The daily life of a charming girl who made a fortune in ancient times

Chapter 10 Picking a Stick
Lin Ruyu, whose blood was frozen all over, was awakened by the sound of the feet of the person behind her falling into the water. She opened her mouth to inhale a big mouthful of damp and cool air, told herself not to be afraid, then pretended not to hear the movement behind her, and stepped forward Walk.

The footsteps behind her were getting closer, and just as she was clenching the broken bowl in her hand to fight back, a dilapidated wooden door opened with a "squeak" in front, and a woman wearing a wooden hairpin and a coarse cloth apron pointed at Lin Ruyu, She scolded her head and face, "Where did you go, you bloody girl, with a big pot of dirty clothes soaking in it? Come in!"

Squeezing Lin Ruyu into the door, the woman gave a hard look at the man in Tsing Yi who was following her, closed the wooden door with a bang, and continued to curse, "I can't stay at home when it's raining, the street is so good? My old lady spends money." To pull you so hard is to make you go crazy? Who is that wild man outside the door? If you dare to go out and make love, I will let your father break your leg!"

Hearing the yelling and cursing coming from the courtyard, knowing that his young master's tea would not be finished today, An Linchun turned and left.

The woman who was screaming with her hands on her hips was in stark contrast to the smiling Chen Ge who was leaning against the porch, and Lin Ruyu, who had escaped, also laughed mechanically.

She was born to be extremely beautiful, even though she was covered with dirt, she still had a lively smile, which stunned the two people on the opposite side.

Shen Ge came back to his senses first and coughed, and then the woman came back to her senses and continued to curse.Guessing that the person chasing her had gone far away, Shen Ge said, "Third Aunt, it's fine."

Lin Ruyu thanked her, "Thank you, Third Aunt, for helping me out."

"You're being polite, it's just a matter of talking." Aunt Ma turned and entered the room without asking anything.

Lin Ruyu thanked Shen Ge gratefully, if it wasn't for Shen Ge's help just now, Lin Ruyu didn't know if she could pass the test smoothly, she was too weak!She has to find a way to become stronger.

"I came here to discuss with my third aunt about letting the dog recover at home. I saw you were almost caught when I was about to go out." Shen Ge leaned forward slightly, and asked in a low voice in the dripping rain, "I want Let’s go back to the ruined temple, does the girl want to go back together?”

"Yes." Shen Ge didn't ask about the person behind him just now, which made Lin Ruyu heave a sigh of relief.

Drizzling rain, narrow alleys, dirt roads, walking slowly.Lin Ruyu asked softly, "Brother Shen..."

Shen Ge didn't turn his head back, "Young lady, just call me Shen Ge. There are too many people with the surname Shen in the town. If you shout this voice, eight out of ten people will look back at you."

Lin Ruyu changed his words in a timely manner, "Shen Ge, is Wusha Town a must pass from Fuliang County, Raozhou to Xuanzhou?"

Shen Ge shook his head, "No."

"Then, what about Mount Matou?"

Shen Ge turned his head and gave Lin Ruyu a strange look, "No, it's far away."

Lin Ruyu bit her lip.

In the last time today, after he was rescued by An Ziyuan at the foot of Mount Matou, he said that he set out from Raozhou by boat carrying cargo, because the merchant ship was sunk by water bandits while passing by Fuliang, and all the cargo was lost. So I had to abandon the boat and take a car, and went straight to Xuanzhou, not daring to delay for a moment on the road.

But it turns out that Wusha Town and Matou Mountain are not the places that Fuliang must pass to Xuanzhou!I was a fool in my previous life, so I believed him in everything!

"Brother Shen—"

As soon as the two of them arrived at the gate of the ruined temple, a little beggar with no coir raincoat and bare feet ran over and gasped, "Brother Shen! I saw a carriage and three men on horseback rushing to Mr.'s house!"

A carriage with three horses, could it be An Ziyuan?Lin Ruyu raised her eyes, facing Shen Ge's serious eyes.

Without Shen Ge asking, Lin Ruyu replied, "I don't know him, but I feel very scared when I hear his voice. So, he must, must, not be a good person."

Shen Ge nodded, turned around and left quickly.

Entering the ruined temple, she took off her coir raincoat and put the broken bowl that had been split in two in the corner of the wall. Lin Ruyu walked around behind the Buddha statue and saw Lin Dafu, Shengzi, and a dog with wooden boards tied to her legs sitting in a circle, playing with sticks .

Seeing Lin Ruyu came back, Lin Dafu moved to the side of his son, patting the open space beside him, "Gu...second brother, sit here."

"Okay." Lin Ruyu walked over, sat down beside Lin Dafu, and watched him pick a stick.

The tenseness outside was in stark contrast to the idleness here. In a trance, Lin Ruyu suddenly felt a feeling of "it's good to be alive".

Yes.

It's good to be alive, to live in health, to have family members to miss and find health to live in.

The dog next to him stared at Lin Ruyu with sparkling eyes, and suddenly said, "My sister is so pretty, even better than Chunjiao..."

"Dog!" Shengzi quickly stopped the dog, carefully looked at Lin Ruyu's face, and apologized for the dog, "The dog is young and ignorant, girl, don't be as knowledgeable as her."

Lin Ruyu smiled and chatted, "Is the dog talking about Chunjiao who sings Chunlou?"

Seeing that Shengzi's eyes were wide open, Lin Ruyu knew that she had guessed right, "Is she beautiful, is she generous?"

The dog immediately replied, "Not as beautiful as my sister, she is very generous. When she took a sedan chair to burn incense at the Temple of the Medicine King, she gave me four copper coins..."

Gou'er was talking excitedly, until a wooden stick appeared in front of his face, then he opened his eyes wide and said in surprise, "Brother Dafu, have you finished picking?!"

Lin Dafu smiled innocently, "Yeah."

"Brother Dafu won this game again, let my sister come first in the next game!" Gou'er pulled the wooden sticks in front of the three of them into his hands, and threw them in the air. More than 30 palm-length sticks were piled up among the three of them. Then he handed the longer one to Lin Ruyu.

Although it hurts a lot, Gou'er is grateful from the bottom of his heart to Lin Ruyu who helped her set her bones, because she doesn't want to become crippled.

Lin Ruyu took the stick and lowered her head, picked up a small stick accurately in the dim light without touching the others, her thoughts turned from Chunjiao who was singing Chunlou to An Ziyuan.

What did An Ziyuan brave the rain and come to the small town of Wusha?
Picking up two more sticks, Lin Ruyu asked softly, "Just now someone told Shen Ge in front of the temple gate that there was a carriage heading towards Mr.'s house. Is the Mr. he said the teacher in the town?"

The dog shook its slender neck, "Mister doesn't teach others, he only teaches us how to read and write, and gives us food. Mr. is very good, my sister must have heard of his name, he is—— Dong Mr. Bamboo!"

"What!" Lin Ruyu raised her head abruptly.

"It's moving!" The three who were staring at her hand said in unison.

Lin Ruyu handed the wooden stick to the dog next to her, and asked her eagerly, "Mr. Dongzhu, who teaches you to read, is his surname Shi Qiqing and the word Yawang?"

Gou'er smiled proudly, "Yes! It's Mr. Yawang!"

In front of the gate of Shi Zhai, an old servant in coarse clothes and flower hair bowed and saluted, "Mr. went out to visit friends and has not returned. It is inconvenient to receive guests in the mansion. Please forgive me, my lord."

Prince An's son under the umbrella is gentle and elegant, "Dare to ask the old man, when will the master return?"

The old servant's voice didn't fluctuate in the slightest, "Mister hasn't said when he will return, I don't know."

Prince An's smile remained the same, "I have heard that Mr. Zhu is a neighbor of bamboo, and there is a house for guests in the forest. If you take the liberty of me, can you stay in the house in the bamboo forest for a night?"

The old servant raised his hand and pointed, "The house is over there, young master, please help yourself."

Prince An nodded his thanks and walked towards the bamboo forest along the path paved with stones.Before entering the forest, I saw a tall and thin young man in coir raincoat walking towards me.

This young man has sword eyebrows and star eyes, but there is a bit of sharpness on his slightly childish face.Prince An frowned slightly, this face, this expression...

Where have you seen it...

A face that disgusted him suddenly flashed in his mind, and Prince An's gentle and narrow phoenix eyes were sharply raised.

(End of this chapter)