This voice, with the hoarseness of a young man's voice in the green, Lin Yu'an looked up and saw a young man in a smoke-gray plain robe walking in.

The boy is really willing to grow, and in a blink of an eye, Brother Zhi'er has risen so much, almost more than a head taller than her, Lin Yu'an stepped forward with a smile and patted the young man's shoulder.

"Brother Zhi'er, why did you grow up so fast!"

"Sister, don't make fun of me, I'm fifteen."

Lin Yu'an's smile deepened, his eyebrows and eyes were curved like a crescent moon, before he knew that Brother Zhi'er had gone to Songlushu by himself, and he hadn't seen him a few times when he came back, but now he saw it, where could he not be close.

In the end, this is also her younger brother, although it is only a nominal brother, but in her heart, he is a compatriot.

For Brother Zhi'er, Lin Yu'an owes it, after all, Brother Zhi'er was involved in danger in order to help him, if she hadn't noticed something was wrong later, Brother Zhi'er was only afraid that he would be killed by Mrs. Chen's family.

Speaking of Mrs. Chen, Lin Yu'an thought of Mrs. Fang again, these people have now faded out of her field of vision, if she hadn't seen Brother Zhi'er, she would have thought that her Meng Po soup had not been drunk cleanly, and she remembered the events of her previous life.

"Sister, I'm afraid it's a younger brother in your belly, he's out, so let him study with my uncle, okay?"

Lin Zhicai saw his sister's belly, which was surprisingly big, and guessed what kind of bastard it was.

Lin Yu'an sneered when she heard this, Wang Tingzhen felt that it was rare for the two sisters and brothers to talk affectionately, so she said: "You two sisters and brothers go in first to sit and talk, Brother Zhi'er looks at your sister, this is slippery, I'll make lotus root sweet soup for the two of you."

Zhi Ge'er responded with a smile, Lin Yu'an listened to the sweet soup of lotus root, and was also a little greedy, when she was in Jiangnan, it was rainy and humid, and her mother liked to make sweet soup for her and her father, she liked to sit under the eaves with a bowl, while drinking hot sweet soup, the fragrance of lotus root mixed with the smell of rain drilled into her nose for a while.

The rain trickled down the roof and into the clay pot that caught the rain, gurgling and staggering.

It's a pity that she was still a young lady at that time and now, she is about to become a mother.

Lin Zhicai found that the personal maid next to her sister had changed again, after Xianpu was gone, there was a maid named Qiu Nu next to her, and then there was another maid named Hong, and now there are new faces, but those old people are gone.

Sister, won't she be alone?

When the two sisters and brothers entered the house, the elder brother didn't mention this, and talked about some interesting things from his childhood.

Although Brother Zhi'er went to the academy to study, he would also go to the field to help when he returned to the grange on weekdays.

In fact, according to Lin Yu'an's financial resources, Brother Zhi'er naturally doesn't have to do these things, but because Aunt Chunying's family has a field, Brother Zhi'er sometimes goes to help.

Therefore, Brother Zhi'er is not like an ordinary scholar with a fair and jade-faced weak appearance, his skin is wheat-colored, he looks healthy, and there will be two pear vortices at the corners of his mouth when he speaks, which is very good-looking.

"Sister, I'm your brother, if you are bullied, you must tell me, even if I can't help you get angry now, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, your brother and I will definitely work hard to be a big official and be your backer."

Lin Yu'an didn't expect that Brother Zhi'er would suddenly look at her seriously and say this, and she didn't know how to react for a while, and a warm current surged through her heart.

For the first time, someone said that he wanted to be her backer.

This is her younger brother, not her own brother, but better than her own brother.

"Where can I be bullied, with my brother protecting me like this, who would dare?" Lin Yu'an saw that he was too serious, so he laughed and quipped.

Lin Zhicai looked at Lin Yu'an fixedly, and the firmness of his gaze showed his seriousness.

Lin Yu'an was a little panicked, feeling as if her heart was going to be seen through, but how could this young man who had never been in the world see through her thoughts.

"Sister, I'm your brother, don't blame me for being abrupt for some things." Lin Zhicai stared at his sister's eyes, and said with a blazing gaze: "Although my brother-in-law is the prince of the world, Le Anhou, but you are also the treasure of our Lin family, if he treats you badly, the Lin family will never allow him to bully you, even if we leave, we will take you back."

This was the first time, Lin Yu'an looked at the boy in front of him seriously.

is obviously just past the age of bundling his hair, why is there a vast expanse in his eyes, it feels like a deep well, which makes people unable to see the bottom at a glance.

Is this the Lin Zhicai she knows? Her younger brother grew up so fast that in the blink of an eye, it seemed to have become a towering tree that she could rely on.

Lin Yu'an's eyes were a little sour, and before the mist in his eyes condensed, he reached out and squeezed his fist and hit Zhige'er's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Bastard, you have been a lifter, and you are old-fashioned when you speak, how old are you, study hard, don't think about it all day, your brother-in-law is good to me!"

Speaking of the back, Lin Yu'an's words were a little silent, and he smiled to cover the sadness in his heart.

Lin Zhicai seemed to know what his sister was thinking, so he didn't continue the topic, and asked Lin Yu'an instead, but he gave the child a name.

Lin Yu'an shook his head, "Not yet, I don't know if it's a boy or girl, don't worry." ”

At this time, Wang Tingzhen personally entered the house with the food table, two simple sweet white porcelain lotus bowls, still steaming.

"Taste, I haven't been in the kitchen for a long time, and my hands are a little raw."

"Mother, and rice balls?" Brother Zhi'er took the bowl, scooped a spoon with a spoon, and couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Wang Tingzhen responded with a smile, but Lin Yu'an couldn't help but glance at Brother Zhi'er. He just called his mother?

The lotus root sweet soup is delicious, and it is the taste of my mother in my memory.

Mother Xu, Nanfeng and Nanyu were guarding the door, and Yueqiu also came to the Grange with people.

"Mother Xu, help me, I want to see Madame." Yue Qiu stepped forward and said to Xu's mother.

Seeing that he seemed to be in a hurry, Mother Xu nodded and went in to tell Lin Yu'an.

"Since there's something going on, let him come in directly."

When Yueqiu came in, he couldn't help but be a little envious when he saw Yan Yan smiling and warm and harmonious in the room.

"Madame! Old lady, uncle and young master! ”

Yueqiu saluted a few people one by one, and then said: "Madam, Grandpa Guo said that there are no guards around you, and according to your identity, there should be an escort team, so let us follow you in the future and directly obey your dispatch."

Lin Yu'an couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and was about to say that she didn't need so many people, and it was enough to stay, but before the words came out, she changed her mind again.

"Okay, then you can send everyone's list tomorrow, and I'll see it."

When Yueqiu left, Lin Yu'an asked Lin Zhicai: "Do you have a little guy by your side?"

When Lin Zhicai heard her ask this, he thought of the strong man just now, and hurriedly nodded: "Yes, there is one, named Su Mo, I asked him to be in the city, waiting for the new goods of the pen and ink shop."

Lin Yu'an couldn't help but laugh when he saw him avoiding it, "I also want to match you with two neat little guys, I didn't expect you to dislike it so much, so that's it, the nursing home under Grandpa Guo is not an ordinary nursing home, and I may have to return it one day." ”

Lin Zhicai laughed twice, it was not that he didn't appreciate it, but he really didn't want to take two conspicuous people to swagger through the market at any time.

For dinner, there was lotus rice, stewed chicken with tonic medicine, and a table of stir-fried vegetables, but the atmosphere at the moment was a little inexplicable.

Mother Xu stood at the end of the table, holding a silver needle with a solemn face and trying bowl by bowl, until all of them were tried to be non-toxic, she took a closer look at the ingredients and made sure that there was no food that matched her, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not just her, everyone's hearts are relieved, after all, eating like this is really a bit exciting.

After eating, Lin Yu'an suddenly thought of Qi Mubei saying that Concubine Yun was missing, so he mentioned: "Mother, have you seen your aunt?" She has not been found since she disappeared from the palace. ”

Wang Tingzhen's expression was stunned, and then she shook her head: "No, I lived in the mountains before, where do I know these things, you are pregnant with a child, don't worry about it."

The sky has collected the last glimmer of light, and the night is closed, and the frogs in the fields begin to chirp one after another, and the fragrance of nightshade comes from nowhere, but it is very faint and faint.

Lin Yu'an burned his feet in the house, and the doctor said that proper foot soaking is good for children.

The two of them were busy making the bed, and today Lin Yu'an went into the sleeping warm pavilion and shared a room with his mother Wang Tingzhen.

The mother and daughter were sitting together talking, and Mother Xu took the medicine into the house, and tried it again with a silver needle before handing it to Lin Yu'an, "Madam, this is already warm, drink it while it's hot." ”

After drinking the medicine, Xu's mother took the bowl and went back, Lin Yu'an didn't expect her to come back so quickly, looking up at her, Xu's mother hesitated slightly: "Madam, how long are you going to stay here this time?"

Lin Yu'an hasn't thought about this problem yet, but he can't live until the child speaks out, the child of the Guogong Mansion is a bit inappropriate to be born outside.

Just thinking about it, Xu's mother said: "Madam, I think you might as well give birth to the child here and then go back, not to mention anything else, there is your mother here, compared to others, people are more at ease, besides, if you go back, the two beautiful concubines of the prince are eyeing each other, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to you and the little son inside."

Lin Yu'an didn't expect Mother Xu to mention that the singer and the woman who Yu Jia brought back before were still dancing girls, and she also felt a little upset.

Thinking about it carefully, what Mother Xu said is also reasonable, her mother is naturally more at ease than outsiders here, and there are few people in Xi'an Village, which is not as complicated as in the Rongguo Mansion, plus now there are all her people here, who would dare to harm her if she gave birth here?

Wang Tingzhen had already stood up, nodded and said very approvingly: "Yes, Sister An, you will give birth to the child here, and I will take good care of you, the Duchess of the Kingdom is gone, and the prince is not here, you go back, there is no one in charge, if you give birth to a child here, I will also look after the child during confinement."

Several people gossiped, and Lin Yu'an laughed at what he said, and nodded again and again, "Okay, okay, I'll give birth to the child here." ”

Mother Xu said: "Oh, then I will let Yueqiu go into the city tomorrow to bring the Wen Po who was determined before, Madame's day is coming soon."

Lin Yu'an didn't say a word, but Wang Tingzhen shook his head: "No."

"Those people who were set up before, maybe there were no dissenting intentions at that time, and there would be people who came to the door with the idea of sending money to buy people's hearts, and they didn't have to go back to find it.

Mother Xu realized that she was so close that she forgot about this stubble, the old lady was right, why was she confused.

At night, Lin Yu'an couldn't sleep, lying on the bed, the window of the warm pavilion was slightly open, the night flowers outside should be blooming, and the fragrance was getting stronger and stronger.

"Mother Xu, are you asleep?"

The sound of even breathing from the side of the bed suddenly paused, and then Xu's mother's voice sounded: "Madam, where am I, do you want to drink water?"

Mother Xu is worthy of being an old man who is used to it, no matter how well she sleeps, as long as Lin Yu'an calls her, she will definitely wake up immediately.

Lin Yu'an listened to her hazy sleepiness, and couldn't help but wake her up with some guilt, and laughed lightly: "No, I just can't sleep, I thought you weren't asleep yet, so that's what called you, it's okay, you can sleep."

Xu's mother didn't continue to sleep, through the window, she saw the stars outside, the night breeze crossing, and the flowers and insects chirping, which was very pleasant.

"Madam, since you can't sleep, how about I tell you a story?"

Lin Yu'an smiled: "Listen to me."

"Old lady, no, it should be said that it is Mrs. Tai, that is, your grandmother, when I served her, Mrs. Tai just arrived, that was a beauty in the area of Nanzhili, at that time, there was a rich son, because he did not catch a glimpse, he wanted to die and ask to marry Mrs. Tai, at that time, ......"

Mother Xu's voice gradually lowered, Lin Yu'an listened to the sound of even breathing again, a smile rose at the corner of her mouth, but her mind was very clear.

She misses the past, those innocent, carefree days.

I miss sitting on my father's shoulder, going to sell sugar gourds on the long street, listening to the uncle on the street corner singing opera, and missing the swing she sat on when she was in Nanshuizhuang.

Xianpu pushed her, watched her swing higher and higher, and asked her with a smile: "Girl, is it high enough?"

It's been almost four years since Xian Pu left, and she often thinks about her, but never says it.

Xianpu, Xianpu, will you have been reincarnated, and you have suddenly become familiar with me when you pass by somewhere?

Never see you again in this life, never again.

The heart floated to my heart at night, like a vine, following its veins, vaguely recalling the stories of those old people.

When the day dawned, the roosters in the Grange crowed one after another, and the barking of dogs correspondingly, the Grange woke up, and Lin Yu'an also woke up.

Only then did she realize that her mother had gotten up earlier, and she had dressed and washed into the house, and the bed was already cold and the quilt was neatly folded.

"Madam, old lady is up, waiting outside for you to go out for breakfast."

Mother Xu walked in, saw Lin Yu'an, and reached out on her head to help the hairpin that was a little loose.