Winter nights always come early.

The howling north wind rolls up the snow and flies in the world of pink jade... Gu Xiyan sat on the big kang in a daze, looking at the night outside the window with the curtain open.

"Madam, over there, I'm afraid that something is sticking to my hand..."Mo Ju cautiously looked at Gu Xiyan's expression and whispered softly, "Didn't you say it before, if you come back late, I'll let you sleep first, you're like this, when you come back, it's going to hurt again!" ”

In the afternoon, Mao Sheng slapped the table and rode out on horseback, and he has not come back until now...

Gu Xiyan turned a deaf ear and leaned his head weakly against the glass window.

With so much snow falling, where did Mao Sheng go?

He's not like others, what other friends and the like, a few places he usually goes to ask Erping to ask, and they all say they don't know, but don't let anything happen...

Mo Ju exchanged a look with Xingyu, who was serving on the side, Xingyu nodded, took a few steps forward, and was about to open her mouth to persuade, Gu Xiyan suddenly turned around, and said with a somewhat sluggish expression: "Go to Qinyuan again and ask, is the master back?" ”

Xingyu hurriedly left.

Gu Xiyan showed a bleak smile and patted the kang mat beside him: "Mo Ju, you sit down and talk." ”

Mo Ju answered, and half of his body sat on the kang.

"Mo Ju, tell me the truth, are you willing to marry into the Tian family!" Gu Xiyan's tone was sincere.

Mo Ju blushed, lowered her head, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "Madam, I, I am willing to serve you..."

Gu Xiyan sighed and said, "You don't have to be shy... While I still have the ability to arrange you today, there may not be this store in this village, if you are willing, I will arrange it. If you don't want to, I can't force you. You have followed me all the way from the south, and you know my temper best. I'm tired now, and I don't want to guess anyone's mind anymore, so just tell me. ”

Mo Ju's voice was even quieter: "Just that time... I don't know what people think..."

Gu Xiyan tilted his face on the pillow with a stunned expression: "Then I'll let someone talk about it... It's done. It's also your fate..."

"But here, madam..."Mo Ju's eyes were full of worry.

"If you want. Still serving here. Gu Xiyan said with a smile, "Every day I go out early and return late, I will give you four days off a month." If he's not at home, don't take a break, save up, and wait for him to come back. I have a few living money in my hand, and I will buy a pen and ink for my children in the future, and the children will be scarce

Having said this, Mo Ju thought of Gu Xiyan's sore spot. I couldn't help but cover my mouth and cry.

Gu Xiyan smiled: "What's wrong with you... I'm not dying..."

Mo Ju hurriedly wiped her tears: "No, it's okay...", but the tears were gushing like springs, and they just couldn't be wiped away.

Gu Xiyan sighed, and Duan Niang came in with a lacquer plate. There was also a cup of steaming, blackened soup on it.

Duan Niang saw Mo Ju crying, first glared at Mo Ju fiercely, and then handed the cup to Gu Xiyan with a smile: "Drink it quickly, it's not hot or cold, it's just right!" ”

Gu Xiyan looked at the cup for a long time before taking it and drinking it all.

Duan Niang saw that she was drinking more happily than ever before, and the smile on her face was even bigger. Open the small pastel porcelain box on the side: "Come, eat two pieces of maple syrup to moisten your throat." ”

Gu Xiyan took the sugar and said with a smile: "I'm tired and want to rest." ”

"Good, good, good!" Duan Niang smiled all over her face, "Mo Ju." Go make Madame's bed! ”

Mo Ju answered. went to the back of the screen to make a bed for Gu Xiyan.

Duan Niang squatted down to put on Gu Xiyan's shoes, and then waited for her to go into the house and lie down.

According to Gu Xiyan's previous habits. At this time, it is time to blow out all the floor lamps in the house, and then leave a small lamp outside for Qi Maosheng to illuminate. Duan Niang helped blow out all the lights in the house, and Gu Xiyan called Duan Niang: "Don't blow it, it's dark in this house." ”

Duan Niang hesitated for a moment, then turned around and turned the lamp on again.

Gu Xiyan asked: "When Xingyu has been gone for such a long time, why hasn't she come back yet!" ”

Mo Ju hurriedly smiled: "I'll go and see, I'm afraid it's snowy, and the road is not easy to walk." ”

Qinyuan and pear orchards often come and go, when it snowed in October last year, someone slipped and fell, Qi Maosheng ordered people to build a roll shed on the road, how not to walk...

These thoughts flashed through Gu Xiyan's head in a daze.

Mo Ju had already gotten up and gone to Qinyuan.

As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw two little girls carrying octagonal glass lanterns and Xingyu coming from the Qinyuan Road, Xingyu also saw Mo Ju, and hurriedly took the lanterns in the hands of the little girls, and said, "You all go and rest!" ”

The two little girls bowed and retreated, and Xingyu said to Mo Ju: "The master just came back, and it was mud and snow, saying that he drank too much at the third master's house, and he fell..."

Mo Ju said "oops": "What about that person?" ”

Xingyu hesitated for a moment and said, "I said that I was dirty and smelled of alcohol, so I was afraid that I would smoke my wife... I'll rest in Qinyuan tonight. ”

Mo Ju was stunned.

In the past, no matter how urgent the war was, no matter how busy the official business was, and no matter how late it was, it was necessary to touch back the pear orchard...

The two of them looked at the lanterns blown by the wind speechlessly, and neither of them was willing to walk towards the main house of the pear orchard first.

There were shadows in the room, and she was lying alone in the quilt, and less than a hundred away, there was another person. That person used to cover her feet in the cold winter, fan her in the harsh summer, walk with her in the gentle spring, and admire the moon with her in the cool autumn... Nowadays, it is like the north and south of the sea across the sea and high mountains, looking at each other from afar, but it is difficult to cross that gap...

"I'm dirty, and I smell of alcohol, I'm afraid of smoking my wife... I'll rest in Qinyuan tonight. This sentence seems to be engraved in my mind, and I turn it out from time to time to think about it, and I will taste it aftertaste...

Gu Xiyan opened his big eyes, looking at the various mascots hanging on the corner of the tent, feeling like a lamb on the altar, scared, sad, lonely, helpless...

The room was quiet, and she even had an illusion. The sound of snow falling on the ground was heard.

Then, the sound became more and more distinct and audible.

Could it be that Mau Sheng is back...

Gu Xiyan was pleasantly surprised to lift the layers of curtains hanging on the bed.

The curtain was suddenly lifted, and the visitor felt uncomfortable for a moment.

She muttered, "Young lady." ”

Diagonally falling in a bun, delicate makeup, close-fitting thin shirt... Gu Xiyan instantly understood.

Back in the day. Didn't Liu Meier also dress like this to see Qi Maosheng?

She collapsed on the bed.

"Young lady. Although it was ordered by Mrs. Wei, the slave did not have the heart to transgress the arrogance! Cuiyu respectfully knelt in front of Gu Xiyan's bed.

Do you need my consent to send a woman to the Mau Sang bed?

This. What's the point!

Gu Xiyan didn't even have the strength to speak.

My heart was pricked by a needle, little by little, it hurt a little, and after the pain, I beat more cheerfully...

Cuiyu quickly glanced at Gu Xiyan, whose face was like ashes, with the corner of her eye, and her body on the ground bent more humblely: "Originally, I was asked to go to bed at night... But without the consent of the lady, the slave and maid would never dare... I told Aunt Duan. Let me say hello to Madame, if Madame agrees, the slave will go, if Madame does not agree, tonight, the slave will be on duty in Madame's house..."

Gu Xiyan looked at the top of the tent and was silent.

"But when the slave comes to Madame's place..."Cuiyu dragged out her voice and looked up slightly at Gu Xiyan's expression.

Gu Xiyan's face was deadly silent.

But the words have already come to this, but I can't help but say it.

Cuiyu took a deep breath and said, "But I saw a woman go to Grandpa Guo's Qinyuan..."

Are all the ghosts and ghosts dispatched?

I don't know why, Gu Xiyan felt funny.

It's like watching a stage play. The people inside are so far away from her...

"Although she was wearing a cloak, the slave could see clearly that the person was a virgin..."

Gu Xiyan couldn't stop laughing softly.

Sarcasm, contempt, sadness, dazed... But there is no interest in finding out.

Cuiyu's face turned pale, and she glanced at Duan Niang, who was standing next to the curtain and let her in.

Duan Niang's face was solemn.

Grandpa Guo didn't go back to the pear orchard, how could Duanniang sleep. Just as she was tossing and turning in bed, the Qin Niang beside Mrs. Wei brought clothes and jewelry to Duanniang, saying that the master was drunk and asked Cuiyu to serve and serve. Duan Niang didn't understand.

But this time. But he has no position to refuse.

She had to call Jade up. Then let Yunshang help her comb her hair and change her clothes.

Jade is a clever one.

The situation of the pear orchard is unknown to others. She saw it in her eyes, and she had already stopped thinking about it. It's just that now it's like an arrow on the bow and has to be sent.

When she walked to the hall, Cuiyu, who hesitated repeatedly, still grabbed Duan Niang's sleeve: "I want to go and say hello to the young lady!" ”

Duanniang also understands the meaning of this.

If she can get Gu Xiyan's recognition, then she will have hope for the future.

Duanniang knew Gu Xiyan's temper and hesitated to take her there, but saw a woman wearing white hair flashed into the road leading to Qinyuan alone.

The two were stunned.

Cuiyu immediately understood who the woman was: "Aunt Duan, it's Zhenniang... I don't take Madame too seriously..."

Zhenniang's background, talent, and strategy are not comparable to these little girls in the house... Duan Niang immediately sensed the danger in this.

She snorted coldly, and immediately said, "Go, go with me to see the young lady!" ”

Now, Gu Xiyan turned a deaf ear to the words of the two and ignored the danger he was about to face.

Duan Niang was in a hurry, opened the curtain, and said, "Said that the master drank too much today, and he couldn't even control Siping..."

Gu Xiyan, who heard this, still didn't move for a long time.

"You dead girl..."Before Duan Niang's words fell, a smile slowly bloomed on the corner of Gu Xiyan's mouth.

She sat up and said softly, "Cuiyu, you go and call Duan Yingluo for me!" "Remember the permanent address of Q Pig Literature Station:, so that you can read it next time!