The two masters and servants of the Geng family followed the back of the crowd from afar, watched while walking, and unconsciously came to the front of the garden along the promenade, first admired the painted gatehouse, looked up at the pavilion more than one zhang high, and could accommodate dozens of people at the same time to watch the beautiful scenery of the Qinhuai River in the distance.

The mothers-in-law guarding the door got the news, although they didn't recognize Geng's family, they ignored it when they saw that it was a woman, and let the two of them in.

Who knew that as soon as you entered, it was a closed Jiangnan garden-style courtyard, with strange rocks in the middle of the pool, and plantains in the courtyard full of green shade; Around a circle of more than 40 zhang of delicate and exquisite flower wall, the sandwich road is hidden in the green tree flower garden everywhere, from time to time there are carved hollow railings to block the road, the corridor is full of forks.

It can be said that there is a rockery in front of the pavilion, there is a platform on the left and a waterfall on the right, the peaks and peaks that are really indescribable, turn a corner and suddenly there is a hole in front of you, in short, the crowd in front of you is like throwing a handful of sand into the sea, and disappear immediately.

Fortunately, he was not in a hurry, Geng slowed down when he saw this, and he had the mind of where he went, and he was not afraid of getting lost.

Today's weather is also good, the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, and the middle of September is neither hot nor cold, which is the most suitable for outdoor play. Hit the west and go in, pass through the mountain rocks, pass through a large area of fragrant grassland, and see a courtyard full of chrysanthemums and blooming peach blossoms standing in front of you.

Looking through the moon-white fence, in the middle is the butterfly hall of the big five, there is a floor in the hall, and all kinds of green potted plants are placed on the balcony, which is called Diecui Building; There are several carved beams and painted half pavilions in the east of the courtyard, there are swings and tea shelves in front of the pavilion, a little girl is playing a swing, the swing swings high, two little maids stand aside and clap their hands and laugh.

And the west of the courtyard is two into five roll shed long Xuan, the two Xuan are connected, the plaque above reads 'Shuangfang Xuan', a cluster of osmanthus and silver cinnamon in front of Xuan; The area behind the north of the hospital. The delicate mountain stone column is like a barrier, and all kinds of vine flowers are hanging down in spring and autumn on the mountain stone, and the fragrance is clear and the fruit is different.

Xiao Cui looked at it dizzyingly, stroked her palms and sighed: "Even if you live here for a day, you will be willing to die." ”

Geng has heard that his own girl lives in what Diecui Building, the three-room green bamboo girl seems to live here, originally remembered the Tianxiang Pavilion in the garden, has been envious of this, who knows that at this moment compared to the Diecui Building in front of him, it is really like a small witch.

The luxury atmosphere of the north courtyard of the long house is true. The garden is also beautiful, but it is for fun rather than living, far less than the ingenuity of the two gardens, and countless thoughts have been spent on the daily life of the girls.

"Alas! How nice would it be if I had such a brother? Indeed, he is willing to die. Geng sighed melancholy, but abandoned the second girl's residence and continued to walk forward with Xiaocui.

After walking for a long time, they came to the foot of the hill, and the master and servant circled all the way up the stone steps, and waited until they reached the top. But see that there is a big peony platform in front, which is full of white flowers, and the peonies bloom at this time, and the snow is fragrant, and the wealth is not spared. Spring flowers on both sides are shaded.

A bush of magnolia, Xinyi, begonia on the right side of the building, a cluster of snowballs on the left side of the building, all kinds of foreign tea, the west corridor of the downstairs bends nine curves, and goes around to the front of the peony platform. Then pass through the rock on the left. I arrived at the Red Plum Courtyard again, and went to the middle pavilion from the plum blossoms, and more than a dozen jade plums had not yet bloomed. Decorate the courtyard like a paradise.

There is a hexagonal pavilion on the left side of the mountain, a two-story chain square victory pavilion in the middle, and a five-petal plum blossom pavilion on the right. There are dozens of acres of ponds under the mountain, all kinds of water birds are flying and playing in the water leisurely, there are curved bridges and pavilions on the east and west banks, and there is a three-storey exquisite water pavilion on the shore.

Xiao Cui praised again and again: "I have been to our house in the past, but compared to here, it is really a world of difference, and everywhere is a thought, what kind of ingenuity is this?" ”

"Hmm." Geng Shi replied lightly, secretly worried about why her husband's family had a quarrel with the second room! Otherwise, wouldn't I be able to live here?

It happened that a mother-in-law walked by on the side, and Xiaocui asked, "Dare to ask which girl's embroidery building is here?" ”

The mother-in-law said strangely: "You two are guests?" Then he smiled politely: "Hello grandma, this is the frost and snow house of the four girls in my family, and the girl never forgets the mountaintop elegant house of the old house, so she chose the highest place in the garden." ”

Xiao Cui suddenly exclaimed: "Isn't the fourth girl a young lady?" How can the residence be no less than the yard of the second girl? Odd. ”

The mother-in-law took a closer look at Xiaocui and Geng, and asked, "Why do you look familiar, what are you two like?" ”

Xiao Cui hurriedly explained: "Since they are all from a long house, not outsiders, this is the little grandmother of the eldest young master!" Haven't you seen it when you got married? ”

The mother-in-law suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Young grandma, please forgive me, because I have been serving my girl to live in the garden, I only saw my grandmother from afar that day, because I didn't remember your old appearance." ”

"It doesn't matter." Geng waved his hand and sighed politely: "Your girl is a blessed one, and she is more decent than the young lady." ”

"Who's to say it isn't." The mother-in-law said with the same feelings: "When the girl was a child, she was born bewitching because of her appearance, and she was never liked by the old lady and her wife, and scolded her for her fox appearance. Since the first two years of the fight, with the care of the third young master, the girl has finally lived comfortably, except for the fewer subordinates who are serving, she is comparable to the two young ladies in any aspect, and the score is not bad, no matter who she is, she does not dare to be disrespectful.

All this is just because the third young master dares to offend any elder for this, no one's words are good, and only what he says in the huge garden counts. I have lived for so many years, and it is the first time I have seen such a responsible young master who can hold his sisters in the palm of his hand and care for him. ”

Xiaocui was very envious when she heard it, and Geng didn't want to listen to her, although she was also very envious, and said lightly: "You are always busy, I want to go shopping again." ”

The mother-in-law smiled and pointed to the pool below and said, "There is the Linxia Pavilion of the three girls; In the distance, the pond is surrounded by hibiscus, and it is the eldest lady who listens to the rain and watches the land. There are two courtyards nearby that are hidden in flowers and trees, one is Jiangxue Zhai, where the third young master lives; The other is our third young master's spoiled to the bones, the Golden Jubilee Pavilion of the Red Leaf Girl. In addition, there are too many fun and beautiful places, young grandma, you can carefully watch your legs and feet, otherwise go to a place where no one is around, but no one will help you out, if you are tired of walking, remember to quickly call a person, they will take you to the nearest house to rest. ”

"Thank you." Geng smiled reservedly. Turning around, he walked towards the path down the mountain with Xiao Cui, who was reluctant to give up.

The mother-in-law stood stunned and said speechlessly: "This is also called grandma?" I said it for a long time with good intentions, and I was not willing to even reward a few pennies, really. It's a shame that I didn't tell you where my grandmother lived, and cursed you to break in and ask for your own suffering. ”

Coming down the mountain, the Geng family deliberately avoided the Linxia Pavilion of the third girl, Xu Cuiyun, and made a small remote path to go straight to the direction of Jiangxuezhai. Halfway through the corner door under the platform, back and forth can not distinguish the south, south, north, west, and north, with intuition, I finally came out, only to see the front of the ten thousand poles and bamboo. Dark green and thick shade, the first dozen bamboo houses.

Geng Shi suddenly said in surprise: "I have heard that the third young master loves bamboo forests, and it seems that this is Jiangxue Zhai." ”

Xiao Cui pointed and said, "There is not even a figure here, can't the third young master live alone?" ”

"People are high-ranking people, and they are naturally not ordinary. Walk! Go over and take a look. After Geng finished laughing, he raised the corner of his skirt for fear of being hooked by the bamboo shoots growing in the soil.

Carefully shuttled through the bamboo forest step by step, and gradually saw that the white stones in the forest were piled up into a high platform, and there was a big cave under the stage. Like a bridge circle; There is a bubbling spring at the bottom, which bends around the bamboo forest from north to south, and probably flows to the pond on the other side of the Linxia Pavilion to converge.

In addition to the empty bamboo hut that is obviously uninhabited, there is a brown pavilion on the stage. They are all made of palm trees, and there are no tiles on the roof, and the use of brown skin and brown hair is extremely quaint. The plaque is inscribed with the word "ghostly", and the couplet on the column: 'Liuquan traces the rhyme of the qin. Perched birds are amazed'.

Geng Shi stopped and was very puzzled, shook his head and said, "It turned out to be a view, hey!" There seems to be a man at the end of the line. ”

Xiao Cui followed worriedly. Realizing that the young lady's voice was mixed with surprise, she frowned and said, "There is a man in this garden?" Let's go quickly, I was caught up and insulted, there are few people here, and no one will hear the shouts for help. ”

Geng was angry and funny, and said angrily: "Who else will there be besides the third young master?" If that's really the case, I'm still wishing that he was not a thousand times stronger than following the eldest young master? ”

Xiao Cui was stunned, and then reacted and exclaimed in surprise: "Really? Then I won't shout later, I'll give you the wind. ”

Geng scolded with a smile: "The prodigal hoof is not ashamed. The third young master is said to be surrounded by beautiful women like clouds, can we be rare and ruined? Dream about it. ”

Xiaocui said with a smile: "As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as stealing. ”

"Yes." Geng's heart was suddenly moved, thinking that even if he couldn't become the third young master's person, at least after the spring breeze for a while, he would have a dewy marriage with him from now on, and the benefits would be indispensable in the future. Maybe one day, he will be able to live here, maybe he will think of his own benefits, regardless of his husband's faults, and the brothers will live together again.

Then he has the third young master secretly supporting him, who in the garden doesn't look down on him? What's so great about the eldest grandmother, isn't it just to serve the third young master with her beauty.

So Geng walked out of the bamboo forest quickly, bypassed a forest of apricot blossoms, walked across a natural bridge, passed through stalagmites, and in the dense forest of mulberry elm on one side, there was a circle of yellow mud walls, which were two hundred zhang wide.

Faintly can see the bamboo fence around the village in the north head, the front is full of chrysanthemums, a deep forest of maple trees in the middle part, a mound in the forest, a pavilion on the pier, a stone beam and stone pillar, and a chrysanthemum garden in front of the pavilion.

There are more than a dozen exquisite thatched huts in the southeast corner, and the periphery is a firewood cup. There are also several thatched huts in the southwest corner, surrounded by wooden molds. The four sides of the root of the big wall are ditches two zhang wide, and the wooden structure is a bridge, just like the atmosphere of the village.

There are no empty spaces outside the chrysanthemum, full of vegetables and vegetables. Goose, duck, chicken, dolphin and other perches are bathing in water, quiet and happy, making people forget the vulgar at first sight.

The two of them naturally didn't know that the courtyard that looked like a cottage was built by Zhu Qiaoqiao after washing all the lead, imitating the Daoxiang Village in the stone record that Xu Hao complained, and it was also a change in Zhu Qiaoqiao's heart after experiencing the hardships of living in seclusion, and he no longer cherished the royal luxury of the past.

I don't know how long I walked, but when I saw that the mountain was not a mountain, Xiao Cui finally panted and shouted, "Where is he?" I'm exhausted. ”

Geng Shi also sweated on his forehead, and insisted on it with an obsession, pointed to the high platform in the distance, and said, "Soon, it's there." ”

Xiao Cui stopped and bent down to gasp for breath, and after a while, she looked out and saw a high wall blocking the front, and there seemed to be a man on the pavilion who was looking out from afar by the railing, and then she was overjoyed.

PS: The little hairpin is a remnant of the party, and he has coded out six chapters in the dark for two consecutive days, and he doesn't even go to yoga. Ladies and gentlemen, let's enjoy the meal. (To be continued......)