Mrs. Cheng hurriedly handed the note on the pillow to Xiaonuo and said, "He came to see you early in the morning, and when he saw that you were sleeping well, he couldn't bear to wake you up, let me give you this note after you wake up, you can take a look." ”

Xiaonuo took the note in Mrs. Cheng's hand, opened it and looked at it, a sweet smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and Mrs. Cheng saw Xiaonuo smiling so sweetly, so she asked curiously, "What is it talking about?" How do you make our daughter happy like this? ”

Xiaonuo hurriedly hid the note behind him and said, "Mother, haven't you read it?" ”

Mrs. Cheng smiled and said, "I watched it." ”

Xiaonuo's face immediately turned red, and when Mrs. Cheng saw this, she said, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you, look at your appearance, have you forgotten your mother and I can't recognize a few words?" Do you think that everyone who is a father and mother is as open-minded as your father and me, and let his daughter learn to read and read? ”

Xiaonuo then remembered that in fact, his mother was illiterate, although she was the wife of a dignified governor, but after all, her father was born in a poor family when he was young, and after entering the army, he also started from the smallest soldier, and there is such an achievement today, in addition to his father's heroic and good fighting on the battlefield, there is also the one time he saved the long-lived lord, which should be said to be the most critical turning point in his father's life.

Mrs. Cheng saw Xiaonuo stunned, so she said, "Xiaonuo, what are you thinking?" ”

Xiaonuo came back to his senses and said, "I didn't think about anything, okay, I've woken up, mother, go and do your job." ”

Mrs. Cheng: "You're not bored, my mother will talk to you for a while." ”

Xiao Nuo hurriedly said: "It's not boring, it's not boring, you can ask the maid to bring me the hair." ”

Mrs. Cheng sighed, got up with a smile, didn't say anything, but she was still a little lost in her heart, although Xiao Nuo and Xiao Wei are two daughters, their personalities are completely different, Xiao Wei and Mrs. Cheng are more intimate. used to chat and talk with her when they were at home, and the mother and daughter often talked on their knees and said everything, but now Xiaowei is gone. Mrs. Cheng was a lot lonely. It's rare for Xiaonuo to lie at home well, and she doesn't want to say a few words to herself, how can Mrs. Cheng not be sad.

Mrs. Cheng walked out of the door, and suddenly heard Xiao Nuo shouting behind her, so she quickly turned her head and saw Xiao Nuo smiling at herself, Mrs. Cheng looked at her delicate daughter, Xiao Nuo was much more beautiful than Xiao Wei in terms of appearance. But his temper is much stronger, and he has been like a boy since he was a child, and he has always been in a hurry.

"What's wrong with Xiaonuo?"

Xiaonuo grinned twice and said, "Mother, I'm just telling you, Brother Meng's note just now said that he really envied me for having a mother who loves me so much." Thank you, mother. ”

The corners of Mrs. Cheng's eyes moistened. I don't know how to express my feelings, if I say that I am a restrained person, but the person in front of me is my daughter after all, but I really want to say something, but I don't know what to say.

"Good. Okay, my mother is gone, I'll go and let the maid bring your belly, if you want to be good, my mother will be happy. ”

Xiao Nuo smiled playfully at Mrs. Cheng. Said: "Mother." Xiaonuo is very well-behaved. ”

Mrs. Cheng turned around and secretly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. Then he walked out of Xiao Nuodi's room.

Xiaonuo saw that his mother was gone, so he took out the note hidden behind him again, unfolded it, and saw that it read: "Pistachio, I have come to see you, I saw that you slept so sweetly, I really can't bear to wake you up, you sleep obediently, I will go to the government office first, and I will come back to accompany you when I finish my work, and eat it obediently, Brother Meng." ”

Xiao Nuo carefully put the note on his chest and closed his eyes happily, at this time someone spoke at the door, Xiao Nuo quickly hid the note under the pillow, and when he looked around, it was Meng Tianchu's second lady gentle.

Meng Tianchu came out of the mansion, and Tu Long and Chai Meng followed.

The three of them got into the carriage, and the car was less than ten meters away, when a woman stood under an old locust tree not far from the palace, and saw that the woman was wearing a blue gauze shirt, with a face like a face, standing sideways, with a slender figure, long hair draped over the vest, and gently held by a silver ribbon. It looks like a beautiful picture.

The groom lifted the curtain and said, "My lord, it seems to be Miss Jane from Lord Jane's house." ”

Meng Tianchu probed out to look, and sure enough, he asked the groom to stop the carriage and said, "Miss Jane, why are you here?" ”

Seeing that it was Meng Tianchu who came out to ask in person, Jian Ning hurriedly stepped forward and said lightly: "Master Meng, I am waiting for you here." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Wait for me?" ”

Jian Ning smiled slightly and said, "Didn't you say before, when Master Meng arrives at the prefect's yamen, I will go to the yamen to help you?" Have you forgotten? ”

Meng Tianchu hurriedly asked Jian Ning to get in the car, and after Jian Ning got in the car, Meng Tianchu said: "It's such a hot day, why don't you go in?" ”

Jian Ning smiled shyly and said, "I'm sorry, today is your first day to go to the mansion, and there is nothing to do when I go, so I just wait here, and there is nothing." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Let's go in directly in the future, it's so hot outside, I'm going to give you heat stroke, and I'm not going to explain it to the political envoy." ”

Jian Ning smiled indifferently, as if she looked disdainful, and said, "Lord Meng doesn't need to explain to anyone, I'm an adult." ”

Meng Tianchu was a little embarrassed, Jian Ning seemed to feel it, and hurriedly said: "Please don't mind, my lord, I mean, it won't make me suffer from heat stroke for such a little time, I don't have a delicate one." ”

Meng Tianchu didn't speak, only smiled, looking at Jian Ning's already fair face, as if she was even thinner and paler today.

Meng Tianchu: "Then let's send Miss Jian home first." ”

Jian Ning: "If it's convenient for Master Meng, please let me go and see Xiaonuo, I heard that she cut off a piece of meat on her calf for you, can I go and see her?" ”

Meng Tianchu thought to himself, isn't this news already blocked? Why did even Jian Ning know about it for only two days? Where did she find out, it seems that it is really a good thing that does not go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles, if it is known to officials in other places, wouldn't it be a joke?

Thinking of this, Meng Tianchu couldn't help but feel a little heavy.

"Lord Meng, isn't it a little inconvenient?"

Meng Tianchu came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly said: "Where, where, that's the Governor's Mansion." The daughter of the political envoy wants to see the daughter of the governor, what is inconvenient for me as a small prefect. ”

Jian Ning: "I didn't mean that, I meant to say that if Xiaonuo is not in good spirits." I'll go see her another day, and it's nothing. Please don't take out the words of the governor and the political envoy at every turn, I am just a helper by your side Lord Meng now. ”

Meng Tianchu felt that Jian Ning's speech today was a little harsh, but when he thought that this poor girl had probably spent her days at home since she was rejected by the Long Live Lord, he was relieved when he thought of this.

"How did Lord Meng feel on his first day in office?" Jian Ning saw that Meng Tianchu was distracted and didn't know what he was thinking, so she asked, lest the four of them sit in the carriage and no one speaks. It's a little dull.

Meng Tianchu smiled and said: "Officialdom is like this, Miss Jian has been exposed to it since she was a child, and she has probably seen a lot, just like that, in fact, I can't say that I don't feel anything." ”

Jian Ning nodded, seeing that Meng Tianchu and herself didn't mean to talk deeply, so she had to shut up and look out the window and stop talking.

The car drove for a while, and Slayer Long saw a familiar ground hole across the street. So he hurriedly touched Meng Tianchu on the side, Meng Tianchu looked at it, it turned out to be the woman who rescued the ground in the reeds that day, and saw that the woman was carrying a vegetable basket in her hand and wearing a half-new dress. Although it doesn't fit well, it looks much more energetic than when we first met.

Meng Tianchu asked the groom to stop the carriage, and then lifted the curtain, and the woman saw a carriage stop in front of her, and turned her head to look at it. It was found to be Meng Tianchu. Immediately laughed, and hurriedly stepped forward. Said happily: "Lord Meng, is it you?" Why don't you stay at home on such a hot day? You're okay lately, I asked Brother Wang to bring you a message last time, did he tell you? ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "I'm fine, I know everything you asked Wang Yi to tell me, how are you lately?" ”

The woman couldn't help but sigh and said, "My hard-working sister doesn't know where she has gone, for so many years, you say that my brother-in-law is so kind to a man, and my sister doesn't know what to think, alas, fortunately, my brother-in-law is willing to take me in, or I will starve to death now." ”

It seemed that after seeing Meng Tianchu, the woman felt that she had a lot to say. Meng Tianchu asked the woman to get in the car to give her a ride, the woman first excused herself, and when she saw Meng Tianchu's sincere invitation, she was not welcome, and besides, it was a good thing to have a car to sit on in such a hot day, the most important thing is that he was a flat-headed ordinary man sitting in the carriage of the prefect, if he let the neighbors see it, it would not be beautiful.

The woman got into the car, the car was a little crowded, the woman first sat next to Jian Ning, the only woman in the car, but Jian Ning was probably a little unaccustomed to the smell of the woman, and her face unconsciously showed a trace of disgust, the woman naturally saw it, so she smiled and sat next to Chai Meng.

"Master Meng, every time I see the girl you bring, she is so beautiful, so handsome, this girl is even more beautiful than the laughing girl last time."

Jian Ning looked at Meng Tianchu without smiling, her eyes were full of questions, Meng Tianchu said: "Last time, Xiaonuo invited me to have dinner with Wang Zhutou, and on the way, I happened to meet this eldest sister who was robbed and saved by the dragon slayer. ”

Jian Ning understood, and reluctantly the woman showed a hint of a smile and said softly, "What do you call the eldest sister?" ”

Meng Tianchu remembered that he hadn't asked for people's names all this time, but Jian Ning was still careful.

The woman smiled generously, wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, and said, "Master Meng, they all call me eldest sister, you can also call me eldest sister, where do we poor families have beautiful names, it is also a joke to say it." ”

Jian Ning didn't seem to be satisfied with this answer, and said: "If we walk on the street and we call out for the eldest sister, I'm afraid that many people will look back at us, the name was given by our parents, what's so funny?" The woman saw that Jian Ning didn't give up, so she said: "Then you can call me Dahua, my sister is called Erhua, but I got angry with my brother-in-law, and I left with a big belly in a fit of anger, where do you say there is such a quarrel, as the saying goes, the quarrel between husband and wife is a bedside quarrel and the bed is closed, where are there so many angry people, I and my man have quarreled every time." It's not like we're cuddling together and sleeping soundly, big sister, you don't know, my man once beat me so much that I couldn't get up. It's not like I'm sleepy with him at night. Actually..."

Meng Tianchu found that Jian Ningdi's face was becoming more and more ugly, so he quickly interrupted Dahua's words and said, "Eldest sister, are you used to staying at Zheng Baozi's house?" ”

Dahua nodded hurriedly and said, "It's good for me, and I also found out the clothes that my sister left before for me to wear, it's much more leisurely than when I was at home, I said help him." He said that I just came, let me clean the house, I saw that he was busy until late at night every night, it was really not easy, that is a man who loves to be clean, much stronger than my man, every time he finished making a bun, he washed his things clean before going to bed. Before dawn, I have to get up and work again, alas, it's not easy. ”

Meng Tianchu found that Dahua likes to talk, but when you ask her, she often takes the topic far away. It's probably easy to meet a person who is willing to listen to her, so there are more words.

Meng Tianchu: "Zheng Baozi's business has been good lately?" ”

When Dahua heard this, he looked a little dissatisfied, and said, "I don't know what my brother-in-law thinks, such a good business." It's not dawn. The buns are all ordered, you say such a good business. He only makes so many buns a day, closes the door and sleeps when he sells them, or he goes to the river to fish, Master Meng, you tell me, if he sells them for a day, how good the business will be! ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said: "Eldest sister, the money is inexhaustible, and now Zheng Baozi lives like this alone, there is nothing wrong with it, besides, you also said that he is very hard alone, it is hard at night, and it is okay to be more idle during the day." ”

Dahua pouted, as if she didn't agree with Meng Tianchu's words, and said: "That's the way you rich people live, but we are not rich people, so I will persuade my brother-in-law, who wants him to be angry with me, saying that it is okay to have something to eat, what to do so hard all day." ”

Chai Meng also said on the side: "Actually, Zheng Baozi's words are not wrong, you see that the weather is so hot, people just eat a few buns in the morning when they want to drink porridge, at noon, who still wants to eat steamed buns on such a hot day, greasy panic, what do you say?" ”

Big flower: "Is that bun delicious?" ”

Meng Tianchu and Chai Meng looked at each other, and Chai Meng smiled and said, "Eldest sister, you have been to Zheng Baozi's house for so long, haven't you eaten the buns he made?" Zheng Baozi won't be so stingy, right? It's just a meat bun. ”

Big flower: "That's not it, he slept in the front yard and I slept in the backyard, he said that he was afraid of noisy me at night, the backyard was quiet, I saw it, my drowsiness recently was really good, every day I had to get up at three poles in the day, and when I got up, his buns had already been sold out, I also said let him leave me a few to taste, he said that the weather was hot, and when I got up, the buns were already sour, so I haven't eaten the buns he made yet, tomorrow I must get up early in the morning, taste the buns he made." ”

Everyone laughed, and before they knew it, the carriage had arrived at the door of Zheng Baozi's shop in the west of the city, and Dahua got out of the car, because it was noon, so there was no one on the street, everyone was hiding in the house, so Dahua still shouted loudly: "Lord Meng, come in and sit." ”

Meng Tianchu saw that the door of the store was closed, thinking that Zheng Baozi was either sleeping or going out, so he said: "No, by the way, thank you to your brother-in-law on my behalf, just say that the osmanthus wine is very delicious, next time I will take my wife to learn his skills in making osmanthus wine." ”

Big Flower: "Oh? Will my brother-in-law still make wine? I don't think he knew he was capable of that. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Okay, okay, we're leaving, eldest sister, go back." ”

The carriage turned its head, and Dahua was still standing under the eaves, watching Meng Tianchu and their carriage leave, only then did he look around, proudly gathered his temples, hummed something in his mouth, and entered the door with his head held high.

Dahua entered the house, the house was quiet, she tiptoed to the front yard, only to see that the yard was spotlessly cleaned as usual, the fishing rod by the wall was gone, Dahua smiled, thinking that her brother-in-law must be fishing again, so she took off her sweat-soaked wet coat, hung on the wall at will, wearing only a single shirt, revealing her snow-white arms, these days at home has nothing to do, but the skin is white and tender, she walked to a small osmanthus tree, and saw that there were two subway hammers that had been polished black, Dahua looked around, and when he saw that there was no one, he was curious to get the hammer, who thought that he had made the strength to feed, but the hammer did not move at all.