CHAPTER XXXVI

Shanniang and Yao hurried to the door of the mansion while listening to the little maid explain the whole story.

But it turns out that today's incident is a follow-up to yesterday's incident. Because the fat woman was humiliated by Shanniang, she made her son hold a grudge against Hou Rui. The son was also a mess, but it happened to be Mu Xiu today, and he knew that Hou Rui couldn't sit still at home, so he led someone to block Hou Rui on the river embankment. At that time, Hou Rui had just come out of the house, and his "little brothers" had not yet been gathered. When he saw that he was about to suffer, unfortunately the little fat dun happened to pass by. I don't know what happened to this cowardly little chubby dun, seeing people besieging his brother, he didn't run away, but rushed forward like this. He was still only a seven-year-old child, and he was only a seven-year-old child, and he was only lifted so casually that he was thrown into the Luomei River......

When he followed the little maid to the gate, a wagon was parked outside the gate. Shanniang's dripping eldest brother Hou Rui stood beside the carriage, holding the curtain high. Beside him, another man with his back to Shanniang stretched out his hand into the carriage, as if he was going to carry someone out of the car.

Seeing that there was a stranger outside the door, Yao suddenly stopped. Seeing that the wife timidly retracted back to the shadow wall, Shanniang did not force her, so she took the maids and servants out of the house alone.

And at this moment, another person came out of the carriage. The man bent his waist and handed Hou Jue, who was also drenched, to the young man who stretched out his hand, then straightened up, raised his hand and stroked all the wet hair on his forehead to the back of his head......

So, after a lifetime, the face that almost became Shanniang's heart demon crashed into her eyes without warning.

Sixteen-year-old Yuan Changqing is still as tall and thin as she remembers, and she looks slightly taller than her brother Hou Rui. The elegant face, the broad forehead, the black and thick straight eyebrows, and the thin lips with clear contours but extremely stubborn are exactly the same as the young man under the begonia flowers in his memory......

In her previous life, Shanniang often dreamed of the first time she saw Yuan Changqing. Every time she woke up from a dream, she always felt that it was the memory that beautified the boy in the dream, but now that she saw him again after a lifetime, Shanniang realized that it was not the memory that beautified him, but that he was at this age, that is, now she no longer has any thoughts about him, but she still feels that he ......

Delicious and delicious.

Yan Bo, who was guarding the door, saw the girl come out, hurried over to greet him, and said: "Don't worry, girl, the uncle and the second master are nothing serious, they just fell into the water." ”

Shan Niang blinked, looked away from the body of the enemy in the previous life, and hurriedly walked down the steps, while commanding without looking back: "Ask someone to bring some clean towels and cloaks." Prepare hot water and ginger soup in the kitchen, and then call someone to call a doctor. ”

She gave an order here, and there was a maid or mother-in-law behind her who agreed accordingly, and then hurriedly went to run an errand.

When Shanniang came to the carriage, even Yuan Changqing had already jumped out of the carriage.

"What's going on?" She deliberately didn't look over there, only looked at her eldest brother, but she didn't wait for her eldest brother to reply, and suddenly realized that it was not the right time for her to ask, so she waved her hand again and said, "Let's go back and talk about it, now hurry in first." It's still cold, but don't freeze. ”

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to pull Hou Jue.

The man who carried Hou Jue off the carriage on the side suddenly smiled and said, "I'll carry him in, he was quite frightened." ”

Only then did Shanniang remember that there was another person next to the carriage. When she looked up, she saw that the person was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a warm smile, and a pair of round apricot eyes that made her feel inexplicably familiar.

She was stunned for a moment, raised her eyebrows slightly, and suddenly recognized this person. This person is the senior of Meishan Academy, the man of the year in the academy, Lin Ruting - and the so-called "senior" at this time is not the honorific title for the senior students in later generations, but refers to the students who help the gentlemen manage the college, just like the student union president of later generations.

The reason why Shanniang recognized him at once was not only because Lin Ruting often came to the women's school to spread the word, but also because of the round apricot eyes - this Senior Lin happened to be Lin Ruzhi's own brother!

Shanniang had just called "senior" here, and before she had time to salute, her younger brother Hou Jue suddenly grabbed her hand hard, and said while shivering: "No, no, I, I'm old, don't be hugged." ”

Feeling the coldness of his fingers, Shanniang suddenly didn't care about polite words, hurriedly greeted her, pulled Hou Jue, and led everyone into the mansion.

Fortunately, as soon as they turned the shadow wall, they saw several maids rushing over with cloaks, towels and other things. Among several people, only Lin Ruting did not go into the water, and his body was dry. Shanniang let go of the little fat pier, asked his nurse to wrap him tightly with a cloak, and stepped aside, silently watching everyone circle around Hou Rui and Yuan Changqing, who were like water dogs.

She never imagined that she and Yuan Changqing would meet in such a situation in this life.

also thanks to the signs before, so that she was mentally prepared for his appearance; It's also thanks to the fact that now she has no idea about him at all, and she has already figured out the things in her previous life, so that she can meet so suddenly like this, and she can be calm and calm, and she will not be shocked......

*·*·*

By wiping his wet hair with a towel, Yuan Changqing quietly raised his eyes and peeked at Hou Thirteen from under his wrist.

He didn't expect that he just saved a child who fell into the water, and he actually saved this Hou Thirteen's younger brother!

In his impression, this little thirteen was a little laid-back, a little lively, and even a little cynical, but he didn't expect that she who ran out of the door could be so calm and calm. In the event of such an emergency, those who have become adults are panicked, but a half-grown child like a general in the army can handle chaos without being alarmed, and in an orderly manner.

A subordinate came over and replied with a worried face, probably something that had not been done well. Although the thirteenth child frowned slightly, the corners of her lips were slightly upturned by nature, so that people could not feel her displeasure. She whispered a few words of comfort to the man, and the man breathed a sigh of relief, turned and went on with his work.

Yuan Changqing looked at it, and the towel in his hand gradually stopped. He had noticed a long time ago that when these thirteen children were not speaking, the corners of their lips were so curled as if with a smile. But he didn't expect that her eyes would be so good. When she looked at people, she loved to squint, so the slender and long fox eyes turned into two curved crescents, which looked very ......

Charming.

Suddenly, the pair of slender fox eyes looked at him. Yuan Changqing was startled, and turned to the side suddenly, but his heart was beating suddenly.

And such an uncalm self couldn't help but make him frown secretly - just she looked at it, that is, the two of them looked at each other, and he could completely look away calmly and calmly, but he didn't understand why he suddenly had an indescribable heart at that moment......

*·*·*

Let's say that Shanniang glanced at Yuan Changqing again, and saw that these "water dogs" were all tightly wrapped, and she was just about to continue to give orders, but she suddenly remembered that his wife was coming, and hurriedly turned his head to look over, only to find that the place where Yao was standing had long been empty.

She glanced around, didn't find Yao for a while, so she couldn't take care of her, and turned back to Hou Rui and said: "It happened suddenly, the guest house didn't have time to clean up for a while, and asked my brother to take Senior Lin and this son to sit in my brother's courtyard first, so I can change my clothes and drink some ginger soup, but don't freeze." ”

The nurse who called her brother whispered, "I see that those two are about the same height as my brother, so you can find two of my brother's clothes and replace them." Then he clapped his hands at the crowd, "Move faster." ”

So everyone agreed, and they hugged the people and went to the backyard.

At this time, Hou Jue, who was wrapped into a small dumpling by the nurse, suddenly broke free from his nurse, ran over and grabbed Shanniang's hand, looked up at her and shouted: "Sister......"

Shanniang lowered her head, and saw the child smiling at her and browning her eyebrows, "I helped my brother fight." I didn't run away. ”

Shanniang was stunned, and her heart was shocked. She didn't expect that Xiao Chubby Dun's action of protecting Hou Rui today was because of her casual scolding of him that day......

Before she could open her mouth here, Hou Rui came over wrapped in a cloak, turned his fist on the top of Hou Jue's head, and scolded with a smile: "I'm embarrassed to say that I am helping me fight!" If it weren't for you, how could Brother Yuan and I become soup chickens! ”

Yo, this has already been announced?!

Shanniang couldn't help but look at Yuan Changqing, but she happened to be in the same place as the eyes he had seen.

Shanniang was stunned, and was about to politely avoid her eyes, but suddenly found that Yuan Changqing's eyes flashed, and she didn't mean to take the initiative to avoid her eyes. Her eyes narrowed.

I saw that he only looked at her calmly for a moment, and then calmly looked away.

Suddenly, his calmness made Shanniang feel unhappy for a while. She secretly gritted her teeth, slapped Hou Rui's hand away, and pulled Hou Jue over to protect her, frowning: "What kind of teeth are grinding here?!" Why don't you go back and change your clothes, you will have no one to serve you if you are frostbitten! ”

Hou Rui bared his teeth at Shanniang in demonstration, and then turned around and beckoned Yuan Lin and the others to leave.

So Shanniang heard Lin Ruting smile at Hou Rui: "The relationship between your brothers and sisters is really good. ”

Hou Jue also heard it, so he held Shanniang's hand again, looked up at her and smiled like a pleasing puppy.

Shanniang couldn't help but reach out and rub the towel covering his head, then pushed him to his nurse, and said, "Why don't you hurry back?" I'll settle accounts with you later! What does it matter to you when your brother fights?! You don't understand the truth that a gentleman doesn't erect a dangerous wall?! ”

Hou Jue looked up at her, and saw that she was just speaking harshly, not really scolding him, so he bent his eyes at her again, and then took the nurse's hand and left.

And when Shanniang was dealing with these things, the serious owners of this house, the five masters and five wives, didn't even show their faces. Fortunately, it's chaotic at this time, and it won't be picked on for the time being.

Seeing that the "water dogs" were surrounded by people into the second gate, Shanniang couldn't help but reach out and stroke her forehead, sighed, and then turned around to look for the missing fifth wife.

*·*·*

Behind the shadow wall, to the main hall of the front hall, there is a small courtyard. She stood in the middle of the courtyard and looked around, but she couldn't see her wife, so she glanced up at the dimly lit lobby.

This glance startled her.

It's cloudy today, and the lobby of the main hall, which is not well lit, is even darker at the moment. In this darkness, Shan Niang looked so far away, and saw two statue-like motionless people sitting on both sides of the Eight Immortals Table above.

She walked over and looked closer, but it was a blink of an eye.

I saw her father sitting in the Taishi chair on the east side, with a solemn face; The fifth lady sat on the west side with her head hung down - even across the empty hall, she could see the Shan Niang standing by the door, and the sleeves of the wife's dress were shaking out obvious water ripples.

Shanniang sighed silently. The stiff atmosphere between the husband and wife originally made her want to go over, but the wife's appearance was too pitiful, not to mention that compared to the old man who didn't like to take care of people, Shanniang felt that the timid wife was more cute.

So she walked into the empty front hall with the eyes of the fifth old man, saluted the old lady in the hall, looked at the old man and said, "When did the old man come?" I didn't even notice. ”

The old man was silent for a moment before he said, "Seeing that you handled it well, I didn't say anything." ”

Shanniang smiled sneeringly, and said with her sleeves folded: "It's not good to ask anything for the time being, when the elder brother and younger brother have changed their clothes, and the doctor has seen it, the old lady will go over and ask the reason." ”

Suddenly, not only did the wife shrink back, but the old man also frowned obviously. Then, the fifth master said very irresponsibly: "You handled it well, you can continue to manage this matter." If anyone of your brother has a fault, he will be beaten and punished, and you are in charge. "-yes, shake it off!

Shanniang couldn't help but want to use her fingers to support her forehead. Her parents are too irresponsible......

At this moment, she suddenly noticed that Mrs. Yao's hand was quietly pressing on her stomach. In her previous life, her stomach was not very good, she looked up at Yao, saw that cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with my wife?" Sick? But stomach pain? ”

Before Mrs. could answer, she saw the fifth master suddenly stand up, looked at Mrs. and frowned, "What are you doing when you are sick?!" ”

Shanniang was stunned, looked up at the master, and was speechless for a while.

As the saying goes: a twisted melon is not sweet. Most of the marriages in that era were the words of the matchmaker at the behest of the parents, and the children basically had no right to speak, so it was normal for the relationship between husband and wife to be bad. In her previous life, Shanniang suffered like this, and now she looks at the five old men and wife who can't even respect each other, and she empathizes even more.

The fifth lady was asked so fiercely by the fifth master, and she suddenly panicked, stood up, and shook her voice, unable to hear what she was saying. Shanniang even suspected that if the fifth master said one more word, the fifth lady would be able to faint and show him on the spot!

In her previous life, Shanniang always liked to point fingers and uphold justice, but now in another life, it seems that her temperament has not changed much, so at this time she couldn't help but jump out, grabbed his wife's arm, and turned around and called the maid next to his wife, "Minglan, Cuiyu, Mrs. is not feeling well, come and help Mrs. go back to the house to rest." Then he raised his voice and commanded, "Go and get another doctor." As she spoke, she helped her out of the antechamber.

Mrs. Yao's palms were full of cold sweat. Shanniang couldn't help but look back at the old man with condemnation.

However, this glance made her stunned. At this moment, the old man was looking at his wife's back, and his eyes were ......

Shanniang suddenly felt that the master was indeed the father of her brothers. Not to mention the big nerves when the old man yelled at his wife before, it was exactly the same as her second middle brother; is now staring at the back of his wife's lonely little eyes, which are exactly the same as the little chubby dun's eyes - the kind of lingering compassion of "even if you abuse me thousands of times, I will still treat you like my first love......

The fifth master was looking at the fifth lady with a complicated expression, but he didn't want to suddenly meet the eyes that Shanniang looked back at.

At that moment, the fifth master was suddenly embarrassed.

And when people are embarrassed, they often do some inexplicable things, so the fifth master said to the fifth wife in an impatient tone: "You are not in good health, you don't care about these messy things at home, fortunately, when the girl comes back, let it all be left to her." ”

Although the fifth lady stood there and did not move, Shanniang clearly felt her arm stiffen. Then, Yao Shi answered "yes" in a low voice, then broke away from Shanniang's hand, and walked away without looking back.

Looking at the back of the fifth wife, Shanniang was stunned for a while-what does the fifth master mean?! Is this depriving the fifth wife of the right to be a housekeeper?! Although my wife is not willing to take care of things, abstaining from voting and being dismissed are two different things!

She was not the fifth lady who didn't dare to ask, so she turned around and asked the master, "What does the master mean by this?" How old am I, where can I manage my family? ”

The fifth master frowned, "You're fourteen, why can't you take care of your family?" Do you still have to work for your wife?! My wife's health is not good......"

Speaking of this, the fifth master suddenly choked, as if he had accidentally said something wrong. Shan Niang didn't understand what he said wrong, but the fifth master was already annoyed, slapped the table hard, and said angrily: "Tell you to take care of it, you just take care of it, where is there so much nonsense!" After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Looking at the old man's back, Shanniang blinked for a while. Then, suddenly, she understood. It turned out that it was not that the fifth master didn't like the fifth wife, but that the fifth master liked the fifth wife, but he didn't know how to express it......

Once again, she deeply realized that the fifth master was indeed worthy of being the father of their brother and sister. Not to mention her second brother, the closer she is, the more impulsive her tone is when she speaks; Even in her previous life, if she wants to express concern, she often misses the essentials...... At the end of the day, they just don't know how to express themselves properly.

Mrs. Biao Wu is such an unfazed ......

Standing alone in the dark vestibule, the more Shanniang thought about it, the more she sighed - for the sake of her parents and for herself in her previous life.

And thinking of the tone of the old man's voice when he spoke before, Shanniang sighed even more. Even she felt that the master was accusing, let alone the wife. She bet that at this time, Mrs. would definitely think that the master had been dissatisfied for so long that he deliberately slapped her in the face in front of her!

Shanniang, who was stroking her forehead, didn't notice that she, who had already sworn not to interfere in other people's affairs, was now worrying about her unreliable father and mother......

And as long as she thought that her father not only did such a stupid thing to his wife, but also wanted her to ask her to take care of the house for him, Shanniang suddenly frowned - she escaped from the West Garden, but she went to the idle days, so she didn't want to work for her irresponsible father!

So, Shanniang turned her skirt and chased her father to the backyard.

As for Yuan Changqing, the former husband who was changing clothes in her eldest brother's yard at the moment......

Who is he? Shanniang said: I don't know!