Butcher and little girl

After Mu Dingxiang drank the medicine, she fell into a drowsy sleep again, but she still called her mother in a low voice, and then called her aunt after a while.

Chu Yu looked at the person on the bed shaking his little head uneasily, his eyes were dim.

And far away in the Liu Mansion in the county, everyone is celebrating the birthday of Liu Niannian, the eldest daughter of the Liu family. Liu Heng greets the guests in the front hall for dinner, and Liu Niannian too? Having fun with the little sisters who came to congratulate, Ji Yunniang was chatting with the rich ladies in the county, and occasionally turned her head to look at Liu Niannian's smiling face, her heart was full of knots and thoughts, but her face was still full of smiles.

After one o'clock in the evening, the guests left one after another. Ji Yunniang took Liu Niannian and said some thoughtful words, and then let her go to unwrap the presents.

The servants were busy tidying up the yard, and Liu Zhuo also returned to his room. The husband and wife stood facing each other, speechless for a moment.

After a while, Ji Yunniang said softly: "Brother Heng, I still want to visit her."

Liu Heng sighed and said, "Come on, I'll drive the car, let's go out from the back, so that Nian'er can't see it."

At this time, the rain had already stopped, and the night was gray, only the torch tied to the front of the car was particularly bright in the dark night.

Sitting in the carriage, Ji Yunniang looked at her husband's broad back at the door, and fell into deep thought.

Soon after crossing the river, the two tied up the carriage and trotted towards the entrance of the cave.

What I didn't expect was that the cave was still brightly lit, and Chu Yu heard the movement outside? He hurried out to see what was going on, and when he saw Liu Heng and his wife rushing to the entrance of the cave, he suddenly understood what was going on, and turned him sideways. Renrang went into the cave and said, "Xiang'er started to have a fever in the afternoon."

When Ji Yunniang heard that Mu Dingxiang was ill, her heart trembled suddenly, and her feet staggered. She hurriedly supported her husband's arm, walked into the cave in two quick steps, and walked to the bed.

I saw a girl in white clothes lying on the bed, with a strange red face, a folded towel on her forehead, and a basin of water beside her. Chu Yu should have been sitting there just now to change the towel for her.

Ji Yunniang walked over quickly, sat on the side of the bed, stretched out her hand to touch her forehead, and then touched her hand, it was hot, and her heart was also pulled up, and the emotions accumulated along the way burst into thin air in an instant Out, two lines of hot tears dripped down the side of the face.

"...Xiang'er, mother's good boy, mother should come early today, today is my sweet Xiang'er's birthday..."

Thinking about more than an hour ago, she had a big banquet with lanterns and festoons, but her own daughter was suffering from pain all over her body in this cold cave. The huge sense of guilt made her almost breathless, and she wished to slap herself hard. a slap.

Ji Yunniang grabbed her hand, feeling the rough touch under her fingertips, her nose was sore again, and she choked up.

"Mother knows that you suffered too much when you were a child, and it's all mother's fault that she didn't take good care of you, and let that wicked mother-in-law change her, so that our mother and daughter didn't know each other when we met, it's all mother's fault..."

"Mother wants to take you home all the time, but Mother doesn't dare. Once Mother takes you back, Nian Nian will be sold out by her just like your sisters—"

"...Just wait a little longer, it won't be long... Then my mother will take you home in a graceful manner."

"Mother? I can't bear you... Mother knows you are a good boy, mother? I love you... That wicked woman beat you in front of mother before, but now when mother thinks about it, she feels heart-piercing pain. -"

The emotions accumulated for a long time finally broke out at this moment, Ji Yunniang couldn't help crying, Liu Heng's eyes were also red, he stepped forward to touch Mu Dingxiang's cheek to test her body temperature, sat on the stool next to her Change the towels on the forehead.

Ji Yunniang lay on Mu Dingxiang's body and cried for a while, then turned her head to Liu Heng and said, "Brother Heng, I don't know when Xiang'er's fever will recover. I'm going to take her to see a doctor in the county."

Liu Heng hurriedly grabbed her hand and said: "Don't worry, Xiao Yu said that she had already fed her medicine in the afternoon, and her fever should be subsiding now, moving her around in the middle of the night, even the hospital? No. Opening the door may even worsen her condition, so it's better to stay here and let her have a good sleep, maybe the fever should subside in the middle of the night."

Ji Yunniang was confused if she cared, she looked back at Chu Yu, and she was relieved a little after seeing her nodding her head.

I just saw Mulixiang lying on the bed now, with a small face and a pointed chin. A full meal.

It's not that she hasn't had enough food, the wicked woman didn't give her much food at all, every time she went back to her mother's house, she brought good meat and vegetables to honor her own mother, but the old lady never forgot to prepare some food for the little girl. Wrap up a small portion and give it to her secretly.

But as a mother, not only did she fail to recognize her daughter, but even the feeling in her heart was inferior to that of the old mother at home. What was blinding her eyes from seeing such a diligent, capable, and beautiful little girl.

Ji Yunniang's inner self-blame couldn't be added. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she owed Mu Dingxiang too much. The baby had only drank a day's milk before being replaced. At that time, the men had just given birth and all the men went to fight the flood. Is there enough manpower? Women too? Go to help, leave some old and weak women and children in the ancestral hall, and give the wicked woman an opportunity. At that time, she took a look at the child after she gave birth and then fell into a coma until she woke up and felt that the child was not right. So much the same, but not sure...

The most pitiful thing is my own Xiang'er. If it wasn't for her appearance to follow me, and the older Liu Niannian grows up, she will be more and more similar to the two daughters of the Mu family, and I have been kept in the dark. Make sure that the little person in front of you is the baby born in October of your pregnancy.

Pity what my Xiang'er has suffered all these years, that wicked woman will definitely not let her drink enough milk, ordered her to work at a young age, and when she grows up, she will take her for money, with a vicious heart Outrageous.

Chu Yu moved a stool and sat aside, recalling the situation in the afternoon, and finally said: "Xiangxiang, she knows—"

Ji Yunniang's heart skipped a beat, her throat was dry and tight, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Know what?"

Liu Heng also looked incredible.

Chu Yu sighed: "I didn't say that. She has a delicate mind and was abused by the Mu family since she was a child. She is more sensitive than others. It is reasonable to guess."

When Ji Yunniang heard what Chu Yu said, the tears that had just stopped bursting again and spilled on the bedding.

At this moment, the sleeping little person seemed to have some movement, trying to turn around, but unable to use the strength, Ji Yunniang hurriedly leaned over and helped her shoulder to make her lie down in another position, but After Mu Dingxiang turned sideways, she felt uncomfortable again and struggled to sit up. Just as Chu Yu was about to step forward, Ji Yunniang had already taken off her shoes and put Mu Dingxiang in her arms, letting her lean on her body.

In a daze, Mu Dingxiang felt that someone was hugging her, thought it was Chu Yu, leaned her body, and unconsciously talked nonsense against her mouth, calling her aunt for a while, mother for a while and Chu Yu for a while. Yu.

Ji Yunniang heard the sound of "mother" coming from Mu Dingxiang's mouth. She was heartbroken but also moved. She knew that the mother her daughter was calling was herself, even if she had heard Liu Niannian and Liu Zhuo call her "mother" for so many years. , Hearing this unconscious call this time, I still couldn't help but buried my head in her neck and cried all day long.

Liu Heng sat aside, feeling uncomfortable, sniffing his nose? After shedding tears for a while, he got up and patted his wife: "If you cry again, Xiang'er will be drowned in tears."

Chu Yu hurriedly persuaded her a few words, and Ji Yunniang stopped crying, but she was unwilling to let go, leaning against the bed with Mu Lixiang in her arms, as if she wanted to make up for her the missing maternal love in these years.

The night was getting dark, thinking that Chu Yu would go to butcher the pig the next day, Ji Yunniang couldn't bear to part with her daughter, so she had to struggle to get out of bed to make room for her to sleep.

As soon as Chu Yu saw her move, he knew she was going to get out of bed, but it was very late at this time, and seeing Ji Yunniang like this, he might not want to go back all night.

He said to her: "Gungu, you sleep on the bed with Xiangxiang, I won't kill pigs tomorrow, just find a place to take a nap."

The courtyard below has been built, but it is a pity that the bedding has not been prepared, otherwise I can go to sleep in it.

Ji Yunniang was really reluctant to part with her daughter, touched her forehead, and found that it was not as hot as before, presumably because the medicine had an effect, and her mood was finally not as heavy as it was at the beginning.

She hurriedly replied: "You should sleep on the bed, you should kill pigs tomorrow or you have to go to work, too? Don't rush to the appointment, I will just lay a bed on the ground and take care of Xiang'er when I get up tomorrow morning. She is much better now , as long as I'm here."

Chu Yu could see that Ji Yunniang was reluctant to leave Mu Dingxiang, and stepped forward to explore her body, she was indeed much better, after thinking for a while, she said, "Then I'll just use a chair and use it as a bed to sleep for a while, Auntie, you can sleep with Xiangxiang Go to bed, I'm afraid I won't be able to wake up if she thinks about it in the middle of the night."

He said that he couldn't wake up because he wanted to give Ji Yunniang a chance to take care of her daughter. Chu Yu has been in the army for so many years, even if he came back for five years, he still has some vigilance, but it is to fulfill the mother's desire to take care of her daughter. It's just a child's wish.

Ji Yunniang hesitated and said, "Can that chair sleep?"

"I can sleep. When I was a soldier, there was snow on the edge of the Great Wall. We could all put up bearskins in the snow and sleep. It's not so particular. Now it's much better than then." Chu Yu comforted with a smile. She, "But my uncle may have no place to make do with it."

Liu Heng hurriedly said: "Don't worry about me, I'll lie down in the carriage, the carriage is wide and comfortable."

After such an arrangement, Liu Heng went to sleep in the carriage, Ji Yunniang lay on the bed with Mu Dingxiang, and Chu Yu put up a few stools to make a small bed, covered it with a blanket and lay down.

Ji Yunniang saw her actions in her eyes, and the sliver of concern that had existed because of her status as a woman disappeared at this moment. She no longer refused, and lay down with Mu Lixiang in her arms.

The author has something to say: Chu Yu: I can’t sleep without my wife hugging me tonight (crying)

Zhu'er: Hmph, I am like this every night, did I say anything?

Chu Yu picked up its little green skirt and threw a certain dumpling aside:? ? ?Do you have a voice here?