The east side of the Bird's Nest Village is the British Mansion, the west side is the sparkling Bird's Nest Lake, the riverbank stands tall poplar trees, transplanted from outside the gate, there is a large bamboo forest in the south, through the gap, you can see the large and small, tall and low windmills, the most unusual thing is that in the fields and pastures, hundreds of spotted cows and groups of black and white dairy sheep eat grass on the green field.

The pasture is connected to an orchard with peaches, plums, apricots, cherries, mulberries, apples, begonias, and shelves of grapes.

The small courtyard with lush flowers and trees is located in the middle, and it is hard to imagine that the inner city, which is close to the Forbidden City and where dignitaries and nobles gather, has this place like a paradise.

Outside the door, a clear water lotus pond, Ye Qin wears a snow-white straw hat, a red wildflower is inserted in the brim of the hat, there is a sweat grain on the tip of the straight nose, and he is holding a rod to fish.

Li Jinglong smiled, Ru Yu was polite, he didn't dare to alarm her, and stood ten steps away from the lotus pond with a quiet voice.

The fishing line trembled slightly, the fish bit the hook, Ye Qin raised the fishing rod suddenly, caught a two or three inches long grass fish, smiled on his pretty face, and spun the hook with joy, only to find that there were two guests standing behind him for a long time.

"Huh!" Ye Qin's face flushed, and she blinked her watery and bright apricot eyes, "Uncle Li, Lord Ru, I'll go and inform my godfather and greet you." ”

"Slow!" Ru Yu waved her hand, "First of all, may I ask if Mr. Xu is free?" ”

"Godfather has always been busy." Ye Qin smiled, "He's talking to his old friend Uncle Xue Wen." ”

"Then we won't bother." Ru Yu hurriedly said: "Today, the Holy Lord ordered the two of us to rebuild the Taizu Record, and by the way, come over and take a walk, and Miss Qin will greet him for us." ”

"Two elders, please stay." Ye Qin hurriedly stepped forward to stay, and said angrily to Li Jinglong, who was smiling and silent: "Uncle is really, why did you leave when you knew that it was too late for your godfather to welcome you?" ”

"Let's go inside." Li Jinglong said with a smile.

Ru Yu is not as free and easy as him, firstly, he has been guilty, and secondly, he and his son and his wife have received Xu Hao's great kindness. Said respectfully: "Then go in and visit Mr." ”

So, Ye Qin put the grass-born fish back into the pond, put away the fishing rod, and led them into the yard.

The small courtyard is full of red leaves and green leaves, full of Tianjia flavor, there are only three north rooms, and the outer rooms are used to meet guests. Walking into the courtyard, Ru Yu nodded frequently in appreciation, and heard his voice before seeing the master.

"It's like playing the piano with you. Okay, since you don't want to listen to me talk about farming, then Lao Tzu will talk to you about poetry. This person's reading of poetry, just like a person's life, can be divided into three stages. ”

The two couldn't help laughing, and saw Xu Hao standing and talking, "In my youth, people at this time were enthusiastic and unrestrained, full of fantasies about the sea and the sky. acted fearlessly, so they all liked Li Bai's poems, flying down 3,000 feet, suspected to be the Milky Way falling for nine days. What imagination? When I reached middle age, I heard and witnessed the thousands of hardships in the world, and I would encounter a series of ups and downs, and I understood that the reality was not easy. At this time, it will turn to understand Du Fu, and there are tens of thousands of mansions, and the poor people in the world are happy. Alas! In his later years, fame and fortune are like a passing cloud, and he no longer has ambitions, this person likes to revel in Wang Wei's pastoral hidden poems, and the spring is full of peach blossom water, and he does not know where to find the source of immortals. ”

"Your grand arguments, with all due respect, don't agree with them." Xue Wen, who was sitting on the side, didn't sit down, and said with a smile: "Wang Wei is like you, he has money, leisure, and a villa, so he can play the piano and write poems, and he is leisurely. ”

"Come less." Xu Hao looked disdainful, "You guy is a rich man, and you come to pretend to be poor and ask for money?" I don't care about you! ”

Li Jinglong didn't wait for Xiao Yezi to speak, and laughed loudly: "I heard that Xu Sanye brought back a batch of cows from overseas, why don't you give me two?" ”

Xu Hao suddenly gasped, turned around, and said helplessly: "Gotcha!" Another one who fights the autumn wind. Hey, Lord Ru is also here, and he is not welcome. Qin'er, show us tea. ”

"Xiaguan has seen Lord Ru." Xue Wen hurriedly got up and bowed deeply to Ru Yu, but he was familiar with Li Jinglong's informality.

Ru Yu returned the salute with a smile and asked, "Are they those free-range cows?" Just look at the appearance and know that it is not ordinary. ”

Xu Hao smiled: "It's nothing more than a Dutch cow, but this kind of cow is tall, has uniform muscles, and has the highest milk production, but it is just a domestic animal." Recently, some officials have not said that the giraffe in Africa is a unicorn, and the above table praises auspiciousness, but it is really ignorant. ”

Ru Yu asked, "Then where is the Qilin hidden?" ”

"I said it was made up, do you believe it?" Xu Hao was too lazy to explain, when a large group of officials surrounded the giraffe to analyze that this was a unicorn, he knew that the correct answer was not yet able to say that it was a lonely and unheard of breathless taste, and it was difficult to explain it.

The Dutch cows of this period were far from being the improved breeds of the future, but they were the best cows after all, but unfortunately the goal of promoting milk for all was a long way to go, and it was a fantasy in this era.

Fortunately, there is a process for everything, Xu Hao is not in a hurry, and he pulled them to see the cows with great interest, Xue Wenle followed behind, and said with a smile as he walked: "Now there are tits to eat at home." ”

At the same time, in the garden of Xufu, a group of little girls were opening a poetry club, Xu Xiangyue said: "Let's wait for me to come up with a topic, and everyone will consider it." ”

As he spoke, he took a pink note and wrote the title to pass it on to everyone, and when he saw that there were no other objections, he added a number of sub-topics, and rolled them into a paper ball to ask the big guy to cast lots.

In order to make everyone better compose poems, Zhang Lianyi asked the maid to take two crystal pots, one is this year's Zhulan brew, and the other is last year's bayberry brew, pasted with goose-yellow sticks, and wrote green and red love.

This wine is really green and red, rippling spring, and there are a few white jade cups next to the pot for everyone to drink at will.

The youngest, Mu Lanxiang, can neither compose poetry nor drink, and watch flowers and play outside the court.

The sun is in full bloom, the flowers and plants have a shed to protect or sprinkle clear water, has not reduced the liveliness, the princess of Jiaxing poured a cup of Zhulan brew, just about to take a sip, suddenly saw Mulan Xiang chasing a butterfly, it happened that the butterfly fluttered on the cup, seemed to smell the wine.

The girls were surprised, and Ripples said, "This butterfly doesn't hide when it sees people." Don't be any Mitoyo Immortal, right? Let's pour another cup for it. ”

Took a clean cup, poured it full of wine, put it on the red sandalwood table, several girls prayed seriously, who knew that the butterfly really flew to the mouth of the cup, and the whiskers were ordered three points in a row on the wine surface, and the women were stunned.

"Could it really be a fairy butterfly?" Ripple hurriedly said, "Go and call the leaf back and leave a small photo for it." ”

Jiaxing was also surprised: "It's really empathetic, bring me painting tools, and I want to make a good fate." ”

A group of girls made a fuss in their hearts as if they were frying the pan. But they didn't dare to shout indiscriminately, obviously it was a butterfly resting on the wine glass, and they were stunned that they regarded it as a great event, and soon attracted many people, standing lightly from a distance to watch.

Xiao Ye hurriedly ran back, and the strange thing was that for such a long time, the butterfly still did not move, which added a bit of mystery.

At present, a few girls are studying the colors on the stone table, using the traditional gongbi ink technique. There are also sketches taught by Xu Hao, or European oil painting techniques, to carefully sketch butterflies.

Mu Lanxiang's eyes widened, and she quietly watched her sisters paint. As the saying goes, serious people are the most beautiful, and I am very envious in my heart, and I secretly vow that I must learn to paint well.

I've been drawing for a while, and I'm still polishing. At this time, Mu Ningxue walked over and looked carefully at the butterfly in the painting of the small leaf, and it was like a real butterfly. Even the markings on the wings and the damage on the left wing can be rendered, and she said with a smile: "This girl's painting skills are really psychic, and the blue is better than the blue." ”

Xiao Yushi, who came together, said: "This fairy butterfly is not light, and the place where it goes must be an elegant family, and it is also a fate to look down on us." ”

Mu Ningxue said with a smile: "How can we say that it is elegant, it is specially for the princess, and even we are stained." He turned to smile at the butterfly and said, "Dao Chang has a spirit, thank her for us." ”

As if she understood, the butterfly spread its wings and flew to Princess Jiaxing, circled around her twice, flew up, and flew out of the corridor in the blink of an eye, causing everyone to chase after her.

Everyone said, "This must really be the butterfly fairy, she came to make fun of the girls." ”

Ripple insisted that Xiao Ye make up her and the red, yellow and purple flowers on the drawing paper, and framed a small piano strip by himself and nailed it to the powder wall.

Half an hour later, Xu Hao saw off the guests, walked to the stone bank of Taihu Lake with his hands behind his back, and saw countless butterflies flying next to the red shearling from a distance, some dark green, some pink and white, golden, and colorful, flying around the flowers.

Xiao Ye and Lan Xiang are raising their sleeves and chasing back and forth, straight into the depths of the shade of flowers.

The sleeves fluttered, like a pair of colorful butterflies, and the opposite side looked at Jiaxing unconsciously, leaning on a mountain stone and staring at it. Ripple waited impatiently, and came out to look for someone, saw the stupid state of the three of them, and said with a smile: "People say that people are crazy people who do dramas, and those who watch dramas are fools, and this pair of madmen, a fool, came together." ”

The three girls couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and Jiaxing said: "Who is a madman and who is a fool?" Those ladies who pretend to be Taoist and don't take a step are really fools. ”

Ripple smiled: "Stupid or not, crazy or not, don't care for the time being." I ask you, where is the poem you made? ”

"Oops!" Xiao Yezi was busy pulling Lanxiang to write poems. Jiaxing said: "I paid it early. ”

Seeing this scene, Xu Haoqiang smiled to himself, not only remembering the past when he accompanied his sisters, but also felt the mentality of Jia Zheng in the dream of Red Mansions.

It is not to blame the ancients for being sentimental, for the parents of later generations, the daughter only married in her twenties, and in turn worried that the girl could not marry.

And at the age of thirteen or fourteen years earlier, junior high school students are about to leave home, so they are naturally reluctant.

It's hard to think about it, how old are you now? If Ripple and Xu Ye get married this year, can they guarantee that they will have grandchildren and grandchildren next year, a grandfather in his thirties? (To be continued......)