"Slave and maid to the master, please say goodbye." Xu was too excited, the mother-in-law guarding the door was not neat, and it took a long time to pull the door bolt to open the door, and even the umbrella was not bothered, so she hurriedly saluted Chen Shao in the rain, and turned back to call: "Hurry up and pass a word inside, the master is here!" ”

The little girl who was talking ran into the main room, Ziqi and Jiangyun were making a bed in the house, and when they heard the news, they were surprised and delighted, and hurriedly went to the inner room to report to the Li family.

Looking at the smiling appearance of the two big girls, Li sighed lightly, put the scripture book in his hand on the case, and Luo's mother on the side saw this, her eyes turned red, and she quietly gestured to Jiangyun.

Jiangyun understood, stepped forward and said softly: "The maid combs his wife's hair." She looked over eagerly, and there was a bit of begging in her eyes, and said flatteringly: "Madam, the maid has learned a few new hairstyles, so you can ask the maid to show her talents, so as not to let Mother Luo always say that the maid is lazy." ”

Li lowered his eyes to the ground, did not answer, but did not refuse.

Mother Luo's face was happy, she raised her sleeve to wipe the corners of her eyes, and nodded to Jiangyun and Ziqi.

The two maids walked quietly, Ziqi took the scriptures lightly, helped Li to sit in front of the dressing table, opened a few gold-painted makeup boxes, and selected jewelry, while Jiangyun picked up the corner comb, scattered Li's hair, and asked with a smile in the mirror: "Madam, can the maid comb you a hundred flower buns?" ”

"It's a good idea." Li Shi said lightly, raised his hand to cover the makeup box, and instructed Ziqi: "Don't wear the gold and silver, in this dark sky, and in my own room, the guy who wears a full head is not a joke." None of this is needed at the moment, so find something else. ”

Seeing her indifferent expression, Ziqi didn't dare to speak anymore, and in a low voice, she closed the lid of the makeup box, went to the bamboo silk grid on the side, picked a few inlaid boxes, and asked quietly: "The water here is all jade, Mrs. can see if it is feasible?" ”

Li Shi said "um", picked a mutton fat jade ruyi hairpin at random, and ordered her to put everything on the side.

Luo's mother watched from the side, thought about it again and again, but couldn't bear it in the end, and persuaded in a low voice: "Madam, it's raining very hard outside, and listening to the little girl who reported the news, the master's clothes are soaked." As if it was a guest, the wife took out the money that the host had for the guest, and she couldn't ignore it, not to mention that the lord was not a guest. ”

She leaned closer, and her voice became lower and lower: "The slave and maid remember, there are still a lot of clothes for the master in this house, and the master is always dressed in wet clothes, and it is not good to get sick from freezing for a while." Mrs. said yes? ”

"Mom will do it." Li Shidao, his two eyes looked in the mirror flat, but there was no light, just like two pools of stagnant water.

Luo's mother felt uncomfortable, but she knew that she couldn't persuade anymore, in case Li was annoyed, she didn't think it was beautiful, so she had to sigh quietly and go outside to Zhang Luo.

In the mirror, a corner of the rosette lampstand is reflected, and the candle flame in the octagonal gauze cover casts a yellowish halo all over the ground.

Li Shi looked at himself in the mirror and looked at the busy and careful figures of the two maids, and suddenly felt tired.

Like the candle flame that is about to be extinguished on the candlestick, the deeper the night, the weaker it becomes.

Just now, she heard the clear voice outside the door.

It was a voice she was used to hearing, but it was unfamiliar.

Quiet and gentle, just like him, warm as jade.

It's just that no matter how warm the jade is, it is also a stone, whether it is outside or inside, it is cold and hard.

Then she thought, what if he knocked on the door and she heard it?

Just like he came at night, what difference did she make if she saw it or not?

Li was in a trance.

Combed his hair, put it on, changed his clothes, and was gently helped out of the inner room.

The brick floor is covered with green felt, and when you step on it, it is soft, and a pair of feet always seem to be unable to fall into place. Outside the screen, there was the sound of wind, rain, rustling and moving, and low coughing and talking.

Li never knew that the courtyard, which was so quiet and depressing, turned out that it also had its own liveliness.

It's ridiculous that just half a moment ago, she had lamented in her heart, afraid that this silence would accompany her life.

But it turned out that the quiet was never the courtyard, but her heart.

And at this moment, her heart was no longer quiet, so the voice also swarmed in.

Then, she thought it strange again.

It is clear that she has more important things to think about, and there are people who should deal with them more positively.

But at this moment, she can't teach herself to focus.

Those sounds coming from the outside are noisy and complicated, such as the chirping of summer cicadas and the chirping of autumn insects, which disturb people's hearts.

Later, there was a bright light "booming" towards the face, like a thin and wide sharp blade, cutting straight into the eye, stabbing people dizzy.

Li couldn't help but raise his hand and block it in front of him.

It seemed that at this moment, in the candle-lit eastern, the servants receded like a tide.

In the silence, the rain was wrapped in patches, carried by the night wind, and thrown to the eaves, which also shattered the short silence.

Li Shi came back to his senses at this voice, turned his head to look around, and saw Chen Shao sitting across the desk from her, and the candlestick behind him emitted a halo, shining his warm eyebrows.

At this moment, he is no longer a lonely cliff cultivating bamboo, but a white birch under the moonlit night sky, although it is close, it is so cold that there is no half color.

"Is the light too bright? Do you want me to extinguish a few candles? The clear voice and the words he revealed seemed to be words of concern.

However, when this voice entered the ear, it was like a strangely shaped thread, which could not be integrated with all the memories of Chen Shao left by the Li family.

"No need." She raised her eyes to look at him, and the two cool rays of light fell on him without hesitation.

"What are you here to do? Or, what do you say? She said, her hands tucked into her sleeves and laid flat on her laps, just as her voice did not rise and fall, and her face did not change.

Chen Shao raised his eyebrows, as if he wanted to sigh.

But before the sigh came out, he was interrupted by a sneer: "Master, you and I are husband and wife, your cozy attitude will be left elsewhere." ”

Chen Shao was stunned.

Li's gaze swept over him, and he naturally picked up the teacup, signaled to him, and the corners of his lips curved slightly, as if the host was courteously inviting guests: "This is the new tea this spring, which has been stored in the cellar, and it is rare for my mother to take it out, so you can taste it too." ”

The sharpness and coldness disappeared at this moment, and under the bright candlelight, Li's smile was gentle, his eyebrows and eyes were calm, and he was the most hospitable host, not as elegant as her words.

She took a sip of tea and wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief: "On such a rainy night, it's still very good to drink hot tea." ”

Chen Shao still maintained a stunned state.

Then, there was a smile on his face.

Compared with Li's contentless smile, Chen Shao's smile had the slight warmth of a candle flame.