Chapter 023 Birthday

Ling Qingyun overheard the conversation between her mother and eldest brother, and her heart was slightly stunned.

She was confused.

Then, the sound of the pins gradually stopped.

Ling Qingyun lightly retreated to the bed and lay down, pretending to be asleep. She tried to remember something, but her mind was blank.

She remembered that when she was very young, her mother combed her hair, and she saw her mother's kind face in the bronze mirror; She also remembered that the eldest brother secretly hid candied fruit for her to eat, and looked at her with a gentle face; She still remembered that her fourth brother often fought with the children in the second room, and he was covered in dirt, but he smiled at her, revealing a mouthful of white and neat teeth.

That's all.

Others, not anymore.

Can't remember.

"What about Yun'er?" In her ears, her brother's words did not stop for a long time.

What does she do? Who does Mother want to take back? Does the mother say "she", or "he"?

Ling Qingyun pondered for a while, and then the bed curtain was lifted, and the morning sun poured all over the bed. The golden sunlight shines on the golden hook, shining with dazzling glimmers.

The light that suddenly penetrated made her uncomfortable, and she subconsciously pulled the quilt over her head.

The quilt was grabbed by the other hand.

"Wan'er, get up." The eldest brother said in a mellow voice, and said to Ling Qingyun with a smile.

Ling Qingyun slowly opened her eyes.

The window lattices and doors were opened, and the room was full of bright golden light, making Ling Qingyun's eyes hurt slightly. She squinted her eyes and asked, "What time is it?" ”

With a meow, a black shadow suddenly rushed in and burrowed into Ling Qingyun's arms.

Ling Qingyun was overjoyed and hugged it gently.

This cat has dark green eyes, which are brilliant and exceptionally good-looking. It's just that it has a haughty demeanor and a well-behaved personality, except for Ling Qingyun, others dare not touch it.

"It's already the beginning, little slacker." The eldest brother smiled, then pointed to the fifth junior high school and asked Ling Qingyun, "Is this Andong's cat?" ”

"yes"

"This cat is very weird, I heard that it ran out of the palace, An Dongfei didn't admit it." The eldest brother said, "Whoever touches it will scratch people, in the past, An Dong was hugged to the sect to show off, his scholar and himself, were scratched all over the bloody hands, and everyone leaned forward and backwards with laughter." ”

Anton loves cats.

This cat was also given to him by other powerful people to please him. Where exactly it came from, Andong doesn't know.

However, when he first got it, he asked the little guy to take him to the sect and show it to his classmates, showing off his show, but he was scratched miserably and became a joke.

"From the palace?" Ling Qingyun was curious. Her hand brushed the cat's back, looking at it curiously.

Its eyes are as bright as water, as if it has penetrated human nature; The hair is oily and black, soft and delicate, and seems to be green.

"I also listened to what my classmates said, who knows if it's true or not." Big Brother Dao.

As they spoke, Ling Qingyun's maid had already come in, ready to change Ling Qingyun's clothes.

The eldest brother withdrew.

After a while, Ling Qingyun finished changing her clothes, sat at the dressing table, and let the maid comb her hair, and the eldest brother came in again.

The black cat obediently lay on Ling Qingyun's lap, with a lazy expression, closing its eyes and napping.

"Where's my mother?" Ling Qingyun asked the eldest brother.

The eldest brother had already made up a statement, and said with a smile: "The steward of the grange is here, and my mother went to the outer courtyard to settle accounts with them." ”

It's almost the New Year, the family is busy, and the big brother is okay.

Ling Qingyun knew that they had a secret secret, so she nodded and didn't ask.

The mother did not come back until noon, her eyes were red, and she cried again.

She was like that last time.

"It's so windy outside?" Ling Qingyun pretended not to know, and said to her mother with a smile, "Mother's eyes are blowing red." ”

The winter sun is unreliable.

When I woke up in the morning, the sun was warm and bright, and I thought it was a good sunny day. Unexpectedly, in the morning, the wind rose, and the stratus clouds flowed, covering the scorching sun, and the sky was overcast again.

It's a bit cold.

"Not really." Jing followed her daughter's words and said, "As soon as Layue went out, she was filled by the cold wind like a red-eyed rabbit. ”

Ling Qingyun laughed.

The maids and mothers-in-law also laughed.

The room was full of warm laughter.

Jing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

said that he would celebrate Ling Qingyun's birthday today, and after Jing went home, he changed his clothes, changed into a homely long jacket, and personally cooked for Ling Qingyun to give longevity noodles.

She kneaded the dough herself.

Ling Qingyun hugged her cat and followed her to the kitchen. She watched as her mother skillfully kneaded the dough, then rolled out a thin crust and slipped into thin strips.

The soup below is the chicken soup that was boiled last night, with tonics such as angelica and ginseng, exuding a faint medicinal fragrance.

Ling Qingyun liked the smell of medicine, took a breath and said, "It's so fragrant, mother." ”

The black cat in her arms snorted, and seemed to be with Ling Qingyun.

Jing laughed, pointed at Ling Qingyun and the black cat, and said, "A gluttonous cat, another gluttonous cat!" ”

She's in a much better mood.

Soon, the noodles were cooked.

Jing asked her maid to serve it to the old lady, the second room, the third room and the third girl, and she asked Ling Qingyun's eldest brother to personally send a bowl to her grandfather.

The hot noodles were sent out, and soon, the third aunt came in person.

"Yun'er has her birthday today?" The third aunt smiled, "I thought I would have to wait until the fifth day of the new year." ”

"Don't wait, you may not be free on the fifth day of the new year." Jing smiled.

The third aunt gave Ling Qingyun a small box, which was a golden hairpin inlaid with rubies, shining with gold.

"Just gold, about a tael." After the third aunt left, Jing weighed the hairpin and smiled at the people around him.

This gift is a heavy gift for children.

The third aunt and Jing's friendship is good.

Jing Shi weighed it, gave Ling Qingyun a few more looks, and then gave the golden hairpin to Ling Qingyun's nurse Mother Ge, "Help the girl put it away, don't lose it." ”

Mother Ge took it and said yes respectfully.

Then, the old lady and the second and third aunts all sent maids and sent birthday gifts.

They didn't come in person.

The old lady gave a silver-red satin, the second aunt gave two square towels, and the third aunt gave two pairs of embroidered shoes, which she made herself.

"Mother, the gift from the third aunt is a heavy gift." Ling Qingyun sighed after reading everyone's gifts.

When she took the golden hairpin, she didn't care. Now compared with the gifts of grandmother, second aunt, and third aunt, the third aunt is indeed very generous.

Jing snorted.

"When I married into the Ling family, your third uncle was only one year old. Then, when he was older, he was always with your father. Your father's heart is the most pure, and he likes your third uncle very much, and he is like a son.

I also grew up watching your third uncle. Then, as he grew older, he didn't come to me much after your father left.

Later, when she married her daughter-in-law, the old lady was in charge of it tightly, and she became less and less contacted. But it's always deeper than other people's affection. Jing said.

The third uncle is twenty-five years old this year, and it has been twenty-four years since Jing married into the Ling family.

Jing had just married, he was young, his health was not good, and it was always difficult to get pregnant, so he nursed for six years before giving birth to Ling Qingcheng.

It is precisely because they had no children at the beginning of their marriage that Jing and her husband love their brother-in-law very much and treat him like a son.

But the old lady didn't like the child to associate with the long house, thinking that the long house had bad intentions.

The third uncle was young and didn't understand this, and his grandmother didn't listen to his scolding, so he ran to the long house all day long. Later, Ling Qingyun's father died, and the third uncle was also older, so it was not good to always go to the widowed sister-in-law, so he became estranged from the long house.

However, the third uncle was still very good to Ling Qingyun's eldest brother and fourth brother.

The third aunt is also close to them.

Mother couldn't help but sigh when she saw that the birthday gift given to Ling Qingyun by the third aunt was much heavier than the others.

"Oh," Ling Qingyun didn't remember these things.

She only knew that except for their orphans and widows, everyone else in this family was a descendant of their grandmother.

And the grandmother is not on good terms with the long house.

Therefore, Ling Qingyun waited and watched the changes. Now it seems that the third room is not bad, at least the third aunt is a generous person.

In the evening, Ling Qingyun's eldest brother gave Ling Qingyun a book called "Four Finger Zen", which is a book dedicated to recording gynecological and pediatric medical cases.

"Thank you, big brother." Ling Qingyun was overjoyed, and couldn't put it down after flipping through a few pages.

She wanted to finish reading it overnight, but she was afraid that her mother would not let her, so she went back to her house.

She was watching intently under the lamp when she suddenly heard someone knocking on her back window.

Ling Qingyun came back to her senses and couldn't help laughing.

Pushing open the window lattice, sure enough, it was the fourth brother standing under the window with his feet on his feet, holding a stone blue jade box in his hand, and handed it to Ling Qingyun: "Second sister, they said that my mother will celebrate your birthday today." This is what I gave you. ”

They are his maids.

He didn't wait for Ling Qingyun to pick it up, he put it directly on the windowsill and hurriedly jumped down.

Ling Qingyun wanted to call him, but he had already disappeared into the vast night.

She opened the box and saw a pair of ruby and gold earrings.

"This, you can wear the golden hairpin given by the third aunt." Ling Qingyun thought to herself.

She carefully put the box away. Originally, I also wanted to give it to the nurse, but after thinking about it again, I finally put it next to the pillow.

The corners of Ling Qingyun's lips had a faint smile.

Her heart was warm.

Putting down the box, Ling Qingyun went back to bed to read.

She saw that in the middle of the night, the maid stepped on the branch and the yarn persuaded her to rest, Ling Qingyun ignored it, and just said, "Add some more lamp oil." ”

The maids couldn't persuade her, and they didn't dare to disturb Jing's late at night, so they all stayed aside and stayed up late.

Ling Qingyun didn't finish reading the book "Four Finger Zen" until the end of the ugly time. After reading it, it is always difficult to calm my heart.

The medical cases recorded in the four-finger Zen are all wonderful.

The next day, Ling Qingyun slept until the afternoon before getting up.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, her birthday was not mentioned at home.

Ling Qingyun didn't pay attention to it.

She had recently found some medical books and drew talismans against them.

"Girl, what is this for?" The nurse and the maid were both frightened, feeling that Ling Qingyun had become chattering, and actually drew her own talismans.

Drawing talismans requires a high level of Taoism, otherwise you will suffer from it.

Ling Qingyun painted it on yellow paper by herself, and when the painting was broken and torn off, the nurses and maids were scared.

"I'll draw a blessing charm and bring it back to my eldest cousin." Ling Qingyun explained.

In the beginning, I didn't draw well and always felt awkward. After painting for ten days in a row, the blessing charm painted by Ling Qingyun is almost the same as the peace charm invited from the temple.

On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, she followed her mother and went to her aunt's house.

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