The sky is painted with a faint blue-gray, gradually transformed into blue-blue, red-purple, and smudged into a piece of xia, in an instant, the red light rises, and the morning sun rises.

It's a new day.

The morning mist of Cuiping Mountain burns in the golden light.

The dark green leaves of the camphor tree shine brightly and are full of life. As soon as the sun broke, the moisture from the soil filled most of the valley.

As the sun rises, the fog in the valley lifts.

Knock –

The distant bell rang, startling the birds of the forest, fluttering, and flying into the sky.

"The monks have morning class again." Huaxi stood by the window, looked at the free birds in the sky, and muttered, "It's been four thousand three hundred and twenty days, and the days have passed so fast." ”

For the past twelve years, Huaxi's daily range of activities has been Huaxi Villa, and even the monk temple on the mountain cannot be visited.

The name of Huaxi Villa was taken by Huaxi's deceased mother, Mu Xiangwan.

It is said to be a mountain villa, but in fact, it is a row of five lattice door bungalows that are a bit like Japanese-style architecture, two grass huts where the miscellaneous servants live, two fairly bright yards in front and back, and three acres of mountain land where peaches are planted on the slope of the back mountain. In addition to Huaxi, there were six servants in the courtyard and two hired farmers who cultivated the mountains. This scale is barely a small village.

The Mu family sent people to Zhuangzi twice a year to send some rice grain, but since the death of Huaxi's mother Mu Xiangwan, the amount has gradually shrunk, and now it is pitiful. The peaches produced in the mountains are limited in season, and they can be sold for a lot of money.

Even if Huaxi is full of incense recipes, due to the limited conditions, he can only make some low-quality incense powder and incense medicine, make some incense sachets, and take them to the city to exchange some money in a small shop to supplement the family. After all, the basic raw materials used in high-end incense powder and incense medicine are very valuable, and no matter how capable Huaxi is, he can't cook without rice.

There are a lot of people in Zhuangzi, but there are really not many items.

Huaxi's life is tight, at best, they are struggling on the food and clothing line. In her words, the life she lives is not as good as the great monk on the mountain, at least the incense is prosperous, and she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing.

"It's not a long-term solution to go on like this...... Huaxi retracted his gaze, hung his head, and said to himself: "When will the two door gods in the outer courtyard be able to withdraw?" ”

The lattice door of the papier-mâché was opened, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl walked in, holding a black lacquered wooden tray with a plate of pickled melons, two coarse steamed buns, and two bowls of steaming white porridge.

She wore a pea-green narrow-sleeved coarse cloth shirt on her upper body, a blue and white long skirt on her lower body, a yellow cloth belt tied around her waist, her hair was tied in a bun at will, and she was fixed with a cloth towel.

"Lilac, morning." Huaxi turned around, pursed his lips and chuckled, his clear voice like the tinkling of spring water in a mountain stream.

Lilac put down the wooden plate, "Girl, make do with something." That's all that's left in the Zhuangzi. Wu Ming has it, but you also know what kind of virtue he is......"

Hearing Lilac say Wu Ming, Huaxi couldn't help frowning. This person is a second-class steward boy of the Mu family, twenty-two years old, and he is too lazy to eat. offended people in the house, and because of his own incident a year ago, he was sent by the Mu family to strengthen his power to monitor him.

Because of the relationship between Lao Tzu's father, Wu Ming has always been arrogant in the villa, and a quarter of the rice and grain sent every time was deducted by him. In addition to her, the so-called young lady who is not a real brand, the young girl's family only has Lilac, and Wu Ming's mind is full of the idea of marrying Lilac. Now they are guarding against him like a thief.

"Forget it, don't be like him. Can Liu's mother come back today? ”

"Mom and Dacheng went into the city yesterday, and all those sachets were sold, and they could buy meat in exchange for money. I guess I can come back before noon today, and the slave maid will give you stewed meat and boiled noodles for dinner. ”

Huaxi nodded, "Clove and cinnamon stewed with five flowers, this dish is good." ”

Lilac pursed her lips and pretended to be dissatisfied: "You still have the leisure to make fun of slaves." If your mother can't come back, your eldest lady will wait to continue eating wild vegetables. ”

The corners of Huaxi's lips hooked, and she laughed at herself: "Miss? Hehe, those are those Jiaojiao in the boudoir, not your girl. ”

"Besides, there is nothing wrong with wild vegetables, blanching with salt and cold dressing, and steamed vegetable balls with noodles, those uncles and ladies in the city can't eat it if they want to. Speaking of which, we haven't eaten wild vegetables in a few days, it's weird. Why don't you take a medicine hoe and dig some in the back mountain? ”

The cloves cloth is good for the dishes and chopsticks, "My good girl, how can there be a big lady who eats this." I haven't eaten those things in a few days, and you still say you're going to dig it. If Mother Liu hears it, she should nagged that she didn't teach you well, and she is sorry for the fourth aunt and grandmother. Don't blow the wind by the window, be careful about the cold. ”

"It's not a serious young lady, why do you learn those? How many people in this world do not have enough to eat. To be a man, we must know how to cherish blessings. Let's sit down and eat together. ”

Huaxi broke a piece of steamed bun and stuffed it into her mouth and chewed it slowly.

Lilac sat down, picked up the black-flour steamed bun left on the plate, took a bite, it was rough and hard to chew, and then looked at Huaxi on the opposite side to eat sweetly, smiled bitterly, and said in her heart, where is this food and clothing like a young lady, the people who have sent daily use to the Mu family in the past six months and Wu Ming's house have deducted rice grain, and the girl can't eat enough food for three days, which is not much better than ordinary people. I just hope that those sachets can be exchanged for a good price in the city this time.

It wasn't until the waning days that Liu's mother and Dacheng came back with a flatbed donkey cart.

In addition to the rice grain, there was also a basket of fresh vegetables with oiled paper on it, a strip of pork belly two inches wide and one foot long, and a bamboo cage next to it containing two live chickens.

As soon as she entered the gate of Zhuangzi, Liu's mother instructed Dacheng to drive to the kitchen, and walked quickly to Huaxi's residence in the backyard.

"Girl, girl, I'm back, I'm back." Huaxi Liu's mother's voice came into the house from afar.

Gollum –

Gollum –

Huaxi was embroidering a pair of dragonfly lotus flowers with a flower bandage, and Lilac was filling the embroidered sachet with incense medicine on the side, sealing and locking the edges, and hearing Liu's mother's voice, the stomachs of the two protested together.

"Hehe, I'm so hungry. As soon as Liu's mother came back, the gluttonous insects were all pounding on her belly. Lilac, go open the door. ”

A breakfast has lasted until now, and the day has been cleanly watered. Huaxi put down the flower bandage to pour the tea, and the cloves had already rushed to the door.

"Girl, I went into the city this time and met someone from the family of Shanghe San in Mufu, and invited her to have some wine."

Liu's mother was panting, obviously running in a hurry.

Huaxi handed over the teacup, "Mom, take two sips and sit down and talk slowly." ”

Mother Liu took a sip of tea, breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "He San's family said that the old marquis suffered from the wind and cold last winter, and his body was not well, and he was not good in the spring of this year. The imperial doctor changed a few times, and even invited more than a dozen doctors from the people, but his body was getting worse and worse. ”

Liu's mother was a little excited when she spoke.

Huaxi sighed in her heart, hey, fortunately, it was outside the city, if the people of the Hou Mansion saw Mother Liu's appearance, they would definitely say that she cursed Hou Ye to die early.

"Isn't it more busy in the Hou Mansion, where can anyone remember us."

Huaxi replied lightly, and pressed her hand on her deflated stomach, compared to filling her stomach so as not to starve to death, the life or death of the old marquis Mu seemed to have nothing to do with her. Except for the little relationship in blood, to Huaxi, it is a stranger.

"What did Mom buy when she went into town this time?"

When Huaxi asked, Liu's mother was a little stunned.

"yes, Mom, what did you buy? The girl ate a bowl of porridge and half a black flour steamed bun in one day. Lilac was a little embarrassed, and the girl saw that she was not enough to eat, so she gave half of it to herself.

Lilac was bought by Mu Xiangwan's mother to accompany Huaxi before he died, not a child from the Hou Mansion. In addition, the family Ding and Wu Mingke, who deliver rice and grain every time, deduct grain, so Ding Xiang has no good impression of the people in the Hou Mansion, and she lacks interest in the affairs of the Hou Mansion. She was more concerned about what good things Liu's mother had made for Miss Huaxi's birthday.

Mother Liu sighed, "Oh, this time the sachet was sold at a good price, and I bought a lot, enough for us to eat for a while." Lilac, you go to the kitchen, Dacheng has already sent the things over. One of the two chickens was left, and the eggs were laid for the girl to make up for it, and the girl was the time to grow up. Also, remember Xia Shou noodles, and when the meal is ready, let Dacheng send some meat to Lao Li in the back mountain. ”

"Okay." Lilac answered and hurried to the kitchen.

Lilac was taken away by Liu's mother, and only she and Huaxi were left in the house.

Huaxi poured two mouthfuls of water by herself, picked up the flower bandage and began to embroider again.

Mother Liu looked at Huaxi under the lamp, and her heart was sour, other people's young ladies were all served by people, but her own girls were busy every day for their livelihood.

"Girl, it's getting late, it's dark in the house, don't embroider."

"There are two more stitches left to finish."

After Huaxi finished embroidering two stitches, she collected the thread, and her teeth bit off the thread.

Under the dancing candle flame, blue satin, white lotus, a dragonfly fluttered with pale green thin wings and flickered among the lotus, as if it was alive.

Mother Liu sighed secretly, the girl is really smart, with the little embroidery skills she taught, she has been making sachets for the past two years, constantly trying to improve, and now the female red is getting more and more colorful. This hand-embroidered work must be no worse than those girls in the Hou Mansion, and they can also make incense, but it's a pity to nest in this ravine.

"Girl, don't you really want to go back to the Hou Mansion?"

Huaxi put down the flower bandage and shook his head, "I don't know." Zhuangzi is a little bitter, but life is quiet. If I go back, although I don't have to worry about food and clothing, I'm afraid I won't stop living. ”

"That's the reason, Miss has such a little blood as you, and Mrs. Hou is also a concubine of Miss Hou. Listening to the meaning of the He Sanjia, Hou Ye was only afraid that time was running out. In two years, the girl will be over, and the slave doesn't want to see you live a hard life anymore. If she delays here, the girl will not find a good husband, and her life will be over. In that case, the slave is even more sorry for the young lady. ”

Mother Liu sobbed as she spoke.

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