The end of the world is just a stone's throw away

Two days later, when he returned to Zhuangzi, he found that Lian'er was actually living in his aunt's yard here. He sometimes felt very discouraged, if grandma wanted to arrange her to Xintian, then she should let her live in grandma's yard, or let her live alone, there is a courtyard in Zhuangzi, why let him live with her like this across the door, look up and don't look down.

When he arrived in Zhuangzi, Lian'er was not in the house, he knew from Liu's mother that the empty house opposite him had been given to Lian'er. When he went to see his grandmother, Lian'er was not with her grandmother. The grandmother said that she went out with the master who had come to do the work, and went out to the houses of the tenants of the various granges to deliver the rice. In the next few days, he rarely had the opportunity to see her, she stayed in her grandmother's yard most of the time to help copy Buddhist scriptures, or was busy with some other chores, rarely went back to her yard, even if she occasionally bumped into, she just respectfully called him the third young master, and then left in a hurry with her head down, looking extremely strange to each other. He sometimes saw the eldest brother in the grandmother's house where everyone discussed things together, but Lian'er was indifferent, and she was just respectful to the eldest brother and did not pretend. It can be seen that the eldest brother likes her very much, but Lian'er never seems to give him a chance to get closer, and even sometimes when Xintian stands closer to her, she will unconsciously step back a little and always keep a distance from him. It seems that the eldest brother is more helpless than him.

He sometimes thinks that he is thinking too much, maybe what Lian'er said is true, the relationship between her and her eldest brother is really just a simple master-servant relationship, and grandma has not arranged anything for them, and he also knows that Mrs. Tang has always hoped that the eldest brother can get married in the capital. Isn't he hurting Lian'er too much by doing this? He sometimes really wished he had her all the way he had embraced her that night, and that there were so few doubts and struggles.

He was sometimes very envious of Xiao Jiu, and a few times he saw the two of them talking and laughing together from a distance, but as soon as Lian'er saw him, she lowered her head and stopped looking at him, and then made an excuse to walk away. Even Xiao Jiu asked him suspiciously if he had offended Sister Lian.

He hadn't talked to his grandmother for a long time, and he tried to spend as much time with the old man as he could, but he rarely saw Lian'er, but whenever he saw him appear, she always had an excuse saying that there were many things to do, and then walked away. Until noon the day before his grandmother's birthday, when he had lunch with his grandmother, and when there was only him and his grandmother in the house, his grandmother talked to him about his aunt and Baihuatang. After my aunt left home, Baihuatang has always been taken care of by my grandmother. Although those sisters and aunts are all good, it's really weird to let him be a big man in it all day long. Even Lan Xin thinks that he is having an affair with those sisters and sisters. So he discussed with his grandmother how to promote a few more capable people to do some general coordination work, so that these sisters would not come to discuss with him every time there was a big thing.

"Who told you not to be angry, and not find another capable daughter-in-law sooner. Having a capable daughter-in-law to help you will solve the problem. Also, when will you break your mess of flowers and grass? The day before yesterday, I heard Liu's mother say, "What kind of flowers, and I came to Zhuangzi to find you." If you go on like this, even if there are suitable people, they will not dare to follow you, and they will be scared away by you. Grandma said angrily and funny, grandma had never said such things to him before, which made Xinjie feel very embarrassed and agreed repeatedly.

"But then again, people say that three women in one play, let you be a big guy who has been in charge of Baihuatang alone, and it is really difficult for you for so many years. Okay, I'll find you a capable person to take care of it for you for the time being? ”

"Okay, my grandson can't ask for it."

So grandma asked Chun Tao to call Lian'er. Chun Tao replied that Lian'er went to the kitchen to help make Shou Tao.

"How can this girl do it, how can she do this kind of thing, isn't it a waste of time? Let her pinch one or two and hurry back to me, how much business to do, but she ran out to do these sesame mung bean things. ”

Xinjie knew that Lian'er was trying to avoid him and find some reason to go out. "You old man wouldn't want to send Lian'er to help me, would you?!"

"Why not? This girl can do it. Haven't you seen it all in the city? It seems that she can't hide anything from her grandmother, "Did you kid offend her, Xinyue said that you are all fine in the city, how did you make Lian'er suddenly go back to Zhuangzi by herself, is it not waiting to see you now." You, don't mess around outside in the future, those girls outside have poured you too much ecstasy soup, so you can't get along with serious people. Xinjie was embarrassed to say this, and it sounded like Grandma knew everything, and as if Lian'er knew where he went that night, and was angry because he went to Narcissus. He didn't quite understand what Grandma meant, but he was too embarrassed to ask. "This kid has always been a big man, not a calculating person, how do you offend people when you turn around, how to compensate for it. Don't be like a prawn for a day. Xinjie could only say yes in a row, and the doubts in his heart were not easy to say.

After a while, Lian'er came in, and her grandmother asked her, "How is the general account of your Baicaotang checked?" ”

"It's basically the same, some old accounts that should be made up, and the big account room will be handed in in a few days. In general, there are more problems in Luoyang, and all other places are minor problems, I have written an abridgement to the eldest young master, and the eldest young master said that he has discussed it with you. ”

"Yes, Xintian has discussed with me, he has already changed people in Luoyang a few days ago, and the rest will be dealt with after these few days. Xintian will set off with Xinyuan in a few days, and after they have arranged it, you and Xinjie will go to Luoyang and handle this matter in the way we originally discussed. Xinjie was very surprised, first, he was never willing to interfere in the matter of Baicaotang, lest Mrs. Tang be suspicious, and second, grandma actually let him and Lian'er go to Luoyang.

"Xinjie, don't always mess around outside, you have to worry more about things at home, don't throw them all to your eldest brother, although Xinye Xinyuan and they help him, but there are so many things at home, everyone needs to work together. The purpose of letting Xinyuan go with your eldest brother this time is to let him experience it, brothers in the family, everyone must be familiar with these basic daily affairs of the family, and they must have experience, in case something happens, everyone can help each other. ”

"It's Grandma."

"Lian'er, you are already familiar with the affairs of Luoyang and Xianyang Baicaotang, you can go to the medical hall a little less recently, anyway, there are other doctors, you have to help Xinjie get familiar as soon as possible." Xintian and Xinyuan will not come back for three or four months this trip, and the autumn hunt will be at least more than a month or two months from preparation to completion, and they will escort the emperor back to Beijing, and then take care of the affairs of Beijing, and see that it will be the end of the year. During the autumn hunt, Xinye also has to go to the capital to guard, although our family Xinyang is there, but just in case. The rectification of the Luoyang branch must be dealt with before the end of the year, and there can be no hidden dangers. There is also Baihuatang's side, from now on, you will gradually tell Lian'er about the situation over there, and let her start to help you sort it out gradually, but you can't be lazy yourself, you can't push everything to her, and Lian'er is tired, I won't spare you. ”

"Grandma, how dare I." He stole a glance at her, and she was still so faint, very indifferent.

"Also, Xinjie has been like a wild horse for the past few years, running around outside by himself, and after being injured two years ago, he has not completely recuperated, so he followed the prince to the Turks to run back and forth. Although he doesn't feel like he is young, he still needs to take care of it thoroughly. Lian'er, I'll leave this matter to you. ”

From beginning to end, Lian'er didn't look at Xinjie, just looked at her grandmother, and grandma said what she should do.

"What's wrong with you girl these days? Don't even have a smile? Is it my old man's birthday that makes you tired and stupid, or are you stunned by the old bald man who copied the scriptures with intelligence? Grandma teased her.

"Grandma, what's the matter, it's just that she may sleep less, and she's a little dull."

"Oh, then, then you should go back to your room early today, don't be busy here in the afternoon, it's not a big deal, take a good shower and sleep after dinner, and come and comb my hair happily early tomorrow morning, okay?"

"Okay." She sounded weak when she spoke.

"That Xinjie, you can also go back and have a good rest, and come over early tomorrow."

They both came out of the grandmother's house together and walked towards their yard. Lian'er kept her head down all the way and didn't speak, Xinjie wanted to explain, but didn't know how to speak. When she arrived at the door, she gently blessed him, said goodbye to the young master, and prepared to walk away. This made Xinjie feel very awkward, "Are you okay these days?"

"Young master, please go back, I'm tired and want to rest for a while." After saying that, he wanted to turn around again. "Lian'er, you listen to me, that day I just..."

"Young Master, you don't need to explain, I understand, siblings, right? I told you that day, but I was thinking too much about myself, and I knew who I was, so please go back. She was pale when she said this, and there were slight beads of sweat on her forehead. I didn't look at him when I spoke, I left when I finished speaking, my feet were obviously floating, I couldn't stand steadily when I went up the corridor, and I almost fell to the ground, Xinjie hurriedly went over and picked her up, touched her pulse and carried her to the room to put it on her own bed, and then quickly asked Liu's mother to get her honey water, and asked Wu's mother, who usually takes care of Lian'er, to go to the kitchen to get some millet porridge for her.

"Didn't you have lunch?" Lian'er ignored him, "You know that you have this kind of weakness, and you don't eat well, and you still go to the hall to diagnose others, and you don't know how to maintain yourself?"

She still didn't speak, Mother Liu came in with honey water at this time, "The girl has been too busy these days, inside and outside these days, although it is the wife who greets her, but the wife only cares about the big things, no one cares about the small things, if the girl is not here, I am afraid that the old lady will still worry about many things." ”

Xinjie wanted to take the honey water from Mother Liu's hand, but Lian'er stopped, "Mother Liu, give it to me, I'll do it myself." But Liu's mother still handed it over to her young master. "Miss Lian, your hands are shaking terribly, the young master is here to take care of you, there are still some things to finish in my room over there." After saying that, she hurriedly went out, she watched Xinjie grow up since she was a child, and of course she understood the child's thoughts. The young master is usually happy to come back, and he also talks and laughs with her, only this time when he comes back, he often spends himself in the house, as long as the white girl appears in the yard, he stares at it like a lost soul, but people ignore him. Although except for the Ninth Young Master, who often talked and laughed with the girl, she was indifferent to the other young masters, but she was extremely polite, and she never pretended not to see it like she did to the young master. Liu's mother is a person who has come over, and she has seen a lot of things, but she can't see it. With her good character, if the girl hadn't been moved, where would she have gambled with the third young master.

Since the White Girl came, she has liked this girl very much, Xinjie was brought up by her, and of course she hopes that he can marry such a good one. She also talked to Sister-in-law Wu. The eldest young master often came, and kept giving gifts, but the girl did not respond. In the past, they thought she had a sweetheart, so even if she met someone with such a good background, she was not tempted. Sister-in-law Wu also tricked her, it is obvious that she is not because of someone else, maybe fate has not arrived. In the past, they had also thought that the Third Young Master might be possible, but since the Third Young Master ran out from Lan Xin, he has rarely returned to Zhuangzi in the past few years. Who would have thought that this kind of thing was still destined by God, after three years, it was the young master Xinjie's and still couldn't run away. She went to Xinjie's house, slowly helped him wipe the windowsill, and listened to the movement.

Xinjie in the house silently fed Lian'er and drank honey water, watching her face gradually soften, neither of them spoke, and after a while, Mother Wu came in with porridge. Wu's mother is also interested, After Xinjie took the porridge, she originally wanted to go out, but Lian'er asked her to help make a cup of tea. "You're still drinking tea like this, don't you know how to break blood? Mother Wu, just go and pour her a glass of warm water and put it here. ”

"You...," Lian'er rolled her eyes in anger at him.

"What am I, drink this porridge obediently." Mother Wu had never seen the third young master talk to anyone in such a low voice, and she felt funny in her heart, put down the water glass on the small table in front of the bed, and left in a hurry.

"I also know that you are angry with me, but let's not joke with your body, when you have the strength, you want to scold and want to beat, but you have to have the spirit, don't you?" Lian'er rolled her eyes a little, rolled her eyes again, and still didn't speak, so he finished feeding the porridge and drank water to rinse it. He didn't talk to him, but he knew she had given in.

He flattened her pillow and laid her down, "Let's get some sleep, and we'll have dinner later." ”

Maybe she was really tired, but Lian'er quickly fell asleep. He found that when she lay down, it was very touching, he watched quietly, but he couldn't help but kiss her on the lips gently, she actually frowned in her dream, which made him think it was funny, and he didn't know what she interpreted in her dream.

He stood up slightly, and only then did he have time to look around the room. It was the first time he had come in, and it was too plain except for the dresser stating that the owner was a woman. There was a desk by the window, and next to it was a bookshelf, and in addition to the books, the instrument he had bought for her was conspicuously placed in the middle compartment.

He walked over to the shelf, looked at the piano, and flipped through some of the pamphlets that lay beside him. Only then did he realize that these were not books, but just some short essays written by Lian'er or a few random notes. There are scattered inside, there are things to see and hear on the road from the capital to Xianyang, most of them are the scenery and interesting things seen, there are the four seasons of Tangzhuang, the flowers bloom and the leaves fall, and the insects and birds play. Occasionally there are a few lines of poetry, a few sketches, sometimes a few bars of music. He took them all down and sat down at the table, looking at them one by one.

The various records are sometimes very relaxed and lively, reminding him of her happy smile and naughty appearance of rolling her eyes on Xianyang Street. Some passages have a very strong melancholy, but he found that it only brought out her emotions at that time through the realism of the scene, and there was never any specific idea of her about people or things. Maybe you've lived in the palace for a long time, and you don't want to settle down?

Most of the sketches are also sketches, simple and simple, but often very vivid and vivid. Most of them are landscapes, flowers, birds and trees, and occasionally there are strange images of Xiao Jiu, as well as grandma, Yueyue, Wu's mother and Liu's mother's funny appearance. At the end of one of them, he actually found that there were many faces of the same man in it, all kinds of expressions, which looked very familiar, and after a while, he realized that it was himself. I don't think it's funny, but I'm very happy. This is obviously what she painted in the past few days since she returned to Zhuangzi. It seems that although this girl is angry, she always has him in her heart.

He was watching, and found that Liu's mother gently walked in to look for him, and he quietly followed him outside, only to know that it was the eldest brother who asked him to come to him to discuss. Shinten's search for him was to discuss the matter of Akikaku, and Shinhara and Shinno were also there. Xinjie told them about the recent developments in Beijing, and the brothers went to see their father together, Tang Lan had returned to the village, preparing to celebrate his grandmother's birthday the next day. We discussed some arrangements and precautions together, and went to my grandmother to ask for any other instructions. Time passed quickly, the sun was in the west after a toss, grandma asked them to have dinner there together, Xinjie remembered that he told Lian'er to have dinner together, so he said to grandma: "Grandma, can you let me trouble Mother Qu to go and see Lian'er, she may be busy with work at noon and didn't eat, and she fainted when she returned to the yard in the afternoon." "Does it matter?" Xinjie knew that almost everyone in the room cared about her, so he would rather say it openly than hide it.

"It shouldn't be too much of a problem, I gave her porridge to drink, let her sleep and rest, but I still have to go and see it to be relieved."

"I just thought she was tired at noon and asked her to go back to rest, and it turned out to be, alas! Just now Zhizhi came to tell me, this girl has been staying up late to help her copy the scriptures for the past few days, and she stayed up all night last night without sleeping, I don't know. It should be fine, but it's safe to see. Sister-in-law Qu, come, you go to Lian'er's place to see if she is up? If she's up and in good spirits, you let her come and eat with us, and if she's tired, you let her rest in the house.

You ask her what she wants to eat, and she's thin-faced, and you just tell the kitchen to cook it for her. ”

Mother Qu answered.

Xintian heard Xinjie talking to his grandmother just now and then remembered that whether it was in the old house in the city or in the Zhuangzi, Lian'er and Xinjie lived in the same courtyard. I don't know if it's a coincidence or really fate. Xinjie's concern for her is obvious, not under himself, although he has watched Lian'er just cold to Xinjie these days, but people say that women are the most vulnerable when they are sick. He could only sigh in his heart, maybe he couldn't ask for it for so many years, Xinjie could get his wish. His mood became complicated.

After a while, Mother Qu came back by herself, "The white girl got up, she said she would clean up and come over, she was fine, thank you for the old lady and the young master for your concern." I looked much better than when I went back at noon. ”

"That's good." The old grandmother sighed, "This child is sincere, let her do everything hard to do well, is to lose herself." In this case, we will wait for her, and you will come and see the eldest lady and the new moon, and ask them if they have eaten, and if they have not eaten, they will all come and eat together. ”

After a while, the new moon came, but Mrs. Tang did not come because she was accompanied by her relatives who came to celebrate her birthday.

When Lian'er came in, she knew that everyone here was watching her. When she just got up in bed just now, she was still sitting there thinking about Xinjie, and Mother Qu came. said that the third young master and the old lady sent her, although it was a little unexpected, but she still quickly packed it up.

As soon as she saw her, the old grandmother complained: "You kid, why do you stay up all night copying scriptures?" You just leave it to the old guy to copy it. I'll go back and settle accounts with that old thing. You don't eat well, if you have anything, I don't die of heartache, and these brothers and sisters are afraid that they will all be anxious with me. ”

"It's okay grandma, it's good to sleep enough. Don't talk about the smart master, I want to copy it myself, and she also asked me to go back to sleep early, I just lit incense, and I felt very quiet in my heart when I copied the scriptures, so I kept copying it. ”

"Don't do this, kid. Don't help me copy the scriptures in the future, you are young, this kind of cultivation is not suitable for doing too much, you will have to get married in the future, there is still a long way to go in life, you must not indulge in this kind of thing now, wait until you reach my age to do it. Do you understand what I mean? ”

Hearing his grandmother's words, Xinjie felt a little frightened. He had the experience of an aunt, and this kind of concentrated cultivation had already caused him to lose his aunt who was like his mother, and he couldn't lose Lian'er anymore. He knew that Lian'er was very similar to his aunt in some ways, and she was too smart in many things. Maybe it's really because he hurt her these days, and he feels sad, so he pins his hopes on things like Buddhist scriptures. He didn't know if she was sometimes cold these days, whether it was really because she was sad and came to her senses, and became cold. It scared him. He must find a way to win back her heart, and he can't let her go to the indifferent end. Xinjie later learned that this is also a hidden worry that will often appear in his future life. In his later separation and integration with Lian'er, the biggest opponent was not the person around him, which brother, but Lian'er's mentality of returning to loneliness after vicissitudes.

After eating, Grandma urged Lian'er to go back to rest early, and also asked everyone to go back early, because there would definitely be many guests coming the next day, and it would be a busy day.

Xinjie followed Lian'er and walked back slowly, until she reached the door of her room, Lian'er suddenly stopped: "Young master, please go back, I'm here." ”

"Lian'er, don't be angry anymore, okay? I really didn't know what to do that day because I was in a hurry. ”

"I don't know what to do, you just sit at home and think slowly, why do you run outside and fool around." It turned out to be angry about this. Lian'er didn't care about him, and went into the room with her head dropped. He could only follow in, and Wu's mother didn't dare to stop him, but scared Wu's mother and quickly slipped out by herself.

"It's all my fault, never again, in fact, I don't know what to do, so I'm very annoyed, I ran out and my mind was full of you, I couldn't do anything, I just drank all night."

Of course, he didn't dare to say that he had found Narcissus, but if he couldn't, he felt like he had nothing to do. He could only admit his mistake in a low voice now. Lian'er ignored him, went into the house, made herself tea, and kept her back to him. Xinjie had no choice but to come over and hug her and let her listen to him: "Lian'er, you must know that although my eldest brother and I are not the same mother, we have had a good relationship since childhood, and I never want to fight with him for anything." ”

"But I'm a person, not something that can be transferred." Lian'er tried to break out of his arms, but Xinjie made up his mind and would not give up, Lian'er really couldn't break free, so he could only let him go.

"I know, but Lian'er, you're going to give me time."

"Okay, I'll give you time, you go out and think slowly, and when you figure it out, I'm going to sleep."

"Will you be able to sleep if I go out like this?"

"That's my business, not the third young master's business."

"Lian'er's business is my business. I told you everything, it's what I have. ”

"I'm embarrassed to say that I told you in the morning, but I started to hesitate in the evening."

"I'm not hesitating, it's just that I don't know what to do, but my feelings for you haven't changed. It just takes time to get used to it, it takes time to think. ”

"Then you can go back and think about it."

"I've figured it out a long time ago."

Lian'er raised a pair of big eyes to look at him, he looked at her and didn't know what to say for a while, lost in her big eyes, forgetting their quarrel just now, he couldn't help but bow his head to kiss her, which made her a little panicked. But Xinjie believes that Lian'er loves him, and after the initial panic, there is a slight resistance, and then obedience. After a long time, he slowly let go of her lips and buried her head in his arms.

"Lian'er, don't be angry with me anymore, okay?" She didn't speak, quietly.

"Even if you can hit me and scold me when you are angry, you can't spoil your body. When you fainted in the middle of the day, I was so scared. ”

"I'm worried now, so why did you go a few days earlier?"

"It's a rush, you've got to let me sort it out. It was only when my eldest brother came back that afternoon that I realized the problem. I was slow in my head, I didn't think clearly, so when you came to me that night, I didn't know what to do. ”

"You have to be slow-minded, that monkey is a nerd." When she said this, Lian'er couldn't help but smile a little, of course, this couldn't escape Xinjie's eyes.

"Then I'm the dumbest monkey, let us slip away, okay?" Lian'er finally couldn't help it and laughed.

"It's good to see you laughing, our Lian'er is really charming when she laughs." When he kissed her again, he found that she was still very shy, and after he let go of her, she took a long time to slow down and talk to him: "You go back to the room early, Mother Wu and they are still waiting." I wanted Mother Wu to go home early, but I'm going to be busy for a few days tomorrow. ”

"You're alone with Mother Wu here? She's usually home, who's here to accompany you? ”

"There used to be a small mirror, but last month she got married, and there was only one of them, Mother Wu. Grandma originally came to make up for one, but she never found a suitable one. I can do a lot of small things on my own, and that's okay. It's just that I live alone in the yard at night, sometimes a little scared, everything else is fine. Without further ado, I'll send her home first. ”

Mother Wu and Little Mirror used to wait for her aunt, and in addition to the two of them, there were Hui'er and Mother Gao. Since her aunt became a monk, only Hui'er herself was willing to follow her to the temple, and everyone else stayed. The little mirror said that it was a small mirror, but in fact, it was not small, and she was several years older than Lian'er, so it was normal for her to get married. Every young lady in the Tang family generally has a girl and one or two aunts. Xinjie used to follow his grandmother and aunt, so he only had a full-time mother Liu, and the subordinates on his aunt and grandmother's side often helped take care of him. Gao's mother later came over to help take care of Xinyue, and only in the morning would come over to help clean all the rooms in the yard. When Lian'er didn't come and Xinjie wasn't at home, the yard was empty, but Gao's mother came to clean it in the morning, and Liu's mother followed her grandmother to do all kinds of needlework, take care of flowers and plants or other chores. When Xinjie was at home, Liu's mother came over.

Since my aunt left home, Wu's mother went home to rest, and at first she felt very happy, but after a while she began to get bored. When Lian'er came, she happily went back to the courtyard to wait. She found that Lian'er was actually better to get along with than Xiaoxiao, never picky about her subordinates, but she loved to be clean, and took a bath and washed clothes more than others. But she didn't have much needlework, most of the clothes were drawn by Lian'er herself, and they were taken to the shop outside to be made, unlike Xiaoxiao, who was made by the people in the family. She doesn't pick and choose. So although there were few people waiting for her, there were many fewer things to do. Lian'er was sent back by Xiao Jiu from the capital with a serious injury, and was raised in Tangzhuang for a few months. Since she recovered from her injuries, Lian'er usually asked her to go back to her house at night, and rarely left her here to watch the night.

Wu's mother was in Xinjie's house at this time, chatting with Liu's mother while folding Xinjie's clothes. The content, of course, is the two masters, I don't know how the quarrel went. Neither of them dared to raise their voices, lest their master hear, but dared to whisper in a row. Both of them grew up watching Xinjie, and they were both worried about their masters. Mother Wu heard Xinjie lift the curtain and come out of Lian'er's room, and hurriedly walked out to wait for Lian'er.

"Mother Wu, you help me get the water in the water room, and you can go home early after I take a bath. Tomorrow I'll get up early in the morning and go to my grandmother's place, and I'll have breakfast there, so you don't have to come here early in the morning and wait, just remember to help me wash my clothes. ”

Mother Wu went out to prepare.

Mother Liu watched Xinjie pack up and change into sleeping clothes, and she was ready to go home, Mother Wu had already left at this time. She specially instructed Xinjie to come to the courtyard and close the courtyard door. "It's not as good as before, you're not afraid of anything, and now that Miss Lian lives in Westinghouse, it's better to be careful. ”

"I wasn't at home before, isn't it just Lian'er in the yard at night."

"It's not like that, there used to be little mirrors. But the little mirror and her mother came to the old lady last month, saying that her daughter was really old, and she wanted to redeem her, marry her, and settle down at home. The old lady was right. The old lady kept urging the eldest lady to make up another girl, but the eldest lady kept saying that she had not found a suitable one. In fact, the eldest lady didn't look for it seriously, she just saw that Miss Lian came to run away without support, and never cared. However, the Ninth Young Master was not at ease, so he asked Huilan to come and stay with him for a few days, but Miss Lian said that there were many things in the Ninth Young Master's house, and there was only one girl, Huilan, so she let her go back. ”

"Doesn't my eldest brother know about this?"

"The eldest young master usually has a lot of things, and this kind of thing is not in his hands, and it is estimated that no one will tell him. Usually Miss Lian tries to avoid him as much as possible. It's also a good girl, she is in front of the old lady all day long, and the eldest young master is willing to listen to her, no matter who she says in front of her, the eldest lady will not save face, she must have sent someone a long time ago. The eldest lady will bully honest people. Of course, Xinjie knows who his eldest mother is, if she is more tolerant, he will not wander out often.

"Young master, if you want me to say, among these girls, I have seen a lot, Miss Lian is really a top-notch child, better than any young lady in our family, and she is also a good person. Say something I shouldn't have said, if you were sincere this time, I would have begged the old lady early to allow you, and you would have started a family. In the past few years, you have been absent, there are more people in this family who are worried about her, don't be too late, you will regret it too late. ”

"It's been so long, haven't people been thinking about the results?"

"That's not necessarily, women are meant to be hurt. Look at your eldest brother, seeing that heaven and earth send things here, food, clothing and jewelry, it has never been broken, although except for the lotus girl who eats, nothing else is accepted, but the eldest young master has never died of heart, and he still sends it. The Ninth Young Master also often came to accompany the girl. and Sister-in-law Wu said that Young Master Xinyang came back from Beijing for vacation last time, and he also came over often. That day, I also heard Young Master Xinqiang tell Young Master Ninth that when a friend of his came to the house last time to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, he also fell in love with Miss Lian and begged him to go. Young Master Xinqiang didn't dare to speak because he was afraid that the eldest young master would be unhappy. You can't be sure that one day someone will figure it out, go and beg the old lady first, and you'll be in trouble. Last time, the eldest lady said that she wanted to tell her to her nephew, but the old lady didn't care because she had never liked the eldest lady, but these things are all uncertain, what if the old lady agrees one day? ”

"Okay, Mom Liu, I'm going to tell my grandmother now, I'm going to marry her, it's okay, right?" Xinjie told her with a hippie smile.

"Just fool me, don't miss it, you'll not be able to find it with a lantern like this. ”

"Where do I dare to fool you, you hurry home and rest, I will definitely find a good daughter-in-law to satisfy you." ”

"That's it, there's nothing better, don't be picky."

"Okay, that's it, I'll go and ask Lian'er now, it's okay."

"You just fool me, I don't care about you, remember to close the courtyard door." Xinjie finally sent Liu's mother away and closed the courtyard door. Of course he knew that this Mother Liu was for his good, but as she said, there are too many people in the family who like Lian'er, and he can ignore other people, but he needs to be careful about the feelings of the eldest brother and Xiao Jiu. Lian'er loves him, this can't be changed, and he doesn't want to change, so he can only try to keep a low profile and let the eldest brother and Xiao Jiu accept it slowly. He stood at the gate for a while, but decided to go and see Lian'er, her room was still lit, and he wanted to know what she was doing. He came to the door, knocked on the door, and the door was gently pushed open, apparently only when Wu's mother left, and Lian'er did not insert it from the inside. He walked in and saw Lian'er sitting behind the desk, polishing the violin that had given him to her.

Lian'er was not surprised to see him, but looked him up and down for a while, and then lowered her head a little shyly, and then he remembered that he was only wearing homely clothes, and she had seen him neatly dressed before. As he walked over, Lian'er had already placed the piano and bow in the box, intending to close the lid and put it back on the shelf. He reached out and pressed her hand, which was so soft and delicate, that when he saw her playing the piano on the first day in the antique shop in Xianyang, he found that her hands were very beautiful, the fingers were very long, and the shape of the hand was full and round. She looked at him with wide eyes and didn't speak. "I love the tune you played in the store that day, can you play it again for me? "Now?" He didn't speak, because Lian'er had already stood up and was about to take the piano out. The moment she stood up, he realized that she was dressed differently than usual, she was wearing a red silk skirt, which gently covered her body, up to the instep of her feet, and a white embroidered robe was draped over it. The moment she stood up, her figure was visibly imprinted from her skirt.

Xinjie has seen a lot of women's ketone bodies, and he has also seen a lot of Hualou women's underwear, but they are not wrapped so tightly, but they reveal their body shapes undoubtedly. This only made him feel more seductive. He had been holding her right hand with his left hand, and he pulled her towards him, and his right arm was tightly wrapped around her, and he could clearly feel that there was no other bond under the red silk skirt. He placed her right hand on his lower back, let her hold him, and slowly stroked her hair. Probably had never been held like this before, almost without barriers, leaning on a man's body, she was very embarrassed, she didn't dare to look at him, she lowered her head, he looked at her face blushing again, very moving in the light. He looked down for her lips, but she backed down slightly, which made him want it even more, and she had nowhere to avoid it. After a long kiss, the girl began to accept him and give him something in return. This made him even more inched, and his hand slowly stroked her neck, and she seemed to be afraid of itching, and shrank in. His hand slowly slid to her right* again, just in time for Ying Ying's hand, which was his favorite. Through the silk skirt, it looked soft and smooth, and then he felt her start to struggle a little. He began to rub her* when she began to visibly resist. Her left arm was already held by him and couldn't move, and her right arm was clamped from behind by his right hand, and she couldn't move. He tightened his right arm to control her body, not letting her leave him, and his left hand continued his caressing. After struggling for a while, her body began to slowly accept him, he let go of her lips, looked at her eyes slightly closed in relief, and continued his caressing: "Lian'er, will you marry me?" She only hummed softly, and he didn't know if she really agreed to her, or if she was emotionally casual. It was probably the latter component, and he stopped, and he knew that if he continued, he wouldn't be able to control it. "Promise me?" He asked softly again.

Lian'er's eyes suddenly widened and asked him, "Why me?" ”

"How can there be so many whys? It's you, it's you. Hearing him say this, the girl actually laughed mischievously, and he had no choice but to grit his teeth and say to her, "If you don't want me to eat you all now, play that tune for me now, I have dreamed many times these days that I saw you playing the violin for the first time." ”

"If you don't let go, how can I pull?"

He sat comfortably on the bed, watching Lian'er pull up the love song again, complaining and sad, she was still so engaged, and her face looked so sad with the song.

When Lian'er put the piano in front of him, and asked him to go back to his room to sleep, he took her hand again, "You go to sleep first, I'm here with you." Lian'er didn't speak, just smiled and raised her right eyebrow to look at him. Of course he knew the girl was suspicious of him. "I just want to look at you, rest assured, sleep in peace, I won't eat you. He said to her gently.

"Really?"

"I promise!"

"Okay, trust you."

So Lian'er took off her white embroidered robe and prepared to go to bed. Only then did he realize that the red dress was sleeveless, revealing two snow-white arms, and the heavy silk silk fell on her body, which clearly accentuated her seductive figure, and made him regret a little that he had promised him.

But Lian'er quickly got under the covers, interrupting his speculation.

"If you don't move, you can lie down here."

So he lay down on his side on the side of the bed and looked at her quietly. She sat up again, took a thin quilt from the bed and covered him. This movement made him feel strangely comfortable. Except for being cared for when he was a child, it has been a long time since he followed his aunt on the rivers and lakes that no one has cared for him like this. He watched with relief as she lay down again, spilling her hair over the pillow again, then turned to face him and reached for her hand to hold him.

"If you like, you can stay here like this all the time."

"Of course I do."

"Then go and put out the lights in your house, and I'll wait for you." He quickly followed his word. A sentence of I'll wait for you, made him feel excited. He returned to her as fast as he could, and she looked at him quietly, much like when he first saw her in the Gao family's antique shop. He took her hand again and kissed her fingertips, "Marry me, so we can do this every day." ”

Lian'er didn't say anything, smiled slightly, and closed her eyes. He didn't know if she was really asleep, and he kept watching her quietly. He now understands that the most precious woman is not how passionate he is, how he turns the clouds and rain, but the most precious thing is this quiet companionship. He held Lian'er's hand, and gradually fell asleep.