Huaxi Chronicle

It took a while to go to Zhao Dagui's house just now, after Xun Feibai drank the porridge delivered by Xiao Zhuzi in one go, he went to the Westinghouse to study.

The house of the Xun family was bought by Xun Changsheng when he was teaching at Qingshan Academy. It is a green brick house with a main room in the middle.

Xun Fei used to live in the west room, but after his parents passed away, he moved to the east room and used the west room as a study.It is said to be a study room, but there is only a long table, a chair and the wooden bed that Xun Feibai slept in when he was a child.Originally there were two bookshelves in the house, but later my mother became seriously ill and the bookshelves were pawned to sell soup and medicine.There is no bookshelf at home, so Xun Feibai usually stacks books on the wooden bed.

After reading the book for three hours in a row, Xun Feibai got up only when he felt hungry.She rubbed her sore shoulders, went to the stove and took a sweet potato to eat.

After eating the sweet potatoes in his hand, Xun Feibai took the sixty fen from the morning to go out to buy some rice, and cut up half a catty of meat. The braised pork was too much to eat, so it was enough to make a meat soup.

Xun Feibai went out the door, and the moment he turned around and closed the door, he saw a person squatting in front of his house from the corner of his eye.Hearing the voice, the man raised his head and met Xun Feibai who was bowing his head.Seeing this, Xun Feibai twitched his eyebrows, opened his mouth, turned and left without speaking.

On West Street, Xun Fei bought two catties of rice for nothing, and then went to Zhu Butcher's meat stall.Just as Xun Feibai was about to ask Butcher Zhu to cut his flesh, he somehow remembered the girl at the door.The hazy eyes were still a bit dazed, looking extremely pitiful.

Xun Feibai put down his raised hand, stomped his feet again, turned around and went back to the rice shop to buy an extra two catties of rice, and went straight home without buying anything else.

When Xun Feibai got home, he saw the girl again at the door

When she saw Xun Feibai coming back, she hurriedly stood up, and before Xun Feibai could speak, she said anxiously: "My parents are both dead, and now I am left alone, and I have no other relatives to turn to, and there is no one in my family. Land property and housing. I can do all kinds of work, I can cook and wash clothes, I can also farm, I am very diligent, and I am not afraid of hardship."

"I, I don't need to be your mother, wife, I can just be a maid, and you can just give me a bite of food, please accept me, I really have no place to go."

The little girl started to have red eye circles as she spoke. Seeing that Xun Feibai still looked at her without saying a word, he turned around and opened the door to go in. He choked up and said in a low voice: "I really can do anything, I really have no relatives to turn to, please you......"

Xun Feibai's hand that opened the door paused, sighed deeply, and said in a slow voice, "Come in first."

When the little girl heard this, her eyes widened in surprise, she wiped the tears off her face with the back of her hand, smiled and followed Xun Feibai into the courtyard.

After the little girl entered, she looked up at the courtyard.The courtyard is empty, with a thatched shed on the west side of the yard, under which there is an earthen stove, with stone tables and benches next to it, and a well.On the east side of the yard is a small field, but the green vegetables in the field are swaying here and there, and the green and yellow are not picked.

Xun Feibai led her around the house, the little girl counted, there were two beds, a long table, a chair and four pieces of furniture in the house.

After leaving the house, the two stood in the courtyard, Xun Feibai asked: "You see, if you stay, you can only suffer, at most you can eat enough, do you want to stay?"

The little girl didn't hesitate at all, she nodded affirmatively: "It's fine if you have something to eat."

"How old are you this year and what's your name?" Xun Feibai asked again.

"My name is Lin Zhu, and I'm fifteen this year." Seeing that she agreed to stay, the little girl was happy in her heart, with a smile on her face.

"You can stay, we have three chapters. First of all, I will not marry you as my wife. You and I are not master and servant. I am two years older than you. I will treat you as my younger sister. You can call me older sister in the future."

When Xun Feibai said this, he stopped and looked at Lin Zhu, waiting for her to answer.

The little girl nodded, indicating that she understood.

Seeing her nodding, Xun Feibai went on to say: "Secondly, as you can see, the situation at home is not good. If you have one more meal to eat, I will definitely spend more time copying books in exchange for rations, and then the rest of the family affairs will have to be handled by you." You take care, cooking, laundry, and gardening, maybe you can do it?"

Just now Lin Zhu heard that Xun Feibai regarded her as his younger sister, and he was both happy and a little uneasy.Now that I heard that I have to work, I feel that my heart is in my stomach. I nodded and said: "I can, I can wash and cook. I will do all the work at home, and I can also farm."

After finishing speaking, the little girl pointed to the small field in the East Garden, Xun Feibai looked at the deserted field, his face became hot, and he coughed: "Thirdly, if you have a new destination in the future, or take refuge in I will not stop you from being a relative or getting married, but you must inform me in advance."

Although Xun Feibai had a serious expression when he spoke, what he said was very appropriate, and he didn't intend to bully him at all.After hearing this, Lin Zhu felt warm in his heart, thankfully he didn't leave directly, but turned back here.

After explaining the matter, Xun Feibai did not talk to Lin Zhu much.She moved the long table and chairs from the west room to the main room, told Lin Zhu that she would stay in the west room from now on, then went back to the main room to copy books, and asked Lin Zhu to cook in the courtyard.

An hour later.

Yan Family Mansion, West Garden South Courtyard, Nuanxiang Pavilion.

The corners of Yan Cong'an's mouth raised slightly, with a smile of unknown meaning, but his delicate brows were slightly drawn back, and there was no smile in his eyes.She put the note in her hand on the candle and lit it, and when the handwriting was completely burned, she threw the remaining corner into the water bowl beside her.

The next day.

Xun Feibai got up an hour earlier than usual, just like yesterday.One more person in the family has to eat more diligently, but after handing over the housework to Lin Zhu, it does save a lot of time.

When she went out of the main room, she found that Lin Zhu had already got up and was watching the fire in front of the stove. When she saw Xun Feibai, she raised her eyebrows and greeted her with a smile, "Sister, I boiled hot water for you. You can use it to wash your face." .”

After Lin Zhu finished speaking, he was going to fetch water for Xun Fei.

Xun Feibai hurriedly called her to stop: "You don't have to wait on me, you can take care of my own affairs, and you can just cook and clean the house."

Lin Zhu nodded in agreement, Xun Feibai turned around to fetch water, thought for a while and then turned to her and said, "I also wash my own clothes."

After Xun Feibai finished washing, he found that Lin Zhu had already filled the porridge and put it on the stone table. Xun Feibai shook his head helplessly.

After the two finished their breakfast, Xun Feibai went back to the main room to copy books.

Lin Zhu cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and cleaned the yard and the east and west rooms again. After calculating the time, he was about to start a fire when he heard someone knocking on the gate of the yard.

Xun Feibai also heard the voice in the house, and said loudly: "Lin Zhu, go and open the door."

Lin Zhu agreed and opened the courtyard door.

There were three girls standing at the door, the two girls at the front were dressed as maidservants, and the girl behind was wearing a plain skirt with a white gauze on her face. Standing to the side made people feel very pretty.

When Lin Zhu observed her, the girl was also looking at him with slightly bent eyebrows.Lin Zhu noticed that she was holding a rag in her hand at this time, she put her hands behind her back a little shyly, and asked, "Who are you?"

Yuzhu, who stood at the front, said, "I wonder if this is Xun Feibai's home, Mrs. Xun's?"

Just now Xun Feibai asked Lin Zhu to answer the door, but thinking that she just arrived yesterday and didn't recognize anyone, he got up and left the main room.The courtyard door was ajar, Xun Feibai caught sight of Yuzhu, she was a little surprised and said, "Miss Yuzhu?"

Yuzhu also saw Xun Feibai behind Lin Zhu, and said with a smile, "Miss Xun."

Although Xun Feibai was puzzled, she still walked to the door, and she opened the door wide: "Why do you..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Yan Cong'an behind her, and was even more surprised: "Miss Yan San?"

Yan Cong'an looked at her with crooked eyebrows, Xun Feibai felt his heart tremble inexplicably.That night in the ruined temple, Miss Yan San was always cold and indifferent, and it was the first time I saw her with slightly curved eyebrows and eyes.

She hurriedly looked away, feeling very puzzled, although Xun Feibai didn't deliberately inquire about Yan Cong'an's identity, but just by looking at her clothes and the two maidservants beside her, she could guess that Yan Cong'an was not a little lady from an ordinary family .

After entering the county that day and separating, she thought that the two had different identities and would not meet again in the future, but today Yan Cong'an appeared in front of her house.

Although he was puzzled, Xun Feibai still invited the three of them into the courtyard, there was only one chair in the main room, so Xun Feibai did not bring them into the house, but placed them at the stone table under the straw shed to sit down.

When Xun Feibai greeted Yan Cong'an, Lin Zhu followed her all the time, looking stiff and at a loss.Xun Feibai turned his head, and said to her in a warm voice, "Go and light the fire to cook, and leave it to me."

It was less than a day since Lin Zhu came to Xun Feibai's house. She wanted to help entertain the guests, but she didn't know what to do, so she had to follow Xun Feibai closely.

After hearing Xun Feibai's words, he breathed a sigh of relief, nodded with a smile, and walked away.

Fourteen or five-year-old girl, in the prime of life, with a charming smile, the two whispered, falling into Yan Cong'an's eyes, there was always a hint of intimacy.She turned her eyes slightly, and raised her eyebrows slightly.

Xun Feibai poured Yan Cong'an a cup of tea, saying it was tea, but there was only water and no tea.Seeing that Yan Cong'an just glanced at the cup, but didn't touch it, she explained with some embarrassment: "The humble house is simple, there is no tea in the house, and the hospitality is not good, so Miss Yan San laughed."

Seeing her like this, Yan Cong'an guessed Xun Feibai's thoughts at a glance, she didn't explain much, picked up the water on the table, took a sip, and said: "I came here uninvited. Forgive me, my lady."

For some reason, Xun Feibai always felt that Yan Cong'an seemed a little different from when he just entered the door.Although there was a smile in the corner of her eyes, Xun Feibai felt that Yan Cong'an seemed a little unhappy.

Today Yan Cong came to An's house to look for her, and she was a little puzzled. Seeing her at this moment, she seemed displeased and confused, so she could only ask, "I don't know why Miss Yan San came to see Fei Bai today?"