The fragrance of flowers fills the wilderness, and the grass grows and the warbler flies.

It's spring again.

The suburbs of Yangzhou, on the shore of Slender West Lake.

Crossing the Xixi Bridge and passing through Yangjia Village, the population gradually became scarce, but the surrounding scenery became extremely moving, even if it was warm and cold in early spring, it could not hide the quiet and elegant flowing water of the small bridge.

There are several mansions in Yangzhou City, Lu Yuan, which is located here.

Lu Yuan was once the residence of Lu Chuan, a scholar of Hanlin in the former dynasty, and after several rounds for hundreds of years, it fell into the hands of the old man Bai, a big salt merchant in Yangzhou.

And now, Old Man Bai's legacy has all been received by his grandson Gu Tingye, and this Lu Yuan will naturally go to Gu Tingye's name.

At this time, in the open space in the courtyard, a small Keju competition was being held.

Keju, popular in the pre-Qin period, and evolved many forms of competition, once with a strong confrontation of the double goal style, confrontation and later generations of rugby quite similar, by the advocating of brave soldiers loved.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, "if you talk about romance, you have no way to play football", Keju developed into the first national sport. From the princes and nobles, to the common people, and even the powerless literati, they were all keen on Keju.

Correspondingly, the confrontational and military nature of Keju games has gradually been replaced by competitiveness and performance, and the two-goal style has changed to the single-goal "ball-building" and goalless "white play".

Right now, what is being held in Lu Yuan is a single-goal ball building game.

On one side, there is the "Begonia Team" led by Wei Chen and participated by a group of members of the Begonia Poetry Society.

On the other side, it was the "Lu Yuan Team" led by Gu Tingye and participated by a group of domestic servants in the garden.

I saw Wei Chen's anger sinking into the dantian, holding his strength, picking up his big foot, and hitting the ball with the instep of his foot.

The brown ball crossed a graceful arc in the air and shot into the "Merry Eye" suspended three feet high in the air.

"The ball is scored, and the Begonia team scores a point!"

The referee Sheng Changbai's verdict was heard on the sidelines, and a deafening cheer suddenly sounded on the side of the Begonia team.

After the ball passed through the merry eye, it fell into the other half of the court, Gu Tingye's scholar Zhique raised his foot and caught it steadily, and the ball was gently pushed out by him as if it was stuck to his foot, and passed to his teammates without hurrying.

After two times, the ball reached Gu Tingye's feet, Gu Tingye flew up with a kick, the momentum sank, and the kick made the ball deformed, directly through the three-zhang high goal, and flew into the far end of the opponent's field before it began to fall.

"Out of bounds, out of bounds!" On the side of the Begonia team, Sheng Changfeng, Han Yuan and others shouted.

"Inside, inside!" Lu Yuan's team also made a noise.

In the end, Sheng Changbai on the sidelines danced a small flag and ended the dispute between the two sides.

"Inbounds!"

The Lu Yuan team cheered, and the Begonia team looked annoyed, but they quickly regrouped and devoted themselves to the game.

In the Begonia team, most of them are children of official families like Sheng Changfeng, who have been exposed to it since childhood, play a good game, and the overall level is higher than that of the Lu Yuan team.

However, Gu Tingye of the Lu Yuan team is the person with the highest ball skills in the field, like an eye on his feet, and he is a powerful and tricky shot at every turn, under his leadership, the Lu Yuan team can also fight with the Begonia team.

In order to win, both sides tried their best, Wei Chen just came here with a "kidnapping kick", and Gu Tingye over there returned a "upside-down golden hook", and the ball flew around and did not land for half a day.

Sheng Changbai on the sidelines was dizzying, he could still stay calm at first and judge fairly, but in the end, he himself was infected by the warm atmosphere in the field, so he simply replaced his younger brother and went into battle in person.

Unconsciously, the incense stick of the timing burned out, and Sheng Changfeng held a broken gong and knocked it randomly, signaling the end of the first half of the game.

Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai sweated down to rest, and when they looked at the scoreboard, both sides were seven points, and the battle ended in a draw.

Sheng Changfeng gave up the folding stool sideways, asked Wei Chen to sit down, and while fanning him, he handed over a clean sweat towel and asked Wei Chen to wipe the sweat all over his face.

After Wei Chen put the sweat towel on his shoulder, Sheng Changfeng took the water bladder from Yuan An's hand, pulled out the cork and handed it to Wei Chen.

Sheng Changbai stood beside him, looking at Sheng Changfeng's diligence towards Wei Chen, and shook his head helplessly: "Changfeng, you only know that there is a brother of the Wei family, but let me, the second brother, be embarrassed!" ”

"Uh, hey, hey, hey......"

When Sheng Changfeng heard this, he smiled wryly, and hurriedly ran over to wipe Sheng Changbai's sweat, carefully calming his second brother's emotions.

On the other side, Gu Tingye also got off the field, he crossed his hands on his hips, panting, and stared at Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai with murderous eyes: "Xingyun, Zecheng, there are no brothers on the court, be careful, I won't let you in the second half!" ”

"I'm afraid of flashing my tongue when I say big things!" Wei Chen's eyes were blazing, and he did not show weakness.

Sheng Changbai smiled: "Zhong Huai, you are still worried about yourself!" ”

Gu Tingye raised his eyebrows: "Don't talk nonsense, see you on the field!" ”

After the break, another gong sounded, and the second half began.

Wei Chen moved his hands and feet, and was about to play again, when he suddenly saw a small guy on the sidelines running over in a hurry.

Wei Chen recognized that this was the errand boy in Qinyun Courtyard, his heart moved, and he hurriedly stopped him and asked, "What's the matter, what's going on in the courtyard?" ”

The little guy rushed all the way, panting out of breath, holding his knees, and finally straightened out his breath: "Young Master Cousin, little lady, little lady, her amniotic water is broken, I'm afraid I'm going to give birth!" ”

……

Qinyun Courtyard, in the main room, Wei Shuyi was lying on the bed, holding the futon tightly with one hand, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain.

On the side of the bed, Minglan saw her mother in such pain, she was anxious but had nothing to do, so she could only ask for help from Mother Zhao, a stable woman on the side, with tears in her eyes.

The day of Wei Shuyi's birth was much earlier than Zhao's mother's previous estimate, and Zhao's mother's face was also quite dignified at this time.

However, Zhao's mother has encountered countless situations that are more dangerous than this, and she has always remained calm in the face of danger.

Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while.

Mother Zhao knew very well in her heart that Wei Chen and Wei Shuyi had been eating and drinking well in Qinyun Courtyard for so long, just for today, right now, she was the backbone of everyone in Qinyun Courtyard, and she must not panic.

"Fluttershy, go to the kitchen, let Mrs. Zhang boil the water for later, and remember, make sure to boil a few more pots!"

"Banxia girl, you take two people, stay in the house with the old body, and take care of the little lady."

"Miss Bai Zhi, it's enough for me and Miss Banxia to have an old body in this house, you take the rest of the people to guard the hospital door, don't let others in!"

Hearing this, Fluttershy, Bai Zhi, and Banxia all looked at Wei Shu on the bed, and Wei Shu nodded with difficulty: "Listen to Mother Zhao's ......"

"Yes!"

The three highest-ranking first-class female envoys in the courtyard answered themselves, and then hurriedly moved according to Zhao's mother's instructions, beating the hands of the hands, guarding the door, and boiling water.

Minglan also let Wei Shuyi drive out of the back room, Wei Shuyi didn't need her daughter's company, she just didn't want her daughter to see her painful appearance, so she was sad and sad.

Minglan was locked outside the house, and when she heard her mother's low cry of pain from time to time in the house, she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and from time to time she looked into the house through the window, her eyes full of worry about her mother.

"Xiao Tao, has the person who went to inform my cousin come back?"

"It should be soon......