Sugar Jar [Rebirth]

When Shi Chen and Xi Xin were in the room, Yuanyuan suddenly ran over.

I don't know what happened in the morning, since I had breakfast, it has been missing, mysterious.

Xi Xin saw it running in from the outside with something in its mouth.

He took a closer look and found that it was a small velvet flower.

Xi Xin bent down to pick it up, and asked, "Where did you come from? Why did you get so dirty?"

He looked at the kitten and smiled.

Yuanyuan let out a cry, and then the thing in its mouth fell into Xi Xin's arms. It quickly stretched out its claws to grab it, and then lifted the thing a little higher, as if it was going to hand it to Xi Xin.

Xi Xin was stunned for a moment.

In his round eyes, there was a trace of confusion at first, and then the confusion turned into a deep joy. His eyes were slightly bent, and he asked happily: "Is this for me?"

Xi Xin took the things over, held them carefully in the palm of her hand, then leaned over and kissed the kitten on the face.

Yuanyuan let out a "grunt" sound comfortably, and narrowed her eyes.

He turned his head to look at Shi Chen, raised the things in his hands, and said, "This velvet flower is so beautiful."

Shi Chen nodded according to his intention, and put his scrutiny eyes on the kitten, thinking, where did this thing come from?He also knows how to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, this little guy is probably a genius.

The two were playing with the little fur ball, and there was another movement outside.

Xi Xin and Shi Chen looked outside almost at the same time.

Seeing Mrs. Shi's steward Zhang approaching, Shi Chen seemed to want to understand something, looked away clearly, and said to Xi Xin: "I'm going to my mother's side, and I'll be back soon."

Before Shi Chen left, he specially told Xi Xin not to go out as much as possible. After all, before Zhou Anhao returned to the Zhou Mansion, everything might go wrong, even though that guy probably didn't dare to go out because of his warning. No matter how much he thought about it, Shi Chen was still worried. Regarding the issue of Xi Xin's safety, if he was not fully sure, he would not dare to relax easily.

Xi Xin hugged Yuanyuan and listened. Seeing Shi Chen's worried face telling her, she naturally knew what he was worried about, so she nodded obediently.

Zhang Guanshi thought that he would have to spend a lot of time to invite the second young master, but he didn't expect the second young master to nod and prepare to leave before he could finish his explanation of his visit.

"How is mother feeling?" Shi Chen suddenly asked something irrelevant.

Guanshi Zhang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Madam looks the same as usual."

When Shi Chen was slowly pondering these words, they had already arrived at the main house where Mrs. Shi lived.

Mrs. Zhou Lin had already returned to the guest room, and only Mrs. Shi and Lord Shi were left in the main hall.

Steward Zhang brought Shi Chen here, saw Mrs. Shi's eyes, and quickly backed away.

Shi Chen saluted his parents first, and then asked: "Father, are you back?"

Jing Kehou coughed heavily, and winked at him, motioning him to look at his wife.

Mrs. Shi suddenly turned her head to look over, and asked with a smile: "Master Hou is not feeling well? Why is he coughing again?"

Jingkehou said quickly: "No, it's just that my throat was a little itchy just now, it's not a problem."

When Shi Chen came here, he was already mentally prepared. He must have been able to hide from his mother the fact that he deliberately slandered Zhou Anhao. At most, he was punished. The number of times he has been punished since he was a child is beyond count.

"Kneel down." Mrs. Shi said flatly.

Jing Kehou looked at her in surprise, and said, "Ma'am, Chen'er is also..."

When Shi Chen heard Mrs. Shi's words, he knelt down without haste.

Seeing that he had no intention of resisting, Hou Ye was also surprised.

Mrs. Shi glanced at Jing Kehou, and said: "Shut up, watch from the side, don't interrupt." The warning in the words was very obvious.

Master Shi Hou quickly restrained his expression, and said seriously: "Madam taught you well."

"Do you know it's wrong?" she asked.

Shi Chen recognized it very simply, "I know my mistake."

Mrs. Shi looked indifferent, "Oh? If that's the case, why don't you tell me what's wrong?"

Shi Chen hesitated for a moment, then simply said directly: "Mother will punish you."

"Why, do you have the courage to admit your mistakes, but don't have the courage to admit where your mistakes are? Or do you think that you are not wrong at all."

Shi Chen lowered his head and didn't answer.

"Recently, I have gained a lot of skills, and I have learned to wrong people." Mrs. Shi said slowly, "Do you know why I punished you?"

"If you are really capable, you should clean up the traces of me, so that there is no trace of anything happening between me and your father. But you can't do it, and you will show the truth instead. Such a simple thing, but you can do it. Not good. Have all the skills you learned been eaten into your stomach?"

Shi Chen suddenly raised his head and called out, "Mother!"

Mrs. Shi rubbed the center of her brows, "Don't call me that, seeing your child makes me feel angry."

"Zhou Lin and her children will leave in a few days," Mrs. Shi continued, "I've already cleaned up the mess for you. I don't want the same thing to happen again."

Shi Chen got up and was about to say something, but Mrs. Shi gave him a cold look, "Why, did I let you get up?"

Shi Chen knelt down again.

"I didn't say that you are right to wrong others, but please wipe off the traces before you do something bad next time, and then let me see such a poor way of slandering, you can go to the frontier and stay there , never come back!"

Shi Chen nodded lazily.

Mrs. Shi said casually: "Go to the ancestral hall and face the wall and think for a few days."

Shi Chen begged for mercy in disbelief: "Mother, the ancestral hall is not popular at all, I..."

Mrs. Shi smiled: "Don't be afraid, the ancestors are with you."

Before Shi Chen could reply again, she lowered her expression, "Do you think you are going to enjoy the blessing?!"

She looked at Jing Kehou, "Master Hou, you can talk now."

Jing Kehou was naturally on his wife's side, and hurriedly chimed in with righteous words: "Your mother punished you for your own good, so as to save you from committing the same crime next time."

Shi Chen murmured in his heart that his mother was actually angry because he was not capable of cleaning up the mess, and in the end he had to let her old man do the trick.

"Then I'll go back and tell Xi Xin first, so that he won't worry." Shi Chen tried to struggle.

Mrs. Shi waved her hand, "I'll send someone to tell Xi Xin, don't worry, without you holding me back here, your schoolboy knowledge will definitely improve day by day."

The last step was blocked, Shi Chen had no choice but to accept his fate.

Before Shi Chen left, he left the last sentence, "Mother, be careful with them and the general's mansion..." They here naturally refer to Mrs. Zhou and her group.

Mrs. Shi's eyes were quite surprised this time, "I thought you were an idiot, but I didn't expect you to be so clear."

"Go down quickly." She said impatiently.

After Shi Chen left, a trace of worry gradually appeared in Mrs. Shi's eyes, and her original dignity and calmness disappeared at this moment.

She looked at her husband and said with a wry smile: "I had a fight with her sisters. I never thought that even Chen'er could see things clearly, but she was still obsessed with it."

Thinking of the little girl who liked to follow behind her in Luoshui and call out "Sister Shu, Sister Shu", but now she can't find her anymore.

After the servants sent Shi Chen in, they closed the door.

If it wasn't for the dim oil lamp that was still lit in the ancestral hall, according to the degree of darkness here, I'm afraid that the eyes would be darkened at this time, and I couldn't see anything.

Shi Chen looked at the tablet in the ancestral hall, and said with emotion, "Patriarchs of the Shi family, Shi Chen has come to visit you."

With that said, he sat down on the spot.

When he came in, the servant was afraid that he would be hungry, so he handed him a basket of food.

Shi Chen lifted off the layer of cloth covering it, picked up an apple, wiped it on his sleeve, and bit it down.

He bit it, as if thinking of something, divided the rest of the fruit and pastry in half, and put them on the altar table.

But at this moment, the sound from outside made Shi Chen straighten his body and look keenly at the gate.

Even though the door was closed and the situation outside could not be seen at all, his eyes were still focused.

"Xi Xin, why are you here?" One of the guards guarding the ancestral hall happened to be the one who had previously secretly protected Shi Chen in Xi Xin's village and received his New Year's gift. When he saw Xi Xin coming, he went forward Say hello.

Xi Xin had an impression of him, and when he saw someone he was acquainted with, he felt a little less restrained. He said softly, "Is the young master here?"

The man nodded: "Yes. Madame just ordered me to wait here and watch, and not let anyone in or out, but if you want to talk to Second Young Master, you can."

After hearing this, Xi Xin breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you."

The man winked at the others, and everyone stepped aside immediately, so that they could talk through the door.

Xi Xin walked to the door, but before she could speak, Shi Chen, who heard footsteps getting closer, said, "Xi Xin!"

Xi Xin smiled slightly, and replied in a low voice: "Yes."

Shi Chen on the other side of the door simply leaned his whole body behind the door, and said to Xi Xin, "Why are you here?"

He asked a little worriedly: "It's so cold outside, did you wear some extra clothes? Did you bring your cloak and cape?"

Listening to his ramblings, Xi Xin smiled again, and nodded lightly, "Yes, I'm well wrapped up now."

Not only did he wear a cloak, but a scarf around his neck.

Thinking of Shi Chen's last question, Xi Xin said again: "Grandpa Zhang called me here."

Manager Zhang?When Shi Chen heard that it was from his mother's side, he was taken aback again.

Then I figured it out, this might be his mother's intention, if there is no mother's hint and acquiescence, I am afraid that the loyal manager Zhang will not act without authorization.

Mother is still the same as before, with a cold face and a warm heart.

But Shi Chen was still worried, "It's too cold outside, you'd better go back early, I'll be fine inside, there's something to eat and drink."

Having said that, he sneezed heavily.

The atmosphere froze for a moment.

Shi Chen smiled awkwardly, as if to relieve embarrassment, "It was an accident just now, an accident."

Xi Xin took out a candy from her pocket, looked at the gap under the door, and handed it in.

Shi Chen saw a thin and fair hand stretched in, holding a piece of candy in his hand at the same time, he was taken aback for a moment, and then there was a smile on his face that he couldn't hide.

"Be careful, don't let the wooden thorns pierce your hand." Shi Chen said, and reached out to catch the thing.

The fingertips of the two touched, Shi Chen's ears turned red quickly, and he quickly retracted his hand.

The door of the ancestral temple has a wide gap at the bottom. It is said that when the ancestor was alive, he was often punished by the elders to go to the ancestral hall. In order to communicate with people outside, he privately opened the gap under the door even wider. I got a little older, and my family found out about it later. Although I was fined again because of this matter, no one made up for it, as if it was acquiesced.

So when repairing the ancestral hall in the future, they will deliberately ignore this place.

Shi Chen asked: "Are you cold?"

Xi Xin chuckled, and softly reminded: "You asked this question just now."

Shi Chen was dissatisfied with this answer, "Just now I was asking if it's cold outside, but now I'm asking you if it's cold, it's different."

"Not cold." Xi Xin added.

But Shi Chen was worried: "When I touched you just now, your hands seemed a little cold."

He was still worried, but saw Xi Xin's hand stretched out from underneath again.

Shi Chen stayed where he was, and Xi Xin's words just now kept ringing in his ears, "If you don't believe me, feel it, it's still warm."

He immediately stretched out his hand and held Xi Xin.

One is outside the door and the other is behind the door.

The hands of the two were tightly linked together.

Xi Xin rolled her eyes and said with a gentle smile, "Look, it's not cold."