little wife

Chapter 81

The flower hall was quiet, and Ning Luo, who used to like to read and embroider here, was nowhere to be seen.

Yingxiang was arranging things, and came up to Jing Yun when she saw Jing Yun, but Jing Yun took off the cloak and asked, "Master Hou came back so early today, are you hungry? Do you want to pass on the meal?"

"Where's Madam?" Jing Yun was a little puzzled.

Yingxiang whispered: "I'm resting in the bedroom, I'm a little unhappy."

Jing Yun raised his eyebrows and motioned for her to continue.

Yingxiang had no choice but to stammer: "A guest came in the afternoon and said some shameless words, Madam was very angry."

Jing Yun was a little amused, and waved her hand to let her continue to work, while he walked quickly towards the bedroom.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Ning Luo with his back to the door, half leaning on the Luohan bed, staring at the dead tree branches outside the window in a daze.

"What's wrong with Luo'er?" Jing Yun sat beside her, leaned over and kissed her on the cheek, "It's better to listen to me tell a joke to calm down."

Ning Luo was not interested, but said lazily, "What jokes can you have?"

"Just now when I entered the door, I ran into a woman. When she passed by me, she sprung at me. I gave way, and she fell to the ground with a big blue bump on her forehead." Jing Yun said casually.

Ning Luo laughed happily, turned around and looked at him, her eyes shone brightly: "Why are you so incapable of pity?"

"Then why don't you still have to support her?" Jing Yun snorted softly, "My hands can only be gently squeezed for Luo'er, and I won't move when I see other girls."

"Then what happened to her?" Ning Luo asked with a smile.

"Crying pear blossoms with rain, I really don't know what she was crying about. I asked someone to help her into the sedan chair and sent her away. By the way, who is she? Is it her shamelessness that made you angry?" Jing Yun Odd way.

Ning Luo couldn't bear it anymore, she lay in Jing Yun's arms and giggled, this Ding Mingxiu was really pitiful, Jing Yun didn't even know who she was after tossing around for a long time.After she had laughed enough, she recounted what happened in the afternoon, and at the end she gave Jing Yun an angry look: "It's all about you, so many things happened out of thin air."

Jing Yun called out to Qu: "Why is it my fault? It's my wife's good eyesight. Only after finding such a good husband-in-law as me is someone coveting him."

This is really shameless, Ning Luo has nothing to do with him, so he had to remind: "This matter will not affect the relationship between you and Lord Yu, right? I didn't give her any face at all in the afternoon."

"No, and even if it affects it, so what?" Jing Yun said proudly, "In the capital we should avoid that Yang Yan, but here, if anyone makes you angry, you can just let her take it back .”

"Okay, that's what you said. If someone covets you in the future, I'll choke back, even if it's the Nine Heavens Fairy." Ning Luo said bitterly, but she still couldn't let go of her anger, and bit his chest lightly.

Such a savage Luo'er is really rare, like a kitten with teeth and claws.

Jing Yun couldn't help but thank the woman who appeared out of nowhere.

He took advantage of the opportunity to kiss Ning Luo, and the two of them lingered on Luohan's bed for a while, Jing Yun cursed secretly in his heart, had to let go of his embrace, and whispered: "Guess why I came back so early today?"

"Good news or bad news?" Ning Luo tilted her head and raised her eyebrows, looking very playful and cute.

"Of course it's good news." Jing Yun said with a smile.

Ning Luo thought for a moment, then suddenly jumped up for joy: "Is there any news about Huiyao?"

"Yes, did you know? She is very close to you, in Luping City."

After Ning Luo arrived in Luping City, he wanted to inquire about Yu Huiyao's whereabouts. Jing Yun checked the government's approval document and found that Yu Fengdong had been transferred to a small county on the edge of Changzhou to serve as the county magistrate. It was about two or three days' drive from Luping City. .

As soon as he arrived in Luping, everything was busy, and Jing Yun couldn't get away all of a sudden, so he was delayed for several days. When he slowed down and sent someone to the county town to pick up Yu Huiyao, he realized that the county town was really too remote. The border between Da Chen and the Hu people was not safe, so Yu Fengdong left her in Luping City.

It took several days to go back and forth, and after his subordinates found out Yu Huiyao's address, Jing Yun hurried over to tell Ning Luo.

"Really? How is she now? Does she know we're here? Why didn't she come to see us?" Ning Luo grabbed Jing Yun's hand excitedly and asked a lot of questions in one breath.

Jing Yun looked at her amusedly: "You can just ask yourself?"

"I'm going now..." Ning Luo was a little excited, but hesitated for a moment, "I have to change clothes, and the presents for Huiyao have to be packed..."

"It's better to tidy up before going tomorrow," Jing Yun reminded her, "Don't forget you still have important tasks."

Before leaving, Zou Zelin urged Ning Luo to find a way to talk to him on his behalf. He must be eagerly awaiting her letter in the capital right now.

Ning Luo thought for a while and said, "That's right, you said, if Hui Yao really doesn't like him, should we tell him the truth?"

She didn't believe Zou Zelin at the beginning. It can be seen that he has been refusing to get married under the pressure of his family all year long, but she also believed that this suave and suave talented Zou was so sincere. To Zou Zelin was heartbroken and heartbroken.

"To be honest, long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. After a heart-wrenching pain, he might give up this obsession." Jing Yun sighed softly.

The next day, Ning Luo packed up her things and headed happily all the way to the address Jing Yun gave her.

Hui'an Lane is in the east of the city, quiet amidst the hustle and bustle. There are three or four schools and chess rooms in a row. When Ning Luo got out of the carriage, she heard the sound of children reading aloud. She couldn't help but stop and listen for a moment. There was a smile.

The chess room opened by Yu Huiyao is in the alley, adjacent to one of the schools. The facade is simple but elegant, with a plaque of "Lanke Chess Hall".The house was divided into front and back, the front was used as a chess room where Yu Huiyao taught children how to play chess, and the back was where she lived with two servants.

Knocking on the door twice, Ning Luo pushed the door open and entered when she saw no response from inside. The front yard was tidy and there were some petunias planted on both sides, but at this moment only dry vines were left crawling on the fence and beside the path. I planted some vegetables, although shriveled, it still added some vitality to the yard.

Standing on the eaves of the porch and looking in through the half-opened window lattice, I saw Yu Huiyao wearing a blue batik jacket, leading three or five children to recite chess scriptures, the older one and the younger ones were all shaking their heads in a fascinated look. Ning Luo was amused, and raised her hand to tap on the window lattice.

Yu Huiyao heard it now, looked outside twice, but couldn't see who it was, and called out crisply: "Who is it? Sister-in-law Wu, a guest is here."

A middle-aged servant woman came out from the side room, and greeted while wiping her hands: "This lady wants to learn chess, right? How old is the child? My girl is a national player from the capital. She is good at chess. The great talent over there!" Nothing compares to her..."

Ning Luo laughed out loud, Zou Zelin is really unlucky, this matter has been spread to the border town.She said sternly: "Yes, I came here just because of the fame, but I don't have any children yet, I want to learn by myself, I wonder if Miss Yu is willing to teach me?"

The sound of reciting inside suddenly stopped, the door opened with a "squeak", Yu Huiyao almost rushed out from inside, and came to Ning Luo at once, full of surprises: "Sister Luo, it's you! Are you really here?" Pingcheng is here!"

Ning Luo snorted, pretending to be angry and said, "You still know it's me, if I didn't find out your whereabouts, do you plan to never see me in your life?"

"No way!" Yu Huiyao called out to Qu, "I'm closing my eyes and earplugs in this square inch now. I just heard that the governor of our place has changed a few days ago. He said he came from the capital. Who is he? Lord, I was thinking about asking who it is, so you came."

Ning Luo was stunned, and asked suspiciously: "Why, didn't Zelin write to you?"

Even if the letter is slow, it has been three or four months since the imperial decree was issued, how could Yu Huiyao still not know about their arrival?

Upon hearing this, the smile on the corner of Yu Huiyao's mouth faltered, and she changed the topic and said, "Sister Luo, please sit inside for a while, and let's have a good chat after I finish this lesson."

"Okay, I'll walk around the room, you go first." Ning Luo said empathetically.

Aunt Wu led Ning Luo to the backyard, and Ning Luo asked her a few questions to get a general idea of ​​Yu Huiyao's current situation.This chess room has been open for about three months. Yu Huiyao used it to pass the time when he has nothing to do. At the beginning, there were no people there. Fortunately, a library next to it was well-known in the city, and several chess boys were introduced. Seeing that Yu Huiyao had such a title of "Lan Ke", several famous people in the city were very dissatisfied, and they challenged a few games, but Yu Huiyao killed them all. When I got up, people would come to ask for advice from time to time.

"Huiyao is really powerful," Ning Luo said with admiration, "Even if you come to this city, you can kill a piece of the sky."

Mrs. Wu didn't look happy, she sighed and said: "Madam, to tell you the truth, this is not going to work. My girl is almost seventeen now, how can she keep showing her face like this? The master is too fond of her." Let her mess around like this, how can we make a good husband's family? We are also official girls, although we are not high-ranking officials now, and we are also the daughters of county magistrates, but those good people are outside Those who open the chess room, don’t they all have to avoid it? Pity my wife left early, and that Xu is a heartless person..."

She wiped the corners of her eyes, feeling sad.

"How could it be?" Ning Luo comforted, "Huiyao is beautiful and intelligent, those secular men don't know her well, maybe there is a good marriage waiting for her."

"I hope," Aunt Wu clasped her palms together, "my wife's spirit in heaven must bless the girl and slap that Xu's face hard!"

There was a chuckle from outside the room, Yu Huiyao stepped through the door, shook her head and smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Wu, are you talking about that thing again? If you keep thinking about it like this, let the Xu family know, it will be our own slap gone."

Aunt Wu hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I just said it so casually, I forgot about them a long time ago. You talk, I'll go and prepare something to eat for you."

Yu Huiyao looked at her back, shook her head and said with a smile: "They always worry about me, but they want me to say that there is nothing wrong with me being like this now, I am free and unrestrained."

Ning Luo pulled her over and looked her up and down carefully. Compared with when she was in the capital, Yu Huiyao's skin looked much rougher, but the brows were still free and easy, without the gloomy air of wandering.

Only then did Ning Luo feel relieved. The comforting words that had been pondered in her heart for a long time last night suddenly became useless. The two of them sat cross-legged on the kang, facing each other as before, with a cup of clear tea and a plate of dried fruit. sweet words.

After chatting about the current situation of those old friends in the capital, Ning Luo naturally brought the topic to Zou Zelin, and asked tentatively: "He has been waiting for you, what are you thinking in your heart? Tell me, I will think about it for you." A thorough approach."

Yu Huiyao was silent for a moment, got up and took out a small nanmu box from the back room, opened it and saw that there was a thick stack of letter paper inside, but they were all unopened.

"Sister Luo, look, I've received all his letters," she said with a smile, "but I didn't open any of them, so I didn't even know you were here. I'll ask someone to bring them all back in a few days." The capital, so as to break his thoughts."

(End of this chapter)