Ning's eyes widened, from top to bottom, and from bottom to top, and a thought came out in his heart: "Are you ...... Brother Tongying?! Seeing the other party smiling and nodding, she opened her mouth slightly: "How could it be...... We all thought you were missing! Where have you been? Why hasn't there been any news for half a year? My brother is dying. Also, why did you jump into my yard? ”

Tong Ying blinked: "Isn't this your brother's yard?" "How so? My brother lives in the yard next to it. ”

Tongying touched her head embarrassedly: "Your brother obviously said in the letter that the fourth courtyard from south to north is where he lives, and I counted the fourth courtyard before jumping in, but I didn't expect it to be Sister Shu's courtyard." ”

Shuning thought about it and understood: "I know, the courtyard where the servants lived in front of me, because the place was large, and a row of houses was added, and Brother Tongying looked at it from the outside, probably mistaken for two courtyards." Actually, I'm the third one here. Just why don't you come in through the gate? ”

Tongying let out a "uh...... sound, as if she didn't know how to answer. Shu Ning seemed to remember something funny, so she smiled and said: "Fortunately, you recognized the wrong yard, if you really arrived at my brother's yard, he is not here now, and the girls may treat you as a thief." ”

"Your brother isn't there? How so? I remember that he only went to the Guozijian once in ten days, but even if he wasn't there, didn't his two girls see me? Even if I'm embarrassed now, I won't be unrecognizable. ”

"My brother is going to Guozijian to participate in a five-day shooting, have you forgotten? It's already autumn. Shuning pursed her lips and smiled. As for the maids, it turns out that the two have already married, and now the two have only been here for less than a year, if you meet Ma San's sister-in-law, it's okay, if it's someone else, you will definitely think that you are a Jiangyang thief from somewhere. Let's not mention this yet. Brother Tong Ying, let's talk about why you climbed the wall to come in, right? It seems that someone is chasing you, could it be that you are favored by a young lady and want to chase you back to be a son-in-law? ”

Tongying scolded with a smile: "Little girl, you know how to arrange me!" Then his face turned straight and said, "Sister Shu, I have something to do, I originally wanted to ask your brother for help, but now I have to ask you." I want to borrow it for a few days. But you can't let people know. This matter is very important, please ask my sister for help. ”

Seeing his solemn face, Shuning also restrained her smile. She knew that although Tong Ying looked arrogant, he never spoke, since he was so serious, he had his own reasons, so she thought about it and was about to speak, but she heard a bang behind her and looked back. It turned out to be frangipani. She was startled when she saw a man suddenly coming to the backyard of the girl's land, and knocked the basin of water in her hand to the ground.

Shuning and Tongying raised their index fingers in unison and "shh Holly's voice came from the front yard: "Frangipani, what's wrong with you?" Shuning hurriedly shouted, "It's okay." She saw a bug and was startled. After calming the holly outside, Shuning turned to look at Su Xin, only to find that the expression on her face was even more strange.

She knocked on Su Xin's head and said, "What are you thinking about?" This is my brother's good friend, please ask us for help if you have something. Don't make a noise, go to the front, and tell Holly to go to the second courtyard to get back the bamboo inkstone I leaked in the east wing. Then I told Kou'er to pick two handfuls of coriander while the garden was still closed, and said that I would use it to cook tonight. By the way, the errand is not in a hurry. So that they don't have to come back so early. Just go. ”

Frangipani quietly looked at Tongying, blinked, and went. Shuning turned back to Tong Ying and said, "Brother Tong Ying's matter must be very important, the little sister doesn't dare to be the master, I'm afraid I have to tell my father." Tongying thought for a while and said, "This is also how it should be, but it can't be known to too many people." Shuning nodded: "I'm awake." By the way, didn't you bring someone with you? Why don't you see it? Tongying just said lightly: "He has his own things to do." ”

After a while, Frangipani came back, and replied that she had already separated the people, so Shuning instructed again: "You go to your brother's yard to see if there are idlers, and if there is, you can take it away, leaving only two tea incense inkstones, and it would be better if there were Ma and the third sister-in-law." Su Xin blinked and went aggrieved.

Shuning invited Tongying to the academy in front of her and fetched water for him. Tongying took the towel and said with a smile: "It's still a girl who thinks thoughtfully, are you afraid that I'll scare people with the appearance of a Jiangyang thief?" Shuning found a box of Jinchuang medicine, and said angrily: "Quickly wash the wound and rub some medicine, even if the wound is not deep, you can't let the blood flow like this, right?" Go back to my brother's yard and freshen up and change clothes. Tong Ying looked at her arm, and sure enough, the two wounds were oozing blood, touched her head, took the medicine box and wiped it.

After about a quarter of an hour, Frangipani came back again, Shuning walked to the aisle outside, looked left and right to see that there was no one, and led Tongying to Duanning's courtyard. Obviously to avoid people's eyes and ears, Tongying still looked calm and relaxed, as if she was walking in the countryside, so that Su Xin, who was nervously following behind, couldn't help but roll her eyes.

As soon as Shuning stepped into Duanning's yard, she first greeted Ma's third sister-in-law, Xiaomei, and pointed at Tongying: "Sister Xiaomei, do you remember Brother Tongying?" He's a little embarrassed now, so please ask your sisters to help with the cooking, just don't let others know, I'll go back to Amma. Xiaomei looked at Tongying and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, and I can't recognize it, please come in." Cha Xiang went to boil hot water, and Yan Xiang went to find a Duan'er dress, presumably Xiaobeizi could wear it. Tongying smiled embarrassedly: "Sister Xiaomei, I'm not Beizi anymore." Xiaomei smiled softly: "I've heard of this, but I'm used to it, so just listen." ”

Shu Ning saw that everyone was busy, so she withdrew from the courtyard and walked towards the main courtyard. On the way, Su Xin opened her mouth several times, but she held back, and she asked, "What's wrong with you?" If you have something to say, just say it. Su Xin said with a bitter face: "Girl, do you really want to go back to the master?" "Of course, if you don't go back to Amma, how can you leave people behind?" Shuning quickly understood, and naturally she was not angry: "I told you a long time ago not to think nonsense, what are you putting in your brain?" Forget it, whatever you want, but remember, you must never tell anyone, you know? Frangipani stuck out her tongue and answered.

Zhang Bao listened to his daughter and pondered for a moment. Said: "Hearing him say so seriously, I'm afraid that something really happens, I'll go see him." Shuning hurriedly stopped: "Amma's foot injury is not healed yet, just let him come, Heng and Zhu are also acquaintances." Zhang Bao smiled: "Nonsense, no matter how you say it." His identity is there, how can we hold it up? So he picked up his crutches and walked out, and Shuning hurriedly helped him.

When she came to the courtyard of Duanning, Tongying had already finished freshening up, changed into clean clothes, and even the ground wound on her arm had been medicated and bandaged again, and the demeanor of the handsome prince in the past had returned to six or seven percent, but she was a little thinner. He and Zhang Bao had a secret conversation in Duanning's small study for half an hour. Zhang Bao came out to summon the daughter-in-law of the two courtyards, and said: "None of you are allowed to tell this young master to our house today, if anyone asks, just say that it is the distant nephew of the wife's mother's family, who is sick and came to our house to recuperate, and is afraid that it will be too sick, and no one is allowed to disturb it." "All of them should be together.

Tongying said softly: "I also ask my uncle to arrange a quiet place for me to live with few disturbances, as well as pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other things." Zhang Bao nodded: "This is natural." The pillow pavilion in the garden can be moved in at any time. There is not allowed to go over on weekdays, although Xiaobeizi lives there. I will arrange for someone to bring food and clothing. Tongying thanked him with a smile, and said, "Actually, I'm no longer Beizi, so my uncle might as well call my name directly." Zhang Bao smiled slightly: "Call your name in front of the latest chapter of the Tongshen Tower, but in private."

There's nothing wrong with it, it won't take long. You're going to be reinstated, right? "Head, smile silently.

Zhang Bao called Changgui, gave such an order, and asked him to lead Tongying to the garden through the sandwich road. Shu Ning frowned slightly, and quietly asked her father: "Ama, you arranged for Brother Tongying to live in the Pillow Xia Pavilion, what if that one comes?" She stretched out four fingers and gestured to the fourth elder brother.

Zhang Baodao: "Don't worry. The fourth elder brother had previously asked someone to report that he would soon go to Shandong to accompany the Confucian Temple and would not come for the time being. Only then did Shuning feel relieved.

Tong Ying settled down in the Pillow Pavilion. In order to reduce the number of insiders, Zhang Bao finally decided to have his daughter Shuning deliver meals every day. In addition, Ma San'er and his wife are responsible for delivering toiletries, and a pair of utensils are prepared by Changgui.

Shuning delivers food three times a day, Tongying uses it outside, she can only faintly see that there seem to be several pieces of paper on the ground inside, with words and paintings on it, but she really can't see what it is. On the other hand, she has to send a lot of pen and ink paper every day, and it seems that Tongying consumes a lot of land in this regard, but she doesn't see him asking someone to clean up the waste paper, obviously I saw him on the ground before there were several paper balls.

It wasn't until she came early to deliver a meal and saw Tongying raise a brazier in front of the pavilion to burn paper that she knew where the waste paper went. But is it necessary to be so mysterious? What the hell is he doing? Shuning tried to ask her father, but Zhang Bao just shook her head and told her not to care.

Well, if you don't care, you don't care. Shuning just delivered food every day, watched Tongying finish eating, and put away the dishes and chopsticks. It was only a few days later that she noticed that Tongying was thinner, with big dark circles on her face, and remembered that when she came to deliver breakfast in the morning, the candle seemed to have just gone out, and she knew that he must have stayed up late. She said: "Brother Tongying, don't think I'm verbose, no matter how urgent this matter is, you can't damage your body." Since you don't want to be waited, you should take good care of yourself, why can't you even sleep well? ”

Tong Ying blinked when she heard this, and smiled: "I heard Duan Ning say in the past that although you are his sister, he feels that you are sometimes more like his sister. I kind of understand the meaning of this now, in fact, he is not entirely right, not so much that you are like a sister, but more like a mother. ”

Stinky boy! Is this my mother-in-law? How can I be that old?! Shuning grinded her teeth and squinted.

Maybe it was because she realized that she had said the wrong thing, Tong Ying paused, glanced at her cautiously, and said, "Brother is just joking, Sister Shu won't be angry, right?" Shu Ning pulled out a sweet smile: "How come?" Brother Tongying is too worried, let's eat quickly. Tongying couldn't help but shudder, but she felt that she was too worried, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, how could she have any complicated thoughts?

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But when he saw the dinner brought by Shuning, he knew he was wrong.

"This, this, what is this? How do you know the ground? Tong Ying pointed to the bowl of pork liver soup with trembling fingers, "It must have been told to you by Lao Duan, right?" ”

A sweet smile bloomed on Shuning's face, and she said, "What is Brother Tongying talking about?" I don't understand. She stuffed the spoon into his hand and said, "Drink it quickly, this is the most blood-replenishing one, Brother Tongying has shed a lot of blood, but you have to make up for it." She brought the whole bowl to him and stared at him with the most passionate and innocent eyes.

Tongying drank the pork liver soup with tears in her eyes, and swallowed the pork liver inside with nausea. He shouldn't underestimate this girl, who is Duanning? Others don't know, doesn't he know yet? Duanning's sister, how can she be a simple little girl?!

The next day's dinner had tofu, Tongying ate a few bites, and after thinking about it, she began to talk about the dishes of tofu with interest, and Shuning didn't know what he wanted to do, so she followed a few words. As she spoke, Tong Ying turned the topic to the dish of elephant tofu, and then talked about a "certain dish that a certain prince of an ancient country came up with" - monkey brain. He told the allusion of this dish vividly, and when he talked about the bloody plot, he also paid attention to Shuning's face from time to time, in case the little girl stopped when she couldn't stand it.

But Shuning listened quietly from beginning to end, and finally Tongying looked at her strangely, and she asked, "Are you done?" Seeing Tongying nodding, he said: "This prince really doesn't understand food, what is there to eat for monkey brains?" I've eaten pig brain made by others, and it's cooked, and I think it smells bad. This person only uses hot oil to scald, and it's not fishy, right? ”

In a small way, my aunt and grandmother have never eaten pork, and they have also seen pigs run. She had heard the allusion to this monkey brain a long time ago, how could she be frightened? Looking at Tong Ying stunned for a moment, she couldn't help but feel proud in her heart.

However, even if she had heard it a long time ago, when she was eating her own dinner, she couldn't help but think of the monkey brain when she looked at the southern milk tofu, and she was disgusted, and she only ate very little of that meal. At night, when she went to bed with hunger, she was grinding her teeth: "We'll see tomorrow."

As a result, at noon the next day, she specially ate and then delivered food to Tongying. When the hungry Tong Ying saw the stewed fish balls and fish paste soup she specially prepared, she immediately changed color: "I don't like to eat fish, how can I send this?" ”

Shuning said solemnly: "Brother Tongying, don't be picky, eating more fish is good for your body." The fish raised in the small lake in our garden are the most fat and delicious, and they cannot be eaten outside. If you want to go back and redo it, I'm afraid you'll have to wait another hour. I made it myself, so try it? Then he stuffed the chopsticks into Tongying's hand without saying a word.

Tong Ying ate a fish ball with a sad and angry face, her face was a little strange, she ate another one and smiled: "What's here?" Peanuts? It's not fishy at all, it's delicious. You don't know, my chef doesn't know how to cook fish, it tastes fishy, and I don't like to eat it outside, either fried or grilled. This is what you did? Pretty good. ”

Seeing that he was eating happily, Shuning's face softened a little: "I added fried peanuts to it and mixed some coriander." You don't think it's fishy, probably because I warmed it all the way with hot water, and it won't be fishy when you eat it hot. ”

Tongying tasted the fish soup again and said with a smile: "This is okay, it is shredded mushrooms and coriander in it, right?" The little girl is doing well, with this skill, you can get married. ”

Shuning took a bite of him, and when she saw that he was eating happily, her heart couldn't help but soften. She has been old in her two lives combined, and she is still having trouble with a little boy who is less than twenty years old, do you really think she is a little girl? This child did not know what crime she had suffered to escape, and she was also thin, and she was wounded, and now she did not know what she was doing, so why should she be like him?

I don't know if it's because of the change in her eyes, Tongying suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little weird, and couldn't help but have another cold war.

Shuning found out and saw that he was only wearing a thin summer coat, so he found an excuse to leave temporarily, and when he came back, he brought a burden and said to Tongying: "This is an autumn coat made for my brother, you can wear it first, now it's windy outside, be careful not to catch a cold." Tongying wiped her hands, took the clothes and compared them, and said with a smile: "It's just right, thank you Sister Shu." ”

Shuning smiled and went to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

She left the Pillow Xia Pavilion with her food box, and when she saw that the wind was a little strong on the lake, she took the woods and walked back. When I walked near the Linyuan Pavilion, I suddenly heard a male voice asking, "Don't you really know who lives in that Water Pavilion?" ”