Lu Jiayue stayed in the Suiguo Mansion.

Although they are following Mrs. Ding, they also live alone in a small courtyard, only next to Ding Yu's courtyard, and the two are crowded together every day, with each other as companions, and their lives are relaxed.

At noon that day, after having lunch in Mrs. Ding's house, Lu Jiayue went to Ding Can's courtyard.

There was a silk handkerchief in his sleeve, which he wanted to give to him on his birthday, but he was always away from home these days, and it was rare to have a chance to meet, but fortunately, at lunchtime, I heard the maids say that he was back.

Entering the courtyard, there are three wide main rooms facing south in the north, and there are several side rooms in the east and west, all of which are the same color of Biwa Zhu wall, which is connected by the verandah, and there are colorful lacquer paintings on the corridor to depict various auspicious patterns, and there is a row of curtains hanging down under the corridor. In the courtyard, the square terrazzo chiseled flower square bricks are paved, and there is a cluster of bamboo cultivated in the corner of the courtyard, and there is another acacia, the crown is like an umbrella, the green is green, because the flowering period has passed, it bears the pods of the tree base.

Everywhere is clean and tidy, and compared with Pu Yuan, it is another quiet and elegant.

One should be called, but he is still a small servant.

Seeing Lu Jiayue come in, the little girl smiled and said, "Miss Lu, please go into the house and wait for the second master, the second master is on the eldest young master's side, and he will come back in a while." ”

The door of the main room was open, and there was an indigo gauze curtain hanging under the door, Lu Jiayue picked the curtain herself and entered the house, only to find that the furnishings in the house were roughly the same as those in Pu Yuan.

In the middle is still the hall, with the study to the west and the bedroom to the east.

After sitting in the hall for a while, the little servant brought tea, but Ding Can had not come back yet.

Lu Jiayue sat bored sitting alone, looked around the room, and found that the bedroom door was open.

Standing outside the door, I saw that under the south window of the bedroom, there was also an easel.

There seems to be a painting hanging on the easel, but a crimson brocade cloth is used to cover it.

Lu Jiayue entered the bedroom and walked towards the easel.

She didn't want to go in and out of the man's bedroom at will, but she was impulsive to see what kind of painting was hidden under the crimson brocade.

This impulse came from a hunch in her heart.

Gently peel off the crimson brocade.

The painting shows a young girl, with bright eyes and a weak body, wearing a moon-white shirt, a light cyan Luo skirt, and a fan in her hand, chasing a firefly that pounced in the air.

Sure enough, the girl in this painting is Lu Jiayue herself.

There are no seals on the paintings, and there are no inscriptions.

But looking at the color of the brushwork, it seems to be the same as the portrait that Ding Can gave her last time.

Lu Jiayue was very dazed.

Could it be that Ding Can invited the painter Zhang Puyun to make a portrait of her?

But he didn't say he wanted to give it to her.

So what did he keep this portrait for?

And in his bedroom...

Someone behind him suddenly coughed lightly.

"Second uncle." Turning around, Lu Jiayue called Ding Can with a smile.

Ding Can seemed a little embarrassed.

Lu Jiayue waited for him to explain.

Ding Can smiled and said, "You come with me." ”

The two of them came to the study one after the other.

Ding Can took out a bloodstone seal from a rosewood box on the bookshelf and handed it to Lu Jiayue.

There are four words on the seal.

Zhang Puyunyin.

Lu Jiayue stayed for a moment before she reacted, it turned out that Ding Can was Zhang Puyun, a painter who was famous in Kyoto and had a talent for writing and flowers.

Lu Jiayue smiled suddenly and returned the seal in her hand.

Ding Can held the seal in his hand, slowly stroked the seal with his fingers, and said with a smile: "You must want to ask me why I want to hide my identity and don't want others to know." ”

Lu Jiayue nodded.

Ding Can took her out of the study again, sat down in the hall, and said slowly: "I love painting, I never intend to be famous, it is your cousin Qu Song, who has no intention of spreading my paintings, who expected to become famous in one fell swoop and be sought after." I know that most people in this world have the problem of smelling far and smelly, if I know that those paintings are all from my hands, they must have different visions, and what I originally thought was good might be degraded because of my identity and my paintings, and if there were those who originally felt bad, maybe because of my identity, I would deliberately praise my paintings. Therefore, I thought that it would be better not to show people their true colors, and to influence me to paint neither for fame nor for profit, but if anyone really likes it, I will be content. ”

said, and smiled at Lu Jiayue: "Because my mother's surname is Zhang, I used this Puyun's pseudonym." ”

Only then did Lu Jiayue understand that it was no wonder that Ding Can's garden outside the city was called Pu Garden.

I couldn't help admiring Ding Can's talent, and said with a light smile: "The second uncle's handwriting is good, and the painting is also good, I don't know what the second uncle can't do?" ”

Ding Can's eyebrows frowned, and he smiled: "Well--- let me think about it carefully..." After a while, he shook his head, looking a little embarrassed, "It doesn't seem to be!" ”

Lu Jiayue giggled.

Ding Can also laughed loudly.

In fact, my heart is empty.

I'm afraid that the little girl will ask him why he always wants to make her portrait.

Fortunately, Lu Jiayue didn't think about it for a while.

took out the silk handkerchief in his sleeve and handed it to Ding Can.

"On the second uncle's birthday, I don't have anything to give, so I embroidered a handkerchief and gave it to the second uncle to take on his body."

Ding Can took it with a smile, took a closer look, and put it away.

He smiled again: "You live here, what are you not used to?" ”

Lu Jiayue shook her head and smiled: "Everything is fine, and my sister is with me every day, I don't want to go back after staying for a few days." ”

Ding Can looked at the little girl in front of him, and his heart was full of relief and joy.

Don't want to go back...

How he wished she would not go back, but stay, stay by his side.

Let him love her, love her, and take care of her.

The little girl didn't see what was on his mind, blinked her eyes, and asked him with a smile: "What is the second uncle busy with these days, and he is not at home." ”

Ding Can smiled faintly and said, "It's just those things in the court..."

“... Do you miss me when I'm not at home? ”

As soon as the words came out, I regretted it.

He hasn't been busy with business lately, so he deliberately avoided seeing this little girl.

In the past, it was common for them to live in two places and not see each other for a few months, but now the little girl lives in his house... In fact, he can't wait to not go out every day, just stay at home and stay by the little girl's side.

Even if you don't say anything, you don't do anything, you just look at her quietly.

But the closer she got to him, the more his longing and longing for her grew.

He was afraid, afraid that at some point, he would lose his mind.

He didn't want the little girl to think that he was an untrustworthy elder.

The little girl blushed.

Ding Can shouted regret in his heart.

Sure enough, it was an impulse that I said something I shouldn't have said.

was anxious to find an excuse to cover up the explanation, and the little maid outside the house passed the word, saying that Pinzhi, the eldest girl next to Mrs. Ding, had come over.

As soon as Pinzhi came in, he saluted, and smiled at Ding Can: "The old lady heard that the second master is back, please ask the second master and Miss Lu to come over." ”

Lu Jiayue glanced at Ding Can, stood up and went out first.

Ding Can didn't dare to look at her, and followed behind her with his head down.

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