Shen Langgui

When I got into the carriage again, it was already three poles.As soon as the sun was shining, blood turned on Xun He's face, coupled with his spirit, even though his eyes were not smiling, Shen Yue still felt his joy at the moment.

"Why are you so happy?"

Since Jing Nan, Shen Yue's temperament has changed drastically, from the bright and confident at first to silent and distant.When speaking, he always cherishes words like gold, but when he is looking for a source, especially after understanding his own intentions, once his heart is unlocked, and hundreds of rivers flow into the sea, Shen Yue can't wait to break one word into two. If the question could be finished, Shen Yue was stunned into six wordy words:

What is so happy.

It seems that if you say one more word, you will be more happy.

"Master, I want to sit outside, okay?" When Xun He said, his dimples were stained with a smile, and his brows brightened.In fact, Xun He has never been stingy with smiles, especially to Shen Yue.But Shen Yue was sensitive, and could easily see the cautiousness in this smile, but at this moment, Shen Yue only felt that Xun He was smiling sincerely.The sky is high and the sun is warm, the trees are cool and the wind is cool, the old and new smiles of the people in front of me overlap, and the twists and turns of the betrayal in the middle seem to be just bubbles, he and Xun He have never been separated, Xun He is still Shen Li, and he is still the one who was under his protection in the past A young man who can be silly and happy for a long time with a little sweetness.

Xun He didn't know Shen Yue's thoughts were going back and forth at the moment, just when he was hesitating, he tugged at the man's sleeve and repeated: "It's not cold anymore, how about I sit outside?"

Shen Yue lowered his head, Xun He's five fingers twisted ferociously, nakedly reminding Shen Yue of the sins he committed.

Never go back.

That hearty young man who smiled like a crescent moon, with morning stars in his eyes, will never come back.

"Sit still." Shen Yue did not refute, but lightened the whip, and the carriage slowed down a little.After walking for a while, Shen Yue asked again: "Seeing that you were really happy just now, what did you think of?"

"Master, do you really want to listen?"

"Well," Shen Yue felt that the answer was perfunctory, and added, "I really want to hear it."

Xun He was immersed in his own small thoughts, but he didn't notice Shen Yue's change at the moment, he just said: "When I finally answered Master Zhang's book, what did you call me?"

Shen Yue thought for a while: "Lord Qiu." Suddenly he understood, "Just because of this? You still call me a servant like 'Master' before and after. Isn't this more funny? Or...the two of us in the future Change your mouth?"

Xun He smiled and shook his head: "No."

Shen Yue was surprised: "What?"

"It's not because it's funny, it's just that I think it's amazing. At first glance, it seems that my identities with Master Shen have been switched."

"It's come true, silly."

Xun He didn't answer.The truth is the truth, no matter how much you pretend to be a fake, it can't be true. Shen Yue is the one who calls Master Zhang a three-point respect at just one glance.

The Weaving Bureau is in the southwestern suburbs of Jiangning, while the Weaving Yamen and Xianmiandu are both in the northeast.After the silver lion ran for a stick of incense, the mulberry trees appeared from one or two occasionally to gradually becoming a forest.

"The planting is really neat, it should be the official field, it seems that it is not far from the weaving bureau." Xun He said happily.

"right."

Sure enough, soon there were dots of houses dotted on the mountain, and he continued to run for a while. There were a lot of bungalows. Shen Yue picked up a small path and turned in. When he was approaching one of the bungalows, there was a person at the door. Xun He was about to slow down and ask. On the road, Shen Yue understood that he would rein in the horse.

Xun He asked: "Brother, do you want to ask if the Weaving Bureau is in this area?"

"Here it is." The man in sackcloth pointed to the one-story house behind him, and said, "This is it, you two?"

"I'm the new weaving doctor, come here to see the situation."

"No wonder." The man stood up and dusted himself off, "So it's Mr. Qiu, I'm the steward here, my surname is Shen, it's rare for someone to come from the yamen, so I'll take you away."

Xun He and Shen Yue glanced at each other, then followed the man into the warehouse, just now there was the sound of machines turning, and when the door was opened, the sound of spindles poured out.Looking around, Xun He found that the low one-story house was very spacious, the houses were connected through each other, and the figures on both sides could not be seen to the end.There were both male and female weavers. When the group passed by, no one looked up distractedly. Xun He shouted a few words to Consul Shen, but the words were drowned out by the sound of spinning wheels. Fortunately, the consul saw Xun He's movement and walked to the connecting place of the house Come up: "What did you say?"

Xun He shouted, "Are the extra thousand looms here too?"

Consul Shen nodded and shouted, "Follow me."

Walking to the end of the bungalow, the noise gradually subsided, and there was only a pile of spinning wheels in the room, but there was no one. , Floods occur frequently, and the mulberry fields Mr. Qiu just passed by are all new leaves that grow after the beginning of summer, but the silkworm breeding season is over, no matter how good the leaves are, there are not enough silkworms, and the silk production is extremely limited."

Xun He nodded, and immediately designated to go to the Colored Silk Warehouse and the Silk Fabric Warehouse. The shelves were lined up, but the fabrics were only piled up to less than a third.Seeing that Xun He frowned, Consul Shen confessed honestly: "I think Lord Qiu is considerate, so I won't hide it from you. Overseer Zhao issued a death order, and he will see [-] bolts of silk before July, but the situation just told you Well, how can this year be compared with a good year, a good part of the silk and satin on this shelf is still collected from various merchants."

Xun He sighed, then walked to the window, Shen Yue followed, and patted his lover on the shoulder: "There will always be a way."

Xun He shrugged his shoulders and smiled lightly.Shen Yue was puzzled: "What?" Xun He said softly: "I've worried too much, I'm glad that Jiuwan's workshop in Hangzhou has not been moved here, there is no news of the disaster there, and all production remains as usual."

"That's good."

The field that Xun He saw was green and the trees looked a bit like early spring, but unfortunately at noon, the heat was steaming, Xun He had never sweated much, but at this moment he still felt damp on his back.Suddenly seeing the weavers stepping out of the workshop in twos and threes, Xun He wondered, "Why did they all come out?"

Consul Shen stepped forward and said, "Master Qiu didn't pay attention to the time. It's past noon, and the villagers have gone home for dinner."

Xun He left the window and walked back: "Go and have a look."

Consul Shen was surprised, and immediately reacted: "Are you hungry? I'll tell the cook to prepare meals."

"No need, I'll go take a look."

After all, Xun He Shen Yue is pampered and pampered. Walking with ordinary villagers, he naturally stands out from the crowd and attracts people's attention. When an old man saw Consul Shen following him, he couldn't take his eyes off him. Xun He looked at him and asked loudly: "Old man , you also go home for dinner?"

"That's right." The old man came over and walked together, "My house is in the next alley, take a break at noon, go back and hug your grandson."

"Oh!" Xun He glanced at the crowd following the old man, and asked again, "Are these people from your family?"

The old man nodded: "Yes, they are my two sons and my daughter-in-law."

Consul Shen explained: "Uncle Sun is our oldest and most skilled weaver."

Xun He nodded, and asked while walking with the others: "Just now you said to go home to take care of your grandson, but the whole family is out, who will take care of the child?"

"My old lady has poor eyesight and can't do anything, so I left her at home to watch over my grandson."

"Oh, that's right. It's the first time I've seen a whole family like yours working in a factory."

Consul Shen waved his hand: "There is no other way. I just told Mr. Qiu that there are not enough manpower, but the task is so urgent that even the ducks have to catch up."

Xun He was silent.

But Uncle Sun suddenly became interested: "It turned out to be the official! I said, no wonder he is so beautiful. I have never seen such a person when I grew up here for decades. After all, this is the first time I have seen an official. Why did the official come here?"

"There is nothing wrong with the yamen for the time being, so I will come down and take a look."

"The official has a heart."

Xunhe saw the old man's daughter-in-law dripping mulberry leaves from you, and asked, "Feed the silkworms?"

The old man waved his hand: "No, it's making mulberry leaf soup." About to turn into the village road, Uncle Sun paused and asked, "The front is my home. Have the two officials and Consul Shen ever eaten?"

The three shook their heads.

"If you don't mind, come to my house and have a meal."

Xun He happily said: "Okay." Looking back, he saw Shen Yue squatting by the roadside, picking something, Xun He went back, but saw a dozen round little red fruits lying in Shen Yue's palm, Xun He was surprised: " This is……"

"Goji berries."

"Ah, it's the first time I've seen a fresh one, um..." Before Xun He could finish his sentence, Shen Yue stuffed a fruit in his mouth, a fruit the size of a little finger, but it left a mouth full of sweetness after swallowing. Xun He smashed his lips and said, "It's very sweet." He squatted down on the bed and picked with Shen Yue.

"June and July are the seasons when goji berries are in abundance, and fruits and vegetables are delicious when they are fresh."

"The fruit is small, and the tree grows in the weeds. How did you find it?"

"Familiar." The woman who had just picked mulberry leaves handed over a bamboo basket full of leaves, and Shen Yue poured wolfberries into it, and told the woman, "Cook this with mulberry leaves, it will improve eyesight and clear fire."

Xun He was amazed: "My master Shen is the one who never touches the sun, how can he understand this?!"

Shen Yue gave Xun He a meaningful look, and before he could answer, Uncle Sun asked behind him: "Why does Lord Qiu call him Lord Shen? Could it be that this master has a higher official position?"

Shen Yue stood up and explained: "I'm Lord Qiu's personal attendant. My lord loves to joke, which caused the old man to misunderstand." He turned to the smiling Xun He and said, "It's just soup, it doesn't need too much, get up." Start looking for abyss.

After a while, I walked to the old man's house. The small house was built of plain bricks and tiles, without painting. The fence circled the front yard, and a scaffolding was set up in the corner of the yard, with a stove.Hearing people's voices, a boy with only a bellyband rushed out: "Daddy! Mom!" But in the end he threw himself into the old man's arms, "Grandpa hug!"

Immediately afterwards, an old woman moved the table out, and the two sons rushed forward to take it. The old woman went in again, took out the bowls and chopsticks, and found three strangers approaching. Uncle Sun introduced them to his wife one by one. Welcome with a smile.At that time, the eldest daughter-in-law fetched well water to wash the mulberry leaves, while the second daughter-in-law lit a fire to cook, and the smoke curled up.

Xun He leaned closer to Shen Yue, and asked in a low voice, "My lord hasn't answered my question yet!"

"what?"

"How do you know wolfberry? It's the same with cooking soup, and it's clear and logical."

Shen Yue took out two silk ribbons to tie up Xun He's sleeves, and said lightly, "I learned it recently."

"What do you learn this for?"

Shen Yue was helpless: "Didn't I tell you that?"

Xun He was surprised: "Is there? How can there be?"

Seeing that there were too many people around, it was inconvenient for Shen Yue to talk too much, so he prevaricated: "I'm interested."

"Oh, I only know that Master Shen likes the art of war, and now he even likes the stove. Shen also has a wide range of interests."

Shen Yue: ...

Xun He went on to say: "Speaking of plants, my grandfather planted a pond of white lotuses in my yard in the past. Although the courtyard where I live later has no shortage of flowers and plants, there is no pond for me to enjoy the lotus in summer. The same is true for Sha Ouxiu's yard. Everything is good, but this is not enough.”

"Isn't the 'Lanxiu Deep Forest' built on the pond? In a few days, I will ask someone to introduce flower seedlings."

"It's different, I just want to see lotus in the yard where I live. I'm not afraid of Master Shen's jokes. The courtyard behind my thatched house in Beidu is empty. I planned to plant some flowers and plants by myself, but unfortunately No one wanted it. But it doesn’t matter, if you get busy, you can still take care of these things.” Before Xun He finished speaking, the three women brought dishes one after another, and Xun He Shen Yue’s rice bowl was also taken by Uncle Sun’s hand. The son took it to serve rice.The dishes served are mainly vegetarian, a pot of wolfberry mulberry leaf soup, a plate of steamed sweet potato and taro, a bowl of pumpkin soup, and various unknown stir-fried vegetable leaves. Hey, it took me a long time to turn it over before I saw a little minced meat.

"The farmhouse is no better than other places. It's shabby, and the officials laughed at it." The old woman rubbed her apron, smiling apologetically.

Xun He took the job and said, "There are things that are expensive or cheap, but true love is priceless. Grandpas and aunts share the best things with us. The delicacies of mountains and seas are not as precious as this friendship."

"Master Qiu's words are always so pleasing, no wonder he can be a high official. Hey, what happened to Master Qiu's hands?"

Shen Yue's heart skipped a beat.

Xun He's movement of pulling the vegetable leaves also paused, and then explained with a light smile: "I accidentally got burned."

Aunt Sun comforted: "Look at this scar, it must have been fatal at the time. Be more careful in the future!" Xun He was in a dilemma, and Aunt Sun said again, "Master Qiu is so good-looking, how many wives and concubines are there in the family now?"

Shen Yue: ...

Xun He:? ! ? ! ? !

Xun He didn't dare to look at Shen Yue, so he moved his eyes in embarrassment, but saw three teenagers standing outside the courtyard, their clothes were torn and their colors were unidentifiable, and their bodies were dirty, looking eagerly at the people who were eating, Xun He was puzzled: "This is it?"

Uncle Sun said clearly: "The orphan who often comes to beg for food recently." When he said that, he pulled a piece of taro leaf to serve food in the yard. Grab it on the ground and eat it.

"Where did the wild child come from?" Xun He asked again.

Consul Shen explained: "Just now I only explained half of it to Mr. Qiu. After the flood, the victims of the disaster in several surrounding cities heard that Jiangning was the least affected, and they all rushed in. These children were a group of victims who entered the city at that time."

Xun He stared at the three teenagers for a while, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he turned his head to look at Shen Yue: "I thought of a way."

Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, Shen Yue put a few chopsticks into the Xunhe bowl, and said calmly: "I probably guessed it."