Shu'er lives in a small courtyard of a private house not far from Linjiang Restaurant, the yard is not big, but it is clean and chic, with a total of three cabins, plus a front hall for hospitality. There are many gardenias planted in the yard, the leaves are fat and the flowers are large, and the fragrance is refreshing. There is also another aunt living in the courtyard, whose surname is Song Mingyun, who is also from Chen Guo.

Yan Xiao led Shu'er back, although Song Yun welcomed Shu'er in, she pulled Yan Xiao and said: "You, you, we are all unmarried, and we are from that background, you bring a little girl back, in case others say that they are your illegitimate daughter, and the neighborhood is spreading falsehood, do you want to find a good family in the future?" ”

Yan Xiao said: "You and I grew up alone, if we didn't meet kind-hearted people, we might not have to endure any hardships." Now you and I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and no one bothers you, take in a little girl, teach her some skills to make a living, and care what others say? ”

Song Yun said: "It's not that I don't want to take her in, but I just remind you that you and I are also at this age now, when we were in Chen Guoshi, we were sought after, and we can be at ease and not think about the future, but in a few years, if we can't find a good family, do we two want to be companions for the rest of our lives?" Look at Qin'er, married into the Shengwang Mansion and gave birth to a little lord, you really don't have to worry about it for the rest of your life. If we are as lucky as her, we will marry when we come to Chu State, and now the children are as big as this little girl. Anyway, since he can no longer live a glorious life like Chen Guoshi, he has chosen the self-made way of living now, and he can't expect to climb the dragon and the phoenix. Naturally, the little girl can't eat and drink in vain, how can it be so easy to learn skills? Although the two of us met nobles when we were children, we didn't live an easy life, and the skills of this body were not tempered little by little by hard-working? ”

Yan Xiao saw Shu'er standing aside for no reason, walked over and took Shu'er's hand and said, "Your Aunt Song has always been a knife-mouthed tofu heart, since she promised to take you in, she will definitely not treat you badly." It's just that our two sisters depend on each other in this foreign country, it's really not easy, you have to follow us, and you have to endure hardships. ”

Shu'er nodded obediently and said: "As long as I can learn skills and support myself, I am not afraid of hardship or tiredness." ”

Song Yun said: "This is the Haikou you boasted of. The children adopted by our sisters cannot be worse than those of other people's families. After that, I practiced with me every morning, and I taught you how to dance in the afternoon. Back then, we were one of the best ...... in Chen Guo."

Yan Xiao interjected: "The hero doesn't mention the courage of the year. Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are all vassal elegance, and it is difficult for beauty to serve people for a long time, or my grandmother passed on my winemaking method that can be learned and applied whenever and wherever I am. We weren't going to sell her to a dance studio, so why teach her awkward talents? ”

Song Yun said: "You don't teach me to teach." Anyway, I think she's a piece of material, and if she doesn't get started at this age, she won't be able to learn if she wants to learn in the future. Otherwise, let Shu'er learn from you at night the unique wine-making method of your Yan family's ancestors, and learn those 'vassal elegance' from me during the day? ”

Yan Xiao said helplessly to Shu'er: "Your Aunt Song is talented, probably all talented people are afraid that their talents will not be passed on to the world. If you follow her to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, singing and dancing, even if you can't become a disaster, you can definitely become a generation of talented women. ”

Shu'er was pleasantly surprised: "Really? She suddenly remembered that on the day she was separated from her brother, he said with a smile on the bank of Peach Blossom Creek: "Yes, yes, when the time comes, I will marry your team, from the Jade River to Chushui!" She suddenly had a bigger idea: "If I don't go back to Yudu for a long, long time, and then go back when I grow up and grow into a 'generation of talented and beautiful women', I don't know how my mother and brother will be surprised?" ”

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So the years are in a hurry, the flowers bloom and fall, Shu'er has been living in Su Qin's house in the three-room courtyard, learning from Song Yun during the day, and making wine with a smile in the evening, every day is very busy, and I don't realize that two years have passed. Her understanding is extremely high, and although her knowledge is miscellaneous, she can quickly grasp it. Song Yun saw that she was learning quickly, and often said with relief: "In the future, even if your Aunt Yan's wine can't be sold, we can sell you, and we will definitely be able to sell it at a good price." ”

Shu'er smiled and said, "Okay! But I knew in my heart that the two aunts were actually kind-hearted and very good to themselves, although they were very strict, they taught them what they had learned, so how could they be willing to sell themselves? As smart as Shu'er, she knows that the more she learns, the better, the more she can live with her two aunts for a long time.

She had asked them about Xiao Yi countless times, but the two aunts were obviously from Chen Guo, but they didn't seem to have heard of Xiao Yi from Chen Guofanjing at all. She had no choice but to ask her two aunts about the customs of Chen and how to go from Chu to Chen. Both aunts said: "First of all, you have to earn enough money to go to Chen Kingdom, and secondly, you have to grow up and be able to protect yourself, otherwise the road will be long and wide, and the rivers and lakes will be treacherous, and you will not know how many times you have been arrested by the bad guys before you reach Chen Kingdom!" ”

Shu'er felt that it made sense, so she worked hard every day to learn various skills, thinking about how to earn enough money to go to Chen Guo.

In the afternoon of this day, Shu'er followed the shopkeeper Mu of Linjiang Restaurant in Linjiang Restaurant to learn to read the account books, and a messenger came to the restaurant and handed a letter from the palace of Yu Lingsheng of Chu State to the shopkeeper Mu, and asked the shopkeeper Mu to transfer it to Mrs. Yan who was making wine here. Shu'er took the letter home, Yan Xiao and Song Yun opened the letter together, saying that Aunt Su, who was married to the Shengwang Mansion, invited them to Yuling to attend the fifth birthday banquet of the little lord Lin Ying.

When Shu'er heard this, she immediately became interested. The mother is the ninth princess of the Chu State, and she has heard the mother say that the king of Chu, that is, her maternal grandfather, has seven sons, each of whom has been crowned king. Lin Lang, the Shengwang of Yuling, is the biological brother of his mother's father and mother, and ranks fifth among the seven princes of Chu State. Isn't his son his little cousin? But she came back to her senses in an instant, she was not her mother's child at all, what did these royal relatives of Chu have to do with her? But if you look at it, it's fresh.

The next day, Yan Xiao, Song Yun, and Shu'er hired a carriage and drove lightly to the Yuling Tomb of Chu State. Along the way, the mountains are a ride, the water is a ride, the carriage and the boat are constantly changing, and the green mountains and green waters are beautiful. However, on the sixth day, the three of them arrived at Yuling. Linjiang is surrounded by water on all sides, and Yuling is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The distant mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, which makes the tombs even more ethereal.

The residence of King Sheng is surrounded by mountains and rivers, like a paradise. The three of them were respectfully welcomed into the flower hall by the servants of the palace with the etiquette of Princess Sheng's family, and the flower hall was elegantly repaired, with a faint smell of lilacs. After a while, a beautiful young woman led her five-year-old son into the flower hall, the young woman was Su Qin of Chen Guoxiangcheng, and the five-year-old child was Lin Ying, the little lord of Shengwang's Mansion. Yan Xiao, Song Yun, Su Qin and Xiao Yi, once called the four beauties of Chen Guo, before being sent to the jade capital of Song State, the four of them had worshiped on the old city tower of Fanjing, and now ten years have passed, Xiao Yi has become a legend in the mouth of the storyteller, and Yan, Song, and Su also lived in seclusion in Chu State, and never mentioned the past of Chen State to others.

Since Su Qin married Lin Lang, the king of Sheng, she moved to Yuling, and she has not seen Yan Xiao and Song Yun who have been living in Linjiang for six years. Seeing each other at this time, the three sisters thought about the past, and they couldn't help but add tears to their smiles.

Song Yun smiled and said, "Qin'er, it turns out that you also have a lucky day!" ”

Yan Xiao squatted down, picked up the five-year-old little lord, and raised his eyebrows: "Our little lord is so good-looking!" It's just a dough kneader! Look at this little face, it looks like honey! ”

The little lord Lin Ying has always been happy, her eyes narrowed into curved willow leaves when she laughed, and the corners of her mouth were like Shu'er, with a small dimple, which looked more cute than a female doll.

Su Qin also smiled at Shu'er, who came over to tease the little lord, and asked, "Whose daughter is this?" What a beautiful embryo! ”

Song Yun said: "This is a hard-working child we adopted in Linjiang, called Shu'er. ”

Shu'er obediently gave Su Qin a salute to the elders in the White Jade Palace, and called out sweetly: "Aunt Su." ”

The little lord in Yan Xiao's arms also learned Shu'er's sweet voice and shouted, "Sister Shu'er." ”