This kind of weather is not uncommon in offshore or coastal cities after entering summer. People in this era called it a hurricane, but it was actually what later generations called a typhoon. Basically no one goes out in such weather.
, everyone huddled in the room, praying to the wind and rain gods to calm down, hoping that the storm would not bring greater disasters.
Lin Jue's small courtyard also suffered a disaster. The rain came down so hard that it almost flooded the ground of the small courtyard. Fortunately, the drainage system of the Lin family's mansion was good. After Lin Jue discovered that there was water in the small courtyard, he and Lin Hu worked in the rain to clean it up.
The drainage ditch was full of fallen leaves and silt, so that water would not pour into the house. However, the flowers and plants in the yard suffered a disaster. The flower beds were soaked with water, and the flowers and trees inside were soaked in water. Coupled with the damage caused by the strong wind and heavy rain
, came one night, and saw a miserable scene of green, fat, red and thin. This made Lu Wu very sad.
In the early morning of the third day, the wind stopped and the rain stopped. Although there were still clouds flying across the sky, the blue sky was revealed through the gaps between the clouds. Anyone with experience knows that this hurricane has passed. Such flying clouds may
There will be a few drops of rain, but it won't last long at all. The work that was delayed for two days needs to be done quickly, and the damage of the two days needs to be made up for. So after the hurricane, the city suddenly became busier and more lively.
Lin Jue didn't think anything of it. He was reading books, drinking tea, and chatting with Green Dancer Lin Hu in the room. It was nothing. Now that he had some free time, Lin Jue also tried to teach Lin Hu how to read and write. However, what disappointed Lin Jue was
, Lin Hu was like a big bluestone when it came to studying, and his brain was as lumpy as an elm stick. After teaching him for a long time, he actually didn't know anything. This made Lin Jue very discouraged.
But the surprise was that Lu Wu, who was listening on the sidelines, was very smart. Lin Hu didn't know it, but she did. Lin Jue was so pleasantly surprised that he decided to teach Lu Wu literacy and reading instead of teaching Lin Hu. Lin Hu himself was relieved.
, studying is simply an unbearable drudgery for him, and he would rather work hard than hold on to a pen.
After the hurricane subsided two days later, although a lot of flowers and trees in the yard were lost, there was a banner with the four words "Lvwu Qianqian" written by her in her own handwriting on Lu Wu's bedside. That was written by Lin Jue based on her
The name came from a word. Lu Wu wrote the first calligraphy work in her life and posted it on the bedside as a souvenir.
In the early morning, after breakfast, Lin Jue and Lin Hu packed up and prepared to go out. Before leaving, Lin Jue told Lu Wu to close the courtyard door to prevent Lin Quan and that guy from coming in to cause trouble again. Lu Wu nodded and agreed.
After Lin Jue and Lin Hu left, they took the wood-splitting ax to a convenient place in the corridor. If the eldest son, Lin Quan, came to harass him again, she decided to use this ax to defend her dignity like him.
Walking on the street, after two days of heavy wind and rain, the entire city has been cleaned up. Although there are many scenes of collapsed houses and broken trees, after the wind and rain hit, the air became brand new and the dust on the ground was washed away.
It was clean, and the summer heat in the air seemed to have eased a lot.
The water in the West River has risen several feet. There is a huge flow of people up and down the pier, and ships are parked densely beside the pier. Countless coolies are busy loading and unloading goods like ants. Merchants and bosses are urging loudly, they must seize the time to make up for the damage caused by the hurricane.
The delay of two days must be recovered. On the waterway in the river, ships of various sizes loaded with cargo are shuttled back and forth. Mountains of cargo are gathered from all over the country, and from here they are transported northward through canals to cities in various parts of the Zhou Dynasty.
.This scene is exciting to watch. This is a city full of vitality, and this is also an era full of vitality.
Lin Jue and Lin Hu still walked south along Xihe Street out of the city to Songshan Academy. Lin Jue's goal today was to see Fang Dunru and get his approval. Lin Jue paid attention to the situation behind him as he walked. There seemed to be no one following him. I don't know if it was the act of paying for a murder that day that had an effect, or maybe because everyone in the Lin family was very busy after the hurricane, so someone forgot to send someone to follow him.
We left the city smoothly and climbed up Wansongling Mountain to reach Songshan Academy. The concierge of the academy had already met Lin Jue, and after a few words, he let the two of them in. Soon after, the two of them were standing in front of Changfang Dun on Academy Hill. In front of Ru's small courtyard.
The flowers and trees in the small courtyard were also damaged by the two days of wind and rain. A small piece of the fence fell down, and the vegetable patch in the garden was also tilted here and there. It looked a bit miserable.
Lin Jue straightened his clothes, knocked on the firewood door, and shouted loudly: "May I ask if Mr. Fang Shan is here? I'm Lin Jue, come and visit."
A graceful figure appeared at the door of the hut. A girl in a green skirt poked her head out and looked at the door in surprise. Lin Jue also felt very surprised. When did a girl appear in the mountain chief's house? But Lin Jue I quickly remembered something. When I was studying with Fang Dunru in my previous life, I seemed to have heard that Fang Dunru and his wife had a daughter named Huanqiu. But by that time, Miss Huanqiu had already passed away. , seemed to be seriously ill. This incident had a great impact on Fang Dunru and his wife. I had only heard of her, but had never met her. Calculating the time, this was eleven years ago. Is this girl still alive? The daughter of the Fang family? I’m afraid it’s very possible.
The girl in the green skirt held up her skirt and carefully walked along the bluestone path to the entrance of the courtyard. She saw a handsome young man standing in front of the door, looking at her intently, with a shy and sullen expression on his face.
"May I ask who the young master is? What are you doing with my father?" the girl asked.
Sure enough, she is the daughter of the Fang family. The word "daddy" is enough to prove it. Lin Jue silently gave the girl a score in his heart. On a ten-point scale, it is above eight. Although the girl is plainly dressed, she is delicate, quiet and beautiful. There seems to be a trace of book about her body. Zhiqi, the daughter of a great scholar of the time, was naturally nurtured by her family.
"Oh. I'm Lin Jue. I came here to see Chief Fang Shan." Lin Jue bowed his hands.
"Lin Jue? Are you the Mr. Lin who came to deliver two jars of wine the day before yesterday?" the girl Huanqiu asked with her beautiful eyes wide open.
Lin Jue was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's right, small gifts are not disrespectful."
"Do you know that my mother has been scolded by my father for two days because of those two jars of wine? And it's not a small gift. Your two jars of Huadiao wine are twenty-year-old Huadiao wine supplied in limited quantities by Renhetang. They are worth It’s not cheap. My mother doesn’t know how precious this wine is, so you must have tricked her into accepting it on purpose.” The girl Huanqiu frowned and said coldly.
Lin Jue scratched his head and said: "I just wanted to express my feelings. No matter what kind of wine it was, it was all for drinking, and I didn't lie to your Majesty. I didn't expect that this matter would make you unhappy and your Majesty would be blamed. I want to Apologize to your majesty in person."
The girl Fang Huanqiu looked at Lin Jue coldly and said, "I'm very sorry, my parents are not at home, and you can't see them anymore."
Lin Jue said in astonishment: "Where did your father, your father-in-law, go? When will he come back?"
Fang Huanqiu frowned and said: "My mother went to Hangzhou to buy things. My father was invited to meet friends in the city. I'm afraid they won't be able to come back in the morning. It will be afternoon before they come back."
Lin Jue smacked his lips and was speechless. He thought for a while and said, "In that case, we will wait here for your father to come back. Xiaohu, put down the basket on your back. The two of us will help repair the bamboo fence." Lin Hu agreed and hung up the basket on his back.
On the branch in front of the door, he rolled up his sleeves and followed Lin Jue to start repairing a few rickety bamboo fences. The girl Huanqiu looked at the two familiar people in surprise, intending to stop her, but after thinking about it, she turned around and left with a sneer.
Kai. She didn't know how many times she had seen this type of courtesy. The students in the academy liked to come over to show courtesy no matter what they had to do. This young master was also the same as them. He could let him show courtesy. Anyway, it was of his own free will.
Fang Huanqiu returned home and sat in his father's study with a book to read. He read for more than an hour without realizing it. Suddenly he remembered to see how the two attentive teenagers were doing at work outside, so he opened the screen window.
I looked outside. The moment I pushed the screen window open, a heat wave hit me, but I saw the white sun outside shining on the ground. Then I saw that the two teenagers had repaired the bamboo fence from the direction of the courtyard gate to the side fence. They were staggering here and there.
The bamboo fence has been restored to its neatness, and the young man named Lin Jue has also come up with some tricks to build the bamboo fence diagonally and cross it to form a beautiful pattern.
The faces of the two teenagers were covered with sweat, and the clothes on their bodies were soaked with sweat. Lin Jue took off his coat and put on his middle coat. He rolled up his sleeves and worked attentively, with a very focused look on his face.
Fang Huanqiu closed the window and sat thinking for a while, then got up and made a pot of herbal tea, took two teacups and walked out. Although they asked for it, they were helping their own family after all, and the sun was very hot.
, it is also appropriate to bring them some tea.
"Master Lin, have a drink of water. Why are you doing this?" Fang Huanqiu placed the tea cup on the stone slab and poured two cups of tea.
Lin Jue tied a slanted bamboo strip with a rope, stood up, wiped his sweat and said with a smile, "Thank you, girl. Xiaohu, thank you for the tea."
Lin Hu thanked her hurriedly, picked up the tea and drank it dry. Fang Huanqiu didn't need to pour the tea, so he picked up the teapot and poured water. After drinking three cups, he sighed with satisfaction: "It feels so comfortable."
Lin Jue also held a tea cup and drank tea slowly. He pointed at the changed shape of the cross-patterned bamboo fence and said, "Do you think this pattern looks good, girl?"
Fang Huanqiu blurted out that it looked good, but changed his words: "You have already decided on your own whether it looks good or not, so what can you do?"
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Yes, I made my own decision. But I didn't do it just to look good. The bamboo fence tied diagonally is much stronger than the upright fence. I did this to prevent the next hurricane from coming.
, and destroyed the bamboo fence."
Fang Huanqiu frowned and said, "Why do you see that?"
Lin Jue pointed at the bamboo fence and said: "You know the stability of the triangle...well...forget it, when the next hurricane comes, you will know that I am not talking nonsense."
The girl Huanqiu was confused when she heard about triangle stability. But when she saw that Lin Jue seemed to be unable to explain it, she was a bit honest and cute, so she couldn't help but laugh.
Lin Jue also looked at the girl smiling stupidly. Huanqiu and Lin Jue looked at each other, suddenly a little shy, and hurriedly lowered their heads to put away the teapot and cups and turned back to the house. The young man's smile was kind and warm, which made her a little flustered.
"Girl, the fence will be repaired in a while. I will go into the yard later to dig some drainage ditches to drain away the dirty water accumulated in your yard. Next time it rains heavily, there will be no water accumulation in your house.
Do you have a shovel?" Lin Jue called from behind.
Fang Huanqiu turned around and smiled slightly: "Are you planning to work as a coolie for a day? We have shovels, shovels, hammers and hatchets at home. How about you go help my family chop some firewood later?"
