Su Zimei was worried that Yi Zhi would make a mistake in bed, so he drove a carriage to Yan Mansion before Yin Zheng, he was led by Li Ping, and came to the dining hall all the way. When Su Shi saw him coming, he was overjoyed, beckoned them to sit down, and ordered another meal in the kitchen. Su Zimei hurriedly ate, sat down next to Yizhi and waited, and saw that she was still dressed in a homely manner, so she said, "I'm going up the mountain today, are you wearing too thin." ”

After Yi Zhi finished eating, he cleaned his hands and said, "Don't worry, I have made all the preparations, and the satin is all soft, soft and warm." ”

Su knew that the two of them were going to the deep mountain tea garden, so they had to give some advice, Su Zimei sang again and again, and after a few words of gossip, the two cousins walked through the hall until the gate of Yan Mansion, and got into the carriage of Su Mansion one after the other.

Su Fuyang whipped the horse, the carriage was wrapped in the mist of the morning light, swaying, and headed towards the mansion of the grand official in the imperial history, Su Zimei saw that Yizhi was curled up in the corner, and he was in a state of interest, without his usual lively appearance, so he asked what was wrong. Yizhi was just embarrassed and said, "I didn't sleep well last night. ”

Su Zimei asked: "Where is it, I see that you look good, but your spirit is very poor." ”

Yizhi was slightly discouraged and said: "I don't know, I just don't think I can lift the energy, maybe I will go up the mountain and see something interesting, just fine." ”

Su Zimei smiled: "I don't think so, it's about the Spring Society coming, and some people's hearts are also sprouting." ”

Yizhi laughed and said, "I don't have the heart to joke with you. ”

Su Zimei said: "You eat and drink every day, go to bed early and get up late, that is, you don't have to study and take the imperial examination, and you don't have to take care of housework, or work to subsidize the family, in this family, which one has not been properly arranged for you, how can you have something to worry about." ”

Yizhi reluctantly explained: "That may be a spring laziness." ”

Su Zimei said: "If you want me to say, the designation is to look at our pair, that couple, and envy in my heart." You don't have to argue, after all, it's big, and it's time to understand. Su Zimei waited for a while, and when she saw that she didn't say a word, she sighed and straightened her clothes, and said: "I don't know what my uncle's plan is, on the one hand, he is alluding to Fu Liangbi, and on the other hand, he doesn't move, so he hangs you like this, without a decision." It's also difficult for us to do, otherwise with my popularity, it would be difficult to find someone for you who can match Fu Liangbi. ”

Only then did Yi Zhi speak, and said: "In a family like ours, the marriage of children is decided by the family after weighing the pros and cons, and I just wait for my life." ”

Su Zimei listened, stared at Yizhi for a while, and said, "I listen to this, you don't seem to have to be rich." ”

Yizhi smiled: "I was born in such a family, protected by my father and mother, clothed and fed, and the inner house was clean, and I never worried about it and suffered hardships. In the future, I should do something for them. As for Brother Liangbi, I think it's the same way I think about it. When she saw Su Zimei looking at her with a smile, she responded with a wry smile: "How can you be as lucky as you and Sister Yingqiu." ”

Su Zimei said: "I think my uncle and aunt are not powerful people, if you two have something you like, they are willing to fulfill it." ”

Yizhi pondered for a while, and said, "That's it, just let it happen." After laughing for a while, he said with a straight face: "By the way, it's not my sister who is over, you are all people who are about to get married, and you still go to play in a place like Sweet Water Lane, so that Sister Yingqiu knows, wouldn't it be sad." ”

Su Zimei spread her hands and said, "I didn't go to the wine shop with a red gardenia lamp hanging at the door, or a nasty place where gentlemen should not stop, such as the flower tea shop, but I invited a courtesan to sit with me, and everyone ate and drank together, and sang the lyrics." It is Duke Lu, Duke Xia, Duke Li, Duke Fan, Prince, your father, my father-in-law, my father-in-law, and Brother Liangbi are also going to go to the world, besides, how many things can those courtesans help us accomplish, if you don't hold it in your spare time, when it matters, people will not pay attention to you. You don't understand this kind of truth, but Yingqiu understands it, so naturally she won't take it to heart. ”

Yizhi said angrily: "If it's really free, I won't talk about you." Yesterday, yesterday was a family banquet, and it was specially held for you, and you also ran to patronize the good friend, you are doing this pie, it is clearly outside the home, and you can't tell which is more important, but I don't know what is important, but I am an ignorant hat. If I were Sister Yingqiu, and you looked down on me, I would still be bound by the shackles of 'virtuousness', and if I could regret it, I would regret it in time. If you don't hold me in your spare time, don't think about me when it's important. ”

Su Zimei said: "Then I have only one person, how can I be comprehensive, don't be considerate at home." ”

Yizhi pulled up a perfunctory smile and said: "If you are doing serious things, then it is naturally considerate, but if you are messing around, then it is not called understanding, it is called connivance." You are also a person who is well-versed in the past and the present, throughout history, those who have rouge tigers and Hedong lions in their homes, which one is not famous before and after. How many celebrities and showmen, not because of wanton indulgence and misconduct, which led to a great reduction in their image, were sighed by future generations. It can be seen that there are few wives and husbands, which is absolutely reasonable. ”

"You are used to distorting the facts, and it is clear that there are few wives and husbands, so how can you become a wife and a husband and have fewer woes."

Yizhi smiled and said nothing, lifted the curtain and looked out, only to see that he had arrived at the corner gate of Shengfu, Su Zimei picked up his robe and got out of the carriage, and after a while, Su Fu lifted the curtain, Sheng Yuzhen pressed her clothes, sat in the car with a short body, and the two sisters said good luck to each other.

The mansion of the grand official and the mansion of the third envoy Wen Daguan are only separated by two streets and alleys, Wen Yanbo's carriage is already waiting at the mouth of the alley in front of the Sheng mansion, Su Zimei rides with him, and the carriages of the two families go through the streets and alleys one after the other, and go out of the city along the Bianhe River.

Along the way, Yizhi also talked to Sheng Yuzhen, but as Su Zimei described, a gourd without a mouth, she often ended the whole topic in one sentence, so a few times, Yizhi simply stopped talking, and the two sat quietly until they reached their destination. The carriage followed the mountain road, the hub of the car sparkled, and it went halfway up the mountain, and the rest of the road could only be walked. Everyone cleaned up and got out of the carriage one after another.

Yizhi was supported by the apricots in the crane and stepped on the horse and got off the carriage. This time the sky is blue and gray, there are a few thin clouds, looking forward from the place where the carriage stops, the next hill is the tea garden, the scenery is wrapped in mist, you can vaguely see the tea trees in the tea garden, there are already tea farmers with hats, wearing coats and picking tea with flashing gardenia lamps.

The wind blew straight in, bringing a breath of spring tea.

In the early morning of winter, the biting breath drilled into the body to find a gap, and unconsciously invaded the muscles and bones, and the tip of the nose was so cold that he lost consciousness, and muttered softly: "Can't you wait for the afternoon to pick tea, it's so cold." ”

Sheng Yuzhen stepped forward and said softly: "Naturally, as soon as the sun shines, the mountain dew on this young bud will evaporate, and the top bud will quickly open and grow when it receives the sun, and it will change from high-grade bud tea to ordinary leaf tea." Seeing that she had some knowledge, Yizhi said, "I didn't expect that you would know how to pick tea?" ”

Sheng Yuzhen smiled lightly, quickly lowered her eyelids, showed an unpredictable look, and said, "I went to learn it on purpose." ”

Hearing her say this, Yizhi couldn't help but speculate.

Su Zimei and Wen Yanbo, surrounded by old servants with gardenia lanterns, greeted the two, and the two walked side by side, following them in the direction of the tea garden.

The two little ladies walked away, and Yizhi said softly as if unintentionally: "I heard that Second Brother Wen loves tea very much, he knows how to pick tea and make tea, and his skills in ordering tea are also skillful. ”

Sheng Yuzhen snorted, looked at the mountain road under her feet, and only blindly walked forward.

The two of them walked away again, and there were doubts in Yi's heart, so he asked, "Do you like tea?" ”

Sheng Yuzhen didn't answer immediately, she glanced at Yiyi, and seemed a little surprised, but the look was fleeting, and suddenly she regained her faint face, and said, "No one has ever asked me this question." ”

"What?"

"Like it or don't like it."

"Huh?"

Sheng Yuzhen lowered her head, looked at the road under her feet, and said as she walked: "There are always people who say, this is good, you have to do this, so good, you have to do that." ”

Yizhi remembered that Su Zimei had called her a poor person, so she reacted that she was not familiar with her, that is, she did not know her life experience, nor did she know her situation. Because she is surrounded by carefree rich ladies such as Fan Wanniang, Liu Xiuying, and Du Yingqiu, she is also regarded as the same.

The two walked silently for a while, and suddenly, Sheng Yuzhen looked at Yizhi with a smile and said, "You are blessed and can make decisions for yourself." ”

Yizhi glanced at her and smiled: "How do you know, I also have times when I can't help myself." It can be seen that looking at others is good. ”

The two fell silent again, everyone walked for a while, and finally arrived at the tea garden, Wen Yanbo distributed the tea basket, tea tweezers, tea scissors and other tools to everyone, and said: "Brother Zimei knows a little about picking tea, or go together, or disperse by himself. I don't know if the two sisters understand, but if they don't understand, they can walk with me. ”

Sheng Yuzhen replied first: "I don't understand, I still need Brother Yanbo to teach me." ”

Yizhi glanced at Sheng Yuzhen, suspicious in her heart, just now she said that she deliberately went to learn to pick tea, and she didn't understand. If she wants to be close to Second Brother Wen and deliberately doesn't understand, then why should she be honest with me, if she dislikes me, what's the good. Thinking like this, I couldn't help but be distracted. Wen Yanbo saw that Yizhi didn't answer for a long time, so he made a special trip to ask Yizhi again.

Remembering that he came back to his senses, according to the purpose of this trip, he must give Sheng Yuzhen and Wen Yanbo the opportunity to be alone. If you don't understand the answer, Wen Yanbo is enthusiastic for a while, wouldn't it be against the original intention to invite peers, Yizhi thought in his heart, so he replied: "If Yizhi is stupid, don't bother Second Brother Wen, just follow my cousin." ”

So they took counsel, and went their own way in pairs.

Su Zimei and Yizhi originally walked side by side, his steps were big, and he left Yizhi behind in a few steps, so he stopped and waited for her, and after coming, the two continued to walk side by side, walked a few more steps, and left Yizhi behind again, so that after a few times, Su Zimei put the bamboo basket on his shoulder and said: "I see that you are not interested, and it drags you down, that's it, you still find a place to rest, I am going to go to the front to pick tea." ”

Yizhi was naturally happy, the two said goodbye, Su Fu chased Su Zimei forward, Xing'er came up closely, and whispered to Yizhi: "Girl, what do you think of the Sheng family's girl?" ”

Yizhi glanced back at Xing'er, thinking that she had just followed all the way, and probably heard the conversation between herself and Sheng Yuzhen, so she teased: "What do we Xing Da girl think." Xing'er said: "I think the girl of the Sheng family is a city house, and it is better for the girl to be careful." ”

Yizhi smiled: "She's not going to marry me, what should I be careful of?" ”

Xing'er thought about it, felt reasonable, nodded and said, "Yes, it's still a smart girl." ”

Yizhi smiled and looked at Xing'er again, and said, "My silly Xing'er, why are you so cute." ”

Xing'er was repeatedly savoring what Yi Zhi had just said, and when she heard Yi Zhi's praise, she twisted her body half ashamedly and said, "My mother always says the same." They both laughed together.

The master and servant walked together in the tea garden, gossiping about homely things. After walking for a while, Yizhi suddenly heard a cough behind him, and then pressed a palm on his shoulder, and before she could react, he was pushed aside by an extremely hard force, and she saw a corner of the cloth passing between her and Xing'er, she stumbled for a while, Xing'er's eyes were quick, and she hurriedly stepped forward to hold it, which stabilized.

Yizhi raised his eyes again, and the man wearing the hat and the cloak had already gone forward, and the slightly messy silver hair under the hat was judging from the back that it was an old man.

Xing'er straightened Yizhi first, put another hand on her waist, and shouted at the old man's back: "You old man, why do you push people indiscriminately!" ”

When the old man in the cloth heard the news, he stopped, turned to the side, looked back at the master and servant, and said: "We, the tea farmers, went up the mountain on the fifth watch, stopped at 'Mingjin', and the tea basket also had to pick up the ooty, Baihe, and stolen leaves, and the final tea obtained was weighed by the account manager.

Rich ladies like you take this as a walk in the courtyard on a whim, and walk side by side in my way. Where do you know that if you delay me for a moment, my grandson will have to eat less. It's obviously a matter of human life, but you, the yellow-haired girl, blame me for being rude? After that, continue to pick tea with a gardenia lamp.

Xing'er wanted to argue with him, but Yi Zhi hurriedly pressed her, and saw that the old man's demeanor was dignified, and his spirit was on par with that of the young descendant, so he said: "Why didn't your son come here, you want an old man to work so hard." ”

The old man snorted, ignored the recollection, and walked away.

Yizhi and Xing'er looked at each other, and when they saw this effort, the old man had already walked away, and simply threw this stubble to the back of his mind. After walking for a while, I felt sleepy, so I found a secluded corner, took off the crane and draped it on my body, and covered my face with a hood, the master and servant supported each other back to back, and after a while, I fell asleep, and when I was half-asleep, I suddenly sneezed, and suddenly jumped out of the dream, this time a round of red sun hung high, the sky and the earth were white, and the sun shot one after another tea trees with bright green and dark green overlapping, illuminating the morning dew condensed on the leaf surface. She stayed for a long time, and she didn't feel that she had to sleep again, she wanted to put the hood over her face, and she was moving, only to hear a belch, Su Zimei came into view, and he held Yizhi's shoulders with both hands and straightened her.

The apricot behind the memory suddenly lost her pillar, leaned back and woke up suddenly, oops, hurriedly sat up straight, and after being stunned, she closed her eyes again and relaxed.

Yizhi was supported by Su Zimei, barely sitting upright, yawning while covering his mouth with a handkerchief, while continuing to be drowsy.

Su Zimei lifted the bamboo basket handle of Yizhi and said: "Please come and pick tea, you are good, fall asleep here and go back to sleep, the sun is out, there are only a few buds in the basket, and they are not protected, so they are naked and called the sun." ”

Yizhi closed his eyes, fumbled for a while, then pulled the bamboo basket over, hugged it in his arms, and said, "Where do you know my arrangement." As he spoke, he leaned back against Apricot and went back to sleep.

Su Zimei belched again, Yizhi noticed that something was wrong, and Xing'er's back seemed to be different.

Thinking like this, the back of her head supported the shoulder blades behind her, and she raised her jaw to look back, but suddenly she felt the tip of her nose rub against a soft object, and a hot and moist snort sprayed on her lips, and she smelled the smell of man's flesh.

Su Zimei's hands clasped Yizhi's shoulders again, and Yizhi hurriedly straightened his spine with Su Zimei's strength. She eased her mind first, and more and more she wanted to understand what had happened just now, her face burned first, she looked at Su Zimei timidly, and saw that Su Zimei was also stunned, and she didn't know how to make a roundabout.

Yizhi was embarrassed for a moment, turned around, and smiled reluctantly at Wen Yanbo: "Second Brother Wen, why didn't you make a sound, and ran behind me." As he spoke, he saw Xing'er standing behind him, stretching his neck, his eyes wide, and his face was staggered, and his heart was even more entangled.

Sheng Yuzhen walked over with her maid, and when she saw that everyone's expressions were different, she frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Yizhi and Su Zimei broke off in unison: "Not much." ”

Wen Yanbo's cheeks were slightly red, and he was also stunned, his chest was facing Yizhi's back, maintaining a half-kneeling posture, and he came to his senses for a while, he took the bamboo basket in Yizhi's arms, looked at the empty interior of the bamboo basket, and said, "You should tell me about your arrangement, what can these pieces of tea be used for?" ”

Where did Yi Zhi answer the ground, her arrangement could be known to Su Zimei, but she couldn't be told Wen Yanbo to know, she had to search her stomach and want to say something, she opened her mouth for a while, her eyes fell on this person, and then on that person, after thinking for a long time there was no gain, seeing that Wen Yanbo was unrelenting, and could not blur the appearance of the past, and after being entangled for a long time, he had a flash of inspiration and said: "Yes...... OK...... Make tea bean balls. ”

Wen Yanbo asked again: "Well, how to do it?" ”

Yizhi could only bite the bullet and continue to arrange, and said, "Eh...... The tea is first squeezed out of the bitter juice, and then milled and put into the sweet filling. ”

Wen Yanbo frowned first, and operated in his heart according to what Yizhi said, then shook his head slightly with a light smile, no longer embarrassed, and said: "Since Sister Yizhi is not interested, everyone is tired for a long time, it is better to go home and rest." Wait another day, how about I invite you to my Beishanzi Tea Shop again. ”

Seeing that this stubble was revealed, Yi Zhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and when he heard the 'Beishanzi Tea Workshop' that he was thinking about, he was slightly dumbfounded, and asked, "The Beishanzi Tea Workshop is actually from Brother Wen's family?" ”

Wen Yanbo nodded.

Yizhi's heart lit up, and he hurriedly smiled: "Second Brother Wen doesn't know, Yizhi is lazy, and it has nothing to do with whether he is interested or not. Even if you don't have to worry about me, you don't have to make an appointment another day, today is very good, the sun is good, and the people are complete. ”

Wen Yanbo said: "I just heard Brother Zimei explain to you and say what you have on your mind. ”

Yizhi glanced at Su Zimei with disgust, and wanted to say more, but Wen Yanbo hurriedly said: "It's better to change the day, after all, the palace exam is coming, and I still need to go back to study." ”

Remembering suddenly, he hurriedly said: "That naturally can't delay the time of the two brothers, and they can only disperse today." As he spoke, he was a little reluctant to give up, and added: "When my brothers are in high school, it's not too late to get together again." ”

Wen Yanbo made a gesture and asked everyone to set off, and Sheng Yuzhen walked in front of him first. Su Zimei and Yizhi fell three steps away, and whispered after them.

Su Zimei asked, "What was your original arrangement?" ”

Yizhi hummed suspiciously, and he understood after a while, and said, "Oh, I pretended to be lazy and uninteresting, and I didn't just set off the Sheng family girl." It's just that I didn't expect to make such a ......" said, remembering that Fang had just leaned towards Wen Yanbo without knowing it, and had a more intimate contact, his face couldn't help but become hot, and suddenly he thought of something, frowning and said: "My heart, why don't you tell the foreign man." ”

Su Zimei hurriedly said: "How do I know what you think, Yanbo saw that you were asleep, so he asked me, do you not want to come, I can only explain that you have something on your mind, you tossed and turned last night, and it was also for you to take a detour, but I didn't say what it was." ”

Yizhi nodded and said, "That's fine." ”

Su Zimei looked straight ahead and said with emotion: "It's really a coincidence, we plan to match the two in front of us, but I didn't think about it, but you had contact with him." ”

Yizhi's face became hot again, and the left and right hands holding each other tightened tightly, and said to Su Zimei: "This matter can't be mentioned anymore." ”

Su Zimei said with a smile: "Speaking of which, his family is also good, although the official rank of the Wen official is lower than that of his uncle, and he has no fame, but such a character is worthy of you." ”

Yizhi smiled: "Sister Yingqiu heard this, and it was time to be angry." ”

Su Zimei disagreed, and said: "It's just that his family rules are extremely strict, and he has to stand the rules every day, and he is also a strict person, you are so careless, you can't stand such restraint." ”

Yi Zhiqi said: "Every time I see him, he always behaves gently and peacefully, reasonable, I can't see where there is rigor." ”

Su Zimei said: "You have only spoken a few words with him, how do you know." I've known him for so long, and I've never seen him blush with anyone, and even if there's a disgrace, I've always been able to take a detour. He studied under the great Confucian Shi Zhaoshi Master, and he was able to help Mrs. Wen with her business. Extremely sophisticated, resolute in nature, and thoughtful, he is a character that cannot be underestimated.

His family also used his poems to pay homage to Lu Xiang, and Lu Xiang greatly appreciated it after reading it, and strongly recommended that if he entered the career in the future, he must be the material of Zaifu. ”

Yizhi pondered for a moment and said: "My father and Lu Xiang are both old ministers of the two dynasties, and they are highly valued by the officials. The other is different, what kind of city is he, and how good he is at playing with power. Second Brother Wen can be appreciated by him, but it can be seen that he is not my kind. As he spoke, he asked, "Where did you get the news, could it be that he boasted to you like this?" ”

Su Zimei said: "How can he tell me that it was my father who got the news." ”

"It's strange that you're always sticking to him. You don't even know how to work hard, and you go this way. ”

Su Zimei was slightly angry, lowered her voice, and said: "I attach great importance to the imperial examination, and the grace of the nobles and eunuchs is thin, even if he is an official with grace, he is also a petty official, and the road to promotion is so long. If I have the heart to cling, I can go to Qingming Courtyard a lot, guard my uncle, or follow my father, and I can't find Gao Zhi? Then he continued: "No matter what you are doing, such as the rich brother, the smooth career of the official can be seen with both eyes, and there is this relationship. He pointed at Yizhi, then at himself, and gestured back and forth, and said, "I haven't seen much contact." ”

Remembering smiled, lowered his head, and lowered his eyes.

Everyone talked about walking, reaching the halfway point of the carriage stop, the group got into the carriage, first to Sheng Mansion, and sent Sheng Yuzhen home, Su Zimei, Yan Yizhi's cousin and sister said goodbye to Wen Yanbo again, and took the carriage of Su Mansion back to Yan Mansion, and today's tea garden trip ended like this.