"Come on, come on, take something!" Aunt Ding said angrily.

"I didn't take anything, the radish is quite crisp and sweet, you ask Uncle Ding to put it in the cellar when you go back, don't freeze it." Du Ruo said with a smile.

Sitting in the house, Aunt Ding brought a plate of melon seeds for her, "Seeing you in the shop all day long, it's rare to have leisure!" ”

"There's not much work in the shop now, and I don't have anything to do, so I'll come and see you and Uncle Ding." Du Ruo grabbed a handful of melon seeds.

"It's not far from the Chinese New Year, when will you go home, Miss Du?"

Where does "I ......" go, where is home......

"I'm in the city for the New Year, and the uncle and aunt take a lot of care of me on weekdays, and when the time comes, I set the wine and cook, you two elders must come!"

"Good! Good! When the time comes, I will call you to come to our house for the New Year! Aunt Ding said kindly.

As she spoke, Aunt Ding couldn't help but inquire about her business, "A girl's family is quite capable, when you first lived here, your uncle and I were worried in our hearts, for fear that something would happen to you, how is your business?" ”

"I'm worried about you, I have a hair on my head, but I have to rely on myself when I go out. Business is not good or bad, it can wrap my own food and clothing. Du Ruo said.

"That's good! What a surprise! Can you get someone? It's time to get married, right? ”

"No one has been allowed." Du Ruo smiled.

Aunt Ding thought for a while and said, "What kind do you want to marry?" ”

"Honest...... don't they all say that......

"It's so easy to find, I'll look for it for you when I get back! People are handsome and skillful, and they don't have to worry about getting married, but they have to find a good family! ”

"Thank you, auntie."

As he was talking, a silver-haired old man walked into the courtyard of Ding's house from outside, looked into the house and said in a sand voice, "Lend me a hoe!" ”

Aunt Ding stood in the room and said, "What do you want to do with a hoe?" Frozen to death on this cold day! What kind of work do you do to hoe, don't be afraid to break your old bones! ”

Looking at the tone of their voices, he knew that they were extremely familiar, Du Ruo got up and smiled at the old man standing outside.

The old man didn't come in either, and said loudly: "A famous Langzhong in Linxian County diagnosed Yujiao's pulse, saying that he dug up earthworms and dried them and ground them into powder, mixed them with some herbs, boiled them with snow water, and ate them!" ”

Aunt Ding hurriedly walked out and said, "That feeling is good!" I'll get it for you! ”

Du Ruo also walked out and nodded to the old man again.

The old man looked at her carefully, smiled, turned his head to Aunt Ding and said, "I'll go dig a few times by the river outside the city!" After speaking, he turned his head to look at Du Ruo and looked her up and down.

Du Ruo was a little embarrassed by him, and said in his heart that he had been watching what he did.

When Aunt Ding came over with a hoe, the old man looked at Du Ruo and asked, "What is this?" ”

"This is Miss Du in the tailor's shop on the street in front, you have never seen it in front of someone's door?" Aunt Ding said.

"I haven't paid much attention to it, Miss Du looks like our Yujiao, alas...... Our Yujiao has been sick, if it's like Miss Du, I don't have to worry about it all day......" As he spoke, he glanced at Du Ruo a few more times and went out with a hoe.

Aunt Ding pointed to the old man and said to Du Ruo: "This is Yujiao's father, Liu Changmao, I told you, right?" A few days ago, Yujiao's body looked good, and this cold is not good again, poor thing, you can go with me to take a look, let's talk to her! ”

Du Ruo nodded.

Aunt Ding put on thick clothes, and the two went out and walked along the alley for a distance to Liu's house.

After Du Ruo followed into the house, she immediately smelled a strong sour smell of medicine, and she saw a woman leaning on the bed and playing with a paper lantern in her hand.

"Yujiao, my aunt came to see you!" Aunt Ding walked to the edge of the bed and sat down.

"Auntie!" The woman looked up with a smile and looked at Du Ruo who was standing behind.

"Miss Yujiao, I accompanied my aunt to see you, I live on the street in front." Du Ruo said to her with a smile.

She looked at her and noticed that the upper half of their faces did indeed resemble.

"Come and sit down! Is it cold outside? Liu Yujiao put down the lantern and asked.

Du Ruo took a stool and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"It's cold, it's going to snow these days, you lie down and don't move, don't see the wind, look at you much better than the day before yesterday." Aunt Ding took her hand and covered her.

"I was running all over the world when it snowed last year, and my father always scolded me at that time, so I can't run this year!"

Aunt Ding tucked the quilt for her, and told her what her father Liu Changmao was doing outside the city.

"If you are bored and panicked, turn around and call Miss Du over, you two sit together and embroider some flowers or something, and talk!" Aunt Ding looked at Du Ruo and then at Liu Yujiao.

Du Ruo naturally didn't have an idle mouth, and talked to them for a long time, and then made the girls laugh.

After Liu Maochang came back from outside, he wanted to leave them at home for dinner, but Du Ruo saw that the weather was getting colder and colder, so he excused himself.

This winter has been exceptionally cold, with cold and dry air and several heavy snowfalls.

In addition to sewing and repairing, Du Ruo spends two or three hours a day writing and drawing, or studying embroidery techniques. Occasionally, she would go to the study, cloth shop, or clothing store, and then go to a restaurant and teahouse to sit down.

It was freezing outside, and Aunt Ding either came to sit with her, or dragged her to Houtouliu's house to sit, never going far.

That time she made two clothes in Jinfangzhai, she asked Su Mingyang to wear them in front of a piece of bamboo for a long time, there was still snow on the ground, and after the painting, the two of them were so cold that they couldn't do it, and the two of them ran back to their residence with their things in their arms, and lit a fire to warm it for most of the day before they recovered.

Sitting in front of the stove, with a quilt on his body, he held a bowl of ginger soup in his own hand, and drank half a bowl before he felt warm.

"I'll give you the money for the clothes another day." Su Mingyang said.

"No need, this is a reward, you just wear it away." Du Ruo hurriedly said, "It's not a thick fabric, it's just right to wear it in the early spring of next year, I'm really afraid that you will be frostbitten and can't explain it to your mother." ”

Since Zhou entered the city, she really hadn't seen her.

"The clothes made by Jin Fangzhai are good, the stitches are fine, the embroidery is flat and even, the green bamboo is elegant, although it is only embroidered with bamboo branches and leaves, but it is also with five or six embroidery threads, you are wearing a good fit, but also temperament." Du Ruo looked at the clothes on his body and praised.

Su Mingyang also glanced down, pursed his lips and smiled: "It's all worn by rich people." ”

"Yes, it's not interesting to earn the money of the poor, you have to earn the money of the rich!"

"Sister, when do you plan to open a ready-to-wear store next year? How does a person come busy? ”

"Let's wait for the weather to warm up, I don't want to toss when it's too cold." After all, there will be a lot of preparations to be made at that time, "I plan to find out the sisters who used to work together in Xiuzhuang, and see if anyone is willing to follow me." ”

After talking for a while, both of them came, and they were wearing a big red cloak outside, tightly wrapped, revealing only a round face that was frozen white and red.

Seeing the two of them sitting in the house to make a fire, she took off her cloak and said with a smile, "Is it time for me to come?" ”

Du Ruo turned his head to look at her: "It's not the right time for you to come." ”

"Oh, what do you say, Miss Du always speaks to me with prickliness, so her mouth can't be sweeter?"

"When did my mouth stop being sweet?"

"Is it sweet? Mingyang, you go and taste it! I don't believe it! ”

The charcoal fire burning in the stove was red, Su Mingyang's face was redder than the furnace fire in an instant, he lowered his head slightly, his face rose sharply, I don't know if he was burned by the furnace.

"Go back to me, where can you be sweet, do you hurry up and drink a sip of coptis soup and wait for me every time I come!" Guan Shuangshuang said again, and she finally sat down in front of the stove with her things wrapped in her things.

Du Ruo leaned lazily on the chair, listened to her words, smiled and raised his foot and kicked her waist, "It's itchy, isn't it?" There is no seriousness every day, no wonder Dai Ye likes you so much! It will be a matter of time before you go back. ”

Guan Shuangshuang sighed and shook his head, "Will he redeem me?" When he was happy, he promised me everything, but when he turned around, he threw it out again! ”

"The sisters in the pavilion are all chewing their tongues behind my back and laughing at me, my life is really bitter, and there is really no good thing for men! Talking all day long...... "Guan Shuangshuang began to complain.

She chattered about it, and Du Ruo occasionally responded to one or two sounds. After a while, she stood up again and went to get two books and threw one to Su Mingyang, he didn't say anything for a long time, and he estimated that he would fall asleep when he listened to it.

"Miss Du, did you say?" Guan Shuangshuang asked suddenly.

"Well, you're right." Du Ruo looked up at her pretending to be thoughtful.

"Yao's mother always treats us people with deductions, and the slightly expensive and important things rewarded by the guests have to be searched, I have saved up the silver for so long, and it is still not enough ......."

"Alas...... It's really pitiful......" Du Ruo really sympathized with her.

Guan Shuangshuang was covered with a blanket, lying on a stool, looking at the fire with his eyes, and his expression was no longer the frivolous style of the past, and he was more sad and depressed.

I don't know when these days will end......

Du Ruo leaned on the stool and felt a little tired, so he changed his posture, pillowing his head in one hand and holding a book in the other, while listening to her.

From time to time, there is a strong wind howling outside, and the room is warm and calm.

After a long time, the sound of talking in the room was gone, and the book in Du Ruo's hand fell to the ground at some point, she pillowed her arms, closed her eyes, and slept very peacefully.

Su Mingyang sat cross-legged, with an open book on his lap, and quietly looked at the opposite side through the fire.

After another while, Guan Shuangshuang suddenly spoke: "Stunned? Don't move your eyes, you like her! ”

Su Mingyang retracted his gaze violently, and looked at Guan Shuangshuang again, as if he was a little panicked.

"I can't sleep in my heart, I see you keep looking at her, why don't you tell people if you like her?" Guan Shuangshuang smiled and said, "If you don't say how she knows, I think she treats you as a younger brother." ”

Su Mingyang looked at her with a little confusion on his face.

"Which man on the street is not oily and slippery, like you is really nowhere to find a lantern, don't you say I'll say for you?" Guan Shuangshuang looked at him and quipped.

"No...... No need to ......"

"Alright then!" Guan Shuangshuang sighed, "Don't worry, I won't tell her." ”