Chapter 90: The East Pillar

When night falls, the light in the mountain village is lit up and sparse, and a group of children are running around on the threshing flat on the other side of the pond, chasing and fighting, and the old farmer sitting by the house chatting with a dry tobacco stick in his hand, occasionally knocking on the bluestone steps beside him. Dongzhu and Geng Guard also sat under the big tree by the pond for a while, chatting for a while.

“…… Originally, I thought that this uncle was the rumored weak look, but the more I looked at it, the more I felt that it was not right. Of course, a scholar is still a scholar, but he has to look like this, now in Jiangning City, when it comes to his aunt's name Ning Liheng, who doesn't know the way. My kid is also studying in the school now, and he was praised by Song Mao and Song Zhizhou last year, tsk...... My old Geng family has always been illiterate, if it weren't for the Su family, how could that kid have the opportunity to read and write, if it wasn't for his uncle, how could that kid be praised by someone like Song Zhizhou......"

Not far away, the mourning hall was noisy, and the guard Geng patted his thigh and talked about these things to a car boy named Dongzhu.

"You don't know how to go, uncle, is really modest, he doesn't like to be showy, and never goes out to drink with those talented people who sell their reputations, and it's really good for the second lady. Look at who he is dealing with, Li Pin and Li Dexin, this is a real talent...... How did he go to class in class? They never lose their temper and don't say a word seriously, and those boys are a little unruly, but they read well, and even so, they read better than those boys before......"

"I don't know how to read big characters, I originally only thought that Mr. was strict, and I was praised by Song Zhizhou last year, I'm happy. Then one day the kid came back and talked about the things in class, and I felt that something was wrong. Mr. has a good temper and doesn't care about your class of boys, you class of boys can't help but be unconscious, hang up and beat him hard, and then my uncle made a special trip to tell me once, saying that it doesn't have to be like this. This is the bearing of a big man, convincing people with virtue and learning with talent......"

"In the past, Mr. was strict, and those boys shook their heads and read books, which was useless. Now those boys are making trouble, and they are really convinced by this uncle, and talking to people all day long is what Mr. said, what our husband said, ha, ha, a few times that kid came to me and said this kind of thing, tsk...... It makes sense to think about it. You see, when you come to this village this time, when you visit this house and that house, you talk and do things to deal with advances and retreats, which is no worse than the big man. At first, I may not be able to see it, but slowly I feel that this is really a benefit of learning, and there are few people in the family who can compare to my uncle's ......"

Geng Lie is heroic and fierce on the outside, but he is humble to his own people, and he is not quick to speak. Dongzhu sat next to him and looked like his nephew, and was a little silent at this time, and then said, "I heard that my uncle was beaten when he first entered the mansion, right?" ”

"Well, that Xue Jin of the Xue family, probably took advantage of no one to shoot a brick ......**, no one saw it at the time, if I was caught at that time, even if he was behind the Xue family, I would have to beat him half to death and then sue the official...... But then my uncle also humiliated him, hehe...... Oh yes, you should have been in the house by then......"

"Hmm." Dongzhu nodded, "Not long after I entered the mansion, I heard people talk about it, but I don't know very well. But...... Uncle Geng, since my uncle is so powerful, why does he want to get involved? ”

Geng Lie thought for a while: "This matter is a little complicated, firstly, the old lady has an agreement with his uncle's grandfather's generation, and secondly, now the foundation of the Su family is thicker, and the second lady also has the ability and strong temperament." I don't know what Lu Dao talked about at the beginning, but in fact, one of the more likely reasons we think is...... Hehe, before getting married, the second miss once saw her uncle in private, and the second lady's appearance and temperament are all the best...... I don't know what happened between them, anyway, my uncle agreed...... Don't talk about the second miss, let's just talk about the few girls around the second miss, Chan'er is so intimate, Juan'er is good, and Xing'er's girl is ...... Pretty is also beautiful, it's just too spicy......"

Among the three maids, Chan'er is intimate, Juan'er is lively, and Xing'er, as a sister who is one year older, sometimes quarrels with people or something. I quarreled with Geng Lie a few times over some minor issues, but I didn't pay attention to each other, but it was naturally a little funny and annoying to talk about it. After talking for a while, Geng Lie patted him on the shoulder.

"The pair of the second miss and the uncle is indeed a match made in heaven, the future Su family must be picked up by the second miss, you are still young, work hard, if you can be a steward in the future......", such an encouragement, Dongzhu nodded yes. Soon after, the night had fallen, the people on the mourning hall came in and out, the farmers who had nothing to do at night gathered, it became more lively, time passed, and then gradually decreased, Dongzhu occasionally went to see, the girl named Xiaochan was inside, and the aunt was occasionally there, occasionally not there.

Dongzhu only entered the Su Mansion last year, and for him, who was originally in the countryside, to be able to enter the city and work in such a high-ranking family, he had a "very powerful and novel" feeling for everything he saw.

Courtyard by yard, rules by rules, those in charge seemed to know everything, and the rest, regardless of age, seemed to be very powerful, occasionally hearing them talk about who this was, who that was, how high their status was, or heard about the legends of literati in the city. In short, it felt like an existence that he couldn't reach.

I often hear people in the mansion say that the second miss is the most powerful person in this mansion - of course, except for a few masters - he has no chance to meet the powerful second miss, but a few maids around the second miss have seen it several times.

The girl who often laughs and looks good when she trains people is Chan'er, although she looks younger than him, she still has to be called "Sister Xiaochan" when she sees it, this is also a matter of course, people are so powerful. It's called Juan'er, and when she tells things to come, she looks quiet and serious, with no expression, and she doesn't smile much, but when she gets angry, her gloomy face is a little scary. Sister Xing'er is often gentle when she tells things, but occasionally when she has some friction with the rest of the people, it is terrible, and once I saw her arguing with a steward in the third room, talking one by one, and never giving in...... Obviously, she is also a maid, and she dared to argue with such a powerful steward, and she won at the end of the day, which made Dongzhu feel really powerful.

Relatively speaking, it was Sister Xiaochan who attracted Dongzhu's attention more, in fact, she didn't say much, a few times she came over to tell things and left, but when she was in the house, she could often be seen, occasionally seeing her stretching while walking, muttering something in her mouth, occasionally watching her trotting all the way, and occasionally seeing her bouncing around the uncle, he felt ...... Sister Xiaochan is so good-looking when she smiles, of course, other than that, she doesn't have many other ideas.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he drove her out of the city in a carriage, but he couldn't say anything, only told her his name. Later, she still remembered that she had greeted her a few times in the house, and she called her "Brother Dongzhu", but he couldn't answer properly these times, and he was very annoyed afterwards.

There are also some servants in the mansion who pursue such and such a maid, but such a thing is not in his consideration. The three maids of the second lady have similar identities in the house as stewards, and he has neither adapted to the word "pursuit" now, nor does he feel that he has this identity. Of course, when Xiaochan was going to come back this time, he was assigned to drive, and he wanted to say a few comforting words that morning, but he was clumsy, and finally he couldn't say it when he set off.

In the past few days in Nanting Village, there is always a little empty in his heart, and there are not many things he has to do, just feed the horses and maintain the carriage. Occasionally, I accompanied my uncle to visit various homes with Geng Huyuan. Uncle is really powerful, if it were himself, he wouldn't be able to say those words, it sounds like a few simple words, but it feels so natural, as Geng Huyuan said, a learned person should be respected.

Sister Xiaochan will sleep in the same room with her uncle, which is also the way it should be, and he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong. But some empty thoughts are always hard to suppress. Time passed, it was getting dark, and when he went over to look again, his uncle and Xiaochan were no longer in the mourning hall, so he went all the way back to the resting place, and when he passed the courtyard of his uncle, he saw that the lights were on inside. He stood outside and watched for a while, his uncle's shadow was sitting in front of the window, probably writing or something, but Sister Xiaochan's figure didn't seem to be inside.

Turning to the side of the small courtyard arranged for himself and Geng Huyuan to live, only to find that there was a movement on the side of the carriage, he went over suspiciously, Xiaochan, who was dressed in white clothes, climbed out of it, holding something in her hand, and when she saw him, she nodded: "Brother Dongzhu." ”

"Uh, Sister Xiaochan...... Oh, I thought it was who......"

"Uncle hasn't eaten well these days, I prepared some things when I came here earlier and brought them to him." Xiaochan nodded and smiled, with a few durable cakes and dried fruits and other things in her hand, and then handed over one, "Brother Dongzhu is hungry?" Let's eat one too. "Uh, I, I......"

"Take it." Xiaochan smiled and put the cake into Dongzhu's hand, and then waved her hand, "Then I'll go back to the room first, Brother Dongzhu will see you again, and I'll trouble you tomorrow." ”

"No, no...... Don't bother......" Dongzhu took the cake and had a lot to say in his heart, but he couldn't say it, so he just watched the figure pass over to the courtyard over there.

In fact, she didn't look like she had the usual smile, and her figure looked a little sad. However, when she arrived at the door of the room, she could still be seen paused, the corners of her mouth pulled out a smile, and then she pushed the door and entered.

The silhouettes of the two moved inside, and Dongzhu held the cake in his hand, looked at it for a long time, and then took a small bite. This cake may be delicious to him usually, but it doesn't seem to taste so good at this time, he just looks at the figure in the light opposite, and tastes some emotions that are not strong but linger anyway, and the ignorant love affair is lost in this summer night......

"This is what the landlord Lao Cai do......"

In the room, Ning Yi sighed, divided the cakes and dried fruits on the table into two halves, and pushed half to Xiaochan's side: "I can't get used to eating the meals that people are enthusiastically preparing for me, and the maid of the third watch comes over in the middle of the night to eat secretly, what will happen if this behavior is known?" ”

"It's okay to be known, in fact, my uncle is really powerful, I obviously don't like to eat, I can still eat it while sitting there......"

"Uh, I don't like to eat obviously?"

"Xiaochan can see it, but others will definitely not be able to see it." Xiaochan smiled, "I'm already full, my uncle doesn't need to give it to me." ”

"It doesn't matter if it's delicious or not, anyway, I'm full. Since you have taken it, it is your responsibility to destroy it in half of one person, and don't waste it. ”

"Then I want half a minimum."

Xiaochan picked up the cake and fruit and put them on Ning Yi's side, Ning Yi shook his head and negotiated: "No, no, no, I took too much, I will suffer a loss now, we can calculate it according to the proportion, divide it into five parts, Xiaochan, how can you also share two shares, this can be done...... This one is too big, change it to a smaller one."

The negotiation was going on intensely on the table, Xiaochan took the big fruit and put it together with the other two small ones to protest: "It can't be counted like this, this big one is worth two......

"Then you come up with a more reliable division, I don't think these cakes are the same size, you see, the one over there is obviously smaller, right...... That's not good, you're deliberately taking advantage. ”

"If my uncle wants to let the big one go, he has to take two small ones."

"I have another way."

"Huh? What the...... Woo......"

Xiaochan's mouth opened, and Ning Yi threw the big one in: "Okay, now that the big one is gone, it's better to divide it now, we don't count the big ......"

"Woo, it's not sour to boil, don't eat it (how can it not be counted, I ate it)......" Xiaochan protested while chewing hard.

"What if you eat it, it's you who ate it. And you can't speak well, and you still learn to negotiate, what do you want to say...... Tsk, I don't understand anyway. Okay, then I'll continue to divide, you have the right to put forward opinions, and I will make reference to all the opinions you put forward......"

There was nothing to do, and they could only find something boring to have fun, so the two of them shared food in the room like a see-saw. After a careful calculation, Xiaochan found that she had eaten more than half, she was also a shrewd and capable gold medal little girl, but she had nothing to do with Ning Yi, and she could only mumble "Uncle bullies", then undressed and went to bed, slept inside, and decided to ignore him, but soon after Ning Yi fell asleep, she couldn't help but move to the middle and hold Ning Yi's hand.

The night passed quietly, and the next hour the dead were buried. Originally, there was a meal in the village at noon and night, but considering the floods these days, the victims went to Jiangning and could return to the city one day earlier. After the burial, Ning Yi and the others said goodbye to everyone and prepared to leave.

At that time, the sun in the sky had just become a little hot, and the carriage left Nanting Village and drove onto the mountain road back to Jiangning. The weather in the mountains was dreary, and it wasn't long before dark clouds began to gather in the distance......

After nearly twenty hours of sleep, when I woke up, the whole person was shaky, hehe, but my spirit was like I had been washed with water once...... Continue to the next chapter......