When he woke up, it was already night, and Zheng Lingyi felt hungry, only to realize that he had slept for four hours.

Zheng Changchang was sitting on the edge of the bed guarding her, and when she saw that she was awake, she said half-happily and half-worriedly: "Sister, Aunt Cao has been here, and she said that her father has agreed, and she will let Aunt Cao take Dong Ni to pick me up tomorrow." ”

Aunt Cao is experienced in the end, but she opened the joint in half a day.

Zheng Lingyi could vaguely guess what she said in front of Zheng Guogong, and Lu thought that he could keep himself safe by blaming Zheng Shuangshuang for all the mistakes, but this matter was said to be an accident at worst, and it was a mother murder at worst.

Even if Zheng Guogong is said to be stupid, he believes everything Lu says, but Zheng Shuangshuang is raised by Lu after all, and there is no way to escape the responsibility of improper upbringing.

Zheng Changchang returned home for a few days, Zheng Lingyi asked people to send her pastries every day, her biological mother died, and it was normal for sisters to comfort each other, plus she had made up her mind with Aunt Cao, so every time she sent pastries, it was very smooth.

Zheng Changchang asked people to bring letters, saying that Dong Ni and Aunt Cao's mother and daughter are all the way, cheerful and straightforward and very capable, Lu really has a little scruple about Dong Ni's identity, these days when I ask for peace, I am just unforgiving in words, but there is nothing on the side.

Although Zheng Changchang did not suffer any criticism from the Lu family, she lived alone in the West Garden, although she was accompanied by her maids, she always missed Aunt Jiang at night, and often had trouble sleeping all night.

Originally, he wanted Qiaoluo to serve Zheng Changchang with Dong Ni, but with the addition of the green bracelet, Zheng Changchang would have three servants.

The Lu family used this excuse to block Aunt Cao, but Aunt Cao said that Aunt Jiang had arranged a marriage for Qiaoluo before her death, and Zheng Lingyi and Zheng Changchang also knew about it.

Lu Shi picked out and searched for ten taels of silver, and wanted to send Qiaoluo out to marry immediately.

Aunt Jiang passed away just now, when she got married, in fact, she rejected this very much, just to avoid making Lu Shi too embarrassed, so Zheng Yanru played a round and postponed Qiaoluo's marriage for half a year.

Zheng Lingyi was naturally happy for Qiaoluo, but at the same time, the emotions in his heart were complicated, and it was difficult to explain for a while.

"Speaking of which, I still don't know how the husband of the twelfth sister did in the exam this time?"

Aunt Jiang's death was like a thick black cloth, falling from the sky, wrapping Zheng Lingyi in the sadness and despair of being isolated from the world.

In those days, only anger could cut through this black cloth like a sharp blade.

The rest of the time, Zheng Lingyi really didn't have the heart to find out what happened to others.

"Do you mean Xu Jifang? It's two places behind me, which is not bad. ”

Wu Zhi took advantage of Zheng Lingyi's slight distraction and stuffed a small half of peanut halva into her mouth.

"Are you praising others, or are you praising yourself?" It's rare for her to say a joke, and the halva makes her cheeks bulge, which looks particularly cute.

After she chewed halva, her cheeks returned to the look they had leaned.

Shen Qin and Chen Rao were shocked when they came to see her two days ago, Shen Qin made a distressed face, and his brows never stretched.

Chen Rao was a little more stable, just a few words of comfort at the moment, and sent a lot of supplements on the second day, asking Zheng Lingyi to change the pattern to eat.

It is now the cold time of winter, except for Sister Mei'er's birthday, she went to Lingxi Courtyard to eat a glass of thin wine and gave a gift, Zheng Lingyi has never been out of the quiet residence at all.

Zheng Lingyi deceived Qiao twice before, although Qiao was a little angry because of Aunt Jiang's sudden death, he still hated her in his heart.

Zhonggong's charcoal fire did not give half a cent to the quiet residence, and the winter clothes and clothing of the subordinates were not distributed, and all the silver that should be taken out from the middle kilometer was deducted.

Although Zheng Lingyi and Wu Zhu are not rich, they have monthly income, and the two of them are not extravagant on weekdays, and there are only a few people in the courtyard, and they can afford to raise them with their own money.

You can afford to eat meat in winter, but fresh vegetables are really expensive.

Zheng Lingyi had eaten a pickle when he was eating at Lu's house, and it tasted very good, so he asked Wu to go to this pickle village to buy a few jars of pickles of various colors, and the winter table was not boring.

The charcoal fire couldn't buy the best, so he chose the second, and each basket was five taels cheaper. Although there is more charcoal explosion, it is also smokeless and dust-free good charcoal, which is much better than the one that was shared in Xiyuan before.

In the end, this money should be pinched in your own hands, and you can always live well if you are rich and thrifty.

There was an exam coming up at the beginning of spring, and although Wu was not nervous, he was not lazy.

When the heavens are not beautiful, he stays in the room with Zheng Lingyi, he reads, and Zheng Lingyi takes care of the accounts.

When the weather is fine, I occasionally meet with Chen Shu, and the two of them talk about the things that are not very smooth in this book, and they will always have a clear mind, which is very beneficial.

Later, I either went to the Zhuangzi to inspect it, or I went to the shop to meet the stewards of each shop, and I was always busy.

Chen Zhu often laughed at Wu Zhi's copper smell and fell into the eyes of money, and Wu Zhu said that Chen Zhu was a big man and didn't know how hard it was to support his family.

In the end, it's just a joke, a friend who has known since childhood, how could Chen Zhu not know Wu Zhi's situation.

Chen Zhi was very good at reading when he was young, but he was inevitably a little arrogant, and he offended several clan brothers and sisters in words, and was abducted by them to the mountains, and was hung from a tree with his hands tied.

Wu Zhi went hunting in the mountains with General Wu at that time, and he chased the hare all the way, but unexpectedly found the poor Baba Chen.

At that time, he was not proficient in light skills, and he half-flew and half-climbed the tree with difficulty, trying to save Chen.

Wu Zhi was also conceited when he was a child, and after learning a little martial arts, he forgot that he was only a little bigger, and he thought that his strength could pull another Douding, if it wasn't for the timely arrival of General Wu, the butts of both would bloom.

Because of this incident, although the Chen family has no contact with Wu Jiaming, they have always been very polite to General Wu in private.

Even after the Wu family made a fuss, the Chen family did not order Chen Zhu to cut off contact with Wu Zhi, although there were uncles who were not open-eyed, but Chen Zhu's parents and grandparents did not say a word.

"Did Chen Shu say when he planned to achieve a positive result with the county master?"

Zheng Lingyi sat on a big rocking chair with a hand stove and read a book, while Wu Xian sat on a futon next to the wall, with both long legs bowed and extended, which was a posture that was both relaxed and vigilant.

"The descendants of the Chen family have always discussed marriage after gaining fame, so they are not prosperous, but they are all successful."

After Wu Zhi finished speaking, he paused, looked at Zheng Lingyi, and said with a little ridicule: "What, the county lord is looking forward to getting married?" ”

Zheng Lingyi glanced at him angrily, and turned a page of the book with interest.

The words all over the page seemed to crawl, and none of them could get into her head.

Zheng Lingyi concealed it very well, it has been two months since Aunt Jiang's death, and she seems to be slowly recovering in the past two months, and she occasionally laughs when she speaks.

But in fact, she still ate everything and chewed wax, and although she pretended to be asleep in the middle of the night, she was actually awake until she was very tired, and she could only sleep for a short hour or two after the rooster crowed.

But what Zheng Lingyi didn't know was that after she slept hard, Wu Xianhui would open her eyes and gently look at her sleeping face in the dark.

Every sob, frowning, she was tortured in her sleep, and Wu felt the same way.

It has been snowing heavily for several days, and the door of the retreat has been sealed by snow, Zheng Lingyi said to let some salt melt slowly, and the mother-in-law is reluctant to waste good salt, so they take turns to shovel snow.

Because everyone came in turns, and Zhu Yu's strength was indeed enough, after the morning, the path outside the gate was clean.

Zheng Lingyi was also satisfied with their serious efforts, so he gave an extra hot bone broth to a few people who were removing snow at lunchtime.

"Sister, madam, sweet soup is here." Huan'er is in the outer road.

Lu Nong was cleaning up the charcoal ash burned out in the brazier, and answered, temporarily putting aside the small copper shovel in his hand and preparing to open the door to get the sweet soup.

Unexpectedly, when the door was opened, a gust of wind was raised.

It turned out that Huan'er did not close the door of the main house after coming in, and as soon as the door of the inner room opened, the wind from outside poured in.

Today is a snowmelt day, the coldest day, the wind condenses ice particles, and the ice is biting at all.

Although Zheng Lingyi was not directly blown by the wind, he still gathered the cloak covering his body, and coughed again because of the charcoal ash raised.

Lu Nong hurriedly closed the door with his backhand, and scolded Huan'er who was standing outside: "How many times have you said it, you have to remember to close the door in this weather now, how many times have you forgotten?" ”

Huan'er turned around and put the sweet soup on the tea table, and whispered in a somewhat unconvinced voice: "Why is it so delicate?" ”

"What did you say?" Lu Nong was walking to close the door, and he didn't hear what she said for a while, but he also heard her tone not good, so he reprimanded with a straight face.

"The slave knows." Although Huan'er said this, anyone with ears could hear her reluctant tone.

At this time, Lu Zhu came back from the Guogong Mansion after delivering the pastries, Lu Nong asked her to bring sweet soup in to accompany Zheng Lingyi, and she pulled Huan'er back to the room.

"Sister, sister!" Huan'er broke away from Lu Nong's hand with some displeasure, and said, "What are you doing, it hurts me." ”

"What do you ask me to do? What do you mean, I would like to ask? Why are you so indifferent to your errands? ”

It's not that Lu Nong doesn't feel sorry for her sister, it's just that she is so careless, even though Zheng Lingyi left her in her face, Lu Nong herself is embarrassed.

"I don't care, it's just that I forgot to close the door today, my sister is too fussful." Huan'er pursed her mouth, but she was wronged.

Although the food and clothing in the quiet residence are indeed much better than the original master's house, there are also many rules and constraints.

"In that case, I will send you to Madame's Zhuangzi. That's comfortable, but there is no charcoal fire during the day, and I have to burn the kang and sleep by myself at night. ”

Lu Nong didn't really want to send Huan'er out, she knew that as soon as she said this, Huan'er would definitely give in and beg for mercy.

Sure enough, she was coquettish and said that she would be obedient.

Lu Nong said a few more words to her, but when she left, she took her own portion of the pastry from the small kitchen and told her to eat it so that she could go on an errand.

Huan'er was eating pastries in the house with her feet crossed, and Pei'er came back to the room to change her clothes and happened to bump into it.

She was just taking her clothes to wash, but her feet slipped and fell into the mud, one was full of embarrassment, and the other was leisurely.