Wen saw that there was a guest coming, so he was about to get up and say goodbye, Tong said: "This is our Aunt Liu's sister, her man is a general of the Yellow Flag garrison, they are all their own relatives, they are the most cool, you can also see it......" and asked people to invite Xiao Liu. Wen stayed.

The eldest Liu handed over his youngest son to Su Yun, and hurriedly came up, and when he saw that there were guests, they introduced each other and saluted, and Tong said: "This Mrs. Wen is the big proprietor behind the cyclamen, thanks to her, Aunt Liu has a good income." ”

Da Liu understood, so he thanked Wen: "Thank you, madam, my sister has the softest temperament, if you change someone else, how can you be so generous and sincere." Wen shook his hand with a smile and said, "It's just a joke, I think my aunt is kind and easy to get along with." At this time, Xiao Liu came, and after a few women talked for a while, Wen was about to leave, but Zhenzhen wanted to stay with Shuning for a while, so she had to go first.

Da Liu saw that Shuning had brought Zhenzhen back to the room, and there were no outsiders in front of him, so he asked Tong: "I suddenly heard that your old man is gone, how can it be?" I saw him a few years ago, and he was very strong

Tong Shi didn't want to say in detail, so he said vaguely: "I fell and injured myself while riding a horse, and I didn't bandage it properly, and I had a high fever at night." In the end, I was old, I couldn't help it, and I stayed up for a few days before I went. Da Liu sighed, and then said to his sister: "It's okay for you to go back now, you have Xiaobao in your heart, and now you can finally see it." ”

Xiao Liu's eyes were red again, and Tong was busy saying: "That's it, it's more time to cry in the later days, if your sisters have anything to say, just say it as soon as possible, and if you want to meet again in the future, it's not so easy." Then he said to Da Liu: "That one is the second wife of the General's Mansion." Now that I have helped you to see you, you will also go to ask for a good job from time to time in the future, if you can ask for a good errand for your man. In the future, we will have the opportunity to see you again in the capital. ”

Da Liu nodded knowingly, and hugged his son. He took his sister back to her room.

Zhenzhen waited in Shuning's room until it was almost time for dinner, but she still didn't wait for Duanning to come back, because her family sent someone to pick her up, so she had to leave with great regret. Only Shuning accompanied her mother, brother and Xiao Liu to eat dinner,

Eaten. Tong took his daughter to the side courtyard to see Mr. Su's wife, Chen, and saw that she was also packing her luggage, so she said, "You have grown so big, you have to be so far away from home for the first time, you are very reluctant, right?" ”

Chen smiled softly: "As the saying goes, marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, since I married him, where he is there is my home." Naturally, wherever he goes, I go. ”

Tong liked it, so he pulled her to gossip. He also instructed her how to pack her luggage to save space and convenience.

It was only after the unitary time that Mr. Su returned. It turned out that I was in a hurry to deal with unfinished official business. Tong heard that Zhang Bao and Duan Ning had also returned. Then he took his leave and went back.

Zhang Bao wiped his sweat and said, "I have inspected several more risky dikes today. I looked at the situation of the crops outside the city again, and I will not go out again from tomorrow, and we will leave when the Tongzhi of Huizhou Mansion comes to pick up the seal. When I saw Su Tongju just now, he insisted on pulling me to drink, so I pushed it and reminded him to be more careful in the future and act tactfully. That's when I came back. ”

Tong nodded, and told him about the groups of guests who came today. Shuning tugged at Duanning's sleeve, pulled her brother under the porch, and told him that Zhenzhen had been waiting for him for a long time.

Duan Ning lowered his head and said, "Now we are about to leave, and it is difficult to say the truth in the future." During the mourning period, I said that I couldn't kiss, and I didn't know how many years later I would meet again, even if I saw her, what could I say? ”

Shuning said: "It's not that you want to agree with her now, although Eniang gave her a hairpin today, but she didn't say anything else, Zhenzhen also knows it in her heart." All you need to do is say goodbye to her. ”

Duan Ning nodded, and Shu Ning said again: "We are mourners, it is not good to go to other people's homes, and Zhenzhen is not good to come again and again." She told me that when we left, we would send her a letter and she would come and see us off. ”

She saw her brother's sad look and comforted: "Even if we are temporarily separated today, as long as you have a heart, there will always be a day when you will see you again." What's more, Lord Wudan is a close confidant of the emperor, and there will always be a day when he returns to Beijing. ”

The biggest disadvantage of their family leaving Guangzhou and returning to the capital may be that Duanning's budding marriage is in danger of being forced to interrupt. Ancient times are different from modern times, once the two places are separated, anything can happen, so the two families do not make any commitments, just depend on the fate of their children in the future. If it is really fate, they have the possibility of finally coming together. I'm a flower plot dividing line, ah, dividing line

Just as the whole family was busy packing and packing, a small episode occurred.

Ah Yin brought his younger brother Ah Xin to the door to propose his relatives. The object of the proposal is Chunxing.

It turned out that since the opening of the cyclamen, because the business was too good and there was a shortage of manpower, Ah Yin always came to borrow helpers. Tong and Shuning both thought that they had shares anyway, so they both acquiesced to Chunxing to help. Who knew that this came and went, Chunxing, who was working in the kitchen, and Ah Xin, who was a junior in the lobby, looked at each other. Ah Yin knew what the children were thinking, and thought that after his younger brother was promoted to the foreman, he would come to ask the Tong family for marriage, but their family suddenly wanted to leave Guangdong, although he knew that it was not appropriate to come to the door at such a time, but for the sake of his younger brother's life, he still came hard.

Both Tong and Shuning were surprised. Shuning remembered that Chunxing had been lazy and didn't want to do anything in the past few days, and she knew it in her heart, it seemed that she thought she was going to be separated from her sweetheart, so she was depressed, right?

There was a commotion outside the window, followed by the jokes of a few maids and daughters-in-law, and then a burst of footsteps left quickly, and the voice of the fan official came: "Sister Chunxing is ashamed." Then came the laughter of the women.

Tong Shi gave Su Yun a look, Su Yun understood, and went out to drive everyone away.

Tong Shi glanced at Ah Xin, who was kneeling on the ground, and felt that although the young man was not delicate, his facial features were still upright, and he looked like an honest man. Listening to Ah Yin's introduction of his younger brother's temperament, he is already a little willing.

Ah Yin noticed that her face was loose, and she was overjoyed. Busy said: "The ultimate killer of rebirth, Sodu, we also know that we shouldn't say such things now, but adults and wives are leaving." I can't bear to see the two of them separate, they're not young anymore, it would be best if they could settle down. Mrs. rest assured, our family will definitely treat Chunxing well and will never treat her badly. If this kid dares to bully his wife in the future, I will interrupt him first

Shuning wanted to laugh a little when she heard it, but she couldn't help it, and turned her head to see what her mother had to say. Tong smiled slightly and said, "It's too much to say this, I still trust you." It's just that it's too hasty to do a happy event now, and it's not appropriate, so we want to leave Chun Xing alone, and I'm afraid that she will be wronged. What can I do about this? Ah Yin smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mrs., as long as you agree, I will immediately help Chunxing redeem herself." Then I sent her to my own house, so that the old man would recognize her as his goddaughter. In a few days, we will have a happy event. In this way, Chunxing will also have the support of her mother's family here. ”

Tong nodded with some satisfaction and asked someone to call Chun Xing. asked her if she would like to marry Ah Xin. Chun Xing blushed with shame, and refused to speak for a long time, until she was finally urged to be in a hurry, so she let out a small "um" like a mosquito, and Ah Xin smirked on the spot.

Ah Yin paid the ransom silver on the spot, but the Tong family returned the silver as Chunxing's dowry in a blink of an eye, and also rewarded ten taels of silver and four pieces of cloth. The other maids and daughters-in-law are almost all good friends with Chunxing, and each of them more or less sends some embroidered jewelry to congratulate her. In the end, Shuning took Chunxing back to the room, and privately gave her a few purses and two jade pendants, and gave her a lot of instructions.

In the evening of the night, Chunxing still spent the night in the prefect's back office, and the next morning, Ah Yin's sister and brother personally drove the car to pick up people, Chunxing watched her deed of sale being burned to ashes, crying and kowtowing to the old master's house, and went back step by step.

Shuning is actually very reluctant in her heart, but the happiness of the parties is more important. Chunxing, who grew up by the Songhua River, is both honest and capable, but has been sold to others as a slave since she was a child, and thought that she could only match a boy in the future, but in Guangdong, the southern country, she actually met a lifelong lover, and she no longer had to be called to drink, she could be an ordinary person, and God didn't treat her too badly. I am the dividing line after two days

Their luggage is not much, they are officials outside, and they have just moved for less than a year, and the boxes for things are ready-made. Most of the gifts received, except for keeping enough for their own use, were resold by the comprador and exchanged for silver tickets, and in the past few years, some things have been sent back to Beijing one after another, and only twenty or thirty large boxes remain.

When they went back this time, they had to hurry as soon as possible, and it was too much trouble to carry so many things, so Tong handed over more than a dozen boxes of heavy and unhurried vases, decorations, silk and other things to Huo Comprador and asked him to help transport them back to Beijing. In the end, the family's luggage added up to only five or six more than when they first came, and although there was more luggage, the population was less than when they came.

Zhang Bao and the Tong family set off first on two medium-sized boats with Changfu father and son, and a few maids and servants who were used to the Lin family on weekdays, while Mr. Su's family and Changgui couple took several other servants to take another big boat and slowly hurried away with heavy luggage.

At this time, the rainy season had already begun, but Zhang Bao had consulted the old man who was familiar with the celestial phenomena in advance, and knew that there would be no heavy wind and rain in the next three or four days, so he decided to go on the road as originally planned.

On the day they left, many people braved the rain to come to the dock to say goodbye, and Zhang Bao followed Su Tongju, who came to see him off, to see the old man in the leading place, and listened to what he said. Shuning and Duanning stood by the boat with umbrellas and waited, because the Tong family called them to get on the boat, and were about to turn around, but they saw Chongsi Chongli and Zhenzhen in the crowd, Shuning pulled the corner of his brother's clothes and greeted him together.

After the boy and the girl finished their farewell words, Chongsi took out a rattan flat box and said, "This is what my sister and I gave you together, you can keep it as a thought, don't forget the situation when the four of us went out to play together in the past." ”

Duan Ning took it, felt a little heavy, looked at his friend, threw the umbrella to his sister, opened the box, but it was a newly fired porcelain painting kang screen. Chongsi said: "The painting on it was painted by my sister herself, and I will take it to someone to burn it, do you see, does it look like a few of us?" ”

Shuning looked at it, and it was really similar. The colorful porcelain painting is like a picture of a happy trip, depicting four young boys and girls sitting on the ground by a clear stream, surrounded by green grass and trees, towering ancient trees, and a few gables faintly in the distance, looking a little like the South Garden they have been to. Not far from them, there were a few people who followed the appearance of Yahuan, and they could even recognize one of them as Zhenzhen's Yahuan Jiu'er. Although the brushstrokes are a little immature, they are also fresh and lovely.

In the blank space of the porcelain screen, there is a five-character poem: The pond grass does not become a dream, and the spring sleep listens to the sound of rain. Wu silkworm eats leaves, and Han Ma returns to the camp. The flower path should be full of red, and the green of the stream bridge is gradually flattening. There are many wine companions in the South Park, and there is an appointment for the new sunshine. (Note)

Duan Ning blinked and looked straight at Zhenzhen. Zhenzhen bit her lip and said, "I know that Brother Duanning has friends who can draw, and I am really ashamed to see people with my painting skills, but it is my heart." As for this poem, we don't have the elegance of a poet, so we have to borrow Mr. Linqing's poem, Brother Duanning...... Sister Shuning, I hope you don't dislike it. ”

Duan Ning smiled slightly and said, "How come?" It's well drawn, and it looks like it's going back to the day I went to South Park. Thank you very much. He paused and added, "We like it very much, and we hope that there will be a day when we meet again in the future." ”

Shuning took Jinjin's hand and looked at her and smiled.

Chongli patted Duan Ning on the shoulder and said, "Good brother, we will definitely meet again, and when the time comes, I will never lose to you again." Then he turned his head to Shu Ning and said, "Sister Shuning, see you next time, how about we play a few more games of checkers?" Shuning smiled and nodded.

The boat was about to depart, and the Shuning brothers and sisters said goodbye to their friends again, and got on the boat with a rattan box. Seeing the people on the shore getting farther and farther away, Shuning waved her hand and her nose was sour.

"Brother." "We'll meet again," she asked, won't we?" ”

Duan Ning touched her head with a smile and said, "It will definitely be." ”

Note: "Listening to the Rain", the author Zhao Jie, a famous poet of the Guangzhou Nanyuan Poetry Society in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, known as "Mr. Linqing".