The calendar paper hanging on the hall of Master Ouyang was torn into a thin pile in the blink of an eye by the veteran of the years. Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, the temperature is getting cooler and colder, but the atmosphere in the village is brewing a more and more festive flavor. Families began to prepare for the purchase of offerings to the gods, as well as New Year's goods for relatives. The villagers' brows, eyes and foreheads are stained with a shallow and thick hope for the New Year.

Since following Lu's father's instructions and deciding to rush to Dacheng for the New Year, the Huang family has been busy with the gifts of relatives over there in order to buy gifts from relatives over there, and occasionally has to be idle. Until the day she left home, she still counted whether the supplies were ready, whether the goods would be disliked, and walked back and forth dozens of times inside and outside the house.

Lu Jiuer put on the winter coat hand-sewn by her mother last year, although she had been wearing it for a season, the cloth color was still fresh and new, and a small jacket was hidden inside, which made the whole person warm. She stood quietly under the eaves with the wren cage in her hand, while Ba'er casually grasped the crossbar in the birdcage, accompanying its owner to look at the pile of luggage temporarily resting in the yard.

The sound of kicking Dada's iron hooves and rolling wheels came from far and near, and it didn't take long for them to come outside the courtyard. Lu Yonghong exhaled hot air inside, only three or two trips back and forth to move all the luggage to the car, turned his head to see the Huang who heard the voice, and asked, "Are they all ready?" ”

"It's about Mozi."

"Let's go, then."

Lu Yonghong took the baggage that Huang was carrying, took Jiu'er's warm little hand and walked to the carriage outside. Huang carefully closed the doors and windows, and covered the door of the courtyard before coming out.

Although the carriage is not large, it can seat two people with luggage. Huang got into the car and saw Jiu'er Lai sitting in the driver's seat in front of him, so he nagged and scolded: "Why do you sit outside, come into the carriage, be careful of the cold and fever." ”

Lu Jiu'er replied obediently: "The clothes sewn by my mother are warm, so I don't feel cold." Seeing Ba'er in his arms stretching his wings lazily in the cage, he hurriedly added, "Look, Ba'er also wants to stay outside." ”

Huang frowned and wanted to reprimand again, but Lu Yonghong said, "That's it, there is me." With a wave of the long pole, "Drive!" ”

The carriage drove unhurriedly towards the road, occasionally trampling over the rocks and bumping a few times. Jiu'er was a little scared, and reached out to hold Daddy's arm tightly.

Lu Yonghong soothed: "The path is full of stones and mud pits, and when you get out of the village and go to the avenue, the driving will be much smoother." ”

The carriage of the three members of the Lu family did not go straight to the outside of the village, but first detoured to the front of the courtyard, where another carriage was waiting. When the nursing home next to the car saw them, they hurriedly stepped forward.

"Steward Lu is here."

"Well, what about the Seventh Young Master?"

The nursing home was embarrassed: "It's awkward inside, and I refuse to move." Just now, the nurse and maid all went to persuade her, but she couldn't listen to it, and pushed everyone outside the room, and the nurse accidentally fell to the ground, and twisted her foot, but I was afraid that she couldn't walk. ”

When Lu Yonghong heard it, he got out of the car and was about to enter the village to see what was going on, when a burly and black man came out with a little boy carved in pink and jade, and he was running behind him with two rings.

Seeing the group come out and get into the carriage, the nursing home sighed with relief and said, "It's still a stone that is bold, and it dares to carry people out directly." At the end, he couldn't help but smile gloatingly, "It's just that it seems that he has suffered a lot." ”

Lu Jiu'er looked over curiously, and was watching the man with the head of the bird's nest stuffing people into the carriage, there were a few red streaks on his face and neck, his clothes were also quite messy, and his expression was seven points helpless and three points embarrassed.

The flamboyantly dressed child who was stuffed into the car was extremely dissatisfied, lifted the curtain of the air window, and glared coldly at the servants outside the car.

Lu Jiu'er was about to take a closer look at his appearance, but was beckoned back by a familiar call.

"Ah Jiu—"

"Ah Qian?" Seeing Wei Ziqian rushing to the front panting, she blinked her eyes several times unexpectedly and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

He shook her off weakly, took a letter from his bosom, and handed it over.

"Farewell?" Jiu'er's eyes were shining, and she was inexplicably moved, "Ah Qian, don't worry, I'll be back soon, and I'll bring you delicious ......."

A knock finger hit her forehead mercilessly, her eyes suddenly burst into tears, and she bared her teeth and complained: "Thug, why are you beating people? ”

"Read the words written on it." Wei Ziqian shook his head and said, "Also, you just went to celebrate the New Year, not to relocate, and you will come back to me in a few days, who will be idle and bored to write to you." ”

Lu Jiuer looked down and saw that the words "Qi Family Shengtaiqi" were written on the envelope. Huer remembered that someone seemed to have mentioned it yesterday, saying that he would bring a letter into the city for him, but today he deliberately didn't want to say goodbye and wanted to sneak away, which caused Ah Qian to chase after him from afar, and he couldn't help but feel empty, so he had to smile at him.

He knew that she was half-pretending to be stupid and half-amnesia, so he said: "As long as you don't provoke him, Brother Jiasheng will not play tricks on people." And you don't have to see him, just help me deliver the letter to the gatehouse of the Qi Mansion. ”

"yes, got it." It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. Lu Jiuer resigned herself to the letter and pasted it properly.

Lu Yonghong arranged things properly, and ordered to take the car carrying the servants and luggage first, and he and his family members were behind the palace, and the carriage of the Seventh Young Master was escorted in the middle and went on the road together.

Wei Ziqian stood in place, pretending to be dashing with his hands behind his back, and sent them away with a smile.

Lu Jiu'er sat next to the driver's seat, looked sideways at his figure gradually and backwards, and couldn't help but wave his hand until the smoke and dust raised by the wheels were blurred and he could no longer distinguish things.

The scenery along the way is the same monotony. After this farm, it will be another farm; Bypassing that lush mountain, there is another mountain; The stream flows from the left-hand side to the right-hand side, passing through one small wooden bridge after another, and babbling patiently repeatedly.

Lu Jiuer leaned on her father's arms, quietly opened her eyes, and enjoyed the joy of watching the flowers.

"Hello, are you sleepy?" Lu Yonghong noticed the motionless person in his arms, and coaxed softly, "Dad will carry you into the compartment and sleep for a while?" ”

Lu Jiu'er shook her head lazily. "It's going to be stuffy inside."

Lu Yonghong couldn't hear that it was a pretext, so he laughed and said: "The scenery outside is so beautiful? It's been half an hour, and you're not tired of it. ”

"How so." She smiled and pointed out, "Although along the way, what I saw were nothing more than mountains, water, fields, and houses, but if you look carefully, there are still many differences." ”

"Oh? What's the difference? ”

Lu Jiu'er said casually: "Just now, that village was full of sweet potatoes, peanuts, and sweet potatoes. But although the village is close to it, it grows sugarcane and rice, and many mud ponds are dug to raise fish. ”

"Do you know why?"

Lu Jiu'er tilted her head and thought about it. "It must have something to do with the moisture in the soil."

"Although the two villages depend on the same mountain, the water in the nearby fields is poor and rich because the mountain stream has its own direction. Land with scarce water sources can only grow drought-tolerant crops; And if the land is abundant in water, it will be able to grow some crops that love water......"

Lu Jiuer quietly snuggled into her father's chest, listening to him talk about the types of crops from the land, from crops to fishing and animal breeding, and talked about some common sense that children are ignorant about, but she has long known. Inexplicably, although this rare chatter is a little annoying, it makes people feel very heartwarming.

Suddenly I felt a little strange when I was mixed up, it was a feeling of being watched by a peep.

Lu Jiu'er looked around vigilantly, except for the shepherd boy who was driving cattle slowly on the side of the road, and the figure who was busy collecting firewood in the mountains, there was nothing else to see. When his eyes retracted his gaze, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the air hole behind the carriage in front of him, and the doubts in his heart were scattered. I'm afraid it's the stubborn Qi family's seventh young master, Qi Bowen, who is secretly watching the scenery in the wild through the air holes.