When Chu Cheng took the medicine to Lin Boqin, Lin Boqin hesitated slightly.

But in the end, I took it.

The relationship between the two eased again, although Lin Boqin was still cold and indifferent, at least he didn't scold her at any time.

Even Chu Cheng still doesn't understand why Lin Boqin was angry in the first place.

In July, the weather gradually cooled down, and the breeze blew through the treetops, dyeing a few maple leaves red.

Chu Cheng stayed in Lin Mansion all day long, and people were happy and moldy, so they learned to make pastries with Xidui and Maobi. She made a lot of osmanthus cakes that day, and she couldn't finish eating them by herself, so she thought about sending some to Su Yu.

The three masters and servants carried red lacquer boxes and walked towards Li Zhongyi's house.

Before he reached the root of the north wall, he saw Su Yu at the mouth of an alley, he was wearing a royal blue collar, and he was sweating profusely and bowing to a little girl.

"Su Yu!"

Chu Cheng called him.

Su Yu immediately turned around, didn't catch the rattan ball on his feet, and rolled to the wall.

"Madame!" He ran forward in surprise and nodded to Xi Du and Mabi, "Hello two sisters, are you here to find me?" ”

Xi Du raised the lacquer box in his hand and said with a smile: "Yes, Madame has made a lot of osmanthus cakes, and I will send you some." Su Yu was extremely happy, turned around and beckoned to the little friend behind him: "Xie Tongtong!" Come here! ”

The little girl with her bun was no more than ten years old, wearing a red cardigan embroidered with Fu characters, and her eyes were black and white, but she looked a little timid.

She took two steps forward slightly and stood behind Su Yu.

Su Yu turned her head and asked Chu Hui, blinking: "Madam, Tongtong is a good friend I know, can I give her the osmanthus cake?" ”

"Of course." Chu Cheng touched his head.

She looked at Xie Tongtong, took out a piece of osmanthus cake from the lacquer box, and smiled sweetly: "Tongtong, do you want to eat?" Delicious! "She put super polysaccharides, how can it not be delicious!

Xie Tongtong was a little hesitant, but looking at Chu Hui's smile, her guard gradually let go, stretched out her little hand, took the osmanthus cake, and ate it in small bites.

Chu Cheng looked at her expectantly: "How is it?" ”

Xie Tongtong nodded while eating, and his voice was like a mosquito: "...... Thank you ma'am. ”

"You're welcome." Chu Cheng waved her hand and said with a smile, "Later, I will make other pastries, and I will take them all for you and Su Yu to eat." ”

Children's hearts are always very easy to open, and Chu Cheng looks very affinity, Xie Tongtong held the osmanthus cake and nodded, his eyes full of smiles.

Chu Ji was idle anyway, so she watched Su Yu and Xie Tongtong play with each other. Sometimes he sees that he is up, so he pulls Twilight and Mabie to join in. Xi Dusk and Mabi's two years are not very old, and they were very restrained at first, but later they became more and more playful. Su Yu passed the ball to Chu Hui, Chu Cheng deliberately showed off her skills, for a while she kneaded, for a while her legs flew together, and for a while she stopped bowing with one foot, jumped up and hooked, and saw Xie Tongtong and Su Yu amazed.

"Madame, so amazing!" Xie Tongtong applauded, his eyes wide open.

Su Yu knew Chu Cheng's roots, and straightened his chest proudly: "Madame is the most powerful person I have ever seen." ”

Chu Cheng passed the ball to him and said with a smile: "I will teach you in the future, you can be so powerful." ”

The two children looked at each other, their mouths almost behind their ears. Chu Cheng took out the osmanthus cake and distributed it to them, and at this moment, someone shouted at the entrance of the alley: "Xie Tongtong!" ”

Chu Cheng and the others turned around at the same time, and saw a woman in a thorn hairpin cloth skirt, looking at them with some surprise.

Xie Tongtong reacted, hurriedly stepped forward, and grabbed the woman's hand: "Sister! She gestured to what she said to the woman, then pulled to Chu Hui's side and introduced, "Madam, this is my sister." Sister, this is the county lady. ”

The expression on the woman's face was even more shocked, she glanced at the osmanthus cake in Xie Tongtong's hand, and rubbed her hands embarrassedly: "It turned out to be Mrs. County Ling, my sister is naughty, so you can see and laugh." ”

Chu Cheng smiled heartily: "Just call me Siniang." ”

The woman hurriedly said, "I, my name is Xie Luoying." ”

Seeing this, Xie Tongtong covered his mouth and laughed. She had been playing with Chu Cheng for so long, and she was already familiar with it, so she said, "Madam, my sister has the stupidest mouth." ”

"Tongtong!" Xie Luoying's face flushed.

This Xie Luoying is not a standard beauty, but she has long willow eyebrows and a pair of red phoenix eyes flying obliquely, and she looks quite heroic.

Chu Cheng had a good impression, so she said: "When I look at Miss Xie, she is a stupid and kind-hearted person. ”

Xie Luoying didn't expect Chu Cheng to praise her, she was surprised and delighted, and said, "Madam is not only kind-hearted, but also ...... He also looks good, like a heavenly immortal. She told the truth, as soon as she saw Chu Hui, she was thinking that there would be such a good-looking woman in the world. After hesitating for a moment, she started to speak and said, "It is said that Lord Lin retried the old case of the Zhu family in Shiliwan some time ago, and solved the case like a god, and he is really in the world. ”

"No, no, as the parent official of Qingyuan County, these are his duties." Chu Cheng echoed.

Xie Luoying nodded: "Lord Lin is an honest official, and it is a great blessing for our people to serve the public." But that Wei Gao...... Well, no, he should be called Qian Gao. Qian Gao turned out to be the real murderer, which is really unexpected, can Madame tell me more about it? Why did he kill the six members of the Zhu family? ”

"This has to start from the day we went to Ten Mile Bay. I didn't want to stay that day, but I didn't expect a sudden strong wind and torrential rain, and a thunderstorm happened to split the Zhu family's grave......"

Both of them have no scheming, they ask and answer, and they become familiar with each other after a while.

After hearing this, Xie Luoying said with emotion: "This money is high and hurtful, and he is to blame for this fate." ”

"yes." Chu Cheng sighed, "So there is a destiny in the underworld, otherwise how could that thunder just split Zhu Chengye's grave?" ”

Su Yu and Xie Tongtong were eating osmanthus cake on the side, and when they heard this, they couldn't help arguing: "Look, I'll just say that there are ghosts in the world!" If it weren't for ghosts, how would they split the grave and discover the truth? ”

Su Yu knew that Chu Cheng was afraid of ghosts, so he hurriedly said: "Tongtong, don't talk nonsense, how can there be ghosts in this world?" ”

"There are no ghosts, there are youkai too!" Xie Tongtong stood up, "You've always heard of lung-eating dogs, right?" ”

Su Yu opened his mouth and said, "Hmm": "No one has ever seen a lung-eating dog in the end, it's just a legend." Xie Tongtong didn't believe it, she crossed her waist and hummed: "Lung-eating dogs eat lung-dogs, eating people's hearts and lungs and eating people's hands, no one can catch it, it will fly away with wings!" ”

Chu Cheng was a little surprised when she heard this made up ballad, it was the first time she heard this, and asked, "Lung-eating dog?" What's that? ”

Xie Luoying explained: "The lady has only been married for a short time, so I'm afraid I haven't heard of it. This lung-eating dog is used by us in Wangzhou to scare children, and it is rumored that the lung-eating dog has a pair of eagle wings, a dog's face and a snake body, and a mouth full of fangs. If a child is disobedient, he will be eaten by a lung-eating dog with his heart, lungs, and hands. She couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth when she said this, "When I was a child, I was also scared by my parents like this, and I didn't sleep all night. ”

"I see." Chu Cheng smiled slightly, "In my hometown, there is also a story about Granny Xiong who scares children, saying that if the child is disobedient, Granny Xiong will steal and eat him." ”

Speaking of this, Chu Ji and Xie Luoying both laughed.

Su Yu and Xie Tongtong were playing Keju again, so they asked Chu Cheng and Xie Luoying to join in, and the group played at the mouth of the alley for a long time, sweating profusely.

Xie Luoying wiped the sweat from her face, looked at Chu Hui, and said bluntly: "I didn't expect that Madam didn't have a shelf at all. ”

Chu Cheng waved her hand, she was hot enough to jump around, and only smiled: "I haven't been so happy for a long time, if Miss Xie is bored, she can come to Lin Mansion at any time." As she spoke, she handed her the lacquer box, "There are a lot of osmanthus cakes here, you can take them all to Tongtong to eat." ”

"W-How is this good......

"Take it." Chu Cheng raised her and motioned for her to take it.

Xie Luoying couldn't refuse, wiped and wiped her hands on the hem of her skirt, and then took it carefully: "Thank you, madam." ”

It was getting dark, and a group of people parted here.

Xie Luoying took Xie Tongtong home, and Chu Cheng prepared to send Su Yu back to Li's house.

Li Zhongyi went out to sell goods, there were only two servants and Liang Xiuyun at home, Su Yu raised his hand and knocked on the door, but it was Liang Xiuyun who came to open it.

When she saw Chu Hui, her pupils shrank, and she took many steps back, still scared.

Su Yu looked at Chu Cheng with some apologies: "Madam, since that time you hurt my mother in order to save me, she has always been like this, no matter how many times I say it, she has not changed." God knows how much he hoped that Liang Xiuyun would accept Chu Hui, but Liang Xiuyun's actions made him helpless as a child.

Chu Cheng is nothing, anyway, Liang Xiuyun can't tell people everywhere that she knows martial arts, let alone go to Huo Ying to arrest her.

Whether she wants to be afraid or cowardly, it is not something that Chu Cheng should care about.

"It's okay, you just take care of her." Chu Cheng patted Su Yu's shoulder and admonished.

Su Yu nodded and said goodbye to Chu Cheng.

Chu Cheng and Xi Dusk walked back.

On the way, passing by the county office, Mabi asked, "Madam, do you want to go in and see Lord Lin?" ”

Chu Cheng frowned, shook his head and said, "No." ”

The two don't have much intersection these days, Lin Boqin goes out early and returns late, and he doesn't know what he's busy with, Chu Cheng wants to ask but doesn't know how to speak, so he just maintains it tepidly.

Lin Boqin was a little estranged from her, but she understood it, so she didn't want to touch her nose. If she accidentally him off again, she doesn't bother to coax him.

Mao Bi naturally didn't know Chu Cheng's thoughts, she thought that the two were in conflict again, so she had to exhale slightly.

At this moment, Twilight looked at the lacquer box in her hand and asked, "Madam, the sugar at home is almost finished, when are we going to buy some?" ”

"Or buy cane sugar?"

"No, no, no, we make cloud cakes, and we need honey."

Maupe disagreed: "Although it tastes better when made, honey is too expensive." The day before yesterday, I looked at a silver and a half pot sold in the grocery store. ”

Chu Cheng had no concept of these prices, she thought for a moment, and felt that it was more important to learn to make pastries by herself.

So he touched the silver ticket in the mezzanine of his clothes and said, "I'll buy it tomorrow, you just have to teach me." ”