On this day, Shu Yan packed up the things at home and made an appointment with the Han family to plant mulberry trees in the field. He also found some relatives and friends. For this reason, Shu Yan was extra busy than usual. He worked all day and came back very late.

When I got home, I invited everyone to have a meal and gave Eunuch Xie medicine.

Xie Yi felt very guilty for Shu Yan and said to Shu Yan: "Yan'er, I'm afraid my illness won't be cured. Our family is not rich. Taking medicine like this every day doesn't work. It's a waste of money. Starting tomorrow,

Just stop taking the medicine."

After hearing this, Shu Yan immediately said: "How about that? Thank you, father-in-law. You don't have to worry. You have to take your medicine on time. It's cold now. When the weather warms up, maybe you will be fine."

Xie Yi sighed: "Hey, silly boy, my illness has nothing to do with whether the weather is cold or not. I am old. As the saying goes, people live only seventy years. As a servant, it is already very rare for me to be here today.

Since arriving at your home, your parents have never treated me like a servant, but as an elder.

Such respect. Not only have I not made any contribution to your family, but I have only brought trouble to you. I have never heard of it since ancient times. I have never heard of a servant lying on the bed, and the master comes to feed and drink, and also gives the servant medicine to eat every day. This is

Apart from your Shu family, I’m afraid no other family in the world can do this!"

Eunuch Xie became more and more excited as he spoke. At the end of the sentence, he simply pushed the medicine bowl away. No matter how Shu Yan fed him, he would not open his mouth. From then on, he never took medicine.

Shu Yan also saw that Eunuch Xie was seriously ill and that his time was running out. Therefore, he tried to spend as much time as possible to accompany Eunuch Xie every day.

This year, Zhixin is fifteen years old, and has reached the age of hairpin, which is the age at which she can get married. At this age, if there is already a marriage contract, the girl cannot keep her childhood bow, but must

Hair is combed up to show adulthood.

Although Zhixin has identified Shu Yan in her heart, she has not yet married, so she still wears her hair in a double bun and a more casual headdress. Compared with putting her hair up, Zhixin prefers it now, because it is not only more casual, but also similar to Shu Yan.

It will also be more convenient to meet Yan.

Today is the second day of March, and tomorrow is the Shangsi Festival. At that time, the Shangsi Festival was a very important festival. The Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, etc. were all weak and had not become popular yet. The Shangsi Festival was very popular among people.

Festival, especially for young men and women. On this day, there is a custom of warding off evil spirits. People go out in groups in groups and come to the river to wash and bathe. And when bathing

When drinking water, you must take a bath with orchid grass, which is called a bath in orchid soup. People believe that taking such a bath with orchid soup can drive away diseases and bad luck. Literati also drank wine, wrote poems, and held sacrifices and other activities.

There are many kinds. It is a pity that such an interesting festival gradually faded out of China because it was detrimental to feudal ethics. Now it is only popular in ethnic minorities and neighboring countries.

It is the happiest thing for girls to be able to go for an outing by the river with their sweethearts on the Shangsi Festival, soak their feet in the cool river water, and use orchid grass to drive away the dirt.

As a young girl who had just begun to fall in love, Zhixin was no exception, but she was too embarrassed to come to ask Shu Yan in person. She sent her younger brother Ruoxin to go.

"Brother Yan, tomorrow is the Shangsi Festival. My sister invites you to play by the Ru River tomorrow, okay?" Ruoxin was still young and didn't know how to be tactful, so she betrayed her sister directly.

Although Shu Yan was busy studying and serving Eunuch Xie, he had a young temperament and had been very depressed recently. He also wanted to go out and relax. Plus, Zhi Xin had an appointment, so why not go? "Okay, okay, you go back and tell me

Your sister, let’s see you by the Ru River tomorrow.”

The next morning, Shu Yan got up earlier than usual and prepared to go to Zhixin for the Si Festival appointment. As usual, he washed Eunuch Xie's face, fed him, and packed everything up. Just as he was about to step out of the house, he was stopped by Eunuch Xie.

At this time, Shu Yan suddenly noticed that Eunuch Xie's face was obviously worse than usual and his voice became weaker. He held Shu Yan's hand and waved to Dr. Shu, who also came to him.

The water of the Ru River in March is clear and green, and groups of black tadpoles swim along the winding river. The river water exudes the unique fishy smell of spring, but it is not unpleasant, but makes people feel refreshed.

That's the smell of life. Willows on the river bank

The trees have sprouted new buds, and the spring grass has spread the earth into green. The warm wind of spring blows the rosy face of the green gauze girl - I don't know whether it is because of shyness or because of the happy red face. No wonder, who let this Huaichun age meet Huaichun?

season!

"Ruoxin, go find your little friend to play."

"Okay, sister." Ruoxin was about to go play with her friends, so she readily agreed. He didn't know that his sister sent him away on purpose.

Many people who came for an outing had gathered in twos and threes on the river bank. There were ladies who came specially from Ruyin City, children of wealthy families, as well as local common people and urchins. Zhixin sent Ruoxin away and walked alone

In the green grassland, I bent down to pick orchids, my eyes looking in the direction of Shu Yan's house from time to time, my heart pounding, excited and nervous, like a deer bumping around.

A golden butterfly was attracted by the orchid in her hand, kept flying around her, and finally landed on the orchid. Zhixin looked at the colorful butterfly quietly, motionless. Then, in the distance,

Another green butterfly of about the same size flew in. The two butterflies touched each other with their tentacles for a while, and then flew away in agreement.

Zhixin stared blankly at the pair of butterflies, which flew farther and farther away until they were hidden among the flowers and plants in the distance. She really envied these two butterflies - free and in pairs, without any restraint.

"Brother Yan has a lot to do at home. He has to cook and prepare medicine for Eunuch Xie. He is very busy. It is normal to be late." The butterfly flew away for a long time and there was no sign of Shu Yan. Zhixin comforted herself silently.

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Zhixin walked aimlessly upstream along the Ru River. In the shallow water near the shore, people leaned against the rocks, took off their shoes, rolled up their trouser legs, and stepped into the slightly cool river water. They dipped their hands in the fragrant bluegrass.

with clear river water

, brushing the face, hair, and feet to drive away disease, drive away filth, and drive away bad luck. People laughed and talked, and the urchins even took off their clothes and swam in the water, playing and enjoying it.

Great holiday.

She looked a little further away. There were many people gathered near the Shi family manor, and there were cars one after another on the road, carrying large and small wood, stones, bricks and tiles, transporting them to the original fields of her family. The Shi family

What is going on in the manor? Looking from a distance, there are two tall log wheels erected there - oh, the Shi family must be building a water tiller. Zhixin has only seen a single water tiller, and has never seen a water tiller with two machines like this.

I’ve seen it before, the Shi family is really powerful!

"It's almost noon, why hasn't Brother Yan come yet? What happened to Brother Yan today? He couldn't have forgotten about my appointment with him! - Or is Ruoxin a playful kid who doesn't care about him at all?

I forgot to tell Brother Yan..." She was a little angry, a little disappointed, and then a little worried, "Brother Yan has never been a dishonest person, will nothing happen to him?!"

This was her first official date with Shu Yan, but Shu Yan didn't come. No matter what the reason was, in short, today was very disappointing! She looked at the people in the river and on the bank, outing and playing in the water.

People drinking, composing poems, offering sacrifices, and having fun. An hour ago, in her eyes, this was a picture full of joy. But now, it seems that it is not interesting at all, and she even feels that these people

It’s all so boring!

She listlessly sang a poem from "Zhou Nan" in the Book of Songs, which came from her hometown of Ruhe.

"I will follow your tomb and cut down its strips. If I don't see a gentleman, I will be as frightened as if I were hungry..."

Walking along the bank of Ru River to cut down the branches, I didn’t see my sweetheart, as if I hadn’t eaten in the morning...

"Eh!" She suddenly thought, "The Ru River is so long, and there are so many people today. Maybe Brother Yan has already come, but there are so many people that he can't find him. Alas, it's all because he went too far, or maybe it's because he went too far.

The direction is wrong, hey, hurry up and go downstream."

Zhixin turned around and walked downstream. At this time, she seemed to feel that Shu Yan was also looking for her anxiously downstream. Well, she felt good, looked at the people playing, and felt that this was a beautiful painting.

Picture scroll.

She walked for a while, took out an egg from her arms, and gently placed it on the river, letting it float on the water. This is the custom of Shangsi. On the day of Shangsi Festival, girls take an egg and put it into the river upstream.

Let it float downstream along the river, and whoever picks it up will be their destined one. Of course, they most look forward to their sweetheart picking it up.

On a whim, Zhixin decided that Shu Yan must be looking for her downstream, so the egg must have been picked up by Brother Yan. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little excited, and her face immediately blushed. She followed the drifting egg, and followed the drifting egg.

Walking along the river that is sometimes slow and sometimes fast, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

In the next section, the river flow became faster, and Zhixin had to chase the egg quickly. The river was curved, and the egg turned a big bend to the south and disappeared from Zhixin's field of vision.

Zhixin was anxious and ran a few steps quickly. When she turned around the big bend, she found that her eggs had been picked up from the river. This person had his back to Zhixin. He was about the same age as Shu Yan. He was wearing a green robe and tied with a turban.

With his hair set, there was an attendant standing on his left and right sides.

"Han Zhixin! Hahaha... What a fate." The young man read the words on the egg and laughed.

"Shi De, give me the eggs back!" Zhi Xin said angrily.

"Why are you so angry? You are allowed to throw the eggs, and I am allowed to pick them up. Whoever picks up the eggs is destined to be the one who is destined. You don't know the reason, right?" Shi De said with a sly smile.

"You! -" Zhixin was speechless when asked, and was speechless for a moment, but she soon remembered a poem in the "Book of Songs" and angrily recited: "There are Fusu in the mountains, and lotus flowers in the sky.

If you don’t see Zidu, you will see madness.”

There were big trees on the mountain and lotus flowers in the pond. I didn't see my sweetheart, but I met this madman.

"I think you're saying, 'There are rivers and rivers, and there are pheasants and pheasants. If the rivers and rivers don't wet the rails, the pheasants crow to beg for their mates.' Hahahaha." Shi De laughed so hard that he fell back and forth.

Zhixin immediately blushed when Shi De said these two lines of poetry, because these two lines of poetry refer to the crowing of a female pheasant seeking a mate. Because Zhixin said that she wanted to see her sweetheart, Shi De used the term "female pheasant seeking a mate" to refer to it.

Zhixin.

Can a young girl get an advantage when she meets a prostitute?

"With such beautiful scenery, why are you alone? Where is your brother Yan?"

"Brother Yan is busy, I'd like to play alone, how about it, can't I?" Zhixin glared at the other person.

"Huh? On such an important day, how important can it be to him? Hum hum, if you ask me, you are not in his heart at all."

"Nonsense, Eunuch Xie is ill and has many things at home, so he can't leave for a while." Zhixin defended Shu Yan.

"Oh, but how come the man who was playing with others in the river over there with orchid grass looked so much like Shu Yan?" Shi De pointed to the distance with his finger and winked at the people next to him, deliberately irritating Zhixin.

"Yes, yes, yes, Shu Yan is having fun with others over there!" The followers understood what their young master meant and echoed.

Zhixin's face turned red with anger. Everything went wrong today: Shu Yan didn't come today, so Zhixin was not very happy; just now, the drifting egg that she had high hopes for would be picked up by Shu Yan, but it ended up being picked up by this

Enemies picked it up and added more

She was angry; now, she was ridiculed by Shi De again. Although Shi De's words were not credible, she was still happy to hear that Shu Yan was playing with others. She still got angry. What if it was true?

.Hey! I am so angry that I am so angry that I am hitting the ceiling.

"Go away, we can do whatever we want, you don't have to worry about it!" Zhixin shouted with a red face.

"I guessed that you two must have separated, right? So, Shu Yan found a new love, and you are here to play with floating eggs to find a new husband, right?" Shi De continued to make nonsense.

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"Return the egg to me quickly, or I will be rude to you." Zhixin trembled.

"So what if you're welcome? If I pick it up, it's mine. Not only does the egg belong to me, but the person who threw it also belongs to me. How about you come and grab it if you have the ability." As he said that, he threw the egg upwards, and then he

Catch it with your hands and tease Zhixin repeatedly.

Zhixin wanted to go forward and grab it, but the two followers next to Shi De were blocking her in front. She could only act in a hurry, but she couldn't get close enough to Shi De.
Chapter completed!