Seeing that she agreed to her request, Hu Jing stopped dwelling on the matter and asked, "Why did you suddenly come to see me today?"

Zhao Shu took her hand and said, "I'll take you to meet my friends in Jiangnan."

Hu Jing turned to look at her: "Why did your friend from Jiangnan come to Beijing?"

Zhao Shu: "It's hard to explain this matter in a short time. She will stay in Shangjing in the future. There is a long time to come. You will know it slowly."

"By the way, we still have to stay at Huazhuang for two days." Zhao Shu looked at the gate of Hu Mansion: "Is it convenient for you?"

Hu Jing waved her hand carelessly: "Convenient!"

"Wait for me for a moment. I'll go collect some clothes."

Zhao Shu nodded, and Hu Jing ran back to the house like the wind. But a moment later, she came out panting.

He hurriedly grabbed Zhao Shu's hand and got into the carriage, moving so fast that it seemed as if a ghost was chasing her.

As soon as the three of them entered the carriage, Hu Jing opened the curtain and hurriedly said to the driver, "Hurry, hurry up!"

The driver nodded, whipped the whip, and the carriage started moving slowly.

Hu Jing lifted the curtain and breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the Hu Mansion getting farther and farther away. Zhao Shu also wanted to look over there, but was stopped by Hu Jing's quick eyes and hands.

Hu Jing looked at her with a smile: "Come on, tell me, is your friend a good person to get along with?"

Zhao Shu looked at her and nodded: "She is a very gentle girl."

Upon hearing this, Hu Jing frowned in worry: "Will my temper scare her?"

Zhao Shu: "How could anyone not like someone as nice as Jing?"

Hu Jing was a little embarrassed by Zhao Shu's praise: "I, I'm not as good as you say."

Zhao Shu suddenly looked at her steadily: "You are so good, but you just don't know it!"

Soon the carriage stopped at the side of the alley. Zhao Shu and the others got off the carriage one after another, went to the second house in the alley, and knocked on the door.

The door opened quickly. Mian Ru was stunned at first when she saw the person in front of her, and then she immediately stepped forward happily: "Why are you here?"

Zhao Shu: "There is a farm in the suburbs that specializes in growing flowers. Now is the season when all the flowers are in full bloom, so I wanted to invite you to go there for a few days."

Mianru frowned slightly.

Zhao Shu: "If you have something to do, we can make an appointment next time."

Mian Ru turned her head to look inside the house, then turned back and said, "Wait for me for a moment. I'll go in and collect two pieces of clothing."

Mianru moved quickly and finished collecting it in just a short while.

After closing the door, several girls got on the carriage one by one.

In the carriage, Zhao Shu introduced the two people who met for the first time to each other. The friendship between girls developed quickly, and the degree of liking at first sight could determine whether they could wear the same clothes later.

Looking at the two people talking and laughing, it was obvious that they were quite satisfied with their first meeting each other.

Seeing the person at the gate of the government office, Xie Jin paused for a moment, then swiftly dismounted, handed the horse to a yamen runner beside him, and walked straight towards the person.

Xie Jin came behind the man and asked, "Why are you here?"

Wang Yujin turned around happily: "Brother Jin!"

Wang Yujin held the food box in front of him: "I'll bring you food."

Xie Jin looked at her in silence for a moment, then raised his hand to take the lunch box: "Thank you."

Seeing him take the food box, Wang Yujin said happily: "There is no need to thank each other."

"Brother Jin, now that the things have been delivered, I won't bother you anymore," he said tentatively, "I'll come again tomorrow."

Wang Yujin looked at him anxiously.

Xie Jin didn't say anything. After a while, he nodded.

Wang Yujin was delighted when he saw him nod. He suppressed his joy and bowed to him: "Brother Jin, see you tomorrow."

As soon as the person walked away, the colleague who was watching the excitement walked towards Xie Jin with a gossipy mood: "Why, you are reluctant to let your future sister-in-law go?"

Xie Jin gave him a cold look, then turned around and walked into the government office with the food box in hand.

The other person touched his nose. Could it be that what he said was right? He couldn't bear to part with his future sister-in-law?

I never thought that the legitimate son of Duke Xian and a fifth-rank infantry officer would one day fall in love with someone so much.

Zhao Shu and her friends arrived at the flower farm. The lady from the farm took them to a room that had been prepared in advance, put down their luggage, and then took them to the flower fields.

Zhao Shu was shocked by the scene before her. Large patches of roses occupied the entire hilltop. The red color of the mountain seemed to be stained with blood.

Although it was not her first time here, she was still moved by the scene again.

Hu Jing took Zhao Shu's hand blankly: "So beautiful!"

Mian Ru also took the opportunity to hold Zhao Shu's arm: "So beautiful!"

After saying that, the three of them walked towards the sea of ​​flowers.
Three girls were walking among the sea of ​​flowers, and there were a few children chasing butterflies among the flowers.

A little girl ran towards Zhao Shu, but stopped when she was one meter away from her.

Zhao Shu smiled and waved at her: "Come here."

The little girl walked towards her timidly.

Zhao Shu rubbed her hair and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

The little girl reached out to pull the hem of Zhao Shu's clothes, but for some reason, her muddy hand retracted just before touching her clothes.

Zhao Shu saw the little girl's embarrassment, smiled at her gently, and took the initiative to hold her hand.

The little hand was tightly surrounded by the warmth of the big hand. The little girl smiled shyly at Zhao Shu, and took her hand and walked into the depths of the sea of ​​flowers.

The little girl's dirty little hands kept pointing at the butterflies flying in the sky.

Zhao Shu smiled and lowered her head: "Want it?" The little girl nodded heavily.

"Wait!" She let go of the little girl's hand, pulled up her skirt, and turned to run towards the flowers.

Colorful butterflies were scattered on the tips of the flowers. Zhao Shu walked towards the blue butterfly in front of her, twiddling her hands and feet.

At the same time, both hands slowly closed together. The butterfly seemed to sense something and was about to fly away with its wings flapping.

Zhao Shu quickly grabbed it, then brought her tightly clasped palms close to her eyes, and carefully opened her hands to reveal a small gap.

After seeing the azure blue butterfly in the palm of her hand, Zhao Shu turned around happily, and her skirt passed through the flowers, startling the butterfly lady who was collecting nectar.

Colorful butterflies flew up from behind the girl in a disorderly manner. The bright-eyed girl handed the butterfly in her hand forward like offering a treasure, smiling at the dirty little girl in front of her: "Look, I caught it!"

In an instant, the red color of the mountain was overshadowed by the bright smile on the girl's face.

The little girl ran towards Zhao Shu, and together they put their palms together to look at the butterfly through the narrow gap.

When the little girl saw the butterfly in Zhao Shu's hand, she clapped her hands and jumped up excitedly.

Zhao Shu half bent over and handed the butterfly to her with a smile. After the little girl took the butterfly, she kissed her unexpectedly, then bent over towards her again and ran away happily with the butterfly in her hand.

Hu Jing came to Zhao Shu's side, looked at the little girl's back as she ran away, and asked suspiciously, "Are children nowadays so reserved? They don't even shout when they get something they like?"

Looking at the girl's back, the smile in Zhao Shu's eyes faded a little: "She is a mute."

"what!?"

"I was born dumb."

On the other side of the mountainside, a servant dressed as a book boy said respectfully to the man sitting on a stone bench: "Sir, it's time for us to set off."

The man in the white robe cast his gaze lightly on the bright red flowers at the foot of the mountain, and said with his thin lips slightly parted: "The scenery here is very beautiful, it won't hurt to stay a few more days."

"Yes."

It was not until dusk that Zhao Shu and her friends had enough fun. The three girls walked slowly back through the mountains full of roses in the afterglow.

Zhao Shu and her roommates' rooms were adjacent to each other. Zhao Shu lived in the middle, and Hu Jing and her roommates lived on both sides of her.

It was a quiet night and everyone was fast asleep, with only the occasional chirping of insects outside the window.

Suddenly, the quiet night was broken by a sharp cry.

"what!"

"What are you doing!? Give my child back to me!"

Zhao Shu woke up from her dream and heard the cry. She quickly got out of bed, put on her coat, and hurriedly opened the door.

Seeing the doors of the rooms next to her opening one after another, Zhao Shu thought that she was probably not the only one who heard that shrill cry.

Hu Jing walked towards Zhao Shu worriedly: "Did you hear it too?"

Zhao Shu and Mian Ru who was walking over nodded at the same time: "Yeah."

Hu Jing took Zhao Shu's hand and said, "Let's go over and take a look."

Zhao Shu shook her head and was about to refuse when the shrill voice rang out again.

"my child!"

Hu Jing let go of Zhao Shu's hand and quickly ran towards the source of the sound.

Zhao Shu didn't hold her back. She pursed her lips in annoyance and turned to look at Mian Ru: "Let's go too."

After saying that, the two of them chased after Hu Jing.

The three of them stopped outside a brightly lit house, listening to the intermittent crying sounds from inside, and looked at each other for a moment.

Hu Jing walked in first, followed by Zhao Shu and the other two.

Inside the house, a woman in coarse linen clothes was lying quietly on the ground. Hu Jing took a step forward and turned the woman's body over.

The woman's eyes were wide open with tears welling up in the corners of her eyes. She was crying silently.

Zhao Shu walked over and squatted down: "Auntie, what happened?"

The woman's mouth moved slightly twice.

Zhao Shu leaned over and heard the woman's murmurs. She kept saying the word "child".

"What happened, ma'am?"

The woman did not answer Zhao Shu's words, but continued to mutter the word "child".

"Auntie? Auntie!"

Zhao Shu had no choice but to look at Hu Jing.

After receiving her eye signal, Hu Jing immediately squatted down, pinched the woman's arm with her index finger and thumb, and twisted it vigorously from left to right.

The woman's arm immediately turned red, but she still didn't react.

Seeing the woman who had been stuck in her emotions for a long time, Zhao Shu, with the mentality of giving it a try, said loudly in the woman's ear: "Auntie, what's wrong with your child!"

It seemed that the word "child" touched the woman's heart. She looked at Zhao Shu blankly. When she saw that the person in front of her was not the one she had been thinking about, she burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)

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