The needle drop in the room was quiet for a while, and after a while, Lin Yu'an slowly spoke.

"After we go back, let's go to the county lord's mansion for a walk, we have also been too distant in the past few years, and it is better to just sit and sit than for us to speculate here."

Wei nodded, Wang Tingzhen was a little reluctant, she didn't want to go to the county lord's mansion, let alone see the Qi family.

Lin Yu'an knows the pimple in her heart, no one likes to deal with people who don't like her, and it is reasonable that her mother doesn't want to meet with the Qi family, but now it's different, she wants her mother to come out of the gloom of the past.

With her there, she would never let the Qi family hurt her mother again.

She gently shook her mother's hand and comforted her gently: "Mother, don't think too much, just go to meet the old people for a while and scatter your heart." ”

Wang Tingzhen saw that her daughter insisted, and it was not good to refuse again, so she nodded and agreed.

Tomorrow is the day she originally planned to go back, but after returning to the wing, Lin Yu'an couldn't sleep over and over, and after seeing Qi Mubei, she felt a little uneasy.

She missed Yu Jia, and wanted to lie quietly in the crook of his arm, listen to the sound of the rain and wind outside the house, and read the book with him.

Such a dull but reassuring day will never be again, no matter how far the journey is, how bitter it is, she is the only one who holds on.

Nanyu was on duty at night, sleeping under the bed, and heard the people on the bed tossing and turning, for a long time, there was a long sigh.

She can guess three points, and the master is guilty of heart disease again.

was smiling during the day, making people think that she really didn't have any pain, but at night, when there was no one else, the master became gloomy.

She was a little worried, she didn't know how long the old lady would stay in the capital, the princess would definitely move to the Jingnan Palace, after all, in the Rongguo Mansion, without the prince, the master is a complete outsider, although there is still the name of the eldest daughter-in-law in the Guogong Mansion, but everyone knows it, and after all, it can't be taken too seriously.

And now she is also a widow, the prince is gone, she lives alone in the Guogong Mansion, her reputation is not very good after all, there is a prince in the house, others know it, and those who don't know are afraid that they will point fingers in private.

In the second half of the night, the rain stopped, and the moonlight peeked through the clouds, as if to break the shackles.

At night, there are droplets of water that fall into the stone jar with a crisp sound, and the spores on the branches break free and sprout vigorously in the brown trunks.

When I wake up in the morning, the sound of birdsong outside the window penetrates into the house from outside the Korean paper window, and there is an indescribable healing that makes people feel refreshed and wash away the dust.

Lin Yu'an was wearing a plain skirt, and her hair was curled at the back of her head with a white hosta.

It seems to be back when I was in Nanshuizhuang, my father had just left, and their sisters were all wearing heavy filial piety, and she was also wearing plain clothes and skirts.

Suddenly, there was a hazy melancholy in her heart, she may be such a fate, ill-fated, and cold.

She has a thin relationship with her father, father and daughter, and Yu Jia and her husband and wife, although they are married, they have been together for four years.

Speaking of which, my heart is full of indescribable sadness.

The carriage drove forward unhurriedly on the official road in the woods, and the squirrel jumped down, crossed over the roof of the carriage, and disappeared into the woods.

The carriage calmly went down the mountain, at the foot of the mountain, Lin Yu'an was seeing the apricot blossoms at the fork in the road, she called the coachman to stop, out of the mountain, it was not as cold as in the mountain, the bright apricot blossoms stole the moonlight, and took advantage of the spring breeze in the daytime.

Wei and Wang Tingzhen sat in a carriage, two people got off the carriage one after the other, Qinglu Manna The two little maids were the youngest, and there were some children's hearts, the two of them looked at the apricot blossoms under the tree, and exclaimed that it was so beautiful.

Not far from a few apricot blossom trees, there was a tea shed, and in the distance, an old woman was seen stirring in a deep pot with her body bent over, with a burlap apron around her body.

In this mid-spring, the business of herbal tea is only afraid that it is not easy to do, generally in summer, when pedestrians are in a hurry, they are thirsty, they will find this kind of pergola to ask for a bowl of herbal tea, a bowl of a few pennies, cheap and relieve the heat.

Seeing that she was so old and still relying on this business to eat, she felt a little pity in her heart, and Lin Yu'an said to Nanyu: "You go and see what the old woman is selling, if you have some food, buy some here." ”

Nan Yu should claim that it was, Zhou Qiao'er ran over smartly, and volunteered: "Princess, I'll also go and help Sister Nan Yu get something." ”

Thinking of Zhou Qiaoer's enthusiastic temperament, it is easiest to get close to anyone who can talk a few words, so he didn't say anything, nodded, and Zhou Qiaoer followed.

Wang Tingzhen likes the appearance of the two sisters' youngest daughters, which always makes people feel very comfortable, as if they are much younger.

She smiled kindly and said to Manna Qinglu: "You guys go play for a while, I'm fine here, don't be confined here, go play." ”

Lin Yu'an turned his head to look at his mother when he heard the sound, and his mother was sitting on the wooden bench next to the carriage, and the two dew and nectar were like buds on the branches, revealing the vitality of a girl in the clear beauty, and like two butterflies, circling around her mother.

The mother was very happy, and when she didn't speak, there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, and she could see that she was in a good mood.

But the wrinkles at the corners of the mother's eyes are very obvious, and the mother ...... Are you getting old?

With a slight tingling in her heart, Lin Yu'an turned her face away, she felt that she didn't dare to stare at her mother, the years had left a mark on her face, and she looked at the tip of her nose pantothenic.

In my memory, the one sitting in the small courtyard in the south of the Yangtze River, under the flowers and trees, the smiling face was gently reflected in the peach pink and white skylight, and the mother who was in Shaohua began to have wrinkles on her face.

Qinglu and Manna went to climb the flower branches down, made a garland with soft rattan on the side of the road, and put it on her head to show Wang Tingzhen, Wang Tingzhen smiled and said for Wei to see, and there was a burst of laughter behind him.

There was water in her eyes, she took out a handkerchief and gently pressed the corners of her eyes, turned her head to see if Nanyu and they were back, but saw a little movement over there, Nanyu was pushed out, Zhou Qiaoer was also staggered and pushed out, the rickety old woman desperately pushed the two people out, shook her hand to drive the two away, and then pulled down the bamboo curtain, scolded and said something, turned her head and closed the door.

Nan Yu and Zhou Qiao'er stood there and said something, and then the two of them walked back a little disgraced.

Lin Yu'an was very puzzled, what's wrong, could it be that Nanyu and Zhou Qiao'er said something to offend the old woman?

But after thinking about it, she shook her head again, it shouldn't be, Nan Yu and Zhou Qiao'er have not been with her for a day or two, and the temperament of the two of them is not a sharp-toothed person, how could they have a quarrel with an old woman who has never known each other.

Just thinking about it, Nan Yu and Zhou Qiao'er came over one after the other, Nan Yu glanced behind her a little speechlessly, and said depressedly: "The old woman doesn't know what the devil is, we asked her what she was selling, she said it was mash soup, I thought about the hot one, so I said I wanted ten bowls, and according to your instructions, I gave her one or two silver." ”

She paused, took a breath, and continued: "Who knew that as soon as she took the silver, her face changed, and she asked us who we were, and we didn't hide it, saying that it was from the Jingnan Palace, and the old woman didn't say anything, with a black face, she said that these things were not eaten by nobles, Qiao'er felt that she was not right, and reasoned with her, and as soon as she said two words, she was blasted out." ”

Zhou Qiao'er also added on the side: "I don't know where she got so much strength, and she threw out the silver and smashed my head, what a hateful old woman!" ”

Lin Yu'an ignored what Zhou Qiao'er said, but muttered in his heart, what is this called, so dignified, I wanted to take care of the old woman's livelihood, but I didn't expect it to be self-defeating, and my kindness was not repaid, and I was kicked out like a thief.

Over there, Wei heard Nan Yu and Zhou Qiao'er's words, and also walked over and asked what was wrong, and the two of them told Wei about it again.

Wang Tingzhen also came over at some point, and after listening to it, she felt weird, so decent, this is obviously wrong.

Wei muttered: "There must be a demon when things go wrong, you said that after reporting her identity, the old woman changed her face, is it because we are from Jingnan Palace?" ”

If that's the reason, that's interesting.

How long has the King of Jingnan been enthroned, and Lin Yu'an and Yu Jia have not separated from the Rongguo Mansion to live, so naturally there is no one who does bad things in the name of the Jingnan Palace, so the old woman's reaction is really too strange.

Lin Yu'an said: "Let's just ask, I'm afraid this matter is not simple." ”

Wei also agreed, so he let the coachman drive over, and several people did not get into the carriage again, but walked to the tea shed.

Following the protected Yueqiu knocked on the door in front, Nan Yu and Zhou Qiao'er stood beside Lin Yu'an, and the knock was very polite at first, there was no movement in the house, presumably the old woman also guessed that it was them, and deliberately did not come to open the door.

Yue Qiu continued to raise his hand and knock on the door, the force was much heavier, the sound of knock knock was impossible to ignore, and there was still no response in the house.

Yueqiu took two steps back, and just when Lin Yu'an thought he was going to forcibly climb over the wall and enter the house, he heard Yueqiu shouting: "The people in the house, if you don't open the door again, I will enter the house and open it myself!" If you wait for me to open the door myself, I can't guarantee the integrity of the house. ”

It was loud, and then there was silence in response, and just as Yueqiu was about to make a move, the latch creaked, and the door was opened from the inside.

Where did the old woman stand, her eyes glared like copper bells, and scolded: "Don't bully people, if you trespass into a private house, you will have to eat a lawsuit, if you want to come in, go and get the search documents of the government!" ”

After speaking, he was about to close the door, but he was held up by Yueqiu with his knees.

Lin Yu'an felt a little funny, this old woman still knew how to eat lawsuits, search documents, and think that she was also a person who knew some big characters, but why would she be so down, it stands to reason that such a person should not be too bad, and she didn't see her children around her, this small house seems to be the only one who lives here alone.

Lin Yu'an stepped forward and smiled politely at the old woman, "Old woman, no offense, it's just that our group is passing by here, thirsty, and wants to buy you a bowl of soup to drink, I don't know why the old woman is unwilling to sell it to us?" ”

The old woman glanced at Lin Yu'an up and down, her expression was complicated, and she waved her hand and said: "My wife is old, and the food she eats is rough and unclean, and the nobles in your city eat fine things, and your status is noble, if you eat bad stomach, my wife's life will be taken!" ”

What she said was reasonable, but Lin Yu'an intuitively felt that she was lying.

Lin Yu'an felt that her words were not credible, and she gradually put away her smile and looked at her with a solemn expression, the old woman's heart was like a drum, but her expression was natural, so she simply lowered her head and pushed the door hard.

Although she can push Nanyu and Zhou Qiao'er, she can definitely not push Yueqiu, Yueqiu is a practitioner, although she is middle-aged, she is strong and strong, and she is not easy to deal with.

"What the hell are you going to do! I have made it very clear, I beg you to raise your hands and go quickly! ”

The old woman was a little annoyed and angry, feeling that she was going to roll around next, Lin Yu'an didn't want to see such a scene, so she smiled faintly: "Don't worry, we can go, but if we leave, let other people find you, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to talk to." ”

This was said as if she was dumbfounded, and the old woman made a move, looking at Lin Yu'an with a somewhat ugly face, and her eyes were full of horror that could not be concealed, as if she had thought of something very terrifying.

"What do you want to do!"

Lin Yu'an smiled silently, and looked at the old woman's expression becoming more and more ugly.

"I knew you were going to come to the door, but I'm already old, I don't know anything, and I'm going to be buried in the ground soon, so I won't say anything."

Listening to her words, the Wei family behind her had some inexplicable feelings in her heart, and Wang Tingzhen also felt strange, what is the situation, how can buying soup be involved in these messy things.

Seeing her react like this, Lin Yu'an was secretly proud in her heart, but she didn't show anything on her face.

"It's better to go into the house and talk, talk here, I'm afraid that the wall will have ears, and then ......"

The rest of the words were not finished, but the old woman's face was already pale, and she hurriedly stretched out her head and looked left and right, and then let Lin Yu'an and his party enter the courtyard.

Three adobe houses, only the courtyard wall is made of small green bricks, it looks very secure, the corners of Lin Yuan's mouth are slightly hooked, this old woman is only afraid that she is guarding against something, and she must have something to do with them.

Yueqiu left someone to guard outside, and walked in front by himself, looking at the old woman's back with a wary face.

When she entered the house, the old woman found some small stools and came out, which were for the guests to sit on when they were selling tea, and the stools were rubbed very smooth.

Lin Yu'an looked at the old woman and said, "Old woman, you can say, I need to know the complete process of that matter." ”

The old woman didn't know that Lin Yu'an was tricking her, thinking that they were talking about the same thing, so she immediately looked at Yueqiu, meaning to let Yueqiu out.

Lin Yu'an just wanted to know about this matter quickly, and motioned to Yueqiu to guard at the door first, she would call him if she had something, Yueqiu nodded and went to the door.