In the middle of March, the soft wind blows all things to wake up gradually, and the spring grass lake is as beautiful as a picture.

The courtyards by the lake are all reflected in the faint spring color.

Flowers and trees such as peaches, plums, apricots, and cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and the vigorous vitality is noisy and silent, and the sweet smell fills the heavens and the earth. Since the beginning of the New Year, the sad atmosphere of mourning and mourning has also faded imperceptibly in such a season.

Looking down from the green tower, looking out between the willow branches like smoke and curtains, the lake is like jade, and it is so warm and moist that it seduces the soul.

Shi Man'er carried a delicate food box and walked upstairs with light steps. The little maid guarding the entrance of the building smiled at her, but remained silent, and opened the curtain with his hands and feet to facilitate her entry.

With windows open on the entire side facing the lake, the upstairs room is very well lit at the moment. Bright and spacious to the grand room, there is a large bookcase in the center of the window.

The second son, Shen Shuguang, was dressed in a vegetarian body, and after sitting on the desk, he spread out a book in front of him, and was reading it carefully, holding a purple hao in his hand, and from time to time copying down some doubts and things he didn't understand on the rice paper next to him.

The purple hao in his hand looked old and new, and even broke off near the top. And on the right corner of the bookcase, the four treasures of the best study are piled up at a foot high...... Most of them were brought by Chen Fu when he came before, but several of them were congratulatory gifts he received on his birthday two days ago.

However, Shen Shuguang does not seem to have the intention of changing his pen for the time being.

Shi Man'er remembered that the pen in his hand seemed to have been turned out in the ruins of the Taifu Mansion, perhaps because of this, this little boy who was born to enjoy the world's top luxury attached so much importance to a broken Zihao.

It was not the first time she had given something to this little boy, and she knew that Shen Shuguang hated being disturbed when she was studying. He walked to the side of the square not far behind him almost tiptoe, and lightly opened the food box, but he didn't hurry to take things out, but first took out a piece of brocade from his arms, folded it and folded it onto the table.

Then he took out a tin slave and put it on it, and brought out four plates of delicate vegetarian snacks in turn. Because there is a brocade mat that has been folded over a layer, these things do not make a sound when they are put down.

The warm food in Sinu is Fufang drink, and the vegetarian snacks are both hot and cold. Hugh didn't see much, but Huang took time out of his busy schedule to cook it himself. In this entire courtyard, except for Shen Shuguang, only a few people who are injured or sick can have this treatment, and even Wei Changying himself has no share.

After doing this, she packed up the food box and was about to quietly push it down, but she suddenly heard Shen Shuguang speak: "Sister Man'er, will my mother be free?" ”

Shi Man'er was busy and said, "The lady just rested, and it happened to be empty." Is the second son going over? ”

Shen Shuguang put down Zihao, took the maple leaf bookmark in his hand, put it where he saw it, closed the book, and said, "Exactly." ”

"Then the second son will use the dim sum first, and after the dim sum, the maid will accompany you?" Shi Man'er suggested, "It's just the right time to eat on the way." ”

Shen Shuguang nodded, and the little guy outside the curtain saw the opportunity, ran down and fetched a basin of water and handed it in, waiting for him to wash his hands.

He used some of the four plates of vegetarian snacks on Fu Fang's drink—Shi Man'er noticed that the ones he ate were all smaller or damaged.

Originally, the food for the Shen family's son-in-law would definitely not have this kind of broken appearance that was not done well. But now it is not compared to before, neither in the Taifu Mansion, there is a shortage of people and things, and the Huang family is not a professional cook, and she is busy all day long, and it is not easy for her to find time to cook. Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be some dim sum that are not delicate enough, or even steamed.

At this moment, Shen Shuguang ate all of these, but ordered to wrap up all the intact ones and carefully tuck them into his sleeves, and then said, "Let's go." ”

When I arrived in front of Wei Changying, I saw that Shen Shujing and others were also there, and the moon white spring dress on Ji Yiren's filial piety clothes was the most eye-catching. This season's little girl is now eyebrows and eyes, and she is more and more decent, and she is unspeakably pretty, and she is not as restrained as before in front of Wei Changying, and she is much more generous.

But I don't know why, Ji Yiren has a good relationship with Shen Shuyan, and he still gets along with the rest of the Shen family, including the servants, but Shen Shuguang always feels that this righteous sister looks at him a little wrong......

Not only looking at him, but even looking at Shen Shuxie's gaze is not quite right......

It's not that there's anything wrong with it, but Shen Shuguang noticed that Ji Yiren seemed to be very reluctant to see his two brothers.

For example, now, after Shen Shuguang entered the door, he greeted his mother and sisters one by one, including his righteous sister Ji Yi, and after being exempted, cousins Shen Shujing and Shen Shuyan looked at him kindly and said a few words such as "The second brother got up today and went to read a book on the Guancui Tower?" Don't work too hard", "I haven't seen you for a few days, the second brother seems to have grown a little taller" and so on.

It is said that even if the righteous sister is not as good as the cousin, at this time, if you don't say a few words to the cousins, you can just echo it? But Ji Yiren looked down at his sleeve intently, his face was not disgusted, but the word helplessness was clearly written.

…… I don't seem to have offended this righteous sister, right?

Shen Shuguang respectfully replied to his sisters' cold and warm questions, and at the same time thought blankly: "Why is this Sister Ji always unwilling to look at me more?" ”

However, he bumped into Ji Yiren when he was asking for peace, and he didn't have a very deep friendship, so although he was puzzled, he was asked by Wei Changying with concern: "Why did Guang'er come here?" ”

Shen Shuguang put aside Ji Yiren's dislike for him, and said, "The child heard yesterday that the uncle of the Zhang family has returned to the imperial capital, so he wants to visit. ”

"So?" Wei Changying frowned slightly, the news of Zhang Luoning's survival had only come in the past few days, this famous talent in the imperial capital was one of the very few survivors in the East Gate Breakout. However, he was also hit by an arrow, and although it was not critical, he was wounded for several days in a small town three hundred miles away...... The town was very remote, and there was no news with the outside world, and the people who followed Zhang Luoning did not know that the imperial capital had already been recovered, and they only came out to inquire secretly when the injury was good enough to ride a horse.

So I only returned to the imperial capital the day before yesterday.

The Zhang family is also withered apart from him, but he has not yet married, so he will casually clean up and repair the old house that was burned to ruins, and will live in the city - the spies of the Xiliang Army did not find him earlier, thinking that it was also gone when he broke through, and the only two remaining clansmen of the Zhang family even set up his clothes and mounds when they held funerals, and now he suddenly came back, and the clan was both happy and embarrassed.

Don't talk about Zhang's family...... said that Wei Changying got the letter sent by her husband from the city, because Zhang Luoning was not only her husband's close friend, but also Shen Shuguang had a master-apprentice appointment, of course she didn't dare to slack off. In addition to the Shen family, a separate gift was prepared in the name of Shen Shuguang, and the clever servants sent them over to condole.

The reason why Shen Shuguang was not allowed to go was because the city was now in ruins, and it was inconvenient for the carriage to walk. And the Zhang family suffered a particularly heavy loss this time, the name of the Zhang family in Gyeonggi is not called in vain, although the Zhang family also has children who serve as officials or live abroad, but eight out of ten. The children of Jiu are all in the imperial capital or Gyeonggi, so almost all of them suffered from this catastrophe - the Zhang clan of Gyeonggi withered to the main sect, and now only Zhang Luoning has survived!

There are only a handful of side branches in the distant veins!

I think that the Gyeonggi Zhang family was also one of the few families in the family, and their descendants were prosperous and flourishing, but they withered to such an extent due to this military disaster. Compared with the Zhang family, the Shen family and the Su family are all snickering.

It is conceivable how sad and busy Zhang Luoning is now!

The servants don't need him to come forward to receive them in person, and even as long as they give an explanation to the door, after all, the personal relationship between Shen Zangfeng and Zhang Luoning is known to both families. But Shen Shuguang went over, even if Zhang Luoning didn't come forward, he would always send a steward to receive him - to make trouble for the Zhang family.

So at this moment, Wei Changying listened to Shen Shuguang's request, and said euphemistically: "Your Uncle Zhang, he has only come back now, and he is very busy, so it is better to talk about it in a few days." ”

Shen Shuguang's eyes showed disappointment: "How long will Uncle Zhang be busy?" ”

"Not necessarily." Wei Changying groaned, "Anyway, when the time is right, your father will send someone to remind him." ”

She heard that Shen Shuguang proposed to visit Zhang Luoning, not to comfort the prospective master, but to start teaching.

This can't be said that Shen Shuguang only cares about his own studies and doesn't care about Zhang Luoning's mood at the moment, after all, he hasn't gotten along with Zhang Luoning much before, and his affection for Zhang Luoning is far from being a master and apprentice. Coupled with his young age and inconsiderate consideration, when he heard that Zhang Luoning had returned to the imperial capital, his first thought was, of course, that he would invite this master to teach as soon as possible, so as to live up to his grandfather's and grandmother's expectations of him before his death.

He was able to think of using the reason of "visiting" to urge Zhang Luoning to fulfill his responsibility as a teacher, instead of asking "when will Mr. Zhang accept the child", Wei Changying was already very pleased.

However, relieved to be relieved, Wei Changying still had to tell him in a cliché: "Pay attention to your body, don't work too hard, exhaust yourself." ”

"The child obeys." Shen Shuguang said seriously.

Wei Changying didn't expect him to really listen much, sighed secretly, and said: "You came just in time now, your second uncle has some cough these days, Doctor Ji didn't prescribe a prescription, but suggested using several wild vegetables born in this season to make porridge, your sisters plan to take the maid out to dig in person, and you will go with you?" ”

Digging wild vegetables is not something that everyone should do, but filial piety is different.

Of course, Wei Changying allowed and even took the initiative to hint that Shen Shujing raised this matter, more to resolve the gap between Shen Yushi and Shen Shuyan.

What's more, now that the clouds are high in March, and it happens to be by the Chuncao Lake, it is not bad to find a reason to let the younger generations go out for a walk - children's homes, it is better to go out and walk around more, so that the body can be strong! If it weren't for Shen Shuxie's young age and poor health, Wei Changying would definitely send his second son as well.

Although Shen Shuguang didn't know about his mother's considerations, he was also very concerned about the second uncle Shen Yongshi, and after asking Shen Yongshi's condition was not serious, he thought about it and still said, "The child went over to see the second uncle?" Let's go with my three sisters again. ”

"Your second uncle has just drunk the medicine and has fallen asleep, so it's better not to disturb him." Wei Changying noticed that when Shen Shuyan heard his cousin say to go to see his father, his eyes darkened, and he hurriedly said, "If you want to go, just go out directly with your sisters, they have all prepared things, you can go with them." ”