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Chapter 257 The Righteous Daughter
On December [-]th, the four years of Xingchang in the Great Song Dynasty came to an end.

Jiang Cang got up early in the morning, rubbed his eyes, and saw Li Xia hanging on the eaves of the yard while half asleep, so he ran over to talk.

"I've been dreaming these days, always dreaming that I led the Flying Tiger Army to beat Meng Da to pieces. Is there any premonition..."

"I've heard too many stories." Li Xia said casually.

"Yes, what are you doing?"

"Pull-ups."

Jiang Cang asked: "Today is New Year's Eve, why don't you take a break?"

"Hold my leg."

"Oh."

Jiang Cang hugged Li Xia's leg, and was led up by him, his feet off the ground.

"Wow... If my father sees it, he will scold me for being too unsteady."

Li Xia said: "You are not heavy, hold on tight."

Jiang Cang was taken up and down by Li Xia, and he thought it was quite interesting, but after thinking about it, he asked, "Li Xianwei, have you suffered a lot?"

"Huh? Why do you ask like that?"

"You are only eight years older than me. You will only be 17 tomorrow. When others are so old, you have a lot of fun, but you don't want to rest for a day."

"What can you do when you take a break?"

"Fighting crickets, guessing business riddles, chuiwan, Cuju, how much fun it is..."

Li Xia let out an "oh", as if she didn't think it was fun.

Jiang Cang said again: "I have prepared a lot of business riddles, let's guess them together during the New Year's Eve tonight."

"I'm going to the barracks tonight. Some soldiers have no family members and stay in the barracks to watch their age."

"Oh, can you give me some firecrackers? My father said that you sent people to buy all the firecrackers in the county, and each household can only buy a few."

"No."

Jiang Cang was very disappointed, and said again: "Mother said, you will take the second sister as a concubine in the future, and you can also be regarded as my brother-in-law."

"Do we know each other that well?"

"What do you think?" Jiang Cang hugged Li Xia's thigh, was led up again, and said, "Give me some firecrackers, brother-in-law."

"Don't bark, I have nothing to do with you."

"You don't seem to take your father's adoption of the second sister as a righteous daughter seriously, but let me tell you, this is a real relative..."

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At noon, Qinxiang Tea House.

"Shopkeeper, the things have been delivered."

"Let it go."

Yan Yunyun was looking at the salt shop diagonally across the street from the window, then turned around and picked up the things on the table.

Those were two masks she had ordered. One was a beautiful colorful feather mask, which could cover the scar on the left side of her face; the other was a black lacquered ghost mask, which could cover the intact face on the right side.

She stood in front of the bronze mirror, put on the colorful feather mask on the left face, and saw a mysterious and beautiful woman; put on the evil ghost mask on the right face, and saw a terrifying woman.

Yan Yunyun just wears this for a while and wears the other for a while, it seems that she can never get tired of watching it.

There was another knock on the door.

"come in."

Yan Yunyun turned his head and saw that it was Han Chengxu coming, so he quickly put down his mask.

"The adoptive father is here, if there is anything to do, send someone to call the daughter over." Hastily helping Han Chengxu sit down, she pushed the brazier over and said: "I gave the adoptive father a pair of shoes, and I was thinking of sending them there in the evening. "

While speaking, she took the shoes from the table and handed them to Han Chengxu.

After all this busy work, Yan Yunyun sat down to talk.

"Du Zhixin's salt store shipped another [-] halites into the warehouse this morning. It only opened for an hour in the morning, but the business is good. I plan to do it in three days and stir up trouble..."

Han Chengxu smiled and waved his hands, and said, "I didn't want to ask you these things. I came here to tell you that we will have New Year's Eve dinner together in the evening."

Yan Yunyun was taken aback.

"Finish your work early and close this teahouse. How many people can come to drink tea during Chinese New Year?"

"The adoptive father is celebrating the new year in Houya? How can I pass by?"

"I wanted to say that I would bring Qiao'er to set up a table with you, but County Magistrate Jiang refused, so you and my father and daughter should still live with him."

Yan Yunyun had accompanied many high-ranking officials in the past, but did not celebrate the New Year with them, and said, "It's not very good, is it? How can I be with officials in my status..."

Han Chengxu said: "You are working for A Lang, so you should have confidence. You are my daughter, you are down-to-earth."

"Yes, my daughter knows." Yan Yunyun lowered his head.

"Let's go, you come over earlier."

"Daughter helps father down."

Han Chengxu stood up with his knees propped up, and said in a slightly rambling voice: "I took you as a foster daughter, because I really treat you as a daughter, not just for fun. In the future, I hope that you will find a good family and give birth to a grandson. It's just fun."

"How can there be any grandchildren? My daughter doesn't marry." Yan Yunyun shook his head and smiled wryly...

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"I really want to marry him, and I can be a concubine, but I definitely can't be like Qiaoer as a concubine for him, so I have to die."

Sitting in the small courtyard, Jiang Di looked up at the sky and murmured: "But in fact, it's fine not to marry him, or even never see him again, and it's fine if he forgets me. Because I miss him, it's just that I miss him." , has nothing to do with him.

He taught how to make other people want to marry me.But I gradually feel that what I have learned is that women do not necessarily have to be husbands and children, three obediences and four virtues.I also don't want to only have the love between men and women in this life. I want to be able to do something, but I don't know what to do. "

When she said this, she turned to look at the tall slender woman beside her, and asked again: "I shouldn't have said these things to you. Mute girl, do you have something on your mind? How can you tell me?"

The tall slender woman was silent and shook her head.

"You have nothing on your mind." Jiang Di said, "Then what stories shall I tell you, about how Li Xianwei guarded Qingfu County?"

……

Yu Dechen put his knees and feet together, hid his hands in the sleeves of his red jacket, propped his face, and buried his chin in the flower cloth, with a soft and feminine posture.

He listened to Jiang Di beside him telling stories, thinking how dangerous it would be for the county magistrate's daughter to run out like this, if he wanted to hurt her... probably he wouldn't, if he was a bad person, Granny Ruan wouldn't bring him in. in the room.

He didn't understand why Jiang Di yearned for Li Xia, and Li Xia was obviously not very good, bullying men and women, and doing all kinds of evil.

But Yu Dechen agrees with the state of mind she said that yearning for a person has nothing to do with it.

Yu Dechen thinks that he is easily attracted to a certain woman, and he is worried that it will affect his practice, and he is often troubled by this.

After a while, Jiang Di stood up and said, "I'm going back, have a good New Year, see you next year."

Yu Dechen stood up and nodded.

"Don't shrink your head, I brought a lot of dishes, you will help Granny Ruan cook later."

Jiang Di walked a few steps, turned around and said, "By the way, don't tell others what I said to you."

Yu Dechen said in his heart that I am dumb, how could I tell others.

He watched her leave, looked down at the Spring Festival couplets, calendar, peach charms, wisps of flowers and other things in the basket on the ground, feeling a little lonely.

The Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Sect spend the New Year in Taoist temples, and sometimes they have to drive away evil spirits, but I heard that the Taoist priests of the Zhengyi Sect in the south can go home to celebrate the New Year...

While thinking about these things, while preparing to paste the Spring Festival couplets, because the injury is still not healed, the movements are a bit difficult.

There was a dog barking outside the door, and then someone pushed open the courtyard door.

Seeing Jiang Fan pushing open the door and coming in, Yu Dechen was stunned for a moment, then quickly lowered his head in a twitchy gesture.

When I was feeling nervous, I heard Jiang Fan shout: "Mrs. Ruan, why are you steaming rice cakes so early? It smells so good. My dog ​​smells the smell of your rice and barks non-stop, hahaha."

"Is Jiang Fan here? I haven't seen you for a while, where are you going? Without you drunkards getting drunk and making trouble, the county is much more peaceful."

"Haha, what Granny Ruan said... I bought a few catties of cheap salt, can you pickle some fish for me?"

"Now?"

"Let's go, I'll bring you some fresh fish for your New Year's Eve dinner. By the way, this little lady is so beautiful, who is it?"

"You villain, don't frighten people by asking such obscene words in front of others..."

Yu Dechen turned his back on his back, and heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the voice go further and further away.

He touched the wound on his body and secretly scolded fool Liu for stabbing too hard, otherwise there is no need to be afraid.He dragged himself to the kitchen and saw Ruan Po was steaming rice cakes, so he added another scoop of water to the pot.

When he did this, he looked very natural, and the steam hit his face, and he suddenly thought that he was Han Chinese like these people.

Someone pushed open the courtyard door and came in.

Yu Dechen turned his head and took a look, and saw that it was Jiang Fan who brought someone in with a knife.

He pretended to be shy again and turned his back.

"Engong, don't pretend. I'm not like Liu Da fool. I can't recognize you in person." Jiang Fan sighed and said, "You are surrounded and you can't escape. Come with me, I will beg you." The county lieutenant spares your life..."

(End of this chapter)