69. Chapter 69
Lu Cheng left, Ningxiang heard the movements when he climbed over the wall and landed.
Ningxiang suddenly understood that when Lu Cheng came, he knocked on the door and told her that she was already polite, otherwise she would have no choice but to climb over the wall and come in.
After hiding in the kitchen for a while, she was sure that Lu Chengzhen had left. Ningxiang gently opened the door, looked at the wall, and was stunned for a while, and then began to look for the leftover sand fruit pits he had.
She had to eliminate the evidence that Lu Cheng had been here.
However, when he walked from the door to the back door, he searched back and forth twice but couldn't find it. Ningxiang was worried that Lu Cheng would throw it to the place next to the yard, so he had nothing to do, so he patiently searched both backyards, and confirmed that Lu Cheng either ate the core or threw it carefully into the field outside, and then he entered the house.
Picking up the clothes in the needle and thread basket, Ningxiang stared at the few stitches that Lu Cheng had slit, and then touched them again. Thinking of his concentration when he lowered his head to do needle and thread, he couldn't help laughing.
Although this person is domineering and rogue, he is indeed a good brother and good father. He can manage the family internally and earn money externally to support the family.
I can't tell why, I feel a little proud.
The cool wind blew in from the yard, Ningxiang pinched her clothes and continued to sew.
Not long after, there were crackling sounds of firecrackers coming from the south of the village, and the new wife entered the village.
Ningxiang turned her head and listened.
In the Marquis' Mansion, you can never hear such a lively bustle. The Marquis' Mansion is always in order. Unlike in the village, you may sleep soundly at night and suddenly be woken up by the fierce quarrel between the couple next door, or want to take a nap at noon, but someone's child ran past the door with a smile.
Maybe I get irritated occasionally, but this is what I call living a life.
At noon, Ningxiang heated up the dumpling soup that he made in the morning. He simply used lunch alone and fed the chickens and pigs after the meal. After the work, Xu Qiuer brought Amu back.
"Sister, look!" Amu grabbed three small red firecrackers from his pocket and showed off to his sister.
There are two main types of firecrackers here. The ones that are placed one by one, the ones in a cylindrical shape are called Gaosheng. Many of them are stringed together, which are thinner than the thumb, are called small whips. When they are placed, some will disintegrate before the fire comes, and become the things that children like to pick up the most.
"Did you pick it up after all the firecrackers?" Ning Xiang asked her younger brother.
Amu nodded quickly, looked into his sister's eyes and said, "I wanted to run over before I put Dazhuang. My second sister said he was, and I only went to pick it up after putting it." He remembered what my sister said.
My younger brother was sensible, Ningxiang immediately smiled, touched the three small whips and praised, "Amu has picked up so many, when do you want to put them?"
"Let me go during the Chinese New Year!" Amu said in a very precious way.
"Then sister hide it for you." Firecrackers were dangerous, Ningxiang was afraid that his brother would click it secretly on his back, so he accidentally broke himself.
Amu was a little reluctant, but he followed his sister obediently and saw her put three small whips in an iron box.
"Sister, we see Brother Lu." Xu Qiuer sat on the kang and smiled meaningfully.
Ningxiang looked at her unexpectedly and met her cousin's cunning eyes. She said lightly: "You can see it when you see it, tell me what to do." She was afraid that my brother would say it randomly, so she touched her brother's head and asked him to go outside to count the chickens to see if there were any.
The little guy left, Xu Qiuer lay lazily on the kang, holding his chin with one hand and said, "Sister really deserves to go. You didn't see it. Brother Lu was arranged to be next to the male guest during the meal, next to our female guest. Our table, and other tables of girls and wives all secretly watched him. Many people secretly asked about the situation at Brother Lu's house. Sister, Brother Lu has grown like that and the family is rich. You have to keep a close eye on it, so that Brother Lu will be taken away."
I get one tael of silver every month to know the rich cherries in the city, and the money I get from selling cherries is more than the income of other people's ten acres of land. According to the words of those wives, such a wealthy, beautiful and capable man is willing to be a re-stringer.
Ningxiang felt a little turbulent in her heart.
She had known that Lu Cheng would like to women for a long time, but she didn't expect that it would be so exaggerated. The daughters-in-law in the village would look at him.
But he said indifferently: "Just grab it, grab it. If you snatch it away, it means he is not sincere to me."
Sitting on the edge of the kang, Ningxiang took out her and her brother's pillow and whispered to her cousin, "Don't mention him at home again in the future. What should I do if someone hears him?"
"My mother is helping to clean the plates." Xu Qiuer turned around and saw that her cousin was calm and could not see what she was thinking. She was afraid that her cousin would misunderstand Lu Cheng, so she comforted her quietly: "Sister, don't worry, Brother Lu always sits with his back to the female guest, and no one looks at it, so serious."
Ningxiang felt sweet in her heart, and she looked at her cousin in wonder, "You advised me not to talk to him at the beginning. How do you help him speak for him now? Did he give you any benefits?"
"I'm telling the truth. You can't be wronged by him, right?" Xu Qiuer pretended to be angry and went downstairs and snorted: "I won't tell you anymore, I'll go back to sleep."
Ningxiang smiled and shook her head, went out to see her off, and then called her brother to go into the house for a break.
In order to conceal her meeting with Lu Cheng, Ningxiang did not tell anyone that the three sisters of the Lu family would bring Anan to visit tomorrow.
But when I woke up the next morning, Ningxiang cleaned up the inside and outside the house.
After breakfast for about half an hour, Lu Ding drove the car and brought his three sisters and his nephew over.
"Aunt!" Anan shouted loudly into the yard while still in the car.
Ningxiang sat under the persimmon tree. Seeing them coming, she smiled and greeted them.
"Aunt!" Anan reached out to him excitedly. The little guy wore a blue jacket today, which made his face look whiter.
"Anan looks better and better as she grows." Ningxiang hugged Anan and kissed her first.
After being praised by his mother, Anan grinned openly, looked at his mother and said crisply: "Beautiful!"
Xu Qiuer, who followed Ningxiang out to entertain guests, burst into laughter and quickly pinched Anan's face, "Who taught you how sweet your mouth is?"
Anan doesn't like being touched by people who are "not familiar with each other" and leans on his mother's shoulder, without answering Xu Qiuer.
Xu Qiuer simply ignored him and invited the three sisters A Tao to the yard.
Ningxiang looked at Lu Ding who was still standing in front of the pedestal, "You come in and sit there too. My elder brother is at home, you guys talk."
"No, I'm going to the field now. My second brother is still waiting for me." Lu Dingduo glanced at the gentle and beautiful sister-in-law and drove away. When he turned around, he turned around and saw that his sister-in-law was still standing at the door, holding his nephew who was not reluctant to leave at all, Lu Ding's lips suddenly raised up.
The young man left, Ningxiang carried Anan into the yard.
The room was stuffy in the summer. Everyone sat in the room for a while and then returned to the yard. The girls sat on a small stool, talking about jewelry and skirts, etc. Anan leaned against her mother, looking at her eldest aunt and second aunt, listening very seriously.
"Sister, let's play hide and seek?" Amu didn't like sitting like this and whispered.
Ningxiang lowered her head and asked Anan, "Aunts, please hide it, will you please bring Anan to them?"
Anan's family has two uncles and an aunt, and the second grandma has two aunts and an uncle. She is not old and plays with him when she has time. So the little guy knows how to play, so he nods immediately, and covers his eyes in a good manner, "Hide!"
The boy was so cute. Ningxiang kissed Anan again, turned Anan, put her forehead against her forehead, closed her eyes and let A Tao and others hide. The front and back yards of the two houses are also equipped with six rooms, which is the most suitable for playing hide-and-seek.
Ningxiang was responsible for counting. When she counted until twenty, she opened her eyes and met Anan's phoenix eyes.
"Anan peeked, right?" Ningxiang asked with a smile.
"No!" Anan hurriedly denied, and he looked at his mother and didn't look anywhere else.
"Anan is so good, let's go and catch them." Ningxiang praised softly, leading the little guy to search slowly, finding Amu in the thatched cottage, Anan giggled, found A Tao in the chicken circle behind, Anan laughed again, anyway, if you find a little guy, you will laugh once, and you have a lot of fun.
The laughter attracted Dazhuang next door to him and wanted to play with them.
The more hide and seek people, the more fun it is. Ningxiang agreed happily, and everyone guessed who would be the ghost.
Ningxiang hugged Anan and hid twice. The third time it was Dazhuang's turn to be a ghost, Ningxiang hugged Anan into the east room, climbed onto the kang and pulled the quilt placed next to the windowsill, and then asked Anan to lie in the gap between the windowsill and the quilt, and whispered: "Don't make a sound, aunt go to the back of the door panel to hide."
Anan was a small man and was lying inside. The little guy seemed to be very satisfied with his place. He pursed his little mouth and said that he would never make a sound.
Dazhuang outside counted to fifteen. Ningxiang gently covered Anan's little feet with a pillowcase, quickly got off the ground, hid behind the door panel and said to Anan: "Auntie has hidden it, so we are not allowed to speak."
The little guy on the kang didn't reply.
Imagine Anan's serious lips, Ningxiang laughed silently.
Almost everyone hid in the backyard, and Dazhuang first looked for the house.
Ningxiang just wanted to make Anan laugh, but she didn't hide seriously. Dazhuang found her as soon as she entered the house.
"Where is Anan?" Dazhuang asked staring at her.
"This time he hid it with Amu." Ningxiang said seriously.
Da Zhuang didn't believe it, so he looked around and soon found that a quilt was moved on the kang. The five-year-old strong boy immediately took off his shoes and climbed onto the kang. He rushed into the kang in three or two steps. Seeing Anan lying in the gap, Da Zhuang screamed excitedly.
Anan's little fool who was caught also laughed. The small purse hanging on his chest was given away for some reason. A copper coin slipped out and slid down little by little as the little guy's chest trembled.
Dazhuang saw the sharp eyes, because his mother usually likes to take advantage of small gains, so he also learned a little.
"I'll let you out." Da Zhuang looked at Ningxiang who was standing in front of the edge of the kang first, then lay on the quilt ball, picked up the copper coins on Anan's chest, and then pulled the quilt ball back with force, revealing a large enough place for Anan to stand up.
But he was also a child, and his movements were unfamiliar. Anan saw it and touched his purse. The little guy suddenly sat up and reached out to grab the copper coins his mother gave him.
Dazhuang was greedy for money and shrank his hands first and did not move.
Anan didn't grab the money back, so he looked up at Dazhuang. The phoenix eyes were wide open. Then before Dazhuang could see clearly what he meant, the little guy raised his arm and quickly scratched Dazhuang's face, "Boe!"
Chapter completed!