It was completely dark, and the mountain was dimly lit, but the resident didn't seem to have any intention of lighting an extra lamp.

Chun Ying saw him writing with the lamp, and his eyes were almost on the paper, so he persuaded: "Young Master Nian, I'll light up the oil lamp for you, right?" It's going to hurt your eyes. ”

Zhou Nian paused his hand, raised his head and said lightly: "You don't need to call me Young Master Nian, my real name is Zhou Nian, and I am a person who is similar to you." Then he smiled self-deprecatingly, "Maybe the identity is not as good as you." Just call me by name. ”

Chun Ying was stunned, she didn't quite understand what she meant, since the third young master said that he was a child of the Shijiao family, of course he was also from a big family. She said cautiously: "Young Master Nian said that it was funny, I don't dare." She moved the soup cup and snacks she brought to him: "The soup is almost cold, Young Master Nian should eat it first." I'll write the letter later. ”

Zhou Nian put down the pen, opened the lid of the soup cup, smelled the tempting fragrance that was still hot, and smiled slightly bitterly: "Brother You just loves to worry, and there are ginseng slices in the soup?" Where am I so weak? With that, he took a small sip and drank it.

Chunying looked at his hand disapplauded. The wrists and chin, and bones are about to protrude, and I think that compared to the last time we met, I have lost more than a star and a half, and the robe is loose, as if it can fall down when the wind blows, what is it to drink some chicken soup to make up for it? According to her, this man should eat more food and meat, not just soup.

She moved the snack saucer back to him. "And this, you have to eat something solid to fill your stomach." It's time for dinner, why don't you see someone bring food here? "If the third young master hadn't asked her to bring food, when would he have been able to eat?

"Someone will be sent out of the forest after dark, and then. My servant Sanqing, the one dressed in black outside, will bring it. Zhou Nian finished the soup and ate another piece of dim sum, then smiled at Chun Ying, "But now I'm full." Little girl, I have nothing to thank you for your hard work tonight, if you don't dislike it, you can take these snacks. ”

Chunying was surprised and pushed: "How can this work?!" This is for you to eat. Besides, I. I've already eaten. She frowned and stared at his thin face, "Are you really full?" I eat more than twice as much as you! If you eat so little every day, it's no wonder you're losing weight like this! Originally, I didn't understand why the Third Young Master wanted to send you food, but now I finally understand. She pushed the plate of dim sum in front of Zhou Nian again: "You must finish eating!" ”

Zhou Nian smiled dumbly, and was about to say something more, but found Chunying's eyes. There was a faint look of worry, and there was also a hint of distress, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

I remember that there was once a little girl of about the same age, who looked at him with such eyes, looked at him, but couldn't say a word...... It was his sister, the sister who left this world at the age of eleven, the sister who loved him since he was a child and taught him to read and write...... He still remembers that after the interrogation, his father was taken directly to the execution ground, he was separated from his mother and sister, and when his sister was pushed into the prison car, he looked back at him with such eyes, only a little more sad and desperate...... That was the last time he saw her and his mother, who were sentenced to the church and committed suicide that night. The news came from the kind-hearted yacha three days later, and if it weren't for the Marquis of Qingguo to come forward to collect the funeral, I am afraid that they would end up with no place to bury.

Chun Ying saw him suddenly. fell silent and silent, and the whole person was filled with a sad atmosphere, and couldn't help but panic. Did she say something wrong? Why did he suddenly become sad?

She asked cautiously, "Young Master Nian, what's wrong with you?" Don't you love this cake? ”

Zhou Nian raised his head and smiled reluctantly: "No, how could it be?" He picked up a piece of cake, put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and stopped.

Chunying hurriedly asked, "Is it cold?" Doesn't taste to your liking? ”

"No......" Zhou Nian reluctantly smiled and ate the cake, "This peanut cake...... It seems to be still a recipe in the palace? I haven't eaten in over a decade. He picked up another piece and swallowed it hard: "Before...... My sister loves this ......."

Chun Ying saw that he seemed to be eating very hard, and couldn't bear it: "If it's unpalatable, don't force it...... Take a sip of tea. She turned to pour the tea, but found that the teapot was cold, and she hurriedly took it hot, but could not find the stove, and walked around the room until she saw a brazier, and rushed over, but the charcoal in the brazier had already burned to ashes.

She was so anxious that she stomped her feet, on such a cold day, in such an old house, or in a place where the sun did not see the light of day in the bamboo forest, there was not even a brazier stove, how could people live?!

Zhou Nian didn't know when he came behind her: "Don't be busy, this month's charcoal has already been burned, and Sanqing has not had time to get a new one, I have enough soup." ”

Chunying looked back in surprise: "It's not even half of this month, and the charcoal is burned?!" Is someone deducting your share?! "The more I think about it, the more I feel that this possibility is very high, didn't the third young master say that someone has been getting more and more excessively recently? Even he is still neglected, let alone this lone man under the fence? She felt aggrieved for him: "How can they do this? You're living like this, and you're going to get sick sooner or later! ”

Zhou Nian smiled, reached out and took the teapot in her hand, poured a cup of cold tea and drank it, before saying: "I am very fortunate to be able to live to this day, what is not satisfied?" Little girl, the Hou Mansion has treated me very well, I will never forget this kindness, if there is a day that can be reciprocated, even if it is broken, I will not hesitate to do it. ”

Chun Ying was stunned, and immediately felt a burst of annoyance, what did he mean by this? He wants to thank the Hou Mansion, why bother to say to her? Is this being polite to her? She is holding grievances for him, what does it have to do with her whether the Hou Mansion is kind to him or not?! Well, since she doesn't even care about the parties, she doesn't need to worry about it!

She straightened her face and said: "Since Young Master Nian has finished eating, the little one will retire first, if you have a letter to give to the third young master, please finish it quickly!" ”

Zhou Nian was a little surprised, but he has always been gentle and polite, and he didn't care about the coldness and rudeness of this little girl, so he turned around to the table and wrote the letter in reply to Li You, sealed it in an envelope, and then handed it to Chunying, and said with a smile: "I went back to see the third young master of your family, and I gave me a word, thank him for thinking, but don't send anything over in the future, let the old lady know, and sulk again." ”

Chun Ying put the letter in her sleeve, and said sullenly while packing up the food box and tableware: "The third young master has already made up his mind, he wants me to send things over often, look at how thin you are, don't worry about it, what I send, you eat!" When he turned around and saw that his clothes were thin, he couldn't help but say more: "The cotton clothes I just sent, put it on, if you get sick from the cold, won't it be more troublesome?!" "If you say that, you will walk away.

Zhou Nian hurriedly stopped her, but he didn't speak, just looked at her a few times, and then smiled slightly: "What's your name?" ”

"Lu Chunying." Chunying replied stiffly, seeing that he had a gentle attitude, she lowered her voice a little embarrassedly, "Everyone else calls me Chun'er." ”

"Chun'er, I can hear you, you are a good boy." Zhou Nian turned around and walked to the desk, rummaged for a while, found a seal stone, and then walked up to Chunying with a smile, "You and Brother You are both well-intentioned, how can I not know what to do?" I'm going to trouble you in the future, this is my little caution, don't dislike it, keep it and play. As he spoke, he handed the seal stone to Chunying.

Chun Ying looked at the seal stone, the whole body was dark yellow, but it was translucent, as if the oil was condensed, smooth and delicate, half carved into the shape of a beast, half engraved with verses. She has never eaten pork, and she has seen pigs run, isn't this Tian Huangshi, which is worth a thousand gold in modern times? Zhou Nian is still wearing old clothes, even eating and heating is a problem, and there are few valuable things in the whole room, what are you giving her this? Could it be ......

Chunying's nose was sour, and she dropped a sentence stiffly: "I don't want it!" No matter what Zhou Nian's reaction was, he ran out and ran all the way to the outside of the bamboo forest. The strange man in black named Sanqing was sitting upright on a big rock, with a dim round lantern at his feet, he heard footsteps and turned his head: "Go out?" ”

Chunying ignored him and ran straight forward, so depressed that she wanted to shout, so she ran faster and faster. It's just that it's already dark, and there is not even a light around, so she can barely make out the road by the moonlight, and she accidentally stumbles and drops the food box.

There was some pain in the ankle, Chunying massaged a few times, and suddenly wanted to cry, but I just felt again: Why should I cry? It's just a crutch. She barely stood up, turned her ankles slightly, and felt that she could barely go, before packing up the food box and leaving.

She had just taken the road and ran, and she did not know where she had run, but when she looked around, she recognized the hill, and knew that she had gone in the opposite direction, and was already near the pool, so she hurriedly regained her way and walked towards the gate of the garden.

She had come to play with Shi'er and them two or three times during the day, and she remembered about how to walk the road, and when she turned a flower garden, there was a rockery. She remembered that there was a pavilion behind the rockery, where she and Shi'er Xia He had rested, and after the pavilion, as long as they walked a little further, they would be the gate of the garden.

She raised her feet and was about to turn around the rockery, but she saw a person sitting in the pavilion, and she saw that the clothes were in a trance as Qing'er from Huanhuaxuan. She was stunned and felt a little embarrassed.

Since Qing'er and Chen'er fought that and were punished and grounded, they have been silent a lot, and occasionally want to continue to wait for the third young master as before, but they are always excused by others, and they must know that they are annoying, so they have been shrunk in the room recently, rarely going out, and now at night, how can they appear in such a place? It's cold in that pavilion, she shouldn't be there to eat the wind, right?

Chunying hesitated whether to continue walking, going forward, she would definitely be discovered by Qing'er, the last incident, speaking of which she and Shi'er didn't speak for her, it didn't seem to be too kind, and when she saw her, she always felt empty-hearted.

Chunying was hesitating, when suddenly a person walked into the pavilion from the opposite side and smiled at Qing'er: "Why is Qing'er's sister sitting here?" The voice was a little familiar, Chunying quietly hid behind the rockery and took a look, and recognized that it was the girl who had seen it once.

Isn't she the second young master's concubine? When did you have a relationship with Qing'er?

Qing'er must have felt strange too, and glanced at Duo Girl lightly, but didn't say anything.

The girl laughed and pushed Qing'er: "Look at you, what are you guarding against?" We also grew up in this mansion, what's the matter? Just because I waited for the second young master, will you be separated from me? I still remember when you were a child, you were bullied by other children, I scolded you back, if you really turned your face against me, it would be too sad! ”

Qing'er was also a little sneering when she heard this: "It's not for this reason, it's just ...... We haven't spoken in a long time......"

"Then it's time to have a good talk." The girl pulled her up, "Let's go, my aunt is in the porter's room, where there is a fire and hot tea, let's go there and talk." After that, he pulled Qing'er away half-persuasively.

Chunying walked out from behind the rockery and added a little worry to her heart.

(Romance is so hard to write...... _ "Ask for a pink ticket~~~)....