Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 343 Conch Girl (Two in One)

"Ah, then how did you let it go?" Sun asked.

"The old man is pretending to be confused. Even if we have mouths all over our bodies, we can't talk about it! No, Tao Zhi and Sheng Xiaozi rushed over to make a rescue when they heard the movement in the backyard. The meals are all hypocritical, not a sincere invitation..." Cui Xique said.

Taozhi smiled wryly again and shook his head, using his chopsticks to pick up the golden-fried meatballs in the pot, and said, "It's really wronged, poor boy Sheng broke his leg, and said we didn't mean it..."

"Then how did it stop in the end?" Mrs. Sun asked, secretly wondering why the old Liangtou had such a temper now?

"It was I who resorted to tricks and pretended to have a stomachache, so it finally subsided!" Cui Xique took over the words, and after finishing speaking, he patted his stomach lightly.

Mrs. Sun glanced at Cui Xique's belly which was covered with a thick jacket. It had been almost five months and she still hadn't showed any signs of pregnancy, so she couldn't help but worried and asked, "Magpie, how is your belly these days?"

"Third sister-in-law should be more concerned. Both my baby and I are fine, and our appetite is good." Cui Xique said with a grin.

Many people who are pregnant in other people's families can't smell the oily smell, Sun's pregnant Jinxi Jinrou was like this, but he still has to bite the bullet and go to the kitchen to serve the meals of the old Liang's family, and return to the meals At the table, everyone else ate with gusto, but she had no appetite at all.

"If you're like this, both adults and children will be fine, and we can rest assured." Sun said.

"Cousin, when we came to your house earlier, we saw Grandpa walking up and down the Xijia alley by himself. When he saw us coming out, he made a fool of himself and quickly shrank back." Thinking of this, Tao Zhi said to Sun road.

"The old man was looking around. Zhang Wang's third sister-in-law and the others went over to invite him to eat pig-killing rice!" Cui Xique said with a smile, "When my fourth brother and I were going out, he was standing under the eaves of the east wing and saw us. He didn't ask when he went out. The fourth child was still holding his breath for what happened last night, so he deliberately didn't talk to him, I guess, the old man must be fidgeting right now, he's so depressed!"

Mrs. Sun thought of the old Liangtou who might still be sulking in the old house and didn't know how to make a fuss, and he didn't have the heart to joke with the kitchen anymore, so he explained a few words to them and walked out of the kitchen with a gloomy face. , came to the dining hall.

In the dining hall, Liang Yuzhong accompanied Liang Yuzhou and a large group of men, drinking tea and chatting.

Sun looked around and didn't see Jin Xi, so she called Liang Yuzhong out of the dining hall, and the two muttered at the door.

"Father Xi'er, why don't you go to the village and invite the old man here as well, father and son have no overnight feud, if this continues, even the two of them will not be able to live in peace!"

"Father disturbed the big guy so much that he still came here for our third room, just waiting for us to go over and admit our mistakes to him. I have thought about this very well these days!" soundtrack.

"Since he's been making more and more noise in the past half month, then you don't have to send the food to that one today, and you will be ridiculed if you send it!" He said.

"Then let's keep our heads down. It's a Chinese New Year celebration. It's nice to be so friendly, and it's not a problem to be awkward..." Sun persuaded, in her opinion, their family had neglected Lao Liang this time. The first half a month was already a very shocking event. Before Mrs. Sun left, she also told Mrs. Sun that after all, she was a junior and an elder, so whatever happened was almost enough, and she would accept it as soon as it was good.

"You can bow your head but you can't admit your mistakes. We are not wrong! It is time for Dad to reflect on himself. Our Xi'er almost lost his face! We can't be foolish and filial if we are old and disrespectful. I thought of what happened last time. The kid is still angry and scared! I still can’t invite him today, anyway, we’ll go give the New Year gift tomorrow, and let him hang out for another day!”

Liang Yuzhong fixed his voice with a fist, no matter what Sun thought, he turned and went into the dining hall, and continued to chat with Liang Yuzhou and the others.Mrs. Sun knew that Liang Yuzhong had made up his mind after eating the weight this time, so he didn't insist anymore. He sighed and turned around and went to the kitchen too!
Old Liang's house.

With his head behind his back and his hands behind his back, the old Liang held a tobacco pole and did not light a fire. He just paced back and forth in the Xijia Alley like this.From time to time, I stood at the entrance of the alley and looked towards the other end of the Qingshiban Road.

Today is the old three's slaughter pigs, and Lao Liangtou knows it.From outside the entrance of the village in Shangzhou, the sound of firecrackers was heard far away, and he knew it.

He thought that the third family would take advantage of today's opportunity to invite him, so he followed the trend and gave everyone a chance to relax.Unexpectedly, from morning to afternoon, he had already thought of some excuses to save his face that day.

However, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, the big house and the four rooms all locked their doors and went out. Old Liangtou also guessed that everyone must have been invited by the third family to eat pig-killing rice, but he was the only one. was left behind.

No one from the third family came to say hello, even the other people in the first room and the fourth room locked their doors and left without telling him where he was going!
"Uncle Liang, why are you still standing at the entrance of the alley blowing the cold wind when it's getting dark?" A villager passing by greeted him warmly. He turned around and entered the alley.

It is said to raise children to guard against old age, and all of them, together with the isolation of their fellows, neglected themselves. Old Liangtou was filled with resentment, and sighed and returned to the deserted and damp east wing.

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"...One day, the poor fisherman kept an eye out and went back again and again, just in time to see a blue light flashing in the water tank of the kitchen. A beautiful girl jumped out of the water tank and began to wash rice for cooking. ..."

"The conch girl lives with the fisherman. Although they live in poverty, they both find it interesting..."

"One day when the fisherman went out to sea and came home, he saw the conch girl's beautiful black hair, which turned into snow-white silver hair... It turned out that it was the Sea Goddess who blamed..."

Orange candlelight overflowed from the west wing, accompanied by the girl's soft voice.

In the room, the curtains were pulled up from both sides, and Wending and his clothes were sitting on the bed, with soft quilts covering his legs.He tilted his head and looked at the girl on the low stool by the bed with gentle and focused eyes who was telling him a story.

The room was filled with orange-red candlelight, coating the girl's delicate face with a blurred color.Little by little, her soft voice flowed out from those two pink lips.

Wen Ding clenched his fists and raised his jaw. Under her pleasant and cadenced narration, his thoughts also revived.

"The fisherman's deep affection for Miss Conch finally moved the Empress of the Sea God, and she fulfilled their lover. From then on, the fisherman and Miss Conch lived happily together and lived the life of ordinary fishermen's couples..."

With the last coda, draw a successful ending to this beautiful story.

Jin Xi let out a breath slowly, even with the third and fourth, she never told stories so patiently.But today, she actually told Wending about the story of Miss Conch coaxing children like this, and Wending even listened to it like a daydream.

Jin Xi pursed her lips and smiled, gave him a slight push, and said, "Brother Wen, come back to your senses, the story is over. Is this story good?"

Wen Ding moved his eyelashes, reached out and touched his nose, smiled slightly, as if he was considering his words, and said: "The story is too childish, but I like this ending."

"Well, most stories of this type are like this. There will be a little abuse in the middle, but they all end with a happy reunion." Jin Xi said, how about putting it in a children's book.

"Brother Wen, the story is over, and the medicine is almost cooled, why don't we drink the medicine now?" Jin Xi changed the subject, blinked her eyes, and asked.

Wending raised his hand a little uncomfortably to touch his nose, smiled, and nodded.

Jin Xi was very happy, got up briskly and went to the table over there to fetch the medicine.

"Xi'er, are you my conch girl?"

Behind him, came his vague murmur.

"Brother Wen, what are you talking about?" Jin Xi turned her head.

"No, I'm telling you to be careful not to burn your hands." He said with flickering eyes.

"Don't worry, there's no such fine and noble person, I've got a solid skin!" Jin Xi giggled, and reached out to pick up a bowl of withered yellow, pungent medicinal soup in front of her.

This person and this person, if they have not lived together under the same roof, and have had friction, even if they have known each other for ten or eight years, they must not pat their chests and say that they know each other or something!

Just like Jin Xi is to Wen Ding, she thought she was very familiar with him in the past, of course, she got rid of the unknown background behind him.

However, living under one roof during this period of time, Jin Xi suddenly realized how narrow her previous cognition was.

It's like taking medicine, she didn't know that the seemingly omnipotent brother Wen who always stood in front of her was even more difficult to deal with when taking medicine.

No wonder he was injured last time and this time, Uncle Fu was very troublesome about his medication.He couldn't smell the bitter taste of the medicine, and would rather hang on to it than drink it.

But this medicine was prescribed by Dr. Chen before he left, and Jin Xi must try his best to make Wen Ding drink it on time.Therefore, Jin Xi would bring medicine over every day, coaxing him to drink it in different ways. Today he was really at the end of his rope, and suddenly thought of the conch girl who gave silently, so she used stories to dismiss him, and it really worked.

"Brother Wen, the medicine this time will be a little bit more spicy than the previous few days, but fortunately, the dose is a little lighter. If you hold your nose and drink it in one breath, the injury will heal faster!"

Jin Xi sat down on the side of the bed again, touched the spoon lightly with her lips to make sure the temperature was right, and then put it in Wen Ding's hand.

Wending paused his gaze on her fair hands, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes, and finally reached out to take a spoonful of it from him and drank it.

Sitting there, Jin Xi just touched the spoon slightly with her lips just now, and now, there is a hot and bitter taste on her lips.

She stuck out her tongue and licked it, obediently, suddenly, a burning sensation slid from her lips to her mouth, like a mouthful of hot and sour!
Looking at Wending again, he had already drank the last sip, and then, not only his brows were wrinkled, but his whole face was a little distorted.

"Come on, grab a candied apricot quickly." Jin Xi took out a candied apricot that he had prepared in advance from his sleeve, and stuffed it into Wending's mouth, the twist on his face eased a little.

"Doctor Chen has explained that after taking this medicine, you have to take a nap for half an hour, so that the medicine will take effect quickly. Brother Wen, you lie down and rest first, and I will bring you dinner in half an hour."

Jin Xi took the bowl from Wen Ding's hand, put it aside, got up and lowered half of his curtain, leaving the other half rolled up.This is also his sleeping habit that he found out during this period of time, and he doesn't like to drop all the curtains.

Jin Xi is very strange, she likes to put everything down when she sleeps, and this is the only way to have the sense of security brought by protecting privacy.However, Wending's thinking is obviously different. Jin Xi speculates that it may have something to do with the environment where Wending grew up.

I heard that when Cao Cao sleeps, he puts a knife on the side of the bed, and no one is allowed to approach him while sleeping, and he has the habit of killing people in his dreams.

Wending kept half of the curtain, which may be an act of insecurity.Alas, Jin Xi secretly sighs, life is too complicated and it is not a good thing.

Jin Xi dimmed the candles in the lantern, making the light in the room dim and dim, creating a warm sleeping environment.Then, gently walk out of the door and close the door from the outside.

Wen Ding lay flat on the bed, listened to Jin Xi's words and closed his eyes, until the door was gently closed, he turned his head sideways, his eyes were open.

Listening attentively to the courtyard outside, Jin Xi is telling the chasing children in a low voice, let them play in the backyard, don't bother him to rest...

The children rushed forward and ran away to the backyard one after another.Both outside and inside the house suddenly fell into silence, only the whine of the night wind blowing over the eaves above their heads.

"Xi'er, you are my conch girl..." The medicine was active, and the eyelids seemed to be filled with heavy lead bars. Before falling into a deep sleep, Wending murmured these words.

This night passed quickly.The next day, after breakfast, Mrs. Sun took the New Year's gifts prepared for Old Liangtou to the stone table in the yard, and counted them carefully, lest there was anything missing.

"Mother, you cooked dinner yesterday, did you make an appointment with the aunt and the fourth aunt?" Jin Xi came out of the room briskly, wearing a cloak strap with a royal blue and brown rabbit fur scarf.

"It's all made up, and they will also give the New Year's gift this morning. You go to your aunt's with the basket first, and wait for your second cousin and the others." Sun said.

"Mother, after I went back to the house, did Dad stop making trouble?" Jin Xi glanced at the east wing behind the house with a closed door, worried on his face, and asked softly.

Originally, Liang Yuzhong was also going to the village today to go to Lao Liangtou, but in the middle of the night last night, Liang Yuzhong suddenly vomited and diarrhea, and made a fuss several times.

Mrs. Sun was worried, Jin Xi and the others were awakened in the middle of the night, and Ah Cai went to invite Dr. Li over in the middle of the night.

Doctor Li made a diagnosis and concluded that Liang Yuzhong was suffering from stomach disease.Liang Yuzhong's stomach has always been good before, and he can fill himself up with rice soaked in cold water and pickled vegetables.

But during this period of time, his stomach occasionally felt unwell.Last night, I drank more wine than usual.Dr. Li didn't have any medicine in his hand, so he always wrote prescriptions for the diagnosis, and asked the family members of the patients to go to the pharmacy in the town to buy them.

Last night, Cai Qingyang and A Cai were about to go to the town to buy medicine, but they were stopped by Liang Yuzhong.He was worried about their traveling at night, and only told them to go after dawn.

Sun was very worried, Jinxi asked Jian to go to the kitchen to cook a bowl of red sesame syrup with mugwort leaves for Liang Yuzhong, feed Liang Yuzhong a few sips, and then stayed with him all the time, helping to take care of Liang Yuzhong.

"I got up twice again, probably because of the warm water made of mugwort leaves, sesame seeds and brown sugar, and I didn't vomit anymore. I just fell asleep, Qingyang and Acai went to the town early in the morning to get some medicine, and Wen Yunniang was in the kitchen Decoction. When your father wakes up, I will let him take the medicine first."

Sun said, his voice slightly hoarse.After checking the New Year's ceremony, when she turned around, Jin Xi saw her exhausted face, and there were two thick black shadows under her eyes.

"Mother, don't worry too much. Doctor Li said that my father hurt his stomach. Eight out of ten people are more or less affected by this stomach disease. It's not a big deal, ah!" Jin Xi walked away In the past, softly comfort Mrs. Sun.

"When you turn around and wait for Dad to drink the medicine, you'll have to catch up on getting back into the cage, and your eye sockets will be blue. One or two of them will fall ill after the Chinese New Year." Jin Xi reminded.

Sun raised her hand and stroked Jinxi's soft black hair, looking at the girl who was already shoulder-to-shoulder with her, listening to the girl's words in her ears, her heart felt warm.

If it wasn't for my daughter who stayed by the bedside last night, she might really be thinking wildly.No wonder people say that a daughter is a close-fitting little padded jacket for parents, it really fits their hearts.

Mrs. Sun smiled relievedly, thinking of where her daughter was going next, she couldn't help telling: "When I see your grandfather, you should restrain your temper a little bit. Follow your fourth aunt and Aunt Taozhi, and try to talk as little as possible. "

Jin Xi pursed her lips and smiled, "Mother, don't worry, I know my grandfather doesn't want to see me, I'll leave after delivering the New Year gift."

Sun smiled, and then let Jinxi out of the inner courtyard.Jin Xi passes by the screen wall in front, and meets Wending sitting on a wooden wheelchair, admiring winter plums.

Agui stood ten steps behind him with his hands down, seeing Jinxi coming from the inner courtyard, he bowed his head to Jinxi from afar to salute.

Jin Xi nodded, walked lightly, and looked at Wen Ding who was diagonally ahead.

Wending seemed to be fascinated by admiring the plum blossoms, or he was so distracted that he didn't even notice Jin Xi's arrival.

The plum tree is growing well, and the buds on the branches are blooming vigorously after two severe winter blizzards.

The plum blossoms are dotted with bones, red as blood and white as snow. When the wind blows, the plum branches sway gently, driving the dark fragrance to float.Wherever the morning breeze passed by, not only the fallen cherry blossoms were blowing, but also the intoxicating aroma that floated in the air, which was fragrant and free.

And the person sitting under the plum blossom tree is wearing a silver-red robe with arrow sleeves, a jade belt around his waist, and small blue satin boots with powder bottoms on the soles of his feet.Broad shoulders and narrow waist, black hair pulled up high, the top of the head is fastened with a white jade hoop.The whole body is refreshed, and the whole body is noble and elegant.

Looking at it from Jin Xi's angle, what you can see is his sharp side profile, revealing a sharp-edged sternness.

A strand of fine black hair fell casually from his smooth forehead, and brushed against his thick and slender eyelashes. He looked at the plum tree in front of him from his forehead, and his phoenix eyes were slightly squinted, like a cozy cheetah.

The morning sun is just rising, and the faint red sunlight pours down, covering the plum blossoms with a light golden halo, which is so beautiful and enchanting.But compared with the demeanor of the man sitting under the flower tree, all of this paled suddenly.

Jin Xi's footsteps have come to a halt, she can't look away, the bamboo basket with rich New Year gifts is placed at her feet.

I couldn't help but think of a sentence in my heart: gold thread clothes, jade rakshasa, the heart is like a cloud and people are picturesque.It couldn't be more appropriate to use it here and on Wending's body!

Suddenly there was laughter from behind the screen wall, and immediately, two little girls, arm in arm, turned around from behind the screen wall.

Both of them were wearing the same double buns, wearing bird red jacket skirts, the little girl with a face like a full moon, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a honey-colored complexion, and thick lips was Jinrou.

And the one wearing a blue jacket and skirt, half a head shorter, with an oval face, fair complexion, and willow-leaf eyebrows with double eyelids is Wen Yun.

Following them, there was a bouncing little boy with a tiger fur hat on his head. The boy who was about five years old was Wen An.

"Sister, mother said that you went to give the New Year's gift to the master, why haven't you left the house for a long time? Why are you standing here in a daze?" Jin Rou raised her eyes and saw Jin Xi standing by the screen wall, she was surprised , blurted out and asked.

Wen Ding's thoughts were interrupted, he turned his face, just in time to see Jin Xi bent over to pick up the basket at his feet in a little embarrassment, and said to Jin Rou and the others, "Uh, let's go."

Wen Ding was slightly taken aback, knowing Jin Xi for so long, he has always seen her calm and unrestrained, calm and calm, and carefree.It was the first time seeing her faltering and flustered like this.

Jin Xi picked up the basket and looked towards Wending, the eyes of the two met in the air, Wen Ding had a soft smile in his eyes, and was about to open his mouth to say hello to Jin Xi.

"Brother Wen!" Jinrou took a few steps forward, saw Wending sitting under the plum blossom tree over there, her eyes lit up, and she shouted.

"Sister, hurry up to the village and go to your master, come home earlier!" Jin Rou beamed at Jin Xi, and after she finished speaking, she dragged Wen Yun and ran towards the plum blossom tree. Soft chirping sounds surrounded.

As if pestering Wending there, asking him to teach her what to do, Jin Xi didn't listen much.Under the plum tree, Wen Ding looked over Jin Rou and the three of them dangling in front of him, to Jin Xi who was here, and nodded to her with a smile.

Jin Xi responded with a pursed smile, picked up the basket and quickly left here, went to the front yard, and headed straight towards the village.

In the east wing of the inner courtyard of Lao Liang's house, no one was present except for the evicted second room.The other three rooms have come.

The first room is Liang Lisheng and Tao Zhi, the fourth room is Liang Yuzhou and Cui Xique, and the third room is represented by Jin Xi.

Old Liangtou was sitting at the table, and the table was piled full of presents, all of which were given by the people below.

Along the way, Jin Xi was still thinking about various measures to deal with the old Liangtou's difficulties. Unexpectedly, today's old Liangtou changed from the fierce description of being drunk that day, and became amiable while sitting there.

Not only brought chairs for these people to sit on, but also took out two plates of melon seeds and peanuts to entertain everyone.

(End of this chapter)