Li Siye asked Li Mei'er again: "Where is your teacher Gao Shi?" ”

"Oh, the teacher deeply feels that the prosperous place of Chang'an is too comfortable, and there are too many entertainments, so he can't sharpen his desire to study, he has moved out of Chang'an last year, and now there is another industry near Qishui, and he has come back to Chang'an several times to come to see me."

Li Siye muttered: "It's so good at writing poetry, and what kind of desire to learn, I think he just wants to find peace for himself." Gao Shi went to Qishui, won't your studies be delayed? ”

"My brother doesn't know, Mr. Gao will go to Qishui to live in spring and summer, and return to Chang'an in autumn and winter, just like the migrating birds. I spent half a year listening to his teachings, and half a year reviewing and consolidating the knowledge taught by him. If the elder brother wants to see the master, he will have to wait until after August. ”

"This guy is pretty reliable." Li Siye nodded at this time, turned around and greeted Yan Xiaosi: "Xiaosi, don't be restrained, lead the horse into the stable and come to the house to sit." ”

Li Mei'er took her brother's sleeve, looked up and said: "Brother may not know, Mei'er is now more and more proficient in making tea, and it is far better than Sister Wenran, you and the guests are waiting in the hall with peace of mind, and I will make tea for you to eat." ”

Li Siye sat in the hall safely, those comfortable days in Chang'an came back, drinking a cup of tea every afternoon, spreading the bamboo mat under the porch, the brother and sister lying on it, looking up to see the thick mottled canopy of the mulberry tree, the sparse light projected down, giving people a strange sense of coolness. Life is nothing more than that.

He asked Wenran very casually: "What has Zhang Xiaojing been busy with lately?" ”

"Of course, he will continue to be his bad handsome, investigate the case, and handle the case."

Li Siye nodded, Mei'er had already boiled the tea soup here, scooped out four bowls with a teaspoon, and the first bowl was presented to the guests first. Yan Xiaosi blushed and was about to shirk, the little lady had already sent it over with a bowl in both hands, he hurriedly took it, lowered his head and tasted it, the taste was indeed unusual, how unusual, he couldn't tell.

Mei'er gave the tea to Brother Ah in turn, smelled it and touched herself, and after Li Siye tasted it, she couldn't wait to ask, "How is it." ”

"Not bad." Li Siye said with a smile: "But my brother is used to drinking, and he can't taste any tea, so I'm afraid you're going to play the piano to the cow this time." ”

Li Mei'er asked Yan Xiaosi again, and Yan Xiaosi had to say nervously: "I don't understand either, but it tastes delicious." ”

Such an answer made no sense to her, and seemed like a polite greeting. The two girls whispered together, and Li Siye was still immersed in the joy of going home, savoring it in the corridor with a tea bowl. Yan Xiaosi knelt on the floor, looking a little at a loss. The whispering between the two girls made him seem out of place in the room. If Li Mei'er made him ashamed of himself, then smelling made his heart beat faster and ashamed of himself.

Li Siye turned around and saw his embarrassment, so he simply beckoned and said, "Little Si, come with me to move the wine to the east wing." ”

The east wing room is backed by the wall of Xinchang Fang, and the distance between the wall is two zhang wide, the distance of these two zhang width is not for the convenience of travel, but the relevant regulations of the imperial court, and the regulations in this regard are also not allowed to open windows on the street, and no attic is allowed to be built to look down on people. The remoteness of the east wing gave Li Siye a lot of convenience, and he also wanted to imitate Zhang Kuo and dig a basement for storage under the wing, so he needed to think about it from scratch.

Li Mei'er also saw her brother moving wine from outside to her home again and again, but she didn't show any interest, a woman sees a man's wine, just like a man sees the embroidery in his daughter's hand, basically there will be no psychological fluctuations, which is enough to show that her psychology has changed from a child to a woman.

Li Siye suddenly realized that her sister is already fourteen years old, and she will be able to marry next year, so she will face marriage in the future, and then she will inevitably be a woman.

A familiar and somewhat ruffian voice suddenly came from outside the door: "But Mei'er's brother is back." ”

"Zhang Xiaojing!"

Li Siye rolled up his sleeves, pushed open the door of the east wing and walked out, clasped his hands into fists and said excitedly: "I was about to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come to the door." ”

Zhang Xiaojing leaned against the wooden wall with his hands on his chest and said indifferently: "When there is a festival guard of honor for returning from Anxi every year, I guess that you are not among them, and you have to come to Xinchangfang to wait for such a day or two." I didn't expect to wait for three or four years, and I waited for you today. Why, after three or four years of mixing in Anxi, has there been any improvement? ”

Yan Xiaosi didn't have a good impression of Zhang Xiaojing in front of him, probably because he felt that he spoke too casually and didn't respect Captain Li enough.

"What are you talking about, but it's just a mess, I'm now in the change city, the old place where you used to stay, and the 8th Regiment of the 33rd Chongfu after the reorganization was a captain. The three worst regiments of the year were all together. ”

Zhang Xiaojing smacked his tongue slightly, then lowered his head and chewed the betel nut in his mouth, and spit on the ground with a pop.

"I've almost forgotten this place, and now you're reminding me of it, and I'm very upset, so go buy some wine and lamb later, and you should compensate me."

Yan Xiaosi touched Zhang Xiaojing's name, always feeling a little familiar, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he was inexplicably shocked, it turned out that he was one of the nine people who survived the first battle of Fengsui Fort in the city of Swap City. Nine people, who have obtained the dismissal of eight flying cavalry captains, once made them reverence and envy of these Anxi soldiers, and now this person is standing in front of him.

Zhang Xiaojing didn't pay attention to the changes in Yan Xiaosi's mood before and after, maybe he didn't notice him at all. He looked into the side room, saw the wine jar on the ground, and then showed joy: "Yo, I have prepared so much wine, then I will have to go back a few jars after drinking it later." ”

"You can't drink this wine, and you can't take it away."

"Why?"

"The jar is not filled with wine."

Zhang Xiaojing nodded silently, didn't even ask what it was, strode towards the main hall, and said, "I'll go and see Wen Ran and Mei'er's sister, you go out and buy me wine and meat." ”

Li Siye settled Yan Xiaosi to unload the ox cart, led the oxen into the stable first, and he went to the neighborhood to buy wine and mutton.

Although the East and West Markets are the distribution and sales places for most commodities, for the necessities of life and the convenience of the people, almost every workshop has merchants who sell wine and meat in bulk, or open in the open and in the dark, perhaps cooking cooked meat and making wine at home, or wholesale from the West Market and shipping it back to the workshop at a low price, both of which are quite profitable.

After a while, the real wine and meat were bought, and Li Siye, Zhang Xiaojing, and Yan Xiaosi knelt on the ground of the hall, holding a wine bowl and chatting and drinking.

At the beginning, he was also in this courtyard, Zhang Xiaojing told him about the customs and customs of Moxi, which filled his heart with the imagination of the journey. Now that he has returned from Anxi, he has long lost the hope and mystery he had at the beginning. Li Siye's casual recounting made Zhang Xiaojing nostalgic.

"Ten years of soldiers in the Western Regions has really benefited me a lot. Li Siye, you can be regarded as having a firm foothold in Anxi, and there is a lot to be done in the future, where is like me, you can only be a small thief catcher when you return in ten years. ”

Li Siye was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Zhang Xiaojing to be sour?

Wen Ran and Mei'er were rubbing incense sticks under the porch, and Mei'er suddenly turned around and said, "Another guest." ”

But it was Zhang Lu who led a young man to stand in the courtyard, raised his hands and asked, "Dare to ask Mei'er, Wenran girl, is Zhang Shuai here?" ”

After Zhang Xiaojing heard the voice, he only asked two words briefly while holding the wine bowl: "Something?" ”

Zhang Lu replied with a forked hand: "The fish has bitten the hook." ”

Zhang Xiaojing's brows furrowed slightly, his expression was focused and frenzied, he raised his head and poured the wine into the bowl, turned back to the hall and put the bowl on the ground and said, "I'm really sorry, I happened to have something today, and I will come to you for a drink another day." ”

"It's okay, business matters."