The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the sixth day.

  On this day, Qiu San Niang let Bai He and Lu Ju have a holiday, and the two also dressed up as young servants to go out for a stroll. Xiao Yi was elusive and didn't know where she was hiding in the temple. Mo Zi became the only maid serving by her side.

  In the afternoon, Qiu Sanniang felt that the bed in the guest room was too hard and refused to take a nap. She asked Mozi to bring her zither and they looked for a quiet pavilion in a secluded forest on the mountain.

  Mozhi took out the guqin and carefully placed it on the stone table. She removed her cloth bag, first taking out a small copper incense burner from the left pocket and lighting the incense. Then she took out a wooden bottle she had made herself from the right pocket, opened the lid, and poured hot tea. Next, she pulled out a brocade blanket from the large middle pocket and carefully spread it on the wooden chair in the pavilion. Finally, she drew out a peach-red cloak, rolled it up, and placed it at one end of the chair.

  "Miss, everything is ready, what else can I do for you?" asked Mozi.

  "This bag is quite useful, it can hold a lot of things and can be carried on both shoulders. In the past, with so many things, at least three servants would have to carry them by hand."

  Purple ink pats her "design", green chrysanthemum sews the double-shoulder backpack, "the weight that the double shoulder can bear is much greater than that of single shoulder or both hands."

  Qiu San Niang nodded as if she understood, but wasn't really concerned about the reason. She needed to be alone. "I know you don't like listening to the zither, lest you get drowsy. Just wander around and don't go too far."

  "Girl, I'll guard the entrance of the forest. This way, you can see me and no one will come to disturb you." Mozi couldn't bear the classical slow rhythm, he liked the kind that was like a galloping horse, it gave him some excitement.

  "Go." Qiu Sanniang picked up her zither and began to tune it with her head bowed.

  Leaning against the rocky mountain path, Mozi still heard the sound of the qin. The mountain wind dispersed it and then gathered it back at her ear, transforming the rugged "Yang Chun Bai Xue" into a clear and gentle brook, which didn't sound bad.

  She said that among the things she liked most about this era, sleeves were one of them. They came in narrow and wide styles, but they could hold a lot of things. The design was clever, and no matter how you swung your arms, nothing would fall out. Handkerchiefs, small silver coins, letters, and other such items - as long as you didn't mind what others thought, they were quite practical for ordinary people. Sometimes, she also considered whether they could be used as a weapon or something, like filling them with rocks to hit people.

  However, this time, she only put a "Yu Ling Ye Zhou Zhi" in her sleeve. It was not long ago that she had secretly taken it from Old Master Qiu's study when she went to fetch books for Third Young Mistress Qiu. The book was half the size and thickness of ordinary books, but its paper quality was very light, making it easy to carry. This couldn't be considered stealing, as Third Young Mistress Qiu had long since tacitly approved of her reading habits. Although there were only a handful of maids in the Qiu household who could read, even Sixth and Seventh Young Mistresses didn't know many characters, but Third Young Mistress Qiu was well-read and loved to read books, so she treated her like a book friend and was very lenient.

  Yuling Night Boat Records is a handwritten book, the exact date of which is unclear, but it can be roughly inferred to be more than 30 years ago. This book mainly tells about the strange stories and interesting things that happened in various places in Yuling, as told by travelers who took night boats. The wonderful thing about this book is that it has detailed illustrations of several types of small night boats, which greatly interests Mozi, a boatman by trade.

  The book was held in his hand, but due to the fleeting sound of the guqin, he was somewhat distracted.

  That night, Mozi told Baihe to find an opportunity to tell Weishi about Qiu San Niang's true nature. On the fourth day, Baihe and Lüjù accompanied San Niang to see Weishi and did just that. After returning, Qiu San Niang complained, saying that these maids had taken it upon themselves to reveal her shortcomings to outsiders without consulting her.

  Bai He thought Qiu San Niang was really angry and rushed in front of Mo Zi to say that it was all her own idea.

  It is unknown whether Zhī Qiú Sān Niáng spared Bái Hé because she had been following her since childhood and did not pursue the matter, but in any case it was unlike how she treated Mò Zǐ, also going to fine Bái Hé several hundred taels of silver.

  Later, Mozi heard from Lü Jù that on that day, Qiu Sanniang and Wei Shi had a very pleasant conversation, chatting about everything under the sun, and even found several places they both had been to before. The topic of conversation was endless. Wei Shi even invited Qiu Sanniang to have dinner together, but was politely declined by Qiu Sanniang due to her needing to get up at night to recite scriptures during her fasting period.

  Lu Jing said to Mo Zi with a regretful expression, saying that she shouldn't have pushed or rejected him.

  In Mozi's view, Qiu Sanniang has entered a state of frenzy.

  Loosen the reins in order to grasp them better.

  Isn't it good? When to be true, when to follow etiquette, when to move forward, and when to take a step back, grasping the right moment is when opportunities arise. In any case, Qiu San Niang was truly filial to her father, doing everything with utmost sincerity. Knocking a thousand times, singing a thousand times, writing a thousand times, not getting tired of repeating herself, all done by herself. The hundred rituals of filial piety come first, which is what Wei Shi considers most important when selecting people.

  From the second day on, Qiu Sanniang only had breakfast with Wei Shi. Even if she had free time now, she wouldn't bother to entangle more and knew when to stop.

  But whether things will go as smoothly as they think, Mozi doesn't know. At her feet, a cluster of bright yellow wildflowers was blooming, and when she hesitated, the flowers seemed to be a string of suns, rolling back and forth in front of her eyes.

  "The white tea flowers on this mountain are really beautiful." A calm and steady voice suddenly came from the mountain road.

  Mei Zi suddenly realized she had heard this voice before and immediately came back to her senses.

  "No, I've never seen such a lovely sight before. I was thinking of asking the owner if I could transplant a few, but I'm afraid it's too much trouble for these poor flowers to travel so far and be disturbed again. But your mother loved white tea flowers the most, and I feel sorry that she can't see them." Another voice chuckled, filled with affection from an elder towards a younger relative.

  In her mind's eye, Wei's kindly and loving face floated up, and Mozi thought that living close by was a good thing - she could see him whenever she looked up.

  Thinking in his heart, he quickly took action and put the book back into his sleeve. He had already turned around from behind the mountain rock.

  "Good madam." He slightly lowered his head, leaned forward with his upper body, placed his hands at his sides by his waist, and bent his knees slightly.

  "Who are you?" Wei Shi was somewhat puzzled because he couldn't see his opponent's face clearly.

  Mei Zi slightly raised her head, with a slight bow but remaining still, "Madam, I am Mei Zi, the maid of the third young lady of the Qiu manor."

  "It's you." Wei Shi, even if he didn't pay attention to Mo Zi's appearance, was deeply impressed by the name "Mo Zi". "I've been having meals with your family's daughter these past few days, and I haven't seen you. I was wondering..."

  "Thank you, Mrs. Xie. Mozi is just a second-class maid and doesn't often serve in front of the young lady." You're being polite, I'm being polite, everyone's being overly polite. Mozi lifted her head again, saw the man beside Lady Wei, and quickly hid her face once more, shocked in her heart.

  The voice was familiar, as she had heard it just a few days ago. The man was actually the second son of another family she had met at Wang Qiulou. Their encounter that day was unpleasant. Meeting again here was like saying "narrow road and enemies meet".

  "Your family's girls are really talented, and the younger ones are just as clever as each other." This is genuine praise.

  "It's also our good fortune to meet a girl." I wholeheartedly represent Baihe Xiaoyi and Lvgui, myself is half and half.

  "Look at this sweet girl's clever mouth." Mozi's humble attitude obviously conformed to Weishi's intentions, making her smile and turn to the young man beside her, "Second Brother, the little poem you admired, as well as the story that dispelled your idea of Uncle Wei taking a concubine, was told by this lass."

  Here it comes again.

  Proof of severe lack of entertainment life!

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  Happy National Day!

  It seems that the moderators are all on holiday, and no one is reviewing PK applications. I'm not sure if we can make it in October, but anyway, tomorrow there will be scores released, which means passing. If we don't make it, neither Pink nor the PK voting system will accept it. Try it out, everyone.

  It's been a mess since the beginning of the month. The contract express took ten days, so even the editor couldn't give a recommendation. Then I missed the September PK. After that, my computer broke down and all the data was lost. Applying for October, coincided with National Day, editors were on holiday.

  Alas - I hope everyone's joy during the holiday can turn around my bad luck!

  Had a great time!