After breakfast, the doctor came to re-bandage Ling Yuan's wound. Several people drove all night and went back to their rooms to rest.
Jiang Rui asked for some hot water from the people in the house. After taking a bath, she slept. When she woke up, it was not yet lunchtime.
He said earlier that he would let her be by his side, but he didn't assign tasks. Jiang Rui was so happy that she moved a small round stool and sat under the corridor, looking at the birds flying around in the blue sky.
There was some movement at the gate of the courtyard, she turned her head and saw that Ningxiang was looking outside.
"The lord has gone out."
Ningxiang snorted, and there was no disappointment on her face. Looking at Jiang Rui, she walked in with her veil twisted, "Are you alright?"
Jiang Rui got up and went into the room to find a stool for her, and said with a smile, "It's alright, do you want to sit down?"
"Thank you." Ningxiang sat down hesitantly.
Originally in Mingshan Villa, the two had little interaction. Jiang Rui only heard that several maids in the main courtyard have their own characteristics, Ningxiang looks the best, and Yunxiang acts the most refreshing, but no matter which one, they are a bit arrogant. It's no wonder that the maids who can be assigned to the main courtyard are more beautiful than others, not to mention them.
A few days ago, I got familiar with the same carriage. Jiang Rui found that she was not necessarily arrogant, but she was really not very talkative.
"How is it, has Young Master Gu embarrassed you these days?" Jiang Rui asked her in a low voice.
Ningxiang shook her head, looked left and right, and whispered, "The doctor said that he was frightened. He has been feverish for the past two days, repeatedly."
Jiang Rui nodded.
The two chatted for a while, and Ningxiang pursed her lips and asked, "You... why did you think of going down to find the villa owner?"
Jiang Rui said with a smile: "I didn't think too much about it at the time. When I saw the owner of the village fell off the cliff, I just wanted to go down to find it. Moreover, Liu Shaoxia and the big guards were both injured. Sister Ningxiang, you have to take care of Miss Gu and Young Master Gu. It's just me that's fine."
"Aren't you afraid?" Ningxiang asked again.
In the barren mountains and wild ridges, the owner's life and death are uncertain. I don't know if he can find it, and if he finds it, he can't bring it with him, not to mention the possibility of encountering ferocious beasts. In the past two days, Ningxiang asked herself over and over again, if it was her, would she dare to take it? Going down a cliff alone
The answer is not dare.
She was sold into the village since she was a child. Although she was a slave and a maid, she had no shortage of food and clothing. When she entered the main courtyard, she grew to such a large size. If it is said that her parents are a gift, then the owner of the village is a kind of support to her. , That's it, she still didn't dare to go down the cliff alone, and Sanniang went without hesitation.
I heard a few guards talking just now, saying that the owner of the village kept Sanniang in his courtyard, even if he was a personal maid, he had never been treated like this. No idea either. Because from the moment she stepped off the cliff, it was destined that the owner of the village treated her differently from others.
"I'm a little scared, but I always think that the villa owner will be fine. As long as he is found, there is no need to be afraid of the mountain leopard and wild boar. As a result, when the villa owner was just found, a big wild boar rushed out of the grass and was killed by the villa owner. Mile." Jiang Rui said with a look of admiration.
Ningxiang was frightened after hearing this, and asked her about the situation at the foot of the cliff for the past two days. After learning that the two had spent the night in the cave, she suddenly understood why one or two of the guards had an ambiguous expression when they mentioned it.
It is common for the male host to take over the house's maidservant, but it is not common at all in Mingshan Villa. The villa owner has not talked about marrying a wife and taking concubines over the years, and he doesn't even have a maid in the house.
She looked at Jiang Rui's face and wondered if she realized this. She wanted to remind her that whether she wanted to be a concubine or not, she had to plan for herself as soon as possible. It was a bit abrupt, and he hesitated for a long time, but when he looked up, he saw that the owner had stepped into the hospital, and his face turned pale with fright.
"I have seen the owner." Jiang Rui and Ningxiang stood up.
Ling Yuan had a slight smile on his face: "Don't pay attention to me, you continue to talk."
Where can Ningxiang continue to speak, she was only surprised how much the village owner had listened to what had just been said, and hurriedly made an excuse and left.
Ling Yuan stopped by the stone table in the courtyard and waved to Jiang Rui, "Come."
"What is the owner's order?" Jiang Rui took a few steps closer and poured him a cup of tea with the teapot on the table.
"I told you before, don't be so cautious, sit down."
Jiang Rui looked outside the hospital before sitting down.
Ling Yuan asked with a smile, "I'm here, what else can I look out for?"
This sounded a bit ambiguous, but Jiang Rui felt that he should have no ambiguous meaning, so she said, "It's not good for people to see me sitting with the owner of the villa, no big or small."
"Looking at how old you are, your thinking is old-fashioned." Ling Yuan shook his head and said half-jokingly, "You should have some confidence in your villa owner, could it be that I have spent all these days in the rivers and lakes, and I haven't gotten out of it. , can anyone come and give me pointers?"
"Of course not," Jiang Rui said immediately, "Liu Shaoxia respects the owner very much."
Ling Yuan said: "Then what are you worried about? Come and see if you like it."
He took out a brocade box from his sleeve and placed it on the stone table. When he opened it, it was actually filled with dazzling jewelry of various colors, pearls, agate, red gold, coral, gold inlaid jade, and jade carvings, each of which was very delicate and small. .
Jiang Rui was surprised: "This, this is..."
"There are several properties in Mingshanzhuang in the city. I went to see them in the morning. I happened to see these jewelry, so I asked the shopkeeper to take some of them. You can see if there is any that suit your mind."
"Where do I need to wear such expensive jewelry?" Jiang Rui waved her hands again and again.
"Why don't you need it?" Ling Yuan said with a smile, "If you and I are trapped next time, maybe you will have to rely on them to change the ration bed."
"The owner is making fun of me again." Jiang Rui heard what he meant.
Seeing her head tilted and her cheeks slightly bulging, Ling Yuan actually found it quite interesting.
Although he wanted her to be obedient, since she came out of the valley, she was a little too obedient. If she became like everyone else, it would be meaningless, but right now, it is more interesting than simply obedient.
With a smile, he pushed the brocade box forward, "I won't tease you, just accept it, and take it as a thank you for your hard work going down the cliff to find me?"
That's what I should do, why should the owner say thank you? "
Ling Yuan added: "Otherwise, you should treat me with dignity. In the future, if you follow me, you must have a few decent pieces of jewelry."
He thought that the little cook was going to reject it again, but he didn't expect her to listen to this and thought about it for a while, but nodded.
"The owner of the villa is right. I'm walking outside with the owner of the villa now, and I often see distinguished guests. I really can't be as casual as before and lose the face of our Mingshan Villa. Then, these jewelry, I will temporarily replace the owner of the villa. Keep it safe."
When he saw her carefully touching the jewelry box, he stretched out his finger and touched the glass hairpin lightly. From the look, he clearly liked it very much, but he insisted on not accepting it before.
Jiang Rui picked up a pair of earrings in the shape of lily-of-the-valley flowers. The petals were carved from a single piece of white jade, with a drop-shaped beige pearl hanging in the middle as a stamen. .
"What interesting things did you tell Ningxiang just now?" Ling Yuan asked suddenly.
Jiang Rui looked up at him. He was drinking tea with his head down. She seemed to ask casually, and she also said casually, "Sister Ningxiang asked me about the situation after going down the cliff. She is also very worried about the owner."
"Oh?" Ling Yuan smiled and said nothing.
They stayed for three days, ready to continue their departure.
In the previous confrontation with the enemy, although Ling Yuan and Liu Xingfeng dealt with the most people in black, they were good at fighting, and although they were injured, it was not a big problem. Instead, it was those guards and Young Master Gu who had been recuperating these days.
After the restart, Jiang Rui was still in a carriage with Ningxiang, and the sisters and brothers of the Gu family drove the carriage. Young Master Gu was seriously ill, and his spirit was gone. The whole person didn't have the same vitality as before, and he could not do anything. Damn, I don't have the strength to toss people anymore.
Because of the delay for a while, they hurried on their way and did not deliberately stop in the town. In the evening, seeing that the sun was about to go down, and they could not go to the village or the store, they spent the night in the mountains and forests.
Everyone gathered around the fire in twos and threes, and took out jerky and biscuits to feed their stomachs. This was bought at the last stop at noon. After most of the day, the biscuits were already hard, and there was no taste at all.
Young Master Gu didn't want to eat, and was throwing a temper. Fortunately, there were some snacks in the carriage. Miss Gu took it out to coax him, but he was still unhappy, crying and wanting to go home.
Liu Xingfeng was crying so hard that he wanted to pack up and kick him away immediately. He was feeling irritable when he smelled a scent. He sniffed and looked around, only to realize that, at some point, Brother Ling and Sanniang were together. gone.
Not far from the water pool, Jiang Rui was roasting a pheasant, which was naturally caught by Ling Yuan. The chicken skin was roasted to a golden yellow, and the oily chicken juice kept dripping down, falling into the fire and making a squeak. She turned it after baking for a while, and couldn't help brushing the seasoning with a small brush. Each layer of brushing made the fragrance stronger.
She turned her head and asked Ling Yuan, "Master, do you really not need to share it with everyone?"
"One chicken is not enough, it will provoke their greed, and there is nothing to satisfy, but it is not good." Ling Yuan said thoughtfully with a smile.
Jiang Rui added: "Then you can bake a few more."
Ling Yuan said gently: "If they want to eat it, they have already baked it themselves. It can be seen that they prefer to eat biscuits rather than roast chicken."
"Really?"
"It's true, of course," he said. "I smell it and it seems to be healed."
"I'll see." Jiang Rui took a closer look at the condition, shook her head and said, "It's still a little bit."
"Then bake for a while." Ling Yuan said with a smile when he saw that the little cook had forgotten to share with others.
Liu Xingfeng stuck his head out from behind a tree, and was about to shout, grabbing the two who opened the small stove, and he stopped again as he could see that they were joking.
He suddenly remembered something. He told Brother Ling earlier that if Sanniang agreed to go back to Liu Mansion with him, Brother Ling could not say anything to obstruct him. I wonder if he still remembers this