Tucked away in a private flower hall in the middle of the garden.

There was a family gathering with an awkward atmosphere.

"Why didn't Brother speak?"

Su Bao'er looked at the Su family eldest named Su Fu and asked directly.

Su Fu was silent for a while, just shook his head.

Su Xian, who was sitting on the main seat, had just put down the scroll in his hand, then picked it up and opened it again, looking down.

The old man of the Su family couldn't put it down, and said with emotion to his wife and daughter's eldest son:

"Ouyang Lianghan's article, the text is orderly, easy to understand, but it is not bland, but there is an undoubted momentum of grabbing, which is completely different from the gorgeous style of the current corporal Lin's popular prose, standing out from the crowd."

He stroked his beard: "Every time I read it, it is like drinking cold ice in summer and boiling rice wine in winter, which is refreshing and dripping, and the whole body is transparent." ”

Su Bao'er turned around and commented:

"Of course, the momentum is overwhelming, the whole article is rigorous, reasonable, and well-founded, like a galloping horse, in one go, the author of this article must be a person who is extremely confident in his own knowledge, otherwise he will not be able to pour this momentum."

Su Xian nodded in a deep voice: "Good, looking at literature is like watching people, although I haven't seen him before, but today I know the truth of Lianghan." ”

Wei Mei withdrew his gaze from the handwriting of the dragon, and said:

"Therefore, there is no noble or low, no long and no less, the Tao exists, and the teacher exists...... The concubine likes this sentence. ”

After a pause, she turned her head to Su Xian and said:

"If you can be hired as a teacher in Juxian Garden, be a guest of Dalang's house, and give advice, it is naturally excellent, a good teacher and a friend, and just a person of the same age, full of vitality.

"It's much better than letting Da Lang face an octogenarian old man all day long, the atmosphere is gloomy, the concubine mentioned it to you before, but it has been delayed until now......"

"Auntie ......" Hearing Auntie's comment on the teacher who was still on the sickbed, Su Dalang couldn't help but cry.

Wei Mei ignored it, just slanted at Su Xian.

The latter scoffed.

Seeing that the words of his parents and Ah Mei paused, Su Fu hesitated and interjected:

"But Lianghan said that it was given to me by a certain senior when he was studying in the past, and he said that he only polished it a little and gave it to me......"

Su Fu was halfway through speaking, and the words stopped, only to see Su Bao'er, Su Xian, and Wei Mei in front of him all have strange eyes, and they cast a smile at him who seemed to be innocent.

"Okay......"

Su Fu shut up, and also felt that it should be Brother Lianghan's humble words, which seemed to be obvious to fools.

Then.

Su Bao'er suddenly asked:

"Brother doesn't want Ouyang Lianghan to know about us, and you don't want him to be your staff?"

The atmosphere was suddenly quiet.

Su Fu wanted to speak and stopped.

Su Xian asked kindly:

"Does Da Lang think Ouyang Lianghan is inappropriate? Or is it ...... There are other different opinions, you can talk to us. ”

Su Fu bowed his head and said:

"Brother Lianghan is a very good friend...... I don't want to hurt him.

"Even if he doesn't gamble, with his ability, he has a bright future, so why bother to get on our small boat that may capsize at any time, and the day is precarious......

"I'm already very guilty about the teachers...... If you let Brother Lianghan ...... again"

Su Fu paused in his words and shook his head alone.

"Da Lang!" Wei Mei frowned and shouted, "Think about it, you say such frustrating words, are you worthy of the ancestors and ancestors." ”

Su Xian's face was pale, and he sighed lightly, without criticism.

Su Bao'er was silent, under the blue skirt, the sole of her foot wearing pink embroidered shoes arched, silently hooking the foot of the empty embroidery stool, she shook the embroidery stool gently, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Su Fu plucked up his courage and said:

"Mother, sister, think about it, why is Miss Xie so close to Brother Lianghan, she didn't find out about our family's affairs to her, and she didn't pull Brother Lianghan in?

"I think that says a lot...... Miss Xie also felt that doing this might not be a good thing for Brother Lianghan. ”

Su Xian, Wei Mei and Su Bao'er couldn't help but look at the generous and benevolent young man in front of them, and listened silently.

For a time there was no representation.

The atmosphere was not silent for long.

Su Bao'er nodded lightly at Su Fu, she had no choice, and said in a tone that she didn't care too much:

"Okay then."

In fact, she also thinks that this is just the icing on the cake, and it is just a superfluous move.

At the moment, Su Bao'er's main focus is on the affairs of Donglin Temple.

In the flower hall, the plum blossom makeup girl with a rather indifferent look on her handsome face withdrew her calf, put down the embroidery stool, and stood up.

Before turning away, drop a sentence:

"Since Brother has made a decision, then listen to Brother A, it's good, Brother now has his own opinions."

Seeing that the most critical sister also expressed her position, Su Fu breathed a sigh of relief.

Sometimes in this family, Ah Mei speaks more effectively than Ah Father and Mom.

Su Fu thought about it for a while, and said to the back of Su Bao'er leaving:

"But I will try to invite Brother Xia Lianghan to come to the mansion to participate in your birthday banquet for Ah Mei, Ah Mei's birthday, it's good to be lively."

"Whatever you want."

Su Bao'er waved her hand, her tone was a little indifferent, and her figure disappeared at the door of the flower hall.

……

The next day, in the evening.

The day's heavy rain seemed to be coming to an end, and there was only a faint rain in the night.

Ouyang Rong put down the oil-paper umbrella outside the courtyard, the umbrella pointed against the wall, shook it left and right, the umbrella leaned against the wall, and stepped into the door.

He brought a little more fruit and came to "visit" Mr. Yuan, but he still did not enter the back room and stopped in the front hall.

"Brother Lianghan, you're here!"

After feeding the medicine, Su Fu hurriedly came to the front hall to greet him, and wiped his hands on the hem of his clothes.

"Whoa."

Ouyang Rong sat at the table, his eyes fixed on the light rain outside the door, chewing something with his cheeks, and handed the basket to Su Fu casually, who took it and looked at it:

"It's ......"

Ouyang Rong spit out the grape skin, scooped it up, and nodded lightly:

"The fruits planted in Merlot Park have been exhausted by me and Wei Lai, there are only some grapes left, and now they are gone, all in the basket, you get some for your teacher, and I will send the rest to my sister later, she also likes to eat grapes......"

Ouyang Rong seemed to be chatting about family life, muttering.

Su Dalang took the basket and couldn't help but glance at Ouyang Rong's side face who was looking at the rain scene outside the door.

He pursed his lips and said:

"The teacher is actually almost fine, but ...... Brother Lianghan really didn't go in and take a look? You come every day. ”

Ouyang Rong shook his head:

"No, I'm afraid I'll faint again, I recently went back and thought about it, there was actually nothing to make noise about last time......" After a pause, he couldn't help muttering: "It may be the germination of the old state, it's all because I quarreled and knocked on the keyboard too much before......"

When it came to the last few words in the latter sentence, Ouyang Rong's voice became smaller and smaller, and Su Fu didn't hear it clearly for a while:

"Ah, what did Brother Lianghan say? What knocks too much? ”

"It's fine." Ouyang Rong propped up the table with his left elbow, took the grape skin with his right hand, and turned his head to smile.

And in the back room, an old man on the couch who closed his eyes tightly but pricked up his ears to listen heard the faint words coming from the front, and he couldn't help but blush, and his nose seemed to "hum" lightly.

In the front hall, Su Dalang sat down with Ouyang Rong, turned his head and asked:

"What has Brother Lianghan been busy with lately? Or are you staring at the Liu family? ”

When Ouyang Rong heard this, his face became a little more serious, and he shook his head and said:

"The case left by Liu Ziwen is staring at the little junior sister, and so is the Liu family. I've been tracking the water level of Yunmengze upstream for the past few days, and the situation recorded is a little bad. ”

"Oh? What do you mean? ”

Ouyang Rong rubbed his face, pointed in the direction of the upper reaches of Butterfly Creek, and said in a slightly tired tone:

"The last wave of water in this rainy season is larger and more serious than expected, and the water level of the water monument built along the Digong Gate has reached near the danger line.

"Except for the last time when it was sunny on the day of the holiday, the rain has not stopped, and the big and small ones have been continuous...... This is not a good sign. ”

Ouyang Rong sighed.

"I'll have to go to Di Gongzha again tomorrow."

He couldn't help but rub his face and mutter:

"That's the last threshold, you won't give me a big 'surprise', if so, it's too bloody."

Su Fu looked at the young county magistrate in front of him who muttered something he couldn't hear clearly, and laughed a little.

This Su family elder encouraged:

"It's okay, Brother Lianghan, you have done your best, the matter is man-made, if I am God, seeing Brother Lianghan working so hard to control the water, and the people of Longcheng are so united under the leadership of Brother Lianghan, how can I not bear to destroy it again."

Ouyang Rong nodded and glanced at Su Fu, who was very comforting.

Still, he stared back at the sparse rain outside, and muttered:

"Rising water...... Rising water...... Is the water still rising...... In addition to the two water conservancy projects of Digong Gate and Folding Wing Canal, I really have to collect some extra big boats, so I really can't go to Jiangzhou City to borrow them.

"By the way, you have to notify the people of the county to warn, the suggestion that Ahsan mentioned before is good, you have to find a place on high ground to build a shelter in advance, if the terrain is high, such as the Dagu Donglin Temple, it is not bad......"

Seeing that Ouyang Rong's face was distracted, and he was muttering something he didn't understand, Su Fu didn't bother or ask.

After a while, Su Fu seemed to see his friend next to him take a long breath, and he should have come back to his senses.

He laughed and spoke:

"By the way, there is something I forgot to tell Brother Lianghan, in a few days it will be my sister's birthday, Brother Lianghan can have time, come to the house for a meal, everyone get together and have a good time?"

"Uh......" Ouyang Rong pouted slightly, glanced at Su Fu, and then looked out of the door.

"Lianghan, what's wrong? But what's wrong? Su Fu looked at Ouyang Rong's somewhat strange expression and asked.

"It's fine."

Ouyang Rong shook his head.

In fact, the little junior sister also mentioned this matter to him two days ago, and he often came to Sufu these days, so he could naturally see those Sufu maids who were putting up lights.

It's just that when the little junior sister invited him before, Ouyang Rong didn't say much, after all, it was just the birthday of the little junior sister's best friend, and he was a little far away, so there was no need to go over to join in the fun.

But right now, it was Su Dalang who personally invited him, this is the identity of the elder brother, and the weight is naturally different.

Seeing Ouyang Rong's face hesitant.

Su Fu waved his hand and shook his head indifferently:

"It's okay, forget it if you don't have time, I'm just asking, the county government's business is more important, and Brother Lianghan doesn't need to blame himself if he can't go."

"It's not all ......" Ouyang Rong shook his head and asked in a low voice: "That, can you ask, is there a lot of people at your sister's birthday banquet?" ”

Su Fu thought for a while and nodded: "When the time comes...... Probably quite a lot. ”

Ouyang Rong nodded, his face unsurprised.

After all, he had also heard from the little sister that the status of this little sister of the Su family in the Su family was not ordinary, and it was normal for the old man Su to spoil his daughter.

Ouyang Rong suddenly lost all interest in going to join in the fun.

One is that Ouyang Rong doesn't like to eat this kind of banquet very much, in case he can't sit at the child's table, wouldn't he have to push the cup and change the cup throughout the whole process, and the wine will be saluted?

The second is that last time, I walked the Merlin Trail and strayed into the downstairs of the Su family's little sister's boudoir, and now I think about it, it seems a little embarrassing.

The third is that after all, he is a county parent official, in addition to personal relationships, he has to treat all the people of Longcheng equally, even if the Su Mansion is because of Da Lang and Xiao Junior, no matter how good the friendship is, no matter how much favor, he has to avoid suspicion.

Ouyang Rong shook his head.

In addition to this, there is actually a small factor.

Yesterday, after sending fruit to say goodbye to Su Dalang, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong with this Su Mansion, and the origin didn't seem to be simple......

He is a man who wants to return to his hometown, and it is wise to mix less.

This is also the reason why Ouyang Rong goes out early and returns late these days, and the three points and one line of life in Merlot Garden, County Ya, and Di Gongzha are regular.

Now he was afraid that if something happened and he was forced to get involved in other things, the bond with this world would deepen again.

In this regard, Ouyang Rong even restrained his impulse to "divide the land" and rectify the Juntian system in Longcheng County after "fighting local tyrants" to dismember the Liu family a few days ago, and did not meddle in things.

At the moment, Ouyang Rong's eyes were only focused on water control, and he only wanted to deal with possible floods.

He had already collected all the 10,000 merits that had been exchanged for the great blessings of the Pure Land Palace, and there was even a surplus.

So now he only has the obsession of disaster relief and flood control when he went down the mountain to take up the post of county magistrate.

For the fetters, the fetters that exist at the moment, can deal with a little bit is a little bit.

As for the new bonds, don't come.

Su Fu turned his head and asked, "So, Lianghan still doesn't want to come?" ”

Ouyang Rong, who was like a sage and had been drained of his mental strength, hesitated slightly:

"I don't want to come ......"

Actually, I just don't want to come.

He tactfully suggested:

"That's it, it depends on the situation when the time comes, if you have time, you must go to the banquet, but if the county government has heavy business, or there are other unexpected things, you really can't get away, then please ask Da Lang and Ling Mei to forgive their sins, how about it?"

After listening to Ouyang Rong's long list of sincere words, Su Fu looked at the sincere face of his friend in front of him, and he was a little dumbfounded for a while.

Su Dalang actually wanted to say that Brother Lianghan doesn't need to be so gentle and round, even if Lianghan you can't come, Ah Mei won't care.

Ah Mei thinks about it all day long, what is she thinking, sometimes even their family members can't guess, it is estimated that even the birthday banquet that is extremely heavy in the eyes of outsiders is only as light as a feather in her eyes.

However, these big truths are naturally inconvenient to tell to friends.

Regarding Ouyang Rong's proposal, Su Fu had no choice, and nodded directly: "No problem." ”

Immediately, the two chatted for a while, and the young county magistrate took the grapes and got up to say goodbye.

Before stepping out of the door, Ouyang Rong suddenly paused, put down his hand holding the umbrella for the time being, and looked back with a smile:

"Even if you can't come, you can't be less, but Dalang, you know me, there is only one white-haired maid left in the house, and she is very good at eating...... In this way, if you don't have anything at home, how about giving a gift? ”

Su Fu was stunned, and then quipped: "Let Brother Wei guess...... Well, this endowment was also given to you by a senior when you were studying? Just a gift? ”

"Da Lang will rush to answer ......"

Ouyang Rong smiled embarrassedly, "A long time ago, I occasionally heard people mention some of Ling Mei's hobbies, this fu, Ling Mei may like ......"

Su Fu didn't care too much, and nodded with a smile:

"That's okay, I'll take it on behalf of my sister, and I'll bother Brother Lianghan."

(End of chapter)