Chapter Seventy-Four: Expectation
(Bitter Reading) "My lord, the stone is cold, let's go and sit in the house." He hurriedly said.
When Lu Yan heard him speak, he looked over.
This little Yanding's name is Shunzi, and it was the master who followed him at the beginning, because he was the first to know the news, and was sent to follow Liu Meibao's whereabouts, that is, he heard that the three outsiders were plotting to tie Liu Meibao on the road in Hezhong Mansion, and quickly reported it to Lu Yan.
Because he belongs to Xinding, in addition to daily training, he is also responsible for the miscellaneous work of the salt patrol division.
"Junko, haven't you heard back from there?" Lu Yan didn't get up, but asked.
Although he became a soldier, there are still some things to be taken care of, such as sending a letter to spy on news or something, hearing the adult ask this, Junko lowered his head and replied with some embarrassment: "No." ”
"So, is there a word?" Lu Yan was silent for a moment and asked again.
Junko's head hung lower, and her voice was a little quieter.
"No.." He said.
Lu Yan was silent and didn't speak.
The inside and outside were all cleaned up, and the salters all withdrew, and only the straight went or didn't go, and they stood very awkwardly.
"Are you sure all the letters are in her hands?" After a long time, Lu Yan asked again.
"Yes, the small ones are all watched with their own eyes, and Miss Liu holds them all." Junko hurriedly replied.
Lu Yan's brows furrowed, and his big hand rubbed his face a little helplessly, as if he was very depressed.
"Maybe I didn't see it." The master suddenly said with a big tongue, and walked over with a stagger, "My lord, you don't know. Those people have rules that are not respected, and if you give them such a private lesson, they may turn their heads and burn them..."
"Is it burning?" Lu Yan said sullenly, sighed, and then stood up, "Shunzi, you wait, I'll write another one." ”
Shunzi responded a little helplessly and watched Lu Yan walk in.
"So, what's so good about that girl." The master also sat down on the steps. With a big tongue, he pulled Junko and continued to nag, "... You people just can't think about it... This woman is like a wall skin, this layer is gone, and then one layer is removed, and the wall skin is just a few more layers to be brushed. This day is nourishing...."
"What nonsense are you talking about." Junzi was very unhappy, glared and whispered, "How do you know that Miss Liu didn't watch." The New Year's Day makes adults feel uncomfortable. ”
"Did she read it? Did you know she watched it? The master stared at him and argued.
"Anyway, anyway, I don't think Miss Liu is that kind of person." Junko naturally couldn't talk about him, so she had to hum and say.
"You kid just saw a few women.." The master cut his voice. Stretched out his foot and kicked him.
"You see more, what if you see more. I still don't have a daughter-in-law.." Junko dodged and said.
"You stinky boy." The master scolded with a smile, got up from the ground, and wanted to kick him again, but Shunzi snorted and simply stood at the door of Lu Yan's house.
The master snorted a few times, and remembered that something staggered over.
"If you read it, it's a matter of faith." He muttered and stepped inside.
Lu Yan sat in front of the table with a serious expression, holding a pen and writing something one by one.
"I'll see what the adults write." The master said. One side stood beside him.
This is the first time he has done this, Lu Yan subconsciously wanted to cover it up, but he felt that what he wrote was not unsightly.
“… This year's Chinese New Year..."The master muttered with his tongue wide. He pointed to one place, "This word is wrong..."
Lu Yan's face was slightly red. Didn't speak.
"I bought ten pigs for the Chinese New Year this year..."The master continued, his eyes widened with drunkenness, and he looked at Lu Yandao, "My lord, your letters are all written about this?" ”
Lu Yan still knows few words, and he doesn't know what to write, so he has always written about his life trivialities, what he did today, what he was happy about, what he ate, and what he was very delicious.
Hearing the master's question, Lu Yan was a little embarrassed, but he still hummed.
"No," the master stood on the corner of the table and looked at Lu Yan like a ghost, "No, my lord, how many pigs and how many pieces of cloth you bought, what you ate today, everyone is very happy or something....What does it have to do with Miss Liu?" ”
Lu Yan's face was even more embarrassed, in fact, he didn't know what to do with telling other girls, but he just felt that he wanted to talk to her.
"Come on, let me write." The master looked at this reckless man's stiff face, and couldn't help but shake his head, he knew that relying on this reckless man alone would not work, he was blind to his good idea, coupled with the desire to drink, and there was less restraint in the past, so he simply reached out and pulled a piece of paper, snatched the pen from Lu Yan's hand, pondered for a while, and carried the pen on the paper like the wind, all in one go.
“… Who knows the bitterness of affection, looking at the West River, the lovesickness is mysterious, like a shadow, I don't know when the concentricity will be formed.." The master shook the paper in his hand, shook his head and read in fascination.
Lu Yanmu listened.
"How?" After reading the master, he asked, and wanted to twist his beard habitually with one hand, but when he touched it, he found that the beard was gone, so he had to touch it twice on his chin.
Lu Yan raised his eyes and looked at him lightly.
"I don't understand." He replied.
Forgetting that this reckless man had just learned words, the master was happy in his heart.
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, then Miss Liu must be literate and literate, as long as she can understand it." The master smiled, while putting the paper on the table, "Come, come, you copy this down... The girl who kept it was impressed. ”
Lu Yan took the pen and did not move.
"I don't understand." He said again.
"I know you can't read it.." The master said a little impatiently.
"You know, doesn't Miss Liu know?" Lu Yan looked at him and said lightly.
The master was stunned.
Indeed, no one believes that a reckless man can write such a sour poem.
"I also know it's not interesting for me to write this." Lu Yan smiled, took the pen from the stunned master, and then began to slowly write down that he had received the New Year's goods, seeing that everyone was happy, he was also very happy with this sentence, and said slowly in his mouth. "I just want to write, I want to talk to her, I want her to know what kind of person I am and what I do every day..."
said and laughed at himself: "Of course, what kind of person am I, how can I be clear in these few words." ”
After saying this, he shook the pen again and wrote down the last sentence What have you been doing lately, are you happy.
Each time he ended with asking the other person. It was the hope of receiving a few words of answer, and so far four or five letters have been sent, but this wish has never been fulfilled.
Perhaps, the girl really didn't look at it.
"Junko." He put down his pen and read the letter again. Compared to the first letter, as he became more literate, the letter became longer and longer. Of course, in order to facilitate delivery, it was just a piece of paper in the end, and his handwriting was a little smaller, not the time when a word took up several lines.
Yanding, who had been standing outside the door, immediately came in.
Lu Yan did not speak. Instead, he folded the letter on the table and handed it to him.
Junko didn't speak either. Take it and hold it carefully in your hand.
"It's not too early, you go down." Lu Yan said.
Junko answered and withdrew.
The master was still standing aside, but the wine was already half awake, and he regretted his drunken abruptness, and he was a little embarrassed and retired.
"The Di newspaper in the past few days has to bother the master." Lu Yan said.
Because he is here to be the Jiupin Salt Inspector, sometimes the newspaper is not delivered, and he needs to go to other officials such as the county magistrate to borrow it.
Lu Yan seems to like to read Di Bao very much, which is a big difference from the previous inspections.
"I can't read those books, but this one is still very simple. You can also know what's going on outside. He explained this to his master.
Originally, this was just an illiterate fatherless and motherless orphan who had never left the scope of Xie County, and the master was silent, such a person had a different enthusiasm for the world in the outside world than others.
"Don't worry, sir." The master bowed and saluted.
"And. You just said that I didn't write the right word. Lu Yan called him again and pointed to the pen on the table. You write it to me. ”
The master answered yes, walked over, returned to his usual caution and respect, and half-bent over to write with a pen stroke by stroke.
Lu Yan nodded, followed and wrote it again, and the master nodded and said That's right.
"Rest early, my lord, I've been busy all day, and I've eaten again." The master said.
"It's okay, I have to keep the New Year today, and besides, it's already past the third watch." Lu Yan said, while picking up the pen and writing slowly, "Master, lie down for a while." ”
The master withdrew in response, and walked out of the house for inspection, I don't know when the snow will fall in the sky again, the entire Yansi City is brightly lit, and the sound of firecrackers from far and near is gradually sounding.
Another year has passed.
"Good luck, peace and security." The master said, while holding his hands in his sleeves, he shrunk his neck, and slowly walked towards his yard.
Song Sanniang did not let Zhou Liangyu and Liu Meibao keep vigil according to the rules, and after eating a simple Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, she drove them to sleep, mainly in this cold night, for them who could not afford to use charcoal, the vigil was too difficult.
Shen Liumei, who came in modern times, has long been in the habit of keeping vigil, and went to sleep with a yawn, Zhou Liangyu because he had eaten a glass of wine, he had never eaten as a young man, and the wine was easy to get up, and he went to sleep in a daze, Song Sanniang dimmed the lights in the room, sat at the head of the bed and listened to the sound of falling snow outside.
Liu Meibao didn't sleep long, soon she was woken up by the sound of firecrackers, the firecrackers on the first day of the new year are always particularly shocking, there is no difference between ancient and modern, looking at the darkness outside, knowing that it was still early, she shrunk into the warm quilt, ready to cover her head and sleep.
Song Sanniang was already outside, first patting Zhou Liangyu, and then patting her door.
"Are you up? Did you get up? She asked aloud.
Liu Meibao wanted to pretend to be asleep but didn't answer, but remembered Zhou Liangyu's instructions last night, so she hurriedly got up.
"Up, up." She replied.
This is auspicious words, Song Sanniang was very satisfied and did not knock on the door again, Liu Meibao was not good to fall asleep again, and heard that Zhou Liangyu had already gotten up in the yard, opened the door and prepared to set off firecrackers, and she also got up. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )
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