Chunying and Hu Fei went all the way home. Selling all the way and doing a few businesses, but Hu Fei was a little listless, and even the sound of selling was not loud, Chunying saw this, so he persuaded him to simply go back earlier, the weather is not very good today, the sky is gloomy, the wind is strong, maybe it will rain. Hu Fei didn't say anything, just nodded indiscriminately.

When they got home, Wei Gong Wei and Wei Po were a little puzzled when they saw that they had come back early, and they were even more surprised when they saw the injury on Hu Fei's face. Chunying simply explained the matter, and then took out the potion and rubbed it for Hu Fei, Wei Po arranged lunch early, and Wei Gong went out to find acquaintances and inquire about the origin of that Uncle Qing.

Hu Fei seemed a little absent-minded, and hurriedly went back to the house to sleep after eating. Chunying was doing needlework in the courtyard while sticking out her head to look, and saw that he had not left the room. The uneasiness in my heart added a little more.

In the evening, Mother Lu came, she came to see her daughter, and brought a few newly made autumn clothes by the way. Chunying hurriedly welcomed her mother to her room, and hurriedly went to make tea.

Mother Lu said: "I'm not a guest, what kind of tea do you make?" I just ate wine at your uncle's house, and you can find some olive kernels to flush and eat for me. ”

Chunying responded, remembering that the second uncle still had a small packet of aged Furen, so she hurriedly went to find it, took a few grains and mixed them with boiling water, and sent them to her mother.

Mother Lu took two sips of cold drinks, fanned the heat on her face with her hand, and then said, "How are you doing these days?" Seeing that your second uncle has been gone for a long time, and the weather is getting colder, it is never a problem for you to live here, so you simply move back home, right? ”

Chunying was first surprised, and then hesitated: "Is it okay?" It's not that ...... Do you want to pretend that I am seriously injured and need to recuperate? The second uncle has only been gone for a month, will he be in a hurry? ”

Mother Lu shook her head and said: "It has been a hundred days to hurt your muscles and bones, and you have avoided it for nearly half a year, which is enough." I'll go back tomorrow and say that your injuries are almost healed, and I'll move home in a few days. ”

Chunying is naturally very willing, but Hu Fei couldn't let go of it, so she didn't answer for a while. She remembered the widow Cui who had come to inquire about the news, although she never met again, but she went out almost every day, who knows what the other party did when she was away? So she asked, "Mother." How much does Aunt Cui know about me? Does she know that I am recuperating in someone else's house? ”

"She?" Mother Lu frowned, "Who has time to pay attention to her?" Now that she doesn't live in the same courtyard, she only has those housekeepers in her eyes, where will she talk to us? After a pause, he still said with a bit of pride: "But your father is reused by Xiao Chen, and she doesn't dare to give me a face anymore recently." Last time, she also sent a bag of chestnut flour cake, saying that her daughter got it in the house, and she specially brought it to me to taste. Phew! Is she a village woman who has never seen the world? It's just a few pieces of chestnut flour cake, who doesn't have it? is also worthy of Tete to show off in front of others, so as to show how decent her daughter is? ”

"Really? Sure enough, it's abominable! Chunying casually echoed two sentences, and then asked, "Did she say anything when she brought the cake?" If it's all right, she won't come to the door, right? ”

"It's kind of weird to talk about." Lu's mother approached her daughter, "She always pestered me that day, asking about your father's errands, and asking if your sister was okay in the house - it's really strange, she was already on an errand in the house, don't she know if your sister is okay?" Ask me what to do? - Later, I asked about your second uncle and asked him why he didn't live in the back street. But I just rented a house outside, which is really not good to take care of......"

Chunying's heart tightened: "Then how did you tell her?" ”

Mother Lu showed a malicious smile: "What did you say?" Why should I tell her? I sent her out on the pretext that there was something wrong, and I cried out at the door in front of everyone that it was not a serious matter for her to inquire about the residence of a single man in the widow's house. Although my second uncle is not young, he has never married a wife, so how can he have a yellow flower girl? You say, don't you? ”

Chunying's expression was a little strange. She wanted to laugh, but she felt that this didn't seem to be very kind, but in the end she couldn't hold back and laughed out loud: "What was Aunt Cui's reaction at that time?" She must be angry, right? Mother, you can be regarded as offending her ruthlessly. ”

"If you offend, you will be offended!" Mother Lu rolled her eyes, "Who's afraid of her?" I said it in front of everyone, above board! Many people have heard it! If she wants to sue, I'll see what she can say! Could it be that she, a widow of a dead man, should have quietly come to inquire about the residence of an unmarried man? Then he snickered, "Since then, she has taken a detour when she sees me!" However, when Cui Yatou came home a few days ago, she didn't give me a good face. This girl is a little scheming, and I don't know what method to use, so I coaxed my wife to raise her to be a first-class girl, if it wasn't for my wife, I would have slapped it at the time! Glaring at me? What girl would be as unruly as her?! ”

Chunying frowned and persuaded: "Although I don't know what happened in the house, but looking at Manru's posture, it is obvious that she is no longer the little girl she was at the beginning, mother, you better not touch them." In case they really want to be unfavorable to you, my father and second uncle are not at home, and I can't go back for a while, and my sister may not be able to get the news in time to go back to save you and my brother when she is at the old lady's. ”

"Alright, alright!" Mother Lu waved her hand impatiently, "What can they do?" I didn't go into the house on an errand, and I didn't go out, so they didn't have anywhere to plant if they wanted to! ”

Chunying opened her mouth, closed it again, lowered her head and thought about it, before she said: "The so-called defense of people is indispensable. The mother and daughter of the Cui family can't do it, but the housekeeper lady can, what if they find a familiar housekeeper lady to send you drudgery? You can't get away with it. Moreover, Manru is favored in front of his wife, if he speaks ill of his father in front of his wife, then his father's promotion next year will be in vain! Mother, you'd better stay away from them, right? Don't mess with them. ”

She has been in the house for less than a year, and her biggest experience is that the battles between people are really endless, and they are impossible to prevent. She asked herself if she was not a fool, but she didn't know enough about people's hearts, and she didn't know how many hidden losses she had suffered before and after, and how many disasters she had escaped, and finally she left the house inexplicably. Manru is a ruthless person. Huanhuaxuan has several turmoil before and after, and her shadow is in it, according to this, her own mother's mind is probably not her opponent. Their Lu family still has to live a good life, there is no need to stand in front of Cui Manru and become a roadblock for her to get rid of quickly, not to mention, she is now in the limelight.

Lu's mother thought about it and felt that her daughter was reasonable, but she still refused to believe it. The mother and daughter of the Cui family, who have never been taken seriously by her, can really do anything to her. She took a few more sips of tea, chewed two more furen, spit out the slag, stretched her waist and said, "It's getting late, I should go back, and I have to go to your uncle's house to pick up Xiaohu." Take care of yourself here, and I'll take you back in a few days. ”

"Mother...... Chunying paused, gritted her teeth and said, "You can only tell the closest people when you go back, and don't be in a hurry to take me back." I'm helping Brother Xiaofei do business now, I've made some money, and when I go back, it's not as convenient as it is now, so I'd better wait a few days, right? ”

Mother Lu frowned and said, "You really went out with that little brother Hu to set up a stall?" In case people recognize it, our old Lu family's face is not very good-looking. It's a good thing for you to do needlework, so why go out with you? ”

Chunying smiled: "Don't worry, no one will recognize me, I have a sense of proportion in this matter." "She has grown a lot taller now, and she has changed her hairstyle, and her clothes are very different from when she was in the house. Besides, she had deliberately avoided the area around the Hou Mansion, unless someone from Huanhuaxuan ran to her stall and talked to her face-to-face, otherwise she wouldn't worry about being recognized.

Mother Lu said a little reluctantly: "Okay, you should be careful yourself." Your father sent a letter back from home, saying that the matter in the south had been delayed, and that he might not be able to return to Beijing until winter, and asked me to send some thick cotton clothes over. I've already taken a few jobs at hand, and they're all acquaintances, so it's hard to push, so you can help my mother make one, right? ”

Chunying hurriedly responded, and dragged out a large bag of shoes from the box: "This is what I gave to my father and second uncle, and my mother asked someone to bring them back, right?" ”

Mother Lu smiled on her face, happily agreed, and told Chunying many things before leaving. before leaving the courtyard.

Chunying stood at the door, watched her go away, looked back at the "Wei Mansion" at the end of the alley, hesitated, or turned around and closed the door.

In the early morning of the next day, Chun Ying got up to freshen up, cleaned a few yards, and went to Wei Gong Wei Po's place for breakfast, only to find that Hu Fei hadn't gone out yet. She looked at the sun rising high in the sky, felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly knocked on his door.

Without knocking twice, the door opened, and Hu Fei walked out with a pair of dark circles under his eyes, startling Chunying: "What's wrong with you?" Uncomfortable? ”

"It's nothing...... Hu Fei pursed his lips and smiled, "Sister, came over for breakfast?" I'm going to go too. ”

Chunying looked at him worriedly: "Didn't you sleep well yesterday?" But what's the trouble? "It's unusual that he always gets up early and goes out, but he stays at home when he arrives.

Hu Fei just smiled and said: "The redness and swelling on my face haven't gone away yet, I am afraid that I will scare people away when I go to do business at this time." Today I will simply buy the mule back, and tomorrow I will have to sell it elsewhere, and it will be much easier. ”

Chunying felt justified when she heard this, so she didn't ask anything more, but watching him eat breakfast calmly, wash clothes calmly, and dry clothes and worn shoes cleanly, she always felt that something was wrong.

Hu Fei went out when he was done, Chunying wanted to follow, but he said: "Sister, let's stay at home, people outside are unpredictable, maybe when you will meet gangsters, you do needlework at home, I can rest assured." The livestock market I went to today was dirty and smelled bad, so I didn't have to be dirty. ”

Chunying thought about it, so he gave in, who knew that he went, so he went all day, and only pulled a mule back after dark, but the mule is a good mule, Wei Gong personally palmed it, said that it was extremely durable and durable, and actively wrapped the two small boxes that had been made recently around the mule's back with hemp rope.

The bottom of the two boxes is equipped with small wooden wheels to facilitate pushing on flat ground, and there are hooks and ropes nailed to the outer walls for people to hang on. Chunying cooperated with Hu Fei, put the goods on it with all hands and feet, and added water bags, dry food bags, broad-brimmed hats, medicinal oils and other items, and finally tried it, the mule adapted well, and walked fast and steadily. Chunying was so happy, she knew that it was so convenient, she should have proposed to buy a mule from the beginning.

Hu Fei just smiled slightly, and the next day, when he saw that the redness and swelling on his face had disappeared, he wanted to go out alone to do business, and stopped Chunying: "I go out of the city alone, I only need to pay a tax, and if I have more you, I will spend more money, so it's better for my sister to stay at home, make more good purses, and make more connections, wouldn't it be better?" ”

Chunying thought that she could stay in the city and be responsible for the purchase, so she responded, but she was still a little worried, so she sent him all the way to Dongbian Gate, and then said goodbye to him and turned back alone.

She didn't go far before she caught a glimpse of a figure, which seemed to be Zhou Nian, and she was taken aback and hurriedly chased after her. Who knew that after a few turns behind him, the man turned around inadvertently, and she realized that she had made a mistake, he just looked four or five points similar to Zhou Nian, and his temperament was completely different.

She was a little frustrated, she hadn't seen Zhou Nian for half a year, sometimes she remembered the days when she got along with him in the past, and she was a little nostalgic, and she wanted to know more, how was she sent out of the Hou Mansion in the first place, and how is he now? Has it been reinstated?

"Chun'er?" A surprised voice came from behind her, and she turned her head and was surprised herself: "Third Young Master?!" ”

It was Li You, the third young master of the Hou Mansion who she had been waiting for, who came, with a little surprise on his face: "Why are you here?" ”

(Okay, the third young master is out...... ）。.。