After a few days of boating, Du Buchu, Mingxi and Wu Chengen finally arrived in Sheyang County, Huai'an Prefecture, Wu Chengen's hometown.

Wu Chengen naturally invited the two of them to his house as guests, and Du Buyi and Mingxi heard that Wu Chengen's house was near the canal, so they also happily went, after all, they didn't need to go far.

It didn't take long for a few people to come to a small courtyard, and the plaque on the door directly read 'Wu House'.

Wu Chengen pointed to the gate and said:

"This is my home!"

After Wu Chengen stepped forward and knocked on the door a few times, an old man in his fifties opened the door and walked out.

"Zhong'er, you're finally back, but your mother is talking to you at home!"

Wu Chengen replied:

"Dad, I've just been out for a few days!"

After introducing Fandu and Mingxi to his father, he invited the two into the house.

The Wu house is not big, it is just a small house with three rooms on one side, but at this time there are a few sheep in the courtyard, and an old woman is shearing the sheep with scissors.

Wu Chengen pointed to the old woman and said:

"That's my mother!"

When Mingxi saw this, he came over to the woman and asked:

"Why does my aunt shear these sheep?"

Aunt Wu looked at Mingxi, then at Wu Chengen, and said:

"I sheared wool for Zhong'er and his father to sell!"

Mingxi touched the sheep's head and said:

"This sheep is very cute!"

Aunt Wu stopped what she was doing and said to Uncle Wu:

"Since Zhong'er's father has guests at home, you can quickly invite the guests to sit in the house, I'll cook first!"

Mingxi said:

"Aunt Wu, I'll help you!"

Aunt Wu asked:

"Girl, you know how to cook?"

Mingxi replied:

"Of course!"

Aunt Wu said:

"How can any guests help cook when they first come, you better go to the guest hall with Zhong'er and them to drink tea!"

Mingxi said:

"I don't have anything to say to them, and I'm bored, so I just cook with my aunt and can talk!"

Aunt Wu replied:

"Good!"

took Mingxi to the kitchen to cook.

After arriving at the kitchen, Aunt Wu was stir-frying the vegetables while asking Mingxi, who was helping to add firewood:

"Girl, you are so virtuous and sensible, and you are so beautiful, aunt, I don't know your name?"

Mingxi then said:

"My name is Mingxi!"

Aunt Wu asked:

"Miss Mingxi is surnamed Ming?"

Mingxi replied:

"I don't know, I don't seem to have a surname, my father named me Mingxi since I was a child!"

Aunt Wu replied:

"Oh......!"

Then he asked:

"Does Miss Mingxi have a match?"

Mingxi asked:

"What is a match?"

Aunt Wu said:

"Miss Mingxi, you don't even know about marriage?"

Mingxi nodded, and then said:

"Auntie, I'm actually from Fusang, so I don't understand a lot of things in the Central Plains!"

Aunt Wu smiled and said:

"It turned out to be a Fusang person, it's the first time I've seen a Fusang girl, you Fusang girls are all as beautiful as Mingxi girl, are you so beautiful?"

Mingxi smiled and said:

"It's hard to say!"

Aunt Wu explained:

"Marriage matching, that is, our Central Plains side of the marriage and engagement!"

明汐 says:

"It turns out that the marriage match is like this, Mingxi I don't have a marriage match!"

At this time, after Aunt Wu served a plate of dishes, she happily walked over and pulled up Mingxi and said:

"That's right, my family has never been married, I don't know what you think of my family Zhong'er, Miss Mingxi?"

明汐 says:

"Wu Gongzi is very good, he can be regarded as a gentleman among the masters, but I like the great sage raised by Wu Gongzi the most!"

Aunt Wu said again:

"I know that aunt!"

Then the two of them continued to get busy.

It's time to eat.

The five of them sat down at the table together and ate, and Mingxi happened to sit between Du Buyi and Wu Chengen.

Aunt Wu took the opportunity to ask Du Forget:

"Du Gongzi, I heard that Miss Xi is your sister, right?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"yes!"

Aunt Wu asked again:

"But Miss Mingxi told me that he is from Fusang, and Du Gongzi, you are from the Central Plains at first glance!"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Mingxi is my sister-in-law!"

Aunt Wu smiled and said:

"The righteous sister is also a younger sister, we happen to have the truth that the eldest brother is the father in the Central Plains, Du Gongzi, you know, right?"

At this time, Wu Chengen on the side immediately said to Aunt Wu:

"Mother, what are you talking about?"

Aunt Wu said to Wu Chengen:

"Your Great Sage and Canopy are not hungry yet, you can go and feed them now!"

吴承恩 says:

"Mother, didn't the Great Sage and the canopy be eaten by us before we finished eating?"

Aunt Wu said:

"I told you to feed now, you just go and feed, don't you listen to your mother?"

Wu Chengen replied:

"Okay!"

Then he went out with some leftovers.

Aunt Wu said to Du Yi:

"I think Miss Mingxi and my family are quite compatible, I don't know what you think of Du Gongzi?"

When Du Buyi heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately said:

"Mingxi and Wu Gongzi are not suitable!"

Aunt Wu immediately said again:

"I think they're a good fit!"

At this time, Uncle Wu also said:

"Our family Zhong'er has also reached the age of starting a family, but he doesn't want to marry a wife, it's really rare to meet a woman like Miss Mingxi!"

Mingxi was embarrassed when he heard the words of the two at this time, and he didn't know how to answer, so he had to look at Du Buyi.

I only heard Aunt Wu ask:

"Du Gongzi, do you also like Miss Mingxi?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Mingxi is my good sister, how can I not like it!"

Uncle Wu then said:

"Du Gongzi, I understand, you must like Miss Mingxi like your sister, right?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"I don't know how to say it, I just know that if you like it, you like it!"

Aunt Wu pulled Mingxi to the side and whispered:

"Miss Mingxi, I think Du Gongzi's liking for you doesn't seem to be really a liking for the love of men and women, besides, he is still your brother, you should distinguish this kind of thing!"

Mingxi immediately asked:

"What if I say I like Du Gongzi?"

Aunt Wu said:

"I was like you when I was young, and I liked my brother too, but as I grew older, I found that my liking for my brother was just a kind of family-like liking!"

Mingxi asked again:

"And what is a man's liking for a woman?"

Aunt Wu replied:

"Men are not the same as us women, I think Du Gongzi's liking for you is definitely just like a brother to a sister, you have to think about these things clearly, aunt, I know a lot after all!"

Mingxi replied:

"Then I know, thank you aunt for telling me!"

Aunt Wu came back with Mingxi, Du did not forget and Mingxi wanted to say goodbye to a few people and leave, but they didn't expect Uncle Wu, Aunt Wu and Wu Chengen to stay here overnight and then leave, but Du Forgetfulness and Mingxi had to stay here for one night.

At night, Du did not forget that he was a little bored and couldn't sleep, so he went out of the room and wanted to come to the yard for a walk, but when he passed outside Mingxi's house, he happened to bump into Mingxi who had just gone out.

After the two bumped, they didn't know why they were suddenly a little embarrassed, Mingxi saw that Du didn't forget to speak for a while, so he took the initiative to say:

"Brother Du, do you have time? Let's talk!"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Good!"

Then the two of them went to a stone bench in the corner of the courtyard and sat down.

Mingxi saw that Du had not forgotten to sit for a while, and before he took the initiative to talk to himself, he asked:

"Brother Du, don't you have anything to say to Xi'er?"

Du Buyi pointed to the moon in the sky and said to Mingxi:

"You see the moon is so round today, it should be fifteen again!"

Mingxi replied:

"What's so nice about the moon, Xi'er, I have a question for you tonight, Brother Du, you must answer me truthfully!"

Du did not forget to say:

"Xi'er, you ask, when did I lie to you again, Brother Du!"

Mingxi grabbed Du Buzhi's arm, leaned on his shoulder, and said:

"Brother Du, Xi'er wants to ask you, do you really like me?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Of course I like you, Xi'er, otherwise we would have come so far!"

Mingxi immediately asked again:

"Brother Du, do you like me like a brother and sister or do you like men and women directly?"

Du did not forget to say:

"Is there a difference between a brother and a sister and a man and a woman?"

Mingxi replied:

"Yes, Xi'er wants to know!"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Okay, I'll tell you Xi'er!"

Then he slowed down and said:

"I have always regarded you as my good sister, both like brothers and sisters, and between men and women!"

Xi'er immediately got up from Du Buyi's arms, stood up and asked:

"Brother Du, you have always been my sister?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"You're supposed to be my sister!"

Then looking at Xi'er's expression and seeming to be a little unhappy, he immediately asked:

"Xi'er, what's wrong with you today?"

Mingxi replied:

"It's okay, I know the answer!"

Du didn't forget to pull Mingxi's hand and asked:

"Xi'er, do you know the answer?"

Mingxi broke away from Du Zhi's hand, and then said:

"Brother Du, Xi'er, I'm sleepy, I want to sleep!"

Then I went back to my room.

Du didn't forget an inexplicable expression, and said to himself:

"Alas...... Woman......!"

Then I went back to my room and went to sleep.

On the second day, there was a knock on the door outside, Du did not forget to get up, opened the door and saw that it was Wu Chengen, so he asked:

"Brother Wu is so early, what's the matter?"

Wu Chengen replied:

"My mother told me early in the morning that Miss Xi is gone, so I came to inform you!"

Du didn't forget to hurriedly come to Mingxi's room to take a look, and sure enough, Mingxi was no longer in the room, and even the clothes Mingxi was carrying were gone, but there was a letter left on the table.

Du did not forget to feel that when he opened the letter, it was directly written:

Brother Du, thank you for accompanying Mingxi these days, Mingxi will never forget you in this life, maybe it is not appropriate for us to be together, Mingxi doesn't want to delay you, Brother Du, so Mingxi chose to leave, I hope Brother Du, you will take care of yourself in the future.

Xi'er stays.

After reading it, Du Buyi couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in his heart, after all, although Mingxi and himself had not been together for a long time, she left just when she was about to be tempted by her.

At this time, Aunt Wu came over and said to Du Yi:

"Du Gongzi, I'm sorry, Miss Mingxi blames my aunt when she leaves!"

Then he told Du Yi what happened to Mingxi yesterday.

After listening to it, Du didn't forget to smile bitterly:

"It's just fate playing tricks on people, I don't want to be good to you, aunt, it's me who didn't make it clear to Mingxi last night!"

At this time, Wu Chengen also came over to apologize and said:

"Brother Du, I don't know about this either, after my mother found out that Miss Mingxi's room was empty in the morning, she peeked at Miss Mingxi's letter to you, and then immediately came to me and told me about it, I was also extremely uncomfortable, so just now I knocked on the door of your room, Brother Du, I don't know how to explain it to you!"

Du did not forget to reply to Wu Chengen:

"It's okay, Brother Wu, you will still be my good brother in the future!"

Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu hurriedly persuaded Du Chengen to chase Mingxi.

Du Bu naturally packed his luggage immediately, and didn't think about it, thinking that Mingxi had returned to Penglai Island, and hurriedly chased in the direction of Penglai Island.