I was stretching out my hand to pick lotus leaves, and when I heard Rong Ruo ask, my hand paused, and I came back to my senses and picked a bunch of lotus leaves to cover my face and whispered: "Hmm!" , Rong Ruo was silent again, I couldn't see his expression with lotus leaves on my face, and after being silent for a long time, Rong Ruo asked softly: "Qingqiu, you... Do you want to enter the palace? I lifted the lotus leaf on my face and looked at Rong Ruo, who looked solemn, and shook his head and said: "I don't want to, once I enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, I don't want to be trapped in that small palace wall for the rest of my life, but I may not be able to be selected to enter the palace!" , I've always held the idea that maybe I will lose the election, so I don't have to enter the palace, Rong Ruo said: "What if I am chosen?" What are you going to do? Qingqiu, let's take you away! Good no good? Let's go where you want to go", I thought about escaping, and I prepared everything, but not now, it's still early before the selection, if I run away now, Ama will definitely try everything to catch me back, I'm waiting, if the selection is not better, in case I am chosen, I will escape before entering the palace, I think as long as I can avoid the day of entering the palace, it will be easy to do.

I looked at Rong Ruo's expectant expression and said, "Okay, but not now", I looked at Rong Ruo's questioning expression and said what I thought in my heart, Rong Ruo thought about it and looked at me and said, "It's okay, let's talk about this after a while", I didn't want to talk about this nasty topic, so I hurriedly opened the topic and said: "Didn't you go to the other garden a few days ago, Aunt Yin and they are all right?" Rong Ruo said: "It's all good, it's you, even if it's hot, don't be greedy for cold and eat some cold things, you see you've lost weight", I smiled and said: "It's good to lose some weight!" By the way, aren't you enrolled in Taixue? Isn't it going to be very busy in the future? Rong Ruo smiled: "It's convenient for me to go out!" I laughed and said, "That's right!" In the future, I can go to Taixue to find you if I have nothing to do."

It's not early, Rong Ruo rowed the boat to the dock, Qingtong and Xiaolan saw that we were busy coming to the shore, after we got ashore, Qingtong went over to tie the boat, Rong Ruo sent us far along the road, I stopped and smiled: "Go back quickly!" There aren't many roads in total", Rong Ruo stopped and said, "Well, you go!" I'll watch you go", I nodded and took Xiaolan and turned away, didn't go far Rong Ruo caught up again, Xiaolan walked a few steps away, Rong Ruo said: "Remember what I just said, write to me and send it to Taixue if you have something", I smiled: "Got it, is there anything else?" I'm leaving! Rong Ruo shook his head and said, "You go quickly!" I waved my hand and turned to leave.

Came to the back door to find a place with a back, Xiaolan showed me people, I quickly changed out of men's clothes, and then let Xiaolan also change clothes, entered the house from the back door, everything went well, Bihe saw me come back and poured me tea, I sat down and took a sip of tea and asked, "No one came, right?" Bihe replied, "No one is coming, Miss", and then brought the chilled watermelon over and said with a smile: "Miss, let's use some relief to relieve the heat!" I took a toothpick and ate a few pieces and said, "I've finished eating, you can take these and use them with Xiaolan!" Let me rest for a while", Bihe picked up the watermelon and withdrew.

A few days later, Xiaolan came back and told me that Jotun had done what I said, the cooling effect was very good, the shops on both sides were used, the business was better, and the high temperature fee I ordered had been paid by the head, I was also very happy after listening, I believed in Jotun's ability to do things, the weather was getting more and more humid and stuffy, I looked at the gloomy sky in the distance and looked forward to the next heavy rain, I came back from Eniang's dinner, Bihe had smoked anti-mosquito incense, I asked Xiaolan to move the recliner and put it in the yard, I took out my pocket watch and looked at it, because it was only a little more than six o'clock when the sky was cloudy, it was dark, there was no trace of wind, I lay in the recliner and kept fanning the fan, Bihe had already gone to the courtyard gate, I took off my coat and only wore my underwear, I missed the summer when I could wear suspenders and shorts before.

After a while, lightning began to streak across the sky, and the wind also rose, Xiaolan came over and said, "Miss, come into the house!" , I smiled: "It's finally cooler, tell Bihe to stop what he is doing and come out to be cool and cool", Xiaolan smiled: "Where is it so hot, come into the house Miss, turn around and be blown by the wind again, this hot wind and cold are even more uncomfortable", I think I also smiled and said to Xiaolan: "I know, you know more, I'll just go into the house", said got up from the recliner and went into the house, Xiaolan carried the recliner and followed into the house, Bihe fetched water, I washed and said to them: "You also wash and sleep!" They packed up their things and went down.

It was still early, I took a copy of "Song Ci" and sat under the lamp and looked through it, but I turned to Lu You's "Hairpin Phoenix", red crisp hands, yellow silk wine, and willows on the palace wall in spring. The east wind is evil, and the joy is thin. A cup of sorrow, a few years away. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Spring is as old as ever, and people are empty and thin. Tear stains are red and silky. Peach blossoms fall, idle pond pavilion. Although the mountain league is here, the brocade book is difficult to trust, Mo, Mo, Mo! , I silently read this very sad word, and then found Lu You's wife Tang Wanhe's "Hairpin Phoenix", the world is thin, people are evil, and the rain sends dusk flowers to fall. The wind is dry, and the tears are left. If you want to write about your heart, you can rain alone. Hard, hard, hard. People become one, today is not yesterday, and the sick soul is often like a swing. The horn is cold, and the night is dark. Afraid of people asking, crying and pretending to be happy. Hide, hide, hide.

After reading it, I was full of sorrow, hating Lu's mother, resenting Lu You, pitying Tang Wan, hating Lu's mother for being overbearing, complaining that Lu You's foolishness and filial piety couldn't stick to his heart, poor Tang Wan was born in a feudal society, and a woman's low social status couldn't be the slightest master of her own fate, and she couldn't help but think of herself, did her future destiny be the master? Suddenly there was a thunderclap outside, followed by a thunderclap deafening, I came back to my senses and opened the door to look out, the lightning in the sky one after another, the thunder roared, a gust of wind blew the lamp in my hand, I hurriedly closed the door, but I didn't have the heart to read, lying on the bed for a while I heard the crackling sound of the rain hitting the plantain outside the window, the rain seemed to be falling very quickly, very big, the noise that flowed down from the edge of the house came through the window, I lay on the bed and listened to the rain outside the window, thunder, cranky for a while, I don't know when I fell asleep in the end.