Chapter 18

"Alas......"

Half a month later, Zhu Niang touched a string of swaggering teases on her chin, and panic finally turned into lamentation.

She finally believes it now, sleep is really the best beauty medicine for women, please forgive her for being young and ignorant before......

"Alright, alright! Don't look at it! It's just a few little teases, you've snapped a picture of the mirror for a night. Come into the backyard and pick a few winter melons, Childe is going to have a supper! ”

When it comes to cooking, Ah Gu never seems to know tiredness.

Zhu Niang sighed and put down the mirror, carrying the handle of the lantern that was suddenly stuffed in her hand, and floated to the back garden with a sleepy face.

"Pick a few more peaches and bergamot, and bring some tree fungi with you!"

"Got it......"

Zhu Niang responded weakly, shook off the toes that were knocked by the threshold, and walked out of the courtyard door in a hurry.

The eldest brother who passed by: "Zhu Niang, go to the back garden again?" ”

"Ah, Brother Zhu? Are you on your night patrol today? ”

The honest and honest Brother Zhu touched his head: "Hehe, it's not, but Ah Sang is also here tonight, I'll replace Ah Niu, hehe......"

Zhu Niang: "...... Hard work! ”

Along the way, there was no one except a few guards on duty, and after greeting Brother Zhu, who had formed a friendship because of the night shift, Zhu Niang carried the red-burning lantern into the back garden.

This Brother Zhu is the guard of Shifu, in order to marry the son of Shifu, Ah Sang, as his wife, he often switches with the guards on night duty, and stays up late every day, so he wants to rely on the maid he loves, that is, Ah Sang, who is in charge of the night light.

It's so brave and fearless to be in love......

The back garden is a garden specially used to grow vegetables in Shifu, birds and animals, melons and fruits in all seasons. Zhu Niang still remembers the subtle mood of fainting in shock when Ah Gu took her into the garden for the first time.

The shock is because there are so many species in this garden, the varieties are peculiar, the trees planted in the soil, the sky flying, the ground climbing, swimming in the water, only the unexpected, there is nothing that cannot be seen!

Swoon...... It's because she was almost stepped on by an ostrich when she first entered the garden!

Yes! Ostrich.

Because the previous owner of this garden, that is, the now deceased Lord Shi, one of his hobbies is to taste the world's eggs...... So there have been two ostriches in this garden that have a good relationship between husband and wife......

Ostriches used to lay eggs......

Zhu Niang, who was lucky enough to escape from under the ostrich's claws, looked at the thick bird legs in a daze, and sighed that the ancient living environment was really good! Look at this bird! How can a bird with this physique be raised by modern people...... Not bad...... That's nice......

Because Zhu Niang was threatened by an ostrich when she first entered the garden, she was worried every time she entered the garden, not to mention ...... She was still in the garden in the middle of the night......

"Ah!!!h

Anyone who sees a lantern wandering around the garden in the middle of the night will be frightened, right?

was also frightened, and Zhu Niang, who was carrying a red lantern and was intently looking through the leaves, looking for ripe winter melons.

The sound came from under the dark green melon leaves under a tent, and the unknown object called and dodged down to the fruit tree behind the melon shed.

One step, two steps, run!

When Zhu Niang ran to the entrance of the garden, she found that there were two shadows, one tall and one short, under the lantern hanging at the door here?!

It's really ...... Get one’s dander up......

"Ah!!!!h

"You...... Don't scream, scare...... Scares me......" The extra shadow spoke, with a faint milk voice.

Zhu Niang patted her heart, indicating that she was also scared......

"You...... Don't be afraid, I'm not a ghost. "It's soft, it's stealthy, like the voice of a child.

Zhu Niang pinched her palms and turned back with the red-burned lantern, sure enough! The lantern reflects a childish face!

It is a seven or eight-year-old child, only Zhu Niang's waist is high, the yellow rope is tied with a ball head, the child looks very delicate, Xu is frozen by the frost in the night, the sharp nose is pink and tender red, and at this moment is looking at Zhu Niang timidly.

Zhu Niang patted her chest, put the lantern aside and said, "Whose child are you?" What are you doing here in the middle of the night? ”

The child didn't say anything for some reason, but timidly reached out and grabbed the hem of Zhu Niang's skirt. No matter how Ren Zhuniang asked, she just didn't speak, just looked at Zhuniang with big wet eyes.

Zhu Niang had no choice but to take the child back to the small kitchen.

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Ah Gu crossed his waist and looked at the empty-handed Zhu Niang and the child sleeping soundly on the bed: "So, are you planning to raise this child?" ”

Zhu Niang hurriedly waved her hand: "No, no, no!" I also said that the child is lost, so I will bring it back to live for a while, and when I find the child's family, I will send it out. ”

Ah Gu waved his hand: "Don't be so troublesome, didn't the child pick it up in the back garden?" In that case, why don't you send it back to Lingbo Temple? What do you bring back?! ”

Lingbo Courtyard, that is, the courtyard closest to the back garden in the entire Shi Mansion, is where the concubines of the former Lord Shi lived, Ah Gu thought that this was the child who ran from the nearest Lingbo Courtyard to the backyard to play, but Zhu Niang didn't think so, the reason was very simple......

More than 100 concubines of Lingbo Academy, large and small, have been dismissed by the lady, that is, after the dismissal of these concubines, the lady went to Pudu Temple to practice. After the lady left, the Limbo courtyard was forbidden to enter.

I heard that this Lingbo Courtyard was built extremely luxuriously, with small bridges and flowing water, Zhilan jade trees, light gauze curtains, and a zigzag corridor built on the water, and lotus flowers in the pavilion are all topics that the older generation of maids in Shifu have talked about so far.

Ah Gu has been working in the small kitchen since he entered the house, and Li delves into the dishes on weekdays, except for the small kitchen, the back garden, and the son's idle dream house is not going anywhere. Therefore, I have never seen the extreme luxury beauty of Lingbo Temple. Not to mention Zhu Niang.

What Zhu Niang thinks about now is not how wonderful Lingbo Courtyard is, but how can there be children living in a yard like this that has been idle for almost half a year?

In the end, the result of the discussion between the two was to let the child live temporarily.

After all...... Ah Gu, Zhu Niang didn't have the courage to send the child back to Lingbo Courtyard in the middle of the night.

"What about the son's supper?!"

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Half an hour later, Shi Qigongzi looked at the bowl of colorful unknown objects on the table and decided to move first

"What is this?"

Zhu Niang wrung her handkerchief and did not speak.

Ah Gu: "Ahem...... Childe, this is ...... Well, it's a fruit shake. ”

After Gu finished speaking, Childe picked up the prepared spoon on the plate: "Fruit milkshake?" What is it? Ah, Gu's new dish? ”

Ah, Gu didn't speak.

Zhu Niang: "Childe, this is what I made, we eat like this everywhere, it's good for the stomach." ”

Childe put down the spoon that was about to enter his mouth: "Withdraw it." ”

Zhu Niang: "............"

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