Often fate dies down in silence. Widow Yi's two translucent cheeks gradually faded, and she lowered her head and didn't speak for a long time.

This poor, leaky house suddenly lost its wind circulation, and the air became thinner, but the alley was whimpering.

In her heart, Liang Gong still had to remember her rice bowl, and broke Cen Lone's silence with a smile, "I still have two taels of silver here, you can take it and buy some good rice and noodles for the child to eat." ”

"I don't want it." Widow Yi immediately replied, and felt that her attitude was too hard, so she stood up with a smile, and had some meaning of sending off guests, "Let's give it to your aunt, her old man said that her knees were a little sore two days ago, and asked her to ask the doctor to take a look." It's late at night, and I'm resting. ”

Liang Gong held the ingot of broken silver in his arms, and he had no position to take it out again, so he had to take out an empty hand and shake it at her, "I'll go, I don't have to send it." ”

She held the two doors and looked at Lianggong's back for a long time, which meant to stay as a guest. Nara's slumpy back lingered only for half a step under the moon, and then walked out without looking back.

He quietly returned to his room, and did not close his eyes all night. It wasn't until I heard that there was a bang for the fourth watch outside, and a carp turned over, ready to rush to buy salt-and-pepper stuffed fruit as soon as possible.

Passing by the door of Widow Yi, he stood still for a moment, took out two taels of silver in his arms, and threw them high into the courtyard. The silver swaying arc was like a delicate hand stretching its waist in the faint dawn.

The two arms were retracted and rested on the windowsill, and a face still in a dream was pillowed. Miao Zhen's two eyes couldn't be opened, only squinting at the two eye slits, yawning and looking at the unfallen moon, his mind still chaotic.

On this day, because she was going to follow Mrs. Zeng to Feng's house to sit at the table, she got up early in the morning abnormally. Before dawn, Bai Chihuaxin didn't get up, and the little girl who was on the night wanted to come and dress her up.

She didn't want to, she leaned on the window and stared at the moon stupidly, "I'm going out today, I'm just waiting for Sister Bai Chi to dress me up, so I don't want to let Miss Feng Er see the joke." ”

The little girl served a cup of hot tea on the kang table, hugged the case and asked, "Then pass breakfast to the girl?" I'm going to get the girl from the White Pond up. ”

"It's still early, don't call her yet. Don't pass on breakfast, I'll have no appetite. ”

Miao Zhen thought that Liang Gong was going back home early in the morning, and he must bring the fruit, and he didn't even want breakfast. The little girl only brought a bowl of steamed milk, and she didn't eat it, and waited for good courtesy.

When the moon fell, there was a white shadow in the sky, and I saw Lianggong enter the courtyard gate, and his hands were empty. Miao Zhen washed her hair, rushed out with her long black hair on her back, and spread her hands towards him in the threshold with a fierce face, "Where's my fruit?" Do you dare to forget? ”

Liang Gong glanced at her with a sweat on his head, and took out a paper bag from his arms. When I received it, it was still hot. Miao Zhen walked inside and asked nonchalantly, "Where did you buy it from?" ”

"Landbridge Pier."

The land bridge wharf is far away, Miao Zhen touched the oil paper bag and thought, he must be afraid of the cold, and he carried it in his arms as soon as he got out of the pot, so although he was heavy in the morning, he also covered his sweat.

The bowl of milk on the kang table had already cooled, and Miao Zhen leaned over and called him, "You come in, the master will reward you." ”

Liang Gong walked into the room and faced a few bright candles, and Miao Zhen saw that his face was a little aggrieved and gloomy. She was shocked, thinking that he was sick, and looked at him carefully, but he didn't look like it.

She let the bad thoughts sink down, and pushed the milk forward, "You eat this, it's cold." ”

Liang Gong looked at her shining eyes, thinking of the fire in Widow Yi's eyes at night, the smile on her face was a little cold, "There is no merit, and the little one dare not ask for the reward of the big girl." What's more, when he entered the mansion, he bumped into the master, and asked him to take a few fruits. ”

Master You is greedy, and when he bumps into it, he naturally can't get rid of it. Miaozhen opened the paper bag, saw that there were still three, and smiled with satisfaction, "It's enough for me to eat one, and I can't eat milk, and the fishy smell will be heavy when it's cold, and I don't like to eat it even more." ”

Liang Gong hated these rewards for cats and dogs the most, and any reward was not as good as money, and pushed, "The girl will reward them with food." ”

After two times, Miao Zhen inevitably got angry, and glared at him, "If you are told to eat, how can there be such nonsense?" She stomped her foot twice, and the pedal under the bed sounded muffled, "Just sit here and eat." ”

Liang Gong had no appetite at all, and was already a little impatient, but he was also afraid that he would be unable to think about it when he returned to the stuffy room alone, so he had to turn his back and sit down, take up the milk and drink it all.

Miao Zhen saw him eating and drinking like wine, and laughed "sneering" at the back, "Haven't you eaten anything good?" If you are so anxious, where can you taste it. ”

He didn't say anything, his back was close in front of him, looking vast and lonely. Miao Zhen looked at the back of his head, and the more he looked, the more he remembered the big wolf dog in the firewood room who came to beg for food. And under the skirt is a mourning dog.

She slowly couldn't laugh anymore, and handed a fruit down from his shoulder, "I'm going to go out with the old lady to the banquet in a while, you don't have time to have breakfast again." Eat it quickly, go and order me the soft sedan chair. ”

Liang Gong turned his head to look at her, she bowed down a little, and a few strands of long hair fell on his shoulder. In the gloomy sky, her fair skin was particularly conspicuous, as gentle as the moon god left in the world.

He took the fruit, and the temperature touched by his fingertips was the only soothing thing for him on this bleak night.

The two of them carried the sunrise on their backs, silently eating breakfast on the couch, and the room was filled with the crispy sound of "snorting". For some reason, Miao Zhen felt that the voice was slowly biting something. But the aftertaste of the mouth is long and spreading.

The sky finally lit up completely, and the family went to Feng's house to meet the bureau. The Feng family is the mansion of Lord Feng in Futai, Lord Feng is an official from outside, originally from Beijing, and has been in Jiaxing for many years, and is the backer of Master You in the officialdom.

Now that I heard that this backer was going to be moved, Master You had to be in a hurry, so he took advantage of this day to come to the banquet and have a detailed discussion with Lord Feng in the study.

Master Feng copied his hands, leaned on the Taishi chair and smiled helplessly, "Brother also knows, in the past few years, there has been a lot of party contention between the DPRK and China, and I was transferred back to Beijing this time, and I can't even say what my future will be, let alone you." Let's ask for more blessings. ”

Looking at his expression, thinking that there was no place to maneuver, Master You held the cuffs, put his hands on his knees, and smiled happily, "My lord, why worry about it, you have been in office for all these years, and there is nothing wrong with you, even if the dispute between the DPRK and China implicates you, I can't hold any handle on you." ”

Master Feng glanced at him and sighed with a smile, "Brother thinks so? If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, the friendship between you and me over the years has fallen into the tongue of others, and I am afraid that I will also think of some flowers. ”

Old Man You was startled, and a smile froze on his face, "What do you mean by ......?"

"I'll tell you the truth, your You family's business is a lot red-eyed. Master Li, who will be sent to replace me next year, has a relative in Jiaxing, and it just so happens that it is the Qiu family, the old enemy of your You family. Both of you are in the silk business, and over the years, the Qiu family's business has become bigger and bigger, why? It's not because there are people in the court. When Master Li arrives in Jiaxing, you should flatter the good people as soon as possible, so as not to make the Qiu family crowd with no way out. ”

Seeing that although he was kind and persuasive, but there was some coercion and coldness in his eyes, Master You understood that this Lord Feng was afraid that people would go to the tea and cool, lest he would return to Beijing and not ask anyone to find out what he was doing, but their You family sold him first here, so he came to tempt.

Old Master You hurriedly straightened up his round belly, and his tone was strong and powerful, "What am I afraid of his Qiu family?" Counting from the ancestors, it is also a hundred years of opponents, and the ancestors have not been soft on their family, is it not possible to lose dignity here with me? What is Lord Li with him, I only recognize you Lord Feng! ”

Lord Feng nodded again and again: "It's a shame that your brother still values me, you just have to rest assured, I go back to Beijing, as long as I can get through, I won't be able to involve your You family." ”

He is so "affectionate", and Master You thinks he is "righteous", and he also said, "When you return to Beijing next year, you must inevitably bring some gifts back to your old colleagues." You don't have to worry about it personally, it's all up to my You family. ”

Lord Feng smiled and praised, "In fact, in the officialdom, I am not afraid of making wrong bets, and I am most afraid of those who ride on the wall." Sometimes a road to darkness is not necessarily a way to live. ”

"Yes, yes." Master You held the head of the circle chair and smiled heaped.

At this time, I heard a knock on the door, and it was the little servant of the Feng family who led Lianggong in. When Master You saw him, he ordered: "Master Feng and I will go outside this time, you go to the back and send a message to the wife and girl, tell them to sit for a while, and then go home together when I come back." ”

Liang Gong bowed his hand, and Lord Feng raised his voice and said, "Your brother, this little thing, just ask the people in my house to pass it on from generation to generation." ”

Master You got up politely, "It's not good to work, it's not good to work." Saying that, he waved his sleeves and asked Liang Gong to pass the word first.

This car followed the Feng family all the way to the back, and saw someone carrying some boxes on the way, Liang Gong glanced at it, remembering a few words he heard outside the door. Thinking that this Lord Feng must be transferred back to Beijing, so he took advantage of the cover of the exchange of gifts under the festival to first move the large amount of family wealth earned in Jiaxing back to Beijing. A lot of stolen goods, I am afraid that there will be more evil and less luck.

When I walked to the flower hall in the garden, I saw Miao Zhen and Bai Chi Huaxin and a few young ladies playing swings and playing fun among the flowers.

The swing frame was half a foot high from the ground, Miao Zhen was a bold man, climbing the ropes on both sides, standing on top and shouting downward: "Push harder, hit higher, I'm not afraid!" ”

The white pond and the flower letter at the bottom riveted her out with all their might. She wore a scarlet gown and a silver-red shawl, and chirped in the air, like a whirling warbler.

The little guy who led the way wanted to lead Lianggong forward, but he stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "The girls are playing just right, it's not easy to disturb, wait a while." ”

In fact, no matter how colorful the bird is, it has to be drenched into a soup chicken in the wind, frost, rain and snow. Liang Gong looked at it from afar, half indifferent, half silent sigh.