Steward Zhu took Zhuo Yan through the winding verandah, down the cobblestone path, and came to the main hall.

I saw a woman in a woman's bun and a dark silk pleated satin skirt pacing anxiously back and forth in the main hall.

"Mother, mother, I'm back!" Zhuo Yan blew past Steward Zhu like a gust of wind, and came to the main hall as soon as he slipped through the smoke.

"Yan'er, let my mother take a good look." Guo Zijin took Zhuo Yan's hand and looked at it carefully from head to toe.

"Our children have grown up! I remember when you and your dad left home, they were just a little bit smaller, and now they are so tall. You little conscienceless, after so many years, I don't know how to come back to see my mother, but I have to stay a few more days when I come back this time. Speaking of sadness, Guo Zijin's eyes were red, her lips were a little white, and tears rolled down as she sobbed.

Seeing his mother like this, Zhuo Yan blamed himself very much in his heart. "Mother, it's not good for the child, the child will accompany you well this time."

"Look at me, you should have been happy to be back, but I made you so sad. Let's not say these disappointing words, Steward Zhu, you wait and order someone to prepare more vegetables to replenish Yan'er's body. ”

"Yes, ma'am, I'll go." Steward Zhu stepped down from the side, passed through the corridor, and met a girl in a pale crimson gauze shirt, who was also sixteen or seventeen years old. Goose egg face, beautiful and slender, coquettish.

Steward Zhu saluted her and respectfully called her Miss Cousin.

"Steward Zhu, what are you doing here?" The woman asked.

"Back to Miss's words, the young master is back, and Madame ordered me to order my subordinates to add a few more dishes at noon."

It turned out that my cousin had returned, and my aunt must have been very happy. "Since it's my aunt's order, Steward Zhu, you can quickly order it, I'll go to the front hall to have a look."

Then, Liu Ruoxi took her personal maid to the front hall.

"Auntie, Xi'er has come to greet you."

"Xi'er, you're here! Come, let me introduce you, this is your cousin. You saw it when you were a child, do you remember? ”

Liu Ruoxi secretly glanced at Guo Zijin's side, and saw a goose-yellow gold-trimmed robe, with a tall nose, thin lips, and sword-like eyebrows flying obliquely into a few strands of black hair under the corner of the sideburns. Handsome side face with impeccable facial contours. Even if he stands there quietly, he is also beautiful and charming, giving people a sense of nobility and Tsinghua.

Liu Ruoxi's cheeks were dyed with a thin blush at some point, and her whole heart was like a deer pounding and pounding, which was clearly the appearance of a girl's love. I didn't expect my cousin to be so handsome, completely different from what I remembered when I was a child.

"By the way, mother, why didn't you see my father?" Zhuo Yan looked around and didn't see Zhuo Yun's figure.

"Your father still has some things to deal with in the study, and he can't leave. Quick, don't stand stupidly, sit down and talk to me. ”

"Yan'er, these days when you are away, thanks to Xi'er accompanying me. Your father is usually busy with the affairs of the villa, and he doesn't have time to accompany me. If it weren't for Youxi'er, I wouldn't know how to survive. When you have time, you have to thank them. ”

"Auntie, look at what you said! You usually love me so much, isn't it natural for me to accompany you more and relieve your boredom by your side? ”

"Okay, good, the family doesn't talk to the two families, and it's not in vain that I have hurt you for so many years."

Mother's old problem really hasn't changed at all, and it goes on and on when she nags.

Suddenly, even if Zhuo Yun's appearance stopped Guo Zijin, otherwise there would really be a posture to talk about getting dark.

"Haha, madam, I heard your voice in the corridor, Yan'er?"

"Dad, forgive the child for being unfilial, and I didn't come back to see you and my mother until today."

Zhuo Yun patted Zhuo Yan's shoulder vigorously, this is a unique way of dialogue between men.

"What is my son saying, a good man has ambitions in all directions, how can he be restrained by his parents. It is very gratifying to see that my son has become a man who has become the man who stands on the top of the heavens and the earth today, and it seems that your master has taught you very well. ”

"Dad, I have learned a lot from my master over the years, and I have gained a lot."

"Mrs. Qiyu, the people under the dishes are ready, and you can eat." Steward Zhu reported outside the hall.

"In this case, the master will pass the meal." I don't know when the sun has quietly risen in the air.

I saw Steward Zhu clapping his hands externally, and a large group of maids came in with seven-inch plates in turn and placed them on the table of the Eight Immortals of Huanghuali Wood, with sixteen dishes and a dazzling array of dishes.

Dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, Hongzi chicken shredded cucumber, 10,000 characters spicy belly shredded, anchovy shark fin, eight treasure duck......

All kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas are readily available.

"Come to Yan'er, you can eat more of this chicken, and this shark fin." Guo Zijin put all kinds of dishes into Zhuo Yan's bowl, and after a while, the dishes in the bowl were piled up as high as a hill, and if you add a little more, you will almost be unable to put it down.

"Look at you, Yan'er is not a child anymore, won't he clip what he wants to eat? You're doing this, and he's not going to be able to eat it. ”

"Uncle, don't talk about your aunt, she doesn't want her cousin to eat more." Liu Ruoxi helped Guo Zijin on the side.

"Look, Xi'er still understands me." Guo Zijin looked unhappy.

"Daddy, you don't have to be unhappy about this little thing. It was not easy for our family to sit down and have a meal together like we do today. ”

"What my cousin said is, aunt, you don't have to be angry with your uncle, how about tasting this cucumber." As he spoke, Liu Ruoxi picked up a piece and put it in Guo Zijin's bowl.

"For Xi'er's sake today, I won't care about you in general."

One meal, the family eats happily.

On the other hand, Xia Jinghan's side is a little unsavory. I don't know what happened to my senior brother, whether he arrived home safely. As he thought, he sullenly poked the rice in the bowl.

"Nannan, what's wrong, is today's dish not to your liking?"

"Ah, it's not Dad, how can your food not be delicious? It's just that I don't have much appetite today. Dad, I'm not going to eat when I'm full, so I'll go back to my room first. With that, he put down the dishes and chopsticks and went back to the room.

This little girl, a little thought is written on her face, she must be thinking about her senior brother. It's just a pity that I worked so hard to make these dishes, the little girl didn't want to eat them, and I was the only one who ate them.

It will be time in a few months, and it's time for her to go down the mountain to experience the experience.

The evening sky was not gloomy, but had a bright blue, and the mountains were tinted with a thin shade of red in the setting sun. Xia Jinghan's door was closed, and she hadn't come out since she went in at noon.

"Nannan, you open the door, Dad has something to say to you."

It took about half a pillar of incense before Xia Jinghan opened the door and let Xia Qinghuai come in, looking listless.

"Dad, what are you looking for me?"

"Nannan, you have grown up now, and you will be in a few months, and you will already be an adult. But you have lived on this mountain since you were a child, and you have lived a secluded life with your father, and you have never been in contact with the outside world, and the only people you face all day long are me and your brother, and you don't understand the excitement and sinister of the world. What Dad means is that during the days when your senior brother is away, you go down the mountain to experience and experience, and you must always learn to survive alone, and you can't rely on me and your senior brother for everything. ”

"Dad, why is it so sudden?" Xia Jinghan didn't react for a while.

Xia Qinghuai gently stroked Xia Jinghan's black and bright hair.

"Silly girl, in fact, my father has had this idea for a long time, and I originally wanted you and Yan'er to be together, and take care of each other. Unexpectedly, Yan'er was called back by his father, but that's okay, you don't have the intention of practicing when you stay in the mountains, so you should go down the mountain to relax. ”

"Dad, my daughter can't bear you." Xia Jinghan plunged into Xia Qinghuai's arms and hugged her tightly, her father's embrace was as warm as she remembered when she was a child, giving people a deep sense of security.

"Silly boy, Dad can't bear you. But you must always learn to be independent, Daddy's arms cannot always be your safe haven, and Daddy will be away one day. ”

"Dad, I don't allow you to say that, you're still young, you won't have that day. Don't worry, after I come back from the mountain this time, I won't go anywhere, and I will accompany you well. ”

"Nan Nan is really a good daughter of her father! Come, take this hairpin, this is what your grandfather gave to your mother, and now your father has given it to you. Remember, don't lose it. I saw Xia Qinghuai take out a hairpin from his arms and bring it to Xia Jinghan, the hairpin is green all over, the hairpin body is carved with a lifelike colorful phoenix, a snow lotus blooms quietly on the hairpin, and there is a lotus seed-like pendant, which is elegant and dusty.

Xia Jinghan drew the shape of the hairpin with her hand, and couldn't help but praise the vanity mirror: "It's so beautiful!" "I can't put it down.

"Okay, dad won't bother you, you prepare well, keep your spirits up and go on the road tomorrow."

Dad only said let me go down the mountain, but he didn't say where to go, where should I go when the world is big? By the way, isn't my senior brother going home, I can go to Zhuojun to find him! So it was decided, but my father's original intention was to ask me to go down the mountain to practice, and it would be a little bad to go to my senior brother. I only know that my brother's home is in Zhuo County, but I don't know which direction it is in and how to go, so my journey to Zhuo County can also be regarded as a kind of training.

Xia Qinghuai said bitterly for so long, but she didn't expect the little girl to fight in private for the idea of going to Zhuo County to find his senior brother.

Early the next morning, Xia Jinghan went on the road alone.

I went down the mountain and came to the town, ready to buy a horse first, but I didn't know where to buy it.

"Steamed buns, hot steamed buns just out of the pot, beef, mutton, and vegetables are all kinds of fillings, come and take a look, take a look!" The air was filled with the smell of steamed buns, mixed with the shouts and shouts of various small traders and vendors on both sides of the road.