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She acquiesced, and said boldly and confidently: "If you like someone, just tell grandma, with my Gu family's family background, my grandson's appearance and character, how many girls can marry into my Gu family. Grandma is looking forward to having her great-grandson sooner."

Gu Xi sneered in his heart, grandma's words were true, so many eyes, so many families, all those who were waiting to be married were all staring.

"Grandma, I'll try my best." Gu Xi let go slightly, he knew that at his age, he was already the father of several children in this town.But fate, how can we say that we can meet each other when we meet.

"Okay! My good grandson will do whatever he wants!" Mrs. Gu said happily.

People in the town celebrate their birthdays with nothing more than eating, and then singing a few plays to be lively and lively.Gu Xi didn't like to read these sour dramas, so he told his grandma early and went back to read.

When passing by the lakeshore, he saw the charming grass in the grass, which made Gu Xi feel a wave of fear.After what happened yesterday, he now believed in those ghosts and gods.

Seeing that Young Master Gu seemed to be in a daze, Xiao Liu'er stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Gu Xi's eyes, calling softly, "Young Master..."

In fact, Xiao Liu'er felt a little resentful in his heart, if the young master wanted to be in a daze, he could sit by the river and do whatever he wanted without pulling him.If it wasn't for the young master, he might still be watching a play in a corner where nobody is watching!

"Huh?" Gu Xi finally came back to his senses, and lifted his foot first, "Let's go."

Gu Xi likes to be quiet when reading, and doesn't like to have people around to wait on him.So after Xiao Liu'er made a pot for him, he let Xiao Liu'er go to the theater.

The room was quiet, only the sound of Gu Xi flipping papers.On the contrary, outside the house, from time to time, the applause of theatergoers came in through the window lattice.Fortunately, it was far away from Gu Xi's courtyard, so the sound seemed much weaker when it came.

I don't know how long it took, Gu Xi's eyes were a little sore, and when he was about to get up and pour himself a cup of tea, he accidentally glanced at the window, and saw a white shadow lying on the window sill, imprinted on the wooden window edge. A wet figure.

Seeing that Gu Xi saw him, Bai Ying immediately greeted him happily: "Young Master Gu."

Gu Xi helped his forehead, and a muscle in his head ached, "I don't have any wine today, so I don't know what you mean when you come here?"

"Yesterday, Mr. Gu left in a hurry, and there is something I didn't say to Mr. Gu." The ghost looked timid, lowered his head and twisted the corner of his clothes.

"Then let's talk about it now." Gu Xi didn't want to see the ghost, so he turned his back on purpose, poured himself a glass of water, drank it down, and poured another glass.

"A few days ago, my son made a picture." The ghost was afraid that his explanation would be biased, so he emphasized again, "It's that cat! I just wanted to see it, but the water on my body accidentally dripped. Go up. You know, I am a water ghost..." Afraid that Gu Xi would blame him, the ghost spoke behind him, his voice getting softer...

"My lord, you don't have to worry about it. You can paint again after the painting is destroyed." Gu Xi wanted to care about it, but he didn't dare.Is it possible to have a good theory with this water ghost?

"Really?" The water ghost was overjoyed, thinking that Gu Xi had forgiven himself, so he had to push forward, "Then Mr. Gu, can I come in now?"

Gu Xi looked at the black-haired ghost, but he didn't know where the courage came from, so he refused.

"No!"

The ghost was not annoyed, and said "Oh" aggrievedly, and then stopped, lying quietly on the window sill, Gu Xi was reading, and he was looking at Gu Xi.

This made Gu Xi very uncomfortable.

After reading a page for a long time, I didn't see a single word.When I looked up again, there was nothing but the shadow of the water ghost.

Chapter 7

It was the day of Mrs. Gu's birthday, and Gu Xi was woken up early in the morning by the sound of firecrackers outside the door.

Changing clothes, grooming, and finishing a set of tasks. When he walked into the hall, Mrs. Gu was sitting on a high seat in the hall wearing a new dress that Erniang specially made for her a few months ago. talking.

There is a rule in Nanqiao Town, when celebrating the birthday of the elders in the family, the juniors in the family and the servants must kowtow to the elders.

Father Gu, Mrs. Gu has already kowtowed, so she just waits for Gu Xi.

When the servants saw the young master coming, they stepped aside one after another.

"Grandma..." Gu Xi called out, lifted the corner of his robe, and stepped into the hall.

"The grandson is here. Come, come, get the red envelope." Mrs. Gu reached out and handed over a thick red envelope.

Gu Xi took it and stuffed it in his sleeve pocket, knelt down on the futon on the ground in a respectful manner, served tea respectfully, and kowtowed, "May grandma be as blessed as the East China Sea and live longer than Nanshan."

"Good..." The old lady smiled happily.

"The grandson also has a gift for grandma." Gu Xi handed over a half-person-high box made of green satin.

"Hey, that's amazing, it's Zunyu Guanyin." Someone in the crowd said this.

The old lady looked at it, not to mention how happy she was, "The grandson is the best for grandma."

After the servants finished kowtowing and received the red envelopes, another firecracker was lit outside the gate of the Gu Mansion.Then one after another the guests arrived.Gu Xi and Gu's father are the sons of the family, so it is up to them to welcome guests...

The banquet dispersed, it was already dark, Gu Xi didn't know what kind of thoughts he had, and ordered his servants to move several jars of wine and put them by the lake for the water ghost.Maybe it was because he let the water ghost eat up yesterday, and he felt a little guilty.

The clouds in the sky were rolling, revealing a heavy yellow, as if heavy rain was coming.Gu Xi was worried, walked out of the house, leaned on the railing, and watched from a distance that the jars of wine were still placed there in good shape.

Gu Xi walked back to the room a little restlessly, picked up a book and read a few lines, but couldn't get a single word into his head.

Sure enough, several thunderbolts suddenly appeared in the sky, rumbling, and the whole earth seemed to be split open.Not long after, it started to rain heavily.

I don't know if the ghost took the wine away.

Thinking of this, Gu Xi looked outside the house uneasily, the heavy rain blurred the scenery outside the house.

"Young Master Gu..." A voice outside the window called weakly.

Gu Xi hurriedly turned his head, and saw the ghost with his clothes wet and leaning against the window, looking very pitiful.

"Come in," Gu Xi thought: Today's rain is really heavy.

"Young Master Gu, you are so kind." A puddle of water soon formed on the ground where the water ghost was standing.He was a little embarrassed, knowing that Gu Xi let him in to hide from the rain and wet the house, so he cautiously moved towards the door.

Gu Xi glanced at the water ghost calmly, his eyes seemed to be looking at the book in his hand, but in fact his mind was no longer on it.

If it was the first time they met, Gu Xi would probably jump up in shock.But after so long of practice, Gu Xi has been able to calmly face the face of the water ghost.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward for a moment, and the only sound in the room was the sound of water droplets on the water ghost falling on the ground: "Pa", "Pa"...

Gu Xi pretended to cough, "Wine, did you see that?"

"I see, I see..." Shui Gui was so flattered that he didn't even dare to think that one day Gu Xi would specially give him a few jars of wine.

"Young Master Gu is a very, very good person... Except for my mother, no one has ever been so kind to me..."

I don't know if the water ghost was crying or something, but Gu Xi vaguely watched his shoulders tremble a few times, making Gu Xi feel unbearable.

"Take it and wipe it off." Gu Xi got up and took a cloth towel and handed it over.

The water ghost didn't answer, he waved his hands again and again, "No need, I will change myself."

In the blink of an eye, the water ghost standing by the door suddenly turned into a handsome young man.His brows are picturesque, his eyes are like lacquer spots, which make his white face look like a fairy in a painting.

The end of Gu Xi's eyes moved slightly. He had read in books before: "Qing Luo, a small fan, white orchids, a slender waist and a jade belt dancing in the sky. It is suspected that a fairy came down to earth, and a smile is better than Xinghua.", "Yun Xiang The clothes look like flowers, and the spring breeze blows the threshold of Revlon."...but they all describe women.At that time, I still thought that the ancients were probably deceiving people. How could there be such a beauty.Seeing you today is really...

The face is like fu powder?Well, it is also a word to describe a man.

"You...this is..." In front of such a beauty, Gu Xi suddenly didn't know what to say.

"This is my face when I was a human. Sister Liu Zhu said that my ghost face is too scary, so she gave me this method." The water ghost smiled, "My name is Shen Li."

"Shen Li..." Gu Xi silently recited the ghost's name.

"Drink tea?" Gu Xifu asked again.He said he was "asking", but it was not true. As soon as he finished speaking, the tea had already been delivered to Shen Li.

Holding the cup in both hands, Shen Li carefully licked it with the tip of his tongue, then frowned.

"What's the matter?" Gu Xi took a sip in doubt, the taste was still familiar to him, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"It's too bitter, I'm not used to it." Shen Li put the cup on the table and said sincerely.

Heh, Gu Xi smiled and shook his head, this little guy...

"I didn't see you after last night." Gu Xi pretended to be casual.

"Yesterday I went to the theater, and your family performed several plays, which are really good!" Speaking of "watching a play", Shen Li's fair and clean face immediately became radiant.

Gu Xi couldn't bear to hit him, but he couldn't help but say harsh words: "What's so good about dramas, they're just deceptive things. Since ancient times, it's the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers. How can a lover get married in the end? , Aren't many of them beaten with sticks?"

In reality, they can be found everywhere, and what is always important is the right marriage, and how many people finally get married?

"Master Gu, what you said is wrong." Shen Li looked at Gu Xi seriously with a small face, "Let me tell you, what was said on the stage is true. I really met it before."

Gu Xi returned to his original seat and sat down, "Oh? Then tell me."

"In the past, when this house was not the Gu residence..."

Gu Xi knew that what Shen Li said was true, the Gu family moved to Nanqiao Town from the generation of their grandfather.

"There is a young lady living in the courtyard where you live. One time, when I went to burn incense in the temple with my family members, I saw a young man who sold paintings at the market. Miss did not know that the young man also fell in love with her at first sight. .”

"Oh, what happened next?"

"Later, in order to meet the young master, the young lady always found various excuses to come out to meet him, but she would always buy one or two paintings from the young master. After a long time, both of them knew each other's intentions, The lady suggested that the young master should go to her house to propose marriage.

The son really went, but his family was really poor, and he was the only one left in the family, so he sold the cattle in the family and bought some gifts.

What kind of family is Miss's family, why would they fall in love with a shabby painting seller?His few courtesy, in the eyes of her parents and seniors, looked particularly shabby.In order to stop them, the young lady's father drove the young master out and locked the young lady up again.

The young lady was very sad, her father told her to stop thinking about it, how could a mere painting seller be worthy of his only daughter?

Miss could not see her lover, so she went on a hunger strike and starved herself half to death.The father looked at it reluctantly, and finally agreed to sell the painting man to join his family..."

Speaking of this, Shen Li sighed, looked up at Gu Xi, "Look, isn't this the same as what is said in the play? A lady from a rich family, and a son from a poor family..."

"It's the same." Gu Xi felt sorry for Shen Li's seriousness, but he vaguely felt that this was not the end of the story.Then he asked again, "Is this the end of the story?"

"No," Shen Li lowered his head and twisted his clothes, "It was good when we first got married. The husband and wife loved each other deeply, and the piano played harmoniously. But after a few years, the young lady's father went away, and the painting dealer started Hanging around the place of fireworks, gradually began to beat and scold his wife.

What is the result of infatuation?The husband remarried, but she could only stay alone in the vacant room, crying every night until dawn.Finally, one morning, the servants of the family found her dead body in the lake..."

Gu Xi never thought that there are so many stories in the lake in front of his yard. There was a Shen Li and a woman who also threw herself into the river.

"What about you? How did you die?" Gu Xi asked.

"After my mother died, I had no one to rely on. Passing by here one night, I saw her ghost crying here, and felt that her life experience was pitiful. Because she drowned in the river and died, the ghost could not go to the underworld, and could not be reincarnated. , I became her scapegoat."

"Oh, you are so stupid." Gu Xi naturally did not believe that there would be such a fool in this world who was willing to be someone else's scapegoat.If it was someone else, no matter how unlucky the luck was, he would definitely not be willing to use himself as a substitute for someone else.

Then he asked again: "Then how long have you lived in this lake?"

"Not much, just over 200 years..." Shen Li whispered, only daring to glance at Gu Xi slightly from the corner of his eye.

"More than 200 years...heh..." Gu Xi picked up the teacup and gently blew on the floating leaves on the surface of the cup, and then took a sip before glancing at the water channel in the cup, "So, I once heard grandma say However, when I was playing in the yard when I was a child, I accidentally stumbled and fell into the lake. Thinking about it now, this incident is a little strange, I wonder if it has something to do with you?"

Seeing the questioning in Gu Xi's face, Shen Li waved his hands again and again, and opened his mouth to argue: "Of course it doesn't matter! I never thought of harming the young master..."

Seeing that Shen Li's expression didn't seem to be fake, Gu Xi couldn't figure it out for a while, so he didn't say any more.

Chapter 8

When Shen Li went back to the lake, it was already midnight.

"Are you willing to come back?" Liu Zhu looked unhappy, "I just went to the heaven, I don't want you to look for him again."

Shen Li didn't dare to talk back to Liu Zhu.Sister Liuzhu is a fairy who was banished to the lake, and she has lived in the lake with him for a hundred years.She said that for his own good too.

"You said you were injured so badly, why did you run out if you weren't kept in the lake?" Liu Zhu flicked her sleeves, sat down on the stone bench angrily, turned her face away and didn't look at him anymore.

"Sister Liuzhu, don't be angry." Shen Li lowered his head, pinched and put the wide cuffs in his hands, "Mr. Gu sent me some wine, I have to thank him anyway."

Seeing Shen Li's aggrieved appearance, Liu Zhu's heart softened after all, and she said softly: "I saw Lord Thunder and Mother Lightning casting spells here in the heaven, I'm afraid I might accidentally hit you and make you disappear in ashes."

"Forget it, it's me who pretended to be affectionate for a while." Liu Zhu deliberately turned her head away from him.

"Sister, don't be angry, okay?" Shen Li deliberately tilted his head, grinning the corners of his mouth, revealing a pair of shallow dimples.In the past, when Shen Li asked for gilt beads, he would always like this.

After all, it was pure in mind, and he was young when he died, Liu Zhu couldn't help showing off like this, and finally showed a smile.

"Change back quickly and spend less energy. I'm not your Mr. Gu!"

Seeing him trying to make herself laugh, Liu Zhu really couldn't bear it.She couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Isn't it good to go to reincarnation?Is it worth doing so much for him?

Because of talking with Shen Li late the night before, Gu Xi woke up the next morning and described looking a bit sleepy.

"Master, you don't seem to be in a good mood today, is this sick?" Xiao Liu'er asked as she saw the young master yawning all the time when she just got up.

"It's not sick, I was hit by thunder all night yesterday, and I didn't have a good rest." Gu Xi closed his hands and stretched out his hands, allowing Xiao Liu'er to change his clothes for him.

"Then after you finish your breakfast, go to rest. After a while, I will burn some incense for you to sleep in."

"No, there is an important business to discuss in the store today, and I have already made an appointment with someone else." Gu Xi straightened his clothes, and took out all the hair that was stuck in the collar.

I don't know if the Qingming Festival is approaching, the streets are much more lively than usual.The customers of the incense and candle shop are negotiating the price with the shrewd proprietress.

When Gu Xi passed by a tea shop, he also stopped to buy a pack of sweet-scented osmanthus tea before leaving.

"I've never heard that the young master likes to drink this sweet tea." Xiao Liu'er thought to himself, the young master never liked to drink these sweet teas, could it be...

"Could it be that the young master fell in love with a girl from a certain family and wanted to please her?" Thinking like this, Xiao Liu'er asked without realizing it.

Gu Xi frowned slightly, where is this going?

"What are you thinking about, shopkeeper Sun in our shop has been feeling a bit bitter recently, so I want to buy a pack for him."

Gu Xi's reason was so high-sounding, Xiao Liu'er murmured in his heart: When did shopkeeper Sun tell the young master, why didn't he know about it?

Gu Xi looked at Xiao Liu'er's inquisitive face, and smiled too. There are a lot of things in the shop these days, but it's really hard for Shopkeeper Sun. Express your heart.

Also afraid that Xiao Liu'er would talk nonsense, Gu Xi told Xiao Liu'er very seriously this time: "Don't talk nonsense, if you tell the old lady later, I will really deduct your money."

"Understood, master." Xiao Liu'er pouted, okay, the young master still remembers what he said to Zhang San last time.Last time it was the young master's kindness and he didn't deduct the money, he can't guarantee that if there is a next time, the young master will not deduct the money.

This time Xiao Liu'er really didn't dare to talk too much, but when they walked out of the tea shop, a woman who looked like a servant came out from behind the shop, hurried back to Gu's mansion, and told the old lady about it.

This time the old lady didn't ask directly, but used a roundabout way.

Seeing that Gu Xi had just entered the hall, the old lady spread out a table of jewelry and greeted Gu Xi with joy.

"It's a coincidence that Xi'er came back. The jewelry I had someone make a few days ago just arrived. Look, do you like it?"

"Grandma was joking, it's jewelry for women, how can Xi'er like it? Grandma can ask Er Niang to come over and choose what she likes." Gu Xi refused, not wanting to stay any longer.

Unexpectedly, grandma didn't seem to want him to go back to the room, she still persuaded: "Xi'er can keep a few, if there is a girl you like, you can give it to her."

"That's for the future. Grandma can keep it for her grandson."

The old lady gave Gu Xi a meaningful look, pointed at the half of the purse on Gu Xi's waist with a smile and said in a tone like a passing person, "That's what your second mother told me a few days ago. There is a unique purse hanging on it, and I really saw it today."

Gu Xi glanced at Xiao Liu'er who was also suspicious. When he checked into the Ruyi Inn on the first day, the purse was put in the bag along with the clothes, and he thought it was a gift from his grandma or second mother.Now according to grandma, it was not given by them?

The burden was packed by Xiao Liu'er himself, and such an extra thing out of thin air seems like something a ghost would do...

Gu Xi lowered his head and took a look, the plain white satin with the purse seems to be quite similar to the plain dress that the ghost usually wears.The koi embroidered with red and white silk thread interlaced, the stitches are not very dense, if you don't look closely, it's still okay.

Gu Xi quickly realized it, and said with a smile: "Grandma, you misunderstood, this is a new model made by the master in the shop. If you like it, my grandson will send you one too."

When the old lady heard what Gu Xi said, the fire-like excitement in her heart was extinguished, and her whole face was covered with unhappiness.

Gu Xi, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart was filled with the joy of victory.Only then did he dare to slack off a bit, and took a sip of the tea that the maidservant had brought over earlier.The tea is a little cold and bitterer than usual...

For some reason, I remembered the way the water ghost stuck out its tongue slightly last night, and Gu Xi couldn't help chuckling again...

"Grandma, grandson heard that Xi'er fell into water when he was a child, is there such a thing?" Gu Xi put down his tea, tilted his head and asked solemnly.

"Of course there are." The old lady put away the jewelry spread on the table, still feeling a little unhappy in her heart, and didn't even raise her head, "At that time, the servant said that you fell into the water, I was so scared to death Grandma, it was your second mother who sent you back. Fortunately, you are fine. It's just that you don't remember the previous things. But later I heard that there is a fairy living in the lake next to your yard. I haven’t heard of anyone being drowned, so grandma will let you live there.”

immortal?Gu Xi smiled, there are no gods, but there is a water ghost!

The sweet-scented osmanthus tea in his bosom, which had not yet been given away, was leaning against his chest at this time. Shopkeeper Sun asked for leave today, so the tea bag was naturally not delivered.Why not, that brat is cheaper?

After eating early, he pushed Xiao Liu'er away, Gu Xi waited until it was almost midnight, but before Shen Li could stand it, he finally couldn't hold on anymore and went to sleep.

For several days in a row, Shen Li was in the future.Gu Xi looked at the sweet-scented osmanthus tea wrapped in oiled paper on the table, and it was still there, so he felt a little worried.

Chapter 9

Gu Xi just got down from the small building, and saw someone kneeling on the other side of the river, with a lot of food on the ground.

"What are these people doing? In recent days, I haven't heard of anyone drowning here." This year is the only year, and I haven't seen anyone spend so much time in previous years.Gu Xi was quite puzzled, and looked over there again curiously.

Xiao Liu'er came out of the house, stretched his neck and looked in the direction Gu Xi was looking at, "Master, I don't know, a few children were playing here a few days ago, and one of them accidentally fell into the lake , was rescued later. The child said that he was rescued by a white-clothed fairy in the lake, and now the whole Nanqiao Town knows about it, and it has been widely spread. It is estimated that those people on the other side are the child's family members. "

Gu Xi didn't know if the white-clothed fairy mentioned by the townspeople was actually Shen Li. Thinking about it this way, Shen Li hadn't been here for quite a while.

Simply, Gu Xi brought some wine, went to find a stone step by the lake and sat down, with such delicious food, how could there be no wine?

Shen Li didn't know that there were many people offering him some food just now, so he had been watching eagerly for a long time.After those people left, he started to eat in a hurry, his eyes were all on the food, and he didn't notice that there was a person waiting for him behind him.

"I haven't seen you for a long time." In the empty night, Gu Xi's voice seemed particularly long.

Shen Li didn't expect that Gu Xi would come here, so he was naturally frightened, and the chicken leg in his hand fell into the lake.He was at a loss, the person who was always watching from afar, because he hadn't seen him for a long time, he couldn't even find an excuse to look at him.

Gu Xi looked at the half of Shen Li's back emerging from the lake, and suddenly felt something strange in his heart.I was very afraid that Shen Li would dive into the water suddenly, and refused to see him.

"Drinking?" Gu Xi said to the stiff back, "New wine from the liquor store."

Shen Li didn't move.

Gu Xi squatted down and opened the lid of the wine jar. In addition to the faint smell of the lake in the night, the weeping willows on the river bank, and wild flowers, there was also a strong aroma of wine in his breath.

Seeing Shen Li's body still motionless, Gu Xi suddenly didn't know what to do.After thinking about it for a while, Gu Xi said again: "Grandma said that I was rescued by a god in the lake when I was a child. I came here today to thank that god, but I wonder if he would give me the face to have a drink with me?"

"Heh..." Hearing Gu Xi's words, Shen Li bit his lip, his eyes were slightly wet.It was as if I heard what Gu Xi said to him when he was a child again: Brother, let me play with you, okay?

He had been waiting for many years, and finally he was able to wait for that person to say such a sentence to him...

A faint light flashed across Shen Li's body, and he turned around only after his appearance changed.Standing in the lake is still that beauty!Still like a fairy in a painting, Niao Tingting amazed Gu Xi at that time.

Gu Xi only felt a sudden jump in his heart, something flashed in his chest, but disappeared again.When he lowered his head, he saw a white and greasy wrist in front of him, and the plain white cuff had already slipped to the elbow.

"Young Master Gu came to ask me to drink, why didn't you pour the wine?"

Shen Li held up the wine glass, and the beauty's star-like eyes were still filled with tears, looking at the person on the shore.

"That's it."

Gu Xi poured a full glass for him, but seeing Shen Li bring the wine to his mouth, with a slight dimple on his cheek, he drank it down.

"It's really delicious." Shen Li raised the hand holding the cup, and inadvertently wiped the wine on the back of his hand with some wine on the corner of his lips.

"Would you like another drink?"

"Ah."

After drinking glasses of wine, Shen Li sat contentedly lying on the shore, letting his body float with the waves in the lake, he was very comfortable.As for Gu Xi, he simply took off his shoes and socks, put his feet in the water, it was cool, and he was very happy.

"Ask you something."

"Huh?" Shen Li narrowed his eyes after not drinking so heartily for a long time.

"This," Gu Xi tore off the purse from his waist, and handed it to Shen Li, "Did it come from you?"

"Why do you know?" Shen Li smiled instead of answering.

"Guess."

Shen Li looked up at the person sitting on the bank, grabbed the purse, and smiled, "Young Master Gu, that's not how purses are used." As he spoke, he covered the embroidery side with his hand, but in an instant Suddenly, it turned into a living koi, wagging its tail in his palm.

"Isn't it amazing?" Shen Li asked with a smile.

Gu Xi took a look at the purse in Shen Li's hand, and the embroidered koi was really gone.

"This……"

While slightly drunk, Shen Li approached Gu Xi mysteriously, "Do you want me to tell you the secret?"

"The secret is..." Shen Li turned over the purse in his heart, and fished out a fish from the lake, "Haha, this is the secret!"

Shen Li just turned the money bag over, in vain he thought...

"Oh, you brat..." Gu Xi shook his head.

Chapter 10

Because of Gu Xi's invitation to drink from the previous day, Shen Li also came the next day, which made it more logical.

When Shen Li came, Gu Xi was practicing calligraphy.

Shen Li rested his chin in one hand, and fiddled with the wick boredly with the other.It's probably because they got acquainted with Gu Xi the day before, so they lost those restraints.

With the candle flame dancing in his palm, Shen Li sighed, "I really envy you scholars who know so many words and can hold some books to pass the time when you have nothing to do. But I can't even write my own name."

"Haven't been to school?" Gu Xi dipped some ink, and couldn't help writing the word "Shen Li".

"Where have you been?" Shen Li glanced at Gu Xi and found that he was listening, so he continued, "When I was alive, my mother and I depended on each other, and my mother supported our mother and son by selling embroidery. There is joy in bitterness. When I was young, I envied that children of the same age could go to school, but my mother couldn't afford it, so I had to give up."

"What about your father? Huh?"

"When I was young, my mother always took me to move around. I always got to know a place and then left again. I asked my mother, and my mother always found various reasons. Why is it in one place? It was her reason that she was tired and there was too much rain. It was only later that I realized that mother was avoiding father."

"Why is that?" Gu Xi put down his pen, put his hands behind his back, walked to the table in front of Shen Li and sat down.

"Daddy has a family, but how can his wife accommodate us, mother and son..." At this point, Shen Li's eyes were covered with a thin layer of mist.

"Then I'll teach you calligraphy, okay?" Gu Xi placed the two characters he wrote just now in front of Shen Li, "Look, this is your name."

Hearing that Gu Xi specially wrote his own name, Shen Li wiped the corners of his eyes, and immediately raised the corners of his mouth, "You write so beautifully."

"Come on, pick up the pen, I'll grind the ink for you." Gu Xi rolled up his cuffs, and really stood aside to grind the ink for Shen Li.

Shen Li was flattered, he couldn't hold the pen dipped in ink well.Even in a panic, he dropped the pen on the paper, and there were two or three ink splashes on the paper.

Gu Xi covered Shen Li's hand and taught him to write his own name, "One point, two points, one mention..."

The warmth in Gu Xi's palm pressed against the coldness in Shen Li's hand, and his face was even closer to his own.Shen Li only needs to tilt his head slightly, and he can see the bright red lips of that person...

With those lips opening and closing, Shen Li could even hear Gu Xi's shallow breathing.

"Are you meeting? Do you want to write it again?" Gu Xi looked down at him, his eyes clear.

The wind outside the window seemed to have stopped, and the rainwater leaking from the eaves seemed to have stopped as well.Shen Li felt that his heart, which had been motionless for a long time, was about to jump suddenly.If he could blush, he would have blushed a long time ago.

"I...I should go. Mr. Gu, I'm leaving now..." Shen Li hurriedly got up and was about to leave.

"It was fine just now, why are you leaving now?" Gu Xi had a gentle smile on his lips, "Leave later, I'll make some sweet-scented osmanthus tea."

"No, no. I suddenly remembered that Sister Liuzhu invited me to listen to Qu'er." Shen Li repeatedly declined.When I heard "Osmanthus tea" just now, there was obviously fleeting reluctance on my face.But then he gritted his teeth, and his resolute look was cute.

"Okay," Gu Xi said with a smile, "Since you said so, then I won't keep you anymore. It's good to have tea some other day."

"Yeah, please ask Mr. Gu to burn this calligraphy to me... I... also practice it on weekdays."

"it is good."

Shen Lifu saw from a distance in the water that Gu Xi lit a fire outside the small building and put a piece of paper into the fire.

"Young Master Gu, do you know who was going to harm him and push him into the water?" Liu Zhu also floated beside Shen Li, looking at the little fire in the courtyard from a distance.

Shen Li hugged the extra piece of paper out of thin air in his arms, "Of course he doesn't know. That's fine, I don't want to cause him more trouble. No matter what, I will protect him well."

Chapter 11

There was nothing going on in the shop today, Gu Xi came back early.Seeing that it was getting dark, and also seeing that Shen Li hadn't arrived, Gu Xi stopped waiting and fell asleep.

I didn't sleep for long, I just felt some itching on the tip of my nose.Opening his eyes, he saw that it was really Shen Li, poking the tip of his nose with a dog's tail grass.

Gu Xi turned over, rubbed the tip of his nose, and continued to sleep.

Shen Li didn't agree, squatting on the head of his bed and yelling: "Why are you still lying down, let me show you something."

Gu Xi yawned, lifted the thin quilt, stood up and stretched his waist.With a drowsy look on his face, he vaguely saw Shen Li holding a rabbit made of dog's tail grass and offering it to him like a treasure.

"Here, here's something for you."

"Wake me up just to let me see this?" Gu Xi took the rabbit, even though he said so, he held it cautiously.

"No, no, follow me."

Gu Xi went down the small building and followed behind Shen Li with his hands behind his back.

When walking to the shore, at the place where the dogtail grass grows to the highest point, the grass that has been slaughtered is discarded randomly. It can be seen that these are left by Shen Li when he made rabbits for him, and there are some rabbits "wreckage".

Heh, this fool... Gu Xi smiled and shook his head.

Shen Li lightly tapped his feet, leaped, and hovered over the lake.

The surface of the lake is sparkling, and the feet seem to be shining stars.Swimming fish flicked its tail, chasing his figure in the vast mist.Still a child, too playful.

"Gu Xi, look, these fish are chasing me." As he said that, Shen Li roared and flew into the distance again.A plain white shirt with fluttering sleeves and dancing peach blossoms behind her.

Gu Xi suddenly wanted to play a piano, and under the sky full of stars, he could echo with the insects and frogs in the garden, and the beautiful Shen Lilai.

"I'll come when I go."

"Oh." Shen Li put down the handful of water he had just picked up, and a red koi slipped from his hand into the water.Breaking away from Shen Li's restraint, the fish happily swam away.

Without Gu Xi, leaving Shen Li alone, he lost interest in having fun, and just sat on the side of the lake, his white skirt dragging in the water.He propped up his chin, and slapped the lake surface with his other hand, causing ripples in circles.

Taking out the violin from the cabinet, without thinking too much, Gu Xi brought it to the lakeside.Seeing himself holding the piano, Shen Li was curious