Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 83 Courage to chase!

"Sister, does Guan Ping dislike our place?"

Under the persimmon tree, Xu Qiuer stopped her needlework and whispered to her cousin.

Amu, who was sitting on a small bench and bent over to write, tilted his head to listen. He also felt that the new sister didn't like them.

Ningxiang looked at Guan Ping who was squatting under the eaves to wash clothes. Thinking that her cousin took the initiative to talk to her several times, Guan Ping's reaction was cold. I have been fleeing famine all the way here, I have no friends around, and I have to be wary of people everywhere. I must have suffered a lot. Maybe I’m used to being cold-faced, not because I don’t like it. Since she doesn’t like to talk, let’s let her stay alone. If she wants to get close, she will naturally come to us."

Xu Qiu'er nodded slowly, this is indeed reasonable, some people have been bullied for a long time, and they don't fit in with the group anymore.

Looking at Guan Ping again, there was sympathy in his eyes.

Amu seemed to understand, looked at the two sisters, and decided to listen to her own sister, and not take the initiative to join Guan Ping.

The boy refused to go, so Xu Qiuer made up his mind to help the poor girl out of the haze of fleeing famine as soon as possible, so after Guan Ping washed her shabby clothes, Xu Qiuer smiled and waved to her, "Sister Guan, come and sit here. Let's talk together."

Guan Ping looked at her, hesitated for a moment, picked up the small bench on which she sat while doing laundry, and walked over.

In fact, she is more used to hiding in the dark and staring at the target's every move. It's good to keep an eye on her. She doesn't have to talk to anyone except writing letters or responding to orders in person. But the prince ordered her to pretend to be Ningxiang's maid, and she was not allowed to disturb everyone in the Xu family. , she had to cooperate, pretending to be a girl fleeing famine under a sojourner.

Guan Ping doesn't like dealing with people, and Ning Xiang doesn't want her family to get too close to her, so she just shows her kindness.But like Guan Ping, in order not to let her family suspect, she could only acquiesce to her cousin to get close to her.

"Sister Guan, can you embroider?" Xu Qiuer asked Guan Ping to sit next to her, and asked with a smile, her almond eyes were bright.

Guan Ping glanced at the sewing baskets in front of the two girls, and said without any ups and downs in his voice, "I can mend, but I can't embroider."

When I was at home, I was too young, so I didn’t learn what girls should learn. I went to Pei Jinghan’s other courtyard to receive training as a dark guard, because I was trained as a dark guard at the beginning. Apart from reading and writing, the rest was riding and archery. Nothing to do with girls.I can mend because the clothes on my body are torn, and sometimes I have to sew them myself.

Xu Qiuer felt more and more sympathetic to her. After thinking about it, she shouted towards her yard: "Brother, I remember that I still have an embroidery stretcher, which seems to be in the cupboard. Please help me find it! Hurry up, I want to discipline my sister." embroidered!"

Guan Ping frowned and declined, "No need, I'm clumsy..."

Halfway through the conversation, Xu Huai's voice echoed from the room over there.

Xu Qiuer encouraged her with a smile, "Don't worry, sister Guan, embroidery is actually quite simple, you'll know it in a while."

The little girl insisted on teaching, but Guan Ping glanced at her and landed on Ningxiang's face, implying that Ningxiang would help her dissuade her.

Ningxiang could tell that Guan Ping didn't want to learn, but who told Guan Ping to monitor her?The more Guan Ping doesn't want to do it, the more Ningxiang is willing to see her have to do it, so that she can also taste the feeling of being forced to do things against her will.

Xue Guanping looked back indifferently, Ning Xiang lowered her head, and continued to make new shoes for her younger brother.At that moment, the little girl was in a great mood, as if she had done something bad to take revenge on Guan Ping.

Being ignored, Guan Ping understood Ning Xiang's thoughts, but facing Xu Qiuer's bright and sincere smile, she stopped her cold refusal.

Xu Qiuer speaks badly to her, she can be indifferent, Xu Qiuer wants to harm her, she can kill Xu Qiuer without blinking an eye, only Xu Qiuer treats her well, that is the last thing she wants, and the last thing she knows how to deal with.

Looking down at the ground, Guan Ping didn't move when he heard someone from the east courtyard approaching in large strides.

Xu Huai was nervous, afraid of making the girl unhappy, but couldn't help but always want to look over there.

"Here." Walking in front of his sister with a beating heart, Xu Huai passed the embroidered cloth over, and glanced at Guan Ping again.

Both Guan Ping and Ning Xiang lowered their heads, Amu was still young, but Xu Qiuer immediately noticed the strangeness of her elder brother, blushing, and secretly watching over Guan Ping, how was it different from Li Jinbao who came to the house a few days ago?
My brother actually likes Guan Ping?

I just hugged her in the morning. Could it be love at first sight?
Xu Qiuer deliberately did not answer.

Xu Huai didn't notice anything wrong, and still stared straight at Guan Ping's icy face, obviously a little scared, just wanted to see.

Xu Qiu'er spent all her time watching, wanting to see how long the silly brother was going to stand.

Although Guan Ping lowered her head, she could feel the man looking at her. After holding back for a moment, she frowned again when she saw that he hadn't planned to leave yet.

Not angry but arrogant.

Xu Huai came back to his senses, hurriedly stuffed the embroidered bandage into his sister's arms, and strode away.

Xu Qiu'er bit her lip and suppressed a smile, guessing that Guan Ping probably didn't like her silly brother, she pretended not to know, and only handed the embroidery stretcher to Guan Ping, and concentrated on teaching her how to do needlework.

Guan Ping was perfunctory at first, but realized that the slower she learned, the more Xu Qiuer talked, so he concentrated.Maybe I have a talent for needlework, and I quickly mastered the skills, bowing my head and silently embroidering the simplest patterns.

Ningxiang secretly looked at her.

Guan Ping immediately gave her a sideways look.

No matter how cold she is, she is still a girl. Ningxiang is not afraid of her. She leaned over to look at the embroidery cloth in Guan Ping's hand, and boasted half sincerely and half gloatingly: "You are so skillful. If you continue like this, you will be gone in a few days." You can learn how to make handkerchiefs."

"Let me see!" Hearing his sister's praise of Guan Ping, Amu came over curiously, looked down, and said the truth, "It's not as good-looking as sister Atao's embroidery!"

Ningxiang resisted so much that she didn't change her face, and said with a light smile, "Sister A Tao has been studying for a year, and Sister Guan has only been studying for an hour, so it can't be compared."

Amu nodded.

Xu Qiuer took the initiative to explain the relationship between her family and the Lu family to Guan Ping, who was not curious.

Guan Ping is familiar with the way the villagers behave, and with a little friendship, he can gain a relationship, so he didn't think much about it.

"Miss Guan, do you want to eat pimple soup?" The sun was getting higher and Mrs. Li was about to prepare lunch. She was worried that Guan Ping would not be able to eat hard things, but she still planned to make something easy to digest.

The woman stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at them with a smile while peeling garlic, her kindness was like a dream.

If she is really a girl fleeing famine, what should she do at this time?
The Hou Mansion didn't teach her, so Guan Ping had to dig out his childhood memories of living in the countryside.

After a pause, Guan Ping put down his sewing, stood up stiffly, and walked towards Mrs. Li: "You are welcome, Auntie. I am not picky about food. I like to eat anything you make. I don't know how to cook, so I will help you light the fire. "

Maybe it's easier to think of myself as the Xu family's maid.

Thinking of the countermeasures, Guan Ping regained his peace of mind.

How could Mrs. Li order her around? She refused to let her do the work no matter what she said, but Guan Ping was determined to do things, and his strength was still very strong. Mrs. Li couldn't stop her at all. Ready to light the fire.

Unable to persuade herself, Li beckoned to her niece and daughter, asking them to come and take Guan Ping away.

Ning Xiang didn't move. In her eyes, Guan Ping was neither a guest nor a friend. As long as she didn't harm them, she would not interfere in what Guan Ping did.

"Sister?" Xu Qiu'er pushed her cousin's arm in doubt.

Ning Xiang was considerate and said: "Let her burn it. If I were taken in, I would have to help to do something to feel at ease."

Xu Qiu'er said "Oh," but didn't go there either.

The two sisters were muttering to each other, Li Shi was puzzled, and just about to shout again, Xu Huai opened the curtain in the room, seeing that Guan Ping was really going to light a fire, he walked out without thinking, and stammered to persuade her. Said: "Miss Guan, you, go to the courtyard and stay with Qiu'er and the others. You don't need to do this kind of rough work."

While speaking, he stared at the back of Guan Ping's tender hand twice.

"I am grateful to my aunt's family for taking me in, but if my aunt raises me like two girls, I will feel really sorry. My aunt refuses to let me help, so I have to go to the city to find something to do."

Guan Ping stood up expressionlessly, and said to Li Shi.

Mrs. Li finally saw the girl's stubbornness, and quickly pushed her down, "Okay, okay, let me light the fire today, okay? Don't mention the matter of leaving again, you think it's easy to find a job in the city Huh? My niece has been a maidservant in the Hou Mansion for four years. I think about her every day. I am afraid that she will be bullied. This year, I finally redeemed myself. In the future, I will not let her serve others again. Don’t think about those , live in your aunt's house well, and in the future, auntie will find you a good husband's house."

Guan Ping's expression changed slightly.

Xu Huai kept staring at her, complaining to her mother, "Mom, what are you talking about?"

While keeping the person, he also said that he would find her a husband's family, and he would have to think too much about anyone else.

Mrs. Li looked at her son and thought about it again. She didn't feel that she had said anything wrong, and immediately glared at her son: "What am I talking about? Go back to the house and sleep in your sleep. I said just now why didn't you come out to help with the cooking? Now pretend to be a good person." Yes, just like your father, when the guests come, they pretend to be diligent, and when the guests leave, they lie down in the house and act like uncles!"

Xu Huai blushed abruptly.

Wronged too!
When did he become an uncle?Farming the land, harvesting crops, chopping firewood and working to earn money, what didn't he do well?Even to light the fire, he also offered to help his sister when she was young. It was because his mother didn't use him, so he didn't come to her as time went by.

It would be fine to wrong him at another time, but she even said in front of Miss Guan that she didn't treat him very much at all, and misunderstood him as a lazy person...

Suppressed, but unable to argue with her mother, nor wanting to argue over trivial matters like a woman, Xu Huai clenched her fists and went to the backyard to chop firewood.As if to prove to my mother, I deliberately put the firewood in the center of the yard, facing the kitchen, rolled up my sleeves, and swung the ax vigorously.

Mrs. Li was not happy, and she taught her son to Beimen, "What are you chopping firewood for in the middle of the day? You can do it later when it cools down."

She just said a few words casually, why did her son take it seriously?

Xu Huai ignored her mother and continued chopping firewood.

Guan Ping turned his head to the side, stared at the tall, strong and vigorous man for a while, and then turned to the stove.

Attracted by the movement here, the three Ningxiang siblings finally came over.

Li felt sorry for her son, so she asked her daughter to coax her brother in in a low voice.

Xu Qiu'er went away with a smile, stood beside her elder brother, and sighed in a low voice: "Big brother likes to take care of sister, doesn't he?"

Xu Huai tilted his ax and missed it. He bent over and looked at his sister in disbelief.

Xu Qiu'er curled her lips at him, and snorted: "You are so stupid, who can't see it? But why do you like her, you just met her."

"You don't need to worry about it." Xu Huai straightened the wood with the thickness of his calf, and chopped it down again.

He just likes her, there is no reason, isn't it right?
"All right, all right, I don't care, but you can't be so stupid, can you?" Xu Qiuer stared at the sweat on his forehead, and said with a look of disgust: "You're sweating profusely, do you think this looks good? It's rare to get one Take care of your face, tidy up carefully in the future, maybe sister Guan may still fall in love with you."

Although her elder brother is not as good-looking as the Lu brothers, he is also first-class.

Xu Huai had never cared about his own appearance. After listening to his sister's words, he couldn't help but wiped the sweat from his brow, and asked his sister uncertainly, "I, do you really think that she will take a fancy to me?"

"Then why do you like her? Isn't it because she is pretty?"

As a good younger sister, Xu Qiu'er praised her brother's appearance to cheer him up.Recalling Lu Cheng's tricks to curry favor with her cousin, the little girl advised her brother in a low voice: "Brother, you are too thin-skinned, you have to be thick-skinned, if you like to take care of your sister, go to her often, don't be afraid to let her I know, and then I will help deliver things or something. If you treat her well day after day, she will be tempted, otherwise you will run away as soon as she frowns, hum, you will be a bachelor for the rest of your life!"

After speaking, he walked in briskly.

Xu Huai couldn't help staring at his younger sister, and when the little girl slipped into the room, his eyes fell on the girl who lowered her head and was burning the fire.

Thick-skinned, often hang around her?
Does it really work?
Just as he was thinking, he realized that Guan Ping was about to turn his head. Xu Huai took the ax and hid beside the chicken coop. The hen was frightened and fled in all directions, with its feathers flying around.

(End of this chapter)