By the time Siming got home, the Jin girl of the Ma family was already waiting impatiently in the hall, and a finger knocked on the fence of the chair, making a thumping sound.

Miss Jin was not in a hurry, and when she heard that someone was coming from outside the door, she hurriedly left the hall, stood under the eaves, and said loudly, "I thought you wouldn't be back tonight." ”

The last time was not over, she still had a face, Siming stretched out his hand and dusted off his clothes, and said with a smile, "Who should I call me back in such a hurry, it turned out to be Miss Jin, what a rare guest." ”

This yin and yang weird temper really hasn't changed yet, Jin Shan really doesn't like him, but he has to let him do something, so he has to soften his temper, and said flatteringly, "I was wrong last time, and today I'm here to bring you good news." ”

"What other good news do you have to give?"

Jin Shan went to the hall and said, "There is something to say, there are many people here. ”

Siming snorted coldly, and followed her in, seeing the melon seed shells piled up on the table, he was bored again, and said angrily, "Hurry up and say something, there is no dinner for you here." ”

"I heard Sister Yi say that your grandfather used to be a good friend of my Ma family, and he ran a small piece of Catecha Mountain in the south." Jinshan changed his stool and sat down.

"So what?" Siming replied.

This is not a big secret, there are quite a few people who know about it, and it is precisely because of this relationship that Ma Bin took in Siming and looked at him a little differently.

Although this person still has a stinky temper, Jin Shan feels that this matter can be done, and he is confident, so he has more confidence, and said with a smile, "So, you have already gone to see that land?" It's really a good piece of land, but it's a pity that no one takes care of it, and now it's overgrown with weeds, and there is still a shadow of tea. ”

"What are you doing with a piece of land that you don't want?"

When he mentioned this, Siming's anger in his heart didn't come to one place. Three or four years after coming to Ma's house, Siming learned that the Ma family had only collected tea for two years on the land of his grandfather's house, and he had not taken care of it anymore. It is too far to the south, and it has never even sent a person to take care of it, leaving it to fend for itself. When Siming went there, it was already overgrown with weeds, and there were no surviving seedlings in sight.

After thinking about it again, Siming had it once in front of Ma Bin, but he happened to step on the sore spot and was suspicious. Since then, he has been on guard, and even Mingyi's matter is completely impossible after that, and he still talks about it.

Seeing Siming's somewhat annoyed expression, Jin Shan knew that this trip would not be in vain, so he took out a yellowed contract from his cuff, handed it to Siming, and said, "It took me a lot of effort to find out the whereabouts of this land, how are you going to thank me." ”

Siming touched the yellowed contract and was stunned, this word was clearly written by his grandfather, but it was not as vigorous and powerful as usual, and there were traces of shaking between the handwriting. I have taken care of the tea mountain all my life, and when I turn it to others at the end, I should be reluctant to write it down, so that when later generations see it, they will already understand the state of mind at that time.

In the gray sky, the fog had fallen to obscure the last light of the winter day, and the man outside the house saw the time and entered the door to light the oil lamp.

The most important thing was the light at that moment, Siming felt a little uncomfortable, blinked his eyes, and there were water droplets gushing out of it. Siming raised his sleeve to cover it, but his voice was still cold, and his lips trembled a little and couldn't help but tremble, and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" ”

"I want to know which tea merchant Uncle will invite next year." Jin Shan raised his head and said with a rare seriousness.

Siming gave the contract back to Jinshan, took two steps forward, and said, "Then you have found the wrong person, I have no way of knowing anything about the Ma family now." ”

Jin Shan walked around to the front of Siming, looked at Siming and said, "I didn't find the wrong person, why don't we gamble, you come to make an appointment to come out to catch up, I will buy a banquet, if he knows about this, even if I win, you give me the news, I will give you the contract, and we will reconcile from now on." ”

Siming shook his head, frowned, and said, "Even if he knew, he wouldn't necessarily tell me, I don't have anything to do with them now." ”

Jin Shan seemed to have heard something funny, and laughed, "It's so good like a brother, are you still worried that he won't tell you, but it's a pity that my brother believes in some untrustworthy people." ”

"What about you?"

"We're half a pound, haha." Jin Shan smiled, retracted the contract from his cuffs, and said to Siming, "I'll keep this thing for you first, and then go to the yamen to change it for you after the matter is completed." I'll leave first, and my dad is waiting for me to go back to dinner. ”

After coming out of Siming's house, Jinshan felt more comfortable than ever, and the tea mountain that he had been thinking about before finally let himself wait, and now it can be said that 'everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.' When the wind blows from the south and burns the mountain to the north, the mountain of tea will be in his pocket.

It was the time when the spring breeze was proud, but he was stumbled by someone at the door of his house, Jinshan touched the forehead that was hit, and was about to have a seizure, but he saw a fair and delicate face in front of his eyes, and under the light of the red lantern in front of the door, he looked red and white.

It's even better than Wang Siming ten years ago! Jin Shan thought in his heart, so he had forgiven him a little, and said in a soft voice, "This son, what are you doing here?" But I have something to see my father. ”

The man was obviously frightened by Jinshan, and his handsome face became more and more ruddy in the light of the lantern, but unfortunately he opened his mouth but stammered, and said intermittently, "I... When the words came to his lips, he couldn't say a complete sentence anyway.

"Let's go, I'll take you in." As he spoke, Jinshan took the man's arm and walked home.

The man tried to break free several times, but he still obeyed Jinshan and walked inside, and when he reached the light, he gently pulled his arm back.

"Daddy! Someone is looking for you. ”

The man knew some etiquette, and when he saw Fourth Master Ma, he first handed over the gift he was carrying, and said respectfully, "Uncle, my mother asked my little nephew to send some Western specialties." ”

Although Fourth Master Ma was a little surprised by Jin Shan's attitude towards this person, he didn't have a good face, and said across his face, "The thing has arrived, you can go back." ”

Jin Shan has always been used to being the master, and when he saw his father driving people, he stepped forward and complained, "Daddy, what are you talking about, others send things all the way over, how can they just let people go back like this, so let people eat and leave." Then he beckoned to the man and said, "You haven't had dinner yet, have you?" Sit down and eat before going back. ”

"I..." The man was afraid of Jinshan, he didn't dare to look at her, and he always stuttered when he spoke, but his body was very obedient and sat down with Jinshan.

Although Ma Siye was a little unhappy, he also let him sit down, and after dining with the father and daughter, he sent the person out.

As soon as the man left, Jin Shan hurriedly moved the stool, went to the side of Ma Siye, and asked, "Who is that person?" How I haven't seen it before. ”

Ma Siye was stunned for a moment, and said with a deliberate smile, "In the early years, a friend's child, the family was away all the year round, you didn't see it much, you saw it when you were a child, but now I'm afraid it's forgotten." ”

"I'll just say it! Such a good-looking person, how come I don't have any impression at all. Jinshan said.

This amused Ma Siye on the side, and said jokingly, "You like it? ”

Jin Shan smiled and said, "I have not ten or eight of my fancies, but in the end, it is not only that little pockmark who can be recruited." ”

Ma Siye smiled even more happily, leaned on the table and said, "If you like this, we will return the previous one, and I will let you two become the two of you with this old face." ”

"You're amusing me, Daddy." The citrus in winter is sweet and greasy, and it is best to eat one after a meal, Jinshan broke a petal and fed it into his mouth, which is really sweet.

It's just that the sweetness in his mouth dissipated too quickly, and before he could swallow it, he heard the fourth master say, "You haven't been tossing about the things over there in Chashan recently, have you?" ”

"Why! Daddy, if you say this again, I'm going to be angry, I said I didn't. Jin Shan said a little angrily.

"Forget it if you don't, Dad is just worried about you, don't go to this year's annual meeting, that kid surnamed Lin is not easy to mess with, we still avoid him a little." Ma Siye said.

"Why don't you go, Sister Yi is going to go this year, it's rare to have the opportunity to keep the New Year with her, you have to ban me." Besides, at the annual meeting every year, our family is either lacking this or that, and the uncle will be unhappy. ”

Ma Siye shook his head, looked at the roof and thought for a while, before he said, "You can go, don't add to the chaos." ”

"Got it, I'm going to rest." Jin Shan wiped his hands with a wet towel, then got up and went out the door and went to his house.

In the dead of night, the lights were still on in Jinshan's house, and he held a paintbrush in one hand, and from time to time he made a stroke on the paper, and what was depicted on the paper was nothing else, but the man he saw tonight.

A pair of apricot eyes, shining under the light of the night, crescent-like eyebrows, and a full peach blossom lips, are even warmer, and there are some calluses between the fingers.

After putting the brush aside, Jin Shan walked to the edge of the bookshelf, took out a picture album behind a few books, picked and selected, found the oldest one, and spread it out to see, but the painting on it was when Siming was young.

Jin Shan shook his head and sighed, "I used to attract some people, but now I really look mean." ”

On weekdays, Jin Shan likes to look at beautiful people, and often stares at people in the gallery, but Jin Shan prefers to draw these people, hide them in the painting, and keep them to taste slowly.

Siming, who came here from the north ten years ago, was sold far away at the fifteenth birthday banquet, the three girls of the Zhang family, Yinan, and even Yao Hua, who was beaten in the stomach by himself, were also collected in these paintings.

When he first learned to paint with a Danqing master, Jinshan liked to paint these portraits, and if a person's most crucial stroke was added well, Jinshan would leave the painting.

When the days are idle, he likes to do these boring things, Jinshan put away the album, took out the contract again, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect my father to have such treasures in his groceries, God really help me." ”