Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Great Heat Tea
Two days ago, it happened to be a great heat, and Lu asked people to set up a tea shed in Xishi Street, not far from the Guogong Mansion, to cook tea for passers-by.
The things of large households are naturally good, and the tea is sufficient, and a cup of tea can relieve the heat.
For a while, the Guogong Mansion and the Lu family had a very good reputation, and the rumors spread to the back house.
The people outside drank the cool tea and praised the kindness of the Lu family, who would have thought that in the back house of the Guogong Mansion, there was a group of people under the deliberate torture of the Lu family, enduring thirst and exposure to the scorching sun?
The eyelids of the sweat beads were painful, Zheng Lingyi closed his eyes, the beads of sweat flowed onto the eyelashes, trembling gently on the tips of the eyelashes, the eyelashes couldn't bear the force, and then fell on the hot brick floor.
I don't know if it's an illusion, but there seems to be a 'snort', like the sound of water vapor evaporating instantly.
Zheng Changchang stood in her shadow and whispered weakly: "Sister, I'm so thirsty." ”
If she could, Zheng Lingyi hated to bite her own flesh and feed her blood.
But at the moment, Zheng Lingyi could only say one sentence, "Bear with me." ”
She glanced at Aunt Jiang worriedly, only to see that the beads of sweat on her chin could be made into a bead chain, but she was still a little relieved.
If you can sweat, it means that the heat has not been blocked in the body, and if you don't sweat, it is called a bad one.
"Come in." Yuegui finally opened the door of Anheju and let the aunt and concubines walk in.
"Oh my God, what does this smell like?" Zheng Yanxian pretended to exaggerate and snatched the fan from the handmaiden's hand and slapped her nose a few times.
Zheng Yanru seemed to want to say something, but Lu Shi shook his fan and glanced at it unhurriedly, so he didn't speak, just avoided his face.
Yuezhi clapped her hands, and saw a few strong and healthy mothers-in-law walking in with two Bingjian.
"You've been waiting outside for a long time, come, move Bingjian to the back of your aunt's sister's position, and fan the wind well."
Yuezhi is not like Qiaozhu, and the joy of schadenfreude is about to overflow from her throat.
On the contrary, she just said this sentence very flatly, like an ordinary command.
Seeing that Bing Jian was placed right behind Aunt Jiang, Zheng Lingyi's heart sank.
The two maidservants of the fan also followed behind Bingjian, they were not serving the master now, and they didn't have to carefully control the strength of their wrists, just fan.
Gusts of wind blew from behind, and Zheng Lingyi only felt that the beads of sweat on his spine seemed to be frozen.
Zheng Yingying didn't hold back, and sneezed fiercely, and the fine foam particles were visible in the air.
Zheng Yangyang shrank her feet in disgust and said, "Twelfth sister, if you don't have the blessing to suffer, let's go and stand outside." ”
"Ninth Sister is right." Zheng Yanxian played with a wisp of green silk and squinted and smiled.
Zheng Yingying didn't speak, just covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, for fear that if she sneezed out again, she would really go back to the scorching sun outside.
Aunt Wan glanced at Zheng Yangyang in surprise, and didn't seem to understand how she was acting like an eagle dog now.
Aunt Jiang lowered her eyebrows and was pleasing to her eyes, and she didn't dare to provoke the Lu family.
Lu Shi saw Aunt Wan's expression, smiled silently, and said duplicitously: "Aunt Wan, you are the youngest among the sisters, you should have a few more children, why are people's bellies bigger one by one, but you have no news?" ”
Aunt Wan said resignedly: "The concubine is blessed. ”
"Since you know that you are blessed, then go to the Buddha Hall and kneel for a few more hours, so as to add blessings."
Lu Shi said, took a sip of mint tea, and the cool tea slid down her throat, making her brow loosen.
Aunt Wan is miserable, the Buddhist hall of the Guogong Mansion seems to be quiet, but in the summer, the house is closed, and the incense is constant, and if you don't die of heat, you will suffocate to death.
She had to say, "Yes, the concubine understands." ”
finally got through until the sweat on his body was dry, and when the cold wind became just right, Lu Shi drove people away again.
As soon as I left the house, the sun was hot as if it had been cooked in spicy oil.
The Buddhist hall is behind Anheju, and Aunt Wan originally planned to go back in the afternoon, but before going out, she heard Yuezhi say behind her: "Auntie don't have to worry about lunch, the slave will ask someone to send it in." ”
This is what it means to ask Aunt Wan to go immediately.
Aunt Wan touched the little red envelope that came out of her face and smiled far-fetchedly.
In such a hot weather, the meals of the aunts have changed, and the original tofu and vegetables have been replaced with some dishes with big oil, meat, heavy spicy and salty, which makes people lose their appetite at all, and they are on fire after eating.
Aunt Jiang asked the two children to put the vegetables in the cold white boil for a while, and then eat them, it is better to lose the taste than to eat them badly.
When Aunt Wan was not there, Aunt Ai stuck to her, like a mosquito that didn't know how to hide her whereabouts, always buzzing around people's ears.
Zheng Lingyi and Zheng Changchang were in front, rushing from one shade to another, gradually playing a game of chasing from the scorching sun.
Aunt Jiang watched the two of them run and stop like two little rabbits, and no matter how aggrieved and unhappy she was, most of them dissipated at this time.
At the corner of the cloister, there are no trees, but a shallow goldfish pond with a group of goldfish that are too small to the palm of your hand and two turtles that have lived for decades.
The pool is no more than half a meter deep, the bottom is full of pebbles, and there are craggy rocks on the shore.
A large expanse of sunlight poured down, and the two children ran hand in hand.
Zheng Changchang is also starting to jump tall now, obviously according to the size of the shoes, but they can't wear them when they are ready.
Aunt Jiang simply made it bigger, but it was half an inch bigger, so she had to make do with it first, it's better to be bigger than small.
Aunt Jiang suddenly thought of this, for fear that the ill-fitting shoes would make Zheng Changchang wrestle, Ben stretched her neck and planned to call the two children, but she was a little relieved to see Lu Nong trotting all the time on the side.
Her mind was scattered, and she suddenly felt that her dress was hooked by something, and she was about to look behind her, when someone pushed her behind her, and her body was unstable, and she flipped over along the railing.
"Ahh Aunt Jiang's exclamation Zheng Lingyi turned around suddenly, and only Lu Yi and Aunt Ai stood in place.
Zheng Lingyi hurried back, only a pair of miserable white hands on the railing came into view, and the hands that had faded from the blood were crushing the railing.
It had taken all of Aunt Jiang's strength to grab the railing, and Aunt Ai pretended to be anxious to dodge, and she didn't see the smugness at the corners of her green eyebrows and eyes.
If the goldfish pond below is a deep pool, there will be a few more chances to survive, and those sharp stones will kill Aunt Jiang!
"Fifteen! Fifteen! Aunt Jiang shouted loudly.
"Auntie!" Zheng Lingyi's voice became sharp and sharp with fear, like a dagger that could easily cut through the conscience of others.
Aunt Ai and Lu Yi glanced at each other, and wanted to reach out to break Aunt Jiang's hand, but instead grabbed her wrist.
"Auntie, let go, we'll drag you up." The sound of the green approaching sounded like a curse.
Aunt Jiang refused to let go even more, her nails were deeply embedded in the railing, and the red stain made it impossible to tell whether it was blood or vermilion paint.
Zheng Lingyi untied his belt while running, tied a dead knot on the railing quickly and hard, and tied the other end of the belt tightly to Aunt Jiang's wrist.
Aunt Jiang watched Zheng Lingyi bite her belt with her snow-white millet teeth, like a hungry little wolf, and her heart couldn't help but relax a little.
Even if you can't hold it and let go, you won't be able to fall down.
"Aunt Ai, Sister Luyi, are you stupid, why don't you help me pull my aunt up?" Zheng Lingyi said loudly.
Lu Nong also ran over with Zheng Changchang in her arms, and when she saw this, she quickly put down Zheng Changchang and helped drag Aunt Jiang up.
There were already a few sporadic maids around who poked their heads curiously to look at this side, although they didn't mean to step forward to help, but this matter is too unclever to get to the point where it is now.
If Aunt Jiang was pushed down directly, it would be up to the two of them to say anything.
But Aunt Jiang grabbed the railing and provoked so many people to come to see, if the mouth was not strict and leaked a sentence or two, Lu Shi was afraid that he would not be happy.
"Why is my sister so careless, you have to be measured when you look at the fish, and lean out most of your body to see, what's going on?" Aunt Ai helped drag Aunt Jiang up, while hanging her head to avoid Aunt Jiang's sight, and said.
Aunt Jiang climbed up with difficulty, trembling unconsciously, she leaned on Zheng Lingyi tightly, and the belt on her wrist still refused to be unfastened.
Aunt Jiang stretched out her hand to pull the green away, looked at Aunt Ai behind her, and said very aggrievedly: "Sister, we don't know if the child in our belly is male or female, why do you bother to harm me?" ”
Green thought that Aunt Jiang had chosen a clean one, thinking that it was her own improvisation, and asked Aunt Jiang to believe that the person who pushed her was Aunt Ai, so she happened to stand aside and watch them eat dog.
"What did my sister say? It's clear that you're not careful. "Aunt Ai did something evil by herself, although she was mentally prepared, but in the end she was still a little frightened, and she subconsciously looked at the green with the wrong eye.
"Okay, I'm not arguing with you." Aunt Jiang happened to bow her head, wiped her tears heartbrokenly, and the large abrasions on her wrists made people look pitiful, and said, "Sister, you can do it yourself." Sister, I don't have your good fortune, if you really give birth to a son, don't have any heart that you shouldn't have! ”
She gave her hand to Green Will, asking her to help herself.
Zheng Lingyi silently held Zheng Changchang, who still had tears on her cheeks, and watched Aunt Jiang pull Aunt Ai into the water sentence by sentence.
"I, what can I think!" Aunt Ai was busy arguing.
When Aunt Jiang got up, the bruise on her knee made her gasp, and she said a little impatiently: "What my sister said herself, you can ask others to remind her!" ”
Lu Yi glanced at Aunt Ai suspiciously, and carelessly helped Aunt Jiang back to Xiyuan.
Aunt Ai couldn't argue, and stood in place beating her chest.
She just wants to keep herself and her child alive, why is it so difficult!