Unknowingly arrived at the door of the old house, Li Zhang put down his things and didn't leave them long, but before going out, he took out his wallet, poured out some broken silver and copper coins from it, and handed them to Li Jingshan, "You can use these first." ”

Li Jingshan hurriedly pushed back and said, "I really don't need to, I paid the wages with the master's family." She winked playfully, "Brother Li, don't look down on people, I'm a person who can earn money to support my family." ”

She glanced at the money bag, which was dusty and half-old, and the opening was already a little worn, and she secretly wrote it down in her heart.

Li Zhang didn't know that Li Jingshan paid more attention to his money bag, and when he saw her pushing back, his eyes darkened again, he lowered his eyes and looked down, and silently put away the money bag. Nodding to her, "You can come to me anytime you have something." Then he turned around and went out.

Li Jingshan sent him outside the hospital, looking at his back and showing a faint smile. Li Zhang's kindness slightly diluted her hostility towards the Li family, and the Li family was not all bad people.

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Li Jingshan arrived at the door of the old house and first shouted sweetly to the house. As soon as the words fell, I saw Mrs. Li running out of the house.

Mrs. Li thought that her daughter had been sold, so she would never see her again. But I didn't expect my daughter to come back, but now at first sight, I was so surprised that I rushed up to hug her, and before I could speak, I wet my eyes first.

Li Jingshan was most afraid of seeing her mother's tears, so she hurriedly coaxed her mother to tell her about the situation of the main family, and she exaggerated the benefits of working in the Ruan family. Finally coaxed Mrs. Li to collect her tears.

Mrs. Li pulled Li Jingshan up and down several times, and saw that her daughter was indeed fine, and the smile on her face was not like a reluctant one, so she relaxed a little.

After thinking about it, he said: "I have been here in Minzhou for many years, and I have never heard of any big families surnamed Ruan. If you are a newcomer, you should pay attention to what the origin is, after all, you are not a local knower, and you should be more careful. Saying that, when he thought of letting his daughter, who had not yet reached the age of marriage, face such an unpredictable future, his eyes were red again.

Li Jingshan is relieved that her mother, a lady who never asked about the world before, finally has a trace of defense, although she has paid a heavy price, it is not too late.

She hurriedly took out the things she bought, put them out in the same way, and persuaded: "Mother, don't worry, my daughter has her own measure." It's only been a few days since I started working, and I've earned my wages and come back. Moreover, although I sold myself to the Ruan family, it did not restrict my freedom, and I can still come back often in the future. ”

However, the younger brother was overjoyed to know that his sister would be able to return home often in the future. Seeing that she also brought a lot of things home, she was even more excited to go around and around, holding those bags and not letting go. At this time, his child's nature is undoubtedly revealed: as long as the family can be reunited, as long as there is food in front of him, everything is enough.

The three of them put everything in order and made a fairly hearty dinner—except for wild vegetables and coarse grains, they finally got meat today.

Li Jingjue put a piece of meat in the bowl for her mother and sister, and said excitedly: "In the past few days, my mother and I have picked a lot of wild vegetables in the wild. There is also a mother who finds a family in the town and helps them wash their clothes every day, and she can also earn money. ”

said and frowned, "It's just that I'm too young, and people don't want it." He ate another piece of meat, his mood relaxed, and he said to himself: "It's okay, I will grow up soon, and then I can go out and earn money." ”

Li Jingshan felt sour when she heard this, but her face was full of smiles, and she touched Li Jingjue's head and said, "Yes, you grow up quickly, and my mother and I will rely on you in the future." ”

Seeing Li Jingjue nodding solemnly, with a resolute look on her face, Li Jingshan and Mrs. Li couldn't help laughing.

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Li Jingshan spent the night at home, and rushed back to the Ruan family early the next morning.

She first went to the kitchen to boil water, and as soon as she began to prepare for today's breakfast, she saw the door of the front yard open widely, and saw a tall boy come in from a distance, followed by Fu Bo and two little servants. Look at the posture is the owner of this family, the third young master of the Ruan family.

Li Jingshan looked up at the sky, it was only the beginning of the day, and the sky was just bright. This is...... Didn't return home at dawn until the night didn't return?

Sure enough, after a while, Zhen'er came over with a small servant to fetch water for the young master to wash up and prepare some light breakfast. Li Jingshan hurriedly made hot water first, and the little guy took it and grinned at her, "Sister Lao, my name is Ruan Shu, and I am the attendant of the young master, so I will have to worry about my sister a lot in the future." ”

Li Jingshan saw that his eyebrows were clear and beautiful, and when he smiled, his eyes were bent into two crescents, which was very pleasing. also smiled gently at him, "You're welcome, my name is Li Jingshan." ”

"You are the sister newly recruited by Fu Bo, you are delicate and lovely, elegant and quiet, and you will be fortunate to meet you." Ruan Shu pretended to sigh exaggeratedly.

Zhen'er smiled, "Your mouth, even if you see a beautiful female cat on the side of the road, you can hook it." ”

Ruan Shu responded with a smile: "Wronged, sister, don't let the young master hear what you say, he won't tear my mouth!" ”

Li Jingshan only raised her head and smiled, put a cup of freshly cooked millet porridge, took a few side dishes pickled by Sister-in-law Zhang, and put a few snacks on a plate, put them in a food box, handed them to Zhen'er, and said softly: "Be careful of scalding." ”

Zhen'er took it with a smile and walked towards the inner courtyard with Ruan Shu.

Li Jingshan secretly thought that she had only been here for a few days, and even the subordinates knew about herself, which showed that the management of this master was extremely strict.

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In the inner courtyard, Ruan Mingyu, the third young master of the Ruan family, had just finished grooming, and wore a light cyan ramie embroidered cotton silk regular clothes, his hair was tied with a transparent green hosta, and he glanced at the mirror casually, only to see that the eyebrows of the person in the mirror were like daisies, flying obliquely into the temples, his face was like a crown of jade, his nose was like a hanging gall, and the two ink-colored eyes were extremely black and bright, although he had not slept all night, he did not see the slightest decline. It is a good appearance that pours all beings.

Ruan Mingyu smiled with satisfaction, obviously he also knew this advantage of his own.

He walked to the table, Zhen'er hurriedly put the breakfast on the table one by one, and said with a smile: "The young master went out for a night, and I specially asked the kitchen to prepare some lighter breakfast, which is also easy to relieve the tiredness." ”

Ruan Mingyu smiled at Zhen'er's lips, and his eyebrows shone with anticipation, "I have a heart." Sure enough, when he saw Zhen'er's face flying red, he didn't care much, and turned his attention to the dishes, but his eyes lit up.

I saw those few breakfasts, and the dishes were very distinctive: glutinous millet porridge was packed in a sweet white porcelain cup, and it was also decorated with a few red wolfberries.

Next to it are pickled side dishes for several colors of porridge: green cucumbers, red carrots, yellow pickled cucumbers, and purple red cabbage.

Each is finely shredded, simply arranged into a few petals of colored chrysanthemums, and a few coriander leaves are matched into flower stalks, and a few strokes are gently hooked with sauce at the bottom of the plate, becoming a sparse fence, and the artistic conception of "picking chrysanthemums under the east fence" is about to come out.

There are also several desserts such as water chestnut cake and mille-feuille cake, which are also very pleasing to the eye.

Ruan Mingyu looked up with interest and asked, "Who prepared this breakfast?" Sister-in-law Zhang? ”

When Zhen'er saw it, she was also shocked by this exquisite arrangement, so she had to reply: "It's the new rough girl." ”

"Rough girl?" Ruan Mingyu raised his eyebrows, didn't say anything, sat down and took a few sips, and then ordered to withdraw. He walked into the bedroom, having stayed up all night the previous night, and the morning was for him to catch up on sleep.

Zhen'er also followed, poured water for him to clean his face, laid out the bedding, turned around and was hesitating whether to help the young master change his clothes, so he listened to his instructions: "Okay, let Ruan Mo come later." ”

Another servant behind Ruan Mingyu answered, and walked forward with his bedclothes, and Zhen'er had to answer: "If you have something, just tell the slave maid." "He went out and closed the door.

Zhen'er just went out, the smile on her face retreated, and her eyes changed to a look of vigilance and unwillingness. The wariness of the little girl in the kitchen was a little heavier.

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Li Jingshan's life as an errand boy in the Ruan family is on the right track. In addition to assisting Sister-in-law Zhang in preparing three meals a day, she sometimes takes over some rough work in the yard. Although the owner has moved in, there is still not much work.

In the past few days, Li Jingshan has not met Ruan Mingyu except for seeing Ruan Mingyu's back from a distance a few times. But she can also gradually see that this Third Young Master Ruan is a delicate person - he has to eat the finest food, wear the softest and most comfortable cotton silk brocade clothes, and live in the most elegant room.

He is also a well-traveled master - he often goes out in the evening to socialize, and returns home early the next morning, and then sleeps for half a day, and gets up just in time to prepare dinner.

Good house, good food, good brocade clothes, good antiques, good play...... In this way, is it considered a? Li Jingshan thought so, and suddenly found that she was gone.

At this time, she was sitting in the small garden, holding her homemade painting book in her hand, and she was describing a peony in full bloom.

After she finished her work, she always likes to take out her notebook and draw when she has nothing to do. Although it was often necessary to make drawings in the past to do geological surveys, it seems that the obsession with painting as it is now is the original owner's hobby.

A few new plants were transplanted in the yard, and now it was in full bloom, and she traced the graceful and luxurious flowers on the paper. It's just that she didn't depict it completely realistically, but cleverly changed the flower shape slightly, which looked more like an artistic modeling. Well, this seems to be the artistic talent of the original owner, and as a scientist, she will definitely only seek truth and truth.

"Ah Shan, your painting is so beautiful!" Sister-in-law Zhang sighed behind her.

Li Jingshan hurriedly got up, "Sister-in-law Zhang, is there any work you want me to do?" ”

Sister-in-law Zhang waved her hand and smiled, "No, no, I just see how well you draw." Can you show me? ”

Li Jingshan saw that Sister-in-law Zhang didn't blame her for touching the fish, and handed over the painting book with a smile, "I draw and play when I'm free." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang flipped through the painting book, which was painted by Li Jingshan with some flowers and plants in the yard, but with some artistic deformation, which looked more chic and novel.

She looked at one and liked the other, and after reading it, her eyes lit up, and she pulled Li Jingshan and said with a slight hesitation: "Ah Shan, sister-in-law begs you something, do you think it's okay?" ”

"What's the matter? Sister-in-law Zhang, please say. ”