Zeng Yu smiled and looked at the girl Babyzi across the stream, the girl who was twenty-six this year was still innocent and happy, and was not depressed and sad because of the persecution of the last marriage, although Babyzi did not have a mother, but there was an aunt who really loved her, and she did not hesitate to fight to the death in order to protect her, and she lived in Maple Bay like a paradise, although she knew that it was difficult to last long, but Lu Miaoxiang did her best-

Fallen leaves are like felt, cloth shoes move lightly, Lu Miaoxiang walked out from behind an old maple tree, the delicate body under the wide robe is not overwhelmed, because the hair is shaved, the two thin black eyebrows under the forehead are more and more beautiful, the eyes are clear and bright, thin lips, the lips are light red, trembling and wanting to speak, a few steps in a hurry, but he stood still, stared at Zeng Yu, and said: "Bodhisattva mercy, did Zeng Gongzi come to Yanfu to do the western seat, when did he arrive?"

Zeng Yuzuo said: "Xiaosheng arrived yesterday, Yan Shilang summoned Xiaosheng in Longhu Mountain to come to Fenyi together, and lived in the north room of the Yan clan in the east of the village. Looking at Lu Miaoxiang and the girl Yingzi, he said: "I heard about Lu Niangzi and Miss Yingzi, Xiaosheng was uneasy, so I came to visit in the morning, are the two of them okay?" ”

Lu Miaoxiang was silent, her expression was calm, and the girl's tears flowed out at once, and said: "Zeng Shusheng, my mother was too thin in the first two months, and these days are better, I'm really afraid that my mother will die——"

"Xiaozi." Lu Miao wanted to interrupt Ying Zi's words, "Don't mention those things, isn't my aunt a good one."

The girl wiped away her tears and said: "Where is it, you are already weak, but now you are even weaker, Zeng Shusheng came just in time, and then diagnose my mother's pulse." ”

Zeng Yu asked, "Did Dr. Xue from Wutang come here later to treat Lu Niangzi?" ”

Ying Zi shook her head and said: "I haven't come, no one has invited me, where will Doctor Xue come, the Yan family doesn't care about our mother and daughter." "The girl Babyzi obviously didn't think of herself as a member of the Yan family.

Zeng Yu looked at the young nun under the maple tree on the other bank and asked, "The mind-nourishing meditation exercise that Xiao Sheng said last time, has Lu Niangzi practiced it on time?" ”

Lu Miaoxiang said suddenly: "These days I am restless, and sometimes I forget to practice. ”

Zeng Yu said: "It doesn't matter, it's okay to practice every day from now on, but I have to call for the lady's vein first."

The girl said happily: "Great, Zeng Shusheng crossed the river from this side, and there is a single-plank bridge here." ”

Lu Miaoxiang felt that something was wrong, but it was not easy to say that Zeng Yu should not come, she also needed Zeng Yu's help, and this Zeng Gongzi always called her Lu Niangzi, and she did not change her after repeated teachings, just thinking about it, she suddenly said "Ah": "The porridge is going to be boiled." He turned around and hurried away.

Zeng Yuyuan Creek went east for five or six zhang, and sure enough, I saw a single-plank bridge in the narrow part of the stream, about one zhang eight long, less than eight inches wide, and there was no handrail guardrail, of course, there would be no problem with Zeng Yu's agility from the bridge, the girl was not wrapped in foot, and it was okay to walk this bridge, but the Lu lady was bound in foot, and there was no risk of falling into the water when crossing such a single-plank bridge?

Zeng Yu crossed the bridge in a few steps, and the girl Yingzi greeted her, Zeng Yu asked: "Miss Yingzi, have you crossed this single-plank bridge on weekdays?" ”

Infant Zi said: "Yes, it's also very interesting, it looks a little dangerous, but I'm not afraid." ”

Zeng Yu said: "You still have to be careful, there is dew now, slippery, although the stream is shallow, but the weather has turned cold, and it is not good to fall into the water." ”

Infant Zi said: "No, we will be careful, my mother walks little, only I like to walk around." ”

Zeng Yu followed and walked to the depths of the maple forest, only to see a wooden house built on a small slope, surrounded by a half-human high bamboo fence, and asked, "Miss Yingzi, are you and Lu Niangzi living here?" ”

The girl pushed open the chai door, turned around and smiled: "Yes, Granny Yan is often sick and can't come with her, so it's good - Zeng Shusheng, please come in." ”

Zeng Yu entered the small courtyard and saw okra and bantam cockscomb flowers planted along the fence wall, the bantam cockscomb flowers here are all light white, not as many colors as seen on the bank of the Luxi River last time, and the okra with thin leaves is like honey heart like fire, dotted in the cockscomb flowers quite emotional; There is also a bush of plantain outside the window of the wooden house at the west end, which is repaired in giant leaves, although the yard is not big, but it is refreshing and clean—

There are three wooden houses, and there is a mud house in the back, which should be the kitchen, and there are maple trees on all sides, and the birds are heard from time to time, and it is clean to live here, but the two weak women are inevitably not very safe, but Yan Song has the right to do it, and the Yan family has a very good reputation in Fenyi, no one should dare to come to Yan's family temple to harass here, and the folk customs of Fenyi are still pure and simple-

The girl turned to the back kitchen, and soon came out again, laughing softly: "The cooked yam porridge is a little mushy, but it is also very fragrant - Zeng Shusheng, please sit inside." ”

There are three wooden houses, the one in the middle is a hall, there are two bamboo chairs, a few cases, a set of tea sets on several cases, and a small gall bottle of an official kiln, with a branch of autumn peony inserted in the bottle, which is glamorous and scorching, and does not feel vulgar, but makes this simple wooden house sweep away the shabby atmosphere, and has a vigorous vitality-

"Miss Yingzi, does Lu Niangzi cook by herself on weekdays?"

"Yes, I gave my mother hands, errands, my mother is really the smartest woman in the world, she has never cooked before, after living here, the Yan family deliberately did not send servants to serve, to let my mother suffer and suffer to them to beg for mercy, but what my mother does will learn and learn for a while, my mother's cooking is very delicious, I love to eat."

Zeng Yuxin said: "Qingtian Lu is also a big family, Lu Miaoxiang has been pampered since childhood, except for the female infrared, he must not have done rough work, and now he has to wash and cook is equivalent to a servant, this is really not something that ordinary delicate women can bear, who wants to put the days of brocade clothes and jade food but is willing to endure hardships, the so-called would rather sit in a BMW and cry than sit on a bicycle and laugh, such a comparison, Lu Miaoxiang is indeed very respectable." ”

The girl was innocent and didn't know how to avoid taboos, so she asked: "Is it good for Zeng Shusheng to eat porridge here?" ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "If I eat porridge here, then you and Lu Niangzi will have nothing to eat, I am a gluttonous belly, and the porridge for the two of you is not enough for me to eat alone." ”

The baby smiled and said, "You can cook another bowl, one bowl is not enough, two bowls." ”

Zeng Yu shook his head with a smile: "Don't dare to bother your aunt." ”

Infant Zi raised his voice and said, "Mother, it's not troublesome, right?" ”

Lu Miao, who was in the kitchen, was washing her hands, thinking that this child was really ignorant of the world, if Zeng Gongzi ate porridge with the two of her here, what would it look like, if people saw it, it would be terrible, and he liked Zeng Gongzi very well and said: "I can't stay long, I will soon go back to the clan to study, please Lu Niangzi come out, I will leave after I take the pulse." ”

Ying Zi just wanted to ask why he couldn't stay for a long time, but before he could say anything, he understood, his eyebrows frowned slightly, he didn't talk more, and took a small square pillow to let Lu Miaoxiang pad his wrist to facilitate Zeng Yu's pulse.

Lu Miaoxiang sat down at the end of the case, gently rolled up her big sleeves, exposed her wrists, and said in a low voice: "Thank you Zeng Gongzi."

After a farewell of March, Lu Miaoxiang's face is as beautiful as ever, without the delicate and beautiful eyebrows and facial features covered by black hair, this is the real clear water out of the hibiscus natural carving, most of the beauty of women in the world is hairstyle, clothing, and lead makeup, and Lu Miaoxiang is the beauty from the bones, beyond the skin, ice clear and jade, but the complexion is slightly pale, but there is also a temperament that I see pity-

Zeng Yu thought to himself: "A beauty like Lu Miaoxiang should look very pleasing to the eye even when she reaches the age of goosebumps and crane hair." Of course, this is just a feeling when facing Lu Miao's beautiful face, no matter how beautiful a woman is, she can't escape the erosion of time-

Lu Miaoxiang's bald head lowered more and more, and Zeng Yu's gaze made her shy.

Zeng Yu calmed down, and after carefully trumpeting the pulse, he said: "The pulse is thin, the qi and yin are weak, Lu Niangzi should not live too hard, the body is weak and vegetarian is not very good, and it must be supplemented." He glanced at Infant Zi and said, "Miss Infant Zi is still growing, and she can't follow Lu Niangzi's vegetarian diet, Lu Niangzi is weak, so she should take care more." ”

The girl said: "Zeng Gongzi, my mother will steam meat soup for me every day, but she herself is vegetable tea and light rice, and she refuses to touch it at all, I am really worried about her." ”

Lu Miaoxiang reached out to hold the baby's hand, and said with a smile: "What are you worried about, my body is like a day by day." Looking at Zeng Yudao: "Poor vegetarian is unswerving, and I made a vow ten years ago. ”

Zeng Yu said: "Then using angelica to cook porridge can also nourish the body, Lu Niangzi and Miss Yingzi are inconvenient to go out, I can buy some angelica and astragalus to cook porridge and soup." ”

Lu Miao thought and said: "Thank you Zeng Gongzi, this doesn't need to bother Zeng Gongzi, the steward of the Yan Mansion will send rice, noodles, vegetables and vegetables every third, sixth and ninth days, and then the poor nuns can ⊥ them to buy angelica and astragalus." ”

The rising sun had already shone over, Zeng Yu couldn't stay long, got up and said, "Then I'll go back first, and I'll come to visit Mrs. Lu and Miss Yingzi again when I have time." ”

Lu Miaoxiang seemed to want to say something, and finally said: "Zeng Gongzi is good to go." ”

The girl Yingzi sent Zeng Yu to the side of Jiexi and asked, "Zeng Shusheng, I also want to study and study, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

It is very common for girls to study at home school with the children of this family, and there are many descriptions in the novels of the Ming Dynasty, generally when they are thirteen or four years old, they are not allowed to go out again, and they stay in the boudoir and wait for the marriage-

Zeng Yu said: "This is not something I can call the shots, I have to agree to Yan Shilang or Mr. Yan Er." ”

The girl said: "Then I'll go back and write a letter to my father, and tomorrow the Yan family will come and let them bring it." ”

Zeng Yu nodded and said, "Miss Yingzi can try." "After crossing the single-plank bridge, I strode to the village of Jieqiao at the west end, and when I was about to go out of the forest, I looked back, and I could vaguely see the girl's baby's light blue dress in the depths of the maple forest-

The woman with the clothes and hair cut was by the small nunnery firewood door, but she couldn't see it, Zeng Yu felt a heavy joy in his heart, if he didn't come this time, then Lu Miaoxiang had made him tempted, and he would eventually fade away, but when he came, he saw him again, and his emotions suddenly became intense, Zeng Yu felt that he had a kind of responsibility, he wanted to help this beautiful and strong woman.

Make up for yesterday's shift, and there is another shift in the early morning.