The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 16

In a flash, it will be the 74th of April, and one day later, it will be the day when Mr. Xie will be buried after he has been at home for seven to nine days.As early as a few days ago, Xie Yujiao had invited Taoist priests into the mansion to set up a water and land dojo. During the day, she played all day, and it didn't get better until night.

Fortunately, Xie Yujiao reads in the study in the outer courtyard during the day, and it is far away from the Xikua courtyard. Those voices came through a few walls, and they didn't feel so noisy. It just made Xie Yujiao lament that the world is impermanent, and I don't know if these transcendences can be achieved Let Master Xie ascend to bliss early.

Xie Yujiao looked at the ledger in a daze, seeing that a yawn was about to come out, only to hear the magpie pull the curtain, and said with a smile: "Miss, go to your wife, my uncle is back, and he brought a yellow-haired green Foreigners with eyes, everyone went to watch the fun.”

Xie Yujiao lost all wit and energy, so she stood up and asked, "Where is Uncle now?"

"Uncle first went to the Xikua courtyard to offer incense to the master. My wife said that it was too noisy there, so you can go directly to her and wait for my uncle. Sister Bailing has already taken the foreigner to the wife's yard. "

When Xie Yujiao heard this, she just walked and said, "Go to Xikuayuan first."

The magpie followed Xie Yujiao, and quickly stepped forward to close the curtain. Seeing Xie Yujiao walking forward like a wind, she only said from behind: "Girl, walk slowly, it has just rained and the road is slippery."

When Xie Yujiao arrived at Xikuayuan, it happened that the Taoist priests were resting, but the courtyard was also quiet. She saw a man in a stone blue robe kneeling in front of Master Xie's spirit tablet, and respectfully kowtowed three times.

Normally, Xu Yuxing and Mr. Xie were of the same generation, so there was no need to perform such a grand ceremony, so it can be seen that the relationship between the two is extraordinary.

Mrs. Xu was sitting on an armchair on one side. When Xie Yujiao came in, Xu Yuxing just stood up. Mrs. Xu got up quickly and said, "Jiaojiao is here."

Xie Yujiao saw Xu Yuxing turn his head, the look was terrible, Xu Yuxing actually looked exactly like Xie Yujiao's uncle in her previous life, Xie Yujiao hadn't reacted yet, the word "uncle" had already blurted out.

Xu Yuxing's eyes were still crying, seeing Xie Yujiao's eyes turned red again, he just said, "Jiaojiao has grown up so much."

Xie Yujiao had a sore nose, and suddenly felt that after holding on for so long, someone who could come up with an idea suddenly came and couldn't hold back all of a sudden, she couldn't help crying.

Seeing her, Mrs. Xu came forward with tears in her eyes, wiped Xie Yujiao's tears with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "What's wrong with this child? Seeing uncle, he's acting coquettish instead?"

Xie Yujiao curled her lips, and pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. Her face also slightly restrained her emotions, and she only whispered: "No, I haven't seen Uncle happy for a long time."

Seeing that Xu Yuxing had finished paying homage to Mr. Xie, Mrs. Xu said, "In this case, let's go to the main room to talk first, it's not convenient here."

Xu Yuxing was in his early thirties, dressed in a stone-blue long robe, with a little stubble on his face, he looked like a man of travel and dust, and he probably came straight to Xie's mansion before returning to his home.It's just that there is no one in the Xu family now, so it really doesn't matter whether he will go or not.Xie Yujiao then said, "Mother, uncle just came back and his feet haven't rested yet. You should let him go back to his room to rest for a while and change his clothes."

Mrs. Xu was taken aback when she heard the words, and then touched her forehead and said, "I was confused, and I forgot about this." After Mrs. Xu finished speaking, she turned to look at her younger brother, and said with concern, "Your room is still in the outer courtyard. The old place, everything is complete, you go to clean up first, and then go to my side."

Xu Yuxing responded, and left first, followed by only a young servant, Xie Yujiao was the first time seeing him, it should be the long-term follower who followed him day and night.Xie Yujiao thought for a while, and only asked Xu, "Mother, is there no maid by uncle's side? Shall I call a maid to serve him?"

Mrs. Xu just shook her head and said: "No need, don't you know your uncle? He is very stubborn. After your aunt leaves, it's fine if he refuses to continue the strings. You don't even need a maid by your side. When your father is around, I did matchmaking for him several times, but he didn't respond."

Xie Yujiao thought about it, and thought that Xu Yuxing's doing this was actually just to avoid suspicion. It's really shameful for a widower to have a little maid by his side, but if he was paired with an old woman who could be his mother, maybe he wouldn't. What did you say.It's not that Xie Yujiao looks down on men, it's just that Xie Yujiao's many years of life experience have told Xie Yujiao that sometimes a man who doesn't have a woman around to watch him is likely to live like a pig.

Xie Yujiao just ordered and said: "Magie, you tell Madam Zheng, the gatekeeper at the second door, that Uncle is at home these few days, and let her wash and mend the clothes for Uncle."

Seeing Xie Yujiao pointing to an old woman in the blink of an eye, Mrs. Xu thought that she must have understood the meaning, and only smiled and said, "It's still Jiaojiao's thoughtfulness."

Xie Yujiao accompanied Mrs. Xu back to the main room, and saw a few young maids looking around the door of the main room. The maids followed behind and cleared their throats abruptly. When the young maids heard the voice, they turned around They were all startled, and lowered their heads to salute Xu Shi and Xie Yujiao in a low voice.

Xie Yujiao glanced over the heads of those little maids. No wonder they gathered around as if they were watching the excitement. It turned out that a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner really came to the courtyard.Holding a drawing board in his left hand, the foreigner was standing in front of a lilac flower in the courtyard. With a few strokes of the brush in his right hand, he drew a group of lilac flowers.

Looking at the height of the foreigner, it looks like 1.9 meters, which is really unattainable for women in this era.

The foreigner seemed to be used to these curious gazes, he just followed them to look at him and talked to himself. At this moment, he suddenly noticed that those gazes had moved away, but he was not used to it. He moved his gaze from the cluster of lilacs, and He saw Xie Yujiao and Xu Shi standing at the door.

"Wow...beautiful girl!" Xie Yujiao covered her lips with a smile due to her fluent Chinese, looked each other up and down, raised her head, looked at him and said, "Hello, how can I help you?" call?"

"Hello, my name is David, Da Yong's name is Da Wei, you can call me Da Wei, beautiful girl!" Da Wei walked up to Xie Yujiao, put down the drawing board in his hand, put his right hand on his left chest, bowed his head Bow to Xie Yujiao and Xu Shi.

It was also the first time for Mrs. Xu to see a foreigner. Seeing his familiar appearance, she was very embarrassed, so she hurriedly said: "This... Great Master, you... get up quickly."

Xie Yujiao thought it was funny seeing Xu's flustered look. She was used to foreigners in her previous life, so she didn't think it was a problem, so she said, "You don't have to be polite, this is Dayong, and you can't use the etiquette of your hometown."

Dawei is a wandering painter. He came to Dayong with his friend's merchant ship. He has been in Dayong for many years, but it is the first time he has come into contact with someone like Xie Yujiao who is not at all curious, not at all shy, and can't tell. The girl who came to see him with a little bit of reserve.

Dawei raised his head, with surprise in his eyes. A pair of bright green eyes stared at Xie Yujiao unobtrusively. When Xu saw her, her expression turned ugly. Although Xie Yujiao knew that Dawei didn't do it on purpose, But he couldn't help but said: "Mr. Dawei, in our Dayong, it's very impolite for you to look at a girl's house like this."

When Dawei heard the words, he really lowered his head and smiled shyly. He looked like a big boy, picked up the drawing board on the side, and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Miss Xie is so beautiful, I forgot about you Da Yong in a short while." I'm so sorry."

Xu's brow was sweating anxiously, and he regretted inviting some western painter back.She originally thought that these people who could draw must be over fifty years old, who would have thought that this Western painter looked like he was only 25 or six years old, this would be the end of his life, why did he invite such a person back!
Xie Yujiao didn't think too much about it. Seeing that the man had already apologized, she walked in and said, "Do you know what you do here at our house?"

"I know, it's for the master's portrait, but I heard from Mr. Xu that the master has passed away. I don't know if I can see him, so that the painting can be more similar." Dawei said.

Although Mr. Xie has not been buried yet, the body has been placed there for forty days. Seeing that the weather is getting hotter day by day, every time Xie Yujiao enters the Xikua courtyard, she feels that the smell is not good. It's already out of shape, even if you look at it, you can't see anything.

"People are no longer visible. When the time comes, you will only listen to my mother's dictation. If you come out with your words, draw a few more pictures. We only need to look like the face. As for the clothes and clothes, I have them for your reference."

Seeing what the master said, Dawei also nodded, and only said: "That's good, as long as the madam can remember the appearance of the master, I don't say that I can say exactly the same, but I can also draw a [-]% similar."

Mrs. Xu couldn't help laughing when she saw the serious manner of the foreigner, and looked at his simple and honest appearance, he didn't look like a bad person, and he was introduced by Xu Yuxing. At this time, it is not easy to turn him down again, it is not easy to travel all the way, so he smiled and said: "In that case, then you can stay with us now." Xu Shi said, and only told Zhang Mama: : "You go to the outer courtyard to clean up a guest room, and arrange another servant, a little maid to serve you personally, and then ask him if there is anything missing, let him talk about it, so I can arrange someone to go and find it."

Zhang's mother was originally a short figure, but she looked about 1.5 meters tall and thin. She stood next to Dawei, and before she could speak, her legs started to shake, and she didn't dare to approach, she just said from a distance: " Great Master, follow me."

Xie Yujiao watched him go with Zhang's mother, twisted her handkerchief and smiled again. Mrs. Xu also recited a Buddha in her heart. Seeing that Xie Yujiao was still laughing, she only pretended to be angry and said, "You're still laughing. It's scary to be so tall. Do all foreigners look like this? One has to be as big as the two of us."

(End of this chapter)