Chapter 15: The Unknowing

Last night it snowed all night, and the snow stopped after washing up in the morning, and there was only pure white snow between heaven and earth, and there was only a thin layer of snow in the yard, and there were two piles of snow in the corner of the yard.

Ming Lanying likes such a snowy day, she is refreshed, and she is also satisfied with Ye Jielu's diligence.

There were two snowdrifts piled up in the corner, and Ming Lanying was on a whim, so she patted it directly with her hands, piled up two little snowmen, took two pieces of burned small carbon as bean eyes, and generously took a handful of black beans and made a big smile.

Ning Er circled around the two big snowmen in a novel way, and also wanted to build one by herself, but the snow was too cold, Ming Lanying didn't let him get started, and turned her head and shouted Ye Jielu to cut a small wooden shovel for Ning Er to build a snowman.

Ye Jielu silently took a piece of wood and cut it beside him, Ming Lanying sneaked behind Ye Jielu, and while Ye Jielu was busy cutting a small wooden shovel for Ning Er, she stretched out her palm that was red from the snow and quickly reached into his neckline.

Ye Jielu stiffened, Ming Lanying laughed triumphantly, and the ice-like hand turned over twice on his back before withdrawing, "Ye Jielu, is it exciting?" ”

Ye Jielu finished sharpening the small wooden shovel twice, gave it to Ning'er to play, turned around and accurately clasped her cold hands, frowned and covered her hands for her, "Don't play in the snow if it's so cold." ”

Ming Lanying was stunned, her fingers were so stiff that she couldn't pull out for a while, she opened her mouth, and Abba Abba was speechless for a while. Ye Juelu's palm is very hot, it is dry hot, and it is very comfortable to hold it warmly.

Dong Xia came to play with Ming Lanying with needle and thread, and as soon as he entered the yard, he saw the two people holding hands under the pavilion, and quickly turned his head to pretend not to see it, and blushed to play with Ning'er who built a snowman next to him.

Ning Er happily built a snowman with a small wooden shovel, and when she saw Dong Xia, she happily shouted Sister Dong Xia, which scared Ming Lanying back to her senses and hurriedly pulled out her hand.

"Thank you." Ming Lanying rubbed her hands uncomfortably, "Winter and summer are coming, you are not going to the shop today, hurry up." ”

Ye Jielu snorted, packed up the sawdust and went to the blacksmith shop.

Walking on the road, he realized what he had just done, which he subconsciously felt should be done, and now that I think about it, it seems a little too intimate......

Ming Lanying pretended that nothing had happened, "Ning'er, go into the house to write." ”

"Good!"

Dong Xia patted the hot little face, trying to lower the temperature on his face, "Sister-in-law, my grandfather grabbed a pair of conditioning medicine for you, one dose a day, you drink it before going to bed." ”

"I see, thank you grandfather for me." Ming Lanying took the medicine bag and took Dong Xia's hand and went into the house to warm up, "I just baked some sweet potatoes, taste them first, and I will be taught to make cotton hats later, it's too cold, make a tiger head hat for Ning'er." ”

"Hmm!"

There is a warm aroma of roasted sweet potatoes in the house, and Ming Lanying is really not good for female red, and winter and summer can basically be said to be teaching her a stitch and a thread. Ning Er wrote on the low table, and after writing for a while, she looked up, thinking that her mother looked good no matter how she looked now.

Dong Xia also found out and said with a smile: "I couldn't see it before, but now that my sister-in-law has lost weight, I found out that she was so good-looking, no wonder Ning'er is so cute at a young age." ”

Ming Lanying smiled proudly, in fact, Ning Er looks like Ye Juelu for seven points, and the other three points should be inherited from her skin and the shallow pear vortex at the corner of her mouth.

Dongxia looked at Ning'er's well-behaved writing, and suddenly sighed, "When I was young, I often heard my grandfather say that Brother Ye grew up in ups and downs since he was a child, losing his mother at the age of four, losing his father at the age of eight, the family died and scattered, and there was no one around after the age of thirteen to ......."

Ming Lanying was pricked with a needle as soon as she was not paying attention, and a bead of blood was quickly erased by her.

The original body didn't like Ye Juelu, and she wouldn't care about his life experience, so she didn't know about these things, but now that she knew, she couldn't help but think, isn't this fate the Heavenly Evil Lone Star?!

If she hadn't worn this body, the original body would have strangled her son first, and then she was discovered by Ye Jielu and beaten to death by Ye Jielu. In this way, he not only restricts his father and mother, but also his wife and son, and everyone close to him has no taboos.

"But didn't he follow the emperor when he was still the crown prince for a long time? Why is the emperor ......?"

Dong Xia thought for a moment, "It seems that when I was thirteen years old, I followed the prince." ”

Ming Lanying exclaimed, "Didn't the prince at that time think he was unlucky?" ”

"How so!" Dong Xia was surprised: "Brother Ye is very powerful, at that time, the prince heard that the gun and the arrow were invincible, and there were few cronies......"

Ming Lanying understood, the prince at that time was in the East Palace but walking on thin ice, he only saw Ye Juelu's own ability, not those metaphysical numbers, and there was no doubt about employing people, so the prince could become the current emperor.

Ming Lanying tried her best to find information about the current emperor in her few memories, but unfortunately, the original body was a waste who couldn't do anything, and when she was in the capital, she didn't have her share in several large banquets, so she saw the emperor only a handful of times.

The impression of the emperor is probably only that he is extraordinary in appearance and young and promising. In my memory, the emperor's age is indeed not very old, probably seven or eight years older than Ye Juelu, Ming Lanying was surprised, sure enough, some people are destined to be dragons and phoenixes among people.

Dong Xia sighed, "So sometimes my grandfather actually wants you to be nice to Brother Ye, because he has never tasted sweet, he doesn't know how to treat people well, and he doesn't know how to love people." ”

Ming Lanying looked at her warm hands, moist and slender and good-looking, even if she did a lot of things after she came, but with the hand fat maintenance given by winter and summer, she couldn't see any traces of hard work. These hands, not long ago, shook with another pair of rough palms, using his temperature to warm her.

Ming Lanying remembered that Ye Juelu was only twenty-three years old this year, and in her original world, she was still studying on campus at the age of twenty-three, and she was full of naivety and longing for the society she was about to enter.

Here, thirteen-year-old Ye Jielu grew up in the dirty conspiracy of adults, and at the age of twenty-three, he has not tasted what sweet days are like.

Ming Lanying sighed, the brain circuit suddenly turned a corner, and suddenly there was a problem, Ming Lanying couldn't care about the hat in her hand for a while, and asked Dong Xia curiously.

"Dongxia, do you know when Song Shanshan started liking Ye Jielu?"

Dong Xia was stunned, "This ...... It seems that after the emperor ascended the throne. ”

"Sure enough, Ye Juelu's taboo-free Heavenly Evil Lone Star." Ming Lanying nodded clearly, "Song Shanshan has always talked about the friendship of childhood sweethearts, I thought she really liked Ye Jielu since she was a child!" I see that at that time, she couldn't wait to stay away from Ye Juelu. ”

Dong Xia nodded again and again, "Song Shanshan probably liked Brother Ye because she saw that Brother Ye had the skill of being a dragon, and he was a close minister by the emperor's side." ”

"But that's not right...... Ming Lanying frowned and thought for a while, "Ye Jielu has been exiled, why did she still come with her?" ”

"Could it be that you really have a crush on Brother Ye?" Dong Xia shook his head, "No, no, no, her kind of person puts glory and wealth first." ”

Ming Lanying nodded, "Indeed, it should be something that Ye Jielu has taken a fancy to, and this thing is more powerful than the Dong family, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, so she holds on to it." ”

"What is it?"

Ming Lanying shook her head, "How do I know this." ”

Dong Xia said: "Then go ask Brother Ye!" ”

Ming Lanying shook her head helplessly, "Then forget it, how could he say, forget it, Song Shanshan has returned to Beijing, and she is still afraid of her?" ”

Dong Xia thought about it too, turned his head and continued to teach Ming Lanying to sew hats, I must teach her today!

As soon as Ye Jielu came back at night, he found a row of colorful lanterns hanging under the eaves, and under the night sky, the ice picks printed under the eaves were very beautiful.

Imperial Physician Zhao sat under the gazebo and drank tea and watched the excitement, and there were two little squirrels in small clothes squatting beside him. Ming Lanying and Ning Er had a snowball fight in the yard in winter and summer, the three of them were wearing thick cotton jackets, and they all wore festive and cute tiger head hats on their heads, like three round little tigers, the snow foam in the yard was splashing, and the three of them laughed wantonly.

Ming Lanying fought against Ning Er and Dong Xia alone, and she was still at ease, Ning Er was holding her head and scurrying around under the cover of Dong Xia, and when she saw Ye Jielu coming back, she immediately ran to him.

"Daddy! Come and help! ”

The voice was clear and cheerful, and it quickly attracted Ming Lanying's attention.

Ye Jielu bent down to pick up a snow ball, and just wanted to step forward to protect Ning Er, a snowball flew in front of him and smashed it on his head accurately, Ming Lan Ying laughed triumphantly, Ning Er immediately turned around and ran back to Dong Xia's side.

Ye Juelu: "......"

With Ye Jielu's passive joining, the three of them had a better time, Dongxia and Ning'er's snowball basically smashed towards the Minglan Ying behind Ye Jielu, Ye Jielu protected the Minglan Ying behind him, and at the same time picked up the snowball to control the force, and smashed it accurately to the opposite side.

After a commotion, Dongxia and Ning'er both surrendered.

"If you don't fight, you won't fight, you'll be bullied by your husband and wife." Dongxia gasped and shouted surrender, and the smile on his face never disappeared.

Ning'er shouted surrender while throwing herself into Ming Lanying's arms, "Mother, Ning'er is hungry." ”

Ming Lanying smiled and patted off the snowflakes on his body, "I went to the house with Sister Dongxia to bake and warm up before coming out, and I can eat." ”

Ming Lanying shook the snow off her body and said to Ye Jielu: "Go change your clothes first, wash your hands and eat, and I'll wait for you." ”

After the trouble, Ye Jielu was also in a good mood, with a smile in his eyes, he listened to her words and went to another room to change clothes, and went to the kitchen to help her serve food at the hint of Imperial Doctor Zhao.

When the dishes were served, Ye Jielu unexpectedly found that tonight's meal was richer than before, but today didn't seem to be a big day, but it didn't take a holiday, and no one had a birthday.

No one in the room mentioned it, and Ming Lanying poured him a bowl of wine, which flattered him.

Imperial Physician Zhao looked at his dumbfounded appearance amusedly, and scolded with a smile.

At night, Ming Lanying didn't resist Ning'er's coquettishness, and a family of three slept on a kang tonight, and Minglan Ying was woken up by the cry outside in the middle of the night, and heard where it collapsed in a half-dream.

Turning over, the sleeping sanity came back a little, and the sound of two owls outside the house was heard.

"Why hasn't she woken up yet?"

"Let's sleep again."

"Her home collapsed and was stolen, and she was able to sleep."

"Maybe it's people, and it has nothing to do with us."

Ming Lan Ying: "......"

She hadn't seen these two owls for a long time, thinking that they had been eaten by large birds, but she didn't expect them to be alive and find her new home.

But her house collapsed? Ming Lanying got up lightly and put on a cotton jacket and went out.

In the dark night when she couldn't see her fingers, Ming Lanying looked at the yard, nothing had changed, the house was fine, and the pavilion was fine.

When the two owls saw her come out, they grunted their heads.

"It's out, it's out."

"Hey, your house is collapsing, and you're still sleeping after something was stolen."

Ming Lanying gently covered the door and said softly: "What nonsense in the middle of the night, be careful that I catch you two and stew!" ”

An owl turned its head in one direction, "That home, that home." ”

"Crushed by snow, crushed by snow, stolen."

Ming Lanying was stunned for a moment, the old house collapsed, "Do you see who it is?" ”

"Of course."

"A very thin man, not good-looking, with protruding teeth, small eyes, and a round hat like a watermelon."

The owl is a night vision animal, and it can see so carefully in this dark night, which is also something that Ming Lanying didn't expect, "I know, thank you." ”

An owl flapped its wings, "Just thank us with two rabbits." ”

Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows, it turned out that she was here to invite credit, "The rabbit doesn't have it, the chicken does, the two weak chickens in the fence can be given to you, don't catch more." ”

What she has is that the chicks of one male and one female she bought at the beginning have grown up early, and just in late autumn she gave birth to a new litter of chicks.

An owl stares in the direction of the woods, an owl stares at the nest under the eaves, "Squirrels and sparrows can too." ”

"Nope." Ming Lanying crossed her waist and looked at it fiercely, "That's my son's playmate and guard, don't move." ”

"Okay."

Two owls fluttered their wings and flew to the fence in the corner of the yard, and the two weakest chicks were captured.

Ming Lanying yawned and went back to the house, there was nothing valuable and useful in the old house, so she planned to wait until tomorrow morning to talk to Ye Jielu about the collapse of the old house.

After she lay down and fell asleep lightly, Ye Jielu quietly opened her eyes, and she could accurately look at Ming Lanying in the dark.

He heard every word that Ming Lanying was outside the house just now, but apart from hers, he didn't hear anyone else's voice, only the cry of the owl from time to time, as if mocking his incompetence.

The days have been too good for him to almost forget, Ming Lanying is not just a man. The hand in the quilt was clenched into a fist, and Ye Jielu took a deep breath for a long time before suppressing the unwarranted anger in his heart, and he didn't fall asleep all night.

When Ming Lanying woke up, she unexpectedly didn't see Ye Jielu's figure, and during this time, she was used to waking up, and she could still see him making breakfast or sweeping snow.

"Ning'er, where is your father?"

"Daddy went to the shop early in the morning!" Ning Er obediently brought out the hot breakfast in the pot.

Ming Lanying rubbed his small bun, didn't think much about it, and after breakfast, he called Shang Dongxia to go to the old house to clean up.

Dongxia held a shovel and looked at the ruins of the dilapidated house buried by the snow in shock, "Sister-in-law guessed correctly, it really collapsed." ”

Ning Er was a little sad, "Mother, the house collapsed." ”

Ming Lanying rubbed his little face, "It's okay, my mother will clean up, and when spring begins, your father will be rebuilt." ”

"Fortunately, my sister-in-law had the foresight to buy a new house, otherwise this beam would have been smashed on herself." Dong Xia said with a smile: "Fortunately, Brother Ye is not sleeping here, otherwise something would have happened at night." ”

Ming Lanying didn't expect this old house to be so unbearable, but she was a little curious now about what was stolen.

After cleaning up for a long time, I really can't clean it up, and it doesn't matter if Ming Lanying is gone, just let it go.

"After going for winter and summer, I won't accept it, it's all snow and wood, I'll talk to him when you come back."

Dong Xia crossed his waist and sighed, "There are still 3,000 nails in the broken boat, and 3,000 catties in the broken house, but I'm tired to death." ”

Ming Lanying smiled and patted her, "Let's go, go back and make fish soup and cakes for you." ”

Dongxia and Ning'er cheered, and the three of them walked home slowly, and when they passed by the entrance of the village, a little sparrow flew over, and Ming Lanying took a closer look at it and saw that it was Ma Yi.

Ma Yi fluttered his little wings and stopped on the shovel on the shoulder of the Ming Lan Ying, and looked at it strangely in winter and summer.

"Sister-in-law, this little sparrow is not afraid of people."

Ming Lanying smiled and hummed, "Maybe it's because we feed birds." ”

Ma Yi pecked the feathers, "Ming Niangzi, I saw a woman at the entrance of your village, it seems that she is dying, she has been chanting the name of your father-in-law, it should be your rival." ”

Ming Lan Ying was stunned for a moment, looked at the direction of the village entrance, and couldn't see anything in the white snow, but Ming Lan Ying still stretched out his hand and pulled Dong Xia.

"Winter and summer, look at the entrance of the village, is there a person lying down?"

Dong Xia was startled by her, looked around and sighed, "Sister-in-law, you scared me, who would appear at the entrance of the village at noon." ”

Ning'er didn't see it either, "Mother, is it wrong?" ”

Ming Lanying said firmly: "Yes, let's go over and take a look, what if we faint?" ”

Dong Xia was puzzled by Ming Lanying, Ning Er cautiously followed her, moved a few steps to the entrance of the village, and Ma Yi flapped her wings and flew over.

The three of them followed the direction of the little sparrow and really found a figure in the snow that was half buried in the snow.

Dongxia exclaimed, "Oh my God! Sister-in-law, there really is someone, I'll go and see. ”

"Wait."

Ming Lanying vigilantly took the shovel and lightly touched the person on the snow, the shovel gently pushed, and the person on the ground was turned over.

Ning Er hid behind Ming Lanying, and was stunned when she saw the appearance of that person, and felt familiar, but she didn't remember who it was.

Ming Lanying frowned, "It's a woman, Dong Xia, let's see if I'm still alive." ”

Dong Xia hurriedly touched his pulse, touched his nose again, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Sister-in-law, you're still alive." ”

Ming Lanying hurriedly took the handle and carried the person home first to save him.

It happened that the renovation of Zhao's house was completed the day before yesterday, and a consultation room was separated, and Imperial Doctor Zhao was startled when he saw that the two of them went out in the morning, but they carried someone back at noon.

"What's going on?"

Ning Er took Imperial Physician Zhao's hand and pulled him over to take a look, "Grandpa Zhao, it's a person that my mother picked up at the entrance of the village, Sister Dong Xia said it's almost gone, take a look." ”

Ming Lanying hurriedly took off the wet and cold coat of the unconscious woman, and Dong Xia hugged a quilt to warm her, and Imperial Physician Zhao's fingers touched her pulse, and she was excited by the ice.

"It's been so long in the snow that it's been freezing like this!"