After a while, Steward Lu came back and said in a low voice, "People are coming", Li Heng heard this, his spirits were lifted, he got up and walked out, and Steward Lu hurriedly remitted the tea money and followed out.

There are now customers in the Xinchang rice shop, a few men in silk shirts, with arrogant expressions, who look like the stewards of large families, and are arrogantly instructing the guys in the shop to carry rice.

Li Heng only glanced at it, then took Steward Lu out of the market, and wandered around the alley as if he were a tourist.

Steward Lu seemed to be very familiar with the terrain here, and after about a stick of incense, the two of them returned to the alley where the Han family's mansion was located, and Steward Lu said in a low voice: "Back to the master, I didn't find anyone following." ”

Li Heng nodded, his face became solemn, and asked, "Have you invited someone to the house?" ”

"Yes, sir. Ding Liu said that the man had always remembered the kindness of the master, and after receiving the master's letter, he should have been moved, and he had often talked with his colleagues recently. It's just that he is only a master book now, and the information he has is limited, and he can't touch the situation in Dengzhou Mansion, at most in the county. Steward Lu replied in a low voice.

Li Heng sighed, stroked the short beard under his chin, and said, "Go back first." After a pause, he said, "You tell Ding Liu, keep a closer eye on those places." ”

After Li Heng returned to the house alone, when he called a small servant to pass the word to the inner courtyard, he only said, "If you have something to do, dinner will be sent to the front", and went to the study alone.

When Ni received the news, he asked the kitchen to boil water and soup, and the meals were mainly light and palatable, and he chose two things that Li Hengping loved to eat, and the steward took the order.

She was busy at this time, who thought that Li Gong also called a maid to come over and spread the word, saying that if she wanted to read in the study, she also needed to eat in front, Ni Shi listened, and was busy arranging her son's food, clothing, and so on.

Seeing that she had a lot of things on her hands, Li didn't bother much, and took Chen Ying to resign.

When I stepped out of the courtyard door, it was already raining outside, and under the gloomy sky, only the green bamboos moved lightly in the wind, but it was a few points of the gloom of this autumn day.

In the courtyard where Li and Chen Ying lived, the word "watching the snow" was written on the lintel, and the handwriting was steep and strong, and I don't know who inscribed it back then.

Chen Ying stopped at the gate of the courtyard, raised the green cloth umbrella higher, and looked up, but saw that the rain line in the sky was like a curtain, washing out the verdant courtyard, and the raindrops fell on the bamboo leaves.

The mother and daughter entered the house along the verandah, just about to change clothes, and suddenly heard someone talking outside, Li sent Luo's mother to take a look outside, Luo's mother was busy picking up the curtains, and after a while, she turned back again, but she brought in the big girl Qiufei beside Ni's side.

Seeing that it was her, Li smiled and said: "Your legs are fast, I just entered the house with my front foot, and your back foot arrived, but is there something?" ”

That Qiu Fei is a laughing person, a round face looks festive, at this time he also laughed out of two pear nests, bowed down and said: "Madame called the maid to say something, the kitchen is now boiling white fungus red date soup, ginger soup is also boiled, please Mrs. Gu has time to call someone to get it back." The sea is windy and rainy, so it's good to get rid of the cold. ”

Li said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is too thoughtful, if you reply to her for me, just say I know." As he spoke, he ordered Luo's mother to open the box, took out a bottle of flower dew, and said with a smile: "You take this back for me, it's a pity that the girl keeps saying that she wants it, but the cage is in the back cabin a few days ago, and I am too lazy to look for it, and now I want you to run an errand." ”

Qiu Fei hurriedly took it with both hands, but saw that the clear glass bottle contained inch-high flower dew, which was as bright as rouge and crystal like jade, so she smiled and said: "It's a golden thing, and this bottle is also beautiful." ”

Li said: "This is cherry blossom dew, very sweet, you tell the girl, put two drops in the small pot of boiled white rice porridge, the taste is the best, if you use too much, it is really sweet." ”

Qiu Fei was busy, Li asked Luo's mother to take her to tea, and sent the two of them down, while Chen Ying ordered Xunzhen to take the two little girls and go to the kitchen to get the soup, and the mother and daughter changed their clothes.

After cleaning up for a while, Chen Ying still came over to talk to Li, so Li pulled her to sit on the side of the big case in front of the window, and said softly: "I'll tell you something first." When I was in the car, I had already discussed with your aunt that I would go to the small Penglai Mountain outside the city in a few days to have a look, and I heard that the Wan'an Temple on the mountain was very effective. ”

Being able to visit Penglai Immortal Mountain in a different time and space, Chen Ying was still very willing, so she bent her eyes and smiled: "Mother is so interested, and her daughter should accompany her." ”

Li smiled and tapped her forehead with his hand, and said, "I know that you are willing to run out, so this time I simply asked you to run enough." ”

Seeing that Li's eyebrows and eyes were stretched, and the depression that had been entangled in the past dissipated a lot, Chen Ying couldn't help but feel relieved, and the smile on his face was no longer the usual weird appearance, but sincerely happy with the color.

It's really right to come out on this trip, Li's mood has obviously become cheerful, there are more smiles on his face, and even the amount of food is good, Chen Ying is happy to see this.

It can also be seen that people are always bored in the one-third of an acre of land in the back house, which is not conducive to physical and mental health. This strengthened Chen Ying's determination to do something in the future, even if it was for the good of the Li family, she must do her best.

Three days later, the continuous autumn rain finally stopped, and Li and Ni chose the day of incense the next day. On the day of the incense, Chen Ying got up early, finished the homework that needed to be done outside, and then took the maid to the inner courtyard.

The Han family's house is a little smaller, and after Chen Ying obtained the consent of the elders, she chose the location for archery and physical training in the garden outside the second gate, which was spacious and she could move her hands and feet.

When Chen Ying stepped on the verandah, he saw that the door leading to the front yard suddenly opened, and two people entered from outside the door, among which the man wearing a homely robe and a wooden hairpin tied to his hair was Li Heng. Walking beside him was a tall and thin man, whom Chen Ying didn't know.

The two of them walked leisurely, as if they were taking an early morning walk. It's just that it's too early and late, Chen Ying doesn't think anyone would get up so early to go to someone else's house as a guest, and combined with the performance of her uncle Li Heng in recent days, she preliminarily deduced that this tall and thin man should have lived in the house in recent days.

Li Heng has rarely appeared recently, and even Ni has complained that people who can't see him are in the study every day, and he only says that he has something to do, and he thinks it should be related to this tall and thin man, but I don't know what kind of identity this person is, why is he so close to Li Heng?