For three days, it took Du Xiaomeng three days to reluctantly accept the fact that she had traveled to ancient times for no reason and had become another person for no reason.

The body that is now occupied by her, the original owner is called Xiang'er, and it is a maid ring in the Lin Mansion, the home of the merchants. It is said that Xiang'er was abandoned by Zhang San, the lover who made a vow to cross the mountains and the sea, and Zhang San, the personal servant of the eldest young master. On the day when Zhang San married the niece of the head of the Lin Mansion, she couldn't think about it for a while, so she ran to hang herself.

And the beautiful girl with the fragrance of jasmine (river crab) lily flowers on her body is the master of Xiang'er, Lin Xinru, the ninth lady of the Lin Mansion.

This master is not much better dressed than Xiang'er, who is a maid, and when she speaks, she lowers her head and lowers her eyes, and speaks softly, Du Xiaomeng looks at her like this, and thinks that she must be a powerless and unproductive master.

Du Xiaomeng didn't guess wrong at all.

The old man's wife and concubines in this Lin Mansion are grouped, and Lin Xinru's biological mare Mrs. Ma is from a humble background, and because she failed to give birth to a son for Master Lin, she has no status in the Lin Mansion. The biological mother is not favored, and she can't help but be ignored, plus Mrs. Ma died of illness a few years ago, she is weak and afraid of things, she has become an idler in the Lin Mansion who eats for nothing and has no contribution, so idle that even Master Lin forgets that there is such a daughter, so idle that even the subordinates dare to show her face.

The only one who doesn't bully her and treats her well is Xiang'er. Xiang'er was originally a little orphan girl living on the streets, and when she was about to starve to death on the street, she was picked up by Mrs. Ma. Xiang'er became her maid in this way, and she was also the only friend she could talk about in the Lin Mansion.

"Xiang'er, there are rice and eggs today!"

Lin Xinru couldn't hide her joy and walked in from outside, holding a bowl with half a bowl of rice and an egg in her hand and putting it in front of the bed.

Since Du Xiaomeng woke up, Lin Xinru didn't let her get out of bed, and asked her to lie on the bed to take care of her body. In the past few days, Lin Xinru has served her to eat and drink.

Although Du Xiaomeng didn't imagine lying on the bed like a wasted person, she didn't seem to have adapted to this new body at first, and she was sick and dying, so she had to lie down obediently. However, being served by an unpowerful master, he can only drink porridge and eat steamed buns every day, barely able to fill his belly.

Lin Xinru sat on the edge of the bed, handed the bowl to Du Xiaomeng, and said eagerly: "Xiang'er, the rice is still hot, eat it quickly!" ”

Du Xiaomeng's eyes were sharp, and she suddenly noticed a blood mark on the back of her right hand, and the wrist of her left hand was red and swollen. She didn't take the bowl and asked, "Miss, why did you get your hands like this?" ”

Lin Xinru put the bowl on the bed in a panic, shrunk her hands behind her back, and said in a flash, "No, it's okay." ”

Du Xiaomeng glanced at the rice bowl and asked, "Miss, is the injury on your hand related to eggs and rice?" ”

Lin Xinru looked up at her with a "how do you know" expression on her face. She hesitated for a while, lowered her head and whispered: "Kitchen, the kitchen steward Aunt Zhang said that the Lin Mansion does not raise idlers who do not work and eat for nothing, and said that Xiang'er, you pretend to be sick and do not work to eat idle meals, which breaks the rules of the house." I can't help it, I'll do it for you. But I was clumsy, and accidentally chopped my hands when chopping wood; When I was fetching water, I twisted my hand again. ”

In the end, Lin Xinru laughed happily again and said, "Fortunately, in the end, Aunt Zhang was willing to give me food, and she also gave me an extra egg." ”

Looking at Lin Xinru like this, Du Xiaomeng's heart was a little moved. No one has ever done this for her, Lin Xinru is the first! At that moment, Du Xiaomeng decided, from today onwards, Lin Xinru will be her Du Xiaomeng's good friend!

After eating, looking at the bright sunshine outside the window, Du Xiaomeng stretched her waist and said, "Miss, the weather is so good today!" Let's go out for a walk. ”

Lin Xinru said uncomfortably: "But, Xiang'er, your body ......"

Du Xiaomeng interrupted her: "Miss, don't worry, my body has already recovered!" Afraid that Lin Xinru wouldn't believe it, Du Xiaomeng deliberately jumped out of bed, jumped on the spot a few times, and shook her hands vigorously, "Look, the whole body is full of energy!" ”

"This ......" Lin Xinru hesitated for a moment, and finally smiled, "Okay." ”

The two walked out laughing. When they walked to a nine-song corridor on the pond, Du Xiaomeng saw a man walking towards them.

The man looked like a shrewd businessman. He was in his fifties, with thin eyebrows and long eyes, a mustache, a gold and jade hair bundle on his head, a navy blue robe, a gold embroidered belt around his waist, black cloth shoes on his feet, and an emerald green round jade ornament that hung from his waist to his knees.

Seeing the man, Lin Xinru stopped, pulled Xiang'er to stand aside with her head down, and when the man came over, she called softly: "Daddy." ”

The man seemed to have only seen Lin Xinru's presence at this time, but he stopped slightly, and after a "hmm" from his nose in response, he continued to walk forward.

Lin Xinru didn't care about Master Lin's coldness towards her. She got used to it over the years. She sighed softly and said, "Let's go." ”

They had taken a few steps, and the footsteps that had faded behind them turned back. Master Lin shouted from behind: "Wait! ”

Lin Xinru and Du Xiaomeng turned their heads suspiciously, and Master Lin quickly ran to them, staring at Lin Xinru with his eyes. His eyes, in Du Xiaomeng's opinion, were the same as the eyes of a businessman when he inspected the goods.

Master Lin's face quickly showed undisguised joy, and he said with a pleasant face: "You are Ba'er, right?" ”

Lin Xinru lowered her head and said, "Back to Daddy, I'm Jiu'er, Xinru." ”

Master Lin was a little embarrassed, but he quickly laughed casually: "Daddy has been busy with business matters, and he didn't notice that my family's Jiu'er has grown up, and he is as lovely as your mother." ”

Or has never heard her father praise herself like this, Lin Xinru is obviously a little uneasy. She hesitated, biting her lip and not knowing what to say.

Master Lin gently touched her head like a loving father, and said, "Our father and daughter have never spoken properly, Xinru, let's walk around with my father today and talk, okay?" ”

Lin Xinru was stunned for a moment, and then nodded lightly.

Du Xiaomeng wanted to follow, but Master Lin waved his hand and said, "You go down, Miss doesn't need you to serve." ”

Du Xiaomeng responded, watching Master Lin take Lin Xinru farther and farther. Looking at the two people who were far away, Du Xiaomeng's mind involuntarily appeared such a picture: Master Lin turned into the wolf pretending to be a kind grandmother, opened his bloody mouth, and smiled at Lin Xinru's simple and ignorant Little Red Riding Hood.

After waiting for a long time, Lin Xinru came back.

Lin Xinru came back with a pale face and a lost soul. As soon as she entered the house, she threw herself into Du Xiaomeng's arms and cried, crying and saying helplessly: "Xiang'er, what should I do?" What to do? ”

Confused by her actions, Du Xiaomeng asked anxiously, "Miss, what's going on?" ”

Lin Xinru cried for a while, and then she barely stopped her tears, and said with difficulty: "Daddy, he wants me to marry." After speaking, she cried again, "Xiang'er, I don't want to marry that reckless man!" He's, he's terrible, if I marry him, I'll be beaten to death by him. ”

Du Xiaomeng patted her on the shoulder and said, "Since Miss doesn't want to marry, let's make it clear to the master." The young lady said that the man was so terrible, and the master should not have pushed his daughter into the fire pit. ”

Lin Xinru wiped the tears from her face, shook her head and said, "It's useless." Daddy can't wait to send me right now! She smiled bitterly, "Daddy is a businessman, in his heart, nothing is more important than profit, children to him, especially a dispensable daughter like me, is like a piece of goods." ”

Du Xiaomeng heard the clue: "Miss, is the person the master wants you to marry very rich?" ”

Lin Xinru said: "That person is now a general. ”

Du Xiaomeng asked tentatively: "Is the master going to give you to him as a concubine?" ”

Lin Xinru shook her head and said, "No." He has not yet married, and my father is planning to marry me to him. ”

Du Xiaomeng continued to ask: "How old is he?" ”

Lin Xinru still shook her head: "Less than thirty, young and promising, deeply valued by the emperor." ”

Du Xiaomeng said puzzledly: "This sounds like this, this person seems to be a good young talent." ”

Lin Xinru said with a gloomy expression: "If I didn't know him, I would think like you." ”

"Huh? Miss, you've known that guy for a long time? Du Xiaomeng was a little surprised.

"That person used to have a marriage contract with my second sister. His family had business dealings with my family, and he used to be the richest man on one side, but then the family changed dramatically, and the family fortune was scattered. For this reason, my father repented of his marriage and beat him out of the house who came to my house. Unexpectedly, he would now be canonized as a general, and he has never married a wife. Because of this, my father wanted to reconcile with him, get engaged again, and marry me to him. ”

"Did he say yes?"

"Daddy just took his confidant and left for Beijing to go to the General's Mansion."

Du Xiaomeng was suddenly a little speechless. Seeing Lin Xinru crying so desolately, she thought that Master Lin had prepared a sedan chair, and was always ready to stuff her daughter into it and pack it and send it to the general's mansion......

"Miss......" Du Xiaomeng patted Lin Xinru's shoulder sympathetically, "Things haven't been settled yet, don't scare yourself, okay?" Think about it, the old man was so ruthless to that general back then, and now that he sees that others are rich and noble, he wants to go to the family with others again, and the generals may not necessarily agree. ”

Lin Xinru thought about it for a while, then burst into tears and smiled, and said embarrassedly: "Xiang'er said the same." But, in the blink of an eye, she wilted again, and the cloud was gloomy, "But what if he agreed?" So what to do? I saw him when I was a child, he was five big and three thick, with a fierce face, even if he stood there motionless, as long as you accidentally looked at him, it would be chilling! ”

was described by Lin Xinru as so terrifying, Du Xiaomeng became interested in the general he had never met.