[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

Although Liu Xianglian came here on a horse, it was difficult for him to ride his horse when he accompanied Luo Chun into the city.At the beginning, when Luochun and Mrs. Xing discussed buying a large animal for the family, they thought the horse was expensive, so they bought two mules and one donkey.Now one mule was ridden away by Jia Lian earlier, and the other mule was ridden away by Jia Shen.There is only one little donkey left in the family.

Luochun had no problem riding a donkey, but if Liu Xianglian rode a horse, his horse was too fast, and the little donkey ran too slowly to keep up.In this case, it would lose the meaning of accompanying Luochun into the city, so he could only lead the donkey in front.Liu Xianglian was not unhappy about this, as long as he could be with Luochun, he would be happy.Of course, it would have been better if Mrs. Zheng, who was walking with her underground, wasn't there.

Liu Xianglian led the rein and walked slowly, turning her head to look at Luochun riding on the donkey from time to time.Luo Chun felt a little uncomfortable when he looked at him, and when he turned his head around again, he couldn't help but say: "Watch the road carefully, you have promised in front of my mother that you will send me safely. If you take it to the ditch, let's see how you explain it to my mother."

"Don't worry, there will be absolutely no problems." Liu Xianglian said very seriously: "I have walked this road many times, and I am very familiar with it. I know very well where there are ditches and where there are forks. You can’t go wrong even if you squint, and you will definitely not be in trouble.” Even if something happened to me, it is impossible for you to have an accident.He secretly added in his heart.

Luo Chun snorted softly and ignored him.Because there were no extra animals at home, Mrs. Xing asked Sister Zheng to walk. She was worried that Sister Zheng was tired from walking, so she said, "Sister Zheng, are you tired, why don't you come up and ride for a while?"

Mrs. Zheng quickly waved her hand and said, "But you can't do it. You should ride it, girl. Don't worry, girl, I also fell over by Hu Dahai, and I'm not that delicate. This road is not a problem, and I won't be tired."

Because it was bought by Xing Dequan, Luochun was not very clear about the details of the Zheng family, but Mrs. Zheng made good tea and food, and the place where she stayed before was also the gate of the mansion, but she came out for some reason.In the past, because he trusted Xing Dequan, and because the Zheng family behaved peacefully and worked obediently, Luochun had no interest in investigating their details, but now the road was boring, and Luochun was not good at meeting Liu Xianglian. Talking, so I chatted with Mrs. Zheng.

Luochun asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law Zheng, where did your family work? My uncle said that if he hadn't bought your family, your family would have almost fallen into Ren Yazi's hands. What's the matter?" What's the matter?"

"You didn't even know that the family where our family worked was a girl. Because our original master's family was not from the capital, he was a local official." Sister-in-law Zheng told Luochun about his original master's family. The story of my master: "Although my master's family is from a scholarly family, when he was young, the poor family had only books left, and he often couldn't eat enough. So when he was young, he made up his mind that when he grows up, If you are successful, you must eat enough food every day, and you must eat good food, and eat delicious food all over the world. For this reason, he studied hard, finally passed the imperial examination, and became an official. After becoming an official, I, the original master, did not forget When he was a child, he began to eat a lot, flying in the world, running on the ground, swimming in the water, there is nothing he would not eat. It can be said that he eats all over the world. It can be said that he is a generation of gluttons. The most prosperous family At that time, I had more than [-] cooks. It’s a pity that my master eats food when he succeeds, and he eats when he loses. It seems that because of eating food, he offended a man of the same year, who later became an official in the same year than our master Big, remembering what happened back then, so I secretly collected some bad things about my original master, and read his book."

"...My original master tried his best to save the lives of the family members in the end, but he was dismissed from office. If he could no longer be an official, my original master dismissed the servants in the family and planned to return to the hometown with the whole family. Our family There are also several servants who were sent by my original master to another official. Three months later, this official went to Beijing to report on his duties. Because I was good at cooking, he brought our family to When I came to Beijing, I didn’t know what happened afterwards. The third aunt told me that I put medicine in the food and wanted to kill her, the fourth master, and the fifth girl.... After that, our family It was sold and fell into the hands of the Baiya people. Then, it was bought back by the girl's uncle, Mr. Xing."

After hearing Mrs. Zheng's story, Luochun felt that their family was cheated.Even if Mrs. Zheng's cooking skills are good, she has only been in the mansion for three months before being reused. Those who can serve the meals of officials who come to Beijing to report on their duties are not so fast in their early years.So you don't need to think about what happened next, the planners behind the scenes have long been prepared to take their family's top bag.As for who is behind the scenes, any of the women in the back house is possible. Even if they are not the mastermind, they will inevitably be behind the scenes.

Thinking of the terrifying and dangerous fight in the back house where there was no sword, light or blood, Luo Chun couldn't help sighing: "The war between women is a different kind of battlefield. It's more dangerous than the battlefield. It's just why women make things difficult for women. In fact, the ultimate root cause still falls on the man, if it is a man..." Her eyes fell on Liu Xianglian in front of her, and she suddenly shut up.

Liu Xianglian, who had been listening to Luochun with her ears upright, saw Luochun suddenly shut up and stopped talking, feeling like a hundred mice were scratching her heart, she really wanted to ask Luochun what happened, but he knew that what happened just now In other words, Luochun realized that he was there, and it might not be appropriate to say it, so he refused to continue. Therefore, even if he asked, it would be useless, and Luochun would not say it.But what exactly did Luochun want to say just now?While Liu Xianglian was absent-mindedly leading the donkey forward, she was thinking about the context of Luo Chun's words, thinking about what she wanted to say later.

Luochun and Zheng's sister-in-law didn't speak, Liu Xianglian had something to think about, and the three of them just walked forward in silence.Walking, walking, suddenly a donkey came over from the opposite side.Sitting on the donkey was a newlywed who should have been married not long ago. She was still wearing a farmhouse's red wedding dress and was carrying two heavy bags.The one leading the donkey in front should be her husband, a young man who looks honest and simple.

Across the river, the two pairs of horses faced each other far away.It seemed that the two bags carried by the donkey were quite heavy, so the little daughter-in-law who was riding on the donkey got down and was about to let her husband lead the donkey across the river, and she followed behind.When the young man saw his daughter-in-law taking off her shoes, he hurriedly said, "Come on, it's already October, the water is cold, you'd better not go into the river, if you get sick, I'll carry you there." Then he bent down , with his back to his wife.

The youngest daughter-in-law declined several times, but in the end she could not persuade her husband. She put her arms around her husband's neck, and lay down on her husband's strong back with curved eyebrows.The husband picked up his daughter-in-law on his back, weighed it again, told her to hold on to it, and then took a step, steadily, and slowly crossed the river.

When he got to the opposite side, he put his wife on the ground, turned back, and led the donkey across the river.The little daughter-in-law looked at her husband on the other side of the river with a smile, then turned her gaze to Luochun, Liu Xianglian and Zheng's sister-in-law, and said puzzledly: "Your family is strange. When a husband and daughter-in-law go out, how do mother-in-laws follow her?" ?”

"Yeah!" Sister Zheng took a deep breath and said, "If you can't speak, don't talk. What nonsense are you talking about? Husband, wife, I didn't see that our girl still combed her hair, which shows that she is not married. No more nonsense, slander our girl's reputation, be careful I will tear your stinky mouth!"

"Ah, I didn't pay attention, I'm sorry." The little daughter-in-law didn't show any anger when she was scolded by Mrs. Zheng, but apologized to them with an apologetic expression.Just when Luo Chun was about to say something, the little daughter-in-law's eyeballs swept across Liu Xianglian and Luo Chun, covered her mouth and smiled: "Although this girl is not married yet, but with this girl in front of me It looks like a good match, can't it be a couple? Otherwise, even if it is an ordinary peasant family, there is no big girl who goes out with a strange man, not to mention that your clothes are not as shabby as us poor people, and this—— "Looking at Mrs. Zheng, "I kept calling you a 'girl' again and again, which means that this lady's background is not simple, so this man is yours—" He stretched his voice, although he didn't say the following words , but the meaning is already there.

Luochun stopped the furious Zheng sister-in-law, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you can say whatever you want. We are strangers, but we met by chance, and there is no kindness or resentment. I don't know what good it is for you to say that I am not good. What about it?" Facing the other party's eyes widened in surprise, she sighed softly: "Why bother, when we meet here, when we turn our heads and walk away, maybe we will never have the chance to meet again in this life, my servant What I said just now may not be pleasant to listen to, but she is only eager to protect the Lord, and it is understandable, if there is any offence, I am here to apologize to you on her behalf." She bowed to the young daughter-in-law. "Our servants don't like what they say, there is a reason, but this sister-in-law, you have clearly heard what my servants said, but you are still talking nonsense here, it is not kind..."

The young man led the donkey over, and felt that the atmosphere between Luochun and his party was not right with his wife, so he hurried over and asked, "Daughter-in-law, what's the matter? What happened, did they bully you?"

Seeing that her husband would vent his anger on her own as long as he said something about being bullied, the young daughter-in-law smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just saw that this girl is beautiful, so I said a few words before you came here That's all, it's just that people don't seem to like us."

The young man took a look at the clothes Luochun and the others were wearing, and said, "They are wearing satin, they are rich, how can they look down on poor people like us." He brought the donkey over and asked his wife to go up, and said, "My daughter-in-law, let's go Well, our parents are still waiting for us at home."