The rain was pouring down.

Originally, I had just braved the rain to open the door, but when I stood still at the door, the icy rain soon drenched my hair and drenched my shoulders.

The girl hurriedly raised the umbrella above my head.

The rain of this season, indeed ice rain, immediately brought a biting cold, as if it had been felt here, lost a qiē, and no longer hung cold. And I vaguely remember that before the ice and rain here, I also had that kind of pain, but in the long passage of time, I forgot it.

But now, there are thousands of inextricable threads, steaming from the ashes of time, which makes me recall the beginning.

I looked at her, and my voice became cold: "Who asked you to come?" ”

She didn't answer me, but said respectfully, "Miss, the boat is waiting for you by the river." ”

I didn't speak, but Li'er's voice sounded behind me: "Mother." ”

I turned around and saw her standing at the door of the kitchen, still holding a small piece of osmanthus sugar cake in her hand, looking at me suspiciously: "Mother, are there any guests coming?" Who is she? ”

When the girl saw her, her eyes lit up, but she seemed to have some scruples, and she didn't dare to speak lightly, I stood at the door and said to Li'er: "Li'er, you are obedient at home, my mother will come back after going out for a while." ”

"Oh." She looked at me blankly: "Then, can I eat another piece of sugar cake?" ”

Looking at her expectant look, although her chest was so dull that it was almost suffocating, I couldn't help but smile faintly and said, "Okay, I'll let you eat another piece." But you are not allowed to eat more, and your mother will count it when she comes back. ”

"Got it!"

As soon as she heard this, the emperor gave amnesty, stuffed the remaining small pieces of sugar cake into her mouth, turned around and ran into the kitchen.

As soon as Li'er's figure disappeared, the smile disappeared from my face.

I turned to the girl and said, "Lead the way." ”

"Yes."

She was obviously a very cautious and very discerning girl, walking less than half a step ahead of me, holding an umbrella to shelter me from the wind and rain, and leading the way, without going too far and offside.

At such a young age, it is rare to have such stability.

Obviously, it was also taught too well.

At this time, I didn't bother to think about who had trained her, so I followed her slowly forward, and soon arrived at the river. The rain is getting tighter and tighter, and when I see from a distance that the river is full of ripples stirred up by the rain falling on the water, as if in people's hearts, the past is like a reappearance, and it is difficult to calm down; Behind the trees by the river, a small boat was quietly parked, and the drapery hung from the cabin, which obscured the situation inside, as if it were the only silence in the rainy scene.

The girl led me to the river and whispered softly to the boat, "Miss." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the curtain opened, and a man stooped out of the cabin.

The boat swayed, and my breath suffocated.

In front of me, there was a tall monk dressed in gray, the familiar but already a little unfamiliar face was immediately wet by the rain, only those eyes, showing a kind of almost persistent strength that is not affected by any environment, looking straight at me.

The moment I met those eyes, countless images flashed before my eyes.

Those exquisite, like the pavilions and pavilions of the heavenly palace......

The girl who was exquisitely dressed, round and lovely, as if she had been painted with a little fairy, enjoyed the happiness and warmth that she thought could be permanent......

A domineering woman slowly walked in through the door, blocking the sunlight from the sky, and from then on, it was as if the heavens and the earth had darkened......

In such a dark day, only the mother's gentlest and warmest embrace is holding on......

I couldn't tell whether what was in front of me was a dream or reality, and when the monk walked up to me, I almost called out the words "Uncle Ai" involuntarily.

He bowed deeply to me, "Miss." ”

It wasn't until I heard his voice that I realized in a trance that what was in front of me was reality.

I said dumbly: "Mr. Ai? ”

He stood up straight and smiled at me.

But I couldn't believe my eyes even more.

The man in front of me, I used to be very familiar with, his tall and strong figure filled every scene of my childhood memories, and I even remember the excitement of him lifting me high above my head and letting me ride on his shoulders and see far away.

More often, this person is very dignified, because the status of the Yan family in Shu is destined to be high, even not inferior to the powerful gentry of any fiefdom, and his shrewdness and decisiveness, I also believe that it is better than many decaying old ministers in the court.

However, I could never have imagined that he would become a monk!

And I see him, although he doesn't have the domineering grandeur of the past, he doesn't have too much peace, but the edges and edges of the past have faded a lot under the polishing of the years.

"You, a monk?"

"Yes, Miss."

Seeing that he was still respectful, I smiled faintly: "Since you are a monk, shouldn't the four major be empty?" To me, why do you still call me Miss? ”

He also smiled: "That's because I haven't realized it yet." ”

"Oh?"

"If you really realize it, if you break it, you won't be a monk. Because there is a spiritual mountain in the heart, what difference is there in the world? ”

I said, "You can say that, I think you're pretty much there." ”

"The eldest lady is falsely praised, and she can't afford it."

I laughed, and then the girl next to me was almost wet in order to hold the umbrella above my head to protect herself from the rain, and she whispered: "Grandpa, let's let the eldest lady get on the boat and talk again, it's stormy." ”

"yes, I'm confused."

As he spoke, he came up to meet me, and when I got into the boat, I saw that the girl had not come up, but was standing on the shore with an umbrella. Uncle Ai pointed at her and said, "I'm afraid the eldest lady has forgotten, she is Susu." ”

"Susu!"

Although I already knew something in my heart, I was still a little surprised to hear him say this, and looked at the girl and said, "It's all grown so big!" ”

"When the eldest lady left, she was just two or three years old."

"yes, I've hugged her too."

"Even this name was given by the eldest lady."

Speaking of this, my heart was also a little soft, looking at the girl's apple-like face, with a faint smile, Uncle Ai had already lifted the curtain of the cabin and made a gesture of please, and I bent down and walked in.

This small boat is very exquisitely made, and the cabin is not big, but although the sparrows are small, they are all well organized, and there is even a small kang in the middle, and two cups of tea and a stove of sandalwood have been placed, and the whole cabin is immersed in an elegant and fragrant atmosphere.

I sat down, looked up, and couldn't help but smile: "You are a monk, and you still take such a good boat?" ”

He smiled a little, and he didn't shy away from it: "It was arranged by Childe." ”

"Oh?"

I listened, didn't answer the conversation, but the temperature in my eyes was a little colder.

Yan Qingchen has a heart.

Before Pei Yuanfeng and they came to invite, they were pushed back by my words, looking at Xichuan did not invite anyone who could touch me, but this is indeed a bit crazy, although my identity cannot be shaken, but according to human feelings, the elders came, I still have to respond. The person in front of me is the elder who watched me grow up.

It's just that I didn't expect that the elders who had already left the family could be invited out by him.

Uncle Ai looked at my face, and didn't seem to have any intention of continuing the topic, but instead offered the teacup to me, sat down after confessing his guilt, and said, "Actually, whether you are rich or not, it seems that it is all outside your body now." However, why does the eldest lady live in this place? Still within a shot of a person? ”

I raised my eyebrows: "You know too?" ”

"Yes."

I didn't speak, and Uncle Ai said again: "Miss, the son of a daughter, you can't sit down!" ”

Seeing that he said this with distress and sadness, I smiled faintly: "What son of a daughter?" Now he is just an unconventional embroidery shop owner, earning some money every day. ”

He listened to my words, but shook his head gently: "Don't forget, eldest lady, in the beginning, your mother was the eldest lady of the Yan family, the main mother of Xichuan!" ”

I didn't speak, but I immediately understood what he meant.

The status of the Yan family in Xichuan is self-explanatory, compared with the Jiangxia king of the six provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, after being crowned king, although he has great dominance over this fief, he will still be subject to the jurisdiction of the imperial court after all, and taxes must be paid according to the law; But Xichuan is different, it is not a fief, but an area independent of the jurisdiction of the imperial court, the Yan family's industry is not all over Xichuan, but - the Yan family's industry is Xichuan!

The wealth of such a family is so great that it can be seen from the fact that it can support a war.

Thinking of this, I smiled faintly: "Yes." ”

As the wife of the Yan family, in addition to the five hundred taels of silver spent by the officials every month as normal expenses, there are also allowances of five thousand taels per year for clothes, hats, shoes and socks, jewelry, hair oil, fat powder and various gadgets. As the wife of the Yan family, at the end of each year, she can also get a dividend of 20% of all the profits of the Yan family.

It is said that this is the family rule set by the head of the Yan family in the first generation, in order to ensure the transcendent status of the wife of each generation of the head of the family, even if she is not favored, dividends are indispensable, and even if those concubines are favored, they will not get such dividends as their wives.

So, I didn't calculate how much money my mother had, but I also knew that it was an unimaginable wealth.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sneer.

If it weren't for this, there would not have been a new lady entering the door to make it bigger, and the original match would have become such a ridiculous thing as a partial house.

Looking at my sneer, Uncle Ai whispered, "Miss? ”

I said, "Indeed, it stands to reason that my mother must have amassed an astonishing fortune before the new lady entered the door, and one could even say that she was rich enough to rival that of the country. But where did the money go? ”

Even if it became a partial house later and lost those treatments, the money I got before is still there. In my memory, she was never a spendthrift, and before the new lady entered the door, her personal life was quite simple, sometimes it can be called bitter, and the most basic, if she did not accompany me and my father, her meals would not even have big fish and meat. But why did our lives become so embarrassing later?