As Liang's father's official position in Beijing became more and more stable, Liang Xiankuan's voice in the clan became more and more powerful, and he became more and more busy. Here you have to take care of your studies, and you have to take care of affairs there, and you can't wait to grow three heads and six arms. Du Jinning always has one or two times a month to design gardens for others, and it is not a special case, she doesn't want to trouble Liang Xiankuan at all.

Liang Xiankuan thought that he still hadn't done the homework assigned by the teacher, sighed, and said, "Okay then." ”

Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan went home for dinner and rested for half an hour, then met at the door and took a carriage to the east of the city together. Going with them was Liang Manchang, the steward of the Liang family.

"Uncle Liang, what kind of family is that? Why would you rather pay 20% more for me to do it? The garden designed by my fourth sister is not bad, and it will always be designed until they are satisfied. Du Jinning asked puzzled.

Liang Manchang was also puzzled: "This family is surnamed Lin, and it is not a powerful family, but some family backgrounds, Master Lin has made a lot of money in business over the years, and he may want to be vassal." ”

Du Jinning smiled and shook his head.

After a meal, the carriage stopped in front of a courtyard gate.

When a few people got out of the car, they saw a few people coming out of the door, led by a chubby middle-aged man, who smiled and said as soon as they met: "The contemptible surname is Lin, and I have seen Du Xianggong." Saying that, he looked at Qi Muyuan and asked, "This is ......?"

Liang Manchang hurriedly introduced Qi Muyuan's identity.

When Master Lin heard that Qi Muyuan was the grandson of the official department, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his attitude became more enthusiastic, and he said: "The two of you are coming from afar, it is better to go in and have a cup of tea and rest before you are busy." ”

Du Jinning was impatient and wasted time, so he refused directly: "No need, let's go directly to the garden." ”

Seeing this, Master Lin was not reluctant, so he welcomed a few people in, and introduced the situation of the garden as he walked.

This is the old garden of the Lin family, and there are mountains and rivers in it, but the scenery is not exquisite enough, and half of it is planted with many fruit trees. Master Lin has money in his hand, so he plans to rebuild it, and he usually has a lot of face when he invites guests to dinner.

The group walked to the edge of a bamboo forest, and suddenly heard a sound of "ding ding dong", Du Jinning stopped when he heard it, and asked Master Lin: "There are still people living in this garden?" ”

Master Lin didn't seem to hear the sound before, but when he heard this, he was stunned, listened intently, and asked his housekeeper: "Who is over there?" ”

The housekeeper of the Lin family said, "Maybe it's the young master." In the morning, the old slave saw him here. ”

Master Lin smiled at Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan: "It may be a dog." He is also a scholar, but his qualifications are not good, and he only became a child at the age of twenty. He has always admired the two of them very much, and I think he is playing the piano. As he spoke, he gestured to the front, "The two ministers are invited." ”

Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan glanced at each other and followed Master Lin to continue walking.

After turning the corner, the scenery in front of them suddenly opened up, and a pavilion that was originally blocked by trees appeared in front of everyone, and the sound of the piano became clearer and clearer. A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl wearing a pomegranate red shirt was sitting in the pavilion playing the piano intently, as if she didn't notice Master Lin and his party; A mother-in-law and a maid standing behind her didn't dare to make a sound when they saw it, but just bowed to this side and stood there with their hands down.

Master Lin didn't make a sound, he stood there and listened intently, as if he was carefully discerning whether the girl's piano sound had improved. Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan also had to stand there and wait.

Fortunately, the girl's piano gradually faded, and it didn't take long for it to stop.

Putting down her hand and raising her head, she seemed to find that Master Lin and his party were standing there, so she quickly stood up, ran two steps with a smile, and shouted in her mouth: "Daddy." ”

When these two words came out, she was surprised to find that there were two strange teenagers standing next to her father, and she quickly stopped, and two red glows flew up her cheeks, as if she was shy and felt impolite, and finally gave a generous salute to this side: "I don't know that my father has a guest, and my daughter is rude." "The words are shy, but the voice is pleasant.

Master Lin laughed "haha", and said to Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan: "The two ministers, I'm sorry." The little girl didn't expect that there were outside guests, so she played the piano here, disturbing the peace of the two, and she couldn't help it. ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Du Jinning said with a smile, "Master Lin, since there are still family members in your garden, it is inconvenient for us to disturb us, so we will leave." As he spoke, he arched his hand, turned around with Qi Muyuan and walked back.

Master Lin's face flashed with a touch of disappointment, he glanced at his daughter, chased a few steps and said to Du Jinning: "The two prime ministers, since you are here, please finish the garden, I will ask the little girl to avoid." ”

Miss Lin also hurriedly took a few steps forward, closer to Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan, bit her lip and gave a salute with tears in her eyes: "The two prime ministers, please stay." I thought that no one came to this garden today, so I came to relax and practice the piano, but it was my fault, so I left. With that, she saluted, took two steps back, and turned to walk away quickly.

Her maid hurriedly followed with the piano in her arms.

"Du Xianggong, Qi Xianggong." Master Lin said apologetically, "This is my youngest daughter, who has been learning the piano with Master Chenxin for five or six years, and sometimes comes to this garden to practice and read. I was negligent today and didn't inform her, and she didn't know we were coming. If there is any rudeness, look at Haihan. ”

"This is your home, and there's nothing wrong with her playing the piano here. It's the recklessness of our coming. Du Jinning smiled and didn't say anything to leave.

Master Lin breathed a sigh of relief; "No, no, no, I didn't let people tell her, I was negligent." As he spoke, he patted his head reproachfully, and made a gesture forward with a shy smile, "The two prime ministers, please." ”

Du Jinning nodded, and followed Master Lin to continue to finish reading the garden.

Fortunately, until the whole garden was finished, I didn't see that Miss Lin again.

After seeing the garden, Master Lin tried his best to keep Du Jinning and the two of them eating here, and said, "I still have some requests to tell Du Xianggong." ”

Generally, if there are any requirements, they are casually put forward when looking at the terrain, rather than saying it later, Du Jinning felt strange and refused: "No, we still have something to do, and we are in a hurry to go back." If you have any requirements, you can tell Steward Liang, and he will tell me. ”

Saying that, she said to Liang Manchang: "Uncle Liang, you will be tired for a while, stay here for a while." Let's go back first. With that, she made a gesture to Master Lin, and left with Qi Muyuan.

After getting into the carriage, she said to Qi Muyuan: "Did you say that the matchmaker went to your house or my house to propose marriage?" ”

In the past two years, they have encountered such a situation more than once. This Master Lin's intentions can naturally be seen at a glance.