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Chapter 193 It’s you

After half of the Chang family yard was sold, most of the servants were laid off. Zhang Ma was an elderly member of the Chang family, and since she had no relatives or support, Chang Luoyun asked Wu Ma to send her to Zhuangzi.

Although the food and housing in Zhuangzi are not as good as those in Chang's home, fortunately, there is more freedom. Even if she can't do much work, she still has dinner.

Zhang Ma followed behind Chang Luoyun and said with a smile: "I heard that the girl married into the Changping Hou Mansion. God is really wise." She said cheerfully: "The Marquis and the girl haven't eaten yet, I'll go to the kitchen. Let them get some food."

Chang Luoyun smiled and said, "I'm going to jail Zhang Mama."

Zhang Ma happily went to the kitchen. Chang Luoyun said: "She lost her eyes not long after arriving in Zhuangzi. It's good to see her like this now."

Mu Jingyi held her hand and the two walked into the courtyard.

This is a courtyard with a small courtyard. Chang Luoyun and Biyan used to live in two of the three wing rooms in front, and the remaining one has always been empty. Now that Chang Luoyun and Bi Yan can no longer live there, all three rooms are vacant.

Zhang's mother and Sister-in-law Li, who looks after the yard, live in a side room next to the main house, with the kitchen next to it. The side house on the other side is the warehouse. Apart from sending vegetables and grain from the village to the warehouse, other farmers in the village live in their own homes on weekdays and rarely come to the yard on the village.

As soon as they arrived at the yard, Sister-in-law Li had already walked out with a smile. She wiped her hands on her waist and called out with a reserved smile: "Girl."

Sister-in-law Li's natal family was in a neighboring village. She was married to Zhuangzi, but unexpectedly the man died just two years later. Sister-in-law Li's mother-in-law kicked her out by insisting that she was a broomstick. Chang Luoyun saw that she was alone and asked her to live in Zhuangzi.

Sister-in-law Li is a diligent person and always keeps the yard clean. She has lived here for so many years.

Chang Luoyun said with a smile: "Master Hou and I happened to have time, so we didn't tell you in advance."

Sister-in-law Li rubbed her hands, a smile appeared on her rough and red face, "Girl and Mr. Hou, go to the house and have a rest. There are frozen persimmons in the vat. I will give them to the girl and Mr. Hou to taste first."

Sister-in-law Li is clumsy, but has a delicate mind. She always remembered that Chang Luoyun liked to eat persimmons. Every year, he would pick the persimmons and make them into frozen persimmons or persimmon cakes, which would be taken away when someone went to the city.

Chang Luoyun and Mu Jingyi entered the house. The room was not spacious. There was a table facing the door and two bamboo chairs beside the table. The armrests had been polished round and smooth. There is an embroidery stand against the wall on the right, and a wooden bed opposite. The bed is hung with a lotus-colored cloth tent and covered with blue cloth bedding. Although it is old, it is very clean.

It was still the same as when she lived here. Even though no one was living there, Sister-in-law Li was always taking care of it.

Mu Jingyi sat on the chair next to the table, and saw the little girl sitting in front of the embroidery frame doing embroidery seriously, and the look on her face softened.

"Master Hou, if you think of something happy, come and tell me." Chang Luoyun sat opposite him and joked with a smile.

"Really want to hear it?" Mu Jingyi said with a smile.

"If the Marquis doesn't want to say it, let it go. Zuo just remembered that little girl." Chang Luoyun held his chin in his hands, his eyes as clear as a spring in the mountains.

"It does remind me of a little girl." Mu Jingyi said with a smile, "That little girl was crying while stuffing a piece of cake into her mouth. She really didn't hurt her stomach even if she cried."

Chang Luoyun remembered that it was the anniversary of her death in the first year after her death. On that day, she went to pay homage to her grave when it suddenly started raining heavily. She was wet from the rain, cold and sad, and she felt sad for some reason. Maybe it was because the rain was pouring on her body that she was too sad, or maybe she missed her mother too much. She had never cried since she came to Zhuangzi, and she shed tears for the first time. At that moment, it seemed that all the sadness had found a place. She couldn't stop her tears from coming out of her mouth. She howled in the heavy rain, crying all the way from the mountain to the house.

Bi Yan couldn't persuade her, and was frightened.

When they arrived at the village, Sister-in-law Li brought clean clothes for her to change into. Mrs. Pei hadn't sent anything for a long time, and there was nothing to eat in the village. Sister-in-law Li went to the kitchen to bake a green onion pancake, heated up a bowl of rice soup and asked Bi Yan to bring it to her.

Chang Luoyun had stopped crying and was drinking rice soup and eating pancakes with tears in his eyes.

When people are sad, nothing can be better than a bowl of warm food to soothe their hair. She slowly chewed the pancakes and felt the courage to move forward.

Chang Luoyun was stunned and stared at him, "You even know this." Then he said calmly: "Do you think it's funny?"

"I don't think so." Mu Jingyi said seriously: "I think the little girl is very cute. Thinking that the little girl loves to eat so much, I even went to get two boxes of peach cakes for the little girl."

Chang Luoyun was startled and looked at him a little dazedly.

On the second day after the rain, Bi Yan said that there was a box of peach cakes at the door. She happily brought it in and said that the lady must have sent it because she saw that the girl was sad.

The peach cake is very delicately made, with a peach printed on each cake using a mold. The pink peach green leaves are very attractive in the round cake exuding the crispy fragrance. The lacquered and carved wood food box used to hold the peach cakes is even more exquisite.

The appearance of the box of peach cakes was really strange. The whole night of rain washed the yard very clean, and there was no trace of anyone coming in the yard. It was even more impossible for Mrs. Pei to kindly arrange for someone to send peach cakes here on a rainy night, and she was in Gyeongju City. His father, I am afraid, has long forgotten that he has a daughter in Zhuangzi.

Chang Luoyun would rather believe that this is the shortcake sent by Auntie in the form of a fairy because she misses him secretly. Otherwise, how could anyone in this world give him such exquisite cakes for no reason.

Chang Luoyun couldn't bear to eat that box of peach cakes, so he put it next to the pillow. He really missed his grandma so he ate one piece. Chang Luoyun ate the two boxes of peach cakes for a long time, and it became a part of her childhood. A rare sweetness in life.

And the box containing the peach cakes was always with her.

"It turns out it's you." Chang Luoyun's eyes were red, "So you asked Uncle Yanqing to come over."

"Uncle Yanqing is your grandma's cousin, so it is most appropriate for him to take care of you."

"You arranged for him to find someone to teach me embroidery?" Chang Luoyun asked.

"I think you miss your grandma so much. If I find something for you to do, maybe you won't be so sad." Mu Jingyi said, "What, are you unhappy?"

"I didn't." Chang Luoyun forced back the tears in his eyes.

After A Niang left, she thought that no one would care about her happiness again in this life. Who knew that on such a rainy night, someone could actually soothe her sadness with a box of cakes.

With a creak, the door was pushed open.

Sister-in-law Li brought in a few fire persimmons on a plate. The persimmons have been soaked in warm water. The translucent persimmons can be seen dripping with juice, which is warm from the hot water.

There is not much food on Zhuangzi, and it is even more desolate in winter. There are not even many wild fruits on the mountains. Fortunately, there are a few persimmon trees in front of the yard. The persimmons are small but sweet. Sister-in-law Li is reluctant to eat them and always saves them for Chang Luoyun as snacks.

Sister-in-law Li put the plate on the table with a smile and went out again.

The room became quiet again. Chang Luoyun picked up a persimmon, carefully removed the stem, handed it to Mu Jingyi and said, "Master Marquis, try it."

She took another one, deftly removed the base of the persimmon, put her mouth on it and sucked it gently, and the sweet juice came into her mouth, leaving only a complete persimmon skin.

She smiled and said, "Try it."

Mu Jingyi followed Chang Luoyun's example and finished eating the persimmons. Chang Luoyun laughed, "I'm afraid the Marquis has never eaten persimmons like this."

Mu Jingyi smiled and said, "It's much more fun this way."

In fact, this is how he ate persimmons. It was Chang Luoyun's second year at Zhuangzi. He happened to be passing by and stopped by to see her. The little girl has grown up a bit and seems to be smiling a bit more. It is when the persimmons are ripe. She is sitting on the persimmon tree wearing a cloth, holding a red persimmon and eating it with relish. Her eyebrows were curved, her eyes were clear, and the corners of her lips were even stained with persimmon juice. She was holding a persimmon, with curved eyebrows and clear eyes, as if she was holding the whole world.

Mu Jingyi's lips couldn't help but raise.

When leaving, Liang Qi took a few persimmons with him. On the way he imitated her and ate one. It didn't feel unclean at all, but I felt the pure sweetness of the persimmon.

In his life, all the food he ate was prepared and served by his servants. He didn't have any special preferences, and the persimmons were just a hint of embellishment in the cakes. But from then on, he would always think of the cool and sweet taste of persimmons and the satisfied expression of the little girl eating the persimmons.

"Master Hou, what are you laughing at?" Chang Luoyun looked suspicious.

"Am I smiling?" Mu Jingyi looked at her.

There's none? Chang Luoyun murmured in his heart, this man seemed to have remembered something happy since he entered the room, with a smile on his face. Could it be that he was still thinking about the embarrassing incident of crying and eating steamed buns.

Just as he was thinking about it, Aunt Li had already brought in two bowls of white porridge, a few pancakes and a small plate of pickles. Winter had just passed, and there were no fresh fruits and vegetables in the village except for grain. In addition, Mu Jingyi and Chang Luoyun arrived suddenly, and Sister-in-law Li couldn't find anything better for a while.

Fortunately, since Zhuangzi came into Chang Luoyun's hands, food was always indispensable. Sister-in-law Li smiled solemnly and said: "Simple is a little too simple. Mr. Marquis and Madam will eat first to fill their stomachs."

Chang Luoyun said: "Sister-in-law Li, thank you for your hard work. Let's go down and rest first!"

Chang Luoyun had endured hardships since he was a child, and Mu Jingyi would lead troops on expeditions at any time. Both of them were not picky about their food, and the food was quite satisfying.

After the two of them finished eating, Mrs. Li went into the room to clear away the dishes. Chang Luoyun was about to make the bed when Mu Jingyi stood up, took her hand and said, "Don't be busy cleaning up now. Follow me to a place."

(End of this chapter)