Xu Yanzhu thought about the figure in her heart, and was just about to recall the past of the two of them, but suddenly remembered that she had seen the attitude of the third uncle towards the third aunt in the past two days.

In such a comparison, Xu Yanzhu immediately laughed at herself and whispered: "It seems that I am not your beloved, otherwise, how would you marry her." ”

Just thinking about this, Xu Yanzhu completely let go of the figure in his heart and concentrated on looking at the scenery in Shihuan Courtyard.

Without looking carefully, Xu Yanzhu saw at a glance a piece of land in the courtyard that was particularly incompatible with the surrounding scenery.

Looking at the bamboo fence that was still green around here, Xu Yanzhu understood that this must have been specially made by the third uncle for the third aunt.

After recognizing that the tree that had not yet grown leaves was a pomegranate tree, Xu Yanzhu became more aware of the third uncle's heart for the third aunt.

Thinking that his father once said that he was beaten by the third uncle because he moved the third uncle's things, Xu Yanzhu immediately showed a smile.

"I really don't know if I will feel unbelievable when my uncle and father come back and see the third uncle now." Xu Yanzhu muttered to herself, thinking about this, and slowly continued to walk in Shihuan Courtyard.

In the small kitchen, Dong Shu only glanced at the ingredients sent from the big kitchen and decided what to do at noon today.

This is not the first time she has cooked by herself in Shihuan's courtyard, and she didn't feel special when she saw Xianggong come to help, they had been cooking together like this for half a month.

Dong Shu's movements are fast, when she was in Dong's house before, she made all the meals for the whole family, but now she only cooks meals for three people, so naturally it doesn't take much time.

After Xu Yanzhu walked around Shihuan Courtyard twice, Dong Shu prepared the meal that she was going to make at noon today.

There are not many vegetables in early spring, Dong Shu fried a plate of sliced pork and vegetables today, and cooked a soup with shredded sulforaphane and shrimp soaked in dried goods.

The main thing is Dong Shu's favorite mushroom stewed chicken.

Although there are not many dishes, there are many portions.

Xu Yanzhu can also cook, but she usually cooks all kinds of exquisite dim sum, where have she ever made these seemingly ordinary but extraordinarily delicious farm dishes.

Seeing that Xu Yanzhu liked it, the corners of Dong Shu's mouth also showed a smile.

Because Dong Shu had been talking to the two of them when she was having dinner with her husband before, she also forgot what happened in the old lady's courtyard yesterday morning, and invited Xu Yanzhu to eat vegetables again and again.

"Yanzhu, it'll be okay in the afternoon, I'll take you to the village for a walk?" Dong Shu thought that it would be early spring, and there must be a lot of fresh and tender shepherd's cabbage next to the ridge, if you pick some more, wash and blanch them, chop them and wrap them with minced meat, they will definitely be delicious.

Dong Shu's thoughts have always been expressed on her face, although she didn't say that she wanted to pick shepherd's cabbage, but Xu Shiqiu and Xu Yanzhu's uncle and nephew still guessed her thoughts.

Xu Shiqiu couldn't bear the little lady's depression all day long, and watched Xu Yanzhu just bow her head to eat, and before she could respond to the little lady, she immediately kicked her under the table.

Sensing the third uncle's reminder, Xu Yanzhu immediately raised his head.

Seeing the third uncle's sharp eyes and the third aunt's expectant eyes, Xu Yanzhu immediately understood what was going on.

When I used to eat with my grandmother, I always 'ate without sleeping', which made her a little unaccustomed.

Holding back a smile, Xu Yanzhu first nodded at Dong Shu, and then looked at her and said, "Okay, I'll listen to the third aunt." After saying this, Xu Yanzhu thought for a while and continued: "Speaking of this Xiahe Village, although we have been here for nine years, I haven't visited it yet. ”

Xu Yanzhu's words are true, although she was young when she first arrived in Xiahe Village, her grandfather had just passed away, and she had to stay at home to keep her filial piety.

After her filial piety, the uncle's family and her father and mother left Xiahe Village one after another, and she stayed with her grandmother all day long.

Later, as she got older, it was not good for her to go out again.

Dong Shu originally just remembered to eat camellia, but after Xu Yanzhu's words fell, she immediately looked at her and stared at her in surprise: "You haven't even played in the village?" ”

Dong Shu's face was incredulous, even if she had to do a lot of things every day at her uncle's house before, she still had the opportunity to go out and play.

There are many small ponds in the village, and when they were young, they liked to go to the pond in the summer to catch small fish and cook soup at home.

And when the reeds are all grown, there will be wild ducks laying eggs in the reeds, and they will secretly take one from each nest and roast it in mud to eat.

These are the funniest things Dong Shu remembers when she was a child, when she was a child, she played behind her cousin.

Xu Yanzhu didn't expect that after she just said that she hadn't gone to the village to play, the third aunt would show such an unbelievable look.

She glanced at the third uncle, and after seeing that he had no intention of stopping him, she continued: "No, I haven't gone out before. After saying this, Xu Yanzhu was also afraid that the third aunt would find out why, so she quickly continued: "So what are you going to take me to do this afternoon?" ”

As soon as Dong Shu heard Xu Yanzhu ask, she was immediately attracted by her, thought about it and said seriously: "This is the most tender shepherd's cabbage on the ridge, we don't need to go far, just look around the house, and we will definitely find a lot." ”

Dong Shu said this, but also thought that every year the children in the village will pick camellia in the village, they do not rely on this to live, just to eat fresh, naturally there is no need to go far away to compete with them.

The key is that Dong Shu remembered that she and other girls would avoid the surroundings of the Xu family when they picked shepherd's cabbage before, so they would definitely find a lot of shepherd's cabbage around the house.

Xu Yanzhu didn't know what Dong Shu was thinking, but she didn't know anything about it, so naturally she wouldn't say anything.

After Xu Yanzhu nodded and agreed to Dong Shu's proposal, the next moment, Dong Shu looked directly at Xu Shiqiu and said, "Xianggong will also go with us, okay?" Dong Shu blinked his crescent moon eyes and looked at Xu Shiqiu with a little pleading, seeing that he was slightly stunned when he heard his words, he immediately picked up the words and continued: "Yanzhu and I pick camellia, you just watch us from a distance, just take a walk." ”

Because of Xu Yanzhu's words just now, Dong Shu easily thought of his father-in-law, who rarely left the house.

Dong Shu didn't understand those big truths, but she knew that she would be in a better mood every time she played in the village in the past.

She won't pick camellia with her husband and herself and Yanzhu, but it's okay to go out for a walk.

Xu Shiqiu didn't expect his little lady to invite him to go out together, he couldn't bear to let the little lady be disappointed, and after being stunned for a while, he didn't think much about it, so he nodded directly.

Seeing that Xiang Gong responded, Dong Shu smiled and bent her crescent eyes in the next moment, and then lowered her head to concentrate on eating, just thinking about finishing her meal quickly so that she could go out to play.

Seeing Dong Shu like this, Xu Shiqiu and Xu Yanzhu's uncle and nephew immediately glanced at each other, and after seeing a trace of helplessness in each other's eyes, they lowered their heads and continued to eat.

Because of Dong Shu's proposal, after eating, she didn't take a nap as usual, and after putting down her rice bowl, she only sat down for a while before getting up and calling Xu Shiqiu and Xu Yanzhu's uncle and nephew, and went to the big kitchen with her to find tools.

If you want to dig shepherd's cabbage, you naturally need a small shovel and a bamboo basket.

After Dong Shu and the three of them found good tools, they returned to Shihuan Courtyard and walked out of Xu's house through the small door of Shihuan Courtyard.

This is the first time Xu Yanzhu has left home since she was ten years old, looking at the spring scene in front of her, recalling the different spring scenes she saw when she was a child in the capital, and the corners of her mouth quickly showed a smile.

Dong Shu didn't think as much as Xu Yanzhu, as soon as she left the house, she would hold a bamboo basket in one hand and pull Xu Yanzhu's wrist in the other hand to walk to a place where there might be shepherd's cabbage.

After only walking a dozen steps away, Dong Shu saw a piece of fresh shepherd's cabbage three steps away in front of him.

Worried that Xu Yanzhu didn't know the shepherd's cabbage, Dong Shu pulled her to squat down, pointed to the shepherd's cabbage in front of her and taught her: "Yanzhu, look, this is the shepherd's cabbage." As he spoke, Dong Shu picked up a shepherd's cabbage with a small shovel and sent it to Xu Yanzhu and continued: "You see if the leaves of this shepherd's cabbage are like lotus flowers, and its edges are not neat, and there is a little prickly feeling. ”

When the words fell, Dong Shu also put the shepherd's cabbage in his hand into Xu Yanzhu's hand.

Xu Yanzhu was already smart, Dong Shu only said it once, she understood the characteristics of shepherd's cabbage, and then pointed out a few shepherd's cabbage around her feet under Dong Shu's gaze, and was praised by Dong Shu.

"Yanzhu, you're so smart." Dong Shu learned from Xu Yanzhu's previous praise of herself and praised her, and then continued: "There are a lot of them here, let's pick them together first." There is also a skill in picking this shepherd's cabbage, you see me do it again. ”

Dong Shu is very patient, she feels that she follows Xu Yanzhu to learn rules and etiquette and how to dress up, and then Xu Yanzhu follows her to learn to cook and raise wild vegetables and chickens.

In this way, they can both learn each other's skills and can also have something to do every day.

Xu Yanzhu also saw the third aunt's plan, she also thought that she did have a lot of time every day, and she was happy with the third aunt, so she naturally actively followed her to learn.

Xu Shiqiu stood about ten steps behind Dong Shu and Xu Yanzhu and watched them, seeing that the two of them were leaning their heads against their heads and talking happily, and after a while, they each took a small shovel and dug up a camellia on the ground, and the corners of their mouths involuntarily showed a smile.

It seems that his previous thoughts were not wrong, and he found the eldest niece to accompany the little lady, and she was really much happier.

It's just that Xu Shiqiu didn't expect at first that not only the little lady was happy, but the eldest niece Xu Yanzhu would also become much more cheerful because of this.

Thinking of this, Xu Shiqiu raised his head and glanced around, and saw that a few girls from the village not far away were also picking camellia, and immediately subconsciously took two steps in the direction of Dong Shu and Xu Yanzhu.

Dong Shu and Xu Yanzhu didn't know that there were villagers from Xiahe Village about fifty steps away from them, and both of them would be concentrating on picking up the shepherd's cabbage.

Probably because of a spring rain the night before, there are a lot of tender shepherd's cabbage that just emerged from the soil today.

Dong Shu thought about so many shepherd's cabbage while picking up the shepherd's cabbage, in addition to sending it to the big kitchen at night to pack the flat food that the family ate, he could also make some other food.

Because she was thinking seriously, she didn't notice that she and Xu Yanzhu were slowly distancing.

When she finally filled a basket of bamboo cabbage and was about to get up and go home, she found that she was more than 20 steps away from Yanzhu.

At the same time, she also saw an acquaintance who was only five paces away from her.

When Dong Shu was just hesitating to greet her in her heart, this person had already looked at Dong Shu in surprise and said with a slight mockery: "Dong Shu, aren't you married to the third son of the Xu family?" Why do you still come out to pick shepherd's cabbage? Could it be that the Xu family doesn't give you food, so you can only come out and find shepherd's cabbage by yourself? ”

With a few sharp provocative words from this person, she looked at Dong Shu's eyes, and also showed a hint of hostility.

Dong Shu looked at her before she could reply, and Xu Shiqiu, who had just noticed the movement here, had already strode over.

When Xu Shiqiu walked to Dong Shu's side, he raised his hand directly, holding the slender waist of his little lady with one hand, and taking the bamboo basket held by the little lady in his hand with the other hand.

Then, he said to the young girl in front of him with an indifferent expression: "My lady came to pick the shepherd's cabbage, because she was bored and passed the time." ”

As he spoke, Xu Shiqiu looked at the young girl in front of him dressed in coarse cloth again, and then raised his hand to help the hairpin between the little lady's hair, and after seeing that the young girl was really jealous, he continued: "After all, any piece of jewelry of my lady is enough to buy at least ten baskets of such wild vegetables." ”

Xu Shiqiu didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him coming forward to defend the little lady, and after seeing that after he said this, the young girl's eyes really became more and more jealous, and even crazy, so he took the little lady's waist and turned around quickly.

After dropping the sentence 'This girl's family, it is better to be born than to marry', and left here without hesitation.

As for why the girl behind him was jealous of the little lady, he would naturally find out.

If there is really any past between them, he will naturally solve it himself, and he will definitely not make the little lady unhappy in the slightest.

His little lady, he will naturally protect her well!