Date: 212-12-19

At the end of March, he finally entered the Jiangning territory, and there was still one day, and he could reach Jiangning City, Li Danruo got up quietly, wrapped himself in a gray and white linen cloak, went out of the cabin, looked left and right, sat under the mainmast, and looked up at the starry sky. \[\]

Jiang Yanming saw that it was Li Danruo, hurriedly turned out the lights, put on a cloak and came out, Li Danruo heard the movement, hurriedly turned his head to look, Jiang Yanming sat down not far from Li Danruo, and asked in a low voice, "Can't sleep?" ”

"Well, you haven't slept yet?"

"Read a book for a while."

Li Danruo didn't answer, clasped her knees with her hands, looked at the quiet silhouette under the starlight on the blue tile pink wall on the shore in fascination, and sighed softly, this is her former hometown, she has loved and hated for countless years.

Jiang Yanming followed her gaze, looked at the shore and laughed in a low voice: "The weather in Jiangnan is different from that of the capital, looking at this scene, it is like an ink painting, the capital is grand and magnificent, it is beautiful and soft here, the products are rich, and it is very suitable for home, if we can live in Jiangning for a long time...... I don't know if you can't live in the habit. ”

"Well," Li Danruo replied in a vague voice, and exclaimed in a low voice: "It's better than a painting." Jiang Yanming turned his head to look at her, and no longer spoke, only accompanied her to look at the scenery and houses on the shore under the starlight.

After a long time, Li Danruo breathed a long sigh of relief, shook his head gently, as if he wanted to shake off some past, turned his head to look at Jiang Yanming and asked, "Have you ever been to Jiangning?" ”

"No, my aunt came back once, and I often heard her say that she likes Jiang Ning very much." Jiang Yanming explained, Li Danruo slowly 'oh', Jiang Yanming then explained: "You also know that the Jiang family is now divided into three branches, in fact, these three branches are only divided from the time of the great-grandfather," Jiang Yanming paused, and then said: "These are the ancient sayings that my aunt told me, the great-grandfather at that time, the world was still in chaos, the great-grandfather of the long house took his younger brother to follow the king of Jin at that time, and then the king of Jin was defeated, and the great-grandfather was also captured and beheaded, and left a last word before he died, his children and grandchildren, within three generations, are not allowed to enter the official office." ”

"It's also for their good." Li Danruo answered, Jiang Yanming looked at Li Danruo and said with a smile: "You can understand the deep meaning of this as soon as you hear it, but some people don't understand, our ancestors moved to the capital from the king of Jin attached to the long house, and they studied wholeheartedly, not asking who is the king and who is the king. ”

Li Danruo frowned, looked at Jiang Yanming, Jiang Yanming looked down at her and smiled bitterly: "Let's come back like this, I'm afraid of what happens." Li Danruo looked at the sparkling waves in the river, thought about it and smiled: "I'm not afraid, but what can I do if I say a few difficult words?" ”

"Well, I think so too, it's not a big deal, let's ......" Jiang Yanming looked at the shore and paused for a moment before continuing: "Jiang Ning is only afraid that it won't be delayed for a few years, the eldest uncle is not pardoned, but the wife is not, I specially asked Lu Langzhong about this before leaving Beijing, the wife and they are so light, as long as they are pardoned, they will be pardoned, the court pardons and diligent, lucky, but there will be an amnesty in a year or two, if that's the case, we are afraid that we will have to quickly set off and return to the capital, only to return to the capital, It's good to plan the affairs of the eldest uncle and them, and they can't let them die of old age and exile. ”

"Well," Li Danruo reluctantly looked at the shore, and agreed a little low, Jiang Yanming looked at her carefully, and asked in a low voice, "Do you like it here?" ”

"Hmm,"

"Then wait for this, let's go to Jiangning to live?"

Li Danruo turned his head to look at Jiang Yanming, Jiang Yanming continued: "I know that you have a quiet temperament, and I have never thought about glory and wealth, glory and ancestry, if you like it here, when the family is over, let's move to Jiangning to live, buy a few acres of land and I will take care of it, if you still have spare time, teach a few more students, let's go boating on the lake in summer, climb high and overlook in autumn, hug the stove in winter and talk at night, in spring we look at flowers and willows everywhere, you can also go farther, Suzhou and Hangzhou are not far from Jiangning, you say, okay?" ”

Jiang Yanming looked at Li Danruo expectantly, Li Danruo's eyelashes twitched a few times, and she didn't speak, this is what she wants to live, but ......

"Danruo, I used to be careless, you say, I think about it all the time these days," Jiang Yanming was a little difficult and continued: "In the future, I won't break your heart again, don't worry." Li Danruo looked up at him, was silent for a moment before he said in a low voice, "Let me think about it." ”

In the afternoon of the next day, the boat stopped at Jiangning Wharf, and rushed to the Jiang family's mansion on the first day to report that Zhang Wang led the two to the boat, among the two, the first one was thirty-four or five years old, medium stature, slightly fat, with two beards, a purple sauce-colored brocade gown, a black jade belt tied around the waist, a gloomy face, looking very majestic, looking at the age, this should be the eldest grandson of the long house, and now the housekeeper Jiang Yanwu is behind, and the back is twenty-five or sixteen years old, shaking a folding fan with his back hand, an emerald green brocade gown, no belt, The long shirt is fluttering, and it is a bit of a son's style, and Li Danruo can't tell which one it is for a while.

Li Danruo looked at the two of them through the curtain, and frowned slightly, they didn't come out of the five clothes, knowing that there was a funeral, they were still dressed like this, it seems that they were worried about things yesterday, but they didn't worry in vain.

The two entered the cabin, and Li Danruo quietly hid behind the curtain and listened carefully to the movement in front.

"The old lady is well." Listening to the voice should be the older Jiang Yanwu,

"Da Lang is fine, I haven't seen each other for many years, this is San Lang, he's grown so big." Mrs. Cheng replied gently,

"Huh? Ha! It's hard for the old lady to remember San Lang, it's really rare, ah? It's rare, I still remember the old lady back then, she was really majestic...... "It's still Jiang Yanwu's voice,

"Big brother, let's talk about it when I get home." It was Jiang Yanming's voice, followed by Jiang Yanming's words, it was a sarcastic chuckle, it should be San Lang Jiang Yanbin: "Which home to go back to?" Can you go back if you want to? ”

"Old lady, I received the letter before, I reported to my father, this is a big deal, my father can't make up his mind, so I have to open the ancestral hall to ask the big guy to discuss, this matter is not easy to discuss, last night it was finally agreed, our Jiang family's poems and books are heirlooms, law-abiding, and there are no lawbreakers! The clan has discussed, such unworthy descendants are not allowed to enter the ancestral grave of the Jiang family, and the Jiang family does not recognize such descendants. Jiang Yanwu's voice was full of extreme pain and pride.

"It turns out that the Jiang family still has this rule, but it's the first time I've heard of it, so I don't know how Ling Great-Ancestor will deal with himself?" Jiang Yanming replied,

"You!" Jiang Yanwu's voice was full of anger: "Dare to insult the ancestors, I am not welcome to you!" Hmph, the clan has already discussed, the master personally came over to spread the word, this is the face of the sky, don't be embarrassed!"

"Brother Ming, forget it." Mrs. Cheng's voice was calm and indifferent: "Even so, it's just another portal, they are in the south of the city, we will go to the north of the city to buy a house and land to settle down, and the cemetery will be larger, and go back and move your grandfather over." Jiang Yanming respectfully agreed. Jiang Yanwu snorted coldly, and there was a sound of footsteps far away, thinking that he was brushing his sleeves away.

Li Danruo turned out from behind the curtain, and Mrs. Cheng motioned for her to sit on the bamboo couch, sighed and said, "I'm worried about this all the way, alas!"

"Gorou and I thought of it too." Li Danruo said in a low voice: "Since this is the case, we have to hurry up to the north of the city to find a suitable house, let's settle down first, find a temple outside the city and send the coffin, just do a few days of water and land dojo, take advantage of this, and then look at buying a few acres of land." ”

"Okay, you and Fifth Brother will discuss it, don't be in a hurry, and don't stay on the boat for a few more days." Old Mrs. Cheng patted Li Danruo's hand and said gently.

"Then Zhang Wang and I will go to see the house." Jiang Yanming stood up and said, seeing that Li Danruo nodded in response, he went out to call Zhang Wang, got off the boat and went to the north of the city to find a brokerage firm to look at the house.

After watching it for two or three days, Jiang Yanming was optimistic about the two houses, and took Li Danruo to go over to make a decision.

The first place is a five-entry house, very wide, there is not a small garden, but the house is a little old, Li Danruo carefully looked at the house everywhere, if you want to live in people, I am afraid that it will not work without paint repair, the second place is a three-entry yard, extremely compact, the yard is densely covered with houses, only a small yard in the middle, but it is very inside and out, it is said that it has just been built for less than two years, and the master's family was taken to Fuzhou's hometown.

Li Danruo looked back and forth a few times, pointed to a few tall wings on the east side of the Hanging Flower Gate and said: "It's rare to have a few big wings here, turn around and let people tear down that wall, here is a wall, it is separated from the inside, and it has become a separate courtyard courtyard, you can come in and take it in, I think, just this one, although the one over there is good, but if you want to live in it, I am afraid that the silver cost of repairing the house is only more than buying a house." ”

"Okay, since it's so decided, I'll go to do the title deed," Jiang Yanming stopped, looked down at Li Danruo and said in a low voice: "Just write your name, and use it all your dowry silver, Danruo, in the future, I will definitely make up your dowry." Li Danruo looked up at Jiang Yanming, thought about it and said with a smile: "It's okay, money is all external things, didn't the ancients say, the daughter is scattered and comes back, don't worry about this matter first." ”

Jiang Yanming stretched out his hand and stroked Li Danruo's cloak, hurriedly retracted it and said with a smile: "Then I'll send you back to the boat first, and then I'll go to make the deed when I come back." ”

Li Danruo watched people clean up the house, Jiang Yanming hired someone to send the coffins of Jiang Fengli and others to Linggu Temple outside the city, and did a water and land dojo for seven days, and it took more than ten days for the family to move into the house.