Sixty-two

There was a knock on the door outside the courtyard, and Mrs. Meng was about to get up to open the door, when she saw Zhao Chengjin rushing to the front like a smoke, and turned her head to smile at the old lady.

There was a middle-aged errand officer standing outside the door, Zhao Chengjin's heart suddenly suddenly, his face was forcefully natural, he smiled stiffly at the visitor, and asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"Yo, this is the distant nephew Meng Zhutou said, he looks really handsome." When the visitor saw Zhao Chengjin's appearance clearly, he was very stunned, and his voice involuntarily softened, "There are some things in the yamen, and Meng Zhutou asked me to send them over." As he spoke, he gestured to the sack beside him.

Zhao Cheng was a little calm, quickly opened the door, and greeted with a smile: "Uncle, come into the house." As he spoke, he stepped forward to help move things. The sack seemed to contain fish, and water was oozing out of it, and it also exuded a strong fishy smell. The errand officer saw that Zhao Chengjin looked white and clean, and his arms were as thin as bamboo poles, for fear that he would be injured, so he hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, I can move it......"

Old Lady Meng and the second aunt also heard the movement and greeted them, and when they saw the messenger, they immediately greeted warmly: "It's Tiehu here, hurry up and enter the house." Ouch, where did this thing come from? ”

Tiehu explained again, and said to Mrs. Meng: "It's all fish, and there are still some alive, so my aunt quickly dealt with it." ”

When the second aunt heard this, she hurriedly went to the kitchen to find two large wooden barrels and a large basin to come out. Xu You poked his head out of the house when he heard the movement, and when Ah Chu saw this, he also followed to the window and blinked his eyes to see the excitement.

The rest of the sisters-in-law in the courtyard came over and sighed: "It's still Meng who is capable, I'm afraid there are dozens of catties of fish here." I've heard that the rivers outside the city have dried up lately, and there are so few fish that money can't buy them. ”

Mrs. Meng smiled and didn't answer. Although she usually acts generously, but this fish and meat are not cheap things, where can she give them casually, and there are so many people in the yard today, one person goes one by one, I am afraid that I will have to share several catties, Mrs. Meng was a little distressed, so she simply kept silent.

Grandma Sun got up with a smile, patted the folds on her clothes, and said, "It's not early this day, you have to go back to cook quickly, otherwise, you won't have to eat when you come back from the house for a while, and you won't have to be scolded again." After that, he raised his chin and said to Mrs. Liu, who was staring at the grass carp on the ground: "You are not leaving the old Liu family!" ”

Mrs. Liu looked at the fish on the ground again with some reluctance, and licked her mouth, "Let's go, let's go." ”

The rest of the people were also embarrassed to stay any longer, and got up to say goodbye.

Xu You also came out of the house and looked at Mrs. Meng and the second aunt with a look of surprise, "There are fish to eat tonight!" Oh, there is actually a fluged fish, marinated in salt and cooking wine for a while, wrapped in flour and fried to eat, but fragrant. ”

The second aunt looked at her with some surprise, "Where did Xiaoxue eat this fish?" Do we Yunzhou produce this? ”

"Huh?" Xu You was stunned for a moment. Zhao Chengjin also looked at her, his eyes were dark and faint, and Xu You's heart suddenly felt weak. What was he staring at her for? There was also a look of scrutiny, as if he was going to find some secret from her at any time. Xu You's mouth was a little dry, and he swallowed his saliva before replying, "It seems to be ...... I ate it in the capital. ”

There should always be this thing in the capital, and the chefs of Ruiwangfu always make this, fried in oil to make it crispy, and it is so fragrant. However, Zhao Cheng didn't eat much, so he hid it for her, and rewarded her with two sticks from time to time.

Mrs. Meng smiled, "Frying is too oil-intensive, and it will be fried for you to eat when I go back, and it is quite fragrant." ”

Xu You was short-hearted by Zhao Chengjin, where did she dare to object, and immediately responded with a "uh-huh", and after a while, she felt that she had no need to be weak at all. No matter who it is, there is no way to associate her as a living person with the cat in Ruiwangfu, what's wrong with loving flute fish, how can there be cats who don't like fish, she used to eat braised pork jerky.

As soon as she figured this out, her courage immediately strengthened, and she raised her head to look directly at Zhao Chengjin, making her eyes look extremely penetrating, "Brother Shun, what are you staring at me?" ”

Zhao Chengjin didn't have any embarrassed look on his face, and replied naturally: "Looking at your gluttonous cat appearance, it reminds me of my family's snow ball." ”

Don't you want to be so mysterious! Xu You's heartbeat stopped for two seconds, and he smiled at him with a stiff face, and Ah Chu also came out at some point, and asked Zhao Chengjin curiously, "Who is the snow group?" Is it the younger sister of Brother Xiaoshun's family? ”

Zhao Chengjin gently touched Ah Chu's brain, "It's the cat I used to raise, its name is Xuetuan, and your sister has also seen it." ”

"It's a cat!" Ah Chu looked a little excited, "Xiao Wu's family also has a cat, it is a big black cat, it doesn't care about people, it won't let me touch it." But I don't know what it likes very much, one day Sister Xiaoxue was sitting in the yard basking in the sun, and the black cat jumped on her lap. It's weird! ”

This little Hachiko's mouth is really troublesome! Xu You didn't know what to say, grinned at Zhao Cheng, and said dryly: "Yes, yes, I don't know what Lu Dao is for, Ha Lu Ha, Ha Lu Ha." ”

In fact, not only cats, but even the dogs in the alley like to come to her, wagging their tails and asking her what she wants to eat. It's also a shame that there aren't many cats in this alley, otherwise, one or two of them will pounce on her, and Zhao Cheng would have to be suspicious. You must know that even domestic cats don't like to be close to people.

She was beating a drum in her heart, and suddenly there was a "meow woo" in her ears, Xu You's heart trembled, she looked up nervously, and at a glance, she saw the black old cat on the wall waving its paws to greet her, and she suddenly almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood - what are you afraid of!

The black cat should have been attracted by the fishy smell in the yard, and when he came over, he found that the yard was full of people, and he couldn't do it before he wanted Xu Yu to help, don't look at it as a cat, but it's cunning.

"Sister Xiaoxue, you ...... Call it here. Ah Chu was so excited that he couldn't help jumping, and seeing that Xu You was still not moving, he pulled the sleeve of her dress again, "Hurry up, hurry up!" After that, he also said to Zhao Cheng with a smug face: "That cat can listen to Sister Xiaoxue's words, come as soon as you are summoned, if you don't believe it, you will see it." ”

Xu You silently spit out a mouthful of blood again - Ah Chu, this little ghost, has really focused on selling his sister for twenty years!

Xu You was forced to be helpless, and beckoned to the black cat, but his eyes were straining at it, hoping that it could understand her deep meaning. But she apparently overestimated the black cat's intelligence, and the fellow slid off the fence with almost no hesitation, paced in front of her with graceful cat steps, and threw his head back and barked in a flattering manner.

Ah Chu suddenly let out a cheer, squatted □ tentatively stretched out his hand to touch the black cat's head. The black cat immediately raised a paw vigilantly and squinted at him with a somewhat defensive attitude.

"Sister Xiaoxue, it won't let me touch it." Ah Chu complained to Xu Yu aggrievedly. Xu You replied angrily: "What does it matter if people don't let you touch me?" So saying, the man had already crouched down, stretched out his hand and shook the paw with the black cat, and then went to smooth the hair from its head. The black cat immediately relaxed, and lay down slowly on the ground with half-squinted eyes.

Seeing this, Ah Chu also learned Xu Yu to smooth the black cat's hair, the black cat squinted, and finally didn't scratch him this time.

"Brother Xiaoshun, what is your snow ball like?" Ah Chu smoothed the black cat's fur and asked Zhao Chengjin curiously, "Is it good-looking?" Be obedient or not, will you suddenly scratch a paw when you are angry? Xiao Wu said that Xiao Hei sometimes suddenly gets angry, and he can't tell when he will arrest someone. ”

Zhao Chengjin's face suddenly showed a nostalgic and sad look, "Xuetuan is the most well-behaved cat in the world, my closest friend, it is very smart, smarter than people, no matter what happens, it will stand by my side, help me, protect me." It also writes letters......"

"Liar." Ah Chu expressed his disbelief, "Even people don't necessarily write letters, how can cats be?" It must have been written by someone else, or Brother Xiaoshun was deceiving people. ”

"I didn't lie to you," Zhao Chengjin looked at him very seriously, his expression was even a little serious, "It's true." He patiently told Ah Chu how Xu You was arrested, how he was sold to Xingyang, and how he returned to Beijing, Ah Chu was stunned, and even Mrs. Meng, who was cutting fish on the side, couldn't help but say: "That cat is a human change, or it is a sperm, otherwise how can there be such a smart cat." ”

Zhao Chengjin frowned slightly and didn't speak, Xu You couldn't wait to bury his head in his skirt.

Ah Chu asked curiously: "What about later?" Brother Xiaoshun, didn't you take it with you when you ran away? ”

Zhao Chengjin's eyes suddenly turned red, and the crystal tears swirled in his eyes a few times, and finally fell, but his voice was a little choked, "It's ...... To save me, I was ...... Someone was killed......" After reaching the most gloomy, tears still slipped out, and one drop after another rolled down like pearls with broken threads.

He hadn't mentioned the snow ball to anyone for a long time, and when he suddenly said it, his heart was blocked and uncomfortable, and he couldn't control his emotions at all. He glanced up at Xu You, she couldn't see her face with her head down, and her body seemed to tremble slightly.

Ah Chu was a little uneasy, he felt that if he hadn't asked like this, Zhao Chengjin would not be sad like this. So he looked at Xu You for help, hoping that she could open her mouth to comfort Zhao Cheng and say a few words, but when he turned his head to look at Xu You, he found that even she was sad, and Ah Chu immediately panicked.

"Sister, Sister Xiaoxue......" Ah Chu went to pull Xu You's clothes, squatted □ looked at him from below, looking guilty and uneasy, "Sister Xiaoxue, are you crying?" ”

Xu You sniffed, wiped his face, and grinned at him, "What? No, I don't. She got up and took the black cat in her arms and patted it on the back, "Gluttonous cat, Grandma will fry the small fish in a while, and I'll give it to you again." ”

Seeing that Zhao Chengjin was still sad, Mrs. Meng patiently comforted him, "Brother Shun, don't be sad, according to Grandma, your cat is not an ordinary cat, maybe it came down from the sky, just to save you." Maybe you've gone back to heaven now, maybe it's been watching you somewhere......"

Xu You stood at the door of the study and looked at Mrs. Meng speechlessly, the black cat nested in her arms, two paws restlessly flicked on her arm, and after a while, he held her fingers and stuffed them into her mouth......

"Oops, you idiot!" Xu You was in pain, hurriedly retracted his fingers, and glared at the black cat angrily. The black cat suddenly realized that she had caused trouble, and quickly buried her head in her arms, pretending not to know anything......

Xu You has no way to take this guy, she wasn't so cheeky when she was a cat before!!

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