"In fact, there are still interesting things in this state capital, but unlike in a small place in the countryside, everything you do pays attention to a reputation, plus there are so many people who are admitted to the family at home, and there will definitely be more people who notice us in the future, not as free as before, so I think it is more convenient to dress up as a man and go out to talk about life and play, and it will not attract criticism, so let Shen Hong and them be discussed, if you want to go out, you will go out together in men's clothes."

Lin Piao looked at them, if they felt that fame and marriage were more important, Lin Piao would not force them, and would arrange a more secure path for them.

When Xiaoyue and Juan'er heard this, they were very happy: "Can we go out together?" ”

They stayed in the Shen Mansion, and they knew the hardships of everyone's young ladies, and they were now treated like half a young lady in the family, but they couldn't go out easily, and it was not easy for people to see and cause criticism, and the rules were very heavy, and now when they heard that they could go out to play, they immediately became excited.

As soon as they put on their clothes, they barely managed to draw their eyebrows, eyes, and bones, and they planned to go out in the afternoon.

They went to see all kinds of snacks, ate from the street to the end of the street, went to taste tea, went to eat snacks, ran around the street and laughed, no one cared about them, and when they were hungry halfway, they went to Tongxi Building to have a meal, and when the three of them ran into the back kitchen, they scared the second aunt and Uncle Qiu.

The little rascal who came from in his heart looked at them three and was angry and funny: "What are you doing here!" ”

"Now that we live in the Shen Mansion, we should have a little appearance, so as not to make others talk about it, so we just pretend to be men and come out to play." Lin Piao's answer was straightforward, but the second aunt and Uncle Qiu felt that they were naïve and pitying, and felt that they must have been suffocated in the Shen Mansion, so they put a few good dishes on them and told them to eat them on a small table in the backyard.

After eating, the three of them put away the dishes and chopsticks into the large basin of cleaning, wiped their hands with a clean handkerchief on the side, said goodbye to the second aunt and Uncle Qiu, and continued to see the places they had never been.

All the way down the moat to the water's edge, the three of them saw a boat on the boat, and they all looked at it intently.

"Brother Piao, the painting boat is so beautiful."

Lin Piao held one in one hand: "Eldest brother and second brother, are you going to sit?" ”

"But it's expensive."

"We've got money." Lin Piao shook his head and signaled: "Let's go." ”

Lin Piao went up to inquire about how much it cost to rent a painting boat, but the boatman ruthlessly told him that the painting boats here were all owned by the owners and could not be rented at all.

"Well, that's the only one you can rent." The boatman gestured into the distance.

The three of them looked over and saw a few more boats in the distance, which could be called a flat boat, which others might think was quite elegant, but Lin Piao, who had been robbed by water bandits and escaped in a small boat, did not want to take this kind of insecure boat at all.

Juan'er and Satsuki were also disappointed, they had also been on a big boat, and when they saw such a small boat, they also felt that it was a little lacking.

They didn't have much chance to get on the boat to play, and after looking at the scenery on the shore, they planned to retreat.

I didn't play it, but it's good to take a look.

When Xiaoyue left, she said: "It's cold, it's boring to take a boat now, the wind is blowing cold, and we will take a boat again next summer." ”

Lin Piao didn't expect Xiaoyue to be able to draw cakes better than herself, so she smiled and nodded: "Okay, next summer, I will see that there are a little dead lotus leaves by the water, and maybe there will be a lot of lotus flowers here in summer." ”

Xiao Yue and Juan'er nodded again and again, and when they returned to the Shen Mansion, it was already dark.

On the second day, they went out again to explore the relationships and lock in the target consumer groups of their haute couture embroidery.

A few days later, Shen Hong said that he had entrusted someone to return the things to Li'er.

"Li'er said he had something for you."

Shen Hong took out a sachet, which was embroidered with large flowers, soaked in the fragrance of fat powder, and looked heavy and bulging.

Lin Piao took it, and then started with a very heavy amount, unlike ordinary sachets, when he opened it, it contained scattered silver taels.

Lin Piao hurriedly tightened the tie, hid the sachet in his sleeve, and raised his eyes to look at Shen Hong, Shen Hong didn't know if he saw it or not, and his expression couldn't see any clues.

"Has my sister-in-law eaten?"

"Not yet, at this hour, it is estimated that Huixilou will send it over, they have always sent food at about this time, so you can eat it together here."

"Okay."

"By the way, I haven't seen Da Zhuang and Ergou much recently, what are they busy with?"

"My sister-in-law is busy, and they are also busy, but the time is staggered and they can't touch the end."

When Lin Piao heard this, how did he feel a little bit clicked by Shen Hong.

"What are they up to?"

"Da Zhuang is in charge of Tongxi Building, specifically responsible for delivering food to various high-ranking households, Ergou found a private school to read first, made a lot of friends, and is now in business."

Lin Piao knew this, but he didn't know the specific details, Shen Hong didn't continue, he didn't ask, and when the dishes came up, the two sat together and ate quietly, saying a word from time to time.

"Counting the days, it's almost winter, and it's just a few days of good sun, and then the cold wind hits, and the days are cold again, and we have a birthday for you in January, and we can go to Beijing in February, and you can go to Beijing where to live, have you thought about it?"

"You can find a yard to live in first, or you can go to Brother Han's house to borrow it, what does my sister-in-law think?"

"Is that good? went to Shangjing to live with the Han family, and when the time came, people thought you were a guest of the Han family. ”

"Sister-in-law wants to live outside?"

"Let's live outside, although it's good to live in Han's house, and you can often see Han Xiu, but when you want to come here, you don't need to be so intimate."

Shen Hong raised his eyes and looked at Lin Piao: "Sister-in-law, if I am in Shangjing, I will marry you to Han Xiu for personal favors, are you willing?" ”

Lin Piao's eyes widened suddenly: "Han Xiu, he has a wife, do you want me to be a concubine?" ”

Shen Hong flickered between his fingers.

"Sister-in-law...... Want to be a wife? ”

Did Lin Piao really have this idea? Just dismiss it because your identity is not suitable?

When he heard the words 'I often see Han Xiu,' he only felt harsh, thinking that no matter whether he should go down or not, there would always be a way to dispel his thoughts and make him break his mind.

But...... Sister-in-law really thought about it?

"Ah, not really."

I almost got caught in it.

Shen Hong looked at him: "Han Xiu doesn't have a wife, but he has a marriage contract, and the woman is still keeping filial piety because of the death of her grandmother, and now she is still keeping filial piety, and she can't get married for the time being." ”

Lin Piao's eyes on Shen Hong felt that this kid was a little strange, in the early years, he occasionally asked him if he wanted to remarry, but now he is provoking a candidate for him, worrying about whether he wants to be a wife or a concubine.

"Why are you so worried about my marriage? Are you afraid that I won't be able to find a man to go out and steal people? ”

Shen Hong coughed and almost choked.

"Sister-in-law!"

Shen Hong reached out and grabbed his forearm and held his wrist through his shirt: "Hong didn't mean that, it was Hong's words that were inappropriate." ”

Lin Piao looked at him: "Don't talk about this in the future." ”

Lin Piao has always been playful and casual when he mentions marriage, and this is the first time he has taken Shen Hong's tone a little seriously because of talking about it.

Shen Hong nodded: "Hong knows, it's just that my sister-in-law has something in her heart and wants to tell me." ”

Lin Piao was a little angry, not only because this matter had been mentioned many times, but if it was a hundred times, he would only think that it was a boring question.

But recently he realized that marriage can save him a lot of troubles and problems in this society, and the higher the class, the more obvious it is, and it is better to find a suitable candidate, so as to achieve a win-win situation and protect each other.

Lin Piao knows the truth.

But I really can't get over this hurdle in my heart.

Seeing that Shen Hong's hand was still grasping his wrist, he did not loosen or tighten his strength, but he never let go.

"Okay, I'm not mad at you, the older you get, the more well-behaved you should be, why did you talk to me about these things, you want to marry a wife?" Are you in a hurry to marry me? Lin Piao moved over and saw Shen Hongzheng say to himself that he would never marry a wife before the age of twenty, and he was in a much happier mood.

Sure enough, the child has to tease him to be interesting.

As soon as winter came, the weather was very cold, Lin Piao entered hibernation mode, and he didn't have so much energy to run out, most of the time he was burning the earth dragon, nesting in a warm house, and the second aunt and Uncle Qiu were free, so they came to get together, and everyone drank rice wine and ate barbecue in the warm room.

Shen Hongye also came here often, sometimes boiling pots, from the fried ingredients with large pieces of butter, boiling fresh beef and mutton cut into slices, the meat slices cut thinly, with Lin Piao's garlic sesame oil, or sesame sauce, and then set up a small stove next to it, covered with iron nets, when there are many people, while cooking and roasting, only to pay tribute to so many mouths.

They lived like this, lazily and lazily spent the winter, and when the next year came, they began to organize Shen Hong's birthday.

Because he had done it several times before, he had thought of all the new things he could think of every year, and this year Lin Piao really didn't know what he could get for Shen Hong, so he prepared a delicious meal according to previous years, a whole large birthday cake and many small pieces of small cakes.

Shen Hong spent his birthday outside in the morning, and came back in the afternoon to spend time here.

Lin Piao looked at him and announced to everyone: "Now, our Shen Hong is officially seventeen years old!" Become a big boy! ”

After Lin Piao said this, he looked down, and saw that everyone was smiling, and Shen Hong stood in it, his eyes smiling, and he looked at himself warmly.

"We can drink a little more wine today, I'll let the autumn rain watch outside, let's have a good time today!" As soon as Lin Piao thought that time had passed so quickly, Shen Hong would be seventeen in the blink of an eye, and he suddenly had the strength to go crazy.

How fast time is, how sorry it is not to go crazy, not to be happy, and to flow away so silently.

They ate and drank, and when it was dark, the lights in the courtyard were lit, and the house was shrouded in dim light, and everyone was almost dazed with alcohol.

Ergou and Da Zhuang because they like to fool around outside, they can drink, Erzhu is very male to himself, he will not admit defeat, he has to drink to the end with Ergou Da Zhuang, and the people next to him in the melee were persuaded to drink a few glasses by the way, rice wine fruit wine bamboo leaf green, the same sip, everyone was drunk.

Lin Piao was eating barbecue, drinking sweet rice wine, and drinking a few sips of fruit wine in the middle, and now he was already dizzy lying on the table.

Raising his eyes and glancing at everyone, they were either lying on the table and sleeping, or lying on the ground, Juan'er and Xiaoyue hugged each other, huddled in the corner and fell asleep, Lin Piao glanced at the side.

Shen Hong's condition is fine, one is that he himself has a little bit of alcohol, and the other is that the two dogs and two pillars are competing on their own, and they do not dare to pull Shen Hong to persuade him to drink, but he went to a birthday banquet at noon, and came again in the evening, and obviously he was a little too drunk to support, and he was supporting the table with his eyes closed, pressing his fingers on the corners of his forehead, and breathing a little heavily.

Lin Piao leaned over, leaned on his shoulder, and looked at him in a daze: "Are you okay?" ”

Shen Hong opened his eyes, looked sideways, and saw Lin Piao's drunken eyes, his cheeks flushed with a faint red, like peach blossoms, the water was shining, and it was particularly moving.

"I'm fine, I'll help you out to sober up."

Shen Hong stood up with the table, holding Lin Piao's forearm with the other hand, but failed to pull Lin Piao up.

Lin Piao couldn't stand on his feet, and threw himself straight into his arms.

Shen Hong staggered, hugged Lin Piao steadily, and walked out with his waist in his arms.

Shen Hong's head was also a little chaotic, he thought, and sent Lin Piao back to the room.

But another thought was mixed in with his heart pounding.

I want to be alone with Lin Piao.

He held Lin Piao steadily, walked to the door of Lin Piao's room, pushed open the door, and saw Lin Piao holding his waist, closing his eyes, and almost falling asleep, so he bent down and reached out to wrap his leg around the crook of his leg and hugged him into his arms.

Lin Piao was already asleep.

Shen Hong put him on the bed, and he stood aside, looking at Lin Piao's sleeping face.

Then he slowly sat down on the edge of his bed, sat down on the pedal, leaned against the edge of the bed, and looked at him quietly.

Thou shalt not trespass.

Thou shalt not trespass.

Not to ......

Take advantage of people's danger.