They all say I'm a puppet

Snow rarely falls in winter in the south of the Yangtze River. Even though the weather is getting colder in recent years, it is still drizzle in the end.This kind of weather is somewhat uncomfortable for Fu Yu.He has always been afraid of the cold, and when he was in the capital, he could take advantage of the snow and clear weather to go outside to relax and play in the snow, but now he can only stay in the room every day and guard the charcoal basin to keep warm.

He held a book in his hand, fell asleep after only reading a few pages, and was bored, when someone knocked on the door, followed the stone next door and pushed the door open a gap, and looked inside. When he saw Fu Yu, he laughed, opened the door and walked in: "Brother Yu, Daddy asked me to deliver the letter to you."

When Fu Yu heard that there was a letter again, he cheered up immediately, and said with a smile: "Come here and enjoy the fire, isn't it very cold outside?"

Shi Shi's small face was red, and he was wearing a padded jacket. He closed the door and ran to Fu Yu's side. He baked his hands in front of the basin: "It's not cold outside. When the rain stops tomorrow, I will go to Yingdu City with my father to play."

Fu Yu bent the corners of his lips: "What's so interesting about Ying Capital City?"

Shitou tilted his head and thought about it carefully, counting with his fingers: "Well, there are sugar cakes, candied fruit, candied haws, clay dogs, and beautiful lanterns, um, and..."

Seeing his seriousness, Fu Yu couldn't help laughing: "I want to follow you to see what you said."

Shitou became even more happy when he heard his words: "Brother Yu, let's go together. Yingdu City is very lively. Every year when the New Year is coming, my father and mother will take me to play, and then buy a lot of delicious things. My mother said This is a New Year's gift."

"Yeah, it's the Chinese New Year, and you always have to buy some New Year's goods for the New Year." Fu Yu said with emotion.He grew up so big and spent only two years outside the palace. The first time was when he escaped from the palace four years ago, and he just met Cang Lin in that dilapidated hut, eating sweet potatoes while telling those old-fashioned legends.The other time was when he had just met Cheng Zhong after he faked his death and left the palace. On the way out of the capital, they had a particularly simple year.

After all, the circumstances of those two times were special, but everything is going well now. Since it is Chinese New Year, there should always be a Chinese New Year atmosphere.Fu Yu thought for a while, then reached out and poked Shi Shi's face: "That's good, tell your father when you go back later, I will go to Yingdu City with you tomorrow."

After all, Shi Shi is a child, and what he likes most is excitement, not to mention that he likes Fu Yu very much, so he couldn't help being a little happier.This kind of joy is always easy to infect others, and Fu Yu couldn't help but bend the corners of his lips, and took back the candied fruit plate that was put aside and handed it to Shi Shi: "Eat, I will read the letter, and I will accompany you later." you play."

"Thank you, Brother Yu." Shitou held the candied fruit dish and looked at it for a long while before finally picking one out and stuffing it into his mouth, then narrowed his eyes happily.

Fu Yu looked at him, reached out and touched the top of his head, then returned and picked up the letter just now.Although he resumed correspondence with Su He, it is more appropriate for him to be more cautious according to his identity, so even if the letter is just an ordinary daily life, there will be many twists and turns in the process of sending the letter.The sender was carefully selected by Su He, and he acted cautiously and properly, which made the two of them feel at ease.

In fact, there is no other content in the letter, most of them are greeting each other and chatting about the current situation.In the previous letter, Fuyu knew that Empress Su had been secretly taken back to the Su Mansion and sent to Mrs. Su's mother's house. She changed her name and surname, bid farewell to the past completely, and started a different life.

This reassured Fu Yu somewhat. Although he and Empress Su were only named as husband and wife, she was a very easy-going friend because of her unrestrained personality and bright personality. In addition, Empress Su gave him a lot of help. People escaped from the palace, leaving Empress Su alone in the palace as a widow, he couldn't be reconciled anyway.

Now that it was like this, it was more or less happy for everyone.

Su He has always been thoughtful and appropriate in dealing with the world, and even his reply letters are extraordinarily meticulous. He replied in detail to all the questions that Fu Yu cared about in his letters, and wrote a few sheets of paper eloquently.Fu Yu flipped through the pages one by one, and in Su He's letter, he seemed to see the capital thousands of miles away again.

Fu Yu asked a lot of things, the fate of some old officials in the court, the whereabouts of the maids in the palace, and even asked Su He tactfully if he had heard about Fu Zhi's mother and daughter far in the southwest, but never mentioned a single person name, and that person always appeared in his mind when he dreamed back at midnight, but he didn't even have the courage to write those two words.

No, it's three words now.

After reading the letter, Fu Yu couldn't help saying, "It's snowing again in the capital." He looked up and found that Shi Shi had put the candied fruit dish back on the low table. Can't help but be taken aback, "Stone, don't you like candied fruit?"

Shi Shi still had the candied fruit he stuffed into his mouth just now, and he shook his head when he heard Fu Yu's words, and replied vaguely: "I like to eat it. But mother said, be good when you come to play, Yu You can’t eat too much of what brother gives you, and you can’t make brother Yu hate you.”

Fu Yu's eyes widened, but in the end he just shook his head with a smile, and reached out to touch the top of Shi Shi's head: "Shi Shi is already very good, Brother Yu likes you very much."

Shitou rolled his eyes: "I also like Brother Yu very much."

Fu Yu moved a small stool and placed it next to the desk, handed him a copy of the "Three Character Classic", spread out the paper beside him, studied the ink, and started to write a reply to Su He.

Because the population of Shijia Village is small, there is not even a private school. Shitou has never been to school before. It was only after Fuyu came that he learned to read with Fuyu. Every time he came to play, Fuyu would find some simple books. Show him, and give Shishi what he has learned from Su He bit by bit.

Sometimes Fu Yu would find it funny, either he or Su He, no matter what, he would never have imagined that one day Fu Yu would be able to teach people to read and write.

Shitou read the book for a while, read the few pages he had learned before, and propped his chin to watch Fuyu write. When Fuyu wrote one, he read one, but he knew too few characters, so he only finished reading "" "Sir" stopped his mouth, stared at it for a long time, and then asked in a low voice: "Brother Yu, when will I know so many characters like you?"

Fu Yu looked up at him and laughed, "I didn't know a single word when I was your age."

Stone raised his eyes to look at him, and listened to him finish the rest of the sentence: "I met my husband later, he taught me how to read and write, otherwise I wouldn't have the ability to teach you."

Shitou blinked. There are not many literate people in Shijia Village, so he has a kind of admiration for those who can read and write. In his heart, Fuyu is already very powerful, and Mr. Fuyu is probably even more powerful. Have the ability.He thought for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Is this gentleman the one who wrote the letter to Brother Yu?" As he spoke, he reached out and clicked on the two words he knew on the paper, "These two words are, yes Brother Yu?"

Fu Yu bent his lips: "Yes, that's him." He pinched Shi Shi's face, "But my husband is very strict, if you are lazy after reading a few pages like you, the husband will be angry."

Shi Shi stuck out his tongue, quickly turned another page of the book, bowed his head and continued to read.

Fuyu lowered his head and continued to write the letter, but before writing a few words, Shi Shi raised his head again: "Brother Su, you just said that it's snowing again in the capital city, is it fun to snow in the capital city? It snowed in Shijia Village for nothing, but When it falls to the ground, it’s gone.”

Fu Yu replied while writing the letter: "It's snowing in the capital city, which is much more fun than Shijia Village. The snow in the capital city is heavier and lasts longer. When you wake up in the morning, it may be a vast expanse of whiteness. It won’t hurt to roll on the thick snow, and you can also build snowmen and have snowball fights.”

As he spoke, he lowered his eyes, and many scenes from the past appeared in his mind, the scene of snow flying all over the sky, in the open space outside the gate of Changle Palace, he was wearing a thick cotton padded coat and a fur coat, rolling in the snow, on the other side Cang Lin was rolling the snowball without complaint, in order to help him build a snowman.

"Hey, Brother Yu, I know this word, it's Cang, how do you pronounce the last word?"

Shi Shi's voice awakened Fu Yu from his memories. He lowered his head and found that he had written two words on the paper. He stared at the two words for a long time before whispering: "It's nothing, I made a mistake. That's all."

Shi Shi didn't see Fu Yu's unnaturalness, he was just learning characters now, and he was curious about everything: "Then how to pronounce this character?"

Fu Yu tightened his hand holding the pen, and replied: "Come, come, come and humble me."

"Lin." Stone repeated, he stretched out his finger, and pointed at the paper, "Cang, Lin."

Fu Yu's face changed slightly, he put down the pen in his hand, picked up the piece of paper, pinched it into a ball and threw it aside, then he breathed a sigh of relief and slowed down his voice: "Okay, continue reading your paper Book, I’m going to test you later, if you can’t read it, I’ll tell your mother and ask her not to buy you delicious food tomorrow.”

This is an extremely serious matter for Shitou, and he no longer went to Fuyu to write letters. He lowered his head and continued to look at the three-character scripture in front of him, and read it aloud: "At the beginning of human beings, nature is kind..."

The child's voice echoed in my ears, especially crisp. Fu Yu stared at the paper in front of her for a while, but she couldn't concentrate on writing the letter. In the end, she just sighed deeply, leaned back on the chair, and stared at the paper. Focusing on the focused stone, he slowly lost his mind.

Fu Yu didn't sleep well that night as expected, just like many previous nights, at first it was difficult to fall asleep, tossing and turning, and then fell into one dream after another.Fu Yu looked at himself in the dream like a bystander, watching him meet another boy, from resistance to trust, and then to mutual acquaintance and companionship, and finally he dreamed of the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, and it was also at that family banquet, He drank the pot of wine with the fake death medicine, but the boy did not hold him and cry bitterly, but took out a dagger from his arms, and inserted the dagger into his chest with a cold expression. The voice said: "Don't blame me, only after you die, this country will truly belong to our He family."

The next moment, Fu Yu woke up from the dream.

It was already daylight, he raised his hand to rub his eyes, shook his head vigorously, and pulled himself out of the dream completely.In the past, he would probably turn over and go to sleep again, but today he has already made an appointment with the Shitou family next door to go to Yingdu City together, so he can't make them wait too long.

Fuyu washed his face in a hurry, changed into a cotton robe, greeted Cheng Zhong and went out, Cheng Zhong hurriedly chased him out, put a fur coat on him, and said: "You have always been afraid It’s cold, I’m going to stay outside for a long time today, so I have to wear more clothes, so as not to catch the wind and cold during the New Year’s Eve.”

Fu Yu bent his lips: "Understood, Uncle Zhong, I am in good health, don't worry."

Shitou's house next door has also been tidied up. Shizhang's father, Shizhang, has harnessed the carriage and is grooming the horse's mane at the door. He saw Fuyu coming and greeted him with a smile. Dressed in a red jacket, he rushed out of the room in a hurry, his face full of excitement.Shitou Niang Gao also came out of the room and nodded towards Fu Yu.

Fuyu likes this family very much. They are simple, kind, and hard-working. When Fuyu and Uncle Zhong first came, there were always troubles in life. The Shitou family extended a helping hand again and again. They began to teach Shitou how to read and write. The couple felt very sorry. After Fuyu was rejected, Shizhang would send one to Fuyu every time he caught fish. Fuyu, this is the first time for Fuyu to get along with such a simple and direct relationship, which made him feel extra comfortable and at ease.

The carriage is very big, at least two adults can sit there, but to avoid suspicion, Fu Yu wanted to sit outside the carriage to accompany Shi Zhang to drive, but was stopped by Gao Shi, she stood beside Shi Zhang, facing towards Shi Zhang. Looking at Fuyu, she showed a little smile: "Brother Cheng, you don't have to be polite. I want to accompany my husband outside, so I will trouble you to take care of the stone in the car."

Fuyu was still waiting to argue, Shitou tugged at his sleeve beside him: "Brother Yu, mother wants to talk to daddy, so why don't you get in the car and play with me."

Fu Yu raised his eyes and saw that Gao Shi's face was slightly red with a trace of shyness, and then saw Shi Zhang looking at Gao Shi's smiling eyes, and suddenly laughed, he stretched out his hand and poked Shi Shi's face: "Okay, then I'll accompany you in the car."

So everyone got into the carriage happily, Shi Zhang flicked his whip, and the horses pulled the carriage towards Yingdu City.

It took more than an hour to travel from Shijia Village to Yingdu City, and it was almost noon when the carriage entered the city gate.Fuyu didn't sleep well the night before. After talking to Shitou, he leaned against the wall of the carriage and fell asleep. It didn't take long for him to feel his legs getting heavier. When he opened his eyes slightly, he saw Shitou lying on his back. Sleeping soundly on their laps, the two of them slept like this all the way until the carriage stopped and Shi Zhang's voice sounded from outside, Fu Yu opened his eyes and pushed the stone that was still in his dream: "We are here."

Shi Shi sat up, rubbed his eyes, tilted his head to look at Fu Yu for a while, and said slowly, "I'm so hungry, Brother Yu."

Fu Yu smiled and patted his head, stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, and said to Shi Zhang who was tying the carriage: "Brother Shi, sister-in-law, I'm a little hungry, why don't we find a place to eat first?"

Shi Zhang tied up the carriage and replied: "There is a small shop not far in front. I ate there twice when I went to the city. I always wanted to bring Shitou and his mother to try it. Today is just right."

Fu Yu rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand and pulled the stone out of the carriage: "Let's go, let's go eat."

Three adults and one child talked and laughed all the way towards the small shop. They had slept a lot on the stone road and hadn't fully woken up yet. They were leaning on Shi Zhang, rubbing their eyes and pointing at the stalls passing by. The shop introduced to Fuyu: "Brother Yu, that is sugar cake, and the one over there is candied haws. Well, it is very delicious. Later, after we finish our meal, I invite you to eat."

Fu Yu smiled and rolled his eyes: "Okay, but Shishi, do you have any silver on you?"

Shi Shi lay on his father's shoulder and patted his father: "Daddy has it."

"But if daddy has it, it's because you invited me to eat." Fu Yu couldn't help teasing him.

Shitou frowned slightly, and thought about it for a long time: "Then, let Daddy treat the two of us to eat first, and when I have money, I will treat Brother Yu to eat."

Fu Yu bent over with a serious smile on his face, and simply reached out to hug him: "Okay, brother Yu will wait."

Looking at the two of them, Gao also rolled his eyes: "Brother Cheng is very popular with children. I don't just see stones. Those children in the village like to play with you."

Fu Yu smiled when he heard this: "Probably because I don't look much older than them, and I don't look like an adult."

Shi Zhang continued: "Speaking of which, Brother Cheng is not too young. I already had this brat when I was your age. A few days ago, Uncle Cheng mentioned it when he was chatting at home, to see if there is any suitable one. People, there is a reliable girl at home, let me show you, I told your sister-in-law, let her pay attention to this matter."

Cheng Zhong never mentioned this matter in front of Fu Yu, and after thinking about it, he realized that Cheng Zhong was obviously afraid that one day in the future, he would grow old first, leaving Fu Yu alone and helpless.However, Fu Yu thought about it carefully. Although he envied Shi Zhang's harmonious husband and wife and his cute son, he couldn't imagine himself living such a life. One person has one's destiny. Although he envied him, he knew that he couldn't do it. arrive.

But there is no need to say too much, he just smiled at Shi Zhang: "Then please trouble sister-in-law."