The drizzle in spring spits out the buds of everything. The stream is murmuring, and small fish are coming and going among the aquatic plants. The ridge path is full of small purple flowers, the old man leads the big yellow ox to carry the plow and rake down the field, and the mud rolls for a while, and the water gurgles. The little lady in a light green half-arm short dress came slowly with a bamboo basket on her back, holding a large bouquet of purple and white Xinyi flowers in her arms, and her face was buried in the flowers, which was full of beauty.

The old man drove the scalper and asked, "Are you going to pick flowers again?" ”

The little lady smiled and said "um" softly.

Pushing open the fence, there are four or five house ducks quacking and cheering, and through the small courtyard, you can see a few yellow mud tile houses in the bamboo forest. The little lady first watered the bouquet with a porcelain jar, and then shook out the bracken, wild onions, spring shoots, chestnuts, evening siads and the like in the back basket. Just now I got my hands wet and wanted to wash the vegetables, but an old woman came out of the house and said, "Master Chen asked someone to pass the word, saying that your father has sent a letter from Beijing, asking you not to eat, go first." ”

The little lady replied disapprovingly, and drew a second basin of water from the well, "I'll prepare food for you and grandpa first." ”

The old woman said, "No need, you go quickly, if your father has something, you have to tell me quickly." After speaking, he took off the clean skirt from the open house, "Change your clothes and go again, so that your grandfather will not think I have treated you badly." ”

The little lady was quite obedient, wiped her hands, took her clothes and went into the house to put them on. When she came out again, she had re-tied her hair in a bun, wore two silver hairpins, and changed into a horse-faced skirt with plain white embroidered orchids and grass underneath, and stood in front of the house, showing a dignified beauty that was extremely incommensurate with the surroundings. An old man walked from the backyard with his back hunched, leading a black horse behind him, and said, "Leyi, you ride Xiao Hei." ”

"I'm not riding a horse anymore, it's inconvenient for me to wear a skirt. Grandpa, I dug up a basket of spring bamboo shoots, if you can't finish eating, remember to put them away and wait for me to come back to make dried bamboo shoots. Le Yi filled the water bladder, and when he went out, he saw that there was not much firewood under the eaves, and chopped the firewood for a meal, and Fang carried a small burden along the stream to the town.

There was a lot of people at the gate of Chen's mansion, two green forging carriages parked, and more than ten servant officials. Huangxuan Chenfu was once the most prestigious winemaking family. Probably from the beginning of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the yellow silk wine brewed by the Chen family is the imperial wine of Tegong. Inherited to Master Chen's generation, the family business is in decline, and the face is mighty, but in fact it has long been dilapidated, and the Chen family has no male successor, which is even more barren.

Obviously, none of the carriage slaves in front of the door belong to the Chen Mansion, and the Chen Mansion is no different from ordinary people.

Master Chen was dressed in a half-worn light blue robe with big sleeves, and greeted people at the door.

“…… They suddenly wrote to them, saying that they had been injured by a fire and asked Leyi to go to Beijing to take a look...... I just hope that nothing happens......"

"Lord Le's auspicious nature will be fine. But Master Chen promised me 30 years of yellow vine wine, I don't know ......"

"I've been sent to your house!"

"Thank you, thank you."

"There is Master Lao Ling to take care of my family Leyi, she is young, she is usually sensible and generous, but she has never been far away."

"You can rest assured."

Le Yi listened from the side, and said confusedly: "Grandpa, what do you mean, let me go to Beijing with Uncle Ling?" ”

Master Chen nodded, touched his beard and said, "You have been separated for nineteen years, and I am also old, so it is time for you to return to your parents." Don't blame them, the capital is difficult, and your father has nothing to rely on, it is all up to him to become a Beijing official by himself all the way to the examination, which is difficult for others to know. Le Yi was about to ask again, a figure suddenly appeared behind him, and suddenly snatched Le Yi into his arms, Le Yi subconsciously elbowed him hard, and wanted to give him an over-the-shoulder fall, which made Uncle Ling hurriedly drink: "Chu'er, don't mess around!" ”

Ling Mengchu covered his stomach at this time, bared his teeth and said, "Leyi, you are ruthless enough!" ”

Le Yi looked at the tall and big boy in front of him, he was wearing a brocade white robe, a hosta on his head, and a dark fragrance between his sleeves, full of luxury. He frowned slightly, and the corners of his lips smiled, he was really a heroic and beautiful man. Yesterday, she was clearly a little kid who dragged her snot and chased after her, and in a blink of an eye, she became a young man, which is really a miracle.

Seeing Le Yi looking at him, Ling Mengchu's face fell, "I haven't seen you for a few years, you won't know me, right?" ”

Le Yi'er, her eyes were crooked like a crescent moon, "How can you not know?" Ling Mengchu! My men are defeated! Ling Mengchu gritted his teeth, raised his eyebrows, snorted coldly, pretended to be angry, and hugged his arms.

Master Chen took out a bag from his arms and put it in Le Yi's hand, "There is some silver and official friends in it, if it is not enough to spend, borrow it from Uncle Ling, and when the time comes, grandpa will help you pay it back." ”

Le Yi was slightly surprised, "Let's go now?" But I ......"

Ling Mengchu didn't know when he turned around and dragged Le Yi into the carriage, "I'm in a hurry to go to Beijing to take up my post, I can't wait for a moment!" "It turned out that after Ling Meng first joined the army, he was sent to the northwest to fortify the defense, and later joined the Jingxiang Army and garrisoned Bianjing City. Finally, he took leave and went home for the New Year, but when he encountered the fire in Jixian Palace, the official family punished a large number of officials, and selected several people from the Jingxiang Army to be transferred to the infantry military division as errands, and Ling Mengchu was one of them. He had just received the imperial order, and he set off immediately, not daring to delay.

"When did you go back to Huangxian County? Why haven't you heard anyone mention it? Le Yi crooked in front of the car window, looking at the fields and houses that were gradually receding, looking at the swallows flying south in the sky, and gossiping with Ling Mengchu.

Ling Mengchu was peeling raw chestnuts, he didn't blink his eyelids when he killed the enemy in the northwest, but he couldn't peel off a single fruit in front of him. He bit and broke it, and finally threw it on the plate in anger, shouting, "Don't eat it!" Le Yi picked up a chestnut, peeled off the shell lightly, blew off the black and purple skin, put it in the palm of her hand and handed it over, "Why do you still love to eat this?" ”

Ling Mengchu couldn't deny it, and replied to Le Yi's previous words, "I asked Master Chen, and he said that you went to the mountains. Then he looked at her fixedly, his eyes showed pity, and asked, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

"Afraid of what?" Le Yi asked.

"I'm afraid I'll never be able to go back to the yellow silk."

Le Yi sneered, "I'm going to see my father's coming back, this is my home, of course I'm going back!" ”

A flock of geese flew in the sky, the houses in the distance were continuous, the smoke was curling, and Le Yi muttered firmly, "I'll go back when I go." ”