In the bamboo garden, Xiang Yu'an sat quietly in the tea room, with a medical book on her lap, reading aloud with a serious expression.

It was pouring rain outside, and the stove in the house was very humid and stuffy, and there was a copper kettle sitting on the stove, gurgling and steaming.

Since Xu Hao patted his head that day and set off a fever for studying medicine, at first, there were more than ten maids who followed Xu Qinglian to study, and gradually they were frightened by the boring and complicated medicine, and the number of people became smaller and smaller.

However, Xiangyu, who was young, was very interested in medicine because her grandfather had been a wild man for a few days. It's a pity that she doesn't know a few words, once she asked Xu Hao, Xu Hao was very supportive, she brought Xiangyu when she read every day, taught her to read hand-in-hand, and let Xiao Yushi teach her if she didn't have time.

And Xiangyu is very smart and not afraid of hardship, in just a few months to memorize no less than 3,000 words, 1000 characters and other enlightenment books are like a stream, until now many books can be read by themselves. But the other maids all complained about this, scolding her that the fox spirit would take advantage of loopholes and get close to the young master by reading, Xiangyu was very distressed and sad about this, so she didn't dare to read and study in front of people, and hid in the tearoom every day to read a book for a while.

In the hot and humid environment, the hot Xiangyu was drenched in sweat, but she still bit a hand towel soaked in cold water to sober herself up, reciting those jerky words, and thinking about asking a few girls when she had time.

Xiangyu still remembers that Xu Hao said that reading is all about rote memorization, and the knowledge in his head has accumulated a lot, and the day when he can understand it will not be far away.

"Xiangyu, Xiangyu, Sister Qingwen wants hot water."

"It's coming, it's coming."

Xiangyu shook her head and hurriedly stood up, wrapped the medical book in a handkerchief and hid it in the corner, spit out a handkerchief and wrapped it around her hand, lifted the copper kettle forcefully and pushed open the door and walked out. It was raining heavily outside, and the little girl Vanilla who shouted was always jealous of her appearance, and deliberately didn't come to hold an umbrella to help her block the rain.

In an instant, Xiangyu was drenched inside and out, the thin clothes were tightly attached to the white skin like jade, Xiangyu let the rain pour down, and walked quickly to the corridor, but her whole body was soaked, how to go in to deliver water?

Vanilla ran away early, and Xiangyu stood under the porch and shouted, "Sister Qingwen, Sister Qingwen." ”

"What's the shouting about? Won't you come in and say something? ”

Soon Qingwen frowned and walked out, and saw Xiangyu looking at herself pitifully like a chicken in soup, walked over with her hands on her waist in a few steps, and scolded: "Hiding in the tea room and reading books again, have you been tricked?" I've told you a few times, you can go to the study openly when you read a book, who loves to chew the root of your tongue and let them say go, what are you afraid of with me to protect you? ”

Xiangyu was already tired and panting, and shouted: "Sister, don't teach me a lesson, I can't hold on, the kettle is too heavy." ”

"Give it to me." Compared with Xiangyu's thinness, Qingwen, who is fifteen years old this year, has developed much better than her, and took the copper kettle effortlessly with one hand, "Come into the house with me, you see that you are soaked, but don't suffer the cold." ”

Xiangyu sneezed, she was new to medicine, and she knew that she might get sick, so she didn't care about soiling the floor, and obediently followed behind Sister Qingwen.

Xu Hao's bamboo house has been expanded and renovated several times, with two identical main buildings and two smaller annex bamboo houses. They are all connected by bamboo bridges with canopies. The main house adopts a circle of duplex structure, the outside is a spacious corridor, the middle circle is the outer hall, the inside is a circle of corridors, and then there are small rooms where the maids live, and the innermost circle is Xu Hao's bedroom.

The other buildings are completely open observation decks, each with a series of functions such as a study, a pavilion, a piano room, and a restaurant, and the maids like to play chess and play everywhere when they have nothing to do, or go to the hot springs.

There was no one in the house, just Zhulan and Musk Yue were busy sorting out the clothes in the closet, and the weather was humid, so they were afraid of covering up something.

Zhulan saw Xiangyu who was drenched in and hurriedly said, "Take it off and change into clean clothes, why don't you go to the pool to warm up?" It just so happens that your sister Qiuxiang is taking a bath, and by the way, there is a pot of ginger soup, boiled for you to drink. ”

Musk Yue also hurriedly put down the things in his hand, walked over and raised his hand to touch Xiangyu's forehead, saying that the three of them liked Xiangyu, who was sensible, well-behaved and hardworking. They know better that Xiangyu's status in Xu Hao's heart is different, she is half of Xu Hao's disciple of the Eight Classics, and she looks too beautiful, after Qiu Xiang gets married, Xiangyu will definitely make up for Qiu Xiang's position, so she is different from others.

However, the other little maids were jealous of Xiangyu's beauty and being valued by the young master, so they joined forces to reject her.

Xiangyu was embarrassed to undress in front of people, turned around and ran back to the house with a grin. At this moment, Xu Wen and Xu Ji broke in.

Because Xiangyu was not in the tea room, there was no one to guard the courtyard gate, Xu Ji called for a long time and did not move, and the rain became heavier and heavier, so he simply pushed the door open.

There was no one in the courtyard, Xu Wen ran to the corridor with his head down, kicked off his dirty shoes, and stepped on the slippery floor with his bare feet. Xu Ji did the same, and a few little girls who came with him were shivering from the cold, and the oil umbrella in his hand had already leaked everywhere and was unusable.

Xu Wen is still the first time to come to Xu Hao's bamboo garden, look at the corridor around all the buildings connected into one, under the fog rendering, a group of antique natural fun, there is a Tang and Song Dynasty leisurely under the South Mountain, unrestrained, can't help but praise: "The third child will enjoy, sure enough, there is a special elegance here." ”

Xu Ji instructed the little girls: "You go back first, you don't need to take two sets of clothes if the oil umbrella is not in use." ”

After sending the little girl away, Xu Ji suddenly pointed to the back of the bamboo garden, squeezed his eyebrows and smiled: "There is no one here, could it be that they all take a hot spring with the third child?" Brother, why don't we quietly go over and watch it? ”

Xu Wen glanced at his younger brother when he heard this, and said in his heart, how did you learn so obscene now? What kind of scholar is this? Even if the third child takes the maids in broad daylight, you as an elder brother can't go to peep, it seems that you have to guard against him in the future.

Xu Wen said at the moment: "Don't talk this nonsense, follow me into the house." ”

Xu Ji pursed his lips, and said in his heart, what kind of righteous man and gentleman are you pretending to be? Have you forgotten that you used to take me to see Widow Li take a bath in the middle of the night? Let you pretend, my daughter-in-law's body has been seen by me, but unfortunately it was too dark to see anything at the time.

It happened that Xiangyu changed into a clean emerald green dress, walked out while tying her belt, and ran into two men coldly, screaming loudly in fright, turning her head and running to the inner room.

Xu Wen looked at Xiangyu's back with bright eyes, and said happily: "What a thin horse in Yangzhou, absolutely amazing." ”

Xu Ji smiled and said: "The Yangzhou thin horses have been starved since childhood, and such a petite figure can be called a masterpiece, but it is a pity that there is no foot binding, and I don't know if I have learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which is a bit of a fly in the ointment." ”

Xu Wen said disapprehantly: "I'm not a literati like you, I don't care if you don't bind your feet, it doesn't matter if you're talented." is such a beauty, the third child may not be willing to endure the pain of love, alas! ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "The eldest brother is the eldest son and grandson, and as a dignified horse, what dare the third child refuse?" Besides, I'll help you, as long as the eldest brother occasionally rewards her for me to use for a few days. ”

Xu Wen frowned and said: "Anyway, they are all serious girls, and they are not bought dancing girls, how can they let us send them around?" ”

Xu Ji said disdainfully: "The third child has been used, and it is not a virgin, it is nothing more than a few more rewards." ”

Xu Wen was more and more surprised by the changes in his younger brother, how could he still be the honest scholar in the past, how could he become even more squishy than the gentleman? How did he know that when Xu Ji was in Guozijian, he often mingled with a group of rich students who claimed to be merry sons, and they had long been on the ground when they visited the Qinglou and the painting boat, and they enjoyed each other's beauties now that it became fashionable.

At this moment, Zhulan and the others hurriedly walked out, and they were stunned when they saw that it was their two young masters. Zhulan quickly glanced at Qingwen Musk Yue behind her, motioned for the two of them to go back to the room, and she walked over to say Wan Fu by herself.

Xu Wen and Xu Ji are very familiar with Zhulan, Xu Wen pointed to Qingwen and Musk Yue, who turned their heads and left, and said, "Why don't you come to meet?" What to hide, and not an outsider. ”

Zhulan immediately said: "It's inconvenient for men and women to be different, the eldest young master is here to find Hao'er, right?" He wasn't at home. ”

Xu Wen couldn't hide his disappointment and said: "If you don't see it, you won't see it, and I'll talk about it when the third child comes back." It's raining outside, and we can't walk if we want to, so we just sit here for a while and ask for a hot cup of tea. ”

Zhulan couldn't help it, so she pointed to the bamboo house hanging on the lonely side and said, "It's spacious, the eldest young master, please come with the slave." ”

At that moment, the brothers followed Zhulan across the bamboo bridge and sat down in a corner of the bamboo hut where no one was around, the wind and rain were blocked by the white curtain, and the house looked clean and not stuffy. Zhulan said and waited for a while, and hurriedly went to Zhang Luo tea and snacks.

Inexplicably, there are two more men in the family, even the young master of her own family makes Zhulan feel uneasy, and quickly asked Qingwen to take Musk Yue and Xiangyu to Tianxiang Pavilion to hide in the rain, and call Xu Hao back by the way.

Sending off the three daughters, she made two cups of tea with her own hands and prepared a few plates of snacks, brought them over and put them on one by one, she didn't want to accompany her alone, got up and said slowly, turned around and went slowly.

Xu Wen stared at Zhulan's slender back, smacked his lips, and regretted: "Zhulan is getting more and more flavorful, like a budding lotus flower, the more you taste, the more unique charm it has." It's a pity that I begged my grandmother to reward her to me, but unfortunately Zhulan was unwilling, so I didn't force it. ”

"I don't want to be unlucky! I don't understand, what's the third haode? If you want to learn or not, if you want martial arts without martial arts, and your appearance is far inferior to the two of us, it's just that you can please girls with your sweet mouth. Almost everyone in the family has his heart set on him, and he really has no eyes. ”

Xu Ji finished speaking unconvinced, and took advantage of the situation to stand up, "I'll go to make it easier and I'll be back immediately." ”

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