Early in the morning of the third day of the junior high school, Xia Ruixi jumped to the upper room, guarding Mr. Xia and Mrs. Xia, and did not say anything, just ran in and out of the place to be courteous. For a while, I helped Mrs. Xia peel pine nuts, and after a while, I fed Mr. Xia two melon seeds.

Master Xia looked at Xia Ruixi, who was sitting by the window and was concentrating on peeling chestnuts, and asked Mrs. Xia quietly: "What tricks is she playing?" ”

Mrs. Xia said in a low voice, "How do I know? ”

"Why don't you know your daughter?"

"She's not your daughter, is she?"

Master Xia's ability to speak has always been automatic when he meets Mrs. Xia, he sighed and cleared his throat: "Xixi, come here." ”

Xia Ruixi smiled and sat down next to him: "What's the matter with Daddy?" ”

Master Xia asked straight up, "What are you thinking again?" ”

Xia Ruixi glanced at Mrs. Xia with a smile and did not speak. Old Man Xia said angrily: "You still say you don't know? You don't know what your daughter wants you to do? ”

Mrs. Xia said: "You're weird, she looked at me, and I knew it?" Then I look at you, do you know what is in my heart? ”

Master Xia smiled: "I don't say that I know everything, but at least nine times out of ten, I know." ”

Mrs. Xia's face flushed, and she said, "It's not serious in front of her daughter!" ”

Seeing Xia Ruixi staring at his toes without speaking, Master Xia stood up: "Your mother and daughter speak slowly." I'll go and see how the New Year's gift for your eldest brother's house is being prepared. ”

Mrs. Xia said softly: "Xixi, your father is gone." What do you have to tell your mother? Since Xia Ruixi took the initiative to go to Mrs. Xia's yard for her to blow the cold wind for an afternoon and boil medicine for her every day, the relationship between mother and daughter has become more intimate. After getting along for a long time, Xia Ruixi gradually became less restrained in front of Mrs. Xia. She found that as long as she didn't touch the bottom line and used the method properly, Mrs. Xia was actually a mother who was very talkative, gentle, and loving to her children.

Xia Ruixi blinked, trying to make his expression look shy: "Mother, have you forgotten?" What did you tell me about that day? ”

Mrs. Xia was inexplicable: "What's the matter?" ”

Xia Ruixi sighed, tugged at the corner of his clothes, and said shyly, "That's it?" Didn't you say that day that after the Chinese New Year, you and your father have their own arrangements? ”

Mrs. Xia suddenly realized, motioned to Li Niang to hand over a gold-lacquered wooden box, took out a yellow rune paper from it, and carefully handed it to Xia Ruixi. "I also said that I would tell you about this after the New Year, you can't wait, so I'll tell you first."

There was still a large smell of incense ash on the rune paper, and I don't know where I got it. Xia Ruixi opened it and saw that two lines of poetry were written in cinnabar: "The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom." "What does this have to do with her getting married?

Mrs. Xia took back the paper talisman and worshiped the Buddha statue on the table reverently: "This is what your father asked for for you when he went out this time and deliberately detoured hundreds of miles to the Foyuan Temple in the capital." ”

Xia Ruixi nodded, the Buddha is very lenient, not only in charge of the life and death of all living beings, but also in charge of the marriage of all living beings. It's just that it can't control so many beings in the world who are dying of hunger and disease. Xia Ruixi has received a materialist education since she was a child, and she doesn't believe in these, whenever she sees someone sick or something, she goes to worship God and ask for Buddha, she feels more ridiculous, but she has been reborn.

"Your father has asked the monk, the monk who gave your Dongzhu bracelet the light last time. He easily refused to help people, but as long as he made a move, he never missed. When the prime minister waited outside his meditation room for three days for his seriously ill youngest son, not only did he refuse to help, but he did not even take half a step out of the meditation room. I don't know why, your father just cast his eyes, last time it was for your Dongzhu bracelet to open the light, and this time I promised your father to count your marriage for you. ”

Xia Ruixi looked at the Dongzhu bracelet in his hand that was not allowed to be taken off, and then looked at Mrs. Xia's earnest and careful appearance, and suddenly felt that Mrs. Xia and Master Xia's behavior of praying to God and worshiping Buddha was not so ridiculous, not to mention the fact that she had passed through rebirth, more because she saw a strong father's and mother's love from it. Xia Ruixi tried his best to make his expression appear pious and cautious: "How can this be solved?" ”

"The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom." Mrs. Xia read the poem on the paper note, looked a little worried, looked at Xia Ruixi, and stopped talking.

It made Xia Ruixi a little nervous, and looked at Mrs. Xia with a blank eye: "But it's not good?" ”

Mrs. Xia hurriedly said: "Nonsense, what's wrong?" It's just a little bit of a hassle. ”

Xia Ruixi remembered her statement about "the first month of the first month and the tail of the moon", and hurriedly corrected obediently: "Yes, it's good, it's just a little troublesome." So what's the trouble? ”

Mrs. Xia nodded with satisfaction: "You have to remember these taboos, otherwise they will be unhappy when you come to someone else's house in the future." ”

"Hmm. The daughter remembered. Xia Ruixi seemed to have seven or eight little hands scratching and scratching in his heart, and he couldn't wait for Mrs. Xia to quickly turn to the topic.

Mrs. Xia tried her best to make her look calm, and smiled slightly: "It's nothing, that is, as long as you go to Foyuan Temple to burn a stick of incense on the eighth day of the fourth month, everything will be fine." In fact, the old monk's original words were that Xia Ruixi had a catastrophe in his fate, although the last horse fall incident had been resolved, and the string of Dongzhu bracelets could save her life, but other fortunes were greatly affected. For example, her marriage is one of them, and if it is not handled properly, it will also cause trouble to the family. You must go to the Buddha Temple to burn a stick of incense on the eighth birthday of the Buddha in early April, and then everything will be fine.

Although they knew the solution, Mrs. Xia and Master Xia were still worried. This first stick of incense, easy to say, but not so easy to do, Foyuan Temple is close to the capital, how many dignitaries want to burn this first incense? But the Xia family burned the first incense, but it was inevitable. Master Xia and Mrs. Xia discussed for a long time, and decided to take advantage of the advantage that Uncle Xuan's protégés were all over the world and Master Xia's patients were all over the capital, and took Xia Ruixi to the capital to make some preparations earlier.

Mrs. Xia said: "After the New Year, I will prepare clothes and jewelry for you." Let your father take you to the capital in March, and then you have to listen to your father, don't forget all the rules I taught you, and don't leave those female talents behind on the road. Remember? ”

Mrs. Xia saw that she had been talking for a long time, and she didn't see Xia Ruixi replying, so she looked strangely, only to see Xia Ruixi looking at herself in a daze, and couldn't help pushing her: "You kid, what are you doing in a daze?" ”

Xia Ruixi took Mrs. Xia's hand and whispered, "Mother, you and Dad treat me so well." ”

Mrs. Xia smiled dumbly: "You are our daughter, who will we treat you well if we don't treat you well?" ”

No, I'm not your real daughter, Xia Ruixi said in her heart. raised his head seriously, as if swearing an oath, and said, "Mother, I must treat you and Daddy well in the future." "If only she could have been unrecognized.

"Good. I wait to enjoy your blessings. Mrs. Xia laughed happily.

"Whose blessing is it?" Master Xia led Xia Ruiyu in from outside, "Xuan Wu came here just now, and he sent a lot of things over." ”

Mrs. Xia asked strangely: "Hey, we should have gone to pay New Year's greetings first, and they came over again, why did they suddenly come first this year?" How could he come alone? Are you going to keep him to eat? "Uncle Xuan is the eldest and Mrs. Xia's maiden family, so it stands to reason that Master Xia should go to pay New Year's greetings first, and then go back there.

Master Xia shook his head: "You don't know. Xuan Wu came alone, brought a few servants, and pulled a cart of things. There is a strange table, several brocade piers, copper nets, copper basins, copper skewers, and some strange things, which are clearly given to Xixi by Xuanliu. I left him to eat, and he didn't eat, as if a dog was chasing him behind him, and he hurried away, tripping when he went out. I never found this kid so shy before, huh? ”

Mrs. Xia said curiously: "This child was very generous when he was a child, why did he become like this when he came back after traveling for two years?" He asked Xia Ruixi again: "The last time you played together, didn't you see him particularly shy?" ”

Xia Ruixi vaguely guessed a few points in his heart, and pretended to be dizzy: "No? I didn't notice, but I hadn't spoken to him in the first place. After grinding for a while, Xia Ruixi was afraid that Mrs. Xia would continue to discuss Xuan Wu, so she hurriedly retired under the pretext that she wanted to see what Xuan Liu sent. Xia Ruiyu was like a little tail, hanging firmly on the corner of Xia Ruixi's clothes, excitedly shouting to see what the strange table in Master Xia's mouth was for.

Xia Ruixi returned to Sydney Xiaozhu, and saw that the girls were already under the command of Wan'er, and they had set up the barbecue table under the porch in a manner according to the way they had that night, and several girls were comparing how to burn and how to roast, smiling brightly.

Probably because Xia Ruixi is becoming more and more trusted by Mrs. Xia, coupled with the relationship between her training and law, Wan'er's attitude towards her now can be said to be a servile and a slave. Xia Ruixi shouted at her to go east, she definitely didn't dare to go west, and shouted at her to walk ten steps, she definitely didn't dare to walk nine and a half steps. But Xia Ruixi understands that dogs can't change the sex of ****, and it is impossible for Wan'er to be absolutely loyal to her, and in Wan'er's heart, the word Li will always come first. As soon as she has the opportunity, she will immediately jump out and fight for everything she can compete for, and she will not be soft-hearted because of the affection of any master and servant.

Wan'er saw that Xia Ruixi brought Xia Ruixi in, and hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to hand Xia Ruixi hot tea, and flatteringly took the snack box and handed it to Xia Ruixi. Xia Ruiyu turned his back like a little adult: "Take away the snack box, the young master is not a child anymore." He completely forgot that he had stuffed his mouth full of chestnuts in Mrs. Xia's room just now, and pointed to the shiny copper net and shouted to a little girl: "You hand that to the young master." ”

Wan'er was bored, not uncomfortable, unrelentingly squeezed the little girl, took the copper net and handed it to Xia Ruiyu: "The young master is so smart, I can see at a glance that this thing is the most important." ”

Xia Ruiyu said: "How is this thing the most important?" Could it be that something else doesn't matter? You told the young master about it. ”

Wan'er smiled: "Young master, look, the brazier is below, and the meat is roasted on it, without it, won't the meat fall down and burn?" So nothing else is as important as it. ”

"What about the table? Isn't the table important? A little girl asked ignorantly: "Without a table, where can the net be supported?" ”

Wan'er reprimanded: "Stupid girl, the net naturally supports wherever you want, so you still need to ask?" ”

Xia Ruiyu took the copper net and looked at it over and over, and said seriously: "Wan'er is really smart. Wait for the young master to reward you with meat. ”

Before Wan'er could laugh, Xia Ruiyu's next sentence popped out: "I'll put the net in your hand later." ”

Xia Ruixi couldn't hold back and sprayed tea all over the ground. was laughing, Zhen'er came over with a smile and said: "Second Miss, Fourth Young Master, eldest aunt, eldest lady have come to visit the New Year, and Mrs. asked the slave maid to invite the two of you to go to the room quickly." ”