The sky gradually became darker and it seemed as if it was going to rain.
After Tan Ruqing left, the room seemed empty. Zhang Yanling was idle and sat on the porch in a daze.
Xiaozhu was very busy, so he laid the bed again and started boiling water to let Zhang Yanling take a bath. After all, he had been doing a day's work, and had some mud stains on his clothes.
Zhang Yanling came out of the shower, and under the candlelight on the table, several dishes were already placed there. It was hot and fragrant. A pot of wine and a pair of bowls, chopsticks and wine cups were also arranged.
"Who, the skills are good." Zhang Yanling shook his wet hair and praised with a smile.
Xiaozhu said: "It's cold, my son-in-law's hair is wet, so don't feel the cold. Drink some wine to warm up your body. The wine has been warmed up."
Zhang Yanling nodded, sat down and ate. Xiaozhu also served a bowl of rice, sat next to her and ate silently.
Zhang Yanling said: "Just sit at the table and eat, there are no outsiders here."
Xiaozhu twisted her body and said, "That's not in line with the rules. Xiaozhu is a servant. You can't do that."
Zhang Yanling opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but she couldn't say it. The food was delicious, but the meal was silently awkward. Zhang Yanling and Xiaozhu rarely got along alone, and there was almost no such time, so,
There are always these embarrassments in the atmosphere.
After dinner, it started to rain outside.
Zhang Yanling was full of wine and food. He stood at the door and looked at the dark sky with raindrops, frowned and said, "Why did your lady come back tonight? Why did you encounter such a thing in this weather?"
Xiaozhu whispered while tidying up the dishes: "Miss, I'll not come back tonight."
Zhang Yanling said: "I hope nothing happens."
Xiaozhu said: "Don't worry, son-in-law, nothing will happen."
Zhang Yanling said: "How do you know that something will happen? Difficulty is a very dangerous thing. Maybe it will kill people."
Xiaozhu said, "Son-in-law, it's okay. The lady will come back tomorrow morning."
Zhang Yanling was a little puzzled when she heard her words, as if she was very confident. Just as she was about to ask again, Xiaozhu took the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash. Zhang Yanling gave up. Thinking: Maybe it was because of her confidence in her own lady's medical skills.
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On a rainy night in Nomura, there was no fun, and I didn't bring a book. After dinner, Xiaozhu was busy under the kitchen. Zhang Yanling walked around twice and had to go into the room to sleep.
The bed was re-stacked, and there was also a bed on the ground. Zhang Yanling was stunned and thought to himself: Could it be that Xiaozhu is still sleeping in the room tonight? Aniu's shop in the west wing was empty, so she should go there to sleep.
Then I thought again that this kind of old house is a strange place, so Xiaozhu is afraid that she would not dare to sleep in another room. Although the house was cleaned up, there were many mice. She rustled all night last night.
There was no end to run on the beams.
Zhang Yanling took off his shoes and went to bed, lying on the bed with his clothes in his clothes, and was not sleepy. He listened to the raindrops under the eaves outside, and thought about the shipyard in his mind for a while and other things.
Xiaozhu was busy outside, with the sound of water clamoring. It seemed that she was taking a bath. Some scenes that she shouldn't have appeared in Zhang Yanling's mind, so he hurriedly stopped and cursed himself for being dirty.
My thoughts turned to the fact that Tan Ruqing went to help someone deliver her baby, and my mind was circling for a while. Suddenly, I sat up and said, "No! Big thing is wrong! This is a scam."
After taking a shower, Xiaozhu tied the door and just came into the room. When he entered the door, he didn't dare to look at Zhang Yanling. He lowered his head and walked to the floor of the corner of the house, and walked into the bedding with his clothes.
"Xiaozhu, I have something to ask you." Zhang Yanling's voice sounded.
Xiaozhu quickly looked up, but saw Zhang Yanling sitting at the head of the bed, staring at him.
"Aunt... what are you going to ask?" Xiao Zhu was a little nervous and said a little unscrupulous.
"Tell me honestly. Did your lady go to deliver the baby?" Zhang Yanling asked.
"Son-in-law... why... ask this? Didn't you see it? Qiu Ju came to invite her..." Xiaozhu stammered.
"How could that coincidence happen? Someone was having a difficult childbirth? Why did that Qiuju... suddenly appear? Before we came, we didn't inform others. How did people from other villages know that your lady is back? Baba
I came to find someone? Your lady came to the hospital. You were her helper. She didn't take you there, but she went there by herself. What's going on? Also, you didn't seem to be worried at all. You were very sure just now
It's said that nothing will happen, Ru Qing will come back tomorrow morning. How do you know that it must be fine? It's a fatal matter for a mother to have difficulty delivery, and it may cause death. There is no medicine to cure it. You are also very good at medical skills. Could it be that
Don't know the dangers?"
Zhang Yanling asked in a row.
Xiaozhu stood there, helplessly answering. After taking a shower, she was wearing a thin floral robe and her long hair draped over her shoulders. She was pitiful but a little charming.
"Son-in-law...I..."
"Tell me, is there any scam? Did your lady secretly meet someone? I found an excuse. Yes, did your lady have any childhood sweethearts here when she was a child? She went to see her good friend.
"Zhang Yanling said in a deep voice.
Xiao Zhu stared at her eyes widened in shock. Zhang Yanling thought about the matter in this regard, which she had never expected. This was amazing. My son-in-law suspected that the lady would go to see her lover. Isn’t it going to have a big deal? Then the lady must be left,
Fighting became an unsuccessful thing.
"No, no, son-in-law, don't think so. Why is the lady such a person? It's not what you think." Xiaozhu waved her hand anxiously and screamed.
Zhang Yanling was secretly amused. He deliberately said things in a wrong way. How could Tan Ruqing be that kind of person? This is just a trick. If he doesn't lead the matter to a bad point, this little girl will definitely not tell the truth.
.If she wants to explain, she must tell the truth, otherwise she will not be able to take on this matter.
"Then you explain it to me, and you will explain the questions I have just now." Zhang Yanling said.
Xiaozhu hesitated while pinching the corner of her clothes. Zhang Yanling pretended to be angry, got up to put on his shoes and dressed, and walked out.
"Where are you going?"
"I am a dignified Duke, I was deceived by your master and servant. Are there any rules? I will go back to Nanjing now. I will tell your lady tomorrow that she doesn't have to go back. I'll wait for me to get a divorce letter and she will be given up." Zhang Yanling
road.
"Son-in-law...you must not. You misunderstood. Son-in-law!"
Xiaozhu stepped forward and hugged Zhang Yanling's arm, knelt down, hugged Zhang Yanling's legs tightly, and raised her head and looked at Zhang Yanling pitifully.
"Then you are not telling the truth?" Zhang Yanling shouted.
Zhang Yanling sneered and was about to leave. Xiaozhu shouted, "I said, don't be angry. This is the lady... she arranged by her to make me... she wants her son-in-law... to accept me."
"Ah?" Zhang Yanling looked at Xiao Zhu blankly.
Xiaozhu's face turned red with shame. Now that things have come to this point, there is nothing to hide.
"The lady told me many times, asking me if I want to get married. I said that I will follow the lady for the rest of my life and I will not get married. The lady said that she asked my son-in-law to accept me as a family member. In this way, she could be a sister with her for the rest of her life.
There is no need to marry someone else. I...I...I don't know how to answer her. I...I don't have such delusions. My son-in-law...I don't like me either, how dare I have unreasonable thoughts?
Say, this is all about her."
Zhang Yanling remembered Tan Ruqing and she talked about Xiaozhu not long ago. On the one hand, she and Xiaozhu have a deep affection and refuse to separate. On the other hand, Xiaozhu is already her best helper. She does not hide the secret of the prescription.
She knew it all. If she got married, it would be a bit difficult. So that day Tan Ruqing said that she wanted to take Xiaozhu as a girl from the house.
I refused at that time, but now it seems that Tan Ruqing has not given up.
"This time I came to Nanjing, the lady said...this time. She would arrange for me and my son-in-law to be alone for one night. Before coming, she told the sister Qiuju in the neighboring village that it was not a difficult labor of a mother tonight, but
It was the lady who went to Qiuju's house to sleep with her. She asked me to serve my sister-in-law tonight. Xiaozhu... Xiaozhu was afraid of my son-in-law and didn't dare... dare not do this. But the lady insisted on me like this, and I felt very...
Scared. This is why my son-in-law is not a childhood sweetheart outsider who asks for a lady. If you misunderstand the lady because of this, Xiaozhu will have to die."
Xiao Zhuhu talked a conversation in a nagging manner.
Zhang Yanling was speechless. Tan Ruqing actually did this trick to create a chance to be alone for herself and Xiaozhu, and let her take Xiaozhu. How did she know that she would agree? How did she know that she would do that tonight? Could it be that she would do that?
In her mind, she is such a person without concentration?
"Your lady is too despised me. I, Zhang Yanling, would do that when I get along with you?" Zhang Yanling sneered.
"Miss... asked me to order ambergris, but I didn't order that thing... I'll order it... I'll..." Xiaozhu spoke softly, but couldn't continue.
Zhang Yanling was even speechless. Although ambergris was not a scent, the fragrance after lit it did have a heart-warming effect. It would make people feel impulsive. On such a night, a lonely man and a widowed woman live in the same room, and her identity is
There is naturally a great possibility that some things will happen to those who can take Xiaozhu.
"Ruqing, Ruqing, see how I punish you. I actually plotted against me."
Zhang Yanling gritted his teeth and said angrily.
"Son-in-law, don't blame the lady, she is doing it for Xiaozhu's good. Xiaozhu knows that my son-in-law doesn't like me, and he doesn't have that delusion. The lady has good intentions, and didn't Xiaozhu light up fragrance either? Xiaozhu...he didn't do that yet.
Miss’s feelings... Xiaozhu is grateful. Xiaozhu has never planned to get married in this life. Please don’t blame her."
Xiaozhu held Zhang Yanling's legs, sat on the ground with disheveled hair, begging softly.
Of course, Zhang Yanling didn't really make Tan Ruqing weird. He just found it funny. Tan Ruqing was for Xiaozhu on the one hand, and actually for the Zhang family on the other hand. Taking Xiaozhu is the best of both worlds, and for Tan Ruqing, it can also make her feel at ease.
Something about.
But Zhang Yanling was surprised that she actually used such tricks to deal with herself. However, she did not have any malice. This matter was similar to a prank. Compared to her now, she was laughing.
Zhang Yanling looked down at Xiaozhu. Xiaozhu's collar was open in struggle, revealing a large area of snow-white skin. Although Zhang Yanling never paid attention to Xiaozhu seriously, she was still a young girl in her mind, but now it seems that she has grown up.
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Xiaozhu is eighteen years old and is already a graceful girl. She looks average and has a stable and simple temperament. She is somewhat similar to Tan Ruqing. Since the establishment of Zhangjia Jishitang and Pharmacy, Xiaozhu has made great contributions and has done it silently.
I didn't complain about being tired or being tired in many things. I was always very respectful to myself.
"Get up, the ground is very cold." Zhang Yanling said in a deep voice.
Xiaozhu got up and stood in front of Zhang Yanling with his head down.
Zhang Yanling looked at Xiaozhu and said, "So, what should I do about this? What are you thinking?"
Xiaozhu blushed and shook her head, "As long as my son-in-law doesn't blame the lady, Xiaozhu will do whatever she wants."
Zhang Yanling thought for a while and said, "Do you... hate me?"
Xiaozhu hurriedly said, "No, no, no, how could Xiaozhu hate his son-in-law? The son-in-law is a big shot, what is Xiaozhu? Xiaozhu is too late to admire him."
Zhang Yanling said: "Then what do you mean to your lady? If I accept you, will you feel wronged?"
Xiaozhu looked at Zhang Yanling in surprise, her face flushed.
"I mean, this... your lady has put in great painstaking efforts to plan for your future. You are also like sisters... That... If you are willing to marry, we should find you a good family. If..." Zhang Yanling
No matter how thick the face is, I can't help but stutter at this moment.
"Son-in-law, Xiaozhu will not marry anyone, and will serve the lady and the son-in-law all their life. Xiaozhu swears to the sky..." Xiaozhu interrupted Zhang Yanling and shouted.
Zhang Yanling stared at Xiaozhu in a daze, and suddenly stretched out his hand and hugged Xiaozhu.
"Son-in-law..." Xiaozhu shouted.
Zhang Yanling hugged her and walked towards the bed, whispering: "Your lady is so happy, how can you let her down? Besides... how can you never marry for the rest of your life? Wouldn't that harm you? Since that's the case, I will do good things."
Xiaozhu was weak all over, so shocked that he couldn't speak. He just watched Zhang Yanling carry himself to the big bed and untied his clothes. When that moment came, tears rolled out from the corner of Xiaozhu's eyes, and he couldn't say it.
Is it joy or pain?
[Author’s off-topic]: I wish you all good health on the Dragon Boat Festival. The update is late, and the big chapter will be presented.