Chapter 7 - The Bell
The nights in the mountains were always colder.
The seven year old girl originally did not have anything to do, and was recuperating from her illness, but after idly reading a book, she was ready to go to bed to rest.
The green parrot doing needlework on the side saw Xu Shanran put down the book in her hands, and hurriedly went forward to ask: "Is the girl going to rest?" And let the bamboo solid to go outside to beat the hot water to wash the face in, he served Xu Shanran walked to the dressing table in front of the sit down, to unravel those head jewelry, neck collar.
Only this time, just pulled out the two beads of the green parrot a little hesitant to caress the left side of Xu Shanran tied up hair, and the head of all the jewelry removed, and then untie the head rope, with the hand slowly down, to determine that there is no longer anything else, only then said: "girl, seems to have dropped a string of bells ...... "
Xu Shanran, who was a little distracted, was stunned at the words, and looked at the things that were scattered in front of the dressing table: "Is there a watch mark on this bell?"
Green parrot busily said, "There is not, there is only that gold building craftsman's mark on it."
In Tong Xin has not been ousted before, Xu Shanran's jewelry has been Tong Xin in charge; but now Tong Xin is not in, another red parrot and Li mother to stay in the State Duke's House to see the yard, followed by a group of children in the bamboo is really too much to be used, Xu Shanran around the body of the clothes and jewelry to give all the tightly to the green parrot to look at.
Although the beginning is not responsible for this, but when Xu Shanran woke up to walk around, explained that idle don't wear those precious watch mark things. Green parrot naturally remember clearly, even a few days are only for Xu Shanran to wear some lovely ornaments, this bell is also so, only quite delicate, and not expensive enough to allow people to recognize at a glance that this is something of the State Duke's Office.
"Then it's just. Maybe it fell off after touching it with someone in the daytime." Xu Shanran said, "later you carry a lantern, let Zhu Shi take you to that place to find, find back on good, find back also forget - if not find back, the rest of this one you put away, back to find someone to melt, another make a style."
The words explained so clearly, green parrot also no more words, for Xu Shanran change clothes and face, serving the other side on the bed, and put down the silver hook hanging on the green smoke Luo landscape pattern tent, because Xu Shanran since waking up does not need a maid to sleep in the footrest on duty at night, will take a candlestick on the table, and then blew out the remaining candles, quietly walked to the side of the ear room.
The young girl is easy to go sleepy, see Xu Shanran on the bed rest, with a water basin in and out of the water basin bamboo solid with the rest of the water to wash his face, took off the outside of the jacket, a little confused embracing the quilt to lean against the wall to go.
Green parrot walked in to see, and hastily went forward to wake up the other side: "wait and then sleep, daytime you follow the girl is not letting the girl bumped into someone? The girl's head jewelry fell a, you quickly tell me where you bumped into people, I carry a lantern to look for, see if you can still find back!"
Even a few pats of force is not heavy, but already enough bamboo solid awake, she slightly with a little naive dissatisfaction pout, or sharp take clothes wear shoes, to be down from the bed: "is just not far from the Mrs.'s yard out, that curved stone path ...... "
Green parrot said: "You down for what? I'll go alone, the girl here is the most important, I'm not there when you have to guard the door."
Hearing that you don't have to go together, Zhu Shi retracted back into the quilt and answered "Sister don't worry.
Green parrot and asked in detail about the location, think probably have a bottom, will carry a lantern out, walk to the time also deliberately pay attention to the windows and doors.
This trip out of the time is not really short, although nearly spring, but the night winds are still bone-chilling cold, and so green parrot ran back in a hurry, carrying the lantern's hands are scraped to the wind a red.
She shivered a little and sat down next to the fire, warmed her hands by the fire, then took off her coat and wrapped her shivering body with the quilt.
This series of noises startled the shallow sleep bamboo real, leaning against the wall of the little girl asked in a daze, "Green parrot sister, jewelry found or not ......?"
"No." Green parrot answered a, sleeping against the wall of the little girl also do not know hear no, said a sentence after no sound.
Sitting against the wall, I do not know how to sleep so well.
A whole day down, green parrot heart hides a lot of words want to say, see this only can say a couple of words on the girl this appearance, can not help but in the heart of the slander a few sentences.
In fact, Tong Xin things just passed soon, even if Xu Shanran himself said that the night without a girl on night duty, something will ring the bell to let two people come in to serve, serving Xu Shanran two girls are not so big heart, dare to really listen to their own go to sleep, only as in the past, a person a day of scheduling, the turn of the vigil will be some hard work in the ear room leaning against the wall to sleep because of the inside of the copper bell, the ear room of the wall is buried in the copper pipe, as long as the inside of the sound of the sound of the bell, the ear room of the wall is buried in the copper pipe, the ear room of the ear room of the ear room of the ear room, the ear room is buried in the copper pipe, the ear room is buried in the copper pipe. As long as there is a sound inside, the girl sleeping against the wall is bound to be awakened.
Wrapped in the quilt body regained heat, but the chaotic mind can not be calm down.
Half of Green Parrot's spirit was whirling around on Xu Shanran, and the other half was whirling around on that thing she was about to do.
Outside things ah, this is outside things ah ...... she is now able to go out ...... not to mention the oil and water of this, is to meet more people, in the future to marry also have more choices... ...Not to mention that the State House is a fixed rule, those dedicated maids and boys, especially the master's green eyes, will always be put out to deal with some external affairs, recognize a few small officials have some friendship, and then send a thick family sold slavery, go to the countryside to be a master and wife of ...... no no, these These are too far away, just that marriage is enough, this marriage is like a second birth, if fell into the hands of a eat, drink, whore and gamble all the people, it would be better to head for death more simply some ...... Also, the girl in the end, why did you suddenly say so? The girl said and in the end is not counted ...... green parrot a little hesitant to think, but also can not help but think: should be counted, although the girl is small, but really counted on the fourth wife's eyes, which contains in the mouth for fear of melting, hold in the hand for fear of bad, the girl as long as the mouth, surely can be done; and the four masters, their masters, although very wild, and more like The four masters, although their masters are very wild, more like the Zhou aunt out of the four girls, but what good things, the four girls can not, but will not fall their five girls, the first commoner end is very clear ...... this way, the girl said that words are certainly counted ...... can girl --
"You say the girl in the end what is thinking?" Green parrot can not help but ask out.
She also asked herself in the bottom of her heart: you say the girl, in the end want you to do something?
No one answered, the small ear put quiet, only the fire pot in the sporadic red dot in the darkness flickering slightly.
Green parrot waited for a while, disconcertingly rolled over and prepared to rest, but closed her eyes did not take long, she embraced the quilt and sat up again, and the same as today's duty of the night bamboo solid, put his ear on the wall next to the copper pipe, waiting for the sound of the midnight sound, then go in to serve.
During the daytime, Xu Shanran's seemingly off-the-cuff suggestion didn't affect just the two Ren Chenglin and Green Parrot, even the third person in her mouth, Huanxi, was currently in the house talking to his own old man, trying to analyze Xu Shanran's intentions.
"Father, what do you think? What does the fifth girl mean?" After finishing a series of things, Huanxi couldn't help but ask his old dad. After seeing Xu Shanran's attitude towards Ren Chenglin, he could be said to have been jittery all day today, and even when Xu Shanran then came to propose that he and Ren Chenglin be in charge of the outside world together, he was coldly sweating and wondering if the Fifth Miss was going to take this opportunity to pinch him for a fault and beat him up nicely.
Huanxi's father had the same surname as the State Duke's House, with the single name Lin. He was a rather dry and thin middle-aged man with a beautiful beard under his chin, looking not like a steward, but rather like a landed scholar, very much in the spirit of poverty and bookishness.
He listened to the youngest son's account after slightly touched his long beard, thought this law end is good, I do not know whether today to come to Mrs. He to their sister-in-law's tricks.
But Mrs. He and for what? Xu Lin is a bit puzzled. The five girls will be back to protect Ren Chenglin is not strange, maybe it is a little girl's whim, maybe Ren Chenglin when to ride the line of the five girls, this is all possible. But for the Fourth Mistress's maiden sister-in-law to meddle in the affairs of her sister-in-law's husband's family, and for the sake of an insignificant righteous son, this would be too unreasonable.
If it is not Mrs. He ...... listened to the house waiter also said it is the fifth girl casually said out, the fourth wife of no doubt responded ...... If it is the fifth girl, this girl at a young age, will be some not simple.
After all, the five girls can be straight rebuke happy, should also be straight rebuke happy, but preferred to choose a sheep and many of the techniques, sheep and so on, the key is that the five girls do not use the residual force, hand a dial, naturally set the main and secondary honor.
This thing is certainly to raise joy, why not let Ren Chenglin become joy in the master of the genealogy of the rightful one?
If this is the case, this girl does not look like the Bodhisattva fourth wife out of the stomach, and the lady in charge of the same.
Thinking of this, Xu Lin then looked at the fidgety little son will be a little unhappy. He coughed softly and said, "What are you worried about?"
Huanxiu said, "Father, do you think the fifth girl will ......"
"Will what?" Xu Lin asked bluntly, "The master wants to find you a fault, just a sentence of effort, but also to first hold you up and then beat down, do not mind the trouble?"
This reasoning is very right, Huanxi thought about it, the look immediately loosened up, the horse's ass then sent: "or father's insightful and far-sighted, the son is to shoot on ten horses to ride also can not catch up!" He then asked, "Father, what do you think the girl means?"
"What does the girl mean, hasn't the girl already said it clearly?"
Once Huanxi heard this, and then thought back carefully, he finally understood, and couldn't help but be quite upset: "...... also don't know when that Ren Chenglin actually went the way of the girl."
"In the future, it should be called young master Ren." Xu Lin said, pointing out another sentence, "You don't need to know when young master Ren got close to the girl, we as subordinates, as long as we work wholeheartedly for the master, we are still afraid that the master won't see you?"
Only after the words fell, we saw some commotion coming from the courtyard outside the wall, and several lights were lit up in turn.
Ten years old and above the boy best to move, happy a pick window to probe out, look at a moment to turn his head to his father said: "Father, that yard seems to be Mrs. Wyvern uncle's? I don't know what happened."
Something did happen to Mrs. Wynn's courtyard.
At this time, there was still some time before bedtime, but everyone had almost returned to their own houses, and only because of a temporary incident did they run from their own houses to the main hall one by one.
The main hall of this courtyard has a pair of birds playing in the water in the middle of the cold river picture, the left and right each have Zen couplets in the hanging, on the top position sat a phoenix eyes, long face of the beautiful woman, a slip of servants and boys half standing in the room, half standing outside, in addition to these people in the hall, only Shao Jin stood with his head hanging down.
That beautiful woman is Mrs. Wynn, she painted with dancome nails pinch a thin gold wire pendant bell ornaments in front of her eyes to look at, look at a long time, said: "You are five years old when you dry alone ran out of the house, almost called the abductor to abduct; now dare to go to take the girl's jewelry. In the end, this first mother of mine did not teach you well, and now I don't know what face I'm going to take back to see your father."
Just climbed up from the bathtub and put on the clothes, she was called over by the first mother, and the hair that had not been wiped at all had dampened a large part of the clothes on her back.
Shao Jin stood in the middle of the hall, not speaking or moving, his face was exactly the same mute as during the day.
Only gathered in the sleeve, slightly trembling fingers, still flow out his one or two points of thought.