his hand to break a willow branch, put one end of the willow branch in his mouth and chewed it slowly, Mu Zhenzhen saw it, and quickly went back to the cabin to get the tooth powder and cloth towel, carried it with a small bamboo basket, and followed the young master.

Go down half a mile along the Cao River, it is Xuedian Lake, at this time the sky is brighter, there is still fog in the lake, there are small pale green flower spikes in the reeds on the shallow beach on the left, the breeze comes slowly, the water waves are not exciting, the mountains are empty, the scenery is fresh, Zhang Yuan looked at it, in the lake on the shore, there was no trace, and he did not see where there were lotus flowers, so he found a stone bank, brushed his teeth and washed his face with lake water, and then practiced Tai Chi twice - Mu Zhenzhen also finished washing at this time, took out a small dragon stick from the bamboo basket, and practiced in the admiring eyes of the young master. The shadow of the stick was vertical and horizontal, changing and changing, and he was practicing energetically, when he suddenly put away the coiled dragon stick and said, "Young master, someone is coming." ”

...... "Spare your life--spare-"

"Don't keep calling for mercy, I've already spared your life, it's called 'Aunt Wei, good morning', ah, call 'Aunt Wei has a good morning'"

This is the voice of the black-feathered bird and Xue Tong, Xue Tong patiently taught the surname a few times, the bird didn't say a word, Xue Tong said: "Aunt Wei, this is a stupid bird, lose it." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Wang Wei is also here, and this girl also got up early." ”

"You hold the bottle, I'll teach it to speak."

This is Wang Wei's voice, delicate and crisp like a yellow warbler, face to face because of its beautiful color, I am not impressed by her voice, at this time, across the reeds and willow forest, it sounds like a clear wind, as if the breeze is clear - that Xue Tong intimidated the bird: "Learn to talk to Wei Gu, otherwise I will eat you-"

"Spare your life—"

This "spare life" was called at the right time, Xue Tong laughed, the laughter suddenly stopped, and when he saw Zhang Yuan and Mu Zhenzhen, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Zhang Xianggong is early." ”

The girl Wang Wei held a birdcage made of thin bamboo in her hand, and walked slowly, while teaching the bird to call "Weigu-Weigu-", hearing Xue Tong calling "Zhang Xianggong", lowering the birdcage, and seeing Zhang Yuan sitting on a big stone on the shore, looking at her with a smile.

"It's early for mesons."

Wang Wei handed over the birdcage in his hand to Xue Tong, lightly blessed Zhang Yuan, and said, "It's really early." ”

Zhang Yuan stood up and said, "Miss Wang is early." ”

Wang Weibai bit his lower lip lightly and said, "Zhang Xianggong, just call the little girl Wang Wei or Wang Xiuwei, okay?" ”

According to the customs of the old courtyard in Nanjing, the maid called the girl in the song "mother, girl", and the outsiders called the girl in the song "little lady", so Wang Wei heard Zhang Yuan call her "Miss Wang", of course, she had to correct it, but she didn't want Zhang Yuan to call her "Little Niang", so she asked Zhang Yuan to call her by her name. ”

Wang Wei's face was slightly red, and he said softly: "That's the small character of the slave family." ”

Small characters are like milk names, and they are generally called small characters by elders or close people.

Zhang Yuan said: "Then I'll call you Wang Xiuwei." Seeing the porcelain vase in Xue Tong's hand, there was a lotus flower in the bottle, with buds waiting to be released, it was and Di Lian, and said happily: "There is really a Di Lian, it's about to bloom." ”

Wang Wei looked at the branch and Dilian, glanced at Xue Tong again, and said, "It's a pity that the boy is ignorant and picks it - I don't know if it can bloom in a bottle?" ”

Xue Tong said: "Aunt Wei, don't scold me, I'll take Aunt Wei to find this and Dilian again." Holding a birdcage in one hand and a porcelain vase in the other, he walked briskly towards the east bank.

Wang Wei followed behind, and when he walked past Zhang Yuan, he asked with a smile: "Do you want to go and see it together, Xiao Tong said that there is a lotus flower over there." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Okay." Together with Mu Zhenzhen, he followed Wang Wei and Xue Tong along the east shore of the lake.

After walking a few feet, the lake wind blew, Zhang Yuan had already smelled the fragrance of lotus leaves and lotus flowers, thanks to the eye disease of the year before last, Zhang Yuan's sense of smell and hearing was more sensitive than ordinary people - turned a row of willow trees, but saw the lotus leaf field, green cover thin stems, the pink and white, red lotus flowers dotted among the green lotus leaves, crowded one after another, no wind to shake.

Xue Tong pointed to a broken lotus stalk very close to the shore and said, "Aunt Wei, I said yesterday—"

The black-feathered bird in the birdcage suddenly called "Wei Gu", Xue Tong didn't come back to his senses at first, and shouted: "Don't interject." Then he was surprised: "Ah, this bird is really good at human speech!" He teased the blackbird and said, "Call again--Weigu." ”

The bird really called "Wei Gu", which made Xue Tong scratch his ears and cheeks with joy, and said continuously: "Interesting, interesting." ”

Zhang Yuan looked at the bird carefully and said: "This seems to be a black-feathered starling, commonly known as black-collared starling, but it is rare to learn to speak so clearly, it should be a well-trained bird." ”

Xue Tong hurriedly said: "This bird was caught by the lake, and there is no owner. ”

Wang Wei chuckled and said, "This bird screamed for mercy at first, but it seems to be involved in a homicide case." ”

Xue Tong said: "Xu is a thief who cuts the path, the master shouted to spare his life, and was learned by this bird, even if he robbed the money, he should not kill or hurt people." ”

Zhang Yuan glanced at Xue Tong, this boy was in his early tens, and he spoke like an old man.

Wang Wei said: "Don't speculate, go to find Dilian." ”

Xue Tong, Wang Wei, and Mu Zhenzhen carefully looked for this piece of lotus on the shore, Zhang Yuan's eyesight was not good, and he shook the folding fan lightly and looked at it at will.

The three of them looked for a while, and there was nothing left for Dilian, Xue Tong hurriedly said: "Why is there no more, wait for me to swim over there to find it." ”

At this time, the sky was already bright, the red light in the eastern sky was revealed, and a round of red was about to rise, Zhang Yuan said: "Don't look for it, this is not a different species, but it is impossible to find - put some lake mud in a bottle, store water and arrange flowers, and this and Dilian may also be able to bloom." ”

Xue Tong put some lake mud at the bottom of the bottle, poured the lake water, inserted the budding and Dilian in the bottle, the bottle overflowed, wet his clothes, held the bottle in one hand, and carried the bird cage in the other, and followed Zhang Yuan and Wang Wei to go back.

Mu Zhenzhen was carrying a bamboo basket, and when he saw that Xue Tong's hands were empty, he was afraid that he would stumble and break the high-waisted celadon bottle, so he said, "Let me help you get a vase of flowers?" ”

Xue Tong shook his head and said, "No." Looking at the small dragon stick in Mu Zhenzhen's bamboo basket, he asked, "Sister Mu practices this stick?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen let out an "um".

Xue Tong wanted to ask again, but he closed his mouth again, and walked very steadily with a focused expression holding a bird cage in one hand and a porcelain bottle in the other.

Wang Wei, who was walking in front, asked Zhang Yuan: "Jie Zi Xianggong, the little woman heard that you and Yan Ke Xianggong are going to bet on Li Xueyi, why do you pay attention to it?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "It's just a joke." ”

Wang Wei said seriously: "Why is it difficult for Jie Zi Xianggong to see Li Xueyi, Li Xueyi is my sister, she is good at drumming and singing, and her appearance is even more beautiful. When he said this, his eyes were full of light, and he looked at Zhang Yuan for a moment.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Then there will be labor." When he said this, he also looked at Wang Wei, Wang Wei pursed his lips, remained silent, the two of them didn't speak for a while, walked together a few steps speechlessly, and suddenly laughed together.

(To be continued)