While eating lunch, Wen Yi was holding the rice bowl, her hands were trembling, but she barely endured it. Mrs. Li glared at her daughter reproachfully, and then said to Wen Yi distressedly: "Where have you suffered this before?" Let's take our time, it's enough to practice so much today. ”

Wen Yi was supposed to insist, but she saw Mrs. Li reprimanding her daughter: "You are stubborn, you have to toss people and make her admit defeat, so that you are happy in your heart, are you also pulling your bow 300 times as soon as you come up?" How old is your sister? If you get injured in practice, it's a lifetime thing, and you can bear it? After that, he turned back to Wen Yi and said categorically: "Just according to what I said, forget it today, from tomorrow onwards, I will only draw the bow a hundred times a day, and I will not practice much Aunt Seven is as kind to my mother's family, if you have a good one, how can I have the face to see her old man?" ”

Wen Yi secretly glanced at Li Chunxi, and saw that her face was full of indifference, but it didn't seem to be an objection, so she followed Mrs. Li's tone. After eating, Mrs. Li specially called Wen Yi into her room, pulled the kang on, put a few more braziers under the kang, and then took out a small blue porcelain bottle. Wen Yi saw that it was the same as the bottle that Li Chunxi gave him, and said, "Sister Li also gave me a bottle of this." ”

Mrs. Li smiled: "She still knows the severity." After that, he took matters into his own hands, took off Wen Yi's coat, left only the underwear, poured some potion into the palm of his hand, patted Wen Yi's shoulder with a snap, rubbed it vigorously, and called her: "Hold back, this medicine needs to be rubbed vigorously to take effect quickly." ”

Wen Yi only felt as if the back of her shoulder had been pierced by thousands of needles, and it hurt hotly, and after a while, it was tingling, and it was numb, which was unbearable. She gritted her teeth and couldn't hold back her screams, but she couldn't help tears overflowing her eyes, and after a while, she was already sweating profusely, tears and sweat were intertwined in one place, and she couldn't tell which one it was.

Mrs. Li rubbed it for two quarters of an hour before she let go of her hand, redressed Wen Yi, ordered someone to come over with a towel basin, let her freshen up, and then served a bowl of hot ginger soup and ordered Wen Yi to drink it, watching her face gradually become ruddy, and then said, "Is it uncomfortable?" In the future, you have to take medicine like this every day after practice, otherwise you will suffer from your young age and ignorance, only to practice hard to learn the ability, but I don't know your age, the bones have not grown strong, if you really practice, you will have to suffer for the rest of your life because after entering Beijing met more official ladies, many of them threatened to learn riding and archery kung fu, in fact, they all have their own plans, either on a whim, or under the idea of getting close to which son, only practiced for less than half a day, and they all gave up because of their hard work. Your sister really wanted to teach, but then she became discouraged and became angry in private, and became estranged from them. Now when I see that you are going to learn, if you are like that, you will have the heart to teach you. In fact, when she saw that you studied so seriously and were willing to persevere, she regretted it in her heart, but her face couldn't go up and down, don't blame her. ”

Wen Yi is naturally not strange, but she is secretly thinking in her heart: This cousin of the Li family really can't see that she has such a temperament when she looks at her appearance, and she can be regarded as suffering from an unjustified disaster.

She moved her shoulders slightly, but she felt less uncomfortable than before, and the warmth in her bones greatly soothed the tiredness in her body. Looks like this bottle is really a good medicine. She suddenly remembered Liu Dongxing, he often practiced martial arts, I wonder if there are times when he is so tired? This medicine must be good for him, too, right? It's just that when the words came to her mouth, she felt a little embarrassed, if Mrs. Li knew that she was asking for medicine for Liu Dongxing, she didn't know what she would think

After hesitating, she decided to talk about it in a few days.

The afternoon practice was canceled, Li Chunxi stood alone in the courtyard to practice archery, Wen Yi stood on the side and watched, the more she watched, the more she admired. Such a good archery technique is by no means something that can be practiced overnight, Li Chunxi must have worked hard, and it is no wonder that she is not used to those daughters who give up easily.

After Li Chunxi finished shooting the three hundred arrows, a thin layer of sweat had already appeared on her forehead, and when she turned around, she saw Wen Yi standing there, her face full of admiration, she turned her head away, and after a while, she turned back and asked coldly, "Do you want to learn?" ”

Wen Yi hurriedly said: "Yes, do you want to draw the bow?" I'll figure it out for myself, I won't force it, and I won't tell my cousin. She stretched out her arm, thinking she should be able to practice dozens of times. As long as you slow down, you won't be too tired.

"No, I don't have to. You come here," Li Chunxi ordered the girl to take a red bow, with flowers carved on it, which was quite exquisite, "This is something that someone else gave me, and it is not a good thing, it is suitable for you to use it." ”

Wen Yi took the bow and tried to pull it, it was really very lightweight, no need to make any effort, just as she was looking, Li Chunxi had already reached out and taught her how to aim: "You put your hand here, no, your fingers have to be stable like this-" Pulled out an arrow and put it on, stood behind her, corrected her movements, and motioned for her to aim at one of the arrow targets, "Let your heart and arrow align with the bull's-eye, straighten your waist, and hold your breath - release"

The arrow shot out with a thud, hitting the edge of the heart. Wen Yi only felt a faint thought floating in her mind, and Li Chunxi had already handed over another arrow: "Come again" Wen Yi followed the action she had taught, recalled that feeling, and released another arrow. This one was a little off the way from the previous one, but Wen Yi was still overjoyed. She seemed to catch that feeling.

She then shot twenty or thirty arrows, and although the last few fell outside the seventh or eighth ring, she was lucky not to miss the target, and even Li Chunxi said coldly: "It seems that you don't have any talent at all." ”

Mrs. Li rushed over when she got the news, and when she saw this, she stepped forward and persuaded with a smile: "I told you to stop playing, but I still couldn't help it, stop it, I asked someone to make a snack, let's go to the house to talk" Without saying anything, she picked up one with one hand and dragged it away.

Wen Yi and Li Chunxi each went back to the room to change their clothes before arriving at the main house. Mrs. Li sat on the big kang and beckoned to them: "Come on, it's warm on the kang" The two women went over to sit down, and Mrs. Li ordered someone to serve refreshments.

Tea is a fried tea often drunk by northerners, with fried peanuts, pine nuts and sesame seeds, with a slight sweetness, and it is very fragrant to eat. Dim sum is also a common home-cooked snack, mixed with a few northern foods that Wen Yi doesn't recognize, although it doesn't have the delicacy of the Shilang Mansion, Wen Yi is very useful in her heart. She took the tea bowl and saluted Li Chunxi: "Sister Li, little sister, thank you for your teaching." ”

Li Chunxi glanced at her, raised the tea bowl, regarded it as a salute, and pushed a snack plate in front of her in front of her: "Here you go." Wen Yi was stunned, and Mrs. Li had already poked her daughter's forehead with a smile: "If you want to pay for it, you have to count it according to the etiquette, they are all their own sisters, what's so embarrassing?" Li Chunxi blushed slightly, turned his head and said coldly: "My mother misunderstood, my daughter didn't mean that." Wen Yi lowered her head and held back a smile, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, and she ate tea silently.

The three of them chatted for a while, Wen Yi talked about her life with her grandmother in Pingyang, as well as her experience over the years, and heard Mrs. Li sigh for a long time: "I should have gone to visit Aunt Seventh a long time ago" and said: "The person you heard about seems to be the nephew of Mama Zhao's family, I may recognize it." A thousand households under our lord received two families in the capital many years ago, one of which was an old servant of our Lu family, who said that the brother of the seventh aunt left Beijing and returned to his hometown to guard the system. That Qianhu was transferred to the South China Sea a few years ago, and it was only a few months after returning to Beijing, and it was not surprising that he returned to Beijing from the South China Sea and passed through the Pingyang area, and the time was right, maybe it was in his house."

Wen Yi was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly asked the address of the thousand households, and Mrs. Li said: "It's inconvenient for you to go to the door by yourself, so I'll send a letter to his wife to explain the reason first." Wen Yi thanked him and asked Dong Kui to tell Mama Zhao the good news. Tomhock went with a smile on his face.

Li Chunxi glanced at Wen Yi a few times: "You are very interested in this grandmother of your family." ”

Wen Yi said with a smile: "Mama has waited for three generations of our family, she is not only my father's nurse, but also watched me grow up since I was a child, I treat her as a serious relative, she can find her relatives, and I am happy for her in my heart." After that, he held the pot with his own hand and added tea for Mrs. Li: "Thank you cousin"

Seeing this, Li Chunxi glanced at her: "You are really a good person." He pushed another plate of dim sum in front of Wen Yi. Wen Yi already understood what she meant, picked up a cake with a smile and ate it, and pushed the plate back in front of her. Li Chunxi coldly twisted a cake and bit it. Mrs. Li looked funny, cleared her throat hurriedly, and asked the girl loudly, "Hasn't the young master come back yet?" ”

Li Dongrui didn't come back until just before dinner. He is still a half-grown child, but his appearance is not similar to his mother's sister, although his eyes are also slender, but they are slightly triangular, and he has a pair of eight-character eyebrows, describing him as mediocre in appearance, it can be regarded as good, if you don't know him, the first thought when you see him is that he is not a good Wen Yi quickly flashed a thought in her heart: This cousin Li should not be Xiao's father, right? She couldn't help but glance at Mrs. Lee.

Although Li Dongrui's appearance is a little worse, he is an enthusiastic character, he has seen Wen Yi, and in a few words, he treats her as his own sister, affectionate, knowing that Wen Yi is learning archery from Li Chunxi, he immediately jumped up and said: "Sister Gu is so delicate, the bows and arrows used by those men are definitely inappropriate, I know that a workshop makes a good golden bow, I will order two for my sister"

The golden bow, in fact, is the bow and arrow used by the girl, the girls of the rich and noble families in the capital nowadays, but whoever can point to ride and shoot, most of them will prepare a few, all of which are exquisite workmanship and gorgeous decoration. Some people even say that these ladies order bows and arrows, not for archery, but to compare whose bow is more exquisite. Wen Yi had already learned a lesson in the afternoon, so he smiled and said no. Li Dongrui said that he had to order it for her, which made Wen Yi a little uninspired, and finally Li Chunxi glanced at his younger brother coldly: "I will prepare her bow, what?" Do you think I'm doing something wrong? ”

Li Dongrui immediately shrunk his neck, as well-behaved as a little lamb: "No...... My sister couldn't be safer......"

Li Chunxi sneered, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and asked casually: "I heard that you have been playing with those official children recently, and some people have no money to buy horses, and you still have a lot of money?" I don't know when you'll be so generous."

Li Dongrui once again changed from a little lamb to a newborn kitten, shrunk his head and whispered: "That little brother is very honest, because he has no parents, he can only live with his uncles and aunts, and he can't do everything at home, and he always calls his uncles and brothers to bully." That day I saw so many people going out of the city to play together, and he was the only one who had no horse, and others laughed at him, so I gave him a horse...... It's just a very ordinary, very ordinary horse...... I don't have that much silver on me......"

Li Chunxi snorted coldly: "It's just a friend of wine and meat, he is willing to accept your gifts, so he may not be honest, you know what kind of temperament those people are, and you still play with them, it's embarrassing?" Don't fool around with them anymore."

Li Dongrui's eyes widened, but he quickly shrank back under his sister's gaze and obediently agreed.

Wen Yi secretly glanced at Mrs. Li, and saw that she was just smiling and smiling melon seeds, and did not interfere with her daughter's godbrother, which was very rare.

But I didn't expect that the little cousin of the Li family, although he was born with a bad face, was a warm-hearted person. Wen Yi secretly warned herself that she must not judge people in the future.

While talking and laughing, someone from outside came to report: "Mrs., Miss, young master, Miss Gu, Gu Shilang's wife sent a mother, saying that someone had a post for Miss Gu and came to forward it." ”

When Wen Yi heard this, she guessed that the posts of the daughters of the generals had arrived, and looked at Mrs. Li, who had ordered someone to invite someone in.

It was the ancient woman who came from Jiang's side. Wen Yi knew that she was a close confidant of the Jiang family, but she didn't expect her to take over the next errand to deliver the letter, and she couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Mrs. Gu first greeted Mrs. Li's mother and son, and then conveyed Jiang's greetings, saying: "Our wife often said that we didn't know that the two families were relatives before, and there were fewer contacts, which was rude. From now on, everyone will be in the capital, and they should be closer and closer. Therefore, Mrs. specially ordered Xiao Xiao to bring a few Pingyang specialties, all of which were just brought from her hometown, and asked Mrs. Li to try them. ”

Mrs. Li responded with a smile, and her attitude was indifferent, as if she didn't take Mrs. Squire's cronies in her eyes at all.

Seeing this, Gu Pozi was stunned, so she could only stubbornly say to Wen Yi: "Mrs. said that since Miss Nine has met a long-lost relative, let's stay for a few more days, just don't bother others too much." Also, today the Huguo Mansion sent a post, it was the two ladies of the Mansion who invited Miss Nine to the tea party, I heard that there should be a comparison of archery at the tea party, and all the ladies who are invited can bring one or two companions to have fun. Mrs. said that Miss Nine didn't know how to shoot, so it was better to invite a knowledgeable sister to accompany her, so as not to lose face when she got it. After that, he presented the post and glanced at Wen Yi with a meaningful gaze.

Wen Yi quietly took the post, opened it and read it, and sure enough, as the ancient woman said, Ruan Mengxin is the east, please go to play with a few young ladies who got along at the party in the Dongyang Hou Mansion that day, according to the agreement, everyone is more archery, everyone can bring a companion to participate, as for this companion, the identity is not restricted, and Ruan Mengxin said in the post that it is "like-minded".

She glanced at Gu Pozi and sneered in her heart. Among the young ladies of the Gu family, including Jiang Yao, only Wen Hui is really involved in archery skills. If she wants to find sisters to walk with, who else can she find besides Wen Hui? What does the eldest aunt want to plan for her daughter?

It's a pity that this is the opportunity she has been waiting for since the moment she walked out of the gate of the Shilang Mansion, how could she let them get their wish? If the long house does not compromise for a day, she will not think that she will make them happy again

So she turned to Li Chunxi and said with a smile: "Sister Li, the two young ladies of the Ruan family are the east, and most of the young ladies invited are like sisters, young ladies from military generals, although it is a joke, but they really want to compete in archery, are you willing to go with me and strengthen my courage?" ”

Li Chunxi was stunned for a moment, and his cold face showed a little bit of intention. And Gu Pozi's face was irrepressibly shocked.

(Coming back...... ）