Feng Suqin walked out of Xu Liang's courtyard, ran along the straight corridor, and walked out of the gate of Xu's mansion.

Thinking about nothing, ignoring nothing, Feng Suqin had only one thought in his mind, the farther away from that deep mansion compound the better, and the farther away from the person who disappointed him as much as possible. The wind whistled past my ears and hit my face, a hot pain.

It wasn't until she was about to hold her breath that Feng Suqin supported her knees with both hands, half-squatted on the side of the road, gasping for air. The tears have long since dried, and I once again recalled Xu Liang's chuckling words "If you like it, I'll send you", just such a short sentence, but my heart felt the pain of penetrating my heart, his light tone, and his eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, all showed the nobility of the third young master of the Xu family, and it was even more humble to himself. No, never! Feng Suqin shouted unwillingly in her heart.

Tears, eyes filled again.

Returning to the abandoned and ruined temple in the west of Wan'an City, Feng Suqin packed up her mood, brewed a calm expression, passed through the main hall covered with cobwebs, and entered the side door on the left.

The two dismantled door panels in the side door were spread flat on the ground, and the four corners were supported by a few broken bricks, which was the bed of Feng Suqin's mother and son, and Feng Suqin's mother on the door panel was carefully folding the cloth to dry. Feng's mother was dressed in a patchwork shirt with selected pieces of cloth, looking forty or fifty years old, and her face was already full of wrinkles. When Feng's mother saw her daughter coming back, she got up and asked, "Qin'er, have you ever seen your benefactor?" ”

"Mother, I saw you." Feng Suqin squeezed out a smile. Sit gently on the edge of the bed.

"Have you returned the money?" Feng Mu asked again, "Hey, what are you holding in your hand?" ”

"Nothing." Feng Suqin replied, "Young Master Xu, the set of clothes he sent." ”

"Show it to my mother." Mother Feng took a folded set of clothes from her daughter's hand and unfolded it on the bed, seeing that it was a thin skirt with a moth yellow shirt and a light gauze short coat. Mother Feng gently stroked the smooth and soft material, touching it, Mother Feng's head twisted to the side, her hand wiped the corners of her eyes, and sighed softly, "Qin'er, I'm sorry for you!" ”

"Mother!" Feng Suqin threw herself into Feng's mother's arms and cried loudly, no matter how strong she was outside, when she returned to her mother, her whole heart was brittle. How much sourness, desolation and helplessness are contained in the whining cry!

Mother Feng patted her daughter's back in distress, comforting silently, listening to her daughter's heartbreaking cry, she couldn't help but cry.

A mother and daughter, a ruined temple, a low cry, the screaming in the forest outside the temple seemed to feel the sadness and suppressed the cry.

After a long time, Feng Suqin's mother and daughter stopped crying and gradually calmed down. Feng Suqin took out two steamed buns from her arms, handed them to Feng's mother, and said, "Mother, you are hungry, eat quickly, I just bought them on the street." ”

Feng Mu took one of them, took a bite, and looked at the bite gap in a daze.

"Mother, why don't you eat it?"

Hearing this, Mother Feng raised her head and looked at her daughter lovingly, and said firmly: "Qin'er, let's not stay here, pack up, let's leave here." ”

"Get out of here?" Feng Suqin said miserably: "Mother, where can we go?" ”

"Go to Jianchang! Let's go to your uncle. Feng Mu had a resolute look on her face.

Feng Suqin's face was full of surprise, she thought about it and hesitated: "But, can my uncle accept us?" Back then, he was kicked out by his father himself. ”

Feng's mother said firmly: "No matter what, Weiniang is his own sister, your uncle grew up watching Weiniang, I believe in my mother, he will accept us." Mother Feng took her daughter, stroked her daughter's hair, and said distressedly: "Qin'er, I can't let you suffer with me anymore, seeing that you are almost sixteen, if you can't find a good in-law for you safely, your mother will die, and I won't have the face to go down to see your father." ”

At this moment, Xu Liang was standing by the lotus pond in despair, stunned, Miss Feng left, he sent Tietou with the other two little servants Ah Liang Ah Feng followed closely and went out to look for it, but two hours passed, and the three of them came back empty-handed, and Miss Feng just left her sight.

Xu Liang kept wondering what he had done wrong to make her so angry and leave angrily? After thinking about it for a long time, Xu Liang vaguely figured it out, maybe he was so enthusiastic that he scared people, alas, it was really self-defeating.

It's not that Xu Liang didn't think about bringing people to Wan'an City to look for him, but his nominal father, Xu Changkun, the eldest master of the Xu family, sent someone to say that the ancestral hall would be opened tonight, and the heirs of the Xu family should be present.

The ancestral hall of the Xu family is located in the southeast of the courtyard of the Xu family, and the pavilions and pavilions in the ancestral hall are very quiet. There is a marble lion more than one meter high on both sides of the ancestral hall gate, enter the door to meet the patio that is more than one or two meters wide, three or four meters long, enter the main hall of the ancestral hall after the patio, there is a square stone table of white marble on the patio, the stone incense burner on the table, the ancestral tablet of the Xu Mansion is placed neatly and staggered behind the furnace, a handful of red incense in the furnace is burning vigorously, the curling green smoke is entangled with each other and rises, fades and dissipates in mid-air.

From the old lady Xu to the Xu Mansion, a total of twenty-three men in the three rooms all stood in the ancestral hall, lined up in two rows according to their seniority, and knelt quietly. Mrs. Xu respectfully put on the three pillars of incense, knelt down with her hands folded, closed her eyes and said: "The ancestors of the Xu family are on top, Xu Qiangen, the son of Xu Qiangen, today led the twenty-three people of the Xu Mansion to come here to meet the ancestors, it will be the autumn examination of the court, the ancestors of the Meng Lie do not give up, this year there is Xu Jiang in the Xu Mansion, Xu Liang and the two are allowed to participate, today, the ancestors of the Xu family are ready to sacrifice three animals, respectfully ask the ancestors to bless Xu Jiang, Xu Liang can raise people in high school, light the lintel, and revitalize the Xu family's ......"

After Mrs. Xu finished praying, the men in charge of the three rooms stepped forward to pay tribute to the incense, and then Xu Jiang and Xu Liang, who participated in the autumn festival for the second time, and after a tedious ceremony, everyone was a little tired.

When Mrs. Xu was dying, she also left Xu Changkun, Xu Jiang, and Xu Liang in the ancestral hall.

Old lady Xu looked at the ancestral tablet of the Xu family, and when everyone else walked out of the ancestral hall, she turned to look at Xu Jiang and Xu Liang who were standing on the side, nodded slowly at Xu Changkun, coughed lightly, and said: "Xu Jiang, Xu Liang, tomorrow the two of you will go to Nanchang Mansion, before leaving, the old man has something to say to you, first, you are representing the Xu Mansion this time to participate in the Autumn Festival, the face of the Xu Mansion on behalf of the Xu Mansion, you must not cause trouble outside, the rules and regulations are at ease exam, and second, the Autumn Exam, whether it is for the Xu family, Or for your own future future, are very important, you have to be fully prepared, carefully answer the question, well, Jiangxi political envoy Huang Wei Huang was originally our Ji'an Mansion people, the early old man and Huang Lord also had a slight friendship, this time to Nanchang, you take the opportunity to visit, third, considering that you are still the first time to go out, there are a lot of places to spend money on the road, before you leave you go to the tent to withdraw a thousand taels of silver for backup, the fourth ......"

Xu Liang began to listen seriously, and when Mrs. Xu talked about the fifth and sixth articles, he came to his senses, but he was afraid that no matter how carefully he listened, it would be in vain, because Mrs. Xu had just glanced at Xu Liang from beginning to end, and the words behind him were basically said to Xu Jiang alone, and his eyes never left Xu Jiang, Xu Liang stood on the side, and he was a foil at all. Alas, this motherless child, just no one hurts! Xu Liang couldn't help but sigh.

Finally, the old lady Xu explained everything that should be explained clearly piecemeal, and Xu Changkun, the eldest man of the Xu family, encouraged his two sons again, of course, mainly the eldest son Xu Jiang, as for Xu Liang, Xu Changkun did it more obviously than the old lady Xu, and he didn't even bother to look at it.

Xu Liang followed Xu Jiang out of the ancestral hall, and saw the eldest lady standing at the door with two maid rings smiling.

Seeing the two of them coming out, the eldest lady greeted Xu Jiang and said kindly: "Jiang'er, I've been tired after going in for a long time, go back to the house with my mother, and let the kitchen make you your favorite braised chicken wings for my mother." ”

"Mother, the child is not hungry." Xu Jiang glanced at Xu Liang behind him, and said with a slightly red face.

"Ouch, this kid," the eldest lady took Xu Jiang's hand affectionately and said angrily: "It's so polite to be with your mother." Let's go back early. ”

The eldest lady pulled Xu Jiang and walked two steps, and finally smiled at the corner of Xu Liang's mouth as if she had just seen Xu Liang, and said: "Ah, Liang San'er, seeing the joy of the eldest lady, I actually forgot about you, I know that you are also tired, and I have already sent the lotus flower to your room, you should also hurry back and eat it while it is hot, it will be cold after a long time." ”

Xu Liang arched his hand disapprenosingly and said: "San'er thanked the eldest mother, the eldest mother has a heart." ”

When the eldest lady happily pulled Xu Jiang and hurried away, Xu Liang squinted slightly and scolded hatefully, fuck!

Xu Liang entered his small courtyard, and saw Tietou with Ah Liang and Ah Feng, and Yun'er Xiu'er surrounded him, Tie Yun smiled and said, "Young Master, you are back, let's get a table of wine and food by ourselves, just wait for the young master to come back and eat." ”

Xu Liang was surprised, and entered the house surrounded by five people, only to see that the small round table in the room was already full of dishes, and the hot air swayed upward, and the fragrance of vegetables wafted straight into his nose, which was mouth-watering. Xu Liang's eyes moistened unconsciously, he inadvertently pulled his sleeves and brushed the corners of his eyes, pulled out the chair, and said proudly: "Okay!" The young master has a good appetite today, come, don't stand still, let's have a big meal together! Ha ha! ”

Seeing Xu Liang say this, Tietou and the others were very happy, and they hurriedly found their seats to sit down, and were about to start eating, when they heard a loud voice shouting: "Such a delicacy, how can you make a banquet without wine?" ”

Xu Liang raised his eyes and saw that Tie Siye was leaning against the door with a cane in one hand and a pot of wine in the other.

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