Because Lu Miao wanted to go to Jichang Garden, at noon Babyzi went to Ruizhutang with Yan Wan'er to eat, Yan Wan'er liked Baby's posture very much, and the two girls had a very good relationship.

After lunch, Yan Wan'er led the baby to watch the peach blossoms and enjoy the firefish in her own back garden, this firefish was given to Yan Shifan by Yan Maoqing last year, Yan Shifan asked the steward of Jichang Garden to send seven tails to his cousin Yan Shifang, saying that it is suitable to fry and eat, boiled and eat, of course Yan Shifang will not be so burning, there is a pond in the back garden of Ruizhutang, these seven firefish are raised in the pond and become a scene of Ruizhutang, the firefish is actually a carp, but the color is bright like fire.

After many days of rain, the day began to be clear, the flowers and trees in the small garden are in full spring, the fire fish in the pond swim around clearly in the blue water, the baby and Yan Waner squatted on the edge of the pond to watch the swimming fish, when the fish dived into the bottom, the water waves gradually calmed down like a mirror, reflecting the appearance of the two girls:

Yan Wan'er is still childish, she is still a yellow-haired girl, her face is long and her mouth is slightly bigger, and her appearance is somewhat similar to her father Yan Shifang, which is really not beautiful; The baby's posture, the eyebrows are picturesque, the hair is black as paint, and the delicate state is simply incomprehensible.

Yan Wan'er looked at the reflection in the water and sighed: "Sister Xiaozi, you are so beautiful, the ancients said that the fish sink and the geese fall, you see those fire fish and see the beauty of Sister Xiaozi are so ashamed that they dive under the water, Sister Xiaozi is as beautiful as Xi Shi." When she said this, Yan Wan'er was only envious and stunned, and there was no jealousy, Yan Wan'er's temperament was as loyal as her father, Mr. Fang Tang.

The girl "eats" and chuckles, pointing to the fire fish that came out of the water again: "Wan'er, look, the fish are coming out again, how can you say this?" ”

Yan Wan'er also smiled: "That's Yu'er wanting to peek at Sister Xiaozi." ”

Ying Zi smiled: "It's to see Wan'er." ”

Yan Wan'er was silent suddenly, because saying "Yu'er Yu'er" reminded her of Mr. Zeng, Mr. Zeng's name was Zeng Yu, which reminded her of a matter that she had been buried for a long time. ”

Ying Zi hesitated: "I, I don't know why, I just said that I was visiting Mrs. Cao." ”

Yan Wan'er, who had faint freckles on both sides of her nose, grimaced and said, "Don't hide it, I know what it's for." ”

Baby's face flushed, stretched out her hand and paddled gently, and said, "I didn't hide it from you, I really don't know." ”

Yan Wan'er put away her smile, and pretended to look like Yan Sù's father Mr. Fang Tang, and said slowly: "I know, I am asking about your marriage with Mr. Zeng." ”

The baby was ashamed, jumped up and said, "I won't talk to you anymore, I'll go back to the school." ”

Yan Wan'er hurriedly chased after her and held Ying Zi's hand, and said, "Okay, okay, Sister Xiaozi, I won't say it, I won't say it, I'll accompany you to the school." Quietly looking at the baby's expression, the baby's face was obviously not really angry, just shy.

Yan Wan'er wanted to speak and stopped, sighed softly, one evening at the end of last month, she overheard her parents talking about Zeng Yu, her father Mr. Fang Tang said that Zeng Xiucai had been married to Miss Zhang of Longhu Mountain, so the marriage between Ying Zi and Zeng Xiucai was completely hopeless-

Yan Wan'er wanted to tell her about it several times, but as soon as she mentioned Mr. Zeng's name, she blushed when she saw it, and said that Yan Wan'er made fun of her, Yan Wan'er had to shut up and not say anything, today she saw Lu Miao want to go to Changyuan, Yan Wan'er mentioned it again, but Yingzi's seven-point shame and three-point annoyed appearance made her can't bear to break the matter, the eleven-year-old girl at that time was already very sensible, she could see that Yingzi liked that Mr. Zeng very much, if she knew that Mr. Zeng was married to another woman, she would have cried to death, alas, Let's let Aunt Thirteen explain to Sister Xiaozi-

I thought again: "There is a drama that says that Sister Xiaozi is so beautiful, will she be thin, Sister Xiaozi's aunt is also beautiful, but her life doesn't seem to be very good." ”

This thought was unlucky, Yan Wan'er shook her head vigorously, and said in her heart: "No, no, Sister Xiaozi has a good heart, and there will be good fortune, even if you don't marry Mr. Zeng, you will find Ruyi Langjun." ”

"Wan'er, what are you shaking your head?" Babyzi asked curiously.

Yan Wan'er said: "It's nothing-Sister Xiaozi taught me to draw, just draw the fire fish, there is no one in the school at noon." ”

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Yan's school homework in the afternoon is to read the books taught by Mr. in the morning, and then memorize five words, seven words of poetry each three, but also two large characters of two pieces of paper, and finally by Mr. to tell the story of loyalty and filial piety and diligence two, today Yan Shifang is the story of Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty when he was a teenager, Ge Hong has been poor since he was a child, lack of paper and pen in reading, cut his salary and sell it, in exchange for paper and pen, copy thousands of volumes, finger elbow calluse, I heard that who has a good book to borrow a book to copy, once borrowed a book, wandering outside the courtyard wall of the house can not bear to leave, in the rain all over the body wet, I had a serious illness and almost died......

When listening to Mr. Fang Tang's story about Ge Hong, the girl couldn't help but think of the scene when she first saw Mr. Zeng last year, Mr. Zeng was going to Yuanzhou to catch the exam, in order to catch a long journey and missed the accommodation, there was nowhere to rest at night, Mr. Zeng's scholar Sixi accidentally fell and injured his head and knees, the master and servant sat outside the courtyard wall of her house, tired and hungry and mosquito bites, at that time she borrowed a lantern for Mr. Zeng to facilitate him to treat the scholar's injury, Mr. Zeng also wanted to ask for a scoop of water to drink, Yan's mother-in-law was so fierce, a scoop of water refused to give to others, Mr. Zeng was really hard at that time.

After school in the evening, Yan Wan'er asked Ying Zi to go back to Rui Zhu Tang with her, Ying Zi said that she would wait for her aunt to come back in the school, but Yan Ci Ding had just gone to Maple Bay to see, Lu Miaoxiang hadn't come back yet, Yan Wan'er said: "Go to my house first, maybe your aunt will stay in Jichang Garden tonight, after all, there is such a long way." ”

Ying Zi said: "My mother said that she would definitely rush back, Wan'er, you go back first." ”

Yan Wan'er said: "Okay then, I'll go home first." ”

Yan Shifang said to Ying Zi: "If your aunt doesn't come back, you will go to my house." "Tell the old man Yan who takes care of the school, if Lu Miao doesn't return to the village before dark, he will send the baby to Ruizhutang.

After Yan Shifang's father and daughter left, there were only three people left in the huge Yuqing Hall, Ying Zi, Yan Laohan, and Yan Ci Ding, Yan Ci Ding almost didn't speak, Yan Lao Han accompanied Ying Zi to the entrance of the village to wait, to see if there was a carriage coming from the road.

The sun set, the twilight gradually rose, and the dirt road leading from Jieqiao Village to the county seat became blurry and flat, Yan Laohan said: "Miss Xiaozi, it's getting dark, your aunt shouldn't be back today, the old man will send you to Mr. Er's house." ”

Ying Zi said: "Uncle Yan, wait a little longer." ”

Yan Laohan was very easy-going, and was silent at the moment to accompany Ying Zi, at this time, faintly heard the sound of the carriage coming from the road, and Ying Zi immediately shouted happily: "It's my mother who is back." As he spoke, he trotted towards Maple Bay to meet him, and Yan Laohan hurriedly followed.

The carriage stopped on the side of the road in Maple Bay, and sure enough, Lu Miaoxiang came back, and the driver and a servant woman from Jichang Garden went back the same way, and the infant said goodbye to Yan Laohan, and followed his aunt Lu Miaoxiang back to the Maple Forest Wooden House.

The moon rose, the moonlight leaking between the branches and leaves was sparse like residual snow, and the infant took her aunt Lu Miaoxiang's hand and walked on the fallen leaves and fragments of moonlight, and secretly wondered why her mother didn't speak, so she said: "How is my mother's hand cold, is it cold?" ”

Lu Miaoxiang said "um", but still didn't speak, and she couldn't see the expression on her face clearly in the light and shadow, and the baby asked a little timidly: "Mother, what's wrong with you, are you unhappy?" ”

Lu Miaoxiang took the baby's hand tightly, and sped up her pace to the bank of Jiexi, the single-plank bridge on the creek looked extremely lonely in the moonlight, Lu Miaoxiang finally said: "Xiaozi, as long as my aunt has a breath, I must protect you thoroughly, and never let people bully you." ”

Ying Zi was surprised: "Mother, why did you say this suddenly, what did Mrs. Cao say?" ”

Lu Miao wanted tears to fall, but she didn't want Ying Zi to see it, turned to look at the end of the small bridge, tried to calm her mind and said, "It's nothing, our mother and daughter have come over all these years, haven't we?" Well, let's go back to the house first, you haven't eaten yet. ”

Speaking, Lu Miao wanted to hold on to the bamboo pipe handrail on the side of the single-plank bridge and carefully crossed the bridge, and remembered that the handrail of the single-plank bridge was still put on by Zeng Yuti yì, so she felt more and more uncomfortable, today she went to Jichangyuan to see Yan Shaoqing's mother Cao, Cao's knew her intentions, and felt that there was no need to hide this matter, so she told her about Zeng Yu's engagement, and when she saw Lu Miaoxiang's face turned pale, she explained: "The meaning of the big officials is still to let Xiaozi marry high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing, Zeng Xiucai is of course a good character to learn well, After all, he came from a humble background, and I should not be a good match for the Yan family, the big official joked in the reply that if Zeng Xiucai can try the township test, will try Lianjie, then you can consider marrying him with the baby Zi, what about the second gentleman, with his own people think that the imperial examination is extremely difficult, thinking that the big official does not agree with this family matter, so he wrote to Zeng Xiucai, Zeng Xiucai, because of the merit of exterminating the bandits, the reputation, the governor of Hangzhou Hu have praised him, presumably there are a lot of people who propose relatives, and if there is a suitable one, the family matter is set, the woman is a relative of Zhang Dazhen of Longhu Mountain, So Sister Lu don't blame Zeng Xiucai, it's Xiaozi who has no relationship with Zeng Xiucai, you don't have to worry about Xiaozi, with the status of my Yan family, Xiaozi is born beautiful, and it is not difficult to marry the princess, as long as you don't obstruct it like last time. ”

Cao's comforting words were like the wind in her ears, Lu Miaoxiang didn't listen to it at all, Zeng Yu's marriage was like a corner of the sky for her, which made her at a loss, the first thought was Zeng Yu's heart, Xiaozi liked him so much, he turned his back and married another woman, didn't Yan Shifan say that Lian Jie in the imperial examination could marry Yingzi to him, why didn't he work hard for the exam, but he couldn't wait to get married to the Zhang family of Longhu Mountain!

Lu Miaoxiang was angry and bitter, from that night Zeng Yu did not take advantage of her danger to enter, she decided that Zeng Yu had the style of a gentleman, and was a person who Xiaozi could entrust for life, and now suddenly learned that Zeng Yu had been engaged to another woman, how could she accept it for a while, on the way back to Jieqiao Village, she had mixed feelings, and only one belief became more and more distinct, that is, she must protect the baby posture thoroughly, and she did not hesitate to do anything for the happiness of the infant posture, although she is only a weak woman, and the infant posture was not born to her, but the idea of protecting the calf is extremely strong......

Ying Zi walked behind her aunt Lu Miaoxiang, and when she saw her aunt's hands and feet trembling, she hurriedly reached out and held it under her aunt's left armpit, and said in shock: "Mother, be careful." "There is already a mouth in the voice.

After crossing the single-plank bridge, Ying Zi hurriedly asked: "Mother, what's wrong, is something happened to Mr. Zeng?" "Ying Zi knew that Mr. Zeng encountered a bandit on the way back to his hometown last year, and the news that came back earlier was that Zeng Yu was not chaotic and witty and brave, and finally received a meritorious award, Ying Zi was very happy for Mr. Zeng, but this time his aunt Lu Miao wanted to come back from Jichang Garden, and his words and deeds were so abnormal, could it be that Mr. Zeng was injured when he fell into the thief cave, and even seriously injured?

Lu Miaoxiang leaned forward slightly, walked forward with a sullen head, and when she heard the baby Zi, she asked again: "Did Mr. Zeng let the thief hurt him?" ”

Lu Miaoxiang walked to the firewood in the front yard of the hut, held the firewood door, turned around and said: "Zeng Xiucai is very good, he is famous, and he has married the young lady of Zhang Tianshi's family in Longhu Mountain in the first month." ”

The girl stood by the bamboo fence with an "ah" and said for a while: "Mr. Zeng is engaged, it's really good." ”

Lu Miao wanted to say "Zeng Xiucai is very good" when she was negative and angry, but Ying Zi said that she was not angry, only endless melancholy and loneliness.

Lu Miaoxiang turned around and held the baby's cheeks with both hands, the baby's face did not shed tears, her eyes were faint and moonlight, and when she saw Lu Miaoxiang's tears, she comforted Lu Miaoxiang and said: "Mother, don't be sad, Mr. Zeng's marriage is a good thing, what about me, I am not worthy of Mr. Zeng, I will accompany my mother, didn't my mother say, our mother has been here for so many years." When he said this, he gently patted his aunt Lu Miaoxiang's back.

If Yingzi was sad and crying, Lu Miaoxiang would be more relaxed, but Yingzi was so well-behaved and empathetic and even wronged herself, which made Lu Miaoxiang even more uncomfortable, and she was silent for a while and said: "Go back to the house, I will tell you everything Shaoqing's mother said." ”

Back in the house, Ying Zi lit the lamp first, and then was busy washing rice and cooking, Lu Miao wanted to talk to her, she responded from time to time "Mother, I'm listening", and there was no emotion.

This night, Lu Miao tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, although the baby lay down without saying a word, Lu Miao wanted to know that she didn't fall asleep either.

Early the next morning, Ying Zi said to Lu Miao: "Mother, I won't go to the school, it's noisy there, I'll accompany my mother more." ”

Lu Miaoxiang was annoyed when she heard this, and said with a frost on her face: "Xiaozi, what's wrong with you, Zeng Xiucai is married to another woman, you don't have to read books, you don't have to use paintings, right, it doesn't matter anything?" ”

The girl felt that she couldn't lift her heart, but when she saw her aunt angry, she panicked and said: "No, no, I'll go to the school, don't worry, mother, I'll be fine, don't worry." ”

From this day on, Lu Miaoxiang will come to Yuqing Hall every evening to pick up the baby and go back, although the honest Yan Ci Ding will also pick up the baby as usual, but Lu Miaoxiang still has to come.

In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of April in Mengxia, at dusk on this day, Lu Miao wanted to walk out of Maple Bay, and walked towards Jieqiao Village, she was still a nun, a hat and robe, green shoes and white socks, simple and clean, while walking silently reciting the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra", just around the maple forest, hearing the sound of hooves on the east road approaching, so she avoided the side of the road, let the rider go first, do not squint, silently recite the scriptures.

The sound of miscellaneous hooves suddenly stopped, and someone dismounted and approached and said, "Aunt Lu is fine, Zeng Yu is polite." ”

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The body is not good, it is difficult to concentrate for a long time, and you can only slowly recover until you renew normally.