I, the fox clan, Arita!

Wei Xiuya in the room heard Liangliang shouting "There is a fox" in the yard, his expression changed immediately, he stood up holding his crutches and wanted to go out, fearing that the little fox would be caught, then he heard Yan Dachuan and his son Conversation, knowing that the little fox has slipped away, the heart was relieved.

Lingshu went back to the house and changed into his jacket, put on his boots, ran happily into the yard, grabbed a handful of snow by the well and squeezed it into his hands to play with.

Yan Youfu came out to sweep the snow with a shovel and a broom, and told Ling Shu, "Xiao Shu, come help quickly, if someone comes and steps on them, this yard will not look good."

Ling Shu responded, and also went to get a shovel. The three guards of Wei Xiuya, Wei Ba Wei Jiu Wei Shi, also got up at this moment, and when they saw the snow in the yard, they all joined in to help.

Chen Lanzhi came out of the main room holding Wan'er, who was wearing a new padded jacket, and the little girl writhing in her mother's arms wanted to get down: "I'm going to play in the snow! I want to build a snowman! My brother said to I made a snowman!"

Chen Lanzhi reprimanded lightly: "You can't go down now, your boots will get wet! Wait until grandpa and uncles clear the snow before going down."

Wan'er pursed her lips: "If you sweep the snow away, you won't be able to build a snowman!"

Said that his eyes were red and he was about to cry, "My brother promised me! I want my brother to woo woo woo..."

"Brother is going to school," Chen Lanzhi frowned anxiously, "Don't cry, don't cry, mother will make you a small one, put it on a plate and put it in the house."

"Don't be small! Make it big!" Wan'er had tears on her face, she still felt aggrieved as she spoke, and she burst into tears again, "Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... big!"

Chen Lanzhi coaxed: "Okay, okay, then wait for my brother to finish school——"

Before she finished speaking, Lingshu interjected, "Uncle, can you build a snowman for Wan'er? A crying little girl will turn ugly."

Upon hearing this, Wan'er quickly wiped away her tears with her sleeve, and said with a choked voice, "I won't cry, little, uncle, help me make a snowman! I want a big, big snowman!"

Chen Lanzhi said to Lingshu: "Little brother, just leave her alone, you'll be fine when you're tired from crying, how can I let you build a snowman, and the bean sprouts have to be harvested, and the vegetable buyers will come to the door later, which line do you not keep an eye on?" ?”

Lingshu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter—"

"Hey, Elder Brother Ten will take you to make a snowman to play?" A young boy full of vigor interrupted Lingshu's words, and Wei Shi was holding a slingshot in his hand, shaking it at Wan'er, and said, "Ten Brother can also shoot birds! Wan'er, do you want to come? But Brother Ten doesn't bring a crying little girl to play!"

"I, I didn't cry!" Wan'er said stubbornly, "I want to watch Brother Ten fight birds!"

Wan'er is really no stranger to Wei Shi. Wei Jiu and Wei Shi stood in front of Wei Xiuya's gate like wooden stakes all day long. In the first few days, when little girl Wan'er went to play in the yard, she would I am very curious about these two motionless big brothers.

She was young and ignorant, she saw the sword hanging on Wei Jiuwei Shi's waist and didn't know what it was for. At that time, none of the other helpers dared to approach them, but Wan'er took advantage of the fact that the adults in the family were not looking at her. At that time, he quietly ran over to talk to Wei Jiu and Wei Shi.

Wei Jiu is more stable, sticks to his post, and never talks to anyone who has nothing to do with him. Wei Shi has a young heart, about the same age as Lingshu. Seeing Wan'er's cuteness, he can't help teasing her.

Wei Shi stretched out his hands towards Wan'er: "Come on, brother ten hugs you."

Chen Lanzhi was still a little apprehensive towards Wei Xiuya's guards, for a moment she didn't know whether she should take her daughter with Wei Shi, he hesitated and said, "This is not very good...it's too troublesome brother."

Wei Shi showed a big smile and said, "My family also has younger brothers and sisters. I have hugged them all, and nothing will happen to Wan'er."

Wan'er had already leaned over to ask Wei Shi to hug her.

Lingshu trusted the strength of Wei Xiuya's guards, so he said, "Let Wei Shi take Wan'er to play for a while, and nothing will happen."

With Lingshu's words, Chen Lanzhi felt relieved to hand Wan'er over to Wei Shi.

Soon the happy laughter of the big and the small came from the yard.

Not long after, Yan Dachuan came back after sending Liangliang off, stomped the snow on the clogs, let out a sigh of relief into his palms, rubbed his hands, frowned and said, "It's definitely not easy to walk on the road with such a heavy snow, and it won't be easy." I wonder if anyone is here to buy food today."

If the vendors don't come to buy bean sprouts because of the heavy snow, the bean sprouts at home will have nothing to do with them, and they can only be wasted. Thinking about Yan Dachuan's heart is full of panic.

Lingshu calmly said: "It's still early, go and collect the bean sprouts first, and wait and see."

Yan Shitou, Yan Yong and Yan Zhi brothers came in one after another, and Ling Shubian and Yan Dachuan led the three of them to the bean sprouts room to collect bean sprouts.

After today's [-] boxes of bean sprouts were bundled up, no one came to the door.

Lingshu comforted Yan Dachuan and said, "Don't think about it, let's go eat first."

He went to the kitchen first and saw his godmother making a face-to-face meeting, so he asked: "Mother, what are you going to do with the face-to-face?"

"Of course I'm making dumplings," Chen Guihua said without raising her head, "Today is the winter solstice."

winter solstice?

Lingshu's hands froze. He remembered that he had seen in his travel notes that people in the Daqing Dynasty had the custom of eating dumplings during the winter solstice.

The Winter Solstice is a very important traditional festival in the Daqing Dynasty.

Lingshu's heart skipped a beat, since it's a festival... wouldn't it be the best time to give gifts?

Very good!

Later, he will go to Carpenter Li's house to get the wheelchair back!

Lingshu quickly finished her breakfast, and then helped her godmother chop minced meat to make dumpling stuffing.

After working for a while, voices came from the courtyard. It sounded like a vendor had come to buy vegetables. Lingshu hurriedly washed his hands and ran out.

Sure enough, he was a familiar face. These days, this person came to buy green bean sprouts every day.

Then I heard the man talking to Yan Dachuan: "Oh, this road is not easy to walk. Today is half an hour later than usual. It snowed for the first time this winter. This first day is still relatively easy to walk. After waiting Once it freezes tonight, it will be difficult to walk, the snow in our area is considered light, and I don’t know how many people will freeze to death in the north, alas..."

Yan Yong and Yan Zhi are loading the wooden boxes with bean sprouts into the car,

Yan Dachuan also sighed: "It's like this every year. It's hard to say that there will be people fleeing in the spring. I just hope that the heavens will be merciful, and the snow will not fall too much."

It is said that auspicious snow heralds a good year, and snow in winter is a good thing. It can freeze many insect eggs in the wheat field to death, and the wheat in the coming spring will be less plagued by insects. But if the snow falls too much, it will bring disaster to the people.

After this person left, vendors began to come one after another. Some vendors were farther away from Yan's Village, some were closer. In addition, today's road is really difficult, so they arrived at a different time than usual. They were also piled together, but by noon, one hundred boxes of Lu Ruyi were still sold out.

Lingshu hurriedly went to Carpenter Li's house before lunch. The wheelchair was finished, and Carpenter Li asked someone to make an embroidered cushion to put on it. Lingshu sat on it and felt it, and it was better than he expected. The one in the middle is even better, which makes him very satisfied.

"I'll return the drawings to you." Carpenter Li returned the drawings drawn by Lingshu to him.

Lingshu waved his hand and said, "No, I'll give it to you."

"This is not allowed! I can't take it!" Carpenter Li immediately opened his eyes, "Take it back quickly!"

Lingshu didn't pick it up, but said: "Your family has a bullock cart, help me pull this wheelchair back, as for the blueprint, I can't make it even after seeing it, uncle, if you don't want it, I'll just throw it away if I take it back. "

"How can this be thrown away!" Carpenter Li scolded Lingshu immediately, "Such an exquisite wheelchair cannot be lost!"

The rascal Lingshu spread his hands and said, "If you give it to me, it will be lost. This blueprint can only be effective in your hands."

Carpenter Li had no choice but to say: "Okay, I will keep the drawings, but I won't take them for nothing. If I make this chair and sell it for money, I will share the profit with you."

Lingshu only said that he didn't care about this, and urged his son Li Zhuzi to help him transport the wheelchair home.

When they arrived at the gate of Yan's small courtyard, Lingshu called his elder brother and Li Zhuzi, and the three of them lifted the wheelchair down together. The snow had been swept away, and the wheelchair was pushed directly into the courtyard.

Yan Dachuan looked at the chair and said strangely: "What kind of car is this? Or a chair? The wheels are too big, right? If it's a car, why is the seat so small? Can only one person sit on it? It's for Mr. Wei. of?"

In fact, it is not that the Daqing Dynasty did not have such chairs with wheels, but they were very rare. They were usually only used by rich people. Of course, Yan Dachuan had never seen them.

In the courtyard, the little girl Wan'er was still pestering Wei Shi to play with her, and a big snowman the height of a person had already been piled up in the corner. When Wan'er saw this novel wheelchair, she yelled to sit in it.

"Uncle, uncle, can I take this car?"

Ling Shu smiled and said, "No, this is for that Uncle Wei." He pointed in the direction of Wei Xiuya's room.

Wan'er has always been quite afraid of Wei Xiuya's cold face, upon hearing this, she quickly shut up.

Wei Shi looked at the wheelchair pushed by Lingshu in surprise, "Is this... for the master?"

Ling Shu nodded, and Wei Jiu was stunned again when he entered the door.

Wei Xiuya had already heard the movement outside the door, but when he saw the wheelchair pushed in by Lingshu, he still raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Would you like to try it?" Ling Shu pushed the wheelchair in front of Wei Xiuya, and said with a smile, "This is what I said last time. I want to give you a gift. Let me demonstrate it to you first."

After saying this, Lingshu sat on it by himself, held the handwheels outside the big wheels on both sides with his hands, and pushed them back and forth. In fact, he had never sat in a wheelchair before. He only tried it with Carpenter Li, so he is naturally not very familiar with it now. , but it is no problem to demonstrate the basic functions.

It’s just that the body is mainly made of wood, and some important parts are made of iron. Generally speaking, it’s not as light and flexible as Lingshu saw on the orc planet before. It’s a bit difficult for him to push it with his hands, but that’s okay. Well, if Wei Xiuya sits, he probably won't have many chances to push by himself. Naturally, someone will push for him.

Ling Shu turned around the room and came back, got up and said to Wei Xiuya: "Look, there are two small movable wheels in front, which make it easy to turn around, and there is a brake next to it, which is manual. If you push it yourself If it is running too fast or going downhill, you can pull the brake.

But you are always followed by someone, just ask Wei Bawei Jiu to push, it’s snowing today, do you want me to push you out to have a look? "

At that moment, Wei Xiuya could only see the young man in front of him who was talking with a smile on his face. The young man's beautiful fox eyes were shining brightly, and his eyes were full of joy, as if giving him this wheelchair was more important than the young man himself. It is also satisfying to get a gift.

Wei Xiuya suddenly felt that all the entanglements he had had before were extremely ridiculous.

No matter whether Lingshu is a human or some kind of spirit, he is wholeheartedly good to himself and thinks of himself. He will worry about his leg injury, let him bite his hand to accompany him when he is in pain, and worry about the medicine. Ku specially made sweets for him, and would be happy all day because of his little compliments...

Lingshu treats him with sincerity, how can he suspect that Lingshu has evil intentions?

What about goblins?What about revealing your identity?

Wei Xiuya doesn't believe that he can't protect Lingshu by doing everything he can!

Seeing that Wei Xiuya didn't speak, but just stared at himself, Ling Shu felt a little embarrassed by the look, his face blushed, and asked cautiously, "You...don't like it?"

Wei Xiuya smiled: "No, I like it very much."

Hearing this, Lingshu immediately became happy, almost wagging his tail, "Then come and sit down! I'll push you to see the snow scene! There are snowmen in the yard!"

Wei Xiuya shook his head and said, "No."

"Why?!" Ling Shu opened his eyes wide, feeling depressed for an instant.

Wei Xiuya seemed to be able to see the boy's ears drooping.

"No reason," Wei Xiuya was still smiling, but his smile was a bit lonely, he suddenly said, "Xiaoshu, today is my birthday, I am very happy to receive a gift from you today."

Lingshu:! ! !

The winter solstice is Wei Xiuya's birthday!

He never said that before!

When Ling Shu asked him last time, he changed the subject and brought it over!

Ling Shu frowned, stared at Wei Xiuya closely, and said, "But I don't think you're happy."

"Because today is also the anniversary of my mother's death." Wei Xiuya said flatly.

Lingshu:! ! !

No wonder he is unhappy!

Almost without thinking, Lingshu could guess that Wei Xiu's mother must have died of dystocia. In ancient times, the level of medical treatment was underdeveloped, and it was like passing through the gates of hell for women to give birth. The rate of women dying of dystocia was very high.

"That..." Lingshu scratched his head in frustration, not knowing how to comfort Wei Xiuya, everything he said seemed hypocritical.

On the contrary, Wei Xiuya laughed and said: "It's okay, I haven't even seen what my mother looks like, if I really want to say that I have deep feelings for her, even I feel that I am hypocritical. She was ten years pregnant Yue gave birth to me, I am very grateful to her, and regret that I can't call her 'mother' in this life."

Although Wei Xiuya was smiling and said these words very easily, Lingshu just felt that he was not happy at all, seeing this smile made him feel sick, he didn't like Wei Xiuya like this.

Lingshu looked at Wei Xiuya seriously, and asked, "If this is the case, why are you unhappy?"

If Ling Shu had asked Wei Xiuya this way before today, Wei Xiuya would have never answered him, and would have subtly changed the subject.

But now, Wei Xiuya didn't want to hide anything from Lingshu anymore.

"Because everyone blamed me, thinking that I killed my mother." Wei Xiuya's lips curved into a sarcasm.

Lingshu: ...

Good bloody plot.

Sure enough, it was something that ancient people with feudal superstition would do.

He couldn't help but glanced at Wei Xiuya, even though he acted like he didn't care what his family said about him, he was still very sad in his heart.

There was distress in Lingshu's eyes.

He has seen a lot of similar things in novels and TV shows on his mother planet before. The protagonists of the stories have always grown up painfully amidst the disgust and scolding of countless relatives around them. They may have distorted personalities, harbor seeds of hatred, and Maybe he will grow up in adversity, break through the shackles of his heart, and soar into the sky.

Wei Xiuya was obviously not the former, but he couldn't completely shake off his inner struggle.

"It's not your fault." Ling Shu walked up to Wei Xiuya, knelt down beside his legs, held his arm, and looked up at him, "I can imagine that it must have been very dangerous when she gave birth to you, but Between saving her own life and saving yours, she must have chosen you, or you would not have been born,

She fulfilled you with her own life. You are the continuation of her blood. Maternal love is the greatest feeling in the world. Your mother will never blame you. When she leaves, she must be happy and satisfied. "

Wei Xiuya stared at Lingshu with a strange gaze, his eyes were extremely deep, and some emotion surged like waves, as if to swallow Lingshu.

Lingshu subconsciously wanted to look away.

Wei Xiuya suddenly became so scary!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh he doesn't want to eat me, does he? !

Before Lingshu could escape, Wei Xiuya raised his hand to caress his side face, rubbed his thumb on Lingshu's lower lip, and then chuckled lightly, with a hoarse voice: "Stupid or not."

Lingshu blushed instantly and covered her mouth.

ah--!Ah ah ah ah ah!foul! !

No, not with such a provocative one!

Tease me again, believe it or not, I will throw you down!

Wei Xiuya rubbed Lingshu's head, and said with a smile, "Today, the birthday star wants to eat longevity noodles, can Xiaoshu make it for me?"

Lingshu nodded vigorously, then remembered that he couldn't roll noodles, and shook his head again: "Well... sorry, I don't know how to make longevity noodles, but my mother should be able to make them, can I ask her to make them for you?"

"No," Wei Xiuya flatly refused, "I just want to eat what you cook."

"But—" He really can't do it!

Wei Xiuya interrupted Lingshu: "Then don't eat noodles, as long as it's made by you."

"Then you wait for me!" This request was relatively simple, Lingshu quickly responded, and trotted to the kitchen.

His home planet always eats cake for his birthday, and Wei Xiuya hasn't had a cake for a long time, so let's make him one today!But I still have to buy milk, and it has just snowed outside, so it's hard to go out, so I'm really worried.

Ling Shu walked across the yard, saw the snowman in the corner, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, Wei Xiuya must have milk in the Wei Mansion in Dingchun Town, and his guards should be able to ride horses, otherwise let some of them One will go to Weifu to get milk.

After making up his mind, Ling Shu went back to Wei Xiuya and told him about it, and Wei Xiuya told Wei Jiu to go.

Because there was snow on the road, it took a lot of time to go back and forth. At noon, Lingshu had to let Wei Xiuya eat dumplings first. In the evening, he made the cake, and then went to Wei Xiuya with a cake in both hands. In Xiuya's room, preparing for his birthday.

Lingshu put the cake on the table. This time he didn't cut the cake into small pieces, but steamed it in a small steamer and took it out whole, so that it would be round. There was no hawthorn sauce on the cake. It's just a layer of cream wrapped outside, and some almonds, hazelnuts, and peanuts are sprinkled on the cream.

There was no special candle that could be used to stick on the cake, so Lingshu took a stubby candle, set it aside and lit it, sat opposite Wei Xiuya, clasped his hands together, and said to him with a smile: "My hometown's It is a custom to make a wish before eating a birthday cake, and then blow out the candles, it will come true! Make a wish!"

The candle was placed between the two of them, the flame flickered on and off, and the shadowy face was also bright and dark. His dark eyes were as bright as stars in the night sky, and Wei Xiuya's face was reflected in his eyes, full of expectation. look at him.

Wei Xiuya and Lingshu looked at each other, and said softly, "May I protect my most important person, and live a safe and happy life."

Lingshu blushed.

Although he didn't know who Wei Xiuya was talking about, but he looked at him like this, as if he was talking about himself.

"Oh! It won't work if you say it!" Lingshu shouted, "I forgot to tell you in advance just now! Forget it, forget it, just blow out the candles and eat the cake after blowing out!"

Wei Xiuya shook his head with a smile, blew out the candles, and Lingshu cut a small piece of cake for him, "This one tastes different, you can eat it to see if you like it, and also, when you make a cake, you are eight or ninety The three brothers all helped me beat eggs and butter, and help me grind tea powder, it was very hard work, this cake is so big, you can't finish it all by yourself, so I will share some with them later."

Wei Xiuya looked at the light green cake, and frowned slightly. The color was so strange, he took a bite, and instantly a scent of tea leaves filled his lips and teeth, sweet and delicious, refreshing.

"Is it delicious?" Ling Shu looked at Wei Xiuya earnestly like a child asking for praise.

Wei Xiuya nodded: "Very good."

Lingshu immediately smiled, and Wei Xiuya had no doubt that if he were a little fox now, he would wag his tail.

"Then you eat more!" Lingshu said, "Actually, in my hometown, many people eat the birthday cake together. Everyone will come to celebrate you, and then spread cream on the face of the birthday star, and then everyone starts to paint each other. In the end, it will probably turn into a cream fight, and there will be no cake to eat, but it will be very happy and lively!"

"Is it like this?" Wei Xiuya said, stretched out his hand to wipe some cream on Lingshu's nose, and laughed.

Ling Shu gave Wei Xiuya a harmless look, and was not angry. He just wiped off the cream on his nose with a handkerchief, and said, "Your smile is finally not so ugly."

Wei Xiuya was stunned for a moment, the corners of his lips curled up, took another bite of the matcha cake, and said, "I'm going back to the capital."

"Huh?" Now Lingshu was stunned.

Do you want to separate from him?

Wei Xiuya smiled and said: "Idiot, don't you want to dedicate 'Lu Ruyi' to the emperor? Don't you want to go with me and go to the capital by yourself?"