pleasing to the eye

The summer is long, and the stream in Luoyun Mountain is gurgling, and the ripples reflect the sun.

Under the bright sunlight, Jiang Xinting was standing outside a small pond holding the deer's neck, looking at Wu Yunyi who rolled up his skirt to pick lotus leaves in the water.

Right now, the breeze is slow, the flowers are floating in the waves, and the shadows of the sun pouring from the treetops and leaves on the ground are mottled and swaying in the wind.

"Pick the piece on the left." Jiang Xinting under the shadow of the tree saw Wu Yun in the pool looking towards him, and couldn't help but slightly raised his hand to signal her: "Yes, this is it."

Jiang Xinting's voice was too soft and soft, Wu Yun heard it from afar, but it was hard to hear clearly for a while, but even if she didn't understand, she only needed to look up at Jiang Xinting's movements or lip shape, and she could always understand in the end Which means.

As a result, the two master and apprentice were almost speechless, and Luoyun Mountain seemed extremely quiet, except for the sound of water and occasional birdsong, there was no other sound.

After Wu Yun picked up his pocket full of the older leaves in the pool, he tightened his wet dress and walked out of the pool with the lotus leaves in his pocket.

"Is it hot?" After she walked to the bottom of the tree, Jiang Xinting smiled and took all the wet lotus leaves and put them into the basket hanging on the deer.

"Under the lotus leaves, the water in the pool is cold." Wu Yunyi was brushing the water off his clothes, and couldn't help turning his eyes back and smiling at Jiang Xinting.

"Really." Jiang Xinting said, reaching out his hand to lightly brush some water from the ends of her hair: "Then when the leaves of this bag are used up, I'll go down and pick new ones."

Hearing what she said, Wu Yun couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Master, I don't want to go down, Xiang'er can do it alone."

Even though it is midsummer, Luoyun Mountain is not very hot, so the water in the pond covered by lotus leaves can be regarded as cool.

Wu Yunyi knew it in his heart - in those years without him, Jiang Xinting must have done everything by himself, and the hardships were far beyond what she knew or seen.

But even if she knew this in her heart, now she couldn't bear to let Master do those troublesome chores.

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After a few words for a while, Wu Yunyi had already cleaned the pond mud on his bare ankles by the stream, then untied the bunched skirt, turned over and rode on the deer, and sat with a rather slender waist for a while, looking back at the Jiangxin Pavilion look.

"Master, I'll go and cut these lotus leaves first and put them in the sun. Master, just go to the front hall. I'll come to see Master later."

She said, and after seeing Jiang Xinting nodding, she patted the deer's neck lightly, then stuffed some dried fruit into the deer's mouth, and gradually walked towards the courtyard along the path, and soon disappeared in the corner. After tall flowers.

Over there, Jiang Xinting watched her slender back until she walked away, then just shook his head slightly, with a faint smile on his downcast eyes.

She knew in her heart that the little apprentice had always been reliable, but now it seemed that she was more like the one being taken care of.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinting also lightly touched the neck of the fawn beside him, and led it to walk out slowly.

Today should be the return date of the younger junior sister, Jiang Xinting was thinking as he walked, looking towards the direction far away in the wilderness.

Since Pei Zhenyi returned to the mountain for the first time three years ago, the number of letters sent into the mountain these days has doubled compared to before.But looking carefully at Jiang Xinting's letters, most of the letters are from Shen Kou, and Pei Zhenyi prefers to ask the postman to bring back a lot of new gadgets and food.

But really, even if no one was there, it was still very lively.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinting walked forward slowly under the light of the sky, pursed his lips and smiled with his lowered eyes.

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When Wu Yun cut the lotus leaves and put them on the drying field, fed some fresh fruits to the deer next to him, and then returned to the courtyard closest to the entrance of Luoyun Mountain, the end of the day would have come. middle.

The days in Luoyun Mountain always seem to be long, Wu Yun thought that her master should have left the courtyard at this moment and was looking at flowers in the greenhouse, so she simply found a pair of small scissors outside the courtyard, and planned to cut a few plants outside the courtyard. Pomegranates are all pruned pruned.

After casually cutting off a few overgrown flower branches outside the courtyard, Wu Yunyi walked along the flower path to the stone arch of the courtyard.She stopped and listened carefully for a while, but she seemed to vaguely hear someone talking and laughing.

Then he pushed aside the clusters of branches and flowers in front of the small window frame, and Wu Yun saw the visitor sitting far away at the stone table in the courtyard.

There had been no visitors to the mountain for a long time, and Wu Yun couldn't help feeling vaguely dreamy when he saw the blurry scene in front of him.

When he got closer, Wu Yunyi immediately recognized that it was not a guest, but her little uncle, who was always difficult to see. His master was sitting opposite her, with Shen Kou next to him. .

Seeing the old friend after three years, Wu Yun only felt that Shen Kou in front of him seemed much calmer than the flirtatious and unpredictable three years ago.

Even though it is still unsurpassed, it has finally acquired some more human atmosphere that makes people want to get closer. Even if it is soul-stirring, it will no longer make people respect and fear at first glance, like losing wildness and experiencing warm water. Polished flawless jade.

As soon as Wu Yun thought about it silently, he soon remembered all the details of Shen Kou's kindness to her in the past, and couldn't help but pursed his lips, feeling more intimacy in his heart.

When she got closer, she first bowed to Jiang Xinting to salute, and then bowed respectfully to Pei Zhenyi and Shen Kou.

"This child is so tall." Shen Kou looked at her with a smile for a while, and sighed: "The appearance is really iconic, and the figure is also good. As expected, all of us from Luoyun Mountain are beauties."

Hearing the words, Pei Zhenyi just glanced at Shen Kou and smiled, then waved to Wu Yun and said, "Xiang'er, come here."

Wu Yun had always known that Pei Zhenyi liked to bring presents, so for a moment he thought that Pei Zhenyi had got something to give to her, so he couldn't help feeling a little curious, and walked over in a few steps.

As soon as he got closer, Wu Yun saw Pei Zhenyi pointing in the direction of Jiang Xinting. When he looked up again, he noticed that there were small cloth bags on Jiang Xinting's knees and arms.

what is itAs soon as Wu Yun leaned forward to look, when she got close enough, she saw that the soft cloth wrapped was not a gift, but two babies who were sleeping soundly.

"This...?" Wu Yun raised his head to look at her master, turned his face away to look at Pei Zhenyi, and finally looked at Shen Kou, his eyes were full of bewilderment and astonishment.

"Didn't I tell you the month before last? I said that I might give you two junior sisters soon." Jiang Xinting reminded her with a smile: "I mentioned it to you the night we came back from Qiyun Town together. Xiang'er , do you really think I'm joking?"

Wu Yun thought about it silently, then couldn't help but blinked innocently, and nodded silently.

In her impression, Jiang Xinting mentioned this in passing, which was quite an understatement, and the next sentence immediately took the topic away, so that Wu Yunyi didn't pay attention to it at all.

Where did you think that it was actually true?

"These two children are the leftover sons of the Bian family in Fengchunling to the east." Pei Zhenyi said, looking down at the two children in Jiang Xinting's arms: "The Bian family has been a family of officials for generations. Seeing that the past love, hatred and grievances were once met with disaster, and the whole family was destroyed. It was really rare for me to have these two children in my arms. At that time, I saw that these two children had a good family background, and their appearance and eyes were beautiful and clear. I wondered if my senior sister would want it. After writing to each other twice, I still sent the two children back. Anyway, now, everything depends on the senior sister's wishes."

After Pei Zhenyi finished speaking, she looked up at Jiang Xinting again, waiting for her answer.

"Of course it's good. These two children are quiet, and they're both girls. I like them when I see them." Jiang Xinting and Pei Zhenyi said as they looked at each other, with a slight smile in their eyes for a moment, and slowly replaced the child in his arms. She tucked away the soft cloth quilt, and continued in a softer voice: "...No matter what the two of them were like in the past, since they are destined to be like this today, they are both my disciples."

"No matter what, I will protect them well." Jiang Xinting said after a long silence.

Pei Zhenyi pondered for a moment when she heard the words, and then sighed slightly:

"Now the Bian family is in trouble, and no one in the family is spared. From now on, the children's past names will definitely not be used, and if it is according to my idea, it is better to let their sisters follow the ancestral surname of the master, so it can be regarded as a continuation. According to what the senior sister thinks, is it so good?"

Hearing the words, Jiang Xinting couldn't help suppressing the smile in his eyes, and finally said after pondering for a moment: "It's not impossible to do this. If you think about it carefully, it may be a good thing. It's just that if these two children are to take the surname Xi, they must be of good character. Being upright, upright and aboveboard, without allowing any partiality, can be regarded as not dishonoring the reputation of the Xi family."

"In this way, there is still a long way to go beyond teaching and guidance."

Speaking of this, Jiang Xinting smiled again, shook his head and looked at Wu Yunyi: "Xiang'er, you are a senior sister from now on, but you must set an example."

Wu Yunyi still had some lingering shock at this moment, and she looked a little dazed for a while, but she still nodded after hearing the words, and replied subconsciously: "I will naturally set an example and live up to my master's intentions."

As soon as Wu Yun said this, Shen Kou had already dragged her to sit beside her.

"Even if these two little sisters need to change their proper names now, they can still use their nicknames." Shen Kou took a baby from Jiang Xinting's arms, brushed the child's forehead hair, and said with a smile: "That's right. , the one with a little bit of cinnabar on the forehead is the small one, isn't it easy to identify?"

As soon as Wu Yun looked at the baby in Shen Kou's arms, he took a closer look at the one in Jiang Xinting's arms. As expected, the two children were identical in powder and jade, except for the cinnabar imprint, it was really difficult distinguished.

"Don't get me wrong, this cinnabar imprint is not a birthmark, it's just a mark I put on it with my own hands. These two children look so alike, and none of us are their biological mothers. I'm always afraid that no one will recognize them in the end. Find out which one is older and which one is younger, then came up with this strategy." Shen Kou said with a smile: "Anyway, this is good now, when they are all grown up, able to speak, and their personalities will also show differences At that time, this cinnabar seal will be dispensable."

This method was considered clever and good. Seeing that the little one in Shen Kou's arms seemed to have woken up, Wu Yun frowned and stretched out his fingertips to tease him.

Although she really didn't want the master to accept apprentices other than herself, these two children were so cute that Wu Yunyi himself fell in love with them, so he couldn't help but had nothing to say in the end.

"Ah, she's awake." Shen Kou frowned, and handed the baby in her arms to Wu Yunyi: "This is your little junior sister, come quickly, give her a hug."

"The older one is called Chao'er, and the younger one is called Mu'er, which means that we will accompany each other day and night." Shen Kou looked at Jiang Xinting with a smile: "With the two of them, Senior Jiang will be with you forever." I'm afraid I'll be busy for a few years, so I won't be idle and just say it's boring, right?"