The Male Wife

Pei Cheng didn't know the result of Jiang Linzhi's discussion with Uncle Jiang. He originally wanted to ask Jiang Linzhi, but Jiang Linzhi fell ill the next day and stayed in bed until the eve of the Chinese New Year. I haven't seen each other much.

During this period, Jiang Yanzhi stayed in his room every day to practice calligraphy.

I don't know if it's the reason why the strict teacher produces excellent apprentices. Jiang Yanzhi's writing is getting more and more beautiful now. Not bad.

But Jiang Yanzhi's paintings are still the same ugly, without any change.But I don't know why, but Jiang Yanzhi likes drawing very much. After practicing calligraphy every day, he still has to continue to bury his head on the table and practice drawing hard.

Pei Cheng couldn't bear to hit him, so he accompanied him every afternoon with his own words.

The first snow of the coming year was as heavy as last year's snow. Pei Cheng hugged the little guy and stood on the window sill watching the fluttering snowflakes. His eyes were a little erratic, and he couldn't help but look at the yard next door.

I haven't seen him for half a month, and I don't know when Jiang Linzhi's illness will recover.

Pei Cheng shook his head, closed the wooden window, and separated the inside and outside into two worlds.

At the end of the new year, another incident happened in Jiang's family. Jiang Sanye bought a small house outside, near the magistrate's yamen.At the beginning, he said it was convenient for him to have a nearby place to rest after finishing his business, but later on, he went back to that small house almost every day, and rarely went back to Jiang's house.

At the beginning, the old lady often greeted Jiang Sanye to come back, and wanted him to go home to live in, but later she didn't know if she noticed Jiang Sanye's idea of ​​avoiding someone in the east courtyard. She gave up, thinking that she still had to give him a buffer time.

So in the past half a month, not only has Pei Cheng not been bothered by the old lady in Xiyuan, he doesn't have to worry about how to get along with Jiang Sanye. Well, after half a month passed, he still didn't propose to leave.

The old lady wanted Daoist Zhu to stay in Jiang's house, even if she didn't look at Feng Shui to exorcise evil spirits, anyway, she just wanted Daoist Zhu to stay.So Zhu Daochang didn't propose to go back, and the old lady pretended to be stupid and ignored it.

At the end of the new year, there are more and more jobs in the shop. Uncle Jiang spends more than half of his time dealing with the business of the shop every day. He leaves early and returns late every day. So far nothing left to complain about.

The old lady had no opinion, so Hu Xiayun naturally didn't dare to have any opinion.

The day before New Year's Eve, the night of New Year's Eve.

After dinner, Pei Cheng thought about it, but still wanted to meet Jiang Linzhi. Since he complained of illness years ago, Pei Cheng has never seen Jiang Linzhi again.It's not that Pei Cheng didn't try to find him, but every time he was stopped outside the door, he couldn't see Jiang Linzhi at all, and he didn't know if it was his illusion. Pei Cheng always felt that Jiang Linzhi was avoiding himself.

"dong dong dong"

Donglai walked over and opened the door. He saw Pei Cheng standing at the door in a daze, and after he realized it, he hurriedly said, "Ma'am, why are you here?"

Pei Cheng wore a fox fur cloak, and his whole body was wrapped in the fluffy fox fur. After the cold wind blew his already pale face, he looked even more fragile.

Looking at Pei Cheng's pale face, Dong Lai always felt that he would be blown away by the cold wind and heavy snow outside.

Pei Cheng waved his hand and walked in with Donglai. After he walked into the warm room, his whole body was warmed up. He took a deep breath and said, "Where is the second master? Is he still ill?"

Dong Lai patted his head and said, "Second Master just drank the medicine and is reading in the back room. Madam, wait a moment, let me go in and ask."

Pei Cheng stood in place and looked at the figure running around, nodded casually, and moved his nose, the room smelled of medicinal herbs, which made him feel uncomfortable.

Donglai stood under the curtain and said, "Madam, come in."

Pei Cheng breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, and his footsteps became a lot easier. He walked quickly towards the back room. As soon as he entered, he saw Jiang Linzhi who was leaning on the bed with his eyes closed and meditating. He pursed his lips and said: "Second Master, how are you doing recently?"

Jiang Linzhi was still holding a half-read book in his hand, and instead of directly answering his illness, he said to Pei Cheng: "It's freezing cold, why did you come here? If it froze on New Year's Eve Body, this will ruin the auspiciousness."

Looking at Jiang Linzhi's indifferent appearance, Pei Cheng didn't know what was going on, and suddenly a surge of anger rose in his heart, and he didn't know where he suddenly got a surge of courage, Pei Cheng walked to the bed Sitting down, he stretched out his hand to take the book that Jiang Linzhi had read halfway through, and flipped through it casually: "Since the second master is not in good health, he should rest more, so as to save people from worrying."

After finishing speaking, both of them were startled.

After Pei Cheng finished speaking, he realized what he had said in a hurry, his old face blushed, he put the book aside in embarrassment, and changed the subject, "Second Master, can you attend the family banquet tomorrow?"

Hearing this, Jiang Linzhi's tone became even colder, "Why, madam thinks I shouldn't appear?"

Pei Cheng was stunned, "Why would Second Lord think so?"

Jiang Linzhi was a little irritable, and deliberately avoided the other party for half a month, but when they met each other, he lacked...

"Nothing." Jiang Linzhi glanced at Donglai who was standing by the bed, and motioned him to go out, "Did Madam come here specially to ask me about tomorrow night?"

Pei Cheng didn't answer because he couldn't answer.

He used to only know that Jiang Linzhi's health was poor, but he didn't know that the other party's health was so bad that he was sick for more than half a month, and the medicine packs during the period were not interrupted.

For more than half a month, sometimes when Donglai just boiled the medicine and served it while it was hot, Pei Cheng, who lived in the yard next door, always felt that he could smell a faint smell of medicine.At first, Pei Cheng could lie to himself that it was an illusion, but when he woke up from his nap every day, he could always smell the medicine smell wafting in the air, Pei Cheng knew it was not an illusion at all. .

"If the second master can't go out, don't go to the front hall tomorrow night." Pei Cheng was a little embarrassed when he said this, "The family will be separated after the next year. No matter what, your body is the most important thing." The most important thing is that Jiang Linzhi looked at Pei Cheng thoughtfully, "I thought Madam didn't want me to appear at the family dinner tomorrow night because of other reasons."

Pei Cheng frowned, subconsciously looked up at Jiang Linzhi, his tone was a little unstable, "Second Lord thinks I have other meanings?"

Only then did Jiang Linzhi realize what he had just said, but he couldn't hold back his face and apologized to Pei Cheng. With a straight face, he didn't say anything. Have you passed the uncle?"

"I thought you would come to me to ask about this half a month ago." Jiang Linzhi laughed at himself, Pei Cheng looked over in confusion, but was ignored by Jiang Linzhi, Jiang Linzhi continued: "It's over The family will be separated on the fifteenth day, and we can take away everything in the East Courtyard, but the shop given to us only has the previous three and a few thousand taels."

Pei Cheng felt that Mrs. Jiang was too stingy, but after thinking about it, if one day Jiang Linzhi took a concubine, if the concubine's son wanted to compete with Jiang Yanzhi for the family property in a few decades, he would probably try his best to Leave something more for Jiang Yanzhi.

After Pei Cheng's mind was full of the scene that Jiang Linzhi might take a concubine in a few decades, Pei Cheng suddenly realized that he was very good, how could he compare Jiang Linzhi with the old lady?

"If you save a little, these things are enough." Jiang Linzhi didn't care about these things, but he kept staring at Pei Cheng's expression secretly, for fear that he might miss a certain dissatisfied look on the other side.

Pei Cheng had no dissatisfaction, but Pei Cheng was worried that Jiang Linzhi was dissatisfied, so Pei Cheng comforted Jiang Linzhi in turn, saying: "At least the people in Xiyuan are willing to give us some silver taels, which is already very good."

Jiang Linzhi looked at Pei Cheng with a smile that was not a smile, but the smile didn't reach his eyes at all. He said: "Money and wealth are things outside of the body. I don't care, but I am worried that Madam will be suspicious."

Pei Cheng was startled for a moment, then laughed and said, "Could it be that I love money so much in the second master's heart?"

Jiang Linzhi chuckled, without denying it.

Pei Cheng felt that the atmosphere in front of him was not right, he frowned, and looked at Jiang Linzhi carefully. This person is still Jiang Linzhi half a month ago, nothing has changed, but why does he always give himself a feeling that the other party has changed? An even weirder feeling... Could this be my own illusion?

Jiang Linzhi withdrew his eyes and said lightly: "It's getting late, and it's time for Madam to go back."

While talking, Jiang Linzhi picked up the book just now, and continued to read it with relish.

Pei Cheng squinted his eyes, turned around and wanted to give Dong Lai a few words, but found that Dong Lai who was standing behind him would leave at some time, Pei Cheng was taken aback.

"Second Master, when did Donglai go out?" Pei Cheng subconsciously pulled Jiang Linzhi's wrist.

Pei Cheng didn't feel that he didn't even notice when a big living person left the back room, he didn't feel that he didn't even have this bit of vigilance.

Jiang Linzhi ignored what Pei Cheng said, his eyes were fixed on Pei Cheng's hand, and he was about to withdraw his hand unconsciously, but Pei Cheng's grip was too tight, so he couldn't break free by force open.

Jiang Linzhi's face was sullen, and he looked at Pei Cheng without saying a word. Only then did Pei Cheng realize that something was wrong with Jiang Linzhi, and said, "Second Lord?"

Donglai from outside the door came in with a teapot, and before he stepped into the back room, he heard Jiang Linzhi's gloomy voice from inside: "Go out."

Donglai paused, turned around and ran out without any hesitation.

For the past half month, Second Master's mood has been cloudy and uncertain, so he better stop trying to make Second Master unhappy.

As for Pei Cheng.

Pei Cheng suddenly realized something was wrong, he wanted to take back his hand, but at some point, his hand was firmly imprisoned by Jiang Linzhi's backhand, and he couldn't break free no matter what.

Jiang Linzhi looked at Pei Cheng.

Pei Cheng swallowed, his heart was beating fast, he didn't dare to look at Jiang Linzhi.