Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 26

Xiang Lai sat there watching him for a long time, seeing that this man was upright, and he didn't look like someone with ulterior motives. After thinking for a long time, she slowly took off her hat.

Her hat is a thick dog fur hat that people in the north often wear. On her head, only her eyes, nose, and mouth are exposed. As for her forehead, the shape of her face, ears, and hair cannot be seen at all.

At this time, when she took it off, she revealed a delicate and petite face and a head of jet-black hair, which immediately revealed her original appearance as a girl.

Yu Zixi froze there after reading it, opened her mouth again and again, and said, "You... are a woman?"

Xianglai nodded apologetically and said, "Well, I...disguised as a man because it was inconvenient to go out. I didn't mean to lie to you. I hope you don't get angry!"

Yu Zixi was stunned for a moment to recover, and said: "Ah, no! I can understand, how could you be angry because of this, it's just... your name Shen Tianlai is not real anymore?"

Xianglai smiled and said: "There is only one word missing, my name is Chen Xianglai, and Tianlai is my younger brother's name."

Yu Zixi immediately smiled with relief: "I mean, judging by your stature and voice, you are only twelve or thirteen years old, how can you speak and act so maturely, but you are actually a girl..."

Xiang Lai thought: "The original owner of this body is indeed just about to turn 14, but the real me is already over [-]!"

In order to relieve the slight embarrassment between the two of them, Yu Zixi picked up the bowl on the table to signal Xiang Lai, and said, "Come on, eat, and I have to go find your cousin after eating."

"En." Xianglai picked up the bowl and was about to eat, but heard a voice from outside, someone shouted: "Boss, come out and see if this is the person you are looking for!"

Chen Xianglai and Yu Zixi looked at each other suspiciously, put down their bowls and chopsticks and walked outside.

She hadn't even left the house when she heard someone shout loudly in the courtyard: "Xiang Lai, Xiang Lai!"

"It really is Shen Dachang."

Xianglai was overjoyed, but at the same time she also thought: This guy doesn't have a brain. Fortunately, I told Yu Zixi just now, otherwise his name would reveal his identity.

While thinking about it, she had already left the house with Yu Zixi, and saw Da Chang standing in the yard with an elderly man.

Yu Zixi said: "Oh, it turned out to be shopkeeper Chen, why did you go to help find someone?"

Shopkeeper Chen rolled his sleeves and said, "I didn't look for it specifically, but I heard you say something when I got home. Just now when I was eating, I heard this man yelling in the street, so I went out and asked, but I didn't expect it to be him. "

While they were talking, Xianglai had already come to Dachang, and said, "Brother Dachang, where have you been? I'm so worried!"

When Shen Dachang saw her coming out of the house with a man, he got angry at the moment, stared at her and shouted: "You asked me where I went, and I still want to ask you what's going on? It's silly to post me on the show. Can't wait to come back, but I ran here with a man... in, in the same room, why do you want me to go back and explain to my second aunt?!"

Xianglai was dumbfounded, she didn't expect that this would cause Dachang's misunderstanding, she stood there and said in a daze, "I'm here for something, and I'm not, I'm not... fooling around!"

Seeing this, Yu Zixi also came over and explained for Xianglai: "Oh, brother Shen, don't get me wrong, this... Miss Xianglai came to me to buy rice, and if she didn't have enough money, she had to exchange it with a book. I read silently here, and I actually just found out that she is a girl, and there is nothing... anything that shouldn't happen between us."

"Book... what book? How can there be a book at Xianglai's house?"

When it comes to Shu Dachang, he is a little confused. He has lived for more than 20 years, and he is not afraid of doing any work, but he is afraid of reading and learning.

He was eight or nine years old when Xiang Lai Niang entered Shen's house, and it was time for him to study. Xiang Lai Niang was the first to teach him. Unfortunately, he was born with an elm head, and he became numb when he saw words. He would rather go with Shen Wanjin. Plan the ground and don't read or write at home.And Shen Wanjin didn't expect him to be very promising at all, as long as he could barely write his name, it was fine, and he didn't force him to learn it.That's why Shen Dachang made such a fuss with a "sir" who didn't spend money, and he still couldn't read the characters, so that when he heard the word "book" now, his momentum weakened at that time, and his speech was not as aggressive as before.

Xianglai troubled Yu Zixi's buddy to find someone, she was already very sorry, Dachang's misunderstanding made her even more embarrassed, she winked at him quietly and said: "Brother Dachang, don't say it, I'm really copying here. Books for rice, I was so engrossed in copying that I forgot to look for you, and it was the help of the shopkeeper in the shop that I found you, we should thank him!"

Dachang glanced at the shopkeeper Chen beside him, and remembered how old he was, and brought him here to meet Xianglai in the cold in the dark. , thank you for leading me to find my sister."

Shopkeeper Chen waved his hand and said, "It's all right. If you want to thank you, please thank our boss. It's all thanks to him."

As he spoke, he pressed the hat on his head, greeted Yu Zixi and went home again.

The cold wind was blowing in the yard, Yu Zixi let Dachang into the house, and said, "Brother Shen, have you had dinner? We were going to find you after we finished eating. Now that you are here, let's have some together."

Dachang hurriedly gave way, saying: "No, no, I have found Xianglai here, and I want to take her back. My ox sledge is still in the inn."

Xianglai said: "No, I can't go to the inn with you, I haven't finished copying my book yet, I want to exchange it for rice."

Dachang was secretly worried, even if Xianglai had nothing to do with this man, she was a girl, so she couldn't stay overnight in his shop.

He pulled the incense stick angrily, and said: "What's the matter with you girl, I'm doing this for your own good, don't you know? Besides, why do you want that rice? It's expensive stuff, we can afford it ?!"

In front of Yu Zixi, Xianglai really had no way to talk to him, so she could only say: "Don't worry about it, I just want it anyway! If you want to go back early, let me finish writing as soon as possible with peace of mind, otherwise we I can't go back the day after tomorrow!"

"the day after tomorrow!"

Dachang shouted: "Why did you leave until the day after tomorrow? I plan to go back early tomorrow morning! Let's stay one more day, how much money will we get for food and lodging?"

Xianglai secretly got angry, thinking that Shen Dachang was trained by Wu Zhaodi, and he opened his mouth and kept his mouth shut.

Seeing the two arguing, Yu Zixi persuaded Shen Dachang with a smile, and said, "It's okay, Big Brother Shen, sister Xianglai wrote books for me to do business for me, and I will take care of your food and lodging, so you can also stay here with Xianglai Girl, don't worry about it."

Dachang heard that the food and lodging became much more comfortable, and he muttered hesitantly: "But my cattle sledge and a bag of medicine are still in the inn, and I have even paid for the inn."

(End of this chapter)