Chapter 7: The Cruel Truth
"How are you doing?"
Po came over and sat down next to me.
"Okay, okay. You don't have to learn to write, and it's rare to get boarded. ”
Since he sat down beside me, I simply sat down and ate.
He looked at the sugar water in my bowl, then at me, stood up, straightened his clothes, pulled out the hem of his clothes, and sat down again, spreading the hem to the side.
"It's cold on the ground, you sit down."
Is this a cushion for me with your clothes?
I felt quite inappropriate in my heart, but he also watched me grow up, maybe he misunderstood that I was not feeling well.
As soon as his ass moved, he sat on his clothes. "Comfortable!"
Po has been in this pear orchard for many years, and the guests think that he is a very competent thug.
A competent thug, naturally, the most important thing is the word competent, so naturally he will not have any special thoughts about me as a yellow-haired girl who is dry and weird and has not grown.
"Next year is the Oiran election, how are you prepared?"
I knew that he had no idea about me, and that he would say something bad about the scenery before the moon.
"I'm just a foil, what is there to prepare."
Bao frowned: "Do you have anything else to study?" ”
The sugar water has bottomed out.
"Some of them are naturally good at studying, and they always have to be present."
"It's always good to learn a little more."
I don't think so, not to mention that I can't be an Oiran and can only be a maid for Shengge, even if I do an Oiran, what's the point, aren't they all girls? I don't have any big ambitions, and I don't have the skills to deal with guests.
I bowed my head and didn't speak.
When Po saw me like this, he stopped talking.
After a long time, he took out something from his arms and handed it to me: "Last year, you wanted acacia flowers, I collected some for you and dried them." ”
I stretched out my hand and took it, and it was very well sunburned and well preserved, but the acacia that was dried like this was not enough to eat.
"I'm going on a long trip tomorrow, you take care of yourself."
I was shocked, but I didn't dare to show it.
"How far is the door? Are you going to buy for the Oiran Contest? ”
Po hesitated: "Even if it's it..."
"When will you come back, remember to bring me something fun and delicious?"
Po chuckled: "You are still the same as when you were a child, and all you think about is delicious food." ”
There was a sound of footsteps outside the hospital, as if someone was coming, so I quickly stood up and stayed away from Bao.
Ah Bao sighed slightly, looked at me deeply, and did not leave from the courtyard gate, but jumped onto the acacia tree.
When the people came into the hospital, Ah Bao jumped from the acacia tree to the wing, and left softly along the roof of the wingroom in the night.
I didn't have time to withdraw my eyes, so I had to turn my eyes to the acacia tree.
"Don't pay attention to this tree, this is my mother's treasure."
It's Aunt Qin who is here
"Have all the sachets been delivered?"
I licked my mouth: "Sent it, sent it, every single one of them was delivered." ”
Aunt Qin took the tray and sugar water bowl on the ground: "Don't look at it, you go back with me, I have something to say to you." ”
I followed Aunt Jean into her house.
There was another tray on the table, in which was placed a brocade skirt dyed with white begonias, and a tender white hairpin with emerald silk next to it.
It's so pretty, and I don't know who I'm going to send it to.
Aunt Qin pointed to her clothes and said: "The day after tomorrow, Lord Zuo of the county is going to have a banquet for distinguished guests, and the girls in the garden can't get out. ”
"Me?"
Absolutely not! I don't want to go! What if I get into trouble!
"Aunt Qin, I can't do it, I haven't gone out with the girl, since I am a distinguished guest, let's change someone."
Aunt Qin rubbed her waist and sat down: "This is what my mother meant, thinking that you have studied the rules for a year, it is time to go through the experience, go out and see the girl's face and act." ”
Although Linglan is not the best-looking girl in Liyuan, her temperament is fresh and refined, her dancing skills are outstanding, she is by no means comparable to ordinary women, she has a good temperament, and she treats people very kindly.
If only I had typhoid fever tomorrow, alas...
"I'm tired, you go to the girl's house tomorrow morning, and she'll tell you what needs to be done."
I hung my head, with a reluctant expression, turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Aunt Qin: "Take the clothes back, go back and try them, if they don't fit, you bring them to me tomorrow, and I will change them for you." ”
I went back again, grabbed my clothes, and walked out.
When the door was closed, Aunt Qin sighed and stood up with her waist propped up, as if she was not feeling well.
I wanted to go in and rub it for her, but I hesitated and closed the door and left.
Although it was spring, the wind at night was still very cold, and I returned to my residence with my neck bent, Shengge was still asleep, so I took some water and washed up casually, and then lay down.
Accompanying the girl to the house to serve the banquet is actually nothing, these nobles in the house are generous and reward a lot of money, and most of the little maids who serve the girl in the pear garden like this errand very much.
I learned the rules very well, and the Linglan girl was also very good, and the county lady Zuo was also well-known in the city for her good temper, so I had nothing to worry about.
What I'm really worried about is Po.
The water depth of the pear orchard is not as simple as the world sees, and it is extremely difficult to exist at the junction of these three countries in troubled times, not to mention this land of wind and moon.
When I was six years old, I saw Po kill people in the pear orchard.
At that time, he was young, and he was already frail and couldn't do much physical work, so he lazily took pastries and hid them in the firewood room to eat.
When I was having a good time, the door of the firewood room was knocked open, and I hurriedly hid it in the firewood pile again, so that no one could see it, and through the cracks in the firewood, I saw that Ah Bao and Ah Lai had brought a person into the firewood room.
The man was covered in blood, as if he had stolen something from the pear orchard.
Po and Alai asked him where the things were for a long time, but the man wouldn't say.
Later, Ah Bao asked Ah Lai to go outside and guard, and he interrogated himself in the house.
I watched as Po snapped off the man's fingers one by one, took off the man's shirt, and peeled off a layer of skin on the man's back.
Hiding behind the firewood room, I was so frightened that I bit my arm to keep myself from making a sound.
After Po got the human skin, he stepped on the man's chest, and the man never moved again.
Alai came in and put the man in a cloth bag and dragged him to the door, and I couldn't hold on any longer, my legs fell out of strength, and I fell to the ground.
Alai heard the voice and looked to my side: "Who?" ”
Po motioned for Alai to dispose of the body and walked over to me.
I watched him approach, as if I was frightened, and I didn't dare to move.
Seeing that he was about to find me, Po frowned and stopped moving forward.
I squinted and saw my clothes exposed.
My clothes were all dismantled and altered by Aunt Qin with clothes that the girls in the garden did not wear.
Such a good and old fabric, only I can wear it in the garden.
And this firewood stack is so tightly stacked that it can only hide a child.
I thought I was dead, but Po frowned and casually pulled a few firewoods, hid the corners of my exposed skirt, learned a few more mouse calls, and went out.
"Mouse, let's go."
I listened to the sound outside and gasped.
I tried to stand up, but I found that my legs were numb and I couldn't move.