Lu Xiaoshu remembered that last summer, when Mr. Wu and his father came back from hunting game, the dinner was served in the yard, and when they were happy, they opened a jar of wine made from wild grapes. Miao Cuilan folded four layers of clean gauze and filtered it. The wine was poured into a pure white porcelain cup, revealing a shimmering red color, as attractive as rouge.
On the spur of the moment, Mr. Wu asked Lu Qi to recite the ancient poem "Grape Wine Luminous Cup". Lu Qi really didn't like reading very much. They read a few simple ancient poems. But Lu Qi can't memorize the three-character scripture enough, so the extra homework is of course omitted as extra, and he forgets it after reading it for a while. Anyway, he consciously ignores the homework that doesn't need to be checked.
Lu Qi couldn't recite it, and when he saw his mother's staring eyes, he became even more nervous, and he was so anxious that he was thinking hard. Unfortunately, if he doesn't remember, he doesn't remember. It's not something you can think of. .
Seeing that his mother's complexion became more and more ugly, Lu Xiaoshu said in a childish voice: "Brother can't remember for a while, I will, I will, my brother taught me."
"Oh? Little girl lie, you really will?" Mr. Wu couldn't help laughing, and quickly answered Lu Xiaoshu's words. Lu Qi doesn't spend his mind on books, he is the gentleman who knows best, seeing Miao Cuilan looking at Lu Qi with reproachful eyes, Mr. Wu was secretly regretting that he shouldn't mention this at this moment, Lu Xiaoshu relieved him Where not to pick up
Lu Xiaoshu rolled his eyeballs and said with a smile: "I really know it. If I recite it, can you promise me one thing?"
"Okay, you recited it, sir, I promise you." Mr. Wu smiled and nodded casually. He thought to himself, what kind of conditions can a little girl put forward? The little guy is playful, but he is just pestering him to take him out to play!
Lu Xiaoshu was so overjoyed that he recited it. Both Mr. Wu and Lu Zhong were amazed. Miao Cuilan also stared at Lu Qi and said, "Look at you, you're not as capable as my second sister!" Thinking that Lu Xiaoshu was talking about what her brother taught her Yes, Miao Cuilan felt a little better in her heart.
Lu Zhong was so happy that he hugged her and praised her with a smile. But Lu Xiaoshu couldn't wait to look at Mr. Wu and said: "Mr. Wu, Mr. Wu, take me to hunt next time, okay?"
Mr. Wu was dumbfounded all of a sudden, such a younger child took her through the forest and across the ridge, what—
"Sir, what you say is nothing!" Lu Xiaoshu curled his lips.
Mr. Wu was too embarrassed to break his promise in front of everyone, so he coughed and said with a smile: "Well, you are still young, and when you are older, Mr. will take you there, how about it?"
"That's right, you girl is really tight, you, you have little arms and legs, do you have the strength to walk!" Miao Cuilan also smiled and said to her. Miao Cuilan sighed inwardly. The older the child, the more mischievous he became. During the Chinese New Year, she dared to light firecrackers while no one was paying attention; she dared to climb up the tall persimmon tree in the yard, and ended up going up. Unable to get down, sitting on the branch hugging the tree trunk and calling pitifully "Dad!"; and the fish in the small pond at the back of the yard, wouldn't adults salvage fish if they wanted to eat them? She refused to do it, but wanted to throw herself upside down, but she fell into it and drank a few mouthfuls of water. Fortunately, the two sisters were inseparable and Xiaoxue cried loudly, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous! But she was fine, she was rescued, coughing, trembling and giggling...
This time is even better, such a small person is eager to go hunting in the mountains.
Lu Xiaoshu lowered his head to look at his little arms and legs, so he pouted resentfully and said nothing, and then quickly said: "Mr. Wu, Mr. Wu, next year I will grow up, next year I will be three years old and I can walk, take me to OK?"
"Okay, okay, I'll take you there when you're three years old and grow up!" Mr. Wu laughed again.
From then on, Mr. Wu always taught her to read a few poems for her to recite when he came over to play.
Originally, this matter was over, and everyone agreed that such a small doll has such a good memory, but who knows that Lu Xiaoshu, with a not-so-good memory, is fine! What she promised to others, if others don't remember her and she is lazy, then she will let it go, and she will not take the initiative to mention it, but it is absolutely impossible for others to let her go easily!
So, when her third birthday was approaching, she began to whisper in Mr. Wu's ear, insisting that she would be three years old on her third birthday, and she would go up the mountain on that day.
Mr. Wu and her parents were all dumbfounded, and Miao Cuilan even laughed and angrily nodded her forehead and scolded: "Little girl can't remember anything else, but remember this one!"
Mr. Wu couldn't help being overjoyed, and after thinking about it, he nodded and smiled and said, "Okay, let's go hunting on the mountain on the little girl's birthday, and hunt some good things for your birthday. But it's a good deal, after that If the day does not go, it will be considered as the past, you can't say that what you say is not worth it!"
Lu Xiaoshu nodded repeatedly, and said, "Sir, you are an adult, you will definitely not lie to me! When the day comes, you will definitely not make excuses, right?"
Mr. Wu laughed and said, "No, no! Absolutely not! Even if I'm sick, I have to take you there, okay?"
Now Lu Xiaoshu was relieved, nodded happily, and counted the days with a smile on his face.
As a result, it rained...
How could Lu Xiaoshu not be depressed
"The rain has already wet your clothes, why don't you enter the house quickly, what's the matter with the two girls! Come in and wait for Mr. Wu to come over and we will have dinner! Mother has cooked a lot of delicious food, come quickly!" Miao Miao Seeing Lu Xiaoshu's aggrieved face, Cuilan couldn't help laughing, she couldn't help but drag the two sisters into the house.
Lu Xiaoshu had no choice but to enter the house resentfully. Unknowingly, he glanced back at the heavy rain, and thought: Mr. Wu can't be so smart, can he? Could it be that a month ago he considered it raining today? Hmph, no wonder you are so happy to promise me...
Lu Qi came back from school after a while, put away his umbrella, went into the house, put down his schoolbag, changed into clean clothes, and the three brothers and sisters played together on the kang, while Lu Zhong and Miao Cuilan were still busy in the kitchen.
Smelling the scent of delicacies wafting from the kitchen, Lu Xiaoshu's depressed mood eased slightly: Mom and Dad really dote on her, for the sake of so many delicious foods, then—forget it!
"Sister! Brother-in-law! Sister!" In the rain, a rushing voice came from the yard, as well as the sound of treading and splashing water.
"It's the little uncle!" Lu Qi slammed down the kang, opened the door and ran out of the house, called "little uncle" and ran to the kitchen shouting: "Father, mother! The little uncle is here! The little uncle is here Lah! I brought a woman with me!"
"What nonsense are you bastard!" Miao Cuilan reprimanded angrily, "Little kid, what are you talking about—Chuhe, this is—"
After listening to her son's words, Miao Cuilan came out of the kitchen while reprimanding her son. When she looked up, she saw that, as her son had said, her younger brother Miao Chuhe was leading a young woman standing on the porch. Miao Chuhe held a closed umbrella in his hand, and the tip of the umbrella was dripping water on the ground. The woman was about sixteen or seventeen years old. She was wearing a lake-green embroidered long skirt. She was slender and had delicate features. Perhaps she had been through the wind and rain, her face was a little pale, and her eyes were particularly black and bright.
The two of them must have traveled a lot in the wind and rain. At this time, they were in a state of distress, most of their clothes were wet, and the corners of their robes and shoes were covered with mud. The strands of her hair were also wet, and the woman's pale cheeks were still clinging to each other in a mess. She looked like a small flower fluttering in the wind and rain, so pitiful.
However, Miao Cuilan didn't have so much sympathy in her heart at this time, but was filled with shock and anger. Her eyes are already powerful, what's more, the performance of the two of them is so obvious? It is clear that the two of them are lovers who are in love with each other!
"What's going on here? Why don't you stay in the academy in such a heavy rain and come here!" Miao Cuilan asked coldly with her eyes darkened.
"Sister, please help us!" Miao Chuhe stepped forward, hurriedly shook her sister's hand and said, "Please, sister!"
Miao Chuhe's hands were icy and cold, with dampness from the tide, and his hands with bamboo-like joints were pale because of the cold.
"What's going on!" Miao Cuilan asked sternly when she saw her brother's expression, both distressed and even annoyed.
"I, we—" Miao Chuhe was slightly startled, then shook the woman's hand and begged, "Sister, this is Miss Tong Yuer Tong, I want to marry her, please help me!"
"Oh?" Miao Cuilan's sharp eyes swept over like lightning, and Tong Yu'er lowered her head in panic, subconsciously avoiding behind Miao Chuhe.
"Speaking of which, you are not too young, it's time to get married!" Miao Cuilan suddenly laughed and said, "Where is this Miss Tong's home? I'll send a matchmaker to the Tong family to propose a marriage." But the three media and six hires haven't been done yet, so it seems inappropriate for Miss Tong to come to the door with a man like this? It's not good for the girl's reputation, so the girl should go back first!"
Tong Yu'er's already pale face turned paler by two points, she bit her lip, her body trembled slightly, she lowered her head and dared not make a sound.
"Sister, I, I—" Miao Chuhe was in a hurry, but he couldn't speak.
"Don't say anything!" What else does Miao Cuilan not understand? He said coldly: "If you are hired, you will be a wife and a concubine. Don't you, a scholar, understand such a simple truth? Chuhe, you have disappointed me so much! I have never told you that the family is not like a family at all. Home, if you marry someone else’s girl, you won’t be able to live a peaceful life. Trivial things will actually affect your studies, so I haven’t mentioned this matter! Come back, let’s talk about kissing at that time, your daughter-in-law has come in, who dares to bully her? I didn’t expect my good intentions to be ruined by you like this! See for yourself, what are you doing! "