Chen Xiang patted his younger brother on the shoulder sympathetically: "Okay, hurry up and get to work." ”

"That'...... Then I'll go to work first. The drunken man ran away with his words.

Qu Xiaobai glanced at Chen Zui's panicked back, withdrew his gaze, and fell on Yang Ling's face.

Yang Ling's eyes were as pale as clear stream water, and he didn't mean to explain anything at all.

Qu Xiaobai rolled his eyes.

Does he think she is more stupid than Chen? Chen Zui could see that this was not normal, did he think she couldn't see it?

Or did he not intend to let her understand at all?

The latter seems to be a little more likely.

Yang Ling hugged her and continued to descend the mountain, changed to a carriage at the bottom of the mountain, and walked along a forest path to Zixu Villa.

Along the way, there are a lot of people in the road construction, widening, leveling, leveling should also be paved with cement, cement has been calcined out, this road, will be the world's first cement road.

When Qu Xiaobai looked out through the gap in the curtain, he had some complicated feelings in his heart.

Her arrival has brought something advanced, which is a good thing for this devastated and backward world.

But there are two sides to everything, there is a good side and a bad side. Behind these advanced things, there should be pollution, contention, and so on.

It's inevitable.

Even if she and Yang Ling had already formulated some measures, it would be impossible to avoid them completely.

Yang Ling looked at the expression on her face that was bright and cloudy, and suddenly there was a look of longing, raised his hand and stroked the top of her head, and said softly: "Xiaobai, you are changing an era." All changes cannot be perfect, and as long as the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, there are reasons to continue. ”

Qu Xiaobai raised his head, tilted his face slightly, and looked at him, a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Yang Ling stroked her hair a few times and gave her a smile that seemed to encourage her.

The carriage traveled for about two quarters of an hour before it arrived at Zixu Villa, Yang Ling still carried Qu Xiaobai out of the car, and was about to go inside, but was stopped by Qu Xiaobai: "Big brother, I have legs and feet, just let me go in, if you don't take this step, it will not be good for your body." ”

Yang Ling put her down.

Qu Xiaobai looked at the appearance of Zhuangzi and saw that the wall was made of bluestone, which was very heavy and even ...... There is also some solemnity, which makes people's mood immediately calm and serious.

The dark gate, there is no plaque on the lintel, and there is no four words written on Zixu Villa.

Qu Xiaobai has heard Yang Ling explain, Zixu is nothing, since there is nothing, whether you write it or not, it doesn't matter what.

Yang Ling shook Qu Xiaobai's hand and led her inside.

The courtyard has been renovated, and there is no trace of a bloody battle. It's just that now in late winter and early spring, everything has not yet recovered, and the yard still looks a little slaughtered.

There were also some servants in the courtyard who were repairing the courtyard, and when they saw the husband and wife, they all bent down and bowed their heads to salute, and Yang Ling waved his hand, signaling that they didn't have to be polite.

Yang Ling introduced the yard all the way, took her for a general tour, and finally took her to her own yard.

"This is the house I used to live in. Most of the time, I stayed in the villages outside the mountains, and I only came here to practice. Yang Ling pushed open the door and took Qu Xiaobai's hand and entered the room, "It's been roughly repaired, if you are not satisfied with anything, just let someone clean it up." ”

Qu Xiaobai glanced at the furnishings in the house, the tables, chairs and benches were all old, and some traces of time could be seen, the window screens, chair cushions, cups, utensils, etc. were new, and the style was the cold style that Yang Ling had always liked.

Yang Ling took her to the bedroom again, and most of the things in the bedroom were new, except for the bed and a few cabinets, which were still old.

The furnishings in the room seemed to have just been made, and two servants were changing the window screens, Qu Xiaobai looked at it in his eyes and blinked his big eyes.

This is...... Temporarily asked her to come here?

Why?

Did something happen yesterday?

Qu Xiaobai thought about it, but he only thought of Mu Nanyun. Mu Nanyun came to resign and specially reminded her to be careful, could it be that Yang Ling wanted to hide her here to avoid danger?

The more Qu Xiaobai thought about it, the more he felt that this was the most likely.

The young man in front of him was really strategic, thoughtful and cautious. But his handsome face, which was only twenty years old, looked even a little immature. Qu Xiaobai looked at him, and his heart was in a trance for a while.

Yang Ling said: "It's inconvenient to transport things here, you can do it first, tell me what you need." ”

"It's like I'm a guest." Qu Xiaobai pouted, looked up at him and smiled, "I'm the hostess here, hostess, how can the male host be so polite to the hostess?" ”

Yang Ling squeezed a strand of her scattered ear hair behind her ear and whispered softly: "I'm afraid that you will be wronged." ”

"Am I the one who would wronged myself?"

Yang Ling couldn't help laughing: "No." ”

Even when she first came to this strange world and couldn't even solve the problem of food and clothing, she never wronged herself, killed Yang Xingmao's house to ask for food and silver, and when she started the garment business, she first made a few sets of clothes for herself and him...... She has never been one to wronged herself in terms of materials.

Thinking of those, Yang Ling's smile deepened again.

Despite her many virtues, she was never a traditional woman. Fortunately, she is not a traditional woman.

Yang Ling took a breath lightly and pulled her to sit down on the soft couch, "I will send things over one after another in the past few days, and I will be wronged for two days first, okay?" ”

"It's not a grievance, you go and get busy with you, just come back early in the evening."

Yang Ling sorted out the belongings that Ah Wu sent in, and placed them in the position where they should be placed one by one, Qu Xiaobai urged him: "I'm idle, this little thing can still be done, you go and get busy with yours." ”

"It doesn't matter. I'll be with you a little longer. ”

Several servants changed the curtains, wiped the floor again, and saw that the room was as clean as new, so they came forward to salute, and one of them, a woman in her forties, said, "Sir, madam, it has been cleaned up, and if there is any need, call the servants again." ”

Several servants retreated in an orderly manner, and at first glance they were trained, and their hands and feet were neat and orderly.

Yang Ling said: "These are people trained by Ah Da, and they can be used with confidence." Whatever you have to do with them, just tell them. ”

"Do you have any cooking?"

Yang Ling paused for a moment, and said truthfully: "I haven't asked yet." They only came here last night. ”

"Then I'll ask later, if not, let Guan Niangzi come over."

Yang Ling is as good as a stream: "Okay, you look at the arrangement." ”

Everything was cleaned up, Yang Ling left, and pressed Qu Xiaobai on the bed before leaving. , tell her to rest well and not to work.

After Yang Ling left, Qu Xiaobai immediately got out of bed. climbed down, first went to the flower hall for a turn, and then went to the study for a turn. The study here was bigger than the one at home, with a dozen bookshelves piled high with books.

I haven't had time to finish cleaning yet, the bookshelves in front are quite clean, and the bookshelves in the back are still a little dusty.

A slave saw Qu Xiaobai, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said, "Madam, this place has not been cleaned yet, it is dirty, you better go back to the bedroom first, and you will come back after we finish cleaning, okay?" ”

Qu Xiaobai picked up a book in his hand, opened it and looked at it, it was full of obscure words, and he was a little suspicious that Yang Ling had read these books or not, so he stood in place and was stunned for a while.

The servant urged her: "Madame? You ......"

Qu Xiaobai came back to his senses from the book, "Oh, I know." ”

She turned and walked out, took two steps, and then turned back and asked, "Did you also come here overnight last night?" ”

The servant nodded, "Yes, Madame, I asked someone to inform us last night to come over and clean up, Madame, don't worry, we will clean as soon as possible." ”

Qu Xiaobai saw that although they were brutal and sharp in their hands, there was a tiredness on their faces, and said, "You haven't slept all night, have you?" There's no rush here, you go and rest first, and then come back to clean up after noon. By the way, since you only came last night, have you arranged your accommodation? ”

"Back to Mrs., Steward Yan has already assigned the accommodation, we are not tired, and it is not too late to go to rest after sweeping."

Qu Xiaobai hadn't seen this strict steward yet, but when he heard that the slave respected him very much, he seemed to be a little afraid, and couldn't help but be curious, "You go to rest first, and the combination of work and rest can improve efficiency, I don't like to blindly work hard." ”

The servants are all clever, and seeing that although this lady is immature and soft, her temper is not too good, she does not dare to disobey, "Yes, madam." ”

"Go ahead. I'll just go and talk to Steward Yan, and it just so happens that I found something. By the way, do you know where Steward Yan went? ”

The servant told her that the strict stewards were in the front yard and were watching the house be repaired.

Qu Xiaobai turned around and went out, only to find that he was still carrying Yang Ling's book in his hand, shook his head funny, and was too lazy to put it back, so he carried it to the front yard.

When she came, Qu Xiaobai found that the villa was very large, if she walked seriously, she was afraid that she would have to go shopping for a day, but now it was bare everywhere, and there was nothing to visit, so she went straight to the front yard.

Although it is the front and back yards, the courtyard where Yang Ling lives is very large, it took at least ten minutes to walk to the front yard, she looked at it while walking, and thought, Master Yang Ling really raised him as a prince, even the courtyard is so big, although the courtyard is still very barren now, but through those pavilions and ponds, you can already imagine how exquisite and wonderful this courtyard was.

In the depths of the mountains and forests, it should have taken a lot of effort and money to build such a secret place.

It stands to reason that if she can do this for Yang Ling, she should be grateful to him for Yang Ling. But Qu Xiaobai really couldn't give birth to much gratitude in his heart.

This courtyard is not Yang Ling's refuge, but his shackles.

The shackles that trapped him in the abyss of hatred.

Although Yang Huai is no wonder about this, Yang Huai is the one who pushed him into the abyss. Grace is grace, kindness and right and wrong, has always had nothing to do with it.