Ning Nan was wearing a middle coat on the side, and while tying his belt, he comforted softly: "The ointment prepared by Ah Luo has made my leg disease heal a lot, and now this pain is nothing." ”

Jiang Chengjia looked at him, and saw that he was slightly bent on his knees, and it seemed that he had some difficulty in dressing, so he rushed to him, snatched the outer robe, inner robe and belt from his hand, and stood beside him to change his clothes.

Ning Nan saw the little expression of blame on her face, and her heart softened, so she smiled and let her change her clothes for herself.

She replaced the scarlet wide-sleeved skirt she was wearing just now, and now she is wearing a purple plain straight skirt, showing a delicate atmosphere, which is completely different from Fang Cai.

Jiang Chengjia lowered his head to tie the clothesline for him, hugged his waist, tied the belt of the crown jewel, and then arranged the placket for him, very seriously, so he didn't notice that he was staring at him intently at the moment.

He obediently stood there and let her fiddle with it, silently enduring the burning pain in his legs and knees.

After she finished putting on his clothes, she raised her head and looked at him, only to see that his face was a little paler than before, and she said worriedly: "Do your legs and knees hurt like this?" ”

Ning Nan looked at the sky outside worriedly, shook his head at her and said, "It doesn't hurt, it's not early." Dou Taijun and his mother are afraid that they have already gone to the front hall, and it is always bad if the two of us let the elders wait. ”

Jiang Chengjia also turned his head to look out the window, and felt that something was wrong, so he nodded and replied, "Let's go." ”

The two of them went to the main hall together.

The front hall of Hongfeng Village is several times more lively than usual at the moment. According to Jiang Chengjia's order, Qianshan summoned all the servants and servants who served in the Zhuangzi, except for the fine guards who stood guard outside and could not leave their positions, and the servants and maids of the Zhuangzi also had fifty or sixty people.

When Ning Nan entered with Jiang Chengjia through the back door of the front hall, he saw that there were so many people sitting in the courtyard in front of the hall, and he was also a little surprised, turned to Jiang Chengjia and asked, "Are all the people in the courtyard here?" ”

Jiang Chengjia nodded and said, "They are here, taking care of the garden all year round, and some of them are not allowed to contact their families outside because of us." Since I can't reunite with my family on Chinese New Year's Eve, I can't just ... So they let them eat with us. ”

He saw the tenderness in her eyes, and the difference she saw in her treatment of those servants.

Ordinary rich families treat servants like mustard, and their lives and deaths are not cared by the master's family at all. In other words, the master's family only regarded the servants and servants as a necessity and symbol of wealth, and did not regard them as human beings at all, but only as things that could be sold and bought cheaply.

Jiang Chengjia is different, he always takes into account some of their thoughts on weekdays. Therefore, the servants and maids in the Red Maple Village all respect and love her very much. This is the reason why she firmly attracted Ning Nanwei.

Ning Nan was worried, since he was a child, he was used to seeing the scenes of beating, scolding, abusing and killing servants and maids between the princes and nobles of the palace, and he was a little numb to these things in his heart, and subconsciously, he probably didn't care about the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of these little servants, thinking that they were just slaves and accessories of power.

It was Jiang Chengjia who told him that as long as he is a person, he has his own joys, sorrows, and sorrows.

No one is anyone's puppet, and if they are treated with respect and concern, they will be more obedient and obedient to the Lord's house.

Ning Nan thought about these silently in his heart, and the corners of his lips were slightly hooked.

Dou Taijun turned sideways, just in time to see Ning Nan holding Jiang Chengjia and walking towards the banquet, seeing Jiang Chengjia wearing a purple straight skirt and makeup on his forehead, he said a little strangely: "Ah Luo? In the afternoon, I asked Qianshan to send you the scarlet wide-sleeved fairy dress? Why didn't you wear it? ”

Jiang Chengjia trembled slightly, remembering the scene just now, and immediately blushed slightly. The skirt was torn by Ning Nan so that the inner sleeves couldn't match the outer sleeves, it was wrinkled, and it couldn't be worn out at all. But this kind of thing, how can she explain it to Dou Taijun?

Just when she didn't know how to answer, Ning Nan replied on the side: "Great grandmother... In order to change the dressing for my legs and knees, Ah Luo wet the hem of her skirt... This is a temporary change of set. ”

Seeing the corners of the young man's mouth smiling intentionally or unintentionally, there seemed to be something hidden in his deep dark eyes.

Dou Taijun couldn't see what the couple was fighting in their hearts, so he didn't continue to ask, so he said softly: "That's the case... Let's eat, shall we? ”

When Qianshan heard the voice, she slowly walked up with Shuihe, Black Tea, Xiaocui, and Ji Que with Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve meals.

Jiang Chengjia sat carefully under the hall, Ning Nan worriedly put his hands on his knees, and forcibly endured the cold and biting meaning of his legs.

Soon, she noticed his strong support, so she quietly wrapped the hand stove in her arms with a silk scarf and stuffed it into his hand.

A gust of fragrant fragrance wafted into Ning Nan's worried nose. The warmth of the heat immediately spread from his legs and knees.

At the banquet, Jiang Chengjia would always ask Qianshan to change to a warmer hand stove every two or three dishes, and then quietly stuff it to him.

Today, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, but Dou Yueshan, who was sitting on the left side of the main hall, seemed to be in a bad mood, sitting on the innermost side sullenly drinking wine. 88

At first, Jiang Chengjia didn't pay attention to it, but the more he got to the back, the more he felt that Dou Yueshan on the other side was more and more wrong, he drank more and more, and gradually became uncontrollable, and he didn't move a single bite of the ten dishes in front of him, just drinking.

She felt very strange, so she quietly touched Ning Nan with her elbow and said, "Erlang... Look, what happened to Zi Yue? Why is it upset? ”

Ning Nan followed her eyes and looked at Dou Yueshan, and when she saw his frowning appearance, she replied, "Xu is... Uncle Dou is coming... He's not happy, isn't he? This afternoon, a letter came from the capital, which was sent urgently from the Anping Marquis Mansion. ”

Jiang Chengjia was even more confused: "This matter... Zi said that he didn't know about it recently, a month ago... Didn't my great-grandmother tell us when she came? After the year, Uncle Dou will personally pick up the two of them and return home? ”

Ning Nanwu shook his head and said, "I can guess that there is only one reason." Zi said... He, like me, was not valued by his father. His relationship with Uncle Dou is very bad. ”

Jiang Chengjia intuitively thought that Dou Yueshan was not troubled by Dou Xunfen's upcoming congratulations, but because of his mysterious and incomprehensible life experience.

These days, Dou Taijun never mentioned to her what she overheard that evening. And Dou Yueshan also seemed to have never investigated the matter again, frolicking with them day by day, as if nothing had happened.

But the more this happens, the more abnormal it becomes.

Thinking about this morning, Dou Yueshan was still very happy, and at this moment, she was so depressed, it must have happened in the afternoon.

Although she promised Dou Taijun not to be curious about Dou Yueshan's life experience, let alone to investigate the events of the year, she still had some expectations in her heart to find the answer.

Because of Dou Taijun's attitude at that time, she vaguely felt that the secret of Dou Yueshan's life experience might have something to do with Ning Nanwei. Otherwise, Dou Taijun would not have deliberately confessed to her, and she should not mention this matter in front of Ning Nan.

The whispering between her and Ning Nan was seen by Dou Taijun, who was sitting on the upper seat, and she asked, "Ah Luo? Zhaoyuan? What are you and your husband and wife going to whisper again? Staring for a while... It's time to celebrate the New Year! ”

Jiang Chengjia trembled unconsciously, and subconsciously looked at Dou Taijun's eyes, as if he had read a warning from her dark eyes full of experience.

She restrained some of her curiosity, and was about to answer, when she looked at it in a blink of an eye, and saw Mrs. Cao, who was sitting on the lower left side of Dou Taijun, who seemed to be not very happy at this time, so the wine became even stranger.

How did the two of them meet at the right time?

She was lost in thought, but gradually became aware that someone was touching her back with an arm. So he came back to his senses, turned around and looked back, only to see Ning Nan winking at the upper seat.

Jiang Chengjia immediately turned to look at Dou Taijun. It seems that she has stayed on Mrs. Cao's gaze for too long, which makes Dou Taijun a little displeased.

She hurriedly carried the teacup and saluted Dou Taijun: "Great grandmother... Great-granddaughter-in-law is not sensible... I was distracted, and I didn't pay attention to your words..."

Dou Taijun suppressed the smile in his eyes, and although the corners of his mouth were still slightly upturned, he was not a sincere smile.

In the courtyard in front of the hall, the servants ate happily.

But for some reason, there was a strange and cold atmosphere in the hall.

The six of them sat in the hall, waiting for the meal at the table to be cold, and after Qianshan and Xiaocui served it all.

Mrs. Cao was a little uncomfortable, and Dou Yueshan, who was sitting diagonally in the hall, was also drunk.

Dou Taijun sighed: "Zi said that this kid is really not worry-free. Now that I'm drunk like this, how can I delay the firecrackers, New Year's greetings and New Year's celebrations? ”

Ning Nan glanced at Dou Yueshan, who was already lying on the desk and was drunk, so he played a round for him and said to Dou Taijun: "Great grandmother... Zi said that he hadn't drunk alcohol for too long, so he lost his temper when he drank it. Now it's still far from the time when firecrackers will be set off in the capital! Why don't you let Zhaoyuan help him back to his room to rest for a while, and then wake him up when it's time to eat dumplings? ”

He deliberately said this, but he didn't expect Dou Taijun to say: "So... Let the little guy help him back to the room... You sit in front of the hall and don't have to worry about him. ”

Ning Nan did not continue, he knew that Dou Taijun did not want him to take this opportunity to ask Dou Yueshan why he was so drunk on Chinese New Year's Eve today.

Jiang Chengjia knew what Ning Nan meant, and his heart was even more strange when Dou Taijun was always guarding against the two of them.

If Dou Yueshan knew the secret, it had nothing to do with Ning Nanyou, and Dou Taijun would not do everything possible at this moment to prevent Dou Yueshan from contacting Ning Nanwu alone.

The reason why she did this was nothing more than that she was afraid that Dou Yueshan would be so intoxicated, and maybe she would say something that she shouldn't say in front of Ning Nanwei.