Chapter 25: Whispering
The bead curtain also blocked Xie Rouhui's vision, and she couldn't see who was outside, and she didn't want to look at it.
Before going out, Mrs. Xie also told her.
"Megumii, smile and say hello to everyone."
Maybe it's because she can't see that she's not in good spirits.
"Megumii, don't think about it, it's your glory."
Her glory?
A sneer appeared on Xie Rouhui's lips, if you really think it is my glory, why did you hesitate for so long to pick me up?
The beaded curtain blocked the view, but it couldn't stop the cheers.
"Miss! Miss! ”
Miss.
But yes, these cheers belong to the eldest lady.
Whoever is the eldest lady can come here and get these.
Xie Rouhui stretched out her hand and lifted a few bead curtains, which made the people outside boil suddenly.
"Miss, Miss."
They huddled, shouted, and waved, and some burst into tears.
Do they really know who they're excited about? It's just a name.
The name is hers!
Xie Rouhui smiled slightly and waved her hand gently.
The cries were thunderous.
The king of Dongping and his party, who had already made a detour to the front, couldn't help but look back at the canopy carriage that was crowded by countless people on the mountain road behind them.
"This eldest lady of the Xie family is really popular with the people." The scribe in the carriage laughed and lowered the curtains.
"The heart is good." The king of Dongping County reclined on the pillow and said with a laziness that was rarely seen in front of people, "And what Wu can carry their expectations is naturally pious." ”
The scribe smiled and nodded.
"It seems that this time His Highness is worth the trip." He said.
"What you see with your own eyes is much more shocking than what you hear." Dongping County King said.
"Your Highness, Xie Wenxing handed over the post and wanted to invite His Highness to the Xie family's mansion for a banquet." The scribe said.
King Dongping nodded.
"Your Highness deigned to go to the feast. But if it is a great gift to the Xie family, His Royal Highness will definitely receive a great gift from the Xie family. The scribe smiled, "I heard that the Xie family has prepared a generous gift for His Highness. ”
This is not a condescension, a life-saving grace, and there is no way to repay it.
The king of Dongping looked at the scribe.
"Sounds like you've already received gifts, what good things did they give you?" He said.
The scribe laughed.
"Old enough, I don't have to worry about eating and drinking in this life." He said, with a bit of playfulness.
The king of Dongping County smiled but did not speak. The car galloped along the mountain road towards Pengshui City.
The noise faded away. Yushan also fell silent.
"It's still comfortable at home." Xie Roujia sat under the porch and shook her legs and sighed, looking at Brother An who came back from fetching water, "Brother An." ”
Ange looked up at her.
"Half an urn of water is enough. No need to fight more. Xie Roujia said with a grin.
Brother An hummed, poured a bucket of water into the urn, and when he was about to pour another bucket, Jiangling came over.
"Pour this bucket into the pot. I boil some water. She said, handing him a handkerchief. Wipe your sweat. ”
Brother An took it with one hand and walked towards the kitchen with the barrel in the other.
Watching Jiang Ling and Brother An enter the kitchen, Shao Mingqing turned around and stood in front of Xie Roujia.
"Miss, what do you mean?" He asked.
"What Miss?" Xie Roujia asked. "What are you shouting?"
"Brother An." Shao Mingqing said, sat down and faced her, "Why did he ask you if you were the eldest lady?" ”
Xie Roujia smiled.
"Then you ask him. Why are you asking me. She laughed.
Shao Mingqing raised his hand and patted her head and stretched out his hand. The gaze fell on the little girl's shoulder.
She was tall and thin, but at this moment, this small body was a little exquisite.
When did it change?
Shao Mingqing's face turned red again, and his outstretched hand fell the floor, making a muffled sound, as if he was about to fall if he didn't sit still.
Xie Roujia stared at him.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
Shao Mingqing sat upright with a straight face.
"Didn't do anything." He said, "You don't have to talk about the topic and ask him, he's like a mallet, I might as well ask you directly, don't be perfunctory, what's going on?" Why would he ask this for no reason? ”
"That's not for nothing." Xie Roujia said with a smile.
Isn't it for no reason?
Brother An has seen Xie Rouhui, he knows what the eldest lady looks like, but why did he ask Xie Roujia like this, he didn't see Xie Roujia's face?
If it's not the face, what makes him have such doubts? It's because of familiarity, when he met the eldest lady, he found something that made him familiar, and this familiarity belonged to Xie Roujia.
So, when did he meet the eldest lady?
It's definitely not before, otherwise he would have asked a long time ago, it's the recent, the recent......
Shao Mingqing stood up abruptly and looked at Xie Roujia in disbelief.
The eldest lady will be held in Yushan in March, and she will also go to the mine.
Isn't it, isn't it.
He sat down abruptly again, grabbed Xie Roujia's arm, and his expression changed, as if he had countless things to say.
"Is that you?" But in the end he only uttered those two words.
Surprise appeared in Xie Roujia's eyes.
"Oh." She said, thought about it again, leaned in to him, and whispered in his ear, "It's me." ”
Really...
Shao Mingqing only felt that there was turmoil in his heart.
How dare they ......
However, she dared to ...
Of course she dared.
Shao Mingqing remembered the arrangements announced by Xie Wenxing about him and An Geyu at the Xie family clan meeting before the sacrifice.
For their sake, how could she let go of this opportunity.
Shao Mingqing only felt that the taste in his heart was complicated, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
A hand touched his head.
"It's so clever, I just said a word, and I guessed it."
The little girl's tone was full of sighs, and there was an old-fashioned atmosphere that did not match her voice, which made Shao Mingqing's full of love dissipate suddenly.
This stinky girl!
Shao Mingqing reached out and pulled her hand.
"Don't touch my head!" He shouted with a little shame, "It's not big, it's not small! ”
Xie Roujia sighed a few times and giggled in his ear. The breath tickled his ears.
Shao Mingqing inexplicably thought of the scene he saw in the early morning.
Jet-black hair, white face, neck, shoulders...
Shao Mingqing jumped up.
Xie Roujia and Jiang Ling, who came over, were taken aback.
"Oops." Xie Roujia looked at Shao Mingqing, who was flushed and tightened, waved her hand and smiled, "It's just a touch of your head, it's worth being angry." It's stingy. ”
Shao Mingqing stiffened his face and did not speak.
"Miss." Jiang Ling said. "Young Master Cousin is an adult, you can't just touch your head."
No matter how old she is, she is only sixteen or seventeen, but she is in her twenties.
Xie Roujia laughed. But nodded obediently, she was in her twenties, but only she knew, no one else knew, others only knew that she was only thirteen years old.
Thirteen years old.
Xie Roujia sighed a little again.
I didn't expect to be thirteen years old again. It's so satisfying.
It's complete!
Xie Roujia also stood up.
"Brother An, Brother An." She shouted with a laugh.
An Geyu, who was standing quietly on the side, took a few steps forward and looked at her.
"Let's go catch fish. Go catch rabbits, pheasants, and today we have a big dinner! ”
She exclaimed again as she said this.
Shao Mingqing, who had already retreated, was also busy looking at her.
"What's wrong?"
Xie Roujia looked into the courtyard. A look of chagrin.
"My horse...," she said, reaching out and whistling in her mouth.
There was no response from the horses.
"Miss, the horses didn't come back." Jiang Ling said.
"I'll go to you tomorrow and get it back." Shao Mingqing said. He turned around and walked out.
Xie Roujia hurriedly called out to him.
"Didn't you say tomorrow? Why are you going now? She asked.
Shao Mingqing looked back at the surprised eyes of the girl under the mask because he was gone, and snorted.
"I'll go get the wine." He said.
This meal was hearty. When Angoli left in the afternoon, he still had two hares and a pot of wine with him.
Although he didn't say much to Xie Roujia, and he didn't lose his temper of joy, when he left the range of the wooden house, a smile appeared on his face, and he rushed towards the mountains and forests, and the branches and vines that stood in the way were hit by him, and the pheasants and birds scattered in shock.
In the afternoon, the miners' gathering place was leisurely and lively, and everyone greeted them warmly when they saw Angeyu.
Today's Ange is equivalent to the chief supervisor in the mine, and even the chief supervisor listens to him.
"The children of the Haimu family have a big future." Everyone sighed, looking at Lao Haimu with envy.
But the old Haimu, who had a smiling face a few days ago, had a gloomy face at this time.
"Daddy." Standing in front of his family's shed, An Ge Yu shouted happily, "I'm back." ”
As he spoke, he raised the rabbit and wine in his hand.
"Have you eaten? I came back with meat and wine. ”
Old Haimu looked at him and shook his head.
"I can't eat it." He said.
Brother An's expression froze.
"Daddy." He shouted.
Old Haimu let out a long sigh.
"Why can't a good errand work work again?" He said, looking at An Ge Yu again, "What did you do wrong?" Why doesn't the eldest master let you be the eldest lady's teacher? ”
Ange sat down.
"Dad, that's a good thing." He said, grinning again.
Although he didn't know what was going on, the result was what he was looking forward to, perhaps, it was the help of the young master of the Shao family, even if it wasn't for him to help, he would definitely know about it.
Old Haimu stroked his palms and stomped his feet.
"That's a good thing." He said bitterly.
Brother An knew his father's obsession.
"Anyway, it's already like this, Dad, don't think about it." "I'm going to cook," he said. ”
Old Haimu sat with a sad face.
"What the hell is going on?" He muttered to himself, and thought of something to look back at Brother An, "Why don't you find a chance to ask the old Dan master ......?"
Brother An, who was hanging rabbit meat on the fire, made a move.
"Dad, do we have the qualifications to ask?" He looked back.
If you are allowed to go, you will go, if you are not allowed to go, you will not go, let you live and let you die, how can you be qualified to say no and ask.
This truth is still what he scolded Brother An in the previous paragraph, Lao Haimu froze, lowered his head and sighed and stopped talking.
"Dad, don't think about it, it's good now." Brother An comforted again, showing a smiling face, "Look, there is still wine to drink." ”
This stupid boy is so easy to be content, and it's good now, but there are better days.
Old Haimu squeezed out a smile.
"Let's cook, we'll drink when it's ready." He said.
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"Miss, are you tired?"
The girl behind her asked.
Xie Rouhui, who was walking slowly in front of her, paused.
"I'm not tired." She said, looking back at the girl, "Are you tired?" ”
When she heard the previous sentence, the girl still had a smile on her face, and when she heard her second sentence, the smile condensed on her face.
I don't know why, her heart suddenly clenched, maybe because of the smile on the eldest lady's face at this time, or maybe because of the coldness of the eldest lady's eyes.
It seems to be smiling but not smiling, and it seems to be happy but not happy.
Under the warm spring sun in the early afternoon, the girl couldn't help but shiver and lowered her head.
"Slaves are not tired." She said in a trembling voice.
Xie Rouhui hummed and continued to raise her feet and walk.
The girls didn't dare to say a word more, and they all followed behind them with bated breath and silence.
Since returning home, the eldest lady has not rested, not even in the house for a moment, has been walking outside, visiting the garden, the water pavilion, the rockery, and even eating lunch in the pavilion by the lake, it seems that she has to go all over the Xie family's mansion.
What is there to do at home? Every day at home is so familiar and not in a new place.
Now it's even over to the backyard stables.
The girls had the heart to remind, but no one dared to say it when they opened their mouths.
She didn't want to stay in the room, she could suffocate at the thought of the closed doors and windows, especially the wall in the study, she wanted to smash it.
Xie Rouhui crossed the threshold, the smell of cattle and horses in her nose, and at the same time a neighing of horses also sounded, and she realized that she had walked to the stable.
These! I didn't pay attention to it, and they dared not to remind her!
Xie Rouhui turned her head abruptly.
Although they hadn't spoken yet, this look made the girls giggle in fright, and they couldn't help but take a step back, and the more timid ones simply knelt down.
Since March 3, the eldest lady has become more powerful than before, this, is this the power of Wu?
The girls hung their heads and trembled.
The horse neighed again.
"What's going on? What is the name of this horse all day long? "There was a whining from the little guys.
Several people ran in from outside the courtyard gate, and when they saw Xie Rouhui, they were so frightened that they were also busy saluting.
Xie Rouhui ignored them and looked at the stables over there, where a red horse appeared in sight.
This horse......
She couldn't help but take a few steps forward.
"Is this your horse?"
A warm and cool voice came from behind.
Xie Rouhui turned her head and saw a man in his twenties standing there, he was wearing a splendid robe, with a jade belt around his waist, and his body was tall and graceful.
Xie Rouhui's eyes turned to his face and the clothes fell on his face, this glance couldn't help but dazzle, and his heart couldn't help but stop.
Seeing this girl looking at herself, the king of Dongping County smiled slightly.
"Miss Xie." He bowed slightly.
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Ahem, today's update. See you tomorrow morning. (To be continued) R580