From the moon to the middle of the sky, the tide that receded in the first half of the night slowly rose again, gradually submerging the reefs below.
Pei You'an and Jia Fu stood at a high place and watched the boat carrying Dong Cheng Subaru and Xiao Yu gradually drift away.
The young man stood on the bow of the boat, reluctantly, and kept looking in the direction of the reef island, until the reef island where the two people stood, went farther and farther, and completely disappeared from sight.
The rock that Jiafu sat on in the middle of the night was submerged by the tide, the sampan floated up, and the hull swayed left and right with the dark waves rolled by the sea slapping the reef, making a slight sound of water waves.
Pei You'an took her back to the boat.
Tomorrow morning, Yang Yunhui will drive the carriage out of the city again to pick up the two of them back, and the two will spend the remaining hours on the boat tonight.
The boat was pushed by the dark tide at the bottom of the boat, and slowly drifted away in the direction of the shore.
Jiafu was lying in Pei You'an's arms, covered with his clothes, sleepy, and slowly closed her eyes.
Pei You'an didn't close his eyes overnight.
Most of the time, he lowered his head and looked at the half-sleeping face of the person in his arms, which was outlined by the night. When she seemed to have had an uneasy dream, she closed her eyes and rubbed her face into his arms. , pat her on the back until she falls asleep again.
When Catherine woke up, the boat had returned to the bay between the shoals last night, and it was bright.
The carriage that the two of them rode in last night was parked by the Citong Forest in the distance.
The sampan slowly drifted with the waves, drifting farther and farther, and completely disappeared on the vast sea. Everything from last night, the golden-faced dragon king, and the boy named Yu, when I think of it, it seems that it was just last night. It is only part of the dream of rafting.
When the two returned to the city, when the carriage passed the city gate, there seemed to be a new official notice posted there, and the front was crowded with people, some clamoring and some groaning.
Pei You'an told Yang Yun to stop the carriage. After a while, Yang Yun came back and said that the state government announced that the port would be closed on the date and that all ships would be prohibited from entering the sea. As for when it would resume, it was not mentioned.
The last time there was a fire in the warehouse, the Zhen family suffered a lot of losses, and now they have to ban the sea, which has an even greater impact on the Zhen family, and it can even be said to have cut off their fortunes. Seeing Pei You'an frowning slightly, Jiafu seemed to be thinking about something, afraid that he would be embarrassed, and said hurriedly: "My brother suffered that last time, and the whole family still has lingering fears, plus grandmother's health is not good, the family is trying to relax, I also thought there would be an announcement from the government. Once it's out, just wait."
Pei You'an returned to his senses and nodded slightly.
When they got to Zhen's house, the two of them went in. After washing and changing their clothes, Madam Liu and Sandalwood led the girl to bring meals, which were neatly placed on the small table.
Jiafu was already hungry, so she sat down and started to eat. After eating the plate of braised duck with silver wire, she thought the duck meat was delicious, so she took a piece and brought it to his mouth.
He glanced nearby, and saw that the servant who was serving had turned his face away, smiled, opened his mouth to accept it, and then took a piece of cherry honey meat that Jiafu liked and put it in the head of her bowl.
Jiafu put it in her mouth and ate it. Seeing his eyes fell on her lips, she subconsciously stuck out the tip of her tongue, licked it, licked off the sugar juice on her lips, and gave him a sweet smile. .
Pei You'an looked away.
After dinner, the two went to visit their grandmother's bedside.
In these days, Mrs. Hu's health has gradually improved, and after spending a moment with her, Mrs. Meng said that she was there and told the two to rest.
Pei Youan asked someone to go back to the pilgrimages that had been piled up one after another. He stayed behind closed doors and accompanied Jiafu back to the room. After taking a nap, under the Nanxuan window, he was neatly dressed, with a sash around his waist, and he still looked meticulous, Jiafu. However, it seems that she has never been satisfied in her afternoon nap. She has apricot face and peach cheeks, and blue silk is lazily combed. She casually wears a home-style dress in lake blue, showing half an inch of her chest with a white tube top with a crescent moon, a pair of jade feet, and no socks, hanging on the edge of the couch. , most of the body, leaning lazily on his shoulder.
Pei Youan told her the chess manual, and based on his memory, he recovered the endgame that she had wiped out before the two of them were finished on the boat that day, and said, "At that time, your top 30 players were not bad at all. The five moves are very good, and I can't find any flaws. After only thirty-five moves, I was eager to set up a game, but I still lacked experience, so I made a losing move. I will teach you how to beat me."
He concentrated on the move, stared at the chessboard, did not look at her, and said in his mouth: "... see, if you move like this, you will have no scruples about the calamity. If you lose, you will not hurt yourself. Win, there are windfalls, this party is a worry-free calamity…”
Jiafu had a plum in her mouth, her cheeks were slightly bulging, her mouth kept humming, and her little hand stretched out to a twelve-square white jade inlaid biscuit containing lychees, green plums, preserved peaches, hazelnuts and other fruits. The box, picked out a candied apricot, turned over, fell on his back on his lap, raised a jade arm, and raised the candied apricot to his lips with a smile.
Pei You'an's voice stopped, he lowered his head, his eyes fell on her face, and stopped.
The warm air in the afternoon, mixed with the scent of flowers in the courtyard, walked in through the window, gently rolling the half-rolled green curtain, and the curtain made a small sound of knocking on the window. Sunlight leaked in from the curtain, followed by the swaying curtain, jumping and falling onto the woman's face. He didn't know if it was because the spring was too bright or the face was too delicate, but he was a little dazzled for a while.
"The chess path is being repaired. Get up and sit down."
Pei You'an said, his voice was a little dry, and his expression was serious.
Jiafu pouted: "What do you want to eat?"
Pei Youan turned his face away: "Sour, I won't eat it."
Jiafu spit out the green plum covered with crystal saliva in her mouth, took a bite of the preserved apricot, revealing a small white canine tooth: "It's not sour, just take a bite! After you eat it, teach me."
Pei You'an was holding apricots, and the sour and sweet taste slowly melted on the bottom of his tongue, and body fluid was produced in his mouth.
He looked up at the girl who was leaning on his lap and acted coquettishly at him, and suddenly remembered an essay that he had read somewhere before.
"Jiao", one "woman" and one "Qiao", Qiao originally meant "arch", saying that a woman is like a horse, arching her back and running wild, so "Jiao" originally meant that a woman would run wild like a horse in front of a man, and would not be obedient.
"Big cousin, what are you thinking?"
Seeing that he didn't speak for a while, Jiafu looked down at herself with a strange look, so she raised her hand in front of him, spread her white and tender fingers, and shook it a few times like a ghost.
Pei You'an swallowed the fruit in his mouth, gently hugged her from his lap, got off the bed, turned his back and said, "I heard that the scenery of Qingyuan Mountain is good, I have been in Quanzhou for a few days. I haven't been there yet, take me for a walk while you are free in the afternoon."
Jiafu happily agreed, and immediately stepped down from the couch, asked someone to speak to Mrs. Meng, then brushed her hair and changed her clothes, and asked her brother Zhen Yaoting to go with him, but he refused to go, so he just let him go. He took one or two people with him, traveled lightly, walked out of Chaotianmen in the north of the city, and went all the way to Qingyuan Mountain, where he had some fun and came back in the evening. Although his legs and feet were sore, he was quite excited, because Pei Youan said , I will go to Zimao Mountain in the west of the city tomorrow, and I want to go with her to see all the landscapes in Quanzhou, but I don't want to go home, so I entered the door, and the doorman greeted me: "Uncle Pei, in the afternoon, the state government Master Chen personally I came here and sent an express from the imperial court, saying that it was sent to you, uncle."
Pei Youan took the letter, turned on the paint, glanced at it, and then put it down, looking as usual, as if he had expected it, he only looked at Jiafu with a look of guilt, and whispered: "Fu'er, long live call me back to Beijing. It's not long since you went home, and your grandmother's illness is not yet cured, so you can stay for the time being. I'll go back to Beijing first, and I'll take you back after a while, okay?"