Beautiful step by step

Chapter 50

When Wei Wei came back to the cage after a good night's sleep, it was already daylight outside.The mornings in the northwest are a bit cold, and she likes to kick the quilt when she sleeps, which makes her hands and feet feel cold.

Just when he was about to nest in Nuannuan, Yan Heng ran in from outside the window, he was only wearing a thin layer of exercise clothes.The skin exposed by the opening of the chest was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and the morning light shone with a seductive luster.

Wei Wei's mouth was dry for a while, she licked her tongue, and when she saw him coming in, she subconsciously stretched out her hands.

Yan Heng took it, covered her small hand with his big warm hand, glanced to the side and asked, "Picked off the quilt again?"

"No."

Under his unbelieving gaze, she lowered her head and said embarrassedly: "I curled up the quilt in my arms and hugged him to sleep."

Ah Mao is not in the habit of hugging the quilt, she always hugs him.

Hugging him, could it be that Ah Mao is not used to it without him?

Thinking of this possibility, Yan Heng lowered his head to cover the corners of his raised lips, then reached out his hand to the end of the bed very "naturally", holding her little cold feet, his thoughts could not help but drift to the distance.

This winter is destined to be spent in Liangzhou, where the winter is even colder than the capital.It's just that the local charcoal ash in Liangzhou is too large, and the burnt-earth kang house is not clean.Ah Mao loves cleanliness but is afraid of the cold, maybe he should write to Brother Bo An earlier, asking him to buy some silver charcoal for him.There are Niang and Ayunna, too.

"My lord, madam, breakfast is ready."

Gu Yu came in with a tray, on which there were three or four layers of steamers.Open the steamer, revealing the delicate steamed buns.Just smelling the fragrance made her salivate.

"Lixia can still make steamed buns?"

Wei Wei's dissatisfaction with Li Xia disappeared a lot.The four servant girls sent by the prince all look very good on the outside, but the difference can be seen after a long time.Lidong, who knows kung fu, has the simplest mind, and Lichun, who knows massage, is the most hardworking. She left these two capable people in the capital to take care of Wei's mother.

As for the remaining Lixia and Liqiuzhong, Liqiu is well-behaved, only Lixia is lazy and treacherous.Every time the servants have meat for dinner, she always picks out the best ones on the stove by herself.The dishes that were supposed to be rinsed again after washing, but when she saw that the surface was clean, she was too lazy to rinse.

These details are enough to show her character, she was sent by the prince, and it would be difficult for Wei's mother in the capital to deal with her face, so she decided to bring her here.Work harder along the way, and temper her temper along the way.

"How could Lixia do this?" Gu Yu frowned: "I asked her to get up early in the morning to cook, and when I finished my work and went to the kitchen, I didn't see her. There was only a pile of boiled noodles in the pot. Fortunately, Liqiu Said the adults made steamed buns, I cut some pickles and cooked some porridge to cope with it. Otherwise, when Madam wakes up, I’m afraid I won’t even have something warm to eat.”

"so?"

Gu Yu gets along with Lixia and Liqiu day and night, she really hates Lixia.She has face in front of his wife, and Li Xia dared not bully her, but she bullied Li Qiu.

"Ma'am, I really didn't want to spoil the fun early in the morning. Lixia is too lazy, she sleeps with Liqiu, wakes up in the morning and yells to cook by herself, throws the messy bed there, and let Liqiu clean it up alone. Although they slept on the same kang, the bedding was separated."

Wei Wei knew that the kang where she slept with Wei's mother used to be like this.At most one layer of cloth is laid on the kang, and each person has a mattress as wide as a single bed.Put it on the bed when you sleep, roll it up and place it on the kang when you wake up.Li Xia is not lazy anymore, she is bullying the honest Li Qiu.

"Our house is also big, so many rooms are empty, let Liqiu sleep in one. By the way, the noodles cooked by Lixia are rotten. What do you eat in the morning?"

Gu Yu said helplessly: "It's not that you can't eat if it's rotten, you can't waste things."

Yan Heng, who had been listening all this time, suddenly said, "I don't think Li Xia has done much?"

Wei Wei wondered how he knew how much Li Xia had done.From the corner of the eye, he glanced at the steamed buns on the table, just looking at the appearance, they were no worse than those in Guangyuan Building.Just as Gu Yu said that Yan Heng did it, then he might have met Li Xia in the kitchen.

Gu Yu replied: "It's not much, she won't be seen at this time. One less person to eat, even the little porridge left in the pot is almost enough to eat."

Yan Heng was full of disapproval: "You came from the capital with Ah Mao, and Ulan's mother and Batu are also there, so you have to make sure you eat better. I just left some stuffed buns, and you can save yourself the trouble of roasting the meat." Cake to eat. As for the noodles that Lixia made, throw away the waste and serve it to the two people in the back to eat."

After a pause, after Gu Yu realized who the "two people behind closed doors" were, he specially instructed: "Don't give too much, the rough porcelain bowl with a broken edge in the kitchen, even soup and noodles, scoop eight cents, one day Send over two meals. If you can’t finish it today, you’ll continue to eat it tomorrow. When the pot of noodles is finished, what’s left over from each meal, you’ll make up and send it over.”

Gu Yu jotted down one by one, went through the train of thought in his head and confirmed it was correct.

Walking into the kitchen and seeing the burnt noodles, thinking of how Mrs. Zhou scolded her wife last night, and how Yan Baihu tried to hurt her wife, she picked up a ladle and poured water into it fiercely.She didn't drop the ladle until the pot was so thin that the noodles could hardly be seen.

She, Gu Yu, is also the owner who can watch the dishes. The adults and wives who are in charge of the house hate those two people, so even if the things she brings are rarer, no one will say anything.

In the main room, Wei Wei took a bite of the steamed bun with the chopsticks that Yan Heng brought over.The steamed stuffed buns are full of flavor, and the taste is almost the same as that specially made by Guangyuan Building.

"good to eat."

Yan Heng snatched one for himself in his busy schedule, and it tasted really good.It's strange to say that after trying so many times in Guangyuan Building, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do it well.However, thinking this morning that it was for Ah Mao, the exact details of Chen Boan's instructions were imprinted in his mind.It is easy to make, and the taste is not bad at all.

"Ah Mao hasn't eaten anything these days, so eat more this morning."

Wei Wei swallowed, and slapped his burned tongue.

"I don't have a big appetite, Ah Heng hasten to eat more while it's hot. By the way, you told Gu Yu just now, did they treat you like that when you were at Yan's house?"

She guessed it unexpectedly, Yan Heng shook his head: "No."

After Ah Mao swallowed the bun, he explained her doubts: "Brother Bo'an never buys bad things, and I can't find Yan's family's bowls and noodles here."

What he meant was that they ate leftovers at Yan's house, but the food used for cooking was not as refined as here, and even the bowls used to serve their meals were more shabby than here?
Given Wei Wei's environment, she couldn't imagine what kind of day it was.The only certainty is that that day is not much better than falling into hell.

Picking up the chopsticks, she held a small steamed bun and handed it to Yan Heng's mouth.

"Then you should eat more. You haven't had much delicious and hot breakfast in the past. Just start from this meal, and you have to make up for each meal. Then, together, we will eat less food every day and year after year. Eat everything back."

Together with Ah Mao, turn those dark years into warm ones little by little?Just thinking about it, Yan Heng thought it would be wonderful.Opening his mouth wide, he swallowed the steamed bun she had in one gulp.Then two people, you will pick one for me, and I will pick one for you, and eat up all the Xiaolongbao little by little.

Gu Yu, who was taken over by Ulan's mother as the baker, came to clean up the table full of anticipation, but was extremely disappointed to see the empty steamer.She originally thought that the adult steamed so much that he and his wife would not be able to finish it, so if they kept one or two, servants like them could taste the taste.But a good thing is a good thing after all, it tastes good and even people's appetite is good.

After tidying up, she stood there hesitantly.

Seeing this, Wei Wei asked, "What's the matter?"

"Ma'am, just now Ulan's mother said that when she got up in the morning, she saw Li Xia go to the back with two bowls of noodles."

"Behind?"

"Well, it is to close the warehouse of those two people. Uncle Chen and Batu just came back from errands outside the city, and they said that when they passed by the street behind us, they seemed to have seen a girl who looked like Lixia. They didn't know it early in the morning. Seeing Lixia's shadow, she should have gone out."

Lixia went out after meeting Yan Baihu and Mrs. Zhou, why did she go to another street?
Wei Wei couldn't figure it out, glanced at Yan Heng from the corner of his eye, just in time to see his gloomy face.The atmosphere at breakfast was very good just now, but now he has changed his face, does he know something.

Thinking of this, she nodded towards Gu Yu: "Well, I see, you go down and do your work first."

After Gu Yu retreated, she looked at Yan Heng: "Ah Heng knows where Li Xia has gone?"

Yan Heng frowned: "The biggest house on the street behind is Zhou Qianhu's house. I'm not sure if Li Xia will go there, Auntie. In fact, I wanted to tell you about her just when I was having dinner."

"What happened to Lixia?"

"I get up in the morning and cook in the kitchen, and halfway through Lixia comes in. She is making noodles, but her eyes always look this way. I thought that Xiaolongbao is the unique secret recipe of Brother Bo'an, and I can't ask others to learn it. Say something to please her. Maybe I said something to her. She was too thin-skinned to make it up, so she found a place to hide. Auntie, Ulan’s mother cooks a good meal. She came to see me on the way to Jiuquan. Said that their mother and son don't want to eat and live for nothing, but want to stay and do some work. I just wanted to discuss with you, let Ulan's mother take care of the kitchen for the time being, and transfer Lixia to do something else."

He spoke cryptically, but Wei Wei couldn't understand.Ah Heng has never been a mean person, he even wants to transfer Li Xia, that matter is definitely not as simple as he said.

"Did Lixia fall in love with you?"

Yan Heng blushed all of a sudden: "Ah, listen to me, I have nothing to do with her, I don't mean anything to her. I told him that I will use the kitchen at that time in the future, and she will come over to make breakfast later .”

Seeing him nervously defending his chastity, Wei Wei, who was originally nervous, laughed out loud.

"Don't worry, Ah Heng, Li Xia is just a maid, how can I doubt you because of her. But in my opinion, Li Xia really cannot stay."

This was also Yan Heng's original intention, but he was still worried: "But I remember, she and Li Qiu were sent by the prince?"

Wei Wei's complexion was gloomy: "The prince sent them here out of good intentions, not to cause trouble for us. Anyway, the deed of sale is in my hands, so it is naturally up to me to deal with it now. But as far as I know about Lixia, she shouldn't be hiding because of shyness." gone."

Yan Heng sighed: "She went to Zhou's house?"

"Have someone go to the backyard to have a look. If she really met those two people, she should have gone to Zhou's house. I know Li Xia, she has a lack of strings in her mind, and her temper is a little ignorant. The worse you treat her, she The more I respect you, the more I am afraid of you. Yan Baihu and Zhou are your parents in name, their identities are strong enough, and their temper is a bit domineering, which is just right to hit Lixia's deathbed."

After speaking, Wei Wei also sighed, she really didn't want to deny someone easily.Originally, Li Xia was like this, but she thought that she would be in charge of the miscellaneous kitchen, so that there would be no big troubles if she was busy every day.But she didn't expect that after all this, she could still find a chance.

Yan Heng digested Ah Mao's words, Yan Baihu and Zhou's tempers are more than a little domineering, they can be unreasonable when they are domineering, so that people doubt whether they are human beings.If Lixia was really that temperamental, it was absolutely possible that Zhou would suppress her and send her to the Zhou family to pull people.

Before he could think clearly, Uncle Chen's arrival completely extinguished his last trace of luck.Uncle Chen, who sent the stones and sandpaper, said that the lingering warmth in the darkroom hadn't dissipated, and the Zhou family was even more swearing that people from the Zhou family would come today.

"Ah Heng, don't worry, don't worry."

Wei Wei was indeed in a hurry. From the Zhou family's arrogance, it was not difficult to see that the Zhou family was indeed overshadowing the sky in Jiuquan.If they really pull 80 No. [-] people over, they will be disabled first without asking anything.At that time, even if they can go to the capital to redress their grievances in the end, they will only be disabled in this life.

It wasn't that she was worrying unnecessarily, it was entirely possible for the Zhou family to do this, and what Yan Heng said next made her heart sink even more.

Yan Heng's face was gloomy: "The Zhou family is troublesome. When they encounter troubles these years, they always beat people up first. If they are beaten to death, they will die in vain. If they can't be beaten to death, then discuss it slowly. If they don't follow their wishes, they will continue to beat them."

Who are these people, Wei Wei looked at his thin arms and legs, and regretted not buying more young and strong nursing homes in the capital.

Nursing home, she had a flash of inspiration when she thought of this.

"Aheng, when eating roasted whole lamb last night, the pillars and piles seemed to have said that they will take a rest today."

After she finished speaking, she raised her head, Yan Heng's face was still gloomy, but his eyes exuded the dangerous and frightening light when a goshawk sees its prey.Seeing her looking over, he gently stroked her face with his big palm, and his words were full of comfort:
"Ah Mao, don't be afraid. I just told Uncle Chen to mobilize soldiers. The Zhou family can buy soldiers, after all, are very few."

Wei Wei felt relieved, and finally had the mind to think about other things.Yan Baihu and Zhou Shi were still locked in a dark room, and their injuries were not fake.

"When so many people come, if they all see Yan Baihu and the Zhou family. Ah Heng, even if you can explain it by then, it is inevitable that no one will think that you must be a cruel person for treating your relatives like this. If They don't trust you, and it will be troublesome in the future."

Yan Heng's expression was tinged with ruthlessness: "Then let this trouble go away."

Trouble gone?

Looking at Yan Heng who stepped out of the room, Wei Wei never guessed what he would do.At that time, it was almost noon, and the Zhou family led a group of well-equipped northwest troops to surround the house tightly, clamoring that Yan Heng had killed his parents, and that he wanted to save his married girl.

The Jiuquan people who watched the excitement surrounded him, and together with these fat and strong "Zhou Jiajun" who obviously did not search for the people's fat and anointment, they oppressed him and let him go.Seeing this, he didn't resist at all, opened the door to greet Zhou Qianhu politely, and grabbed Li Xia who was dodging from the crowd, and asked her to take them to find someone.

But he was standing at the gate of the mansion leisurely, with a gentlemanly expression on his face.

Not long after, Zhou Qianhu, who was attacking Huanglong, held his nose, dragged out two ragged people from the house, and looked at Yan Heng reproachfully.

"It's unheard of or unseen that you treat your own parents like this."

Amidst the condemnation of the crowd, Yan Heng innocently stepped forward and lifted the hair of the two of them covering their faces.Under the hair, there are two terrifying but completely unfamiliar faces.

Someone in the crowd made a voice: "Isn't this the two Wala beggars in the city? Every time they go to the market, they beg from stall to stall. If they don't give money, they just stay away and disturb people's business. I still wonder why they didn't come to the market yesterday. , It turns out that someone finally did something good and arrested them. You see, the woman lacks a thumb, they must be right."

(End of this chapter)