CHAPTER XXIV

Qing girl got up early in the morning, got up and swept the yard, fetched water to wipe the table, changed some fresh water for the outline in the yard, and when she was done, she stood crossed, breathed slightly, and asked, "Girl, did you say it's today?"

Fang Yanqing embroidered the fabric in his hand, took the cloth and looked at the light twice, "It's not today or tomorrow, Sanniang didn't come yesterday, Xu is busy." Fang Yanqing chose his seat, threaded the needle, and began to embroider the leaves again.

Qing girl took a fan to fan Fang Yanqing, and said happily, "Girl, your ointment really works, I went to help Sister Min with medicine today, and I saw that the wounds were starting to scab, and it is estimated that it will be healed in a few days." ”

"Okay, it's okay, but you stop it," Fang Yanqing pushed the needle out of the fabric and said, "Your fan, my sideburns will move with it, and it's very itchy." ”

When Qing Yatou heard Fang Yanqing's words, she stopped her hand immediately, opened her eyes wide, and said, "I'm doing something bad with good intentions." ”

"That's not sitting still. Fang Yanqing said, raising his chin and motioning for the girl to sit on the stool opposite.

"The girls are all doing things, and I can't sit and play. The girl looked at the house, walked to the back room, and then came out with a quilt in her arms, "I see that the sun is good today, let's dry the quilt, and the girl can be warmer when she sleeps at night." ”

There is something to look forward to in my heart, and sure enough, I will inevitably be anxious in my heart, Fang Yanqing watched the girl Qing hurriedly go in and out of the quilt on the rope, holding a bamboo stick, and patting the cotton of the quilt vigorously, and couldn't help but smile.

The east courtyard was very quiet, and the good and noble land was very cool, Fang Wei slept until dark, and when he woke up in a daze, he saw the red wax burning, and the candlelight was faint, and the scene in front of him was not real. After a while, Fang Wei gathered his attention, and it was Liu Yunfang who was still sitting at the table looking through the account book.

Yesterday Guining, logically speaking, he should accompany him, bring some gifts to see the so-called father-in-law and mother-in-law, but Fang Wei disdainful it in his heart. I don't like this family business, although my father is just a late official, but he is also an official, and he has a rich family background, and his friends are all young masters, and he is also a person who spends a lot of money in the Spring Festival Building. Mother actually set herself a village woman, a woman with a dull appearance, and her father still sells baked cakes, which is simply a joke of herself. That's why he didn't give Liu Yunfang a good face, he went to the restaurant day and night before marriage, and he also went after marriage, so he had to take out his young master's style. Fang Wei didn't expect Liu Yunfang to be so enduring, and he didn't even throw a ruthless face at him, so that he couldn't find out her mistakes.

"Awake?" Liu Yunfang looked sideways at Fang Wei, saw the person on the bed looking at him with his eyes open, and asked, "Does your head still hurt?" I asked someone to boil Sydney soup, you can drink a little. ”

"It's good-tempered to me, you know that you can't stay in this house without me, you have the ability to be a little low in front of me, why do you have to sue. Fang Wei sneered and said, his words were full of disdain.

Liu Yunfang was stunned by Fang Wei's phone call, he didn't say anything when he came back from Guining yesterday, he saw him drunk and unconscious before leaving, and he just helped him fall asleep, and didn't wake him up, and after he came back, he went to eat and drink again, he didn't do anything, and he was inexplicably buried, thinking about it, he frowned slightly and asked, "What did I sue?" What are you talking about?"

"Aren't you just jealous that I praised Min Ya for her good looks? You heard me say that my name is the same as her name, and it is also fate, you are worried that your position will not be guaranteed, and you are afraid that I will divorce you, so you sue and ask my mother to drive her to the kitchen. After Fang Wei finished speaking, he couldn't help but become complacent about his guess.

Liu Yunfang couldn't help laughing when she heard that she was being charged by Fang Wei, "Xianggong, I won't hide it from you, your character is Min Ran, I only knew it yesterday, I really don't know that Min Yatou was beaten, if I knew that my wife would be angry, I would definitely ask someone for Xiang Gong." You're right, I can't stay in the yard without you, so naturally I won't do such a thing to compete for favor, as long as my husband likes me, I like it. ”

Fang Wei couldn't help blinking when he heard Liu Yunfang's words, what he said was too humble, Fang Wei didn't know how to scold back for a while, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence, "You are not jealous, I don't believe it." ”

"Jealousy is inevitable," Liu Yunfang said slowly, Fang Wei heard an expression of 'I know', Liu Yunfang smiled and continued, "But there is no way to be jealous, after all, the husband likes it, the husband is the wife, I just need to take care of the family affairs for the father-in-law, and I can't take care of the others." ”

"Then what do you mean, I won't care about me if I take a concubine in the future?" Fang Wei listened to Liu Yunfang's words and raised his eyebrows and asked.

"This is Xianggong's business, as long as Xianggong likes it, is a clean person, and his wife has no opinion, I naturally will not have an opinion. ”

Fang Wei chuckled, "I'm just asking, you can't do anything if you have an opinion," he said as he turned over, stacked a little inside, and said, "Come to sleep." ”

Liu Yunfang looked at Fang Wei's back, then looked at the half-read ledger in front of him, sighed slightly, closed the ledger, stood up, and gently blew on the candle flame, the firelight flickered for a while, and then disappeared, leaving only a dark room.

The good night is short and the day is long, and the night is late.

"It's today, it's supposed to be today, I haven't been here for two days. Qing Yatou said while grinding Fang Yanqing.

Fang Yanqing looked at the girl with an eager look, and smiled and added a few feathers to the sparrow in the painting, "It should be today, speaking of which, have you gone to see the girl today?"

"Look, the mother-in-law in the kitchen is very fierce, and Sister Min is clearly injured and shouts at people to hold firewood. Qing Yatou said with some indignation, tilted her head when she looked at Fang Yanqing's painting, and asked, "Girl, why did you draw a sparrow on the ground?"

"Because there are a few in the yard, and when I see them every day, I think if I don't paint them, it will be a beautiful scenery. Fang Yanqing scraped the ink-stained brush on the inkstone carved with peony flowers, and placed it diagonally on the pen holder, "Can Min Yatou go?"

"Well, I can get up, but my body is not very neat, and I will look limping when I walk. Speaking of this, the girl paused for a moment, "My sister who is not allergic told me not to go tomorrow, saying that I am afraid that people will see me and talk small." ”

"Then let's not go. The sparrow on the rice paper twisted his face, staring proudly ahead, and his little thin legs stepped forward, like a little general showing off his might. Fang Yanqing glanced at the room and lowered his eyes again.

"What is the girl looking for?" asked the girl, standing on the edge of the inkstone.

"I think it's good to have some paint," Fang Yanqing said as he looked at the sparrow, which only had dark and light changes in black and white ink, "That's it, that's fine." ”

"Yanqing!" A call outside the door was Feng Ranran's voice.

Qing girl hurriedly went out, Fang Yanqing took the paperweight next to her and pressed it on the paper, and also walked out. Sanniang wore a blue cheongsam today, and the deep fabric showed that the person was getting whiter and whiter, while Feng Ranran was wearing a beige plaid skirt, wearing yellow stripes on her head in a daze, "I just heard you say paint, are you painting?"

"I drew a sparrow, but I just painted it for fun, and it didn't matter if I did black and white with black and white ink. ”

"I want to take a look. Feng Ranran listened to Fang Yanqing's words and said with interest.

"It's in the house, but it's really just graffiti, don't laugh at me when you see it. ”

"No," Feng Ranran walked into the room, bypassing the wooden screen of the pear blossom wood carving of mandarin ducks playing in the water, standing in front of the table, looking at a few sparrows on the picture scroll, pouting and saying, "I don't believe it anymore when I speak clearly, it's clear that I have to say that I am scribbling nonsense." ”

"No, every time I ask her something, I always have to keep seven points first, and if I am willing to give the other three points, you have to persuade her several times before you are willing to say it. Ding Sanniang also said Shi Shiran in the back, "I only found out about painting at this time." ”

Listening to Feng Ranran and Ding Sanniang singing and harmonizing, Fang Yanqing couldn't stand it a little, and said with a smile, "I know it's me who is not good, don't bury me." ”

"Then since Yanqing said so, is it okay for this painting to be my compensation?" Feng Ranran looked at the ink bird picture painted by Fang Yanqing, blinked her eyes and begged, "I think it looks good, and I want to take it." ”

"It's good if you don't dislike it. Fang Yanqing said, let the girl bring the paintbrush.

The ink on the scroll was dry, Feng Ranran leaned over, blew the grinding marks, stacked the paperweight, rolled up the paper, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect to receive a picture scroll." ”

Fortunately, my cousin gave me some scrolls, and the paintings were hung on the wall, leaving some painting tubes, and the light cyan painted tubes printed with twills looked elegant, so I put the paper in and closed the tubes. Feng Ranran handed the painting to Xiao Man behind him, and walked to Fang Yanqing's side and took Fang Yanqing's hand.

"Sanniang hasn't been here for two days, are you busy with something?" asked Fang Yanqing.

"My body is not very good, I rested at home the day before yesterday, and went to see Mrs. Wei yesterday. ”

"Isn't your body well?" Fang Yanqing looked Ding Sanniang up and down, "What is the stubborn disease?"

Ding Sanniang waved her hand, didn't take care of it, and said, "It's not curable, I'm sick, I cough non-stop when I get cold, I'm used to it." ”

"This is a lung problem, when Sanniang is not busy, go to Lin'an, I will go to the hospital to find a Western doctor for you, there must be a way to cure it!" Feng Ranran patted her chest and said reassuringly, "I am familiar with the boundary of Lin'an, you will come later, I will take you to finish the delicious and fun shopping." ”

"Okay, I'll go when I'm not busy in a few years," Ding Sanniang said with a smile shaking her fan, "I heard that the boundary is close to the sea, and you can still see the steamer." ”

"Well, Lin'an is a port, every time the goods are loaded and unloaded, the crowd goes away by boat, and they have to go to the ferry, where there are a lot of people. Feng Ranran's eyebrows fluttered, and Fang Yanqing listened to Feng Ranran's description, and unconsciously sketched a thriving image in his mind. There was a crowd of people, men and women laughing loudly, and all kinds of people were walking on the road.

Just walking across a stone bridge, Feng Ranran touched the railing of the stone bridge with one hand and added, "There are also sunrises and sunsets! In the early morning and twilight, many people will stand by the ferry, waiting for the sun. ”

"It's so lively, so the yamen is going to patrol the streets?" Ding Sanniang listened to Feng Ranran's words and asked curiously.

"There is no yamen in Lin'an for a long time, the place where I live is the French Concession, and there is also the British Concession, the Japanese Concession or something, at first the Yamen couldn't manage it, and then I didn't see the Yamen, and the little emperor couldn't manage people at all..."

Ding Sanniang was taken aback, and hurriedly covered Feng Ranran's mouth, stopped Feng Ranran's words, looked at no one around, and then exhaled and said, "Ancestor, the yamen can't take care of your piece, and it's still in charge of this piece, don't talk about it." ”

Feng Ranran knew that she was speechless, she obediently covered her mouth, moved her eyes to look around, and said angrily, "I'm sorry, I... I'm saying the wrong thing again. ”

"No need to apologize, just pay attention next time, you know. Fang Yanqing instructed.

Feng Ranran nodded hurriedly.