After Liu Qiqiao changed his clothes, it was difficult to hide in the inner room all the time. She walked outside and saw Shen Yunong sitting in the seat just now, looking out the window. She looked so fascinated and heard Liu. With Qiqiao's footsteps, he didn't turn his head back, but said softly: "Why do they look so happy?"
Liu Qiqiao was stunned, following his eyes to see that Qiangwei and Jasmine were taking out the gourd strips that had been dried before and drying them in the autumn according to her request. I like stew with dried gourd strips. I used to have a bitter life at home. I couldn’t eat a few meals of meat all year round. The meat I bought was fat and fat. I fried it and kept the stir-fried vegetables. When there were no vegetables to eat in the winter, my mother would dry the gourd. It’s a fragrant stew to eat. In the country house a while ago, they planted a lot of vegetables in their small yard, among them gourd seedlings. Liu Qiqiao taught the maids how to dry the gourds into sticks. Before you eat it, let it dry and wash it with water a few times before it can be put in a saucepan.
Since the death of her mother, Liu Qiqiao has never eaten this dish again. Thinking about it now, more than half of it is like remembering her mother. At this time, she heard Shen Yunong’s question. She didn’t know how. Answered him, in fact, she used to be like those girls outside the window. It was easy to achieve happiness, but now, she found herself more and more taciturn, more and more, burying her true self. Yes, it's hard to rarely have that simple happiness again. Liu Qiqiao looked back, "Aren't you happy?"
I subconsciously said: "This shouldn't be, eldest master! You said you are now doing a big business. Although you haven't been to the store these days, you still want to know that it must be the source of wealth. This inner house Here, you have become prosperous because you gave birth to a young master. You said, why would you be unhappy..." Thinking of this, Liu Qiqiao added another sentence in his heart: "Since there is unhappiness, I am afraid I am asking for it. Right!"
Liu Qiqiao only dared to think like this in his heart, but didn't dare to say it!
Shen Yunong heard Liu Qiqiao ask, are you unhappy
He couldn't hear the slanderous meaning in the words, but he smiled bitterly, yes, what's unhappy about himself.
"Qiqiao, last night..." Shen Yunong said.
Liu Qiqiao smiled and said: "Last night, Xiurong took me out for a walk, didn't you also say you want to take me out to see Shang Yuan Ye in the capital? But, when I left yesterday I noticed that Aunt Gao has been by your side all the time, so I guess you won’t be interested anymore, so I went out with Xiurong. I heard that you came to this yard to look for me later. I’m really sorry, but , I finally saw what is Shang Yuan Ye, it is really lively, Xiurong also said, if you were there, it would be fine, so many lantern riddles, she can’t guess, and I can barely recognize the words. If you are there, then the top pick in the guesswork will be you!"
Liu Qiqiao smiled and said that she has rarely uttered such a large amount of words happily. In the past, she still had the energy to be flexible, but now, facing Shen Yunong, she has long been gone. The original interest, she interrupted him, but didn’t want to hear him mention what happened last night, how he and the aunt Gao, she didn’t want to know, she was outside today, and she had already listened to the rumors about the two of them. , She thought it was enough, and now, she didn't want to listen to his futile explanation at this time, the relationship between the two people became more and more stiff, and there was no room for change.
"Really? Qiqiao doesn't blame me!" Shen Yunong was robbed of the conversation. Hearing Liu Qiqiao's words, he had nothing to refute, so he had to sneer: "Well, you like it! "
After speaking these two sentences, there seemed to be nothing to say between the two. Liu Qiqiao saw that the tea in Shen Yu's strong tea bowl was a little bit less, so he picked up the teapot and refilled it for him, put down the teapot, and she continued. Looking outside, Qiangwei and Jasmine were spreading the gourd sticks to the sun. The two of them didn't know what to do. They were no longer outside the window. She saw a courtyard house walking by with a bird cage, and she was startled and stunned. Turning his head in panic, she didn't want Shen Yunong to see the empty birdcage he was carrying, but Shen Yunong had already seen it. He stood up abruptly, pointed at the person, and said, "That... that..."
Liu Qiqiao looked guilty, his eyes rolled, and he deliberately looked at the direction he was pointing: "What's the matter? Young Master?"
"Isn't that Doudou's birdcage? Where is Doudou?" Shen Yunong said.
"Oh..." Liu Qiqiao hesitated, knowing that he could not hide, and simply said: "I don't know what's going on this morning. Lan Xiang got up early in the morning and saw Doudou died..."
"Dead? Why did you die?" Shen Yunong's voice became higher.
Lan Xiang, who was guarding at the door, heard the anger in Shen Yunong's voice, and couldn't help but shrank her neck, screaming okay, this time her aunt had answered correctly.
Shen Yunong has been spoiled since he was a child, with a spoiled temper, eating, drinking, and gambling. Except for gambling or not, he is proficient in farming fish and flowers, usually teasing the birds. He is also the habit of the young masters of the rich. Occupy all the children, especially like having fun. He usually holds an actor. He is the oiran. This summer, he is a connoisseur of crickets and birds.
It turned out that in the country house, Shen Yunong gave Liu Qiqiao a parrot, and he could say a few words. Before moving back to the Shen mansion in the capital, Liu Qiqiao took some of his own things and it was not convenient to take them back to Shen. She gave them to Jiang Cuicui from the government. Jiang Cuicui loves to play, and that parrot was especially fond of her, so Liu Qiqiao gave it to her by offering flowers to the Buddha.
Shen Yunong saw that Liu Qiqiao gave away the parrot he gave her. He was a little dissatisfied, but the person who gave it was Shen Yuyuan’s wife, so he tolerated it. He had just trained Doudou at that time. Doudou is a man. It’s said that the rare breed has Western ancestry. Shen Yunong has spent some time training it. Now, when Shen Yunong opens the cage, the peas will not fly. Where Shen Yunong points, it will fly. Shen Yunong gave another whistle, and it flew back to Shen Yunong's hand, and then pecked at the bird food or small bugs Shen Yunong had prepared for it.
Shen Yunong took Doudou to listen to Xiangxiaozhu. Two days before the 30th of the new year, he asked Doudou to give Liu Qiqiao a performance. The people listening to Xiangxiaozhuli also gathered in the corridor and all came to see Doudou. Doudou behaved very well, Shen Yunong saw Liu Qiqiao smile, and felt that he was very face-conscious, but after all, he reluctantly left Doudou and gave it to Liu Qiqiao.
He was kind, thinking that Liu Qiqiao would be bored in the house if he didn't go out, so he gave her some toys to pass the time.
I don’t think it’s been more than half a month, Doudou actually let her feed her to death, his heart, half of Doudou's sadness, half of Liu Qiqiao's perfunctory self-sorrow: "Qiqiao, you say you..."
Liu Qiqiao was complaining about him, so he closed his eyes, and Shen Yunong's hand was about to point to her face. This man himself broke his jade plate and jade bowl. He was not annoyed. It was just a plaything, a bird, and he was so anxious that he had a pale face and competed with him.
"It's just a bird..." Liu Qiqiao muttered quietly, and Shen Yunong's ears became sharp at this time: "Qiqiao, what did you say, it's just a bird, but, you know, it's me. In terms of how important it is. I have nothing to do in the country. Every day when I am worried about you, it is always by my side. You now say that it is just a bird. In fact, it is raised. These little movements are all human..."
Liu Qiqiao didn't say it anymore, I didn't dare to say it, Shen Yunong rarely yelled at her now, now looking at him, the blue veins on the forehead popped out, and she was so angry that she didn't dare to mess with him, so she had to hang down. Seeing that she stopped talking, Shen Yunong stamped his feet and said, "Where did you throw it?"
Liu Qiqiao cowered and murmured, "Lan Xiang and I just buried it under the peach tree by the lake in the garden!"
Shen Yunong sighed. Fortunately, he heard her say that he was buried with his own hands. Otherwise, he would have to be mad, but it was a pity that the bird was only spiritual.
"But it's so good, how could it die!" Shen Yunong said strangely.
Liu Qiqiao raised his head slightly: "It has been very irritating since that day. Lan Xiang said that he bumped into the cage every day. At first he thought it happened in a sudden change of environment, maybe familiar and familiar. It’s fine, but, just in time for the Chinese New Year to set off firecrackers, I don’t know how it was frightened, flying around, and eating too little. Maybe it just got sick like this..." Liu Qiqiao thought about it again. Said: "Actually, I saw it was unfamiliar, so I wanted to let it go. In fact, I let it go, but it saved its life. The same goes for birds and beasts. I'm afraid they don't like being held in cages. No matter how good it is, it cannot be compared to the vast world outside..."
At the beginning, Shen Yunong just listened in irritation. Behind this, he heard something different. He turned his face and looked at Liu Qiqiao depressedly. Seeing Liu Qiqiao getting more excited when he talked, he looked out the window. With a look of yearning, Shen Yunong couldn't help but grow angry, and said: "Yes, the vast world outside is so great. After seeing it, I naturally disdain to circle this house. Liu Qiqiao, you are borrowing a bird to say Are you in your own mood? Now that you can’t forget about going out, do you?"
Liu Qiqiao was depressed for a whole morning, and now he simply said, "Yes, this mansion makes people feel tight and short of breath. If I have wings, I want to fly out too!"
"Hey, Liu Qiqiao, I'm just wondering, is my house wronged you? Or am I wronged you? You want to go out all the time..." Shen Yunong said, and he was annoyed. Got off the table.
"I'm not wronged, but you are the eldest master who wronged you. You are in Yushu and have a family history. I am just a wild girl from the countryside. Where can I be your aunt? Why, you should leave the paper and leave the book now. I'm it!" Liu Qiqiao stood up and said annoyedly.