Today is the last day of the scientific expedition, Zheng Lingyi has actually prepared early, and he can set off to pick up Wu at any time, but after thinking about it, he still decided not to go.

The autumn wind is solemn, and there is a slight prickly feeling on the face.

Green beads were coated with facial grease, and when he leaned over to speak to Zheng Lingyi, there was a faint smell of herbs mixed with the smell of grease, which was not good or unpleasant.

"The slave maid let the small kitchen sit in hot water and prepare food, and when my uncle comes back, I can take a good bath and eat some hot food."

Zheng Lingyi lowered his eyes and looked at the book, but nodded.

Lu Zhu scrubbed and cleaned up the outer and inner rooms, walked around the courtyard again, and whispered when he came back: "Thinking about the time, it's almost time to leave, why hasn't my uncle come back yet?" ”

Zheng Lingyi didn't speak, just closed her lips tightly, as if she had swallowed a restless secret, as soon as she opened her mouth, the secret would overflow.

There was a chorus of voices greeting the mothers-in-law outside, and Lu Zhu knew that it was Wu who came back, so she hurriedly picked up the dirty water basin that was still on the ground and walked out.

She had to be careful not to splash the dirty water out, so she lowered her head and hurriedly said to Wu Punishment: "Uncle, bathe first or eat first?" ”

"Let's take a shower first." Wu Zhi's voice didn't sound very tired, and Lu Zhu answered, and walked out of the main house.

Luzhu poured water into the vegetable field next to the kitchen, and happily walked towards the kitchen.

Seeing Mother Jin taking a nap on the warm stove, she walked over with a cat, and before she could cover Mother Jin's eyes, she heard her say, "Little Splash, what tricks are you going to play?" ”

Lu Zhu fell on Mother Jin's shoulder and laughed for a while, and said, "Uncle is back, I want to carry a few buckets of hot water." ”

"This pot is all hot, but today is fifteen, Mrs. Wang went back to Zhuangzi to visit relatives, and Mrs. Yin was sent out by me to buy it again, how can you move it alone?"

When Mother Jin was preparing dinner, she wanted to make a table of good dishes for Wu to wash the dust, and when she was about to count, she found that a few spices were missing, so she asked Mrs. Yin to buy them.

"It's okay, I'll just pick it up one by one." Luzhu smiled.

The weight of a full bucket of water is not the same as half a basin of water, and the green beads have not done physical work for a long time.

"Otherwise, you let Fen Niang carry it for you. Let her carry water from the back side door into the West Pavilion, and she won't bump into her brother and wife. "Mother Jin is not making a way for Fenniang, but she is just distressed that Luzhu is busy, "These two walnut and pine nut soup, take them to my brother and the two of them to drink." ”

Luzhu rubbed his wrist, still a little hesitant.

Thinking that he would have to carry at least ten buckets of water, Luzhu didn't want his master to wait, so he nodded and shouted reluctantly: "Fen Niang!" Fen Niang! ”

Gan Pozi was responsible for the sprinkling and sweeping on the edge of the main house, and Fen Niang was placed in a remote place, and she was not allowed to be on the edge of the small kitchen, but she could still hear the loud shouts.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zifenniang to come, and doubts and expectations were written on her face.

Lu Zhu picked up the tea tray and said to Fen Niang: "Take these buckets of water to the West Pavilion, enter through the side door at the back, be lighter with your hands and feet, and don't disturb the young lady and young master." ”

Fen Niang hurriedly blessed the blessing, hated to swear a curse, and said, "The slave must do this errand well." ”

The more she valued it so much, the more happy she was, the more complicated the taste in Luzhu's heart became, and she bypassed her and left.

Walnut pine nut soup was originally Zheng Lingyi's favorite, and Wu Zhi drank it a few times and liked it too.

Lu Zhu carefully pushed open the door of the main room with the sweet soup, and just took a few steps in the direction of the inner room, he saw that the small door of the inner room was hit by a heavy object, and the crisp sound of porcelain breaking sounded immediately.

Lu Zhu was startled, he didn't know what was going on, and was about to go inside, but he heard Wu Zhu shouting angrily: "Get out, get out!" ”

As soon as the door of the inner room opened, Zheng Lingyi ran out quickly with tears in her eyes, and Lu Zhu hurriedly put the tea tray on the table and ran out with her.

The gatekeeper didn't dare to reach out to stop her, so she could only see them running out one after another, but she didn't know what was happening.

"Madame, ma'am! Madam! ”

No matter how Lu Zhu called her, Zheng Lingyi didn't pay attention to it, and she didn't stop until she ran into the small pavilion on the edge of the quiet residence.

"Madame, what's wrong?"

Since becoming married, Lu Zhu has never heard Wu Zhi speak loudly to Zheng Lingyi, let alone such an almost reprimanding tone today.

Zheng Lingyi's eyelids were red, as if they had been rubbed hard, but his eyes were not swollen.

"Nothing." Zheng Lingyi said, turned around and lay on the railing of the gazebo, looking as if he was in an unhappy mood.

"Ma'am." Luzhu was at a loss and didn't know what to say.

Zheng Lingyi's gaze swept away and fell from the path, seemingly careless, but extremely deliberate.

When the person she wanted to see finally appeared on the path, Zheng Lingyi covered her face with a handkerchief, looking sad and sad.

"Brother and sister?" Gao Manyi's voice was accompanied by the muffled coquettish voice of a child.

Zheng Lingyi exposed his eyes from behind the veil, how could Gao Man turn a blind eye to such a pitiful pair of red rabbit eyes?

Gao Man also led his daughter into the pavilion and said to Zheng Lingyi: "You are, what's wrong?" Isn't today the day when the third brother returns from the Tribute Academy? It's the ones who should be happy. ”

Zheng Lingyi still had tears in his eyes, but he shook his head with a forced smile, beckoned to Gao Manyi's daughter, and said, "Sister Mei, the sky is getting colder and colder, and your birthday is coming soon." Tell your third aunt, what kind of gift do you want? ”

Sister Mei has seen Zheng Lingyi a few times, although she is not afraid of her, she is not very close to her.

was only next to Gao Manyi, smiling at Zheng Lingyi but not speaking.

"I also took a pair of flower hairpins from my third aunt before, so I was shy." Gao Man also poked Sister Mei'er's face and said with a smile.

Sister Mei bit her lip and smiled silently, but suddenly turned her head and asked Zheng Lingyi to look at the pair of hairpins on the back of her head, which was the pair of red hairpins that Zheng Lingyi gave her.

Zheng Lingyi wanted to smile at Sister Mei, but she felt uncomfortable with guilt, and tears suddenly poured out uncontrollably.

Seeing Zheng Lingyi crying and laughing, Gao Manyi was also frightened.

"Xiangyang, let's take my sister back to the hospital first." Goldman also commanded.

She saw Luzhu standing on the side at a loss, thinking that she must be restless in the quiet house, so she said, "You can also go back to the quiet house and watch." There are not many people in the quiet house, so don't make any mistakes. ”

Seeing that Zheng Lingyi had no objection, Lu Zhu hesitated for a moment, but still listened to Gao Manyi's words and went back.

She turned around three times in one step, and saw that Gao Man also sat down, and the two seemed to be talking, so she was relieved to go back to the quiet house.

Lu Zhu timidly pushed open the door of the main house, stood outside the door of the inner room and plucked up the courage to say, "Uncle, are you inside?" ”

Wu Zhu didn't reply, and Lu Zhu knocked on the door again, but still didn't respond.

She gently pushed open the door and felt strange when she saw that the inner room was empty.

The charcoal fire in the charcoal basin was still silently emitting heat, and the occasional crackling sound made Luzhu startle himself.

Before this scare was over, Lu Zhu suddenly caught a glimpse of a person behind him, but fortunately he immediately found out that this person was Wu Punishment, otherwise he would have screamed in fright.

"Why is today's bathing arranged in the West Pavilion, and the maid from Anhe Ju is also asked to deliver water?" After Wu Yan walked into the inner room, he said to Lu Zhu.

Although he had just finished bathing, he didn't realize how relaxed he was.

Lu Zhu thought he was blaming, and said very nervously: "Today there is a shortage of manpower, and the slave can only let Fen Niang bring water." The east pavilion is connected to the inner room, so let her bring the water to the west pavilion of the independent door. ”

"Where's she?" Wu Zhi didn't wipe his hair, he was just wet.

Lu Zhu didn't dare to step forward to wipe his hair, so he only said, "Talk to the second young lady in the pavilion outside the quiet residence." ”

Wu Zhi nodded, pursed his lips tightly, as if he was gambling with someone, and said coldly for a long time: "Let's pass the meal." ”

When Lu Zhu heard the amnesty, when he turned around to leave, he heard Wu Zhu say with some disgust: "Don't let that maid come close to serve next time." ”

Luzhu was stunned for a moment, and she was angry that she was being fooled.

Luzhu first went to the small kitchen and told Jin's mother that she could prepare dinner.

After doing this errand, the green beads walked quickly all over the yard, and finally caught Fen Niang who was watering the flowers behind the West Pavilion.

"You hoof, are you doing something shitty in front of the young master?"

Luzhu was originally serving in a small household, without the reserve of everyone's maids, but there is a bit of market gas, and it is precisely because of this bit of market gas that she is good friends with those mothers-in-law with similar backgrounds.

Fen Niang's heart was rippling, and suddenly someone poured a basin of cold water on her head, and she was angry with the word 'cheap' and burst into tears.

"I don't, I really don't, it's just water!" She said in a hurry, and she believed it herself.

The green beads were hung in the main house, and no one was waiting for them, so she slapped Fen Niang in vain, and left after a heavy 'hum'.

Lu Nong was not there, and there were two mothers-in-law missing, Lu Zhu was really busy, and waited in the small kitchen for a while, and when Jin's mother packed dinner in a food box, she hurriedly walked to the main house.

As soon as she pushed open the door, she saw that Zheng Lingyi had already returned, and she was sitting on the tea table outside with Wu Punishment.

When the two spoke, they didn't look like they had just finished arguing, but Zheng Lingyi did look sluggish, needless to say, Lu Zhu could also see that she was still in a bad mood.

The couple ate silently, and Wu Zhi kept putting vegetables into Zheng Lingyi's bowl, and they didn't know if it was out of amendance or love.

Lu Zhu felt that she was becoming more and more unable to understand these things.

Since she arrived at Zheng Lingyi's side, she has never seen those ugly situations of insulting each other and spitting on each other, but the undercurrent in the high-ranking family makes Lu Zhu feel even more uncomfortable.

She couldn't understand these things, in fact, Luzhu didn't want to learn to understand these things at all.

These floating on the surface of the water and sinking under the water made her feel suffocated.

Late at night, Luzhu had a dream, in a thick fog, she got up in the morning to make up, looked at herself in the mirror, she was clearly not smiling, but her face was uncontrollably maintaining a decent smile.

Luzhu screamed in fright, but in the mirror she was still smiling, as if she was wearing an eternal mask.