set of flowers

The ninth floor of the nine-storied pagoda to the southeast of the city gate.

Hua Qianshu wrapped up this floor of the tower, holding a child in one hand, standing in the fence, behind Yu Hao and two maidservants.

The wonderful scenery of fiery trees and silver flowers is also unique from a distance.

The two children in their arms looked at the blooming tree flowers, and then lost after being intoxicated.The two looked at each other, and the mood of the twins who had a good understanding dimmed at the same time.

"Don't you like it?" Hua Qianshu asked softly.

Hua Feiyue was the first to pull out a smiling face and said, "I like it!"

After Hua Xinghe and Hua Feiyue looked at each other, they also stared and raised the corners of their mouths.

The fireworks were extinguished at this time, and the night was dark again, even Hua Qianshu's expression was also dimmed.He said in as soft a voice as possible: "Don't force yourself to smile...I am your father." He seemed worried that the two young children would be scared by his words.

Hua Feiyue pursed her lips and began to cry first, Hua Xinghe turned her face away and sobbed softly.

They didn't think about the reason for crying, but the tears burst suddenly, and they were not mature enough to control the tears.

"Cry."

After Hua Qianshu finished speaking, both of them buried themselves on his shoulders and began to cry, and there was a tendency to cry louder and louder, as if they wanted to shout out all the grievances in their hearts.

Yu Hao was called back to his senses by the crying, and suddenly said: "Tax!"

Gemini was taken aback by his sudden shout, and even stopped crying.

"Huh?" Hua Qianshu also turned to look at him strangely.

Yu Hao was pleasantly surprised by his sudden thought, and looked up at Hua Qianshu: "Isn't taxation a policy based on the distinction between rich and poor?"

At this moment, Yu Hao noticed the wet and red eyes of the twins. For a moment, he felt a little embarrassed - thinking back carefully, he seemed to hear crying just now.

"Well, so?" Hua Qianshu remembered the refutation of Hao's article he had mentioned in the past, and smiled, "Distributing property is a fallacy, but tax collection is fair and correct. Your entry point is very good."

Yu Hao, who was praised by Hua Qianshu, was overjoyed.

"Maybe your official career goal can be set as the Minister of the Ministry of Households."

"I..." Yu Hao bowed and bowed, "I dare not."

"suitable for you."

"Don't dare to take it." Yu Hao lowered his head.But to be honest, Hua Qianshu's words made him very happy, and he lowered his head to hide his true emotions.

Originally, he never cared about other people's compliments. For some reason, Hua Qianshu's evaluation was so important to him.

Hua Qianshu smiled, looked away from Yu Hao, and asked the twins, "Are you still crying?"

The twins froze for a moment, shaking their heads at the same time.

"It's good to vent a little more."

The twins shook their heads again.

"Okay," Hua Qianshu sighed, "Do you want to walk again?"

Gemini nodded.

Hua Qianshu asked as he walked, "Do you want caramel or candied haws?"

Gemini was stunned for a while, but still shook his head.

"Or both?"

The twins looked at each other, as if they were talking with their eyes, and finally they nodded.

"Only tonight, you know? Children can't eat too much sweets..."

The two maids whispered to each other——

"Young Master, you've been hugging me for so long, aren't you tired?"

"My lord, he is as strong as an ox!"

At the end of the sentence, the two of them covered their mouths and laughed secretly. When they looked up, they saw that Hua Qianshu had gone far away, and they hurriedly stepped on and approached.

Yu Hao also straightened up, raised his head, held his head high, and stepped forward to follow.

……

The brilliance faded in an instant, and under the strong contrast of flickering and flickering, it seemed even darker tonight.

Le Yang's whole body drooped down.

Fireworks are perishable, and human feelings are perishable.

"What's wrong?" Le Liyou asked with concern.

"Are you really leaving?"

"Ah."

"Why don't you learn some kung fu with me first? What if you are bullied outside?"

"I can handle it."

Le Yang was silent for a while, but still held up Le Liyou's hand, handed the money bag to his hand, and said, "Here you are."

"This is..." Le Liyou looked at the thing in his hand with a little light and moonlight - it was a money bag.He squeezed it, and it should be filled with silver.

"I'll give you money."

"Too much—where did you get the money?"

"The vast majority are from the young master, and have nothing to do with me."

Le Liyou remained silent, still holding the money bag in his hand, showing no intention of putting it away.Le Yang pressed his hand down.

Le Yang's voice trembled a little: "Young Master, he is very good, and he can afford the money, so you don't have to worry about it." Although he would definitely care about his own words.

The money bag was in Le Liyou's hand, as if he was holding a heavy stone, unable to advance or retreat.

"...I now know why the young master wants me to make friends."

"Why?"

"Because the son is good, but he's different from a friend... I respect him a lot and I'm a servant, so I won't make trouble in front of him, but I can mess around with you." Le Yang sniffed.

Le Liyou recalled the absurd things Le Yang did, and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Pfft, it's quite messy."

"Do you hate it?"

Le Liyou shook his head: "I don't hate it." At least now I don't hate it anymore.

"You are my only friend."

"You too, my only friend."

"But you're leaving."

"I……"

Le Liyou couldn't tell what mood he was in now, what was originally the biggest goal in life, what he had to do, suddenly didn't want to do it.

Is there really someone waiting for him in the hometown that has faded in memory?If he just left, would Le Yang, who had made new friends, forget him?

Selfishly, he thought, he wished he could be Le Yang's only friend forever.

Le Yang curled his lips: "Actually, we don't seem to be that close. Maybe it's just that the atmosphere is too good today... Maybe if you leave, I won't miss you."

These words pierced Le Liyou's heart severely.

Le Yang bared his teeth at him: "Okay, then let's go eat something to see you off!"

Le Liyou was silent for a while, and only said: "Did someone tell you that your smile like this is fake."

Le Yang patted his face with baby fat: "Is there any?"

Le Liyou nodded: "I wanted to tell you a long time ago."

"Not very sincere?"

"No."

"What about this?" Le Yang narrowed his eyes while baring his teeth.

"...much better." Not much better, actually.

"Well."

Le Yang supported the eaves of the wall, stretched his legs and jumped down. After landing firmly, he turned around and stretched out his arms, raised his head and said to Le Liyou: "I'll catch you."

The corners of Le Liyou's eyes twitched, and he replied, "No need."

"Oh." Le Yang resignedly gave up his position.

Le Liyou looked at the purse in his hand, which was still tied around his waist, and then jumped off. When he landed, the veil fell naturally, and the two naturally walked side by side.

"How old is Li You?" Le Yang asked suddenly.

"What about you?" Le Liyou asked back.

"It's almost fifteen."

"Then... I'm probably about your age."

Le Yang opened his mouth in surprise: "Really?"

"Maybe, I don't remember."

"Then you grow up so fast!"

"I was as tall as you before the age of ten."

"It grew more than a foot in a year?"

Le Liyou frowned and thought carefully: "I might have been taller than you a year ago - I just grew faster this year."

"How long? Teach me?"

"I grew up by myself."

"..."

nonsense.

……

The road to the temple was still overcrowded, but Hua Qianyu no longer had the nerve to touch An Mingxi, and the two walked side by side, keeping a distance intentionally or unintentionally.Hua Qianyu turned his eyes to look at An Mingxi, and An Mingxi peeked at Hua Qianyu sideways. Along the way, the two kept avoiding each other's gaze.

The tributes are lined up from the outer gate of the Town God's Temple to the inner gate. Paper flowers are accompanied by roast meat, and roasted chickens, ducks and geese are placed on the shelves one by one.The people poured into the temple carrying supplies for worshiping the gods, and when they stood in the distance, they could see cigarettes lingering around.

The temple must be very choking.

Fortunately, they didn't come to Chenghuang Temple to pray for blessings, but just for the performance Hua Qianyu said.

There are four sheds in front of the temple, each shed is separated by a certain distance, and the view is separated by red cloth.There is a stage in each shed, and each stage sings different operas.The people in front of the stage were sparse, and it seemed that they were all worshiping the gods, or the repetition of the opera made people interested.

Hua Qianyu followed An Mingxi to pick one of the sheds to sit in.

At this time, the play seemed to have started for a long time. On the stage was a white-faced scholar and a woman with exaggerated makeup. The woman had several large moles on her face, and she was obviously a buffoon.

A farce.

Hua Qianyu actually doesn't like to watch operas. After all, he seldom listens to operas. Hua Qianyu was surprised, he thought that An Mingxi just chose a shed that was close, but he didn't want An Mingxi to seem like he really liked the play.

Driven by the people around her, Hua Qianyu is also trying to get into the show.

The scholar was picked up by the woman's two guards and pressed on the bed. The woman at the other side of the room looked in the mirror and kept throwing cockroaches on her face. The deeper the painting, the darker the painting, the bigger the painting, and the monkey's buttocks and bloody mouth are drawn.The fully dressed woman covered her face with a fan, twisted her waist exaggeratedly, and approached the scholar step by step, and the scholar immediately screamed in fright.

The people watching the play burst into laughter, Hua Qianyu turned his head subconsciously, trying to see the smiling faces of the people around him, but he didn't want to catch An Mingxi's gaze as soon as he turned his head.An Mingxi pursed his mouth slightly and asked, "Why do you always look at me?"

Hua Qianyu inexplicably heard a hint of grievance in his voice.

"I……"

Hua Qianyu had no choice but to honestly say, "I don't know either."

An Mingxi turned his head to look at the stage—I don't know if it was related to the warm light from the lantern, but Hua Qianyu saw flushing on his face and ears.

"Don't look at me anymore, I'm not good-looking!"

"You look great."

Hearing this, An Mingxi retracted the four fingers of his left hand, pressed the fingertips on the sleeve cloth in front of his palm, then raised his left hand so that the sleeve covered his entire face, and straightened the hem of the left sleeve with his right hand, drawing Hua Qianyu's sight Complete isolation.

Hua Qianyu, who couldn't see his expression, could only listen to An Mingxi's disdainful words: "I only know compliments."

The two were close, Hua Qianyu turned his back, and the tip of his nose almost touched An Mingxi's sleeve. At the moment when the drama was interrupted, he said, "Yu never speaks falsely."

The voice was originally not loud, but because it was close to An Mingxi's left ear, it sounded a lot louder to An Mingxi.

The woman on the stage said something, and the gongs and drums sounded again.

An Mingxi pushed his raised hands in the direction of Hua Qianyu, covering Hua Qianyu's face with his sleeves, forcing Hua Qianyu's head and body to lean back.

"It's too close." An Mingxi said.

Hua Qianyu looked at the ceiling and suddenly laughed.