After successfully persuading the matchmaker Wang who came to the door every once in a while to say goodbye, his life became much cleaner, and the handover procedures for the relevant medical center have also been completed, and Xue Chengyu and Xu Hong no longer have to check the accounts without sleeping and eating. The two of them sat in the courtyard to enjoy tea and flowers, write poems and paintings, and lived a very comfortable life.

This morning, Xu Hong saw that the weather outside was good, and planned to take out the books that had been placed in the house all year round to dry. The humidity in the south is heavy, and books are very easy to mold, so it is absolutely impossible not to dry them.

It's a pity that Xu Hong's idea is good, but looking at the bookcase full of medical books, he has more than enough heart and strength, and called two subordinates and three people to move them for half an hour before they can move all the books to the courtyard. However, these medical books that have been brought out are only what Xue Chengyu has often read in recent years, and they are only the tip of the iceberg in the Xue family's collection.

After moving the book, Xu Hong went around the house again to see if there was anything else that needed to be dried. However, after turning around several times, he didn't see it, and Xu Hong, who was going to end here, suddenly caught a glimpse of the long sword placed on the sword stand. On weekdays, Xue Chengyu takes care of it in every way, needless to say, he also knows that it is an important object, and there must be some old things hidden in it that Xue Chengyu does not want to mention.

Just when Xu Hong was studying what was different about the long sword, he heard Xue Chengyu ask him to take out the long sword, which aroused Xu Hong's idea of getting to the bottom of it, and quickly came to Xue Chengyu with the sword.

Xue Chengyu held the sword in his hand, and sighed uncontrollably as he stroked the scabbard with one hand, his eyes full of loneliness. The cold that came five years ago was so sudden that he was caught off guard.

The whole sword is mainly white, and when he left the house, Xu Hong found that this was not an ordinary white sword, and its scabbard was decorated with fine dark lines, and it turned out a faint white light under the sunlight.

Xue Chengyu pulled out his sword and carefully rubbed the blade with a handkerchief, his careful appearance as if he was handling a fragile piece of porcelain. Xue Chengyu repeatedly wiped the blade of the sword three times before he reluctantly put the sword on the table, looked at it and sighed for a while: "Dancing the sword under the flower...... It's really nostalgic......"

Xu Hong once heard Fu Bo talk about Xue Chengyu's youthful past, and he was embarrassed after hearing it. With a lame leg and a divorce, a high-spirited teenager suddenly became a disgusted oil bottle, and this kind of thing would be uncomfortable for ordinary people, let alone Xue Chengyu.

Xue Chengyu looked at the long sword lying quietly on the table, and there seemed to be a voice urging him to lift the long sword again and show his heroic posture again. But with his current legs and feet, let alone a set of swordsmanship, he can't even play the starting style, so why not dance again?

Thinking of this, Xue Chengyu couldn't help but slap his palm on the stone table, the force of this palm was not small, and the tea sets on the table trembled.

Xu Hong didn't know why Xue Chengyu was so angry, so he hurriedly put away the long sword and put it out of Xue Chengyu's sight, refilled him with a cup of new tea and handed it to him, followed by a light sigh: "Since taking over the medical hall, the young master has become more and more angry, and I can't help the young master share his worries...... It's getting useless......"

Xue Chengyu knew that Xu Hong's actions just now had frightened him, so he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and comforted: "This matter has nothing to do with you...... It's all old things, don't mention it, don't mention it......"

The more Xue Chengyu said this, the more Xu Hong wanted to know why he cared so much about this sword, and at this moment, the idea of getting to the bottom of the matter took the lead, but before he could speak, Xue Chengyu already knew what to ask.

"I was weak when I was young, and my father was afraid that I would not live long, so he let me learn martial arts, and this sword was given by my father when I was ten years old. I thought that practicing martial arts could strengthen my body, but I didn't expect that I still didn't escape the cold, the high fever did not go away, and it almost killed me, and I became lame and picked up half my life, it was better to die at that time...... The young man who used to dance the sword under the flowers is gone......" After speaking, Xue Chengyu let out a long sigh again, and his mood was extremely low.

Xu Hong turned his head and snorted, and said seriously: "If the young master died in that winter, there would not be you and me now, let alone the current life, you can't want too much to be a man, the more insatiable you are, the more you don't know what it's like to have an ordinary life, only contentment can be happy." ”

Looking at Xu Hong's serious appearance, Xue Chengyu hooked the corners of his mouth like self-deprecation, smiled, and sighed: "It's really the authorities who are obsessed with bystanders, I remember that this truth was told to Xiao Hong, but I didn't expect it to become Xiao Hong's reason to persuade me now." It's a good thing to learn, and it's worth rewarding. ”

Seeing Xue Chengyu smile, Xu Hong no longer worried about him, and presented the long sword he had just gotten to the side in front of Xue Chengyu, "The sky is clear and the wind is clear, the flowers are blooming, and it is the right time to dance the sword." The young master's situation has improved greatly compared to five years ago, and the current young master is not the young master of five years ago, if you want to dance, why not try it? ”

Xue Chengyu watched the long sword in front of him hesitate between receiving or not, and after a long time, he slowly stretched out his hand, held the scabbard tightly, and made up his mind to pull the long sword out of the sheath after some inner struggle.

Because he had not held the sword for a long time, Xue Chengyu had almost forgotten the feeling of lifting the sword, and he forgot only one and a half moves of the swordsmanship handed over by the master at the beginning, and barely managed to make a set of swordsmanship.

Even so, Xue Chengyu didn't give up the idea of wanting to dance the sword, threw down his crutches, and slowly moved to the side to dance on his own.

I used to rely on a wheelchair and crutches to walk without showing my unresponsive legs and feet, but this time I suddenly moved almost without moving, and my joints were uncontrollable like puppets with broken leads, and I was very sluggish.

Although the legs and feet are a lot better, the action is not good, and one move is not as good as the one in the beginner. If the master who taught him at that time saw it, he might even be scolded. Even in this situation, Xue Chengyu did not give up, and still staggered to finish the last move.

At the moment of closing, a cherry blossom floated down from the tree, and it landed on the tip of the sword very appropriately. The breeze blew the corners of Xue Chengyu's clothes slightly, and Xue Chengyu's left hand was behind him, and his calm state was like a statue that completely matched the cherry tree behind him.

Xue Chengyu took back his sword, picked up the flowers on the tip of the sword, slowly walked back to the stone table, and handed the flowers to Xu Hong with a light smile. At that moment, Xu Hong seemed to understand what it meant to "stand like a Zhilan jade tree, and smile like a bright moon in his arms". Xu Hong took the flower, and the two looked at each other and smiled, many words did not need to be said to know.

"The sword has become an ornament since I was unable to move, and I didn't expect that I would be able to dance again five years later. It's a pity that he didn't play well, Xiao Hongquan should have watched a juggling. ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Hong couldn't help laughing, "Young Master said that he was joking, I can't stand Young Master Xue juggling for me." ”

Xue Chengyu withdrew the sword from the scabbard and put it aside, pinched Xu Hong's fleshy little face, and said with a smile: "I'm just playing a juggle on my sweetheart, how can I not stand it if I don't ask for gold taels or promise to each other?" Could it be that Xiaohong has a big gift? said that the strength of his hand did not decrease, and he pinched it very hard, as if to hint at something.

Xu Hong instantly understood what the "big gift" in Xue Chengyu's mouth meant, his little face turned red, rubbed the place that was pinched by Xue Chengyu, and said aggrievedly: "Young master, what do you want...... I wasn't going to give that kind of gift......"

"If you don't give it, I don't have to, but I can't take a penny when the young master of the Xue family smiles on Weibo, so I have to express it."

Xu Hong was very helpless about Xue Chengyu's bargaining, since Xue Chengyu wanted this "gift" so much, then just give it. Xu Hong leaned towards Xue Chengyu, kissed Xue Chengyu on the cheek, and immediately retreated to the stone bench.

Xue Chengyu was not very satisfied with such a "return", but when he thought of Xu Hong's thin skin, it was not easy to be so active, what more could he ask for.

At a certain moment, Xue Chengyu felt that he should be grateful to the girl who quit the marriage back then, maybe her withdrawal was a doomed thing in the world and the earth, and it was precisely because of her concession that Xue Chengyu and Xu Hong created an opportunity for him to recognize his heart.

After that, Xue Chengyu sent someone to inquire about the news of the girl, but it was a pity that she had married far away, and the family also moved out of Jiangnan because they felt sorry for the Xue family for the divorce back then. But fortunately, the girl's life is not bad, the person who marries her has the same heart and loves her very much, and she lives happily, which can be regarded as the best reward given to her by God.

People always toss back and forth in the eight hardships in their lives, especially this is the most torturous if they can't ask for it. Xue Chengyu saw through these eight hardships and life early, others think that he is detached and indifferent, but in fact, he never wants to force those things that are not his, he just cherishes the people in front of him and just goes with the flow.

And Xu Hong is a person who is regarded as a treasure by him and needs to be taken care of.

"Pei Sanye, who went to the Chamber of Commerce tonight, celebrates his sixtieth birthday, and my father has been suffering from leg pain and alcohol for the past two days, so it is inconvenient to go to the banquet, so let me take Cheng Yi with me."

"Third Master Pei?" Xu Hong muttered, and after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't remember who Pei Sanye was, but vaguely remembered that he seemed to be a white-haired old man who was nearly sixty years old.

"You don't remember? It's the old man who always stands to the right of my father, the one who opened this year's annual meeting and said New Year's greetings, do you have some impressions? ”

According to Xue Chengyu's description, Xu Hong flipped through his memories and still didn't remember who "Pei Sanye" was. I had to pout my lips in embarrassment and replied, "I really can't remember." ”

"It's okay, our father has already prepared a congratulatory gift, and you can go to Fu Bo to ask for it later, and then let Cheng Yi change his clothes, and tell him to pay more attention to the number of etiquette, the third master's birthday banquet is not something he messed around."

"It's all according to the young master's arrangement, then I'll do it." After speaking, Xu Hong stood up, but was about to leave but was stopped by Xue Chengyu.

"You can change it too, I have someone make a few new clothes according to your preferences, and it will be delivered to the house in the afternoon if nothing goes wrong, remember to try it then." You just treat this as your own home, the Xue family has a great business and doesn't have to worry about raising you more, just take what you want, don't always lose yourself. ”

Xu Hong can't remember clearly that this is the first time Xue Chengyu has persuaded him to treat Xue Mansion as his home in the past three years, and he does regard Xue Mansion as his home. But he is used to living a hard life, and he also knows that the Xue family's money will never be spent by him at will, he just depends on Xue Chengyu to have his current life, what else can he want.