Seeing Ruchun sitting there dancing and gesturing, Qiu Xiang felt her ears buzz. Only remember that sentence: the dish was very successful, and the old lady was satisfied. Qiu Xiang gritted her teeth, and the old lady was very satisfied.

I cater to the grandmothers and girls around the masters in various gardens, and at night the smiling mouth is wooden, but I have a memory of the old lady's side Wang Mama. Although it is good to mix in the second lady's courtyard, since the wife of the prince came, the second lady has stayed in the evergreen courtyard almost every day to play with her two nephews, what is the use of just having a relationship with a group of maids. and his sister-in-law who has not passed through the door, at first glance, there is no Zirui to eat next to the second lady. It seems that you can only use Wu Wenxiu's method, although you can take risks, but once you succeed, you will get twice the result with half the effort. Looking at the two people who were talking energetically below, Qiu Xiang turned her heart sideways, and her face, which was still pale just now, changed to a gentle smile and said to the two people,

"It's a hot day, it's really boring for us to sit here. The old lady was kind and gave us half a day's vacation, so let's go for a walk. “

Both said yes, and the three of them walked around the flower pond not far from Qinyuan, until under a big willow tree, Qiu Xiang stood up and said, "Rest for a while, it's cool under this tree." ”

"No, on this hot day, I can't wait to soak in that water every day." Ruchun pulled the willow branch and said, "I tell you, that wisteria is really weird, even on such a hot day, she has to soak her feet in that boiling water every night, and she is a nervous disorder." Giggle......"

"How can you talk about her again, it's really annoying, can you make my ears quiet for a while." Cress said unhappily.

Qiu Xiang listened to the conversation between the two people, pondered for a moment and said, "On this hot day, it's better to be in the young lady's yard, there are ice cubes and ice bowls, it's really delicious." ”

"But it's not, Ruchun, I tell you, the ice bowl in the yard of the second lady, there are seven or eight kinds of fruits alone, and a layer of milk is poured on it, which is very delicious."

"Really?" Ruchun smashed his mouth and said, "If only I could eat it once." ”

"This second miss is really different from others," Qiu Xiang continued, "I heard Sister Shuangqiao say that the second miss likes small animals in the wild the most!" ”

"But no, you see the birds under her porch, and the pheasants and rabbits in the backyard are all caught from the mountains." Cress continued.

"Ruchun, if you can find some small things for the second miss that are not common on weekdays, maybe the second miss will reward you with a fruit milk milk ice bowl?" Qiu Xiang covered her mouth and said with a smile after speaking.

"Sister Qiuxiang teased me again, where can I get out of the door and go up the mountain."

"Okay, let's not talk about it, let's go back, don't find us again if we have a job for a while." Akika took the lead and walked out around the big willow tree.

"Oh, you two, look at what's that, it's so cute." Hearing Qiu Xiang shouting, both of them gathered around.

"The water duck, that's the water duck, just hatched." Ruchun shouted, "It's so cute, look at them yellow, fluffy." ”

"Yes, it's so beautiful, it's a pity that it's just hatched, and it can't be taken away, otherwise it's good to take it back and raise it!" Akika continued.

"You two, a litter of water ducks is also making a fuss, be careful of the wooden fence, don't fall down." It turned out that this litter of ducks was in the nest at the downhill slope of the big willow tree, and because the big willow tree was near the pool, a half-waist-high wooden fence was set up on the downhill side.

"That's it, let's go." Qiu Xiang pulled up the sleeve of the cress and walked back. After walking a few steps, he turned around slowly, and saw that Ruchun was still standing in place, staring at the water duck in a daze. A smile tugged at the corner of Akika's mouth.

One afternoon, Ruchun was in a trance, either taking the wrong plate or taking the cucumber as a carrot. Ma Wujia said a few words to her, but abnormally, Ruchun didn't return the favor.

Cai'er, who was placing steamed buns in the cage drawer, touched Wisteria with her elbow, and Nunu mouthed in the direction of Ruchun, signaling Wisteria to take a look. Wisteria glanced at it and didn't speak, continuing with what she was doing. Cai'er closed the lid of the cage drawer and sat down to set up a fire.

"Sister Wisteria, don't have any bad ideas for this girl, she didn't leave you with a pair of eyes before, but today she seems to have lost her soul, you have to be careful."

"It doesn't matter what she does, at most she is a gunner, and there will be a day when she will be sold."

"What are you talking about, what cannon, where is she being sold?" Cai'er stopped stuffing firewood into the stove and asked with a puzzled expression.

Wisteria then realized that he was speaking modern words. "No, casually, didn't Aunt Ma ask you to pick up the food? Go ahead, I'll watch the fire. ”

"I really don't know what Aunt Ma thinks, how good it is for you to get it, and you can talk to Mother Yu, why doesn't she support you to go out and do anything?" patted the gray on his body and went out with the blue.

Wisteria shook her head and watched Ruchun follow out the door, but Cai'er turned left, but Ruchun went in the direction of the pool on the right.

When Ruchun came back in the evening, she didn't have trouble with Wisteria for the first time, but washed up early and lay on the bed, until Wisteria fell asleep, and she was still tossing and turning there.

Until about the next afternoon, when everyone was sitting in the courtyard choosing vegetables and preparing to make dinner. Sister-in-law Yao also asked Ma Wujia, "Why haven't you seen the shadow of Ruchun for a day today?" ”

Mrs. Liu sneered and said, "I must have gone to the master's yard to beg for food." ”

"Hey, it's still a child, one more is not more, one less is not too much, let her go." Ma Wujia coughed lightly and spoke for Ruchun.

At this moment, a crowd of people poured into the courtyard, led by Mama Wang, who was beside the old lady. As soon as everyone entered the courtyard, the winter pattern that followed behind took a step forward.

"The girl here is called Ruchun, tell her to come out."

"Such as, like spring...... She, she didn't come back! Ma Wujia's legs were about to knick, and he stood up holding on to the table.

"Search for me." After Mama Wang's words, the rough mother-in-law who came with her rushed into the kitchen room past everyone, only listening to the sound of ping-pong dongdong, Shao Tian walked out and replied, but no one was seen.

"Listen, when you see that girl and show it to me, come and report it immediately, who dares to hide it and touch your head." After Mama Wang finished speaking, she turned around and walked out, arranging to search for other places as she walked.

Winter Pattern walked to the door and turned back to signal Wisteria to come over. Pulling wisteria and standing at an elm tree outside the gate.

"I'll know about this sooner or later, and it's okay to sue you now, but because you two live in the same room, I'm afraid I won't find her, and the old lady will ask you to go over and ask questions, and I'll talk to you first, so you can be prepared."

As soon as Wisteria heard this, his heart rose to his throat, what trouble did this brainless person have. I thought about it in my heart, but I didn't ask, and I made a picture of listening carefully.

Dongwen attached to her ear and said: "I don't know how on the way back to Qinyuan from Changchun Garden, the second lady said that she found a nest of newborn wild ducks, which are very cute and plush and lead the second lady to take a look." The second lady liked these little things the most, and the people around her couldn't persuade her, so she went to the old willow tree by the pool.

"Because the litter of ducks is born on the downhill slope of the willow trees, separated by a row of wooden fences. Everyone didn't dare to let the second miss go to see it, but that Ruchun didn't know where the courage came from, so he pulled the second miss closer to the wooden fence to take a look. Unexpectedly, the wooden fence was broken, and the second lady planted herself behind the willow tree and rolled down the slope. ”

"Oh my God" Wisteria covered her mouth with her hand, and there was only one thought in her heart, Ruchun is over, what kind of nerves did she have.

"Then, the second young lady, how is she?"

"Fortunately, there is a man named Qiu Xiang who was assigned by Wu's mother to send grass and flower seedlings to the yard of the second lady, because of the hot weather, he greedy for the cool place by the pool, and was walking to the bottom of the steps of the big willow tree, so he encountered this incident, hugged the second lady head-on, pushed aside, but he fell into the pool, and now he is unconscious.

"The second lady was just frightened, and there were some abrasions on her body, and the doctor said that she would be fine if she raised it. How could this matter be hidden from the old lady, the old lady lost her temper and swept a set of tea sets to the ground. ”

"So, what about Ruchun?" Wisteria asked.

"Xu saw the second lady fall, frightened, and ran away when there were many people in a panic, no, the old lady ordered us to find her even if we turned Zhuangzi over."

After speaking, seeing that Mama Wang and the others had already walked towards the fork in the road to the flower garden, they patted Wisteria's hand and turned around to follow.

In the evening, Ruchun was not found, and no one asked Wisteria to go to the old lady for questioning. Wisteria couldn't fall asleep alone in bed, and every time she made a sound, she felt like spring was coming back.

At dawn, Wisteria felt sleepy, but she felt like she had just closed her eyes and slept for a while when she heard the sound of the kitchen door being slammed. Wisteria panicked and went barefoot to open the door, only to see Cai'er's hair messy and her eyes red, and she began to cry when she saw Wisteria throw herself into her arms.

A bad premonition suddenly rose, and sure enough, I heard Cai'er in my arms say intermittently: "Ruchun, Ruchun she has no ......"

"What's going on, when did you find it?"

"This morning, my dad had to walk around the pool of water flowing down from Broadway Spring every day, and he saw it in the pool at the foot of the mountain, and he saw Ruchun, and she ...... She jumped into the river. ”

"Where are you now?"

"I was carried to the grass hut in the outer courtyard, and said, I said that I would make a decision after consulting the old lady."

"Let's go, let's take a look."

"What do you say? You're crazy, how scary! Seeing that Wisteria was about to go back to the house to change clothes, Cai'er hurriedly followed.

"It's okay, I'm not afraid, just go and look at it from a distance, don't come forward. If you're afraid, don't go. ”

"I, I'll go with you."

By the time the two men reached the hut in the outer courtyard where weeds and horse fodder were kept, the sun had already risen. There was already a circle of people there, and there was a half-old woman kneeling beside a wooden shelf and crying breathlessly. The man on the wooden shelf was covered by a straw mat, revealing only two white-soaked feet.

Cai'er hid behind Wisteria and didn't dare to look up, Wisteria stood in place for a long time without moving, being shone by the warm sun, but she only felt the cold all over her body. She slowly folded her arms to her chest, feeling death so close to her for the first time, and the first weakness she had ever had come from. She knows what the fate of finding Ruchun will be, although Ruchun targets her everywhere and makes trouble for her, but she is all talking, there is no substantial harm, and she also regards those words as an adjustment to her boring life. She believed that with the personality of the old lady, she had really found it, and the worst thing was to sell her. But the child was still frightened by what she had done, she had no one to discuss, no one to give her ideas, so she chose this simple way.

After a while, a few rough envoys came, I don't know how to tell the half-old woman who was kneeling next to her, but I saw the old woman slowly stand up and walk towards the gate of Zhuangzi with the person who carried Ruchun.

"That, that's Ruchun's grandmother, and my mother said it was the only relative."

Seeing that the old woman was about to walk out of the gate, Wisteria suddenly ran up, grabbed the hem of the old woman's clothes, and in the surprised eyes of everyone, took the hairpin from his head and put it into the old woman's hand, turned around and walked back.