Miss Jiang paced away angrily, seeing that the sky was getting darker, Chu Nantang sighed helplessly: "In this deep mountain, don't run around, I'll go find Rong Wan and come back." ”

Seeing him walk away, Mo Xiang snorted coldly: "It turned out to be Young Master Chu's fiancée, Young Master Chu is really unlucky, he was born so good-looking, and he is so good-looking, but he wants to marry this kind of woman." ”

"Mo Xiang, don't chew the root of your tongue in the future, trouble comes out of your mouth, and it is always bad to be heard by others."

Mo Xiang was puzzled: "Sister, why have you become so timid now?" You weren't like that before. ”

I secretly sighed: "After going through so much, people will always change, Moxiang, I will protect you." ”

Mo Xiang pursed her lips and red eyes, nodded her head heavily, and raised her hand to wipe away the tears in her eyes.

I went to the tent to make a bed, and finally found some hay from nearby to mat, the quilt was very thin, but fortunately there was a fire to keep warm, but I was able to grit my teeth and get through.

"Mo Xiang, you go to sleep first." I told Mo Xiang to sleep first and tucked the quilt for her.

Seeing that I turned around to leave, Mo Xiang took my hand: "Sister, where are you going?" ”

"I ...... I see if Young Master Chu and they are back, this forest is not familiar, I am afraid of any danger, you sleep first, and when they come back, I will sleep again. ”

"Sister, what are you so worried about them for?" Mo Xiang yawned, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

I smiled, stood at the place where they had disappeared, and waited for a long time.

It became more and more cold, and a drop of ice and snow fell on the tip of my nose, and I looked up and saw that it was snowing.

When it came down, I was looking forward to the snow the most, so my grandmother lit a fire and sat in front of the window with me in her arms, watching the green hills outside the window covered with snow.

It was the warmest picture in my memory, and what I had left was engraved into Yongheng in my heart.

I stretched out my hand to catch the falling snowflakes, and I couldn't help but smile, but I was full of loneliness.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance, I looked for prestige, and Chu Nantang came back with Jiang Rongwu on his back. His fox fur was given to Jiang Rongwan, and when he came back, his nose was red from the cold.

"Young Master Chu......"

He smiled at me: "Thank you for the light, I can't see anything clearly when it's dark, if you don't stand here with the light in your hand and wait, I'm afraid I'll have to get lost again." ”

I took a deep breath, the cold air seemed to frostbite my lungs, and then silently held the lamp for them and walked back.

There was a stove in the carriage, and Jiang Rongwen was wrapped in a thick quilt, holding the stove and sulking.

Chu Nantang didn't pay attention to her anymore because she had such a good temper, put down the curtain, turned her head to look at me, suddenly frowned, shook my hand and rubbed it.

"Your hands are frozen red."

"Nope. Never mind. ”

He took the lamp from my hand, walked to the side of the campfire, turned off the lamp, and added some firewood.

The snow wind is getting stronger and stronger, and he said, "Go to sleep when the roast is hot, and you have to hurry early tomorrow morning." ”

"What about you?"

He looked around and said, "Master and I take turns keeping vigil, and in this wilderness, we can't do it without a little embankment." ”

I lowered my eyes, poked the branch in my hand at the burning fire, and whispered, "I'll accompany you." ”

"You ......" he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say more.

There was silence, and the firelit mountains were covered with a thin layer of white, and a layer of snow fell on his shoulders. Almost subconsciously, I reached out and brushed the snow off his shoulders for him, and by the time I reacted, I had met his eyes as deep as a lake.

I withdrew my hand nervously and at a loss: "I'm sorry, I ......"

He smiled lightly and said, "Thank you." ”

After that, he stretched out his hand and brushed the snow on my shoulders and hair for me, looked at the dark night, and said, "It seems that this snow will be down all night, and your body is just right, go back and rest." ”

Seeing that he was worried, I didn't want to embarrass him anymore and have worries. nodded: "Young Master Chu also pay attention to keeping warm, don't freeze." I'll go and rest first. ”

"Hmm."

I turned back to the tent, closing my eyes and thinking about the images I had seen before I came here.

The vanished Chu Nantang, the crying child, and the hated Shen Qiushui......

I turned over and sighed secretly, I don't know how the baby is? Did Bai Yiqing escape?

So he simply didn't sleep, quietly opened the tent, and looked at the slender figure in the distance, which was bright and extinguished in the firelight, and unconsciously his eyes were red.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong overnight, and I got up early the next day to hurry.

Mo Xiang complained: "I'm so sleepy, why do you get up so early and hurry?" ”

I rubbed Mo Xiang's head: "When you settle down, you can sleep as long as you want, now it's outside, and it's inconvenient, so don't complain." ”

"Hmm." Mo Xiang puffed out her cheeks and helped me clean up my things.

The road ahead was very difficult to walk, one wheel of the carriage was stuck in a mud puddle and could not get out, and it snowed all night, wet and slippery, Jiang Rongwen was forced to get out of the carriage.

I pushed the carriage out with the entourage, splashed Mo Xiang with muddy water, and I took Mo Xiang to the nearby creek to clean it.

Mo Xiang was full of grievances and anger: "They are all human beings, but there are people with such good lives!" It's unfair, it's not fair!! ”

In her rage, she threw a few stones into the river, splashing me with icy water.

I looked at her helplessly: "Okay, don't lose your temper, wash it up, don't make them wait too long." ”

Mo Xiang glanced at me, pursed her lips and said, "Sister, you are really too temperamental!" Isn't it true that when people ride on your head, you won't be angry? ”

"Mo Xiang, being angry won't solve the problem, it will only make you unhappy, why bother?"

"You can say beautiful things, you can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me, you like that Young Master Chu, right?"

When someone told me about the matter, I was flustered for a while, and I didn't know how to answer for a while.

Mo Xiang smiled clearly: "But you are like this now, let alone robbing Young Master Chu with Miss Jiang, it is difficult to make Young Master Chu look at you more." As for yourself, you don't know how to fight, but it's a matter of saying it, anyway, everyone is married, and people are divided into three, six, nine, etc., and good things won't come to us. ”

I secretly gasped, and my mood fell to the bottom: "It has nothing to do with you, don't worry about my affairs in the future." ”

With that, he got up and strode away.

"Sister, are you angry? Wait for me! ”

It took about half a month. rushed to the southern town. Daoist Xuanming said that he wanted to return to the Taoist temple first, so he said goodbye to everyone.

At that time, the Chu family's compound occupied most of the town, and the town was in a prosperous state at that time.

Small bridges and flowing water, vendors shouting, and the townspeople live and work in peace and contentment, a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere, which is really rare to see in this era of war.

I just don't know when the war will burn here, and I just hope to keep peace and stability forever.

As soon as the carriage stopped in front of the mansion, I saw an old lady with a few big maids in the house come to greet her.

Seeing Chu Nantang taking Jiang Rongwan out of the carriage, the old lady greeted him and shook Chu Nantang's hand: "Little master, you have finally come back safely." Don't you know, these days when you go out, Mrs. prays for you in the Buddhist hall every day, bless you and Miss Jiang to return safely. ”

"Mama Sun." Chu Nantang seemed to be very close to this old woman, and the hand he held held for a long time before letting go.

Seeing that this old lady was not like an ordinary person, Jiang Rongwen blessed her body, and said gently: "Grandma Sun is good." ”

"Oh, okay, let's get inside. It's a cold day, and Madame has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Watching Chu Nantang and Jiang Rongwan being surrounded into the mansion, Mo Xiang and I followed the family into the house.

That Shen Huyuan seemed to have received Chu Nantang's order, and temporarily arranged for us to say: "You guys take a rest first, and see how the young master arranges it in the future." ”

Moka is curious about all this. I touched it everywhere, and when I came back, I said excitedly: "Sister, the Chu family is really a wealthy family, you look at the tables and chairs, they are rare, maybe they can be worth a little money when they are taken out." ”

This house has not been inhabited for a long time, the smell of dust is serious, I opened the window, but I saw a red plum tree behind the courtyard, proud plum blooming in the cold wind, like clusters of bright flames, in this world is thrillingly beautiful.

"Sister! Sister!! ”

"Huh?" I was startled and looked back.

Mo Xiang pursed her lips: "You were distracted just now." It's been a long time since I heard me speak. ”

"Excuse me, what did you just say?"

Mo Xiang sighed exaggeratedly: "Do you really want to stay in the Chu family?" ”

I've thought about it, since I came here and met Chu Nantang, I haven't thought about leaving his side again, so when Mo Xiang asked me this question, the answer was yes.

"Mo Xiang, I want to stay, don't ask me why, I have a reason to stay. But you don't have to, wherever you want to go, what you want to do, I will do everything to help you. ”

Mo Xiang took my hand: "But I don't want to be separated from my sister, if my sister insists on staying, Mo Xiang will also stay." ”

"Silent ......"

"However, if you want to stay, you have to sign a deed of sale and become a maid here, what's the good of being a maid?"

Although she was full of grievances, she also made up her mind to stay.

After that, I didn't see Chu Nantang for a long time, and the next day Grandma Sun came over to take care of everything and asked if we would like to stay in the Chu family.

Mo Xiang and I nodded, and Grandma Sun asked us to sign a contract, and we became maids in the Chu Mansion.

The maid who comes for the first time will inevitably be excluded. In the winter, they didn't want to wash the quilts, so they all threw them to my silent fragrance.

Mo Xiang didn't last long, and seeing her hands that were red from the cold, I asked her to rest.

After washing all day, he finished all the work, and when he was about to go back to his room in the evening, he heard the faint sound of the piano, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that it was him.

As if I had been enchanted, my legs involuntarily walked towards another small stone path.

Walking and walking to a plum forest, where the plum blossoms bloom brightly, looking at it from a distance, like a burning half of the sky, I quietly stepped on the snow and walked into the depths of the plum forest.

It wasn't until the end of the song that he sat in Merlin for a long time, brushed off the fallen plums on the qin, and then picked up the qin and prepared to get up and leave.

When he saw me, there was a moment of misfortune, and I quickly bowed down: "Young Master Chu." ”

He walked slowly towards me and whispered, "Zen heart." ”

My heart moved, and I subconsciously looked up, and when I met his eyes, I forgot to look away for a while, and I didn't know what to do.

He was the first to break the deadlock: "Are you still used to it in the house?" ”

"Xi...... Habitually, I'm doing well. What about Young Master Chu? ”

He laughed, "There's nothing wrong with me. ”

He's good, he's good. I lowered my eyes and pursed my lips: "I...... Let's go first, and see you again Young Master Chu. ”

"Wait." He suddenly stopped me and took my hand: "Your hands are very bad for chilblains, take some medicine." ”

I smiled embarrassedly and put my hand behind my back: "No need, when I go back, Mo Xiang will give me medicine, thank you Young Master Chu for your concern." ”

"Let's go." Without further ado, he walked forward, and I froze in place for a few seconds, then he paused, looked back at me, and motioned for me to follow.

I thought about it, didn't bother with him, and followed him from a distance.

It wasn't until I got back to his courtyard that I dared to come any closer, and when I went inside, I lit a pot of charcoal and warmed it.

He put the piano aside and said, "Don't stand, go and bake the fire." I'm looking for ointment. ”

He rummaged for a while, took a very small oval jade box, made me stretch out my hand, I thought for a moment and said, "I...... I'll do it. ”

"You have to take medicine on both hands, it's inconvenient." He carefully applied the ointment to my hands, which was very cool, and the frostbite wound was quickly relieved.

I thought to myself, this ointment is different from what we use, and it must be a very precious thing.

"Young Master Chu, can I ask you a question?"

"Huh?"

"I obviously look alike to Mo Xiang, why do you never admit it?"

He was stunned for a moment, perhaps thinking about this question for the first time, and then said: "There is still a big difference between you and Mo Xiang, although the appearance is very similar, but the feeling is very different." ”

He screwed the box of the ointment and stuffed it into my hand: "You take it, those maids probably have to grind you for a while, I'll let Grandma Sun talk about it another day, don't let them go too far." ”

I looked at him, my eyes slightly hot. Ask him, "Are you so good to anyone?" ”

He pursed his thin lips, moved slightly, and spit out two words: "No." ”

I smiled, put away the ointment, and blessed my body: "Thank you, Young Master Chu, I'll go back first." ”

"I'll give you a lamp."

He took a horse lantern with very fine workmanship, and I stared at the horse lantern in his hand for a long time, but did not take it.

"Take it."

"This ...... Can you take a more ordinary one? ”

"That's all I have here."

"Then I can't even ask for it, I took it, so what do you use Young Master Chu?"

Chu Nantang sighed lightly: "In that case, I'll send you back?" ”

"That's even worse! Being seen by them is not good for you and me. ”

"It doesn't work, it doesn't work...... Then you can do it yourself. ”

Let's talk about it. He put the lamp aside a little angrily, ignored me, walked to the bookcase, took the wolf's pen, and practiced writing.

I didn't know that he would also be angry, and he never cared about it, but he did it with me.

I took the fire fold and lit the lamp, and mentioned it in my hand: "Young Master Chu, thank you for the lamp, I will come back." ”

"If you don't pay it back, it's all up to you." He glanced up at me and continued to practice.

I pursed my lips, but without saying a word, I silently picked up the lamp and left his room.

I went back late, Mo Xiang left me a meal, looked at the lamp in my hand, and looked puzzled: "Where did you get this lamp, it's so beautiful!" ”

After that, Mo Xiang snatched it with his eyes and raised it in the air, my heart tightened, and I stepped forward to snatch it back.

"Don't move! What should I do if I break it? ”

Mo Xianghu glanced at me suspiciously: "I've never seen you so concerned about something, you tell me honestly, who gave you the lamp?" Well? ”

"You're thinking too much."

"What did I think?"

"Mo Xiang, you're really gossiping! Wash up and go to sleep. "I nudged her and told her to go to bed.

Mo Xiang looked dissatisfied: "Really, we are good sisters, what is there to say to me?" In fact, even if you don't say it, I know that it must have been given to you by Young Master Chu, right? ”

I sighed: "Mo Xiang, our Chu family is walking on thin ice, there are some things you must not talk nonsense, it is really not what you think, you know?" ”

Mo Xiang waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I really don't understand you, why are you so scared?" Then Young Master Chu, I look very different from you, if it were me, I would definitely take advantage of this to climb up. ”

I ate a mouthful of cold rice, some of which I couldn't swallow, and finally put down the dishes and chopsticks: "Some feelings can't be used, and if they are used, they will not be pure, and participating in the interests is something I don't want to see." ”

"But now, what's not to be interested in? Don't you know that Xiao Hongsheng became a big girl a few days ago, wasn't it promoted by the housekeeper? Listen to the housekeeper and Xiaohong are relatives. How long are we going to have to do chores?! ”

The next day, it was supposed to be the turn of other maids to clean the toilet, but seeing that we were new here, we had been oppressed for so long and did not resist, and it became even worse.

Mo Xiang was about to get angry, but she saw Grandma Sun coming from the corridor unhurriedly. A few maids seemed to be very afraid of Grandma Sun, and they all honestly hung their heads and lined up in two rows.

Seeing this, Mama Sun understood without saying anything, and snorted coldly: "Regardless of you, it's just itchy skin." It seems that you little should take good care of you, and learn the rules of the Chu family's compound! ”

As soon as the words fell, the maid who was shirking just now rushed to brush up the toilet on the ground.

Mama Sun beckoned to me and smiled kindly: "Come here, I have something to do for you here." ”

I glanced back at Mo Xiang, made a look, and asked her to endure everything for the time being, and then I followed Grandma Sun away.

"Mama, what are you going to do?"

Grandma Sun took me to Chu Nantang's room: "You can help the little young master clean up the house today, and clean it up carefully." ”

I thought about it and was about to wash the rag, and Grandma Sun said, "The house was wiped this morning, and it was clean." ”

"That ......"

"Are you literate?"

I nodded again and again: "Literate." ”

"It's tidy, the young master's bookshelf said that if it is classified, you can go and tidy it up."

"Okay." In fact, his bookshelf is not messy, many books are classified, so I put a few books scattered on the desk into the bookshelf.

After it was done, he looked at the grandmother on the side: "It's done." ”

Mama sighed, looking helpless: "You stupid girl, do it again when you are ready." ”

"But......" I took a closer look, as if I understood something, my heart was stirred, and Grandma Sun smiled at me: "Understood?" I understand that you work hard, you girl is very sincere! ”

With that, he turned around and walked out, leaving me alone, tidying up in the house, and having nothing to do, I took the books on the shelves and read them.

Although the ancient text is obscure and difficult to understand, if you calm down and read it carefully, you can understand it. And some things that I don't understand, Chu Nantang made annotations with a pen.

It seems that he has really read them one by one.

I was idle and had nothing to do, but I suddenly had spiritual sustenance, saw some interest, and fell into my mind.

Chu Nantang came in. Didn't notice until he came up to me.

I was so frightened that my hands shook, and the books fell to the ground: "Young Master Chu, I'm sorry ......"

When I subconsciously bent down to pick it up, he also bent down, and his slightly cool fingertips touched the back of my hand, and when I raised my eyes, there was a slight heat in the air.

I hurriedly picked up the book and handed it to him with both hands: "I...... I had nothing to do, so I looked at it, and moved your stuff without your consent, I'm sorry. ”

He took the book from my hand. Quickly flipped through: "Can you understand?" ”

"Hmm." I nodded.

He smiled and said, "If you like it, you can read it, there is no point in keeping the books, you like to read them, but it makes them more meaningful." ”

"Because I saw that you wrote a note, I understood it all. I'm all too busy with my work, so I'm ...... I went first. ”

"Go ahead."

When I went back, I met the maid Xiao Xi'er in the corridor, Xiao Xi is timid, and he is always bullied by other maids.

When he saw me, he hurriedly ran over and took my hand: "Zen Xin, if you go and see Mo Xiang, you will be beaten to death in the courtyard." ”

After hearing this, my heart suddenly rose to my throat: "What's the matter?" ”

"Oh, it's a long story, let's talk as we go."

It turned out that it was a maid who had just been received in Jiang Rong's room, and she relied on the big maid who had just risen to the house, so she acted as a tiger, and her temperament was so strong that she couldn't help but collide.

Who knew that this maid was not interested in making trouble with the master, the so-called dog beating still depends on the master, this Jiang Rongwan entered the mansion and had nothing to do with those of us who were subordinates.

But I heard that this person is a silent incense, where will he calm down, and he will definitely do it to death.

When he arrived in the compound, he saw that Mo Xiang had already been pumped more than a dozen boards, his body was weak and thin, and he couldn't stand it for a long time and fell into a short coma.

"Don't fight!" I jumped forward to protect Mo Xiang, and the board fell on my back raw, and I was so stunned in pain that I gritted my teeth and couldn't help but let out a muffled snort.

Jiang Rongwen had a cold face and stared at us, as if she was looking at a useless piece of waste: "Drag her away and continue to fight, don't stop until she hits enough thirty boards." Although my surname is Jiang, not Chu, but I am also the master of your subordinates, and I am silent on weekdays. Just because I'm a bully, if I don't erect my prestige today, you don't know the difference between high and low. ”

The housekeeper violently pulled me away and threw me aside, and I was completely planted in the snow and snow, shivering from the cold.

Mo Xiang must not take a few more boards, I pulled the helpless little Xi'er on the side, and said, "You go quickly...... Hurry up and inform Young Master Chu in the backyard. ”

"What? Go...... Go to Young Master Chu? ”

"Xiao Xi'er, you hurry up, it's too late, Mo Xiang and I are afraid that we will both die."

Xiao liked helplessly, nodded, turned around and ran to find Chu Nantang while they were not paying attention.

I pounced on Mo Xiang and protected him: "Miss Jiang, if you want to beat me, you can beat me, Mo Xiang can't afford these big boards anymore." ”

Jiang Rongwen sneered: "Okay, you automatically sent it to the door, don't blame me for not distinguishing between black and white, it's because you don't know how to respect me first, so I won't teach you a lesson for my mother!" Hit, keep fighting. ”

She tightened the stove in her hand, sat on the Taishi chair, and looked at the snow scene in the courtyard in a good mood.