Salt Xiao Fulang

Chapter 54

Jiang Tiantian listened to Song Xu, and spread two layers of quilts on the bed, and then covered it with a straw mat.

Lying on it, it was cool and soft, and Chang Mi was a little uneasy at first, but soon crawled around joyfully.

His real bedroom has a large carved bed that is much larger than this one, but the servants never pay attention to those details. There is a thin layer of cotton wool all year round, which makes it too cold in winter and too hot in summer.Fortunately, when the Changfu was built, the whole place was paved with earth dragons, and a special person was responsible for burning it. Otherwise, according to the degree to which they stocked children, even if they raised a bastard, they would die.

Chang Mi slept in the middle, so Song Xu Xiaochun couldn't do anything unsuitable for children. Seeing the child toss and turn and couldn't fall asleep, Song Xu patted him and said, "Baby, let me tell you a story and go to sleep, okay?"

Chang Mi has never been called a baby in his life. His mother died shortly after giving birth to him, and he doesn't even know whether he is round or flat.

That's why the baby call made his heart pound.

"...Okay." He agreed carefully, and then he heard Song Xu's deep voice sounding from beside him.

"Once upon a time, there was a Snow White..."

Song Xu was poisoned by Disney movies. When it came to Bai Xue, he started to let it go in his mind. He told a traditional fairy tale into a sisterly love version. The name of Snow White is Aisha, and there is a younger sister named Anna. After a lot of hard work, the prince of the neighboring country is still a villain, and he gets together with the queen who has a magic mirror to cuckold the king...

Little Changmi couldn't hold back and fell asleep early, but Xiaochun listened with great interest and didn't feel sleepy anymore. With a child between them, they still had a fun night, and got up late the next day as a matter of course.

"...I can't do this!" Mingming finally settled down, Xiaochun planned to start running and exercising from today, but when he got up, the sun was shining, and he felt that he had fallen!

"Tomorrow I will get up early, Xiaoshan remember to knock on our door!"

Yuan Shan pretended not to hear, Xiao Chun chased after him, until he reached the stove, he begged for mercy, "Brother Chun, you are very powerful, didn't you still catch up to me in Huaicheng?"

Xiaochun said seriously: "That's because you are tired from running, I can't compare with you now."

Yuan Shan: "That's not necessarily the case, maybe my explosive power is stronger, but you may still beat me in terms of endurance."

Jiang got up early every day to go to the market, and came back with a big watermelon.Seeing Xiaochun and Yuanshan talking in the yard, he shouted curiously: "What are you arguing about?"

"Who is more powerful. What's there to argue about? Let's go out and run around the city. Whoever comes back first will be the most powerful!" Song Xu took the melon in Jiang Tiantian's hand, patted it and exclaimed: "I didn't expect that. There are watermelons so early, we splashed in the well water, and you ran back just to eat them!"

Chang Mi was small and had been sleeping until she was vaguely awakened by the sound outside.Those voices were different from what he usually heard. They were full of warmth, but not boring, peaceful and comfortable.

He didn't know how to describe it, he only knew that he slept well, the bed was comfortable, and he was very happy.

He likes Song Xu and Xiaochun very much.

He got up by himself, adjusted his clothes, and came to the yard with a rattle.

"Chang Mi woke up? Let's have breakfast first. Is the porridge cold? Let your sister Tian Tian warm it up for you." Song Xu was tying up Xiao Chun's sleeves - he was going to race against Yuan Shan, swinging his sleeves back and forth would affect his performance, so he had to tie them up tight.Seeing Chang Mi coming out, he pointed to the main room.

Chang Mi passed obediently.

There was indeed a bowl of white porridge on the table, which was cooked glutinously, with some golden millet mixed in it.

On the table was a stack of pickled radishes he had eaten yesterday, and a plate of thinly sliced ​​sausages.Chang Mi is not particularly greedy for meat, but this does not prevent him from finding everything in front of him very attractive.

Jiang Tiantian came in backwards, rubbed his little head with one hand, and touched the wall of the bowl with the other.

"It's still warm, don't heat it up, eat it quickly."

Chang Mi ate half a bowl when he heard Song Xu calling him outside.He hesitated for a moment, looked at the bowl, then looked outside, and finally decided to run out holding the bowl.

"It's settled! Is the route clear? Go east from here, run around the city wall and come back. Whoever gets there first wins!"

Chang Mi held the bowl, like a little monk begging for alms, watching Xiaochun and Yuanshan disappear from the gate of the courtyard together in a daze.

"..." He didn't quite understand, so he lowered his head and took another sip of porridge.

Song Xu accompanied him back to the house, finished eating, washed again, saw that it was still early, and took out the melon to open it.The kitchen knife was in the kitchen, Song Xu went to get it, thought about it, and handed the handle to Chang Mi.

"Come and cut it. Will you? It doesn't matter if you don't, just cut it as you like."

Chang Mi was a little scared and shrank back. "My nanny used to say... that if I touched a knife, I would die..."

"...you won't die if you hold the handle of the knife. Try it? It's a bit heavy, you hold it with two hands."

The first time I lifted a kitchen knife, it was really heavy.Xiao Chang Mi tried hard to lift the knife, her hands trembling a little.It's not because he can't carry it, but because the deep-rooted concept has been shaken, and the little person is a little confused.

At this moment, Song Xu held his little hand, lifted the kitchen knife together, and cut into the big watermelon with a click.

"Ah!" Xiao Chang Mi exclaimed.His small hands were warm and wrapped in Song Xu's big hands, his timidity was easily blown away, leaving only novelty.

The big watermelon was powerless to resist, and was broken into two halves by the joint efforts of the two.Song Xu cut it into smaller pieces, and asked Chang Mi to slice the smallest piece of melon.

Chang Mi learned quickly, and at the beginning the force of the knife was uneven, but he quickly found the pattern.He found that the knife is not that scary, as long as he uses the right strength, it is very useful, and it will not let him "die with one touch".

"Things you don't know, try to understand it, don't be afraid of it. Look, don't you know how to use it?"

Chang Mi stared at the person who taught him with shining eyes, opened a big smile, and pierced Song Xu's heart unexpectedly.

Song Xu thinks he can't teach children, and hasn't gotten along with children much.But no matter what, there must be nothing wrong with equal treatment.And seeing Chang Mi's happy look, he felt that he must have taught well.

Besides, Chang Mi is very obedient and precocious, not at all like those brats on subway trains.

Once people draw others into their sphere of influence, they can't see others being bullied.He simply didn't talk about sending the child back to the next door, he carried Chang Mi on his shoulders, and went to the door to wait for Xiao Chun and Yuan Shan to come back.

Regarding childbirth, Song Xu has gradually felt that Xiaochun is not as sensitive as before.

Maybe Xiaochun didn't know it himself, but when he just set off, his avoidance of the child was obvious to others at a glance.As the pillow person, Song Xu noticed it even more, but he didn't dare to mention it again.

For some traumas, he said no matter how much he said, it was useless, and the person concerned had to figure it out for himself to get better.

Along the way, they also met many children.Yangyang and the others are also very cute, but I have never seen Xiaochun so close.Chang Mi seems to be special—maybe it's the right time, the right person, Xiaochun has love and affection in his eyes since he saw him.

If they really can't have children in this life, Song Xu thought, he might snatch Chang Mi over.

Let him do whatever he wants.

The two looked outside under the eaves, the sun was rising higher, and the heat wave gradually ignited from the soles of their feet.

It was Yuan Shan who came back first, his back was completely soaked, but there was still strength left in his footsteps.Song Xu handed him a piece of melon, proudly said: "Eat it quickly, Xiao Miqie's!"

Yuan Shan took a deep breath and took a moment to relax: "Xiao Mi is really good, she can cut melons!"

Chang Mi hugged Song Xu's head in embarrassment.

"Where's Xiaochun?"

"It's right behind, right there."

On the way, Yuanshan hesitated for a while whether he should release the water properly, but finally gave up. Xiaochun is not weak, so he should treat him as an equal.

If Shuang'er were to compare with Xiaochun, I'm afraid they would have stopped halfway.

Sure enough, as soon as Yuanshan had eaten a few mouthfuls of melon, Xiaochun came back out of breath.

His face was flushed from the sun, and Song Xu secretly scolded himself why he didn't choose a cloudy day for them to compare, but the sun was already sunburned, so Song Xu went over to deliver melons to Xiaochun against Chang Mi.

Xiaochun was so tired that he leaned against the wall and panted, Song Xu squatted down, and Chang Mi held the melon to Xiaochun.This time Song Xu didn't need to start, he said softly first: "I cut the melon myself!"

Xiaochun also expressed surprise: "Xiao Mi is so good? She can cut melons by herself!"

Apart from counting money, this is the second skill that Chang Mi was praised for in his short life.

Infinite motivation ignited in his heart, and at his little request, he cut melons for everyone on the second and third day.

The last time, Song Xu didn't even ask for the slightest help.

After breakfast, he sat upright, and said to Song Xu and Xiaochun seriously: "Thank you for your hospitality. It's three days and I'm going home."

He really wanted to stay.

But I also know that I am not a child of this family, and I can't keep disturbing them.

When he was able to make money by himself, he went to buy a lot of steamed buns and sent them to Song Xu.

***

Changfu.

"Master! Madame, madam, she is not well!"

Patriarch Chang was drinking tea with the concubine in the eighth room in the garden pavilion, when he heard this his expression darkened and he scolded the servant.

"What are you doing in such a panic? Slow down, what's wrong with Madam?"

In such a large Chang Mansion, the only one who can be called Ma'am is the original wife of Patriarch Chang.

Although Patriarch Chang said that his love was unreasonable, he treated Yuan's wife well, gave her the right to run the house, and treated his son-in-law differently from his son-in-law.Although the two have no relationship for a long time, they still have some respect for each other.

The servant said with a bitter face: "In the morning, Madam said she had a headache and couldn't get up. The servant girl fed some bird's nest soup and quickly vomited it out. Madam insisted that she would just lie down for a while, so the servant did not go to invite the doctor. Who knows Now it suddenly became serious, and I kept vomiting sour water... I just saw it..."

Patriarch Chang's forehead was full of veins, and he got up and said angrily: "Hurry up and lead the way! Send someone to call for a doctor!"

Mrs. Chang fell ill, and the mansion was in turmoil.After Chang Mi returned to the small abandoned garden, no one came to let him out.

Xiaochun was worried and kept talking to him over the wall until noon when someone hurried over and opened the door of the abandoned garden.

Chang Mi said goodbye softly, and walked into the dilapidated house in a few steps.The servant girl who opened the door was actually quite frightened, afraid of seeing a dead body.Patriarch Chang didn't have a sense of proportion, and the time for punishment was too long.It's not surprising that a four-year-old child starved to death for three days...

However, no one would intercede with the master for him.

There is a great chaos in the mansion today, this servant has offended the steward above and was sent to open the door, feeling uneasy.If there is really a corpse left, will the master beat her to death?After all, no matter how much you don't like it, you are still a young master...

"Ah!" While thinking wildly, she suddenly exclaimed.

There is no other reason, this servant thought that he would be lying in the house dying, but he was sitting obediently on the threshold, his face was flushed, and he looked very moisturized.

This, this is probably not the ghost who came to claim his life! ?

"I didn't lock you up! Go find the master!" She shouted in desperation, then turned around and ran away.Little Chang Mi was bewildered and wandered out of the garden alone.

He walked along a stone path to his own yard, but keenly found that there were a lot fewer servants at home.On weekdays, those who pruned the branches, those who tended the flowers and plants, and those who guarded the front yards of the owners of the houses, many of them were nowhere to be seen.

He was puzzled all the way to the outside of Mrs. Chang's yard.

It turns out that everyone is here...

He sneaked in quietly, wanting to see what was going on, and saw maids coming in and out, carrying wooden buckets filled with filth.

The voices of Patriarch Chang and the doctor came from inside the house.

"Doctor Li, madam, she...?"

"Forgive me for being stupid. Madam's crux may be in my head, and I can't do anything about it. I only heard that there is a barbarian genius doctor outside the pass. Although he is a barbarian, his Chinese medicine skills are superb. If Patriarch Chang can invite that one, perhaps There is a chance that it will get better."