Red apricots make spring

Chapter 243
Gently and gratefully smiled at Lu Ce, stood up and saluted generously, and thanked him: "Thanks to your thoughtfulness, I have nothing to thank, but tomorrow I will cook the fish with my heart, so you should eat more."

Lu Ce smiled lightly and said, "I'm afraid that if I eat too much, my grandpa and my father will rush to beat me up."

Gentlely spat at him and said: "Why is it that you don't seem serious lately? I won't talk to you anymore, I have to go back and tell Xiaohuan, don't come over for dinner at night, don't wait for me."

She said, pulled away and left.

Lu Ce watched her go out, then looked at the endgame on the chessboard, shook his head and said to himself, "Seeing that she was about to win, she ran away again..."

Rou Rou returned to Wen's house in the north of the city, Xiao Huan was doing needlework in the living room, seeing her coming, she was naturally delighted, stood up and pulled her and said, "Sister, come and have a look, is the cushion cover you want embroidered well? "

After taking the job handed by Xiaohuan, she gently lowered her head and saw a delicate yellow flower tied on a corner of the peacock blue cotton cloth, which was very refreshing and pleasing to the eye, she couldn't help but smiled and said: "You are getting better and better, but I am still I can't get a needle and thread, so I have to bother you to do these jobs."

Xiaohuan said with a smile: "What are you talking about, sister? Young Master Lu has already sent someone to take care of the affairs in the shop and restaurant. I only need to go to check every now and then. I have a lot of free time, so I won't do these things. Just naughty."

Rourou put the embroidery on the table, and said with a slight smile: "You can't say that, you are getting married soon, and if you have free time, you should embroider some dowry for yourself..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Xiaohuan already stomped her feet in a hurry and said, "Sister, even you make fun of me!"

"I'm not making fun of you!" He said with a gentle smile, "According to the rules, all these should be done early. I couldn't help it, I couldn't pick up a needle, so I embroidered a pair of mandarin duck pillowcases and..."

Speaking of this, she smiled and said nothing, she really didn't have the nerve to say it, the stitches of the pair of mandarin duck pillowcases were almost like centipedes, the patterns embroidered on them, no one would recognize them if they were taken out, it was like two bald people platypus!When the time comes when she really gets married to the Lu family, during the festive night in the bridal chamber, she will take out such a pair of pillowcases and put them on the bed for others to admire. I don't know if it will make people laugh.

"Sister, you're a beginner in embroidery, it's not bad to be able to embroider like that." Xiaohuan comforted her.

"Don't take it easy on me." He said with a gentle smile, "I'm thick-skinned anyway, and I'm not afraid of people pointing and making fun of me. But you, do you have enough money on hand? The restaurant in Yunzhou sent money over the other day, and I'll get some later for you."

Xiaohuan hastily stopped her and said, "No need, I still have a lot of money left over from the money you gave me last month! If it's really not enough, I will tell my sister."

"That's good." With a gentle smile, she sat down and said, "There is something I want to tell you."

Xiaohuan sat down after him, took the embroidery on the table, continued to do her work, and only said, "Sister, tell me."

Rourou told Xiaohuan about the Zhao family's affairs in detail, Xiaohuan listened in a daze, unable to tell whether it was joy or sorrow, and finally threw herself on the table and sobbed.Rourou was about to persuade her, but Mrs. Liu hurried out of the house, asked the reason, clapped her hands and applauded and said: "Yes! God has eyes, such an old beast, it's best to kill off all children and grandchildren before calling it mine. Heart!"

As she said that, she was busy comforting Xiaohuan again, and gradually stopped her from crying.

Xiaohuan stood up wiping her tears, bowed to Rou Natou and said, "Sister——"

Rourou hurried to help, but Xiaohuan couldn't stand it anymore, kowtowed her head three times, choked up and said, "Thank you, Young Master Lu for me..."

Fortunately, at this moment, Xizhu came to find him, Hui Wenrou's newly bought house has been fully furnished according to her wishes, please go and have a look at it.Ruan wanted to take Xiaohuan out to relax, so she quickly helped her up and told her to wash the bamboo and prepare the car.

The new house is the one bought from Zhao Yuanshan, where Wen Ruan plans to live with Lu Ce after they get married.Now after some arrangement, the front and back yards are full of various herbs and sycamore trees, and the breeze brings fragrance and refreshes the heart.In the small pond at the back of the courtyard, there are many lively red carps swimming in the clear and clear water. When they see people, they all gather at the edge of the pond and swim with people.

Seeing such an elegant scene, Xiaohuan's mood improved a lot, and finally a smile appeared on her face.

The interior of the house is completely furnished in an ancient style, except for the small room on the side of the main house that was reserved by gentleness, the floor and walls are covered with logs. As soon as you step in, there is a fragrance of logs, which is more fragrant than vanilla. The scent is lighter and more pleasant, making people feel like they are in the mountains and wilderness.

There is a row of bookshelves standing in the corner, on which are not classics and historical books, but transcripts that Lu Chenzhou transcribed from the books left by Luo Qi in his spare time, as well as many poems, songs, mountains and seas in this world. Atlases, strange novels and local chronicles and other books.

There was a small row of empty space on the shelf, and she pointed gently and said with a smile: "When I have free time in the future, I will record all the recipes I remember and put them there."

There are no desks and chairs in this room, and even the tea sets are placed on the floor, only a modern cotton sofa is placed against the wall.It was Wenrou who really didn't like to sit on the ancient hard wooden chairs. She felt uncomfortable, so she drew simple drawings and asked a carpenter to make a sofa frame. The space between the wooden frame and the cloth cover was filled with silk cotton. With thick cushions that are also stuffed with silk cotton, the feeling of sitting is no different from that of modern sofas, and it is very comfortable.

Xiaohuan picked up one of the various cushions scattered all over the floor, held it in her hands, sat down on the sofa, and said with a smile: "What my sister said is good, but this house originally belonged to the surname Zhao, don't you think it's okay to live here?" Are you awkward?"

"What's so awkward?" Rourou simply sat on the floor, hugged a cushion, and said with a smile: "The most important thing is that this house is mine right now, not that Zhao!"

Xiaohuan smiled slightly, half lying on the sofa and said: "I didn't expect this chair to sit soft and very comfortable. I'll get another one later."

Rou Rou hurriedly waved his hands and laughed: "Come on, come on! This weird chair I made can only look more harmonious if it is placed in this room. If you put one outside, it will be extremely weird!" She slowed down and said, "I just got this room because I thought I could have a place to read and hide in the future..." There was still something she didn't say, she wanted to find some modern atmosphere here, not to go back, Instead, I want to relax my mind, occasionally think about my grandpa, and think about another period of time I have lived.

The two of them were talking, when there was a light knock on the door outside, Wen Rou stood up and opened the door to look, but it was Cai Yun, the maid who had served her in the Hanlin mansion before, and said happily: "Why is it you?"

After a long time no see, Caiyun's stature has grown quite a bit, and now he is holding a can of freshly boiled mountain spring water in his hand, first pursing his lips and chuckling, "Caiyun has seen Madam."

After giving the gift, she raised her head, looked up and down at Wenrou with big eyes that flickered, and saw that she was standing in front of her in good condition, and said happily: "Caiyun just thinks that he will never see his wife again in this life. I have my own appearance..." She was too excited to continue, she paused and said: "After Madam left, the master arranged me to work in a shop, and someone called Caiqin and me to come here a few days ago The servant in the house said that Madam has come back. We still didn’t believe it, but when we saw it today, we found out it was true... This is really great!"

During the days when she lived in the Hanlin Mansion, Rourou's favorite was Caiyun, a lively and lovely maid. She was overjoyed to see her today, so she took the pot of mountain spring water in her hand, sat down on the floor, and soaked Cha, asked with a smile, "Where's Pandan?"

"She—" Cai Yun glanced at Xiaohuan, and said crisply, "I sent her to Miss Xiaohuan today."

"Ah?" Xiaohuan got up in surprise and said, "Go to my place? That's not okay... I don't need any servant girl..."

Gentle smiled slightly, she had figured it out, although she didn't need any maids to serve her, but she couldn't drive these maids out, could she?Those who sell their sons and daughters are all poor families who can't survive. Just point at those who sell their bodies for money to live. As long as those maids are not treated harshly, they will have food to eat and monthly money to supplement their families. The light work of handing the thread is much better than staying at home and waiting to starve to death, or selling it to the fence to laugh with, so he persuaded Xiaohuan: "Xiang Lan is used to serving my mother, and it's fine if you get married in the future." There is someone to help with the work, or..." She laughed narrowly and said, "You will have a baby then, how can you be so busy..."

"Sister—" Xiaohuan said anxiously, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll be annoyed!"

"Okay, okay, I won't talk anymore." He poured three cups of tea with a gentle smile, passed them to Xiaohuan and Caiyun, and said to Caiyun with a smile: "Sit down too, the three of us can gossip. I I want to know, after I left, what did you learn in the shop?"

Caiyun is lively by nature, and he is used to gentleness, knowing that she is not a person who likes to be formal, so he sat down gracefully, took the teacup, and said with a smile: "I learned abacus from the shopkeeper. I have been practicing the calligraphy, and I wrote it back to show my wife."

Outside the door, Xizhu heard the three of them talking and laughing lively, so he smiled reassuringly, and asked a young servant to tell him: "Madam may not go back for a while, I still have something to do, I will go to do it first, and you will send Madam back later, you can go back on the way." Be careful."

"The villain is awake!" The boy said with a smile, "You can rest assured."

Xi Zhu nodded, and left.
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(End of this chapter)