swear not to be concubine

Chapter 23

Jian Yan was holding a book in her hand, and she was sitting in Meilin's pavilion reading it.

She doesn't like being bored in the house all day and night, so she will go to various places in the garden when she has nothing to do.And this stroll taught her to discover the benefits of this Merlin.

This plum grove is not very big, but there are dozens of plum trees, and a small pavilion with hexagonal cornices inside. There are stone tables and benches in the pavilion, and there are beauties around the railings on both sides. You can sit or lie down.

She had looked around this Merlin earlier, and knew that there was a whitewashed wall behind it, a moon door on the wall, and several leaky windows.She also went through the moon gate to look at the back. There were several sycamore trees hugging each other, covering the sky and the sun, but not a single person was seen.Only then did she feel relieved, she would bring a book with her when she had nothing to do, or she might simply come to this Merlin for a daze.

Because of the successful opening and profitability of the woolen shop, she has been really happy recently, and now she is humming a song in a low voice while reading a book.

The humming song is also very suitable for the occasion, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming.

After humming the song "Spring Blossoms Blooming", he hummed the same "Moonlight" again, and turned a page of the book in his hand.

After humming like this for a while, there was a thin meowing sound in my ear, which sounded like a kitten meowing.

She closed the book, followed the sound, and finally found the little milk cat under a plum tree.

The little milk cat is still very small, and its whole body is brown, except for a small white patch at the tip of its nose.Jian Yan squatted down, carefully held her in the palm of her left hand, stretched out the index finger of her right hand, curled up, gently scratched its chin, and asked it softly: "Ah, Poor little girl, why are you here alone? Where's your mother?"

The little milk cat was lying in the palm of her hand, looking at her with a pair of big eyes, meowing, and sticking out its tongue to lick her hand.

Its tongue was barbed, and it was itchy on her hands. Jian Yan couldn't help being licked by it and couldn't help laughing. She scratched its chin with her hands even harder, and rubbed its head again. , One person and one cat had fun.

But don't be wary of talking on the road, there are people in the grass.Through the diamond-shaped cracked window on the whitewashed wall, one can vaguely see a person standing there, but I don't know how long he has been standing there.

At this time, Jian Yan had already taken out a piece of jujube paste cake from her purse, was crushing it, and was feeding it to the little milk cat.

While feeding, she also said: "This is the last jujube cake on my body. I fed it to you, and I will be hungry tonight. Little poor, do you think I treat you well?"

But the little milk cat just lowered its head to lick the crumbs of the jujube paste cake in her hand, and didn't bother to answer her at all.

Jian Yan gently stroked its head, and after touching it for a while, she said, "I can't keep calling you poor, as if you are really pitiful. Why don't I give you a name?" ?”

She thought about it carefully for a while, and looked down to see it standing in the palm of her hand, a fluffy ball. After thinking about it, she smiled and said, "Yes. May I call you little hair ball?"

Yibi patted its head again and asked it: "Little Maotuan, where did you come from? Otherwise, I'll take you back, and I'll raise you, okay?"

The little hairball didn't pay attention to her, and still bent its head and concentrated on licking the crumbs of the jujube cake.

At this moment, Jian Yan heard footsteps coming, she looked up and saw that it was Bai Wei, so she got up and stood up, took the little milk cat in her palm with both hands, and showed it to her as if offering a treasure.

"Bai Wei, look, I saw this kitten here. I even named her Xiaomaotuan, does it sound nice?"

Bai Wei saw that her eyes were shining brightly, as if the sunlight above her head had shone into her eyes through the gaps in the leaves.

Growing up with Jian Yan since childhood, Bai Wei can somewhat guess what's on her mind.

"Girl," she said, with a sigh, "we can't keep it."

The light in Jian Yan's eyes dimmed immediately.

In fact, she didn't know that Mrs. Jane hated cats and dogs the most, and never allowed them to be kept in the house.Even though she lives in Dongkua courtyard now, she doesn't have much contact with Mrs. Jane on a daily basis, and she never comes to her own courtyard, but after all, she lives in a lotus fragrance courtyard, and pearls and emeralds are bought every day. The food was delivered to her yard, and Mrs. Jane found out that she had raised a cat without permission.

Seeing her gloomy expression, Bai Wei couldn't bear it, so she reassured her: "You can come here to visit this little milk cat every day."

But Jian Yan also knew that this was just comfort.

The kitten itself has legs, so it can go wherever it wants, how could it be like itself, but it is firmly bound in this house, unable to go out even if it wants to?

Jian Yan didn't speak, just squatted down again, came up, crushed the remaining half of the jujube cake with her hands, scattered it on the ground, and looked down at the kitten eating there.After watching like this for a while, she straightened up and walked out of Merlin first.

Bai Wei hurriedly followed.

In the past few days, she has been a little carried away with joy, and she has forgotten her situation.

She is just a bird in a cage, a fish in a pond.Even though she has her own source of income, as long as she doesn't break away from Mrs. Jane's control for a day, she may be sent out by Mrs. Jane to be a concubine at any time.

And after Jian Yan and Bai Wei walked out of the Merlin, the person who had been standing sideways behind the leaky window and watching finally bypassed the moon cave door and walked to the kitten's side.

He was dressed in blue gauze with a straight body, tall and tall, with an elegant face. It was Xu Zhongxuan.

The kitten was still concentrating on licking the crumbs of jujube cake on the ground, not paying attention to the people around him at all.

Xu Zhongxuan looked down at it and said nothing.

He remembered that he heard a low humming just now, followed the sound, and saw a young girl sitting lazily on the side of the beauty, with her head slightly lowered, looking at the book in her hand, humming that he never A melody I've never heard.

He knew this girl, she was Jian Yan who had seen both sides.

It's just that during those two meetings, even though he didn't say a few words, Jian Yan gave him the impression that her words and deeds were elegant and dignified, like all the ladies of the family.But just now, when she was sitting there so lazily, why did she ever behave like a lady?
The kitten finished licking the jujube cake crumbs on the ground, and started meowing.

Xu Zhongxuan looked at it.

He also remembered that girl squatting here just now, holding the kitten in her palm, and the tiny sunlight sprinkled from the gaps in the leaves, and fell on her black hair and jade-colored skirt. The golden sun danced in her hair and skirt.

When Qi Sang found it, he saw something flat in the palm of his son.

He took a look, and after seeing that it was a kitten, he couldn't help being surprised.

Young master, he doesn't like fluffy things the most, so he doesn't even allow fur on the neckline and cuffs of winter clothes, why is he holding a fluffy kitten in the palm of his hand now?

But he didn't dare to show it on his face, he just called his son respectfully with his hands down.

Xu Zhongxuan looked sideways at him, then reached out and handed the kitten over, and instructed: "I found a more delicate and wider cage, put this kitten in it, brought it back to Beijing, and raised it well." .”

Although Tongzhou is not far from the capital, it only takes half an hour to ride a horse.But Xu Zhongxuan had to go to the Ministry of Rites to work every day, and he had to go to the court on the third, sixth, and ninth days, so he actually bought a small courtyard with two entrances and two exits in the capital, and lived there every day. Only then did I return to Tongzhou.

Qi Sang stretched out his hand to take the kitten, and for a moment he just felt that the little thing in his palm was really small and soft, and he was afraid that if he was not careful, he would be able to take the kitten with a little more strength. The little thing was pinched to death.

"Master, son," he asked while carefully protecting the kitten in his hand so that he would not accidentally hurt it, "Do you want to name this kitten?"

But as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he wanted to slap himself.

Only girls in the boudoir who have cats and dogs will carefully name them. His son is a man, although for some unknown reason, he suddenly wants to raise cats on a whim, and he is just an ordinary man. It can't be an ordinary kitten, but how can you be careful enough to name a kitten?

He was about to ask Xu Zhongxuan to punish him, but suddenly he heard the gentle voice of his young master.

"Let's call it Little Hairball."

Qi Sang felt that his jaw was about to hit the ground due to the surprise.

Little hairball?What is this name?As the number one scholar who was famous all over the world at the time, shouldn't he name his pet something taller and more prestigious?What the hell is a little hairball?

(End of this chapter)