Chapter 166: Life in the middle of the night
Zheng Lingyi is not a timid person, but when he can't sleep at night, it is even more difficult to endure without anyone around.
So in the past few days when Wu Punishment was away, Lu Nong and Lu Zhu took turns to accompany her.
Tonight it was Luzhu's turn, but Lu Nong was very talkative, so he simply hugged a thick mattress and slept next to Zheng Lingyi's bed, and the three of them were even more lively when they got together.
When Pei'er passed under the porch carrying a supper for the night maids, she saw a dim candlelight leaking out of the room, accompanied by a soft laugh.
She is so envious of Lu Nong and Lu Zhu, she can be so close to her master, and the relationship with the mother-in-law in the courtyard is also good, and people up and down like them.
Pei'er was a little sentimental, and at this time, she heard Mrs. Liu call her heartily, "Pei'er, what's delicious on your hands?" ”
She followed the prestige and saw that Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Qiu were smiling at her in a windless corner, and the two lanterns hanging above their heads were like full moons within reach, bright but not scorching.
Pei'er couldn't help laughing, her life is several times better than before, she shouldn't be so pretentious.
It's just that when people are idle, Huan'er always talks about her past affairs, saying that if the masters are not blinded, they will not accept people like her as servants.
As soon as she thought of this, the corners of Pei'er's mouth drooped, and she reluctantly raised it, and walked quickly towards the two mothers-in-law, and said, "It's a sauce meat bun, if it's not enough, there's still a hot cage in the kitchen, I'll pick it up again." ”
"Grab some and let's eat them together!" Qiu Pozi greeted warmly.
Pei'er shook her head a little sleepy, and before she could say anything, she couldn't help but yawn.
"Sleepy? Then go to sleep. Mrs. Liu said very simply.
Pei'er handed them the food box and said with a light smile: "Then I'll go back first, be careful at night." ”
"Don't worry, there are two of us. I don't get tired of talking. Qiu Pozi said.
Pell nodded, and walked across the path to the west of the main house, towards the courtyard at the back.
The courtyard was dark, and Lu Nong and Lu Zhu did not sleep in the room tonight, while the rest of the mother-in-law had already rested, and as for the small room of Pei'er and Huan'er, the lights were also blown out.
Huan'er is always like this, she sleeps when she wants to, and she never leaves a lamp for Pe'er.
Pei'er has long been used to it, and she has no complaints, but she is worried that she will wake up Huan'er, so when she pushes the door in, she is also light-hearted.
A strange voice came out, like a cat being stepped on, startling Pell away.
The room was gloomy, and the moonlight seeped in, but it only added a little chill to the black room, and did not make it any brighter.
"Uh, uh, uh." The sound of weakness and pain seemed to be squeezed out of the throat.
Pell withdrew her left foot, not daring to step further, she glanced behind her, and there was darkness and silence all around, as if some demon was growing in the darkness, and she was arching her back, ready to strike her on both sides.
"Pey, Pe'er, help, help."
Pell discerned her name from the terrifying whispers, and realized that it wasn't a demon that made the strange noise, but Huan'er.
She hurriedly walked over to the tea table and wanted to light the fuel lamp. Just as the flames were about to reach the wick, there was a muffled sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.
Peel's hand trembled, and she almost extinguished the flames, and the room lit up with a rickety light.
Huan'er was half on the bed and half on the ground, like a snake in great pain due to molting.
"How did you get this?"
Pell dragged her back to the bed, and saw that her face was pale, cold sweat was running down, and her lips were wrinkled like fingertips that had been soaked in water for a long time.
"I, I've hurt something, already, I've pulled it more than ten times, no, I don't have the strength, you go get me some hot water."
Huan'er said weakly, looking really pitiful.
Pei'er didn't take the opportunity to taunt her, but quickly returned to the tea table, reached out and touched the teapot, and said, "The water is cold, I'll go and heat it up." ”
"Quick, quick." Huan'er was almost dehydrated, and his whole mind was not very clear.
There was a fire in the kitchen, but it took some time to heat a pot of cold water.
Pei'er was already trotting all the way to and fro, and when she came back, she saw Huan'er with her eyes closed and motionless, and thought that there was something wrong with her, so she slapped her twice on the face to wake her up.
"Why is it so long, you, are you deliberately trying to trick me?"
Huan'er took a sip of water from Pei'er's hand, and after a little relief, she became uneasy, always suspecting that Pei'er was deliberately trying to make herself suffer more.
Huan'er fainted by herself, and couldn't tell the length of time, so she blamed Pei'er indiscriminately.
Pei'er was naturally uncomfortable in her heart, but she only said one sentence, "It took some time to boil water." ”
Huan'er drank a few sips of water, and the pain in her abdomen began again, and this pain came in waves, and it had tormented her for a long time before Pei'er found her.
She weakly pushed Pei'er and said, "Quick, go and ask the doctor to come, I can't stand it." ”
Pei'er was a little out of mind, Lu Nong and Lu Zhu were both in Zheng Lingyi's courtyard, even if it was her previous master's house, there was no rule to disturb the master's rest for the sake of a subordinate.
Huan'er saw that Pei'er didn't move for a long time, and she was also anxious, and said with difficulty: "I, I know that you have a bad heart!" ”
"I didn't." Pei'er couldn't help but argue: "It's just that the two sisters are with Madame tonight." Don't disturb Madame. ”
Huan'er was weak and impatient, and said without hesitation: "Madame, sleep well, is it more important than my life?" ”
"That's not what I said, even if I wake up Sister Lunong, at this time, the porter may not be willing to go out to find a doctor for us, and the foreign man in the middle of the night enters the quiet house, and the young master is not there, which is always inappropriate."
Pei'er thought very well and reasonably, and Huan'er was speechless for a while.
Huan'er's discomfort was not pretended, and Pei'er said with some sympathy: "Did you hurt something?" I'll go and make you some plum porridge. ”
Huan'er endured the pain for a moment, took a deep breath, and said: "My sister is so relied on by Mrs., I am naturally different from you, I have something three long and two short, do you think my sister will let you go?" Do you still want to live in peace? Dream on! Why don't you go find my sister? ”
She was exhausted after saying this, and she fell to the side of the bed and vomited a pile of water, the same water she had just drunk.
Huan'er was really scary like this, Pei'er hesitated for a moment, but still trotted to the main house.
At this moment, the main house had also blown the light, and Lu Nong cautiously leaned over to check Zheng Lingyi's situation, and saw that she was already asleep, so she retracted into the quilt and said softly to Lu Zhu: "Madame is asleep." ”
The two of them couldn't move and squeezed into a futon, which was weird and funny.
"Let's sleep, too." Green beads shrank herself into the quilt, very comfortable.
As soon as Midorino closed his eyes, he faintly heard someone calling his name.
The cry was very short, and Lu Nong suspected that he had heard it wrong, and as soon as he lay down, it sounded again.
"Sister, it looks like Pei'er is calling you." The ears of the green beads are very smart, and they can distinguish them after listening intently for a while.
Lu Nong muttered as he got up, "This girl, why did you come to look for me at this time?" ”
She moved very lightly, and she didn't wake up Zheng Lingyi until she went out.
Midori was also a little sleepy, and fell asleep after a while, and when she woke up again, Midori had already returned again.
"Sister, what did Pei'er call you for?" Lu Zhu saw that the green face was in a hurry, so he rubbed his eyes and said.
Lu Nong didn't answer, just glanced at Lu Zhu in embarrassment, obviously struggling whether to wake up Zheng Lingyi.
Zheng Lingyi didn't know if she felt Lu Nong's anxious mood in her sleep, and woke up when she was very entangled, and said in a daze: "Lu Nong, what's wrong?" ”
"Madam, it's all my miscontrol. Huan'er's girl ate the pastries sent from the outer courtyard, and now she has abdominal pain, and she is a little unclear. Lu Nong said cramped, anxious and guilty.
Zheng Lingyi sat up in a thin undershirt, Lu Zhu hurriedly wrapped her in a coat, she frowned, and she couldn't turn around, "Didn't those pastries all fall?" Huan'er she ate it privately? ”
"Yes." Lu Nong said embarrassedly.
"At this time, unless the main court gives a warrant, no outsiders will be allowed to enter." Zheng Lingyi also caught this matter off guard, so he could only calm down and think carefully.
"So be it. You call Zhu Yu up, and you take Huan'er out with her to heal. Green beads, take some silver and give it to Lu Nong, and let her do some concierge. Zheng Ling thought about it and quickly commanded.
Lu Nong snorted, as if he had made up his mind, and said very firmly: "Madam, I will take Huan'er out today, and I will not bring it back tomorrow, please allow Madame to find her an errand in the Zhuangzi." ”
Zheng Lingyi looked at Lu Nong speechlessly for a while, and when he saw that her expression was firm, he lowered his eyes and said: "Since you say so, then you have to talk to Huan'er well, don't make each other complain in their hearts." ”
"The slave and maid thanked the lady, and the slave and maid went to do something." Midori wiped away her tears, hardened her heart and went out.
Lu Zhu half-knelt on the side of the bed and looked at Zheng Lingyi, Zheng Lingyi also pulled the corners of her mouth helplessly, and said: "Huan'er's temperament is indeed too frivolous, and Lu Nong can't control her, and go to Zhuangzi to sharpen her temperament, if you can hold it down, you can call her back in the future." ”
Lu Zhu nodded and said, "Madam, go to sleep." Sister Midorino will take care of it. ”
Zheng Lingyi could only wait even if she was awake, but she lay down but couldn't sleep.
The pastries sent from the outer courtyard were really made of hands and feet, plus the shirt, this time it was really proper, and I made two preparations at once.
It's okay if it's all Qiao's doing, but she's afraid that more than one person will muddy the water in the pool. Although I avoided the past this time, I was still worried in my heart, and I always felt that in the dead of night, there were people watching in secret.