As soon as Yan Jibai came over, Lu Yu said to him: "Fang Daping told me just now that the new town guard is here, and he will come to my house tomorrow." ”

Yan Jibai nodded and said, "If I were him, I would come here first." ”

"Hehe, the one surnamed Zhao last time also came early."

"I hope this one is different from the last one." After a pause, he said, "So, there is a new county order in the county." ”

"It should be." Lu Yu said: "Then Uncle will come back tomorrow, let's see what kind of person this new town guard is." ”

"Okay, tomorrow I'll let the students study on their own, and I'll come back." Yan Jibai suddenly thought of something, and said, "Lu Yu, you go get some wine in the evening, I can't say that the new town guard will eat here." ”

"Will you?" Lu Yu thought to himself, last time Zhao Shoubei didn't leave him to eat at his house. But if he said so, there would definitely be a reason for him, so Lu Yu went to Fang Daping's house and brought back a jar of wine. The wine was exchanged for silver, and Fang Daping's family had a lot of food, but Lu Yu's family didn't have much.

When the seedlings were planted, they had to be fertilized, because there were "guests" coming the next day, so Lu Yu picked up a few loads of ash and manure into the valley overnight and fertilized the rice fields.

It's quiet in the valley, during the day, and even more so at night.

After applying fertilizer, Lu Yu saw that the valley was quiet and the warm stream was murmuring, and his heart moved, so he jumped into the warm stream and took a bath. I have to say that now Lu Yu's skin and muscles are white and firm, like a teenager.

After taking a bath and going back, the Yan family was asleep, Lu Yu quietly put down his burden, and wanted to go back to his room to rest, but suddenly smelled a faint fragrance. The fragrance is extremely thin, like a water mist, mixed with a hint of clear sweetness. Lu Yu carefully distinguished, it seemed to be the smell of lotus buds.

It's a little strange, the smell of lotus buds should have been lighter, so Lu Yu went to the edge of the pool to take a look, and then found that there were actually a few lotus buds that bloomed quietly.

There is a bright moon in the sky, the moonlight is like water, shining in the lotus pond, and the lotus flowers are also pale white, like a layer of milky white light veil. There are a lot of lotus flowers in the pool, some are blooming, and some are still half-blooming flower bones, one by one interspersed between the layers of lotus leaves, like a huge pearl.

Lu Yu stood on the edge of the lotus pond and took a deep breath.

"It's a pity, the moonlight is so beautiful, the lotus flowers are so beautiful, but Xi'an is sleeping." The blooming white lotus, like snow adorning the red glow, amazed Lu Yu and made his eyes shine.

Early the next morning, as soon as Lu Yu got up, he heard Yan Xi'an exclaim in the backyard: "Wow, the lotus flowers are blooming, uncle, come out and see." ”

Lu Yu pretended not to see the lotus bloom yet, went to the backyard with a smile, and stood side by side with Yan Xi'an by the pool. Lan Shaofang stood on the other side of the pool, in a daze.

"The lotus flowers are white, it's beautiful."

Yan Xi'an has seen lotus flowers, she said: "There are white and red lotus flowers, I have heard that the white ones are 'domestic' and the pink ones are 'wild'. ”

"Is there any difference?" Lu Yu really didn't understand, and asked again: "Then do you like pink or white?" ”

"Loved both. The pink lotus flowers, although they look brighter, but the lotus root of the wild lotus is not delicious, small, and a little old. The lotus root under the domestic lotus flower is much whiter and more tender. Yan Xi'an thought for a moment and continued: "This lotus flower was planted by you, uncle, no matter what color, it is very beautiful. ”

Lu Yu smiled and quietly held one of Yan Xi'an's hands.

Lan Shaofang, who was stunned on the side, suddenly said: "I have seen red lotus, many, many, all of them are red. ”

Lu Yu and Yan Xi'an knew that Lan Shaofang remembered what they had experienced when they were young, and the two didn't dare to disturb, so Lan Shaofang continued to reminisce.

Lan Shaofang looked straight ahead, not knowing which lotus flower she was looking at, after looking at it for a while, she said again: "I only remember lotus flowers and lotus leaves, there are many, many of them." ”

"Yes, you must have seen it when you were very young, and after all this time, you remember, if I didn't." Yan Xi'an walked up to Lan Shaofang again, took her hand and said, "Shaofang, let's go out to play together in the future, maybe we can meet the place you said has a large lotus leaf and lotus flowers." ”

Hearing Yan Xi'an say this, Lu Yu immediately thought of Pingze Lake, and he said, "Shaofang's hometown, will it be over there in Pingze Lake?" ”

"No, there is no bridge at Pyeongtaek Lake." Lan Shaofang's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said, "By the way, I still remember that there was a bridge there, a wooden bridge, very long. ”

"There is a long bridge, there are large lotus leaves and lotus flowers, I don't know where it is." Lu Yu has not been to many places, not to mention that he has never been out of Jinhua County, even in this county, he has not been to most places.

Yan Xi'an said: "I don't know where there will be long wooden bridges and lotus flowers, but my father may know, and I will ask him when I go back." ”

Lan Shaofang nodded and said, "Okay, but it's okay, anyway...... I'm ...... anyway," she didn't know what was supposed to happen anyway.

"Shaofang, it's okay, we're all your family anyway, right?"

"That's right." Lan Shaofang smiled faintly, smiling very quietly, shy, a little unlike him.

In the morning, Lu Yu spread cakes to make breakfast, and asked Yan Xiding to send some to his parents as well, and asked them to come back for dinner at noon. Lu Yu pondered, if the new town guard is coming, he will always come over in the morning, when he really wants to eat here, it is best to invite Fang Daping and Yan Jibai to come over, Lu Yu is not good at entertaining those official guests.

It was not suitable to go out in the morning, so Lu Yu hoeed and tidied up the vegetable garden in the backyard, and asked Yan Xiding to help prune the branches and leaves of the newly planted fruit trees this year. The fruit tree grows too fast, the trunk is not very thick, but the branches and leaves are very luxuriant, which is not a good thing, and some branches that are too long and too dense need to be cut. Of course, Yan Xi'an and Lan Shaofang don't need to do anything, they can help if they are willing to help, and they will play on the side if they don't want to. The two girls have the "highest status" in the family, and they don't even have an opinion on Yan Xiding.

Lu Yu hoeed the grass for a while, and saw that the cucumbers on the melon rack had grown a lot, and he wanted to go back to the house to pick some baskets, and as soon as he entered the house, he heard Fang Daping's voice.

Fang Daping led two people over, who were the new town guards of Dunlin Town.

The new town guard was actually very young, he looked no more than in his early thirties, white and clean, and dressed as a scholar. As soon as the town guard entered Lu Yu's house, when he saw Lu Yu, he first arched his hand and said: "Hello Mr. Lu, in Xia Lianggen, the new guard of Dunlin Town." ”

The man who came with Liang Gen was in his fifties, and he was also dressed as a Confucian scholar, and after Liang Gen opened his mouth, he also said to Lu Yu: "In Xia Yang Baili, hello Brother Lu." ”

The other party was polite, of course Lu Yu couldn't be too lazy, reported his name, and invited the two of them and Fang Daping to sit down in the room. Lu Yu didn't have the habit of boiling water and drinking tea, so he could only pour a bowl of hot water for each of the three of them.

Liang Gen took a sip of water, stood up again and looked at Lu Yu's house, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu's house has been around for some years. ”

"Yes, it's been some years." Lu Yu was a little puzzled, why did he say this.

"Hehe, the mountain is not high, there are immortals, where does Mr. Lu live, where is not the treasure land?" Liang Gen got up and walked to the door of the backyard, and exclaimed, "It turns out that there is a hole in the back of this." ”

Lu Yu smiled, a little uncomfortable, he remembered that Zhao Shoubei had said something similar when he came to his house for the first time. He walked into the backyard and heard Liang Gen say: "Although this yard is big, it is not messy, the vegetable garden, fruit trees, pond and sheepfold are reasonably and cleverly arranged, and Mr. Lu is really clever." ”

Lu Yu couldn't help frowning secretly when he heard this, and said in his heart: "Do these officials like to compliment people so much?" The point is that you are very uncomfortable with compliments. He could only say: "The vegetable garden in the countryside is cleaned up blindly, where can I say that there is any arrangement." ”

"It's really good, the trees are shady, the vegetables are in pieces, the lotus leaves are layered, and the flowers are fragrant, don't say it, when I see Mr. Lu's backyard today, I want to build two houses in the village, plant a few acres of land, and make a vegetable garden." Liang Gen laughed and said, "I'm a person with no ability, but a master like Mr. Lu lives in the countryside, so he is a little condescending." ”

Yang Baili also echoed on the side: "Farming is good, but not everyone is suitable for farming, Mr. Lu is a talented man, farming is really overkill." ”

The two laughed. Lu Yu decided to end this awkward conversation, and asked, "Liang Shoubei came to the Humble House, what do you have to say?" ”

Liang Gen said: "I don't dare to be a teacher, when I first arrived, I heard that Mr. Lu was the leading hero in the local area, so I was cheeky and came to visit uninvited. Saying that, he sighed again: "It's better to be famous than to meet, Mr. Lu is indeed a talent, a dragon and a phoenix among people." ”

Lu Yu was speechless, thinking, "Am I that good?" It's a hero and a dragon and a phoenix. He quietly glanced at Liang Gen again, and couldn't help but think, "This person won't see that I have cultivation on me, but he is undoubtedly an ordinary person." Thinking of this, he said: "In the past few years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, and Liang Shoubei has come this time, I'm afraid it will be harder." ”

Liang Gen said with a smile: "It's nothing if you work hard, I'm afraid that you can't do it well and won't benefit the people." ”

"Rest assured, there is a great god named Mr. Lu in the local area, and it is much better to govern it than other places." Yang Baili said with a smile: "Liang Shoubei and Zai came from the north, and the tragic scenes he saw along the way were unbearable, but this Dunlin Town is very different, and the people's governance and people's livelihood are far better than elsewhere. ”

Lu Yu really didn't know what to say, and heard Fang Daping say: "Yes, if it weren't for Lu Yu, we wouldn't be so good." ”

"I don't dare to do that." Lu Yu was helpless, so he could only say again: "Liang Shoubei came this time with the new county commander of this county, right?" ”