"Xiang Lin, I didn't say goodbye last night, but I was forced by the situation, and I had to do it as a last resort, so I beg forgiveness. This time, I will stay in the small house of Shiqiao, with Qinglian as my companion, so there is no need to worry. Don't be a gentleman overnight, lovesick for three years, when the first day is good, Mengdong comes to meet. The letter said, "Mengdong is here to meet..."Xu Xianglin muttered in his mouth, and after thinking for a while, he knew what this meant, and couldn't help but smile happily, and then put pen to paper, saying: "Sanjiu, go to the Shiqiao Mansion quickly, hand over this letter to Ziying in person, don't let my father see it, by the way, Ziying's whereabouts should not be publicized." ”

Sanjiu said: "Son, that old woman Wang is a vicious and difficult master, Feng Niangzi lives with them, that is not a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, maybe there will be some trouble." Xu Xiang Lin thought about it: "As long as Qinglian and Ziying are friendly, there will be no trouble, go quickly." Sanjiu didn't understand what he meant, and he didn't want to ask more, so he stepped back.

At noon, Liang Yong came to look for Feng Ziying, the last time the two discussed the matter of leg disease, Liang Yong came to find her this time to help her heal, Feng Ziying was weak after being released from prison a few days ago, and it was inconvenient to use medicine, Liang Yong was worried, and it was expected that she should recover almost this time. Xu Xianglin welcomed him into the study, Liang Yong looked around, and did not see Feng Ziying's shadow, so he interrogated, Xu Xianglin had to inform him about Feng Ziying's departure, Liang Yong sighed after hearing it: "Feng Niangzi is ill-fated, and this time she left alone, how should this be..."

Xu Xianglin said: "Liang Gong has something important to discuss? Liang Yong told him the purpose of the trip, and Xu Xianglin was pleasantly surprised: "If Liang Gong can cure Ziying's leg disease, this kindness will be remembered in his heart and he will be repaid in the future." Liang Yong said with a smile: "As a doctor, the old man should be merciful to help the world and save people in danger. Then he was told the details of the medication and the external auxiliary methods, Xu Xianglin wrote them on the paper one by one, and said: "Liang Gong doesn't need to worry too much, I have my own arrangements on Ziying's side." ”

After chatting a few words, Liang Yong said goodbye and left, Xu Xianglin called Ruolan and told her to go to the Lu Medical Center every three days to get medicine, and send it to the house in time, so that there could be no mistakes.

Qinglian, formerly known as Liu Qinglian, has never seen her father since she was born, and her mother Wang told her that the Xiao Dynasty was in civil strife and strife, so that later the war broke out, and her father was arrested and sent to the army, and he never came back since, and he was afraid that he would die on the battlefield. After Liang Wu Emperor Xiao Yan pacified the war, unified the Southern Dynasty, the land of Tiannan finally settled down, Wang worked hard to pull her up, guarding a few acres of thin fields to live, Qinglian is seventeen years old, seven months younger than Ziying, but born with beautiful eyebrows, intelligent, at a glance looks like a smart and intelligent woman.

Because the house is simple and dilapidated, Feng Ziying and Qinglian live in the same house, the two are tired of being together all day long, talking about everything, saying nothing, in addition to doing some housework, the most talked about in their leisure time is a thousand flowers and flowers, and they are full of interest every time they chat. One day, Ruolan rushed to the small house after grabbing the medicine, Qinglian and Wang's went out to sell flowers, Feng Ziying stayed in the house alone, and was watering a pot of spider plants, when she saw Ruolan greeted her, she said with a smile: "Sister come into the house, tossing back and forth these days, thank you for your hard work." Ruolan said: "Sister said something, as long as your illness is cured as soon as possible, it's too late for me to be happy, sister." ”

Feng Ziying asked anxiously again: "Is Xiang Lin okay?" Ruolan said: "Oh, Sister don't worry, my son-in-law only does two things all day..." Ruolan deliberately didn't say, Feng Ziying was curious: "Which two things?" Ruolan whispered softly: "One of these is reading, and the other is thinking of you!" Feng Ziying was about to grab her when she heard this, Ruolan got up and dodged, you dodged me, and the two laughed and played.

That's it, Ruolan helped her lie on the bed, fed the decoction, kneaded her legs carefully, and said earnestly: "Sister, now that Gongzi and I are not by your side, you must take care of yourself in the future, take the medicine on time, and remember not to use brute force in the wounds." Feng Ziying smiled knowingly: "Sister don't worry, I will be careful, but Xiang Lin, you must take care of him." By the way, seven days later is the auspicious day of Yuanchen, tell Xiang Lin Mo to forget the agreement. Ruolan smiled at her and agreed, and left the mansion after a few admonitions.

Seven days but passed, the end of the year, the lights were lit all night, the mountains and seas were like a tide, the doors of the houses were peachy, and the children were in groups of alleys. The sound of firecrackers, the noise of gongs and drums, the shocking court, the earthquake of the city, in front of the temple, worship the ancestors, sacrifice to the gods, pray for the wind and rain, pray for longevity and health, the night candle is not extinguished, talk about tonight, laugh and laugh, and the yellow hair hangs down and is wasted. On the first day of the three dynasties, the young and the old are dressed up, the generations worship each other, enter the pepper cypress, drink peach soup, all diseases must not invade, the evil is not close, Tusu wine is full of plague and scattered, and the gum teeth are saccharified between the teeth.

Three winters passed, Qiong Ying tears, plum blossoms, all accompanied by the soil, several lives met, drunk on the branches, can you remember, the tears that fell from the branches in the previous life; Nine spring is coming, the talent is far away, the beauty is in love, the lovesickness trickles down, several generations meet, obsessed with dreams, can you remember, the warp cylinder that turned around the fingers in the previous life. I don't see it for a day, such as March, Feng Ziying dresses up in the mirror, pays attention to scattering Guangdai, lightly about the flower yellow, and bundles the skirt a hundred times, not caring about the person in the mirror.

Qinglian pulled her to the head of the bed and sat down, and teased: "Oh, why is Sister not satisfied, I think that even if Sister Sister smiles, it is better than that day of the fairy country!" Feng Ziying said shamefully: "I haven't seen Xu Lang for many days, and today is a good day, so I want to dress up better..." Feng Ziying bowed her head and was silent, her eyes full of expectation, and she couldn't help but smile slightly when she thought about it.

Thinking back to the year, every time the Yuan Chen Festival, the Xu Mansion was happy and happy, lively and prosperous, the red lanterns were hung high, day and night, the sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums was noisy, the world was shocked, the dignitaries and dignitaries worshipped, the rich families of the scholars presented their congratulations, and the guests from all over the world were endless, and the court was like a city, and the Xu family at that time covered half of the sky of the city.

Sigh today, the Xu family's business has been declining year after year, the courtyard is cold, although seeing the joy of the past, the red light is still the same, but only sighing outside the door is noisy, the door is sad and old, no one asks about the festival and good day, and the promenade is dusty, adding a lot of worries. Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, the world is impermanent, who would have predicted what is the present and what the past is.

Xu Xianglin worshiped his parents and ancestors in the morning, but seeing that Xu Zhao's face was not pleasant, Xu's mother was worried, and she didn't dare to say more and quit the hall, but bumped into Ruolan head-on, she was holding a sugar ball in her hand, and Sanjiu chased after her with a shout, scrambling to eat, Ruolan didn't give it, and teased him in circles, and the two frolicked endlessly, as if they didn't care about their son-in-law at all.

Xu Xianglin pretended to be serious and said: "Nonsense, do you still have a son like me in your eyes, if you are caught by your father, you will have good fruit to eat." The two immediately restrained a lot, looked at each other, Ruolan angrily stuffed the sugar ball into Sanjiu's mouth, and complained: "Stinky Sanjiu, it's all up to you." Standing beside Xu Xianglin confidently, Sanjiu said aggrievedly: "I bought the sugar balls, obviously you bullied me, why did you rely on me." ”

Xu Xianglin held back a smile and walked to the study, Ruolan followed and grimaced at Sanjiu, Sanjiu seemed to be a little sulky, babbling on the spot, chewing the sugar ball in his mouth, and shouted while chasing after him after a while: "Don't be angry, don't you leave one for you!" On the surface, the two of them are incompatible, but they feel very much like each other.

Xu Xianglin sat on the desk, spread out the book and wanted to read the book with peace of mind, at first he could still read three or two chapters, and gradually his eyes were stupid, wandering away from the book, looking at Mengdong on the window in a daze, the figure of Yiren flashed in his mind, so clear and warm, he couldn't help but smile slightly, he must be dumbfounded, it is really a poetry book that looks like nothingness, and the dream of a beautiful woman is real. Sanjiu was shocked and frightened when he saw this, walked to his side lightly, shook his hand in front of his eyes, did not react, and shouted softly, but still did not react, and finally simply shouted boldly: "The master is here!" Xu Xianglin was startled and asked where the person was, Sanjiu smiled at him embarrassedly and scared, Xu Xianglin came back to his senses and said: "Shouting and screaming to scare me to death, isn't it..."

At noon, there was a guest Zong Shuhan in the house, this person and Xu Zhao is close friends, in the early years Xu Zhao served as the Hui Ji Tai Shou period, Zong Shuhan was engaged in under him, loyalty, Xu Zhao was wrongfully demoted, he was also implicated, once displaced, fled to Yingzhou Yi'an, Yi'an County Taishou remembered his deep understanding of Confucianism and morality, learned rich five cars, and left him in the mansion, educated the dogs, and became a doctor of leisure. Yingzhou is thousands of miles away from Dongyangzhou, and Zong Shuhan came all the way to congratulate him, which shows his friendship with Xu Zhao.

In the main hall, Xu Zhao and Zongshu were staggered, chatting and laughing, and Xu's mansion also added some festive atmosphere. In fact, when Xu Xianglin was very young, Zong Shuhan had seen him, but he was too young to remember, so he didn't have any impression when he grew up. Mother Xu came into the room with a smile and said, "Xiang'er, your uncle is here, hurry up and go with your mother to congratulate." Xu Xianglin was stunned, as if he didn't know, and then rushed to the main hall with his mother in his arms.

As soon as he entered the hall, Zong Shuhan stopped the wine cup, got up and stepped forward, looked Xu Xianglin up and down carefully, nodded his head uncontrollably, turned his head and asked, "Brother, this is Ling Lang?" Xu Zhao smiled, Zong Shuhan looked back and smiled, and sighed: "Oh, I think Ling Lang was still a baby who could only cry, more than ten years have passed, and now Ling Lang has grown into an adult, with beautiful eyebrows and soft eyes, and he is really a talent." ”

Xu Xianglin hurriedly said: "I don't know that Uncle Zong is coming to the house, and Xiang'er is far away, and I look at Haihan." After saying that, he bowed and worshipped, Zong Shuhan raised his arm and praised: "Ling Lang knows how to be a good man, he is a good man who is polite and courteous." Saying that, he stepped back from the chair, saluted Xu Zhao, turned his head and stared at Xu Xianglin with satisfaction. Mother Xu motioned for him to sit in the chair last time, and several people drank and chatted, and several hours passed in a blink of an eye.