Yang Xianmao walked in, and the leading little Taoist priest rushed to the front first, and had already lit the lantern in the house, and the house was dimly lit. 2. Yang Xianmao said to the little Taoist: "Excuse me, go and pick up a bed." ”

The little Taoist priest agreed, and quickly ran out, Yang Xianmao was still a little dizzy, five catties of wine was now a little too much for him, he sat on the bed, shook his head, and looked a little empty.

Liu Dongyan rushed over, crawled on his knees and got on his bed, spread the lid of the pot, and then quickly raised the fire of the little Taoist priest in the corner of the house before he had time to make it, and used a large copper kettle to carry a pot of water and put it on the stove for hot water. Then I went to the front of the round table and picked up the teapot and looked inside, and the teapot was empty. He searched around, and now on the table by the window was a tea can containing tea leaves, which contained half a jar of tea leaves, plus onions, ginger and garlic. In the Song Dynasty, tea was drunk with condiments. She skillfully ran to the window, picked up the tea mill, crushed the tea leaves, and put them in the copper kettle in which the tea was boiled.

At this time, the little Taoist priest came back, holding a bedding roll.

Liu Dongyan hurriedly took the cover from his arms and put it in the corner. said: "It's okay, I'm here to serve the young master, I'm the young master's slave, please go back." ”

The little Taoist priest glanced at Liu Dongyan with a red face, and then looked at Yang Xianmao. Yang Xianmao waved his hand, and the little Taoist priest exited the house and closed the door.

The water on the copper kettle boiled quickly, Liu Dongyan carried the copper kettle and poured a small half basin of hot water in the wooden basin, scooped up the water from the bucket in the corner of the house, and probed the water with his hand to find out that the water was just hot, so he put it on the washstand, put a towel, brought it over, and said to Yang Xianmao: "Young master, you wash your face, and then the slave maid will soak your feet." ”

Yang Xianmao glanced at her, thinking to herself that the daughter of the imperial doctor was still really good at housework, so he nodded, walked over, washed his face himself, and then walked back to the bed and sat down.

Liu Dongyan had already prepared the foot-washing water when he washed his face, and then brought it over and put it on the side of the bed, and after Yang Xianmao sat down, she skillfully took off Yang Xianmao's boots and socks, put her feet in the basin, and rubbed his feet for him with her slender fingers. Her technique is very skillful, and she rubs and massages according to the acupoints on the soles of her feet, which makes him feel extraordinarily comfortable.

Yang Xianmao couldn't help but say: "I can't see it, you really have two hits." ”

This is the first time Yang Xianmao has spoken to Liu Dongyan with a pleasant face. Liu Dongyan couldn't help but have his eyes moistened a little, raised his head and smiled reluctantly, and said: "My father taught me these massage techniques since I was a child, and I can also enter the young master's eyes, and the slave maid feels very pleased." In addition to massaging the feet, the slave also knows how to massage from head to toe, which can help the young master massage and relieve fatigue. The slave maid can really bear hardships and stand hard work, and will not add a burden to the young master, young master, you can accept me!"

Speaking of the back, Liu Dongyan's voice became miserable: "My father and brother are no longer there, and I am alone in this world, only the young master is good to me, so if the young master doesn't want me, I really don't know where to go." Please, young master, let the slave follow you. ”

Liu Dongyan tilted his head pitifully, looking at Yang Xianmao, his eyes full of tears.

Yang Xianmao's heart softened, and he said: "It's not that I don't want you to follow, but I have no money in my life and no money to support the maid." If you follow me, you will suffer and suffer, and I will suffer myself, so why bother you. ”

"I'm not afraid of hardship! I'm willing to eat chaff vegetables, as long as I follow the young master and serve the young master for a lifetime! I studied medicine with my father since I was a child, and the young master treats people, and I can be the young master's medicine boy. Speaking of this, Liu Dongyan said gloomily, "The young master won't take me in, I'll ...... I really don't know where to go. ”

Yang Xianmao sighed and said, "Look at what you said is so pitiful, I won't leave you, if something happens to you in the future, it will be as if I hurt you." Since you insist on following me, then follow me. But there is one thing I must make clear, and that is that you are not my slave, so you can go at any time. You can listen to my words or not, I only treat you as a little sister, and I won't treat you as a slave. If you really want to follow me, the two of us will depend on each other. ”

Liu Dongyan nodded vigorously, tears couldn't help but welled up, and he choked up and said, "Thank you, young master, as long as the young master doesn't let me go, I am willing to follow the young master for the rest of my life." ”

"What's so good about you following me? What I just said is true, I know the number of yin and yang, and I know that I am short of money, so you and I can only endure hardship, and you will not have a good life by eating bran and vegetables, and you will know in the future. ”

Liu Dongyan said: "I am really not afraid of hardship. Since I was a child, there were no slaves in our family to serve, and we all did things ourselves. Moreover, my father was convicted, his family property was confiscated, and he was escorted and exiled here, and he suffered a lot of hardships along the way, and he never suffered any hardships? What could be more bitter than that? Even if it was bitter, the young master could endure hardships, why couldn't I bear them? Besides, even if I endured hardships, as long as I followed the young master, I would be happy. ”

Yang Xianmao smiled bitterly and waved his hand and said, "Okay, then whatever you want." - Have you eaten? If you haven't, I'll give you two cookcakes. You're welcome. ”

As soon as she heard about eating, Liu Dongyan's eyes lit up, she was really hungry, she hadn't eaten a decent meal for several days, and when she heard what Yang Xianmao said later, she was a little embarrassed to nod.

Yang Xianmao took out the two cooking cakes from his arms, handed them to her, and said, "Then, take them and eat them, I have already eaten them, and you have eaten them all." ”

Liu Dongyan took the two cooking cakes with trembling hands, glanced at Yang Xianmao, saw Yang Xianmao nodded, indicating that what he said was true, so he devoured them, and in just a moment, the two cooking cakes were all stuffed into her stomach, which showed how hungry she was.

Because he was in too much of a hurry to eat, he choked a little, and quickly poured a few sips of tea from the round table, and then forcibly swallowed the dry cooking cake.

After eating the two cooking cakes, Liu Dongyan smacked his mouth, still feeling unsatisfied. Yang Xianmao smiled and said, "I'm sorry, just these two cakes, nothing else, but since you haven't eaten for a long time, you should not eat too much at once, so as not to hurt your stomach." Rest assured, after the two cookcakes are digested for a while, you won't feel so hungry. Let's sleep. ”

Yang Xianmao wanted to take off his clothes, Liu Dongyan came up to help, Yang Xianmao said: "I said it, I only treat you as a little sister, not a maid, and you don't need your help in these things." Besides, I have hands and feet, so why should I ask you to serve? You just lie down on your own, you sleep on the bed, and I sleep on the floor. ”

"No, young master, you sleep on the bed, and I sleep on the floor. ”

"What? You didn't listen to me in the first place? What do I want you to do with me? Do you want to block yourself?"

Liu Dongyan blushed, and didn't know what to do for a while, Yang Xianmao had already spread the cover he had brought in in in the corner, sat on the cover and began to take off his robe, and said to Liu Dongyan: "If you feel embarrassed, blow the lamp, I sleep with my back to you, and I can't see you." ”

Yang Xianmao took off his outer robe, got into the quilt in his middle coat, and slept with his back to him. Liu Dongyan choked back tears, blew out the lantern with a breath, and took off her skirt and got into the quilt.

After a while, Yang Xianmao heard a very suppressed sobbing sound from Liu Dongyan's side, so he turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?

"No......" Liu Dongyan choked up and said: "I didn't expect that I could meet a good person like the young master, it must be my father and mother who blessed me in the spirit of heaven to meet the young master." I was grateful, so I cried...... , I'm sorry, disturb the young master's sleep, I won't cry......"

"It's good not to cry, go to sleep quickly, there will be something tomorrow." ”

Liu Dongyan hummed and got into the quilt again. Under the agitation of the mood, I couldn't sleep for a long time.

Before dawn the next day, Yang Xianmao remembered that the door of Xia Yinhua's shop was locked, so he got up and got dressed, and saw that Liu Dongyan was sleeping soundly, so he easily climbed out of the window and rushed to Xia Yinhua's tea shop.

He took out the key and opened the copper lock, pushed the door in, the room was black, he went straight to Xia Yinhua's boudoir, and gently pushed the door open.

"Who?" said Xia Yinhua from the bed.

"It's me. ”

"Ah, Xianmao!" Xia Yinhua lifted the quilt and got out of bed, ran over barefoot, and threw herself into Yang Xianmao's arms at once.

The two hugged and kissed tightly, and it took a long time to separate.

Yang Xianmao said: "I'm here to open the door for you, I have something to do, I'm going to come later." I'm afraid of delaying you to open the store. You get up, and I'll go. ”

"Well, I'm so happy to see you when I wake up—— kiss me again!"

Yang Xianmao had already turned around to leave, but when she heard her words, she turned around again, took her into her arms, kissed her deeply for a long time, and then touched her face and said, "I'm leaving, I'll come back at dawn." Don't be in a hurry to fetch water, I'm here to fetch it. ”

"Hmm!" Xia Yinhua sent Yang Xianmao out of the door, Yang Xianmao asked her to close the door first, put on the bolt, and then rushed back to the Taoist temple.

He turned the window back into the house, and Liu Dongyan was still asleep. She was so tired that she had slept soundly for the first time in months, so she slept soundly.

Yang Xianmao also gently took off her clothes and went to bed.

At dawn, Liu Dongyan woke up, quickly got up, and muttered: "Damn it, sleep so dead!"

Yang Xianmao waited for her to come back, and then she pretended to have just woken up. Liu Dongyan served Yang Xianmao to wash.

After washing, the two little Taoist priests brought a steaming breakfast.

Yang Xianmao was originally reluctant to eat in Qingfeng Temple, and went to Xia Yinghua's tea shop to drink tea and eat cooking cakes, but this time it was different, he decided to go back to the Taoist Temple to eat as much as possible in the future, because he saw that Liu Dongyan was too thin and severely malnourished, and she needed to make up for her body as soon as possible, and the nutrition of cooking cakes was not enough.

So, he said to the little Taoist priest that starting today, they will come back to eat three meals a day as much as possible, and let the food for two people be prepared and sent to the house, because Liu Dongyan is a woman, and it is inconvenient to go to the canteen of the Taoist temple to eat with other Taoist priests.

The little Taoist priest happily agreed, because every time they brought food, Yang Xianmao didn't eat it, and when they went back, they would be reprimanded by the Qingfeng Daoist that they wouldn't do anything, and now Yang Xianmao finally agreed to eat at the Taoist temple, so that they don't have to worry about being reprimanded by the abbot again.