In the afternoon, the sun was shining, Shen Chongwen and Zhao asked a few little people to set up a cool tent by the Houlin Creek, and led the juniors in the family to go fishing.

Because of the presence of the elders, Shen Paner and Cheng Guyuan stopped a lot, just sat on the shore and fished obediently, and several times they wanted to go down to catch fish, but Shen Chongwen stopped drinking.

Shen Ci sat under the tree, leaning on the trunk of the tree, bending one leg, and the fishing rod on the side was left unattended after the water was lowered, until Ye Lingwu, who had finished serving Mrs. Shen's lunch break, did he move.

Shen Paner was the most enthusiastic, and when she saw someone coming, she hurriedly beckoned to go fishing, but Ye Lingwu knew the rules, so she went to the tent to meet the couple in the second room first.

There is a large round table in the tent, more than a dozen jade plates are filled with all kinds of fresh fruit snacks, and there are female envoys making tea beside them.

I saw Shen Chongwen sitting at the top of the middle, and asked with a smile: "Can you live in Dusk Cangzhai these days?" Is there any dissatisfaction on the old lady's side? ”

Ye Lingwu replied: "I'm used to living, the twilight cangzhai is surrounded by towering trees, and there is no heat at noon, the old lady likes it." ”

Shen Chongwen nodded, raised his hand and said, "It's good to get used to it, you can also go fishing with you, the stream is also cool." ”

Ye Lingwu answered and led Rongxiu to the stream.

The little young man's heart is the most unhidden, especially Shen Ci, although he is far away from Ye Lingwu, but his eyes fall on her intentionally or unintentionally, sometimes his eyes are on her, and he will be like a little mole burying his head and snickering, and he doesn't know what to laugh at, After a while, he took Wutong to find an excuse to get closer.

In the tent, Zhao was wearing a dark purple cloud brocade coat, holding a bowl of mung bean soup in his hand, and Shen Chongwen on the side had already drunk two bowls, but she looked at the stream and didn't move.

Shen Chongwen frowned when he saw her, put down the bowl and said, "What's wrong with Madam, thinking about things?" ”

Zhao's eyes only stared at the stream and did not move, and sighed: "Second master, do you feel that kid Jingyan...... It seems that the girl is very close? ”

Shen Chongwen raised his eyebrows, looked over there, and sure enough, he saw Shen Ci and Ye Lingwu talking, both of them had smiles on their faces, seeing this, he smiled and said: "Jing Yan is almost eighteen years old, and it's not bad to have a person in the house who knows cold and hot, it's quite appropriate for me to look at Ling Ya." ”

"What's appropriate," Zhao Shi exhaled, "Don't think I don't know your mind, you just forgot about her fight with the little county lord, Ling girl is very good, but according to her temper and the old lady's temperament, do you think Ling girl will be willing to be a concubine?" Besides...... Ling girl doesn't necessarily like Jing Yan's splashing skin. ”

The latter words Zhao Shi changed the conversation and didn't continue, but she was clear in her heart, Ye Lingwu's mother and Shen Lao Houye's things, if she thought wrong, it would be fine, if she didn't think wrong, it would be a big scandal for blood relatives to intermarry.

"Mrs. said the same, if you don't want to be a concubine, you can marry into the door, I see that the girl is still good, I mean that except for fighting with the small county master, she is a decent child at other times." Shen Chongwen's face changed a few times, and he saw that his wife's face was ugly, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

"That's not good, I look at the little daughter of the Cheng family is good, my father is a first-class general, my mother and I are classmates, and she is the daughter of a monk who falls into the Qing Dynasty in Nanchang Mountain, her family background and knowledge, that's all good, what does the second master think?"

Shen Chongwen pouted and didn't say anything, picked up a bowl of mung bean soup and took another sip, and muttered in a low voice: "Madame has decided on everything in her heart, and she asked me what I did." ”

After that, he cleared his throat and raised his voice: "But according to the husband, it's useless whether the lady likes it or not, Jingyan's child has been disobedient to discipline since he was a child, and he never obediently listens to us, who to marry depends on his will, and it is useless to force it." ”

Zhao stared at Shen Chongwen quietly, and he made a mistake in his heart, so he said: "Jingyan's stinky boy's temper doesn't know who to follow, the soft doesn't eat the hard one, it doesn't have to cause people a headache, I will take care of his family affairs, and so does the second master." ”

Shen Chongwen was silent. In the past, he still wanted to take care of it, but he couldn't stand Shen Ci's mouth, and now he just wanted to be happy.

As the sun sank, the tents were removed.

Ye Lingwu and Cheng Guyuan returned to the twilight together.

The two of them were silent along the way, Ye Lingwu looked at the person beside her several times, and saw that she was preoccupied, so she couldn't help but ask, "So Sister Kite has something to say?" ”

Cheng Guyuan didn't beat around the bush, and simply said: "Just now in Houlin, I see that Jing Yan and Sister Ling Wu have a close relationship, not like the play between ordinary brothers and sisters, he ...... Like you? ”

Ye Lingwu was stunned, but she sighed and said softly: "I have known Jingyan since I was three years old, when I was born, my father wished that I was a son who could lead the army with him, but my father had a thin relationship, my father could only teach me to a boy, when I first saw Jingyan, I thought he was a girl, and I couldn't help but want to get closer to him, he was a person since he was a child, and he knew every day that he was fighting with the children of the official family, and I also had a good relationship with him at that time, after all, it was with him' Born and died', and then I was going to go to the border with my father, and my mother asked me to say goodbye to Jingyan, and I wore the best clothes at that time, but he saw me like a thunderbolt, and ran away without even saying a word. ”

She couldn't help laughing when she said it, Ye Lingwu also laughed, but she also felt a little pity in her heart, and then felt that she was very similar to her experience, she had met unforgettable people when she was young, and said goodbye in a hurry, and it was many years in a blink of an eye.

"I haven't seen each other for eight years, I thought that things would be wrong," Cheng Guyuan's voice was rarely interrupted for a while, and only then did he continue, "I have always had a person in my heart all these years, and I went back to Beijing with my father and mother for the sake of family affairs, the teaching of the military general's family, and the purpose is clear, so I have to do my best to implement it, and I don't plan to go back alone when I return to Beijing this time." ”

Ye Lingwu looked up at the woman in front of him.

The eyebrows are not dotted, the back is as straight as a pine, and the skirt on her body has a unique style on her, like a female general, and only she should be able to speak clearly.

Such a woman, these words made Ye Lingwu suddenly feel that everything she said was a little pale, she never seemed to have made a firm choice, even after Shen Ci expressed her intentions, her heart was swaying again and again.

The atmosphere froze, and at this moment, a female voice interrupted.

"Girl!"

Ye Lingwu slowly raised his eyes, saw Rongxiu coming in a panic, frowned and said, "Sister Rongxiu, what's wrong?" ”

Rong Xiu wanted to speak and stopped, glanced at Cheng Guyuan and the little female envoy behind her, stepped forward and knelt down in Ye Lingwu and said a lot of words.

"What?!"

Ye Lingwu's face changed greatly, and after hurriedly bowing to Cheng Guyu, he hurried back to Dusk Cangzhai.

There were several female envoys outside the main house, and even Tanchun was guarding the door with a calm face, she saw that Ye Lingwu was about to enter the house, so she hurriedly stopped her, pulled her aside and said, "What are you going in now?" Don't blame me for not reminding you, the old lady is on fire, why go in and set herself on fire. ”

Ye Lingwu said: "Sister Tanchun doesn't want to set herself on fire, it doesn't mean that others can sit idly by." ”

As he spoke, he crossed the spring and went to the main house.

Before entering the house, he already felt the silence in the main room, Ye Lingwu lifted the curtain and went in, through the screen, and went straight into the room.

Through the bead curtain, I saw Mrs. Shen leaning on the Hu bed, holding her forehead with one hand, closing her eyes and panting, but her cheekbones were flushed with abnormal redness, showing that she had just lost her temper.

After only a few hours of not seeing her, Old Lady Shen's wrinkled face became haggard and ugly, and a lot of gray hair suddenly grew on her sideburns.

Mama Xuan on the side was also as heavy as water, and brought a bowl of hot soup to Mrs. Shen, saying, "Old lady, let's drink the soup first." ”

"Take it away, don't drink it!"

Old Madam Shen raised her hand and swept the bowl out directly.

'Bang'!

Ye Lingwu was so frightened by the sound of the broken vessel that he shrunk his shoulders, seeing that the situation was not right, he hurriedly opened the bead curtain, stepped forward lightly and blessed his body, and said: "Why does the old lady have such a big temper, the doctor just told you not to be angry a few days ago, and you have to take care of it." ”

(End of chapter)