Red apricots make spring

Chapter 192
After Pei Jingxuan left, Rourou was in a trance all day long. She thought that Lu Ce would gradually fade away after these few months, but she didn't expect that after hearing the rumors about him, her mood that had gradually calmed down and revived again. waves.

In this era when imperial power is supreme, she understands that if Lu Ce angers the emperor, he may lose everything, even his life, but does he really love Shen Mengyi to the point of being desperate as the rumors say?Based on her little understanding of Lu Ce, she would naturally doubt the veracity of the rumors, but other than that, what other secrets could there be?

She admitted that she really couldn't guess what was going on in Lu Ce's mind, and also admitted that when she heard that he had an affair with Shen Mengyi, she felt a little sour, but now, all her emotions can only be buried deep in her heart, waiting for time to clear them up. Evaporate slowly.

She can only stand there silently watching from the perspective of a bystander, praying secretly, hoping that he will not annoy the emperor too much this time, so that maybe in the first half of the year, others will beg again, and wait for the emperor to die After that, he can still return to his original position, marry a wife he likes and is worthy of him, and spend the rest of his life together.And she should also find her home earlier and continue to live her ordinary life...

"Rou'er." After being busy in the kitchen for a while, Mrs. Liu came out to take a break and asked, "How is business today? How much did you earn?"

"Ah—" Wenrou was awakened from contemplation, looked down at the account book, and found a black line on the page, and then realized that when he was thinking about something just now, he was still holding a brush stained with ink She unconsciously smeared there, and as a result, the entire page was blackened by her.

Hearing her exclamation, Mrs. Liu leaned her head over to look at the account books, glanced at her strangely, and suddenly smiled and said, "What's on your mind?"

"I didn't think about anything..." Wen Rou spoke with very little confidence, and even lowered her head.

"Oh——" Mrs. Liu dragged out her tone, turned her head to look, and suddenly asked, "Where's Pei Dingdong?"

Pei Dingdong...

Every time she heard this very vivid nickname given to Pei Jingxuan by Aunt Liu, Wen Rou had the urge to bump her head to death on the counter, lest she laugh like an idiot with her mouth open.

"Sister-in-law Liu...his name is Pei Jingxuan..." Rourou suppressed a laugh, and corrected the 280th time.

"Isn't that a good name?" Aunt Liu said nonchalantly, "Anyway, he plays the piano for twelve hours a day, except for sleeping, eating and shitting. .”

"Sister-in-law Liu... This is a restaurant... Don't talk about shit..." Rourou felt that crows were flying all over the sky.

"Success!" Aunt Liu replied, and turned her head to look for Pei Jingxuan, "Where did he go? I plan to ask him to help carry that short-legged table to the carpenter for repairs!"

Pei Jingxuan was miserable, besides working as a luthier in a restaurant, he also had to do odd jobs part-time.Rou Rou suppressed the sympathy in her heart, and replied: "He said he was a little uncomfortable, so he went back first."

"As the saying goes, it's true, a scholar who is useless is a scholar!"

Mrs. Liu complained, and left like the wind. Rourou saw her grabbing a lazy guy, scolded him a few words, and then sent him to repair the table. It was exactly when she was in Zhao's mansion, she ordered her to look!Gentle smile, can not help but fell into the memory again.

When Wen Wen just came to replace them in the evening, Wen Rou and Aunt Liu returned home, and when they entered the door, they saw Pei Jingxuan rolling up his sleeves and helping Mother Wen fetch water.

Mrs. Liu said quickly, "Pei Dingdong, aren't you feeling sick? Why are you still working?"

Pei Jingxuan smiled wryly, and replied: "I can't live here for free, I should help with some work."

Speaking of which, he originally rented a dilapidated thatched hut in a poor alley in the city. When it rained, water would drip from the roof. Once Wen Gang happened to see him, and saw him soaked in the rain, wrapped in a The same wet quilt was trembling, and I couldn't bear it. I felt that there was still space in the room anyway, and adding him alone was just a matter of adding more quilts and chopsticks, so I invited him to my home, and I could make it easier for myself. Continue to learn the piano.

But for this matter, Wen Gang has often provoked Wen's mother to complain, saying that this house is about to become a large courtyard, and anyone can live in it, regardless of gender.Pei Jingxuan ate some sarcastic remarks and didn't make a sound. He silently helped with some work. Although he couldn't do much, Ms. Wen saw that he was soft-tempered and said that he didn't talk back, and she herself would Feeling embarrassed, he gradually stopped talking, and sometimes even asked for warmth, mended starch and washed some clothes for him.

"Go and rest if you don't feel well, I'll fetch the water." Rourou stepped forward to take the bucket, and carried it to the kitchen with a little difficulty.

Just at this time Ye Yu came back from the food stall, snatched the bucket from Rourou's hand on the way, and said, "I'll do it."

Rourou had no choice but to let go, turned around and helped Ye Yu move the cart under the wall, and when she was about to walk into the house, she saw Pei Jingxuan standing aside and looking at her with a very lonely expression on her face, and she couldn't help asking: "Are you okay?" Right? Seeing that your complexion is not very good, let's go and rest again. "

"It's okay." Pei Jingxuan shook his head, and said with a sigh of relief: "I just feel that I am a little useless."

He was telling the truth. Ever since he met Wen Rou, he realized that he really knows nothing but playing the piano. Maybe Shen Mengyi doesn't like him, that's why.How could a woman like her who came from a high-ranking official family marry a poor scholar and eat chaff and vegetables?He has understood this truth for a long time, but he has been unable to stop liking her. He only thought that seeing her once a day and talking to her a few words would be enough. I can't help myself in this relationship.

"You think too much. No one is all-rounder. It's good enough to have a skill. If I'm asked to play the piano, I won't be able to." Wenrou couldn't guess Pei Jingxuan's real thoughts anymore, so she just casually comforted him.

After dinner at night, Ruan Rou had to settle the accounts as usual, but she was full of thoughts and was always distracted, so the calculation of the accounts was extremely slow and kept making mistakes. When she finally finished the calculations, it was late at night, and she felt that After sitting for a long time, my whole body was stiff and cold, even my toes were cold, so I decided to go to the kitchen to make a bowl of ginger juice and milk to warm my body so that I could sleep.Turning to ask Xiaohuan, she was already lying on the bed reading a book, she shook her head and said no, she was gentle and didn't force herself, she went out on her own.

The room outside was pitch-black, it seemed that everyone in the family had gone to bed early after a day of exhaustion, and Wen Gang hadn't returned yet.Holding the lamp in hand, Wen Rou stepped out of the door cautiously. As soon as she reached the courtyard, she felt a gust of cool wind blowing towards her, which made her shiver, and the lamp in her hand almost went out.

Ruan quickly blocked the wind with her hands, protected the flames, walked a few steps, and faintly heard something moving in the corner of the wall, she was startled, she thought it was a thief, just about to shout, she borrowed the dim light Seeing Pei Jingxuan's clothes wrinkled and disheveled hair sitting obliquely in the corner, with a wine jar at his feet, his eyes blurred from drinking, his face was drunk.

"Why are you drinking here? Get up quickly—" Wen Rou was taken aback, and stepped forward to pull him.In the past few months with Pei Jingxuan, I have always seen him not drinking at all, but I just think he doesn't know how to drink!What's more, in the cold weather, if you want to drink, you can't drink it. Sitting in the corner of the open air, if you get drunk and sleep here all night, you may be frozen to death.

Hearing the gentle voice, Pei Jingxuan glanced at her with shy eyes, and mumbled, "Leave me alone."

"How can you ignore it!" Rourou dragged him up vigorously and said, "You have to drink it in the house, it's not summer, you'll freeze to death if you sit here!"

"It's good to die..." Pei Jingxuan muttered, "Anyway, I have nothing to worry about, no one to rely on..."

"What are you talking about drunk, get up!" Rourou felt that Pei Jingxuan's body was dead, clenching his teeth so hard that he couldn't move him, and when he was about to put down the oil lamp in his hand, whoever wanted to blow the lamp with a gust of wind blown out.

The moon was dark and the wind was high, although it wasn't to the point where you couldn't see your fingers, but when the lights went out, Wen Rou's eyes suddenly went dark, and she basically couldn't see anything.She had no choice but to grope into the room first, call Xiaohuan out to help her, and then drag Pei Jingxuan into the room, but just as she took two steps slowly, she didn't expect to step on the corner of Pei Jingxuan's robe. Around the corner of the robe, Wen Rou felt her feet slipping, she staggered, and her body fell forward.

"Kang Dang"

The oil lamp hit the ground, and Rourou fell on Pei Jingxuan's icy body. When she fell, her foot accidentally kicked over the wine jar, making a loud noise.

"Yi—" Pei Jingxuan murmured in a low voice, the sound of the words was vague, as if he was sighing.

His two arms suddenly circled over and hugged Wenrou tightly, and his cold lips were still pressed against him. He couldn't find the place in the dark, and finally only stayed on Wenrou's warm neck, rubbing gently.

Wen Rou was startled, and was even more anxious to get away, pushing him hard while shouting: "You're drunk, let go!"

At this moment, the sound of urgent footsteps came from the room, Ye Yu rushed out disheveledly with a lamp in his hand, Xiaohuan followed behind him with his clothes on, and Mama Wen's panicked voice came from inside, "What happened in the middle of the night—"
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(End of this chapter)