twenty-two

Since Zhi'er fled on a rainy night and was found by Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan treated Zhi'er and returned to the meticulous closeness and care of the past.

As for the marriage contract, the two tacitly kept silent, just hoping to live a good life.

In order to let Zhi'er know the book as soon as possible, he spent a lot of money and specially invited a respected old gentleman in the capital to come to the house to teach Zhi'er to read and write.

Not...... I don't know what Brother Xiao Yuan is busy with now? Did you miss Zhi'er.

Zhi'er stopped the ink pen in her hand, supported her head with her palm, looked at the blue sky outside the window, and her thoughts were like clouds hanging in the air, fluttering and drifting towards Xiao Yuan.

Piao Piao Piao ~~~ "Smack! ”

"Eh! Hurt! The old gentleman's ring ruler fell on the top of Zhi'er's head, and Zhi'er was in pain, covering her head with both hands, and her face was full of grievances.

"You need to concentrate when you study!" The old gentleman looked at Zhi'er condescendingly, dragging the elder's voice with a serious face.

"Yes, sir." Zhi'er pouted with a grizzled face, so she could only obediently lift the ink pen and drag out crooked words on the white paper.

"The ancient sages have a cloud of 'reviewing the old and learning the new, you can be a teacher'. Have you memorized the lesson I taught you yesterday? ”

"This ...... Well...... This one...... I memorized it! Again...... Forgot again! ”

The old gentleman blew his beard and stared, his face was black, red, purple and blue, very exciting. "Rotten wood! Rotten wood also! ”

......

twenty-three

Xiao Yuan was sitting by the well cleaning vegetables and fruits, and Zhi'er, who was out of class, came with a flat mouth and a textbook in her hand, with a bitter melon face.

"What's wrong with Zhi'er? Scolded by the teacher again? Xiao Yuan stopped what he was doing, turned his head and handed out a string of shiny rock sugar gourds.

"I won't endorse it, my husband went to my father to sue me, but my father was furious, saying that Zhi'er had embarrassed him and wanted me to finish memorizing the books taught by my husband, otherwise I would not be allowed to finish eating!" Zhi'er threw down the water, took the rock sugar gourd, picked up the radish on the ground in her hand and smashed it into the basin.

"Eh, eh! Auntie and grandmother, Cheng Woman, Cheng Woman! The radish is to be eaten tonight, not for your sophistication! Xiao Yuan hurriedly snatched the radish in Zhi'er's hand, and smashed it again, and it was sparsely crushed.

Zhi'er was amused and giggled, but when she thought of endorsing the book, her face went down.

"You! You deserve to be scolded! I've heard my husband say that Zhi'er spends twice as much time wandering in class than studying! ”

"Ahhh Even Brother Xiao Yuan bullied me! Bite you! Zhi'er pounced on Xiao Yuan with her teeth and claws, and opened her mouth towards her arm to bite down.

"Shhh It hurts! Brother Xiao Yuan is wrong, Zhi'er is good, let go! The mouth was loose, leaving two rows of tooth marks, Zhi'er turned her head and waist, pouting angrily.

Xiao Yuan smiled helplessly, picked up the book on the ground, and glanced at it. "Okay, good Zhi'er, don't be angry, come, I'll teach you to endorse."

Zhi'er glanced at it, helpless, after all, she was still looking forward to dinner, so she could only obediently follow Xiao Yuan's word by word. But I was very happy in my heart, because it was no one else who was teaching, it was my favorite brother Xiao Yuan.

......

twenty-four

In the evening, Cheng Cheng had to check how well he was memorizing his homework.

Zhi'er took the book, timidly stepped into the study, and said "Zhihu" in front of Cheng Cheng, although she stumbled, she also memorized the homework of the two days completely.

"Well, yes, yes, there is progress." Cheng Cheng nodded with satisfaction.

"Brother Xiao Yuan taught me to memorize it!" Zhi'er called happily.

"Oh? Yuan'er literacy? Can you still be taught to endorse? Cheng Cheng was a little surprised, after all, in his impression, Xiao Yuan was just a subordinate who was taken in, and he should have no knowledge.

"Yes, yes! Daddy can't think of it, right? Brother Xiao Yuan is amazing, I don't know the place, and he will patiently explain it to me, and he will explain it to me patiently, and Zhi'er will remember it quickly. Unlike the old gentleman, he always speaks cryptically and mysteriously, and Zhi'er listens in a daze. "Zhi'er gave Xiao Yuan credit one by one, and by the way, she squeezed the old gentleman again, so as to report the revenge!

Cheng Cheng heard this and thought for a while. "I see, Zhi'er, you go and talk to Yuan'er, and let him see me after dinner."

......

"Master, Yuan'er is here."

After dinner, Xiao Yuan came to the door of the study and knocked lightly.

"Come in."

Xiao Yuan pushed open the door as he said, walked to the bookcase, and saluted.

"I don't know what the master ordered the villain to do?"

"Listen to Zhi'er, you taught her to memorize today's homework?" Cheng Cheng put down the book in his hand and raised his eyes to look at Xiao Yuan.

"Back to the master, it's the eldest lady taught by the villain."

"Well, that's very good, how about leaving it to you to teach Zhi'er her homework in the future?"

"The little talent is shallow, I am afraid that I will not be competent and live up to the expectations of the master."

"This is a bad statement, Zhi'er is stubborn by nature, the old gentleman has nothing to do with her, she likes to play with you since she was a child, you call her, she listens to it, and in the future, you just need to discipline her to study after class."

"Yes, sir, if there are no other orders, the villain will retreat."

"Wait, there's one more thing." Xiao Yuan was about to commit himself to retreat, but was stopped by Cheng Cheng.

"Yuan'er, I know that you and Zhi'er have feelings for each other. However, I am also old, and I have such a daughter under my knees. The Cheng family needs to count on her to take care of and support her in the future. Do you understand what I mean? Cheng Cheng's voice was a little sad, and his vicissitudes of life flickered in the candlelight.

"The villain understands that the villain is sincerely happy for the famous marriage that the master has set for Zhi'er."

......

Since then, after class, Xiao Yuan will always put down all chores and patiently teach Zhi'er to review her homework, and the two have a legitimate reason to be alone, and they are almost inseparable.

The strange thing is that no matter how highly respected and knowledgeable the old gentleman is, Zhi'er can't listen to half of the sentence, but Xiao Yuan teaches her, but she understands everything.

Zhi'er's progress was seen by the old gentleman who was kept in the dark, and he thought that his teaching was carved out of rotten wood, and he was secretly complacent. And the whole Cheng Mansion tacitly did not break the truth, which saved the old gentleman's heart.

Time flows like this without a trace, and Zhi'er and Xiao Yuan have a lot of time together every day, spending it in full happiness.

There is more ink in Zhi'er's stomach, and she naturally has a little bit of a well-read and beautiful appearance.

But the sorrow in the hearts of the two is getting heavier and heavier day by day.

is getting closer and closer to the wedding date set by the Gao family, less than half a month.

twenty-five

Autumn is getting stronger, bursts of gloom are blowing with the wind, soaked with flowers and grass, soaked in the national capital Chang'an, and soaked in this tireless traffic.

The lotus flowers in the lotus pond have long since withered, and the green lotus leaves have also been inlaid with withered yellow corners, and they have fallen sickly.

Xiao Yuan by the pool, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and his expression was solemn.

Seeing this from afar, Zhi'er tiptoed over. Xiao Yuan looks like this, Zhi'er has seen a lot recently, perhaps because there is not much left of her marriage with the Gao family.

"Brother Xiao Yuan, Zhi'er is here!" Zhi'er leaned against Xiao Yuan's ear and sighed softly.

"Zhi'er, the old gentleman is sick today, so he doesn't have to go to class, let's sneak out of the suburbs to collect wind, right?" Xiao Yuan pretended to be relaxed and proposed.

It's really unexpected, in the past, without his father's permission, Brother Xiao Yuan would never take the initiative to take Zhi'er out of the house.

Zhi'er was puzzled in her heart, so she leaned her face closer and asked thievingly, "Why are you suddenly so kind to take me out today?" Aren't you afraid of being known by your daddy? As the saying goes, 'unprovoked dedication is either a traitor or a thief'! Say! Are you trying to plot against Zhi'er?! ”

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid, but I don't think I've taken Zhi'er out to play for some days, and seeing that Zhi'er is pitiful every day, I'm kind enough to take Zhi'er out to play! Zhi'er also said that I was plotting against me! If you don't go, just a word, don't pull it down! ”

Xiao Yuan had a weak heart and pretended to be calm and eloquent.

"Go, go, go! Who said no, even if Brother Xiao Yuan really tried to do wrong, Zhi'er is not afraid of you! Zhi'er lowered her head shyly and hit Xiao Yuan in the arm with a pink punch.

It's just that the "bad intentions" that Zhi'er thinks in her heart and the "bad intentions" that make Xiao Yuan's heart weak are probably not the same thing......

twenty-six

There is an autumn breeze in the city, and the suburbs are stronger. The fallen leaves drift with the waves, the lake is covered with a faint coolness, and the green onions on the other side are also mottled with golden yellow and bright red.

On the shore of the lake, daisies bloom in patches, and Zhi'er squats in front of the flowers, shaking her head.

"Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely...... Remote...... See Nanshan leisurely! Hee-hee, I'm not wrong, am I?! Zhi'er turned her head and winked slyly at Xiao Yuan behind her.

Xiao Yuan stood behind Zhi'er, did not answer, his face was full of sorrow and sorrow, and the corners of his eyes seemed to contain a meter of crystal.

A dark arrow slowly stretched out from the treetops behind Xiao Yuan, the arrow was dark green, obviously quenched with poison.

Zhi'er turned to face Xiao Yuan, looking directly into the latter's eyes with a puzzled face.

Suddenly, the wind rose, and the sky was full of dead leaves...... Xiao Yuan pounced on Zhi'er...... The trilling of the crossbows in the treetops was muffled by the sound of the trees...... The wind passed, and everything was calm again.

Zhi'er was only embraced into a warm embrace, and her blushing cheeks seemed to be wrapped in rouge.

"Brother Xiao Yuan, what are you doing here? Stinky rascals! Let go of Zhi'er! Let it go! Zhi'er's delicate anger and writhing body pretended to struggle weakly.

"Don't let it go!" Xiao Yuan's face was full of bruises, and he tried to suppress his hoarse voice. Zhi'er was held in her arms, she couldn't see Xiao Yuan's abnormality, the more she struggled, the tighter Xiao Yuan hugged her, but her left hand quietly stretched out to her shoulder, and quietly took off the poisonous arrow that had not entered the flesh and blood, and hid it in her sleeve.

Seeing that she was struggling not moving, Zhi'er instead stretched out her arm, grabbed Xiao Yuan's waist, and meekly pressed her face against Xiao Yuan's chest.

"I have long known that Brother Xiao Yuan is plotting against him, look, I guessed correctly."

"Zhi'er, I'm ......" Before the words came out, Zhi'er raised her head and tiptoed, holding the unfinished words on Xiao Yuan's lips with her ruddy thin lips.

Xiao Yuan was slightly stunned, and immediately, he responded to Zhi'er's kiss with tenderness, and the two hugged each other selflessly.

The autumn sun is immersed in the water, romantizing the veins and feelings of the two people's hearts, and the afterglow of the slanting sun will entangle the figures of the two people, drawing a long, long shadow on the ground.......