Spring Forest Evening

no?Do you care about what books you read?Zhou Heng was flustered at first, but now he hugged the three books tightly to his chest, and he also took two steps back, determined not to let Shen Fu see the books he was reading just now.

Fortunately, the little yellow book was placed on the top after reading it, and it was closest to his chest when he picked it up. Zhou Heng, who retreated to a safe distance, felt a little more at ease, and tried to squeeze out a smile. The book outside was handed to Shen Fu who looked a bit astonished, and he tried his best to make his voice sound normal:

"I took it casually. The weather is just right now, and this place is pretty good, suitable for reading, haha."

Shen Fu first lowered his head and looked at the book that was handed to him with the cover facing upwards. After seeing this, he couldn't help turning the book that was originally facing Zhou Heng's direction to face himself: ""Southern Harrier and Northern Yuan" "? Do you want to fly a kite?"

"Kite?" How did it get involved in the kite?Zhou Heng lowered his head and looked, no, it looks like a kite is drawn on the cover of the book. Could it be that this book is about kites?

"That's right, this book tells a story about kites," Zhou Heng wanted to round up his words. Looking at the cover, this book is new, and Shen Fu probably hasn't read it before: "This story is a bit miserable, and it makes people feel happy after reading it." It's uncomfortable, haven't you seen it?"

You can't say that you haven't read that book, can you?In that case, Shen Fu might continue to ask about the other two books after listening to it.

"Oh? A miserable story?" Shen Fu didn't answer her words, and didn't read the book. He just took advantage of the opportunity and sat down on the stone bench next to him, with a look of interest on his face: "Have you finished reading it?" ?tell me the story?"

It seems that he has never read this book, Zhou Heng rolled his eyes: the sad story about the kite... that's right!I have read the book "The Kite Runner" before!As for the classics, I watched the film adaptation later, and the impression was quite deep.

Anyway, you have never read this book, so I will tell you nonsense, Zhou Heng sat down at the stone table on the side of the railing by the water, took advantage of the opportunity to put the two books on his lap, and Feeling guilty, he covered the handkerchief with a sip of tea, and began to tell Shen Fu the story that happened in the 20th century.

At first, Shen Fu just wanted to tease Zhou Heng. After all, although this book is new, it is actually a book about how to tie a kite, and the children of the aristocratic family are very familiar with it.

Every spring, when the flowers bloom, usually around the Ching Ming Festival, the palace will hold a grand kite party by the Taiye Pool. Whenever there are children between six and 12 years old in the families of princes and ministers, whether they are princes or young ladies, they will ask Bring a self-made kite, which is more beautiful than whose kite is made, and whose kite can fly higher than whose kite. Make a lively festival, and the emperor will give prizes at that time.

For this reason, some caring families get busy after the vernal equinox. Of course, it is said that the children prepare it by themselves, but in fact the adults are helping by the side. Books on the subject are also very popular at this time, and this "Southern Harrier and Northern Kite", because the kite patterns and production techniques included in it are very comprehensive, and almost every household has a copy.

So now that he read the title of the book, Shen Fu naturally knew the content of the book. At first he just asked a question casually, but the girl on the opposite side answered with a stern and convincing look. Feeling narrow-minded, I wanted to see what kind of kite story Zhou Heng could make up in a hurry.

I never thought that this tragic kite story is quite touching. After hearing it, let alone Shen Fu, even Chun Tao who came in with tea and Chun Yu who came in after him were encouraged by Zhou Heng's eyes He stood still and listened very carefully.

After hearing Zhou Heng's slightly adapted story, Chuntao sighed, "Miss Biao, where did you hear this story?" She heard it from Li, or some maidservant of the Zhou family told her.

Uh, where did you hear that?Zhou Heng glanced at the book in Shen Fu's hand, but didn't directly say it was the book in front of him, but turned his head to look around, and said vaguely: "Hey, it seems to have the fragrance of lotus leaves?"

Seeing her like this, Shen Fu smiled and told the two servant girls: "Yesterday the palace gave some loquats as a tribute, but they didn't bring them here because it was too late. Chuntao, you go Take it from Nanny Shen."

Go to Nanny Shen?Chun Tao didn't think about it, she saluted and hurried away, while Chun Yu on the other side knew the elegant meaning after hearing the string song, seeing Shen Fu glanced at her indifferently, knowing that he must have something to say to Zhou Heng, so she also hurried Yang Yang held the rope tied to the little black dog in his hand and said proactively: "Little Shadow doesn't seem to be able to stay, why don't the servants take it outside for a walk?"

In this way, since the eyes of the two masters in front of me can not be hindered, in retrospect, the two masters are not alone.

Seeing that the two maids had already walked a certain distance, Shen Fu opened a page of the book in his hand, put it in front of Zhou Heng, and said in a teasing tone: "It seems that you also fly kites there, but I don't know, but it's the same." look?"

Why are you talking about kites again?Zhou Heng looked down, okay, there is a kite pattern on the book, what else is there that I don't understand.

It seems that Shen Fu knows the content of this book, so you should have said it earlier, Zhou Heng Hao Ran, if I didn't want to cover up the little yellow book, I wouldn't be able to lie about this kind of thing.

But Shen Fu's appearance didn't look like he was laughing at himself... Gathering his mind, Zhou Heng stretched out his hand and turned a few pages, and then pretended to be calm and smiled and began to "fill in the hole":

"Of course there are kites, but most of them don't look as exquisite as the patterns on them. When I was in elementary school, um, when I was about eight or nine years old, at that time, the school, that is, the school, would deliberately set aside a kite. In the afternoon, organize us to fly a kite on the playground, bring the kite by yourself, it is best to ask your parents to tie one for you, or you can spend money to buy one, but you must draw the pattern on it yourself."

"My parents are busy with work. I bought the white kite with money. There are also many children in the class who bought it with money. The small shop outside the school sells it. It is the simplest kind of a king-shaped skeleton paste. With white paper and two ribbons, the boss’s business will be very good.”

"So you know how to draw?" Shen Fu didn't expect that such a random question could elicit such an answer, and an idea came to his mind.

draw?Why are you talking about painting again?Zhou Heng glanced at the person across from him, and asked with a serious face. Well, I guess he looked ignorant, and also, according to the standards of this era, he didn't have the demeanor of a noble woman. However, he Anyway, he is a consistent academic master since he was a child. Furthermore, the two places have different standards, different requirements, and different conditions, so Zhou Heng replied confidently:

"Yeah, I won the game when I was a kid."

No.3 in the grade, what's the matter, can't you?

"Since that's the case," Shen Fu immediately answered, "Then I'll trouble you, and draw the jade carving of the horse's head later."

Horse head jade carving?Zhou Heng suddenly felt refreshed: I didn't expect that I hadn't mentioned it yet, but Shen Fu actually took the initiative to say it. It seems that he planned to show it. It's ok, just draw it, just draw it with a brush, it's a bit laborious, but The horse's head was originally pitch black, so it shouldn't be too difficult to draw.

Just take it out, can't you?I still want to let myself draw. Is it because I am afraid that I have something else to draw?

Forget it, as long as you can give it, you can think whatever you want, and I can do whatever you want, Zhou Heng smiled and nodded: "Okay, I will draw it before dinner." Anyway, in the study room on the second floor, Shen Shen has already put it. I got a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

In this way, the topic was interrupted again, the breeze was blowing, and the breeze brought the faint fragrance of lotus leaves. Shen Fu had already achieved half of the purpose of this trip, and he felt comfortable. As for the other half of the purpose, well, there is no rush , Let me talk about other gossip first:

"When I came here just now, I saw you looking at the lotus leaf in a daze, what were you thinking?"

What are you thinking?Thinking about the indescribable lotus pond... Zhou Heng couldn't help but blush, it's none of your business!

But, uh, I seemed to think of him at the time, and I can't say that I don't care about him...

Shen Fu looked at it calmly, and was quite surprised in his heart, why did Ah Heng blush when he mentioned a sentence casually?

Could it be... No, didn't you tell yourself last time that the previous one who refused to marry her had already broken it off?Could it be that now that some days have passed, do you think of others again?

Thinking of this, Shen Fu suddenly felt sour in his heart, and regardless of Zhou Heng still biting his lip and not answering, he continued to say something that even he found inexplicable, and his tone was a bit blunt:

"Could it be that you are thinking about whether you want to prove to me whether you can swim?"

Will it prove to be water?Zhou Heng was stunned at first, where is all this?But... it's not impossible, after all, Liuhu's escape is really hard for people to believe. At that time, I did say that I had the opportunity to prove it to him.

Now the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Even sitting on the stone bench in the water pavilion is cool in the morning. If the sun rises later, there will be no way to sit on it. Even at night, Chuntao said last night, Fortunately, it was moved to the Liufeng Pavilion by the Shangyun Pool. If you continue to sleep in the inner study room, even with a mat underneath, you will still feel a bit stuffy.

What's more, since I climbed up from the willow lake with great hardships, I was stimulated by the murderer of the day, so I fell ill twice in a row, and I temporarily took a break from taking the boat, and felt afraid.

I'm not afraid of the water, but when I think about going into the water... Zhou Heng feels a little bit resistant, but I'm not afraid, but it may be because I was too tired from swimming for too long last time, and now I can't get excited about swimming. This is not good, and I have to find a way to overcome it .

Moreover, it was extremely rare for Shen Fu to believe in his own words last time, and now it should be proved to him. Thinking of this, Zhou Heng made up his mind and nodded:

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean. This Shangyun Pool looks wide and suitable for swimming."