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House.In fact, the old house in Suzhou is the foundation, and the ancestors were also prominent in those days. "

"The Lin family is also a family of poets and books. There is no other person except for the master? When the master was an official, he never supported his brothers? Girl, don't blame me for spying on your family's private affairs. We have to deal with some things from the beginning. You often cry and send yourself under the fence. It depends on you." I don't understand people's complexion. Back then, our master was inspecting salt and history. Not to mention how rich his family property is, it should be more than enough to support you for a lifetime. Why do you look at people's complexion? You have to depend on your family to live because of your age. You are young and a girl, so it doesn't mean that your family has no money, and you depend on them for food and clothing. Since you have two uncles, have you lost any contact over the years?" I asked strangely.

"My uncle used to do a lot of things under the banner of my father, which almost hindered my father's official career. My mother was very angry about this. My second uncle took care of the ancestral business in the north and south, and my mother even disdainful. In previous generations, the uncle’s family had two sons and two daughters, and the second uncle’s family had three sons, but my family’s population was small, and I was a girl and my body was weak. When I was in Yangzhou, I hardly moved around, let alone I came here! You said my family’s property, this I I don't know very well, one is young, and the other is all taken care of by Lian's second brother. I only know that the house was sold to the second uncle, and the fields were also sold, converted into cash, and handed over to the grandmother. There are also some ancestral property, the father has The will will be taken care of by my uncle, and it will be my dowry in the future. Many antiques, calligraphy and paintings at home have been boxed and brought, and some have been distributed to the two uncles. I don’t have much savings either.”

I put down my chopsticks and shook my head. "At this time, it is not for you to calculate how much property you have, but to let the girl understand that although you are attached to your grandfather's family, your family has money. The old lady can keep your dowry and the rest will be confiscated, so you don't have to look at other people. Wink, don't think that you have eaten their family's money, at least your family's converted silver will not be less than 5 taels!"

"5 taels? There will be so much? According to you, our girl is rich." Zijuan opened her mouth wide in surprise.

"What evidence do you have? Sister, let's think about it, Lin's mansion is not small. How much money can the house alone sell? Sister, don't believe me, go out and ask women, how much is a small house in the folk, although Yangzhou is not as expensive as Jinling, but then It’s a big house! As long as the girl wants to eat so much, she can feel at ease, Hengjian is spending her own money!”

"Xueyan is right. Our Lin Mansion occupies an area of ​​three miles," Wang Momo interjected.

"One more thing, I don't agree with the girl, how can I cut off contact with my clan? Don't say that the old lady really loves you here, for fear of hurting the old man's heart. I just ask the girl's last name, when you get married It is still the Lin family who rely on the momentum. You see, Second Mistress Lian is very powerful in both Rongning and Ningfu, and she often talks about our Wang family and my uncle. It can be seen that no matter whether they are relatives or not, they are connected by blood. The girl should think about how to get in touch with the uncles in Gusu. The cousins ​​are all grown up now. If there is a caring for each other in Jinling, you didn’t see that Miss Bao and Baoqin are also dignified. The relationship between the sisters is so good, if you don’t give it to your uncles first, they will not be able to find you, the family of poetry and calligraphy has always been noble, and the most afraid of the world is that they flatter the rich and the rich.”

Daiyu's eyes were weeping, why didn't she want to contact her clansmen, she just waited for her uncles to contact her first to gain face, and waited and hoped for many years, thinking that the Lin family had forgotten that there was her number.

"The girl's illness is sure to be fine now. You might as well write a letter to your uncle and uncle about the family life. You can find your relatives and live a more comfortable life. Even if your ancestors are gone, you still have relatives, not lonely as you said one."

The author has something to say: Every time a manuscript is submitted, it has to be revised again, which is not much different from writing, and it is very tiring.

☆, swing

The summer was long, and I was in the west side of Daiyu’s house, copying the copybook Chen Yinglong gave me very carefully. Daiyu was reading a book while guiding and correcting me. Handed over to her with honor.Outside the window are green bamboos, under the porch Xiaodie is leaning against a pillar to doze off, and the other two little girls are playing with rope.

"Have you written the girl's home letter yet? I have to leave the mansion on the fifteenth day, and the famous doctor from Zhongshantang will attend the consultation on fifteenth day. I will go there again. We will use the post office outside so as not to disturb the mansion. I have made up my mind to send a reply letter to the hoe medicine family." Let’s just say it’s Wang Momo’s relatives who are looking for her. Second Lord Bao’s movements are really slow, it’s been a few days and he still can’t get the prescription, and even brags that it’s on him!” I put down my pen and whispered to Daiyu.

"I finished writing yesterday, and I'm a little worried that my uncle and uncle will ignore me and have never been friendly. Is it fake to write letters suddenly?"

"Your relatives need to move around more to get close. Xueyan, do you have any relatives in Yangzhou? Why have you never heard of them?" Zijuan asked.

"Me, I heard from Wang Momo that the Lin family was sold as a girl at the age of five. Her parents don't know where they are, and they don't remember what they look like."

"Well, both of us don't know where our parents and brothers are. But sometimes I think that if I hadn't been sent here to be a girl, it might not be a good time at home. I remember that I have two brothers and one sister. The eldest brother married his wife and sent me in to sign a death contract, and my life and death will have nothing to do with them." Zijuan still held the soles of his shoes, and his tone was neither sad nor happy, as if he was just comforting me.

"Yesterday, Mother Zhou, who is in charge of gardening, said that the swing set I ordered can be delivered today, and I will let you enjoy it later! It hurts to say that it took me several months to build a swing set, and I dare not add things. Alright!" I changed the subject.

"Ghost girl, this is changing the law to control girls asking for money. Girls are not stingy people. Your swing is really good. Girls will reward you naturally, and you will definitely not let you spend money!" Zijuan turned and laughed.

"Hee hee, I expect the swing to come out, and the masters will definitely come to ask me for blueprints. Girl, what do you think I will sell them? I have a knack for it. Why is it that the essence water they make is not as good as mine? Might as well save some time with mine? There was a process in the middle that I didn’t tell them, if they wanted to buy it, I would have told them earlier!”

"Damn girl, when did you become so thoughtful! Let me tell you, Xiangyun asked me for the essence water you made several times. She said that the one made in our yard was different. I thought she was embarrassed to drink it at her house. It turns out it's really different to do this!" Daiyu suddenly realized.

"This is called a patent, a secret recipe. I got it step by step with my brain and experiments. How can I tell others easily? If they sell it for money, I may consider telling them the recipe."

"You can stop, we all live in the garden, and we usually get along well, how dare you tell the girl that we collect money?" Zicuckoo stopped what she was doing and warned me.

"That's right, that's right. I can't do such a thing well, and you can't accept it. You can keep that secret recipe in your heart, Hengjian and the others have it in their hands, little girl, if you want to use it, make it every day."

"Tch, if you don't accept it, you won't accept it. I'll sell it to someone I don't know and charge him a lot of patent fees. There's no trick to think about the swing. Whoever likes it can do it," I muttered.

Things really happened as I expected. After the swing was installed, all the ladies in the garden came to visit and wanted to imitate it one after another.This swing bracket is not a rope hanging from a tree. It is welded by four fist-thick iron pipes. The sitting place is woven with rattan like a cut peach. The place where you sit becomes three layers thick, about two meters long, and one person can lie down.This swing can't swing very high, but you can sit on it to read a book, or lie down and take a nap.The rattan weaving is not harsh, and the big rattan chair is surrounded by green gauze, which can also prevent mosquitoes. It is very relaxing to lie on it in summer and sway slowly.Jia Baoyu was particularly excited, almost clinging to it, "If I had known it was such a wonderful thing, I would have made one too. This swing is all due to my support for the snow geese, otherwise it would have been so smooth! Sister Lin turned out He also said that I was fooling around with the snow geese, and now it seems that this is correct. When I tell my ancestors, I will give the blueprint to the eldest sister in the palace to make a fight!"

"I know it's the second master's credit, but you have to come down and let the other sisters try it too!" Daiyu was annoyed and funny.Baoyu, who had been lying on it all the time, sat up and patted his side, "It's so spacious that three people can sit, whoever comes will come," he didn't intend to get up.Tanchun walked over and sat on the other side and leaned back, Xichun sat in the middle, a girl pushed gently on both sides, the swing slowly began to swing, not too high to be comfortable.Tanchun smiled: "Sister Lin picked up the treasure of Xueyan, it's so interesting how could she come up with such an interesting swing! Xueyan, if you have any good ideas, tell me first, and I don't care if you mess around in my territory." You don't want your girls to bother you!"

"Tell me first, I like these strange things, it is more convenient for me to go outside than you, and I will pay for any materials you want," Baoyu argued.

"You all like snow geese so much, but we can't let her go. She is very naughty now, and she even borrowed a ladder to go up to the roof. She didn't lift the tiles when she went to your place," Zijuan said jokingly.

"Xueyan, what are you doing on the roof?" Baochai asked.

"There is always a group of birds calling on the roof every morning. I can't sleep because of the noise. I just want to see what they are doing. Maybe once I appear, they will not gather there after they get scared!" I made up For this reason, I can't tell them that I want to climb over the wall and get out.

"Climbing is no fun, fall down carefully. Birds like to gather on your roof, which is a good thing, so don't scare them," Baochai instructed.

"Miss Lin has already trained her, if she hadn't climbed up already! Now she can't sit on her buttocks, even though she learned how to read from the girl, she is not honest. When she was honest, she was a bit like Miss Shi," Zijuan laughed.

"You are all gathered here. The old lady asked someone to come over to see, and she said why I can't see you this day." When everyone turned around, it turned out that it was Hu Po.

"We spent a whole day at Sister Lin's place. She is usually quiet, so we should go to the old lady's place too." After all, Li Wan was older, so he led the sisters to greet Jia Mu in a sensible way.

"You guys go first, I have some questions about this swing and I want to ask Xueyan, take her blueprint and go there!" Baoyu said to everyone.

"Second brother's temperament is afraid that he can't wait for tomorrow. After you ask clearly, whoever wants to make the swing can just find you, and don't bother sister Lin." Tanchun turned back and said.

Everyone rushed away, and Baoyu sent the attackers back to Yihong Courtyard to get a fan, and pulled me to sit on the swing. "I've kept the blueprint of the swing. Sister Lin's prescription. I never thought of a way to open my mouth and ask Sister Feng for it. Quickly help me think about it."

"If you brag about yourself, the best way is to pretend to be sick and ask Imperial Physician Wang to come and see, and then ask Imperial Physician Wang to prescribe a new prescription for the girl."

"Pretending to be sick? Is that okay?"

"Did you skip school pretending to be sick?" I squinted at him. "You know all about this? Who told you?" Baoyu said awkwardly.

"No one told me what the real illness is, and I can't tell if there is no illness. Last time I saw sister Xiren put the medicine under the tree behind the hospital. I guess you are pretending to be sick!"

"Hey, you're really careful, didn't you tell anyone? Okay, okay, I'm pretending this time." After we finished talking, we discussed for a while about my leaving the house on the fifteenth day, and we didn't get together until Xiren came back. I went to Jiamu's place.Knowing that I made an interesting swing, and hearing Baoyu say that she wanted to send one to the palace for the concubine Yuan, Jia Mu was very happy, and ordered Yuanyang to reward me with ten silver pickles.

The next day, when someone told Daiyu that Baoyu had fallen ill yesterday, Daiyu was worried and wanted to go and have a look.I stopped him, "Second Master Bao is not sick, so you don't need to go, just sit at home, maybe Wang Taiyi will come to see you soon."

"You said Baoyu was not sick? Pretending to be sick! This was discussed by the two of you, why didn't you tell me? You damn girl, you made me anxious!" Daiyu hit me twice with a handkerchief, her and Baoyu's affection Sure enough, I always wanted to persuade her to let go of Baoyu and find someone else, and told her that Baoyu was not your good match. When she heard that Baoyu was in a hurry, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, her love was deeply rooted.

Baoyu was sick, neither hot nor hurt, even if he didn't eat, Xiren couldn't figure out why he was sick because he was frisky yesterday.He also heard that Baoyu kept clamoring for Doctor Wang to come and see him, saying that other doctors could not treat him well, so he was so frightened that he had to go back to Jiamu.Although Jia's mother knew that Baoyu could not speak in tune, when she heard that Baoyu was ill, she sent someone to invite Wang Taiyi, and asked Jia Lian to accompany Baoyu to see Baoyu.As soon as Dr. Wang took the pulse, the pulse was steady and the tongue coating was normal. He was puzzled, but he couldn't say it out of his mouth. He only said that it was uneven cold and hot, and the fire was strong. He prescribed two doses of medicine.Just about to say goodbye, Baoyu suddenly heard Baoyu say to Jia Lian: "Second Brother Lian, I've bothered the imperial physician to visit anyway, why don't you let the imperial physician also go to Sister Lin for a consultation to see if you need to change the prescription?"

Seeing that Baoyu was fine, Jia Lian thought he was being lazy again. Since it was a matter of passing by, why not go and see Daiyu?So he brought Doctor Wang to see Lin Daiyu.Recently, Daiyu's body has been getting stronger and stronger due to Xueyan's conditioning. Fortunately, she is holding a curtain to see the doctor, otherwise she will show her flaws. "The girl is fine here, the situation is better than before, the prescription really needs to be adjusted"

Jia Lian ordered someone to find the previous prescription, and Wang Taiyi re-prescribed the prescription according to the comparison.The new prescription was opened and handed over to Jia Lian. I pretended to organize my pen and ink and threw the old prescription into the paper bag. No one cared about me anymore.

After Jia Lian led Imperial Physician Wang away, Lin Daiyu opened the curtain, and I had already taken out the prescription from the paper.

"Xueyan is very calculating, how did you expect that the imperial physician would re-prescribe the prescription, and how did you know that the old prescription would be required?" Zijuan helped Daiyu and asked.

"Hehe, my health is better than before. If he doesn't re-prescribe the prescription, he is obviously a quack doctor. He has so many patients. How can he know what medicine I am taking if he doesn't want the old prescription? In fact, he just subtracted some medicine from the old prescription. Just measure it," Daiyu said sarcastically.

"Young lady is smart, that's the reason. Let's go and see Baoyu, and tell him to rest assured that I got the prescription." I folded the prescription and put it in my sleeve.It stands to reason that imperial physicians should be very skilled in medicine, but what they have learned in Gong Wei for a long time is too snobbish, and they are too gentle in prescribing medicines.

Baoyu was lying on the bed very uncomfortable. Sometimes he was fanned, and sometimes he asked for water. He hadn't eaten for two meals, and was starving to death.Old ladies, wives, come to see this one and that one, "If no one else sees you, just say that I'm asleep, and you all go down and let me have a quiet meeting by myself. I'm so bored." Baoyu sent everyone away, Sit up and take the fruit on the table and eat it. Anyway, I am very hungry first.

"Second Master is asleep, Miss Lin will come back later," said the girl on the gate.

"Sister, Second Master Bao will meet with our girl even if we don't see anyone. Since he is asleep, we just quietly look at Second Master at the door so as not to wake him up, or Miss Lin is not at ease." I said gently, holding Dai Yu walked in, the girl naturally didn't dare to stop us, and ran to inform the attacker.

"Miss Lin is here, I know you're worried, it's just that the second master is very sick this time, he hasn't eaten for two meals, and he's very bored, and he doesn't ask anyone to serve him," Xiren said as he walked towards us.

"I don't make it difficult for you, I just take a quick look and leave, and you don't have to tell him I'm coming," Daiyu said lightly.When she was about to reach Baoyu's back room, Daiyu suddenly stopped and said in a low voice, "Xueyan, go in and help me see Baoyu's complexion. Haven't you read medical books? I'll wait for you on the porch, please be gentle and don't make any noise." Wake him up!" I answered and entered the room, Xiren and Daiyu were talking in a low voice on the porch.

Jia Baoyu was holding the fruit and gnawing on it, which made the child hungry.He looked up and saw me coming in quietly, and just about to speak, I waved my hand.Approaching him, he whispered, "Thanks for your hard work, Er Ye, Fang Zi is in your hands. Here are some snacks for you to eat first." He took out a pack of snacks from his sleeve, which looked like an underground party joint.

"It's good to have Fang Zi in hand, you don't have to worry about oiling your clothes."

"Don't be afraid, the second master is rewarding me with a new suit!" I smiled and didn't stop.

☆, bring you one

Baoyu's "illness" was strange, and he recovered quickly.He actually came here to discuss how to let him go to Zhongshan Hall with me. "It's worth discussing. Playing truant is the same as pretending to be sick. I know what the second master is thinking, but you can't say it yourself! I have no problem, but have you thought about the consequences of truancy?" I sat on the swing , a pair of feet dangling boredly.Shi Deng, who was sitting beside Baoyu, blushed a little when I asked him. "How can you be as smart as your master, but your master is not as brave as you, nor does he have as many ghost ideas as you. Help me think of a perfect plan, so that my family will not find out. You see, I have helped you so much, you You have to help me too, right?" Baoyu showed his signature charming smile to please me.

"It's not like you don't have a chance to go out for a walk. Why do you want to skip school and follow me? Doesn't the school teacher take a roll call? Jia Lan, won't Jia Huan report it? This is a bit difficult. Why don't you just tell your family members openly one day, I'm going out for a walk." I shook my head in denial.

"It's not the same. Every time I go out, a group of people follow me. It's not interesting. Last time I heard you say how interesting it is to walk around and eat. I just want to walk around for a while without paying attention to you." Baoyu's face is handsome under the sunset Sorrow and resentment, like a caged canary eager to fly out, made me unable to bear to refuse.

"Second Master has helped me a lot. If I don't help you, I will look ruthless. Tomorrow we will split into two groups. In the morning, Hoe Yao and I will still go to Zhongshan Hall. There will be too many people and we won't be able to finish it in a while; your old man Go to school honestly, ask Mingyan to prepare another set of servant clothes, and when the school breaks at noon, you tell your husband that you have a stomachache, find a spare room to rest, and then the sweeping reds will guard the door to prevent anyone from worrying There are classes in the afternoon and no one will look for you. You and Mingyan came out through the window to find us in Zhongshan Hall. You have to instruct Mingyan to prepare the horses in advance, and don't let Li Gui and the others know about it. The less people know about this, the better. Well, we girls can't tell either. In case, I said in case something is wrong, you can't sell me out!"

"Okay, okay, that's good. Let's go back to school before school is over. As long as Jia Huan doesn't tell the secret, the family won't know. See what you said, can I still betray you?" Jia Baoyu turned the cloud into sunshine, smiling meaning.

"You can go out for an hour at most, and don't complain about the lack of time. You are so old, and you should try to get out more by yourself. Aren't you on good terms with the King of Beijing, and those aristocratic families? You have to pay more, no matter how bad it is, there are still a few cousins ​​from the Wang family who can walk around, and the old lady and wife will let you go out naturally, even your father can't say anything."

"I don't like them, they're sour."

"You have to like it to date? It's just a process. Through this, you get to know that, and through that, you get to know other people. How do you know that there is no one that suits your temper?"

Baoyu recalled that Jiang Yuhan, whom he met through Xue Pan, thought it made sense, "Xueyan, it would be great if you were a boy, and I would bring a planner with me, and we both said it again, and I believe what you said."

I laughed and said to myself that any girl can talk to you.Miao Miao in the greenhouse has never experienced wind and rain, and has been with girls for a long time, and has forgotten her gender.

"Second Master, you go back to the room. Miss Lin is very suspicious after a long time. We will discuss it later when we have time. By the way, Second Master, you can also help me think about how to go out more often?" I got up and pushed him back with a smile. In Daiyu's room, I was supposed to come to see Daiyu, so I left Xiren to chat with Daiyu and ran to the backyard to find me. It's not a good thing after a long time.

I'm out of the house again, and the sky is wide.Dr. Sun of Zhongshantang may be really capable. There are more people waiting in line than I imagined. There are more than 20 people in the line before we come out so early. Calculating the time, the clerk said, "This appointment will be around noon. If you have something to do, please feel free." I'll be back soon after I'm busy, so I don't need to waste time here."

I walked to the counter for dispensing medicines, and said to the man who was dispensing medicines, "You have been dispensing medicines here for several years, and you seem to be very quick." The man smiled and said that he had been an apprentice in a pharmacy since he was a child, more than ten years.I asked again: "Give you the medicinal materials, can you tell the true from the false? The guy said that he can tell the difference out of ten, but he may not be sure about some rare ones. I will pass the medicine bag up." Then help me see See what medicine is in this bag? This action of mine caught the shopkeeper's attention, thinking that I was looking for trouble, and hurried over and said, "The guy is young, if you offend me in any way, just tell me." "

"I'm not looking for trouble. This guy has never offended me. I saw that he is a veteran in grasping the medicine quickly, and I sincerely want him to defend the medicine for me," I explained.

"I don't know where you got this medicine, and I don't know what's wrong with it. If you say that your medicine is cut into pieces and some are still powder, it's hard to argue whether it's him or me."

"The shopkeeper said that if he can't argue, he can. I really have a last resort to identify these medicines. I ask the shopkeeper for help, or I can pay the silver taels." I bowed and gave a big gift.

"Open the door to welcome customers. You are a customer when you enter our store. I should help you, but you see that everyone is busy now. In this way, the second head who is in charge of purchasing goods is here today. Jinling dare not say anything about his nose and eyesight. The first one is similar. Xiaohui, go talk to the second boss and ask if the second master is free?" The guy named Xiaohui agreed and ran to the backyard, and came back after a while and said that the second master invited this little brother to the backyard.

Still passing through that passage, there is a moon gate on the left hand side of the passage to enter a cross courtyard, and a middle-aged man stands in the courtyard.

"Second Master, the little brother you mentioned just now is here. This little brother is our second master. If you have any questions, please ask Second Master," the assistant introduced.

The man may have been away for many years, with a dark face, thick eyebrows and big mouth, and a burly figure, it seems that he has some kung fu.

"Second leader is good! I have to ask the second master, please ask the second master to see what the ingredients of the medicine are, the main thing is to see if there are any fake medicines, all medicines are related to people's lives, please ask the second master for help. "Speaking, I bowed to the ground.

"Get up, get up. The medicine you said is used to cure diseases and save people. You must have your reasons for distinguishing the ingredients. Let me have a look." The second master took the medicine bag and divided it with his hands and sniffed it, " Ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Fu Ling, rehmannia glutinosa, angelica, white peony, Chuanxiong, astragalus, Cyperus cyperi, Bupleurum, yam, donkey-hide gelatin, licorice" I said while smelling the prescriptions, and checked them one by one in my heart, and there was no discrepancy .The second master tasted some of the flavors, "There is nothing wrong with the medicine, it's all true."

I turned around in my heart, it was true that there was no shortage of medicine, did I think too much?But it is not a serious illness, how can the more you eat, the worse your health will be?

"Brother, what doubts do you have?"

"Dare to ask the second master, you are right in your arguments. I will tell you that I have a prescription. Don't be angry. It's not because you are particular about you. It's just that I don't understand that the medicine is right for the disease, and it is also the real product. Why doesn't the patient get better after taking it?"

"About medical theory, you have to consult a doctor, maybe the patient's physique is different and he won't accept it."

"Ask the second master again, if the dosage of the medicine is wrong, will it affect the efficacy of the medicine?" I asked further.

"That's natural. You can't achieve its original effect if you use one dollar for the amount of three dollars."

I took out the prescription from my pocket, and handed it over, "I beg Second Lord to help me see if there is any mistake in the amount of medicine."

"You are so stubborn, why did you just say that there is something wrong with the medicine? Maybe the patient just won't take it?" The second master took the prescription, put the medicine and the prescription on the stone table, checked everything, and suddenly frowned. Brows: "There is a piece of turtle blood missing. This prescription clearly says that turtle blood is mixed with fried bupleurum. There is only bupleurum in this medicine. It seems that this prescription is Heixiaoyaosan. You can ask Dr. Sun later, I am right. The medicinal materials are well known, but the deeper level of medicine is not."

"Thank you for the help of the second boss, thank you very much! I have already reserved the number of Dr. Sun, and I will ask you later. Farewell!" I gave another deep salute and retreated.

The puzzled look on Hoe Yao's face stopped me, "I'm so confused, don't you want to find a new prescription for Miss Lin? How did you check the medicine? Do you suspect that someone has poisoned you? No, who would dare? She doesn't invite trouble. What a disaster, if you don't leave the gate, you don't step through the second door, whoever made her do it!"

"Huyao, listen to what I asked the second master just now, you can't reveal a word, including the second master Bao. It's not about poisoning, but it's no different from poisoning. There is no evidence for serious pursuit. Who is it? I don’t know. You’re in the middle of this matter, and I just want to find out if the girl’s illness can be cured, and I don’t want to check anyone,” I said with a straight face.

"Xueyan, no, Hanyan, don't be so scary. If you don't say it, don't say it. One thing is worse than one thing. I swear that I will never tell anyone!"

"It's good for you if you don't say it. Once people know about it, we two will be the first to be unlucky. If it's serious, we won't be able to save our lives. Do you know if you kill someone?"

Hoe Yao shrank his neck in fright, shaking his head like a rattle, "Don't say, don't say, I just help you find the way, I don't know anything else."

I patted him on the shoulder, "Look at your timidity, you are not as good as me! Don't panic, it's not sure what's going on until the doctor confirms it, let's go, let's go to the post office first."

"Go to the post office? Didn't you say that there is no one in Yangzhou?"

"You are stupid. They say that no one over there is talking about Miss Lin, so I have no relatives? I used to be young and ignorant and never thought of looking for them. Now that I am older, the girl treats us generously. Once I said that if I If I can find my relatives, they can let me go back to my hometown, so I want to look for them."

"Isn't it good for you to be here? You have also served the master since you were a child. In my opinion, it is better not to return. You see that although Qingwen and Xiren in the second master's room are living Qi, but no one wants to go out, so it can be seen that this place is worse than home."

"Whether I go back or not, I just want to know what my parents are like. I was too young when I came out, and I can hardly remember what my parents were like. Wang Momo also wants to find his nephew. Let us take it as a comfort. By the way, if Can I send an answer to your home? It’s really inconvenient for me to be in the garden, so it’s hard to hear if people know about it.”

"Why not! Alas, you are also pitiful for being away from your parents since you were a child. Fortunately, the master is not a savage person, otherwise you wouldn't have suffered much!" Hoe Yao turned to pity me, a kind child.

"I looked at the map you asked the second master to bring in last time. I'll find a higher place later and we're right. Do you think the direction I'm arguing is right? Here, this is a thank you gift for you. Let's see if it's suitable. Appropriate?" I handed hoe medicine a small packet.

"Shoes, this job is really good. It's better than my mother's. You did it? Didn't you say that you are slow, and you can do it in only ten days?" Hoe Yao touched the shoes excitedly, and couldn't wait to be in the street. After trying on the shoes, "it fits, fits, the sole is so soft."

"It's fine if you like it. I didn't do all of this, sister Zijuan contributed more than half of her efforts!" I didn't have the nerve to say that it was all done by Zijuan, because it would appear that I had no sincerity at all.

"Hanyan, you can help me make shoes in the future, I'll wait if it's slow."

"Beautiful thought! I did it secretly. I really don't know how to thank you for doing it. You think I'm a embroiderer!" I said angrily.

"Yes, yes. In fact, I don't lack anything, but such well-crafted shoes are really rare." Hoe Yao smiled honestly.

I pulled his arm, "Let's go, why are you in a daze! Think about which piece of land is higher, and I will show you my ability to distinguish maps later!"

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The first and fifteenth day of each month is the day when believers pray for incense and worship Buddha in the Temple of Good Men and Good Women.Hoe Yao said that there is a pagoda in Xiangguo Temple where you can see the whole city, and it is best to go there to debate the direction.I heard that the incense in Xiangguo Temple is very strong. Like I have been living in the inner courtyard of the deep house, it is rare to go to see the excitement.

No matter how far you are outside the temple, there are already a lot of people calling for buying and selling, such as Buddhist beads and strings, sandalwood fans, red cloth for wishing, all kinds of long incense, short incense and high incense... everything related to the temple is available.There are also tea stalls, noodle stalls, and dim sum stalls that have nothing to do with the temple. Pilgrims from afar can solve their thirst or hunger nearby.In the temple, the main hall, the Daxiong Hall, enshrines Sakyamuni Buddha. He sits cross-legged, with his left hand placed horizontally on his left foot, forming a seal of determination, and his right hand stretched straight down to make a seal of touching the ground.Next to the Buddha statue of Sakyamuni, there are two monks, namely Venerable Kasyapa and Venerable Ananda.There are two rows of futons on the ground for people to kneel and worship. The pilgrims prayed and made wishes, holding their breaths, which was in stark contrast to the noise outside the temple.Going back from the main hall, there are several side halls. I only paid homage to Medicine Buddha and Guanyin.Further back is the place where Zhike rests. There are cross gardens on both sides. One is connected to the Zen room and the monk's residence, and then enters the forest of monuments and pagodas in the back garden. It is narrow, and only one person can pass through. Fortunately, the left side is up and the right side is down. Otherwise, when there are too many people, it will be difficult to get up and down, and it is difficult to turn around.

The steep stairs were intimidating, and I was out of breath climbing up.Standing on the fourth floor of the tower, the breeze is blowing, and the copper bells at the corner of the building are tinkling.There were many people standing there pointing to the distance, and Hoe Yao pointed to the front: "Over there is the imperial city, look at the momentum." I followed his finger and looked at a red wall and golden tiles in the distance. is spectacular.I said to myself: "The imperial city is in the east, which corresponds to the west. The left side is south, and the right side is north. Where is the street I just went to?" Hoe Yao straightened his body and cleared his throat: " The street of Zhongshantang is in that direction, and our house is there, see..." I thought I could read the map, but in fact I still couldn't tell where it was.Hoe Yao looked at me triumphantly, "You've only come out twice, so it's not easy to tell the difference between east, west, north, and south!"

I was a little embarrassed for the big words I said before, I bowed my head and said nothing, I was thinking what should I do if I went out of Jia's mansion to find a place?

"Don't be discouraged. The more times you come out, the road will become familiar. Look, there is the South City Gate. Go out of the South Gate and look forward. Look, there is a forest in the distance. The hunting ground, where the royal family conducts an autumn siege every year, and the soldiers who go out are so majestic with their bright armor!" Hoe Yao introduced.

I am not interested, the royal family has nothing to do with me, looking far away, I can see the wall of the south gate in the distance, but I can't see the royal hunting ground that Hoe Yao said.

"Let's go down to hoe medicine. It's almost noon, and we have to go back to Zhongshantang. By the way, I forgot to tell you that Bao Erye will also go to Zhongshantang."

"What, the second master is going too? My father, is he not going to school? This is not fun, Li Gui and the others will follow?"

"Why is he following Second Master? Second Master played truant and only had Mingyan."

"Oh my god, why did you play truant? You are so courageous. If the master finds out, we will have to be boarded again. If the second master makes a mistake, we will not survive!" Hoe medicine lost interest in watching the scenery, and the two of us went downstairs , This staircase is really almost a 90-degree slope.I'm afraid of heights, so I didn't feel anything when I came up. It's hard to go down. The best way is to go down backwards, with the hoe in front. I hold the sides with both hands and move backwards, one step at a time... A foot appeared in front of my eyes, and I looked up to see a familiar face staring at me with a smile, Chen Yinglong!Coincidentally, I ran into him again!I smiled awkwardly: Mr. Chen.

"Brother Yu met again, it's interesting what you do."

"Hey, hey, I'm afraid of heights, I'm just laughing, I'll step aside and you go down first, I can't go fast at this speed." I consciously let go of one hand and wanted to lean to one side, for fear of delaying him going downstairs.

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry, you better help me!" Chen Yinglong said gently.And took the initiative to stop and pull a few steps away from me, separated by the people on the top, I felt more at ease, otherwise I would be more panicked if someone urged me.Slowly going down to the second floor, feeling scared and nervous, with sweat on his forehead, Chen Yinglong handed over a handkerchief, "Wipe your sweat, you are afraid of heights, why come up, you are not looking for guilt!"

"Just thinking about seeing the whole city in full swing forgets to be afraid. It's easy to go upstairs, but you only know how powerful it is when you go downstairs. Is Mr. Chen here to offer incense?" I took the handkerchief and wiped my sweat while answering in embarrassment.

"I accompanied my mother to offer incense, did you come to offer incense or to play?