Pitching, idleness.

The name of the wooden building inscribed by the father of the Wei family is "pitching". The word "pitch" comes from the five-character miscellaneous poem of Chen Siwang of the Han Dynasty. The word "idleness" comes from another five-character poem.

The last three copper rings with secret characters, each copper ring is engraved with four characters, carefully studied, and the words come from the poems of Cao Zijian, the king of Chen Si.

[Wish, for, south, wind]

[High, Upper, None, Extreme]

[Gu, hope, nostalgia, sorrow]

"Sixty-four possibilities, except for the obvious incomprehensible, such as 'Antarctic Huai' and 'for ignorance', there are about 30 possible permutations. There are more than 10 possibilities with obvious implications. He muttered to himself, "With a copper spoon, a kind of ...... for planting."

Ye Fuliu entered the house at this time.

"Two big cars have been hired and parked outside the door. The third brother can be cleaned up here? The cage was loaded into the car, and we left at night. ”

Ye Xianchun didn't want to wait even one more afternoon, and handed the small Nanmu box to Ye Fuliu, "I don't have much to pack here." Except for the baggage brought by Qiantang, the newly half-made bronze key on the table, and my donkey to take it away, the rest was left. We'll leave right away. ”

Ye Fuliu casually fiddled with the secret word lock, and the seven copper rings spun around.

"We'll have to wait. Wait until nightfall. ”

"Do you really want to carry those two nanmu pillars from the Wei family?"

Ye Xianchun exclaimed, "Precious is precious, it's too dazzling." We dragged the timber all the way, and it was easy to be targeted. ”

No matter how hard he persuaded him, Ye Fuliu only insisted, "Let's go after night." ”

Two large cars lined up outside the Ye family. The largest Taiping car in the town was rented again, and four big donkeys pulled the longboard station at the north end of the long street, proudly holding their heads high, screaming magnificently, and full of grandeur.

Next to it is a large green donkey cart carrying people. It is not a common system of wooden baffles on both sides in townships and counties, but a large donkey cart with a canopy on the top of the head to protect from the wind and rain.

Qin Long set up the car, Su Qiu brought good hay, and fed the five big donkeys with fodder one by one.

Many fine soft boxes and cages were placed in the courtyard, and Qin Long moved them out one by one and threw them in the car, greeting the neighbors while throwing them:

"I'm moving out tonight." "Yes, the house was sold to the Wei family next door." "How much money did you sell? I don't know about this, I'll have to ask the Lord's house. "Will you go back in the future?" There is a dock in the town of Wukou, and of course it will come back. I listened to the Lord's own mouth. ”

The neighbors sighed for a long time, and some of them asked carefully, "Why doesn't Suqiu Lady speak?" ”

The more attentive lady of the Wang family next to her whispered, "Don't talk too much, look at Suqiu Niangzi's eyes are even red." It must be that before parting, he will not give up his neighbors. ”

Everyone suddenly realized, "Don't ask, don't ask." ”

Su Qiu grabbed a handful of hay and then bent down to cover her reddened eyes.

She had already said goodbye to the Wei family in person.

After all, it's just a neighbor who lives close to each other. A few words of quarrel before, which provoked a reckless attack, and rode a horse to give her a ride, although it violated the defense of men and women, in the final analysis, it was not a big deal.

Just as Qin Long said: Parting is imminent, untie the knot in your heart, so that you don't keep it in your heart. Later, when I recalled the Wei family, they were still good neighbors in Wukou Town.

Wei Da apologized to her face, and she replied in person. Wei Da was still verbose, she lowered her eyebrows and said softly, "It's really okay." Although I am not under the age of 10, I am already a woman who has been married once, not unmarried...... I don't care. ”

"Let the cage go, and a big object will be put up. Su Qiu! Qin Long snorted through the door, and Su Qiu woke up from his trance, piled up the boxes and cages on the cart, and vacated the open space.

Qin Long took out two thin long wooden boxes from the door, rested them on the Taiping cart, and then covered them with a thin layer of thatch.

"Okay, you can continue to hold the cage above."

Su Qiu asked in surprise, "The long wooden box in the firewood room also has to be taken away?" A few thin pieces of wood aren't worth much, right? ”

"Don't ask me, the lord just ordered it down." Qin Long didn't care much and said,

And the lord said, Take a break in the afternoon, lest you be tired in the evening. We hurried on time in the middle of the night and left Jiang County before dawn. ”

Su Qiu: "......" was chosen at this time. I knew it was moving, but I didn't know that I thought I was going to steal it.

After the whole hour of the busy work, the cart loaded with heavy goods was stuffed with cages, and another donkey cart carrying people was also half loaded with soft clothes. Qin Long calculated with satisfaction, he and Ye Langjun were two, one drove a car, and the two little ladies sat in the car, although the Ye family had few hands, it was just right to use!

A small donkey came to the door of Ye's house gracefully, and when a few big donkeys pulling carts passed by, they stopped curiously and looked up. "Recovery—"

Ye Xianchun happily greeted him from the door and hung the cloth on the donkey's back, "This is my donkey." I rode it at night. ”

Qin Long was stunned. Ye Langjun rides a donkey, who will drive?

Ye Fuliu beckoned from the door at this moment, "Su Qiu, come and help, there is a big box here." ”

Su Qiu walked over quickly, and the two of them worked together to lift the big wooden box from the ground, and Su Qiu weighed it, "Look at the big one, why is it not heavy." ”

"It's empty." Ye Fuliu said as he moved out, "The Wei family promised that the door was open tonight, and we could take it as we pleased." This cage was taken to the Wei family at night. ”

Su Qiu was stunned and looked at the wooden box in front of him.

The Wei family's two golden silk nanmu pillars are as high as one zhang, and their arms are thick and thin. The cage was four feet wide and half a man high, which was a very large piece in a wooden box, but it certainly couldn't fit two large wooden pillars......

Qin Long came to help, picked up the large cage, and threw it on the cart, just above the two thin wooden boxes in front of him.

Su Qiu suddenly woke up. She felt that she had guessed the lady's thoughts.

No wonder two wooden boxes were taken from the firewood room.

The one-foot-long wooden pillar is too eye-catching, and the head and tail are slightly cut off and stuffed into an eight-foot-long wooden box.

The round piers of Nanmu cut off at both ends are also valuable, and they are just stuffed into the wooden box......

Su Qiu's heart rose with admiration. Lady's idea is brilliant!

The sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, along the long street all the way to the north, and stopped in front of the Ye family. The light riders separated, and the young man in the brocade robe asked condescendingly,

"Does the Ye family really want to move?"

The voice seemed familiar, and the momentum of the crowd was also familiar, Qin Long instinctively raised his head, hey, it was really an acquaintance!

The person who came was the son of the Qi family who had not been seen for a long time.

Qin Long didn't say a word, he rolled up his sleeves and carried a wooden stick on the spot, blocking the door of the Ye family.

"The Ye family is indeed moving. The house was sold to the neighbor Wei family. ”

Su Qiu hurried over to block the door, her voice full of vigilance, "I heard that Qi Shizi left the town at the end of August. What does it mean to go back now? Don't pester my lady! ”

I haven't seen him for half a month, Qi Tang's appearance has not changed much at first glance, but he has lost a lot of weight, and his round cheeks have been thinned.

Qi Tang's temper was not as arrogant as before, and when he heard the unceremonious "don't be entangled", he didn't even have a seizure, but only muttered to himself at the open door of the Ye family, "Why, my good cousin drove me away, and he himself failed to win the heart, and the Ye family still wants to move?" ”

Facing the vigilant gaze of the Ye family, Qi Tang waved his hand and said, "Don't get me wrong, this time I came here for official business, and I only heard that the Ye family was going to move halfway." It's not a special trip to provoke. ”

As he spoke, he turned the horse's head and went to dismount in front of the Wei family next door. Qi Tang took out a roll of fire paint sealed bamboo tube from his sleeve, and said solemnly to the door, "The letter from the nobles in the capital was sent to Jiangning Mansion, and it was forwarded by the Qi family to Wei San's cousin. There is also an edict that needs to be conveyed in person. ”

A moment later, Wei Da welcomed the people in. In addition to Qi Tang, there was also a stranger in a brocade robe with a white face and beard who followed him into the Wei family.

In front of the Ye family, Qin Long and Su Qiu continued to pack up the cages, occasionally glanced at the Wei family, and muttered in a low voice, "The sun is coming out in the west, and Qi Shizi has suddenly changed his temperament?" ”

"I don't believe it."

"I don't believe it either."

"The bamboo tube just now was sealed with fire paint, and it looks like it really has official business."

"Even if he didn't make a special trip to the door to provoke, he came here, and most of the time he would come to the Ye family to provoke him."

"Don't alarm the lady, wait for Qi Shizi to come out of the Wei family and take a look."

Qi Tang entered the Wei family and went out in only two quarters of an hour.

Under the gaze of the two people of the Ye family, six donkeys and more than a dozen eyes, Qi Tang turned around and went straight to the Ye family without hesitation, and shouted to the door, "Little lady Ye is at home?" The old man came to visit, just to see him again before parting! ”

Su Qiu: "...... Bah! ”

Ye Fuliu was packing up his cage when he heard a familiar voice shouting "the old man is visiting," so he casually wiped his sleeve and went out. "Who called me?"

The two sides looked at each other from a distance, and Ye Fuliu immediately paused, "You." ”

The next moment, she keenly noticed that Qi Tang's clothes seemed to be slightly different from before. He used to be dressed as a wealthy young man with his hair tied and hairpins, but now he wears a small crown on his head and a sword around his waist.

Ye Fuliu became a little interested and approached the door. "I haven't seen him for half a month, Qi Shizi really went home. ——Returned to Jiangning Mansion to be crowned? ”

Qi Tang pursed his lips and nodded.

On his way to Wukou Town, he heard the news that the Ye family was about to move out, and he immediately hurried to work day and night, for fear that he would delay the hour and miss the parting side.

When we actually met, we couldn't remember what to say.

He couldn't say anything with his mouth open, and Ye Fuliu would not take the initiative to greet anything, so he nodded politely, "I'm about to move, and I'm busy at home." We will not send it far. "Turn around and walk back.

Qi Tang stopped her behind her back, "Where are you going to move to when you leave the town?" ”

Ye Fuliu curled the corners of his lips, leaned against the door, and his white fingers were casually coiled, assuming a posture of "just ask, I won't say it anyway."

Qi Tang shut up self-deprecatingly.

He was not a fool, and he had already seen that Ye Fuliu really didn't look down on him.

In the past, he would still be full of resentment, and his heart and mind were all "Is this son still worthy of a merchant girl?" ”

But a competition in the ginkgo grove outside the town in August shattered his self-confidence, which had been touted for years. The six words "if you can't write or do anything", you tear off the "bright golden body" of the clay Buddha's appearance, revealing the original "him" under the bright clothes. He couldn't sleep. Insomnia began at night.

He was crowned at the end of August, and at the beginning of September, he began to discuss his relatives at home.

His parents were smiling, and his father was saying that the inspection of the Jiangnan tax collection had been done well, and that he should strike while the iron was hot and find him a good position in the promotion of Changping Division[1]. The mother chirped: Although Cangji has a lot of fat, but the people are hard, Ai'er has lost weight outside the dark, so it is better to find a stable errand in Jiangning Mansion where you don't have to run out all day. Father nodded yes.

This time, he paid special attention to it, and in just a few words, he could hear his parents' expectations for him.

Find him a quiet errand to stay in Jiangning Mansion. Lang Jun, who was born in the Guogong Mansion, does not lack that little bit of money.

Just find a door in Jiangning Mansion to log in to the right family, and discuss the marriage within a year.

Hold a big fat grandson in two or three years.

First marry a wife, then take a concubine, have many sons and many blessings, and open up branches and leaves for the state government.

Qi Tang stood in front of his always loving parents, hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth and asked, "Have your father and mother ever heard ...... 'doting on people has no good talents'?" ”

Father was stunned. The mother slapped Qi Tang lightly.

"Don't say stupid things. My son is doing well, far better than 'becoming a talent'. ”

The mother chattered: "Didn't the Marquis of Jianwu in the east of the city expect his only son to become a talent? Send the child to the capital to study early. His son has become a talent, died in battle, and posthumously awarded the title of 'Loyal and Brave Marquis', phew, no one is gone, Jianwu Marquis has to eat pills and fight for a son at a young age, and he has become a laughing stock all over the city. Our family only wants people to be well, just stay in Jiangning City, and don't want to become talented. ”

It is clearly a gentle and loving word, pinning on the best wishes of his parents, but for Qi Tang, it is a three-foot gentle intestine piercing knife, which makes him drenched in cold sweat.

Qi Tang woke up from his memory, the depression between his eyebrows and eyes faded, and he reappeared excited.

Facing the little lady in front of him who tilted her head and looked at him, he said solemnly, "I am determined to go to the capital." Looking for a good teacher, making good friends, studying civil and military affairs, in short, to break into a new world, do not waste this life. I would like to resign today. ”