Little Sweet Anthology GL

It is said that their grandparents were officials, but later resigned and retired to seclusion. The officials thought of their hard work and gave them a thousand acres of fertile land as a reward.

"Have you heard? The young master of the Huang family is going to marry a wife, and the dowry is 1000 taels of silver!" By the river in the morning, the sun has just risen, and most of the women in the village come here to wash clothes, exchange feelings, and chat Gossip.

"I know, but it's a pity, that Young Master Huang is an idiot, tsk tsk tsk, otherwise I would have married my daughter." The fat woman patted her clothes nimbly and said with a smile.

"Not only is it a fool, but I heard that a few days ago, I was sick and got an evil spirit, and now I am still in a coma. Isn't my niece working in the Huangfu? I heard from her that she wanted to make me happy." Another short and dark man The woman stood up, waved the stick, and said mysteriously.

"Hey, that's such a pity. The Huang family has done good deeds for generations, established village schools, built bridges and built ancestral halls. They should have been rewarded with blessings. Why are they like this?" Others shook their heads, expressing their pity.

After the women washed their clothes, they left separately, leaving only one little girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, biting her lips in a daze, thinking about what everyone said. 1000 taels of silver, she will never be able to earn so much money in her entire life!

Holding the washed clothes in her arms, she walked home full of thoughts. "Sister, sister, you are finally back, woo woo woo~"

Before entering the door, she heard her younger brother's immature and flustered voice. She hurriedly put down the basin, ran to her younger brother, and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Grandma, she can't wake up even if she screams, Yi'er is scared, woo-woo~" Liu Yi pointed to grandma's room, his little face was full of tears.

The little girl was startled, and hurried to the house.The room was dark and simple, and the strong smell of medicine permeated the air, making people very depressing.Grandma was lying on the only bed with her eyes closed, motionless.

"Grandma, wake up! Don't scare me." The little girl trembled, lying on the head of the bed, gently shaking the person on the bed, tears streaming down her face.

"Hey, Xu'er, what's the matter?" There was some movement on the bed, a thin hand raised up with difficulty, gently stroking the granddaughter's head, the hoarse voice brought Liu Xu'er back to her senses.

"Grandma, grandma, I thought, woohoo~" Liu Xu'er suddenly raised her head, and held grandma's hand, extremely excited.

"Good granddaughter, grandma is still here, don't cry!" Although the old man on the sickbed was suffering from illness, he still looked at his grandson lovingly and smiled.

"Grandma, are you hungry? Xu'er will get you something to eat." Liu Xu'er wiped away her tears, cheered up again, and said.

"Grandma is not hungry, you eat, grandma, she is getting old and won't live long, the only thing that worries you is the two of you, hey, grandma is not reconciled to seeing Xu'er get married! Cough cough cough~" said the old man He coughed violently.

"Grandma, take a rest and lie down!" With tears in her eyes, Liu Xu'er stepped forward to pat the old man's back, biting her lips tightly.

Watching grandma fall asleep again, Liu Xu'er came to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. "Sister, we have nothing to eat at home." Liu Yi opened the lid, looked at the empty rice jar and said with a sad face.

"It's okay, sister has a solution. Yi'er is going to make medicine for grandma. I'll go out for a while and I'll be right back." After saying that, Liu Xu'er left the dilapidated house without looking back, and walked to the gate of Huang's mansion with heavy steps. .She lingered for a long time, hesitating and daring not to knock on the door.

At this moment, the door of Huang's mansion opened suddenly, and a man who looked like a servant came out. He stared at the ragged girl in front of him, frowned, waved his hand and said, "There is no porridge at the mansion today, come back another day." .”

Just as she was about to close the door, Liu Xu'er emboldened her courage, stepped forward, blocked the man's way, and said, "I'm not here to beg for porridge. I heard that the family is marrying the young master, so I wanted to come and give it a try."

Hearing this, the man stopped and looked at the person in front of him carefully. He looked pretty good, and his words and deeds were a little different from those in the village, so he said, "Follow me."

Just like that, Liu Xu'er followed behind the man, lowered her head, and entered the mansion step by step.She didn't dare to look up, she didn't know how long she walked, the man asked her to wait here, and she went to the backyard to report.Only then did she slowly raise her head, what a big yard!

The place where she was sitting was in the front hall, and the Eight Immortals chairs were arranged neatly on both sides.There is a pair of wooden chairs in the middle, carved with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, which is very beautiful.There was a picture of mountains and rivers hanging on the wall, seeing that it was signed by Taoist Fang, Liu Xu'er couldn't help but widen her eyes.

When she was lamenting the majesty of the Huang Mansion, Mrs. Huang was already behind her, and seeing her staring at the landscape picture on the wall, she was a little puzzled. "Ahem, this is the girl you mentioned, I don't know her name and where she lives."

Liu Xu'er came to her senses without being stage-frightened, and answered methodically: "Returning to Madam, the youngest girl's surname is Liu, and her name is Xu'er. She lives in Liuyin Village. There are only two grandma and younger brother in the family."

Mrs. Huang nodded in satisfaction, with a sad expression on her face: "Miss Liu, you should know about my son's situation. If he really gets married, I'm afraid he won't be able to live a normal life as a married couple. But now, he is seriously ill. Doctors They are also helpless.”

Liu Xu'er had already made preparations, and said with a smile: "Returning to Madam, my daughter will know. The old man in the family has been sick for a long time, and my younger brother is young. I am here for them now."

Mrs. Huang looked at such a calm person in surprise, thought for a while, called the maid and said, "Go and get a pen and paper, let the girl write down the date of birth, so that the husband can calculate it."

"Yes, ma'am."

Liu Xu'er bit her lip tightly, waited for the pen and paper to be brought, finished writing smoothly, and handed it to the maid.Mrs. Huang took the paper, nodded in satisfaction, and sent someone to take some silver taels and said: "Miss Liu, please go back and wait for news. These silver taels are just my heart."

The maid handed Liu Xu'er the purse containing the broken silver, but she insisted on not wanting it: "No, no, Mrs. Huang, I can't ask for your silver for no reason. I appreciate your kindness."

"But don't you have a sick grandma? You are most short of money for medical treatment, so let's use it for emergency." Seeing her refusal, Mrs. Huang's impression of her improved a bit.

Liu Xu'er bit her lip, and said in a low voice, "Then consider me borrowing the money from you. I'll write an IOU first, and I'll pay you back when I save enough money." Mrs. Huang couldn't resist her, so she had to let her keep Only after I got the IOU did I leave.

Liu Xu'er, who got the windfall, hurried to Aunt Niu to buy some eggs and food, and then hurried back.When I got home, grandma was still asleep, and my brother was concentrating on looking at the medicine.

"Sister, you're finally back, Yi'er is so hungry!" Liu Yi looked at her sister with a big bag of food in her hand, and unconsciously drooled.

"Yi'er, my sister bought some food. If you persist for a while, you'll have something to eat." Liu Xu'er didn't have time to grieve, so she lit a fire to cook, and after a while, the delicious egg rice came out of the pot.

"Sister, Yi'er hasn't had such a good meal for a long time." Liu Yi said with a grin, his mouth full of rice and a few grains of rice sticking to the corner of his mouth.

"Eat slowly, don't choke." Liu Xu'er looked at her younger brother's emaciated appearance, feeling a little distressed, and secretly hoped that there would be good news tomorrow, so that they would not suffer any more.

The Landlord's Silly Son II

On the second day, Liu Xu'er got up early, took care of her younger brother and grandma after breakfast, then sat in the courtyard with a broken bench, staring blankly at the door.Sometimes when passers-by walked by, Liu Xu'er stood up excitedly, then sat down in disappointment, and repeated this several times. Liu Yi watched her sister's strange behavior curiously, and couldn't help asking: "Sister, what are you doing?" What's the matter? Are you waiting for someone?"

Liu Xu'er recovered her senses and looked at her younger brother, but she didn't tell him the matter after all.Liu Yi was also sensible, so he didn't ask any further questions, and continued to gesture on the ground with a branch, as if he was writing something.

At this time, there was a hasty knock on the door. "Excuse me, is this Miss Liu's house? I am the housekeeper of the Huang residence, and I am here to bring a letter."

Liu Xu'er was startled, a little excited but also a little scared, and hurriedly stepped forward to open the door.There were quite a few people standing outside the door, and they should be servants and maidservants of Huang's mansion by their attire.

"Housekeeper, is there any news from Mrs. Huang?" Liu Xu'er opened her eyes wide, as if waiting for the final judgment.

"Yes, congratulations girl. Your horoscope matches my young master very well. This time I came here to issue a letter of appointment. Madam said that the young master is not in good health these days, so the date has been brought forward. It will be on the eighth day of this month. That is, the day after tomorrow is a rare and auspicious day. Girl, if you have anything missing here, just tell me, so I can make preparations quickly." Steward Wang is the man I saw at the gate of the Huang Mansion that day, about forty, courteous .

"So urgent?" Liu Xu'er was a little surprised, but thinking about the current situation, sooner or later she would come to this point, so she stopped hesitating and said firmly, "If that's the case, then I have to work hard as a housekeeper. Both my parents died when I was young. , and grandma and younger brother depend on each other for life, now that grandma is old and sick in bed, this marriage can only be decided and arranged by herself. If there is anything improper, I hope the housekeeper will point it out."

"Here," the housekeeper hesitated, but after looking at the situation in the room, he nodded and said, "Okay, that's the only way. Miss Liu, this is the dowry money my wife gave you. You take it, and it will be later I'll send someone to bring the betrothal gift. And this maid," the housekeeper gave a look, and a woman about Liu Xu'er's age stepped forward, "My name is Mingyu, and I will stay here to take care of your daily life these days. , let her do any work