Refinement

What kind of appearance is considered miserable?Entrusted by Shi Xiaoyu, Shi Chengqiu went out to find Li Chengmao. When he found Xiao Jiuer, he was frightened by the weak fat girl in front of him.Her eyelids were swollen, and she could barely open her eyes. Her eye sockets and forehead were filled with black air. Her round body was like a cucumber that had lost moisture. You have to do your best.

"rice wine?"

Sitting on the stone bench in the yard, Xiao Jiu'er looked at Shicheng Hill, with a smile on his lips, and said softly: "The young master and the master are not here, it seems that you came at a bad time."

"How did you become like this, but you are seriously ill?"

Xiao Jiu'er looked down at himself, and murmured: "Thank you for your concern, I wasn't much better at first."

"If there is anything useful, just ask, if I can help you, I will do my best."

Xiao Jiu'er looked up at him, her eyes were blocked by that hideous face, but her voice was full of boredom, she didn't like others paying too much attention to her current appearance.He said: "If you have something to do with me, please finish it as soon as possible."

Shi Chengqiu felt sorry for the rice wine, but he didn't forget the business, so he asked softly: "Do you remember the last time you saw Li Chengmao? Did he reveal where he planned to go?"

"Mr. Li went back to Li's house. I heard that he disappeared again. I don't know very well. You can go to Li's house to look for it."

Shi Chengqiu didn't linger and left quickly.Xiao Jiu'er looked at his fleeing back, sneered coldly, and then poured the bowl of brown soup medicine in his hand into his mouth.It didn't take long for the decoction to take effect on her body, and the sore feeling spread all over her body, causing her to kneel on the ground and bear it silently.She thought of Su Yulian, thought of him shrinking in a corner when he was sick and didn't let anyone approach him, thought of him smiling at her and giving her hairpins—all kinds of emotions mixed together in the memories made her feel sweet and happy.So she curled up and retracted into the corner of the stone table, reminiscing and dreaming wantonly.She thought that her pain might not be as good as what Su Yulian had endured.

A figure stood in a part of the yard, quietly looking at Xiao Jiu'er who couldn't even breathe.

At sunset, the figure who was originally standing in the yard was sitting on a stone bench at some point, only one step away from Xiaojiuer.Xiao Jiu'er slumped at the stone table, finally found the little girl sitting next to her, and said lazily: "Little girl, are you here to see my jokes?"

The little girl is none other than Li Qi who was taken out of the Hou Mansion by Shi Chengqiu back then.Li Qie was not as unreasonable and immature as before, he still raised his chin and said: "My father said, you drink the intestines, why don't you know good people, and still haven't listened to it?!"

Xiao Jiu'er was squatting in the same place: "Your father also said that although this medicine is poisonous, it is not fatal. If I use this medicine to lose weight, I will probably succeed."

Li Qi contemptuously: "My father also said that you will have endless troubles with this medicine! Why do you have to lose weight? Although your original appearance is not beautiful, it is barely cute. Look at your current appearance. Damn, I'm sick of seeing it!"

Xiao Jiu'er smiled, with an ugly smile: "What are you looking for? I won't tell anyone about your father's whereabouts."

Li Qi: "I stole something. I was afraid of making my father unhappy, so I hid here to avoid the limelight."

Xiao Jiu'er reluctantly stood up: "You are also bewitched by the young master in your feelings, and you have become addicted to stealing."

Li Qi snorted coldly: "I'm different from you. Brother Lian helped me everywhere, and he never let me eat it! He was worried that I would be bullied outside, so he taught me the ability to escape. Daddy said see you next time if there is a chance Brother Lian, let me kowtow to pay homage to my teacher!"

Xiao Jiu'er ignored her and went into the room to light the lamp.Li Qie followed behind her, skillfully climbed to the table and sat down, said with a smile, "I haven't eaten yet."

"There are vegetables in the kitchen and rice cooked in the morning."

Li Qie was dissatisfied, jumped off the table neatly, raised his legs and walked out: "I'll go to a nearby restaurant to get a chicken back."

Xiao Jiu'er held her back: "You're stealing!"

Li Qi didn't think there was anything wrong with him at all: "Brother Lian said that we have no right to control the worldly views. But taking what you love is not a wrong thing! If I was found out, I was stealing, and if I was not found out, I was taking it. No effect, why not!"

"If you want to live with me, you have to keep your hands and feet clean."

Li Qie stared: "When Brother Lian was around, I never saw you being so principled!" Li Qie thought about it, when Su Yulian was around, it seemed that no one around him had a sense of existence.He said again: "Eating and drinking are nothing but trivial matters, since you insist, then I'll wait here for you to cook."

Xiao Jiuer repeatedly confirmed that Li Qie would not run out to steal, and then turned to the kitchen to prepare. Seeing Xiao Jiuer leave, Li Qie searched for things in Xiao Jiuer's room.Xiaojiu'er's room is very tidy, and there are not many things stored. Except for a few wooden decorations and lacquerware on the bright side, there is only a wardrobe and a dressing table. In the drawer of the dressing table, three Box.Li Qie picked a locked box and took it out, fiddled with it a few times before unlocking the box.There was a letter and a book in the box. Li Qie opened the envelope and sat quietly by candlelight to read silently.

Two quarters of an hour passed, Xiao Jiuer fried two vegetables, heated up rice, and served it to the table.After reading the letter, Li Qi stared at Xiao Jiu'er solemnly.Xiao Jiu'er set the table and chopsticks: "Come and eat."

Xiao Jiu'er stuffed the letter into his clothes, and sat in front of Xiao Jiu'er: "Now I understand why you have lost weight, and I think no matter what your ability is, your brain must be that of a strange woman!"

"What are you talking about, go to bed early after eating."

"Is it because Brother Lian asked you to die, and you are willing?"

Xiao Jiu'er put down his chopsticks: "Don't eat, go to bed!"

Li Qi put the letter in front of Xiao Jiu'er: "Look for yourself, although I think Brother Lian is a good person. But he treats you—too deliberately! It's clearly pushing you into the fire pit! You don't really intend to press Do what he said?"

Xiao Jiu'er lowered his head and didn't pay attention to the letter.She remembered what Su Yulian wrote in the envelope, he said to ask her to think carefully before reading the letter.She also knew that she must risk her life to do what Su Yulian told her.She put the letter away, stood up and said softly, "I'll get you the quilt."

Li Qie pulled her: "I opened it for you and you didn't even read it. He asked you to pretend to be a princess! Let's not say that you can't do it. Do you know what the consequences will be if you go? The emperor is very angry." He likes to cut people! My dad was almost cut in half before."

Xiao Jiuer was not surprised, but Li Qi chattered endlessly: "Do you know what is cut in half? It means that you are cut in half and you can still breathe, and you just watch yourself bloody and bloody, and then look at the blood on your body. Drain little by little and die slowly."

"I found that since your father came back, you have talked more and your imagination is still very rich."

Li Qi curled his lips: "It turned out to be an enemy, but now it's a friend. It's better not to drink your dick, anyway, you won't be able to do what he asked in the end anyway, so why suffer now."

"I can! As long as I make up my mind to do it, I can do it." Su Yulian said, as long as she is willing to sacrifice for him, she can definitely do it.She didn't know what else to do except insist on doing this.

Neither of them wanted to talk anymore, and fell asleep peacefully.In the dead of night, another figure appeared in Xiaojiu'er's yard. This man was thin, with one hand supporting the big tree and the other holding the wine pot. His figure shook slightly, but he quickly stood still.He was trying to make himself sober, and he was also thinking about whether he could knock on the door of the unmarried woman under the current situation.

The next morning, Xiao Jiu'er opened the door and saw a person lying under the tree.Xiao Jiu'er went up to wake him up, invited him to sit on the stone bench in the pavilion and waited, and put a pot of tea in front of him: "I'll make something delicious and wake her up, and if you're free Wait a little longer."

Li Chengmao happily took the tea, his face seemed a little shy: "I'm sorry."

While Xiaojiuer was cooking the porridge, he also boiled the soup and medicine that he wanted to drink that day, taking care of both sides, which saved time.When Li Chengmao entered the stove, he saw the fat and wrinkled girl concentrating on lighting the fire, and the sour smell of medicinal juice came to her face.Li Chengmao stepped forward to help, and couldn't help but said: "This medicine is really debilitating. If you drink it, it will become more and more painful. Although I know I can't stop you, I still want to persuade you. The virtue of a woman does not care about describing her appearance. , but care about the quality of virtue. Why is the girl obsessed with this?"

Seeing Li Chengmao stepping forward to help her light the fire, Xiao Jiu'er withdrew, took out the pickled vegetables from the sauce jar, cut them into small pieces, and placed them on a plate. "Just a quarter of an hour later, I'll call Li Qi."

Li Chengmao knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he stopped pushing and concentrated on lighting the fire.He himself can't get out of the cage he wove, and he always hopes that someone will help him, and he sinks deeper and deeper in the dissuasion of others.He knows very well that obsession traps people, and he can only solve it by himself.

It was not the first time for the three of them to have a meal together. Li Qie kept his head down while eating obediently, not daring to look at Li Chengmao, but Li Chengmao kept his head down because of Xiao Jiuer's face.Li Qie ate very slowly, Xiao Jiu'er had been sitting on the sidelines and waiting, she wanted to wait for the guests to leave before taking the medicine, she didn't want to show that embarrassed look in front of outsiders.

Li Qi reluctantly bid farewell to Xiao Jiu'er. After leaving the yard, Li Chengmao twisted her ears several times. "Stealing wine again! Your father's wine cellar can't hold any more, and you still dare to steal wine! This time, you even stole it to your grandfather's house. You don't know where the Li Mansion is?!"

Li Chengmao likes to drink, and he prefers good wine with mellow quality.Li Qie's stolen wine can satisfy his requirements, so he won't fool around and find his way home.Li Qi yelled and yelled, but didn't say the reason, but kept admitting her mistakes. She knew what to say to make Li Chengmao calm down as soon as possible.The father and daughter were not rich in their lives, and it is indeed Li Chengmao's demeanor to be able to live with integrity.

And Li Qie's integrity was taken away by Su Yulian.He let Li Qie taste the sweet fruit of the crooked road, and went further and further on that road.