Chapter 45
The next morning at the dinner table, Zhou ziruo carefully observed Muqi Jun, who could not be more energetic, and put down his worries. This product has such a good appetite that it’s impossible to be entangled by it. As soon as his heart was relaxed, his appetite came. Lu LiXiao just broke half an egg yolk and sent it to his mouth, and he ate it contentedly.
Village head Su suddenly mentioned: “tomorrow is the death day of the two elders of the Duan family. I’m ready to go to the grave. You get up early tomorrow. I’ll take you to the mountain.”
“Thank you.” Lu LiXiao said politely.
“Elder brother Er has saved some money for elder brother Duan over the years. When they passed away in a hurry, the money has been deposited with me. I’ll give it to you now. ” Village head Su put down his bowl and got up.
Lu LiXiao stopped: “no need…”
“Yes. Although elder brother Duan has cultivated immortality, he doesn’t like the worldly things, but after all, it’s the painstaking efforts of the elder brother er. ” Village head Su entered his bedroom, and then the sound of rummaging came out.
The three people on the table exchanged their eyes and were silent.
The two old people must have missed their only son Duan Peng very much when they were alive, but I’m afraid they never dreamed that Duan Peng had already died.
Zhou ziruo shakes his head and eats the last piece of egg yolk. He sticks out his tongue and licks Lu LiXiao’s fingers. At this time, he finds Mu Qijun’s face is peeped at by thunder.
Look at that!
If Zhou ziruo bares his teeth to Muqi Jun, Lu LiXiao looks along him. Muqi Jun turns his face quickly and happens to see the bare wall from the wide open door of village head Su’s room.
“Why?” Village head Su came out with a red cloth bag and brought it to the door. Muqi Jun asked, “village head, have you taken down the painting on the wall?”
The red cloth bag fell to the ground and the silver coins rolled out. Village head Su quickly leaned over to pick up the silver, stood up and said, “painting?” What picture? ”
“It’s the painting you hung in the room…”
“I’ve never had a picture in my room! You are wrong! ” Village head Su said seriously.
Muqijun was stunned. Several people looked at village head su. Village head Su realized that his tone was too tough and forced him to smile: “little brother, it’s my faux pas There is a custom in the village that painting is not allowed on the wall. I’m so excited… ”
“Oh It doesn’t matter. Maybe I’ve lost my eye. ” Muqi jundao.
After dinner, Lu LiXiao and Lengmo go to find clues in the old house of Liu family, where Duan Jiading’s baby is married. Muqi Jun is still asking people for information in the village.
Liu’s mother, daughter, orphan and widowed mother came to the village. They belonged to the immigrants in the village. The house was built at the end of the village, which was very remote and sparsely populated. The people of Daohe village are simple and honest. No one will go in and move things in the empty house. Therefore, even in the past few decades, everything is still the same as before.
Lengmo opens the door with a needle, and the small room of Liu’s family appears in front of him. The place where a woman lives is always in good order. Even if she decides to move away and doesn’t come back, she won’t make a mess.
Lu LiXiao looks for Liu and her daughter’s bedroom. It’s dark in the room. He lights the short candle he brought. When he sees Zhou ziruo under the bed, he hears him shouting: “something!”
Under the bed was a small iron box. Lu LiXiao pulled it out and put it on the ground. As soon as he pulled the old lock on it, it opened.
Cold Mo looks for the living room to push a door to come in, saw to ask a way: “what is inside?”
Lu LiXiao looked for half a moment and showed him the box.
In the box, the water red silk cloth was carefully spread with a layer of face. On the silk cloth, there were some clever things for little girls to play with, and an open letter.
Although the contents of the box are well kept, the words on the letterhead have been completely illegible for more than 30 years.
“This box should have been sealed before Liu left the village. There is only one letter like this letter in Liu’s family. Does the reason for her leaving have something to do with the contents on the letter paper?” Lengmo guessed, then chagrined, “it’s a pity that after too long, the handwriting can’t be seen clearly, there’s no way to know about Liu’s mother and daughter!”
Zhou ziruo is also very frustrated. This is the clue he found.
“Not necessarily.” Lu LiXiao twisted up the letter paper and lit it on the candle. Zhou ziruo shrugged his nose and smelled the fragrance.
Lengmo was surprised, “this fragrance is…”
“The cedar paper, a specialty of Yiyang City, is made by adding pine and snow juice into the paper making process. After it is made, it has a pleasant fragrance, and the burning is even more intense. Although more than 30 years have passed, it is still a top-grade paper product with residual fragrance. ” Lu LiXiao road.
Lengmo hugged his arm, “is this letter from Yiyang City? Yiyang City is not too far from here and Qingyang mountain… ”
“It seems necessary to make a detour to Yiyang City when we go back.” Lu LiXiao folded the rest of the letter paper into the envelope and put it back in the box. At this time, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Zhou ziruo lying on the table. There was a bright thing hidden under his stomach.
Zhou ziruo touched Lu LiXiao’s eyes. He lowered his head and didn’t see it. Lu LiXiao stopped closing the box and said, “take it out.”Lengmo doesn’t know why, until the fox on the table wrongly pushes out a small jade carving fox.
This jade fox carving is fine, but that jade is really not a good one. It’s worth one or two Wen to sell it. Zhou ziruo, of course, is not greedy for such a worthless thing. He just thinks of himself when he sees the jade carving fox. Suddenly he feels like he has company, so he can’t help but want to take it away.
Lu LiXiao poked Zhou ziruo’s forehead with his fingers, “moral character is general. Have I wronged you? ”
If Zhou Zi is unconvinced, all the things in this box are not wanted by Liu. Can’t he just pick up the rags?
“Hard to reply?” Lu LiXiao’s strength on his fingers increased, and Zhou ziruo’s forehead hurt and became angry.
Originally, he didn’t have to do this jade carving, but now he’s on a par with Lu LiXiao. He pulled out from Lu LiXiao’s hands, bit the jade pendant hanging from Lu LiXiao’s belt and threw it into the box. The jade fell on the silk cloth and made a dull sound. Zhou ziruo grabbed the fox jade carving with his paw.
This jade is much more valuable than this jade carving! Anyway, he still owes Lu LiXiao 998 Wen. It doesn’t matter if he adds more! He has paid for it. Can he take this broken jade carving?
Zhou ziruo vowed to defend the jade carving fox to the death. His hair rose up and he was ready to fight against Lu LiXiao to the end. Lu LiXiao was stunned for a moment. Instead of letting him put the jade carving back, he seemed to acquiesce in his act of offsetting his jade pendant and silently locked the iron box.
Zhou ziruo is a fool.
“Fourth elder martial brother, your piece of warm Topaz…” Cold Mo didn’t resist, remind a way.
Lu LiXiao seemed to be in a good mood. He put the small iron box back under the bed and picked up Zhou ziruo who was confused: “he belongs to me. Of course, I will pay for his things. Let’s go. ”
This sentence is like a thunder on Zhou ziruo’s head.
Nani??
I don’t mean that!! I’m just borrowing your money for a piece of Yushun, and I’ll give you more trouble!! I’m not yours!!! Man, how magical is your brain circuit???
Now it’s too late to put this broken jade carving back, MI Wuwu!!!
After breaking up with Lu LiXiao and others, muqijun walked around the village, always thinking about the painting last night, and then went back to village head Su’s house.
In the daytime, village head Su and Su Jin are usually not at home, because these two days they are guests at the Su’s house. The door of the Su’s house is not locked at all. Anyway, the people in Daohe village are honest and never sneak around.
Muqijun secretly observed around the room, determined that there was no one at home, and quickly flashed into the door. He tangled for a while at the door of village head Su’s bedroom, and finally entered the room, reciting in a low voice, “I’m just looking and seeing.”.
Village head Su is a scholar. His bedroom is clean and tidy, which almost makes muqijun have no place to start.
Muqi Jun first looked under the bed, and then found the cabinet. He didn’t even have anything like a scroll. He couldn’t help but wonder if he was wrong last night?
Just when he felt the back of his head and thought so, he accidentally kicked a tall vase standing by the bed. He quickly opened his arms and hugged the vase. The vase shook and half of the scroll came out of the bottle mouth!
Muqi Jun “Yi” sound, will draw out the scroll to unfold, the flowing water on the long silk, graceful young girl standing in the stream, eyes such as silk Dan lips, smile at him, beautiful things.
This is far from his expectation.
The person in the picture looks like a girl who has not been out of the pavilion in her life. Can’t she be the village head’s wife? Is it the wife of the village head before marriage?
It’s just a picture. Why does village head Su deny it? Muqijun couldn’t figure it out. He rolled up the scroll and put it back in the vase. He pulled the door and left the house.
It’s still early. He plans to go to the village again to inquire about Duan Peng. Just after walking to the fence yard, he sees Su Jin running over.
Su Jin’s ragged clothes are even more dirty now, and her naked skin is full of indistinguishable dirt. She didn’t seem to expect that there was someone in the family at this time. Her head was lower and almost buried in her chest. She ran quickly from muqijun’s side.
Muqi Jun knew that it must be the children in the village who bullied Sujin as a monster. He quickly took off his coat to catch up with Sujin and put it on her. “You go to sit in the house, and I’ll draw water to wipe it for you!”
Su Jin grabs her chest clothes and stares at his clumsy throwing bucket to draw water. Muqi Jun took half a bucket of well water, soaked it with a clean towel and handed it to Su Jin. He turned his face and said, “wipe it yourself. I won’t watch it.”
After a while, Muqi Jun heard the suppressed sobs, he turned back, Su Jin did not wipe the dirt on the body, but shrunk into a ball in a low voice crying.
Muqijun sighed in his heart, and sympathized with the girl. He raised his hand and patted her on the back. Draped in Su Jin’s body, the coat slipped down half, revealing his thin back. Mu Qi Jun’s hand on Su Jin’s shoulder suddenly stopped.
He frowned and looked there, only to see in the dirty filth, a string of crimson marks all over the thin spine!The author has something to say: Although the jade fox is not wanted by others, and it is not worth money, Xiao Zhou can’t resist the temptation of loving each other. It’s not advisable to take other people’s things. Good boy, don’t learn. Forgive him this time. Xiao Lu will punish him for the official uncle_ ╰)╭