Chapter X
After Xie Ruqing's "ah", he reacted and made a sound.
She glanced at Qi Yanzhi carefully, and saw that the smile in the other party's eyes deepened, but she was not in a hurry, and continued to pretend to be deaf and dumb very calmly, and greeted him with gestures.
"Although this place is not as prosperous as the city, it is also a good landscape." Qi Yanzhi's gaze fell on the peasant men he had just discussed, and he saw that the people had dispersed at some point.
Xie Ruqing nodded, signaling that what he said was good, but he thought that he was looking elsewhere and couldn't see it when he nodded, so he simply ignored it, and the two looked at the scenery together.
Just in time for the autumn harvest, the crops are a good scenery, and the golden wheat waves look at the bottom of people's hearts.
"Girl, girl, look what I've brought." Ruhuan ran from a distance at this time, carefully holding something in his arms.
Hearing the sound of Ruhuan, Qi Yanzhi also subconsciously looked over.
I didn't expect to see the eldest prince in this place, Ruhuan was startled after stopping, and hurriedly saluted him, "Hello son." ”
Qi Yanzhi nodded slightly, but his sharp eyes saw that she was holding a few buns in her arms, and the oil paper had been dyed with some oil, and she could smell the rich aroma inside.
His eyes glanced at Xie Ruqing.
Xie Ruqing coughed lightly and gestured a few times in the air with his hand, meaning that he was tired on the road and didn't eat, so he wanted to come with Ruhuan.
Qi Yanzhi didn't know if he understood, but nodded anyway.
"If Miss Xie is in need, you can go to my Zhuangzi to get it, I still have something to do, so I will leave first."
There was always a smile in his eyes, but in Xie Ruqing's eyes, it changed. She smiled and nodded, indicating that she would not be polite, and saw him away with her own eyes, only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
I thought that I was still thinking about going out to see the yellow calendar just now, and I didn't want to meet Qi Yanzhi, but I didn't expect that when the front foot went out of the house, the back foot collided, and it was really unfavorable.
"Girl, this is the steamed bun that Aunt Liu gave us, you eat some quickly, so as not to go hungry."
Ruhuan seemed to be holding a treasure in his hand, and reverently held it to Xie Ruqing, Xie Ruqing took one with a smile, leaned on a tree and ate it.
At this time, she was already hungry with her chest against her back, and she ate quickly, and the three buns in her hand were eaten by her, so she patted her ass and walked away with satisfaction.
But the thought of starving during this period of time inevitably makes me feel a little bitter.
In the past few days, there are "ingredients" in the meals every day, and the service is not to give people a way to live, Xie Ruqing always shirks and says that it is not a way to have a bad appetite, but every time she eats at the table, she always divides people, and then secretly throws away the food, but it can also cover people's eyes, but in the long run, hunger is certain.
If you wait for her day by day, but see her getting thinner and thinner, your heart is always worried more than everything.
"The girl was originally here to recuperate, but this body is getting thinner and thinner day by day, and if we go back home another day, people will think that we are not well entertained." Su Hong joked like this one day, but the speaker had no intention, but Xie Ruqing wrote it down, and that night she took Ruhuan to the field on the pretext of going out for a walk.
Ruhuan should be familiar with a few villagers, and after chatting a few words, he mentioned Xie Ruqing's loss of appetite, the farmer is always enthusiastic, so he patted his thigh at that time, and smiled and proposed to ask Xie Ruqing to go to his own house to eat, and said that although his mother-in-law's cooking is not as good as the chef in the house, but it is very supportive, and his tiger baby does not have less than three bowls of rice every day.
Ruhuan listened and asked Xie Ruqing's opinion. Xie Ruqing nodded with a smile and followed, finally having a full meal.
Ruhuan saw it in his eyes, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But although the farmer's meal is no problem, it is unreasonable for her to always go with a young lady, even if Ruhuan leaves some silver taels as a reward every time, but it is not good to pass it out.
As a result, this farmhouse meal can only be eaten "occasionally".
Occasionally able to eat a few full meals, Xie Ruqing's weight loss rate is a little slower, but it is not a common thing after all.
On this day, she walked out again on the pretext of walking, and Ruhuan followed her two paces behind, and the two walked slowly. At this time, the sky is not early, the sky is full of golden color, the glow falls on the ground, hit the rice field, it is a beautiful scenery.
The corners of Xie Ruqing's mouth were slightly hooked, but there was some bitterness in her eyes, and she was hungry.
Very hungry, very hungry, hungry enough to swallow a cow.
The two of them walked slowly, and when they came to the rice field, they saw a man bending down to do something there.
"Girl, how can I see that back is so familiar?"
Ruhuan behind her squinted her eyes at this time and said, she also stared at the person carefully, and sure enough, she felt a little familiar.
The man seemed to hear Ruhuan's voice, twisted his buttocks and suddenly turned back, and raised his hand happily when he saw the two of them, "Miss Xie, Miss Ruhuan!" ”
As soon as the man turned around, the two of them showed their original looks, wasn't this person the green mountain in Qi Yan's courtyard.
"Aoyama, what are you doing here?" Such as the ring asked.
Qingshan straightened up and raised the vegetables in his hand again, "The weather has been good recently, the vegetables in this field are growing well, the eldest young master ordered me to pick some of them, and I will have a good night." ”
It turned out to be digging wild vegetables for dinner.
Xie Ruqing stared at the basket at his feet, there were a lot of vegetables in it and lay quietly, the greens were really green and glowing, thinking that if they could be eaten on the table, the taste would be good.
She smiled, with some longing in her eyes, and subconsciously swallowed her saliva.
The saliva was very hidden, and it was dark at this time, and she was sure that others would not find it.
Qingshan glanced at the sky at this time, and saw that it was almost dark, so he straightened his waist, and hammered it very old, but there was a starlight smile in his eyes, "The house is about to have a meal, why don't you go over and have a meal." ”
Xie Ruqing naturally wanted to go, I heard that there was a fish pond in the yard of the eldest young master, and whatever fish he wanted to eat, he could go into the water to catch it, which was very convenient.
But it was the courtyard of the eldest young master, thinking of Qi Yanzhi's scrutinizing eyes, she was a little stunned, and was about to shake her head, and then she heard Na Qingshan say: "The eldest young master has not had a good appetite recently, and I invited a good cook in the house today, I heard that I have made a lot of good dishes, Miss Xie looks thin, it is better to eat a mouthful, maybe you can like it." ”
Got another cook? Also add vegetables?
She hesitated a little, and subconsciously held her stomach, and at this time, she happened to hear it scream softly, as if in protest. couldn't help sighing, it was really a person who had to bow his head under the eaves, that Qi Yanzhi was terrible, but his stomach was the most important.
After a slight hesitation, he nodded.
After making a gesture like disturbing, he followed behind the green hill and walked in the direction of the house.
There were a lot of dishes on the table in Qi Yanzhi's Zhuangzi, and Xie Ruqing saw fish on the table. She glanced at it subconsciously, then withdrew it quietly, the corners of her mouth grinning upward, it was just the right smile, dignified and noble.
"Miss Xie looks like she's lost a lot of weight, but what she eats here isn't appetizing?" Qi Yanzhi's eyes looked at her and asked with a smile.
Xie Ruqing smiled and said in her heart, you asked knowingly. Ruhuan explained in a timely manner: "The girl's body is not very good, and she doesn't eat much. ”
"I see, then don't be polite here today, if the cook in my house can meet Miss Xie's appetite, it will be a happy thing."
As Qi Yanzhi said, the cook in his house is indeed very suitable for her appetite, especially the steamed fish, which is very delicious, and she ate a lot of it unceremoniously.
When she finished eating, she walked out of the yard and found the willow tips on the moon, she made a thank you gesture to Qi Yanzhi who sent it, and returned to the courtyard next door.
Returning to the room satisfied, Xie Ruqing felt that it was not bad to be neighbors with the eldest son.
On that day, his head hung high above his head, Xie Ruqing held a book in his hand, and led Ruhuan to the neighbor's house next door.
Recently, she is a frequent visitor to this house, and the people have already recognized her as a familiar person, and when they meet, they greet each other with a smile.
"Miss Xie, your face is so good today. Childe is reading a book in the study at this time, and you go directly to him. ”
Xie Ruqing responded with a smile and walked to the study.
Qingshan led the way for her and pushed open the door by the way, against the light, Xie Ruqing really saw Qi Yanzhi's good-looking face, and the smile on his face deepened.
"Miss Xie, it's a coincidence that this book is still here, so it's better to stay and have a meal." Xie Ruqing put the book in its place on the bookshelf and listened to Qi Yanzhi's words.
This Qi Yanzhi is really polite, and everything goes to her heart. She gestured back to him, "That's embarrassing." ”
"I heard Qingshan say that the fish caught are big and fresh, and it is good to steam them."
Since that's the case, I'm welcome, Xie Ruqing said in his heart.
The two went to the dining hall together and had a full meal, Xie Ruqing was like a successful stealing cat, and his smiling eyes narrowed.
Qi Yanzhi sat on the top seat, holding a pair of bamboo chopsticks in his white hands, which was very good-looking. Xie Ruqing looked at his hands while stuffing fish meat into his mouth, and found that his hands were not as white as Qi Yanzhi's, not as slender as his, and he was a little angry in his heart, saying that people who are idle all day long are different, and they are pampered.
Qi Yanzhi didn't know what she was thinking, only noticed that her brows were slightly twisted, but the speed of stuffing the vegetables into her mouth did not decrease in the slightest, and she suddenly felt a little funny.
"There is a lot of rain this year, and our output is a little worse, this is the detailed output and account of the grain harvest, Steward Wang, you can check it here."
"So little production this year?"
Xie Ruqing was holding a book in his hand, and when he walked into the courtyard, he saw Steward Wang being in place, flipping through a blue ledger in his hand, and there were words in his mouth.
She subconsciously stopped in one place and listened with her ears pricked up.
This year's year is good, because the harvest of the farmer in the field is good, she remembered that a few days ago, when she went out to play, in the crop field, she heard a few farmers say.
There must be a problem with the low output, she glanced at Liu Dayou, who reported the account, and knew that he had falsely reported the output.
This Liu Dayou's status in Zhuangzi is not low, and he is also the person who has the most contact with farmers, if he falsely reports the output, someone must be behind it. Xie Ruqing thought of the ingredients in the meal, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile.
After Steward Wang left, she walked back to her small courtyard as usual, carefully put aside the book given by Qi Yanzhi, and wondered how to collect evidence.
I was sleeping soundly at night, and suddenly heard the sound of rustling in the yard, Xie Ruqing quietly looked out of the window and saw that it was the direction of the granary. She quietly got up and dressed, hid in the shadows, and quietly followed behind a few people and watched from afar. The leader is Liu Dayou, who is dressed up by a few small guys.
This granary does not enter during the day, but chooses to come at night when no one is around, which is obviously tired.
She didn't dare to get too close, so she chose the corner of a room, where a shadow shone down, and if she didn't look carefully, she couldn't see that there was a person hidden.
After a few people entered, the door was carefully closed, and she waited outside for a while, and then quietly approached, poked a hole in the window, and saw that there was no one in the house, but a few bags of grain had been removed, leaking a well-hidden hole.
There were many candles and shadows in the cave, and I could vaguely hear people talking and the sound of people panting.
Xie Ruqing suddenly became enlightened, and it turned out to be a dark Chen Cang.
When the sound of the squirming was much quieter, she was afraid that someone would find her traces, so she quietly retreated into the shadows, and when she saw the people inside come out, she piled up the hole with food, and she quietly retreated to her room.
I was relieved to see the people from the window and quietly leave.