Second-hand lady

Chapter 57

When Li Shiwei came over, Miss Rucui remembered that Mr. Wen hadn't taken the tonic today. Grandpa Hu said that the medicine was for him to recuperate his body, so even if he was away from home, she still went to give it to him before rest every day. He boiled medicine and was more concerned about his own affairs.

In fact, this kind of thing does not require her to do it herself, but Miss Rucui carefully found that as long as she made something with her own hands, even if it was extremely unpalatable, Wen Liang would not secretly pour it out. Will find a way to drink it.For the sake of Wenliang's body, Miss Rucui took over these tasks.

The night in the winter forest was getting colder and colder. Miss Rucui tightened her clothes and groped all the way to the kitchen of the temple with her green and blue clothes, followed by two guards to protect her.

The kitchen of the temple is huge, but the inside is very simple. Seeing the strings of yellowed garlic, red peppers, corn and other things hanging on the beams under the roof, Miss Rucui thinks that the monks in the temple are living well... Honestly, I can't complain that tonight's fast food is so simple that Mr. Wen only ate a few chopsticks.

Miss Rucui is helpless by the wayward Mrs. Wen, but the husband is her own, if she doesn't love him, who will love him?

There was also a middle-aged monk in gray monk clothes cleaning in the kitchen. When he saw them coming in, he immediately came over and chanted the number, and asked, "What's the matter for the benefactors?"

Ru Cui returned the salute and said, "I'm bothering Master. My husband has been seriously ill recently and his spleen and stomach are uncomfortable, so I want to cook some rice porridge for him to nourish his stomach." Seeing the embarrassment of the big monk, he said: " Just ask Master to light a fire in the stove for us, we brought some ingredients over."

The great monk heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, because the incense in the temple was not prosperous, and the monks lived in poverty, and the daily food had a certain standard, and there were very few leftovers. In addition, it was already night, and it was absolutely impossible for the master who was in charge of the food to stay overnight. The customers opened the warehouse to pick up the ingredients, so now there is not even a steamed bun in the kitchen.If they brought their own ingredients, that would be another story.

The great monk seemed to have the compassionate demeanor of a monk. He not only lit a fire for them, but also heated hot water for the three girls to save them from the fate of frostbitten hands in the winter.

After Miss Rucui thanked the monk, she let him go to rest, "Master, don't worry, we will tidy up the kitchen after we finish using it."

It was freezing cold, and the great monk had been exhausted for a long day, and he was already sleepy. Now he was happy to hear her words, and after chanting the Buddha's name, he left.

"Tsing Yi, Lan Yi, go wash the pot and cook rice porridge." Miss Rucui ordered.

Tsing Yi went to wash the rice, and Lan Yi put a pack of tonics into the medicine pot and added water to start tormenting. Miss Rucui opened the basket they brought, and took out a piece of cured meat, five eggs, and some condiments, all of which were used during the journey. something in preparation.

"Madam, just go and sit down, let us fix it." Tsing Yi placed the pot behind the stove, and took the things from Ru Cui's hand.

Ru Cui didn't force herself after hearing this, she sat in front of the stove and watched the fire while instructing Tsing Yi to wash and dice the cured meat, marinate it with seasonings, and boil the eggs in another stove.

While they were busy, a guard came in from outside, holding a handful of muddy greens in one hand, and a child in a worn-out padded jacket in the other.

The vegetables were picked from the vegetable garden in the backyard of the temple. Miss Rucui wanted to make some light porridge with minced meat and vegetables to appetize Wen Liang. After getting the consent of the great monk, she asked the guards to pick some vegetables.I just went to pick some vegetables, how could I bring back a child?

The child was being carried by the guards without making any noise. He looked at them with a pair of dark eyes. When he saw the porridge cooking on the stove, he swallowed and quickly turned his attention away, as if he was afraid of himself. It seems like you can't help but look at it more.

"Who is he?" Miss Rucui asked in surprise, seeing that the child was thin and weak, he seemed to be only five or six years old, his face was a little sallow, and his hair, which was tied up randomly, was also withered and yellow from malnutrition.And the way he looked at the stove was a little green, as if he was extremely hungry.

"Ma'am, this subordinate was picking vegetables in the vegetable garden just now, and it was this child who rushed out to attack this subordinate. Later, when this subordinate wanted to leave, he relentlessly followed." The guard said depressedly. If he was an adult, he would naturally Be on guard, but this is a child, and I don't know if it is the child of a pilgrim in the temple, or a child taken in by the temple, so when he insisted on making a fuss and wanted to follow, I had to accept my fate and bring him here.

Ru Cui asked the guards to put the child down and called him over.

The child was a little defensive at first, then Fang walked over slowly amid Ru Cui's smiling face, and then sat on a small stool beside her.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

"I am a beggar taken in by the temple." The child said with a smile, staring at the boiling porridge on the stove with his bony eyes, swallowed his saliva, and said: "When the monks saw my parents died, they took pity on me. I want to become a monk and practice. I don't want to be a monk, so I didn't answer. I have been helping monks grow vegetables in the vegetable garden. Today I found someone stealing vegetables, so I naturally wanted to take a look. It turns out that you are what the abbot said because Miss the guests who came to stay overnight."

Ru Cui found that his eyes were very energetic, but his face was thin and yellow, which was a bit unattractive, but he was very open-minded, and he was neither arrogant nor humble when facing them, which made people ignore his orphan background for a while.

Seeing him, Miss Rucui thought of her childhood, she couldn't help but feel good about him, and started chatting with him.After the meat porridge in the pot was cooked, Ru Cui put a Gu porridge in the basket, and then asked Qing Yi and the others to bring a few bowls, and asked everyone present to drink a bowl of hot porridge to relieve the cold.

When Rucui put a bowl of porridge in the child's hands, the child was stunned, and said in a nonchalant manner, "For me?"

Miss Rucui grinned, took another boiled egg and put it in his hand, said with a smile: "I think you are pleasing to the eye, I reward you."

The child was still a little silly, but Tsing Yi and Lan Yi couldn't help laughing out loud.Although they didn't know why Miss Rucui was so nice to a skinny little child, but remembering that someone always didn't play the cards according to the cards, they decided not to make a fuss, just calm down.

"Let's eat, it's rare that my wife has a good heart." Tsing Yi took a spoon over, "Seeing that you are so thin, does it mean that there is not enough food in the temple and you are not full?"

"...Ah, yes, yes." The child lowered his head and answered vaguely.

Let Lanyi and a guard stay to clean up the kitchen, Rucui said goodbye to the little boy with a basket, and left the kitchen.

Back in their room, Guard Li had already left, Wen Liang was huddling on the bed under the quilt, flipping through a book indistinctly, Tsing Yi's eyes twitched, he lowered his head as if he hadn't seen it, his heart was high Hua Ruizhi's image as a military adviser was once again shattered into dregs.

"Master Wen, I made porridge, come over and have some. You eat too little for dinner, it's not good for your health." Although this is a foodie, he will willfully refuse to eat something that doesn't suit his appetite. It's really embarrassing for her to marry a wayward husband.

Wen Liang's heart suddenly felt warm. A certain girl was busy working because he didn't eat, which caused a soft emotion in his heart, and an extremely tender smile appeared on his face. Who knew that the next words of a certain girl would make him feel tender Go east.

"Drink the medicine after eating the porridge. Grandpa Hu said that the medicine can't be stopped, so that you can grow up fat and strong, and you won't hold your hands." As he spoke, he nodded vigorously, admiring the words of Imperial Physician Hu very much.

Wen Liang's face was full of black lines, and he shouted in his heart: Grandpa Hu, did you teach this stupid thing?
While Wen Liang was eating the porridge, Miss Rucui told him about the child she met in the kitchen just now, and then she laughed: "Although that child is an orphan and looks malnourished, it's quite funny. It reminds me of my When I was sold to the capital by my aunt before, I was like him."

Wen Liang was stunned for a moment, this was the first time he had heard about her, before he only knew that she was the servant girl serving Princess Su, but she was originally a maid in the prime minister's mansion, but he didn't know that she was not a child born in the prime minister's mansion, but It was bought.

It was probably because meeting that child tonight made Miss Rucui feel something in her heart, so it was rare for her to talk more, and Wen Liang became a listener.

At night, the cold wind roars in the temples in the mountains, and the branches and leaves in the forest rattle, adding a bit of coldness to the severe winter.

In the middle of the night, Miss Rucui woke up suddenly, and immediately moved to the place next to her, habitually trying to cover her beautiful husband who was raising her body with a quilt, but unexpectedly found nothing.

Miss Rucui woke up on the spot.

Mr. Wen is gone?

"Dong dong dong."

Just thinking about whether Master Wen got up at night, he heard a knock on the door mixed with the wind outside.Ru Cui frowned, a little vigilant in her heart, she got up slowly and put on her clothes casually, instead of lighting the lamp, she walked slowly to the door, thinking whether to open the door, who knew that there was a sound outside the door He heard the childish voice of a child.

"Mother, mother, open the door quickly..."

"..."

Miss Rucui was embarrassed, did the kid outside get lost?Although the wind was a bit loud, Miss Rucui inexplicably thought of the child she saw in the kitchen at night when she heard the voice.

Thinking in this way, Miss Rucui opened the door and looked down. When she opened the door, the child who was a little taller than her knees rushed into the room, hugged one of her legs with both hands, and then closed the door with her buttocks. Close it again.

Before Miss Rucui could say anything in the future, she was nimbly dragged into the house by the child...

"There are two robbers hiding in the temple, and they plan to attack you during the chaos." The child said hurriedly, pulling her to get under the bed, "Hurry up and hide, I will lure them away."

Although the child is nimble, he is small and weak. Miss Rucui was pushed and pushed by him and walked a few steps before she was unprepared, then she stopped pushing him and stood there straight, watching the child hop , Thinking that she didn't hear what he said clearly, he repeated the previous words again.

Miss Rucui asked with a serious face: "How do you know that there are robbers hiding in the temple? Or...are you with the robbers?"

The child's face froze, and those flexible eyes drifted a little, then he looked up at her and said, "Yes, I am the internal response to the temple specially arranged by those bandits to deliver the news to them. Hurry up and hide, otherwise They're really coming!" The child said, with anxiety on his face, seeing her unmoved, he also knew that his behavior was not trustworthy, and said again: "Please, what I said is true , not to lie to you."

Ru Cui put her hands on his shoulders, bent down to look into his eyes, and asked seriously: "Since you are with them, why did you come to tell me to escape?"

The child was silent for a while, then Fang said: "However, I also ate your bowl of porridge and an egg, and I have to repay your kindness."

Ru Cui nodded, and in the child's astonishment, she didn't hide as he thought, but pulled him to the door.

The child was a little dull. Shouldn't these delicate and weak wives from rich families hide in the house and pray for the blessing of the Buddha when encountering such a thing?Why did she run out instead?What should Wai Yi do if he encounters robbers sneaking into the temple on the road?
(End of this chapter)