Because she still had to stay for a few more days, after dinner, Chunmiao called a guard to move the necessary things from the carriage to the room, which was still being tidied up at the moment.
A candle burned quietly, occasionally making the sounds of Chun Miao walking and Lu Anran turning the pages of a book. Two silhouettes, one standing and one sitting, were reflected on the window paper, making the room look particularly peaceful.
"Miss, I'd better mend these shoes. After all, they are the only relic left by the madam to the young lady." Chunmiao lay on a pair of little tiger shoes in her palms, with wide eyes, not majestic, but childish and cute.
Lu Anran stopped holding the pen, looked up, and then put the brush down. His eyes flickered, and some fragments flashed in his mind.
Mother was a thorn in Lu Xun's heart. She hadn't mentioned much to Lu Anran since she was a child. From the time she could remember, she had no concept of mother in her life, so she couldn't explain the meaning of mother to a child.
However, when she was eight years old, she accidentally discovered this pair of tiger-head shoes in Lu Xun's study. Perhaps her eyes were too open, so Lu Xun could not lie to her face, and personally admitted that these shoes were from before she was born. , her mother sewed it for her.
An eight-year-old girl doesn't understand the sudden sour feeling in her heart. Thinking about it now, it must be sadness and excitement.
Her mother has not lived in front of her for a day, but she finally knows that she was a woman who came to this world with great expectations.
From that day on, the tiger-head shoes were placed beside her bed, accompanying her to sleep for countless nights, until she accidentally discovered that the tiger-head shoes had another secret when she was thirteen years old.
Lu Anran pinched his left wrist with his right hand, revealing a length of red rope.
I'm afraid even her father Lu Xun still doesn't know that there is a jade plaque hidden in the toe of one of the shoes.
For some unknown reason, Lu Anran did not tell her father that she secretly kept the jade token as a second relic of her mother. Then more than two years ago, during the transaction with the old man, Lu Anran learned about the silver house that knew everything.
The people from the Silver Building told her that this was the object guide of the Yunxi Building in the Royal Capital. Anyone who deposited something there would receive a sign like this, 'Gold, Silver, Iron, Jade is Priceless', and jade was the highest grade there.
This shows that firstly, the things saved are extremely valuable; secondly, the status of the person who saves the things is noble and extraordinary.
My grandmother was displeased because her mother's small family was unable to make it on the stage, and she refused to make their marriage come true. But why did my mother have such a jade plaque in her hand?
Furthermore, my mother is from Mengzhou, and the royal capital is thousands of miles away from Mengdu. When did she go to the royal capital, and most importantly, why she deliberately hid it in her tiger-head shoes, even her father never told her.
Over the past two years, doubts have become obsessions. Going to the capital is not only a determination to practice medicine, but also the key to unlocking the doubts that have filled her heart for a long time.
Lu Anran lowered his eyes, covering up the dark color in his eyes. There was a lot of fog in front of his eyes. Will Wangdu and his party finally be able to fulfill their wishes?
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The road clearing was not progressing smoothly, as another small piece collapsed during the night, instantly wiping out all the achievements of the previous day.
The sky is high and the clouds are low, the wind blows against the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, shaking off broken snow like jade beads.
Chunmiao fetched a bucket of water and walked back. Lu Anran took two steps slower, and a figure appeared in front of her.
The woman has thick/dark skin, a big red mouth, and her eyes are pulled upward, showing wrinkles. "What a coincidence, the girl is also here to fetch water?"
Without waiting for Lu Anran to reply, Mrs. Tian put the bucket to the edge of the well, took a breath of white air, and said diligently: "The girl has beautiful features and beautiful eyes, and her skin is more delicate than the white porcelain I have seen. I am afraid that only wealthy people can raise her." , Ouch, look at these fingers, they are like green onions, I have never seen them anywhere in the world."
It is said that a matchmaker always praises everyone she meets. She can talk life to even the dead, and she is honest and never deceives.
After Mrs. Tian praised her from head to toe, including the embroidered flower on her collar, she suddenly changed her tone and sighed: "Yesterday, the reckless girl didn't even have time to apologize. I wonder if she is still engaged?"
Lu Anran rarely had such occasions where she was speechless and choked. She just didn't quite understand, what was the connection between the two sentences?
There was a burst of muffled laughter from behind, and Lu Anran turned her head, first catching sight of the flowing silver-colored sleeves of the robe.
The wind stopped and the snow stopped, and the last piece of snow fell between his eyebrows, and then slowly moistened and disappeared, leaving a little watery light that reflected the skylight, as if it brought a spring scenery instantly.
"You can't be a matchmaker for her." Yun Qi slightly raised the corner of his mouth, moved his arm in half an arc, and pointed at Lu Anran with a jade bone fan. His tone was casual and wild, with his unique laziness.
Mrs. Tian looked around and suddenly gave a high-five: "Oh! This is hard to say. Look, I don't have the eyesight to see it." She clicked her tongue a few times, looked at the two of them from head to toe with the unique eyes of a matchmaker, and said with a smile. : "The two of them are really a pair of drums from the Chenghuang Temple, a hydrangea and a peony, a perfect match..."
After uttering a dozen or so matching words, Mrs. Tian finally took a breath and said, "What a coincidence when a swan meets a crane."
Lu Anran felt that Mrs. Tian had misunderstood something, and just as he was about to speak, Yun Qi already said, "What's the matter with the female ghost you mentioned yesterday?"
Speaking of this, Mrs. Tian's smile froze and her face changed, "It's better not to pry, it won't do you any good. As the saying goes, worrying about hauntings during the day and at night is no joke."
Yun Qi held the jade bone fan and tapped the palm of his hand again and again, and said with an uninhibited look: "I have only heard of vulgar women and naughty ghosts, but I don't know what it feels like."
"Young master, you are joking." Sister Tian turned the pulley to bring up a bucket of water and poured it into the bucket at the well. She said at the same time: "What kind of taste can a pink female skeleton ghost have?"
Lu Anran bent down to help her steady the bucket, but she didn't want her frozen fingers to shake as soon as she touched the edge of the bucket.
Sister-in-law Tian said with a smile: "Young lady from a rich family, how can you do this? You have never touched a bucket, right?"
Lu Anran didn't take the teasing to heart and said, "Sister-in-law Tian, is the female ghost you are talking about the daughter-in-law of Village Chief Yin?"
I don’t know if it hit a nerve in Mrs. Tian’s mind. She trembled inexplicably, turned around and looked around, patted her chest and said, “Who says it’s not the case? This woman is a disaster when she is alive, but she must die. It's still uneasy to survive." There was a hint of disgust and contempt in his words.
As if this alone was not enough, Mrs. Tian forgot about her fear for a moment, and with a clever mouth, she began to tease out the dirty things about Village Chief Yin's wife.
A family surnamed Jin fled here more than ten years ago. I don't know if they were acclimated to the climate. Their parents passed away one after another and were buried on the spot in Yinjia Village. The remaining little daughter is Jin, the eldest daughter-in-law of Yinjia Village.
"When Chuchu came here, this family brought three servants. They were wearing silk and satin. They seemed to have some background." Mrs. Tian paused, not forgetting to pinch her face and said with a smile: "Of course, I can't compare to you two. precious."
It is said that a wicked servant bullies his master, let alone a little orphan girl with no relatives.
Mrs. Tian shook her head and said, "It was also a winter day. The snow was thick enough to hit the knees. Those three servants stole the master's valuables and ran away overnight."
Lu Anran said: "So the Jin family can't stay here?"
Mrs. Tian nodded, then curled her lips and said: "This Jin family is also very thoughtful. She knew that the slaves were unreliable, so she secretly hid a few valuables. She knew that it was difficult for an orphan to travel alone, so she begged the village chief to stay with her. Down."
"There's nothing wrong with that. Without such foresight, it's a matter of life." Yun Qi rubbed his fingers over the jade carving inlaid on the handle of the fan and chuckled.
"Young master is right." Mrs. Tian narrowed one eye, leaned over slightly, covered her mouth with one hand and lowered her voice: "How can there be so much kindness in this world? The village chief values that little bit of wealth. "
"Oh?" The last sound came up, and a loose smile came out of the throat. The smile on his face was like the spring breeze spreading all over the autumn clouds and begonias.
Sister-in-law Tian's heart trembled hard, her old face turned red, and she thought to herself, "You monster, this young man is not a human being at all. He is clearly the wild fox that teahouse storytellers call a spirit. This smile is too overwhelming."
"I'm afraid the point is after Jin married the Yin family?" Lu Anran couldn't stand it anymore and said.
A look of disdain flashed in Mrs. Tian's eyes, and she couldn't help but spit on the ground, "We have never had such a shameless woman in Yinjia Village. She married Yin Tianming, but then hooked up with Yin Tianxiang. Uncle My sister-in-law is unfaithful and the whole family is in trouble."
Then, Mrs. Tian vividly and vividly described how Jin asked people to rape her in bed. The scene was as beautiful as a pornographic picture.
"Jin is a slut at heart. She usually has sex with many men in the village. She is often seen hiding behind haystacks with other men for who knows what they are doing. This time she asked her sister-in-law to catch her. I was so lucky that I finally had no shame in living, so I jumped into the old well at the entrance of the village."
Yun Qi and Lu Anran looked at the well where they had just drawn water. Mrs. Tian patted her thigh and said funnyly: "The well she jumped into has been filled in long ago. It was dug by someone else later." Speaking of which, she felt indignant. He said: "A prostitute who has been stabbed a thousand times has no peace of mind even after she dies. She asked each of us to spend an extra fortune to dig this well."
Because of this unjust waste of money, Mrs. Tian scolded her for a long time before she could get rid of her anger.
"Forget it, let's not mention the unlucky things. I still have to cook. I'll steam the soft swallow mud cake at noon. You haven't eaten it, right? I'll give you some to try later." Mrs. Tian's red mouth cracked. When he smiles, he looks like a big koi carp with its mouth wide open to grab food, which is a bit funny.
Lu Anran was just about to say no, when Mrs. Tian neatly carried the bucket and walked away, not allowing others to interrupt. She also turned around and was about to go back, but she saw an open folding fan standing in front of her, with thick ink and colorful paintings on it depicting images of wealth and wealth in the world.
Lu Anran frowned: "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Yun Qi touched his chin, "Ugly girl, didn't you hear when I said hello to you yesterday?"
"I didn't hear you." Lu Anran said simply.
Yun Qi rarely had the experience of having his words swallowed back when he reached his mouth. He narrowed his eyes, and there was a hint of narrowing in his dark eyes. He leaned forward and stretched out his hand, "It seems that you have a problem with your ears. I will help you treat it."
Lu Anran ducked out from under his arm, "Since the prince wants to hear the truth, it means that the beautiful lady has an appointment, and I can't disturb her."
Yun Qi retracted his hand and closed the folding fan with his backhand, "Not only is there something wrong with my ears, but my eyes are also not good."
Lu Anran pursed her lips and said, "You and I are staying at Village Chief Yin's house to avoid any further orders from the Crown Prince. It would be better to call your bodyguard back."
"I don't." Yun Qi blinked, tapped his chest with his fan, and smiled in a proud and rogue way, "I want to trouble you."
Lu Anran feels that a chicken cannot talk to a duck, and the best way is to avoid it.
But just as she moved her feet, she suddenly felt a slight chill coming from the corners of her eyes. She raised her eyes and saw a face right in front of her. The eyebrows were dotted with ink, and her lips were like the scorching sun. The wind beneath the pine trees was solemn and full of romance.
