Here, Yunhua took Qiuqiu ashore from the trestle bridge, and someone greeted him, and someone went back to pass the word. The green-clothed girl at the head was very capable, and while instructing the family to go down to the bamboo raft, row the bamboo raft to the left side of the trestle, and park side by side with those big boats, while letting the little girls lead the way in front and beckoning Qiuqiu and Yunhua to go up the mountain.

Qiuqiu was enthusiastically embraced by a pair of hands who didn't know who walked forward, she looked back at Yunhua, Yunhua was talking to the girl headed, the girl was slender, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, even a little bit of posture, and was smiling and preaching with Yunhua: Just now the people in the sentry pavilion on the Lotus Peak reported the news, saying that the son took the autumn girl, and there are ten miles of waterway to arrive, my girl was busy letting us come out to greet her, and the girl went to Liudan Pavilion to meet the child. Yunhua smiled: There is a girl from Laobi Lake.

"Autumn girl, be careful of the stone steps." A little girl reminded Qiuqiu Dao, Qiuqiu turned her head and saw that she had reached the foot of the mountain, and there were a hundred and ten steep stone steps leading to the main entrance of Jiangnan Villa above. Bihu looked at Qiuqiu's thin body and it was more difficult to go up the steps, so he instructed the family behind him: Chai Wu, you should go up with Miss Qiu first. "Hey." In response, from the family that followed behind, a sturdy man came out.

Huh? Qiuqiu was very resistant in her heart, she didn't like strangers of the opposite sex to touch her, even if she was now an eight-year-old child's body. "Sir," she blinked her big eyes and looked at Yunhua with a little scared, Yunhua knew that Qiuqiu was unhappy, so she smiled and stretched out her hand to stop Chai Wu, who was about to step forward, and said with a smile: No need, she can do it herself.

The group accommodated Qiuqiu's speed, and slowly climbed up one level at a time, the two little girls around Qiuqiu, about fifteen or sixteen years old, both wore the same hairstyle, and saw that Qiuqiu was tired of climbing, so they grabbed her from under her armpit with the crook of her arm and lifted her up to the shelf. Qiuqiu thought it was very funny and couldn't help laughing.

Bihu heard the laughter, and also laughed, and said to Yunhua: Just now I saw that Miss Qiu didn't seem to remember us, and I was worried that the girl would recognize her life when she was older, and when she heard this laughter, she felt at ease. Yunhua didn't answer, he looked up, Qiuqiu was having fun with the two little girls, thinking in his heart that it was rare to hear this kid laugh before.

The group was walking upwards when they heard the sound of the deadbolt being removed from the gate. This gate was built in the style of a city gate, and has a deep opening, but because it was built on a hill, it is much smaller than the city gate. The gate is connected to the courtyard wall on the left and right, and the walls are painted vermilion, and they are extremely wide, enclosing the whole mountain in it, and building corner towers on the four corners. On the wall of the courtyard is a two-zhang wide road, and every few zhang, there are lanterns with a string of three poles. There is also a two-storey castle tower directly above the gate, with flying eaves and hanging legs, which is very magnificent.

Qiuqiu saw that the door was being opened little by little, and when she heard the sound, she knew that the door was extremely heavy, and it took four people to pull it open. Qiuqiu heard a woman laugh and said: Let you pick up people, why is it so long? Immediately after that, a little boy dressed in red ran out of the door, his hair was curled into a curl on the top of his head, about eight or nine years old, he went out and saw Qiuqiu, so he stood a little shyly, and ran backwards again, pounced on the woman who had just spoken. The woman's hair was combed into a hanging bun, and the jade step of a phoenix beak and bead inserted in her hair was gently swaying with her steps. She was wearing a pink gown embroidered with hibiscus flowers, elegant and graceful; The facial features are all rounded in, like Guanyin Bodhisattva's kind eyebrows. This woman was followed by four maidservants dressed in purple with beautiful faces, and their appearance and bearing were not like mortals. Seeing that the boy in red was a little shy, the woman took his hand and walked out together, and said to him: Isn't this the sister Qiu'er you talk about every day, how can you not say hello when you meet. As he spoke, Yunhua and his party had already stood outside the gate of the villa.

Qiuqiu saw that the little boy was half hiding behind the woman in pink, smiling shyly at himself, and felt funny in his heart, so he asked him: Are you Ximen March? The little boy nodded, walked out from behind the woman in pink, and said to her: I know you are Xiao Qiu'er, I saw you when I was seven years old. After speaking, he grinned and was no longer cramped. Yun Hua and the woman in pink looked at each other with a smile, and Yun Hua said: I took the liberty to disturb us, we came to borrow it from Miss Su. Qiu'er knew in her heart - this was Su Mengtang among the people in Liuting. Su Mengtang said: "Brother Yunhua is polite, since we are married, where do you still need to say that you don't bother, I look forward to you coming to live all day long." As they spoke, the group entered the gate, and the family closed the door behind them. To the right, they walked up the hill along the gentle slope of the western wall. Jiangnan Villa is built because of the mountain, all the buildings can be in full view, Ximen March walked beside Qiuqiu, pointed to the highest three-story pavilion and said: Xiao Qiu'er, let's go to Liudan Pavilion to eat fruit cakes, my master took out all kinds of fruit cakes brewed last month, and I am usually not allowed to eat so much. Qiuqiu was not interested in the milky snack in front of her, she agreed casually, but her ears were listening to the conversation between the master and Miss Su.

Yunhua had just entered Jiangnan Villa, his face had become extremely kind, he looked at Su Mengtang with a smile, his eyes were completely different from the usual look at Qiuqiu, with a kind of appreciation, a kind of pleasure. Su Mengtang noticed the side gaze, she smiled and looked back, her appearance was even brighter and moving: According to the last time I saw Brother Yunhua, it has been two years, and I heard that my brother is cultivating under Taibai Peak, and he doesn't dare to be disturbed from time to time. The affairs of the villa, the inner mansion was handed over to Ziruo and Ziwen, and the outer ones were handed over to Bihu, so they were relieved. Her voice is full of energy, which makes people feel chivalrous and enthusiastic. Yunhua nodded and smiled: "Before the Qingming Festival in the past two years, the Bihu girl personally sent the tea planted in your village, and she will also receive the seasonal fruit cake sent by the family on the fifteenth day of every month. It was my negligence, knowing that you came back, and I didn't come early to thank you. Su Mengtang looked at Qiuqiu and Ximen March gently, and said softly: "Just a few pastries, why worry about it, at the beginning, a few of us and Brother Zhao Hong, drinking and talking freely every day, how happy and happy, but now. . . That's all I can do. After that, there was a three-point melancholy between his eyebrows. Seeing this, Yunhua was worried that Qiuqiu was getting older and could hear the clues in the words, so he only asked Su Mengtang what places he had traveled and what scenery he had seen, and diverted the topic. When Qiuqiu heard Su Mengtang's words, she secretly wondered in her heart: Who is Zhao Hong? Is she Zhao Hong's child? She decided to figure it out in the next few days.

After walking for half a cup of tea, passing through a small door that reads "The owner's inner house, idlers are not allowed to enter", the family members stayed, not daring to move forward. The rest of the group continued to walk for dozens of meters, turned left to the central axis of the villa, and there was a three-story pavilion in front of them, and an exquisite plaque with the book "Liudan Pavilion" was hanging under the eaves of the third floor. Su Mengtang and Yunhua walked in, Ziruo and Ziwen followed, and Ximen and Qiuqiu followed in, leaving the two purple-clothed maidservants, called Ziyu and Zifeng, who stayed outside the pavilion gate to wait for the dispatch. Bihu and the other green-clothed maidservants only stopped in the courtyard, and after Ziyu and Zifeng nodded, they each retired.

Qiuqiu saw that the rules were strict here, and she didn't dare to speak casually, so she only looked at the surrounding decorations and furnishings. Su Mengtang loves bamboo very much, so on all kinds of four walls, there are painted bamboos, on the painted strips, there are some antiques and Taihu stones, and in the center of the house is a carved wooden table full of luodian, and on the table are all kinds of fruit cakes in small plates. As soon as she sat down, Su Mengtang enthusiastically took Qiuqiu in her arms, stuffed a lot of fruit cakes into her hands, and softly scolded Ximen for eating before the guests were seated. Qiuqiu looked at Yunhua, Yunhua nodded at her, motioned for her to "eat", and Qiuqiu tasted a piece: Ha! Sweet and soft teeth, very delicious. Ximen March used some pockets in his clothes, called Qiuqiudao: Xiaoqiu'er, let's go, let's go to the courtyard to play and eat at the same time, the house is too stuffy. Qiuqiu was very reluctant, she would rather sit on it than go down to play with this little brat. She blinked and looked at Nanhua with big eyes again, hoping to be rescued, but this time Yunhua said: Xiaoqiu and March are going to play for a while, and I have something to talk about with your Aunt Su.