Last night, the Shi Ziye sent someone to send a message, asking him and Yu Xiufan to help the Shi Zifei put out food today. Chang Huaixi did not dare to neglect, especially thinking that his first impression on the Shi Zifei in Luoyue City was probably a bit disgruntled. Wonderful, this time is a great opportunity for him to reverse the situation.
I didn't expect to be delayed by Yu Xiufan early in the morning.
Chang Huaixi glared at Yu Xiufan, and did not know how many times he swore to himself: Never be with this guy Yu Xiufan in the future.
Nangong Yue smiled slightly, and said to Xiu Fan indifferently: "Don't worry. The food hasn't arrived yet."
Yu Xiufan unceremoniously climbed up the pole: "Hey, I knew that sister-in-law has a lot of adults, and you will never blame me." He winked at Chang Huaixi and said, "Little Xizi, you See what I said, right?"
What else could Chang Huaixi say, but a stiff smile.
Thinking of him as the dignified Fifth Young Master, he can be regarded as a famous figure in Luoyue City, so why did he get mixed up with such a fool!
Nangong Yue had another feeling, and glanced at the two young masters with great interest. The two seemed to have completely different personalities, but they got along pretty well.
At this time, a middle-aged woman who was a helper shouted excitedly: "The rice grain is here!"
All of a sudden, everyone followed the woman's gaze, and saw nine or ten soldiers in armor escorting two gray-covered carriages that were fully loaded coming here, and the sound of the wheels could be faintly heard. Come on, it's getting clearer.
When many people saw the grain carriage coming, they all gathered around the arbor, intending to come and line up, and some people rushed to notify their relatives and friends...
There is a saying: "Food is the most important thing for the people!" Soon, a long queue formed in front of the arbor, and the eager eyes of the people were all looking in the direction of the grain truck. They all couldn't wait, whispering to each other from time to time, their faces beaming.
Not far away, a five-or-six-year-old girl doll with chubby double hair and an old woman in coarse clothes came hurriedly.
The old woman seemed a little impatient, and walked faster and faster. At this moment, the girl beside her suddenly stepped on her skirt, and accidentally fell to the ground.
"Little sister, are you okay?"
With a worried voice, accompanied by a cyan figure, he rushed to the girl doll and carefully lifted the girl up. It was Sun Xinyi.
The girl's round face was wrinkled together, her misty black eyes were filled with thick water vapor, and her mouth was flattened, as if she was about to cry at any moment.
Sun Xinyi squatted on the ground, gently patted the dust on the girl's dress, looked at the little girl tenderly, and comforted her: "Little sister, you didn't hurt from the fall, did you?"
The old woman squatted down in a hurry, her wrinkled face couldn't hide her worry, and she hurriedly said to the doll, "Daughter, are you okay? It's because grandma walked too fast..."
Meeting the worried eyes of the old woman, the girl sniffled and smiled: "Grandmother, don't worry, my daughter is fine!"
"My daughter didn't cry, my daughter is really brave." The old woman rubbed the girl's soft hair and breathed a sigh of relief, then turned her head to thank Sun Xinyi, "Girl, you are so kind, thank you so much. " Then he hurriedly said to the girl doll, "Ninny, why don't you hurry up and thank this sister!"
"Thank you, sister." The girl shrank shyly as she pulled the old woman's clothes.
Sun Xinyi smiled slightly, looking gentle and elegant, and said: "This aunt, it's just a matter of raising your hands."
Sun Xinyi resisted the urge to look back, trying to show her most gentle and generous side.
There is a difference between men and women, she and Fu Yunhe have no relatives or reasons, the chances for her to meet and get along with Fu Yunhe are really very few, she must seize every opportunity.
For example, today, when she learned that the Southern Border Army was going to release food today, she guessed that she would probably see Fu Yunhe here. She thought that he might come to inspect and then leave, but she didn't expect that her luck was really good .
Not only Fu Yunhe, but even Shi Zifei is here!
It's really killing two birds with one stone for me to come to help today, and I can leave a good impression on Shi Zifei and Fu Yunhe at the same time.
Sun Xinyi was overjoyed.
She knew that she was just a concubine, and if she had been in the past, she would definitely not be worthy of the grandson of the princess mansion. But now, for the sake of her father's death in the city, as long as Fu Yunhe does not reject her, presumably the concubine Shizi will be willing to help matchmaking, and win the morale of the army for the son.
"Your name is Nannan?" At this moment, another cyan figure walked up to the grandparents, Han Qixia squatted down in front of the female doll, and said with a smile, "Can I show my sister your hands? "
The girl stretched out her hands timidly, only to see a pair of soft little hands covered with sand, the left palm of which was scratched, and bright red blood oozed out, which made the old woman gasp in distress. In one breath, I blamed myself in my heart: I am too careless as a grandmother!
Han Qixia took the water bag at her waist, took out another handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Ninny, can sister wash your hands for you?"
The female doll looked at her grandmother hesitantly, and said shyly, "Thank you, sister."
Han Qixia carefully removed the sand from the wound for the little girl one by one, with a cautious and focused expression as if she could only see this soft little hand in her eyes.
Fu Yunhe also came over, watching with a smile on the side.
Cousin Xia is still as careful as before, compared to Cousin Liu Niang and Cousin Yi, they are really hot-tempered, and it was Cousin Xia who advised them slowly since they were young, don't worry, take your time.
And Sun Xinyi's body was almost stiff, secretly thinking that she was too impatient and careless, and instead let others steal her limelight.
Sun Xinyi bit her lower lip, and advised herself to be calm: she has always been patient and cautious, which is why she has come to this day. Today is just the beginning, time is still long!
At the same time, Han Qixia skillfully cleaned up the girl's wound, applied medicine, and took out a bright yellow handkerchief to bind her up. Then she stood up and said to the woman with a smile: "Ma'am, As long as you try to be careful these two days and don't let your nannie's hands get wet, you'll be fine."
During the conversation, Nangong Yue and Baihui also came over, and Baihui handed a small bag of rice noodles to the old woman and said, "Ma'am, your child is still young, take her home quickly."
The old woman was taken aback for a moment, and then she noticed that at some point, the grain truck had arrived, and the distribution of rice grain had already started at the arbor.
She took the bag of rice noodles gratefully, thanked her repeatedly, picked up the little girl and left.
The little girl turned her head, waved her hands shyly at the crowd, and then whispered into the old woman's ear in a coquettish tone: "Grandma, can I have an extra bowl of porridge today?"
"Okay, of course!" The old woman hurriedly replied, looking at her granddaughter's sallow and thin face, she felt very distressed, "I got rice today, grandma will make brown sugar rice cakes for you, okay?"
Immediately, the girl's eyes lit up, and she burst into a smile as bright as the rising sun. Those pure and clear eyes carried a power that could infect people's hearts, making the viewers smile knowingly.
"Grandma, you have worked hard, let me do it."
"Okay, niece, help grandma do it together..."
"Hee hee hee… "
Accompanied by the silver bell-like laughter of the female doll, the grandfather and grandson gradually drifted away.
Han Qixia stood where she was, watching the two grandmothers leave, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth.
For this female doll, she doesn't need silk, silk, gold, silver and treasures, but being able to eat a piece of brown sugar rice cake and being with her grandmother is the greatest happiness...
"Cousin Xia," Fu Yunhe walked up to her at some point, and touched his chin with a smile and said, "This girl looks like you when you were young. I remember you also liked to wear this kind of double doll when you were young. Once In 2010, grandma rewarded you, Cousin Yi, and Liu Niang, each with a gold collar, the three of you stand together... "
Speaking of the past, Fu Yunhe talked endlessly, looking at Han Qixia with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
A trace of embarrassment appeared on Han Qixia's face, but she was still nostalgic. Childhood was so beautiful, when everyone was naive and didn't know how to feel sad... Now everyone has grown up and embarked on a different life trajectory.
Thinking about it, Han Qixia couldn't help raising her eyes towards the direction of the capital, and she didn't know how sister Yi, Liu Niang, and sister Xi were doing!
I don't know if I will have the chance to see them again in this life.
Sun Xinyi on the side has been paying attention to Fu Yunhe, and also noticed the conversation and expression of the two, with a complicated expression.
From the familiarity of their tone and demeanor, Sun Xinyi found that the relationship between the cousins is closer than she thought before...
She originally thought that although Fu Yunhe and Han Qixia were called cousins, one was the grandson of Princess Yongyang, and the other was just the daughter of a down-and-out side clan. Not much different from strangers.
But now it seems that it is more than that.
The acquaintance and ease revealed by this pair of cousins is definitely not something that can be produced after a few days of getting along...
In other words, if he wanted to get close to Fu Yunhe, he might need to rely on Han Qixia.
Be patient, be patient.
Sun Xinyi returned to the shed calmly, joined the women who were helping, and began to help distribute rice grains.
In the pergola, it is not the first time for these helpers and the soldiers who transported the food to distribute rice and grain. Today is a slight change according to the new rules, and everything is going on in an orderly manner——
Soldiers were responsible for moving the grain full of sacks to the carriage, and several women came to distribute the grain with wooden buckets. According to the new rules, each adult could be allocated half bucket of rice grain, and children would get half of it; three women were responsible in the shed. Literate people such as Lily and Thrush helped record the people who had received the food, and asked them to press their thumbprints as a record, so that no one who cared to come over to receive the food repeatedly.
Everyone is as busy as a spinning top, without a moment's rest.
When it was almost noon, there were still five sacks of rice in the two carts, and the line in front of the arbor that had once extended to the end of the street had become sparse at this moment, with about 20 people left in line.
Everyone is sweating profusely. Nangong Yue knows that she has been raised too delicately in this life, especially after meeting Xiao Yi, she has never suffered any hardships. After being so busy all morning, she is already exhausted . She managed to find some free time, so she sat on a small round stool beside her to rest her feet.
Lily was talking to her with a smile, saying that Mr. Fu still needs to exercise hard, and that Miss Han is getting more and more like Mrs. Lin. Nangong Yue knew that she was deliberately making herself happy, so she couldn't help pursing her lips and chuckling.
"... Concubine Shizi, this servant is quite enthusiastic looking at this young lady grandson."
When Baihe said this, Nangong Yue also looked in Sun Xinyi's direction.
Sun Xinyi, as she knew, was a man who knew how to run a business, and she often tried to curry favor with her when the food was just distributed. It's obvious, but just right enough not to be boring.
And now...
Sun Xinyi was carrying a few water bags, and seemed to be planning to deliver water to everyone.
In this scorching summer, it is easy to win people's favor by sending some water without being overly flattering. Sun Xinyi is indeed a smarter person.
only…
When she saw Sun Xinyi walking towards Fu Yunhe with the water bag first, Nangong Yue couldn't help but slightly frowned, obviously the person closest to Sun Xinyi should be Yu Xiufan...
Nangong Yue couldn't hear what Sun Xinyi was saying clearly, but only noticed that Fu Yunhe shook his head gently, and didn't reach out to take it.
Nangong Yue couldn't help but smile knowingly, she relaxed inexplicably, and looked away.
But Sun Xinyi's expression froze for a moment, she never thought that Fu Yunhe would reject her face to face for such a trivial matter. Shouldn't he feel thoughtful and ingenious
"Master Fu, can I cook..."
Sun Xinyi is not the kind of girl who would give up easily after being rejected once. She collected herself and immediately regained her composure, but before she could finish her sentence, she saw Fu Yunhe passing by her side like a gust of wind, going to the rear right …
Sun Xinyi blinked slowly, and before she could react, she heard Fu Yunhe's slightly anxious voice from behind: "Cousin Xia, are you okay?"
The worry in his tone was obvious, which was very different from his previous smiling expression.
Sun Xinyi's heart sank, feeling something was wrong.
She turned around stiffly, only to see Fu Yunhe standing in front of Han Qixia, grabbing her right hand to check.
Han Qixia seemed a little embarrassed, her honey-colored cheeks were stained with a faint blush, she tried to withdraw her hand, and said, "Brother He, I'm fine. I just got stabbed by a wooden thorn on the edge of the wooden bucket."
Fu Yunhe's brows were tightly locked, and he stared at her right middle finger. A speck of bright red blood bloomed on her fingertips like a glaring demon flower, so glaring that Fu Yunhe's heart tightened. The stone knife on the neck asked quickly: "Has the wooden thorn penetrated into the flesh?... If you don't pull it out, if it festers..."
"Cousin He." Han Qixia interrupted Fu Yunhe amusedly, with a deep smile flashing in her eyes, "I know."
Fu Yunhe was startled, and thought dully: Yes, Cousin Xia is now studying medicine with Lin's grandfather, why should I teach her these things myself...
Han Qixia withdrew her hand, put it between her lips and sucked it casually.
The blood stained her pink lips slightly, Fu Yunhe's eyes were attracted by her behavior like a demon, and his fingers moved unconsciously, wanting to raise his hand to wipe away the blood stain on the corner of her lips...
A blazing sun-like light flashed in his bright black eyes. Han Qixia didn't see it, Nan Gongyue didn't see it, Yu Xiufan and the others didn't see it, but Sun Xinyi did.
Her eyes widened in disbelief.
These two people, could it be said that between these two people...
Sun Xinyi gritted her teeth, stared at Fu Yunhe and Han Qixia darkly, her fists clenched tightly in her sleeves.
If she read it correctly, these two people may have been secretly in love for a long time...
Thinking of this possibility, Sun Xinyi's heart sank.
Since ancient times, marriage has always focused on closeness and closeness, and it is rare for cousins to achieve good things. Compared with herself, Han Qixia has a little more natural advantages, not to mention, Han Qixia seems to have grown up with Fu Yunhe, and now The situation is obviously very unfavorable to him.
Sun Xinyi lowered her eyes and pursed her lips tightly.
It seems that Han Qixia will be my biggest opponent—Han Qixia was born in a down-and-out clan, while her own parents died. From the perspective of this family background and circumstances, the two of them are almost the same. Now they are like drowning people in the water. , it is possible to be swallowed by a wave, no wonder Han Qixia is eager to grab Fu Yunhe's life-saving straw.
Sun Xinyi raised her eyes to look at Han Qixia, a sharp light flashed in her eyes.
However, she will not give up Fu Yunhe easily!
Although there are some generals in Yanding City, such as this Yu Xiufan, such as Chang Huaixi, and other young people who were sent here to hone their skills, these people are all similar to Fu Yunhe in terms of background, appearance, and talent. The difference is far, there are more or less unsatisfactory places... How can those people deserve her to marry!
Unlike Fu Yunhe...
Thinking about it, Sun Xinyi's eyes stopped on Fu Yunhe, and she said to herself in her heart, since she has already chosen Fu Yunhe, she must marry him.
Even if there are any obstacles in front of him, so how can a good son-in-law like Fu Yunhe not be coveted by others!
Sun Xinyi's expression became firm.
She is a concubine, since she was a child, if she wanted to get something, she had to fight, grab, and seek...
My aunt once said that opportunities are reserved for those who are willing. If not, how did my aunt go from being a girl who was sold by her parents to becoming an aunt who is guarding the city and giving birth to herself...
Over the years, she has followed the teachings of her aunt, never giving up easily, and because of this, she was able to win the only chance of survival from the catastrophe; and because of this, so many people in the whole house, But only she survived.
Since the old man let her survive, then this time, she will spare no effort to win her marriage.
As for the person standing in front of her...
Sun Xinyi's eyes became dark and deep, like that bottomless abyss, making it hard to see through...
"Girl," Caiwei reminded Sun Xinyi in a low voice, "The eldest son is here."
Only then did Sun Xinyi come back to her senses, and her face returned to its usual gentle and graceful look. She followed the gaze of the servant girl, and saw four tall horses galloping towards this side. The two leaders rode two horses, one black and one white, driving side by side. , describing a beautiful young man, showing off wantonly; and on the white horse is a gentle and handsome young man in a moon white robe, gentle and restrained, the noon sun shines on the two of them, handsome and handsome, people's eyes can't help but be drawn The duo are attracted.
"Ah Yue." Xiao Yi parked his horse a few feet away from the arbor, couldn't wait to get off the horse, and casually threw the rope to the bamboo behind.
"Ayi, are you done?" Nangong Yue raised her skirt and walked up to her. The moment she saw Xiao Yi, her pretty face burst into a bright smile.
The couple's eyes obviously only see each other, and they can't see anyone else.
Not far away, Sun Xinyi looked at Xiao Yi and his wife for a moment, never feeling so sure in her heart as at this moment.
The concubine's fate is good, she was born in the Nangong family, and she is the daughter of the concubine's concubine. Her luck is better, and she was given a marriage by the emperor to the prince of Zhennan, and it happened that the concubine Xiaofang was expelled from the royal family. The most honorable woman in Xinjiang!
And the son of the world treats her like a jewel like a jewel!
God really treats Shi Zifei too favorably, and puts all the best things in the world in front of her, but I have never had such luck, I can only rely on myself forever!
Same person, different fate...
There was a mocking smile on the corner of Sun Xinyi's mouth, and she looked away. Since she didn't have the life of the imperial concubine, she could only open up a beautiful road for herself.
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Miss Sun is more important to the latter part, so she uses a little space.