Early the next morning, the dew clinged to the blue bricks, and in the morning, when the market was not yet open and the weather was not hot, the four of them packed their bags and prepared to go to Lantai.

Because there were two girls there, it was difficult to travel in the summer, so I hired a carriage.

On the long street where there was no one around, a carriage was about to leave the city gate slowly, and two people came over on horseback, it was Jia Xuan and his cronies.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted to reveal the beautiful faces of the two girls in the carriage in an instant.

The little guy who glanced at it was shocked, Jia Xuan was stunned when he saw it, and subconsciously pulled the reins.

Zhan Sui Yu drove forward as if he didn't notice, and Ji Ran was the same as him, not squinting.

The carriage slowly moved away from Jia Xuan in a hazy morning with the morning glow rising in the sky, and Jia Xuan did not catch up until he left the city gate.

He tightened the reins, and in his mind was the young face that was as vivid as twenty years ago, and the years had not destroyed her in the slightest, but that face or that person was not quite the same as he remembered.

In my memory, the last time the man turned around, faded into my mind. Jia Xuan thought of Zhang Qining's words - Tao Xueqi was dead.

He lowered his eyes and chuckled, he was no longer the hairy boy he was twenty years ago, and that falling flower was just a prosperous decline in his eyes, just like the old mansion of the Tao family that was burned down.

"Sir?" Seeing that Jia Xuan didn't speak, the little girl couldn't help but remind him.

"Drive!"

Jia Xuan answered, a big stone fell in his heart, pulled the reins, raised his horsewhip and went in the direction of Jiafu.

rushed back all the way, and the grandfather of the housekeeper of Jiafu, who received the news, greeted him early.

"The master is back."

Jia Xuan got off the horse, and the housekeeper immediately asked people to pack up all the way.

"Where's Madame?"

"Madame, she..."

"Daddy!"

As he was talking, a crisp sound came out, and a round and jade little brother ran out of it.

"Brother Mian, slow down." A gentle middle-aged woman stared at the child nervously, and couldn't help but be happy to see Jia Xuan. The daughter next to her was at a prime age, and she came out with her, and saw Jia Xuan Tiantian shouting, "Daddy." ”

Jia Xuan leaned over and picked up his seven-and-a-half-year-old son, teased him in his arms for a while, and smiled at his wife and daughter.

"Why did you come out, it's still early, why don't you sleep more?"

The daughter said: "Brother Mian'er wants to wait for you to come back, and my mother is not at ease, so we will simply wait for you early in the morning after receiving your letter." Tell the kitchen to make some light food in advance, and use some after Daddy rests. ”

Seeing that his daughter was so sensible, Jia Xuan couldn't help but smile with relief. "It's fine." Turning his eyes to look at his wife, he said softly in his eyes: "It's hard work." ”

The woman was a little shy, and shook her head with a graceful smile on her lips. "It's good that you come back safely, I'm not hard. Come on in, let people boil hot water early, wash the dust and eat again. ”

"Okay." Jia Xuan held his son in his hand, walked into the house with his wife and daughter, pinched the flesh on his face, and said, "Brother Mian'er is disobedient?" ”

"Obedient!"

"Okay, Daddy brought you and your sister gifts, will you give it to you later?"

"Good!" After speaking, Brother Mian'er took a bite and kissed Jia Xuan's bearded and uncared face. The hard short stubble poked at his mouth, and the little brother frowned.

This expression amused everyone around him.

The door of Jiafu slowly closed. On the other side, it was out of the carriage outside the city.

Zhang Qining propped up the small case in the car with one hand, and put a few plates of pastries and fruits on it, and she glanced at Qi Xue.

"What are you looking at me like that?" Qi Xue inserted a piece of Sydney pear with a small fork and sent it to her mouth, and Zhang Qining stared at herself from the beginning, as if she could stare at a flower on her face.

Zhang Qining put down his hand and said, "In order to inquire about the Tao family before, we had contact with Jia Xuan. What does he do to you...? ”

Qi Xue naturally knew that it was Jia Xuan who had just ridden a horse, and his impression of him and her was much different in the past twenty years, which was also natural. From now on, she will also be old.

She spoke slowly, "I'm just a maze he strayed into when he was a teenager. Like a flower over a wall, the dream will always wake up, and the flower will eventually fall. It's good that he can watch the flowers bloom and fall with one person now. ”

Zhang Qining raised his eyebrows slightly, it is not easy for Qi Xue to have this kind of evaluation.

"Well, that's not bad." Zhang Qining's face turned to the other side, she got up early today, and she wanted to catch up on sleep.

Seeing Zhang Qining close his eyes and lie quietly to the side. Qi Xue retracted her gaze.

Isn't it good?

Although it was short-lived, and there was no love between men and women, but in the sixteen years she had, she had also been honest with that interesting boy in Akagi.

He and her, if they were ordinary people, would probably become simple friends.

Now I know that he has a good wife at home, children under his knees, a prosperous business, a smooth life, and the friendship of that year is also settled.

Qi Xue lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the mountains that were gradually moving away, Ji Ran leaned in, saw Zhang Qining resting on his stomach, and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to sleep for a while?" ”

Qi Xue shook her head, indicating that the scenery outside the window was beautiful.

Ji Ran nodded and retreated.

The corners of her lips curled slightly, and she silently said in her heart: "Yes, this is not bad." ”

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The four of them traveled all the way back to Lantai, and Lin Su brought the news back to Lantai early, and was ordered to wait at the gate of the city for many days before seeing their carriage coming slowly.

"It's finally here, Miss Three." Lin Su sighed, but he also knew that Zhang Qining was playful, and he couldn't say anything in the face of his master. sent someone back to report to the eldest lady, the second young master, and he can finally go back for a vacation.

"Third Miss." Lin Su drove to the side of the car and said respectfully from the inside.

Zhang Qining opened his eyes and opened the curtain. In the past few days, she has been eating, sleeping and sleeping in the car, just drinking, drinking and playing, so bored that she even read a few books, and Qi Xue even sang the contents of the book in the small space inside.

"Second brother asked you to come? I'm not a kid anymore, and I need someone to come out and pick me up. Zhang Qining was lying on the wooden frame of the car window, his chin resting on his arm.

Lin Su was also very helpless, and smiled: "It's not the second young master, it's the eldest lady." ”

"Eldest sister?" Zhang Qining was stunned.

Lin Su nodded, "The Zhan family's Geng post has already been delivered, and there are still many things to be busy with next, although the eldest lady is personally supervising it, there are still many things that need to be decided by the presence of the third lady." The eldest lady said. As soon as the third miss comes back, she will go back to the house, and she can't let the third miss go anywhere to wander around. ”

Zhang Qining's face was complicated, and Zhan Suiyu was happy to hear about it.

He said happily: "Then go back quickly, don't let the eldest aunt wait." ”

"You're right." Zhang Qining said. "In that case, let's go straight back. Ji Ran and Qi Xue are also together. ”

Things are going so smoothly, and Lin Su is the happiest. As long as the third lady is sent back, he can go back and rest for a few days.

"Zhan Gongzi, Ji Shaoxia, you guys also get into the carriage. I'll just drive. ”

"You're driving, and your horse?"

Ji Ran: "Lin Zhao, you get into the carriage, I'll just ride a horse." ”

"Okay."

There were no twists and turns in the middle, and Lin Su brought the four of them back to Zhang's house very smoothly.

Zhang Tingyu happened to come out of the house, but this happened to be a little bit true or false. Anyway, the handsome noble son in white has been wandering around this door casually several times.

"Second brother, what are you doing?" As soon as Zhang Qining got out of the carriage, he saw Zhang Tingyu walking into the gate with one foot in his hand, and then retracted it after a while, looking like he couldn't enter.

Zhang Tingyu was stunned when he heard this, coughed lightly, sorted out his appearance, and turned around with a smile, but saw not only Zhang Qining and Zhan Suiyu, but also two fresh faces. The man is gentle and chivalrous, and the woman looks smaller than her sister, and her appearance is quite exquisite.

"Think about things." He hastily said a word, looked at Ji Ran and Qi Xue, and couldn't help asking, "Who are these two?" ”

Zhang Qining introduced: "Ji Ran, Lin Zhao's friend. Qi Xue, Ji Ran's-" She didn't finish her words, she only looked at Qi Xue, and smiled in Ji Ran's direction, Zhang Tingyu immediately understood.

"When I met them on the road, I invited them to Lantai to play."

Zhang Tingyu nodded, "Even so, let people clean up the two side rooms." ”

Zhan Suiyu stepped forward with a smile, "Uncle, long time no see." ”

Zhang Tingyu felt uncomfortable when he heard him call out the words "uncle", frowned, glanced at Zhang Qining and suppressed the anger, and said directly: "A-Ning, clean up, I will arrange someone to take care of the three of them, you and I will come tonight." ”

Zhang Qining smiled, Zhang Tingyu was afraid that she would say no.

But it's okay.

Zhang Qining didn't refuse this time, and simply responded.

He couldn't help but be a little surprised, but also relieved.

He and Zhang Qining walked in front and asked people to take the back three to the wing room.

Ji Ran couldn't help but glance at Zhan Suiyu after Zhang Qining left, and even Qi Xue couldn't help but look at him with interest.

"Lin Zhao, it seems that you are very unpopular in the Yue family."

Zhan Suiyu said fearlessly: "What is this, when I have a daughter one day, it may be ten thousand times more difficult to speak than the Zhang family." Understandable. ”

Ji Ran was speechless for him, "I'm really curious how you got the Zhang family to agree and give Zhang Qi Ning to you." ”

"Sincerely, the gold and stone are open. In a word. ”

Ji Ran waited for Zhan Suiyu's next words, and listened to him: "It's really not good-stalking." "It's not enough for Qi Ning to like him, the rest is just to take some time.

Ji Ran laughed dryly twice, and sometimes he was really amazed by Zhan Suiyu's unusual optimism and will.

"I'm really convinced." Ji Ran couldn't help sighing.

Qi Xue smiled and whispered beside him: "He is very bold, and what his boldness relies on is Zhang Qining's liking." Because the two hearts are happy, they are fearless. Judging from the attitude of the second young master and the eldest lady of the Zhang family, they are afraid that they have also experienced a lot of things. ”

Zhang Qining walked halfway and separated from Zhang Tingyu. At first, Zhang Tingyu followed her, and she asked, "Brother, are you going back to the room with me?" ”

Zhang Tingyu was stunned, shook his head, and said, "No, you can go back by yourself." Dinner is arranged in the eldest sister's courtyard, just remember to come. ”

Zhang Qining nodded, indicating that he understood.

She slowly returned to her small courtyard, and the plum blossoms had long since fallen, only the dense leaves and the sour-looking green plums.

When she returned to the courtyard, Qinglan and Muli came out with the news earlier.

"Miss."

Qinglan gradually has the demeanor of a big girl in charge, and Muli is much more stable than before under his tutelage. Zhang Qining was very satisfied with this, nodded at them, and entered the courtyard.

Back in the room, Qinglan had already arranged a bath. Zhang Qining walked around the screen to the bath inside, and the bronze mirror that was originally there had been removed.

Mu Li quickly put the clean clothes in the wooden tray and put them away, while Qinglan served Zhang Qining to untie her clothes and bathe her.

"Miss, if you don't tell the villain, you will retreat first." Qinglan knew that Zhang Qining didn't like people on the side when he was bathing, and he had to leave when he was himself. At this moment, Zhang Qining called out to them.

"Wait."

Qinglan turned her head, "Miss, what are your orders?" ”

Zhang Qining: "You also know that I will marry into the family in the future, and I plan to take you and Muli over." If you don't want to go, or it's inconvenient, just tell me. ”

Muli has no worries, a child's heart, and thinks it's good to follow Miss anywhere, so she agreed immediately.

Qinglan had guessed the purpose of Zhang Qining's choice of her and Muli as personal envoys earlier, and she knew it in her heart, if she had two hearts, she would have said it a long time ago. She, like Muli, plans to follow Zhang Qining.

Zhang Qining: "The family affair is estimated to be within a year, if you have anything to prepare, go and prepare." ”

"Yes."

After bathing, Zhang Qining changed into a snow-blue skirt, draped her hair, and didn't call Qinglan until before dinner to help her simply tie a simple bun, most of her long hair was draped over her shoulders, and she wore a gem-encrusted emerald plum hairpin in her hair.

After looking at the mirror and seeing that there was nothing wrong, Zhang Qining got up and prepared to go to Zhang Shihua's courtyard.

"It's just a family dinner, you don't have to follow it." Zhang Qining said to Qinglan and the others: "Give me a lantern, and you can go to eat too." ”

Although Qinglan knew that this was inappropriate, the eldest lady was afraid that she had something else to explain to the third lady, and the third lady said that she couldn't be nosy. Always remember the word "duty".

"Yes."

Zhang Qining carried the lamp all the way to Zhang Shihua's courtyard, the attitude of the people has changed a lot from before, Xu saw that the indifferent and ruthless third lady was about to get married, and they felt that Zhang Qining was not exactly what they imagined.

So subconsciously get close to a lot, besides, everyone has a love for beauty, as long as Zhang Qining's appearance is willing, few people don't like it.

When Zhang Qining arrived, Zhang Tingyu had already arrived, Zhang Shihua was sitting on the main seat, and both of them were waiting for her.

She handed the lantern in her hand to the maid on the side, walked to the room, tilted her head and smiled: "I'm late, you can use the chopsticks first." ”

She looked over at the table, well, it was all her favorite food.

"Sit down." Zhang Shihua glanced at the seat beside her, and Zhang Qining walked over obediently.

Zhang Tingyu said with a smile: "Since everyone has arrived, let's move the chopsticks." ”

Zhang Shihua glanced at Zhang Qining and nodded. Zhang Qining picked up the chopsticks, but he was not polite at all.

"Well, that's my favorite thing."

She sandwiched a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs into the bowl, and Zhang Shihua couldn't help but lift up the corners of her lips relaxed when she saw this.

"Eat more if you like."

"Okay, thank you, sister!"

Zhang Shihua's hand holding the chopsticks couldn't help but pause, and his lowered eyes seemed to have put down something.

This meal was quite relaxed, and Zhang Tingyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In the end, Zhang Shihua said what Zhang Qining's marriage had to be prepared by herself, and at the same time added vegetables to her bowl. Zhang Qining listened while touching his stomach, suggesting that Zhang Shihua give up the action of filling her with another bowl of tofu soup.

Zhang Shihua: "Qi Ning, are you happy to marry Zhan Suiyu?" ”

Zhang Qining smiled: "Happy." ”

Zhang Shihua nodded, "It's good to be happy." ”

Zhang Qining: "The past cannot be remembered, the past cannot be chased, let the past pass." Sister and second brother also have to find their own happiness. ”

Past life, past life......

"That's right." Zhang Shihua said in his heart: "The prosperous world is peaceful, the relatives are safe, and now it is a good life." There are some things that should be let go. ”