Yan Shaoqing had a bad impression of Yingzi's half-sister, because his mother Cao gritted her teeth when she talked about Yingzi's aunt Lu Miaoxiang, Lu Miaoxiang scratched the eyes of his father Yan Shifan, but Zeng Yu asked him to send Yingzi back to Maple Bay together, he had nothing to say, he was quite respectful to Zeng Yu and was willing to obey Zeng Yu's orders

With Yan Shaoqing sending him off, the baby was also a lot more restrained, and said in his heart: "It would be good if Mr. Zeng sent me alone, and I just asked for some knowledge alone on the way." ”

As soon as the three of them came out of the village, they saw Lu Miaoxiang coming from the small stone bridge, and the girl beckoned happily: "Mother, mother, I'm back." ”

Lu Miaoxiang stood still by the small stone bridge, watching Zeng Yu and the three approach, with a faint smile on his face, and said, "The poor nun came to pick up Xiaozi, thank you two for sending them off." ”

Zeng Yu also stopped and said: "Aunt Lu is going well, Miss Yingzi is going well." ”

Lu Miaoxiang and the mother and daughter of the infant posture walked across the stone arch bridge with each other, Zeng Yu felt that the small bridge was beautiful, and Yan Shaoqing beside him suddenly said: "Mr. Zeng, I think of something, and I want to rush to Jichang Garden, Mr. Zeng will go together." ”

Zeng Yu knew that Yan Shaoqing and Yan Shaoting were intriguing, Yan Shaoqing wanted to rush to Jichang Garden, presumably because he was worried that Yan Shaoting would say bad things about him in front of his father Yan Shifan, Yan Shaoqing was afraid of losing his father's favor, Zeng Yu said: "Ling Zun is definitely not in Jichang Garden at this time, Xu County Ling invited Mr. Fang Tang to climb high and drink, how can it be reasonable not to invite Ling Zun, you have to go to Jichang Garden, and then go after lunch, so it is better." ”

Yan Shaoqing thought about it reasonably, and now he hurried to go, he must have been teased by Yan Shaoting, it was better to go again in the afternoon, so that he would be calm, so he and Zeng Yu returned to the mountain hall for lunch, and when they rested for two moments, they were accompanied by a servant and took a small sedan chair to Jichang Garden.

Zeng Yu sent out of the village, saw Yan Shaoqing walked away, and went to the mountain alone, the mountain is three miles northwest of Jieqiao Village, from the upstairs of the mountain hall can be seen, Yan Song named this book building the mountain hall, it is because of the reading wooden upstairs, leisurely see the mountain, there is no other high ground around Jieqiao Village, only this mountain towers alone, and the reason why the mountain is called the mountain is because the mountain shape resembles a huge official seal, it seems that Yan Song may have received the guidance of the master of Kanyu when he built the mountain hall -

The three-mile road will soon arrive, the stone path up the mountain is oblique to the top, the pines and cypresses on the hillside are luxuriant, Zeng Yu climbed the highest place to look east, the mountains are heavy, what are the mother and little sister who are thousands of miles away doing at this time, if he is at home, he can accompany them to the tea mountain to climb high and pick dogwood, and go to the Guangjiao Temple to worship the Bodhisattva with joy -

Retract your gaze from the clouds and the distance, looking around, in addition to the ancient camphor lush Jieqiao Village, the most eye-catching is the maple forest sprinkled with gold and red brocade in Maple Bay.

There are dogwoods on the mountain, the crimson fruit is quite lovely, Zeng Yu saw a camellia seedling when folding the dogwood, so he carefully dug it out, and after going down the mountain, he bypassed Jieqiao Village and went straight to Maple Bay, at this time it was about the end of the hour, crossed the single-plank bridge, came to the wooden house bamboo fence, and heard the voice of the girl - "Mother, after this corn cake is steamed, you can send some to Zeng Shusheng, no, give it to Mr. Zeng to eat?" ”

Lu Miaoxiang's voice came: "Do you send it to Zeng Gongzi alone, that's not good." ”

Ying Zi said: "Then please invite Mr. Zeng to come here to eat chestnut cake?" ”

Lu Miao thought: "It's not very good. ”

The girl's voice is crisp and delicate, Lu Miaoxiang's voice is tactful and delicate, it is very pleasant to listen to, listening to the two of her is definitely a feast for the ears, but it is rude to listen to others behind her back, Zeng Yu said: "Lu Niangzi, Miss Baby, there is a camellia for you to plant." ”

The girl ran out quickly, opened the firewood door, blessed a blessing, and said with a smile: "I was talking about Mr. Zeng, but it happened that Mr. Zeng came-mother, Mr. Zeng is here." ”

Lu Miaoxiang came out later, with a pair of wonderful eyes wide open, a little surprised.

Zeng Yu said: "I just climbed the mountain alone, and when I saw the dogwood, I broke a few branches, and today in Chongyang, Miss Yingzi did not wear a dogwood - this camellia seedling can be planted on the side of the bamboo fence." As he spoke, he placed the camellia seedling by the wood door.

The girl looked at Zeng Yu and said, "Mr. Zeng is not wearing a dogwood." ”

Zeng Yu broke off a small sprig of dogwood, inserted it on the left side of the scarf, and said with a smile: "Dogwood inserts sideburns and longevity, how could I have seen this romance - Wang Changling's poem." ”

Lu Miaoxiang took the dogwood from Zeng Yu's hand, and said to the baby: "Xiaozi, you invite Zeng Gongzi to eat chestnut cake." ”

The girl said happily: "Come, Mr. Zeng, my mother's chestnut cake that has just been steamed is sweet and delicious, and I am saying that I want to give some to Mr. Zeng to taste, and I want to eat chestnut cake on the Double Ninth Festival, right?" ”

Zeng Yu followed Ying Zi to the kitchen behind the wooden house and said, "I'm very blessed to say this. ”

Infant Zi smiled: "Isn't it." "Broken steps into the kitchen, brought a bamboo steamer, in the steamer is fragrant eight chestnut cakes, pink yellow, hexagonal shape.

Zeng Yu said: "Wait a while, I'll wash my hands." ”

Seeing that Zeng Yu turned around to go back to the stream to wash his hands, Ying Zi hurriedly said, "There is water in the water tank." "Put down the bamboo steamer and scoop up a scoop of water with a wooden scoop—

Zeng Yu stretched out his hands by the sink outside the kitchen door, and the baby slowly poured the water down, and then scooped a scoop to shower, and then took a cotton towel to Zeng Yu to wipe his hand, Zeng Yu said: "Thank you, thank you." ”

Infant Zi already held the chestnut cake in front of Zeng Yu, Zeng Yu picked up a piece of cake to taste slowly, Infant Zi stared at Zeng Yu's mouth, as if he didn't have to eat a good meal, heard Zeng Yu praise a sentence "soft and delicate, extremely delicious", Infant Zi suddenly smiled, and said crisply: "Mother, Mr. Zeng praises the taste." Said to Zeng Yu: "Mr. Zeng, eat a few more pieces." ”

Zeng Yu picked up another piece, sniffed it and said, "This sugar filling has the aroma of osmanthus." ”

Ying Zi smiled and her eyes were crooked like crescent moons: "That's it, there are a few old osmanthus trees in the west, and my mother and I collected a bag of osmanthus a few days ago, which is very fragrant." Stretching out his hand to Zeng Yu again, a small piece of the fingernails of his left and right thumbs was missing, and he said: "They are all peeled from chestnuts, and the chestnut shells have pricked out the blood of the fingers." ”

Zeng Yu put another piece of chestnut cake into his stomach and said, "Miss Yingzi has worked hard, you still have to hire a cook here." ”

Yingzi shook her head and said: "My mother said no, I don't think I need to, we are more comfortable living together, and we don't feel hard - Mr. Zeng, you sit and eat cakes slowly." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Wrap two pieces for me to take back to eat, I don't know how to cherish the delicious food after eating too much at once." When he saw a wooden rake by the door, he took the loquat and said, "Wait until I go and plant the camellia seedlings." ”

Zeng Yu dug a pit on the right side of the chaimen to plant the camellia seedlings that were more than half a person high, went to the stream to carry water and water the flowers, and by the way filled the kitchen water tank. What about me, oh, I'm still young, I'm only twelve years old, and I can still go to tribal school. ”

Thinking about it this way, the girl is at ease.

Zeng Yu washed the used wooden rake and put it back in its place, and said, "Miss Yingzi, then I'll go back first." ”

Ying Zi hurriedly wrapped the remaining six chestnut cakes in paper and handed them to Zeng Yu, Zeng Yu said: "Why give me all of them, just give me two more." ”

Infant Zi said: "If Mr. Zeng likes to eat, take it, we can make another and then steam." ”

Lu Miaoxiang came out at this time and called, "Zeng Gongzi wait a minute." He handed one of the two red cloth pouches to Zeng Yu, and the other to wear on his waist for the baby, and said: "In the sac are dogwood branches, leaves and fruits, and they can be worn to ward off evil spirits and disasters." ”

The baby touched the dogwood pouch on her waist, was very happy, and asked, "Why don't you make more one, and you also wear it?" ”

Lu Miaoxiang smiled and said, "Poor nuns are monks, and these are all external objects." ”

Zeng Yu looked at the two sideburns and fluffy hair stubble exposed under Lu Miaoxiang's round hat, and smiled secretly in his heart: "Lu Miaoxiang is a fake nun, is it considered a monk to cut her hair and put on a monk's robe, has the monk registered his name?" Is there a degree? Zuo Yi said: "Thank you Lu Niangzi, Xiaosheng said goodbye." "Pinch the dogwood sachet and walk towards the single-plank bridge.

Lu Miao thought and said, "Xiaozi, send Mr. Zeng." ”

The girl sent Zeng Yu to the side of the single-plank bridge, and saw Zeng Yu's figure hidden in the maple forest before walking back, and saw that her aunt Lu Miaoxiang was still standing by the chaimen, and asked her: "Did Mr. Zeng tell you anything?" ”

"Mr. Zeng said to be careful when you cross the bridge, and don't cross the bridge if it is wet and slippery in the morning." ”

Lu Miaoxiang's heart trembled, and what she wanted to say to Ying Zi couldn't be said for a while, and after a while, Fang said: "Xiaozi, this Zeng Gongzi is said to be unmarried, if you can, can you marry him as a wife?" ”

"Mother." Ying Zi's face turned red with shame, and he said angrily: "What are you talking about, he is now Mr. Clan."

Lu Miaoxiang smiled and said, "As long as he is not married and you are not married, it is okay, Mr. and students don't care."

The girl bit her lower lip with white teeth, her face was so red that she was dripping blood, and said, "I'm still young, didn't my mother say that I will discuss marriage in two years?" After that, he turned around and walked back to the house, but poked his head out and said, "Mother, I haven't eaten a single piece of steamed flower cake again." ”

Lu Miaoxiang chuckled lightly, and thought: "It's an excuse to say that you are still young, so why don't you get engaged first, but the difficulty now is that since even Xu Ge's grandson has not promised to marry, but wants to marry a Xiucai who has no illustrious family background, Yan Song and Yan Shifan will definitely not agree, and they don't know the mind of Zeng Gongzi, I don't know if Zeng Gongzi cares about women's foot binding, Xiaozi has followed me since childhood, I didn't wrap her feet, Bodhisattva mercy, bless Xiaozi to marry a good man, love each other, no illness and disaster for a lifetime." ”

With the death of both parents, the ruthlessness of her uncle, and the early death of her sister, Lu Miaoxiang, who is twenty-five years old, feels that her heart has long since died, and her only wish now is to protect the baby and make the baby happy.

Lu Miaoxiang is here to worry about the lifelong events of his niece's baby girl, Zeng Yu, who is walking on the road back to Jieqiao Village, presses his heart from time to time, the dogwood sachet is on the chest of the shirt, this is Lu Miaoxiang sewn for him, the red cloth sachet has fine threads, it is the only sachet he received in his past and present life, in ancient times, women gave men sachets is not a designated love, Lu Miaoxiang should not be aware of this meaning, maybe it was unintentional, in Zeng Yu's opinion, this may be providence-

Back to the mountain hall, Zeng Yu went upstairs to look at Yan Shifan's collection, here alone is the beautifully printed Song version of the book there are hundreds of volumes, as well as the Yuan version of the book, but these books only have collection value, practical words are not as good as buying Jinxi Huwan books, Zeng Yu mainly read the calligraphy and paintings, to his surprise, he has been copying Mi Fu "Tianma Fu" here to find the original post of the authentic, compared with the original post, Zeng Yu felt that he used to copy the carved book without charm, think that he is against that kind of carved book hard practice rice calligraphy, I just asked for a look, from today onwards, I have nine carp to get a glimpse of the way of calligraphy——

Yan Shaoqing and Yan Shaoting followed their cousin Yan Shifang back to Jieqiao Village when it was already the second drum hour, and when they saw the lights coming out of the upper floor of the Qishan Hall, the three of them went upstairs together to see, and saw that Zeng Yu was so fascinated by reading the books that he didn't even eat dinner, Zeng Yu didn't feel hungry, he ate eight chestnut cakes.

Yan Shifang taught his two nephews on the spot to learn from Zeng Yu, Yan Shaoqing was only the only one, and Yan Shaoting was slandered.

I caught a cold, sneezed a lot, I couldn't make up for it yesterday, and it's a long time coming, well, it's a long time coming.