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Thousands of miles of yellow clouds and white sun, the north wind blows wild geese and snow. *

It happened to be the solar term of heavy snow on this day, and the snow fell in Hoping County quite accordingly. Although it was not as big as a goose feather, it was better than a lot of it, covering a lot of bungalows in Hoping County. It really proved the snow. Wrap these four words.

A Yun rushed under the eaves from a snowy snow curtain, shook the snow on his body, and rubbed his frozen red hands before entering the room.

There were several braziers in the room, which made Ah Yun feel warm and warmed up a lot.A Yun looked at the bed as usual, and sighed again, this can be regarded as the fifth day, and Madam still hasn't woken up.

But he didn't neglect, took out the medicine he had just gone to get from Dr. Xu from his pocket, and set up a stove in front of the door to fry it.

If Ah Yun dared to cook medicine here, it must have something to do with Wen Huaizhou.Wen Huaizhou saw that the weather was getting colder these days, so he allowed the servants of the side courtyard to decoct the medicine in the courtyard. The cooks had many eyes, and they didn't pay much attention when they were busy a few days ago, and accidentally kicked the Gu medicine down. In order to avoid this kind of thing from happening again, Wen Huaizhou directly asked Ah Yun to decoct the medicine in the courtyard.

Ah Yun left the medicine to fry at the door and didn't care, went back to the house and worked for an hour, then stretched his waist and came out to check.

At this time, the person outside seemed to have heard the movement in the house, and ran away very vigorously.But still, Ah Yun in the house heard the flustered footsteps, and hurriedly opened the door, but naturally disappeared.A Yun looked left and right, and only found deep and shallow footprints on the snow in the yard on the right.

The footprints stopped by the walls of the main courtyard and the side courtyard, no matter how stupid Ah Yun was, he knew that the man must be hiding there, so he held his breath and walked there cautiously.

Arriving at that place, Ah Yun became more and more nervous, his heart almost jumped out of his throat, but he still carefully did not make a sound.

He jumped behind the wall suddenly, only to find that there was no one behind the wall.

Even though Ayun was stunned, he looked around again, but found nothing.Only then did he return to the room resentfully, thinking that this person must have tampered with the medicine, and when he was about to pour it out, there was a sudden cough in the room.

Surprised and delighted, Ah Yun hurried into the house.

Kutong, who had been in a coma for five days, woke up!

Ah Yun hurriedly helped up the bitter boy who had been coughing, and asked him how he was, and asked him if he wanted to drink water. He was extremely nervous.

Ku Tong was still a little dizzy, and after watching for a long time, he realized that he was lying on the bed, and met A Yun's concerned eyes, and opened his mouth to ask, but found that he was too dumb to speak.

Seeing this, Ayun quickly poured him a glass of water, helped Kutong to feed him.Ku Tong drank in a hurry, even though the glass of warm water seemed to force a hole in his throat, but he was so thirsty that he couldn't care less about the pain.

After drinking the water, Ku Tong became more awake, so he asked Ah Yun in a hoarse voice, "Did I sleep for a long time?"

Ayun nodded quickly, and briefly explained the reason for Kutong's coma, and reassured his wife that a very powerful doctor Xu would prescribe medicine for him every day.

Ku Tong nodded knowingly, after sleeping for too long, he wanted to get up and move around, seeing this, Ah Yun had no choice but to comply, supporting him carefully, for fear that something might go wrong.

He stared at the snow outside for a moment in a daze, then sat at the table drinking hot tea while admiring the snow.

Kutong is not like a literati poet who enjoys the poetic and picturesque snow, but just looking at the snow reminds him of the days on Fenglan Mountain. Every winter, he piles snow into adults on the mountain and lets him keep company with him. When returning to the temple covered in slush, although it is unavoidable to be scolded by the master, but after the scolding is over, the master will take out a steaming roasted sweet potato...

Ku Tong thought of this, but his heart was sour.Although I used to live in poverty with Master, I have never felt so uncomfortable for a moment.Now living in Wen's mansion, which is well-clothed and well-fed, although life is good, but my heart is always in a panic, life is full of fear, and I am afraid that I will be selected by a sudden disaster.

There was a wry smile on Kutong's pale face, making him look even more pitiful.

Seeing Ku Tong sitting by the window in thin clothes was not a problem, Ah Yun also covered him with a big mink and added a few braziers, Ku Tong couldn't help but laugh.

Ku Tong hadn't eaten for a few days, so drinking these few sips of tea had already cleared his hungry stomach, and at the right time, the stomach even cried out in resistance.

When Ah Yun heard this, she slapped her head, complaining that she forgot about it, told Ku Tong a few words, and then went to the back kitchen to get food.

Ku Tong sat on the seat alone, looked at the snow scene in every possible way, then got up and walked a few steps.After nearly half an hour, Ah Yun didn't come back, and now he was quite surprised, fearing that this boy might have an accident on the road, he put on his clothes and prepared to go out to have a look.

It happened that I saw the medicine that Gu Ayun forgot to throw away.

Ku Tong knew in his heart that this was the prescription medicine that Ayun had mentioned, he guessed that Ayun probably saw that he was awake and forgot about it.Then he extinguished the brazier by himself, took the medicine and went into the house, planning to drink the medicine before going to find Ah Yun.

He poured out a small bowl, and waited for him to cool down a bit before suffocating in one gulp.

Just in time, Ah Yun came back.

His clothes were covered with snow, and his face was flushed by the north wind, but he also took out a food box from his arms with a smile: "Madam, I'm afraid you are in a hurry? I just went to the back kitchen to eat, It just so happened that the food that I just made was taken by the chief of Chenyue County, so the little one had no choice but to wait there..."

Ah Yun suddenly saw the medicine in front of Kutong, his voice stopped abruptly, and hurriedly came up to him and asked, "Did you drink this medicine?!"

Ku Tong froze in place, not knowing why Ah Yun reacted so strongly, but nodded honestly, looking at Ah Yun with blank eyes.

A Yun was like a bolt from the blue, he was really afraid of something, so he hurriedly asked him how much he drank.

Ku Tong truthfully said that it was only a small bowl, which made Ah Yun calm down a little.

Ku Tong found out that something was wrong with Ah Yun, and asked tentatively: "Is there something wrong with this medicine?"

Ayun's eyes dodged, and he wondered whether he should tell Kutong or not. Seeing Kutong like this, there was nothing unusual, and he wondered in his heart whether he was suspicious, and it would be bad to make some jokes.Seeing that Ku Tong finally woke up, he didn't want him to worry about it.

"It's okay! It's just that the little one saw some bugs crawling in, and I'm afraid there will be some problems if I drink it to the master, so I'm about to throw it away!"

Ku Tong couldn't help laughing out loud: "The worms just go in, what's the fuss, let's fish it out, I'll take another sip of this medicine, so as not to waste it..."

With a mournful face, A Yun quickly interrupted him: "Ma'am, don't want it! I see this bug is extraordinary, what if it has some poison on it!"

After thinking for a moment, Ku Tong couldn't help agreeing with Ah Yun, and since Wen's mansion was not short of the money for medicine, he also went there.

Wen Huaizhou is wearing white brocade fur today. Although he looks like a handsome young man against the wind, he almost blends in with the white snow. Those with bad eyesight may not see that there is another person here.But at this moment, he was standing under the eaves, stretching his neck and looking through the window, as if he couldn't see why, his brows were tightly furrowed.

But this scene was caught by Ah Yun who happened to be out to pour the medicine.

Ah Yun has always been stubborn, so he blurted out: "Third young master? Why are you here? Go indoors to keep warm!"

The sound was neither loud nor low, but it could be heard clearly by several people inside and outside the yard.

Wen Huaizhou's face turned dark when he heard the words, he stared at this rather ignorant young man without speaking for a long time, and got angry.

He had no choice but to cough twice, straightened his back, and walked in.

When Ku Tong saw Wen Huaizhou coming, he still had lingering fears.Then she also stood up and bowed to him, calling softly: "Master."

Wen Huaizhou withdrew the hands that were about to pull him up angrily. Hearing that his voice was low and hoarse, he felt uncomfortable.But he folded his arms across his chest, looking indifferent.

"Is your body better?" Wen Huaizhou raised his eyebrows and looked at Kutong, he only said this after thinking for a while.Looking at the person in front of him now, I couldn't help but "tsk" in my heart, I really don't know how this person survived in the past, I really admire him for his ability to make his face so pale.

Ku Tong nodded lightly, his tone was still hoarse: "Yes, I feel much better."

Wen Huaizhou frowned again when he heard the words, his face was so pale, how could it be called "much better"?

But Wen Huaizhou thought so in his heart, but he said unforgivingly: "I think it's still far away? It's only been a day since he recovered and he walked around, really thinking how strong his body is!"

When Ku Tong heard this, he trembled in fright.It's not that Kutong is cowardly, it's just that being scolded and yelled at by the Wen family so much has become a conditioned reflex.

Seeing this, Wen Huaizhou trembled in his heart, but he didn't know how to express it. After thinking for a while, he choked out a sentence: "Go back to bed and lie down!"

If there is any difference between this sentence and Wen Huaizhou's last sentence, it is that the voice is much softer.

The tone was still the same stench.

Ku Tong didn't resist when he heard the words, but ran to the bed lightly.Seeing this, Wen Huaizhou was speechless again, scratching his head for a while, not knowing what to do, and then walked away again.

Ah Yun was also afraid of this big Buddha from the bottom of his heart, seeing him go, he sent Wen Huaizhou away respectfully.

Wen Huaizhou's face became darker and smellier.

After these few days of recuperation, Kutong's health has indeed improved a lot.Ah Yun didn't dare to make the same mistake last time, and stayed close to the stove, fearing that someone would fall in love with him again.

The heavy snow that had been snowing for several days stopped unexpectedly, but the thick snow could not be melted for a while. It seemed that a layer of snow-white velvet blanket had been laid for the small courtyard of Kutong, which was really unique.Ayun and Kutong were already about the same age, seeing the scene in the courtyard, one or two couldn't sit still anymore, and came out to play in the snow one after another.

The two of them either piled them up into adults, or threw snowballs at each other. The yard was full of laughter and laughter. The silver bell-like laughter of the two of them was melodious, and anyone who heard this sound would laugh out unconsciously.

The two played wildly for an hour, but they always felt that they were not enjoying themselves. When they were about to continue the battle for another [-] rounds, a female voice suddenly appeared beside them and broke the harmony.

"Second Madam, have you had enough fun? If you've had enough, go quickly to toast a cup of tea to our Princess, who has been waiting for a long time." It was Qin Fang, Chen Yue's dowry maid, who spoke.

But if you look carefully, the words "Second Lady" and "wait for a long time" are bitten very hard, that small face is full of contempt, and her hands are flushed, as if she has been waiting for a long time.

Kutong and Ayun looked at each other, knowing that there was really no way to turn this kind of thing over.Ku Tong knew that he was wrong, Chen Yue's wedding night was the day when he fainted, and this tea ceremony was supposed to be there the next day, but Ku Tong fainted for a few days, and after a few days of recuperation, he gave this to him for life and death. forget.

Ku Tong was dressed in a short brown coat, not to mention that it was covered with snow and mud, so he said to the servant girl, "How about I change into my clothes before serving tea to the princess?" Then he went to the back room.

But this Qin Fang is not a good person, I don't know whether she is strict in doing things or she can embarrass Ku Tong, so she pulls Ku Tong and says, "Hey, please, Second Madam, my Princess has been waiting for you for a long time, but I just want to drink your hot tea, that's all. This clothes, you can change them when you come back after toasting a cup of tea. My princess has always been reasonable and doesn't like red tape. What's more, I have been waiting for my wife to play for a long time. Now if you go in and change your clothes again, then It will take a lot of time, I'm afraid I will be blamed by the princess."

These words are extremely pitiful, but they secretly changed the concept. It is only natural for a servant to wait for a master, but he is just bullying a poor boy and not calling himself a master.When Ku Tong heard this, he was really in a dilemma, seeing a girl in front of him, he really couldn't say anything harsh to her, so he had to follow.

This is the first time that Kutong has entered the main house of Fengyanyuan, and there really is a universe inside.

But I didn't even have time to take a look when I walked in, but I saw several familiar figures - Mrs. Wen, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, was sitting on the top seat, Princess Chenyue was on the side, and Second Mrs. Wen Fang was on the left. affectionate.

No matter how stupid Ku Tong was, he knew that Chen Yue and this maid had put him together.

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From "Farewell to Dong Da" by Gao Shi_(:τ」∠)_