Although the sound of firecrackers outside never stopped that night, Shen Haolin slept very peacefully and never woke up once. The happiest thing in life is to be able to sleep until you wake up naturally. However, Shen Haolin has only experienced such a beautiful thing when he is sick or injured. This is the first time in his life. The young Duke of Guo said he was very happy. of satisfaction.
He reached out and touched the bed next to him. It was cold. Apparently the people around him had been up for a long time. Shen Haolin opened his eyes and sat up from the bed. When he looked up, he saw Shen Cha wrapped in a thick blanket and sitting. There was a book on the soft couch, which he read with great interest.
"Why did you get up so early?" Shen Haolin took off his clothes, pulled his cotton shoes, walked to Shen Cha and sat down, hugged her in his arms, reached out to touch her hand, and asked, "What can you see? So serious?"
"Brother, are you up? Good morning!" Shen Cha, who got up early and washed up, sat on the soft couch while drinking tea and concentrating on checking things. He didn't even notice that Shen Haolin had woken up. He felt his warmth before he realized it. , turned around and smiled at his brother, "I was looking at the notes left by my father, and I found them from the secret compartment behind the bookshelf."
"What did you find?" Shen Haolin put his chin on Shen Cha's shoulder, pointed at the page she was looking at, and asked, "This...is this my father's note? This is all written in it. What is it?"
"It's a love poem written by my father to my mother. Each one is deeply touching!" Shen Cha shook his head helplessly, put the booklet aside, looked up and saw Shen Haolin's indescribable expression, puffed out Smiling, "Brother, you can't stand it now? I've been stimulated for half an hour!" She pointed at the several books stacked on the small table and said, "These books are all similar. What was recorded was the father's deep love for his mother. I didn't expect that my father, who was so rigid and boring on the surface, was actually like this behind his back. His love words and love poems were so smooth that they were much better than Brother Xiaotian's sweet words. More. The most important thing is..." Shen Cha curled his lips, "My mother was still writing notes for him below, and then my father wrote a poem in response. The two of them went back and forth. It was really fun. It's interesting." She sighed softly, "Didn't my father consider our feelings when he left these to us?"
"Hehehehe..." Shen Haolin was amused by Shen Cha's description, lying on her shoulder and laughing happily. "Hahaha, this is the boudoir fun of father and mother. Their relationship is better than Uncle Xue and Aunt Xue next door! It turns out that Master Huilan said that he will never appear in the same place with his father and mother at the same time. He is a monk , can’t stand the excitement.”
"Master is right, I can't stand it either. I don't really want to understand what it is like. I can understand what they wrote, but it feels so numb and scary!" Shen Cha couldn't help but yell. She shuddered and said, "Can't you just say what you have to say? Do you have to be so bitter and lose it?" She leaned into Shen Haolin's arms, "Brother, will you become like your father in the future?"
"Well... it's a secret. You'll know it later!" Shen Haolin smiled mysteriously, lowered his head and kissed Shen Cha. He looked at the pile of booklets on the table and asked, "Besides these love poems and so on, Is there no other content?" Shen Haolin reached out and flipped through other books, "These are my father's things? Isn't it in the warehouse at the back?"
"No more, it's all here." Shen Cha shook her head, "Not only is there nothing we want to know, but father is in his notes and we haven't even mentioned it." She sighed softly, "It seems , I can only place my hope in the master and Uncle Yan. If it doesn’t work, I will ask the master. In order to prevent the master from being unhappy, I can bring three junior brothers with me and let them act coquettishly with the master next to him. Maybe the master You can tell us.”
"Your three junior brothers are definitely not good at being coquettish. You are just okay at being coquettish. What your master is most afraid of is that you will be unhappy!"
"My master is afraid that Uncle Yan will be unhappy! In my master's heart, Uncle Yan comes first!"
"You're right!" Shen Haolin touched Shen Cha's head, "Don't worry about it for now. It's almost time. I'm going to wash up. It's time for us to leave."
Shen Cha agreed, jumped down from the soft couch, and took out the clothes and boots he wanted to wear today from the closet.
After a cup of tea, the two of them dressed up and walked out of Tiger Hill with Mei Lin and Mei Zhu who had been waiting at the door, and walked towards the main courtyard.
Since the death of the old Duke and his wife, the main entrance of the main courtyard has been completely sealed, leaving only a side door. The main house where the old Duke and his wife once lived has been converted into the Guoguan Palace. The ancestral hall of the mansion enshrines the spiritual tablets of the ancestors of the Shen family. Except for Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Shen Jiu, no one else is allowed to enter.
Every year on the first day of the first lunar month, the Qingming Festival, the birthdays and death anniversaries of ancestors, and when Shen Haolin feels confused and finds himself in difficult decisions, he will come to the ancestral hall, kneel in front of the ancestors’ memorial tablets, and tell every detail of this period. .
Shen Jiu, who was told by Shen Haolin the night before that he must not be late, stood at the door of the main courtyard early. Seeing Shen Haolin and Shen Cha walking over from a distance, the young boy waved to them happily. Claw, when Shen Haolin came forward, Shen Jiu pounced on Shen Haolin's back.
Fortunately, Shen Haolin had already taken precautions, otherwise he might have been knocked down by this kid.
"Brother, happy New Year!" Shen Jiu smiled at Shen Cha, "Sister, happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year!" Shen Cha touched his younger brother's head, "Why don't you get off your brother's body? What do you mean by asking your brother to carry you on his back?"
"No!" Shen Jiu put his arms around Shen Haolin's neck, raised his head and said, "I want my eldest brother to carry me on his back. Every year when I worship my ancestors, my eldest brother always carries me into the ancestral hall, and this year is no exception. When the big brother can’t carry me anymore, it’s time for me to carry the big brother.”
"Hey, listen, listen, our Xiaojiu is really a good boy. If you can say these words, brother's pain for so many years will not be in vain!" Shen Haolin shook his head towards Shen Cha, "Okay, brother Carrying you now! When big brother can't carry you, you can carry big brother again!" He walked into the main courtyard with Chen Jiu on his back, turned around and said to Mei Lin and Mei Zhu, "You guys stay, if Xiaotian comes over, let him Wait a moment."
"Yes, Lord Guo!"
Shen Haolin carried Shen Jiu on his back and walked towards the main house. Shen Cha followed the two of them. Watching them whispering to each other as they walked, he sighed softly. Time passed so fast. More than ten years passed in a flash. , her elder brother grew from a young boy to an upright man, and her younger brother grew from an ignorant child to an enviable young general.
"What are you thinking about?" Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha who was behind them, "Do you want me to carry you on my back?"
"Carry it, carry it!" Shen Jiu clapped his hands and cheered on the side.
"Ah, come to think of it, I haven't turned my back on you since you were ten years old," Shen Haolin raised his eyebrows with a slightly malicious expression, "Would you like to revisit your childhood memories?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Shen Jiu jumped off Shen Haolin's back, ran to his sister, and pulled his sister to Shen Haolin's side.
"Stop making trouble!" Shen Cha's face turned red. He glared at Shen Haolin and then at Shen Jiu, who was making noises. "Being like this at the entrance of the ancestral hall is disrespectful to the ancestors. Be careful that the ancestors will be unhappy. , I want to punish you!"
"Don't worry, our ancestors will never punish us! Not only will they not punish us, they will also reward us!" Shen Haolin and Shen Jiu winked, "Isn't that right?"
"What is it!" Shen Cha snorted and walked straight to the main room with a big red face.
"Sister, I'm sorry, I'm shy!" Shen Jiu took Shen Haolin's arm and ran with Shen Cha. He lowered his voice and said as he ran, "Brother, you have to work harder, I'm optimistic about you!"
"You...these little eyes are so poisonous. How did you see it?"
"Intuition!" Shen Jiu shook his head proudly, "Since I was very young, I have thought that you two are the best match together. My sister must also like the eldest brother, otherwise, it wouldn't be like this. Reaction. Look at Brother Xiaotian, he is chasing after my sister all day long to be courteous, but my sister doesn’t have this kind of reaction.” Shen Jiu raised his eyebrows, “Brother, you have to promise me that no matter how slow my sister’s reaction is, you will Don’t give up!”
"The person that Big Brother recognizes will not let go easily."
"Then you have to promise me that you will be good to my sister for the rest of your life, otherwise, I will kill you out of righteousness!"
"I promise you!" Shen Haolin rubbed Shen Jiu's head and said seriously, "I will treat her very well throughout my life."
