"No!" Mrs. Xiao sighed.
"I have lived in the mountains for so many years, and I have long been accustomed to life on the mountains. Besides, there is nothing attractive to me at the bottom of the mountain, so I won't go down there."
"Then..." Ye Luoxin gritted her teeth and asked anyway: "Do you want to tell King Cheng that you are still alive?"
This matter must be asked clearly.
It was not convenient for Xiao Mu to speak, so Ye Luoxin had no choice but to ask herself.
The Marquis knew the news, and he must have wanted to tell his good brother Cheng Wang the news. If there was no clear attitude here, he would reveal it sooner or later.
But if it had been made clear that they didn't want to meet each other, Ye Luoxin believed that her grandfather would never tell her again.
On the contrary, it will help conceal it.
"He and I have lived in the capital for so many years, and we have never met once. This shows that the two of us really do not have this fate. In this case, there is no need to meet."
Ye Luoxin looked at Mrs. Xiao and complained in her heart for some reason:
You have been in the mountains for these years. I’m afraid it’s hard to meet you, right?
But since Mrs. Xiao said so, she didn't want to expose it.
"I know!" Ye Luoxin nodded.
"After I go back, I will also tell my grandmother and grandfather clearly and ask them to help keep this secret."
Mrs. Xiao smiled: "That's good work!"
Soon, the two little girls were busy, and together with another woman, they brought the prepared lunch.
Lunch is very simple.
Yam stewed with red dates and wolfberry, tofu and mushroom balls, braised bamboo shoot tips, stir-fried celery with walnut kernels, radish cake, and a vegetable stew.
Although they are all vegetables, they are rich in color and fragrant, and they look delicious.
"Mom, do you usually eat these?" Ye Luoxin asked.
Mrs. Xiao smiled: "How have I ever eaten so many dishes? For us two women, plus two children, only four dishes are enough! Just you, can you get used to it?"
Ye Luoxin sniffed deliberately and forcefully, "It smells delicious. I will definitely get used to it!"
"Eat more if you like it!" Mrs. Xiao smiled and asked her mother-in-law to fill up three bowls of rice.
Then he put a mushroom ball into Ye Luoxin's bowl.
"Mother Zhang is the best at this dish. Try it!"
Ye Luoxin picked up the meatballs and took a bite carefully, and immediately praised: "Yeah! Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the taste is just right!"
"Then one more!" Mrs. Xiao said and gave Ye Luoxin another one.
Xiao Mu sat across from the two of them, eating rice in silence while watching the interaction between the two. The tension and discomfort in his heart had long since dissipated.
In his impression, his mother was always unhappy and would lose her temper at every turn.
I have never laughed so much.
I don’t know if it’s the baptism of time or Luo Xin’s contribution, but my mother looks much gentler now.
No matter what, the woman in front of him is his own mother.
No matter how much dissatisfaction there is, there is still blood and family ties.
Xiao Mu felt that the scene in front of him was very good.
Mrs. Xiao has been observing Xiao Mu silently.
Seeing that he only lowered his head to pick up the rice without picking up the vegetables, he picked up the chopsticks and gave him a little bit of each dish.
"Look at you, how old you are, are you still picky about food? I remember that when you were a child, your favorite thing to eat was green leafy vegetables. This vegetable stew tastes very good, you should try it."
"Mom, I can just pinch it myself!"
Xiao Mu used his chopsticks to suppress Mrs. Xiao's movements.
"And now I'm not picky about food anymore, I can eat anything."
As he spoke, he put another chopstick of green vegetables into the bowl.
Mrs. Xiao was embarrassed for a moment.
"Oh, that's how it is!"
She said sarcastically.
Ye Luoxin saw this and said quickly: "Mom, Xiao Mu is indeed not picky about food now. I'm watching him, don't worry!"
"Yes!" Mrs. Xiao nodded, a smile slowly appeared on her face.
"Where do Master and Uncle Master usually live?"
Xiao Mu asked again, "Why didn't you see them coming today?"
Mrs. Xiao replied: "They knew that you and Luo Xin were coming, and they went to the mountains to look for treasures the day before yesterday. They said they would give you a meeting gift."
Baby of the mountains? Isn't it Millennium Ginseng?
Ye Luoxin was already thinking about it. Two masters came out of the mountain, one holding a fat white ginseng doll!
Ah!
That picture is really unimaginable.
After eating, Ye Luoxin and Xiao Mu stood up and left.
"Mom, you are used to resting here, so we won't disturb you too much." Xiao Mu said.
"Well, if you stay in the capital for a long time, you can make time to come again. By then, your master's gift will definitely be ready!"
"Don't worry, Mom, we will come again!" Ye Luoxin responded for Xiao Mu.
The two of them went down the mountain road.
The Marquis' carriage was still waiting there.
After they got on the carriage, they ran all the way to the city. No one noticed that there was a person hiding in the grass not far away.
…
After returning to the Marquis Mansion, Ye Luoxin explained Mrs. Xiao's words clearly to the Marquis and the old lady.
"Madam, she doesn't seem to want to go down the mountain, and she lives next to the nunnery. She should be thinking of practicing meditation. Let's not tell the prince about this!"
Ye Luoxin said this to two people, but her eyes were always looking at the Marquis when she spoke.
"Okay, I understand, I just won't tell him.
However," the Marquis said, "Luo Xin, I have a different idea. "
"What different ideas?" Ye Luoxin asked.
"You're talking about Mrs. Xiao," Mr. Hou analyzed. "Although she has always lived near the nunnery on the mountain, after so many years, she has neither tonsured nor converted. Does this mean that she is still nostalgic for her? This mundane world.
It's just that there is no good opportunity for her to come back again. "
The old lady was unhappy again when she heard this.
Ye Luoxin could tell that her grandmother had great opinions on King Cheng.
It seems that what King Cheng did back then must have been excessive.
The old lady said: "Even if she is still nostalgic for this mortal world, she is still nostalgic for her son, and it will definitely not be the romantic Xiao Changyuan. Don't do bad things to good-hearted people. If these words come out of your mouth , I’m not done with you!”
When the Marquis heard what the old lady said, he quickly defended himself: "What does the madam think of me? I have already promised Luo Xin, so I will definitely not tell this matter.
Don't worry, if I find out who told this matter, I will definitely not let him go! "
