Chapter 45: Mother
Xiao Ruixue thought about Zhu Yan's condition, and rushed all the way to the back house, until she approached the small courtyard where she lived, and she couldn't help but slow down. In the small courtyard, a little maid was squatting with her back to the door, fanning the stove while constantly wiping her forehead.
"Yun'er!" Xiao Ruixue called softly.
The little girl's back trembled violently, and then she slowly turned around, she stared at Xiao Ruixue for a long time, as if she couldn't believe her eyes: "Miss, is it you?" β
"It's me, Yun'er!"
"Miss!" Yun'er's small mouth grinned, and she suddenly cried out of her nose, she flew into Xiao Ruixue's arms like a rabbit, and her tears couldn't help but fall. Xiao Ruixue's eyes were slightly hot, she gently stroked Yun'er's head, comforted softly, and waited until Yun'er broke into tears and laughed before she asked, "Yun'er, are you boiling medicine for my mother?" β
Yun'er's chick nodded like a peck of rice: "Yes, Miss." Madame misses you too much, and unfortunately the wind and cold into the body, resulting in a very serious illness, she is always groggy every day, but always difficult to sleep, the doctor prescribed her a lot of medicine, must be decocted every day. β
Xiao Ruixue was silent for a while, but she was extremely sad in her heart.
After asking a few more questions about Zhu Yan's condition, Xiao Ruixue asked Yun'er to continue decocting the medicine, and walked into Zhu Yan's bedroom alone, where she saw another maid quietly waiting by Zhu Yan's bedside. The maid's name is Yi Cui, eighteen years old this year, the maid that Zhu Yan brought out from Huayulou is getting older, but Xiao Hui did not dare to continue to take concubines, so Zhu Yan begged Xiao Hui to buy a dowry for his maid, find a good family to marry, and then bought Yi Cui as Zhu Yan's maid. When Yi Cui saw Xiao Ruixue, she got up from the stool in surprise, Xiao Ruixue hurriedly whispered: "Sister Yi Cui, I heard Yun'er say that my mother fell asleep with great difficulty, don't wake her up!" β
Yi Cui's eyes were full of surprise, and she lowered her voice and said, "Miss, are you back?" β
Xiao Ruixue nodded lightly, but when she lifted Zhu Yan's bed tent, two lines of tears could no longer help but welled up.
Is the woman on the bed her own mother, Zhu Yan? Xiao Ruixue couldn't believe it! Although the woman in front of her looks beautiful, her face is unusually pale, even a little sallow, her lips are a little chapped, her cheeks are slightly sunken, her hair is even more dry and dull, and the whole person seems to have lost her vitality, Xiao Ruixue can't imagine that she is the usual Zhu Yan who is charming with a smile and a smile, and her gestures are tender and beautiful.
In this life, if Xiao Ruixue is most attached to whom, it must be Zhu Yan.
Xiao Hui, as a father, although he loves Xiao Ruixue because he is his only daughter, he is still a little patriarchal after all, and he has been doing business abroad all the year round, and Xiao Ruixue has less and more separation, although the love between father and daughter is not shallow, but there is not too much bond between each other. Mrs. Gu's attitude towards the second room is also really valuable, she has always regarded Zhu Yan's pair of children as her own, and she has never been a little mean, but she is not a biological mother after all, and when it comes to the word heart-to-heart, she may not be as good as Xiao Hui, the biological father. And the three elder brothers on Xiao Ruixue's head are all young, although they have loved this sister very much since they were young, but after all, men and women are different, and each of them has their own future, and it is impossible to talk about everything with Xiao Ruixue like brothers.
Only Zhu Yan, this beautiful woman, has always been with Xiao Ruixue from the moment she landed. Although Xiao Ruixue has been a human being for two lives, she has experienced the growth from a baby to a girl, and she is also contaminated with a little child's temperament and a woman's squeamishness, she is sometimes naughty, sometimes she also loses her temper, sometimes accidentally bumps into it and even cries and calls Zhu Yan, every time she encounters such a thing, Zhu Yan will beat her, scold her, coax her, frown, laugh, worry about her, and do what any mother in the world will do.
Qin Yun in the previous life, due to the early death of his mother, he never enjoyed too much maternal love since he was a child, his father Qin Han was born in the army, had a strong personality, and hoped that his son would become a dragon, so his attitude towards his son has always been known for being strict, and his teaching methods are mainly spurs. Remembering that Qin Yun unfortunately fell off the horse when he was nine years old, Qin Han only frowned when he saw it in his eyes, and then gave up after applying bruising medicine to his son, how could he have half a word of comfort in his mouth?
But in this life, Zhu Yan's love for Xiao Ruixue is meticulous, even if she sometimes scolds hard, she has to coax a few words gently, Xiao Ruixue felt fresh and even a little uncomfortable at first, but gradually she began to get used to it and began to enjoy it, Xiao Ruixue's attachment to Zhu Yan became stronger and stronger, and finally turned into a blood thicker than water.
The line in the mother's hand, the wanderer's shirt. Before leaving, I am afraid that I will return late. Whoever says an inch is careless, and he will be rewarded with three springs.
Xiao Ruixue looked at Zhu Yan with a sick face, she couldn't suppress the sadness in her heart at all, and her tears kept falling like pearls in a thread, but she didn't want to wake up her mother, she knew that her mother couldn't sleep because she missed herself, and it was rare to fall asleep at this time, so she had to sit on the edge of her mother's bed and cry silently, waiting for her mother to wake up naturally.
I don't know how long it took, Zhu Yan finally woke up slowly, she closed her eyes, pursed her dry lips, and whispered: "Yicui, pour me a cup of tea, I'm so thirsty-"
As soon as she finished speaking, a soft but strong palm gently lifted her up by her back, and then a warm teacup was handed to her lips, and the crisp tea slowly flowed down the wall of the cup into her mouth, making her throat feel refreshed. Zhu Yan showed a weak smile: "Yi Cui, when did you become so sharp?" β
"Mother-"
Zhu Yan was startled when she heard this, and opened her eyes hard, and saw a little lady in front of her looking at her with tears in her eyes. "Mother, it's me, I'm back!"
Zhu Yan stared at the little lady for a long time and couldn't turn her eyes, and suddenly her tears poured down like a flood bursting the embankment, and she trembled and reached out to caress the little lady's face, but she couldn't say a word in her mouth, she was speechless and choked. Seeing this, Xiao Ruixue hurriedly hugged Zhu Yan into her arms, and the mother and daughter snuggled up to each other and cried.
Early the next morning, Xiao Ruixue got up early. Yesterday, because of her return, Zhu Yan's brows stretched a lot, she fed Zhu Yan decoction and rice porridge, and heard Yicui say that Zhu Yan had to drink a few more sips than before, so it seems that Zhu Yan's recovery is hopeful. It's just that the illness comes like a mountain, and the illness goes like a thread, and Zhu Yan's body wants to fully recover but it takes a few days, so Xiao Ruixue decided not to go anywhere these days, and only serves Zhu Yan with all her heart.
"Sister, it's early!" As soon as Xiao Ruixue left the room, she heard a crisp voice calling her, she turned her head to look, and saw a young lady in an emerald green dress standing outside the door of the next wing, looking at her with a smile.
Xiao Ruixue smiled slightly: "It's you, did you sleep well at my house last night?" β
"Well, yes, very mile! The quilt at my sister's house is soft and warm, and it is fragrant-" Lu Zixuan nodded with a smile, and there was a long milk note at the end of her speech.
Xiao Ruixue said in her heart that this little girl is really tired of talking, and it sounds like - well, it's quite likable, so she smiled: "Since Sister Lian'er asked me to take care of you, I naturally want to be loyal!" Suddenly, Xiao Ruixue seemed to remember something, she walked to the stone table in the courtyard and sat down, patted a stone bench next to her and said to Lu Zixuan: "Come and sit down, I have a few words I want to ask you!" β
Lu Zixuan was a little apprehensive in her heart, she hooked her fingers and pretended to be well-behaved, sat down according to her words, and said with a harmless smile: "What does my sister want to ask Zixuan?" Zixuan knows everything! β
Xiao Ruixue looked at her with a smile: "I don't need you to know everything, but I need you to speak up!" β
"My sister is so beautiful, how dare Zixuan deceive my sister-"
βγγγβ Xiao Ruixue didn't understand the logic, so she only spoke: "When I met you yesterday, you were being chased by several people, and you said that the person chasing you was a bully who wanted to sell you into the Qinglou, is this true?" β
"Of course it isβit's true." Facing Xiao Ruixue's compelling gaze, Lu Zixuan's words seemed a little hesitant when they came to her lips.
"Is that really a clear conscience?" Xiao Ruixue squinted her eyes and asked, seeing Lu Zixuan's head drooping all of a sudden, she said again: "First of all, I don't want to hide it from you, I know all the people who chased you yesterday, and I know that they are definitely not bullies who bully the weak!" So tell me, what's going on? β
"So my sister knows him? Now I really hit the knife! Lu Zixuan looked very lost.
"It seems that you are a little unwilling! You also know what happened in my family yesterday, a Taoist priest slandered me for no reason in order to defraud my family of money, how hateful you say such a person is! If it weren't for the fact that killing someone would pay for his life, with my nature, I would really want to chop him with a knife! Xiao Ruixue's expression flashed with a hint of fierceness, and Lu Zixuan trembled for a while. Therefore, I hate fraudsters, and though you are young, know that you should not take evil for less! Don't think that if others don't notice, you can deceive people at will! β
"Sister, I understand, I understand! I'll be honest, don't kill me! Lu Zixuan was so frightened that she burst into tears.
Xiao Ruixue was slightly stunned, wondering if she was a little too much, after all, the other party was only twelve years old, hey, it was too much! But in this way, Lu Zixuan was honest, she told Xiao Ruixue the ins and outs of the matter like a bamboo tube pouring beans, and finally she said: "Sister, you have to believe me, my purpose is not for silver, I see that Li Worm is too stingy, so I don't feel angry and teach him a lesson!" β
Xiao Ruixue shook her head: "That's your fault!" Although Li Wormer is stingy, his family is poor, which is understandable. Moreover, his money is justified, and it is understandable that he is unwilling to give to others! β
Lu Zixuan thought for a moment, and seemed to agree a little, she couldn't help but wring her fingers, and said with a look of bowing her head and admitting her mistake: "I know it's wrong, sister!" β
"It's good to know that you're wrong, and I'm not embarrassed for you! Next time you find a chance, you can return the twenty taels of silver to Li Worm'er in person, is it okay? β
"Huh? It's a shame to do this well! Besides, I don't have any money! β
"I can give you the money, but you have to make up for what you did wrong, understand?"
"Got it!" Lu Zixuan bit her lip and nodded solemnly.
"Teachable!" Xiao Ruixue showed a smile on her face, and said: "Zixuan, you said that you came to Jinling to find your master, dare to ask what your master does, why did you come to Jinling?" β
How do you know, it's okay for Xiao Ruixue not to ask, but after asking, Lu Zixuan's face showed a little resentment: "My master is a scoundrel by nature, and he is extremely lustful, what can he do when he comes to Jinling, look for flowers and ask Liubei!" β
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At this time, in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion on the bank of the Qinhuai River, a man in Xuanyi sneezed several times in a row, causing him to rub his nose vigorously.
"Mr. Luo, but you accidentally caught a cold?"
"No, I feel like someone is scolding me! It's okay, Miss Miyun, let's continue to play a song together! β
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