Late at night.

Xia Jiaoxi did not return to the hostel, but was invited by Tang Shu to live in the mansion of the lord of the mansion.

After reading Xia Jiaoxi's edict, Ming Yuanfeng smiled and said to Xia Jiaoxi: "Secretary Xia Zhang, you are also your own person, so you will live here during this time in Lingdong Mansion." ”

When Xia Jiaoxi heard this, he was very moved, he didn't expect the lord of the dignified mansion to be so polite to him.

He bowed and said, "Thank you, the lord of the house, but Mr. Chen is still in the hostel..."

Ming Yuanfeng looked at Tang Shu suspiciously.

Tang Shu explained to Ming Yuanfeng: "One of the people who walked with Brother Xia walked with a weapon. ”

"Oh~" Ming Yuanfeng looked at Xia Jiaoxi, and then said: "Secretary Xia Zhang, is it convenient to tell which general is holding the instrument to walk?" ”

Hearing this, Xia Jiaoxi hurriedly clenched his fists and bent over, saluted Ming Yuanfeng again, his face was respectful, and he said in a firm tone: "Please forgive me, I can't talk about Mr. Chen." ”

Ming Yuanfeng nodded, and didn't ask too much, after all, it involved the power general.

"Although this Secretary Xia Zhang doesn't say it, it is still necessary to ask the lord of the country." Ming Yuanfeng thought in his heart.

handed the edict back to Xia Jiaoxi, and then said, "Then let's invite us over tomorrow." ”

Arrange a break in the summer school. Only Ming Yuanfeng and Tang Shu were left in the room.

"Regarding walking with a device, after all, it involves a power general, or you need to ask the lord of the country to see if it is instructed by the lord of the country, or whether the lord of the country does not know." Ming Yuanfeng looked at Tang Shu and said.

Tang Shu nodded, thought for a moment, and then said: "I'll write a letter, and then Uncle Ming, you find someone to send it to the lord of the country, and I will convey the two poems received by Shi Huakui to the second uncle by the way." ”

"What kind of two words?" Ming Yuanfeng asked curiously.

Tang Shu didn't answer, but found a few pieces of paper, as well as pen and ink.

Portraits of Xia Jiaoxi were painted respectively.

Portrait of Chen Bai and flute.

wrote down the experience of meeting the two.

In the end, the lord of the country gave Tang Yongren two poems.

Ming Yuanfeng watched from the sidelines, on the one hand, pondering which flute would be used, and on the other hand, he was also amazed by these two words.

.….….…

Next.

Chen Bai got up early and went to the room next to him to look for Xia Jiaoxi, but found that Xia Jiaoxi was not in the house, so he went out by himself.

Late autumn is getting closer and closer.

Zhangtai Street in the early morning is also rare and clean.

At this moment, Zhangtai Street was like a sleeping baby, wrapped in mist, unusually peaceful.

Chen Bai stood on the street, took a deep breath, and let the cold air rush into his nose, so as to make himself more sober.

Chen Bai pondered in his heart: "Is it to find a map of Lingdong Mansion, or to find someone to ask, after all, it is still more troublesome to search blindly like this." ”

Thinking while walking, I just got out of Zhangtai Street.

There were already scattered pedestrians on the street, and they all looked like hard-working laborers.

There are also some diligent vendors on the roadside, who are busy coming out to take advantage of the rising sun to take a good position.

Since it was still early, the small traders did not have much business. Chen Bai casually found a vendor and asked, "Uncle, may I ask where I can find more porters near Zhangtai Street?" ”

The vendor was also more enthusiastic, pointing in the direction of Zhangtai Street and replied: "Walk along this road, don't enter Zhangtai Street, walk along the periphery, walk about three miles, there are many people engaged in porters." ”

"Of course, you can also go to the shops and ask, they usually have more contact with those porters."

Hearing this, Chen Bai thanked the vendor and walked in the direction pointed by the vendor.

The morning sun tore through the mist and woke up the sleeping city.

Chen Bai's steps were very slow, and the further he went, the shorter and more dilapidated the house became.

On the other side, Zhangtai Street has not changed, and it is still a high wall and colored tiles.

After walking about three miles, Chen Bai stopped in front of a mud-walled house.

There are indeed a lot of porters around, going out with sticks.

The sun has sprinkled golden on the ground, warming the steps of pedestrians.

The old man enjoys the warmth at the threshold and wastes his time.

Young Zhuang went out with hope for life and family responsibilities.

The women's door, meeting, laughing and going to the river to wash yesterday's clothes.

Chen Bai greeted an eldest lady and said, "Auntie, do you know a porter named Ding Qing?" ”

The eldest lady glanced at Chen Bai, who didn't look like a bad person, so she shouted to the group of women in front of her who went to wash clothes: "Keke, someone is looking for your brother." ”

The crowd didn't mean to stop.

Only one little girl stopped, but she didn't look back.

Double ponytail, only a little more than a meter tall.

One side holds a wooden basin, which is not large.

Chen Bai remembered that Ding Qing said that his sister was five years old this year, and she would be six years old when the first snow fell.

I think it's the girl in front of me.

Chen Bai tried to shout: "Coco~? ”

I saw the little girl with the wooden basin trembling on her shoulders.

It took a while before he turned around.

The little girl, with a slender body and a double ponytail with her hair tied up, still looks a little messy.

The face is very clean.

Bun face with very light eyebrows.

The eyes are very similar to Ding Qing, they are very clear.

The girl's eyes were shining with water, but the corners of her mouth were trying to keep smiling.

Tremblingly asked, "Big brother, my brother, is he dead?" ”

At this moment, Chen Bai was suddenly at a loss. I thought about many meeting scenes in my heart, and I also arranged many excuses, but I suddenly couldn't say anything.

I saw the little girl, blinking her eyes hard several times, trying to dissipate the splash in her eyes.

After a long while, Chen Bai asked, "Coco, how do you know?" ”

Hearing this, the little girl's tears could not hold back any longer, but she still did not cry. Still smiling, he said, "My brother told me that if one day someone else came to me before he came back, he would probably never come back. ”

Seeing this, Chen Bai was also very uncomfortable.

Approaching Ding Keke, he asked, "Did your brother tell you anything else?" ”

Ding Keke looked up at Chen Bai, tears slid down the sides of his cheeks, but he still didn't cry out of his voice, and replied, "My brother told me to always remember to smile." ”

Chen Bai also blinked hard to stop the tears that were about to overflow, and then he reached out and touched Ding Keke's little head and said, "Coco, come with me, I will be your brother in the future." ”

"This is also my agreement with your brother."

Ding Keke nodded.

.….….…

Chen Bai took Ding Keke and walked in the direction of the hostel.

Speechless all the way.

Chen Bai felt that it seemed that it was not appropriate to say a word more, so he could only let the child slowly get out of the "sadness" by himself.

On the way back to the hostel, Chen Bai always felt a little strange, but he couldn't find a specific reason.

At this time, Ding Keke, who only heard on the side, asked: "Big brother, why are so many people dressed up like you?" ”

Chen Bai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he reacted, and he had seen many people all the way, with short hair and flutes in their hands.

Chen Bai had already vaguely guessed what the reason was, and he couldn't laugh or cry about it.

After incorporating the bitter caryophyllum flute into his body, he smiled and said to Coco, "Look, it's different now. ”

.….….…

"Blind, what are you laughing at?"

The girl bit the steamed bun while looking at the blind man across the table and asked inarticulately.

The blind man didn't reply, he still snickered, because he couldn't perceive the flute again, which meant that Chen Bai was helping him again.

The girl frowned, swallowed the steamed bun in her mouth, and asked curiously, "Blind, what's wrong with you?" ”

The blind man didn't blame the girl this time, but "looked" at the girl and said with a smile: "Hong San'er, I found you a father-in-law." ”

"Cut!" When the girl heard this, she took a sip of soup, and then said:

"If you want to marry, you will have a daughter to marry."

The blind man "looked" at the girl as if flattering and said, "Our Hong family, we only have a girl like you, and this matter can only be cheapened by you." ”

"Cheap me?" Now the girl is interested.

If you want to say that she is the only daughter of the Hong family, she can make this powerful general say the word "cheap", it seems that this blind man is serious.

The girl's eyes rolled, and she suddenly thought of something, and said, "By the way, I'll go shopping in a while and get your flute back by the way." ”

I saw that the blind man suddenly stopped, and hurriedly said: "Don't, don't, I'll talk about it in a few days, and I'll talk about it in a few days." ”

The girl suddenly stood up at this time, pointed at the blind man and said, "Sure enough, it is the water Changdong." ”

"Blind, you've changed your mind, don't you care most about your flute?"

"What Shui Changdong?" The blind man asked suspiciously.

The girl did not answer, but continued to ask, "Tell me, blind man, what is different about him, and you have to let me marry him." ”

"If my father knew, you would have sold his daughter like this, and I would have beaten you."

The blind man didn't care, but he said slowly: "If your father knew, I'm afraid he would have taken you to propose marriage a long time ago." ”

When the girl heard this, she looked incredulous.

He sat down, leaned forward, approached the blind man, and said, "Tell me what is different about the blind man?" ”

"Could it be Shu Shanlie's illegitimate son?"

"Humph!" The blind man said contemptuously: "Shu Shanlie's illegitimate son is not worthy of you. ”

Now the girl was really stunned, and repeatedly asked the blind man, wondering who Shui Changdong was.

But the blind man always laughed and did not explain.

.….….…

Shi Oiran got up early, and it had been a long time since he had been with a guest until late at night. So the work and rest are relatively regular.

After Shi Huaren finished washing, he habitually picked up Tang Yongren's portrait and recalled the past.

When I saw Tang Yongren for the first time, I always felt that this man was very hazy, like a shadow and like a fog.

Now it feels clearer and clearer.

Just when Shi Oiran was still immersed in her memories, Sister Bustard suddenly rushed into the house and shouted out of breath: "Miss Shi, Miss Shi, so much, so much..."

The words are incomplete, but they are full of joy.

Shi Huakui put down the scroll in his hand, frowned slightly, and waited for Sister Bustard to slow down a bit, then asked, "What's wrong, sister?" ”

Sister Bustard took a few deep breaths, and then said, "There are a lot of guests, and you have to go out to meet you." ”

Shi Huakui said with a stunned face: "Is it a mistake, but this is the morning." ”

Sister Bustard, with a wave of her hand, brushed the silk silk in her hand with Shi Oiran, and then said with a smile: "It's not wrong, because of the "Breaking Away" and "Shui Changdong", everyone is clamoring to see Shi Oiran. ”

Shi Huakui was not interested in everyone's pursuit, but was a little resistant, but couldn't stand the drag of Sister Bustard and went out of the room.

Shi Oiran appeared in front of everyone.

Less shyness and youthfulness of a young girl.

There is more gentleness and grace of a thirty-year-old woman.

There hasn't been a big change in appearance.

It is still the same, willow eyebrows, cherry mouth, eyes like deep and dark, and skin like snow.

Shi Oiran ushered in the second spring of his career.