Li Yushan leaned on the head of the bed, knocking melon seeds, while looking at the servants in the courtyard who were digging the ground and climbing the eaves and walls.
After a while, she spit out the melon seed shell on the ground, reached out and dragged a little maid, glanced at the courtyard where Cheng Dexuan lived, and asked quietly, "What are you doing?"
After a busy morning, I can't wait to turn this house over. ” The little maid hurriedly bowed, "Isn't it, young lady, that's what the master advised, he said that he had to find out that thing even if he turned it upside down." ” Li Yushan's eyes rolled, and then asked, "Things?"
What is my father looking for?
” The little maid frowned, "The master didn't say what it was, only said that whenever there were unusual things in the corners or on the beams of the eaves, they would be brought over and handed to him, young lady, what do you mean by this?"
Why don't I understand?
” Li Yushan's face sank, and she waved her hand impatiently, "Whatever your father tells you to do, hurry, get busy." ” The little maid let out an "oh" and hurried towards the front yard.
Li Yushan only felt that her heart was beating "suddenly", so she hurriedly returned to her room, sat down on the chair, bit the knuckle of her index finger and thought for a long time, then suddenly stood up and walked to the door, looked left and right, and saw that no one paid attention to herself, so she quickly crossed the threshold and walked towards the backyard in a hurry.
She followed the ramp to the side courtyard located in the southernmost part of the house, and before pushing the door, she looked behind her carefully again to make sure that no one was following her, so she cautiously walked into the courtyard, closed the courtyard door and walked towards the firewood room.
The door of the firewood room was open, and it was full of miscellaneous items that were not needed on a daily basis.
Li Yushan didn't enter the firewood room, but just picked up an iron rod by the wall, turned around and went around to the back of the firewood room.
There was a corner door, just over a man high, and the locks that hung on it were rusty and mottled because no one had been in or out for a long time.
Li Yushan slowly squatted down, took a deep breath, and poked the iron rod into the mud next to the corner door at once.
She dug and dug and dug out, and it didn't take long for a small mound to be piled up at her feet.
The sun shone on her face, showing a bright sweat stain, but Li Yushan didn't care about wiping the sweat, she still dug deep one by one, she was so serious that she didn't even notice that there was an extra figure behind the firewood room.
Suddenly, the iron rod touched a hard thing, Li Yushan was overjoyed, hurriedly threw the iron rod aside, reached out and grabbed the thing in the palm of her hand, and dug a few times on the side, grabbing another thing from the wet mud.
It was a flute and a chisel, both of which looked a little old, the body of the flute had been broken, and the chisel was covered with yellow rust spots, and it was impossible to use.
"Great, thankfully not discovered."
Li Yushan breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't care about pickling, so she stuffed the two objects that were stained with mud into the placket of her clothes, and filled the big pit she dug with soil again, and then hurriedly left the side courtyard and gently closed the door.
Seeing her leave, Cheng Dexuan, who had been hiding behind the firewood room, slowly walked out, his face was darker than the corner in the firewood room that has not seen sunlight all year round.
After a long time, he also went out of the courtyard gate, strode back to his room, took out the old medicine box from the cabinet, hesitated for a long time, and opened the lid of the box.
Li Yushan leaned on the head of the bed, picked up a piece of candied fruit and put it in her mouth, chewed it a few times, and then glanced at Cheng Qiuchi, who was pouring tea for her, and said with disgust in her mouth, "How can the official have time to come to me today, I thought that you only have the child in your sister's womb in your heart now, and you can't take care of me at all." ” Cheng Qiuchi pursed his lips and smiled, and hurriedly handed over the tea, "Yushan, Ziqian is so old, the first time she meets Xixi, I can't take more care of her, you are empathetic, you must be able to understand as a husband, isn't it?"
” Li Yushan took a sip of tea and said angrily, "I've figured it out now, my sister's child is the official's child, and I will naturally be considerate and loving to the official's child, but," she leaned her face forward, "The official slapped me that day, and it still hurts." ” Hearing her say this, Cheng Qiuchi hurriedly went to get a towel, moistened it with hot water and applied it to Li Yushan's cheek, and said again and again, "That day, it was because my husband's hands were heavy, don't blame me, in the future, I will definitely compensate my wife."
Speaking of this, he sat next to Li Yushan again, and said softly, "Actually, I have always hoped that my mother could give birth to a son and a half daughter for me, so that my life as Cheng Qiuchi can be regarded as complete." ” Li Yushan glanced at him, "I want to be beautiful, I heard that giving birth to a child is going through the ghost gate, which is thrilling, even if it is in the past, it will greatly consume a woman's essence, and her body will be much worse in the future."
Speaking of this, she leaned forward, "Xianggong, is Xun'er's mother just because of excessive consumption, so she went not long after giving birth to Xun'er?"
” Cheng Qiuchi suddenly heard this, his body stiffened suddenly, his expression suddenly became a little unnatural, and he only said, "How long has it been since this incident, and what are you still mentioning it?"
” Li Yushan leaned towards him again, "Yesterday in the cemetery, my father asked his subordinates to burn some ingots and paper clothes for her, and she didn't care about it, so I wondered in my heart, why did he have such an attitude towards Xun'er's mother?"
” Cheng Qiuchi stood up "Teng", "Yushan, I suddenly remembered that my father's medicine was still not fried on the fire, and the people didn't know how many hours the medicine would take, so I went to the stove room to take a look." ” As he spoke, he walked out of the house, and when he came to the door, he suddenly froze, turned around and put something on the table, and said with a smile, "This is your bracelet, a few days ago it hit a crack, and I asked someone to take it to be painted with gold and repaired, you cherish it the most, take it quickly." ” After speaking, he pushed the door and went out, leaving Li Yushan alone in the house.
She got out of bed, walked to the table, picked up the brocade bag, carefully took out the jade bracelet inside, and gently stroked her wrist.
She raised her elbow and shook it against the candle, and the bracelet flashed with a flash of light that illuminated the wet corners of her eyes.
She smiled: "It's so good, I've finally waited for this moment." ” As if in response to this sentence, a knock on the door suddenly sounded "tuk tuk", crisp and crisp, and every time it knocked, it knocked on her heart.