The two walked to the corner, Jiang Feng looked left and right, and when he saw that there was no one around, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Guo Xiaoxiao.

Jiang Feng said: "The things are delivered, the eldest lady has no other instructions, and the slave will leave first." ”

Guo Xiaoxiao nodded, put the letter away and returned to Zijinfang.

Yarong caught a glimpse of the letter in her hand, didn't say anything, and went upstairs with a smile.

Guo Xiaoxiao returned to the counter and opened the letter, only to see that the letter read: "I don't know if you have the answer to the question you asked by Yingyue Lake in the past. If you think about it, you will go to the horse farm on the outskirts of the city tomorrow to find me. At two o'clock, if you don't come, I won't return. ”

After Guo Xiaoxiao read the letter, he was not moved at all, but felt that he was quite unreasonable.

Jiang Zhiyuan said in the front, "If you think about it, go to the racecourse to find me", and later said, "If Qing doesn't come, I won't return", isn't this clearly asking her to go?

Guo Xiaoxiao threw the letter on the counter, glanced at the letter a few times, and then folded it back into the envelope. Worried that the other embroiderers would gossip when they saw it, she locked the letter in the cabinet again.

When she went to bed at night, she was so angry and annoyed that she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning. What is his tone of inquiry? It's clearly forced.

Guo Xiaoxiao looked at the incense tent with wide eyes, and the incense made of wormwood wafted out a few clouds of smoke, curling like floating clouds. Guo Xiaoxiao blew a breath towards the air mass, and the air mass immediately dispersed, and there was a mosquito sound outside the mosquito net, but it was smoked by the incense of wormwood, and it all ran away without a trace.

She crossed her feet in what she thought was the most comfortable position, remembering the events by the Moon Lake that day.

Lang rode a bamboo horse and went around the bed to make green plums. Living together for a long time, the two have no suspicion. How could she not know his affection for her!

It's just that she is afraid of that spell, the spell of "the one who marries you must not be the one you love", she is afraid that Jiang Zhiyuan will change her mind in the future, or she will change her mind.

Husbands and wives are not a children's gamer, and there will be too many tribulations for them to experience together in the future, and there will be too many responsibilities to share together. However, she felt that she was not ready to be a wife, a mother and a daughter-in-law.

She barely fell asleep in the middle of the night when the rooster crowed, and only got up until three o'clock in the morning. Xiao Lan didn't dare to disturb her, knowing that she was up, Xiao Lan came in to wait.

Guo Xiaoxiao saw that she was dressed cleaner and brighter than usual today, and said, "Have you bought the lanterns?" ”

Xiaolan groomed her and said, "After buying it, the old man sold it for a few pennies more than last year." The slave maid and Sister Zipei talked to him about the price for a long time, and he was only two cents cheaper. ”

Guo Xiaoxiao teased her: "Since it's expensive, just don't buy it, and you can still have some money left as a dowry." ”

"Miss!" Xiaolan blushed a little.

Guo Xiaoxiao smiled without saying a word, opened the cabinet of the dresser, and took out the silver box. This is exactly the one Jiang Zhiyuan sent her last time.

"Miss is going to wear this today?"

"Nope." Guo Xiaoxiao looked at the pendant inside, "Don't wear it." ”

She gently closed the silver box and wrapped it in a handkerchief.

"Do you want the slave to follow the young lady in the afternoon?"

"No need. I heard that the girls will go to Wanhu Lake to put lanterns at night, and the embroidery girls are also on holiday, so I will allow you to put lanterns. ”

When Xiaolan heard this, she was so happy that she immediately saluted Guo Xiaoxiao.

"Okay, it's rare to have a Chinese Valentine's Day, and you should go to play with them together."

Xiaolan got up with a smile and continued to groom Guo Xiaoxiao.

Although the sun is very hot in the afternoon, the streets are very lively. Some young ladies and maids who don't see each other on weekdays also went out, hanging out in twos and threes. The sons of each family are even more attentive, buying rouge gouache everywhere, wanting to take advantage of the begging festival to borrow flowers and offer Buddha. Guo Xiaoxiao went out with an oil-paper umbrella. The chrysanthemums painted on this umbrella are very beautiful, it was originally a birthday gift from her master, and now this umbrella has passed two years, and the style is still the same.

When he walked to the green moss bridge of Wanhu Lake, Guo Xiaoxiao held an umbrella in one hand and a skirt in the other, and a person walked not far away. The man was also wearing an oil-paper umbrella with a few red maple leaves painted on it.

Guo Xiaoxiao stopped in place, the man also stopped, and the two looked at each other for a while. Guo Xiaoxiao didn't return, he walked forward, and the man slowly walked towards the green moss bridge. When they reached the middle of the bridge, they stopped again. Guo Xiao smiled brightly: "It's a coincidence." ”

"It's a coincidence." Yuan Shaocheng's face was like frost.

"Childe loves red maple?" She glanced at his umbrella.

"The girl loves the chrysanthemum?" He asked rhetorically.

She glanced up at her paper umbrella and said with a smile: "The teacher loves it alone." ”

He thought for a moment and said, "Relatives give it to each other." ”

She couldn't think of anything to talk to him for a while, so she wanted to leave.

"I have something to do, so I'll go first."

At this time, a person rushed over from the bridge and hit Guo Xiaoxiao from behind. Guo Xiaoxiao stumbled and was almost knocked down, but fortunately, someone behind him helped him.

Guo Xiaoxiao stood firmly behind and turned her face to look at it, only to see Yuan Shaocheng's hand holding her slender waist and immediately retracted it.

Yuan Shaoyin stepped forward and said sneeringly: "Oh, why are you so careless, didn't you fall and get hurt?" ”

"Shaoyin." Yuan Shaocheng scolded her, "Apologize immediately." ”

"What's the matter with me?" Yuan Shaoyin turned her face.

"Apologies!" Yuan Shaocheng accentuated his tone.

"I didn't mean to."

"Do you have to apologize deliberately?"

"I..."

Guo Xiaoxiao picked up the paper umbrella that had just dropped, held it up again and approached Yuan Shaoyin: "The sun is so vicious, how can the girl not hold an umbrella?" ”

A hint of fierceness flashed in Yuan Shaoyin's eyes: "I don't need it." ”

"I don't know what annoyed the girl, can the girl tell me about it?"

Yuan Shaoyin scoffed and disdained to talk to her.

The girl didn't say anything, and she always treated me with such rudeness. If the girl does these unreasonable things next time, don't blame me for an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. ”

"Hmph." Yuan Shaoyin sneered, "A compatriot, my sister has mutilated her life and has no mercy, and my sister must not be much better." ”

"Enough!" Yuan Shaocheng took Yuan Shaoyin's hand.

Guo Xiaoxiao glanced at the two of them, his eyes were cold, he didn't want to argue anymore, and he held a paper umbrella and lifted his skirt and walked under the bridge.

Seeing that the hour was still early, he had only walked in the sun for a while and his body was sweating a lot, Guo Xiaoxiao went to the "hometown teahouse" to find a seat by the window and sat down, ordered a pot of Longjing tea, and drank it alone for three hours.

When the sun gradually set and the afterglow reflected on the lake, Guo Xiaoxiao held up a paper umbrella and walked to the outskirts of the city.

When he arrived at the racecourse, an old man stepped forward and asked, "The girl is Miss Guo?" ”

"I am."

"Please go inside." The old man made a gesture, "Keep going inside, then turn left and you will see the person you want to see." ”

Guo Xiaoxiao thanked him and walked inside. The horse farm, like Tao Yin's wooden house, is surrounded by a large fence outside. At first, the road was not wide, and on both sides of the road were stables, and a large circle of horses was raised. The smell of the stable was unpleasant, so Guo Xiaoxiao walked in quickly.

After walking for a short while, there was just a corner, Guo Xiaoxiao turned left according to the instructions of the old man, and after walking a few steps, he saw a wide world - an endless grassland.

Jiang Zhiyuan led a jujube horse and walked towards Guo Xiaoxiao. Guo Xiaoxiao smiled at him and stepped forward.

"How can there be grasslands in the Jiangnan region?" She asked curiously.

"You don't know." Jiang Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "I'll take you for a walk." ”

Guo Xiaoxiao agreed. The two walked in front, the horses walked behind, and Jiang Zhiyuan's hand holding the reins was behind him, walking very slowly, all as a walk.

"This place was built by Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, when he went down to the south of the Yangtze River. The Mongols have always loved horseback riding and grasslands, and when Kublai Khan was in power, he traveled to Yangzhou and felt that Yangzhou was a treasure land of feng shui, but it lacked the vast grassland. Jiang Zhiyuan said, "Therefore, Kublai Khan ordered people to build this grassland, and carefully cared for it for ten years, so that there is today's scenery." ”

"Now that it is the Ming Dynasty, it is strange that this grassland has not been ruined by the Han army."

Jiang Zhiyuan smiled lightly: "This grassland is very useful, why waste it." The government used it to raise horses and for officials to train their equestrians, and ordinary people could not approach it. ”

"Then you're bringing me with you?" She looked at him and asked.

"You're blessed today." He stopped and patted the red horse behind him, "Do you dare to try?" ”

Guo Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, but after a while, his eyes dimmed again, and he touched the belt behind his back.

Jiang Zhiyuan saw her little action and understood what she was worried about. He tugged on the reins in his hand: "Don't be afraid, I'll hold it for you." ”

"I ...... You know I can't ride a horse. Guo Xiaoxiao lowered his head, bit his lip, turned around and left.

"I know." Jiang Zhiyuan stepped forward to grab her and hesitated for a moment, "But haven't you loved her since you were a child?" You said that if a person can't even do what he likes, then what's the point of living? ”

Guo Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, his heart moved, and his hand slid to his waist for a while and then put it down.

Jiang Zhiyuan knew that she was worried about the injury on her waist: "You say, you'd rather break the kettle and make a desperate bet than let the mermaid eat and wait for death?" ”

Guo Xiaoxiao's lips trembled, and she felt the strength of his wrist, warming her heart like a strong light melting ice.

"Xiaoxiao, why not give it a try?" He said softly, slightly letting go of the hand that was holding her.

Guo Xiaoxiao met his eyes, the gentleness and firmness in his eyes, the care and persistence moved her.

"Okay." Her voice was soft.

But when he heard it, he immediately said, "Don't go back." ”

She looked up and smiled, "Regret is a puppy." ”

The two walked for a while before Jiang Zhiyuan picked her up and got on the horse. Guo Xiaoxiao finally got on the horse's back and sat on it and swayed leisurely.

"Xiaoxiao, step on the horse, sit up straight, and hold on to the saddle." "It won't fall," he instructed. ”

"You slow down, you go slowly." She panicked so much that she lay on her horse, "No, I'm afraid." ”

"You sit up straight, and your feet must be on the pedal tightly, and you can't leave the pedal." He tugged at the reins and walked forward.

"Oh, I can't......" she couldn't sit up straight, and clung to the saddle tightly, leaning on the horse's back.

He shook his head and smiled helplessly: "Then you can lie on your stomach." ”