Chapter 14: The days when Chu Xiu was far away
"After I left, if there was an emergency, I would send them to the next house and call the housekeeper in my house, he knew what to do. I will keep you two with me. Although Yuzhu and Agarwood have some skills, after all, they are just three-legged cat kung fu, and if they really encounter something, they will not be useful. In today's world, it seems to be peaceful on the surface, but it has long been treacherous and politically intrusive. If you go out, be careful in everything. Chu Xiuyuan said cautiously.
Then he waved his hand again: "No trace, no evil." ”
"The subordinates are here." The two of them suddenly appeared, which really startled the eldest grandson Changqing.
"In the future, the two of you will follow Changqing." Chu Xiuyuan said.
"Yes, Lord." The two of them took the order.
"In the future, if I am not there, you two will protect Changqing's safety, if Changqing has three longs and two shorts, you don't have to come to see me again!" Chu Xiuyuan said sharply.
"Yes, Lord, the two of us will not fail in our mission." Chu Xiuyuan waved his hand, and the two of them disappeared silently.
"Huh? Are these two wind? Came and went without a trace. It's a little scary that this pops up, they don't keep an eye on me, do they? The eldest grandson Changqing patted his chest, really frightened.
"No, the two of them are the first-class secret guards by my side, they will only appear when you are in danger, and on weekdays, you don't have to care about their existence." Chu Xiuyuan explained.
"How can Miss Xiangfu, who I don't go out of the door and don't step out of the second door, be in any danger?" The eldest grandson Changqing said nonchalantly.
"Be careful, you can't go wrong. How do you know that there will be no wicked people in this world who want to work against you? When you go out on weekdays, you must pay more attention and be vigilant, you can't go wrong. On weekdays, if you have nothing to do, try to go out as little as possible, and the General's Mansion can come and go as much as possible, and you can avoid the entertainment, and try to refuse it. After Chu Xiuyuan finished instructing, he immediately grabbed the eldest grandson Changqing and hugged her tightly. Chu Xiuyuan's inexplicable words made the eldest grandson Changqing's heart feel a little more frightened.
In the blink of an eye, Chu Xiu had been gone for more than a month, and the weather was getting colder and colder. The eldest grandson, Changqing, had nothing to do, so he personally set out to take care of the small vegetable garden in the backyard.
Due to the cold weather, because of the unfamiliarity with melons, fruits, and vegetable seeds at the beginning, and no experience in planting, many melons, fruits, and vegetables in the garden were frozen to death as soon as they emerged. Gradually, the eldest grandson Changqing also slowly explored his experience. In this cold day, the best growth is the leeks that grow like weeds and the small greens called "Suzhou green", as well as those green onions, garlic and sweet potatoes, which are also quite gratifying. On weekdays, the eldest grandson Changqing stays in the small vegetable garden, watering the vegetable field, removing weeds, and then pondering which seasonal winter melons, fruits, and vegetables to plant. The days are busy and fulfilling. But in her spare time, the eldest grandson Changqing would always involuntarily think of Chu Xiuyuan, and later, she often stayed in the vegetable garden all day, either sitting in a daze in the small shed next to the vegetable garden, or squatting in the vegetable field pulling grass in a daze, and people became more and more silent. Banxia and the others looked at the increasingly silent eldest grandson Changqing, and when they saw her increasingly thin cheeks, they were secretly anxious.
On this day, the housekeeper of the Chu Mansion next door came to visit and pointed out that the prince of Chu had a letter to hand over to the eldest grandson, Changqing. The eldest grandson, Changqing, was like waking up from a dream, and ran towards the gate of the garden stumblingly. The moment he received Chu Xiuyuan's letter, the eldest grandson Changqing rubbed his eyes, as if he didn't believe it, trembled his hands, and opened the letter. The content is nothing more than Chu Xiuyuan telling his thoughts about the eldest grandson Changqing, and the letter even mentioned that he knows the recent situation of the eldest grandson Changqing, so that she does not have to worry, she does not have to worry too much, and also said that in the future, he will send a letter to the eldest grandson Changqing on time every month, so that she can take care of herself. The eldest grandson, Changqing, tightened the letter, and thanked the housekeeper of the Chu Mansion again and again with his excitement, and the housekeeper of the Chu Mansion called directly, "I can't do it, I can't do it." ”
Since receiving Chu Xiuyuan's letter that day, the eldest grandson Changqing seems to have changed as if he was a different person, and he is no longer the appearance of staying in the vegetable garden in a daze every day. The eldest grandson Changqing began to get busy every day, either learning to cook with forsythia and lotus heart, or entangled with green vines and purple beads to learn female red, gradually, he could also make a few dishes and embroider a few flowers.
When it came to the month of Layue, the eldest grandson Changqing pinched his fingers every day, counting the days when Chu Xiuyuan returned.
"Forsythia, forsythia, my sweet potatoes are baked?" Since the sweet potatoes in the backyard vegetable garden were dug out, the eldest grandson Changqing often asked the forsythia to bake a few sweet potatoes for her to eat.
"My eldest lady, you can slow down, turn around and fall again, Chu Gongzi may feel distressed when he comes back!" Mother Rong on the side smiled and joked about Changqing.
The eldest grandson, Changqing, stuck out his tongue, made a grimace at Rong's mother, and ran away with sweet potatoes.
"Miss, Ming'er is a young man, our yard is going to be busy! Spring Festival couplets and sprinkled objects, today during the day, I have asked my mother in the house to bring it, the lord came to talk, saying that it is tomorrow that the house will have a dinner together...... Oh, miss, you eat slowly, don't burn or choke. Banxia nagged for a long time, only to find that the eldest grandson Changqing was just burying his head in scraping the sweet potatoes with a spoon, and he didn't listen to her anymore.
"Well, the sweet potatoes I grew myself are sweet, and I still want to eat one." After speaking, the eldest grandson Changqing turned around without raising his head and walked towards the kitchen.
"Oops." The eldest grandson, Changqing, who had just turned around, bumped into a body with a chill.
In an instant, a pair of cool hands grabbed the eldest grandson Changqing, who almost fell, and hugged him tightly in his arms. The eldest grandson Changqing writhed uneasily, until a familiar smell came from the tip of his nose, he quieted down, trembled slightly and wrapped his hands around the slightly chilly body, and asked tentatively and slightly suspiciously: "Xiu...... ...... Xiuyuan? ”
"Yes, it's me, I'm back." Chu Xiuyuan's gentle voice sounded above the head of the eldest grandson, Changqing.
The eldest grandson, Changqing, tightly wrapped his arms around Chu Xiuyuan, buried his little head deep in Chu Xiuyuan's chest, and sobbed in a low voice: "It's good to come back safely." ”
"I miss you so much." Chu Xiuyuan hugged the eldest grandson Changqing tightly, as if he wanted to integrate this little person into his body, and lowered his head and gently kissed the cute little head.
"Oops, I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything." Banxia on the side screamed beautifully, pretending to cover her eyes, but in fact, the gap in her fingertips betrayed her round eyes.
"Ahem" The eldest grandson Changqing was shocked to realize that there was a Banxia watching the play on the side, twisted and coughed embarrassedly, and quickly let go, intending to turn around and scold Banxia twice, who knew that Chu Xiuyuan did not have the slightest intention of letting go, only squinted slightly and glanced at Banxia, and the frightened Banxia immediately ran away.
"Don't always be so fierce to them, scare them, last time I beat Lianxin like that, in the end, I didn't feel distressed." The eldest grandson, Changqing, made a false gesture and slapped Chu Xiuyuan twice.
"I don't know who told me that I wasn't allowed to joke with other women." Chu Xiuyuan on the side deliberately teased Sun Changqing.
"Who said that? I don't remember! The eldest grandson Changqing pretended not to know, and his little hand swiped around Chu Xiuyuan's chest, Chu Xiuyuan's heart tightened, and he quickly let go of the arm that was holding the eldest grandson Changqing, and sighed secretly in his heart: This abrasive little guy.
The two of them here have a lot of affection, and they are inseparable, and Forsythia and the others over there knew that Chu Xiuyuan was back, and they suddenly changed their previous looseness, and hurriedly prepared meals according to Chu Xiuyuan's taste.
"Miss, Childe, Forsythia, they are already preparing dinner, Miss and Childe should go into the house to warm up?" Mother Qi looked at the inseparable two, plucked up her courage, and hesitated to speak.
"Ah, yes, this cold winter, as soon as you came back, I let you suffer the cold outside, it's really my carelessness." The eldest grandson Changqing hurriedly dragged Chu Xiuyuan to the house, seeing that his hand was being held by the eldest grandson Changqing's white little hand, Chu Xiuyuan's heart was full of warmth.
There was a charcoal fire burning in the house, it was warm, and the two sat down together, looking at Chu Xiuyuan's dusty appearance, the eldest grandson Changqing felt a little distressed in his heart, and held his cold hand in his palm to warm him. Looking at the appearance of the eldest grandson Changqing seriously helping him cover his hands, Chu Xiuyuan's heart warmed, for the first time since he could remember, someone treated him like this, and felt sorry for him.
"Have you been back to Chu Mansion?" Changqing Changqing looked up and asked.
"No, I just came back, and I came to you." Chu Xiuyuan said with a smile.
"Do you have to go far away a year ago?"
"No need."
"What about after that year?" The eldest grandson, Changqing, persevered and continued to ask.
"I want it after the year, but it's ......" Chu Xiuyuan paused and looked at the eldest grandson, Changqing.
"But what?" The eldest grandson, Changqing, asked suspiciously.
"But I'll take you with me."
"What? Are you sure? The eldest grandson, Changqing, raised his head and looked at Chu Xiuyuan in surprise.
"Yes, tomorrow I will visit Xiangye and talk to him." Chu Xiuyuan said seriously.
"But I'm ...... I have never been far away. The eldest grandson Changqing hesitated, tugged at the handkerchief, and said uneasily.
"Everything is with me." Chu Xiuyuan's firm eyes made the eldest grandson Changqing feel a lot more at ease.
"Good. Let's start with some hot soup. The eldest grandson Changqing stretched out his hand to serve a bowl of soup to Chu Xiuyuan, every time the two of them had a meal, the eldest grandson Changqing was always used to spending the girls and giving Chu Xiuyuan dishes by himself.
"But is it still delicious? I heard forsythia say that on weekdays, you are very picky, and there are few meals that suit your taste, so I am afraid that I will treat you poorly because of the poor food here. The eldest grandson Changqing said cautiously.
"I'll eat with you." Chu Xiuyuan saw the eldest grandson Changqing who was carefully serving soup to himself, and his heart was warm.
"Why?"
"Because you're so beautiful!" Chu Xiuyuan teased, it is rare to show the naughty appearance of a man.
"Cough cough" The eldest grandson Changqing just took a sip of soup, and before he could swallow it, he was choked by Chu Xiuyuan's words. Seeing the eldest grandson Changqing's suffocated red little face, Chu Xiuyuan hurriedly stepped forward to pat the back for the eldest grandson Changqing.
"Don't, don't shoot, you're trying to shoot me!" The eldest grandson, Changqing, reluctantly spoke.
Chu Xiuyuan suddenly remembered that he was a martial arts practitioner, and his hand strength was naturally no better than that of ordinary people, so he had to shoot the eldest grandson Changqing with internal injuries. Thinking like this, Chu Xiuyuan stepped back and stood aside with a little embarrassment, looking at his helpless appearance, the eldest grandson Changqing couldn't help laughing. One step forward wrapped around his waist, his cheek pressed against his chest, listening to his rapid heartbeat, his heart was full of warmth.