Chapter 55: Grown Up

"I've spilled half of this brown sugar water, and I'll mix it into a bowl of white water." Zheng Changchang pursed her mouth and said with a crying voice.

"How did you spill it?" Zheng Lingyi gently grabbed Zheng Changchang's hand, and saw that the back of the hand was red and swollen, and he was very distressed.

"Brother Qing." With just these two words, Zheng Lingyi knew what was going on.

Zheng Changchang is her own sister, she has been obedient and obedient since she was a child, soft as a glutinous rice dumpling.

She and Zheng Mianmian, the two little ones, were so obedient that they didn't even bother to take a look at Lu.

Brother Qing is a lackey, and he always likes to catch up with the Lu family, and it seems that if he barks a few more times, he can be rewarded more.

Zheng Lingyi didn't speak, and quickly took out a box of Sanhuang paste from the pile of medicines given by Zheng Yanru.

Skullcap, cork, coptis, gardenia, are all the best medicinal materials.

Zheng Lingyi rubbed it on Zheng Changchang, and as soon as her eyebrows relaxed, she showed a soothing look.

She looked at the thick layer of amber plaster on the back of her hand, and said quite embarrassedly: "I shouldn't have said that the third sister is bad, but now I still rely on her medicine." ”

Zheng Lingyi didn't speak, just had a wooden face, as if she didn't want anyone to see her thoughts.

"I can't embroider anymore." Brother Qing knocked over the brown sugar water, and it was Zheng Changchang's left hand that was burned.

She usually uses her right hand for daily life and washing, but when embroidering, she usually uses her left hand.

"Embroider a Rausch! Madame has prepared more than one gift, just waiting for her to choose! Zheng Lingyi said coldly.

Zheng Changchang saw that she was angry, and hurriedly said: "The brown sugar water is almost cold, sister drink it first." ”

Zheng Lingyi picked up the brown sugar water and drank it all as soon as he raised his neck, as if he was drinking poison.

Zheng Changchang's thick eyebrows twisted worriedly, and said carefully: "Sister, I'm really fine." ”

Zheng Lingyi nodded casually, and went to the embroidery frame to see how Zheng Changchang was embroidering.

The hibiscus has been embroidered, and there are three geese on the slanting edge of the sky to be embroidered, the wild geese are a distant view, and the shape has been outlined in vain, only the size of a broad bean.

"I'll embroider it for you." Zheng Lingyi sat down and took a needle wearing a thin light brown thread, and was about to prick it, but he hesitated.

I don't know the bottom of my heart, and it's not good to do anything.

Zheng Changchang sat next to her and said, "It's too late, I'll embroider again tomorrow." ”

Zheng Lingyi pinched the needle, pricked it back into the needle box, and suddenly said for no reason: "Is Brother Qing a few years older than Yin Niang?" ”

"Hmm." Zheng Changchang said subconsciously, and only then did she realize a trace of doubt in a daze, "Then why is Yin Niang married, but she is not married?" ”

"Yin Niang's husband is a small maid in the outer courtyard, and marrying someone does not hinder her from being an errand. Brother Qing doesn't have a place to satisfy his wife, so he won't let it out. ”

Zheng Lingyi said as if gossiping, and the crimson hibiscus flower was imprinted in her eyes as black as ink, and only turned into a little powder like a needlepoint.

She didn't embroider geese, but helped to color the grass on the hibiscus lace, which was a simple needlework, and she was still at ease.

It's just that there are some chills on the body, pain in the lower abdomen, and even the lip flap is a little pale.

Fortunately, at this time, Lu Nong came back with a soup woman, and hurriedly asked Zheng Lingyi to lie on the bed, and he was not allowed to spend any more time embroidering or reading.

"Sister, what's wrong with your hands?" Only then did Lu Nong see the burns on Zheng Changchang's hands.

Zheng Changchang snorted: "Brother Qing looked at me unpleasantly, and deliberately knocked over the medicine bowl, I reached out to take it, and it was like this." ”

Mrs. Tang's warmth made Zheng Lingyi feel a lot more comfortable, and she only heard her say softly: "You just went to the water room to wash clothes, didn't you meet Brother Qing?" ”

Lu Nong shook his head, but he was stunned, nodded again, and saw that Zheng Lingyi was puzzled, so he said: "I didn't see her in the water room, but when the slave maid went to get the charcoal stove in the morning, I saw her talking with Mama Gu in one place, so I hit the back and bypassed." ”

"What did you say?" Zheng Lingyi asked curiously.

Lu Nong wrinkled his nose and said disdainfully: "What else can Mama Gu and Brother Qing say when they get together, isn't it that Brother Qing asked Mama Gu to find a marriage for herself, and Mama Gu took advantage of the fire to rob her." ”

Mama Gu and Brother Qing were guarding the people in Xiyuan, and the people in Xiyuan were also secretly watching them.

Speaking of which, the people of Xiyuan are still in the dark, and they are in the light.

Brother Qing asked Mama Gu to say goodbye to herself, it's not a matter of one or two days.

At the beginning, she fell in love with Mama Gu's youngest son, so she always flattered Mama Gu, hoping to please her.

But she was born with long hands and big feet, and her facial features are quite upright, but she looks rough.

Mama Gu saw so many beautiful young ladies, and she was very high-minded, no matter how Brother Qing pleased, she still didn't like her.

It was not until Mama Gu's youngest sons got married and had children that she died.

Brother Qing asked Mama Gu to take a slap, which is true, but the connections she can get close to her are the best for Mama Gu.

Half of the monthly silver is divided into half every month, and it melts into a small silver bun, which goes into Mama Gu's pocket.

If Zheng Lingyi wants to say it, it is better to throw it into a puddle, at least it can be heard.

Mama Gu knows people's hearts well, and always leaks a few good words when Brother Qing is desperate, saying that there is a man of the right age in Zhuangzi who can be married.

"I must have not negotiated with Mama Gu, so I was angry with me." Zheng Changchang raised the back of her hand and blew it, and said pitifully.

Lu Nong took a small fan, fanned the cool breeze on the back of her hand, and said: "Mama Gu has received so much silver from Brother Qing, if she hasn't introduced a good family affair to others, how can Brother Qing swallow this breath?" ”

Although Brother Qing is not angry with everyone on weekdays, but in terms of facts, Mama Gu's actions are indeed a little inauthentic.

Zheng Lingyi rubbed his lower abdomen and said softly: "If Mama Gu is really determined to take money and not do anything, then we may be able to see a good show of dog eating dog." ”

Zheng Changchang smiled shyly, she thought that Zheng Lingyi was angry for herself, and she didn't take it seriously, she just listened to it as a joke.

Knowing that Zheng Lingyi had come to a small day, Aunt Jiang and Aunt Wan took five or six strings and secretly exchanged a bowl of brown sugar and wine stuffed soup to the big kitchen in the outer courtyard.

There are also red dates and walnuts in the soup, and the two completely different tastes of smooth and crispy are intertwined, sweet and delicious, and you want to eat a bowl after eating a bowl.

Zheng Yanru eats like this every time she has a menstrual affair, and Zheng Yanxian eats a milk and blood swallow cup, which is both nourishing and beautiful.

This bowl of brown sugar wine soup, Zheng Lingyiqiang fed Zheng Changchang and Zheng Mianmian two mouthfuls.

They are very sensible, and after eating two bites, they cover their mouths and refuse to eat again.

Aunt Jiang knew that Zheng Changchang had injured her hand, and she cried again behind her back, and she refused to ask Zheng Changchang to embroider again in the past few days.

Although Qiaoluo followed Zhang Qiaoniang to secretly go outside to prepare medicine to eat, but this is not a miracle medicine, and eating it will not be effective immediately.

Therefore, embroidering the autumn hibiscus picture still has to be Aunt Jiang herself. Fortunately, her needlework never sets, after all, her fifty taels of silver tickets are all saved by relying on one by one and one handkerchief over the years.

Aunt Wan's embroidery is not very good, so she can only take a needlework basket to tie on the side and watch Aunt Jiang embroider. Occasionally, the two of them talked a few words, looked up at the sky outside, and the days passed like this.

Zheng Lingyi can be regarded as having endured the little days, Aunt Jiang and Lu Nong went to the water room to boil a few large buckets of hot water for her, so that she could feel comfortable.

Since the menstrual incident, everyone said to Zheng Lingyi: "You have grown up." ”

But what does it mean to grow up?

Zheng Lingyi stroked his smooth and tender neck, looked at the body hidden under the water with some discomfort, reached out and pulled a handkerchief from the shelf, and covered it on the water.

The girl's body has just begun to develop, and her long legs are as beautiful as jade flutes, slender and moist, and even the nails are shining like a mother-of-pearl.

The body is so beautiful, others only have envy, but Zheng Lingyi sighed softly, "Now, I'm afraid I can't hide from it." ’

The reason why the Lu family despises Xiyuan is that in addition to the fact that the concubines in Xiyuan are either superficial or wooden, there is also the fact that the concubines are young and do not become a climate.

But now that she and Zheng Qiuqiu are growing up, she has offended the Lu family because of her brother's affairs, I don't know if the Lu family will find her a husband who is unbearable in the future?

Zheng Lingyi came to the menstrual affair, and Lu Nong hid it for two days, and only reported it to An Heju after the menstrual affair was over.

When he said hello the next day, Lu Shi stared at Zheng Lingyi a few more times, and then realized that she was as tall as Zheng Qiuqiu.

Seeing that the concubine was slim, but Zheng Rongli had lost a lot of weight because of the high fever for a few days, Lu Shi was very unhappy in his heart, and said: "The days go by so fast." Fifteen is also the moon. ”

Although all the women present were present, Lu Shi broke it like this, which meant to embarrass Zheng Lingyi.

Zheng Yanxian sneered and said something to Zheng Yingying.

Zheng Yingying hurriedly whispered, and the two of them 'giggled', not knowing what was funny.

"When the body is clean, go to the Buddha hall and kneel for three days. You can grow up safely, thanks to the blessing of the Buddha. ”

If it weren't for the fact that everyone in the world felt that the woman's menstrual affairs were unclean, and they were afraid that they would pollute the Buddhist hall, they were afraid that the Lu family would be more willing to ask Zheng Lingyi to take the menstrual affairs, the lower abdomen was painful, and the waist and knees were sore.

Zheng Lingyi bowed his head in response, without the slightest look of unwillingness.

She was really bored like this, Zheng Yanxian snorted coldly and said, "Pretending." ”

Zheng Yanru didn't want to listen to Zheng Yanxian's weird yin and yang, so she said, "Mother, we still have business." What do you do all the time? ”

Lu Shi nodded, looked at Zheng Yanxian with a smile, and said, "Ru'er is right, there is a happy event right now. ”

Lu Shi didn't mention it, this news has been drilled into everyone's ears with the ubiquitous wind in these days.

The day after tomorrow, Lu Congxin will follow the Qi family to Lu Mansion to propose marriage.

When everyone thought that Zheng Yanxian was about to get married, they hated to use incense to congratulate, but when they thought that they were marrying to Lu Mansion and coming back from time to time, they were not so happy.

"You all gave me peace and security in your nest that day! If anyone who is not long-sighted dares to come out and lose face, it is better to find a rope to break on the beam as soon as possible. Lu Shi said sharply.

How dare everyone say anything, they only say in unison, "Yes." ”