Mian Niang

Wu Niang brought out a set of teacups with white and green flowers, which were bought by the Elementary Scholars and had been placed on his desk in the room, leaving behind important guests at home. Unfortunately, ever since she bought this set of teacups, there had not been any important guests at home.

Wu Niang carried the teacup to the kitchen to wash, while Song Zhixiao was busy taking off the pig leg bone, putting it in the pot, the brother and sister were originally laughing and talking, but when they saw her enter, they immediately turned into a gourd with its beak sawing through, no one saying a word.

In the end, it was Mian Niang who spoke first, "Wu Niang, you're back."

"Yes."

Wu Niang looked at Song Zhixiao who was still holding onto the kitchen knife, her expression extremely ugly, and said coldly: "You, a man, did not wait outside, and instead came to the kitchen to do the work of all these women, why don't you come in and help me out at home?"

Song Zhixiao kept quiet, he did not try to defend himself.

Mian Niang saw that both of their faces were ugly, and was afraid that the two would be in trouble, so she quickly said: "It's my fault, I did not go out.

"That's right, someone came to my house. You didn't even go out, yet you're still working here with your injuries. If you let others see it, they would think that my mother and brother are giving you a hard time."

"Whether you give or not, we all know in our hearts that no one is blind."

Song Zhixiao opened his mouth, causing Wu Niang to be speechless.

"You … I have guests at home today, so I won't lower myself to the same level as you. "

Thinking about Gu Yan who was still waiting for tea in the courtyard, Wu Niang immediately cleaned the teacup in his hand. Before he left, he glared at the two siblings hatefully.

Mian Niang watched her as she walked out, and said doubtfully: "Brother, didn't you say she was not bad? You lied to me?"

Seeing that Wu Niang had the same expression as the tofu hyacinth, couldn't help but to suspect what Wu Niang looked like in her own home. When she thought about the bed that Mother had left in her room, she seemed to realize something.

"It's fine. She might have seen her brother sick and her mother injured, so she felt sad. It's not like this in normal times."

Song Zhixiao lowered his head, cleaned up the scraps on the cutting board, and did not even look at his sister.

Mian Niang was skeptical, but continued to ask. She had already picked up the firewood knife that was placed on the windowsill and said: "I'm going up the mountain to chop firewood."

He left in a hurry, and didn't even give Mian Niang a chance to ask any questions. The more he did so, the more Mian Niang's doubts grew.

Dodging her sister's question, Song Zhixiao said to the tofu hyacinth in the courtyard: "I'm going to chop firewood."

There were no strong labourers in this house. Last time, there were only some firewood that Mian Niang had picked up, and there weren't many left.

Wu Niang was currently pouring tea for Gu La, and when she turned her head to look at him, she immediately turned to look at Gu La, and felt that this Young Master Gu was even more imposing and different from the masses.

The dumb guy was sent back to the tofu hyacinth by the tofu hyacinth to call Second Uncle Mei over. The stupid kid just stared at the with his pretty good eyes, it was really too embarrassing.

Seeing Song Zhixiao coming out, the May-Second Aunt knew that the siblings had finished talking to each other, so he stood up and went to the kitchen.

Song Zhixiao nodded towards Gu Xin, who had been looking at him the entire time. Gu Xin glanced at the two heirs standing by his side, and Gu Wu immediately followed beside Song Zhixiao who had already walked out of the door: "Young Master Song, this humble one will help you."

Seeing his clothes, even though he was a servant, he felt that he was much better than. He quickly waved his hand and rejected: "I dare not, dare not, I am just a country bumpkin, and can't even afford to call you young noble, and dare not trouble you to follow me in these crude tasks, I will go myself."

"There's no need for your servant to follow you. He's already used to this kind of rough work. Just let him go alone." tofu hyacinth smiled and stopped him.

Gu Yue laughed, "Don't worry, they've been following me since I was young and they're used to beating me. This kind of small job, it's no problem."

Gu Wu insisted again and again, but Song Zhixiao couldn't reject it. He felt even weirder in his heart, these rich families should have eyes on the top of their heads, why were they so amiable? And there was also that Young Master Gu, although he had put down his airs, he was still out of place in this courtyard.

Song Zhixiao glanced at the courtyard, and increasingly felt that even though the Young Master Gu was talking amiably with the Elementary Scholar, he couldn't see any sincerity in his eyes at all. Thinking this way, he became more and more afraid to work with Gu Wu, who was following him up the mountain, but was unable to do anything but let him go, in his heart, he made up his mind that he wouldn't let this person help him in the slightest.

Mian Niang was adding firewood to the wok when she heard the commotion. She turned around and saw Second Aunt come in.

"Mian Niang, you two, what exactly happened yesterday?"

May-Second Aunt could not hold it in, and in the end, still asked.

Not knowing what that bastard actually said, Mian Niang was unsure in his heart, as he bit his lips and did not speak.

She did not say anything, so May-Second Aunt did not ask further. She could only squat down and take over the task at hand from Mian Niang, before revealing the doubts in her heart, "This Young Master Gu does not have any airs of arrogance at all, but why does she look so strange?"

Mian Niang's heart made a "thump" sound, no one knew what Second Aunt saw.

"If I had to say it, I can't say it's weird, but I don't think this Young Master Gu is that kind of person. To be honest, he said that he wanted to thank you and the silly guy, I always have this feeling that I should not interact too much with him."

Mian Niang played with the branch in her hand, her eyes staring at the bright flames at the bottom of the pot, no one knew what she was thinking about.

"Your mother-in-law is really something. Her leg is obviously in so much pain that she's already sweating cold sweat, yet she's still clenching her teeth and holding on. I wonder if she will be looked down upon if she continues to wait upon him with such fear and trepidation."

May-Second Aunt had to admit that when she first saw this kind of rich young master, she was pleasantly surprised by his courteous treatment of her and her family. However, this pleasant surprise had gradually faded due to Gu Xin's increasing friendliness, as well as the three Elementary Scholars' exaggerated respect and courtesy.

She sighed and said, "Perhaps I was wrong. Our family is not worth it for them to plot against. Maybe they really are here to thank us."

With a "pa cha" sound, the branch in Mian Niang's hand snapped.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Mian Niang shook her head and changed the topic: "It's almost noon, if they still don't leave, what should we do?"

"Why are you leaving? From the looks of it, you won't be able to leave. Didn't you see that when I came in earlier, his follower was going out with Yours to chop firewood …"

"…"

The branch in Mian Niang's hand pierced into the center of her palm, while the finger that was long enough stabbed into her flesh, causing blood to flow out immediately.

"Kid, why are you so careless?" May-Second Aunt immediately threw away the branch in her hand and tried to pull the thorn in her palm with her hand.

The wooden spike scraped the flesh of its body, causing May-Second Aunt to pinch at the exposed part of its body in an attempt to pull it out. Mian Niang frowned her eyebrows, as her waist was actually more painful than when she was pierced in.

"Young Master Gu, thank you for the ridicule, but this house is truly a poor one. It is extremely simple and crude, with nothing to look forward to."

The Elementary Scholar's voice came closer and closer. It was different from his usual dispirited and indifferent tone, filled with a smile.

"The hardest thing to come by is this simplicity. Honorable son of the Humble Class. It can be seen that Minister Mei is extremely hardworking, and there is no need for you to be so polite. I will guard this place, and Brother Han Lin can call me as long as you wish."

This voice was clear and simple, unlike the weak voice of an Elementary Scholar.

"Brother Shougao, there is no need to call me an official anymore. My master has bestowed upon me the 'Shougao Xuan' word. Brother Shougao, you can just call me 'Rhino Xuan'."

"Brother Xuan, I have such high expectations of you. It can be seen that you're an excellent scholar."

"Not at all." Even though the Elementary Scholar denied it, he could not conceal the pride and arrogance in his voice.

The two of them got closer and closer, as though they were running towards the kitchen. Mian Niang frowned, her heart was beating frantically, maybe because she was angry, or because she was anxious.

"Aiya!"

May-Second Aunt panicked: It's broken inside.

She was already very careful, but she didn't want to distract herself when she heard the two of them talking.

The exposed part had been pulled out, and the rest was completely buried in the flesh.

Gu Xin was walking to the side of the kitchen when he heard the voices coming from inside and stood in front of the door. He saw two women with their heads together, doing something unknown with their backs facing him, and the one who was hiding from him was Mian Niang.

May-Second Aunt called out: "Young Master Gu."

He hurriedly stood up and was about to take the scissors from tofu hyacinth's house.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing much, Mian Niang's palm was pierced with a wooden thorn."

May-Second Aunt left the kitchen as she spoke.

Gu Xin couldn't care about her, he could only use his two eyes to look at Mian Niang who had turned her head around. Her long, shapely eyebrows slightly knitted, and her expression was somber.

Gu Xin's heart skipped a beat. He subconsciously wanted to hold her in his arms and have a good time loving her, but when he caught a glimpse of her bleeding palm, he knew that she was crying from pain. His heart ached even more, but before he could say anything, another person beside him had already opened his mouth.

"Mian Niang, what's going on with you, why can't you do such a thing? If this blood were to drip into the dishes, how are you going to make people eat it?"

The Elementary Scholar's eyes were filled with impatience, completely disregarding the politeness of the compound. He only felt that at this critical moment, the petty Mian Niang who refused to meet others had lost him.

They really couldn't afford it.

The Elementary Scholar was infuriated and hurriedly apologized to Gu Yue, "You're clumsy and clumsy. Please guard this well and don't take offense."

"I don't mind." Gu Xin paused for a moment, then turned around and called Gu Wen: "Give me the medicine."

The Elementary Scholar was perplexed. He noticed that Gu Xin was no longer friendly with him. There was an indescribable coldness in his words.