Zhou Xu came closer and put half of the brocade quilt aside. The night pearls in the wooden box poured out. Seven or eight pearls emitting white light were like small moons illuminating the bed curtains. There were also three Four golden beads similar in size to the luminous pearls were mixed in.
The gold is brilliant and the snow is sparkling, complementing each other.
"Do you want to play?" Zhou Xu sat cross-legged with one leg and propped up the other. He put his hand into a fist on the bed sheet and slid his thumb. A luminous pearl rolled under the force and bumped roundly against a golden bead. They came together and finally rolled to Xiao Luolan's feet.
She had just taken a shower, so she didn't wear socks. The cool touch of Ye Mingzhu made her shrink her feet inside and hide them under her skirt.
Xiao Luolan looked at the childish games played by Sect Master Zhou. She remembered that her daughter also played them when she was a child, but she played with glass balls, which cost fifty cents each. She still has those small glass balls she played when she was a child at home, and they have been She kept it in the box, which also contained one of her daughter's favorite dolls when she was a child.
Zhou Xu took the Qibao soft pillow and placed it behind Mrs. Xiao's waist. The wall was cold and hard, and it would be more comfortable to have something between it, so he moved closer.
Mrs. Xiao's cloud-like hair fell down long and fell on her plain white clothes. She was wearing a plain skirt. She sat on her knees and hugged her in the corner of the bed, like a little girl with nowhere to hide. Jinque, without her gorgeous clothes in the daytime, her waist becomes more and more slender set off by the bright moon. It is hard to imagine that it once gave birth to a life.
Zhou Xu's breathing became heavy again, and his hand touched Madam Xiao's belly through her dirty clothes, and he immediately felt Madam Xiao trembling slightly.
So thin and tender, how did you get pregnant in the first place?
Zhou Xu looked at Mrs. Xiao.
Xiao Luolan was horrified by the look in Zhou Zongzhu's eyes, her heart was beating rapidly, and she intuitively felt that something she didn't want to happen would happen if he didn't interrupt him, so she slightly bent over and took the night pearl under her skirt, her voice trembled unconsciously: " Sect Leader Zhou, let’s, let’s play marbles.”
"Okay." Zhou Xu responded, and came closer. He took the luminous pearl in Mrs. Xiao's hand, and they faced each other. He put the other scattered pearls and gold beads on Mrs. Xiao's skirt.
"How do you want to play, madam?" Zhou Xu asked hoarsely.
The distance between them was so close, which gave Xiao Luolan a great sense of crisis. She could even see the terrifying shadow hidden under Zhou Zongzhu's robe. She did not dare to respond casually when she heard Zhou Zongzhu's questions. Worry irritated him.
"Can I teach Madam?" Zhou Xu held Madam Xiao's hand in his hand and felt it was cooler and softer than the shark beads.
Xiao Luolan controlled herself not to observe the strangeness of Sect Leader Zhou, and just pretended that she didn't know. As long as she didn't do that, everything was easy to explain.
Xiao Luolan held a luminous pearl in her hand, and Sect Leader Zhou held her hand.
Xiao Luolan bit her lip, her eyes quickly became hazy with mist, there were crystal beads of sweat on the tip of her nose, the hem of her plain skirt was piled on top, and the luminous pearls glowed faintly.
"Have you ever done this with your husband, madam?" Zhou Xu asked reluctantly.
The soft-flesh jade is as white as fat, and its light pink color is embarrassing to others.
Xiao Luolan's cheeks and the tips of her ears turned red, tears of shame filled her eyes, and the bright moon trembled.
Seeing this, Zhou Xu put down his dress again, and Ye Mingzhu rolled aside.
He pulled Mrs. Xiao, let her sit in his arms, and gently kissed the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Don't cry."
Xiao Luolan bit her lip, shedding tears and saying nothing.
"No one sees or knows, it's just the fun of the two of us in the room." Zhou Xu coaxed softly, half of his heart was full of evil desire and half of love and pity. He really didn't know what to do with the person in his arms.
"If you don't like it, I won't do it next time..." Zhou Xu wanted to say he wouldn't do it again, but in the end he said, "I won't do it next time."
When Xiao Luolan heard this, Zongzhu Zhou said that it was like a naughty boy playing with marbles. She was once again shocked by his shamelessness, and felt angry and ashamed.
Zhou Xu kissed the corner of Mrs. Xiao's eyes distressedly: "Stop crying, your eyes will be swollen when you wake up tomorrow morning."
He paused and whispered, "I'm just jealous."
With tears in her eyelashes, Xiao Luolan turned to look at Sect Master Zhou. His appearance was not good-looking, just ordinary and decent, because he was not young anymore, and there were still a few wisps of frost on the temples, but he was such a person. From the first day Xiao Luolan met him, this person seemed to be omnipotent and easy to do anything. Ever since she knew his thoughts about her, Xiao Luolan became even more tense when getting along with him. With a spirit of two points, I was cautious and conciliatory with him.
Will Sect Master Zhou be jealous too?
Zhou Xu pushed Mrs. Xiao's long hair scattered around her collar behind her ears and said, "I'm jealous that your husband has had you, and I'm jealous that he's seen your wife's body..." His voice gradually became hoarse: "I'm so jealous that I want to kill you. The husband’s bones were shattered into ashes.”
Zhou Xu looked at Mrs. Xiao, whose cheeks were flushed and became more beautiful and plump, and smiled: "Aren't you crying?"
Only then did Xiao Luolan realize that she had been looking at Sect Leader Zhou for a long time. She turned her head and her breathing was a little messy. Crying now would have no effect, but she had succeeded. At least she was safe tonight.
Xiao Luolan didn't dare to look at Sect Master Zhou again, for fear that he would discover her little thoughts.
"Come sleep with me." Zhou Xu lay on the bed, placed the Qibao soft pillow at the head of the bed, pulled the lilac brocade quilt, half covered his body, and then closed his eyes, as if he just wanted to sleep. Xiao Luolan looked at Sect Leader Zhou anxiously. As the night got deeper and deeper, she chose a position against the wall and fell asleep. She stared at Sect Master Zhou, fearing that he would pounce on him. As the night got deeper and deeper, His eyelids dropped straight down, and he finally fell asleep due to sleepiness.
Zhou Xu heard the woman's slow and long breathing, and opened his eyes. Mrs. Xiao did not cover herself with a lilac brocade quilt at all, but curled up in the bed and fell asleep. Her eyelashes were moist, and her jade face was pink from sleeping. The chest is deep and the body is exquisitely undulating.
Zhou Xu watched for a while, put the lilac brocade quilt on Mrs. Xiao, held her in his arms, put his big hands around her waist, and then fell asleep.
Wake up the next day.
Xiao Luolan didn't see Sect Leader Zhou, only a wooden box containing luminous pearls and golden beads was placed next to the pillow.
Granny Cui raised the curtains of the bed, gathered her skirt and said, "Madam, it's time to get up."
Xiao Luolan put the box in Granny Cui's hand: "Grandma Cui, put it in the warehouse."
"Yes, ma'am."
Xiao Luolan watched Granny Cui walk away and got up to wash herself. After a while, her daughter came to her with a small whip.
Because she slept late last night, Xiao Luolan used powder to cover the cyan color under her eyes and then touched her lips.
"Auntie." Xiao Qingxue came over and sat on the stool.
Xiao Luolan looked at her daughter, first took her hand over and looked at it, and was relieved when she saw that there were no blisters.
"Why are you wearing riding clothes all day?" Xiao Luolan remembered that her daughter hadn't worn a skirt for many days. Did she not like it?
"It's troublesome to walk in a skirt, but it's more convenient to wear a riding suit." Xiao Qingxue saw her mother and said, "I saw a lot of people today, including Lei Hu, Lei Bao, and Judge Xu, and even Dou Dalang in the mansion. Here we are, I heard from Mr. Qingshan that we will leave in two days, right?"
Xiao Luolan remembered that Sect Master Zhou told her that he would leave in two or three days. She was so anxious to discuss the soap issue with Luo Langjun in the afternoon that she even forgot to tell her daughter about it.
"Yes." Xiao Luolan took her daughter's hand: "We will take a boat to Langge then. The water route is faster. I have already bought the things we need on the way."
"That's good." Xiao Qingxue said happily: "When we get to Langge, we will buy a house."
Xiao Luolan deeply agreed. It was not a problem to live in other people's homes so often. It was better to have a house of one's own. It was safer to buy one on the same street as the Zhou clan leader.
"Auntie, can I go out and play for a while today?" Xiao Qingxue asked. Because she was afraid of causing trouble to others, she hadn't left the house for half a month. Xiao Qingxue felt that she would be depressed if she didn't go out.
Xiao Luolan said: "I'll go with you."
"Instead of riding in the carriage, just walk and go shopping." Xiao Qingxue held her mother's arm.
A quarter of an hour later.
Xiao Qingxue wore a curtain hat and Fang Yun followed beside her.
Xiao Luolan also wore a curtain hat on her head, and Reg followed behind Mrs. Xiao and her daughter with three Lei's horsemen.
After walking out of Xinchangfang, Xiao Luolan looked back and glanced at the endless number of deep residences and compounds stretching in all directions along Qingshi Road.
Xiao Qingxue's legs were sore from walking, and she regretted not taking the carriage.
"But it's so lively here." She looked at a street near the West Market. There were stalls on both sides of the road, selling all kinds of things. Xiao Qingxue was interested in everything. She stood in a street full of small animal figures. Stopped in front of the pottery stall.
She picked up a bird-shaped pottery whistle and asked, "How much does this cost?"
"Little lady, three cents a piece." The stall owner, an old man, replied with a smile.
"Then I want two." Xiao Qingxue took a bird-shaped one and a rabbit, one for each of her mother. After paying the money, she tried blowing it, and it felt like a clear whistle.
Seeing that her daughter bought one as a gift for herself, Xiao Luolan felt happy and put away the bird-shaped pottery whistle.
A small bowl of sweet water with some peach slices at the roadside stall costs four cents, and a candy man costs three cents. The velvet flower sold by the seller carrying a load on the streets costs five or six cents. Xiao Luolan looked at the one on her daughter's head. Red Velvet Flower walked with her on this unknown small street. For the first time, she knew the prices of things in Taiyang. Although the small street was small, it had almost everything. For two cents, you could buy a bowl of turbid wine or a cup of wine. For a bowl of rice vinegar and soy sauce, three pennies can buy one liter of new rice and one and a half liters of old rice.
Xiao Luolan was calculating this, and suddenly realized that she and her daughter could live on with the share of money given by Luo Langjun. Ordinary people would be fine if they were rich. Unfortunately, these are troubled times, and it would be better if there was no war outside.
"Master, little lady, the wind has picked up and it seems like it's going to rain. Let's go back." Fang Yun looked at the sky for a while. Gray clouds accumulated in the distance and the trees swayed. She didn't bring a carriage with her when she went out, so it would be better to go back early. .
"Okay." Xiao Qingxue had just finished shopping. She came out this time to relax, but when she saw it was going to rain, she was ready to go back.
Reg, who had never been far or near, hired a carriage. Before the three of them entered the house, raindrops fell from the sky.
"It's raining." Fang Yun said happily. It had hardly rained in the past two months, and she was worried about whether there would be a drought. Now it has finally rained, which is great.
Return to the house.
Mrs. Dou saw that Mrs. Xiao's and her daughter's hair was a little damp when they went out, so she hurriedly ordered the kitchen to make ginger soup.
Xiao Luolan said: "Qiniang, don't go to such trouble." She walked a few steps in total and got a little wet.
"How can this be done? You can take a hot bath to drive away the cold later." Wu Luomei sat on a stool, holding Mrs. Xiao's hand and said: "Getting wet in the rain is not a trivial matter. It would be bad if you get typhoid fever." .”
Xiao Luolan was deeply moved when he heard Qiniang's caring words: "I will take a boat to Langge the day after tomorrow. We have taken great care of you these days. I really don't know how to thank you."
Wu Luomei held Mrs. Xiao's hand. When she heard this, she seemed a little embarrassed and said with embarrassment: "Mrs. Xiao, to tell you the truth, my eldest son works under Judge Xu. He is not sociable and lonely. Sometimes he speaks out. I have offended many people. My husband and I are far away in Taiyang and beyond our reach. Could you please take care of me for a while?"
Xiao Luolan recalled that her son seemed to be a tall, thin young man with a somewhat cold temperament.
Xiao Luolan thought for a moment and said, "Qiniang, I can do it."
Wu Luomei was happy in her heart and said: "Mrs. Xiao, don't worry, my eldest son will not cause you any trouble. He has never had the bad habit of wandering around and fighting with dogs since he was a child. If you have any problems, you can also come to him." , He has lived in Langge for a long time and knows something about everything."
They were helping each other. Xiao Luolan thought of the strange Langge, feeling a little sad about the separation and confused about the future.
Three days later.
Xiao Luolan and her daughter were at the Xigu Pier in Taiyang County, looking up at the five-masted ship moored on the river. The ship had a vermilion hull, and the banner with the word You in red letters on a black background was fluttering in the strong wind. The soldiers on the ship were lined up on both sides, all wearing armor. Sharp.
There are dozens of stern guards surrounding the big ship, like giant dragons coming through the waves.
Yang Dong, the captain of Taiyang County, led a group of officials to see off Lord Jiedushi. After Zhou Xu finished showing off with them, he finally patted Yang Dong on the shoulder and then boarded the ship.
Yang Dong clasped his fists and handed over his hands. He waited until everyone on the dock was gone before he summoned his trusted aide and whispered a few instructions to him.
Yang Dong looked at the giant ship that quickly disappeared, and then left after looking at it for a while.
On the extremely wide river, the water was calm and the giant ship was moving slowly.
Xiao Luolan was sitting on a small boat, with the huge ship behind her. Not long after the trip, Sect Leader Zhou secretly took her off the boat and onto a small boat, as if he were a thief.
There was not much space inside the canoe, so Sect Leader Zhou sat in the front cabin fishing.
She sat in the cabin and cooked wine.
On the big boat, the river surface felt calm and traceless, but as soon as he got on the small boat, Xiao Luolan felt that the waves on the river seemed to be a bit bigger. From the small window, he could see the vast waves all around. The water mist on the river was thick, and there were some sights in the distance. Not sure.
At the cabin door, thick curtains hung down to block the river wind, and the hanging aromatic copper balls swayed with the boat.
Xiao Luolan fanned the fire in the stove, and the aroma of wine overflowed.
She stood up and lifted the curtains. Master Zhou's robes were all wet by the splashing water.
Xiao Luolan hesitated for a long time, and when she saw the raindrops falling from the sky, she couldn't help but call out: "Sect Master Zhou."
Zhou Xu quickly stood up and came to the cabin door and said, "What did you call me for, madam?"
Xiao Luolan didn't bother to correct her surname: Xiao. She handed him the spare robe on the boat and said helplessly: "Sect Master Zhou, the waves are strong and the wind is strong, how can any fish be willing to take the bait?"
