Qi Concubine's Cultivation Notes in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 131

Grandma Sun's enthusiasm for encouraging Hongpan to go out has obviously declined a lot, which made Hongpan a little disappointed. Originally, he wanted to go to the place Sun Nanny said in the open, and then change to a carriage to go to the other place as soon as the coachman leaves. of.It was interesting to think that if Nanny Sun went to file a complaint with Fujin, the other party would be in vain.It's a pity that Nanny Sun is not thinking about this recently.

Ever since he noticed Nanny Sun's infidelity, Hongpan focused a lot of attention on Nanny Sun. In his room, besides Liu Shao, there was also a little girl brought from the mansion. It's called Hongberry, the little girl has a sweet smile, and it's hard for people in the village to defend her, and Hongberry seems to have a confused temper, but she is actually careful.Big news can't be heard, but it's hard to hide some small news from her.The servant girl who was originally a third class was promoted to a second class, and after returning to the mansion, she was promoted to a higher rank.

Hongpan didn't expect the little girl to find out any big news, but just asked her to observe carefully and tell him in time if there was any abnormal situation in Zhuangzi.As expected, Crimson Berry also shared her discovery, "There is a taciturn servant girl in the mansion, named Xiaohong, who always goes out recently."

"A taciturn little girl?" Hong Pan said.

"I don't like to talk, and I am usually the most obedient. I behave in a well-behaved way, so everyone is surprised. It's just that this maid said that something happened at home." Red Berry said, "It seems that my brother is sick, and I got it." Grandma Sun’s consent, she often goes out to take care of her elder brother. The servants pay attention to her, because her name is Xiaohong, which is exactly the same as my name. She is obviously a child of the same family, but she helps in the kitchen. Even the people in the village sometimes Said 'Oh, Xiaohong, why are you here, I didn't notice.'" When she said this, Cranberry's eyes curled up, obviously feeling very ridiculous.

Hong Pan rubbed his chin, this posture made Cranberry smile in his heart, two sweet dimples appeared on his face, very cute.Hongpan asked the girl's name and appearance carefully, one asked carefully, and the other answered Hongpan's question carefully, "She has a pair of golden lotus feet, which is also very strange. Since her feet are bound by her family, why? Wouldn't it be inconvenient to let her be a servant again?"

Hongpan listened carefully to what Hongberry said, and at the end, Hongpan said: "I know, keep watching for me, no matter how big or small it is, just tell me. Well, about Xiaohong's news, ask Whatever happens, tell me."

Red Berry, who won a tael of silver, happily continued to help Hongpan find out the news. This matter was approved by Li Yunting, and Su Mu and others also knew about it, but no one thought that Hongpan could see anything Come on, let him play around.

Hongpan got the news of the red berries, went back to the room, took out a bronze key from the purse at his waist, and found a small sandalwood box from the bookcase with an exquisite copper lock on it, opened the box, took After publishing a crude pamphlet, Hongpan wrote down the news that Redberry had just found out, and the densely packed small characters on the front were all about the affairs of other courtyards.After flipping through one side for the last time, lock it up again and put it away.Xiaohong is a child of the family, and she is not an idiot after hearing what Hongberry said just now, why did she go to the kitchen?Besides, she gave birth to a child, but her family bound her feet, and after binding her feet, she went to work in the kitchen.

Hong Pan touched his head, feeling puzzled, and heaved a sigh of relief thinking that he had let Hongberry continue to investigate just now.Er Niang once told him about things that he couldn't figure out, he might as well write them down, and when he has more knowledge and experience, he will naturally know the answer.Hongpan has always done this.

"Brother Hongpan." Liu Shao's voice was clear and clear, "Ci Fujin is here."

Hong Pan quickly came out of the room, looked up at Li Yunting, "Er Niang."

Li Yunting bent down and hugged Hongpan easily, "Go and see with Er Niang, the little horse that Er Niang promised you before."

Hong Pan's eyes lit up, "Where is it?"

"In the stable in the backyard, there is a little white horse." Li Yunting said, "The mane on the back is a little black."

Hongpan struggled to get out of Li Yunting's arms immediately, his short legs were walking fast, while turning his head frequently to urge Li Yunting to go faster.Li Yunting smiled and glanced at Su Mu, and sure enough, the speed of her feet accelerated.When he arrived at the stable, Hongpan saw the pony specially bought for him at a glance, and he was so happy that he circled around the pony. Instead, the boy who took care of the horse in the stable, when Hongpan walked around behind the horse, hurriedly Standing in front of him, "Brother, if you are behind a horse, watch out for the horse poking its hooves."

Hong Pan quickly looked at Li Yunting, and Li Yunting said, "I remember your Thirteenth Uncle took you to ride a horse, so I should have told you."

Hong Pan smiled and said, "I haven't ridden a horse for a long time, and I forgot again."

"I will remember it next time." Li Yunting said.

Even if the stables are cleaned well, there will still be a smell, Hongpan said: "Emiang, I want to ride a horse."

Ever since he got a horse, Hongpan often took the boy in the stable and a guard to ride horses near Zhuangzi. He was originally curious about the nearby villages, so he rode there when someone followed him.The children in the countryside saw that Hongpan was dressed gorgeously and was even more majestic on the little white horse, and they were envious in their hearts.At the beginning, the group of children were timid and did not dare to talk to Hongpan, but when some of them were bold enough to start, Hongpan got off his horse and talked with them, and generously set the rules for letting them ride horses in turn.

The boy and the guards looked at each other when they saw this. The two were Nanny Sun's people, so they turned a blind eye when they let the elder brother in the majestic palace mix with the children from the village.The boy was even more delighted, if he told Nanny Sun about this news, he might be rewarded.

When going back in the evening, Hong Pan told Li Yunting what he had done today, and finally said: "I always felt that I was confined in a small square in the mansion before, and many things and many people have never been in touch with it. The most important thing is the people of Liming, but I rarely get in touch with them."

"Er Niang doesn't stick to you." Li Yunting said softly, "You have finished your usual homework and it's not raining outside, so let's go out."

A big smile appeared on Hongpan's face, "Hongpan likes Erniang the most."

The oldest of the group of children is nine years old, but Hongpan feels that they are still children, and he is much more mature than them. The reason why Hongpan came into contact with them is because of what Li Yunting said, to meet more people On the other hand, he saw that maid named Xiaohong coming out of a simple house today. The owner of that house was called Lai Ertou by others, and he was a well-known idler Laizi in the village.

The reason why Hongpan can recognize it is that Xiaohong is different from other maids in other courtyards, she has a pair of three-inch golden lotus, and she walks unsteadily.Hearing that Erniang had seen how the three-inch golden lotus was made, Hongpan only felt that the ability of the Han people to torture women of the same race was amazing, and he was speechless.Why did the maid in the mansion go back to Lai Ertou's house, and Lai Ertou is not Xiaohong's brother? Hongpan felt that this was strange and wanted to find out. For the next three days, he would not take a nap every day. It was done. I went to the village for my homework, but unfortunately I never saw Xiaohong again.Red Berry's news also said that Xiaohong said that his brother's health has recovered, so she doesn't need to go out.

Hongpan asked people in the village about Lai Ertou's situation without any trace. When it came to Lai Ertou having an affair with the widow Liang Gu in the village, the children couldn't tell clearly, but they only vaguely heard from their parents. Aunt Liang and Lai Ertou were messed up, Hongpan thought of the look in Lai Ertou's eyes last time, his face froze, and he couldn't understand why Lai Ertou could hook up with Xiaohong from Zhuangzi.Aunt Liang, he also remembered it in his heart, thinking that after he went back, he would ask Red Berry to investigate.

The sun had already set in the west, and Hongpan held a piece of sweet grass in his mouth, which was told by a child in the village that he could eat it as a sweet.From a distance, I saw a neatly dressed girl about six or seven years old standing aside, what attracted Hongpan's attention was her eyes, which were too quiet and deep, not like the eyes of a child.Hongpan is interested right away. These children are naive and simple-minded, and they get along easily and happily, but they can't be real friends. They don't understand what they think.The girl standing far away looks like a bright and bright girl, but who is she?He also knew Qiqibaba among the children in the village. He had never seen this girl before.

"Little Huzi, who is she?" Hong Pan asked the child Wang beside him.

"She's dirty, don't go with her." After seeing the girl, Little Huzi frowned in disgust and rubbed his hands together.

"Dirty?" Hong Pan said, "I see she is neatly dressed."

"My mother said that her mother is not a decent person and is very dirty. She looks clean but is very dirty. We are not allowed to play with her." Xiao Huzi said, hesitated for a while and said: "Brother Rui, you don't want to play with her either. Play." If it was someone else, Xiao Huzi would use a commanding tone, but Hongpan seemed to be smiling and gentle and easy to get along with, and the children didn't dare to offend too much except boldly calling him Ruigeer.No wonder the parents said that Hongpan is a noble person, he is really different from the people in the village.

"Oh?" Hong Pan raised his eyebrows, "But she seemed to come over and wanted to talk to me."

Seeing the girl approaching, Xiao Huzi wanted to pull Hongpan's sleeve to let him go away with him, but unfortunately Hongpan was unmoved and went to meet her instead.The guard next to him wanted to stop him, but the servant pulled his arm and said in a low voice, "You forgot what Nanny Sun told you."

The guard stopped in his tracks, thinking of what Nanny Sun had said at the time, "Let's turn a blind eye to Brother's matter, as long as nothing happens, just watch from the sidelines." His expression became cold again.

The little girl first bowed to Hongpan, and said in a clear voice: "Brother, the girl has something to report, can you go there with me, I will tell you." the straw.

Wenhua and vernacular are sandwiched together, which sounds weird. Hongpan felt happy, nodded and said, "Okay." He walked in front first, the girl was taken aback, Hongpan walked two or three steps, and found the girl Still in the same place, he said, "What are you still doing?"

The little girl bit her lower lip, trotted two steps, and followed behind Hongpan.

"What's your name? Why are they so afraid of you." Hongpan said, he noticed Xiaohuzi and the others, and saw the little girl with a look of fear.

"My name is Liu'er." Liu'er said, "They are afraid of me because they once wanted to bully me, but I tried to get them back."

The smile on Hongpan's face widened, and he asked enthusiastically, "How did they bully you, and how did you deal with it?" Instead, he didn't take what Liu Er said to report just now, probably because Liu Er wanted to attract his attention That's all.

Liu'er thought for a while and said seriously: "I was washing clothes by the river, and they came to sing and taunt me, and also taunted my mother, and threw stones at me. I took the washing stick in my hand and hit the little tiger. At that time, my face was covered with blood, and it looked scary to see me beating the little tiger, and the rest of the people were scared to cry. Actually, I was measured, I just spanked his ass... ..." When talking about the butt, it was small and light, and her cheeks were slightly red.

Hongpan laughed again, "You're really interesting. Erniang also told me that although it makes a lot of noise, it's the least harmful to the body. The head is the worst, the neck and waist are not good, and the legs are also dangerous."

There was a slight smile on Liu'er's face, and there were two dimples on her lips.At this moment, Hongpan noticed that Liu'er was a very beautiful little girl, with a fair complexion, curved willow-leaf eyebrows, clear black and white almond eyes, and cherry-colored pink lips, which looked much more pleasing to the eye than the little girls in the mansion. "Although the little tiger's mother came to my house and scolded me for a long time, my mother stayed in the house silently, I ran out and said, 'If you continue to taunt me and my mother in the future, I will beat the little tiger every time I see you. .' When this incident happened, they didn't stay with me because people in the village often said that my mother was a widow, but she hooked up with other people." Liu'er said, her voice was small and soft, just now The blush on Dian's face had faded, he raised his head, looked at Hongpan with black and white pupils, and said word by word: "What they said is true." His face was as pale as snow, but his expression was very firm.

Hongpan's eyes widened, and his brows furrowed, "It's the first time I've met you, why did you say this?"

"Because Lai Ertou came to my mother's place, and it has something to do with Fang Fujin." Liu'er's voice was light and light, but it landed in Hongpan's heart like a thunderstorm.

Hong Pan's eyes widened, he took a step forward, his expression no longer relaxed as before, "What's the matter?" His voice was suddenly too high, causing the servants and guards who were standing there to look over.

Hong Pan quickly turned around and lowered his voice, "What is it, it has something to do with my mother-in-law."

Seeing that Hongpan had turned around, the guards and servants did not step forward to check, but they still talked about the Double Ninth Festival tomorrow, so they could have a family reunion.

Liu Er said: "In our village, every festival is the most important. The Jiujiu Chongyang happens to be the [-]th birthday of the old village head, so it is very lively. It is said that it is going to play tricks on the food in the mansion, so that Lai Er You can kiss Fangze on the head, and finally use the idiots in the village to take the blame. Moreover, because it is the Double Ninth Festival, you have to reunite with your family. It is inevitable that he was negligent at the side of Fujin."

Hongpan clenched his fist tightly, and the words burst out from his teeth, "Is this true?"

"I don't dare to lie to elder brother." Liu'er said, "My mother took me alone, and survival is not easy. The only hope is that I can live well. Knowing the news that Fujin is coming, Er Niang thought about Fujin Maybe I need a little maid, so I want to find a way so that I can meet the people in Zhuangzi. I was thinking of relying on the son of the village chief before, but who knows that the other party has forgotten the original promise by daytime."

Hearing Liu'er say these words, Hong Pan felt irritable, so he could only listen patiently.

Liu'er continued: "Until Lai Ertou came over two days ago, when I heard the news, I thought it was an opportunity, so I thought it would be great if I could see side Fujin."

"How could Zhuangzi go in so easily." Hongpan couldn't help but said.

"En." Liu'er nodded, "I knew about this from the first day, and I can only hope that after dinner, Fujin may want to come out to digest his food. I estimate the meal time every day, and I will wait near Zhuangzi .”

"My mother doesn't go out easily." Hong Pan said.

Liu'er said: "So for several days, I haven't seen Fang Fujin. Today, my mother heard someone comment that it was brother who was in the village's grove field, so she told me not to do repairs or come here. Let's see if we get a chance."

"I know." Hongpan's expression was serious, and he made a bow to Liu'er, which made Liu'er back away in fright. It's not you, I'm afraid my mother will tell you the truth. I remember your love, after tomorrow, I will report to my mother and I will help you. As for this matter."

"I won't talk nonsense." Liu'er said, "No one is willing to listen to me, brother, don't worry. My mother also knows the seriousness of this matter."

Hong Pan turned around resolutely, faced the boy and the guards, and said, "I'm a little tired, let's go back."

The little servant looked at Liu'er suspiciously, and felt that it was just a little girl who couldn't make any troubles. Maybe Hong Pan was making trouble by bowing to Liu'er just now, so he didn't take it to heart. At this time, he smiled and said: "Ah It's better if you go back earlier, Ming'er Village is still lively, don't you want to come with Fang Fujin?"

Hongpan's brows were furrowed tightly, and then quickly stretched out, for fear that the people in front of him would see the clues, but the servant didn't pay much attention to the change of Hongpan's expression.Continue to mutter: "Ci Fujin has a heart of a Bodhisattva, it is rare for a slave to be reunited with his family tomorrow, this is all the grace of Cian Fujin."

Hong Pan immediately glanced coldly at the boy, startled the man, and even took a step back, feeling that Brother Hong Pan's gaze seemed to be eating people.

Nanny Sun will not let everyone know about such a hidden matter. She gritted her teeth at this moment and ignored the servants and guards. Hong Pan walked to the side of the little white horse and said to the children in the village: "I'm going back first. , come back in a few days."

After Hongpan left, several people stared at each other, I don't know why after that stinky girl chatted with Hongpan, Hongpan hurried back, I don't know who said, "Why is it a few days? Tomorrow is not the Double Ninth Festival, and Rui Geer said that he will come, will his mother also come?"

"You have to call me Elder Brother." A small, shrewd looking child said.

"I guess I probably forgot." Little Huzi said, "Maybe he was confused by that stinky girl."

"That's right." Everyone began to talk about Liu'er's hatefulness.

(End of this chapter)