The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 64

"My cousin likes my aunt, which is secondary. The most important thing is that my uncle seems to..." Xie Yujiao didn't look down and said, only blinked at Xu Shi, Xu Shi frowned and thought for a while, but didn't think of any clues, just He opened his mouth and said: "They are usually people who understand etiquette, and they have never met in person. How can you see this?"

"Did mother forget the two rabbit lanterns before the Lantern Festival?"

Xu frowned and thought for a while, "Didn't your uncle buy that rabbit lamp last time for you and your cousin to play with?"

Xie Yujiao was really in a hurry, Mrs. Xu would think so, she was simply spoiled by Mr. Xie, her mind was gone!

"My cousin and I stopped playing with rabbit lamps eight years ago. Mother, don't even think about it. How could her and I, two big girls, run around the yard with a rabbit lamp! Who did uncle buy it for?" He knows it in his heart!"

When Mrs. Xu was mentioned by Xie Yujiao, she only thought about it, and suddenly realized: "Could it be... Could it be that he bought it for your aunt's two cousins?" After Mrs. Xu finished speaking, she became angry and slowed down. He just smiled and said: "I was still wondering at the time, he hasn't bought this thing for you to play with for many years, why did he think about it again this year, it turned out to be because of this!"

Seeing that Mrs. Xu had figured it out, Xie Yujiao just smiled and said, "Mother is living a very comfortable life, teasing Chaozong every day, and she has nothing to worry about, so she is too lazy to use her brain."

Hearing this, Mrs. Xu also laughed at herself, "I'm going back as I live. Now besides being optimistic about Chaozong, I can only urge that Dawei to paint your father's portrait earlier. I don't know why recently. I didn’t ask him back, it’s because he hasn’t finished the painting yet! How long does he want to eat and drink at our house for free?”

It's quite interesting for Xu to criticize people, Xie Yujiao just smiled and said: "Their painters pay attention to one inspiration. If the inspiration is gone, it is difficult to draw the charm. This is also slow work and meticulous work, mother Don't rush him, he won't be able to eat much, anyway, our family can still afford it."

Mrs. Xu just nodded and said: "I don't want to urge him, I can't bear it when Mrs. Qi and the others came to visit the door last time. Speaking of this foreigner, he still lives and won't leave. Maybe he wants to stay and be the son-in-law of Xie's family. Exasperating..."

Seeing Xu's gloomy face, Xie Yujiao couldn't help but laughed and said, "Shut up, mother, my stomach hurts from laughing, I'm afraid Dawei can't even figure out what a son-in-law is." Got it!"

Seeing Xie Yujiao's heartless smile, Mrs. Xu felt a little worried. Xu Huiru's marriage was on the agenda.Xie Yujiao is still a year older than her, and now she can only delay her filial piety.

Xie Yujiao came out of Xu's room, remembered what Xu said just now, and really wanted to go to Dawei's place to take a look. Now that he is painting their house, he is also his boss anyway. no?
At this time, Dawei was appreciating his masterpiece in the past few months with satisfaction, and couldn't help reaching out to caress the veiled woman on the scroll.Her outstretched hand was a long strip of bright lanterns. Under the candlelight, the woman's eyes were bright and moving, with a bit of vigor and aura, which made people unable to help but fall into it.

Dawei withdrew his hand, bowed deeply to the painting, and muttered: "My queen, I wish I could take you out of here, and then travel around the world and live a carefree life!"

Dawei had just finished speaking when he heard a woman knock on the door outside and said, "Master Dawei, my eldest girl is waiting for you at the door, is it convenient for you to come out?"

Dawei was taken aback, and hastily covered the whole painting with the purple silk and satin beside him, speaking in a mouthful of Da Yong's words that were still not pure, he said, "It's convenient for me, very convenient!"

Xie Yujiao could hear the panic in his tone, and didn't know what he was doing inside, so she turned around and walked to the side corridor to wait for him.

Dawei covered the painting tightly, and then opened the door, and saw Xie Yujiao waiting for her at the top of the chasing veranda, her delicate and charming back, with the dignity and delicacy of a lady, was exactly the image of a queen in her mind.

Dawei walked behind Xie Yujiao, and Xie Yujiao turned around just in time, so he put his hands on his chest and wanted Xie Yujiao to bow 45 degrees: "Dear miss, what can you do with me?"

Xie Yujiao looked down at the man bending over in front of her, with a calm smile on her face, and said, "Madam asked me to ask you, how is my father's portrait?"

In fact, Dawei finished the painting early in the morning, but he was reluctant to leave. Now that Xie Yujiao came to ask him in person, he couldn't bear to deceive her, so he said: "Tomorrow, the lady can have a look at it. If the lady is interested, I will do it now." Let me show you, and your family portrait is also finished."

Although Xie Yujiao was very interested, but remembering the last time the maid said that she had seen the portrait of ** in his room, she immediately changed her mind and said, "No need, I will send someone to pick it up tomorrow, and then I will go with my wife look."

Dawei was slightly disappointed when he heard that, seeing Xie Yu turned around to leave, he stepped in front of her with just one step, blocking her way.

"Thanks...Miss Xie!"

Xie Yujiao was taken aback by his actions. Seeing that he hadn't made a move, she calmed down a little, took a step back, and asked, "You...what do you want to say?"

Dawei looked at Xie Yujiao, his white face gradually turned red, and he faltered: "Miss Xie, I heard from your uncle that your Xie family had no sons before, and you wanted to inherit the family business at home. My younger brother has been born, can you... stay with me? I will take you around the world? Okay?"

Xie Yujiao looked at Dawei's serious eyes, and really couldn't bear to say the word "not good". After thinking for a while, she said: "Although I have a younger brother, he is still a baby. Before he grows up, I still won't leave Xie's house, are you willing to live here with me? One year, two years, or even ten years? Twenty years?"

Dawei listened to the lengthening time, and his face became more and more embarrassed. He is a traveling painter, and he has to travel around to maintain his creative inspiration. How can he stay in one place for a long time, besides...

When Dawei was thinking about how to answer Xie Yujiao, Xie Yujiao said with a smile: "You Westerners have a saying: life is precious, love is more expensive, if it is for freedom, both can be thrown away. So... you will definitely not agree to my request, will you?"

Dawei once again looked at Xie Yujiao in shock, she is really a queen!To be able to speak his heart out word for word, it's simply... no no, she's not a queen, she's a goddess!

Dawei looked at Xie Yujiao with admiration, and bowed deeply again: "My goddess, you will definitely get your happiness. I pray to God and bless you!"

Although Xie Yujiao rejected Dawei, she was actually a little bit disappointed in her heart!If she hadn't time-traveled, meeting a foreigner boyfriend who was a painter would actually be a very good thing, but now that she is in the Xie family, as the eldest daughter of the Xie family, she has to shoulder this responsibility.

Early the next morning, Dawei asked someone to send over the portrait of Mr. Xie and the family portraits of all members of the Xie family.Mrs. Xu was very happy to see her, and hurriedly sent someone to reward the silver, but the maid who came back only replied: "Mama Zheng said, Master Dawei left after taking out his things early this morning, his paintings, boxes Ah, they all moved away, and the other things were said to be unnecessary, so they stayed.”

Mrs. Xu only wondered: "Why did you leave without saying hello? Could it be that our family has neglected him and he is unhappy?"

Xie Yujiao knew it in her heart, but it was not easy to tell Xu, she was afraid of frightening her, so she smiled and said: "Probably because I got tired of living in the countryside, so I went to the city. If you know where your uncle's house is, you'll be fine."

After listening to Xie Yujiao's persuasion, Mrs. Xu just nodded and didn't think about it. At this time, someone hurried in from outside. Seeing Mrs. Xu and Xie Yujiao, she only gasped and said, "Miss... madam... "

Xie Yujiao saw that she was breathing heavily, and ordered, "Speak slowly."

The man picked it up in one breath, and only continued: "The second housekeeper is waiting in the study outside. He said that the county magistrate's wife is gone. He swallowed his breath in the middle of the night last night. The county government has sent someone out to report the funeral. The second housekeeper is waiting." Girls, let's go over and discuss what to do!"

Xie Yujiao was startled when she heard the words. Looking at Mrs. Kang's appearance yesterday, although she knew that time was running out, she didn't expect that she couldn't even survive the night. What a pity.The doctors from the capital rushed here day and night, but they still couldn't save him.

"This...why is it so fast! It's so pitiful." Xu Shi said, only turned to Xie Yujiao and said, "Go out and discuss with the second housekeeper, Mr. Kang has only been here for a year, I'm afraid the county There are not enough manpower in the yamen, depending on who you want to help, you can send it there, and let the second housekeeper persuade Mr. Kang to express condolences."

Xie Yujiao nodded, and led the maid to the front study.

Liu Fugen was waiting outside the study at the moment, seeing Xie Yujiao approaching, he greeted him personally and said, "Last time I went to the county government and said that our towns are going to have a dragon boat race together, and I posted a post to invite Mr. Kang, Mr. Kang happily agreed, who knows that this kind of thing happened in just a few days, and seeing that the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, it all came together."

After all, Xie Yujiao was not as anxious as Liu Fugen, so she just said, "Well, let Brother Shen take care of the dragon boat race. You can bring a few servants to help Mr. Kang these few days. I'm afraid he doesn't quite understand the rules, and those Taoist monks, who to invite, how to explain, you have handled it all, you go and tell their families, don't miss anything, let people It's a joke."

Liu Fugen nodded blindly, with some tears in his eyes, he just muttered: "Why don't good people live long in this world, such a good person as the master left early in the morning, and now the magistrate of the county is also a good person who is virtuous no matter what you think, Go too!"

Xie Yujiao looked at him as an old man suffering so much, she felt a little embarrassed, so she only comforted her: "Second housekeeper, please don't worry about being sad, it's important to get down to business."

Liu Fugen just nodded and went out, before reaching the door, Xie Yujiao stopped him again and said, "If you need money, come to your house to get it first, don't bother Mr. Kang."

Liu Fugen turned around and answered, and then went out in a proper manner.

(End of this chapter)