The moonlight reflected the orange-red maple leaves, as if a layer of frost had been sprinkled on the maple leaves, adding a layer of coldness to the warmth. The evening breeze was gentle, causing the maple leaves to sway. Ren Xin wanted to get on her horse, but the Master stopped her.
, took out some dry food from the carriage and brought it to Ren Xin.
A maple leaf was blown up by the wind, magically circled around Ren Xin's waist, and fell gently, as if to keep her company.
"Thank you, Master." People thanked him, and the Master shook his head, "The most important thing is that you can catch up with the provincial examination."
"Well, let's say goodbye." Ren Xin saluted the Master solemnly, her nose feeling sore for no reason.
"We'll see you in the capital." Chu Qingchen's wind blew by, and Ren Xin's hair was a little messy. Chu Qingchen stretched out his hand to help Ren Xin tie up his hair. Ren Xin dodged, turned around, climbed on the horse, and stretched out Chu Qingchen's arms.
The hand was just hanging there. Xiaomei looked at it stupidly, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised. There must be something between Chu Qingchen and Ren Xin, she guessed it.
Ren Xin rode away on horseback. The hoofs of the horse stepped on the frosty moonlight, causing the maple leaves that had fallen to the ground to dance. Xiaomei, Chu Qingchen, and Master Xu watched Ren Xin's back disappear in the distance, but still no one said a word.
Xiaomei felt a little cold. She turned her head to look at Chu Qingchen and saw that he was standing still, as if he was frozen there. Xiaomei looked at Master Xu again and saw that Master Xu had a serious face, as if he was worried about something.
, but it was obvious that they were not worried about the problem in front of them.
"Master...Brother Qingchen?" Xiaomei turned to Chu Qingchen and Master Xu and gently pulled their sleeves to wake them up. Master asked Xiaomei what happened, and Xiaomei hesitated.
After a while, I decided to wait until Chu Qingchen came back to his senses and talk together.
Chu Qingchen made no movement, and still didn’t know what he was thinking. Xiaomei had no choice but to gather strength and pinch Chu Qingchen’s arm. Chu Qingchen was frightened, and shook Xiaomei away violently.
After a few steps, I felt a little annoyed.
Xiaomei was not afraid of him either. She looked at him resentfully and complained, "Brother Qingchen, Master, I have a question to ask you, but I don't know if I can just ask it like this..."
"Just tell me if you have anything to do. Why do you do anything?" Chu Qingchen lifted up his sleeves and looked at his arms. He didn't dare to touch them. It hurt just by blowing on them. This little girl really didn't know the importance of what she did.
Xiaomei stuck out her tongue in embarrassment. If she was as tall as him, she would have been able to attract his attention by waving her hand in front of his eyes. However, due to her height, she could not even reach his nose even if she stood on tiptoe, so it would be difficult to attract his attention.
Due to his attention, she had no choice but to make this decision.
"Qingchen, Xiaomei is still young, don't be so cruel to her." The master liked Xiaomei, a little troublesome person, and helped her in everything. Chu Qingchen couldn't say much. After all, Xiaomei is Yi Hua's sister.
If he scares her away and Yi Hua cannot find anyone, he will be the first one who cannot run away. The master waved Xiaomei to come to him and asked her, "What is going on? Please tell me first."
If Qingchen and I can solve it, we will be in trouble.
"Actually... it's not a big deal." Xiaomei stuck out her tongue, "Master, do you have any money?" Xiaomei asked with some expectation. Master unconsciously touched the place where he was used to putting money, as if
Something suddenly occurred to him, and he opened his eyes wide to look at Xiaomei, suddenly feeling a little ashamed. Wasn't the money he had on him confiscated by those bandits a long time ago?
Seemingly understanding something, Xiaomei lowered her head in disappointment, "I thought Master was the most reliable." However, he had no money...
The master thought that Xiaomei wanted money to buy something, so he comforted Xiaomei, "It's okay, it's okay, I don't have money, but Qingchen will always have it. What does Xiaomei want? I asked Qingchen to buy it for you."
Xiaomei shook her head, "I don't want to buy anything." Xiaomei pinned her last hope on Chu Qingchen, "Brother Qingchen... do you have any money?"
Hearing this, Chu Qingchen touched his body and felt a little embarrassed. There was no need to answer. Xiaomei probably guessed the answer. She looked at the deserted carriage with some disappointment and smiled unnaturally, "Well, Qing
Brother Chen, Master... do you know how much dry food is left in the car?"
Master and Chu Qingchen looked at each other, looked down at Xiaomei, and asked, "How much is left?"
Xiaomei laughed stiffly, even a little bitterly. They didn't know that this was normal. She was watching when Jingfeng threw dry food into the car. This villager was very stingy. At that time, she thought Jingfeng
It was the first time in history that he was willing to give a bag of grain. However, I didn't expect Master and Chu Qingchen to be so generous. One of them directly gave the horse that pulled the carriage to Ren Xin, and the other gave the three of them the money.
Food rations were also donated.
"No." Xiaomei shrugged as if it was none of my business, "You guys sent me out. Well, you guys have to figure out how to get back to the capital." But she couldn't help it. She gave it to Ren at that time.
When Xin Xin was wearing her wedding dress, she secretly gave Ren Xin the scraps of silver she took from Heiyan, which was enough for her to go to Qingcheng. But she gave all that money to Ren Xin, and now she has nothing.
I can't help Master and Chu Qingchen even with a penny.
"Then what should we do?" Chu Qingchen seemed to finally realize the importance of the matter. Xiaomei chuckled, "It's not us, it's you. What should we do~ I can go back to the village and pretend I don't know anything.
Eat and drink, waiting for my brother to pick me up, and you guys, do you still want to go back?" She was sure that even if Xiaoyan and Xiaohong saw something, they wouldn't do anything to her, after all, she was already holding her hand.
Xiaohong became an accomplice.
"Are you sure you want to be so heartless and unloyal?" Chu Qingchen grabbed Xiao Mei's back collar, thinking about picking her up by the collar like Yi Hua did when he taught Xiao Mei a lesson, but he didn't expect it.
, he underestimated Xiaomei's weight after all, or maybe he overestimated his own strength. In short, he failed to lift Xiaomei, and he heard an inexplicable sound of his own joints rubbing.
Xiaomei turned around and looked at him stupidly, making him a little embarrassed. He let go, coughed twice intentionally, and glared at Xiaomei fiercely, "If you dare to be so unloyal and ignore the life and death of your elders, look at Yi
Hua knows how to teach you a lesson!"
Okay, threatening Xiao Mei with Yi Hua is a good idea.
Xiaomei looked at Chu Qingchen's dumbfounded look, seemingly unable to react to what Chu Qingchen said. Xiaomei blinked and looked at Master Xu blankly, "Master, wait for me, I'll go find him."
Third brother wants some scraps of silver, but not too much. When you get to Qingcheng, you have to find a way by yourself."
"Wait, you only care about Master? What about me?" Chu Qingchen felt that something was wrong with what Xiaomei said. It seemed that he was not included. Xiaomei blinked and giggled, "Master is my elder.
Well, my brother is your follower, but I am not. Just because he listens to you, it doesn’t mean that I have to listen to you too~"
Xiaomei looked silly, and her theory was a bit silly, but Chu Qingchen was left speechless. Xiaomei had clearly expressed what she meant, but she didn't regard him as an elder. He couldn't feel good about himself.
Say something else.
Xiaomei lowered her eyes and smiled softly without making a sound. The master looked at the corners of her raised lips and couldn't help but want to laugh. Although this girl looked silly, she seemed to be very similar to Ren Xin at some point.
"You guys wait for me, I'll go and come back." Xiaomei was in a good mood and skipped up the mountain happily, leaving Chu Qingchen and his wife standing there, looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, through the
Maple leaves look at the stars and the moon.
"Qingchen, is something going on between you and Xin'er?" There were only two people in the maple forest at night. The Master looked at Chu Qingchen and asked leisurely.
Chu Qingchen looked at the Master in surprise. He didn't expect that the Master would see something...
"It's okay, Master, why do you ask like that?" Chu Qingchen felt a little uneasy. If Master could see something, he couldn't hide it.
"It's nothing, it's just that Xin'er seems to be having trouble, but don't let it be you who bullies Xin'er again." The master was a little worried, "You and Xin'er are always noisy like this..."
Listening to the Master talking about what he was worried about, Chu Qingchen breathed a sigh of relief, but when he thought of what happened before, Chu Qingchen felt inexplicably depressed. How could he bully Ren Xin? It was clearly Ren Xin who bullied him.
At most, they take advantage and don't want to be responsible.
Seeing Chu Qingchen's expression darken, the Master vaguely felt that things were not as he imagined. He stopped talking, lest he said anything that would further worsen the relationship between Ren Xin and Chu Qingchen.
Xiaomei jumped happily, and every time she jumped, a maple leaf was picked up under her feet. Following Xiaomei's movements, it jumped up in the air, and then slowly fell down. After going up the mountain with a familiar road, Heiyan was sitting at the entrance of the house, talking to a few people.
A brother was drinking. He looked like he didn't know anything.
"Third brother, it seems that you are in a good mood~" Xiaomei jumped over with a smile and helped Heiyan pour the wine. Heiyan smiled heartily, "That's natural. The second brother got married and went to such a beautiful and special second sister-in-law. Of course it is
Something worth celebrating.”
"Then, why are you drinking here? Why don't you go back to the banquet?" Xiaomei looked at the buddies who were watching the night and were still patrolling seriously. She felt that Heiyan and the others were here to cause trouble.
"Ahem." Heiyan choked on the wine he drank. Xiaomei hurriedly stepped forward to pat him on the back. Heiyan beat his chest and coughed violently, "Xiaomei, let's not talk about this anymore, why are you here?
?Didn’t you go to find your brother?”
"I..." She never forced things that others didn't want to say. She patted Heiyan on the back, a little pitifully, "Third brother... I lost my money, can I..."
"You little girl, why are you so careless..." Heiyan put down his wine glass, feeling a little dizzy from choking just now. He pressed his temples and looked at Xiaomei, "You know the old lady gives our three brothers one or two a year.
I have saved up the money and pocket money I gave you for several years, and now I really have no money to give you."
"Third brother..." Xiaomei suddenly felt very sorry for Heiyan...
"Xiaomei needs money, why do you only look for Dahei? Brother, I also take good care of my sister~" Jingfeng's cool voice came slowly, and a small cold wind blew by, Xiaomei shivered, what happened today?