Jianmu District is the oldest urban area in Rongcheng, which was built around Jianmu thousands of years ago and has maintained its prosperity for a long time since then. Today, the thousand-year-old city has undergone countless renovations and has become unrecognizable. It's just that the cleverly designed cityscape, especially the quaint buildings and all kinds of towering trees, always gives the people who live in it a sense of superiority over history - even the buildings and plants that they regard as historical monuments may only have a history of one or two hundred years.

In this carefully whitewashed history, there are actually authentic products. In the north of Jianmu District, there is a slightly cluttered garden, in which many trees are planted that look unsightly, almost dead, and under the trees is a cheap lawn, which is neatly groomed and supple, but lacks aura due to poor varieties. In the middle of the garden, surrounded by a variety of plants, stands a slightly skewed wooden house with a simple and almost rudimentary shape.

Compared with the quaint and elegant cityscape around it, this garden and wooden house are undoubtedly unusual, and many tourists passing by here will wonder who owns this anomaly, and the city government did not remove it on the grounds of damaging the city's appearance...... Then people get an answer that they are surprised by.

This is the mansion of Han Guming, the governor of Rongcheng, which was built by the ancestors of the Han family 1,200 years ago, and was the first batch of buildings in Rongcheng. After dozens of generations of maintenance, it still retains its original silhouette. It is a rare authentic monument in this whitewashed timber area.

However, it is obvious that the Han family has rarely lived here, since Lu Zhiyao moved the capital to Youcheng five hundred years ago and entrusted the old capital to the Han family, the official residence of the Han family has been called the Governor's Palace. That large fortress that is now high above can accommodate hundreds of Han family members to live in it, which can not only maintain the prosperity of the family, but also demonstrate the supreme status of the Han family in Rongcheng. As for the old mansion, which has a history of more than 700 years, it is just a historical tablet left in place for people to admire.

However, this tradition was broken by Han Guming. As a rebel of the Han family who acquiesced in the policy of cutting the feudal domain of the Golden Deer Hall, during his decades in office, on the one hand, he gradually drove away the more and more bloated blood relatives of the Han family who were entrenched in the governor's palace; On the one hand, the Governor's Palace was reorganized, and the internal structure was greatly streamlined, and most of the living areas for luxury and pleasure were demolished. And he himself spends most of the time with his wife in his unsightly monuments......

Some people say that he is selling his reputation, some people say that he is just flattering the Golden Deer Hall, and some people say that he had a deep hatred with the family when he was young, so that as a member of the Han family, he vigorously suppressed the Han family after taking power, not only drove away his brothers and sisters, but even expelled many senior elders.

For these discussions, Han Guming himself never responded, and never cared, he was like a well-designed and polished clever puppet, always following the path designated by the Golden Deer Hall strictly, without selfishness or deviation.

Until now, until now......

Sitting at the dining table, Han Ying was distracted for a while.

Being in this ancient wooden house, all kinds of things about Han Guming's life naturally follow the history and emotions carried by the wooden house...... Like a clear spring flowing in the quiet forest, it quietly flowed into her heart.

Even after thousands of years of vicissitudes, Han Ying still couldn't help but feel embarrassed for Han Guming's life.

Then, as if hearing Han Ying's sigh in his heart, the old man across the table raised his head and asked with some concern, "Yingying, isn't the food appetizing?" ”

Han Ying smiled, shook her head and said, "No, it tastes good...... Loved it. ”

"That'll be fine." Han Guming was a little relieved and a little ashamed, "After your mother passed away, I could only use the taste of these meals to deliberate on the recipes, but I always didn't know the essentials." When she was there, I always put all the family affairs on her on the grounds that I was busy with official business, and sometimes I was complacent about my cleverness, which now seems to be really ......"

After a sigh, Han Guming changed the topic.

"Yingying, it's your birthday next month, have you thought about what gift you want?"

After a while, as if driven by the clear spring flowing in her heart, Han Ying couldn't help but smile sweetly and said, "Well, I've thought about it a long time ago, I don't want anything, as long as my father can be healthy." ”

Han Guming touched his sparse beard and said helplessly: "Heh, in your opinion, I am already an old man who needs to care about his health every day?" ”

Han Ying said angrily: "Look in the mirror yourself, if my mother sees you like this, she will definitely blame me for not taking good care of you." ”

Han Guming sighed and said, "Your mother, she...... She'll only blame me for not taking good care of you. ”

"What's wrong with me? Ah, Dad, you don't want to dislike my lack of progress in the academy, right!? I've worked so hard! ”

In the relaxed and witty daily conversation, the corners of Han Guming's eyes gradually lit up.

"I know, of course I know you're working hard...... Yingying, next month will be your twenty-second birthday......"

"Yes, I'm one step closer to the old girl, but don't be in a hurry to urge marriage like other parents, I haven't graduated from the academy yet!"

"How can I rush ...... However, if you meet someone you really like, then don't worry about it, Dad...... I will always have your back. ”

"Wow, this kind of dad who supports his daughter in this kind of thing sounds a little wrong! You, wouldn't it be because of your ninetieth birthday half a month ago, I didn't celebrate your birthday as promised, so I got angry and started saying strange things, right? Well, well, I was wrong! But I was ...... Strange, what was I going to do? ”

"Heh, it doesn't matter if I can't remember, I can make up for my birthday at any time, and at this age, it's all like that." Han Guming shook his head, and then fell into a long period of distraction and silence.

Han Ying grinned twice and began to pick up the delicate snacks on the table with chopsticks. Although he didn't show it on his face, he was secretly surprised in his heart that his father's craftsmanship was so close to his deceased mother.

Soon, taking advantage of Han Guming's unpreparedness, Han Ying ate all the soy sauce short ribs that both father and daughter liked to eat, and then looked at Han Guming with some weakness, for fear that he would let out that helpless and doting sigh.

However, things did not go according to people's wishes, and Han Guming sighed after all.

"Yingying, in fact, I have already prepared your birthday gift."

“？” Han Ying couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and after a while, she smiled and said, "But don't be a tutorial book and a workbook, like when I applied for the academy at the age of 16, ......."

Han Guming raised his head and whispered: "At the age of twenty, we are going to send her favorite shuttle, hoping that she can fly freely in the golden years of her life." ”

"At the age of twenty-one, she should be a Ning Dan in the academy and become a real person, we will give her [Huangliang Sutra] to help her inherit the mantle of the Han family."

"At the age of twenty-two, when she walks out of the academy, we must give her a sword of self-defense to help her live independently."

"At the age of twenty-three, she should have found her own way, and we will give her Beishan Stone, so that she can understand the meaning of carrying weight."

"Twenty-four years old, maybe she found someone she likes, in that case, we have to send her red silk, hoping that she can understand the truth of love."

"Twenty-five...... At the age of twenty-five, we will dress her up beautifully, more beautiful than any girl in the world, and let all the world see her in the best form, and then ......"

Speaking of this, Han Guming's emotions finally fluctuated irrepressibly.

However, compared to the hysteria of any situation, Han Guming chose an extremely restrained sigh.

"And that's why I turned out of the wilderness."

(End of chapter)