Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Reeds Swing
At night, Su Man tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, always feeling that something was going to happen.
"Glutinous rice balls..... Glutinous rice balls"
After calling twice, he didn't hear an answer, Su Man shook his head helplessly and smiled, when did he become so pampered. She got up and walked to the table and poured a cup of tea and drank a big sip, which was cold and thorough, and she was refreshed at once.
After that, Su Man walked to the window and forgot about the boundless moonlight in his eyes, and was slightly distracted.
"Miss?" Tang Yuan thought she had heard it wrong, she saw the young lady standing in front of the window and looking out of the window through the curtain, her back was very bleak and lonely, as if it would disappear in the next moment.
"I'm sorry to wake you up," Su Man turned back to Tang Yuan and smiled apologetically.
Su Man under the moonlight, there seemed to be a halo around her body, Tang Yuan couldn't see her facial features clearly, if she wasn't familiar with the other party's voice, she thought it was a supernatural event.
"What do you need?" Tang Yuan got up, put on his coat, took another cloak, walked behind Su Man, draped it on her, and said, "The window is cold, Miss should rest early."
"I'm having some insomnia and want to go out for a walk, you can go back and rest first"
"No," Tang Yuan replied without thinking, "It's almost ugly, and there are few people in the yard, so let the slave maid accompany you for a walk."
Su Manchu bowed, changed into a coat and cloak and walked out of the house, and came to the vicinity of the lotus pond.
Although the General's Mansion is already a wealthy home, and lanterns are lit on the corridors, it is still pitch black in many places. However, the lotus pond at this moment is very bright, the lotus leaves of the lotus pond have long withered, the river surface is clear, and the bright starry sky in the sky is reflected very beautifully.
It's been a long time since I've seen a galaxy like that.
"It's so beautiful," Su Man sighed sincerely.
At this time, Su Su's voice suddenly came from the reeds in the lotus pond, and Tang Yuan vigilantly blocked Su Man's way and shouted, "Who is there?"
The cool breeze blows, the reeds that blow through the lotus pond make a plain sound, and the scenery on the river surface also drifts away with the waves. An object sprang out of the reeds, and in the moonlight, its eyes seemed to glow green, like a foraging beast.
"Ahhh~" Tangyuan covered his eyes in fear.
Su Man squatted down over the rice balls and took a closer look at the other party, it turned out to be a little civet cat. Seeing that the other party was also vigilantly observing them, Su Man just patiently looked at it, and then took out a piece of milk cake from his side pocket and placed it in front of him for the tanuki to enjoy.
"Please, Meow-sama"
"Miss, the wild cat is fierce and impermanent, you better stay away"
Su Man glanced at the nervous Tang Yuan, then pulled the other party back a few steps and sat on the ground. The reedy grass was soft and comfortable to sit on, and Su Man lay down and quietly admired the night sky.
"Miss, you're going to catch a cold like this, let's go back quickly."
"It's okay, just sit down for a while" Su Man looked at the starry sky, but the corner of his eye kept looking at the tangled tanuki.
The kitten was very vigilant, but it was still lured by the milk cake Xiang'er, and it slowly approached and sniffed, and licked a small sip of aftertaste. Then he took a big bite into his mouth and chewed it, and deliciously closed his eyes and seemed to enjoy it.
Sensing Tang Yuan's gaze staring at it, it immediately took the rest of the milk cake and jumped into the reeds and disappeared into the night.
"Tang Yuan, I rarely hear you talk about yourself," Su Man took a tassel accessory bought by Su Cheng today and played with it in his hand, "When did you enter the mansion?" ”
When?
Tang Yuan also looked at the starry sky, it was so far away that he couldn't remember the time. "The maidservant entered the house when the young lady was about three years old"
Hearing this, Su Man glanced at the back of Tang Yuan, this child is at most fourteen or fifteen years old, and when the original owner was three years old, she was only six or seven years old. It is not easy to be sold to a rich and noble family at such a young age.
"You left your father and mother at such a young age."
"Yes, there was a famine in our land back then, the harvest of the slave's family was not good, many people opened their mouths, and there were a pair of young brothers and sisters at home. My father and mother asked her to take me into the city to find an errand, which could also reduce the burden on the family. ”
"This ...... Have you ever complained about them? ”
When she was six or seven years old, Su Man felt that she was quite sensible among her peers, she understood that her parents were celebrities and artists and had no time to accompany her, and she was not noisy every time she met and separated. But every time I see my classmates' parents driving to pick me up in the school, I will always be extremely envious.
In fact, in those years, Su Man would always lie at the window before school every day, waiting for the two figures to appear, but waiting again and again was nothing but disappointment again and again, until he no longer looked forward to it.
The school's parent-child day, parent-teacher conferences, and even the school celebration performances she represents are only attended by parents' assistants. At that time, she complained about her parents, but in fact, she still regrets it, what kind of mentality did her parents have to give birth to her?
But compared to the girl in front of him, Su Man suddenly felt that he had no worries about food and clothing and was favored by a few elders, and that complaint seemed so hypocritical. There is a feeling of moaning/moaning without disease.
"How can you complain?" Tang Yuan's answer was so natural, she sighed and said, "If my father and mother leave the slave and maid, it will just be one more person in the family starving." Selling me to Ya Po is also a helpless move. Besides, this tooth woman also chooses slaves and maids for people who are tight. I know that my father and mother have also measured it for me. ”
But after all, he sold you, regardless of life or death.
A trace of distress flashed in Su Man's eyes, few people in her world sold their children. But it seems to be a common thing here, so small children are given as maids, and everything must be respectful and cautious.
Feeling Su Man's eyes, Tang Yuan glanced sideways at the other party and smiled, "Actually, the general's mansion is delicious and delicious, and the young lady is also the kindest master in the world, and the slave and maid live well here, I should thank my father and mother for their decision back then."
"Poof" Su Man casually folded a reed pole and swept Tang Yuan's face a few times, and said with a smile, "Sycophant"
"Sneeze, sneeze"
Tang Yuan was swept by the reeds and couldn't help but sneeze a few times, thinking that there was no one around at the moment, Tang Yuan also became bold and began to scratch Su Man's itch.
Su Man made a flat face and said angrily, "Bold! ”
Hearing this, Tang Yuan immediately stopped, but the smile in Su Man's eyes under the moonlight was too obvious. According to the days of getting along, Tang Yuan naturally knew that the other party was not angry at the moment, and she had the audacity to scratch Su Man's waist.
"Hahahahaha, don't don't, it's itching to death"
"Hahahaha"
Su Man immediately jumped up and threw away the reed pole to signal his surrender. Just a moment later, there was the sound of Tang Yuan begging for mercy.
"I admit defeat, I admit defeat, Miss, you stop, stop"
"Hehe, the soldiers are not tired of cheating, see if you dare to attack me next time"
Looking at Su Man in front of him with flying eyebrows and smiling, Tang Yuan knew that Su Man, who was happy at the moment, was back again. As Miss's personal maid, she wants to solve problems for Miss, even if she can't do it, she hopes that she can bring more joy to Miss, this is her mission, and she enjoys it.
One of the reeds listened to their laughter, and the corners of his mouth turned up. He loved to hear her carefree laughter, as before, the moonlight was charming, and the few of them dug a pit here to secretly burn the chicken.
Eating the food in the rivers and lakes, listening to the anecdotes of the rivers and lakes he said, life is carefree, simple and happy. Su Bei looked up at the moonlight, his hand holding the wheelchair tightened, and the scenery was still the same, but things were wrong.
Su Man also looked up at the bright moonlight, and she felt the warmth of her childhood family that she had missed over there. She cherishes it very much, and she also hopes to fulfill her filial piety for the original owner for a few years and take away her body's due obligations.