Chapter 92: Here We Go Again

Jiuyuan has the effect of helping sleep, and a few little girls said that they wanted to talk at night, but in fact, they didn't talk for long, and they couldn't hold their sleepy eyes and became foggy.

The small Arhat bed could not accommodate four people to "sleep on their feet", so Shanniang took Lin Ruzhi to the bedroom and slept on her bed.

Shanniang's sleep was originally very light, and it was easy to wake up if she moved a little, but Lin Ruzhi was a bad sleeper. She had just fallen asleep here, and Lin Ruzhi turned over, and her arm fell on her body with a "snap".

Shanniang, who was awakened, looked back at Lin Ruzhi and saw that she was sleeping very sweetly, so she gave way to the side of the bed and closed her eyes again.

It's just that she has just cultivated a little sleepiness, and Lin Ruzhi is turning over again......

After making a fuss like this twice and three times, Shanniang gradually lost her sleepiness. Listening to the faint ringing of the Western table clock downstairs, she couldn't tell what time it was at this time, so she took out the pocket watch given to her by Yuan Changqing from under the pillow. In the moonlight, the two hands of the pocket watch overlapped to point to zero.

And with her past experience, Shanniang knew that she would not be able to sleep for a while. So she sat up with her arms propped up, turned back to cover the quilt for Lin Ruzhi, and turned over and got out of bed lightly.

She had just taken her clothes and put them on, and Sanhe, who was on night duty in the east room, heard the movement and hurriedly got up and came over to check.

Since Shanniang could get out of bed and walk, she didn't want anyone to be on duty at night, but now because there were guests and there were still a few drunks, Sanhe took the initiative to stay on duty for the night. And because she usually asked a few girls to sleep on the Luohan bed on night duty, she had to rest on the soft couch in the east room.

Seeing her coming, Shanniang waved her hand, signaled her to be lighter, took the lamp from Sanhe's hand, and went to the west to check on You Hui and Zhao Xiang'er, and saw that the two were more honest than Lin Ruzhi, so she took Sanhe to the east room.

In the east room, the soft couch is set against the east wall. On the north side of the soft couch is the cat play screen given by his wife. Behind the screen, there is a large cypress bathtub that Shan Niang loves.

Looking at the faint bathtub behind the screen, I couldn't help but think of her nurse. She had asked Hou Rui to help inquire about the whereabouts of the nurse, but Hou Rui, like the old man, hated Li's mother's husband for attracting thieves, and refused to help her, so she had to go to the doctor in a hurry and begged Zhou Chong. It's just that Zhou Chong hasn't been able to find any clues until now.

Seeing her stunned, Sanhe whispered, "The girl is not used to sleeping with people?" And he said, "Otherwise, the girl will spend the night on this couch." Seeing that Shanniang didn't speak, she quickly rolled up the bedding she was sleeping on, turned back to Shanniang and smiled: "Girl, wait a minute, I'll change the bedding for the girl." ”

Shanniang came back to her senses from her contemplation and stopped her: "Forget it, don't bother, I'll just stay overnight." You go back to sleep, don't stay overnight. ”

"What's the line? There are still guests here. Sanhe smiled: "Besides, you can't ask the girl to use my bedding." ”

It's also a shame that Shanniang's cage is placed in the east room, and while she is talking, Sanhe has already remade the bed for her, and said: "There is also a chaise longue outside, I will be there overnight." If it doesn't work, you can also lay on the floor. After settling Shanniang to sleep, she took her bed and went to sleep on the chaise longue outside.

Until the surrounding area was quiet again, Shanniang lay on the soft couch and closed her eyes for a long time, but she still couldn't regain her sleep. She turned over, took out the pocket watch from under the pillow again, and saw that the long hands on the pocket watch had gone around half a circle compared to before, so she sighed, pushed off the quilt and sat up. In the past, she could still find a book to hypnotize, but now that there are people sleeping outside, it is not good to disturb others, so she has to give up.

But it was not a problem to sit dry, so she got off the soft couch, bypassed the screen, and pushed open the north window facing the Luomei River, and looked at the Luomei River water outside that was illuminated by the moonlight like a deep blue silk satin.

By this time the night was dark, and the opposite shore was dark, with only a few lights on in the extreme distance. But in the Luomei River, a small boat floated far away from the direction of Meishan, there was a lantern hanging on the boat, the light of the lantern was reflected in the dark river, and the little light on the boat was just in contrast, flickering bright and dark, swaying and swinging, looking very rich in artistic conception. Without looking back, Shan Niang pulled a robe from the hanger next to her, wrapped herself tightly, and sat sideways on the windowsill.

The railings of the small building are all in the style of beauty, so the windowsill under the railing is set very wide, enough for Shanniang to sit on it with her feet bent. She wrapped her bare feet in her robe, rested her chin on her lap, and stared silently at the beating and flickering light for a long time. The flickering lights shook Shanniang's sleepiness little by little. She squinted sleepily, and was just about to leave the windowsill to go back to sleep, when the light in front of her suddenly flickered, as if it were going out.

Suddenly, the little sleepiness that Shanniang had just cultivated was "flashed" and disappeared.

She sighed regretfully, turned her head to look at the boat, only to realize that before she knew it, it had stopped very close to her.

And the reason why the light of the lantern was extinguished for a moment just now was not "extinguished", but someone came out of the cabin and just blocked that little light.

The man who came out of the cabin, if he hadn't been standing under the lantern, would have blended in with the night with his blackened clothes.

Shanniang's heart jumped, and her eyes widened.

Downstairs, outside a high wall, is the Luomei River that flows quietly. Less than thirty meters to the east, there is a small pier at the back door of Shanniang's house. But I don't know why, this single-canopy boat with only a lantern did not choose to dock on a small pier not far away, and stopped here not far away......

Suddenly, the boat shook again. It turned out to be the man who had come out of the cabin and sat down cross-legged at the bow of the ship.

In front of the man, on a low table were flasks, glasses, and other things. The man took the flask in his right hand and poured it gracefully and calmly.

And it was so straight that he poured wine, and he sat cross-legged like that, and the man's back was always straight—and it was such a tense posture, but it made him taste leisurely......

This familiar feeling is that the person's face is in shadow at this time, and it is still for Shanniang to recognize this person......

She couldn't help but lean over the railing and poke her head out of the window, trying to see better......

As if sensing her gaze, the man on the boat, who had been sipping wine with his head down, suddenly smacked in his hand, and then quickly raised his head.

So, the bright moonlight of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was still two days away, sprinkled on Yuan Changqing's face so unobstructed.

The two looked at each other silently for a moment across a wall.

Yuan Changqing raised his hand, drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, then put down the wine glass, lowered his eyes and was silent, and looked up at Shanniang again.

Just as Shanniang couldn't help blinking at him, a flower suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, and then his figure disappeared from the boat out of thin air, leaving only the small boat carrying the lantern, constantly bumping in the reflection of the river.

After a breath, Shan Niang saw a black figure skimming over the high courtyard wall of her house.

From the courtyard wall to Shanniang's small building, there is also a row of flower houses and a few trees of different heights. Shanniang stared at the black shadow silently, and saw a few of his rabbits fall and land on the magnolia tree just an arm's length away from her.

"Why don't you sleep yet?" Yuan Changqing asked in a low voice.

Xu was afraid that his loud voice would alarm others, and at this moment he stood very close to Shanniang's windowsill - that is, he was standing at the end of the branch. It was one of his hands that was grasping the branch above his head, and the whole person was still like a piece of paper, swaying up and down with the branch, and Shanniang's heart was beating for a while.

"Be careful not to fall." Instinctively, she reminded.

Yuan Changqing lowered his eyes to look at her, and suddenly smiled---but Shan Niang suddenly remembered the word "blossom" that You Hui described just now.

"No, it won't." He whispered and asked again, "It's all this hour, why haven't you slept yet?" ”

Shanniang blinked, looked up at him and said, "Yes, it's all this hour, why haven't you slept yet?" ......" She raised her hand and drew a circle at him.

Yuan Changqing lowered his head suddenly, which made Shanniang wonder if he was blushing because of his weak heart. Then he looked up again, took out a porcelain vase from his bosom, and reached out and handed it over.

Shanniang didn't answer.

So Yuan Changqing took a small step towards the end of the treetops.

Shanniang felt as if she had heard the sound of a branch breaking, so she hurriedly reached out and took it, and said, "You stand inside, the branch is about to break!" ”

Yuan Changqing smiled again, neither answering her, nor moving inside according to her words.

So Shan Niang glanced at him and muttered silently, "You deserve to die!" Then he looked at the small porcelain bottle in his hand and said, "What is this?" ”

As she was talking, Yuan Changqing suddenly raised a finger at her and motioned for her not to make a sound.

Shan Niang was startled, and sure enough, she heard a noise from her bedroom. She jumped off the windowsill suddenly, bypassed the screen and looked around, it turned out that Lin Ruzhi had turned over there again.

She went out to the west to take another look, and saw that even Sanhe was already asleep, so she breathed a sigh of relief. When she returned to the east room, her mind began to function normally - in the middle of the night, why did this Yuan Da not sleep and ran to the river outside her building?!

She tiptoed back to the window, and when she looked out the window at the magnolia tree, she found that there was no one on the tree.

Is it gone?

She tiptoed to look at the canopy still moored by the river, but saw that the lantern was still lonely and there was no one underneath it. She tilted her head in confusion.

She had just turned her head when she felt someone blow in her ear.

Shanniang was startled and almost screamed, but immediately called a big hand to cover her mouth, "Shhh, it's me." Yuan Changqing said.

Not again!

This is the second time!

Shan Niang was annoyed for a while, raised her hand and twisted it hard under Yuan Changqing's ribs, until Yuan Changqing bared her teeth and cracked her mouth for a while, but she couldn't make a sound, so she had to hold her hand hard and smile at her with a flattering smile.

And such a Yuan Changqing has never been seen by Shanniang. She looked at him and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, so she didn't even notice for a moment that he was so close to her that his breath was touching the sea in front of her forehead......

"Are you alright?" Yuan Changqing said.

Shanniang blinked before she reacted, took a step back with her eyes, and lowered her voice: "You're going to die!" ...... being seen"

Suddenly, Yuan Changqing put his finger on his lips.

Shanniang suddenly shut up.

In the bedroom, Lin Ruzhi grunted and turned over again.

So Yuan Changqing raised his hand and pointed out the window.

Shanniang looked at her suspiciously, but Yuan Changqing misunderstood what she meant, and leaned into her ear and whispered, "Don't be afraid, I won't drop you." ”

She was wondering, Yuan Changqing had already reached over and grabbed her shoulder, and the other hand swept over the crook of her knee and picked her up like the day she broke her leg.

Shanniang was startled, and hurriedly bit her lip, and stopped an exclamation that reached her lips in time.

And in the blink of an eye, she was hugged by Yuan Changqing and jumped onto the magnolia tree.