After Meng Hao left, Mrs. Meng sat for a while, feeling bored, so she sent the maid Xiaohuan to go back to clean up the bed first, and she went to find her son Meng Ran.

When Mrs. Meng arrived at Meng Ran's bedroom, she saw her son playing against the maid Xiaolian. She coughed lightly, "Ran'er, what about playing chess?"

Xiaolian hurriedly got up and blessed Mrs. Meng, "Hello, madam." ”

Mrs. Meng nodded slightly.

Meng Ran was fiddling with the chess pieces in his hand, and only raised his head after a while, "Mother, is there something wrong?"

"It's okay, I just wanted to come and see you. Mrs. Meng naturally sat next to her son.

Xiaolian looked at Meng Ran, then at Mrs. Meng, and said softly, "Madam, it's better for you to play chess with the young master." ”

Mrs. Meng waved her hand, "No need, I know what level I have, so I won't humiliate myself, you guys are down, I'll just take a look." ”

Xiaolian hesitated for a moment and sat back down, but her butt rested lightly on the edge of the stool, not daring to sit down.

The atmosphere gradually quieted down, Meng Ran didn't say much, and played silently with Xiaolian, and Mrs. Meng sat aside and watched quietly.

With a cup of tea, the sunspots on the chessboard gradually lost their momentum, like a defeated army, and they were killed by Baizi in a scattered manner, and there was no order.

Meng Ran threw in the towel and raised his head to look at Xiaolian, "Sister Xiaolian, your chess skills are really superb, even after so much time, I am not your opponent." ”

Xiaolian just smiled shyly and didn't answer.

Meng Ran packed up his chess pieces and provoked again: "Come again?"

Xiaolian nodded slightly.

At the beginning of the second game, Meng Ran changed his previous conservative style of neutrality and peace, and began to wrestle and fight as soon as the game opened, and even started a local gladiatorial battle with Xiaolian's chess pieces.

Mrs. Meng, who was watching from the sidelines, frowned.

Xiaolian remained silent, but the speed of the falling child slowed down. Her white son is still sharp, step by step.

After about a stick of incense, Meng Ran's sunspot suddenly fell into the encirclement of Baizi, and after a fight, the end was already in sight.

Xiaolian quietly won another game.

Looking at her son, who was picking up the son, Mrs. Meng sighed and asked, "Ran'er, is that how Mr. Zhao taught you?

Meng Ran said disapprehantly: "Isn't playing chess just to win?"

Mrs. Meng knocked Meng Ran, "Playing chess is a gentleman's learning......"

Meng Ran secretly pursed his lips, "Well, I know." Chess is like character, children will pay attention to it in the future. ”

Mrs. Meng snorted softly, "I don't know you yet, just like your father, you are all stubborn donkeys." Go on, I'll go back." ”

After Mrs. Meng stood up, she walked out.

"Mother, goodbye. ”

"Goodbye, ma'am. ”

Meng Ran and Xiaolian stood up and spoke in unison.

After the door was closed, the two sat down again and continued to play chess.

After the start of the third game, Meng Ran began to defend decently, but Xiaolian attacked murderously, and in the blink of an eye, there was already a thrilling and heart-wrenching situation on the chessboard. Xiaolian's every move is turbulent and unpredictable, and Meng Ran is concerned about killing the ground.

Meng Ran finally couldn't help but sigh, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "Sister Xiaolian, you really don't know the word humility." ”

Xiaolian chuckled, just calmly playing with a chess piece between her fingers, without smugness on her face, nor the modesty of pretending to be a gesture.

Meng Ran was moved by this demeanor, stopped picking up chess pieces, and watched blankly.

Xiaolian was a little embarrassed to be looked at, gently put down the chess pieces in her hand, and asked curiously, "Young Master, what are you looking at?

"Hmm... Kindness... Enh?" Meng Ran nodded and then shook his head again, "What did you just ask?"

Xiaolian's white face flushed slightly, with a little shyness, "Young Master, what were you looking at just now?"

Meng Ran scratched his head, "Sister Xiaolian, you looked really beautiful just now, very personable, like... It's like... It's like the style of a legendary grandmaster. ”

Xiaolian grinned, stretched out her hand and scratched the bridge of Meng Ran's nose, "How can there be any grandmaster demeanor, the young master is talking nonsense to make me happy again." ”

"No, I'm serious. Meng Ran tried his best to explain.

"Okay, good, I believe that's it. Xiaolian said briskly.

The two of them packed up the chessboard and began to wash.

Soon after, the two climbed into their respective beds.

Meng Ran soon fell asleep.

Xiaolian couldn't fall asleep over and over, she kept thinking about Meng Ran's eyes, her cheeks gradually became hot, and she thought that she involuntarily reached out and touched Meng Ran's face, and her whole body began to heat up. Xiaolian thought silently in her heart, he is indeed different from the young master of other people's families, he is gentle and polite, humble and studious, although he is still young, he is quite personable, he is immature at any time now, and he will definitely be a personable beautiful man in a few years......

Xiaolian thought about it, and fell asleep with a satisfied smile.

......

On the other side, after Mrs. Meng finished watching the second game of chess, she got up and went back to the room.

Back in the house, Xiaohuan had already packed up. Then he brought a basin of warm water and waited for Mrs. Meng to wash her face.

After washing her face, Mrs. Meng asked lightly, "Where is the master?"

"The master said that he was going to sit in the study for a while. ”

"It's such a cold weather, and I don't know how to rest early... Go and call him back. Mrs. Meng commanded.

"Yes, ma'am. ”

Mrs. Meng sat in front of the dresser, gently removed the hairpin on her head, and the green silk slipped down like a waterfall. She sighed at herself in the mirror and complained softly: "How old a person is, I don't know how to take care of my body, hey......"

After a while, Meng Hao returned to the bedroom with flirtatious footsteps.

Mrs. Meng and Xiaohuan waited for Meng Hao to take off his coat and boots, and helped him into the bed.

Mrs. Meng waved her hand, "Xiaohuan, I don't need you to serve tonight, you can go down and rest." ”

Xiaohuan stepped back and closed the door from the outside.

After Mrs. Meng tied the door, she cleaned up and went to bed. She looked at her husband, who had not yet fallen asleep, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Meng Hao shook his head, "It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly miss Brother Qi a little." ”

Mrs. Meng didn't ask again, but just pressed the corners for him.

After blowing out the candles, Mrs. Meng took off her clothes in the dark, and as soon as she lay down, she heard Meng Hao open and say, "Madam, do you think I will get better?"

"What are you talking nonsense? Didn't Dr. Li say it, you just simply enter the body, and everything will be fine. Don't worry ha. Mrs. Meng fumbled her husband's hand and held it gently.

"I have a hunch..."

Before Meng Hao finished speaking, Mrs. Meng stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, "Don't talk about it, what can you do?" ”

Meng Hao didn't continue the topic anymore, but just held Mrs. Meng's hand with his backhand and held it tightly.

Mrs. Meng sighed inaudibly, and then said, "I went to Ran'er's place just now, and he happened to be playing against Xiaolian, so I watched two games. ”

Hearing that the topic was his son Meng Ran, Meng Hao instantly came to his senses, "Oh, how is the stinky boy?"

"Lost two sets in a row. ”

"Can't you, isn't it because Ran'er didn't study hard?"

"Not really. Although my chess strength is limited, I can also see that Xiaolian's strength is far beyond Ran'er, so he lost without suspense. ”

"Hmm... Xiaolian, that girl has this level?"

"Well, although her family used to be an official eunuch, I'm afraid there aren't many people who have such chess power at this young age. Mrs. Meng didn't know what she remembered, and her words were a little worried.

"It's okay, it's just that you're good at chess, so there's nothing to worry about. Meng Hao is very optimistic.

"I'm going to say more than that. In the first game of chess, Ran Er played decently and there was nothing wrong with it, but in the second game he played very badly. ”

"What's a bad law?"

"Fighting in the corners, there is no peace, blindly killing, no gentlemanly demeanor, I am a little worried......"

Meng Hao smiled, "Do you really think that playing chess can see through a person's heart?"

Mrs. Meng was a little silent, and only after a while did she say, "Don't you scholars say that?"

Meng Hao was stunned, groaned slightly, and laughed softly: "Is what the reader said right? ”

Mrs. Meng chuckled, "Aren't you a scholar? ”

"Well, that's actually what it's all about, and I've been figuring it out lately. ”

Although she didn't know what her husband had figured out, Mrs. Meng still agreed, "It's good to figure it out, don't be angry with yourself." ”

"Well said. Meng Hao pinched Mrs. Meng in the dark.

Mrs. Meng gently patted her husband's arm and said coquettishly, "What are you touching!"

"By the way, you haven't told me about Fang Xing's sister-in-law yet. ”

"Didn't you say that? I remember I was done. Meng Hao began to pretend to be stupid.

Mrs. Meng reached out and grabbed her husband's ear and threatened, "Is it true? ”

Meng Hao begged for mercy again and again, and finally agreed to continue speaking, and Mrs. Meng let go.

Meng Hao was silent for a while before he spoke: "Actually, it's nothing. The girl had finished serving me to wash, poured out the water, and whispered, 'The family wants her to rest with me.' I refused on the spot, and the girl left with a red face.

The night passed quietly, and the next hour was devoted to the burial of the dead. Originally, there was a meal in the village at noon and evening, but Xiao Fang considered that I still had to study, so he returned with me after the burial.

People from the village came to see us off, including Xiaofang's sister.

At the end of the day, the weather began to slowly heat up, so we left Nanting Village in a horse-drawn carriage and drove up the mountain road back to the farm.

After walking for about a stick of incense, we heard someone chasing us behind the carriage, so we stopped to see what was going on with the people who were chasing us. The person who came was Xiao Fang's sister.

We... So he took her back to the farm. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Hao suddenly stopped.

Mrs. Meng didn't urge, just waited quietly.

After a long time, Meng Hao opened his mouth again, "Later, when I took her back home, my father strongly objected, and even my mother, who loved me very much on weekdays, reprimanded me. I had to ask her where she came from and where she was going. I remember that she cried very sadly, and the pear blossoms brought rain.

In the afternoon, she left, but she never returned to Nanting Village.

Xiao Fang came to the door and had a big fight with me about this, and then he left Lin'an City and didn't come back until a few years ago......"

After a long silence, Mrs. Meng asked softly, "What is that girl's name?"

"Xiaochan. ”

Mrs. Meng stopped talking, but held her husband's hand tightly.