Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 10
On a cold early spring morning, the outside was still dripping into ice, and the villagers had nothing to do, so they waited until dawn before getting up to cook.

Mrs. Li was the first to get up, holding firewood to cook porridge.

The firewood is last year's corn stalks, a long one broken into several sections, crackling.

Ning Xiang, who was sleeping soundly, didn't hear it. She lived again and saw her brother who was lost and found again. She slept very peacefully that night, and it was the first time she slept late after becoming a maid.

But when Amu heard it, the boy yawned, opened his eyes slowly, and saw the back of his sister's head.

My sister was sleeping with her back to him, her long black hair was a bit messy, last night he accidentally pressed her hair and hurt her.

Amu blinked and woke up completely, and moved her sister's hair that ran to him one by one, carefully.

Suddenly, the second sister's doubtful voice came from the kitchen, "Elder sister is still awake?"

The aunt immediately replied: "You must be tired, you go wash your face first, don't talk loudly, the water in the western pot is already boiled."

Then the only sound left in the kitchen was the sound of breaking firewood.

Amu wanted to go over to see if his sister was awake, but he didn't dare to move when his aunt said that her sister was tired, for fear that he would wake her up, but when he heard the sound of the second sister washing her face and splashing water outside, Amu suddenly wanted to shush hush.

He tried to hold back, and gradually couldn't bear it anymore.

Amu felt uncomfortable, and looked at his sister who had not moved, he crawled out of the bed little by little, trembling, and went to look for the cotton clothes under the quilt, and finally found it, and he pulled it out with all his strength, but accidentally fell when putting on the cotton trousers He fell and fell right on top of his sister.

Ning Xiang finally woke up. Seeing that the room was bright and her younger brother was already dressed, she realized that she had slept in, so she sat up quickly and helped her younger brother to dress first.

"Did my sister do a lot of work in the Hou Mansion?" Amu asked in a low voice, staring at her sister's flushed and pretty face.

Ningxiang smiled and told him to stand up, she put on a padded jacket for him, "Why do you ask like that?"

Amu obediently said: "Auntie said you are tired."

Ningxiang laughed, and said softly: "I'm not tired, my sister hasn't hugged Amu for a long time, and she slept soundly while holding Amu, so she got up late."

"Then I'll sleep with my sister tonight!" Amu said excitedly as his sister liked to hug him.

Ning Xiang patted the little guy's butt and told him to pee quickly, without reminding her younger brother that she was leaving soon.

Dressed and folded the quilt, the house was clean and there was nothing she needed to tidy up, Ning Xiang picked up the curtain and walked out, and saw that Mrs. Li had already scooped the porridge into the basin, and Xu Qiuer was setting the bowls and chopsticks.Ning Xiang was quite embarrassed, blushing and said: "I got up late..."

"What are you doing up so early? I don't need your help. Go wash your face and eat right away." Li Shi said indifferently.

Xu Qiu'er looked enviously at Ning Xiang's waist-length hair, "Sister's hair is really nice."

Ningxiang smiled, took the water and went outside with her brother to wash her face.

After cleaning up, the family sat around the low table and had dinner.The meal was very simple, sticky corn porridge, two pieces of pasta left over from yesterday, a small piece of salted tofu as a dish, and Mrs. Li prepared a salted egg for one of the three young ones.

Mrs. Li looked at her niece, and complained in a low voice: "It's rare to stay at home for one night, and you can stay for an extra half day, but it's like Liu's family is calling for debts."

But it takes half a day's journey from Liuxi Village to Fucheng. Ningzhu can go back by herself and leave after lunch, but today Liu Quan followed her into the city and came back after finishing the land deed. Set off immediately after breakfast, lest he go home in the dark.

Knowing that her aunt was reluctant to part with her, Ning Xiang smiled and said: "It's okay, I'll be fine next time I come back."

Amu heard something was wrong, and raised his head suspiciously.

"Can Amu peel eggs?" Ning Xiang deliberately changed the subject because she was afraid that her younger brother would cry and make a fuss and delay her meal.

Amu's attention immediately returned to the egg, nodded, and carefully peeled the egg for her sister to see.

Ning Xiang stared at her brother's every move almost greedily. The younger brother couldn't bear her, and she couldn't bear the little guy either.

However, no matter how reluctant, I have to go.

As soon as Ningxiang helped Mrs. Li tidy up the kitchen, Liu Quan came at the door, Xu Shouliang went to talk to him first, and stood outside the door.

Ningxiang squatted in front of Amu, touched the boy's head and said, "Sister is gone, next time I come back, I will buy chestnuts for Amu."

Only then did Amu remember that her sister had to go back to the Hou Mansion to do work.

The little guy's eye circles turned red all of a sudden, and he threw himself into his sister's arms and refused to let her go.

It was like this almost every time we parted, and Ningxiang felt uncomfortable, but she didn't want to lie and say that she would be back in a while, and let her brother wait at home for nothing.Fortunately, Amu is very sensible, although he was very reluctant, under the persuasion of Li's mother and daughter, he did not pester his sister for too long, took her by the hand and sent her to the gate, and then watched her get into the donkey cart of Liu's family.

Sitting in the cart, Ning Xiang tried her best to smile at her younger brother, until the donkey cart was far away, she wiped away her tears quietly.

Xu Shouliang also followed, comforting his niece in a low voice.

Ning Xiang nodded, she was actually used to it, and turned to chatting about what to plant in the spring and where to buy seeds.

When the donkey cart passed through Baihe Town, Ningxiang went to Madam Li's house and asked her if she wanted to ride with her.Nanny Li wanted to spend more time with her family, so she smiled and let her go first, and then the donkey cart never stopped, heading south towards Fucheng.

After entering the city, Ning Xiang led the way, and finally Liu Quan parked the donkey cart outside the corner gate of Zhenyuan Houfu.

"Uncle, wait a moment, I'll be out soon." Ning Xiang got off the car and said goodbye to the elders, and then quickly walked into the Hou's mansion.

Arriving at Lengmei Pavilion by a familiar way, when she stepped into the courtyard gate, Ning Xiang thought that she had to go to the upper room to say hello to Pei Jinghan first, but because she was distracted, she walked a few steps inside before she caught a glimpse of someone under the plum tree in the corner.She looked over curiously, and saw Pei Jinghan standing under the plum tree in a moon-white brocade robe, and Suyue standing next to him holding a tray, wearing a pink jacket, tall and slender, slightly tilted her head up to listen to Pei Jinghan's words, her lips With a smile.

The plum blossoms on the branches are about to bloom, and a pair of Erbi people under the tree whisper softly, suddenly as picturesque.

Ningxiang was startled, and instinctively wanted to avoid it, just like when Suyue and Pei Jinghan were alone in her previous life, but she took a step back, and Suyue's resentful eyes on the boat when she talked about Pei Jinghan appeared in her mind again.

Just when she was hesitating, Pei Jinghan turned around and looked over there if he felt something, and seeing Ningxiang looking at him and Suyue with a complicated face, Pei Jinghan was uncontrollably annoyed at first, annoyed that the little girl would probably eat it , the next moment he became calm again, and even a little excited.

He knew that Ning Xiang also had him in her heart, the little girl was just thin-skinned.

"Why did you come back so early?" Pei Jinghan was still standing under the plum tree and asked Ningxiang with a smile.It is destined that there will not be only one woman by his side. They have to get used to this kind of bitterness and jealousy, and learn to solve it by themselves. He doesn't have the energy to coax one by one.

The eldest uncle and the others were still waiting for her outside, Ning Xiang suppressed her complicated heart for the time being, and went forward to explain.

Pei Jinghan nodded, and took two steps towards her, "How much money is there?"

Ning Xiang knew what he was thinking as soon as he heard his tone, and forced a smile, "Not much, I have it over there, then the prince will continue to enjoy the flowers, I will go first." Afraid that Pei Jinghan would insist on paying her money, Ning Xiang He walked towards the ear room as if fleeing.

Pei Jinghan looked at the little girl's slim back and asked Suyue to call Changshun.

So Ning Xiang counted the silver from the money jar and came out, and saw a Chang Shun in the yard.

Pei Jinghan explained in time: "Let Changshun accompany you, the people in the yamen know him, and you will come back sooner as soon as he is in custody."

How could an ordinary master treat a maid so well? Ning Xiang was afraid that her uncle would misunderstand her, so she immediately refused, but Pei Jinghan also understood her, and turned around before she could speak, making it clear that she would not give her a chance to refuse.

He acted domineeringly, so Ning Xiang had no choice but to beg Chang Shun on the way out of the mansion, "When I see my uncle in a while, I just say that the son also has something to ask you to go to the yamen, okay?" Both of them worked beside Pei Jinghan, usually Often deal with, the relationship is close.

Changshun looked at her puzzled, "It's an honor for your son to support you, why do you look like you can't avoid it?"

Ning Xiang lowered her eyes and pursed her lips.

She looked very pitiful when she did this action, Chang Shun had nothing to do with her, and said helplessly, "It's okay, it's okay, whatever you say is it."

Ning Xiang was overjoyed and thanked him happily.

The little girl smiled like a crabapple flower, her bright eyes and white teeth swayed, her footsteps were light and light, but remembering the prince's thoughts on Ningxiang Suyue, Chang Shun rubbed her nose resentfully, forcing herself to look away.No matter how good it is, he has no right to think about it.

When he arrived at the corner gate, Xu Shouliang looked suspiciously at the man dressed as a servant beside his niece.

Changshun cleverly found an excuse.

Xu Shouliang had no doubts, and the four of them went to the Yamen without stopping. The Marquis of Zhenyuan came forward, and the land deed was processed extremely neatly.

Ningxiang wanted to send Xu Shouliang to the city gate, but Xu Shouliang refused, and told his niece to take good care of herself, so he and Liu Quan hurried back.

The two-day vacation was gone in a blink of an eye, and Ningxiang was a little disappointed.

Seeing that she was not energetic, Chang Shun deliberately asked her what she was doing at home, the two chatted all the way, and when they returned to Lengmei Pavilion, Ning Xiang had calmed down and became the big maid of Lengmei Pavilion again.

In the afternoon, Pei Jinghan ordered her to take care of her and let Suyue rest for half a day.

Ningxiang can't refuse and shouldn't refuse, Suyue has to serve Pei Jinghan and take care of her who is sick these days, so she really should rest.

"Does Amu like that wood carving?" In the study, Pei Jinghan was standing in front of the desk making a picture. When he saw her come in, he glanced at her, and quickly returned to the drawing paper.

"I like it very much, thank you sir." Ning Xiang replied as naturally as possible, secretly telling herself that it's fine to treat him as the master, and don't have to think about the things in her previous life.Most of the time, Pei Jinghan behaves like a gentleman, and he will only touch her when he is drinking or encounters unpleasant things.

"Well, grind the ink for me." After saying this, Pei Jinghan stopped being distracted.

Ning Xiang walked to the desk, moved the inkstone to her side, picked up the ink brush and sharpened it gently.The fragrance of ink is elegant, wafting into the nose, and next to his ears is the subtle sound of the brush in his hand moving on the paper. Immersed in this meaningful and peaceful atmosphere, Ning Xiang couldn't help but glance at the paper.

What he painted was the plum tree in the corner. There was no one under the tree. There were three birds lying on the budding branches. The one in the middle was obviously twice the size, and the two next to it... I don’t know if I was thinking too much. Ningxiang always felt that the corner of the bird's eye on the left was slightly raised, like a moon, and the one on the right...

Which bird has a pair of almond eyes?
Ning Xiang was no longer interested in watching, and her red lips pursed unconsciously, unhappy, but more vividly beautiful.

Pei Jinghan laughed silently, he liked the delicacy she showed unintentionally the most.

(End of this chapter)