In the dead of night, the hustle and bustle of the day finally came to an end.

The sixth aunt slept in Zhang Shuqiu's room, and Zhang Yunshan accompanied Ning Ye to live in the courtyard of Liujin.

The row of wood hibiscus outside Ning Ye's window was blooming with flourishing flowers, and it was impossible to distinguish the color in the dark night, but it was blown out by the wind. Ning Ye was lying on the bed, looking at the roof, but a few meters away, I don't know if that person also slept, whether it would be like himself, tossing and turning, but he couldn't sleep.

He is actually a little confused about the mixed feelings in his heart now, and he can't understand why so many faces will appear in one person. I have seen her long-sleeved dance today, and she is full of charm, and suddenly I am very grateful to her for being cold in the past, and she is thousands of miles away. Otherwise, how could such a woman who could easily fall for him wait for him to find her.

He remembered her enthusiastic but shy little daughter in his arms, and couldn't help but start to heat up again, touched his mobile phone from the bedside table, and sent a message: Did you sleep, I miss you, I can't sleep.

Zhang Shuqiu had just finished taking a shower and was sitting in front of the dresser blowing her hair, when she saw the hot text message, she felt that there was an elder on the bed next to her who looked at her with a smile, and she couldn't help blushing again.

When Zhang Shuqiu finally lay down beside Aunt Six, he felt the inexplicable warmth on her body, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Aunt Six, the smell on your body is a bit like my grandmother, it's not a fragrance, it's the kind of clean smell like the sun." ”

"Silly girl, I miss my grandmother, and I often think of her old man. It's been more than 20 years, and I often remember what she told us. ”

Zhang Shuqiu snuggled up to the sixth aunt and asked softly: "I've been thinking about it lately, if my grandmother is still here, will she scold me, all these years, looking back now, I feel a little stupid." ”

"If the third aunt is still here, you definitely don't have to suffer so much."

"I don't think I've suffered much, in fact, I have been studying day and night for many years, and I feel very good, but it is very simple, those vast words, countless books, let me forget all these things."

Wang Yiyun chuckled: "A few years ago, your uncles were so anxious that they were worried about your marriage, but I wasn't in a hurry at all. You have no distractions to get your current achievements, if you are so distracted early and indulge in love, it is really a waste of your smart brain. By the way, I heard Yiwei say that you have signed a very strange contract in the past three years, you tell me. ”

"It's nothing, it's just a rich and idle foreigner, who has nothing to do when he is full, just to have fun for himself." Zhang Shuqiu smiled faintly.

Wang Yiyun laughed at Zhang Shuqiu's words: "You girl, it's as simple as that." ”

Zhang Shuqiu said coquettishly: "Sixth aunt, don't talk about this person, I'm annoyed by him, I have to live like this every day, I don't have to do anything else, just fight wits and courage, it's boring......"

"What about the doctor you introduced by Uncle Yiming a few years ago? Didn't you two say you two were dating? ”

"What's the matter, people dislike me for being work in addition to work, and even having a meal, I have to use a variety of different languages and make several phone calls, saying that it affects my health."

The sixth aunt suddenly changed her words: "That Ning Ye is so good?" Makes you throw away your armor so quickly? ”

"I don't know, I just think it's quite comfortable, maybe I'm older, I just want to follow my heart and try it."

"Listen to what you mean, it turns out that you have also been moved?"

"Well, there are always times when I am moved, but when I calm down and think about it, it still doesn't work. Now that I think about it, I just didn't want to open it. ”

"Have you thought about it calmly this time?"

"Well, the other day, he went out of the country, and I found out that I would actually miss him."

Wang Yiyun could feel the faint sweetness in Zhang Shuqiu's tone, and chuckled: "That's fine, go with the flow, you can be relaxed and happy." But there is one thing, although you are now an adult, Auntie still has to remind you. ”

"Well, you say."

"It's good to be sweet together, but be careful. Although the times are different now, the people who came over in Auntie's generation are still quite concerned about these. Let's be a good girl, don't leave people talking. Auntie said, you know? ”

Zhang Shuqiu's face burned crimson, and his voice was softer than a mosquito: "Well, I know." ”

Wang Yiyun mainly wanted to say this to Zhang Shuqiu tonight, and when she saw her, she was a little thorough, and she didn't get entangled much, and suddenly said: "You said that Wang Ertam is that rammer, the child is so old, and he won't get married, what's going on?" ”

Zhang Shuqiu sighed and said: "I'll talk to him well, he said that he will come back in the next few days, it won't be something else, it stands to reason, he should be busy at this time." ”

Wang Yiyun shook his head very dissatisfied: "His profession, I have long said about him, hey, forget it, don't talk about it, when he comes back, you can help me ask clearly." You don't know how hard it is for me to see him, I guess this kid is afraid that I will talk about him, and he will not dare to come to me. ”

"Okay, I see. Is my uncle still as busy as he used to be? How is Shubei doing? ”

"Your uncle has been a little more idle recently than before, after being sick last time, he seems to want to open a little, how can people stay up like that when they are old, the old man of his family also said that he still has to let go of some things. Shubei is quite good, and the energy without distractions is a bit similar to you in the past. ”

"Have you found a girlfriend?

"That's not good, I don't know who to follow, Miss Li today and Miss Hou tomorrow. I said it a few times, and then I thought about it, forget it, anyway, if he doesn't bring it to me and doesn't cause trouble, I won't bother to worry so much. ”

"Haha, who called our guy handsome. Auntie, go to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow. ”

"Okay, you can sleep too......"

The wind of Dayun Mountain always carries a mild and moist breath and the fragrance of plants and trees.

Ning Ye got up early in the morning, passed through the six-way gate, and entered the garden at the back, and saw the wood hibiscus that was blown by the wind outside the window last night, full of flowers, or white, pink or rose-red, large and large under the cover of green branches and leaves, extremely beautiful.

Walking through the shallow pond, I found that the water was flowing from outside, the stream was shallow, the water was silent, and it flowed slowly into the lower bay around the ditch covered with stone slabs behind the house.

When Zhang Shuqiu came to call Ning Ye for breakfast, he was standing at the highest point in the center of the courtyard and looking down, there was sporadic cooking smoke, which made the village look more quiet and comfortable in the thin morning mist, with the light sunlight, and the person who was getting closer and closer in front of him, Ning Ye looked a little stunned for a while.

Zhang Shuqiu smiled and stepped forward to take Ning Ye's hand, Ning Ye used a little force, pinched it and said, "It's a little cold, wear more clothes, it's cold in the mountains." ”

"Well, what were you just thinking, as if you were in a daze."

"I was thinking that it would be nice to be able to retire here with you when I was old in the future."

"Haha, so people can't rest, you see you've only rested for two days, and you're thinking about retirement, I don't want to be the target of the public. Alright, let's eat. ”

"Well, this place is easy to make people discouraged, you say that people are busy all their lives, and in the end they just want to find such a place to retire. No wonder you want to retire, this ease of life is really rare. Otherwise, in the past few years, you will live here, and I will accompany you......" Ning Ye looked at Zhang Shuqiu with burning eyes.

Zhang Shuqiu shrugged his eyebrows, pursed his lips and looked at Ning Ye with a smile, and didn't speak, Ning Ye hurriedly added: "Okay, you also accompany me, and in the future, when we are old, we will retire here." ”

"It's a long-term idea, but I'm hungry now, let's eat." Zhang Shuqiu shook his head and walked in, Ning Ye let Zhang Shuqiu take his hand, slowly crossed the sandwich road, and went to have breakfast.

Last night there was a lot of people in the room, but today it seems that all of them are gone. Ning Ye felt very strange, and the uncle explained with a smile: "It's all about something, and they all left before dawn early in the morning." What are you going to do today? ”

Zhang Yunshan came in from outside and said, "Sister Xiaoqiu, my brother and sister-in-law went back up the mountain first, and said to let me stay and see if you want me to do anything." ”

"It's just right, you take your brother Ning today, go to the hot spring in Wangjiachong over there, I'm going to the county seat, the sixth grandmother is sick, I have to go and see." Zhang Shuqiu beckoned Zhang Yunshan to sit down and eat.

Ning Ye said with a sad face: "Can't I go with you?" ”

Zhang Shuqiu shook his head and said half-jokingly: "The old man is old, but he can't stand such a big surprise, I can come back at noon." ”

No matter how reluctant Ning Ye was, he finally accepted this arrangement.

From this day on, Ning Ye could be regarded as seeing how busy Zhang Shuqiu was in a semi-retired state.

When Ning Ye followed Zhang Yunshan out in the morning, Zhang Shuqiu was already sitting in front of the computer and started to work, occasionally coming back at noon, after lunch, she would accompany him for a walk in the garden behind, and when he came back in the afternoon, it was already waning, the lights were turned on, and she was still in front of the computer.

Only at night, Zhang Shuqiu's time belongs to Ning Ye, but her mailbox still keeps popping up reminders of work emails. Ning Ye held Zhang Shuqiu in his arms, didn't let her move, and said dissatisfiedly like a child: "Are you lying to me, are you going to retire?" ”

Zhang Shuqiu smiled helplessly: "The work can't be done, but I really have to reduce the number of new jobs I accept, and the work at hand now will probably take three or five years to really end." ”

"So long? Can't you leave it to someone else? ”

"No, it's the same as the operation of the machine, I am also a screw in this machine, and I have to be responsible for other parts. The work I take on now is very simple, and if I am lazy, I am a little sorry for my work partner. Where have you been today? Is there a catch? ”

"Yunshan took me to the west of the mountain, and I climbed the mountain two days ago and had leg cramps, and it seems that I have slowly adapted to it in the past two days."

"That's where chestnuts are grown, have you eaten the chestnuts of the villagers?"

"Chi chestnuts are just the last batch, they are really as you said, they are big and full, and they taste good both raw and cooked."

"Did you go to the statue workshop on the edge of town over there?"

"Engraving? No, Yunshan didn't say that there is such a place, is there any origin? ”

"Look at the sash and the door frame and the baseboard in our house." Zhang Shuqiu took Ning Ye's hand, walked around the courtyard of the house, and went to the main house in the courtyard of Liujin.

A lifelike statue of Guanyin is placed in the middle hall of the main room, the eyes are compassionate, overlooking all living beings, round and smooth, making people see the heart quiet, which is very rare.

Zhang Shuqiu continued: "This is the craftsmanship of the ancestors of this statue workshop in the past, you can look at the furnishings in this study. "The furnishings in the house are quaint, there are a few porcelain with a sense of age, and there are some picture scrolls, and more are those wooden carvings, some are pure wood color, some are colored, all of them are lifelike, even the eyes of a fish, but also with expression.

Ning Ye didn't feel it at first, he looked at the same way, and the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became: "These are all the crafts of that family?" ”

"Well, awesome, right?"

"It doesn't seem that ordinary craftsmen can make it, and ordinary carving masters don't have this level."

"This ancestor is the royal statue maker, in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, in order to avoid the scourge of war, to this place, it took root here. I've seen their manuscripts, and it's a very powerful family tradition. The men in the family have to pass on the craftsmanship of making statues, and the women only learn to carve, you see the decorations on these houses, they are all handmade by their daughters, some of which are carved by my ancestors when they made the house, and some of them are now made up. ”

Ning Ye studied it for a long time, shook his head and said, "I can't see it, it all feels like an old thing." This is really a master among the people. ”

"Don't have any ideas?" Zhang Shuqiu asked with a smile.

Ning Ye thought for a while, and his eyes lit up and said: "To create a cultural business card, if the tourism industry is developed in the future, it can be used as a part of the tourism route, and the area should also be able to develop scenic spots, as well as agricultural and sideline products that can be sold, and even experiential play, which is very good." And this kind of thing is more attractive to tourists from some foreign countries, so you can make the industry up. But can they produce it on a large scale? ”

Zhang Shuqiu shook his head and said: "This kind of traditional handicraft, I think it's better not to take the road of scale." It is high-end customization, making brands and influences, and it is possible to make ten thousand. I suggest you see it with your own eyes, it will be more impressive. ”

"Are you with me? You see that Yun Shan can't remember this at all, so it can be seen that he doesn't know much. Ning Ye looked at Zhang Shuqiu pitifully.

After pestering for a long time, Zhang Shuqiu finally nodded and agreed, and Ning Ye took care of admiring the big study room with three rooms, and suddenly remembered something, and asked strangely: "I see that the room here and I live in, it seems that it should have been used by you, why don't you use it, you should like the big study very much."

"Behind here is the garden, and at night there is the sound of the wind and the birds, and sometimes the night owls, which are so scary that I dare not live alone, so I moved to the front yard." Zhang Shuqiu said with a smile.

"Then you, is it okay to move back, I will accompany you, you will not be afraid, you look at that bed, the bed is full of your smell, I am alone, smelling you, thinking about you, how can I sleep." Ning began to be coquettish again when he was three years old.

"The bed is obviously new, and it smells like the sun......"

"Yes, you are my sun......"

After being obsessed with it for half an hour, Zhang Shuqiu was still defeated by Ning San, defeated, and went to the room full of her taste.

Outside the window, the autumn night breeze is cool, and the hibiscus is still blooming prosperously and warmly......