The next day, when it was time to go to the old ancestral hall in Zhetho Town to worship the ancestors, the sky was just white, and the Jiang family's carriage stopped outside the house early.

No one came to the second room, but the couple from the third room came, and Jiang Partridge and Wu said that they wanted to go together. Although the two families have not been in contact for many years, the Jiang family still has to maintain the relationship on the surface.

Mrs. Shen didn't like the Jiang family, she hated the Jiang family when she was young, and even swore that she would never have anything to do with the Jiang family again in this life, but as she got older, her heart softened.

Three years ago, the second room Yue was seriously ill and came to the capital to seek medical treatment, and Mrs. Shen finally relented and went to visit once, and Jiang Lanshu, who looked at Yue's side that time, was lonely and helpless.

Now the three-room couple are waiting outside the house early in the morning, and Mrs. Shen is heart is hard and ruthless but she doesn't lose face for them, so let them go back to the house and don't follow.

Ye Lingwu went out of the house with the food box used on the road, and the sound of roaring horse reins suddenly sounded outside, and with the sound of a wooden wheel rolling, he saw a boxy carriage covered with red brocade parked in front of the old Shen house.

Two brandmen with banners jumped out of the car and stood on both sides, followed by a middle-aged man with a long and tall body slowly got out of the carriage.

It's the same adult I saw in the house yesterday.

Sun Kunqian first saluted Mrs. Shen, and then greeted the Jiang family and his wife, describing him as extremely gentle and humble, different from the big and small officials Ye Lingwu had seen in Yuzhou, and even the ones in the capital were different, and there was no arrogance.

She retracted her gaze and said, "Old lady, everything is ready, we can go." ”

Sun Kunqian was stunned, listening to this voice always felt familiar.

Then everyone looked back in unison.

Just as he was about to see which female envoy was speaking, Ye Lingwu appeared in front of him.

The girl's apricot eyes are like a bright moonlight, and the streamer in her eyes is obviously the first time she has met, but through those eyes, he seems to have seen an old man he hasn't seen for a long time.

"Grandmother, look at this horse that my neighbor lent me!!" A shout interrupted the gaze.

Shen Pan'er rode a horse slowly, and on horseback she excitedly raised her horsewhip at everyone, not at all like the daughter of the Hou Mansion in the capital, like a carefree peasant girl in the side.

Old Lady Shen smiled and began to criticize again. Ye Lingwu looked at it from the side but was very envious, she also wanted to ride a horse, like Shen Paner.

The carriage slowly drove towards the outside of the city of Guilty Moon, and the soldiers guarding the city gate saw that Lord Zhizhou's vehicle was also there, and let it go after a short time.

Ye Lingwu leaned on the carriage window, lifted the curtain with one hand and propped his cheek with the other and looked out - the water town is worthy of its name, the avenue is flanked by endless rice fields, and the grange is smoking, it is a beautiful morning.

The little people on the grange are either burning the wasteland, or plowing the land, or applying fertilizer; From time to time, there are melodious peasant songs in the field, regardless of who started first, and most of the people who hear it will laugh and say the last two sentences, leisurely and leisurely.

Just as he was looking at it, a touch of red clothes rode into sight.

"My cousin seems to like this place very much, and you haven't even blinked your eyes after looking at you for a long time." Shen Ci said leisurely.

Ye Lingwu straightened his back and said happily: "I like it, there is a strong atmosphere of life here, and the farmers on the grange are resting at sunrise, and such days are very beautiful to look at." ”

Shen Ci said: "The day rises and the night is numb, the children of the village are in charge of their own families, if you can live such a day with your beloved girl, it is called beautiful." ”

Ye Lingwu paused and said, "That's a pity, how can the second son of the Ningbei Hou Mansion live such a life, but he can in his dreams." ”

"It's impossible, it's fun to experience life."

"......" is irrelevant, and it cannot be refuted.

Suddenly, the sound of the flute floated slowly, the tune was light and comfortable, the spring flowers bloomed, and the warbler flew and the grass grew.

Ye Lingwu looked along the source of the sound, and saw half of the raised arm exposed on the window of the carriage in front of her, the color of the sleeves knew Shen Yue'er at a glance, she liked to wear blue on weekdays, and her arms sometimes raised slightly and sometimes fell slightly with the music, although she didn't watch Shen Yue'er play the flute, but Ye Lingwu already had the appearance of her being drunk with the flute in her mind.

- That's good.

"The girl is also the daughter of the Hou Mansion of Ningbei?"

Ye Lingwu was resting in front of the car window, who knew that a voice suddenly came from her ears, she hurriedly opened her eyes and looked, Sun Kunqian didn't know when he got out of the carriage and rode slowly to her window. Shen Ci didn't know where he went.

He looked not young, and there were no traces of maintenance on his face, but his face was full of wind and frost, but his eyebrows were clear, and the fine wrinkles on his face only added a little more maturity.

Ye Lingwu replied slowly: "It's not a daughter, I'm a girl raised under Mrs. Shen's knees, my name is Ye Lingwu." ”

Sun Kunqian smiled faintly and said, "Miss Lingwu, I just looked at you and seemed to be very envious of the third girl riding a horse, why don't you ride?" ”

Adults have good eyesight, and this can be observed. Ye Lingwu said calmly: "I don't have a horse, let's talk about it...... It's also good to take a carriage. "Except it's too bumpy.

Sun Kunqian seemed to see through Ye Lingwu's thoughts, and said: "Riding a horse is more free, if Miss Lingwu doesn't dislike it, I will give you a horse after the return month, and you don't have to sit in the carriage for a long time when you return to Beijing." ”

"Really?" Ye Lingwu's dull eyes lit up.

Sun Kunqian nodded.

As the saying goes: You can't easily accept things from strangers, but the person in front of you is guilty of Yue Zhizhou, and since he is a parent official, it should be difficult to chase after him, and there is no bad purpose, after all, Ye Lingwu thinks that there is nothing on his body that can make Lord Zhizhou desirable.

So—don't be in vain!!!

The town is the farthest town from the city of the moon, and it is also the ancestral home of the old lady Shen, the town is surrounded by mountains on three sides and established along the stream, the streets and bridges depend on each other, the road and the river are one, overlooking this old town, three mountains surround it, it is like a baby in the swaddling clothes of nature.

The houses of the old town are like white walls, the bottom of which is covered with moss, the gravel road on the ground is uneven, the carriage is bumpy, and the hanging lamps on the carriage draw circles in the air.

The sun is getting higher, the original secluded and secluded narrow street has been full of the smell of people, there are wonton stalls at the corner of the street, there are pancake stalls on the side of the street, walk a few steps more, there are sugar shops, fruit shops, cloth shops......

The ancestral hall of the ancestral house is at the end of the town, the courtyard gate is pressing, and there are faded couplets on both sides, and there are many potholes on the wooden door, which have been broken by wind and frost.

Everyone got out of the carriage, Mama Xuan took the key and stepped forward to open the door, there was no one living in it for a long time, and the courtyard was still not much changed except for being covered with dead branches and leaves.

Ye Lingwu landed on his feet, looked back at the long alley when he came back and forth, and couldn't help but sigh about time, the white wall climbed on the moss, and the alley of the water town was ancient with vicissitudes, soaked in smoke and rain, poetic, distant and familiar

Everyone surrounded the old lady Shen and walked along the old corridor. The corridor is crooked, deep and narrow, and the stone slabs are clean, but there are also a lot of wild grasses poking their heads in the corners of the walls.

Wu said: "Although this mansion has been deserted for decades, I will send people to clean it every three months, except for the courtyard with more dead branches and leaves, those furnishings are still intact. ”

Old Mrs. Shen nodded, and said in a deep voice: "You have a heart, we have been negligent all these years, and I have a lot of insights when I come back today." ”

This mansion is small and dilapidated, and the juniors of the Shen family have been in the capital since they were born, and they really can't share the "feelings" that Mrs. Shen said.

I got up too early in the morning, and the carriage was bumpy again, except for Shen Pan'er, the faces of the other girls were all blue, especially Shen Yue'er, whose faces were blue and almost fainted in the next second.

Shen Ci looked safe, and Jiao'er Lang was at the end.

The front yard lobby came over the ancestral hall where the tablet was enshrined in the past, and the old lady Shen looked quietly inside, her eyes seemed to be floating with waves, and she lowered her eyes for a while and said: "My heart is always empty in the face of an empty house." ”

The crowd was silent.

(End of chapter)