Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 19

The master ordered that Ning Xiang had to follow Lu Cheng to fetch water.

The branches of the fruit trees are very low, and some of them are almost touching the ground, so even though Ningxiang lowered her head, she can still see those white and pink sand fruit flowers, clustered together like brocade.

Such a spring scene distracted her attention. At first, Ning Xiang forced herself not to look at the man in front of her. After walking for a while, she felt a lot more relaxed, her almond eyes drooped, and she only stared at Sha Guohua passing by. look.

When Lu Cheng couldn't help but look back, he saw her tilting her head to admire the flowers. It seemed that she really liked these flowers, but she was a little distracted by them.Lu Cheng couldn't explain why he had such an idea, but he just felt that the little girl was not happy that he caught her with Pei Jinghan and deliberately avoided him.

"Have you ever seen a sand fruit tree before?"

Lu Cheng slowed down, waiting for her to walk side by side.

After walking silently all the way, he suddenly opened his mouth, and Ning Xiang's calm heart immediately became turbulent. She glanced at his trouser legs, Ning Xiang slowed down, pretended to look at the flowers, and said, "I haven't seen it before. There are only apricot trees and peach trees in the village. Where are they?" There are such rare things as sago."

When he stopped, she slowed down, obviously she really wanted to avoid him, Lu Cheng was wronged and curious, he really wanted to know what she was thinking.

"You walk so slowly, aren't you afraid that your son will be anxious?" Lu Cheng looked at her slightly red face and asked with a low smile.

The smile in his words was intimate and natural, as if he didn't care whose maid she was at all, and he didn't misunderstand and despise her at all. Ning Xiang raised her head in surprise, and met his eyes for the first time after coming to the orchard.

Lu Cheng smiled, and raised his chin towards the northwest side of the orchard, "Hurry up, don't make them wait."

That smile was brighter than the warm spring sun. Ning Xiang once regarded it as an expression of his fickleness, but at this moment, her whole body was warmed by the man's bright smile.Finally, there was a villager who, when he learned that she was serving Pei Jinghan, didn't look at her with that meaningful look, nor did he inquire about whether she had been taken in by Pei Jinghan.

After being moved, comes guilt.

Between Lu Cheng and Ms. Feng, all she knew was hearsay, but the Lu Cheng she had met was helpful, friendly, open and aboveboard, and did not easily look down on others. He was also a very caring and considerate father. How could she Guessing and deciding to deliberately alienate this person who helped her and Nanny Li twice?
What is the difference between his ruthless self and those villagers who misunderstood her and Pei Jinghan?

After silently apologizing in her heart, Ning Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled at Lu Cheng, "Then brother Lu, wait a minute, I'll go to the carriage to get the bamboo tube first, the prince is very picky, and he definitely won't drink water with our country people's things .”

A "we" puts her and Lu Cheng into the same category.

Lu Cheng's heart beat faster. Because of her beautiful and pure smile, he understood that her misunderstandings about him that he didn't understand had been eliminated. He smiled and walked to her side, "Then I'll accompany you. It's your first time. I’m afraid you won’t be able to remember the way, so go around in circles.”

Ning Xiang looked at the way she came, and hummed lightly.

The relationship was back to normal, Lu matured and chatted with her, "Why are you here?"

Ningxiang sighed: "The son is going to hunt in Laoxian Mountain. We came here to take care of him. We just had dinner at Yingxianju, and suddenly we came here to enjoy the flowers... But what a coincidence, Brother Lu is here work."

"It's really a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet you in the town." Lu Cheng avoided a fruit branch protruding diagonally, stared at her rosy face and said, "My friend and I were also welcoming the immortals at noon. When I came out, I happened to see you getting off the car, so I was not surprised to see you again when I came back and heard Master said that you were coming."

When he mentioned the encounter in the town, Ning Xiang felt a little guilty, and unconsciously looked to the side.

Lu Cheng immediately understood that she had seen him at that time and got out of the car late because she wanted to avoid him.

Is it because he is afraid that he will misunderstand something?

The noble son's beautiful maid is really fascinating.

But seeing that she wears old clothes every time she goes home, Lu Chengcheng believes that she is not the kind of person who wants to climb the dragon and become the phoenix. Such people are vain, and the most they can't wait to return to their hometown in full clothes to let everyone know that she has won the favor of the master.

Then was she afraid of being misunderstood by all the familiar villagers, or was she just afraid of being misunderstood by him?

With the same thought, Lu Cheng clenched his fists excitedly, changed the subject with a smile: "The last time I brought Anan back, the brat woke up on the way, didn't see that you were particularly angry, and peed all over me on purpose."

Thinking of Anan's cute sleeping face, Ning Xiang relaxed, and looked at Lu Cheng in surprise, "No way? He's only so old, how could he understand this, Brother Lu must have thought too much."

Lu Cheng didn't dodge, looked straight into her beautiful almond eyes and said, "Why is that impossible? He was hugged by his second uncle as soon as he got home. He didn't treat me well for a long time, and he didn't let me feed him for dinner. In the end, I promised He also took him into the city and picked you up when he came back, so he would let me sleep in my arms."

It's great to have a son, and taking her home is a ready-made reason.

This reason is indeed very good. If there were no whispers from her cousin, Ning Xiang would not think too much, but thinking of her cousin saying that Lu Cheng might like her, Ning Xiang suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and couldn't help but wonder if Anan was Lu Cheng's cover .

Feeling confused, Ning Xiang smiled as naturally as possible: "Brother Lu, don't bother, and children are forgetful, Anan probably doesn't remember me right now."

Lu Cheng immediately said: "It's no problem, Anan is one year old this month, I was going to take my sister to go shopping with him in the city, do some shopping, and stay at my third uncle's house for one night, and I will be on the way with you when I come back the next day... ..." When he said this, he suddenly realized something, and Lu Cheng hurriedly said awkwardly: "Look at me, I just think that Anan likes you, forget it, then let's go home later, lest Anan see you and pester you to your house again ,bother you."

When Ningxiang heard that he misunderstood that she disliked Anan, she became anxious immediately, and raised her head and said: "No, I like Anan very much, Anan is very good..."

"Then it's settled like this?" Lu Cheng interrupted her softly, his peach blossom eyes shining brightly, "Let's meet at the North City Gate at the end of the month."

Ningxiang couldn't refuse any more, but she wanted to know if Lu Cheng had that kind of intention, so she chatted, "After Brother Lu left that day, Qiu'er was a little unhappy, and she whispered to me that Brother Lu treated her like a girl. Child, call me big girl, and call her Qiu'er."

Lu Cheng's thoughts changed sharply, and he hesitated for a moment between taking advantage of the trend to hint his intentions and step by step, and finally chose the latter, amusedly said: "Here, she is a little girl in her teens, shouldn't I call her by her nickname?"

Sure enough, he treated his cousin as a child, and he didn't have any intentions for her.

Ning Xiang suddenly felt her shoulders lighten, and she glanced at Lu Cheng with a smile, "Qiu'er is already thirteen."

Lu Cheng showed a look of surprise, and then said helplessly: "Then I'll call her the second girl next time, so that she doesn't dislike me."

Ning Xiang lowered her head and smiled.

Disappointment and joy flashed across Lu Cheng's eyes. It seemed that she didn't want him to like her, but fortunately, she was not in a hurry to express her feelings.

Taking two bamboo tubes from the carriage, the two went straight to the spring.

A very small spring, surrounded by a circle of bricks, is only as big as two pot lids. The spring is bubbling and bubbling, and the overflowing spring flows along a small canal to the north, with no end in sight. where.The breeze blew, and the garden was filled with the faint fragrance of sago flowers. Lu Cheng bent down to fetch water, condensed the fragrance, looked around, and said with admiration, "It's great to be able to work here. In autumn, brother Lu, can you eat fruits as you like?"

Lu Cheng just filled a bamboo tube, and laughed at her when he handed it to her, "Is it because you have fruits to eat?"

Ning Xiang blushed, she was just talking casually, she was not greedy at all.

Lu Cheng thought for a while, and tentatively said: "When picking sand fruits in autumn, there are not enough people, and the villagers will be invited to help pick the fruits. If you have already redeemed yourself by then, I can ask you brothers and sisters to come and help, and each person can earn two dollars a day. Ten pennies."

It's still such an interesting job to earn pocket money, Ning Xiang immediately said: "Okay, Brother Lu, remember to call me Big Brother, my uncle, aunt and aunt can help, Qiu'er, Qiu'er and Amu can be counted as one person. "The branches of the fruit tree are low, and Amu can help pick the lower ones.

There is no problem with these, Lu Cheng deliberately teased her: "Let Amu work, are you lazy as a sister?"

Ningxiang looked at the fruit trees next to her with regret, and sighed: "I will only be able to redeem myself next autumn, so I definitely won't be able to help this year."

Lu Cheng bowed his head to fetch water, thinking about this sentence carefully.

Her tone was firm, and she was very sure that she would be able to redeem her body next autumn. In other words, she knew that Pei Jinghan would definitely let her out of the house. Pei Jinghan did not have a man's possessive desire for her. Delaying the redemption until next year should be a matter of money.

The haze in Lu Cheng's heart dissipated, and when he got up, he asked chattingly: "You must be very expensive to redeem yourself, right?"

Ning Xiang walked and said, "20 taels, that's okay, I'll save enough for another year."

Sure enough.

Lu Cheng now earns one tael a month, and he guesses that Ning Xiang is about the same. From now until next autumn...she should have four or five taels of silver in her hand, and his family has 11 taels. If the two save together, it will be about the same in June. You can redeem yourself.

If he wanted her to accept his money, he had to make her fall in love with him and be willing to marry him in the next three months.

Taking a peek at the gentle and kind girl next to him, Lu Cheng was quite confident.

"Then work hard, and I'll ask you to come over to help next year." Hiding his small thoughts for the time being, Lu Cheng said with a smile.

Ning Xiang nodded shyly, and also looked forward to the life after the redemption.

The two walked back while chatting, and when they were approaching the place where Pei Jinghan Suyue admired the flowers, Ning Xiang took the bamboo tube from Lu Cheng's hand and softly told him to go back first.Firstly, Pei Jinghan doesn't like outsiders blocking his eyes, and secondly, Ningxiang doesn't want Pei Jinghan to see that she has friendship with Lu Cheng. She hasn't forgotten that in her previous life, because she said a few more words to Mr. Shen, Pei Jinghan suspected that she had a relationship with Shen The son has an affair.

Lu Cheng thought of Pei Jinghan's fiery eyes on Suyue before, and said goodbye wisely.

Ningxiang watched him go for a while before turning around and continuing on.

Getting closer and seeing no one, Ning Xiang called out softly.

The voice reached Su Yue's ears, and she anxiously pushed the man on top of her.

"Don't be afraid, she will know sooner or later." Pei Jinghan panted roughly.

Su Yue didn't want Ning Xiang to see her, and she didn't want Ning Xiang to worry about her earlier, but it was useless, the harder she struggled, the tighter Pei Jinghan pressed her, holding her firmly with her big hands.

Ning Xiang over there quickly saw the corners of the two people's clothes behind the fruit tree. At first, they were far away and covered by fruit branches. She just pretended that they were standing under the tree admiring the flowers. I was doing something, my heart suddenly became cold, and the bamboo tube in my hand almost fell.

Fortunately, she is not the reckless Ningxiang in her previous life.

Holding the bamboo tube tightly, Ning Xiang seemed to know nothing, and said with a smile: "My lord, I have brought water back."

She wants to remind them to separate.

Su Yue begged Pei Jinghan's wrist, hoping that he would stop.

However, Pei Jinghan was dissatisfied with the calmness in Ningxiang's words, he just wanted to let Ningxiang see it and let her taste it, so that he could treat her the same tonight.

(End of this chapter)