Another day was shining with clouds and clear sky. Walking on the bluestone street covered with warm sunlight, the young man in green walked leisurely through the crowd, his robe was lightly raised and his sleeves were full of romantic sleeves.

The pear and apricot flowers mixed on both sides of the road were blooming in prosperity. When the wind blew, the snow-white petals swayed down, and stopped gracefully on the boy's shoulders, as wonderful as a butterfly in Zhuang Zhou's dream.

Through the shadows of flowers, the young girls were almost drunk when they looked at the young man's light figure.

The wind vaguely brings their crisp sound like bells—

“…Jiang Jiulang…”

“…Yushan Polo…”

Jiang Xi felt his ears itchy, and he scratched his head and tilted his head to understand.

"Jiulang!" Ah Fu held the heavy orange cat and squeezed out of the crowd with difficulty to Jiang Xi. His round face turned red.

Look at Ah Hua who was lying leisurely in her arms.

Jiang Xi lit her forehead and said, "Who asked you to bring this lazy guy out? Why? You're so tired."

Afu shook his head: "I'm not tired."

Ah Hua in her arms shook her tail proudly, and her eyes looked at Jiang Xi with contempt - she thought anyone could be as weak as you!

Not tired yet, walking all the way from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, Ah Hua, a lazy guy, couldn't even take a step, and it was all up to Ah Fu to carry it all the way. With Ah Hua's weight, it's not much different from holding a tug of iron... Well, Ah Fu's physical strength is unexpectedly good, and he still doesn't sweat a little bit at the tip of his nose.

"But Jiulang, is there anything important to us coming down from Yushan so early in the morning?"

Jiang Xi turned around and continued to walk forward: "Yes, we are going to meet someone."

"people?"

"Yes, someone who makes me curious."

Jiang Xi took A Fu, who was holding Ahua, and turned around the street, and saw Xue Xinzhai in a crowded city.

No matter how many changes there are on this street, this Xuexinzhai seems to stand here forever, as the fragrance of books is always lingering, as quiet and elegant as ever.

Jiang Xi went forward, and the servants at the door recognized her.

"Oh, you are here again. But you are here today, Mr. Nan just came back yesterday." The servant smiled at Jiang Xi so hard that he disappeared.

This servant is very young and has a poor family. He is taken in by Xue Xinzhai to do some scrub work. If you are usually invited to see him, it is difficult to meet those husbands who are studying and are kind to him. Jiang Xi is one of the few who can hand him candy. He always remembers the taste of the candy, which is very sweet...

Jiang Xi was so familiar that she handed over another handful of candy. The candy shop she partnered with Sheng Mingyang Suce was still preparing. She made all the candy she carried with her to eat and play with.

"I came to my house only when I knew that Mr. Nan had returned."

"Oh? Isn't it because my little husband came to repay the kindness I hit that day?"

Jiang Xi passed by the servant and saw an old man in a clean cloth standing not far away with a smile. It was the old man she met at Xuexinzhai when she came to Zhangzhou.

"Mr. Nan." Jiang Xi bowed.

Mr. Nan walked forward swayingly, looked at Jiang Xi, and then at Ah Fu who was following her.

"How about sitting inside and having some tea?"

Jiang Xi naturally responded.

Mr. Nan invited Jiang Xi to the second floor and entered his tea room.

The tea room is facing the street by the window, with unknown paintings hanging on the wall, a short table, two or three futons, a small red clay stove and a celadon tea set. The layout is simple and elegant, quietly isolated from the noisy streets outside.

Mr. Nan took the lead and knelt down, then raised his hand to ask Jiang Xi to sit opposite him.

Jiang Xi was good at following the flow.

When she sat down, Ah Fu sat cross-legged in a futon behind her. Ah Hua in her arms was yawning lazily and drowsy-

Mr. Nan started cooking tea.

Jiang Xi looked at Mr. Nan's movements in a flash: "I heard that Mr. Nan and Mr. Shan Changyuantang of our college are old friends?"

"That's right, I've known each other for many years."

"Mr. Na Nan is from the northern border."

"That's right."

"How is the northern border? Is it very far from Jiangnan?"

"Incomparable, the northern border is barren and desolate, and it is a barren land."

"Then I'm going to check it out in the future."

Mr. Nan looked up at Jiang Xi, and his hands were slightly stagnant: "Are you going to leave Jiangnan?"

"Why do you ask that?"

"I think I plan to set off to Northern Xinjiang in the future."

"You have to go and have a lot of good mountains and rivers." Jiang Xi mentioned this topic in a few words.

Mr. Nan's face was not dissatisfied: "I am just strange. For example, you children who are studying in Yushan, their future ambitions are mostly to study and become an official. You are just thinking about running to the desolate land in the northern border."

"Why did Mr. Nan come to Jiangnan? Looking at Mr. Nan's appearance, he doesn't seem to care about the things outside his body." Jiang Xi asked this, purely curious.

Mr. Nan laughed: "Who doesn't care about anything outside? I'm used to the gentle water town of Jiangnan, who would like to go to the bitter and cold place in northern Xinjiang to eat the bark?"

Jiang Xi raised his eyebrows: "That's true when I think about it."

The old and the young smiled at each other.

Just so happened that the water was boiling.

Mr. Nan started making tea, and Jiang Xi watched quietly, appreciating such skillful and beautiful tea ceremony techniques was also a pleasure for her.

After the tea was ready, Mr. Nan handed Jiang Xi a cup and Afu a cup. Finally, it was his turn.

Ah Hua suddenly stopped doing it, and it felt that its dignity was deeply stimulated.

"Meow!" I want to drink too!

Jiang Xi looked at it speechlessly: "Do you still have to taste tea with a cat?"

"Attack!" That's right!

Jiang Xi waved his hand to send Ah Hua away.

But Mr. Nan bent over to look at Ah Hua in surprise: "This cat is very spiritual, where did it come from?"

"But I accidentally picked up the wild cat in the mountains."

Ah Hua glared at Jiang Xi angrily, grinned at her, and kept meowing.

What a wild cat! I saved your life!

Jiang Xi understood it and pretended not to understand it, asking Mr. Nan to continue drinking tea without worrying about it.

Mr. Nan was even more surprised: "Listen to its screams, are you arguing with you?"

Jiang Xi looked guilty: "The cat is naughty, it makes you laugh."

"No, such a spiritual cat is rare. It is a treasure. You must raise it well in the future." As he said that, Mr. Nan actually prepared a cup of tea for Ah Hua.

Ah Hua came up with satisfaction and licked it, then spit it out.

So bitter! What a thing!

Jiang Xi laughed, who told you to come and drink?

Ah Hua was so angry that she jumped hard that she had already vented her voice. Seeing that Jiang Xi ignored it, she ran out angrily.

The tea room was gone, and then the tranquility was restored.

Mr. Nan’s topic somehow returned to the northern border: “But if I hadn’t come with a purpose, I wouldn’t have left the northern border. Although it was barren, it was a place with stories.”

Mr. Nan said, with deep emotions surging in his eyes.

That was attachment, deep thought, memory... The love was too deep, Jiang Xi saw it inexplicably, and felt a little deep in his heart, and even his breathing was pressed so hard that he could hardly breathe.

What's wrong with her?

Jiang Xi couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"I came to Jiangnan to find someone and an old friend."

"Old friend?"

"Yes, an old friend we have been waiting for for a long time..." Mr. Nan sighed, accidentally glimpsing Jiang Xi's expression, "What's wrong with Xiao Langjun? His face is so pale? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

Jiang Xi covered her chest and gasped in discomfort.

Ah Fu was panicked and was about to come up to help her, but Jiang Xi waved his hand to stop her.

"No, I just felt a little uncomfortable when I suddenly breathed."

Her body has been almost conditioned recently, and she hasn't experienced such weak and uncomfortable conditions for a long time.

"Drink some tea and take a slow breath."

Jiang Xi took a sip of tea as he was, but he didn't expect that the tea made by Mr. Nan was really useful. After taking a sip, he gently sootheed the restless internal organs, and even the slightly painful heart returned to calm.

Jiang Xi's pale face gradually regained his blood.
To be continued...