Chapter Twenty-Nine: Blue and White
The courtyard is deep.
Xu Xian rolled up his sleeves and took a hoe to dig through the wet soil, ready to open a vegetable patch.
Think about the difficulty of buying a house in my previous life, but now I can have a garden of my own, I want to grow vegetables and vegetables, and I want to grow fruits and fruits. And in a big city like Hangzhou, a feeling of happiness arises spontaneously.
And there is Qingluan next to him with a towel and tea, ready to serve at any time. Caifeng lay on the windowsill and watched him grow vegetables seriously. Now it's a life of living with beauty, although it can only be watched, but it's also a rare enjoyment.
Of course, this kind of feeling was incomprehensible to Caifeng and Qingluan, and they all looked at Xu Xian with a surprised look at the flower garden where Xu Xian was crushed to death by Chu Jianxiong, and then planted leeks, all of them had an unbelievable feeling.
There are no servants in the house, one is to cover up the strange relationship between the three. What's more, Xu Xian is not used to the feeling of being served. In the eyes of modern people, home represents the private space of reading, if it is really so many people come to the master, the master shouts. I'm afraid few modern people can get used to it.
Now that the Hajj Academy has completely liberated Xu Xian, Li Siming asked Xu Xian to write out the poems he made, and then framed them and stored them in the academy, he made it clear that he couldn't control Xu Xian anymore, if he wanted to come to the academy to listen to it, he would listen to it, and if he didn't want to, he would do it himself.
However, Li Siming still persuaded Xu Xian to come to the academy to listen to the lectures, after all, the imperial examination and poetry are two different things, although Xu Xian can't even pass the exam in his life, and there is no problem with the fame through the ages.
But presumably no one dares to let Xu Xian miss now! It's just that Xu Xian's writing is not good, and the examiner cheats and picks out his name to let him win, otherwise wouldn't it be for others to say that they have no eyes. What's more, Xu Xian's teacher is in charge of the study and politics, and no one will doubt that lifting people is already in Xu Xian's pocket.
Xu Xian stopped his hoe and straightened up to rest. Qingluan immediately stepped forward to help him wipe his sweat and poured him another cup of tea. Xu Xian praised her with a smile and went back to the room to change her clothes.
Qingluan turned back to the house with some shame, and saw that Caifeng was still sitting on the bed and lying on the windowsill, lazy to make up. couldn't help but say, "Miss, when will you see this, and you won't get up?" said and pulled Caifeng's quilt.
Caifeng hugged the quilt, shook her head and said, "I don't want it!
Qingluan was dissatisfied: "Then you should also make up!" But she felt that in the past few days, the young lady has become more and more beautiful, although she has not made up. It's just that the phoenix's eyes are half-open and half-closed, the posture is lazy and lazy, and occasionally yawns from time to time, and the lazy appearance seems to be much more beautiful than when he was on the boat.
Caifeng reached out to touch Qingluan's cheek and said with a smile: "Dress up for your brother Xu!" Qingluan's face turned red, and she went to scratch her itch, and the two made a mess on the bed.
"Ahem" A few light coughs, making the second girl's face red, Xu Xian said outside: "Luan'er, I'll go out for a while, you close the door!"
Qingluan ran out and asked, "What are you going out for?"
Xu Xian said: "Tomorrow is the Qingming Festival, I'll go buy some sacrifices and come back!"
Qingluan shook his head and said, "We don't want it, brother, you should be careful on the road." "Qingluan can't even remember his life experience clearly, and Caifeng's father is a national criminal minister, so it's not easy to worship. They have always been good at Qingming Festival.
Xu Xian smiled and nodded, thought about it and said: "Miss Caifeng, if you want to go out for a walk, it's not a matter of staying in this house all the time, you can come and go freely!"
Caifeng was lying on the windowsill with her arms on her pillow again, yawning, listening to Xu Xian's words, she hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Thank you, it's good like this!" In the past few days, she has indeed been a little happy, compared to the tense and busy life on the ship, now it seems to be in heaven, like a tight string sent down, and even the strength to speak is missing.
Xu Xian smiled bitterly, this woman who seemed to be as smart and intelligent as Pan Yu was the opposite of Pan Yu in essence. The grace she showed on the painting boat was probably forced by life, and now it is the original form. I sleep in my room all day, read, tune the piano, and write, but I just don't like to go out.
It's like the lazy cat I used to raise.,The favorite thing to do every day is to sleep in the sun.,Occasionally licking the hair.,Even the cry of begging for food is weak.。 If you want to put it on hold in modern times, it can be regarded as a standard rotten girl!
It's just that I can't help but admit that her lazy appearance is really beautiful, occasionally yawning boringly, and her beautiful posture is even Xu Xian, who is used to seeing beauties, is inevitably stunned, and has a trace of regret for her decision. Because he really wanted to rub her cheek like he did with his lazy cat, so that she could feel a little more refreshed.
However, Xu Xian didn't know if he really asked for Caifeng that night. She will probably change from a graceful and luxurious Oiran to a good wife and mother who goes to bed early and wakes up early. From trying to maintain her position as an oiran to striving for the status of a wife, from one mask to another, she just played different roles, her wisdom and experience can play any role perfectly, but the performance is only a performance after all, and once the mask is worn, it is difficult to take it off.
Xu Xian said goodbye to Qingluan, walked out of the door, and looked back at the door panel, two big portraits of door gods, holding guns and halberds, with disgusted eyebrows, and even majesty. In this era, this portrait does have the effect of exorcising ghosts, but it cannot deal with people. It's just that Xu Xian let them have this role, and even if there are enemies in the future, they can delay one or two.
Xu Xian walked on the noisy street, thinking about the Qingming Festival, when the time comes, she will probably be able to meet that person! Do you wait for a thousand years? But in fact, no thousand years are for one day, and no one lives for others! If you talk about it from a point of view, this should be regarded as her love calamity!
When the time comes, let me break the story and give you back your freedom!
When she returned home, in Caifeng's surprised gaze, she handed over a bunch of sacrifices to her and said, "Don't be lazy, the ancestors still have to worship for a while, and no one will say anything at home!"
Caifeng swallowed for a while, watched Xu Xian leave, looked at the things in his arms and sighed: What Luan'er couldn't think of, he still thought of it for himself.
March 3, Qingming Festival.
When Xu Xian woke up from a dream, he couldn't help but feel a little excited, what would that person look like? Although he didn't have any delusions, he was always curious.
I made an appointment with my sister and brother-in-law to meet and go to the grave to sweep the grave together. Although Xu Xian has some worries, he is also very happy to be able to meet. It's just that Xu Jiaorong complained that Xu Xian married his daughter-in-law and didn't say a word to her, Xu Xian could only smile bitterly, he didn't know about this in advance!
It's just that now Xu Xian's name has spread all over the world with those nouns and sentences, and he has accepted the story of the Oiran Caifeng, known as the first beauty in Hangzhou, and the story of the talented and beautiful woman is the most talked about.
He is now a celebrity in Hangzhou, and people greet him from time to time on the road, Xu Jiaorong is also honored to listen to it, but he no longer complains about taking concubines privately.
The tomb is seated, and the incense is rising. After three bows and three bows, Xu Jiaorong said with tears in her eyes: "Daddy, my younger brother is now a man of origin, and he also has an industry in Hangzhou, so he just wants to be a champion in the future and become a big official." Shine on the lintel of my Xu family, and I hope the second elder will bless me!"
Xu Xian sighed, his parents died early due to illness, so that the original Xu Xian had a plan to study medicine. If that were the case, I would still be an apprentice in the pharmacy now, but now I have settled down and started a business, and I don't have to worry about food and clothing. Walking by step, it is mysterious and thrilling, which makes him feel a little unbelievable.
And the beginning of all the changes is the Taoist in the busy city, his first master, if he has the opportunity, he should be thanked. That light finger really turned his fate around and set him on another path, without having to rely on anyone.
However, he remembered that in his previous life, he had read a copy of the "Compendium of Materia Medica", but he did not specialize in medicine, and where did he remember so many names, and he had already forgotten all about it now, but he was helpless.
It's just that now that he has discovered the wonderful use of the merit card, he may be able to retrieve that memory in his mind, and then write down what he remembers, and then make it public. It can be regarded as helping the beings in this world!
Xu Xian didn't know that as soon as this thought moved, the number of merits on the merit card changed rapidly, and he obtained nearly 10,000 merits. For the livelihood of the people, just this thought is merit.
This "livelihood for the people" is not a sad sigh or a fantasy of idleness. If there is no goal and no method, it is to shout a hundred sentences, "The worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world." "It won't increase a little merit.
Only by doing it in a down-to-earth manner can we get something. And this thought, because it is the beginning of action, is meaningful.
After the farewell, Xu Xian was about to separate from his sister and brother-in-law to deal with the matter. Xu Jiaorong said: "Hanwen, it's rare to come to Hangzhou once, but I can go to your house to sit and see my brother and daughter-in-law." ”
Li Gongfu also said: "Yes, yes, I specially resigned from the affairs in the yamen today. said that he wanted to go to see where you go, and the county master would be ready immediately!"
Xu Xian was stunned, this request is normal, it would be strange if my sister didn't say it to see it, but it seemed to disrupt her arrangement. I can't help but smile bitterly: this plot has really changed because of myself.
But he couldn't refuse, so he could only say: "I still have some things to do in the academy, or brother-in-law and sister, you can go and see it first, and I'll go back when I'm done!" and then said the address of his home.
Xu Jiaorong only said that Xu Xian had come out of nowhere, and now he was a busy man, and he was a serious person in the academy, so he was not reluctant, so he only said: "Then hurry up, we will cook and wait for you to come back!"
Xu Xian looked up at the sky and smiled: "Well, it will be soon!"
An hour later, Xu Xian lay weakly on the railing of the broken bridge, and moaned: "You still can't come, my sister is waiting for me to go home for dinner!"
"Hey, Xu Xian!" A voice suddenly sounded, Xu Xian instinctively smiled and said hello, "Hello, hello!"
Xu Xian hurriedly straightened up, looked left and right, and said in a deep voice: "I'm looking at the scenery!"
Ao Li jumped slightly, sat on the railing, swung his calves, and said with a smile: "I've been watching you for a long time, obviously you're waiting for someone, and it's the kind that can't wait!"
Xu Xian glanced at her and said, "I want you to take care of it." "I thought about how to send this little girl away quickly.
Ao Li jumped off the railing, grabbed his arm and said, "Don't wait, let's go eat!"
Xu Xian said speechlessly: "This hour ......" suddenly had an idea, took out a few taels of silver from his arms and said, "Look what this is!"
Ao Li's eyes flashed with stars, "Silver!" After eating it with Xu Xian a few times, she also understood the wonderful use of silver.
Xu Xian stuffed the silver into her palm and said, "Yes, it's silver that can buy a lot of good things, so don't go buy it quickly!"
Ao Li happily said, "Okay!" took the silver and left in a hurry.
A moment later.
Xu Xian said in surprise: "Why are you back again?"
Ao Li smacked his lips and said: "That boss is really a good person, what kind of vinegar fish is delicious, I didn't expect the fish to be so delicious!
Xu Xian was speechless for a while, this guy actually went to eat other people's signature dishes, and a few taels of silver really couldn't satisfy her appetite.
Xu Xian took out half of the silver on his body and handed it to her, and said, "Go eat it again!"
Ao Li happily took the silver and ran away.
A moment later.
Xu Xian was furious, that boss was so hateful that he even recommended more expensive dishes. Ao Li looked at him with a longing face, and Xu Xian finally handed over all his property weakly.
Xu Xian waited nervously for a while, Ao Li's little girl finally didn't come again, and was breathing a sigh of relief, when a shopkeeper ran over panting and said, "Xu Gongzi, there is a girl who is drunk and is smashing in the shop, she said she recognizes Xu Gongzi you!"
Xu Xian's green muscles were exposed, and his hand bones rattled, so frightened that the shopkeeper hurriedly took a few steps back, and stammered: "You, you don't recognize it, forget it." I'll go back and report to the officer!"
Xu Xian slammed his head on the railing weakly.
In the pavilion on the edge of the West Lake, two women sat down to rest, if Xu Xian was present, they might recognize it, one of them was Xiaoqing he had seen, but at the moment she was combing her hair in a bun, blue clothes and gauze skirts, where was she still a thief who stole the treasury silver, she was clearly a beautiful woman from a small jasper, no less than any woman Xu Xian had ever seen. And if someone looks at the woman next to her, they will never be mistaken about the identities of the two of them.
Xiaoqing said: "What is the fate of thousands of miles to meet, you need to go to the height of the West Lake to find it." Is there any master in this West Lake? I can't find it after looking for it!" She followed this sister to look for a whole morning, but she didn't find any benefactor, and she couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
The woman in white had a faint smile on her face, listening to the little green hair beside her scratching her head and shaking her head slightly, like a sister who couldn't do anything about her eccentric sister because her surname was too amiable. Looking at this picturesque West Lake, there are pedestrians everywhere, and the hustle and bustle is constant. The scenery of this world is really beautiful, but the person he is looking for has not yet been found.
She was good at the way of arithmetic, but this kindness had been too long, and there was no clue, and the Bodhisattva didn't understand what she said. I searched and searched, but I couldn't find it.
Turning her gaze to the broken bridge, a figure attracted her attention, through the hazy mist, the person was dressed in green clothes, standing on the head of the bridge, with an indescribable sense of ease. It made her heartstrings flutter, maybe this was the person she was looking for.
"Sister, what are you looking at?"
Bai Suzhen didn't turn her head, and pointed remotely: "Xiaoqing, look at the person on the broken bridge!"
Xiaoqing looked in the direction her sister pointed, as if it was a man, and was about to make fun of it, but after a closer look, she let out an "ah" and said in her heart: Isn't this the hateful Xu Xian?
Bai Suzhen noticed Xiaoqing's abnormality, raised her eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong, Xiaoqing, is there anything wrong?"
Xiaoqing hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, it's nothing! It's just that I think, it shouldn't be a master!"
Bai Suzhen said strangely: "How do you know?" nodded and smiled: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you're tall or not!"
Xiaoqing hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, let's rest for a while and then look for it!"
Bai Suzhen smiled and nodded, and then looked at the bridge, but the person was gone, and he was slightly stunned in his heart, looking at the way he looked left and right just now, it seemed that he was waiting for someone, and there was an inexplicable feeling that the person might be waiting for him. I laughed at myself again, if it wasn't for Guanyin Bodhisattva to mention it, I wouldn't be able to remember that there was still this matter, how could a mortal know about it?
It's just that when she cultivates to this point, even if she doesn't know the number of spells, she can sense the heavenly machine, let alone her? You must know that cultivators have reined in their minds and held the Yuan Shouyi, which is no better than mortals' imagination, but this inspiration is extremely rare, and it must be taken seriously!
After all, I didn't want to let go of this opportunity, so I got up and wanted to look for it. Although Xiaoqing is unwilling, she can't go against her sister's mind after all. It's not because I'm afraid, but this sister seems to be born with a temperament that makes people close and obedient, and I don't want to disobey her for no reason.
Xu Xian followed the shopkeeper straight to the restaurant, and before he entered the door, he heard the sound of ping-pong inside, and when he went in, Ao Li was standing on the table staggeringly, holding a wine jar in his hand, his eyes were slightly confused, and his face was full of redness. Seeing Xu Xian come in, his eyes lit up and said, "Xu Xian, this water is very delicious!"
Several bartenders gathered around the side, and one wanted to take advantage of Ao Li's distraction to grab her, but Ao Li turned around and stepped on the bartender's brain, and the bartender immediately flew out. Ao Li flew up with the help of his strength and threw himself into Xu Xian's arms.
This pounce was five or six meters away, but fortunately, her body was light, so she didn't knock Xu Xian down. Xu Xian hugged her and frowned, "What's the matter?"
Ao Li said: "They said I didn't have enough money, and they bullied me!"
Xu Xian looked at the messy hotel, the bartender with a blue nose and swollen face, and couldn't agree with the word "bullying".
The shopkeeper poked his head out from behind the counter and said, "You are Xu Xian Xu Gongzi, this little girl drank my daughter red for 30 years and injured my people again, what do you say?"
Xu Xian frowned and said, "Boss, why do you give her a drink!"
Outside the restaurant, a group of people watched the excitement, through the rolled up bamboo curtains, watching the restaurant, and in the crowd, there were two more figures, one green and one white!
(To be continued)