Cold and warm depend on each other

When Xue Wanxiang came to Junshan for the first time, she was a little nervous about "meeting her parents". In addition, the matter of Cao Youqi and Liu Qingqing weighed heavily in her heart, so she was really careful on the way up the mountain.

Junshan is not so much a mountain as it is a rolling mountain range, the main peak is Jianyu.The other four peaks are east, west, north and south respectively.It takes more than three hours to walk from the foot of the mountain to the gate of Junshan Mountain at Jianyu Peak.So when I entered the Junshan School, the sunset at the West Peak had already dyed the clouds all over the sky red.

Su Zhe got out of the carriage first, opened the door and opened the curtain, Xue Wanxiang was wearing a thin cape with crabapple on the bottom, leaning out half of his body in the car.Su Zhe smiled, moved the high and low poles behind the car, and helped her get out of the car slowly.

All the horses and carriages were handed over to the coachman and servants. Su Zhe took Xue Wanxiang's hand and distributed them to her as he walked, "It's fine to go home after arriving here. Usually, you will go to the back door by riding a horse, but you can go directly to the mansion. Today One is because everyone hasn’t come back for a long time, so we go in directly from the gate, and we need to walk a certain distance.”

The top of the mountain was cool, Su Zhe put the soft fleece hood on Xue Wanxiang's cloak with his back against the wind, put it on for her, and closed the cloak again.

Xue Wanxiang nodded, and let her hold hands. In the increasingly dizzy sunlight, he saw the huge stone of Qingfeng standing on the side.

In the distance is a stretch of high and low buildings and pavilions, dotted with countless lanterns. When you get closer, a group of servants come out wearing uniform gray shorts. The leader is wearing a dark brown robe. He smiled and said: "The brothers are back. Hello, Miss Zhe." He looked at Xue Wanxiang beside Su Zhe, and Xi'er who was behind Xue Wanxiang, and still smiled gently: "Hello, two girls."

"Uncle Yang." Wang Yupei greeted him with a nod, looked around, paused for a moment on Xue Wanxiang, then turned around and said, "Let's go to greet Master and Mistress first. This Miss Xue is our guest, you let me Someone packed up a wing room for Miss Xue to use."

"No need. Wanxiang lives with me." Su Zhe held onto Xue Wanxiang's hand for a moment, seeing that her elder brother was about to speak from a frown, she immediately continued: "My place is spacious, and Wanxiang lives in my room Here, I will sleep on the couch outside. Xi'er can live with Ningyu and the others."

Wang Yupei looked at the two of them, anxious to see Master and Mistress, so he didn't say much.

Su Zhe smiled and said to the housekeeper who spoke earlier: "Uncle Yang, I'll go see Master and Mistress first. Please send someone to take my friend to my room. I'll go back later."

She said and squeezed Xue Wanxiang's palm. "Go back and rest, I'll be back in a while."

Uncle Yang responded cheerfully: "The boy can go to Miss Zhe's house as he pleases. The old servant will send the two girls there."

Xue Wanxiang has inherited her father's teachings since she was a child, and the gentleness, courtesy and thrift of a girl's family are almost engraved in her bones.Although the newcomer did not want to be separated from Su Zhe, he knew the seriousness of the matter and nodded obediently.

Two rows of lanterns hung high on the left and right of the school grounds, and a group of disciples from Junshan School climbed up the steps.Uncle Yang watched them go up the stairs, took a step back and said, "Miss Xue, this old servant will take you to Miss Zhe's room."

Xue Wanxiang was full of blessings: "Thank you, Uncle Yang."

Uncle Yang took a lantern handed over by a boy in the chief corner and led the way. Not long after, he came to the gate of a large mansion, where two women came up to him. Saying yes in repeated voices, Uncle Yang nodded at Xue Wanxiang and went away without mentioning it.

Both sides of the Hanging Flower Gate are connected with Chaoshou corridor. At this time, the sky is getting dark, and the courtyard of the inner house is deep and brightly lit. The two women are around forty years old. A girl passed by, and when she saw her, she showed a curious look.

A woman walked beside Xue Wanxiang, smiling as she walked: "This house has not had any strangers for a long time, even if there are some Jianghu people from the sect who are practicing martial arts, the master of the sect will arrange for them to live in the house outside. The girl is born well It looks like the girls haven't been down the mountain for a long time, so it's rare to see them, so I'm naturally a little surprised."

As he talked, he walked to an independent courtyard. Lanterns were hung on both sides of the vermilion courtyard gate. Xue Wanxiang looked up and saw the word "Yuancheng" written on the lintel. The font was simple and thick, not like an ordinary boudoir. pavilion.

The mother-in-law patted the knocker on the door and shouted: "Is Miss Ningyu here? Miss Zhe's guest is here." Not long after, a well-dressed girl ran out, blessed her first, and then listened to what the mother-in-law said. .

"This is the girl in charge of Miss Zhe's yard, named Ningyu. Miss Ningyu, this is Miss Zhe's distinguished guest, Miss Xue." Both the mother-in-law and the mother-in-law explained clearly, saluted, and left the yard.

Following Xue Wanxiang into Yuancheng Pavilion, Xi'er secretly clicked her tongue.The grandeur of the uncle's family is no less than that of the Chai Mansion in Linhuai City.The big house of Junshan faction alone takes up an untold amount of space.

Ningyu heard that this was her lady's distinguished guest, so she hurriedly invited them to the main hall of the house politely, the little girls gathered around and chattered, Ningyu snubbed them, while calling for snacks, while calling for people to come Hot water in the kitchen.

"Ms. Xue and Miss Xi'er. You two have come from a long way. It's been hard work." Ning Yu asked Xue Wanxiang to sit down.

The furnishings in the room obviously took a lot of thought, and there were a few plates of molan in the two corners, which were well-maintained and full of vitality.Xue Wanxiang always thought that Su Zhe was a "child of a poor family". Even if he was adopted by the head of the Junshan School and his wife, he never thought that Su Zhe was a child raised by such a high-end mansion and a rich family.

"But why was she so downcast when we first met?" Xue Wanxiang muttered quietly in her heart.

When Su Zhe came back, it was more than half an hour later, Xue Wanxiang had just come out of the shower, and together with Xi'er were packing the luggage that his mother-in-law had just brought.

Ningyu stepped forward and said: "The girl is back. Is there a meal?" Seeing her listless, she hurriedly asked the girl to carry the hot water again.

"It's been used. Master and wife are vegetarians today?" Su Zhe pinched the back of his neck, and said a little tiredly: "Don't worry about it. Just pack it up casually, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Entering the back room for a while, seeing Xue Wanxiang in the room where he grew up, holding a stack of clean and tidy clothes in his hands, he suddenly felt that it was so beautiful that it was unreal.

"I'm back." Seeing that she looked dazed and cute as soon as she came back, Xue Wanxiang handed the robe to Xi'er, walked over and rubbed her earlobe.

Xi'er smirked and bowed her head and went out.Su Zhe sat on the armchair, let out a long sigh of relief, and pressed against Xue Wanxiang's soft chest.

"Punishment?" Xue Wanxiang stroked her soft hair.

Su Zhe shook his head: "Eldest brother truthfully said that junior sister didn't want to come back, but master didn't say anything, and my wife asked a few words, but Chen Hao said that she missed the point."

"and then?"

"Then my wife said that it's getting late today, so I'll discuss what's going on tomorrow." Su Zhe covered his mouth and yawned.

I was really tired from the continuous rush, so I had nothing else to say that night.The two of them have been getting along day and night during this period of time, and they are not used to separation, but Su Zhe thought that she would take Xue Wanxiang to see the master and wife, and before that, it is better to behave politely.Xue Wanxiang understood what she meant, so after the maids took care of her grooming, Xue Wanxiang lived in Su Zhe's bed in the main house, and Su Zhe slept on the small couch used by the maids in the outer room to watch the night.

In the early morning of the next day, a blue color of crab shells appeared on the sky, Su Zhe turned over, opened the door and walked out.

Ningyu watched the little girl pouring hot water into the copper kettle in the attached wing room, and smiled when she saw her come in by herself: "I was thinking about asking you to get up, but I don't want you to come here by yourself."

Su Zhe took the towel and wiped his face: "The fragrance hasn't risen yet. She is weak, let her sleep more. I'll just wash up with you."

It turns out that the Junshan faction has a routine that every morning, no matter it is windy or rainy, they must go to the martial arts training ground to practice martial arts at that time.When Su Zhe ran to the martial arts training ground, almost all the seniors came. According to the old habit, he ran around the top of the mountain first, and only had breakfast when he came back.

Everyone is used to it, and it doesn't feel too much to run down. When they returned to the main house, Su Zhe and Chen Hao were talking in a low voice. The little girl brought breakfast, and Su Zhe looked at it, eh?Why is it porridge again?Master and wife continue to be vegetarians today? ? ?

After the meal was sloppy, Master Cao Mosheng didn't say a word, and no one dared to leave.Wang Yupei looked at his master's face, and led a group of younger brothers and sisters back to the martial arts field to practice.

I was hungry all night yesterday, and I was hungry all morning again today. Chen Hao was about to cry first, but the second senior brother gave him a wink, and he stopped making a sound, and followed what he should do honestly.

After finally staying up until noon, the wife of the head of the door, Qin Shiyu, sent someone to invite Xue Wanxiang over, took her hand affectionately and asked a lot of questions, and said that Su Zhe should have introduced her yesterday, but it was too late at that time, so she changed it. Come to them today.

Xue Wanxiang greeted Mrs. Cao, the head of the Cao clan, with a harassing voice.Both Xiaojiabiyu and elegant.

The more Qin Shiyu looked at it, the happier she was. When the banquet started, she was asked to sit in front of the next long table, and Su Zhe was allowed to accompany him on the next long table. The other disciples lined up in turn.

The front hall is spacious and bright, and there are not many direct disciples of the Junshan School. The seven brothers who look like gourd babies, together with Su Zhe and Xue Wanxiang, occupy a total of nine long tables.

After a while, maids came in with delicious food, and placed plates one by one in front of the door owner and his wife. After a while, the table in front of Miss Xue was also full.

Su Zhe and his seniors stretched their necks and watched eagerly. After a long while, a group of girls finally came in, all holding lacquer plates in their hands, and each plate contained...all white porridge!

Su Zhe's eyelids twitched, seeing the girls retreating in unison, her teacher-wife Qin Shiyu said to Xue Guliang with crooked eyebrows: "This dish of silver needles and wings is a unique dish on Junshan, Miss Xue has a taste Taste it, you like it."

The three tables in the high hall were filled with exquisite dishes of various colors, and the aroma rushed to his face one after another. Chen Hao heard a lot of gurgling, and he didn't know if it was his belly or the belly of his brothers and sisters.

Qin Shiyu raised his hand to his disciples with a smile while talking: "Have a meal. Aren't you hungry?"

Su Zhe looked at three consecutive meals of white porridge without even a pickle in front of him, his handsome little face was almost wrinkled into a ball of buns, but he suddenly realized in his mind: Is this the punishment for releasing my junior sister privately? ? ? ! !