Fostering apprentices

"Since the store doesn't sell it, why not go to the general's mansion to get it?"

Yan Nan was startled suddenly, and even the hand holding the folding fan trembled a few times. He slowly raised his head, and the man in white robes and a jade crown came into view, but his face was somewhat similar to him. But there is a little more murderous spirit.

The man walked into the shop, looked around, and then said to the shopkeeper: "No wonder our Anan looks down on the things in your shop, there really isn't a single piece of cloth that catches your eye."

The man's expression changed a few times as soon as he entered the store. Fortunately, he was the general who had seen the general's mansion, so he recognized him at first sight.General Yan is well-known in Wangcheng as gentle and gentle as jade, but he is a person who must take revenge. He heard the general call this actor so intimately just now. Could it be that he is really the general's pet, as the rumors say?

"Forgive me, General. This young master didn't report that he belonged to you at first, so he was negligent."

General Yan seemed to like the sound of 'Your person' very much, so he restrained his aggressive aura to the outside world, and he stopped in front of Yan Nan, with an unstoppable smile on his face, and called out softly: "Anan .”

Hearing the kind address, Yan Nan's complexion didn't get any better, especially Mu Chu's complexion. From the moment the man spoke, there was an inexplicable fire in his heart. Looking at his master with disgusting eyes is really annoying.

He didn't like the man, not at all.

"Master, let's go, don't tell this prodigal son."

Yan Yang raised his eyebrows, holding a folding fan in his hand, he looked like a handsome young man of aristocratic family, he looked curiously at the young man who followed Yan Nan, a sense of familiarity appeared in his heart, but Can't tell where I've seen it.

"This is?" he asked the boy.

Mu Chu didn't have any kind words towards him, and couldn't understand the familiar face of his master, so he simply stood in front of him and the master, separated the two, raised his head and stared at him: "Who am I? What's the matter with this young man?"

"Achu." Yan Nan scolded him in a cold voice, as if blaming him for his impoliteness.

Mu Chu stared at Master in astonishment, he had never looked at him with this look since he was a child, as if he was looking at a stranger, he hesitated to say: "Master..."

In a calm voice, Yan Nan cupped his hands towards the man and said, "Brother."

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Yan Nan didn't go back to the small courtyard at night, and Mu Chu walked back alone with the newly bought fabrics. Along the way, many people looked at him with strange eyes. At this moment, he was not in the mood to look at these expensive fabrics again. Or to care about the strange eyes of those people, after returning to the Goulan courtyard, he threw the cloth into the courtyard at will and entered the house.

Now his mind is very confused, and he needs to find something to quiet down.As soon as he entered the door of the small courtyard, he saw Yingyue standing in the courtyard. Thinking of his master's identity, he must be more than just a fallen luthier.

"Achu?" Yingyue sensed footsteps behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Mu Chu standing in front of him, but Yan Nan who came out with him was nowhere to be seen.

He asked, "Where's your master?"

Mu Chu didn't know what was going on in his heart. Now that someone mentioned his master, he became agitated for a while, and didn't give Yingyue a good face, and shouted directly: "Aren't you going to find it yourself?" After speaking, he walked towards the room and closed the door The voice startled Yingyue.

"Hey, you kid..." Looking at the closed door, Yingyue also felt bewildered. He had come to Yan Nan to discuss the matter of that Jiang Hu doctor, but now he was yelled at by Mu Chu again, and he didn't even understand. what's going on.

Could it be that there was some dispute between the two, or a quarrel?

Mu Chu was lying on the bed, and his room was separated from Yan Nan's room by a small storage room, so it was convenient for him to go to see if there was any disturbance or cough in the middle of the night.Only now, he glanced at the tea cups on the table, the fine Jingde porcelain, and even the table was made of ebony.He originally thought it was a common property of Goulanyuan, probably because many people spent a lot of money, so the master's status in this Goulanyuan was high, and the things he used were also excellent.

But he is also too naive. The high-quality ebony wood is randomly made into tables, chairs and beds. Even the clothes he wears on weekdays are delivered by people from the general's mansion. He should have realized that Master is not an ordinary person. .

He wasn't angry either, he felt like he was being weighed down by a jack and he couldn't breathe. He just felt that there was a big difference between him and his master suddenly. He wanted to try to get closer to him, but in the end he was getting farther and farther away. It even reached a height that he couldn't touch.

In the past, he didn't ask about the identity of the master, because there was only his shadow around the master, and he was the only one in his eyes.

But that person's gaze was too hot, and Mu Chu felt a sense of crisis for the first time, and realized for the first time that the master at that time was completely different from what he thought.

In the general's mansion, probably because there was one more person, the hall was a little bustling. Yan Nan left home at the age of 19, and he hasn't come back for six years. impression.

Faced with their cold and warm questions, Yan Nan could only respond with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

This place made him feel strange, but also familiar for a while. Some people have long since turned into handfuls of loess and sprinkled them in the world.

And some people are still lingering like him, living humblely.

Yan Nan was the happiest when he came back than Yan Yang. He loved this younger brother since he was a child. As long as Yan Nan wanted anything, he would do everything he could to get it. He had hidden this thought for more than ten years, and he dared not say it, and he couldn't say it.

"Are you tired? I let your room be cleaned every day, and no one has ever lived in it. You will stay at home tonight."

He deliberately emphasized the word family, hoping that Yan Nan could stay for the sake of family.

From the beginning to the end, Yan Nan stood quietly by the side, like an outsider, what other people said had nothing to do with him.

If it was before, Yan Nan would leave without hesitation and reject his brother's wishes, but now he hesitates.

He clearly knew that his brother would be on the street today, so he went to that store. All the plots were designed by him, the purpose is to arouse pity from others.

Yan Nan's face was gloomy, and his expression was as cold as ever. No one knew what he was thinking, whether he decided to stay or to leave.

The noise in the hall also gradually subsided, and there were a few children running on the ground, presumably they were added by some aunts in the side room.Looking at the children playing together, he thought of little Achu. He did these things to return to the general's mansion, for little Achu.

In fact, it is still the selfishness of one's own existence.

"Brother." Yan Nan raised his head slightly, a little strangeness flashed in his black eyes, and a smile slowly appeared on his face: "Ah Chu is still in the small courtyard, I don't trust him."

When Yan Yang heard his concerns, he felt that it was not a big deal, thinking that as long as Yan Nan could come back, everything would be fine.

"We will bring him back tomorrow. Your apprentice is also my apprentice. There is no reason for the young master of the General's Mansion to be reduced to the land of fireworks."

He patted Yan Nan's shoulder, his face was full of uncontrollable joy, suddenly he thought of something, took his brother's hand and ran towards the backyard.

"I'll show you something."

"You'll absolutely love it when you see it."

Yan Nan was so pulled by him that he almost lost his footing and fell down. It wasn't until the two of them reached the small circle in the backyard that their hasty pace slowly stopped.

"Look here, remember?" Yan Yang pointed to Xiao Yuanzi and said.

This is a small garden, with all kinds of flowers competing for splendor, even at night they can see clearly what's going on inside.

He can't wait to see every place he and Yan Nan visited when he was young. Since Yan Nan left, he has to visit the small garden every day, pick a few blooming flowers and put them in the vase with his own hands. , wait for the end of the day and put on new flowers.

At that time, he kept thinking, what if Anan came back? What if Anan came back and saw that there were no flowers in the room?

"Remember." Yan Nan said softly.

He didn't look carefully at the flowers and plants in the garden, and he didn't even put his extra eyes on them. He just answered according to his brother's wishes, and he didn't have too many good memories of the General's Mansion.

No good memories are needed either.

"Brother, I'm a little tired. I'm going back to my room." He said lightly.

Just as Yan Yang was about to say something, the person in front of him was already walking in another direction.I didn't leave too many words, and I didn't even give a nostalgic look when I saw this place that I cared for when I was a child.

He wanted to say, I'll take you back, in case you can't find your way again.

He also wanted to say, I have taken good care of them all these years after you left.

From the beginning to the end, Yan Yang felt that he was singing a one-man show, and he was not qualified to sing for that person.

Yan Yang stared at the blooming epiphyllum in the small garden, he remembered that Anan in the past would come here barefoot at this time, and he followed behind him with a lantern to chase the small shadow in front of him.

In a trance, he seemed to see a child in a white robe running back and forth, and Yan Yang called softly: "A'nan."

It was late at night, the moon was cold, and the full moon was still hanging high in the night sky. The door of the room was opened, and a person wearing a shawl came out from inside.

He sat on the swing under the flower vine, stretched out his hand to caress the rope on it, and he didn't know how many times he changed it, just like the yard now, it looks exactly the same as before, but the things inside have changed.

Yan Nan has the habit of recognizing the bed, so it is natural that the bed that he has slept in for several years has a familiar smell.

The author has something to say: Yan Yang's feelings for Yan Nan will be explained later, and they are not actually brothers.