This year's opening in Yangzhou Enke, is the first time in the years that the imperial court opened the door to southern students, for a time the three southern provinces of the talented people flocked, one by one is also gearing up, after all, "ten years of cold window no one asked, in one fell swoop to become famous in the world", reading and learning, but also requires a fame is the right way.

However, what followed was not the grand occasion of "reducing talents without sticking to one pattern", but the uproar caused by a series of officialdom frauds.

Hearing that the state government saw the large number of students in various places, it issued a decree that all students who wanted to take the examination must first buy from the state government's yamen the special supervision copy of this year's Enke, which had no effect, but the officials at all levels stipulated that only students with the supervision copy in hand were eligible to take the examination, and the price of a copy was as high as fifty taels of silver.

Fifty taels of silver is already the expenses of a medium-sized family for nearly a year.

The students are all studying hard, and not much can afford the money, so they are rejected early, the students are not convinced, and they have been making trouble for a long time, and even once, hundreds of students carried the statue of the God of Wealth, beat gongs and drums to the Confucius Temple, satirizing the officials of Yangzhou for being greedy for money and bending the law, and insulting Sven.

Naturally, the people of the government did not let them make trouble like this, and on several occasions they even dispatched officers and soldiers, and I heard that people were beaten and blood was shed, although the matter on the table did not make a big fuss, but the students complained one by one, attacking the government and the court everywhere, and the remarks in the south were sharp again, faintly with a sense of unease.

Because of this, the Qinglou in the town is said to be lively, some students, whether rich or not, have borrowed wine to criticize current affairs, and even made a few troubles, but the Qinglou is such a place, the more noisy it is, the more famous, although there are not many people who have money to hang out, but many men still yearn for it in their hearts.

When I heard Gou Er talk about it, I felt a little unhappy in my heart, but I still smiled reluctantly: "It's just close." ”

Gou Er immediately said: "It's close, it's much more convenient." ”

I heard that this was not right, and put down the pen in my hand: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Na Gou looked around, then smiled and whispered to me: "Brother and sister, don't talk too much about being an elder brother, you still have to watch your third son, you don't know what he is doing outside." ”

When I heard this, my eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly.

What he meant by this was that Liu San'er was outside......

Before he had time to think about it, Gou Er suddenly said loudly outside: "Yo, San'er is back?" ”

When I raised my head, I saw Liu San'er walking back from outside, and when he saw Gou Er lying on the door, he also frowned, hurriedly walked over, looked at me, looked at him again, and said, "Second Brother Gou, is there something wrong?" ”

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay. Come and see, you guys talk. ”

After saying that, he smiled and walked away with his sleeves folded.

Liu San'er frowned and looked at him, but quickly walked in and closed the door, and when he saw me sitting in the courtyard, he walked over, but as soon as he approached me, he was immediately stunned for a moment, and said, "Light, what's wrong with you?" The face is so ugly! ”

I was stunned for a moment, and forced a smile: "Really? Maybe I'm too tired today. ”

"Don't be busy, hurry back to the house and rest."

After saying that, he grabbed the pen in my hand and put it down, pulled me into the house.

I followed behind him, looking at his familiar broad shoulders and back, as well as his hands, as warm and powerful as ever, with calluses on the fingertips and palms, when holding my hands in the palms, it was slightly hard, it didn't hurt, but it made people feel like they could completely rely on him and give themselves to him.

When I sat on the edge of the bed, he immediately poured a cup of hot tea and stuffed it into my hand, and said, "Look at you, the weather is getting cold, and you still sit outside wearing so little." If I don't come back, you're just not going to take care of yourself. ”

Holding the warm teacup, I looked up at him, with a tired look on his dark face, he seemed to be tired too, and there was a faint shadow under his eyes, but his gaze was warm.

My hands didn't warm up, but my heart warmed up first.

At this time, I also felt ridiculous, he was my husband, the closest person to me in the world, how could I doubt him for a word or two from an irrelevant outsider?

I lowered my head and took a sip of tea, the warm tea from my throat to my heart.

I laughed, "Got it." ”

"Is it warm?" He grabbed my hand and squeezed it, feeling the warmth in his fingertips, and then he was relieved.

He sat with me for a while, and then he was about to go into the house to see my aunt and Empress Yin, and when he got up, he handed me the cloth bag in his arms. Ever since he went out to work, and when he came back every once in a while, he would give me a small bag of silver, which he had saved.

I took the cloth bag, and when I looked up and saw that he was a little dirty, I smiled and said, "Take off your clothes, I'll wash them for you." ”

He nodded, took off his coat and handed it to me, and went into the back room.

Aunt and Queen Yin were naturally happy when they saw him, and blamed him for not coming back for a long time, the back room was in a commotion, I listened and laughed, and after drinking hot tea, I took my clothes out to fetch water, ready to wash him.

But as soon as I picked up my clothes, a faint fragrance entered my nose.

I frowned suddenly.

When I came to this small fishing village, I had completely washed the lead, and the luxurious costumes and the scent of the beautiful people in my memory had long since disappeared, but this smell -

I looked down at the white-washed blue cloth clothes in my hand, and I felt a pang of uneasiness in my heart, and even my fingers, which had been warm, cooled down at this moment, and slowly picked up the clothes and brought them to the tip of my nose.

Suddenly, the blood in his whole body cooled down.

It's a smell of fat powder.

The next morning, Liu San'er slept late before getting up.

He usually goes to bed early and gets up early, no matter how tired he is working in the field, he is also full of energy, but today he looks very tired, and he is also very tired, until breakfast is on the table, Aunt Liu can't look at it and call him, so he rubs his eyes and gets up, yawning and cleaning up day after day.

Aunt Liu sighed: "Don't go if you're too tired, look at you like this." ”

"How's that going to work? I took the job, and the pay there was much better than doing other jobs. ”

"But look at you, you don't come back for three days, only Qingqing is busy at home, and she's in this month again."

Liu San'er glanced back at me, I was putting dishes and chopsticks on the table, there was no expression on my face, he thought I was angry and didn't answer. When the two of them finished eating and cleaned up together, he whispered, "Light, I—"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, I smiled and turned my head to look at him: "If you are tired of work, don't do it." ”

"Huh?"

"At home, there is no shortage of those two money."

“……”

"You'd better come back, okay?"

I said softly and looked at him softly, but Liu San'er didn't look at me, but lowered his head, and there seemed to be something struggling in those dark eyes.

In the past, as long as I said that, no matter what, he would quickly agree.

But this time, he thought about it for a long time, and finally raised his head and smiled, and the smile seemed a little dry: "I still want to continue to do it." That job is not easy to find. ”

When I heard this, my heart sank.

He looked at me, and there was a hesitant expression on his face, as if he was struggling, and after a while, he still didn't say anything more, and said a word to Aunt Liu, and then turned around and went out.

I slowly walked to the door, looked at his back, and when his back disappeared on the path in front, I silently turned around, picked up the clothes that I washed for him last night, and they were still moist, so I packed them with a piece of blue cloth, Aunt Liu saw it and asked me: "Light, you are-"

I laughed: "I forgot to give him my clothes just now, it's been cold for the past two days, he hasn't changed it, and I have to rush to send it to him." ”

"Oh, then be careful on your way."

"Got it. Mother, I'll keep the food hot in the kitchen, so you can take it out and eat it at noon. ”

"Huh? Good. ”

Aunt Liu seemed to be a little puzzled, why I had prepared lunch early in the morning, and I didn't say anything, I turned around and went out after I laid my baggage.

Maybe it was because I had something in my heart, I walked a little hurriedly, and I was panting unevenly after walking, and I had to stop several times to rest on the tree on the side of the road, but fortunately, Liu San'er's footsteps were not fast, and I could see his back from a distance in a hurry, so I walked all the way to the town.

Although it is not the fifteenth day of the first month, the town is still very lively, doing small business, meeting and greeting, weaving a prosperous scenery in front of them, under the warm morning light, the whole town is covered with a faint mist, as if in the stories heard in the past, the unknown mirage.

I stood under the archway and watched Liu San'er slowly walk into the fog.

Compared with Yangzhou and Beijing, this town may only be counted as a few streets, but it is already very lively in such a mountain village, and the bustling crowd is also very crowded and lively, but even if there is a sea of people in front of me, I still see Liu San'er at a glance.

He was standing in front of an attic, looking up inside.

I stood far away and looked at him.

After a while, a woman dressed in red and green came out of it, said a few words to him with a smile, a little embarrassment appeared on his young and dark face, smiled wryly, looked left and right, and then walked in with his head buried.

At this moment, the blood all over my body froze to ice.

In that attic, there was a huge plaque hanging on the door, and the three words on it were shining gold, and through the fog in front of me, they pierced my eyes like needles.

He really, really, into this kind of place!

Why?

At this moment, my mind went blank, and the bustling noise in my ears disappeared in an instant, as if the whole world had become dead silent, only the three dazzling words in front of me were piercing my eyes and my heart.

Why? Why......

Why is it that even Liu San'er is-

Could it be that just because I am pregnant with Rokka, there is no way to have a round of sex with him? So, he's going to go to this kind of place?

My union with him, at the beginning did not have too deep love, even the understanding of him, is only based on the perception of the heart, but I believe that he is a person worthy of entrusting for life, and after marriage, we are also raising eyebrows, husband and wife, I have never been so happy, and I have never dared to believe that I can get such a successful marriage.

But why, now even he's-

I stood stupidly on the street, I don't know how long it took, as if the person had been sucked away from the three souls and seven spirits, turned around indifferently, saw nothing, heard nothing, and walked away slowly.

As soon as he turned around, he was walked by by a passer-by and hit his shoulder.

I stumbled a little.

At this moment, my brain shook violently, I turned my head and looked at the three dazzling words, which stabbed me so much that tears were about to flow out, and it also stabbed me to the last bit of strength and gritted my teeth.

As soon as I turned around, I walked towards the back wall of the green building.

Anyway, I'm going to have to go in and find out!