Luo nine needles

Chapter 9

Aokiji carried the firewood on his back and helped Qixing back to the thatched cottage. The last ray of the setting sun dissipated, and night shrouded the sky and the earth.

"Miss, open the door, I'll light the fire and clean the kitchen." Qingzhi said, putting down the firewood first.

Qixing hummed, and stretched out her hand: "Give me your hairpin."

hairpin?Qingzhi looked at the lady's loose hair, because she had been lying in the car all the time, neither combing the lady's hair nor wearing pearl hairpins.

Miss, do you want to roll up your hair?Qingzhi hurriedly took off a silver hairpin and handed it over.

"Miss, do you want me to help you?" She asked, "Although you are very skillful, miss, you need to rest more now."

When I was at home, the girls' hair was combed by the girls. The girls were skillful and could always comb out buns that other people couldn't do.

Alas, Miss is working too hard.

In the past few years, she was called Miss in Lu's house, but she was actually being used as a girl.

Aokiji was thinking wildly, watching the young lady take the silver hairpin, and instead of pulling her hair, she walked to the door of the thatched cottage, holding the hairpin in one hand and the copper lock in the other.

What is this for?Aokiji was puzzled, and just about to ask, there was a thud, the brass lock opened and fell into the young lady's hand, and with a slight push, the door creaked and slowly opened.

This, this.... Qingzhi looked at the door, she read it right, did the miss open the lock with a hairpin?

The young lady said that there was a key, and she thought she knew where the key of the thatched cottage was hidden.

"Miss." She stammered and asked, "You, don't you have a key?"

Qixing looked at her, shook the hairpin in his hand: "This is the key." After saying that, he walked to the other two doors, poked it a few times with the hairpin again, and the lock fell off.

No matter how stupid Aokiji is, he can still react, Miss, this is not unlocking, this is lockpicking!
"Miss." She couldn't believe it, "How could you...?"

Qixing came over and put the hairpin back on her head.

"Didn't you say that?" She smiled slightly, "My hands are very skillful."

Handy, Aokiji was startled, is it also dexterous to pick the door and open the lock?Without waiting for her to say anything, the lady's skillful hand pushed her shoulder.

"Okay, let's start the fire."

The thatched cottage was lit up at night.

Although he was still lying on the ground that night, Qingzhi slept very soundly, and when he woke up, it was already dawn.

She subconsciously looked to the side first.

The cart is still in the house, but there is no one on it.

Aokiji got up in surprise, bad thoughts flashed in his mind, and he was about to stumble and run out, looking down to see the writing on the ground.

The words were written with branches, and the words written by the branches were still beautiful and powerful, leaving deep marks on the ground.

"I'm going for a walk up the mountain."

go to the mountains?Qingzhi didn't let go of his heart at all, he hurried out, and as soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, he saw a woman staggering towards the mountain road.

She is wearing a plain skirt, her hair is tied up with branches, and she is holding a bamboo stick in one hand. The early morning mountain mist lingers under her feet, as if walking on the fog, with a fairy air.

Aokiji stared blankly, was it because she was back home, the young lady looked different from before.

The lady got closer and closer, and Aokiji saw her other hand, which was holding a hare...
"Miss!" Aokiji hurriedly shouted to meet him.

Qixing said, "I'm going to see my grandfather and mother."

Even if it's a tomb, it's still a relative, and I want to be by my side all the time, Aokiji nodded, saying something, Qixing handed the hare over.

"I picked it up on the mountain..." she said.

Picked it up?Qingzhi was stunned, are the wild animals in the mountains easy to pick up?

"There's an old saying, stay on the tree and wait for the rabbit." Qixing said, "When I sit in front of the grave, the hare bumps into it."

I have heard this sentence before. It is said that rabbits are very stupid. Moreover, Aokiji couldn’t help but think that it was in front of the grave of the young lady’s relatives. food…..
There is still no food for food today.

So the lady's grandfather and mother sent it specially.

"Okay." Aokiji's own thoughts brought tears to his eyes, his nasal voice was strong, and he took the hare, "I'll roast the rabbit for Miss."

The young lady looked at her, smiled and did not speak again, and took a step ahead.

The green pheasant was holding the hare behind him, then he looked down and saw a bloodstain on his hand, it was the neck of the hare... Waiting for the hare said that the hare hit a tree stump, so the neck was bleeding.

It was the first time for Qingzhi to see a dead rabbit. Although she was a rough girl at home, she didn't need to kill chickens and geese.

The blood on his hands was sticky in his heart, and Aokiji's mind was also sticky with thoughts, now it's not the same as before, in the future, he has to eat and drink by himself, killing chickens, ducks and rabbits is nothing.

Miss is already in much better health. She looks very weak and walks very slowly, but she actually walks faster than her...

In a blink of an eye she was left behind.

Sure enough, his blood will recover when he returns home.

Qingzhi put aside his wild thoughts and quickened his pace to catch up, and followed Qixing back to the thatched cottage. There was not only a thin donkey in front of the thatched cottage, but also a woman.

The woman is in her 40s, with a basket in one hand and a hoe in the other, walking around the thatched cottage, looking at the skinny donkey, looking at the interior...

Qingzhi was a little nervous, quickened her pace and stood in front of Qixing, the woman also looked over when she heard the footsteps, both of them hesitated for a while.

"There are people in this house." The woman spoke first, "You can't live in random places."

Did someone help watch the house?Qingzhi was a little surprised.

She hurriedly said: "This is our family, our young lady is the granddaughter of Mr. Yue Lao."

The woman was also obviously surprised, looking at the girl behind Aokiji, the girl came out slowly.

"I am..." she said.

But before she could introduce herself, the woman stomped her feet and let out a sound of surprise and joy: "You are the little lady of the old man, that, Ah, Ah Qi! I have heard the old man call you."

I've heard it, it's been so long and I still remember, Qixing smiled at her.

The woman repeatedly said, "I've grown so big that I can't even recognize you." "When the old man passed away, it was said that you were taken away by relatives." "Are you back?" "I didn't expect to see you again ""Last night, I saw the lights on here, and I felt uneasy, and thought it was a thief sneaking in." "I wanted to come and see, but thought maybe the old man went home to have a look, so I didn't dare to bother." "A big I came here a long time ago, but I didn't expect that it was you who came back." "Oh my little lady, it's so nice of you to grow up so big."

The morning silence in front of the thatched cottage was broken by the woman alone.

She didn't need Qixing to answer, she talked non-stop, talking and laughing, and raised her hand to wipe her tears.

"I have to go to the village and tell everyone the good news."

After saying that, he turned around and ran in a hurry, and ran away in the blink of an eye.

Qixing looked at the back of the woman and smiled again.

Qingzhi couldn't help wiping away her tears, it was so strange, she didn't know why she wanted to cry.

There is a tombstone with an unnamed name on the mountain, and the villagers still miss it. There are still people looking after the dilapidated thatched cottage, and they come early in the morning with a hoe to prevent thieves from sneaking in.

"The old man is not lonely here." She said softly, "Miss, you are not lonely either."

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"So you made it home smoothly?"

In the Lu family's mansion in Yucheng, Lu Kang's hand holding the tea paused slightly when he received the news.

The steward and a young servant stood in front of the hall and answered yes.

"I asked Fushun to watch all the way." The steward said, "I arrived in Xucheng three days ago."

Although Mrs. Lu said that life and death are not important, she still sent people to investigate - in case this little scumbag really goes to report to the officials, the family will be prepared at that time.

Xiao Sifu went forward to report the details: "It seemed that he was going to die all the way, lying motionless in the car, and Qingzhi cried every day. I didn't expect that when I returned to Xucheng, I got better."

That's a pity, Lu Kang said in his heart, it would be fine if he died, it would be over once and for all.

"When Fushun came back, Xiao Qi." The steward wanted to call out to miss, seeing Mrs. Lu's face, he quickly changed his words, "... the little servant girl is giving the villagers the wild rabbits she picked up for rice noodles. "

Fushun added: "The villagers are very kind to her. They gave her bowls and chopsticks, and built a bed for the board. Ma'am, that family has nothing."

Of course there was nothing in that home, Lu Kangshi sneered.

The steward waved the boy away, then stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Ma'am, the thatched cottage in Xu Cheng is dilapidated, do you want to light a fire?"

(End of this chapter)