The wide silk dress can not hide the slender figure of this nun, between the steps, there is a state, this state, like the flame of the fire, the light of the lamp, the jewel and the golden shell, naturally revealed, this nun walked in the shadow of the lantern behind the drooping girl, Zeng Yu neither saw the face of the nun clearly, nor did he hear the voice of the nun speaking, but it was such a vague impression of the shadow and shadow, which made Zeng Yu feel that the nun had a state, which could absorb eye-catching state-

But at this time, Zeng Yu didn't have time to pay attention to appreciation, he jumped up suddenly, with a look of vigilance, followed by the skirt of the drooping girl There was a big yellow-haired dog, the yellow dog opened his mouth, spit out a red tongue, his eyes were green, looking at him and Sixi, his uncle Mr. Shaolong once said that in addition to beware of thieves and villains, you must also beware of being bitten by dogs, especially wild dogs, if bitten, you may have to worry about your life-

"This scholar, don't be surprised, Ah Huang is very well-behaved, never bites, don't look at it barking so fiercely."

The drooping girl smiled and approached the side of the Lying Cow Stone with a small lantern, and at this time, the lantern with the picture of the four fish inserted in the earthen wall was completely extinguished, and the figure of the master and servant of Zeng Yu on the side of the earthen wall suddenly became dark and blurred, and the girl raised the lantern high and approached.

Zeng Yuzuo said: "This young lady, this aunt-"

In the Ming Dynasty, Gandi called the nun a girl, and there were also a woman called aunt, and the old nun also called the nun, Zeng Yu said: "Thank you for borrowing the lamp, I still want to disturb and ask for a scoop of water to drink." ”

The girl blessed Zeng Yu, and the nun hidden in the darkness behind the girl also recited the Buddha, but heard the girl say: "Mother, these are these two people, he is a scholar who is rushing to take the exam, this scholar fell and injured himself while walking at night, and he lost a lot of blood - ah, did he faint?" The last sentence was asked by Zeng Yu.

Xiao Xi Sixi's face was bloody, his hair was scattered, and he was leaning against the earthen wall at this time and fell asleep, as if he had fainted, Zeng Yu said: "Xiao Jie accidentally fell and injured his forehead and knees, and now he is asleep." I thought to myself: "Is this nun the mother of this girl, it is not uncommon for a nun to have a daughter, but it is rare to live together, where is the old woman?" ”

The girl asked, "It doesn't matter, do you want to call a doctor, oh, that's good, I'll go and bring you water, and you give me the gourd." The girl saw Zeng Yu take out the gourd and wanted to drink it but there was no water on the wall, she wanted to ask Zeng Yu to hand her the gourd to hold the water, but Granny Yan scolded fiercely, so she had to go down.

Zeng Yu took out the gourd and handed it to the girl with both hands, bowed down and said, "Thank you, thank you." ”

"Mother, you carry a lantern."

The girl handed the lantern to the nun girl, took the gourd, and smiled at Zeng Yu, her voice was crisp and delicate: "Scholar, you wait." Turning around and returning to the yard lightly, the big dog named Ah Huang hurriedly followed.

The nun called softly: "Be careful, it's dark, don't fall." Indeed, it is a motherly tone.

The girl agreed, and her back flashed into the wooden door.

Zeng Yu noticed that the girl did not bind her feet, the girls of the gentry families generally began to bind their feet at the age of seven, and those who did not bind their feet were often because they were poor and needed girls to help them do farm work, and the fallen women in Zhejiang were forbidden to bind their feet, and the foot-binding became a symbol of status, Zeng Yu's hometown Yongfeng foot-binding was also popular, and the woman who did not bind her feet was contemptuously called "Chai Po", which meant that she could go up the mountain to chop firewood and do rough work without binding her feet, and such a woman would naturally not be able to marry a good person-

"May I ask your surname, where can I take the exam?"

The nun has been looking at Zeng Yu coldly, and then she asked, the nun hung the lantern very low, and the lower edge of the lantern touched the grass stalk on the surface, and the lantern paper was also painted with pictures on all sides, it was four kittens with vivid shapes, and when the lantern shook, the four kittens were lively as if they were going to move.

Zeng Yu replied: "Under the surname Zeng, I went to Yuanzhou Mansion to take the test, I was in a hurry, I missed the accommodation, and I disturbed my aunt." As he spoke, his eyes kept looking at the cat drawn on the lantern.

The nun said "oh" and said: "It's still too late to go to Yuanzhou, the son is living in a foreign country, so he went back to Yuanzhou for the exam." ”

The imperial examination has very strict requirements for the candidate's household registration, if the guest residence fails to obtain the local household registration, the children must return to their hometown if they want to participate in the scientific examination, if Zeng Yu has obtained the Yongfeng household registration when he is not his father, then he has to return to Ganzhou Mansion if he wants to take the Xiucai examination-

Of course, Zeng Yu can't say anything to this nun for the make-up exam, and he vaguely said yes at the moment, looking up at the female nun's appearance, the nun lantern hangs to the ground, it should be intentional not to let Zeng Yu see her face clearly, in fact, she is also covering her ears and stealing the bell, so that she is only a few steps away where you can't see it, this nun is naked and bald, and her very short hair stubble is bluish, Bai Juyi's poem describes a female nun and says "her head is blue and her eyebrows are thin", her bald head is cyan at first glance, generally speaking, her shaved head will not look good, but this nun gives people the feeling that she is bald and beautiful. The black hair of the women of the world has become a burden—

The light and shadow are light and dark, and the outline of the nun is extremely delicate, and the nun is the mother of the drooping girl, she should be thirty years old, but in this dark night, she is simply a young nun with fluttering clothes-

Sixi in his sleep let out a painful moan, leaning on the earthen wall to sleep uncomfortable, tilted his head, simply lay on his side to sleep, but touched the wound on the forehead, "ah" sat up again, woke up in pain, and was startled to see the scene in front of him in a daze, who was the person in the black robe and bald head, the lantern light was from the bottom to the top, and the Sixi was also looking from the bottom up, naturally it looked very weird.

Zeng Yu hurriedly said: "Sixi, this senior aunt is the master of the courtyard here, and I have begged her for water to drink." Seeing that Sixi was about to stand up with his hands on the earthen wall, he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed it.

Sixi stood up straight, feeling that his forehead and knees were more painful than before, he was so thirsty that his throat was about to smoke, seeing that the young master had obviously not slept like that, this little servant said to the female nun: "This female Bodhisattva, let's make it convenient, let my young master enter the hospital to find a small couch to rest and rest, I Sixi can stay outside, my young master is going to catch the exam, it's not okay to rest well, Amitabha, female Bodhisattva, okay, cough, cough-"

Sixi felt that he had burdened the young master, and he felt very guilty, what kind of face did he care about as a little Xi slave, so he begged in a low voice, just wanted the young master to have a place to rest, and said so many words in one breath, Sixi coughed.

The nun felt pity for the scholar, who was only in his twenties, and the scholar was even younger, so she said, "Please come with me, and the poor nun will find a place for your master and servant to rest, but please don't make a noise, and leave immediately tomorrow morning." ”

Four joys, Zeng Yu didn't want to stay under the root of this wall overnight, although the gardenia was fragrant, there were a lot of mosquitoes, such a situation was very unbearable, and he hurriedly said: "Thank you, auntie, the two of us will leave as soon as dawn." ”

The nun said "um", drew a half circle with the lantern in her hand, turned around and walked towards the courtyard gate.

Zeng Yu followed with Sixi, who turned his head to look at the books and baggage by the Lying Niu Stone and said, "Young Master, there is still luggage." ”

It's just a book, there is money in the baggage, although it may not be so coincidental to take it away if it is left here for a while, but it is still careful, it is enough to be down, but it can't be worse, Zeng Yu grabbed the burden and put it in the crook of his arm, and Sixi followed the nun into the courtyard gate-

Just as the girl came out in broken steps, she was a little surprised and said, "Mother, you are willing to let them in!" ”

The nun said: "Let the two of them spend the night in the tea house thatched cottage and leave early tomorrow morning." ”

The girl was a little happy, and chuckled: "My mother's heart is so good, I know that my mother can't bear it." ”

The nun said, "Don't be awful, you take the two of them there." He handed the lantern to the girl.

The girl agreed, took the lantern and said to Zeng Yu: "Scholar, please come with me, the little scholar walks carefully, don't fall again, there are steps here." He said: "Be quiet, don't wake up Granny Yan, otherwise it will be a mess." ”

The master and servant agreed, followed the girl around a big house, and walked through a small courtyard, to a house, to see that the eaves have a thatch hanging down, the girl said: "This is the tea house, my mother's tea room, the two of you will be on the ground for a night, the ground is covered with a mat, well, this is your gourd, I knew that you don't have to hold water if you want to come in, there is water in this tea house." ”

The girl spoke unquickly, her tone was gentle, and her voice was very pleasant, and she asked, "What about the fish lantern, oh, it's still stuck in the wall, I'll go get it, and I'll leave it to you." ”

Zeng Yu said: "I'll go with Miss, I have a book still outside the door, and I want to move in." ”

It was still the girl who was carrying the cat lantern, Zeng Yu followed her out of the courtyard gate, pulled out the fish lantern from the gap in the earthen wall and handed it to the girl, and then carried the heavy book, and when she was about to carry the cat lantern, the girl said: "I'll help you take it." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Thank you." He followed the maiden into the door with the book on his back, and stood for a moment until the maiden was tied again.

The girl came over with two lanterns, one bright and one dark, and said as she walked: "Scholar, haven't you asked your name yet?" ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "My surname is Zeng Yuzi Jiuli. ”

The girl was surprised, "What fish, carp?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Well, it's a carp, and the name is the fishing of three points of water." ”

The girl "Gege" laughed, shook the extinguished fish lantern in her hand, and said, "There is a fish painted on it, did Zeng Shusheng see it?" ”

Suddenly, I heard someone coughing softly in the dark, it was the voice of the nun who coughed, and the girl said, "Mother, what are you doing standing there in the dark?" ”

The nun in the dark place said: "Give the lantern to Zeng Gongzi - Zeng Gongzi, if you are lazy, don't go out of the tea house at night, the yellow dog will recognize life, I am afraid it will bite people." ”

The girl went in and out, and the big yellow dog also followed up, and was very loyal.

The girl argued: "Ah Huang doesn't-"

"Okay, Zeng Gongzi go to the tea house, please remember that you must leave early tomorrow morning."

The nun came out of the darkness and interrupted the girl.

Zeng Yu bowed and said, "Thank you aunt for taking me in, my master and servant will leave as soon as dawn." After that, he took the cat lantern from the girl's hand and walked towards the tea house, and heard the girl behind him complain carefully: "Why is the mother so unkind, like Granny Yan?" ”

Zeng Yu didn't hear how the nun answered, he walked over, he thought: "It seems that there are three people living here, Granny Yan and this mother and daughter, it is really not easy for me and Sixi to come in and have a place to stay, the people of the Ming Dynasty are still humane, and the ancient style still exists." ”

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