Chapter Twenty-Six: Bit by Bit
Xi Duyun was so busy with the things of the shop that she was dizzy, and the matter of Xi Lao Er had already been thrown out of the clouds by her.
If someone hadn't mentioned it, Xi Duyun really couldn't remember this person. Despite some mention, the brain will be empty for a while.
Hearing this person's name at first glance, Xi Duyun didn't react, and the first feeling was familiar, and the person who spoke passed by the ox cart Xi Duyun reacted.
A carp sat up from the ox cart and blurted out, "Dead? When was this! ”
"Ouch! Girl, what are you doing! The weirdness of the big night is scary. ”
The man carrying the lantern was so frightened by Xi Duyun that he would have to sit on the ground if he hadn't been supported by someone who was traveling with him.
Only then did Xi Duyun realize that he was abrupt, smiled apologetically at them, and took out a few copper plates from his sleeve for them.
"What's going on with Xi's second family? You are from another village, how do you know about him, can you tell me about it? ”
Xi Duyun remembered that there was also a boy about the same age as Xi Duyu in Xi's second family, who was also a flamboyant and domineering man.
"We are from the East Village, Li Chengzuo of your village was gone the year before last, and there is no one to do this now, and most of the white things in your village are entrusted to me to do it." The man who spoke wore a white belt around his waist, and his face was a little stunned.
Bai Ye rarely stopped the ox cart on the side of the road and let Xi Duyun inquire about gossip, his hand pressed on the saber at his waist, and the other hand stroked his hair intentionally or unintentionally.
"It's dark today, I was about to sleep, your village chief hurriedly called someone to call me, saying that Xi Lao'er and his family were robbed of all their belongings, and the family of three was left in the mountain pass for a few days, and I only found out today."
He was very broken-mouthed, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he didn't need Xi Duyun to ask anything more, so he told the matter as it was.
Xi Laoer's family left the village, probably going to join the Li family's mother's house, but they were intercepted by thieves halfway, and the family was gone.
He sighed, "The poor man must have something to hate, and perhaps this is retribution." ”
He shook his head and sighed and left, the lantern looked like a soul-attracting light on the dark path, and it looked a little seeping.
The wheels of the ox cart creaked and turned, and Xi Duyun sat on errands, which was a little strange.
Xi Duyun thought so in her heart, and said it directly, and Bai Ye, who was speechless, suddenly asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Xi Duyun had something else in mind, and didn't pay attention to these subtle details, sighed and lay down on her back.
"I think a lot, I always think a little more, maybe I was robbed." Xi Duyun shook his head and closed his eyes, and the face of the Li family appeared in his mind, and he quickly opened his eyes, which was really obscene and hideous.
"But the girl has mercy on them?" Bai Ye's tone was light, and he couldn't hear what it meant.
"It's your own fault, no one is to blame, there's nothing to be sorry for." If it weren't for Xi Lao Er's step-by-step approach, Xi Duyun would not have managed to drive them out of Nancun, and there would not be so many disasters if they lived in peace.
"That's what she said?" Qi Lichen is drying red peppers in the yard, and this year's spicy dishes rely on these.
Bai Ye came to report to Qi Lichen regularly every day, and the first sentence Qi Lichen said was almost nine times out of ten.
"Yes, Miss Xi's insight is different from ordinary people, and she can always speak amazingly." Bai Ye prides himself on being calm and calm, and on the way back, Xi Duyun said categorically: When this matter was strange, Bai Ye's cold hairs stood up all over his body.
"Very good, you follow her as usual, although Xi Lao Er has solved it, I am worried that the people on the prime minister's side will target her."
The depth of the Prime Minister's city is extremely difficult, and it is always good to take one more step, otherwise it will be too late until something really happens.
"Subordinates obey." Bai Ye took the bamboo chop resting on the wall and scattered the chili peppers drying on the ground.
Qi Lichen sat on the small bench, he sat down here, and many objects in the courtyard of the room were purchased in the middle of the night.
Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the child who danced the sword in the courtyard has grown so big. After fleeing, they had not spoken to each other calmly.
"White Night."
"Your Highness?"
Qi Lichen experienced the events of that year, and the whole person became indifferent and fierce, and he didn't like to laugh or talk.
asked him to soften his tone to speak, like the Arabian Nights is incredible, Bai Ye thought that he had heard something, and subconsciously responded.
"I'm no more, I'm just a scholar now, I don't have so many shelves, you are presumptuous when you are outside, and it is easy to arouse suspicion."
There was a faint flash of dark light in Qi Lichen's eyes, and the unwillingness revealed in his eyes was strong and scorching, making people dare not look at him.
After going home and thinking about it for a night, Xi Duyun decisively hired someone to help him look after the store, Aunt Liu was the shopkeeper, and invited a second child.
Aunt Liu, don't look at her five big and three coarse, she is careful and effective in doing things, and Xi Duyun can't find the slightest dissatisfaction in her.
After not going to the city to sell sugarcane, Xi Duyun ploughed the fields every day, and carried a hoe to the fields to water as soon as the morning dawned.
Qi Lichen will come to help when he is free, and the people in the village will see it and say how blessed Xi Duyun is.
These days, following Xi Duyun to the field, Qi Lichen found that Xi Duiyun was still the same as before, and Xia Tian had to wrap his hands with gauze before touching the hoe, not in direct contact with people, and had to take a handkerchief to separate him when he had to.
When I came back from the fields, I burned incense and bathed, and the shops had to be cleaned. Although she is not in charge of the county, she goes to check every day to check that the store and tools are clean.
"Shouldn't you be reading at night for the scientific expedition, and what are you doing here all day staring at me? Afraid that your daughter-in-law will run away? ”
Xi Duyun untied the mud-stained gauze from her hand and took it to the river to clean it with a disgusted expression.
Qi Lichen sat under the tree, this year's rape and radish have been planted, and then it is watering and fertilizing.
The sunlight fell sparsely on the woman through the gaps in the leaves, Qi Lichen looked deeply at Xi Duyun's back, and when he got married in the future, there would not be a single grain of ash in the house.
He thought he was clean enough, and it was nothing to get Xi Duyun.
Xi Duyun raised his hand and shook it in front of Qi Lichen, hesitated for a moment, and put his hand on Qi Lichen's forehead.
"You've been very abnormal lately, aren't you sick? No, the body temperature is still normal. Xi Duyun said and tested his body temperature with his other hand, making sure that he did not have a fever before relieving himself.
"Even if it's not a fever, what are you doing sitting here laughing for no reason, weird." Xi Duyun pulled Qi Lichen up and casually brushed up the hem of his clothes. Two people have been together for a long time, and sometimes some actions become subconscious.
Qi Lichen stared at Xi Duyun tightly, opened his lips lightly and said, "I'm thinking about the lady." ”
There was no warning of this opening, it was a sunny day at this time, and Xi Duyun felt like a thunderbolt under a clear sky, which happened to slash on the top of Xi Duyun's head, splitting Xi Duyun on the outside and tender on the inside.
"No...... No, you don't have a fever, what's wrong today? Xiaoyu is still waiting for me at home, I have to go back. ”
Xi Duyun hurriedly fetched to get the tools, and fled without looking back. ran away, and Qi Lichen's words echoed in his mind. What a lady! Although it was a matter of time before she made a marriage contract, she was not fully prepared.
Back at the door, Xi Duyun tripped over a branch, stumbled and almost fell, startling Xiaoyu, who was playing in the yard.
"Pavilion Master, you really impress your subordinates."
Bai Ye squatted on the trunk of the tree, the branches and leaves of the tree on the edge of the field were luxuriant, and it was not easy to hide a person to find out, so Bai Ye squatted on it for a day.
Qi Lichen picked up a fallen leaf, and with a flick of his hand, the blade flew out like a dagger.
"I can gouge it out for you if you don't want your eyes."