The practice of fast wear is successful

Chapter 467 The Ninth Aunt in the High Wall Courtyard ([-])

When Chunhua left, the surroundings finally became quiet.

After Jin Ke finished washing, she went to bed and closed her eyes. Li Qinglan gave her a strange look. She didn't know why, but she always felt that my sister was no more enthusiastic about me than before. Is it an illusion?
"Sister, it's still early, are you going to sleep now?" Li Qinglan asked.

Jin Ke whispered, "It's raining so heavily outside, there's nothing to do if you don't sleep!"

Li Qinglan nodded, "Yes!"

So she also climbed onto the bed and lay beside Jin Ke.

After she fell asleep with long breaths, Jin Ke slowly opened her eyes, her eyes were clear, she got up, and tapped Li Qinglan's forehead with her fingertips, and Li Qinglan fell asleep even more soundly.

She exhaled and sat cross-legged in meditation.

Time passed slowly, and soon it was night, there was a knock on the door, Jin Ke stopped meditating, and Li Qinglan woke up in a daze.

After getting dressed, Jin Ke went to open the door. It was Chunhua. She had the same dead face as before, with expressionless face and dull eyes. There was hardly any emotion in it.

She raised her head and said in a deep voice, "You two girls, it's time to eat!"

The sky outside is a bit dark at the moment, and Chun Hua's expression is indeed a bit scary.

Jin Ke lowered his eyes, "Got it."

Li Qinglan also got up quickly.

The two followed Chunhua to the living room. The environment of Aunt Jiu's house was cleaner than that of Li's ancestor's house. Although the outside looked chaotic, as if it had been left unattended for many years, the living room and the room were cleaned extremely clean. The decorations inside are all old, but they are also wiped clean, with no obvious dust.

Jiugugu was sitting at the table at the moment, with a smile on her face, a sallow complexion, and a thin figure. She looked like a country girl who was used to rough work, but the old man in front of her was a real lady from the old dynasty.

"The two girls are here, come and sit down!" Nine Gu Gu's face was very kind, if there were no such nonsense in front of her, she would look like a normal person.

Jin Ke and Li Qinglan went to sit down. Jin Ke glanced at the food on the table, and was surprised to find that it was clean thick noodle steamed buns, the dishes were also clean, and there was no visible dust on the table. within the acceptable range.

"Surprised?" Jiu Gugu lowered her head and smiled. Although her hair was still a little messy, she was much cleaner than when we first met, and even her clothes were neatly dressed.

She seemed to understand the doubts in Jin Ke's heart, smiled and said softly, "My mind is awake in the morning and night, but I am confused at noon, so I scared you when you came."

Li Qinglan raised her head, is that so?With a sigh of relief, he smiled at the food on the table.

Jin Ke said, "Ninth Aunt, you are..."

Aunt Jiu sighed bitterly, "Maybe it's because I've been locked up in this high-walled compound for a long time, and my brain has been shut down!"

"Not only me, but also Chunhua, and the people in the Li family's ancestral house, have been locked up crazy!"

"Since I was young, what my parents taught me the most is to let me become a monk and obey my husband, three obedience and four virtues, but I was not interested in these since I was a child, and I tried to resist, but nothing happened!"

"As a woman, even though I used to have enough food and clothing, my heart was empty." Aunt Jiu seemed to be lost in her own thoughts, her eyes dull, "I can be considered a long-lived person until I reach 75, but I don't. One step out of this deep walled compound, probably, only on the day of my marriage I took a sedan chair all the way from Li's house to Zhang's house, that was the only time I went out, but I sat in the sedan chair, listening to the sounds of suona and The cheers of passers-by are, after all, those who have no courage to open the curtain to take a look at the scenery along the way!"

Jin Ke also felt that she was a bit pitiful, but she was born in that era, as a woman, it was her tragedy and her destiny. As for the resistance that Aunt Jiu said, it was nothing more than a small gesture, and I am afraid that she even asked her parents for help. The request to go out has never been said.

"Ah!" Nine Gugu sighed, looked at them and smiled, "It's been a long time since no one talked to me, I'm a bit nagging!"

"Just a few words, don't nag!" Jin Ke smiled.

"By the way, let's eat quickly. The heavy rain outside doesn't seem to stop at all. I'm afraid it will be the same tomorrow. Eat early and rest." Aunt Jiu gave each of them a thick-faced steamed bun, and there were two plates of pickled vegetables on the table. And four eggs, it seems that the food is okay.

Chunhua also sat next to Aunt Jiu, Aunt Jiu smiled slightly, she never regarded her as a servant.

Li Qinglan breathed a sigh of relief, and opened the thick noodle steamed bun, the inside was clean, no bugs, no bugs!

Jin Ke also took a bite, it was a bit hard, but not too hard to bite, besides, the steamed bun was clean.

"By the way, girl, who is your father?" After so many years, she has long since lost her food.

There was only a vague impression in my mind before, but I didn't know which line these two children belonged to. After all, there are too many descendants of the Li family, but they all went outside when they were young. I am afraid that they are standing together now, and she can't recognize them. come out.

Jin Ke replied, "Li Hua, my grandfather is my great-grandpa's ninth son!"

"Ninth son?" Aunt Jiu said silently, thinking for a while, "So it's Uncle Jiu's granddaughter, good boy!"

"Then what is your father doing now?" Aunt Jiu seemed to be very concerned about her family's affairs.

Jin Ke knew that it was because no one talked to her for too long.

Jin Ke replied, "Be a soldier!"

Aunt Jiu let out an ouch, with a surprised expression on her face, "Being a soldier is dangerous. Swords and swords have no eyes on the battlefield. What should I do if I get hurt!"

Jin Ke said, "Father is very powerful!"

Aunt Jiu said, "You can't be a soldier even if you are very powerful. It's hard work to be a soldier, and you will lose your life!"

"Hey, but since you're all in the army, let's try to be a centurion, and I'll save face when I go out in the future!" Aunt Jiu smiled.

Li Qinglan wanted to say where the centurion came from at this time, but seeing Aunt Jiu smiling, she couldn't speak for some reason.

Jin Ke said lightly, "Father, he will!"

Aunt Jiu said again, "How many children are there?"

Jin Ke said, "Just the two of us."

Aunt Jiu shook her head, "I still want to give birth to a son, it will be reliable when I get old!"

When Jin Ke heard this, she really wanted to tell her that the grandmas in the ancestral house had many sons, but they all ran away and didn't return for many years. I'm afraid they were lost by the prosperity and freedom outside, and they forgot that they still have children. There is an old mother waiting at home!
Aunt Jiu didn't expect her to answer, she just wanted to talk, "Where's your mother? I heard that women can go out to work now, has she worked?"

Jin Ke said lightly, "She is the teacher of the school!"

Jiu Gugu was taken aback by her eating movements, she was stunned for a long time, her eyes were blank, and she murmured, "So women can also be teachers." I don't know if she was talking to them or just talking to herself.

(End of this chapter)