I heard my brother is a tyrant

The little girl was a little tired from playing, and she sat on the chair and asked suddenly: "Brother, you are about the same age as that emperor, and he has already picked a bunch of beauties. When will you marry me a sister-in-law?"

Xie Dan reached for the chopsticks in the pot and stopped, turned his head to look at her amusedly, and asked, "What's the matter today? You're so imaginative."

Ye Chu asked innocently with a small face: "It's nothing. Why don't you marry your sister-in-law? That means we don't have parents to take care of you."

"What do you want sister-in-law to do? Can you eat?"

As Xie Dan said, he picked up a piece of hot-boiled mutton, dipped a little sauce in his saucer, held the saucer to her mouth, and joked with a smile: "There are so many things in my little head all day long." What are you thinking, the mutton is not good, or the almond tea is not good?"

Ye Chu opened his mouth to eat the piece of mutton, who knew that the dipping sauce in his sauce plate was a bit spicy, numbingly spicy, Ye Chu immediately wrinkled his eyebrows and nose together.

"Hmm!" She looked at him in protest, and quickly took a sip of almond tea.

This almond tea is ground into powder from more than ten kinds of materials such as almonds, peanuts, sesame seeds, roses, osmanthus, raisins, wolfberries, etc., and boiled in a large copper pot. Sweet and delicious, it is most suitable for women to drink in autumn and winter.Ye Chu was weak, so she didn't drink much tea, she always drank fruit tea and sherbet more. After autumn, Imperial Physician Xu improved the formula of Gongzhong almond tea and asked her to drink it daily.

Xie Dan looked at her and smiled, and ate the mutton by himself. While eating, he said slowly: "Then you can think about it, if I marry you a sister-in-law now, your beautiful skirts, hairpins, and delicious food will be fun." She will score half of the score, maybe she will still bully you."

"Don't coax me, I've only heard that my sister-in-law bullied my sister-in-law."

"Who did you hear all this from?"

"Anyway, I've only heard of wicked mother-in-law and sister-in-law bullying daughter-in-law."

Xie Dan couldn't help laughing.The little girl is bored at home, Chang Shun will get her some scriptures recently, and the maids will tell her some stories.Xie Dan thought about it, then turned around and told Chang Shun that before getting any scripts for her to come in, he had to go through them first.

Don't write anything messy, and teach his good little sister badly.

"You still want to bully others. As for you, you can only be bullied. Think about it, if there is such a person, she must bully me every day, and I have to eat with her and take a walk to digest food. Your brother originally It's enough to be busy, and then, don't talk about accompanying you, I'm afraid you won't even be able to see your brother's face."

Ye Chu: "..."

Why his tone was like scaring her "there are wild cats outside that will bite people" when she was a child.

She curled her lips and looked at him teasingly, thinking that you can never marry a wife for the rest of your life?

However, thinking about it, one day, a woman became the closest person to my brother, bullying him every day... She would probably feel a little bit disappointed.

She thought about it for a while, but Xie Dan had already skillfully changed the subject. He pointed to the basket next to him and asked, "An An, do you really want to make your own dried persimmons?"

"Yes."

"Then the one you picked can only be used as round persimmons. Would you like to pick some more with handles to make hanging persimmons?"

Ye Chu looked in the basket, she was only interested in playing, her hands were weak, she picked all of this small basket, and even broke off the stems, she couldn't help complaining: "You didn't say it earlier."

The little girl's thoughts were written all over her face, Xie Dan drank tea and rinsed his mouth after eating, pointed at Lin and said with a smile: "Shall I ask Ye Hui to help you pick some more?"

"Yes! Anyway, when I'm done, I'll give her something to eat. She's still so good at eating."

Ye Chu nodded, smiled and waved to Ye Hui, telling her to take the little maids to pick persimmons.The people in Zhuangzi heard that they were going to make hanging persimmons, so they hurriedly pointed out that it would be better to pick the kind of persimmons with beef heart.

This made Ye Hui so happy that she flew up the tree with one kick. She plucked it from the tree, and asked a few maids to pick it up under the tree.Only the two springs brought by Ye Linghe devoted themselves to their duties and followed Xie Dan and Ye Chu back to the main courtyard.

Wangshan ran dead horses, and the persimmon forest was in the south of Zhuangzi. It was a long way to walk, but Ye Chu was really tired from playing today, so he refused to leave on the way, thank you Dan then walked back slowly with her on his back.

Chang Shun took people to tidy up the two rooms of the west room, replaced the old appliances and furnishings, and decorated the curtains and beds. As soon as Ye Chu entered the room, he kicked off his little buckskin boots and climbed onto the beauty bed, calling Maid: "Chunliu, come and rub my legs, my feet are sore."

As soon as she lay down on the collapsed floor, she stopped moving, as soft as a puddle of mud.Chunliu followed with a smile, took off her silk stockings, first used hot water to wring a towel and wiped her little feet repeatedly, until she was comfortable, then rubbed her calves and feet carefully.

Ye Chu let out a sigh of satisfaction.

Xie Dan sat down on the chair next to her, and looked at her with a wry smile, seeing how she was wandering around the persimmon grove just now, she had a lot of energy.How could she walk so many roads on weekdays.

Xie Dan comforted herself, if it was before, let alone walking so much, her body would not be able to support it at all.After more than a year of careful conditioning, several imperial physicians took care of her, and her body has indeed recovered.

It's not so easy to be weak in the womb.Xie Dan made up his mind before returning to Beijing to seize the throne, he wants revenge and restoration, he wants to rule the world.Only when the king is in the world and sits in the mountains and rivers, can he give her the best.

"Brother, can we still take care of making persimmons? Is it too late when we go back?" Ye Chu asked, thinking otherwise, he had no choice but to take the persimmons back to the mansion to make.

She picked the persimmons by herself, and the persimmons must be made.

Xie Dan said: "It was too late. Today you are tired too. It will be dark when we go back at this time. Why don't we just stay in Zhuangzi for a night and go back calmly tomorrow."

It was exactly what she wanted, Ye Chu repeatedly nodded and agreed.

Xie Dan smiled and said, "Then you take a break, and brother also goes to rest for a while, and we will make persimmons together later."

Ye Chu knew about the layout of the courtyard. The main hall and the east room have not been moved by people. They are not easy to live in if they are kept as they are. She has occupied the first two rooms in the west. Where does my brother live?It's impossible for her to live in the main room, so ask my brother to live in the wing room.

"Brother, where do you live?" Ye Chu got up from the collapse, sat cross-legged and thought for a while, "Why don't I live in the inner room, and you live in the outer room, and someone will make a bed for you later."

"..." Xie Dan couldn't help laughing, leaned over and pinched her little face, and let out a smile with a corner of his mouth.

Chun Jiang blushed secretly when he heard that, His Majesty is an adult man, even brothers and sisters, and no siblings live in the same room.

However, for Ye Chu, he really didn't think there was anything wrong.She was brought up by Xie Dan, not to mention living in the same room when he was a child, when he took her out, he couldn't rest assured that she was a child who lived alone in a room, and would always sleep with her.

Even when he sent her to Luzhou, she was already over nine years old, and the two shared a ride and shared a room, but he would make another bed if he had the conditions at that time.It is not easy to go out, if you can't find an inn in the countryside, it is also possible for two people to live together in a ruined temple.

There is no elder around her, and she has never been influenced by these teachings, so she can't think of anything else.

Chun Jiang couldn't help thinking, thinking that if His Majesty really came as the girl said, the nature of the girl and His Majesty would not allow the servants and guards to enter the house. Prepare.When I went out today, only two of her and Chunliu came in the four springs, there must be no mistakes.

Chunjiang secretly signaled to Chunliu, went out quietly by himself, and came back soon.

Ye Chu, who rested with his eyes closed, suddenly asked, "Where's brother? Where did you see him go?"

Chun Jiang hurriedly walked over to Fushen with a smile and said: "Miss, I saw this servant, my lord has gone to the East Wing, and I am having tea in the East Wing right now."

Chunliu, on the other hand, gave Chunjiang a wink without being surprised, that's right, the emperor gave up the main house to their girls.After serving the girl for a long time, I am not surprised by anything.

In fact, Xie Dan didn't think much about it, the youngest daughter's house is delicate, and the main room is spacious, so he can't live anywhere as a grown man.

Besides, there are many servants around Ye Chu, and he only brought two servants with him when he went out, the east wing room was enough.The guards lived around the main courtyard.

Ye Chu took a nap for a while, and when he woke up, Ye Hui and a group of maidservants had already picked a large basket of persimmons. Under the guidance of the two women in the village, they sat around peeling the skins and soaking in hot water. They were extremely busy. Almost.

Ye Chu enthusiastically asked the servant girl to bring the persimmons she picked and join in the process of making persimmons.

Just as she was about to get a kitchen knife, Chun Jiang stopped her with a smile and said, "Girl, come and tie these ox-heart persimmons on a string, and this servant will peel them."

A roll of hemp rope was stuffed in Ye Chu's hand, and the little maid next to him brought a basket of packed persimmons, Ye Chu decided to do this work first, but he was still distracted and called the maid: "Take the basket I picked. Keep it for me, don't cut it."

Chunjiang's plan failed, and he felt a little helpless at once, and couldn't help laughing: "Oh, my good girl, you should feel sorry for the slaves, this knife is sharp, so don't touch it. You didn't do this job, in case If you accidentally hurt your hand, the whole courtyard is not enough for adults to punish you."

Ye Chu laughed and said, "Is your girl that stupid? Keep it for me, and I'll show you."

Hanging persimmons is a very fulfilling thing. Ye Chu tied a long string of persimmons and hung them on the rack with her own hands. She picked up a kitchen knife amidst a lot of concerned eyes. The servant ran over and said, "Girl, my lord, please go over."

When Ye Chu heard this, he hurriedly got up and left. Chunjiang looked at her back and snickered, heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked the two little maids to follow behind her.

"Brother, what do you want me to do?"

"I want you to have some snacks."

Xie Dan pointed to the table, there were some dried fruits, red dates and the like.Xie Dan peeled a few pine nuts for her, and explained to her that he had to get up early to go back to work and had some important matters.

"You have enough sleep tomorrow, just wait on Zhuangzi, and I will pick you up in the afternoon."

Ye Chu said: "No need, elder brother's business is important, I can't get up so early, and the carriage is also slow. After I get up and have breakfast, I will go back to the house by myself. Anyway, there are so many people, you can come back to do it again." What."

"Alright." Xie Dan said, "I'll leave Chang Shun to you."

During the dinner, Mo Zhuangtou brought some wild game, so Xie Dan called Mo Zhuangtou to ask a few questions about the village.The weather was cold, Ye Chu didn't go out, and they probably wouldn't come here before the spring, so Xie Dan also arranged house repairs and New Year's rewards in advance.

When Mo Zhuangtou heard that not only did they not ask them to pay rent and money during the New Year's Eve, but also that every farm household was rewarded, he happily lay down on the ground and kowtowed a few times, and said that he would prepare a New Year's gift for the master's family when the time came. , with all my heart, this year's gift is absolutely unavoidable.

Mo Zhuangtou didn't know the identities of Xie Dan and Ye Chu at all. If the master didn't say anything, he naturally knew that he shouldn't ask random questions. He couldn't find the master's house, so Xie Dan said that he would call someone to take care of it. these trifles.

Mo Zhuangtou said: "I have one more thing to tell you. Someone came to the Zhuangzi to inquire about the master's house. From the voice, he probably wanted to buy our Zhuangzi. Our Zhuangzi has rules, and the farmers are not allowed to come and go at will on weekdays. We are self-sufficient, and at most one or two months will send people out to do business, and we will not let idlers wait in. It is not easy for him to ask people in our village. He asked about the identity of the master, but we honestly don’t know, the master How can I ask about family affairs, so I drove them away."

"Do you know who it is?" Xie Dan asked.

"The visitor didn't say anything. The younger one asked him, and he said that the younger one can't make the decision anyway, so you don't need to know."

Xie Dan said: "Then don't worry about it. If someone dares to break into Zhuangzi privately, no matter what his background is, just tie him up and lock him up, and then tell someone to report to Steward Chang."

Mo Zhuangtou sent pheasants, hares, and quail caught in nets.Zhuangzi's cooking is not as delicate as that in Fuchu. The pheasant and hare are stewed in a big pot until the soup is mellow and the meat is rotten.The quail is grilled over charcoal fire, and sweet potatoes are also grilled.

Ye Chu was full at noon and not too hungry. She liked the roasted sweet potato very much. It was so icy roasted and fragrant. She ate up a small sweet potato by herself, drank a few mouthfuls of hot pheasant soup, and ate it. Nothing else.

After playing for a day, Ye Chu put on a thick coat after dinner, walked around the yard with Xie Dan to digest food, went back to read some idle books, then packed up early and went to bed.

For some reason, I couldn't sleep for a while.The field was silent, and autumn insects chirped. Ye Chu lay on the bed with his eyes open for more than half an hour without falling asleep. He couldn't help feeling a little restless, and sat up from the bed.

"Miss can't sleep, I just arrived at the birthplace." Cherry, who was on duty at night, put a jacket on her and asked, "Why don't you go and order a goose pear incense?"

"No." Ye Chu pulled up the quilt and asked, "Did brother fall asleep?"

Another person named Putao said: "Your servant is watching, the east wing is lit, and your lord is probably not asleep yet."

"Go and call your brother." Ye Chu said.

Putao hurriedly got up and went out.

When Xie Dan came in, he saw the little girl sitting on the bed with the quilt wrapped around her hair, her hair was loose and her little face was a bit depressed.Xie Dan sat down beside the bed, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"Can't sleep."

"not comfortable?"

"No, it's just... I don't know why, but I can't sleep."

"Then... my brother coaxed you to sleep?"

"En." The little girl agreed, but bent her knees and hugged her, put her face on her arms, and asked softly, "Brother, can you tell me what your mother looks like?"