Shen Zhixia was startled and hurriedly lowered his head to hide the panic in his eyes.
"Sister, I saw Mr. Lu waiting outside alone, and I was wondering if I should invite him to sit in the courtyard. I didn't expect you to come out so soon."
Shen Zhixue had a cold face.
"Our courtyard is full of women. What do you think about inviting an adult man to sit in the courtyard?"
When Chu Yue came just now, she just asked He Xiang to make a cup of tea for Lu Xinghe. Because she was concerned about the separation between men and women, she didn't invite him in to sit and wait for Chu Yue.
"I……"
Shen Zhixia bit her lip, with anger on her face.
Shen Zhixue, this bitch, actually embarrassed her in front of outsiders, and she would definitely complain to her father later.
Chu Yue nodded slightly towards Shen Zhixue, "Sister Shen, I'm leaving first."
"Sister, go slowly." After watching Chu Yue leave, Shen Zhixue looked at Shen Zhixia, "Since you have come to the village to serve the maid, then you should do my duty. If you really feel bored, you can go back earlier. I will be alone. People can also take good care of their mothers."
But Shen Zhixia just rolled her eyes and said, "If dad hadn't asked me to come, I wouldn't have wanted to come. I'm in a remote place and I'm nothing."
After saying that, he turned around and went back into the house.
He Xiang stepped forward and pulled Shen Zhixue's sleeve, "Miss?"
Shen Zhixue looked around, and when she saw Shen Zhixia's clothes hanging in the yard, she slightly raised the corners of her lips, then quietly took out the powder hidden in her sleeve pocket and shook it in the direction of the clothes. The whole process was extremely It went smoothly and no one noticed it.
…
Chu Yue got on the mule cart and did not sit in the carriage. Instead, she sat side by side with Lu Xinghe, holding her chin and looking at him.
Lu Xinghe saw the expression on the little girl next to him and asked with confusion, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Chu Yue said softly, "I want to hide you."
The corners of Lu Xinghe's lips raised slightly, "Why are you hiding it? Do you think you can't take it out?"
"You are so capable." Chu Yue muttered in a low voice, "Everywhere you go, there are people who care about you."
Listening to her sour tone, Lu Xinghe smiled helplessly, "What do you care about others? Let's just take care of ourselves."
Chu Yue pursed her lips and said, "How can there be any reason to guard against thieves every day?"
Lu Xinghe reached out and touched the little girl's head, "Don't worry, your husband has his own anti-theft device, and no one else can steal it."
Looking at the reins in Lu Xinghe's hand, Chu Yue suddenly became interested, "Ms. sir, how about you teach me how to drive a mule cart? Luojiagou is not far anyway, I can come by myself tomorrow."
Lu Xinghe shook his head without thinking, "As a girl, if someone takes notice of you, wouldn't it mean that you wouldn't even be able to fight back?"
Chu Yue thought about it for a while. Now that the world is in chaos, she should do less risky things.
…
After returning home, Chu Yue took off the jade bracelet given by Shen Zhixue and put it into the secret compartment specially made by Lu Xinghe for her to hide things.
She is not an eldest lady like Shen Zhixue who never touches the spring water with her fingers. This jade bracelet is probably not touched in her hand. She already has a thin silver bracelet given by her grandma on her wrist, so there is no need to wear such an expensive one. As for the jade bracelet, it wouldn't be too late to take it out and wear it when the conditions at home improve and she no longer has to work.
After putting away the bracelet, Chu Yue grabbed another chicken from the chicken coop. After killing the chicken and removing its feathers, she gave the chicken a full body massage and marinated it with the seasonings at home.
Xiaozhu blinked and stared at Chu Yue's movements without blinking, "Sister, what are you going to do?"
"I want to try making a beggar's chicken." Chu Yue turned the marinated chicken upside down in a big bowl with a bowl, washed the handles and put it on the basket, "Xiao Zhu, do you want to go pick leaves with your sister?"
With things like this this year, we can't even think about lotus leaves. We can only pick some oak leaves to make do.
Xiaozhu nodded, ran forward, took Chu Yue's hand, and jumped out of the house.
When she was in Niutou Village, she liked to hold her sister like this when she went out.
There were oak trees in the forest not far from home, so there was no need to run into the mountains. Chu Yue put the basket on the ground and stretched out her hands to reach for the leaves of the oak trees.
"Xiaozhu, don't run around, or you'll be picked up by a wild beast in the mountains."
After hearing Chu Yue's words, Xiaozhu looked around in fear, not daring to leave her even half a step.
Just when Chu Yue went to pick leaves, Xiaozhu suddenly saw a group of furry things running this way. He didn't see its appearance clearly at first. Xiaozhu was so frightened that he screamed loudly, "Ah! Sister, there is a monster."
Chu was startled in his heart, and rushed to the side holding Xiaozhu. The furry man seemed to be frightened by Xiaozhu's voice. He ran into a big tree and lay on the ground trembling.
Only then did Chu Yue see the furry appearance clearly, and she quickly put down the bamboo and stepped forward to pick it up by its ears.
"Haha, Xiaozhu, it's not a monster, it's a rabbit. It's quite big." He turned to look at the rabbit's bulging belly, "It's still a pregnant female rabbit. It seems that we have good luck again today. "
Xiaozhu looked at the rabbit with novelty in his bright eyes.
"So that's what rabbits look like."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of branches crashing deep in the forest, and then a faint voice came, "Help...help me."
Without thinking, Chu Yue ran down the mountain with the rabbit and the basket in one hand and the bamboo in the other.
It's not that she is cold-blooded, there are many wild beasts in the mountains, she has little strength herself, and she has a child with her. If she really encounters something terrible, I'm afraid they will all die.
In this case, of course, it is wise to protect yourself.
Xiaozhu looked behind him with some uncertainty, "Sister, was someone calling for help just now?"
Chu Yue hummed, "We don't have to worry about it, we'll talk about it when we get back."
The two of them ran back home together. Yun Cuihe looked at their hurried appearance and asked quickly, "Why are you running so fast? You don't have to fall and it hurts."
Turning to look at the rabbit in Chu Yue's hand, Yun Cuihe had a look of surprise on her face.
"Hey, you just caught a rabbit in the mountains?"
"This rabbit was running so fast in the mountains just now that it knocked it unconscious on a tree." Chu Yue said as she shouted towards the house, "Xingping, help me get a basket out."
"Why."
Lu Xingping hurriedly left the room and went to the kitchen to get the basket.
People in the room all came out due to the commotion outside. Seeing the rabbit in Chu Yue's hand, Lu Xinghe frowned slightly.
"Going to the mountains again?"
"I was picking oak leaves not far from the house, and this rabbit somehow jumped out of the mountain." She covered the rabbit under the basket, and while everyone's attention was on the rabbit, she pulled Lu Xinghe over. He came to the side and said, "Ms. sir, let me tell you something."
Looking at her cautious look, Lu Xinghe was filled with doubts, "What's wrong?"
Chu Yue leaned into his ear and talked about the situation in the mountains just now, and saw Lu Xinghe's expression became slightly solemn.
"You just stay at home and don't go out. I'll go take a look in the mountains."
Chu Yue hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, "Then be careful."
"Don't worry, I'll run if the momentum goes wrong." After Lu Xinghe said that, he left the yard and headed into the mountains.
Chu Yue let out a long breath, took out the oak leaves from the basket, washed them and dried them in the basket, then stood at the entrance of the courtyard waiting for Lu Xinghe.
