When they arrived at the bazaar, they learned that the news that Yuan Yizhi had heard was a little missing, and the real celebration would not start until night. By the time they arrived at the bazaar, the high shelves used for the celebration had not yet been fully erected.

The road in the countryside was very tortuous, and it was difficult for the two of them to go back, so they wandered around the market a little dazedly.

Yu Moji has not worked hard all the way, while constantly reminding himself that he and Yuan Pingzhi are pretending to be a couple, maybe they should have the appearance of a couple; On the other hand, I feel that my hands are not my hands and feet, and I can't say anything in my mouth, but the shame and embarrassment on my face are getting stronger and stronger.

Seeing this, Yuan Pingzhi only smiled and went with her.

The bazaar sells all country gadgets, which are rustic and hard to look at. Yuan Pingzhi wandered between the stalls with great interest, occasionally stopping to pick up some rouge gouache hairpins and the like that could not be put on the table, and asked for Yu Moji's opinion. Yu Moji's gaze is quite honest, always revolving around walnut potatoes, pot helmet glutinous cakes, and cold cake candied fruit.

In contrast, Yuan Yizhi seemed to care more about her unadorned face.

The two of them wandered around the market for a long time, and the ink marks gradually relaxed. She was walking a little hungry when she suddenly smelled a scent, and following the smell, she caught a glimpse of someone selling hot little wontons on the street. Yu Moji couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and was about to turn around and ask Yuan Pingzhi if he intended to stop eating something, when he saw that Yuan Pingzhi had stopped in front of a stall. He picked out a hairgrate with a lot of miscellaneous things, looked back and smiled, and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Yu Mojian walked over all the way, and she was already a little annoyed by Yuan Pingzhi's question, and she was very hungry at this time, so she couldn't help it, so she whispered back, "I don't like these things." It's not that she doesn't comb her hair, but she has always tried to be simple, and things like this, which are full of decoration, and can't tell whether they are hairpins or hairpins, are combed into her cloudy thick hair, and I am afraid that I will become entangled with the hair to death, and I can't tear it off.

Yuan Pingzhi actually nodded, "I know, your mind has always been focused on learning, and you don't care about the things that these girls use to decorate the dresser. ”

Yu Mojian's face flushed, but seeing that Yuan Pingzhi's interest was undiminished, he still happily lifted the bead hairpin, made a volley on her head, and said with a smile, "Actually, it's pretty good-looking, don't have the fun of a little common people." ”

He insisted on buying it, and the ink marks were not easy to stop. But after Yuan paid the bill, he only kept the bead hairpin in his arms and did not hand it over to Yu Moji.

They walked away from the crowd and the stalls, and Yuan Zhicai said, "Ling Ai also told me before, you really don't care about these things. But Jingliu didn't have the opportunity to see the gadgets made by these little people on land. ”

It took a lot of effort for Yu Moji to hold back the embarrassment that was about to go on his face. Her expression is well controlled, and her heart is really embarrassed-

She never thought that rouge, gouache, hair grates, and jewelry were usually gadgets that husbands bought for their wives. Especially the hair grate, in the customs of the Qi people, it has the meaning of green silk entangled with white heads to old age. Yuan Yizhi wants to buy it, of course, he bought it for Jingliu to play, what does it have to do with her residual ink marks?

Yu Moji sighed heavily.

Yuan Pingzhi heard it, and a face full of doubts turned towards her, "What's wrong?" ”

"You two are so distressing." Yu Mojin picked up his hand, pinching his two hands back and forth in the sleeve, but he made a serious expression on his face, and looked back without showing weakness, "I mean, you and that sister Jingliu." It's so deep as the sea...... But they always gather less and leave more. ”

Yuan Pingzhi smiled, "You, you're still a little younger, I'm afraid you don't understand emotional things." ”

Yu Mozhen was a little unconvinced, and he didn't speak, just stood aside and waited for the next step.

"Let's put it this way," Yuan Pingzhi said, "if two people's feelings are deep enough and they trust each other enough, distance, time, and even all the rules of the world cannot separate them. ”

Yu Mochen thought for a moment and said, "Will ...... Of course, you have a point. But I have one more word...... I don't know if to ask or not. ”

Yuan Yizhi glanced around quietly, and while leading Yu Moji to avoid the flow of people, he said, "It's okay to say it directly." ”

Yu Mojin paused for a moment, and then said, "What did you just say...... Do you really believe it yourself? She had never questioned other people's feelings, her heart was very empty, and her voice couldn't help but be a little weak, "If that's the case, why do you have to ...... We must end the matter at hand as soon as possible, and we must retire? You are in the prime of life, and you can do all kinds of useful things and create a lot of achievements. If you really don't care about time or distance, you can wait until Lu Shifan's age, or...... Or when you finally lose all interest in this science......" she said sincerely, and her eyes became a little anxious, "I also know that you should not interfere in other people's private affairs casually. But I ...... I really feel sorry for it. ”

Yuan Yizhi gave her a soothing smile, "Don't worry, I haven't retired yet." There are many, many more experiences that I want to teach you. He said, but sighed softly, "Of course I believe in the relationship between me and Shizuru. It's just me...... I don't want to wait any longer, and I don't want her to wait any longer. The Great Qi Empire didn't give me this opportunity, so I had to create it myself. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Yu Moji a little apologetically, and said, "I'm really sorry, I'm talking to myself...... You are still young, and you may not be very clear about how you feel about your age. ”

Yu Moji shook his head, "I understand. ”

How could she not know? She at least knew that the days when she could work with Yuan Yizhi were one day and one less day. But of course she wouldn't say those words. She could only silently listen to Yuan Zhizhi's rare confession.

Yuan smiled noncommittally and continued, "I am now nearly thirty years old, and although I am in the prime of life as you said, I feel more and more that time waits for no one. He looked into Yu Moji's eyes again and said, "Your expectation for yourself is to invest all your golden years in learning, isn't it?" ”

Yu Moji nodded. This is indeed what she wants; And this is also what she expects Yuan to do in her heart.

"You will have such thoughts because your greatest pursuit is this science." Yuan Pingzhi's smile was stained with a little bitterness, "But I'm different from you." My greatest prayer is to spend the good years of this life with Jingliu. ”

Yu Moji was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "This kind of prayer...... It's not like I've never heard of it. ”

When she was a child, in order to live in the temple and do things, she heard many women who came to ask for marriage, and made a wish to the gods and Buddhas that they would only marry a good man as soon as possible. When talking about martial arts chores, there were also many female students who said similar things to Yu Mojian. They will go to the martial arts hall to study, also in order to have more bargaining chips that are conducive to marrying a good man. Even in the Cardinal's House, not everyone has such a strong academic pursuit, and the few female reservists who can talk about a good marriage are also beautiful things to share with the girls of the same period.

It's just that the kind of words that used to get into her ears came from the girl's shy voice; She never seemed to hear a big man say anything like it.

Yuan Pingzhi glanced at Yu Moji's reluctant expression, showed a knowing smile, and said, "Your reaction is not bad." I think back then, when Lu Fuzi heard about my ambition, he was really angry with me. ”

Yu Mojin also smiled, "It's not easy for him to train a protégé, I heard that you actually plan to retire, of course you have to be angry." She paused, rarely raised her eyes to Shangyuan Yizhi's eyes, and said seriously, "Don't get me wrong...... I was just a little shocked to hear your prayer. I...... I'm actually rooting for you. ”

Yuan Zhizhi was a little surprised, "Oh? ”

"I ...... I think......" Yu Moji's brain turned fast, and a plain and somewhat wooden mouth couldn't keep up, "Let's put it this way, when I was mourning in the past, I said that I wanted to devote myself to the study of Yanjia, and many people ridiculed me, saying that this is not what a woman should do, and that my ambition will never be tolerated by the world......"

Yuan Pingzhi nodded, "Don't say that it is the place of mourning, even if it is the imperial capital, if the girls want to devote themselves to this science, they also need courage." Even a girl with such an idea as Ling Ai has the advantage of her family background. ”

Yu Mojin also nodded and continued, "But I've come this far...... Although she has not yet become a real Yanshi, it seems that there is still a lot of hope......" She realized that she was boasting, and quickly pulled her hair embarrassedly, trying to pull back the topic that she had accidentally gone wrong, "And along the way, there are so many people who help me and support me." I think some ideas may be different from the common people, but if we have the heart to realize them, why should we care about what others think? She said, her somewhat unconvinced look revealed, "We do these things without hurting them." ”

"Actually, it doesn't necessarily hurt without harm." Yuan Pingzhi interjected with a smile, "You see, since the advent of Yanjia and Yanji, the gap between men and women has been gradually narrowing. If more and more girls, like you, really become experts in the study of Yanjia, the men will not even be able to keep the last position of Yanjia learning, and all the conveniences obtained by the difference in status will gradually be lost. And that's not even harm? ”

"That's just a return to all the conveniences that were unjustifiably seized in the past." This is also what Yu Mochen has always thought, so she said this sentence with rare certainty, "When I was lecturing on martial arts in the past, I often heard the masters say that men should protect their families and defend the country, and women should take care of family affairs and wait for their husbands to return, because it has been like this since ancient times." But it has always been this way, right? ”

Yuan Pingzhi nodded approvingly, "We really want to go together." ”

Yu Mojin smiled shyly and said, "So, even if your wishes are different from the aspirations of the men in the world, what does it matter?" She rolled her eyes and said with a straight face, "And I think there may be many people who think the same way as you." It's just that they are confined to the face of men imposed on them by the world, and they refuse to speak out. ”

Yuan Pingzhi said, "I have always thought that you are a girl with a lot of ideas, and these words are really shocking." He smiled and added, "You, you have ideas in your head, but you seldom say them out loud." You have said it yourself, why should you care about the eyes of others? ”

Yu Moji embarrassedly pointed at his fingers and said, "I do think so, but it's really hard to do. ”

Yuan Pingzhi smiled, "Try a lot, you will always get used to it." If you have any ideas in the future, you may wish to talk to everyone. He looked into Yu Moji's eyes again, and said firmly, "Don't be afraid, and don't regret it." ”