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Chapter 126 Two Months Later

Dong Rong couldn't move at all, and felt a little annoyed with the old man in her heart. Just as she was about to speak to persuade her again, the black boy hugged the old man and yelled crazily.Needless to say, the old man's yelling just now exhausted his last vitality...

The little girl cried so much that her whole body was trembling, she tried her best to turn her little head towards the old man's side, her tears fell down and hit the bluestone slab, her mouth whimpered like a small animal.

Dong Rong and Sha Zhu looked at each other, and both sighed.Dong Rong stretched out her hand to help the little girl, and said in a low voice, "Go, I promise you."

The little girl was dumbfounded for a while, and finally understood, she turned around and ran towards Hei boy, the two of them hugged the old man's body and wept in a daze.

Dong Rong smiled wryly, not knowing whether she was explaining to Shazhu or persuading herself, "Anyway, the family lacks someone who can wash clothes and tidy up the house. This little girl is probably capable of doing it. As for her brother... it would be enough if one more person in the restaurant at the foot of the mountain could help. .”

Five taels of silver was exchanged for a coffin, plus two sackcloths and three baskets of paper money and ingots. The little girl and the black boy sent the old man to be buried in linen and mourning. So far, a new grave has been built in a small forest outside Qing County, lonely In the weeds.

While driving the carriage, Fuzi quietly listened to the movement in the carriage, and was very curious about the two new members of the family.

Dong Rong was more curious than him at the moment. She was busy taking care of the old man's funeral just now, and she didn't look at the two brothers and sisters carefully. Now that she finally settled down, she realized that the black boy's facial features were very deep. The color is brownish, somewhat similar to those mixed-race children seen in previous lives.On the other hand, the little girl looks very delicate, no different from the people of Daqi.

"Are you brothers and sisters?" Dong Rong took out a box of snacks from the drawer next to the seat and put it in front of the little girl, and asked in a soft voice as much as possible.

The little girl looked up at Dong Rong timidly with her big wet eyes like a wounded animal, and thanked in a low voice, "Thank you...Master, my brother and I are brothers and sisters."

The black boy had kept his head down and said nothing, but now he suddenly retorted, "What master, we don't sell ourselves! Mother let us go back to the north..."

The little girl was afraid of offending her new master, so she hugged her brother's arm tightly and begged, "Brother, listen to Uber, we have nowhere to go, and Uber is dead..." As she spoke, perhaps she thought of Since then, I have no siblings to rely on, and the little girl cried again.

The boy Hei obviously loved his sister very much, although he closed his mouth and stopped making noise, but he stared at Dong Rong and his wife with three points of viciousness and seven points of defense.

Dong Rong sighed helplessly. She clearly wanted to buy a diligent and clever little maid to take home, so why did she pick up such a weird pair of siblings?However, things have become like this, and even if she wants to regret it, she can't do it.

"I don't care where you come from, but since you begged me to take you in, and I agreed, let's talk about the future. When I get home, I will ask the steward to write two deeds. From now on, you will work in my house. Food and lodging are provided on weekdays, the work is not heavy, and there is still three hundred cash per month. The time limit is five years, and after five years, you can leave or stay at will. Observe the rules of the day, otherwise don't blame me for sending you out to fend for yourself."

The little girl originally thought that she was going to be sold as a slave, but she didn't want to be a hired worker. The siblings would be free after five years.She immediately stopped crying, pulled the elder brother to kneel on the carriage board, and kowtowed to thank, "Thank you for taking me in, we brothers and sisters will definitely live up to the kindness of our master."

Dong Rong raised her brows, but she didn't realize that this little girl had a soft-tempered exterior and a strong interior.But she didn't say much, she leaned lightly on Sha Zhu's shoulder and half-closed her eyes to rest.Silly Zhu slumped his shoulders slightly to make sure his daughter-in-law could sleep more comfortably, but when he raised his head again and glanced at the black boy, his eyes were full of deterrence and seven points of warning.

Hei boy Xu knew that he was going to make a living under Sha Zhu's hands in the future, so he lowered his head in silence, faintly protecting his sister behind him.

Soon, the carriage arrived outside the orchard.At this moment, the sun had already set on the top of the west mountain, the birds returned to the forest, and the flower-viewers dispersed one after another, and the orchard gradually returned to tranquility.

Sister-in-law Liu was leading two servants to check the items in the lobby. The so-called people are all kinds of people. When you open the door to welcome guests, you will meet generous guests.Every day, there are few straw woven objects or better tea sets in the lobby.Sister-in-law Liu felt dereliction of duty, and her eyes were wide open during the day, not to mention, after closing the garden, she also acquired such a good habit of checking.

From a distance, she saw Dong Rong getting off the car and handing over the work to the boy, and then came up to greet her with a smile, "The master is back, can you have a good time shopping in the city today?"

Dong Rong nodded with a smile, "Fortunately, how is business today?"

Sister-in-law Liu raised her hand to support the hairpin, and said proudly, "Don't worry about it. The business is going well. All the stewed vegetables and snacks are sold out. Especially the seven-color cake, it was sold out as soon as it came out, and some customers complained why there were not many of them. Make some, they all want to bring some back to their families to taste."

While the two were talking, the Heizi brother and sister also got out of the car, and the two secretly looked at the houses and people around them curiously, not daring to take more than half a step.

"Huh." Sister-in-law Liu glanced at them and asked, "Is this the little maid bought by the master?"

Dong Rong smiled bitterly and nodded, "Forget it, the two children are very pitiful. From now on, the boy will stay at the foot of the mountain to do work, and you should take care of it more on weekdays. Let Wen Niang take the girl and stay by my side to serve you."

Sister-in-law Liu hurriedly nodded in response, and finally called Hei boy enthusiastically to her, looked him up and down and sighed, "This child, it's so hot in the sky, why are you still wearing a padded jacket? Auntie will take my house tomorrow. I'll change your big baby's clothes for you, and in a few days you'll be making summer clothes in the orchard and you'll have new clothes to wear."

The boy Hei treated this "aunt" who appeared out of nowhere with such enthusiasm, and felt a little uncomfortable.But he didn't ignorantly refuse. Instead, he kept looking at his sister, obviously worried that she would have nowhere to go.

Sister-in-law Liu grabbed Hei boy's hand, and while half-pushing him into the house, she smiled and persuaded him, "Don't worry, you child, our boss is the kindest person within a hundred miles. Years ago Only refugees have saved hundreds of people, so they won’t treat your sister harshly. Besides, you have to go back to the compound on the mountain to sleep at night, so that you can see your sister every day.”

Hei boy was completely relieved after hearing this, followed her into the back kitchen of the restaurant, and after a while, holding two steamed buns with white noodles, a marinated chicken feet and two marinated eggs, he began to eat with big mouthfuls.This is the best and sweetest meal he has eaten since his hometown went north, so this strange orchard has become kinder to him, maybe it is not a bad thing to live here for five years...

Dong Rong and his wife took the little girl up the mountain. Girls are born to love beautiful things. Seeing the peach blossoms in full bloom, the little girl couldn't help but stretch out her small hand to pick up two petals blown down by the wind. The timidity and apprehension in life also disappeared a lot.

Wen Niang got the news somewhere, and was waiting at the door of Chuihua with her bow.The sweet smell wafting from the yard made Dong Rong's stomach growl.She handed the little girl to Wen Niang, and after a few whispered instructions, she abducted her to the ear room.

Sure enough, the freshly baked jam cakes were being placed in rows on the baking tray. Chu Silian was busy in her apron, seeing her master's coveted appearance, she hurriedly picked up a plate and offered it to her.

Dong Rong smiled and took the plate and went back to the room with Sha Zhu. The cool evening breeze blew in through the half-open window. The young couple talked and laughed while padding their stomachs. Guo Guo smelled the fragrance and ran away with spikes all over her body Come over, from time to time, the little black nose flutters and squeaks in favor.

Dong Rong broke the cake into small pieces and put it in front of it, and the family of three happily ate it up...

Time runs fast as if it has grown feet, and in a blink of an eye, it is midsummer, and the branches of the peach trees in the orchard are already full of fingernail-sized peaches, and even the pear and apple blossoms have faded away without a trace. Fortunately, the lotus in the pond succeeded in the relay, and now it is hiding behind the green lotus leaves, occasionally showing its small face shyly to watch the excitement, which arouses the admiration of many flower lovers.

Few people go to the Thirteen Grass Pavilions on the mountain except for those who want to be quiet, but the water pavilions on the lotus pond are fiercely contested.The price of ten taels of silver is not that no one complains about the high price in private, but sitting in the water pavilion surrounded by lotus, blowing the humid summer breeze, drinking a few glasses of light wine with a few light dishes, and a plate of lotus leaf rice at the end, The whole person seemed to be imbued with a sense of nobility, and the smell of copper was naturally left behind.

Dong Rong felt very dizzy when she woke up this morning. She thought it might be because she went to bed late last night, so she drank a bowl of lotus leaf porridge for breakfast and then lay back on the bed to take a nap.

Wearing a water-blue dress, Zizhu quickly moved away from the dining table, and finally picked up the clothes that the master had changed and put them in the straw basket. When he was about to go out, he thought about it, then leaned over to the bed and asked in a low voice. , "Madam, let me ask someone to invite the master back, or ask Dr. Feng to come and show you?"

Dong Rong closed her eyes and waved her hands. Yesterday, Mr. Cao took a walk in the orchard on a whim, but accidentally fell into the lotus pond and took two mouthfuls of water.Fearing that something might happen to the old man, she tried her best to ask the old man to go up the mountain to rest, but the old man refused desperately, and finally came back home with a fever.She and Sha Zhu accompanied her until the sun went down, Granny Cao kicked her back to sit in the orchard but left Sha Zhu at home for one night.It is inappropriate for her not to be able to rush back to the village to take care of her illness at this moment, how can she scare her husband again?
"No, I'll just rest for a while, and you should be busy."

"Yes, ma'am." Zizhu pushed the blue and white teapot filled with warm tea to the side of the small table, and said again, "Silian's sister-in-law asked me to help bake the biscuits for a while, and when the time comes, I will bring a plate back to Madam, and you can Drink fruit tea and pad your stomach, maybe it will be more comfortable."

"Okay, don't worry, I'll be fine when I lie down." Dong Rong smiled and pushed the little girl who took care of her as a child to work, feeling very lucky in her heart.Back then, she took in Zizhu and his older brother Yun Ruiduo out of compassion, but she didn't expect that good intentions would be rewarded, and these two brothers and sisters were actually Bao'er.

(End of this chapter)