Chapter 10: On the Road
In the Qinghe Garden, everyone was cautious, not daring to make a sound between the comings and goings, and passing by the door of the fourth lady, they were eager to fly over with their wings, for fear of being used as a punching bag by the angry fourth lady.
Sure enough, a scream came through the door: "What are you talking about......" Then the voice was suppressed. The maid lowered her head and hurried away.
In the room, Lu Yahe slapped the table, "You say it again, the old lady punished Lu Yalan's little rabbit cub for going to the incense? What kind of punishment is this? The injury on the aunt's face is just that?"
Her personal maid stood beside her with her head bowed, her toes outward, so that she could avoid the vital point in time when something hit her.
Lu Yahe looked at the maid's submissive appearance even more angrily, picked up the hot tea on the table and poured it over: "Lu Yalan's wood still has a loyal maid who protects the lord, why is there such a thing as you left here when I come here!"
The boiling hot tea splashed on her face and soon became red and swollen, and the maid didn't dare to move, hoping that the fourth lady would hurry up to find the trouble of the second miss so that she would let her go.
"No, I'm going to find my aunt. Lu Yahe lifted the hem of her skirt and walked towards the courtyard of the second aunt.
When Lu Yahe was born, the eldest lady was too exhausted and sick in bed, and she had no extra energy to take care of her, so she was always in the care of the nurse. After two or three years like this, the eldest lady finally couldn't stand it anymore and went, and Lu Yahe became a motherless child. However, she is luckier than Lu Yalan, although the eldest master is unreliable, he really cares about the child.
Seeing that his little daughter was so young and had no mother, Uncle Lu was so worried, he was afraid that his mother would not be there, and he would inadvertently wronged his daughter. But what are you afraid of, Lu Yahe, who just ran in the cold winter wax moon, ran out while people were not paying attention, no one in the room noticed, and no one noticed the little one until she ran to the lake, usually the adults didn't let her go over, but the more curious she became, and she fell into the water.
Such a small person, such a cold day, Lu Yahe fluttered a few times and disappeared, the second aunt happened to be passing by at the time, saw this scene and jumped in without saying a word, saving Lu Yahe's life. After that, Lu Yahe hugged the neck of the second aunt and didn't let go, no one could tear it apart, the second aunt was well-behaved and cute when she hugged her, and if others were ready to take over, they would cry and make trouble.
I don't know if it's because in the early years of the Lu family's back house, the battle was too strong, which made Uncle Lu feel palpitations, and when he was in charge, there were many concubines, but the only three children in the big house were from the belly of his wife.
The eldest lord thought about it, so he asked the second aunt to take care of the four girls, the second aunt has no children, and she will definitely treat the four girls as her own, and the four girls will not delay marrying in the future if they are concubines. Sure enough, the second aunt always brought Lu Yahe with her, and she could prepare well in advance when she was cold and hungry, and the two of them were not biological, but they were better than biological.
This is also the reason why the second aunt is the leader in the Lu Mansion and dares to choke with the old lady.
Lu Yahe has been with her second aunt for many years, she has not learned shrewdness, but she is arrogant but imitates ten out of ten.
In the younger generation of the Lu family, Lu Yamei is married, Lu Yabai is a man, Lu Yazhu is not here with her parents, there are only Lu Yalan and Lu Yahe in the back house, it is said that the relationship between the two should be very good, but Lu Yahe doesn't look down on Lu Yalan everywhere, she prefers to play with the third sister who is lively and generous and brings her rare gifts. Even under the influence of the second aunt and Lu Yazhu, she relied on her young age to make trouble for Lu Yalan, Lu Yalan was not easy to care, which made her look down on her more and more. After a long time, she had to play tricks when she saw Lu Yalan.
After Lu Yalan was dismissed, she was about to run to taunt when she received the news, but she was blocked from the door before she gave up.
When Lu Yahe walked into the house, the second aunt was applying the plaster given by the old lady to her face.
"Auntie, how is your injury, don't let me come to see you for the past few days. Lu Yahe was familiar with the second aunt's side.
"I'm not afraid you'll be more worried when you see it. The old lady gave a plaster to ensure that there would be no scars on your face, so you can rest assured. ”
"Hmm. Lu Yahe took a closer look at the second aunt's injury, and picked a little plaster with her little thumb and wiped it on her hand, feeling that it was cool and cool and indeed more effective than other plasters before she breathed a sigh of relief, "Auntie, I heard that the old lady punished the second sister." The old lady is too eccentric!"
The second aunt nodded Lu Yahe too much, and pretended to be angry: "What nonsense, stop talking." ”
"I was wrong, my aunt forgive me this time!" Lu Yahe hugged the second aunt's arm and shook it, and said coquettishly: "I just wronged my aunt, and if I accidentally did it, I was really disfigured, but she didn't have anything." ”
The second aunt's face sank, and she changed back to the same before Lu Yahe looked at her, she sighed: "Alas, what can I do, she is the second lady of the Lu family, I am just a concubine, people recognize me, I am half an elder, if people don't recognize me, I am a subordinate." The old lady is understandable for doing this. ”
Lu Yahe's anger that he forcibly suppressed was provoked again: "You are my aunt, I see who dares to disrespect you!" and stood up as he spoke: "You didn't let me go before, but today I have to vent for you!"
The second aunt hurriedly went to pull, but didn't pull it, "Come back, that's your second sister." Lu Yahe didn't listen, and walked straight towards Yilan Garden.
When Lu Yahe disappeared, the anxiety on the second aunt's face was put away, and she lay down comfortably again, "The plasters are piled together, and then reapply some to me." ”
Lu Yalan came out of the old lady and just stepped into the door of Yilan Garden, when she heard Lu Yahe's sharp voice: "Lu Yalan, you little rabbit cub, why don't you die!"
Lu Yalan frowned, ignored her, and continued to walk forward. Lu Yalan has heard this kind of talk a lot, but this time it is particularly ugly.
Lu Yahe became more and more angry when she saw Lu Yalan ignoring her, "It's like this again, every time you are this kind of pretentious, in fact, you are the person who lives the worst in the Lu family, do you think you can't be pitiful if you pretend to be high?" Now the whole Yancheng knows that the Zhao family's brother looks down on you, you are not only the Lu family's joke, but also the joke of Yancheng!"
Lu Yalan didn't want to worry about Lu Yahe, in her opinion, just a few words, it didn't hurt, but the sharp voice was really annoying: "You have something wrong! ”
Lu Yahe's eyes widened, she was used to Lu Yalan's submissive appearance, and she was a little unable to react to a sudden personal attack. "Who do you say is a crazy woman! You scratched your aunt's face and said that you didn't provoke me! I want to get justice for my aunt today!"
In the face of Lu Yahe before, Lu Yalan didn't want to do much, and kept putting up with it, so that many times when she saw Lu Yahe from afar, she avoided leaving, and when she thought of this fourth sister, she would inevitably feel a little depressed.
But today, seeing Lu Yahe's teeth and claws, she actually wanted to laugh: "Why did I scratch the face of the second aunt Hua, don't you know? ”
Lu Yahe couldn't help but take a step back, looking at Lu Yalan's serious appearance, and felt cowardice in her heart. She didn't want to be disfigured!
Seeing this, Lu Yalan gave a step: "Come on, please ask the fourth lady to go back to the Qinghe Garden." ”
Someone immediately came out and pushed Lu Yahe out, Lu Yahe wanted to struggle, Lu Yalan added: "Why don't we go to the old lady and make it clear." ”
Lu Yahe left obediently.
Lu Yalan didn't rush into the house, she smiled at the blue sky facing the sun.
These days are different!
Qianyun Temple is built on the mountain outside the city, the road is far away, the road is rugged, generally go out in the morning and go out in the afternoon to arrive, but this does not hinder the enthusiasm of people to pray to God and worship Buddha, especially now the situation is turbulent, the common people below have suffered from layers of exploitation, and they are pinning their hopes on God. At the same time, Qianyun Temple is located in the deep mountains, the morning bell and dusk drum incense are curling, it looks like it is located on the fairy mountain from a distance, beyond the red dust, it is more desirable.
On the way to Qianyun Temple, there was an endless stream of pilgrims, and groups of people could often be seen walking together, which was also the reason why the old lady only sent a few family members to follow Lu Yalan and was not afraid of Lu Yalan encountering bandits.
The early spring in Yancheng is still cold, pedestrians are wearing thick robes, and the shouting is endless, Lu Yalan sits in the carriage holding the stove with one hand, and slightly raises the curtain with the other, looking out with interest.
The last time she went out was in the summer, and it was a different scene compared to now, I don't know if it was because it was too cold, although the streets were full of people, most of them were in a hurry, and there was no fresh air, and it looked a lot depressed. But Lu Yalan saw it with taste.
Hongxing packed up the snacks and other things and came over, she was better than Lu Yalan, she could let go when she went out to buy, she muttered: "Why is there no juggling, and there are many fewer vendors." ”
Lu Yalan suddenly realized, she said that there was something missing, it turned out that it was not as lively as in previous years. Her thoughts flickered away, and she stopped thinking deeply and continued to look outside.
"Sell - sugar gourd, a string of two, two strings of three, don't miss it when you pass by!"
"Stop! Wait a minute!" Lu Yalan hurriedly stopped the carriage and asked the family to buy two strings of sugar gourds.
The sugar gourd is bright and shiny, which makes people very appetizing when they look at it, Lu Yalan took the sugar gourd and handed both bunches to the red apricot.
"Miss....." Hongxing hugged the sugar gourd with red eyes.
Hongxing's family was poor when she was a child, and she often ate the last meal without the next meal, and the little boy next door would sometimes show off to his friends with a sugar gourd.
Hongxing is also one of the drooling ones, and she especially wants to know what the sugar gourd tastes like when she eats it, so much so that she smashes her mouth in her dreams.
Hongxing's father knew, and after the salary was paid at the end of the year, he took Hongxing to buy sugar gourds, and they all walked to the vendors, Hongxing pulled her father away with tears, and used the money to buy sugar gourds to buy a few shaved pig bones. That was the closest she'd ever been to a sugar gourd.
Later, Lu Yalan and Hongxing went out and found that Hongxing stared at the sugar gourd and bought it for her without blinking, Hongxing was embarrassed, Lu Yalan had no choice but to buy two, one for each person, but the sugar gourd was too sour, so sour that Lu Yalan couldn't help but cover her cheeks when she remembered the smell later. The last two sugar gourds went into the belly of the red apricot.
It is not easy for the two of them to go out, but as long as they go out and meet a sugar gourd seller, Lu Yalan remembers to buy two red apricots.