Chapter Thirty-Eight: The House of Literature (II)

Mama Zheng's face softened slightly, and she sighed softly and said:

"The girl doesn't want to make trouble, and Mama also wants to stay up until the prince comes back, but where can anyone live in this house? The girl is weak, and she has always been very afraid of the cold, and she can't stay up even if she stays in such a cold room. ”

Li Qing was silent, the moon in Pingyang Mansion, the ice and the ground, this cold house, the cold kang, if it was before entering the official, she might be able to survive for a few days, but since she became an official, to be exact, since she moved back to the Li Mansion in July, she has been living in worry, displacement, diet and rest can not be thorough, she has also been sick in the middle, her body is too thin, too much overdraft, such an igloo, as long as one night, she will be sick, at this time, the cold has risen from under her feet, The heat from the bath has almost dissipated. Li Qing tightened her grip and reluctantly instructed Mama Zheng:

"Mama go and ask, if this kang is burning, let's see if I can ask for a charcoal basin."

Mama Zheng nodded, first helped Li Qing to sit down on the kang, pulled the quilt, and wrapped Li Qing and Dayu. He turned around and hurried out of the house.

After a while, Mama Zheng entered the room with a gloomy face, Li Qing motioned for her to sit on the kang and talk, Mama Zheng sat sideways on the edge of the kang, pulled the quilt wrapped by Li Qing, helped her wrap it tighter, and then opened her mouth to report:

"That Chunqiao said that the kang road in this house has not passed this year, and it will not be burned until tomorrow when the second grandmother is given and let people pass it, saying that he has already told the mother-in-law in charge outside that he will send two charcoal basins over first."

Li Qing was slightly stunned, the people in this Wenfu are really not on the stage, at this time, she is already cold, I am afraid that tomorrow, I will have to fall ill, well, if I fall ill...... Maybe it can save some worry. It's just that tomorrow, I don't know if this kang can be burned.

Mama Zheng looked at Li Qing, who was a little distracted, and sighed in her heart, her eyes were a little red. Just as he was about to speak, the voice of the little girl came from outside:

"Mama Zheng, the kitchen has sent a charcoal basin."

Mama Zheng hurriedly stood up, Li Qing reached out and grabbed her, and said softly:

"Mama, let's take care of it."

Mama Zheng nodded, this charcoal is still good or bad, how much, a moment, Mama Zheng took two mothers-in-law into the house with a charcoal basin, a twelve- or three-year-old girl also smiled and followed the back into the house, the mother-in-law put the charcoal basin, knelt down and kowtowed with a smile, and the little girl also followed behind and kowtowed to thank you, Li Qing smiled and raised her hand to signal them to get up, and Mama Zheng politely sent the three out.

Mama Zheng hurriedly took the hand stove from the luggage and came in, put a few pieces of charcoal in it with fire chopsticks, and handed it to Li Qing, who held it in her arms, and immediately felt warm and comfortable. Mama Zheng went out to find a smoker again, burned charcoal and put it in the futon, Li Qing moved her body, moved over and leaned on the big pillow, stretched her feet on the smoker, and hummed comfortably twice, Mama Zheng stepped forward with a smile, helped her take off the big hat, and straightened the pillow behind Li Qing, put her comfortable, and said with a smile:

"The girl will lie down for a while, and don't fall asleep for the time being, and then the kitchen will bring dinner, and the girl will eat some and then go to sleep." I asked the little girl just now, and said that the meals in this house are all sent to various hospitals, except for the New Year's Festival, they usually don't get together to eat. ”

Li Qing nodded, there is no lady in the old marquis's house in this house, only an aunt and grandmother, and it is still cheaper to eat by yourself in each courtyard. Mama Zheng was packing her luggage in and out while talking to Li Qing, lest she fall asleep.

In less than half an hour, the clear voice of the little girl outside sounded:

"Mama Zheng, the kitchen has brought dinner."

Mama Zheng hurriedly walked out of the house, not long after, came in with a red lacquer filled gold food box, put down the food box, moved the kang table and put it in front of Li Qing, took out the dishes in the food box one by one and put them on the kang table, Li Qing sat up straight and looked at it, there were a total of four dishes: fried sauerkraut with pork belly, hibiscus chicken slices, stir-fried shredded mutton, tile fish, and a bowl of clear chicken soup, Li Qing frowned slightly, the winter in Korea is very cold, and the green vegetables are naturally scarce, no wonder this dish is meat, Mama Zheng sighed and said while putting it down:

"I have long heard that there are no vegetables to eat in winter in Korea, so I rushed this, at the beginning, Mama also approved that the girl would not come to this place, and now, I am afraid that the girl will die in this place, alas, in the future this winter, how can there be anything for the girl to eat?!"

Li Qing laughed, reached out and took the rice, sniffed it, stretched out his head to look at the food box, and said with a smile:

"Mama eat together, there is still rice to eat, in the future, Mama doesn't have to worry too much, as long as you have money, there are no vegetables, I have asked Lian Qing to pay attention to whether there is a hot spring near Pingyang Mansion, if there is, see if we can buy it, so that we can grow our own vegetables to eat in winter."

Mama Zheng laughed, too, nothing could stump her girl.

The two had dinner, and after a while, someone from the kitchen came to collect the food box, and Mama Zheng came in with a smile and reported:

"That mother-in-law sent another silver frost charcoal, and a small half of the red Luo charcoal, these charcoals can be burned until the day after tomorrow!"

As he spoke, he took out the hand stove and smoker, and replaced them with red charcoal.

In the Huize Courtyard, the second grandmother Yang welcomed Second Master Wen into the East Chamber, sent the girl down, personally poured a cup of tea and handed it to Second Master Wen, and said impatiently:

"Have you heard? The prince sent a niece to the old lady to the house! This afternoon, the housekeeper of the outer courtyard, Mama Zhou, personally brought it over, saying that it was the niece of the old lady, so that it was well settled, I paid attention to interrogation, and the girl didn't know what kind of relationship she was with our Wenfu! I was suspicious, so I asked Yukou to go out to inquire, and Qian Gui on the concierge said that it was sent to the house by Ding Yi. Have you heard about this? ”

Second Master Wen took the tea and drank two sips, glanced at Yang, and then said:

"The old lady has confessed, it is one of his distant nieces, on the way to join the relatives, I happened to meet the prince, and the prince asked Ding Yi to take him to our mansion by the way."

Second grandmother Yang glanced at her husband dissatisfied, sat sideways next to Second Master Wen, lowered her voice and said:

"Ye is really sincere! The old lady's poor relatives, which year don't come to the house to play the autumn breeze? I've been a family member for more than ten years, and I've never heard of an old lady having a cousin in Los Angeles! On this way to find relatives, he was able to meet the prince, how could there be such a coincidence? Besides, don't you know the prince's temper? That's the one known as 'Yama'! Who is the one who seeks his relatives? ”

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Second Master Wen stopped Yang with a loud voice, Yang shivered, and immediately stopped, Second Master Wen slowed his breath,

"That's not something you should worry about! Since the old lady said that you should be well settled, you will be well settled, the prince's gossip is what you can say?! ”

Yang's voice lowered, and he explained softly:

"I'm thinking, what if this girl is intentionally sent to the house by the prince? If this is the case, we have to think about it, why did the prince send such a person to the mansion? What is this girl's identity? After all, I don't believe that she is really the old lady's niece, the master didn't see the girl, although she is thin and small, but the gentle and demure, and the voice, even I want to pity and pity! Guaranteed ...... Now, you don't know the situation in the mansion, that wife gave birth to two sons, and she holds the palace, although she has no name, she is almost the same as the princess, and the uncle and aunt are in the mansion because of this...... The people in the family secretly don't know how many people are there, and the old lady has no idea, in the future, if the uncle really attacks the lord, how can we live as a family? ”

Second Master Wen's face froze, he sighed heavily, and said helplessly:

"Don't worry too much about hurting your body, this person's wealth and life and death are all destined, and you can't fight, just let him go, if the eldest brother attacks the lord, we will move out and live an ordinary life, and we will not have no way to live."

Yang looked at Second Master Wen with hatred of iron, pointed his finger at his forehead and said:

"You, this is too much! You're a son-in-law! A person like the eldest brother is really a knight, where can I accommodate you? Besides, what can the child do in the future? ”

As he spoke, Yang choked up a little, Second Master Wen reached out and took the handkerchief, gently wiped Yang's tears, hugged her and comforted her with a forced smile:

"Isn't there still a prince, it won't be ...... Relax. ”

The next morning, Li Qing fell asleep, she felt that her nose was stuffy and heavy, knowing that she was suffering from the cold and the wind, Mama Zheng anxiously touched her forehead, Li Qing gently pushed her hand away, and comforted her hoarsely:

"Mama don't worry, it's just a small cold, you don't even need to take medicine, just take advantage of this effort to rest."

Mama Zheng helped her tuck the quilt and said softly:

"The girl can't be too careless, I'll go to the second grandmother later, or ask a doctor to check the pulse, didn't the girl herself say it, the doctor is not autonomous."

Li Qing smiled and nodded.