On the day of the frost, the sky was just bright, Xiaobai was dazed and didn't wake up, she heard the sound of chopping wood in the yard, she put on her coat and looked at the door, sure enough, it was Guo Zhaoyang, his feet were already full of chopped firewood, the thin underwear on his body was half wet, and his forehead was full of crystal beads of sweat, which was a little clearer than the frost just hung on the leaves.

Xiaobai didn't say anything, went back to the house to clean up, went to the kitchen, first boiled ginger tea on the small stove, and then started to make the staple food, these days the official road is mostly with japonica rice and sweet potato vendors, so the staple food that welcomes guests has also become a variety of delicacies made of these two kinds of food.

After picking up a handful of hot hand towels, Xiaobai picked up another cup of hot ginger tea and went to the banyan tree, and said, "I thought you would stay for a while, why did you come back so soon?" Hurry up and wipe your sweat and don't dry it, it's frost today, beware of catching a cold. "It's like asking her husband who has just returned home, and his words are gentle and considerate.

Guo Zhaoyang smiled, took the handkerchief and wiped away the sweat beads, held the hot tea and said: "Master thinks the same as me, I can't stay in Xingyun Mansion often recently, he originally wanted me to go to Xiyue City with Yu Ke, but I missed you, so I came back." After speaking, he poured down the hot tea and pulled Xiaobai to sit down, "I stewed some soup for you, the kelp was just fished from the port of Sharo, and the pork ribs are also freshly slaughtered pigs, all fresh, and the Yu's sauce used must taste very good, I will serve you a bowl." ”

"I said why the kitchen smells sweet today." Xiaobai wanted to say that the fresh kelp was really fresh, but he didn't expect Guo Zhaoyang to raise his eyebrows lightly, and he couldn't help laughing, and Xiaobai reacted, "I didn't mean that!" ”

"Why not?" Guo Zhaoyang looked at her and thought to himself that this little girl was really interesting, and a cold word could make his heart jump for a day.

Xiaobai hurriedly explained: "I'm talking about kelp, don't get me wrong!" ”

Guo Zhaoyang sighed softly and took Xiaobai's hand, "Okay, let's go!" ”

One morning, Xiaobai was restless, obviously Guo Zhaoyang was still doing the trivial things in the store as usual, but she just felt that his eyes were on herself, so hot, which made her embarrassed. She also hopes that she is wrong, Guo Zhaoyang is the son of the world, she is just an orphan girl, what do you want, how can she get the favor of the prince?

But some likes are very inexplicable, even menacing, Guo Zhaoyang experienced ups and downs when he was young, and he is used to seeing the warmth and coldness of people, he has long put aside secular prejudices, what a beautiful hero, a talented and beautiful woman, it is not as good as a bowl of hot soup on the dinner table of ordinary couples, he hopes that his future wife is a woman with a warm heart, only in this way can he feel the beauty of this world in the extreme cold.

"Don't look at me all the time, okay?" Xiaobai quietly moved to Guo Zhaoyang's side and lowered his head slightly.

This ordinary little girl, if it weren't for a coincidence, would really be missed by this ordinary and ordinary appearance, Guo Zhaoyang laughed and said: "If you don't look at me, how do you know that I look at you?" ”

"I didn't look at you!" Xiaobai rolled his eyes, but his heart was weak, and he went to the kitchen to cook.

The smile in Guo Zhaoyang's eyes is like the warm breeze in autumn, mixed with the sweetness of the fruit and the blazing heat of the sun, which is impossible to ignore.

.......

After sending off this wave of guests at noon, Guo Zhaoyang didn't dare to stop for a moment and went to chop wood, Xiaobai rubbed his sore wrist, and lay on the table unable to move. It was only a short time before she fell asleep.

Dozens of carriages stopped at the door of the welcoming guests, Hua Rui got out of the car and put on a footstool, helped Sang Lan out of the car, let everyone put their things away, and walked in with Sang Lan.

Seeing the sleeping Xiaobai, Sang Lan couldn't help laughing, it was really the same as Ruan Yuanluo said, this girl is used to being casual, there are no rules, but she has the opportunity to be a few years old in the rich and noble family, although she is not a lady, but she also has the tranquility of a small jasper.

Hua Rui didn't dare to recognize it at first, but Xiaobai moved in his sleep, revealing half of the birthmark, and then walked over and patted Xiaobai's back gently, and said, "Little white girl? Wake up, you're here! ”

"I didn't sleep!" Xiao Bai jumped up, but Sang Lan and Hua Rui were startled. Seeing Xiaobai's sleepy eyes but trying to pretend to be awake, the two covered their mouths and smiled secretly. "What would you like to eat?" Xiaobai muttered and asked.

"Not only to eat, but also to live for a few days." Sang Lan said.

Xiaobai finally woke up and said with a smile: "Okay, upstairs is the guest room, if you want to stay for a few days, it's no problem, I'll clean it up for you." ”

"Don't be busy." Hua Rui pressed Xiaobai onto the stool and said with a smile: "Let's just clean up, can Xiaobai girl talk to my wife." ”

Sang Lan also sat down, and Xiaobai nodded and said, "No problem, I'll make tea." ”

"You don't need the little white girl to go to make tea, we have enough people, and we can clean your welcome guests from the inside out." Hua Rui waved her hand at the people outside, and twenty or thirty people came in, and the girl and the little maid had everything, and they did whatever they wanted, but they also had rules, and no one approached the door leading to the kitchen.

"What's going on?"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Sang Lan let Hua Rui go busy, held Xiaobai's hand and smiled: "I am Yuan Luo's mother." ”

Xiao Bai gasped, and a dense layer of cold sweat stirred up on his back, this is Mrs. Ruan in front of him? Mrs. Nguyen, who changed everything with a flip of her hand? Is it the eldest lady of the Sang family who dares to face the princess of the county, Wen Qing?

"I know your relationship with the Lin Mansion, but that incident has passed, don't worry, I'm not here today for those little things."

"That... What does Madame have to do? ”

Sang Lan smiled: "Didn't Yuan Luo have an agreement with you?" ”

Xiaobai suddenly realized, this can be regarded as relieved, "I haven't received a letter from Di Luo for a long time, is she coming back soon?" ”

"I've already told her to meet you here, and we'll be there in a few days."

"Oops! It's a bad thing, she said she wanted to eat all the delicious food in the world at my place, but I've been very busy lately, and I haven't been able to do a good job. ”

"Let me come with you, I haven't seen her in a long time, and I want to make her something delicious." Sang Lan smiled, looked at Xiaobai, and felt that she was really a very cute girl, no wonder she could get her daughter's sincerity, so calm, it was really worthy of being treated with sincerity by others.

"Shall I make a pot of flower tea for Madame?"

Sang Lan nodded, but the moment Xiaobai turned around, his face changed suddenly, "Wait!" ”

"What's wrong? Madam? ”

Sang Lan got up slowly, covered her heart and gasped for several breaths before calming down, and asked, "Where did the hairpin on your head come from?" ”

Xiaobai, who was used to combing two braids, now because Guo Zhaoyang is back, the ghost made a god comb a bun and put the hairpin on her head, but she doesn't often use these, so she doesn't wear them neatly, and only a small point is exposed crookedly, and she won't notice it if she doesn't look closely.

Now that she was asked by Sang Lan, Xiaobai didn't know how to answer, she suddenly remembered that this was originally Ruan Yuanluo's thing, which was snatched by Guo Zhaoyang, and finally fell into her hands by coincidence.

And she also wanted to return it to Guo Zhaoyang at the beginning, but he didn't ask for it, and now Sang Lan asked, is she going to return it to Ruan Yuanluo? didn't even think about it, this Mrs. Ruan was really worried about Guo Zhaoyang's safety, after all, he was missing.

"Have you seen the owner of this hairpin?" Sang Lan asked cautiously.

Before Xiaobai could speak, he heard a voice float out, "Are you looking for me?" Guo Zhaoyang walked out, without the gentleness when he was alone with Xiaobai, and became cold and indifferent, just like when Sang Lan met him in Xingyun Mansion that day, he was covered with sharp thorns.

Sang Lan was ecstatic, this can be regarded as a desperate situation, she has not heard from Guo Zhaoyang, even if she told Chu Cailing several times, she did not receive any reply, seeing that he was fine, she finally let go of a big stone in her heart, "Your mother and I are very worried about you, why are you here?" Can you tell your mother? No wonder she didn't hear back from me, I knew you were safe for a long time. I'll just say, how much ability can Wen Qing have... ”

"You told her early in the morning?"

"Yes, after there were rumors that you were missing, and I couldn't find out about you, I wrote to tell your mother. Thank goodness you're a blessed kid. ”

Guo Zhaoyang's face turned a little colder, he didn't know what Chu Cailing was busy with in Xiyue City, anyway, he wasn't looking for his whereabouts, "She believes this more than you, so she won't believe those rumors at all." ”

"What's wrong with you?" Sang Lan was suddenly a little scared, Guo Zhaoyang's eyes were filled with hatred that had been hidden for many years, wrapped in layers of blood and tears, "Your mother, should she... "I knew my son was missing, but I didn't do anything? Sang Lan's heart tightened, this really seemed to be something Chu Cailing had done.

"I said it a long time ago, she's not my mother."

"You're going to me off, aren't you?"

"Mrs. Ruan laughed, although the Ruan Mansion has some family background, it has no contact with the County Prince's Mansion, and the elders can't take their turns, so how can you talk about offense?"

"No contact?" The past was brought up again, and Sang Lan had nowhere to vent her annoyance, "If I didn't secretly manage you!" You can live so well until now! You fell from heaven when Marshall! You hide your private production capacity under Wen Qing's nose! ”

"What did you say?"

"When your mother left, she was discouraged, so she said a word to me, asking me to take good care of you! Blame me, I couldn't have done anything at the time, otherwise I wouldn't have made you suffer so much. ”

Guo Zhaoyang's face changed from black to white, changed and changed, and the hatred in his eyes was ignited, and a raging fire was ignited, is this the so-called mother? Knowing that he was not valued by Guo Zhifeng, Wen Qing regarded him as a thorn in his side, but he only watched from the side, even if he cared, he borrowed the hand of others, and now he suddenly appeared in front of him, do you still want him to be grateful?

"Ah Yang!" Xiaobai grabbed Guo Zhaoyang's hand and said to Sang Lan: "Go to the tearoom at the back and talk, Mrs. Ruan should have a lot of things to tell the prince." ”

Sang Lan saw Xiaobai's intimate action towards Guo Zhaoyang, and was stunned for a moment, she didn't pay attention to it just now, Guo Zhaoyang looked like a little girl, has he been here for a while? Did Xiaobai already know his identity? Why didn't you talk to Millo? Didn't the two of them talk about everything? What is Xiaobai's idea? "You two . . .

"Xiaobai is my savior!" Guo Zhaoyang said fiercely.

"Don't get me wrong, ma'am, we... It's just friends. Xiao Bai wanted to let go of his hand, but was grabbed by Guo Zhaoyang, and Sang Lan's eyes were like a basin of cold water, which completely woke up Xiao Bai.

Guo Zhaoyang pulled Xiaobai to the back yard, and said coldly: "I don't want to say anything to you, Madame, take care of yourself." ”

But I heard Sang Lan shouting: "Bastard! You're the prince of the county's mansion! ”

The son of the county king's mansion, even if he is not valued, as long as he is still the eldest son of the county king, he will be the lord in the future, this is the grace of the successive emperors to the county king's mansion, hereditary replacement, he can't escape the fate.

Xiaobai lowered his eyes, obviously he didn't have any energy on his body, but he still pushed Guo Zhaoyang's hand away, and said softly: "You really don't want to know about the past?" ”

Guo Zhaoyang was silent, but Xiaobai still guessed his answer.

The door of the tea room was closed, and Xiaobai once again recognized the gap between her and Guo Zhaoyang, even if she didn't mistake Guo Zhaoyang's feelings about herself, she shouldn't take it seriously, it was the prince of the county king's mansion.

Hua Rui poked her head out and whispered, "Little white girl, I have something to discuss with you." The whole welcome came within an hour, was cleaned clean, and lit with incense that Xiaobai had never smelled, Hua Rui handed Xiaobai a cup of tea brought from home, and said: "Our lady is going to wait for the eldest lady to come, and go to Xiyue City together, you have also seen it, there are more people with you, and the three rooms upstairs are not enough, so can you let us stay in this hall for a few days?" ”

"Okay, from today onwards, I'll only accept takeaway guests."

"Then thank you little white girl."

Xiaobai got up and said with a strong spirit: "I have to go to Huicheng, I have to come back tomorrow, I will write a sign, so that the passing merchants do not disturb you." You can cook dinner in the kitchen. ”

"Let's just use the guest stove outside." Hua Rui put a purse in Xiaobai's hand, "It's just a compensation for delaying your business for a few days." ”

Xiaobai nodded, saw that he didn't look at it, stuffed it into his arms, and went out in despair.