Don't go back to hometown

The frost has passed and the weather is getting colder and colder, but Jiang's daily morning exercises continue as usual.

But now in the training ground, only Jiang Xianyu and Su He who came over after going to bed late are left.

Xiao Su, who will soon be 11 years old, is much taller than ordinary children. Now holding a long sword, his figure is strong and his moves are smooth. After finishing a set of sword skills, he draws his sword and holds his breath, looking nervously at Jiang Xianyu who is standing on the sidelines.

A pair of big round eyes blinked and blinked, like a good dog eager for praise.

Jiang Xianyu stepped forward and rubbed his head, and praised him: "Not bad, I have made progress."

Su He breathed a sigh of relief, his face covered with white mist, and asked excitedly, "Then can you take me to Jinling?"

Jiang Baizhou has already booked a passenger ship to Jinling and will leave soon.

Su He learned that Jiang Baizhou and Jiang Xianyu would stay at the branch of the Ping An Escort Bureau in Jinling until a suitable candidate was determined to take over, so he also wanted to follow.

Jiang Xianyu flicked his forehead: "The tone is not small, how many skills do you want to become a teacher?"

"It's not a teacher!" Su He was so anxious that he didn't care to cover his forehead, and held Jiang Xianyu's arm tightly, "Master has said that as long as you and the senior brother agree to take me, he will let me go."

Jiang Xianyu was surprised: "My father agrees?"

"That's right!" Su He nodded, of course he would not admit that this was the result of pestering Father Jiang for several days, and he was so annoyed that he no longer wanted to take his apprentice.

Jiang Xianyu saw his guilty conscience, turned around and refused: "Then I won't take care of children either."

Su He trotted to keep up: "I'm not a child! I can practice martial arts by myself, wash and cook by myself. If you go out to do errands, I'll take care of your house. I, I can take care of myself."

Jiang Xianyu didn't turn his head back: "You can do these things while staying in Yangzhou."

Su He pursed his lips: "But I want to be closer to you, senior brother, and second senior brother."

Teenagers admire strength, especially their peers who are a little older than themselves.

In Su He's eyes, the first and second senior brothers are admirable role models, and the third senior brother is the closest big brother with the best martial arts.If I don't follow this time, I won't see him for several months, I really can't bear it.

Jiang Xianyu looked back at him and rubbed his head: "Then you have to go and tell my elder brother, if he agrees, I will agree."

Su He: "Third senior brother, please promise me first! If you promise, the senior brother will definitely agree."

Jiang Xianyu deliberately played childish temper with him: "I don't! You go to my brother."

"Senior brother three!" Su He stomped his feet anxiously, and then trotted to keep up.

When Jiang Xianyu went out to the escort agency, Su He was still pestering him, trying to negotiate terms.

"I, I can do your laundry!"

"No need. The Escort has a laundry aunt, and I still have green bamboo."

If Qingzhu heard it here, she would definitely raise her chin proudly: The young master finally knows to take me this time.

"Then, then I will practice martial arts with you!"

"Just you?" Jiang Xianyu glanced at him, "With your small body, ten of them are not enough for me to practice."

Su He: "..."

Having nothing to do and nothing to do, Su He suddenly stopped, pulled Jiang Xianyu's sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Third Senior Brother, isn't that Senior Senior Brother?"

Jiang Xianyu followed his gaze, and saw Jiang Baizhou coming out of a teahouse, stopped outside the door, and looked up.

A girl in a veiled hat stood by the window sill on the second floor, who seemed to exchange a glance with him, and then slammed the window shut.

Jiang Baizhou was stunned, and stood for a while with a lonely expression before turning around and leaving.

Jiang Xianyu couldn't help frowning, brother met a girl in a teahouse early in the morning?

At this moment, Su He tugged at his sleeve, and said mysteriously: "Senior brother, I know who the senior brother is seeing!"

Jiang Xianyu: "Who? How do you know?"

Su He raised his chin arrogantly: "If you promise to take me to Jinling, I will tell you."

Jiang Xianyu grabbed his face: "Are you really talking about conditions with me?"

Su He quickly stepped back and covered his face: "Anyway, if you don't agree, I won't tell you."

Jiang Xianyu was speechless: "Even if I promise you now, when the big brother knows that you have leaked his secret, he will definitely not take you there."

Su He was taken aback by him, "That won't work, I'll tell you only if you convince the elder brother to take me there."

Ha ha.

Jiang Xianyu sneered, and stood on the side of the road with arms folded: "I'll wait for that girl over there to come out, and I'll know."

Su He: "..." I am so simple, but your scheming is so deep!

Seeing his stupid look, Jiang Xianyu mercifully said: "Okay, I'll give you a chance to tell me who the other party is and how you know it. I'll take you to Jinling when I explain clearly."

Su He was dubious: stretched out his hand: "Pull the hook?"

Jiang Xianyu was speechless, and cooperated with him to pull the hook.

Su He pulled him to bend down, and poured beans into his ear, telling him everything he knew.

After he finished speaking, the girl on the second floor came out accompanied by the maid, and the cold wind blew up a corner of her veil, revealing a beautiful and thick face.

Jiang Xianyu stared blankly at the other party walking away, unable to recover.

Su He said that he recognized the curtain hat, and once he went back to the academy to wait for him, he saw that the young lady of Lu Shan's family had worn it when she went out, and the curtain was embroidered with orchids.

Because of this, Jiang Xianyu noticed the little orchid, and then remembered that on the night of Qixi Festival, the girl who was separated from the servant in the elder brother's mouth seemed to have an orchid on the veil.

That was clearly Senior Sister Lu, but she avoided seeing them when she saw them.The eldest brother also concealed it for her, as if he didn't want to be known.

Thinking back to the day when I delivered books to Shanzhang Lu, Senior Sister Lu actually came in to deliver tea in person - no matter how simple the Shanzhang's house is, it doesn't even have a servant to serve tea.

Last time, Tan Fanghao said that Senior Sister Lu was a filial piety for her mother, which delayed the marriage...

Jiang Xianyu reacted suddenly, turned around and ran back.

"Third brother! Where are you going?!"

Su He didn't know why, so he trotted to keep up.

Jiang Xianyu drove him home and went to the Xie Mansion next door by himself.

Xie Cheng is packing his luggage in the study, he will live in Jinling for the next few months, and he has many books to bring there.

Seeing Jiang Xianyu approaching, as if he had something to say, he left Shimo to continue tidying up, took him back to the bedroom, and poured him a cup of hot tea.

Jiang Xianyu took a breath, and told Xie Cheng what happened today and his speculation.

"I don't understand. Since eldest brother likes Senior Sister Lu and may even be interested in each other, why didn't he get married in his previous life? And Senior Sister Lu, is she married?"

Jiang Xianyu looked at Xie Cheng anxiously, with a faint guess in his heart, but he was afraid that it would be confirmed.

In the year when he existed as a soul in his previous life, he was very surprised to learn that Jiang Baizhou had passed his age and was still unmarried.As for Senior Sister Lu, he hadn't heard the news at the time, but Xie Cheng should be clear about it.

Xie Cheng held his hand, hesitant to speak.

In his previous life, Jiang Baizhou and Miss Lu had never had any mutual interest in each other. Looking back now, he felt sorry for Jiang Baizhou and didn't know how to talk to Jiang Xianyu.

"Past life..." He finally opened his mouth and told the truth, "You left a letter saying you were going to Lingnan, so the elder brother went to Lingnan to look for you."

Jiang Xianyu was in a daze, and had a bad premonition in his heart, and subconsciously grabbed Xie Cheng's hand.

"At that time, no one knew that he was interested in Miss Lu, so at that time, Miss Lu made a filial piety and became engaged to the student of the head of the mountain, and the master and mother sent congratulatory gifts—"

Jiang Xianyu's breath was stagnant, and Xie Cheng continued: "At the end of the year, the road was blocked by heavy snow, and the big brother was stuck in Hangzhou and couldn't make it back."

Jiang Xianyu choked his throat instantly, and his eyes were red.

Xie Cheng: "When Senior Brother Kaichun came back, Senior Sister Lu was already married and went to the capital with her husband."

Jiang Xianyu lowered his head, a tear fell on the back of his hand, as if there was a stone stuck in his throat, which made him unable to breathe.

After being silent for a long time, he suddenly choked up with sobs: "Xie Cheng, I...why, why was I such a jerk in my previous life..."

Not only ruined Xie Cheng's life, but also made the eldest brother live alone.

He always thought that Xie Cheng owed the most in his previous life. He thought that it was enough to report his family's safety in his previous life. It is the worst thing to do, and it hurts parents and brothers the most.

But he didn't realize that he only cared about his little love at all. Because Xie Cheng didn't agree with him, he ran away from home. Years do not return home.

——From beginning to end, he only cares about his own emotions.

Even after being reborn, he only wanted to make up for Xie Cheng and accompany him to Jinling, and in the future he would leave his parents to accompany him to the capital.He still thought selfishly that his elder brother was supporting his family, and he was taking care of his parents - he never thought about how much he owed his elder brother at all.

How could there be such a bad brother like him in the world?

He wiped away his tears indiscriminately, stood up and looked at Xie Cheng: "I'll tell my parents to go to Lu Shan's elder's house to propose marriage."

Xie Cheng stopped him: "I still have to ask the elder brother first. From what you said just now, the elder brother looks lonely. I'm afraid this meeting with Miss Lu is not pleasant."

Jiang Xianyu was stunned: "Senior sister Lu doesn't like big brother?"

"No, if you don't like it, how can you meet Big Brother on Qixi Festival? This time too, maybe... Maybe it's because Big Brother is going to Jinling soon—"

He suddenly stopped and looked at Xie Cheng, "Because big brother is going to Jinling, they fell out?"

Xie Cheng also thought of this possibility: "If I go to Jinling this time, I'm afraid I won't come back before the end of the year."

There will be snowstorms at the end of the year!

Jiang Xianyu's eyes widened suddenly: "When will Senior Sister Lu become a filial piety? Can't we get married first? As long as Senior Sister Lu and Master Lu agree, can't we wait for the eldest brother to come back and then get married?"

Xie Cheng hurriedly comforted him: "Don't worry, there is still time, you go and ask the big brother what he means, and then talk to the master and the mother."

Jiang Xianyu nodded, and was about to go out when he paused: "What about the snow disaster?"

Only now did he realize that the disaster was not far away, and his voice was a little trembling: "I heard that many people died back then, I didn't know it at the time..."

Xie Cheng said with relief: "Yangzhou has a good harvest this year, and the people should have food in their homes. When I wrote to the governor, I mentioned that the weather is too cold this year, so I asked him to pay more attention and remind the people to prepare some charcoal for the winter. In addition, the Xie family also In the process of collecting medicinal materials and cheap charcoal, Langyun Pavilion is rushing to make winter clothes and quilts in case of emergencies."

Jiang Xianyu also knows that there is no shortage of food in the south of the Yangtze River. The key is that it rarely snows heavily, and the canal has never been frozen.However, except for wealthy families, ordinary people seldom burn charcoal for heating, and basically rely on two winter clothes to survive the winter. They are neither durable in the cold nor experienced in winter.

He had never experienced it before, and he didn't understand the power of it at all, but he had read a lot of miscellaneous books a few days ago and gained a lot of knowledge.

If there is a snow disaster, the prices of cotton-padded clothes, quilts and charcoal will skyrocket, and ordinary people will not be able to afford them at all.Moreover, many farmhouses are shabby and dilapidated. If the houses are collapsed by heavy snow, those people may not even have shelter, so they can only leave their homes to take refuge.

He thought for a while and said: "Since the harvest is good this year, it is better for the government to mobilize the farmers to strengthen the house. There is a kind of heated kang in the north. If the common people have spare money, they can build one at home - I will send someone to the north to invite the master to come. teach."

"The charcoal and cotton coats in the Xie family are not enough. We have to mobilize the wealthy households in the city to go out to buy them. Otherwise, the road will be blocked by heavy snow, and the canal will not be able to pass through. We don't have enough stock, and we still can't save lives."

He babbled, his thoughts were clear, and he hit the point. He was no longer the young man who didn't know what to do and only knew how to have fun.

Xie Cheng felt very relieved, and felt a little bit distressed - all these things were the result of the other party's efforts to grow up and change himself.

He pulled Jiang Xianyu's hand to interrupt him: "You are right, but now that the weather has not completely cooled down, outsiders will think that we are worrying unnecessarily, and may not follow us."

"What should I do?"

Xie Cheng: "I'm making preparations here, and we'll talk about it when the weather gets colder. As for mobilizing the people to strengthen houses, you can mention it to the prefect. Even if there is no snow disaster, it will be considered his political achievement if he does it well. He should know how to do it." agree."

Jiang Xianyu nodded again and again, and slowly let go of his heart.

Xie Cheng held his face and wiped away the tears for him, "Right now you are mainly responsible for matching up senior brother and Miss Lu, leave the rest to me, huh?"

Jiang Xianyu took a deep breath and reached out to hug him.