In the early morning of the second day, it rained a lot. In the recent summer, there was a pattern of continuous rain, and the rain was very heavy this morning.
Liu Qiqiao was awakened by the sound of rain hitting the window. As soon as she moved, Lan Xiang outside heard her, and came over hurriedly: "Master, are you awake?"
Outside the window, in the crow-green sky, there is still no clear light, Liu Qiqiao asked startledly: "Why is it a bit cold? It's raining..."
Lan Xiang hurriedly pulled over an outer shirt by the bed and put it on Liu Qiqiao, and replied: "Yes, I'll start getting off and on in the middle of the night. It's still early. Auntie, let's go to bed again!"
Liu Qiqiao nodded, but did not lie down, but got up, got out of bed, embroidered shoes, walked to the edge of the window, the papers were all blurred, and she couldn't see clearly, she reached out her hand, Lan Xiang had no choice but to have time She shouted "Ah", but she had already opened the window, and the cold air suddenly came in. After all, it was summer, not very cold. A burst of blue air, Liu Qiqiao took a deep breath and opened his eyes. , But she smiled, stretched out her hand to catch the fine rain, and muttered in her mouth: "This is good underwater, the seedlings in the ground are going to be full!"
Although her little yard is sloppy and planted with flowers and plants, and a few magnolia trees, it is still a bit empty. She is greedy for this land, always feeling that it is so empty, it’s too wasteful, if it’s not sinking yet. After the rain has passed, I will go to the fields to hoe the ground.
Because after the rain, the weeds in the field grew faster. If they didn’t get rid of it, they would rob the seedlings for nourishment. Since Liu Qiqiao got married, she hasn’t done much work anymore, but now she is thinking about the days before. .
Daddy always tells her that the land is the most sincere. You pay for the work, and it is always for you to harvest. Since she is taller than a hoe, she has started to work in the ground. Although bitter, in the ground, bending over and pulling weeds, When she was tired, the sweat fell from her head. She stood up straight and wiped her sweat, and then saw the solid back of her father and two brothers in front, which made her feel very at ease. The two brothers Although she didn’t say anything, she still felt sorry for her. She always rushed to help her with her work. Whether she was two older sisters, she still remembered that when she was a child, she fell asleep while waiting for them at the edge of the field, and when she woke up again. , But leaning on the second sister’s back, the second sister’s body has a faint smell of saponaria, the second sister has thick hair, like a mother-in-law, she feels so warm after hearing the second sister’s breath. The setting sun reflected a faint yellow scene around them. The eldest sister was talking a little while, and the second sister occasionally responded. The second sister was dumb, not good at words, and the eldest sister was refreshing. At the head of the village, two yellow dogs saw them coming and ran over happily. It was their dog. From a distance, they saw the smoke rising from the households in the village. The air was full of smoke. The familiar smell of firewood...
Liu Qiqiao chuckled lightly with the long-lost smell of firewood. Time was too fast, such a warm moment, after the mother's death, there was no more.
Under the introduction of the villagers, Dad married an old girl from a neighboring village who had never married because of her aggressive temper. As soon as the stepmother walked in, the harmonious life of the Liu family ended.
First, the eldest brother and the second elder brother were kicked out of the house and separated.
Then there was the eldest sister, and the second sister was married one after another. Both elder sisters met with mischief. Every time they came back, they cried secretly, but did not dare to say in front of their stepmothers that only when their three elder sisters talked about what happened after marrying, their father is They were honestly famous, so they didn't point to the person who gave them their heads, so they cried, and after crying, they had to go back to their in-laws' house.
Therefore, even if Shen Mansion was defeated like this now, Liu Qiqiao didn't think there was anything. She came from a hard life since she was a child, and what she is best at is having fun in suffering.
Lan Xiang was behind, afraid that she would catch a cold, so she hurriedly came over, "Auntie, don’t get caught in the rain!" She hurriedly closed the window, took a towel, and wiped Liu Qiqiao who had just been wet by the rain. Face: "You can't rely on your youth to make a fool of yourself. It's like this in the mansion now. It's not fun to be sick!"
Liu Qiqiao took the towel, wiped his face, smiled and said to Lan Xiang: "Then it is so precious. I've been very skinny since I was a child. Sometimes when the rain is too late, I just brave the rain to work outside!"
Because Lan Xiang has been working in this Shen Mansion, she has never done farm work, but she, the master, has no taboo about the days she lived before. In fact, before she married, they had talked about it in the world, and they all said The new aunt must be beautiful and beautiful, otherwise, she won't be married to Shen's mansion from the country by the eldest master.
Therefore, after the accident, everyone saw that Liu Qiqiao was only slightly delicate, and she was tall and thin. Now it seems that she is really a small and dry body. Therefore, everyone said that she did not know the young master. Why did you hit this girl
"But, now that you are the master, you have to look like a master!" Lan Xiang said in a solemn tone. In fact, she is only eighteen years old, but she feels much older than Liu Qiqiao.
Liu Qiqiao stuck out his tongue: "Know, isn't there no one else here! I'm the most comfortable with you!"
Yes, in this mansion, only in this small courtyard, together with Lan Xiang, will Liu Qiqiao feel relaxed, otherwise, even if she walks in the deserted Shen Mansion, her heart will be raised. Uneasy, just like yesterday, she accidentally ran into the fifth concubine Zhou Haitang. In her heart, everyone in this house made her unable to understand her temperament, and they were not easy to relate to.
"It's still early, go to sex soon, and rest without sleeping, you can't do anything in this rainy day!" Lan Xiang said.
"Well, come on, let's lie down and talk for a while!" Liu Qiqiao smiled at La Lanxiang's hand.
Lan Xiang was coy, she didn't dare to lie down with Liu Qiqiao at the end, she went to bed, and sat on the end of the bed with a quilt, talking with Liu Qiqiao.
What Lan Xiang finds interesting is that usually this auntie looks downcast and timid on the outside. Now there are only two of them, but she talks very happily. She was originally a child. The strange Shen Mansion, she was very lonely, so even grabbing herself, she said that Lan Xiang was good to her, Lan Xiang only felt that she had done what she deserved.
The two masters and servants, one innocent and the other honest, got together, but they were similar. If it weren't for the relationship of status, they had become confidants.
In such a rainy day, they hid in the unnoticed courtyard of the Shen Mansion to warm each other.
At the same time, there was a carriage parked outside the gate of Shen's mansion. A man in a quilt was getting out of the carriage, led by the old housekeeper, through the corridor, into a courtyard, and then through the first floor. From the courtyard to the back house, the housekeeper opened the door and asked the man to walk in.
The man took off his clothes in the front hall of the back house, revealing a handsome face. It was the second young master Shen Yuyuan.
"Second Young Master, wipe your face first, the rain is too big!" The old butler smiled.
Shen Yuyuan wiped his face and said, "Yes, I was delayed a bit on the road. I took the letter and rushed over at night. I don't know if the old lady called me, what can I do?"
The butler took Shen Yuyuan and handed him back his towel, and replied: "This old slave doesn't know, but I have already sent someone to notify the old lady, and I will pass you by after a while!"
"Well, good!" Shen Yuyuan sat on the chair pointed by the housekeeper. A maid came in and served him a bowl of hot tea. He picked it up, blew it, took a sip, warmed up, and the maid stood her hands down. On one side, he thought to himself, there is no chaos yet, and the same rules are still here.
Before that, Shen Yuyuan would only return to the mansion on the New Year's Day. He usually guarded the Shen family's property in the countryside. Now that something happened to Shen Yunong, he was frequently called to work.
Some are not used to it. Since he was born, Shen Yuyuan has been a master whose father doesn’t hurt and his mother doesn’t kiss him. He is the only concubine of Master Shen. Since he is sensible, he has never seen his own mother, his mother. , Seems to be a taboo of the Shen Mansion, no one has ever mentioned it.
At that time, he asked the nanny who took care of him, but the nanny never said that he didn't know. Later, he became sensible, and knew that all the questions about his mother-in-law were out of touch, so he stopped asking.
Mrs. Shen's attitude towards him is extremely cold, even disgusting.
When he was fifteen years old, he was sent to the countryside. No one interceded. Only Mrs. Shen, his real grandmother, once asked him to enter the inner hall when he left Shen's mansion and talked to him. Until now, he still remembers the old lady looking at him and the words she said to her.
"Child, you have suffered. You shouldn't have deserved this, but everyone has their own conditions, some are blessings, some are sins, maybe the sins of the previous life have not been paid off, Yuyuan, don't blame you Your mother, although she has a bad temper, she is still able to tolerate others. Don’t blame her, go to the countryside. If you are weak and raise people there, our Shen family’s property is not just in the city. Some, you have a good view of your home in the country, which is also a great achievement!" said Mrs. Shen.
Shen Yuyuan was rushed to the countryside just like that. It has been five years since then. He is now twenty years old.
The soil and water in the countryside really support people. In the city, Shen Yuyuan, who often suffers from three pains and four illnesses in the city, turns out to be like a pony when he arrives in the countryside. Until it grows into the strong shape it is now.
Shen Yuyuan put down the tea cup, the maid walked up hurriedly and refilled him another bowl. He said uncomfortably, "Thank you!"
The maid smiled, and when she felt it was wrong, she hurriedly covered her lips and stepped aside. Her move made Shen Yuyuan a little uncomfortable, and he knew that he must have done something inappropriate.
Shen Yuyuan was sitting here, uncomfortable in every way. He would rather sit in the countryside, in his house, and everything here made him feel like an outsider.