Yunhua untied the thin hemp rope tied to the lotus leaves, and turned over the corners of the stacked lotus leaves and put them on the table. Ximen March waited patiently until this time, and reached out to take it, but Ou Jinshu quickly held his wrist on the side: "Little March, clean your hands before eating." Ximen March stuck out his tongue and smiled, and asked Yunhua, "Uncle Yunhua, where are you going to clean your hands?" Yunhua was busy arranging for Chai Wu to take out the items in the basket and put them away, so he said to Qiuqiu: "Xiaoqiu, you can take March away." ”

"Huh?" Qiuqiu was suddenly called by name, and she didn't know how to respond: she didn't know where to go to wash her hands. Yun Hua saw the look of surprise on her face, so she asked, "Do you remember where it was?" Qiuqiu saw that everyone was looking at him at this time, so he nodded and agreed, and Yunhua saw that she said she knew, so he turned around and went to put the items in place again. Ximen walked over with a smile: "Xiao Qiu'er, let's go." "Oh... Good. Qiuqiu agreed and walked out of the hall, looking up and seeing the small bridge when she had just arrived. She suddenly had an idea, and took Simon to the edge of the pond, and said, "Wash it here." Simon saw that there were many big white stones beside the water, one foot high from the water, and it was difficult to reach them when he squatted on them, so he refused to come and said, "Xiao Qiu'er, you can't reach it here, or we won't wash it, and we will only say that we have washed it when we go back." ”

Qiuqiu originally wanted to make do with it, but when she heard Simon put forward the bad idea of lying, she said with a straight face: "Didn't your master tell you, don't take evil as a small thing, you can't lie at a young age." Seeing that Qiuqiu suddenly educated himself like an adult, Ximen lowered his head a little ashamedly and walked up to the stone: "Xiao Qiu'er, you are speaking more and more like my master now." As he spoke, he crouched down on the edge of the stone, holding out a chubby little hand to get water.

"March," Ou Jinshu's shout suddenly came from behind him, "what do you want to do?" Qiuqiu hurriedly looked, only to see Ou Jinshu hurriedly walking towards them, Ximen March also turned around and looked back, the center of gravity was unstable for a while, only to hear the sound of "oops", the whole person fell off the stone. Qiuqiu was standing next to him, and it was too late to reach out and hold Ximen March, seeing him fall sideways into the water, splashing a huge splash. Seeing this, Ou Jinshu rushed up in two steps, knelt on the stone, stretched out his hand to hold Simon's arm, and lifted him up.

Simon March was covered in water, with two leaves floating on the water on his head, sitting on the stone and coughing constantly, Ou Jinshu patted his back for him, and couldn't help but comfort him. Yun Hua and Zhuo Ran heard the movement, and had already taken Chai Wu and Bihu to run from the main house to this side. Qiuqiu looked at Simon March guiltily, this was the second time she almost hurt him, the first time was in the passage outside the Art of War Hall, she walked towards the coral regardless of the danger, so that Simon March was caught by the coral through the fence, and a big bag was knocked on his head.

Yunhua's eyes flashed with confusion and grimness, and he asked Qiuqiu, "Xiaoqiu, did you bring Ximen here to wash your hands?" Seeing Master's serious appearance, Qiuqiu nodded in fear, she was afraid that Yunhua would be angry in front of everyone, although she had never seen Master really angry, but just thinking about it vaguely made her feel very flustered. Ou Jinshu raised his head and said to Yunhua: "Brother Yunhua, I just choked on water in March, and I gave him a pulse, and it has slowly stabilized at this time." Li Zhuoran said: "Then quickly hug it in and change clothes for March, don't suffer the cold." Hearing this, Chai Wu hurriedly stepped forward, picked up Ximen March and walked back, and Bihu followed behind with a anxious face.

When passing by Yunhua's side, Ximen March said to Yunhua: "Uncle Yunhua, it's not about Xiao Qiu'er, it's me who didn't stand firm. Yunhua's eyelashes moved slightly and nodded at him. Qiuqiu also wanted to follow and escape from the low pressure emanating from Yunhua's body here, but Yunhua stopped her: "Xiaoqiu, you stand." Li Zhuoran pulled Yunhua and signaled him not to criticize Qiuqiu, Ou Jinshu also came over and pulled Qiuqiu behind him and explained: "Brother Yunhua, don't blame Xiaoqiu, I was in a hurry to call Ximen, he was frightened and fell into the water, it was mine." ”

Yunhua stared at Qiuqiu, and asked in a calm voice: "You don't know where the copper basin for purifying your hands is, why don't you say it, you have to come here on your own initiative, do you know how much trouble it would have caused if Aunt Jinshu hadn't come with her in time?" Qiuqiu had been immersed in Yunhua's gentle attitude all the time for the past few days, but when he was suddenly asked, he only felt that his eyes were hot, and he choked up: "I'm afraid that Mr. will dislike Qiu'er's stupid head and can't remember things, so he should accept it." After saying that, there were really a few bean-sized tears flowing from her eyes, and Qiuqiu herself wondered why she was so wronged. Li Zhuoran felt unbearable, and hurriedly said: "Okay Yunhua, my heart trembles when she cries, Xiaoqiu, quickly admit your mistake with your master." ”

Yun Hua endured his distress, still with a cold look, and continued: "Have you forgotten what Aunt Tong said to you two days ago? Qiuqiu raised her head when she heard this, and said, "I haven't forgotten. . . Thousand.. The son of a daughter can't sit down. Ou Jinshu heard Yunhua mention Tong Ning'er and wanted to ask him when he saw Ning'er, Yunhua raised his hand to signal her not to ask first, and said to Qiuqiu: "Before you go to bed tonight, write these eight words a hundred times, and give them to me tomorrow morning." Qiuqiu saw that Yunhua didn't seem to say it casually, so she had to accept the punishment and was led back to the main house by Ou Jinshu.

Uncle Feng and Aunt Feng were setting up tea in the main house, Aunt Feng was a woman with a black face, hearty and smiling, very strong, standing side by side with Uncle Feng, it was like a winter melon and a cucumber lying together. Seeing Yunhua coming back from outside, without a trace of lively color on her face, Aunt Feng smiled and said, "Miss Qiu, did you make your son angry when you just came?" Uncle Feng eased the atmosphere and said, "Don't talk nonsense, if you don't make a mistake, you won't be a child." ”

Yun Hua had mixed feelings in his heart, in addition to the fear of what happened just now, there was also a kind of worry about Qiuqiu, which was not obvious before, but gradually accumulated, and today, he can't ignore it: Qiuqiu is different from before in terms of personality, speech and demeanor, especially the words she said in the Donghai Hall of the General's Mansion, which made him seem to see the shadow of Zhao Hong's generous statement in her.

This kind of sudden maturity in thinking, only a little self-mastery, is by no means a sentence that can explain the past with a bad memory. Thinking of this, Yunhua said to Qiuqiu: "You go and see Ximen March." Qiuqiu nodded and stood up, and when she heard the voice of Ximen March coming from the wing, she walked over there. Seeing Qiuqiu walk out of the door, Yunhua said to Jinshu: "Sister Ou, I want to trouble you with something." ”

In this side room, Ximen March had already changed out of his wet clothes, and Chai Wu went out to dry the wet clothes. Bihu was worried that Simon would be cold in the water in March, so he wrapped him in two quilts and wanted him to sweat. When Ximen March saw Qiuqiu coming in, he sat up from the quilt and said with a smile: "Xiao Qiu'er, I scared you just now, I'm fine." Qiuqiu walked to the bed, and Bihu hurriedly asked her to sit on the edge of the bed and go to the main house to get tea by herself.

At this time, there were only two children left in the wing, Qiuqiu looked at Ximen March's kind and simple face, her heart was sour, and she said: "I'm sorry March, it's because of me every time." March hurriedly shook her head and said: "You are younger than me, and the mistake is because I didn't lead you well, Xiaoqiu'er, don't be sad." Qiuqiu squeezed out a smile at him and said softly: "It's good that you only treat me as an adult, it's all my fault, I always have some ideas for my own purposes, but every time I affect you." ”

Ximen March didn't understand for a while, looked at Qiuqiu in confusion, and suddenly the brilliance in his eyes returned, and said with a smile: "I understand Xiao Qiu'er, you want to pretend to be older than me and let me listen to you, right?" Qiuqiu smiled and said, "Maybe." ”

This matter may be like a splash of water in Simon's heart, only ripples are left when it falls, and after the ripples have dissipated, the water surface is still as calm as ever, without a trace. But in Qiuqiu's heart, Simon's overboard and Yunhua's accountability have made her understand that when her small body is not strong enough to deal with everything, all self-assertive actions may eventually bring danger and harm to others. If this kind of danger is brought too much, and your thoughts are exposed too much, you will slowly lose Yunhua's trust and lose your greatest reliance here. Qiuqiu couldn't help but sigh in her heart: In the days to come, it seems that you have to learn to be careful.