Chapter 23(1/2)
Jiang asked him to go out, but Xu You didn't leave, so she had to stretch out her arms, took a towel and wiped her face in the quilt, gave it back to him, and then took another piece to apply to her eyes.
The towel was wet, and she had to pull the quilt under her neck. Fortunately, her eyes were blocked, so there was no need to worry about being seen by him.
But she didn't know that a wet hair was left on her cheek, and the white cheek that had just been wiped out looked like a beautiful jade. What was even more beautiful was her bright red lips.
The room was quiet. Jiang Shi didn't know what Xu You was doing. She pressed the towel with one hand while urging him: "Go quickly..."
Before he finished speaking, a pair of cool hands were held by her face. From clumsy to anxious, Xu You blocked all her cry.
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As Xu You expected, Xu Jin got up early, but she didn't busy going to the front yard, but went under the apricot tree.
The apricot fruits were about to be ripe, and some of them were almost ready to eat on Xiangyang. She asked the maid Baozhu to put the bench under the tree, and stood up with her skirt and picked the fruit with her own hands.
Baozhu couldn't persuade the stubborn girl, so she had to stay aside with fear and was ready to catch her at any time.
The two apricot trees grew lush and leaves. Xu Jin picked about thirty, and she took four or five of them herself. The remaining ones were sent to the house first, and then happily went to the room, washed the fruit before entering the parents' room. She stood at the door of the inner room and asked, "Dad, have you gotten up?"
"Get up, come in."
Looking at his wife who was lowering her head to tie her belt for him, Xu You's voice was happy.
After being together for so long, no matter how shy he is, he will be over after a quarrel.
If it were at the beginning, he probably didn't know how to coax her. Now, after coaxing her daughter for so many years, Xu You found that using the trick of coaxing her daughter to his wife would work.
Xu Jin smiled and Dabai also got in.
Now Dabai is very skilled in climbing the threshold. After entering the house, he first walks around the house, and then returns to Xu Jin's feet. Xu Jin stops it and squats down. Xu Jin follows him.
In the room, the mother was helping her father dress. Her father smiled and her mother's face was a little red.
Looking at them, Xu Jin always felt that something seemed different, but he couldn't explain why he felt this way, so he didn't think about it.
After the two of them came over neatly, she handed over the washed apricot fruit, "Dad, mother, you can try it, it's a bit sour, it's quite delicious."
"You picked it?"
Xu You took it and took a bite. It tasted sweet and sour, and the lips and teeth were salivating.
Xu Jin nodded, and was about to speak, but when he met his mother's reproachful gaze, he changed the words he was about to blurt out, "Yes, but they are all under the tree, you can reach it with your hand... Oh, why are you so red, mom?
You haven't eaten yet!"
Staring at his mother's rosy lips, Xu Jin asked curiously.
I had dinner with my mother before, but she had observed that after using the meal, my mother's lips looked very red and beautiful. Then she looked in the mirror and found that she would do the same.
Jiang's shame that finally suppressed it, and then he rushed to his face.
She glared at Xu You quietly, and without even picking up Xingguo, she lifted her foot and walked out, "You're wrong, mom has something to do. You father and daughter have a while to talk, and then go to the side hall, and dinner will start soon."
After saying that, he had already walked out.
Xu Jin stared at the door curtain in confusion and raised his head to ask his father: "Dad, my mother's lips are very red, right?"
Could it be that she was carrying something good to eat?
Xu You touched his daughter's head, "Maybe your mother just finished drinking water?
Let's go to the side hall to save your mother from thinking we were too late."
Of course he wouldn't tell his daughter that his wife's mouth was kissed red by him. He would pester her for how long she had applied her eyes... Thinking of the beautiful feeling of tangling lips and teeth, Xu You couldn't help but speed up and just wanted to look at her a few more before leaving.
After the family of three had breakfast, Xu Jin and his mother gave it to their father.
When she arrived outside the door, she reluctantly hugged her father's arm, "Dad, I'll pick you up on the fourth day of the New Year!"
My father was on holiday for the fifth and sixth day of the lunar month, and finally he could stay at home for one more day.
"Need not."
Xu You stood in front of the carriage and looked at his daughter with relief: "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, Dad can't bear to let A Jin go, be at home to accompany your mother, Dad will come back early, and then Dad will play chess with you. If you win..." As he said that, he put his hands on his daughter's small shoulders and looked up at Jiang, "If A Jin wins, I will ask your mother to give you the reward you want the most."
The words are serious, but the meaning in your eyes is self-evident.
If it weren't for the fact that his daughter was thinking too much, Jiang would have wanted to spit on him and turn around and run in.
Before he made the explanation, he didn't even dare to look at her for a long time. It was just right that he was thinking about that kind of thing...
But when he wanted to scold him, his face was still red and he didn't dare to see anyone. Jiang pulled his daughter and urged him to leave: "Get in the car quickly, don't be late!"
"Well, then I'll leave. Remember to wait for me on the fourth night of the New Year and come back to have dinner together."
Xu You looked at her deeply, and before she became angry, she raised her legs and got into the car, quickly put down the curtain to block her equally hot face, smiled, and signaled the coachman to set off.
My daughter is so eager to have a younger brother to be her company, how could he not work hard?
There is no need to wait until the fourth day of the New Year. He will come back tonight, hiding it from her first, so as not to restless all day.
The carriage was rumbling away, and Xu Jin looked up from his mother's arms, "Mom, let's go in...Mom, why are you so blushing?"
"Ah, it's okay, the sun is so poisonous today. Let's go in."
Jiang's heart was pounding and he fooled him casually, all he thought about was Xu You's last meaningful words.
I was going to follow him the day after tomorrow... In an instant, the nervousness that should have been before getting married but never before, suddenly swept over her.
He didn't dare to stay with his daughter for too long. Jiang hid back to the house as if he was running away. He picked up the embroidery work and put it down. He looked out the window and was in a state of consciousness. He just hoped that time would pass slowly and gave her a few more days to prepare.
Xu Jin didn't know her mother's sweet worries, so she took Dabai to visit her. Baozhu was carrying two small baskets in his hand, containing about a dozen yellow apricot fruits.
Because he wanted to play with Cui Xiao, Xu Jin went to the Qi family first.
She often comes, without the concierge reporting, just go in.
Bypassing the screen wall, I saw Mr. Qi, who was practicing Tai Chi in the yard, wearing a loose white dress, lifted his legs and stretched his arms, slowly and lightly.
Xu Jin couldn't help but slow down and his eyes followed the old man's every move.
As I looked at her, I suddenly noticed someone was looking at her. When I turned my eyes, I realized that there was a young man in green standing under the tree over there, with a fair face and elegant eyebrows. I don’t know whether it was because of the white gauze on his forehead or the green shade on his head. Compared with Qi Jing who I knew in the past, Qi Jing now seems to have a calm atmosphere.
Not to mention the other person, Xu Jin had never seen Qi Jing interested in the old man's boxing before.
"A Jin is here, your father is gone?"
Mr. Qi just closed his fists and asked with a smile.
"Well, I just walked for a while, where are Grandpa Qi and Grandma Qi?"
Xu Jin walked over with a smile and heard Mr. Qi say that Mrs. Qi is in the backyard. She shook her head and refused the old man's invitation. She handed a small basket of yellow apricots to Mr. Qi, "Grandpa Qi, my apricot fruit is ripe. I will give you some to try it first. In a few days, I will give you more ripe.
Then I'll go and play with Xiaoxiao. You'll say hello to Grandma Qi for me and I won't bother her."
"A Jin is so good. Grandpa likes to eat your apricots. The ones you buy outside are not as delicious as A Jin gives."
Mr. Qi smiled kindly, touched Xu Jin's head, turned around and shouted to Qi Jing, "Come here, you go and see A Jin off."
The eldest grandson has a good attitude this morning, and he likes him a little.
Xu Jin was about to say no, but Qi Jing had already walked over and glanced at Dabai, who was lying down beside Xu Jin, who was ready to pounce on him at any time. He also raised his hand and touched Xu Jin's head: "Let's go, I'll give you it."
Cui Lu and the elders of the three families like to touch her head. I think it is this way to express closeness?
The boy's movements were unfamiliar, but fortunately, his strength was quite appropriate and he did not mess with her hair bun.
After touching, he withdrew his hand, looked down at her expression.
Xu Jin was dumbfounded.
Qi Jing touched her head just now?
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After being touched by the annoying person, Xu Jin's first thought was to scold Qi Jing. But when she looked at the old man Qi next to her, she endured it and didn't say he didn't need to send it. After saying goodbye to Mr. Qi, she turned around and walked out.
He stopped after walking out of the door, glared at Qi Jing fiercely, "You are not allowed to touch my head again!"
Qi Jing looked confused: "Don't you like it?
Aren’t you very happy when Cui Lu touches you?"
Now he has no problem speaking.
"The second brother is the second brother, you are you, I don't like to let you touch it!"
Cui Lu has always treated her like a brother. She touched her head intimately. Qi Jing touched her and she was uncomfortable! Seeing him pretending to be stupid, Xu Jin snorted in a low voice: "Don't pretend to be honest. You dare to bully me and Dabai anymore. I asked Grandpa Qi to hit you hard. This time, my father didn't plead for you, what should you do!"
"I said I won't bully you anymore."
Qi Jing's eyes were sincere. Seeing that she obviously didn't believe it, he had no choice but to stop talking.
Xu Jin was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he asked Baozhu to walk towards Cui's house.
After walking two steps, he heard footsteps behind him, turned around and met Qi Jing's puzzled eyes.
Xu Jin was so angry that he was so angry that he glared at him and asked him: "What are you doing with me?"
Qi Jing calmly replied: "I'll go find Cui Lu."
Except for the scars that have not disappeared, the body has almost recovered. Before ensuring that Dabai can be successfully lured to the Xu family apricot tree, he should try his best to contact Dabai as much as possible, and maybe he can go back when the opportunity is right.
Even if he couldn't go back, he would still stare at Dabai so as not to have an accident. The little girl was really kind to Dabai, but she was still young after all, and she would inevitably have no place to take care of her.
"…Second brother doesn't like playing with you at all!"
Xu Jin couldn't help him to go to the Cui family, so he had to whisper and speed up his pace.
Qi Jing pretended not to hear it, followed her directly, watching her petite figure cast a long and oblique shadow on the ground, and saw Dabai walking beside her, and saw his shadow following a man and a dog.
As he looked, he frowned.
Both of them were him, and for different reasons, they were both by her side.
This feeling is a bit strange.
"Young Master Qi, Miss Xu."
The concierge of the Cui family greeted the two enthusiastically, and called a servant to lead the two into the road. The two little guests came together and naturally wanted to pay a visit to the wife.
Mrs. Cui was discussing things with several servants. When she saw the servant bringing two children over, she suddenly laughed and left her seat to the door to say hello, "Oh, why are you two coming together today?
To be continued...