Litchi spring warm Xijiang

Chapter 5

He himself was originally that fluffy fan who played the zither and played the sheng?

Wanliang was immersed in this, but the boat stopped.He heard the old boatman say: "It's the place!"

Gu Zezhi's smile dyed his brows and eyes immediately, he jumped onto the shore with his skirt in hand, and stretched out his hands to Xia Shen and Wan Liang again: "Come up!"

How could Xia Shen ask Gu Zezhi to help her, and hurriedly said: "Miss Gu, please help Miss Wanliang to come up, and this servant will come by herself.".After saying that, he also lifted his skirt and went ashore.

Gu Zezhi seemed to have made up his mind to pull someone up, and directly held Wan Liang's hand: "Then I'll help you!"

Wanliang looked at Gu Zezhi, who was as bright as a Luoyang flower, with a funny smile, curled her lips, and jumped up while holding her hand.

After landing on the shore, Gu Zezhi pointed to a garden not far away, and said to Wan Liang: "Look, it's there. Let's go!"

Wanliang walked all the way, looking at the surrounding scenery.Within a radius of ten miles of Bieye, the eye can see the glittering river water, trees and flowers, an ancient and mottled stone bridge beside the river, and willows drooping in March, as if waiting for the old shadow of the broken willows on the Baqiao Bridge.

As he approached the garden, he saw an old man in cotton cloth and plain clothes standing by the door and looking around.Seeing Gu Zezhi next to her, he immediately lifted up his skirt and ran towards the old man with light steps.

That old man was the housekeeper of Gu's residence when Gu Zezhi's biological mother was alive. After Mrs. Fu's death, he did not want to serve his new wife, so he resigned from this new business in Xinli.

"Miss is finally back." The old butler looked at Gu Zezhi with his wind-stained eyes, respectful and kind, "The old servant has been sweeping the path to welcome guests for a long time."

"Steward Lu..." When Gu Zezhi saw this old man, his heart was confused for a moment. He didn't know how to start, so he stopped talking, but pulled Wanliang over, and said to Guanjia Lu, "Ah, that's it. It's Wanliang, who will come to live here for a while. You must already know the reason, right?"

Steward Lu sighed and glanced at Wanliang, then shook his head again, and said, "It's a poor child... This new wife is such a person who doesn't know right from wrong..."

"Hey, Steward Lu," Gu Zezhi interrupted him, glanced at the little boy beside him, and said, "We'd better go into the house and talk about these things."

Steward Lu laughed, and said, "Zezhi has grown up after all."

Gu Zezhi felt depressed in his heart - yes, he still grew up after all.After soaking in that grotesque big dye vat for a long time, the world has been sharpened a lot. Even if I go back to the old place and meet the old people, I am no longer in the mood of the old year.

Wan Liang has always been good at observing facial expressions, but now that she saw Gu Zezhi, she felt that her expression was no longer the same as before, and she was a little sadder, although she didn't know the reason.So she approached Gu Zezhi and said, "Go in first, the old man has been standing for a long time, and I'm afraid his legs and feet are not comfortable."

After hearing this, Gu Zezhi nodded slightly, and walked in together with Wanliang.Just as soon as I entered the door, I could smell the sweet aroma.

"Pine nut yellow thousand cake!" Gu Zezhi shouted in surprise.

"Haha, you still remember it," said Steward Lu. "When you were young, you loved eating this pine nut Huangqian cake the most, and you even added some mint powder in it. Unexpectedly, after so many years, you still love it."

"Gu's family doesn't eat Su cuisine, and only have those flower cakes and dried fruits for dessert. I always feel greedy but can't eat them, so I love them even more!" Gu Zezhi said with a smile, then turned to Wanliang and said, " You try this, fill your belly, and you can have dinner when you clean up the house."

Wan Liang nodded, picked up a piece and put it in her mouth, then nodded again and again.

"Sweet and refreshing, sweet but not greasy." Wan Liang commented seriously.

"Eat more if you like. After eating, I'll show you where you live. If you want to go to the garden - maybe tomorrow, it's already dark." Gu Zezhi propped his chin with his hand, turned his head and said to Wan Liang.

Wan Liang nodded in response.The two ate some more, then got up and let the boy servant lead them to the residence.

Although the light is dim, the exquisite and elegant layout of the garden can still be seen.It has the style of a noble family, but it does not lose the graceful beauty of the people in the south of the Yangtze River.Pavilions, terraces and pavilions, lush vegetation and flowers, surrounded by curved water, standing in one place at will still feel that the scenery is beautiful.

The little boy led them to a courtyard, and said: "This is Miss Wanliang's residence, Fengshui Pavilion. There are maids waiting inside, if you have anything to tell them."

Gu Zezhi immediately sighed that the people taught by Steward Lu are different from those snobbish people in the Gu family. When guests come, they will first lead the way for them, regardless of their status.Gu Zezhi smiled kindly and said: "We know, you can step back."

The little boy respected himself and then withdrew.

Gu Zezhi and Wan Liang went in, and the maids on both sides poured fruit tea for them, and then they took small steps to the outside room.

"How is the environment here, Miss Wanliang is satisfied?" Gu Zezhi pushed a cup of tea on the Limu table to Wanliang's hand, and asked with a smile.

Wan Liang raised her eyes and looked at the person in front of her. Under the warm glow of carved tall candles, her jade-like face seemed to be smudged with light, her pair of phoenix eyes were filled with a smile, and the corners of her crimson mouth were beautifully curved. .Wanliang suddenly felt that maybe the days after coming here would be very warm.

She raised the corners of her mouth slightly, took the teacup with both hands and held it in her hands: "Miss Gu carefully arranged it, so there is no reason to be dissatisfied. It's just that Wan Liang's position is low, Miss Gu wouldn't bother so much."

"I've already said that this matter is the fault of my Gu family. And," Gu Zezhi winked at her, and said, "Wanliang is a good girl, how can anyone say something humble?"

Wanliang felt a little ashamed when she heard her say this about herself.Maybe it's because the situation is too different today, with the warm candlelight burning in the small room, it is inevitable that the atmosphere is a bit subtle.

"Miss Wanliang just use this place as her own residence, and get back all the grievances she has suffered recently!" Gu Zezhi comforted, "I'll go and see if there is anything missing in this place, and you can rest here for a while. "

Wanliang answered "OK" in a low voice, then lay down on the table with her head in her arms.

After Gu Zezhi inspected everything, he wanted to ask Wanliang to eat.

She went into the inner room, but saw Wanliang lying on the table.Strands of blue silk hung obediently on the man's mint green clothes, making them look even more black as a crow's feathers.She raised her hand and patted the person lying on the table, but she didn't wake up.

"He actually fell asleep. Fortunately, it's not cold in March." Gu Zezhi smiled lightly, walked out lightly, and then carefully closed the door.

Gu Zezhi whispered to Chun Qu, who was guarding outside the door: "Go and ask the kitchen to save some food, and bring it when Miss Wanliang wakes up. Remember, you asked him to bring it, and Miss Wanliang probably won't take the initiative to ask for it."

"Yes." Chun Qu answered, then went down to give instructions to the kitchen.

Gu Zezhi walked like a car, walking on this long, deep-memory path.The peach blossoms bloom this spring, but it is "the flowers are similar every year, and the people are different every year".

The fragrance of peach blossoms is faint, waiting in this old age, bringing rivers and mountains.

Chapter five

Gu Zezhi's order still didn't come in handy.

Wanliang fell into a deep dream during this sleep, until the sunlight of the next day shone through the carved window lattice.In this dream, many things are intertwined and variegated.She saw the passing years, but found that in the pear-blossoming age, there were only the gloomy mother and herself who was full of longing and disappointment.

Wanliang has never met her father, and she may vaguely understand that she is the "wild child" that others say.

"Mom, why haven't I seen my dad? Every child in other people's family has a dad." Wan Liang also asked this question before.

But her mother's face immediately sank when she heard this, and she slapped Wanliang backhandedly: "Why don't you have a father? You still ask me why I don't have a father! If it wasn't because I was pregnant with you, Ning Shan would not have been pregnant." Won't leave me alone!"

After hearing this, Wan Liang's eyes widened, her lips murmured and she dared not speak.

Seeing her like this, Wanliang's mother followed her like a demon, grabbed her by the collar, and said viciously: "Yes! It's because of you...it's because of you! If it wasn't for you, Ningshan's mother would not Wouldn't say that I have intercourse before marriage and don't abide by women's morals! If it wasn't for you...if it wasn't for you, how would she find out? How could it be! How could it be—"

As she spoke, she rushed into the firewood room and took out a sharp and shiny dagger, and was about to stab Wanliang.

"Don't...don't! Mother...help! Help!" Wanliang shouted desperately struggling.

The old aunt next door heard it, and knew in her heart that something was wrong, the woman next door must have suffered from madness again, so she rushed to Wan Liang's house, snatched the dagger, and said: "What are you doing! How can you become so mad, you said before that you were not sick, but now you are even going to kill your own daughter!"

When Wanliang's mother heard this, her dull eyes were even more dull: "My own daughter... my own daughter! But this is also Ningshan's own daughter, why doesn't he want it anymore... Wanniang, Wanniang Mother, it's mother's fault, mother is crazy, mother doesn't want to kill you! Don't hate mother."

Seeing her like this, Wan Liang felt sore in her heart, sobbing softly, she threw herself into her arms: "Mom, I don't blame you. Don't do this again... This is so scary..."

After hearing this, her eyes became even more dull.

Every day since then, she has been very kind to Wanliang—in fact, when she was not sick before, she loved Wanliang in every possible way, and often complained to Wanliang that Ning Shan said he loved her, but he didn't come look at her.

However, she has to repeat one sentence every day now: "Wanniang, don't hate your mother. My mother is suffering."

Every time Wan Liang heard it, she would say no to hate.But her mother heard it, but she didn't see the sadness between her brows, as if Wanliang said that she hated it or not, it didn't matter, because it was deeply ingrained in her heart.