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Seeing her staring at the plaque, Li Zhaoting took two steps closer and explained with a smile: "At the beginning when this plaque was hung, I said that since it was Brother Changying's residence, it should be hung in Liu's residence, but Brother Changying insisted on hanging it in Li's residence, saying yes -"

Speaking of this, she glanced at Feng Suzhen and stopped abruptly. Looking at his expression, Feng Suzhen guessed that it must be related to the marriage of the two of them, so she was inconvenient to answer.Hearing Li Zhaoting pause for a while, he continued: "Later, it was simply called the People's Mansion, taking the surnames of hundreds of families, which also means our family of surnames." After finishing speaking, he went to knock on the door to call for someone.

But after a while, I saw Liu Changying came out with a smile on his face, and complained as he walked, "Oh, you guys have finally arrived. I said yesterday, why have you been away for so long, but I have to wait!" The man has come to the front, first saluted Feng Shaoqing, and then walked into the mansion in a hurry.

Seeing him coming out alone, Li Zhaoting interjected and asked, "Why don't you see Miss Xin'er?"

Liu Changying raised his hand and pointed forward: "Xin'er and Miss Yanran are in the backyard, I have already asked someone to tell her, come here now."

Just as he was talking, he saw Zhang Xin coming with a girl. Liu Changying clapped his hands and said, "Isn't this the right time? Let me introduce you." Xin's shoulder said: "Everyone knows Xin'er. Now we are married, and we will be a family in the future." After speaking, she pulled out her hand and moved to the girl next to her, and said: "This is Uncle Meng's house next door. Miss Meng Yanran, the daughter of our daughter, Yanran's character and knowledge are top-notch, and we are all familiar with each other, so you don't need to see outsiders."

Feng Suzhen saw Meng Yanran wearing a white dress from far to near, simple and elegant but still gentle and charming, just like a white lotus coming from the clear canal in the south of the Yangtze River. , not to mention that this scholarly family is even more temperament Tsinghua.Just as she was about to bow her hands to salute, Meng Yanran seemed to be stunned, looking at herself in a daze, Feng Suzhen paused, and just about to speak, why not Liu Changying stretched out her hand and waved fiercely in front of her, smiling at Meng Yanran : "Hey, I said Yanran, don't be fooled by her face that looks better than Pan An, this is our Brother Li's—"

"——Ah, this is Brother Feng, the best friend of Brother Zhang and I in the capital." Liu Changying didn't finish the second half of his sentence in time, but Li Zhaoting stopped him in time, and Li Zhaoting immediately froze deeply. Liu Changying only managed to stop the doubts he was about to export with a glance.

Meng Yanran had already come to her senses at this time, she was too shy to raise her head, she didn't know what happened just now, but she was stunned at a strange man.Since the family moved to the next door, my world seems to have expanded a lot. I admire the talents of Liu and Li very much, but I have never lost my composure. But Mr. Feng... he just stood there gently There, for no reason, I reminded myself of Mr. Ru Yulang in all the poems, but I was stunned for a while and didn't realize it. Thinking of this, I was even more embarrassed and didn't dare to stay any longer. I hurriedly saluted and left.

Seeing this, Liu Changying didn't stay any longer. He only said that he would visit the Meng Mansion later, and asked Zhang Xin to take Feng Suzhen to settle down, while he dragged Li Zhaoting away.Feng Suzhen knew that Liu Changying was eager to ask about her relationship with Li Zhaoting, which saved her from the embarrassment of asking, so she just smiled and ignored it, and just followed Zhang Xin around the mansion.

After a short walk, I ran into Liu and Li, who had already finished their conversation, and invited me to visit Uncle Meng next door. Faced with Liu Changying's hesitant expression, Feng Suzhen could only pretend to be ignorant and asked about the situation in the Meng residence. Chang Ying also changed the subject and said: "Speaking of Uncle Meng, he is indeed a good man. There is nothing to say about his knowledge. What is rare is that when his son's official career is not satisfactory, he is willing to help the neighbors." It’s really good for a child to read books.” As he spoke, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly raised his head to remind him: “By the way, Brother Feng, after we came to Jiangnan, in order to avoid unreasonable disturbances, Brother Li and I did not disclose our names. , the pseudonym I have been using all the time, and when we meet soon, Uncle Meng will inevitably ask you what your surname is, and I don’t know what you plan to do? Don’t miss it.”

"Oh? Then what's your name? I'm familiar with it now." Feng Suzhen raised her eyebrows and smiled.

"Brother Feng, you must have guessed about me a long time ago, and I have no intention of hiding it from you." Liu Changying put away his joking expression, paused with emotion, then shook his head and said loudly "But what happened yesterday is like dying yesterday, so I changed my name to Liu Fusheng." He looked at Feng Suzhen as he spoke, and the clear and understanding look in his eyes made him feel warm. After a short pause, he pointed to Li Zhaoting and said with a smile: " As for Brother Li, I don’t know what’s going on, Li Zhaoting, who is so good, just changed it to Li Zhaocuo, and I don’t know where so many mistakes come from.”

"Hey, Brother Liu, you don't know anything about this." Li Zhaoting saw that Feng Suzhen was a little lost in the face of the obvious name change, and explained in a nonsense manner: "It is precisely because I want to remind myself not to make mistakes, so I call them wrong." ah."

Without even thinking about it, Liu Changying retorted: "How can there be such a reason? According to what you say, if you remind yourself not to forget, you should forget Li? Remind yourself not to fall, is it necessary to make Liu fall?"

The three of them laughed after saying a word, and instantly dilute the somewhat melancholy atmosphere.

Feng Suzhen looked at Liu Changying's retorting expression, but thought of another similar expression, and thought to herself: "Sure enough, they are brothers and sisters, and the tone of voice is so similar when talking about people." So, in this similar expression, she also Think of your alias.

"—Feng Lanzhi, born late."

"—Ah, good, good! Yushu Lanzhi, you really live up to your name!"

In the evening, when Feng Suzhen remembered her conversation with Mr. Meng in the Meng Mansion again, she couldn't help laughing. Even she couldn't explain why. Why didn't she explain her gender at that time? Could it be that she was used to this man's identity? , or can't bear to break the admiration in Master Meng's eyes?After all, a gentleman treats others with sincerity, so let's find a suitable time to explain things clearly.

Habitually touching the family jade pendant in his bosom, habitually thinking about what Tianxiang is doing at this time, has he let go of it?But it seemed so embarrassing for me to even care about a word.But—since my group has already arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, I should write a letter to Zhang Shaomin to report his safety, why not ask Zhao Ting and Brother Chang Ying tomorrow, and everyone write this letter together, if they ask about Tianxiang in the letter... Heh, knowing that they will definitely ask, let's just use them once.

Sure enough, when Feng Suzhen proposed to write a letter to Zhang Shaomin the next day, she immediately got the support of the other two people. Liu Changying even pointed at Li Zhaoting who was in charge of writing: "Quickly ask that Zhang Shaomin, what is he doing with Tianxiang?" It's like this, no matter how long you dawdle, you still can't get any results, it's really useless!"

Li Zhaoting glanced at Feng Suzhen quickly when he heard the words, and felt that the words were too embarrassing. He was thinking of an excuse to cover up, but before he could open his mouth, Liu Changying continued: "And last time, didn't you say that the emperor wanted to choose a concubine? ? How is it going now, which adult is the one who is more skilled in the end?"

Seeing that Liu Changying was very interested and wanted to continue asking, Feng Suzhen couldn't help laughing at him, and sighed to his doubtful eyes: "It seems that Jiangnan is really a good place, with a clear sky and a broad mind. , Brother Changying seems to have become much more outspoken."

"Why, did I always beat around the bush?" Liu Changying asked with a smile, then turned to Li Zhaoting and said, "Just ask Tianxiang in your letter, the three of us, do I agree with each other the most!"

Seeing his serious face, Li Zhaoting waved his hands and said with a smile, "I think Brother Liu should write a letter to discuss with Tianxiang alone on such a profound and mysterious topic. I'm afraid Tianxiang's reply will let you see the true outspokenness."

Liu Changying finally couldn't hold it back anymore, and laughed with the two of them, but Feng Suzhen felt regretful in the midst of this joy: If Tianxiang was here, how happy she would be at this moment.

After settling in for a few days, Li Zhaoting began to follow Liu Changying to teach in Meng's private school. The two of them naturally invited the more knowledgeable Zhuangyuan Lang to go with them, but Feng Suzhen's status was special after all, and he might cause troubles, so they didn't After agreeing, he just went to visit the private school with the two of them.

Although it is a private school, it is not located around the Meng Mansion. Instead, it is located in a clean space closer to the back mountain. Several thatched huts are built and a yard is enclosed, so that the students can avoid interference and concentrate on their studies. the meaning of.

Looking at the children who are still dancing with spoons, shaking their heads and reciting books, Feng Suzhen can't help but think that she was so carefree in the past. She read, wrote, and talked with Li Zhaoting. At that time, she thought that life would go according to the plan. Going all the way, who would have thought that the fate of the future would be so twists and turns?And what kind of future will these bright young men have?

Thinking wildly, he walked up and down aimlessly in the courtyard, and suddenly felt a movement on the edge of the courtyard door. When he walked over, he found that it was a little girl, about ten years old, standing outside the courtyard door. , his face was a little dirty from being rubbed by the courtyard door, but he blinked a pair of big eyes full of envy, he hurriedly took two steps back when he saw someone coming over, with a timid look, but his eyes couldn't help but glance over to the other side of the house.

Feng Suzhen bent down and asked with a smile, "Little girl, who are you looking for?"

"I... I'll wait for my brother to finish school." The little girl's childish voice was very cute.

"Oh, but it's still some time after school, you can come in and sit for a while." Feng Suzhen opened the courtyard door and walked forward to lead the little girl to the courtyard.