Zeng Yu cooked two dishes and one soup for Lu Miaoxiang and Babyzi, the dish of toon head mixed with tofu was learned by Zeng Yu from the old master of the Yuan Gang of the Qing Palace, and the other dish was fried with mushrooms and sliced meat, served on a small plate, the soup was yam soup, and there was a big bowl-

Ying Zi looked at the three dishes on the square table, her eyes widened and she looked incredible, and muttered, "Mr. Zeng really knows how to cook."

Lu Miaoxiang leaned over and sniffed, very grateful to Zeng Yu for his carefulness, she was fasting, in addition to the small plate of fried pork slices with mushrooms, the yam soup and toon tofu were all cooked in tea oil, meat oil and tea oil were very distinguishable, and said with a smile: "Xiaozi, how about you taste Mr. Zeng's cooking skills?" ”

With a "hmm" sound, he took a small piece of tofu with chopsticks and ate it, and said with a smile: "It's delicious, the tofu is tender, and the toon head is fragrant and tender." ”

Lu Miaoxiang said with a smile: "Is it more to your taste than the dishes cooked by my aunt?" ”

Baby's eyes narrowed into a crescent moon with a smile, and he shook his head and said: "No, no, Mr. Zeng's cooking skills are worse than those of his mother, hehe, you sit down, and I will serve the meal." ”

The steamed rice in the rice retort exudes fragrance, the light of the lamp on the table is soft and yellow, the baby looks sideways out the window when eating, the window is dark, the sound of wind and rain is sometimes tight and sometimes slow, the girl's expression gradually looks stunned from the initial excitement, and says: "I wonder if Mr. Zeng rushed back to the village at this time to eat any hot food?"

Lu Miao thought: "It's dark early today, but it's not too late, Mr. Zeng rushed back to the village just in time for dinner." ”

The baby stopped talking, ate slowly, and was delirious.

Lu Miaoxiang looked at the baby's appearance, and thought: "This Maple Bay is not a place to live for a long time, in case there are villains who can't be guarded against, Zeng Gongzi can't propose to Xiaozi for the time being, the road ahead is unpredictable, my heart is dead, no matter how much I suffer, I have no fear or resentment, but Xiaozi, it's really worrying, this girl's heart is now tied to Zeng Gongzi, well, next time I see Zeng Gongzi, I want to talk to him about it." ”

The cold rain is miserable, the black light is blind, Zeng Yu returned to the Qishan Hall, the Qishan Hall is deserted, Yan Shaoqing and Yan Shaoting are not there, Yan Shaoqing said in advance that he would stay in Jichang Garden for two days, and Yan Shaoting who went to see Xu Zhi County must have stayed in the county government or Jichang Garden for the night because of the rain, Yan Shaoting had a steward and two healthy servants to accompany him, but he didn't have to worry about what would happen-

Zeng Yu ordered the servant woman to prepare a hot bath, he first went to feed the big black horse bean feed, and then took a hot bath, feeling that there was no discomfort in the body, so he was relieved to eat, thinking about the wooden house in Maple Bay, if he could have dinner with Lu Miaoxiang there, it would definitely be a pleasure.

The Yan brothers were not there, Zeng Yu had fewer scruples, and came to Maple Bay early the next morning, he wanted to take this opportunity to discuss some things with Lu Miaoxiang -

The rain has long stopped, the air in the forest is fresh, wearing the newly bought clogs and walking on the deciduous path, quite comfortable, to the single-plank bridge, remembering the oil paper umbrella that the baby was blown away by the wind yesterday, Zeng Yu looked down along the stream, walked out of the small half mile, and saw the dark peach oil paper umbrella hanging on the branch of a maple tree by the stream, more than a zhang high from the ground, found a branch on the ground and gently picked it, the pink oil paper umbrella fluttered to the ground, except for the umbrella side hung broken, there was no damage -

Walking back to the single-plank bridge, I saw that Yingzi carried a wooden bucket to fetch water by the stream, this slim girl was looking forward to the northwest of the forest, heard Zeng Yu's footsteps, turned around, and said in surprise: "How did Mr. Zeng come from there?" ”

Zeng Yu raised the umbrella in his hand: "I got Miss Yingzi's umbrella back." ”

Ying Zixi said: "I was also about to look for it, where did Mr. Zeng find it?" ”

"It hangs on a maple tree by the stream." Zeng Yu pointed to the lower reaches of Jiexi, crossed the single-plank bridge, handed the umbrella to Yingzi, and said, "I'll mention it." He filled up half a bucket of water and carried the bucket to the hut.

Ying Zi followed behind with joy and said, "Mr. Xie Lu Xie Zeng." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Thank you, this is originally a man's job, and it hurts for you to be a little girl doing these things." ”

Baby's heart was sweet, but she said: "My mother is a little foot, of course I will carry water, I am not young, I will be thirteen years old in three months, I am a month old, I was born in February - how old is Mr. Zeng?"

Zeng Yu said: "I am young, and I am in the moon." ”

The baby said "oh", and said, "Mr. Zeng forgot to take a gall bottle." ”

Zeng Yu said: "I saw that gall bottle in the porcelain shop is delicate and cute, and I bought it and gave it to you and Lu Niangzi for flower arrangement." ”

Infant said: "We have an official kiln gall bottle and a purple glazed ear bottle here, my mother said that Mr. Zeng's brother kiln bottle is inserted with dendrobium orchid, camellia, chrysanthemum, and plum are excellent, put on the desk, read and compose time, take a look, pleasing to the eye." ”

Zeng Yu held a bucket of water in his right hand, leaned his upper body slightly to the left, and said, "Your aunt still knows how to arrange flowers, so I need to ask for more advice." ”

Infant Zi said a little proudly: "My mother is proficient in a lot of crafts, she said that people can't do nothing, always have to learn something, writing, reading, playing chess, serving flowers and plants, the heart should have something to send - I went to fold a branch of camellia, there are a few camellia plants in the forest, there are already small buds." As he spoke, he went around the bamboo fence and went to the north of the wooden house.

The chai door was open, Zeng Yu carried water and went to the kitchen, and almost collided with Lu Miaoxiang by the door, Lu Miaoxiang hurriedly retreated to the side, and said in surprise: "Zeng Gongzi, where is Xiaozi?" ”

Zeng Yu entered the kitchen and poured a bucket of water into the water tank, turned around and said: "Miss Yingzi has gone to break the camellia branches-Xiao Shengyou wants to tell Lu Niangzi, wait a minute, my water tank is full." ”

Zeng Yu carried four buckets of water one after another, filling the big clay jar, Lu Miaoxiang watched Zeng Yu come and go busy, her heart was a little chaotic, just about to speak, the baby broke a branch of camellia and came back, smiled at Zeng Yuyan outside the door, and asked Lu Miaoxiang: "Mother, can this branch be inserted in that gall bottle?" ”

Lu Miao thought: "Very good, you go and plug it in, my mother and Mr. Zeng have something to say." ”

The baby's figure flashed and went to the wooden house.

Lu Miaoxiang stepped out of the kitchen and stood on the edge of the cabbage field in the back garden, she was tall and slender, her robe was wide and empty, and the two sides of the ears under the round hat showed fine stubble, Zeng Yu wanted to reach out and touch it every time he saw such a stubble, just like he used to stroke the forehead of the little sister Niuniu's velvet stubble, Niuniu is now starting to grow hair-

Lu Miao wanted to see Zeng Yu staring at her, her face was slightly red, she lowered her eyelashes and said, "Zeng Gongzi has something to say, please speak." ”

Zeng Yu's eyes moved from Lu Miaoxiang's bald head to the sky, the sun was rising, the sky was high and blue, a group of geese flying south were lined up in the word "one" and flew slowly from the sky, and after a while, they were folded into the shape of "eight", although they couldn't see clearly, they could feel that the geese were flapping their wings and trying to fly-

"Lu Niangzi, look, the northern geese fly south."

Lu Miaoxiang followed Zeng Yu's gaze and looked up, watching the group of geese fly south until there was no trace, tears gradually welled up in her eyes, tears flowed down when she lowered her head, she quickly turned around to wipe her tears, and said with some embarrassment: "I suddenly miss my hometown Qingtian, where the burial places of the poor nun's parents and sister are there, but now I can't get it if I want to go back to my hometown." ”

Zeng Yu sighed lightly and asked, "Is there anyone in Lu Niangzi's mother's uncle's family who can defect?" ”

Lu Miaoxiang shook her head, she has been imprisoned all these years, she has no contact with her mother's family, and her mother has no siblings alive, she has distant relatives, but where can she be reliable, and said: "Only Zeng Gongzi can help Xiaozi, Yan Shifan's cousin doesn't value Zeng Gongzi very much, if you ask him to be the matchmaker, with Zeng Gongzi's character and knowledge, Yan Shifan may agree." ”

Zeng Yu hurriedly said: "No, no, Xiaosheng has no intention of marrying Miss Yingzi-"

Lu Miao was anxious, she was not a cowering and weak person, so she asked shyly at the moment: "Zeng Gongzi has no intention of marrying Xiaozi, so he must have a sweetheart, dare to ask who is the best girl?" ”

Zeng Yu looked at Lu Miaoxiang, this woman's eyebrows were beautiful and exquisite, and she wore a monk's hat, which did not reduce her complexion, which made him forget his worries at first sight, and said: "If Lu Niangzi wants Xiaosheng to confess again, then Xiaosheng will say it again: Lu Niangzi is Xiaosheng's sweetheart." ”

Lu Miaoxiang's voice trembled slightly, and she asked, "You want to marry me?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Exactly." ”

Lu Miaoxiang choked up for some reason, and asked again: "But how can you marry me, you can't even marry Xiaozi, how can you marry me, isn't it nonsense?"

It's so difficult to write, let me build up my strength to break through, and I also ask my book friends to give advice and encouragement.