Peerless luthier

February [-]th, New Year's Eve.

Huatian's fur is fluffy and has a clean cat face.Zhong Yi held it in her arms and sat in Zhong Li's room reading a book.

Their room was cleaned every day, and Yan Hui tried her best to keep their room as it was. Plum blossoms bloomed early this year, and before the snow fell, a cold fragrance wafted from the backyard.

It was noon soon, but Zhong Li still didn't come back.

Zhong Yi lay listlessly on the bed, watching Hua Tian kept spinning and wagging his tail.

Isn't that what puppies like to do?

Zhong Yi reluctantly hugged Hua Tian, ​​who was dazed by her playing, into her arms, and said sullenly, "Huantian, why isn't Ah Li coming back?"

Hanada twisted her butt; "Meow——"

Today is cloudy, and Zhong Yi, who was already in a bad mood, felt even more bored, rubbing Hua Tian's little head, and suddenly said: "Eh?"

Hanada looked up: "Meow?"

Zhong Yi asked: "Hua Tian, ​​how old are you?"

Hanada: "..."

Hanada seemed to be upset, and pointed her little butt at him, but her tail was trembling uncomfortably.

Zhong Yi realized that maybe small animals also understand their own lifespan, so he stretched out his hand and hugged the little cat from behind: "Flower field."

Huatian shook his ears, and let out a small meow—just like the meowing of a cat when he was young.

Zhong Yi felt sad and sighed.

"It is said that cats will stay with their owners in the last days, and then leave, never to come back, Huatian, will you leave me too?"

The cat looked back at Zhong Yi, its cat eyes were clear, and seemed to have no emotion, but at that moment, Zhong Yi seemed to understand something.

Perhaps it was because of the gloomy weather that he said such heavy words to the mischievous Hanada.

In the afternoon, Old Butler Liu knocked on Zhong Yi's door: "The letter from Eldest Young Master has arrived, but Master and Madam are not at home, Young Master, do you read the letter?"

Zhong Yi immediately jumped up from the bed and opened the door: "Give me, give me."

Old Butler Liu handed the letter to him.

Zhong Yi asked: "Where are your parents?"

Old Steward Liu said: "It seems that I went to the street to buy lanterns, and I will be back in a while."

Zhong Yi thanked her, and immediately opened the letter after closing the door.

Ten lines at a glance, you can read it in a few seconds.

Hua Tian noticed that Zhong Yi's face had collapsed, and she tilted her head to look at him.

Zhong Yi looked sad, and said in a low voice: "Hua Tian, ​​Ah Li...he won't come for the Chinese New Year."

Hua Tian flicked his tail, jumped off the bed, and circled around Zhong Yi's feet.

At night, thousands of houses are lit up.

The sound of firecrackers, the barking of dogs, and the laughter of children kept ringing out. It was a reunited family.

The New Year's Eve dinner without one person seems to be lacking a lot, Yan Hui comforted: "A Li's child should be nervous about his homework, Xiaoyi, you have to understand brother."

Zhong Yi muttered, "I don't understand."

Zhong Han added food to Zhong Yi: "Didn't you say in the letter that I will probably come back next summer, and now that border relations are tense, Kan Yuan Pavilion must have been training hard, next time I must make up for Ah Li."

Zhong Yi said unhappily: "His letter in August also said that he would come back around October! Ah Li's words don't count!"

Yan Hui looked helplessly at Zhong Han.

Zhong Han frowned, and said: "Xiaoyi, you have grown up, you can no longer say such childish things, Ah Li, doesn't he want to come back? Today is Chinese New Year, don't be angry, eat obediently, this dish is made by your mother with all your heart of."

Zhong Yi knew that her father was angry, so she didn't talk back any more, and ate obediently with her mouth pursed.

The meal was not very enjoyable, Yan Hui went back to the room, sat in front of the dresser and sighed.

Zhong Han put his hand on Yan Hui's shoulder and said, "Xiaoyi is still not sensible."

Yan Hui shook her head and took off her earrings: "I didn't expect Xiao Yi to be so unhappy when Ah Li didn't come back."

Zhong Han said: "It's a good thing that the two children are getting close. Weren't we worried that they wouldn't get along?"

Yan Hui smiled: "I don't have to worry about this a long time ago, Ah Li is a very good child, and has been protecting Xiaoyi."

Zhong Han thought for a while, and said, "Try to disturb him as little as possible, and let him study in Kanyuan Pavilion with peace of mind."

Yan Hui nodded: "I know."

Zhong Han said: "I plan to resign from Yunying Academy next summer. In autumn, we will go to Jinhe City to see the maple leaves."

Yan Hui smiled slightly, looked at herself smiling in the mirror, and said, "Okay."

Zhong Yi's vacation lasted for a full month, and because Zhong Li didn't come back, Zhong Yi was depressed for a few days and then immersed in the joy of returning home.

He didn't have to get up very early every day, and there was always a different breakfast in the morning. His mother spoiled him like he did when he was a child, and his father occasionally supervised his piano practice. This holiday was fulfilling and enjoyable.

On the afternoon of the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, I went to Master Zhu's house. Wang Sanyin seemed to have gone to Xigong smoothly, and Master Zhu's parents also came back.

Zhong Yi was a little puzzled: "Why did you move to Xi Gong?"

Zhu Wen planted a flower: "My parents plan to develop in the south, so they won't run around anymore."

Zhong Yi was thoughtful: "Then I'm going to find my wife, isn't it just going to Xi Gong?"

Zhu Wen smiled slightly: "Write me a letter in advance, and I will treat you well."

Zhong Yi said: "Am I your favorite student?"

Zhu Wen laughed loudly: "That's right, if I go to Xi Palace, I probably won't be able to be a wife anymore."

Zhong Yi said: "Then what are you going to do?"

Zhu Wen thought for a while, and said: "Maybe I will be the luthier of the mansion. If San Yin becomes an official, I will go to his mansion." Speaking of this, Zhu Wen smiled.

Zhong Yi joked: "Brother Sanyin has been eating and drinking for nothing with you for so long, so he should return in the future."

Zhu Wen was amused by him, his eyes were as gentle as water: "I hope that someone as picky as him won't look down on me."

After leaving Mrs. Zhu's place, Zhong Yi went to the several shops that Bai Jinyu had mentioned in the chat before, all of which were located on the main street, with a large plaque with the word "Bai" hanging on them, and the business was booming.

Zhong Yi bought some things from the pen and ink room that she always patronizes, and walked back slowly admiring the familiar scenery.

Two people came from a distance, one was wearing very eye-catching bright red clothes, the other was wearing a blue sable fur coat, and seemed to follow reluctantly.

As he approached, the man in front was gorgeous and very attractive, while the elegant man in the back was somewhat familiar.

Zhong Yi was slightly puzzled: It seemed that he had seen it somewhere.

When the three of them were ten steps away, the man in blue looked at Zhong Yi and smiled slightly: "You're back?"

Ok?

Bai Tian looked back at Bai Ting, Zhong Yi looked at Bai Ting inexplicably.

Bai Ting approached and said, "I am Bai Jinyu's second brother."

Zhong Yi immediately reacted and said with a smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Zhong Yi."

Zhong Yi felt that the handsome man was looking at her, so she smiled like him, but the man spoke with obvious contempt: "You are Zhong Yi?"

Zhong Yi: "..."

When did he mess up something bad?

Bai Ting turned his head and looked dissatisfied at Bai Tian.

Bai Tian raised his eyebrows: "At your age, you should still be studying, right?"

Zhong Yi didn't like his lazy but provocative tone, so she nodded and said nothing.

Bai Ting slightly blocked the daylight with one step, and said with a smile: "This is Jin Yu's third brother, we heard that you have a very good relationship with Jin Yu."

Zhong Yi was stunned, and said: "It's okay, didn't she go to the Western Song Dynasty? Is she okay recently?"

During the day, Bai Ting let Bai Ting block him, smiled evilly, and patted Bai Ting on the back, Bai Ting said in his heart: It seems that his fourth younger sister really fell in love with this Zhong Yi.

Bai Ting said: "Yes, Fourth Sister is doing well there, and she will probably be back in October."

Zhong Yi said: "Oh."

After that, he didn't know what to say, Bai Ting secretly annoyed that he was with him during the day, otherwise he could have a good talk with Zhong Yi.

Seeing that Bai Ting didn't have anything to say, Zhong Yi said, "Then where are you going? Are you looking at the shop? The Bai family's business is booming."

Bai Ting smiled slightly: "Yes, we're going now, then, let's say goodbye."

After speaking, he firmly held the hands that were knocking behind him, and dragged Bai Tian away.

Zhong Yi looked back at their backs, and walked home again.

After dragging the daytime for a short walk, the daytime laughed happily.

Bai Ting turned his head and stared at him: "What are you laughing at?"

During the day, they shook hands: "Since I was ten years old, you have never led me across the road again."

Bai Ting's face was a little unnatural, and he quickly let go of Bai Tian's slender white hands, and said in a low voice, "That's because you are old and don't need brother to hold you."

Bai Tian's eyes were slightly bent, like a crescent moon, but with a faint fox-like cunning, he said: "Brother~~ go home?"

Bai Ting's face turned red with a "boom", and he glared at him again, then turned his head and strode away.

Looking at Bai Ting's back, Bai Tian slowly restrained his smile, smiled coldly, and followed.

Back home, Zhong Yi found that the house had been rearranged again.

Zhong Yi looked at a lot of vacant rooms, and was a little confused: "Mother, are you going to move?"

Yan Hui was instructing the servants to move some small furniture, she turned her head and said, "Yes, father and mother have discussed it, we will settle down in Jinhe City next autumn."

Zhong Yi was puzzled: "Is Andu not good? Why do you have to move? Master Zhu will also move to Xigong."

Yan Hui said, "Master Zhu is leaving? Then we have to send some presents. He is a good young master."

Huatian came lazily from a distance.

Zhong Yi found that Huatian was getting lazy, and she liked to lie in the sun when she had nothing to do, showing her snow-white belly unsuspectingly.

Zhong Yi touched Hua Tian's head, Hua Tian enjoyed it, and was about to collapse into Zhong Yi's arms.

"Hey, Huatian, it's okay for you to be so lazy all the time. After a few months, the flowers in Jinhe Garden will bloom, so you should catch butterflies and play."

Hanada half-closed her eyes and let out a "meow", as if she was about to fall asleep again.

Yan Hui came over and said, "I guess it's Spring Sleepiness."

Zhong Yi said: "Do cats also suffer from spring sleepiness?"

Hanada flicked her tail, closed her eyes and began to rest.

Zhong Yi: "...Lazy Cat Flower Field."

The sun shone on the fur of Huatian, and it looked warm. Zhong Yi reached out and touched it.