After lunch, Sister-in-law Hua and Sister-in-law Liu came over to help bake the cakes, and the business was light in the first month, and a few people baked some cakes, and stopped when Zhang Tieniu loaded the car and left. Magnolia beckoned them to the front yard to drink tea and chat.

Of course, the conversation was about last night's Lantern Festival, and later, Lu Si's daughter-in-law also came over, and she was anxious about her mother's family in the city, so she came to inquire about Yulan.

There are also some people in the village in the courtyard of the Lu family, all of whom asked Lu Zhong and Lu Yong for news, there has never been such a major event in the Lantern Festival over the years, and people's curiosity is unprecedentedly high, and they always want to explore some truths from some clues.

Of course, what is guessed is not the truth after all, but just some conversation among the villagers after dinner.

Lu Xiaoyi didn't want to listen to these women's chat, so he made eye contact with Xiao Ding, so the two of them slipped out of the hall, and as soon as they stepped out of the door, they heard Yulan shouting: "What are you going to do?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi turned around and smiled, "Mother, we are bored and want to go out for a walk." ”

Yulan said: "Go to the next room to do needlework, don't go out to hang around if you have nothing to do, get older every year, don't think you're still a little girl." ”

Sister-in-law Hua smiled: "That's right, the girl's family is getting bigger day by day, it's better to stay at home more, I also told the magpie like this, in addition to washing clothes and picking vegetables, try to go out and walk around as little as possible." ”

Lu Xiaoyi pouted, unhappy in his heart, but he couldn't argue with these women, because they represented the mainstream concept of the peasant family in this era, and it was already relaxed to let teenage girls go out to play, and no matter how old they were, especially before adolescence and marriage, discipline was inevitable.

Ay! The freedom of the peasant girl is also relative!

Lu Xiaoyi took Xiaoding to the next door sullenly. Xiao Ding took out the sewing basket and said with a smile: "Sister, you laugh at it, your face is wrinkled like an old woman." ”

Lu Xiaoyi collapsed on the kang and sighed: "Xiaoding, the eldest sister will not be free in the future." Then he sang again: "I have no freedom, I have lost my freedom, and my heart is sad and tears flow." ”

Xiao Ding covered his mouth and giggled, then thought of something, and said wistfully: "Eldest sister." Last night it was too crowded. The feather flower on my head was gone. ”

Lu Xiaoyi turned over and sat up, stared at Xiao Ding, and found that the feather flowers on her bun were really missing, and comforted: "It's okay, it's okay." Let Brother Liang make another one for you. ”

Xiao Ding said regretfully: "What a pity." I like that reddish pink the most. ”

Lu Xiaoyi took advantage of the fact that there were no outsiders here. whispered: "Xiao Ding, the young master of the He family helped you last night, we all have to remember this kindness." Mrs. He loves to eat the thorn rose stuffing we made, let's make more for Mrs. He this year! ”

"Well, last night, the young master of the He family also mentioned to me about the flower stuffing, saying that our flower stuffing is the most to his mother's taste, and I can't remember what he said later, I was so sleepy at that time, I fell asleep in a daze." Xiao Ding was a little embarrassed in the end, "Eldest sister, let me tell you something, don't tell your mother, when I broke up with you last night, the young master of the He family kept holding my hand tightly, and then he also carried me into the stone jar, and then I fell asleep on the shoulder of the young master of the He family." ”

Needless to say, Lu Xiaoyi also thought of it, in that kind of chaotic occasion, if you don't hold each other tightly, it is easy to be squeezed apart, and there is also the life-saving stone tank, which is not big in the tank, and the two of them must rely on each other if they want to curl up in it. However, at that time, it was a very good time, and there was no longer any male and female defense, it was originally a very simple mutual rescue at a crisis moment, and the parties did not feel that there was anything wrong at the time, but they still felt ashamed and embarrassed when they thought about it later.

He Siyuan will think of Lu Xiaoyi in the future, she only knows that Xiaoding is showing the shame of a little girl at the moment, and as for whether she will secretly feel emotional because of this matter, Lu Xiaoyi doesn't know.

Thinking about the family background of the two families, and then thinking about the uncertainty on He Siyuan's side, Lu Xiaoyi decided to have a good talk with Xiao Ding, after all, some feelings are not good if they are born early, and some people may not be good people if they meet early, before she doesn't understand He Siyuan and the He family, she doesn't want Xiao Ding to be affected by the sudden hand-holding and reliance last night.

Lu Xiaoyi planned to guide her in a gentle way, but she could only guide, after all, she couldn't control the little girl's thoughts.

Xiao Ding saw her sister staring at her in a daze, tilted her head and asked her, "Eldest sister, what do you want?" Did you hear what I just said? ”

Lu Xiaoyi smiled: "Don't worry, I won't tell my mother." ”

Hearing Lu Xiaoyi's assurance, Xiao Ding's eyes sparkled, "Eldest sister, you are so good." ”

Lu Xiaoyi said deliberately: "I'm not good at all, I'm happy that you lost me last night, thinking that my mother only has one daughter, she will definitely hurt me even more, the good fabrics are all mine, and the good hair flowers are also mine, and no one will rob me anymore." ”

Xiao Ding smiled and asked, "Are your happy eyes swollen into peaches?" ”

"Of course! That's what is wrong with my eyes, and when I am happy, I cry and can't stop flowing. ”

Xiao Ding said softly: "Eldest sister, I felt so terrible at that time, my father and sister who were still by my side were suddenly squeezed away, I wanted to reach out and grab it, but I found that you were no longer visible, I couldn't see anything with a lot of tears at that time, I shouted at you hard, but the shouts around me were too loud, and my voice was like a chick." ”

Lu Xiaoyi leaned over and wrapped his arms around Xiao Ding's shoulders, "I'm sorry Xiao Ding, the eldest sister shouldn't have let go of your hand at that time." ”

Xiao Ding's eyes were red, but he smiled beautifully, "Don't blame the eldest sister, I was greedy for watching the excitement and break free by myself." ”

"Later, the young master of the He family grabbed you and protected you, right?"

Xiao Ding nodded, "Well, if it weren't for him, I would definitely be pushed to the ground... I can't see my father, my mother, my eldest sister and my younger brother anymore. ”

Lu Xiaoyi said: "So, the young master of the He family is your life-saving benefactor, just like Brother Liang once saved me, when I was drowned in the water, Brother Liang also pulled me to swim to the surface of the water like the young master of the He family." ”

Xiao Ding thought for a while and said, "Eldest sister, Brother Liang was pulling you at that time, and you were still in the water, were you ashamed at that time?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi was about to see death at that time, where did she get the shyness, if she remembered correctly, Shen Qiang entangled her at that time, she also pinched Shen Qiang's little finch hard, and was later pulled ashore by Yu Liang, she had no other feelings except for desperate breathing and gratitude, and her good impression of Yu Liang was slowly generated in the later contact.

But she couldn't tell Xiao Ding the truth, she and Xiao Ding were different after all, she couldn't use her reactions and thoughts at the time to consider Xiao Ding, so she pretended to be ashamed and said: "Of course I was shy, I was so shy then, just like you now." ”

Xiao Ding's big eyes narrowed, and he said truthfully: "Sister, to be honest, you really don't look like shy!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi quibbled: "That's because I have thick eyebrows and small eyes, plus yellow skin, it's normal if you can't see it!" ”

"Okay."

Lu Xiaoyi continued: "At that time, I was very ashamed, when I thought of Brother Liang holding my hand, my heart was pounding, and it was sweet to think about it. ”

Xiao Ding thought like this at this time, just suspected that the eldest sister was pretending to be shy, but now he completely believed that she was really shy at that time, and said eagerly: "Later! ”

"Later, you also know, it was my father and mother who gave Brother Liang a thank you gift, and took more care of him, I also regarded Brother Liang as a friend, and often took you and Xiao Geng to his house to play, and later there were Liu Bao and Shen Qiang, everyone ate and drank together, talked and laughed, very good!"

"Eldest sister, are you still ashamed later?"

"If I'm ashamed, I won't go." Lu Xiaoyi said seriously: "Xiao Ding, the eldest sister was held by a strange young man at the same time as what you encountered this time, and even her body was next to each other, and it was inevitable to feel ashamed and embarrassed. But at that time, the situation was urgent, and both of them were forced to do so, you know? If you deliberately think about it, you will get into the horns, if you are like the eldest sister, when nothing has happened, you will not feel embarrassed if you don't think about it, and you will naturally get along with him generously when you meet in the future, how good! ”

Xiao Ding tilted his head and thought about it, and muttered: "Yes, the young master of the He family also said that he would play with me in the future, he can say this, which means that he is not shy, if I am shy, wouldn't we be able to play together." ”

"That's right, you treat the young master of the He family as Liu Bao or Shen Qiang, how you get along with Liu Bao and Shen Qiang on weekdays, you know how to get along with him, you know?"

Xiao Ding nodded, "Eldest sister, if it was Liu Bao or Shen Qiang last night, I might not be ashamed." ”

Lu Xiaoyi smiled: "Look, it's because you are not familiar with the young master of the He family." ”

Xiao Ding figured it out, smiled like a flower, and muttered: "No wonder the eldest sister held hands with Brother Liang last night, it turned out that it was because you were too familiar to be shy." ”

The smile on the corner of Lu Xiaoyi's mouth froze, and he explained to Xiao Ding after half a sound: "What, there were too many people last night, and Brother Liang was also afraid that I would be squeezed out, good Xiaoding, don't tell my mother, my mother will kill me!" ”

Xiao Ding covered his mouth and smiled, "I know." ”

The two young ladies talked for a while, and the sewing basket was put aside, and Lu Xiaoyi pretended to take out an upper and looked at the embroidery on the upper.

This is her masterpiece.

After two cherries, two small apples, two small strawberries and other works with simple styles and single colors, two new peach hearts were created. For a woman like her, who is incompetent in embroidery, embroidering a few fruits is cute and ingenious, and it can be regarded as finding another way into the eyes of Magnolia.

Xiao Ding's needlework follows Yulan, he is already talented, and Yulan often dials it, and now the flowers embroidered by Xiao Ding, butterflies, and bats are all vivid, and he is envious of Lu Xiaoyi. No way! I am not talented enough, although I was not willing to learn at first, and later I woke up and practiced very seriously, but the embroidered things still can't be on the table.

However, it is still possible to cope with ordinary sewing and repairing, and there will definitely not be the situation where the quilt surface sews itself inside.

Xiao Ding came over to look at the upper in Xiao Yi's hand, and the two young ladies began to exchange experience in embroidery and sewing, mainly Xiao Ding spoke, and Lu Xiaoyi listened.

After Yulan finished chatting with the women, she saw the two daughters sitting on the kang quietly embroidering flowers, she was very satisfied, and came over to sit aside and look at it quietly.

Lu Xiaoyi showed Yulan the upper embroidered with two peach hearts in his hand, and Yulan smiled: "Everyone else embroiders a cluster of flowers and a bunch of fruits, why do you embroider two every time?" ”

Good things come in pairs! Lu Xiaoyi thought so in his heart, but said: "It's too troublesome to embroider." ”

Magnolia poked her forehead, "I'm too lazy for you!" (To be continued.) )