Maoyoufang

In the quiet room with bright windows, the pine wind sings to the moon, Tong Yuguang sits alone and watches the paintings, sipping clear tea.Hou Yunfeng silently appeared outside the window, and greeted with a spoiled atmosphere: "Brother Yunping."

Really spoiling the atmosphere, Hou Yunfeng came over with a tied bundle of grass in his hand, and said, "I just wanted to talk to your brother about something, so I stopped by to say hello to you."

"Hmm." Tong Yuguang didn't want to talk to him at all, let alone invite him in to sit down and drink tea.Hou Yunfeng saw the painting hanging on his wall, and said with a smile: "This is the "Picture of Two Deer on Meishan and Stone Stream" that you bought a while ago? Yuming said that you always buy paintings by unknown painters, and everyone recognizes those painters I didn’t even dare to buy it, so I just asked you if you want it, that painting must have been painted by Jiang Maoyou.”

Tong Yuguang squinted at him in surprise, and asked, "How do you know?"

Hou Yunfeng was a little proud, raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Xiying recently intends to unite with other clans to rebel, and the entire Fengdi has re-enforced the curfew and military control. Your Tianxintang's business has followed suit across the mainland, Bailixuan's head Join first, I think the emperor would not dare to move you rashly. Think about it, if he dared to touch you rich and shrewd ghosts, he would be asking for trouble, destroying his own foundation, and digging his own grave. After all, the common people are military tax The source, what he can control alone is limited, and it depends on you, doesn’t it?”

"Hmm..." Tong Yuguang has carefully weighed what Hou Yunfeng said, and there is nothing to say.

"You stare at his paintings all day, or you also draw for him, well, don't think that I don't know what you are communicating invisible, I am also a man, and I can't bear to see you dragging on for two or three years. "

Tong Yuguang looked puzzled, wondering why Hou Yunfeng lost his temper suddenly, and asked him: "Have you been drinking?"

"Wine?" Hou Yunfeng touched his forehead and scratched his cheek: "A little bit."

"Yuming, did he go to Lingling Garden?"

"Yeah, I just went there to find him. He loves those fish and birds. I think he built that aquarium to be like a royal fish and bird aquarium. Are you still worried about it? Yuming He is a person who knows how to enjoy things, and there is nothing wrong with being elegant, but he is very smart, don't keep thinking of him as a little brother, let him learn to grow up on his own."

"Well, so I should go." Tong Yuguang smiled, sipped the rim of his cup lightly, and said casually: "It's almost time, you are enough here."

"Go away." Hou Yunfeng said, carrying the bundled herbs and walking away.

In the past days, Jiang Maoyou went to Hou Yunfeng to treat the poison as agreed, and Tong Yuguang also went to Cuiyan Residence. Obviously no one was watching nearby, but they had to avoid each other through the screen, and they didn't talk much to each other.Ask them why they don't take the opportunity to get close to each other, both answers are the same. "Once I see a face or hear a voice, I don't want to leave."

Hou Yunfeng felt nauseous and disgusted for a while, and ignored their affairs.A while ago, Jiang Maoyou came to Hou Yunfeng to give acupuncture again, Tong Yuguang didn't show up, Jiang Maoyou still looked relaxed and leisurely, but Hou Yunfeng couldn't help but wonder how bored this person was, which made him feel bored too, so he simply put the The man chased him away, cursing: "Get out of here, you're dead! I'll leave your illness to Yunping to treat, both of you are seriously ill."

After Jiang Maoyou heard it, Yunfeng refused to cure him, and ran back humming a song without knowing how happy he was.It turned out that Jiang Maoyou was very afraid of needles, and even when he ate fish, he only ate deep-sea fish with few spines or shellfish without spines.

After Tong Yuguang saw it, Yunfeng had disappeared, but he could still vaguely hear the man swearing and cursing, which made him feel a little funny.He put away the paintings with a blank expression, and walked into the room where paintings are usually stored. The scrolls piled up on those curved tables and long couches were all paintings by unknown painters, and they were all stamped with the same seal.

Counting the days, Jiang Fangxue should be ten years old.

"You are the only ones I want to take away." He said to the collection of paintings in a room, found out all the proofs that had been set up long ago, and walked towards the Lingling Garden with a lantern.

He thought he could last a little longer, he was really worried that Li Yumu would pursue Jiang Maoyou, but what about himself?He could no longer wait far away, he didn't want to be the second Li Yanmu, let alone imagine how Jiang Maoyou lived these days.

No matter how much waiting and anticipation, it may not be as good as seeing each other for real.

So overnight, the Tongyun firm changed hands.

***

The autumn wind is getting tighter, the wind and grass surround the wild maple and the red is flowing, and the Xuanmeng Mansion also has apricots that are overflowing with gold.

Jiang Maoyou changed into thick-soled shoes, stepped on the golden leaves all over the ground, and returned to Nianyunxuan after a busy morning, and went out with Hou Zi again after a while.Jiang Fangxue came back to look for her father with the book in her arms. The guests in Xuanli had just left, and Xu Tianyi was about to discuss the essay homework with Zhang Lu, so she replied, "The boss is looking for Mr. Hou."

"Father isn't here." Jiang Fangxue frowned, feeling awkward.

Zhang Lu explained: "The government wants to increase taxes. In autumn, there are many people and busy things. The boss has worked very hard. He just returned from visiting the workshop in the morning and has to order a batch of new baking cages. Please be considerate. "

"Father is very busy. Can I help him?" Jiang Fangxue kicked her feet and approached them like a bunny.

Xu Tianyi patted Fangxue's head, and said with a smile, "You can help if you work harder. Study more and learn more about people and the world, so you will naturally know what you should help."

Zhang Lu interrupted: "Tian Yi, if you tell this to such a young child, he won't understand."

Jiang Fangxue retorted desperately: "I am not a very young child anymore. I will, you guys teach me quickly."

"Uh..." Xu Tianyi was entangled, but Zhang Lu didn't intend to rescue him, he just waited to see him play, who told him to ask for trouble.

"First of all, you must at least take care of Xiaotao."

"I took good care of it. Xiaotao fell asleep." Jiang Fangxue was very proud.Zhang Lu patted Xu Tianyi on the shoulder, put down the scroll, and said, "Brother Xu, I'll leave this little brother to you, I'm going to visit the shop."

"Don't run away, you, Zhang Lu!" Xu Tianyi turned his head and stared at the soft and silly boy, feeling very troubled.He hates this kind of kids the most, they are so clumsy that they seem to hurt all over if they touch them, just like that sunflower mouse, they are so stupid, so troublesome.

"I'm afraid I'm going to misunderstand my son, you'd better let Boss Jiang teach you yourself."

"Brother Xu, you don't understand. Then I have to ask other adults, alas. You don't like it."

"You, I..." Xu Tianyi was speechless, desperately telling himself not to care about children, people will inevitably be ignorant when they are young.Jiang Fangxue looked at Xu Tianyi helplessly, then turned around and ran to find Uncle Qin, Zhang Lu was dusting a little distance away to hide his sniggering.

Jiang Maoyou ran around, also making money to support his family, but his mood was more at ease than before.Sometimes the two hired teenagers would stay for dinner, and Qin Siyuan's virtuous couple would occasionally come over together, and they would go to the Qin Ji Museum for dinner and chat during Chinese New Year.Usually Jiang Maoyou has time to worry about trivial matters, making people angry and laughing, and making himself more and more naughty.

But he is happy, although there seems to be something missing in this life.He guessed that he lacked an opponent.

Back at Nianyunxuan, he saw Jiang Fangxue hugging Xiaotao talking and laughing with a man whose back was to him. The man seemed to be pleasing the child with a box of sweet cakes.Jiang Fangxue was still holding the windmill and the bamboo cicada, Jiang Maoyou squinted and cursed secretly: "How old are you still playing like this, idiot son!"

Since the visitor was a guest, Jiang Maoyou cleared his throat and said politely: "Master, it's getting dark outside, Nianyun Pavilion should have closed long ago, you better come early tomorrow..." The man stood up and turned around Looking back, Jiang Maoyou forgot what he was supposed to say for a moment, as if he even forgot to breathe.

"Father, Uncle Tong is good, look, he bought many flavors of plums and said he would give them to us father and son."

Jiang Fangxue rushed forward happily, Jiang Maoyou stabilized him in time, and then looked at the uninvited guest who stayed so late with a blank expression.As soon as he came back to his senses, surprise flashed in his eyes, and then a little bit of bewilderment, and then Jiang Maoyou looked at him narrowly, and the other party reprimanded him lightly: "Don't show that kind of face, you teach bad children."

Jiang Maoyou looked down at Fangxue, pinched her cheek pamperingly and said, "Fangxue is good, a friend is coming from afar, go and bring out the best tea."

"Well, good!" Jiang Fangxue nodded vigorously, and she really wanted to run, but Jiang Maoyou changed her mouth and shouted: "Don't run, just walk slowly."

Jiang Maoyou smiled and looked at the small figure of his son running away, with a warm smile, and turned his head to meet Tong Yuguang's same gentle expression, without feeling ashamed, and his usual sharp articulateness disappeared. "Sit down."

Tong Yuguang didn't sit back, but walked towards him, hugging him gently, almost burying him in his arms, his arms tightened one after another, so tight that both of them couldn't breathe.

Jiang Maoyou felt that the limbs that had just been cooled by the wind were warmed up, and the little wine that he tasted at Hou Zi's during the day seemed to be slowly taking effect at this moment, and his body was limp in Tong Yuguang's arms.Suddenly, there was a childish laughter at the entrance and exit of the inner corridor, and Jiang Maoyou struggled: "It's Fang Xue, uh, you let go first, uh..."

Tong Yuguang still clasped him tightly, and said with a smile: "Don't panic, I explained it to him."

"What did you explain?" Jiang Maoyou was stunned and stunned.Jiang Fangxue laughed even harder in the corner, because he had never seen her father so dumbfounded.

"Fangxue." Tong Yuguang called him softly, and told him in a warm voice: "I have something to talk to your father about, you should go to rest early."

"Oh. Don't talk too late, Fangxue is going to bed. Uncle Tong, Dad, go to bed early."

"Uh, Fang Xue, Fang Xue, don't you always want me to sleep with you because you are afraid of the dark at night?"

Jiang Fangxue nodded, and replied: "But Uncle Tong said that I will be a man one day. If I am afraid of the dark, I can't protect the person I like, nor can I protect my father. It's just secretly. I opened the window a little to look at the moonlight, slowly Don't be afraid anymore."

Before Jiang Maoyou opened his mouth, he saw his son walking away, and looked back at Tong Yuguang. Tong Yuguang shrugged innocently and said, "It's not that I want to teach your son for you, but people have to learn to grow up slowly. You can't take too much care of him." He, he really doesn't understand anything like this."

"Humph. Then I will support him for the rest of my life." Jiang Maoyou looked unwilling, and suddenly his lower lip was touched, and his whole face turned red.

"I'll be jealous, you'd better not pester Fang Xue and stay with me forever, okay?"

"..."

"Why did you look like that when you saw me just now?"

Jiang Maoyou pretended to be stupid and his eyes wandered. "Do I have it?"

"Are you afraid that I will drag you to Hou Yunfeng's place?"

"Well."

"And the way you looked in the first place really broke my heart."

"I didn't start well."

Tong Yuguang squinted at him and said, "You never thought that I would really come to you, so you were taken aback. Even if I never show up, you will still live freely."

Jiang Maoyou broke away from him, raised his eyebrows and snorted: "To each other."

Tong Yuguang was silent for a long time, and said with a breathless smile, "Then I won't disturb you and continue to be at ease." His hands were hanging by his sides, and he was held by him as soon as he turned around. Jiang Maoyou ran to him, smiling strangely.

"You just want me to be soft." Jiang Maoyou noticed that there was no one around, and ran to cover the doors and windows, then hurried back to hug him, then stepped back and questioned: "What did you explain to my son? If you are a ghost Talk about it, I will still take a knife to kill you."

"I just told Fang Xue, who I am, and you are very important to me, so I came here to find you desperately, and I want to live with you for the rest of my life."

Jiang Maoyou patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, he was dumbfounded, probably because he didn't understand."

"He asked me what kind of relationship we have and how important it is."

Jiang Maoyou's heart was raised again, and he stared straight at Tong Yuguang. "How did you tell him?"

Tong Yuguang smiled slightly, the corners of his eyes and brows were full of warmth. "I said, no matter what happens to Jiang Maoyou in the future, whether he is sick or disabled, I will take care of him for the rest of his life, regardless of whether Jiang Maoyou is a man or a woman, whether he is right or wrong."

"I'm not very righteous but I'm not evil either." Jiang Maoyou muttered.

"That's why I love Wu Jiwu and Fang Xue."

"What love is black and the house, you are black!" Jiang Maoyou yawned to cover up his shyness, put away the tea utensils, and said while busy: "I won't invite you to drink tea. Hmph."

The sound of clinking cups and bowls was very clear at this time, and Jiang Maoyou was a little awkward, so he asked him, "What are your plans?"

"Well, I only brought some pocket money when I left home. But it's enough for me to open a shop. I plan to sell some antique calligraphy and paintings and collect some overseas things."

Jiang Maoyou said sarcastic words: "With your skill, being a pirate is no problem."

"When the child is not around, you will reveal your true colors."

"Bah, that makes me sound like a monster."

"But before I open the shop." Tong Yuguang actually showed a slightly sloppy expression, which was almost cute in Jiang Maoyou's eyes.

"What are you doing?"

"You Nianyunxuan take me in. I was expelled from the house."

"Ex, expulsion...do you have to make such a big fuss?"

Tong Yuguang smiled wryly: "I could have come to see you earlier, but they wouldn't let me go. I couldn't marry a wife and have children as they wished, so I had to lose a few business deals from them."

"Oh, passive confrontation." Jiang Maoyou's ambiguous smile became more and more obvious, and he rubbed towards Tong Yuguang. "Okay, it's okay to take you in, but it's not for free. You know that I hate things like doing idle work and losing money. Our friendship doesn't mean we have to pay for both."

Tong Yuguang also smiled back at him mysteriously: "Then what does Boss Jiang think?"

"Nianyunxuan has vacant rooms, but it's troublesome to arrange and take care of them. Why don't you just come to my place and let's take a closer look. Maybe Nianyunxuan and your next store can cooperate."

"Um."

The two were arguing while walking, and when it came to going to bed, Jiang Maoyou couldn't help laughing and punched him: "Enough is enough. I won't play anymore."

"You look so pretty when you smile."

Jiang Maoyou suppressed his smile, frowned and glanced at him, while hanging up the clothes in his hand, he also took off Tong Yuguang's coat by the way.

"I'm ashamed."

"Hey, what are you talking about?" Jiang Maoyou laughed again.There is really no way not to be shy, obviously everything has been seen, but at the moment he still has to care, how Tong Yuguang sees himself, what mood he thinks of himself, he cares about everything, he is extremely nervous.

Tong Yuguang refrained from talking about love, because he knew that Jiang Maoyou was full of doubts about those words, but he would be ashamed to praise him for his beautiful smile.Just being awkward like this is enough to attract people's affection, and Jiang Maoyou will really wring his heart.

"Okay." Jiang Maoyou hung up and folded the clothes of the two of them, and he never dared to look at the other person's figure and expression. He would definitely look at each other generously before, but at this moment he was suddenly at a loss, and really wanted to punch himself soberly. "Go to sleep, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

"Are you busy tomorrow?"

"I've dealt with the really busy ones before today. I'll be fine tomorrow, and I'll be free for the time being." Jiang Maoyou said while pretending to make a quilt. He sat on the edge of the bed and said, "My bed is quite spacious, but you and I are taller. They're not short, maybe they should be squeezed."

"Maoyou."

"I'm afraid of the cold, so I sleep inside." Jiang Maoyou tilted his head and smiled, and sat inside by himself, patted the empty space in front of him, "Come in." He tried to maintain a generous and innocent look, actually breathing All nervous.

Later, Jiang Maoyou discovered the reason for his nervousness.It was Tong Yuguang who looked at him so affectionately and ambiguously. All his actions seemed normal and natural at first glance, but they would arouse Jiang Maoyou's desire inadvertently.Tong Yuguang went to bed, elbows and knees touched lightly, and the warm breath flowed between their necks. Jiang Maoyou felt that the autumn in this bed was completely swept away, and it was warm.

Tong Yuguang simply brushed Jiang Maoyou's temple hair, and said with concern: "Your hair is no longer gray."

"Ah, um, don't scratch." Jiang Maoyou let out a weird soft hum, then looked at Tong Yuguang awkwardly, who smiled with a kind of compassionate and tolerant eyes, and asked him: "Is it better if I don't show up? "

"no."

"Will you be happy? I am so persistent in intervening in your life."

Jiang Maoyou shook his head, mustered up the courage to look directly at him, and slightly opened his reddened lips. "I think, I'm tempted by you. I bit the bullet and went to find Hou Yunfeng to get rid of the poison. In fact, I longed to meet you in my heart."

It doesn't matter if it's across the screen, just hearing a little wind, he can ignore how Hou Yunfeng pierced himself with those needles, and then concentrate on catching Tong Yuguang's breath, feeling that person is nearby, or has appeared there before.

"But you didn't go there a few times later. I thought you didn't matter to me, I..."

"I'm sorry." Tong Yuguang said apologetically, "I'm busy fighting with my family." Even the Tong family has a big business, and there are many factions in the clan. Sometimes it is natural to poison and frame relatives. Tong Yu Guang took it lightly.

"Then, Tong Yuguang, oh, I don't know what to say to you. Strip off my face and mask at Kuang Yifang, in fact, I have accomplished nothing, and my personality and brain are really superficial. I'm afraid you will not want it in the future. Mine, you don't need me."

"needs."

"What can I have that you need?"

"I need everything about you. If you lack an opponent, I will be there. If you lack a partner, I can fill that position. What I need is...to be needed by you."

Under the quilt, Tong Yuguang groped for his hand.Jiang Maoyou timidly retracted his slightly sweaty palms, and Tong Yuguang chased after them to save them, "My palms are all sweaty," Jiang Maoyou complained.

"Give it to me." There was something in Tong Yuguang's words, but Jiang Maoyou didn't answer, but his eyes were full of a subtle smile.

Tong Yuguang kissed him on the mouth, slowly untied the belt that was close to his skin, and at the same time took off his own, letting the cloth be torn away layer by layer, the quilt was smoldering for a while, Jiang Maoyou suddenly Pushing against his shoulder, he reminded: "Actually, I, I am very profligate, very... I'm afraid you have seen it before, and it might turn off your appetite."

"Fool." Tong Yuguang chuckled. "Do you think you are the only one who is scary? Maybe you still can't stand me, don't you?"

"Ah? You... aren't you bored? At times like this, you must be quiet and not talkative, right?"

Tong Yuguang smiled, and replied: "Yes. I'm too focused, I don't know what to say. But I have a lot on my mind."

"Oh, you can say it." Jiang Maoyou thought he had the opportunity to tease the other party.

"not good."

"Say it." Jiang Maoyou rubbed his knee against his leg, encouraging him.

"I'll talk about it later. However, this is what you requested, so don't stop."

"You think you're chanting a spell to drive me away, and I'm not allowed to stop being so terrible, hum." He didn't believe in evil.

Afterwards, Jiang Maoyou really learned his lesson, allowing Tong Yuguang to remain reticent.But that's after tonight. This night is a bit long, and it's inevitable that there will be many things to "discuss" and "concern" when we reunite after a long absence.