Chunxi Hall is on the boundary of the long house, five rooms wide, the windows are open, and the windows are inlaid with Western glass. It's not easy to do business at sea, and even if you can't find a few in Yanjing City, you can see that it's dedicated to entertaining guests.

When Jinghu and Xie Chiying laughed and walked to the Chunxi Hall, the Tan family was already here to help. Even Xie Chiying can't have a good rest, she is a daughter-in-law, and she is the mother of the third room, so naturally she is only busier.

There are also several sisters of Xie Chiying in the flower hall, who seem to be younger than her. Xie Chiying was not busy introducing Jinghu, but just chatted with her under the banana tree in the courtyard.

After saying a few words, I saw Ke Mingxu go into the courtyard alone.

Jinghu suddenly became absent-minded and called him away, "Brother Ke Shi." ”

Ke Mingxu saw Jinghu and Xie Chiying, and quickly walked towards them. Xie Chiying gave Jinghu a look, greeted Ke Mingxu, and said, "The tenth sister and the eleventh sister are in the flower hall, I will go to greet their eldest brother first." ”

It was left to Jinghu and Ke Mingxu.

In fact, Jinghu didn't have anything to do with him, but he didn't have a chance to talk well all day, so he felt a little uncomfortable.

It's really not easy for people to be content, and in the past, I was in Yanjing, and I was afraid that I could only see him once in a few months. At that time, I wouldn't be like today, hanging my heart, just remembering when I would see him.

Jinghu opened his mouth, "Master Ke, I don't have anything to do. Every time she went to look for him, he always asked her gently what was the matter with her.

asked too much, Jinghu was a little discouraged, didn't he understand, she just didn't have anything, her head was full of nonsense, and she also wanted to talk to him?

Ke Mingxu stood among the few outstretched leaves of the banana tree, the sun was shining down at dusk, only one of his eyes was not covered by shadows, and the small piece of skin only carried the afterglow of the setting sun, but it seemed to glow.

"I didn't plan to ask you what you were looking for me, but I had something to ask about Xiaoxian Zhu."

Hearing him say this, Jing Hu stood up straight, laughed unconsciously, revealing two small pear vortices, "Then Lord Xiao Ke is looking for me, but what's the matter?" She learned his tone.

Ke Mingxu smiled, his eyebrows and eyes became gentler, "I just want to ask the little county lord, I have lived in the Xie family for a long time, but what do you find inconvenient?" ”

Jinghu raised his head and said in a brisk tone, "Since Lord Xiao Ke asked me this question, he must be able to solve the problem for me?" ”

Ke Mingxu also joked with her, "I'm just under the fence in the Xie family, and the request of the little county lord is inevitably difficult for some strongmen." ”

"It's just that I was encouraged by my grandfather in the front yard, and I was a little complacent at this time, so I came to fill the big head and ask the little county lord."

Jinghu smiled, "Oh, I see. Does Master Ke also have a time when he is complacent? ”

sighed again, "Alas, sure enough, I'm not good enough, far inferior to the old lady of the Xie family." Every time I compliment Master Ke, you always think that I am just complimenting, and you always refuse to believe it. ”

"As soon as the old lady of the Xie family praised you today, you are so happy, let me see if there is any little tail behind you."

Ke Mingxu stood still and didn't move, watching Jinghu circle behind him and back again.

"Okay, let's get back to the old thing. If you feel any discomfort, don't be polite to my aunts and uncles, just say it, you are the little county lord, and you have helped my fourth aunt and Sister Ying so much. ”

She came to Xie's house as a guest, and the obvious reason was that the fourth wife of the Xie family wanted to repay her love.

However, Ke Mingxu said this because he really cared about her. She felt very relieved, and after getting off the ship, she felt much less anxious about the uncertain arrangements for the future.

"I see, Master Ke. Why didn't Mr. Zhou come in with you? "The two of them have always been inseparable, but I didn't see Mr. Zhou at this time.

Ke Mingxu replied to her, "When my grandfather was in Yanjing in the past, he also had some dealings with teachers. I haven't seen my old friend for many years, so naturally I have a lot to say, so I came in first. Don't worry about the teacher, the teacher's temperament, you won't suffer anywhere. ”

Of course, Jinghu knew that Mr. Zhou's temperament would not make him suffer, he was a fool, and he was not even an opponent.

Pity Ke Mingxu, he was pestered by this old man for the first twenty years, asking him to do this and that. Later, she and him both troubled him, and in the next few decades, if there is a "future", there will be a good life for him.

Jinghu asked him again, "I heard that the courtyard that Mrs. Seventh arranged for me is adjacent to Miss Xie Shi, who was born to her, and I don't know where Lord Xiao Ke lives." "When will she see him.

Ke Mingxu also knows her temperament and calculations, "I will live in the outer courtyard of the Xie family and be with the teacher." If the little county lord wants to find me for something, just send the little guy to the outer courtyard. ”

"Every day I will also go into the inner courtyard to greet my grandfather, my grandfather's courtyard is behind the main courtyard of the fourth uncle, and I will pass through the green corridor, if the little county lord is looking for me in an emergency, he can also wait for me there."

Jinghu stayed in Xie's house well, where would he be looking for anything urgent, but he didn't say anything.

"Hmm." Jinghu nodded vigorously, as if not doing so would not be enough to express her joy. "I remember, Master Ke, I'm sure I'll have something to do with you."

Both of them smiled tacitly.

"Master Ke, there is a big acacia tree in the yard where I live, and it is in bloom now, and the flowers are blooming beautifully. When you lived in Xie Mansion in the past, did you see it blooming? ”

Ke Mingxu was silent for a moment, "Yes." Once upon a time, when my mother and I went back to Xie's house, we lived in that courtyard. At that time, the tenth cousin had not yet been born, and even Bi Niang had not yet. ”

There were only two people, him and his mother, and when the acacia flowers bloomed, his mother sat with him under the tree. The flowers are clustered, and the branches and leaves are swaying because of the wind.

He was still young and had not read so many poems, so he asked his mother why this courtyard was called the Evening Courtyard.

She said that the ancients wrote Hehuan poems, often using the word "whisk", "the yellow shirt bleachs the fine stamen, and the girl is anvil", "the rainy and sunny night is a delicate day, and the ten thousand branches of incense are red silk whisks".

"The name of this courtyard was originally called 'Fu Huan', and I know where it came from, but I don't think it means good. Joy and happiness are gone, what is left in life? If you change it to 'twilight', may life be in the morning sun, without dusk and night. ”

During that time, my mother was very happy because she was back to the place where she lived as a child, and to her relatives. The happiest time in life turned out to be really only the first ten years.

In my mother's life, I may not have the opportunity to see the acacia flowers in the courtyard again.