Chapter 81: Watching Chess
Xiu'er was determined to enter the East Chamber, and took advantage of her cousin's absence to come to Xiao Xiangyuan, and saw that the second grandmother was not there, and the door of the East Chambers was locked again, so she ordered someone to move a chair, sat there and waited. Here, I ordered Zhixia to find the second grandmother.
Zhixia saw that the show girl was like this, so she had to go out of Xiao Xiangyuan and go to find the second grandmother, where to find it? The second grandmother is practicing big characters in the north house!
It turned out that like the show girl, Mengxi also put a little girl outside the gate of Xiao Xiangyuan, as long as she saw the show girl coming, she would come back quickly to report the second grandmother, every time the show girl came, as long as the second master was not there, Mengxi ordered someone to close the door and lock it, she was either reading in the east chamber, practicing calligraphy, or going to the backyard to dispense medicine, the front window was blocked by a curtain, and she couldn't see the inside, how smart was Miss Renxiu, she couldn't guess that she would lock herself in the house, Mengxi did this, not afraid of the show girl, one more thing, better than one less, She really didn't bother to waste her mind on this unbelievable show girl.
Out of the door of Xiao Xiangyuan, Zhixia looked back and saw that no one was following on the left and right, so he simply found a place to hide according to the instructions of the second grandmother.
Zhang Xiu waited outside the East Chamber, seeing that the sun was deflected to the west, a few pots of tea were drunk, and the alkaline taste was drunk in the mouth, and he didn't see Zhixia come back, and the second grandmother had no shadow, and sent Zhidong to find it, and this Zhidong disappeared as soon as he went out, and waited until the second master came back, Zhixia and Zhidong didn't find their second grandmother back, but they also disappeared, Xiao Jun entered the door and saw his cousin sitting in front of the East Chamber, Hongzhu and others stood together, and he was secretly shocked, what happened to her? Let my cousin see at the door, her eyes swept around, and she couldn't see her shadow, and asked casually:
"Why does my cousin sit in the yard and not go into the house"
Xiu'er sat down all afternoon, and had already dried up the ambition when she came, and when she saw her cousin asking, her mouth pursed, her eyes turned red, and she said resentfully:
"Cousin, Xiu'er misses her cousin today, come and take a look, but Xiu'er has been waiting for her since the afternoon, and she doesn't see her cousin, and she doesn't know where her cousin went."
Xiao Jun didn't know where Mengxi went, he lived in this courtyard, and it was rare to see her shadow every day. As long as she spreads it casually, which courtyard she is in, there will be a servant who will come back immediately, when did the news of this Xiao Mansion become so closed? I was puzzled, but I couldn't say anything in front of my cousin.
"Xi'er will come back sooner or later, cousin will wait in the hall first, it's windy outside"
It's much more important to be alone with your cousin than to enter the East Chamber, the left and right cousins are not in the house during the day, this East Chamber, it's not too late to come back tomorrow, she has time to come over every day, I don't believe that my cousin can hide and not see her every day!
Thinking of this, he got up and ordered someone to collect the chair and Xiaoiso, and came to the hall with his cousin, and he was bored to sit down, and the two played Go again, and while they were playing, Mengxi helped Zhiqiu and walked in:
"Let my cousin wait for a long time, I went to the north pavilion today, and saw that the scenery was good, so I sat there and admired it, but I didn't expect to fall asleep, so I knew that summer and winter were easy to find, no, I heard that my cousin missed me, and I came back quickly."
Mengxi said as she stepped forward to greet the second master. Without waiting for the two to speak, they sat next to Xiao Jun and watched the two play chess.
"It's not a big deal for Xiu'er to find her cousin-in-law, but some days I don't see my cousin-in-law, I miss my cousin-in-law, I want to go to my cousin's house to sit, no, I waited for an afternoon, and I didn't see my cousin-in-law come back, so my cousin asked Xiu'er to come to the hall and wait for my cousin-in-law."
When Mengxi heard this, she only nodded at her with a slight smile, and sat there upright to watch the two of them play chess.
Seeing his cousin-in-law sitting next to his cousin, Zhang Xiu felt uncomfortable in her heart, her cousin was busy with family affairs during this time, and he came back later and later, sometimes he even had dinner outside, and he came back when it was dark.
peeked at his cousin, and said in his heart: Why didn't my cousin let my cousin go back, just like the sky, how good it is only the two of them. Although my cousin doesn't talk much, she says ten words, and my cousin can respond to one sentence, but as long as my cousin can sit with her and listen to her attentively, her heart is full of sweetness. She really forgot that they were the husband and wife who had gone through the church.
Xiao Jun was also uncomfortable at this time, he was watched by Mengxi playing chess with his cousin on the side, and felt uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to ask her to do anything in front of his cousin, the last lunch made him really understand him, the wife who called himself a "concubine", on weekdays, he was humble and courteous, delicate and weak, just a docile little sheep, you said a heavy sentence, she was busy admitting her mistakes, begging you to punish, and then the point, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed to you, no matter how heavy it was, she would faint to show you, but I didn't see her really follow his heart, In his bones, there are things that he Xiao Junzhen can't destroy constantly, seeing her sitting on the side, how dare he say anything about her, he can only continue to play chess with Xiu'er.
A game of chess was finally played, Miss Xiu lost two, she didn't give up, she must play another game, Xiao Jun got up and said:
"Xi'er accompany my cousin, I'll watch it"
Zhang Xiu looked at her cousin in surprise, she didn't want to waste time with her cousin!
"The second master and cousin continued, the concubine watched from the side, the concubine can't play chess, she can't even read it, so many black and white people come and go, how can you distinguish the winner from the loser"
When Mengxi saw the second master coming over, his bright eyes moved slightly, a shallow smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, his lips opened lightly, and he said in a harmonious voice.
When Zhang Xiu heard this, she was so angry, I don't know what you are pretending to be here, sitting there like a log, I don't know how much it is an eyesore, and it makes it inconvenient for her to talk to her cousin.
Xiao Jun really didn't know that Mengxi couldn't play chess, so he looked at her suspiciously, couldn't play chess? Then she sat there and watched for a long time, that seriousness, what to see?
Mengxi is also wronged, she is a modern person, how can she learn this Laoshizi, didn't your cousin say that she missed me, so I came over and sat here to let her see? Seeing that both of them were looking at her, they were a little shy, and their faces were slightly red and said:
"The concubine heard that my cousin wanted to be a concubine, so I came to accompany my cousin, you go on, the concubine is on the side, Hongzhu, change the pot of hot tea for the second master and cousin"
Seeing a flush on Mengxi's face, the second master lost his mind for a while, how could he still have the heart to play chess.
That Xiu'er is even more, with this cousin-in-law who doesn't open her eyes on the side, she doesn't say to go, she just says to accompany her, how can she calm down and play chess, the three of them sat and talked, Zhang Xiu left Xiao Xiangyuan for the first time, without waiting for dark.
The next two days were like this, Zhang Xiu wanted to go to the east wing room in the afternoon, but she couldn't find her cousin, and when her cousin came back, her cousin also came back, and the second grandmother sat dignified at that end, watching the two chat and play chess like a log, and on the fourth day, this Zhang Xiu also came back to her senses, as long as she went to the east chamber to provoke her cousin, her cousin would come over to accompany her, sandwiched between her and her cousin, how much to be an eyesore.
Sure enough, on the fourth day, Xiu'er didn't come to the East Chamber in the afternoon, and her cousin-in-law didn't come over in the evening, Xiao Jun actually understood Mengxi's thoughts, just smiled bitterly and shook his head, he came back very early in the past two days, he found that she was sitting next to him meekly, even if he didn't speak, he also had a sense of peace of mind, he liked this feeling very much, and it was rare to have such a good time with her in peace, there was no tension like the first day, and today he came back early, seeing that she didn't come, he didn't feel a little lost.