On the night of the first night, after Da Qiao put his daughter to sleep, he read a book in the room. Accompanied by a full moon outside the window, Da Qiao couldn't help but miss his father on the front line in Xuzhou and Sun Ce at the foot of Huiji Mountain.

Today is Joe's birthday, and tomorrow is her mother's death day. Da Qiao gently patted the baby girl in the swaddling clothes with her hand, and a few sighs of embarrassment came to her heart.

Although her mother has been gone for fifteen years, her voice, smile, and even the faint fragrance on her body and the temperature of her palm remain in Da Qiao's heart. If my mother knew that she was so happy, she would be relieved.

Since last year, although everything is not as expected, it is not too bad in the end, when everything is decided, if Xiao Qiao has to promise a good family, his father can also take off his military costume and tease his grandson, Da Qiao will no longer have any regrets.

The daughter let out a vague laugh in her sleep, interrupting Da Qiao's thoughts, and her heart was soft. I don't know if Sun Ce is also looking at this round of bright moon at the foot of Huiji Mountain, remembering their mother and daughter.

Suddenly, Xiao Qiao opened the door of the room like a whirlwind and ran straight in, lying heavily on the couch, thinking of his little niece again, and hurriedly propped himself up. Seeing that the little girl was not awakened by her, Xiao Qiao lay down tiredly and buried her little head deep in the crook of her arm.

Da Qiao saw the hosta between Xiao Qiao's long hair at a glance, and said in surprise: "This hairpin was given to you by Gongzi Zhou?" ”

Xiao Qiao's face was as red as a boiled shrimp, and he still refused to get up, and replied in a muffled voice: "Yes......"

Seeing her like this, Da Qiao only felt strange, so he wanted to ask, and suddenly heard another sound at the door of the old mansion. Little Qiao sat up like a monkey, stood up with her ears up, and heard the footsteps in the courtyard, and her heart suddenly rose to her throat.

Needless to say, it was Zhou Yu who came back with Xiao Qiao, and he stopped in the courtyard for a moment before getting up and going back to his room. Hearing the footsteps getting farther away, Xiao Qiao finally unloaded his strength, and his little face couldn't distinguish joy and sorrow, and he fell into Da Qiao's arms.

Da Qiao saw some clues and deliberately deceived: "Wan'er, the swallow on your mouth is mushy." ”

Xiao Qiao was really shocked, raised his sleeves to cover his mouth, and his little face turned red: "Sister, don't look at it!" ”

"No, Zhou Gongzi...... Kissed you? ”

Xiao Qiao's face was red and white: "Where is he kissing me, but it's just an accident." ”

Hearing this, although Da Qiao didn't know the truth, she could guess the roughly, she was funny and helpless, and explained: "Gongzi Zhou is really good to you, and he should have you in his heart." You might as well wait until you go back to Wu County, I'll ask Sun Lang to ......"

"Don't, don't", Xiao Qiao's little head shook like a rattle, "Brother-in-law knows to mock me all day long...... Besides, I, I don't want Zhou Lang to think that I am slandering him, so my sister will leave it alone. ”

Seeing Xiao Qiao's aggrieved and self-denying appearance, Da Qiao was distressed, but she understood that Zhou Yu was glorious and extraordinary, but she was stubborn and forbearant in emotional matters, blindly meddling, for fear that she would help the seedlings grow.

Rather than this, it is better to spread his hand and see how the two of them develop, Da Qiao stroked Xiao Qiao's little brain, responded softly, and didn't say anything more.

In the bedroom in the backyard, Zhou Yu untied his clothes, took off his Confucian clothes, and wore only plain white clothes, slowly opened the wooden door of the bathroom, and submerged himself in a pool of cold water.

The biting coldness hit, Zhou Yu's thin lips trembled slightly, and his eyes were full of sadness. In a few days, he will go to Wu County with Sun Ce and serve under him. Since then, Rong Ma has been pinning his head to the waistband of his trousers, and he doesn't know when he will lose his life, so why bother to provoke other good girls.

Thinking of this, Xiao Qiao's appearance came to mind, fresh and smart, Zhou Yu hurriedly sank herself in a pool of cold water, but the stronger the feeling of suffocation and drowning, the clearer her smile became.

On that spring day five years ago, when he saw Wang Wan for the first time, he was like a bath in the east wind, as if he was tasting a cup of Longjing that had been picked for the first time, which was sweet and refreshing, and had an endless aftertaste; And Xiao Qiao is like a sip of plum wine in winter, he didn't feel anything at first, but when he came back to his senses, he was already intoxicated and couldn't extricate himself.

He still remembers that rainstorm autumn night four years ago, Wang Wan swallowed in his arms, such pain, he never wanted to experience it again, so that he no longer dared to love someone. What's more, in the future, he became Sun Ce's general, and he went on expeditions all the year round, how could he harm the girl to stay alone in the empty boudoir and live in tears.

With the splash of crystal water, Zhou Yu surfaced, panting heavily, his crown hair scattered on his broad shoulders, his expression was sad, and a thin layer of mist was condensed between his eyebrows, like a fairy who had just descended from the earth.

On the 'Zhou Langdi', in the face of Xiao Qiao's affection, he almost didn't hold it, if he kissed her in a moment, wouldn't he delay the girl for a lifetime.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu forcibly suppressed the loss in his heart and tried to make his expression look the same as usual. The four words "the common people in the world" are the ambitions of him and Sun Ce, for these four words, he still has no regrets about nine deaths, but the only thing he is afraid of is to bear her deep affection for a lifetime.

That's it, if she can find a lover one day, let her mind go with the wind. With an eight-foot body, since he has decided to go to the country generously, how can he still be a beautiful woman? Zhou Yu's thin lips trembled, trying to suppress the throbbing, and wrapped his heart layer by layer.

The next morning, before the rooster crowed, Little Joe got up. This night, she tossed and turned, almost never sleeping, opening and closing her eyes, half dreaming and half waking up, all in front of her were Zhou Yu's figure and his gentle words.

He should have her in his heart, right? If not, why did he treat her so well? Every time Xiao Qiao thought of this, her face was full of tenderness and sweetness that she couldn't hide, and she couldn't wait to come to the kitchen to help Aunt Zhou cook breakfast, hoping to meet him as soon as possible.

When it was finally time to eat, Xiao Qiao sat in front of the wooden table, staring straight at the long corridor with his eyes broken. The dumb child sat next to Xiao Qiao at some point, his round little face was full of smiles, Xiao Qiao turned his head and adjusted the line of sight blocked by the dumb child, who knew that the dumb child leaned over again, pouted, made a kissing expression, and then smiled silently mischievously.

Xiao Qiao only felt that her little face was flushed, and she looked at the dumb child with disgusted eyes: "You...... Did you see that? No way! ”

Aunt Zhou saw that it was late last night, and she was worried that Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao couldn't see the stone road clearly, so she deliberately asked the dumb child to wait on the path with a lantern. Although the mute child can't speak, he has excellent eyesight, so he naturally saw Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao on the embankment. Xiao Qiao's face became more and more red, and he didn't know if the dumb child had a gesture to Aunt Zhou, so he hurriedly said, "You are not allowed to tell people to go!" ”

The dumb boy shook his head, and the two horns swayed, full of stubbornness, and got up and ran out. Where is Xiao Qiao willing to follow, he immediately chased him out, but before he jumped out of the hall, he collided with Zhou Yu, who came to eat.

Zhou Yu's face was pale, his eyes were alienated and indifferent, and after helping Xiao Qiao up, he withdrew his hand and said, "Miss Xiao Qiao, be careful." ”

Yesterday he also called her "Wanmei", but today he changed back to "Little Qiao girl", Xiao Qiao was stunned, as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on his head, and said: "I'm sorry, it's me who is not careful." ”

Zhou Yu nodded, didn't say a word to her again, leaned over and said to Aunt Zhou: "Auntie, you can eat, I'll go to Brother Zijing's house." ”

After that, Zhou Yu led the high-headed horse and strode out of the old house.

In the past two days, Zhou Yu was upset, and Lu Su was no better. Everyone in the world knows that Sun Ce, a young man who is not yet 20 years old, has laid down Jiangdong, recruited talents, and has an unlimited future. And Zhou Yu also strongly persuaded Lu Su to join him and go to Jiangdong to join Sun Ce and work together for a great cause.

What Confucian student doesn't want to help the world? What's more, Sun Ce has an open-minded temperament, no suspicion, and meritocracy, which is quite supported by the Jiangdong scholars, and such a lord can be described as a dream. Lu Su really wanted to go to Wu County with Zhou Yu immediately, but he couldn't let go of his grandmother, who was over seventy years old.

Lu Su lost his father when he was a child, and if it weren't for his grandmother's nurturing and teaching him to read, he wouldn't have survived so far. If he really went to Jiangdong, the road was dangerous, how could his grandmother stand such a bump?

Lu Su hesitated again and again, but still planned to reject Zhou Yu's kindness. In the early morning of that day, when he was about to look for Zhou Yu, Mrs. Lu suddenly walked out of the wing room on crutches, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Jing'er! ”

Lu Su hurriedly responded, turned around, and saw his silver-haired grandmother dressed in gorgeous clothes, combed high buns, and full of pearl jade peacock feathers. When he was a child and was greedy for fun and refused to study, his grandmother was such a battle, saying that the Lu family once had a high-ranking title, but it was because his father died early and no one inherited it, so that the family fell into the middle, and now Lu Su is so angry, but he is not angry!

After reproaching, naturally he had to have a good beating, and Lu Su was able to become a talent in the end, which was inseparable from his grandmother's strict discipline. Now that he has married and had children, and his grandmother has enjoyed her old age, she doesn't care about the world, why is it suddenly like this today?

Lu Su timidly followed Mrs. Lu into the hall, sat down, and heard her ask urgently: "Jing'er, Gongjin asked you to go to Jiangdong to be an official, did you agree?" ”

Lu Su was stunned, and hurriedly said: "How could my grandson leave my grandmother alone, I didn't answer ......"

Before the words fell, I saw Mrs. Lu raise the cane in her hand and hit her head: "Okay, you stinky boy, you, you have forgotten the mission of our Lu family!" How did the old man teach you in the past, and your books have been read into the dog's belly? ”

Lu Susheng suffered those few blows, grinning in pain, but his body did not dare to tilt half a point: "What grandmother said, grandchildren understand, but if I go, who can take care of you." If there is a person who has three illnesses and two pains, who can serve him? ”

"You're ignoring your ambitions because of my old bones? If everyone in the world cares about their elderly grandfathers and grandmothers, and they all serve at home, who can work for the people? When will this troubled world come to an end? ”

Lu Su didn't understand any of the big truths that Mrs. Lu said, but people's hearts are flesh and blood, and he really couldn't leave his elderly grandmother to run for the future, and he knelt down with his head bored and didn't answer.

"That's it", when Mrs. Lu saw him like this, she leaned on her crutches and stood up tremblingly, "Since you think I'm a burden, I'll jump into the well now and go to accompany your grandfather!" ”

Although Lu Su knew that his grandmother was deliberately extreme, he had to hug her legs and leaned over and begged: "Grandmother, don't be impulsive, let your grandson think about it!" ”

"If the old man was a man, he would have stepped on the war horse and walked away, where would he still be here!"

Lu Su understood that if he didn't express his position now, his grandmother would not give up, so he had to endure the pain and said: "In a few days, my grandson will go to Jiangdong with Gongjin......

Mrs. Lu relieved her strength at this time, she sighed lightly, slowly squatted down, brushed Lu Su's sideburns, and sighed: "Jing'er, grandmother knows that you are filial." You can relax, no one will embarrass me, an old woman, I will stay here in peace, and come to pick me up when you are successful. ”

Having said that, Lu Su knew in his heart that this time, the end of the world was far away, and he didn't know if he could see each other again, he choked up for a long time, and said to his grandmother with a smile: "The nest is displaying lanterns these days, and when we have breakfast, I will accompany you to take a look." ”

Mrs. Lu waved her hand again and again: "There are too many people and it's very noisy, I won't go." I want to talk to Gong Jin, and if you are filial, invite him here. Lu Su was stunned, burst into laughter, his nose blew a big bubble, he hurriedly took out a silk handkerchief to wipe it, promised on his lips, but was helpless in his heart: This Zhou Yu is too likable, how can even his grandmother be like this.

For four or five days, Zhou Yu got up in the morning and went out in the middle of the night. Although Xiao Qiao is young and ignorant of affairs, he also understands that he is avoiding himself.

She laughed as usual in front of people, but she was not gloomy in private. He treated her so well, she was happy and moved, and she was so happy that before she could think of how to respond, she was rejected by him thousands of miles away.

Maybe it was her kiss that night that embarrassed him, and Little Joe lowered his eyes, infinitely sad. Saying a thousand things and ten thousand, she didn't want her careful thoughts to upset him, and planned to make it clear to him.

That night, after Zhou Yu returned to the old house, Xiao Qiao came to the outside of the study, knocked on the door of the concealment a few times, walked into the room under Zhou Yu's gaze, put a bowl of ginger soup on the side of the chessboard, and said in a low voice: "Auntie said that you have been infected with wind and cold these days, I cooked some ginger soup, drink it while it is hot." ”

Xiao Qiao would never know that Zhou Yu stood in cold water for nearly an hour in order to suppress his affection for her that night, which hurt the wind. But seeing her in front of him today, Zhou Yu knew that the hour was in vain, and his heart was still uncontrollably noisy, unconsciously wanting to get closer to her.

Zhou Yu was stunned for a long time before slowly picking up the ginger soup, and thanked him: "I'm tired of Miss Xiao Qiao." ”

Seeing him so polite and detached, Xiao Qiao's heart ached for a while, thinking that he really still disliked her, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hear him call "Wanmei" again in this life. Also, in his heart, he should regard her as his sister, but he has such thoughts about him, no wonder he hates it.

Xiao Qiao tried to calm down, but his eyes turned red: "I was not good that day, and I was rude." I just wanted you to know that I ...... Pleasing to you is not a brother-sister relationship, nor is it a meaning of fellowship, but simply longing for you. ”

Although Zhou Yu knew Xiao Qiao's thoughts, he still couldn't help blushing, and he clenched his big hand with distinct bones in regret, and panicked to suppress the joy that kept surging in his heart, and he didn't answer the phone.

When the two of them were relatively silent about their own thoughts, there was a sudden knock on the door of the old mansion. Zhou Yu signaled that Xiao Qiao didn't have to get up, strode to the door by himself, opened the door lightly, and saw Lu Meng poking his head in, he shrank while shrinking his body, and said to Zhou Yu with a smile: "My lord, the young general asked me to pick up the young lady!" ”

Zhou Yu hurriedly opened the door of the courtyard, and Lu Meng quickly led the carriage into the courtyard. Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Aunt Zhou and Dumb Er also walked out of the room when they heard the sound, and when they saw Lu Meng, Dumb Er jumped with joy. Da Qiao was just out of confinement, and before he thought about it, Sun Ce sent Lu Meng to pick him up, she was both happy and surprised, and greeted Lu Meng and said, "Amon has worked hard all the way, is it available for dinner?" ”

Lu Meng scratched his head and smiled, and squeezed his eyes at Da Qiao: "Madam, don't be busy, just ask this person in the car." ”