Chapter 97: Passing Years

Stars fill the sky, and the bright starlight sets off the sky more and more mysterious and distant. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Xiuxiu didn't know what to add, so she boiled a pot of porridge over a slow fire, and it was very refreshing to eat. The most important thing is, of course, neither sour nor sweet, neither lukewarm nor lukewarm.

Xu Ping drank porridge in small sips, and Xiuxiu was packing up all kinds of small items on the side, all of which were Xu Ping's usual study utensils, toiletries, etc. Xiuxiu didn't know where to find a few small boxes, and put them away in the same category.

The starlight shone on Xiuxiu's face, and her expression was quiet and peaceful, with a focused expression.

Xu Ping put down the spoon and sighed secretly in his heart. Xiuxiu has really grown up, just sit there honestly, Xu Ping only needs to look at it to know that Xiuxiu is already a big girl, no longer the little girl she used to be.

In the past, Xiuxiu, no matter what she did in front of her, always had a smile in her eyebrows, a little less focused, but a little more naughty and willful. Now Xiuxiu can no longer see her mood in her eyes, and she concentrates on doing things.

Putting the spoon in the bowl, Xu Ping looked up at Xiuxiu, and an indescribable emotion rose from his heart. In the past ten years, how many **** nights, Xiuxiu has sat beside him like this. Things are done very seriously, but she always can't sit still, she keeps asking Xu Ping questions, she must Xu Ping to talk to her, and her mouth will never be idle.

Tonight, Xiuxiu still sat there as before, but she didn't ask a word, didn't say a word.

Raising his head and putting down the things in his hand, Xiuxiu got up and said, "Ah, the official is finished eating, I'll go wash the dishes." ”

Xu Ping didn't speak, Ren Xiuxiu put away the dishes and chopsticks, and watched her walk lightly towards the moon gate.

The current Xiuxiu is a little unfamiliar, but her heart is still so familiar. Maybe in the past ten years, Xu Ping has been teaching Xiuxiu this and that, just so that one day she will become like this.

Xiuxiu finally grew up and became the person Xu Ping once thought, but Xu Ping began to miss the past.

It was already late at night, Xiuxiu finished packing up everything that should be packed, and came over to Xu Ping and said, "Official, it's not early, go back to the house early to rest." ”

"What's the hurry, I remembered just now, I don't have to go to the morning court tomorrow. For the past year, I have gotten up in the dark every day to go to the court, walking in the dark, and now I don't get lost in the inner city with my eyes closed. From tomorrow, I don't have to live this kind of day for two or three months, I can get up whenever I want, why go to bed early? ”

Xiuxiu couldn't help but smile: "Even if you don't get up early, you have to go to bed early." You're not in good health right now, don't stay up late. ”

Xu Ping lay on a chair and looked at the night sky, and said to Xiuxiu: "I don't want to go into the house, it's hot, and the house is stuffy." Xiuxiu, you go to the house and get a blanket, I'll stay outside for a while. ”

Xiuxiu responded, turned around and went to the house, took a blanket to cover Xu Ping's body, and took a small chair to sit next to Xu Ping. Xiuxiu held her cheeks, looked at the stars in the sky and did not speak.

Xu Ping pulled the blanket on his body and asked Xiuxiu: "Xiuxiu, how are you doing when you go home?" ”

"Okay, the officials and the lady take care of it, and there is no shortage of food and drink at home now, and life is passable."

"Are you busy every day?"

Xiuxiu tilted her head and said lightly: "Busy, my father and mother are old, and Huzi is in the country again, so I can't go home when I'm free." I'm alone inside and out, so of course I'm busy. ”

"You're busy, there are endless things to do every day, how can you live well."

Xiuxiu smiled: "It's not good to be idle every day and have nothing to do, we poor people have to be busy every day, so that we can be down-to-earth in our hearts." Official, you grew up in wealth and don't know this. ”

Xu Ping listened to Xiuxiu's words, and unconsciously there was a layer of estrangement in the hearts of the two. He is now a high-ranking official of the imperial court, with fine clothes and fine food, and he is soaked in wealth in the eyes of others. And Xiuxiu is still the girl from the peasant family, and the family has lived well with her for ten years, but she is still her.

But back then, he was just a naughty boy in Zhongmu Manor, and he used to work in the fields with Zhuang Ke, digging ditches and ditches. even went down to the pond with Xiuxiu to catch fish and shrimp, but I don't know if Xiuxiu still remembers.

Xiuxiu looked at the night sky and said faintly: "Official, I met Sister Dou'er a few days ago. ”

"Oh, it's been a long time since I've heard from her, how are you doing now?"

"It's okay, the two of them set up a wonton stall in the market and looked for food at Xishui Mill. There are a lot of people in the newly opened field of the three divisions, and the business is still passable. It's that there are idlers on the street every day to find trouble, and they can't live with peace of mind. We went to find Big Brother Gao together and asked him to help find someone to take care of him. ”

Xu Ping hurriedly said: "This kind of thing, why don't you tell me?" ”

Xiuxiu smiled: "What is the identity of the official now?" These small festivals on the street, we are just not sensible, and we will not make trouble with you and make you annoyed. Brother Gao has also been promoted, and this kind of scene can still hold up. ”

Xu Ping didn't speak again for a long time. The subordinates in his family when he was a teenager are now married and have a career, but Xiuxiu is the only one left, and he is still alone.

Dou'er signed a short-term contract at Xu's house that year, and it didn't take long for Xu Ping to take office in Yongzhou, and her contract expired. At that time, the Xu family was thriving, and these people who took care of Xu Ping were all good and generous, and the Xu family gave Dou'er a dowry, and found an honest businessman on the street and married out.

After all these years, Dou'er has given birth to a child, and the old house handed down by her husband's ancestors has been stripped down and rebuilt, and her life is not bad. At least in the city of Tokyo, the Dou'er family is considered to be moderately upward.

Back then, they sold themselves into the Xu family without food and clothing, and now they have no worries about food and clothing, and these subordinates still miss the kindness of the Xu family. In the end, Dou'er is different from Xiuxiu, she is just an ordinary female envoy, doing some rough work in Xu Ping's house, and she has not followed the little master for so many years.

Unconsciously, they are already in two worlds with these ordinary people around them, and when something happens, they would rather help each other than come to their former master. They have their lives, and they no longer have much to do with the Yongning Marquis Mansion, which is as deep as the sea, although the masters of this mansion are still their own people in their eyes.

Xu Ping exhaled a long breath and asked Xiuxiu, "What about Gao Daquan?" Why don't you see him come to the house these days? ”

Xiuxiu said: "Brother Gao has been transferred to Ma Busi, and a few days ago he said that he would go out of Beijing for food. My girl's family doesn't understand, anyway, she went to the Guangji Army, not in the capital. ”

There are few people in the front of the palace, and when he is transferred to Ma Busi, he must be promoted. At that time, Gao Daquan came to Xu Ping Mansion to report the good news, but unfortunately Xu Ping was on Jingxi Road, so he missed it. The forbidden army in the capital often moved to other places to get food, and this time it was missed. (To be continued.) )