"Little sister!" A man with a yellowish-brown silver fox fur trimmed brocade robe, wearing deerskin boots, and still bearing the remnants of fatigue on his face, pushed aside the curtain and strode in. His eyebrows and eyes bore some resemblance to those of the Tao family, and like many men of his age, he had a long beard, but in his gestures and movements, there was an air of heroic elegance and refinement that few scholars possessed.

  When she saw her elder brother, Tao's eyes turned red, but she held back and forced a smile. As soon as she smiled, she burst into a fit of coughs. The more she tried to hold it in, the more she couldn't, and her face turned red with suffocation. Lin Jingrong and her sister hurriedly handed her water and patted her chest, their eyes also turning red.

  Tao Shunqin's face suddenly changed, and he tightly clenched his teeth. After a moment of silence, when the coughing stopped, he forced out a smile: "I just saw Shen Zhi at Old Master Tao's place, and I was delighted to see that he is sensible and well-mannered. Coming in here, I see that both girls have grown up too."

  Lin Jinyong and Lin Jinyin hurriedly called out: "Uncle." The three of them exchanged glances, all understanding each other's intentions.

  After a few words of small talk, Mrs. Tao began to shoo them away: "I have something to discuss with your uncle, A-yin go and tell Old Mother Kong to prepare the steamed fish with pickled mustard greens that Uncle loves to eat; Nainai is going out as a guest, it's getting late, hurry up and leave! Don't wait for others to come and urge you!"

  Lin Jinrong had no choice but to bring lychees and longans, and meet up with Lin Wu and others, braving the heavy snow to take a carriage to the Lu family.

  Lin Wu and Lin Jianrong sat in the same car, as soon as they got on, they warmly hugged Lin Jianrong's arm to curry favor: "Fourth sister, you can finally go out with us, I'm so happy. Last time Second Brother invited Wu Ergou and others to be guests, Wu Ergou blew the sheng, I think he actually didn't blow as well as you, but Sixth Sister and Seventh Sister said he blew better than you. Today if there's an opportunity, you can compare with Wu Ergou."

  Lin Jinyu absent-mindedly said, "I was never better than Wu Ergou to begin with." She wasn't being modest either. Wu Xiang's reputation was indeed undeserved. In the past, she had never been able to surpass Wu Xiang no matter how many times they competed against each other. Even after all these years, she still didn't have the confidence to exceed Wu Xiang.

  Lin Wu turned her head to look at Lin Jianrong's delicate, porcelain-like skin and two slender, painted eyebrows, wanting to speak but hesitating. No, Lu Xian and Lu Lun insisted that Lin Jianrong was better than Wu Xiang. She believed it was biased, but Lu Xian said there must be a reason for it. However, she would never discuss this with Lin Jianrong, as she always felt that the farther Lin Jianrong stayed away from Lu Xian, the better.

  The horse carriage stopped and started, finally stopping outside the second gate of the Lu family. A servant woman held up a large umbrella with a blue canopy outside, laughing: "It's snowing heavily, it's very cold, young ladies, tie your cloaks tightly and be careful where you step!"

  Lin Jiner supported Lizi's hand as she got off the carriage, looking up at the familiar yet strange Lu family mansion in the midst of heavy snowfall, with a vast expanse of whiteness before her eyes and in her heart.

  Like the Lin family, the Lu family also expanded from their old house, with ancient trees visible everywhere. The place was just as delicate and prosperous. She spent nearly six years here, every blade of grass, every tree, every stone, and every wall held memories. There had been sweetness, but also sorrow. Yet, after being tempered by time, the sweetness seemed even more sorrowful than the pain.

  People are generally like this, they like to recall their successes and joys, but not their failures and sorrows. She is no exception. This place has witnessed all her failures and embarrassments, she wants that one day she can fearlessly face her past, starting from now.

  The leader, Lin San's wife, Madame Wen, softly instructed the waiting maids: "It's cold and snowy outside, take good care of the young ladies, don't let them catch a chill."

  The old woman who was holding the umbrella for her said in a cheerful tone: "Third young mistress, don't worry. Last night, the lady saw the sky and said it might snow, so she specially ordered to light up the fire dragon in the Listening Snow Pavilion. It's been burning for a day and a night, and it's warm. Now the girls feel cold, but when they go in, they'll probably feel hot even wearing thick woolen clothes."

  Another woman who was holding an umbrella for Lin Jinrong also smiled and said, "As for today's gathering at the warm pavilion, it really is a good place and a good day. The heavenly snow is falling, and the plum blossoms outside the Listening to Snow Pavilion are blooming extremely well, truly fragrant."

  "Oh." Lin Jinrong knew that outside the Listening Snow Pavilion, there were plum blossoms, not only wax plums but also red plums, which could bloom from early winter to late winter. The year she got married, she and Lu Xuan had a midnight snow-listening session inside, and they even swept the snow off the plum blossoms and buried it under the tree for use in making tea later. But the second year, the container filled with snow water was forgotten by someone.

  Lin Wu suddenly gazed at Lin Jian, who smiled sweetly: "Fourth sister, it's really fragrant. Last time, Second Brother Lu took me to sweep the snow off the plum blossoms. The snow was fragrant, and he said that next year he would brew tea for me to drink."

  Lin Jinyong glanced at Lin Wuyi, smiled faintly. For others, she might argue, but for this person, she would never argue. Moreover, today she was going to do something that would make Lin Yuzhen and Lu Yun dislike her.

  Lin Wu felt that his little thoughts were somewhat exposed under Lin Jianrong's clear gaze, and he didn't dare to look at Lin Jianrong again. But then he heard Lin Qi suddenly laugh behind him: "Ah, now that you mention it, I also want to drink tea made from the snow water collected from plum blossoms... Fourth sister, you love tea so much, do you have such water?"

  "Never mind, let's just say that Fourth Sister has it. The flavor is definitely different from the one at Auntie's house."

  Lin Qida said: "Then I'll go and tell Auntie, ask Second Brother to make tea for Fifth Sister to drink, and also bring some for us."

  Lin Liu covered her mouth and laughed: "This girl, even the tea made from snow water has to be begged for like a flower, are you really our Lin family's daughter? You're really shameless. Don't say I know you!"

  The twins exchanged sarcastic remarks, but Lin Wu's face turned red with anger and he said stiffly: "Sixth Sister and Seventh Sister are really interesting to talk to..."

  Lin Liu and Lin Qi laughed together and said in unison: "Isn't it fun?"

  "Wen said with a frown: 'Be cautious in words and actions!'"

  Several girls shut their mouths with a pout.

  Before long, a faint scent of plum blossoms wafted up to his nose, indicating that Listening Snow Pavilion was near. Lin Jingyu took a deep breath and subconsciously adjusted the gemstone tassels on his waist, turning back to look.

  But then a mass of snow came howling, heavily hitting the shoulder of the old woman who was holding an umbrella for her. The old woman let out a cry of "Aiyo!", turned her head to look, but was again hit by another mass of snow that followed closely behind, this time on her chest.

  Who dares to be so reckless in this courtyard, besides Lu Lun, I don't think there's a second person. The old woman went to shake off the snow on her clothes and said loudly: "Fifth Master, stop playing around, you'll scare the guests!" Before she finished speaking, another snowball flew towards her face, scaring her so much that she didn't care about anything else and hurriedly raised the umbrella in her hand to block the snow.

  The snow fell heavily on the umbrella, splashing everywhere, and landed on Lin Jingrong's neck, making her shiver. Li Zhi and Gui Yuan hurried over to help Lin Jingrong clean the snow from her neck.

  The old woman hastily confessed her guilt: "I deserve to die!" And then complained, "This Fifth Master is really stubborn and unruly!"

  Lin Jinyong smiled and said, "It doesn't matter." It was the same that year. If Lu Xun's snowball hadn't appeared again, she would have found it strange. Her gaze shifted, and not far away, behind a wintergreen tree, she spotted a figure in blue clothes, peeking out with two fluffy ear warmers on his ears. It was clear he had been preparing early, with a large pile of snowballs at his feet, waiting for them to come over so he could launch a surprise attack.

  Lu Xian smiled complacently and winked at Lin Jinyong, raising his hands again. Two more snowballs flew over, this time aimed at Lin Jinyong. In her previous life, Lin Jinyong had been hit in the face by this reckless fool, causing her to be ridiculed. This time she was prepared and quickly grabbed the umbrella of a nearby woman to block them.

  Lin Liu and Lin Qi burst out laughing, clapping their hands: "How fun! Really fun!" While laughing, they bent down to grab some snow from a nearby dwarf tree, made snowballs, and threw them in the direction of the incoming snowball.

  Lin Wu's paws were also a bit itchy, but she endured the discomfort in order to maintain her elegant lady image in front of others, and advised: "Let's not mess with him, be careful not to become a laughing stock!"

  Lin Liu and Lin Qi didn't care about her at all. Not only did they catch snow themselves, but also ordered the servant girl to help. Wen Shi couldn't stop them, so she simply ignored it.

  A flurry of snow flew towards Lu Yun, who resisted for a while before being overwhelmed. Without caring about his aim, he wildly threw snowballs and shouted: "You're relying on your numbers to bully me! Don't let Yatou help!"

  "Fine, I'll let Xiao Shuai make a snowball for you!" Lin Qi aimed and threw it with a "slap", hitting Lu Yun's forehead perfectly. He clapped his hands triumphantly, saying: "Stinky black fatty, you dared to scold me! You got me punished!"

  Lu Xun is actually a very magnanimous person and didn't get angry, he just threw a snowball over and said loudly: "Lin Qi, you little ghost, I had forgotten that you still remembered."

  "So you're here to cause trouble again? Have you forgotten about being punished last time? Just wait and see, I'll tell Father!" Suddenly, several young men emerged from behind the winter green tree, including Lu Xie, Wu Xiang, and Lu Jing. It was Lu Jing who spoke up, and as he did, one of his hands reached out to grab Lu Yun's ear.

  "White fatty! Tell the dog!" Lu Lin dodged nimbly, made a face at him and called out: "Sixth brother, let's go quickly!" The crowd then saw a short, thin, pale-faced boy of about eight or nine years old emerge from behind the wintergreen tree. He was wrapped up like a small bear and had a smile on his face as he glanced shyly at the girls before following Lu Lin to run far away.

  Lin Jinyong saw clearly that the little boy was the only male left in the third house of the Lu family, Lu Xiu's younger brother Lu Mian. This child had been weak and sickly since childhood, taking medicine every year without knowing how much to eat, and was particularly spoiled. Although they were biological brothers, he never liked to be with Lu Xiu, but only loved to be close to Lu Lun, the same as the demon king of the world.

  Lu Jing shouted loudly: "Lao Wu, you're teaching Liu Di to do bad things again! He's not in good health, but you let him play in the snow. If San Aunt finds out..."

  Lu Jie suddenly interrupted him, "Third brother is wrong, what's the big deal about a naughty child? The sisters-in-law won't hold it against him either. Sixth brother isn't feeling well and should be moving around more." Then he bowed to the Lin family women with his fists clasped together, "Mother is waiting for you in the Listening Snow Pavilion, please go ahead."

  Everyone burst out laughing, and after returning the courtesy, they continued walking forward. The twins looked at Lin Wu with their eyes, but saw Lin Wu frequently turning his head back, couldn't help but chuckle, Lin Wu's face turned slightly red, lowered his eyes and didn't speak.

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