Leisurely fairy way

Chapter 3 turned out to be involuntarily

Xiaochun used a piece of black charcoal to add the final stroke of the sixth orthographic character on the bluestone slab in the corner of the yard.She scratched her head, it was a little itchy, no lice.She saw that there were lice on Xiaomi's head.Xiaochun secretly decided to stay away from Xiaomi, because it would be troublesome to get lice.

She has been here for a month.It turns out that people's adaptability is really so good. Now she can burn fire, knead dough, steam steamed buns, cook rice and stir-fry cabbage. Now she can identify the vegetables in the vegetable field one by one, and she can also catch the vegetables without changing her face. insect.

I remember the first time she saw caterpillars on cabbage and screamed in fright, Xiao Xia and Granny Liu rushed out to see what was wrong with her.Seeing the meat worm with its small body arching on the vegetable leaf, I couldn't help laughing.Xiao Xia immediately grabbed the worm and threw it far away. He said, "What's wrong with my sister, she has become so timid."

Xiaochun could only smile.

Xiaochun now raises a bird. The bird's nest fell from the tree. She and Xiaomi saw it together. How much meat.She held the bird in the palm of her hand. The bird was covered with dusty down, and it kept singing with its mouth open.

Xiaochun decided to raise it without any purpose, she just felt that she should find something to do, anyway, its feed was sufficient.The little caterpillar on the cabbage leaf, this little bird is very happy to eat.Not long after, the little guy flapped his wings and wanted to fly down from the nest above his cabinet, but his body was too strong and his wings were too short, so he fell down.The bird was chirping non-stop, Xiaochun had no choice but to pick it up and said, "Dahui, don't struggle, you can't fly anymore."

Da Hui stared at her with mung bean eyes as if he understood what she said.

Xiaochun often reveals her secrets. One night, the moon was big and round. Xiaochun looked at the moon and remembered that this was a scene of homesickness, and she was also a little sad.What she misses most is her old grandmother in the country. She doesn't want to live with them in the city, and she doesn't know how to live in the country by herself.

Xiaochun sighed: "Look up at the bright moon, lower your head and think about your hometown." Xiaoxia heard her and asked her, "Sister, what are you talking about?"

Xiaochun said: "Oh, Xiaomi heard the script from somewhere, and told it to me." She looked very calm on the surface, but she wiped off the sweat deep in her heart.

Xiao Xia tilted her head to think about it, and smiled slowly: "Although I don't understand, it's really good." His eyelashes are thick and long, soft black pupils, slender eye corners, and pink lips are soft and thin.It seemed that all the flowers in spring were blooming warmly behind him, and his whole person was incredibly gentle.Xiaochun thought, when this child grows up, he will fascinate many men and women.

But this baby is seven years old, and if he doesn't educate him, his life will be wasted.Xiaochun thought about it again, alas, in this environment, it would be nice for everyone to have enough to eat. She always judges them with the modern outlook on life, but she still hasn't fully adapted.Their indifference to the future.

Xiaochun is already thinking about the future, what will happen to her in the future?When you grow up, find a servant or marry him in the nursing home, give him a baby, and then raise the baby.This speculation was immediately killed by Xiaochun.Or leave the Ji Mansion here and take Xiaoxia and Granny Liu out for a walk, let alone that she doesn't understand ancient times at all, what kind of livelihood will she make after she goes out, selling steamed buns?Is the ancient business so easy to do?

Xiaochun thought about what skills he knew.Salt?Make stinky tofu?make cosmetics?Pioneering the oil industry?Xiaochun frowned, and limp on the slate weakly, China has a civilization of 5000 years, Ji Xiaochun is sorry for you!She studied business administration, not light industry or food manufacturing. What is the use of business administration here?

"Xiaochun, Xiaochun!" Granny Liu called her.

Xiaochun got up from the stone slab and saw Granny Liu carrying a package. "Grandma Liu, I'm here."

Granny Liu said, "Xiaochun, Manager Xu is going to go shopping. This time it's my turn to accompany you. Xiaochun, do you have anything you want? Osmanthus candy or peanut cake?"

buy?Xiaochun's eyes lit up: "Grandma Liu, I want to go, can I?"

Granny Liu smiled and shook her head: "There are only six people going, and everyone takes turns. You are small and can't buy anything, so you can't go."

"Okay then." Xiaochun shook his head and said, "I don't have anything else to ask, you can go now."

"Then I'll go first!"

Granny Liu left.Xiaochun stood up from the ground, the sun was not so harsh, she walked out of the shade, Xiaoxia was taking a nap in the room.Dahui squinted his eyes under the eaves and seemed to be sleepy. This bird is lazy and greedy. Xiaochun now finds it disgusting when he sees this bird. His little bean eyes are like a mockery. He is not as cute as he was when he was a child. .

Xiaochun wished that a wild cat would emerge from there and eat it.

Big Hui probably thought the sunlight was too bright, so he hid his head under the wings, and his body looked more like a ball.

When it was time to go to work, Xiaochun walked slowly to the kitchen.

When things were done tonight, Manager Xu hadn't come back yet. Xiaochun hoped that Grandma Liu would come back and tell her what it was like outside, and kept looking at the door.Seeing that she was absent-minded, Xiaomi nudged her with his elbow.

Xiaochun came back to his senses and said, "What's wrong?"

Xiaomi said: "Hey, don't look at it. They buy so many things for the servants in the kitchen, and they don't come back until dark. After you wash these dishes, you will see Granny Liu when you go home."

Xiaochun was a little disappointed, she was really overwhelmed after coming here for a month.He stopped looking at the door and lowered his head to wash the dishes. The porcelain dish in his hand was thin and transparent. The ceramic craftsmanship of this era is already very exquisite.But in other words, if it is damaged, she can't afford to pay for it. Losing money is a trivial matter, but being beaten up will be miserable.It's not that Xiaochun has never seen it before. There was a young boy who broke a bowl and was beaten for several days without getting out of bed.Because the bowl he broke was the sixth young master's favorite bowl.

Xiaomi took the plate she handed over and put it into the clear water, and suddenly lowered his voice and whispered in her ear: "The lotus pods are growing, we'll pick some during the rest tomorrow, I'm optimistic about the location!" Xiaomi looked very happy .

Xiaochun nodded and said yes with a smile.Xiaomi looks about the same age as her, but is actually three years older than her, probably due to lack of nutrition. People like them who are sold in have no monthly money, and they don’t have their own small yard to subsidize their stomachs. It's not their turn to cook, and they can't eat meat.She squatted there in such a small ball, Xiaochun seemed to be able to see her protruding spine.

In this way, when I think of the overnourished bird, I feel even more hateful.

After washing the dishes and returning home, seeing the rare candles burning in the yard, Xiaochun even quickened his pace.Unsurprisingly, Grandma Liu and Xiao Xia were in the kitchen.Granny Liu's package was spread out, and the small table was filled with things, and it looked like she had just returned.The two saw her and beckoned her to come and have a look.

Xiaochun looked at those things carefully, a small porcelain bottle of salt, a piece of pancreas for cleaning, a palm-sized piece of fat tied to the side with a straw rope, and a thing like a spoon, but made of bamboo joints. into.Some things like hemp thread and cotton thread used for needlework, and things wrapped in oiled paper, Xiaochun picked up a corner with his fingers to see, it looked like some kind of pastry.

Finally, on one side of the small table against the wall were stacked what looked like clothes.

Grandma Liu just reached out to take the clothes, and handed them to Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia one by one.Pure cotton clothes are too expensive, and pure linen is too uncomfortable, and cotton and linen are very popular among servants.Xiaochun remembers that the costumes of the Song Dynasty should be tops with large sleeves, and long skirts under short jackets.But here I see that the women of the servants are all narrow-sleeved long clothes and loose trousers. Although they resemble the Song Dynasty style, they are different from the tradition.She guessed it should be a change to facilitate work.Of course, she can't jump to conclusions, she doesn't know what dynasty this is yet.

Granny Liu said with a smile: "It will be your birthday in half a month, and this is a gift for you. The money I have saved for a long time is not enough. I happened to meet a garment factory that was not open today on the street. Going down, the price of the goods is much lower than usual, so I bought them for you. You put on new clothes and tidy up yourself. Especially Xiaochun, you are eleven years old this year, and you will be married in a few years At that time, when the time comes, the old lady will pay a visit to Fifth Miss, and point you to a nursing home as a wife, how about?"

Xiaochun secretly thought, so fast?She forced a smile and said, "I don't want to get married, just stay with my mother-in-law and younger brother."

Granny Liu smiled again, and grabbed her hand. Granny Liu's hands looked like they had been doing rough work all year round. They were black and yellow, rough, and wrinkled because of old age. "Seeing that you are still not happy, the nursing home is better than the servants. You can get six copper coins a month. Are you shy? There is still someone you can look up to? I saw you and Fu Lu talking a lot recently... ..."

Xiaoxia suddenly said at this time: "My sister doesn't like Fulu, but it's Miss Xiaomi who likes Fulu."

Granny Liu glared at him: "You're only seven years old, what do you know, you're such a big kid."

Xiao Xia seemed a little unhappy, she turned around to look at her clothes, and then at Xiao Chun's.Granny Liu told Xiaochun again which nurse was good and strong, so she asked her to pay attention and not let those maids snatch her away.Xiaochun wanted to wipe off his sweat.Judging from Granny Liu's intentions, it seems that her marriage to the Nursing Court means being high-ranking, but she has no such intention.

Granny Liu saw that she just lowered her head, and said softly: "Xiaochun, although you are a young lady of the Ji family, the master doesn't recognize you, and no one cares about you. You have the same status as us servants invited from outside. Do you know that? Know?"

Xiaochun thought carefully about Granny Liu's words before she realized that she thought she was unwilling to do so, and she was destined to be worse than a maidservant even though she was of the Ji family's serious blood.Xiaochun smiled wryly: "Grandma Liu, that's not the case. I..." She pursed her lips, "I knew who I am, but do women have to treat themselves like this? I don't want to marry. I... I would rather just Don’t feel bad about yourself for the rest of your life.”

"How can it be considered aggrieved?" Granny Liu sighed, "You just think like a child. When you grow up, you will realize how important it is to have a man you can rely on. Granny lost her husband in her early years. It is to understand the pain that no man feels alone."

After hearing this, Xiao Xia interjected again: "When I grow up, I will rely on my sister and accompany her so that she will not be alone."

Granny Liu said: "You child, how do you know that you will marry a wife when you grow up. Your wife can tolerate your sister. Even if your wife tolerates it, what about her natal family? What about your children in the future? Don't interrupt me again." Already!"

Xiao Xia also smiled: "Then Xiao Xia won't marry a wife, just be with her sister!" With a smile, even a taste to please her, thinking that such a young child doesn't understand anything.

Seeing that the two siblings were stubborn and silent, Granny Liu just laughed.I also know that Xiaochun is extremely stubborn.That's why she wanted to bring Xiaoxia to live with them at the beginning, and they only cared about their stomachs at that time.

"Forget it, I just mentioned this matter." She waved her hand and said, secretly thinking that the future will be long, and she is not afraid to convince Xiaochun.

The three of them continued to tidy up the things on the small table. Granny Liu kept the small package of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and gave each of them a small piece, saying that they could ask her for it if they wanted to eat.Xiaochun knew that this thing was very expensive, and Granny Liu was probably afraid that she would give it to someone close to the kitchen, so she didn't say anything.

In fact, poverty and wealth can make people selfish.Xiaochun felt normal.She is not a person who is full of sympathy, thinking that if she can help Xiaomi in the future, she will definitely help her, as long as it is within her ability.Now if Granny Liu has worked so hard to help Xiaomi, I always feel sorry for Granny Liu.

At this moment, Xiaochun suddenly wanted to look outside the door, and when he saw the bright moon, he felt a little relieved in his heart, but it was a pity that there were no stars and no moon tonight.It might rain tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)