The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 22 Doubt

Ah Ju returned to the wing with a complicated mood.

The younger brother disobeyed and went outside, and the younger sister stayed in the study well. Ah Ju wanted to be alone, so she sat outside the wing room, feeling uneasy.

He said passing by, what are you doing here?
He hasn't shown up for so many days, and coupled with Ru Niang's incident, she almost forgot that there is such a beastly person...

"Miss, are there any guests at home?" Ru Niang opened the door curtain and walked out curiously.

Ah Ju suppressed her irritability, pretending to be natural and explaining: "It's Mr. Zhao who taught Xiaojiu Kung Fu, just passing by."

"Xiao Jiu is still learning kung fu?" Ru Niang asked more and more curiously, and sat across from Ah Ju to ask her what was going on.

Ah Ju didn't want to mention that person too much, so she simply told the story. Just after finishing speaking, Lin Zhu came in at the door: "Sister, Mr. Zhao gave us a deer, and it's still alive. Now that he's gone, what do you want?" Don't go and see?"

Ah Ju had no interest in the things that man gave, but Ru Niang's eyes lit up, and she walked up to her and dragged her: "Miss, hurry up, I haven't seen a deer before, I didn't expect to see that kind of deer in my lifetime." Novelty!"

She pulled her enthusiastically, Ah Ju should not go, for fear of arousing suspicion, after all, deer are really hard to see, she has no reason not to want to see it.With her sister on one side and Ru Niang on the other, Ah Ju had to stand up, intending to go over and take a look before walking away.

The three girls went out together.

There is a persimmon tree next to the wall of the Lin family's house, and the deer is tied under the tree, and Liu's mother and son are looking at it there.There were neighbors looking in at the door, knowing that Lin Xian was not at home, and most of the people who came to see the excitement were women's families and children.Mrs. Liu enthusiastically invited them in, and while looking at the deer, introduced Mr. Zhao's relationship with his family, and the courtyard was very lively.

Lin Zhuru Niang hugged Ah Ju and squeezed in.

It was a doe slightly larger than an ordinary goat, with brown and yellow fur interspersed with round white spots, which was very beautiful.Maybe there are too many people around, it is lying nervously under the tree, its head and ears are turning restlessly, its eyes are full of fear and defense, and it is as agile as a child, making people want to get close to it.

Ah Ju couldn't help but glanced twice more.

The doe's left hind leg was wrapped in gauze, and it was unknown whether it was her own injury or the deer catcher's injury.As for the belly of the doe...

"Look at this deer with such a big belly and bulging breasts, it must be about to give birth. You are so lucky, Xiao Jiuniang, how can you sell a hundred and ten taels of silver for a big and a small one?" Wang's family next door The daughter-in-law is quite envious of the authenticity. The villagers have never seen it again, and they also know that deer are full of treasures, and the fur and meat of venison are very valuable.

Before Liu could speak, Lin Chongjiu hugged her arm nervously, and begged, "Mother, Big Brother Zhao said that the deer was given to me. I want to keep it. Can we not sell it?"

Mrs. Liu patted his head amusedly, turned her head and said to Wang's wife: "Mr. Zhao gave this to us specially. It's too inappropriate to sell it. Let's keep it for the children to play." Then he bowed his head and told Lin Chongjiu: "Since If you want to raise it, you can break branches to feed it in the future, don't be lazy!"

Lin Chongjiu asked excitedly: "The deer eat the branches?"

Mrs. Liu poked her silly son's head: "Aren't there leaves on the branches? But mother doesn't understand, so go back and ask your father and Mr. Zhao, they should know."

Lin Chongjiu nodded: "Brother Zhao must know, he knows a lot..."

Ah Ju actually liked this deer very much, but when her mother and brother mentioned that man repeatedly, she was disturbed and found an excuse to go back to the house.

Ru Niang watched her leave, and when she looked back at the deer, she was both envious and emotional.Mr. Zhao took so much effort to please, if it was another girl, he would have already been tempted, right?

Villagers kept coming to watch the excitement throughout the day, and the noise in the Lin family's yard did not subside until dusk.

After dinner, it was a good time for the villagers to enjoy the cool air, so Lin Xian and his wife went out to visit together.

Ah Ju and Lin Zhu were playing chess in the yard, while Ru Niang sat watching them.

Lin Chongjiu suddenly ran back from the outside, Ah Ju saw that his younger brother didn't come here and didn't go inside and didn't go to see his new favorite, but stood not far away and winked at her, he immediately understood, and found an excuse to give up his position For Ru Niang, she went to find her younger brother and led him to the upper room to "wash his hands".

After entering the main room, Lin Chongjiu couldn't wait to say: "Elder Sister, Brother Meng is waiting for you at the back door, you should go quickly."

Ah Ju had already expected that Meng Zhongjing must be worried because that person came over, and wanted to ask her if she was being bullied, but she was still annoyed that Meng Zhongjing had admitted the wrong person, and she didn't want to see him these two days.Ah Ju lowered her head and told her younger brother softly: "I'm not going, you go and tell him that I'm fine, so he doesn't have to worry."

"Why didn't Eldest Sister go?" Lin Chongjiu was very confused, this situation had never happened before.

"You don't need to worry about that, you can just help pass the message." Ah Ju was annoyed, so she turned and walked back after speaking.

Lin Chongjiu scratched his head in wonder, and went to the back door to find Meng Zhongjing.

The door opened, but the person who came was not the expected fiancée. Meng Zhongjing couldn't hide the disappointment in his eyes, and asked Lin Chongjiu anxiously, "Where's your eldest sister?"

Lin Chongjiu recited what happened just now.

Meng Zhongjing was stunned.

With him like this, Lin Chongjiu felt a little uncomfortable. Thinking of his new baby, he immediately invited him: "By the way, Brother Meng, Brother Zhao gave me a doe with a cub. It's so beautiful. Would you like to see it?" look?"

Meng Zhongjing's face suddenly turned cold.

The fact that Mr. Zhao sent a deer to the Lin family almost spread throughout the village.Regardless of whether they met Mr. Zhao or not, those people praised him like a god, and some even secretly speculated whether Mr. Zhao was interested in the girl from the Lin family.Fortunately, the Lin family has a good reputation, and the person who said that was pushed back at the very beginning, or that Lin Xian is not that kind of person, or that Mr. Zhao is very measured, and he doesn't even enter the gate when his family is not around, and giving gifts is just to watch It's just a teacher-student relationship with Lin Chongjiu.

And the most piercing thing was that more than one person said that if Ah Ju hadn't been engaged, he would be compatible with Mr. Zhao, but it's a pity...

Could it be that he and Ah Ju are not worthy?He and her childhood sweetheart, just because his family has no money, are they not worthy of Ah Ju in the eyes of those people?
The villagers thought so, and the man thought so even more. Meng Zhongjing was so angry that he breathed heavily when he saw the proud smiling face of the man on the carriage.

With a sullen face, Lin Chongjiu was inexplicably uneasy: "Brother Meng, what's wrong with you?"

The boy's voice was timid, and Meng Zhongjing didn't want to lose his composure in front of a child, so he shook his head and was about to leave. He stopped after taking two steps, hesitated for a moment, and asked hesitantly, "Xiao Jiu, does your eldest sister like her very much?" The deer?"

This question is a bit difficult to answer. Lin Chongjiu thought about it carefully, and said blankly: "Second sister likes it very much, and has been squatting by the side to watch it. The eldest sister just watched it for a while, but then she never came to me again, but She secretly glanced there several times when she came in and out, and I told her to go to see her but she didn't go, it's really strange."

Meng Zhongjing's heart sank, he would peek at it, but he liked it.

Mr. Zhao is so rich, if she gives a deer this time, what else will she give next time, if she likes it once, she will like it twice, maybe sooner or later... So now she doesn't want to see him, for fear of being spotted by him?

Meng Zhongjing left in a daze, unable to sleep all night.

Ah Ju also didn't sleep well, sometimes she was worried that the man would keep pestering her, and sometimes she was annoyed that Meng Zhongjing had admitted that she was mistaken, she was more irritable than ever before.

The next day she got up early, and when she was dressing, she saw the clothes folded like a mother, with a corner of gray silk under the white skirt.

Is it the one you sewed for your brother?Why haven't you sewn it yet?Ru Niang embroidered so fast, it didn't take even a day to sew clothes for her and her younger sister.

Maybe it was because I kept watching the deer yesterday?
Ah Ju shook her head, and waved away those wild thoughts, Ru Niang gave them the clothes out of good intentions, but she didn't say that it must be done in one day, maybe they just wanted to stay for one day yesterday?How can she care about time like this, she is not a maid at home.

Having spent the whole morning studying with his younger siblings, Ah Ju has already forgotten about it.But when she was resting at noon, she woke up suddenly, opened her eyes, and saw Ru Niang sitting with her back to herself, with gray silk hanging on the kang on both sides, as if she was sewing something.

Ah Ju was still a little confused, staring at Ru Niang's back with half-closed eyes, and just about to speak, her eyes returned to the gray silk again.

Such long sleeves did not look like they were for her younger brother, nor did they seem to be for herself.

Ah Ju's drowsiness disappeared, and she stared at Ru Niang's back in a daze.

For father?Certainly not.Not to mention whether it is appropriate for a married girl like Ru Niang to give clothes to her father, even if it's just to repay her kindness, she doesn't have to hide it. The sisters don't sew when they are around, but wait until they are away or go to bed to start.

If it wasn't the father, in this village, Ru Niang also knew Meng Zhongjing, a big man.

But Runiang clearly didn't bring up Meng Zhongjing recently, and it's impossible for her to know what size clothes Meng Zhongjing should wear...

The person in front suddenly turned his head, as if he was about to grab something, Ah Ju closed his eyes in a mysterious way, not wanting her to know that he was awake.

After about two quarters of an hour, it was almost time for her to wake up, Ah Ju was hesitating whether to remind Ru Niang that she woke up, when she heard movement beside her.She quietly opened a slit of her eyes, and saw that Ru Niang folded the unfinished clothes, put them on the other side of the kang, and covered them with a change of clothes, tightly.

Ah Ju felt chills all over her body.

If Ru Niang really sewed it for Meng Zhongjing, she has been covering it up too well these days.

Or maybe, even though it was for Meng Zhongjing, it was just to repay his kindness, and he didn't tell her because he was afraid that she would misunderstand?

Looking back on Ru Niang's words and deeds in the past few days, Ah Ju didn't want to think too badly of others, but it was impossible to get along with Ru Niang as if nothing had happened.

Thinking that she can't be different from what she looks like, Ah Ju tries to stay in the study to reduce the time she spends with Ru Niang, so as not to let her notice the change in her attitude.

She waited patiently, no matter who Ru Niang made the clothes for, there would always be a day when she would send them out.

Ah Ju really wanted to know, if that person was really Meng Zhongjing, how Meng Zhongjing would react when he received the clothes.

(End of this chapter)