Just when the capital was in a treacherous and complicated situation, the Jiangnan East Road, thousands of miles away, was a song and dance.

The sun was setting and the twilight was approaching, Meng Ran returned to the front yard after finishing his work, and took off his clothes under Song Xiaofei's service.

In the warm water, Meng Ran narrowed his eyes, quietly enjoying the feeling of his skin being invaded by warmth, and his face was comfortable.

Song Xiaofei, who was standing behind Meng Ran and wiping his body for him, was already sweating slightly on her forehead, she wiped it gently, soaked the hand towel back into the wooden barrel, and asked gently, "When is the son going to leave?"

Meng Ran sighed softly and said, "I've been in Jiaxing for more than a month, and it's time to go, and it's been these days." ”

Song Xiaofei's body leaned forward slightly, his smooth cheeks as jade pressed against Meng Ran's back, and said with a crying voice: "Do you have to go?"

Meng Ran smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "You have to go." ”

Song Xiaofei's tears came out at once, and two clear teardrops fell on the surface of the water, splashing ripples that were untidy and messy.

Meng then had a cold back, and her heart trembled, knowing that it was Song Xiaofei's tears, she didn't understand why she was crying, since she knew that she was leaving, why did she make a vow, why did she cry if she was willing to wait?

When Song Xiaofei raised her head, her eyes were already slightly red, and she said softly: "Childe, I want to be a concubine tonight......

Meng Ran's heart and liver skipped a beat, a certain part of his body quietly stood up, the skin on his back was tense, and the fine and dense hairs stood up, like a frightened hedgehog.

He never thought that the relationship between the two would develop so quickly that he would start to have a love affair today, but he was very hesitant in his heart, wanting to keep his body as a child, and wanting to possess this beautiful woman.

Maybe men in the world are like this, they obviously don't like a woman, but they don't mind possessing her, after all, 'gentlemen are lustful'.

When Song Xiaofei hesitated, he had already lightly untied Luo's skirt, his snow-white skin was exposed in the air, and two round warm bulges were behind Meng Ran, making the sword on his waist even sharper.

Just when Song Xiaofei was about to take another step, Meng Ran gritted his teeth, stood up very decisively, walked out of the wooden barrel with wisps of water, and then picked up a clean coarse cloth and put it on his body, and said in a deep voice: "Fei'er girl, please respect yourself." ”

Song Xiaofei was stunned for a moment, his originally delicate and ruddy cheeks turned white instantly, his face was incredulous, and his voice trembled and asked, "Self-respect? Do you think I don't have self-respect?"

Meng Ran gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Yes." ”

Song Xiaofei's expression was very resentful, her cheeks were already covered with tears, her red lips opened slightly, and her voice was very light: "Since Gongzi thinks that the concubine is an unsightly woman, why has he shown me kindness several times? Why don't you let me die? Why do you treat me with cold and hot water?"

Meng Ran didn't answer, just wiped his body, and didn't seem to listen to Song Xiaofei's words.

Song Xiaofei smiled very sadly, slowly put away the clothes that were about to fall to the ground, stayed in place for a while, and slowly walked out of the house.

When she closed the door, Meng Ran, who was wiping her hair, heard a sigh, which was a sad sigh that almost broke people's hearts.

After a while, there was two knocks on the door.

"Come in. ”

The person who came in responded was Meng Ran's personal maid Green Screen, holding an extremely gorgeous ivory comb in her hand.

After the green screen pushed the door into the house, he saluted Meng Ran, and then naturally took the coarse cloth in Meng Ran's hand and carefully wiped his hair.

After Meng Ran's hair was combed, the green screen was placed on the comb, and a ribbon was picked up to tie up the long hair.

After doing all this, Green Screen cautiously asked, "Young Master, did you quarrel with Miss Song?"

"Oh, why do you ask that?" Meng Ran asked nonchalantly.

"When Miss Song came to me, her eyes were red, and she obviously had just cried. Green Screen said flatly.

Meng Ran touched his nose and asked softly, "Did she say anything else?"

Green Screen shook his head and replied, "That's not true, just called me to serve you." ”

Meng Ran walked to the chair and sat down, and asked a question that was not related to herding horses and cows, "Green Screen, what are you going to do in the future?" Do you go home or stay in the house?"

The green screen was obviously stunned, and then gave a deep salute to Meng Ran, and asked very nervously: "I don't know what the slave did wrong?" ”

Meng Ran waved his hand and said softly: "It's not that you did something wrong, I just want to ask you about your wishes, so that I can make arrangements for you." ”

Green Screen was even more stunned, his face was slightly pale, and he asked softly, "How is the young master going to arrange the slaves?"

Meng Ran smiled and said truthfully: "That's the case, I'm going to leave Jiaxing in the near future and continue to travel north to the rivers and lakes, if you are ready to go home, I will let you go, if you want to continue to stay in the house, then everything is as usual, no need to worry and think." ”

Green Screen breathed a sigh of relief, and replied softly: "The maid has been away from home since she was a child, and now she doesn't have much contact with her family. ”

Meng Ran sighed, knowing that what the green screen said was the truth, but in the bottom of his heart, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her, a young and ignorant child, who was trafficked by his family, and then trained and served others, more than ten years like a day, how hard, so he was very sympathetic and wanted to help her.

"Then do you want to live your own life?" Meng Ran asked again.

Lu Ping shook his head and replied in a low voice: "The slave and maid are all learning the way to serve people, if they leave the Meng Mansion, what can they do? When the silver runs out, they will eventually return to their current life, rather than that, it is better to stay here, at least there is a young master who can sympathize with us." ”

Meng Ran was silent.

"In fact, people like us are all such fate, young master don't have to feel sorry for us, after all, we are born to be destined for the future trajectory of life, the only thing we can do or can look forward to is to meet a master like you. The voice of the green screen was crisp and crisp, and the tone was a little resigned, mixed with some sarcasm and unwillingness.

After a long time, Meng Ran said softly: "Then you can stay in the house first, if you meet a suitable person in the future, or want to leave here to live alone, you can mention it to Miss Song, she will pay you an extra hundred taels of silver, which is my dowry for you." As long as you manage it well, life should not be difficult. ”

After Meng Ran said this, he left the chair and walked towards the door, without looking at the maid's expression.

After Meng Ran walked away, the green screen standing in place sighed faintly, and gently moved a few steps forward, Shi Shiran sat on the chair that Meng Ran was sitting on before, and smiled inexplicably.

Of course, the maid is still the maid, but she may have other identities before becoming a maid, but now, it doesn't matter whether she mentions it or not.

Maybe in the eyes of others, Green Screen is a young and beautiful maid with a thoughtful appearance, but in Meng Ran's eyes, she is just a poor person.

Green Screen stayed in the chair for a long time, just looking fixedly at the crack in the door, as if there was a figure of Meng Ran who had long since disappeared behind the line.

I don't know how long it took, Green Screen slowly came back to his senses, and smiled a few times at the already cold bath water in front of him, his eyes were confused and his expression was elusive.

There was another faint sigh, and the green screen had already stood up and began to pack up the things in the house, after all, at this moment, she was still the maid of the Meng Mansion, and some of the things that should be done were still up to her.

......

As for Meng Ran, who came out of the house, he went straight in the direction of the backyard, he felt that he had an inexplicable confusion in his heart, and he didn't know how to solve it, and he didn't know who to talk to.

Jiaxing at the end of August is already cool, and the autumn wind blows from time to time and makes the lake ripples, just like Meng Ran's state of mind at this time.

At this time, Uncle Ning, who had never set foot in the backyard in front of people, appeared beside Meng Ran, and asked in a warm voice, "Is there anything that the young master can't figure out?"

Meng Ran turned his head and glanced at the man who couldn't beat a stuffy fart with three sticks on weekdays, and asked with a strange look in his eyes, "Uncle Ning, why did you have time to come to the backyard today?"

Uncle Ning smiled, Gu Jing Wubo's face had some unknown meaning, and he just continued to ask, "Is there anything that the young master can't figure out?" ”

"Oh, is it?" Meng Ran smiled playfully and said, "If you are given the opportunity to choose, do you choose to live a peaceful life for a few years, or choose a path full of thorns to change your fate?"

Uncle Ning didn't think about it, and said bluntly: "Young Master wants to go north, but he can't let go of the life in front of him, right?"

Meng Ran bowed slightly.

Uncle Ning sighed at the hazy island in the lake in the distance, and said softly: "Actually, it's still the same truth, if you can have a wife and children to warm the kang head, who wants to trek through mountains and rivers to live that bitter life?"

It's just that we are born in the world, how can there be so many wishes, more is to go with the flow, being played by fate, if you want to change your fate, then you can only forge ahead, fight against fate, and be a river fish against the current. ”

Meng Ran smiled bitterly: "Everyone understands the truth, but when it comes to choosing, it is still a little difficult to choose." ”

Uncle Ning just smiled slightly, didn't say too many words, just returned the opportunity to Meng Ran, let him be responsible for his future, and let him make his own choice for his life.

Meng Ran looked at the lake for a while and asked, "Uncle Ning, do you have any children?"

After the question was spoken, Meng Ran already regretted it, but he couldn't take it back, so he had to silently scold himself for being ridiculous in his heart.

The smile on Uncle Ning's face dissipated, the corners of his eyes twitched a few times, and he slowly said, "Yes, but he has already died." ”

Meng Ran hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I mentioned your sadness." ”

Uncle Ning waved his hand and said in a low tone, "It's okay, it's all over." ”

In this regard, Meng Ran didn't know how to answer, just stood quietly stupid.

Uncle Ning didn't speak, just stood there, his expression was unpredictable, sometimes murderous, sometimes full of compassion, sometimes angry, sometimes **.