12. Idleness
Niu Lixin suddenly ignored the temple, the dust, the brothers and sisters, and the people outside, and picked up the fourth lady rudely, and the fourth lady was startled, but she didn't dare to shout. She asked, "Why didn't you do that back then?" Niu Lixin said: "At that time, I knew that you would be mine sooner or later, I must respect you, besides, I didn't know that it was so wonderful at that time, after marrying Shi Caishuang, I regretted listening to you back then, and I couldn't snatch it back for you." The fourth lady patted the soil on her body and said: "It's too dangerous, you can't do this nonsense in the future, the master knows that you will die, Caishuang knows, you will not have a good time in the second half of your life." ”
Niu Lixin said: "I don't care, you have done it, let me die now, I am for Shi Qi, I am afraid that the old man will think about it, so I said that it is for Changfeng." How can I keep you safe in the future and have the same chance as before? The fourth lady looked at him, if it weren't for the fear that people outside would hear it, with his energy as a hunter, he must be stronger than Shi Songsheng, and he would definitely be able to add wave after wave, she smiled and said: "Repair the temple immediately, I will think about it in the future, you can't be as reckless as just now." ”
The housekeeper asked, "After walking for such a long time, let the fourth lady rest for a while, and the child also feels fresh here, and he doesn't cry a word." Shi Caishuang said: "How can you cry, I fed me when I am hungry, and when I go to the house one day, let my little girl also have the opportunity to eat a bite of the fourth lady, which is also her blessing." The fourth lady said: "This is not difficult, it is okay now, she went to the inner room and gave Mei Yueliang a few bites, this is a place that her father has only touched." ”
In the sedan chair when she went back, the fourth lady saw Niu Lixin's obviously distracted eyes watching her enter the sedan chair from afar, her heart began to beat fast, she came to repair the temple for the master, not to find him a green hat. But subconsciously, she has always thought that she owes Niu Lixin, I don't know what it is, now it is clear, Niu Lixin's enthusiasm is also her need, what she got from Shi Songsheng, and what she got from Niu Lixin, Shi Yuanwai's shriveled body is not good compared with the elastic teenager.
When he arrived at home, Shi Yuanwai asked, "Have you seen it, have you found the herbs I said?" The fourth lady then remembered that she had forgotten such a big event, and she said: "After I came out of the temple, I wanted to go up the mountain to see the herbs, but I was hungry for a long time, so I didn't go up, because I heard that now Shi Cai Shuangji Jing can cure people's diseases, and she also has a prescription for the situation you said, and let people ask her to come and show the master in two days." ”
Master Shi said: "She didn't hear of this ability in my house, and she only went out for a few days, and she learned from that surnamed Niu?" The fourth lady said, "Because I have stayed in their house for a few days, and I have treated the old cow's legs, and she has been clever, and she has kept experimenting." Listening to Niu Lixin, Lao Niu still has medical books, and taught her to know some herbs, and you will understand the details after she comes. Master Shi said, "If I can take good care of my body, I will let her live in our house, and she happens to take her daughter with you." ”
According to what the housekeeper told her, Shi Caishuang prepared some herbs for Shi Yuanwai and came to the house, Shi Yuanwai said: "Caishuang, I heard that you are now very influential on the surrounding mountain people?" I think you can open a herb shop next to our house, and there are many people here, so it will be possible to subsidize your family's life more, and it will be convenient for me to recuperate. ”
Shi Caishuang said: "When does the lord need it, as long as I give an order, I will come, although I have not been in the past for a long time, but I have adapted to that place, I don't want to come down to live, thank you for your kindness." Shi Yuan looked at Shi Caishuang, when he was in the house, he didn't find her different, now it's really different, if it was back then, he really didn't want to give her to Niu Lixin's poor boy. But now, he can't open his mouth, and his body doesn't allow him to think too much, he really can't think about it when he puts it in the bowl, and it is a treasure after leaving his sight.
Shi Songsheng was asked to be in charge of repairing the temple, he said: "You can't do big things, let's start with specific things first, and don't waste your studies while supervising the work in the temple." I'm old, you always have to give the local people a good start, don't make trouble for me, and ask the housekeeper to help you with ideas. He didn't mention Mrs. Miao, he didn't want his women to show up too much, not to mention that there was still a long wind to bring, and the doctrine of building temples could come out, but specific things could not be done by women.
In the evening, Shi Yuanwai said: "I really feel much lighter after using the medicine of Caishuang, let her prepare a few more pairs for me, how did you choose her back then?" Why didn't I see it? As soon as we met yesterday, I really regretted it, you said that there are so many girls in the house, they all look similar, I have always treated them as people, I haven't thought about them before, and I don't want to think about them now, but when I came, why did I regret it? She is a woman who has only given birth to a wild boy like Niu Lixin. ”
The fourth lady said: "Master, she is my sister-in-law now, you can't think like this, I just found one at random, and there was no other reason." If you still want to take a concubine, I will be the same as the second lady and the third lady, and I will not create awkwardness in the house. You have also seen that although people are living a little poorer now, they are full of happiness, and you are doing good deeds by building temples, but you can't make extraneous branches. Besides, Niu Lixin and I didn't have anything back then, he still ventured into the mansion, and no one of you found out. Now, Shi Caishuang is his woman, if you want him to find out, he only has one life, he can enter and leave the house freely, and our life is in his hands. ”
Shi Yuanwai said: "I have always wanted to hear the truth from you, you have always been good to Niu Lixin and Niu Jiaye, why did you agree to marry me in the first place?" Later, I found out that you are not a person who covets wealth and wealth, but you just go to school for a young age, and you don't necessarily choose me as your master? Niu Lixin can also afford it, he has the ability to hunt with one hand, and he can still afford to hire a gentleman. ”
The fourth lady looked at him and said, "The child has been born to you, don't ask about this matter again, there is no other reason, it is what you just said." Yes, he is hunting, and I can pick some herbs to live a good life like the current Shi Caishuang, and find a gentleman for Xiao Yuqi. But without the information and conditions in your house, Yu Qi would be like a blind man who can't find the direction when he goes to school, and no matter how many books he reads, it may not be what he needs above, and he still can't fulfill his father's wishes. ”
Shi Songshan regarded the repair of the temple as a fat difference, and many good men and women around him would send wood and free helpers, so he could take the opportunity to save the silver given by Shi Yuan, most of which could become his own squandering reserves, and he went out and knew that the silver was good. The back garden rockery agreed with the fourth lady before, it has not been realized once, and now he is free outside, his heart has always been in the fourth lady, and he also wants to see his son a few more times, although he asked him to call him younger brother.
In the interval between repairing the temple, he would go to Niu Li's new house to sit, Mei Yaoming saw a group of people who often talked to him at first, he was happy, and later found that Shi Gongzi's vision was wrong, and he liked to look in the direction of Shi Caishuang's room, so he was not very enthusiastic about them. One day, it rained, Shi Songshan still went up the mountain, Niu Lixin did not go out to hunt, Shi Songshan said: "Niu Lixin, you are at home today, just let Caishuang that girl cook a few dishes for our masters, and we will have a good drink." ”
Niu Lixin said: "Shi Gongzi, Shi Caishuang used to be a girl in your house, I know, but he is now Niu Yuemei's mother and your fourth mother's sister-in-law, you can't call her a girl like this anymore." Really according to the generation, she is your eldest relative, but we are a poor family, we dare not climb a relative like you, and I don't want to be a relative like you, I will accompany you when you drink, but you can't do this to Caishuang in the future. Shi Songsheng said: "Her surname is still rewarded by my master, no matter where she goes, she is a girl in front of me, the master can give it to you to keep the house, and you can also take it back, if he is unhappy with you one day, we have to take it back, don't because she gave birth to a baby, she can change from a slave to a master." ”
Shi Caishuang came out and said with a smile on his face: "Young Master Shi, our family Lixin can't speak, you went out to see the world, don't worry about him." I am the girl of your family, Lixin also lives on your ground, everywhere depends on you to take care of, I cook, you drink, don't be angry when it rains. She glared at Niu Lixin as she spoke, and after Shi Songshan kept accompanying him, she went to cook.
Niu Lixin didn't want to make the relationship too stiff with the eldest son of the Shi family, he said: "Come, Shi Gongzi, I will accompany you and give you a drink." Shi Gongzi looked at him, and then looked at Shi Caishuang, who was busy cooking, Niu Lixin was really unworthy, he just regarded Shi Caishuang as a girl at the beginning, and he didn't see her good, I didn't expect that compared with such a poor family, his girl was also so radiant.
Shi Songshan reluctantly raised his cup, and he drank a cup with Mei Yaoming without losing his manners, Shi Songshan said: "When this temple is built, there will be incense, and the herbs of Shi Caishuang will definitely spread more widely in the future, and your family's life will be better." Mei Yaoming said: "It's all up to Gongzi, next time Lixin captures a good skin, I will definitely ask him to send it to you." The three of them were drinking, Shi Caishuang carefully made a few dishes for them, Mei Yaoming didn't want Shi Songshan to drink too much, and after a while, he took the initiative to say that he was unwell and couldn't accompany him anymore, Niu Lixin still had to do things, and everyone dispersed.
On the way back, Shi Songshan and the housekeeper said: "It's too cheap Niu Lixin's kid, a good girl in my family, she has become the mistress of his family, and she dares to talk back to me when she speaks, if it weren't for Shi Caishuang's persuasion, I really want to give some color." The old housekeeper said, "Don't make trouble, son, I watched it in the temple, and now things are going well, and the master's attitude towards you is changing, and if you do it again, it will not be good for you." It's not because Niu Lixin has brute strength, we can't take advantage, Shi Caishuang is now my lord's celebrity, she is going to see a doctor for my lord, if the son really has this heart for his subordinates, it is her blessing, after she arrives in our house, but you have the final say. ”