Idle courtiers

Chapter 98 Asking the Heart
The night was deep, there was no snow, and the air was cold and damp.

The family banquet was over, probably because of drinking, Mei Chi felt hot all over, so she simply took her maid Xiaohong out of the house secretly, and walked slowly along the small river outside the door.

The New Year's Eve is coming soon. This year, the county magistrate kindly opened the curfew during the Spring Festival.After nightfall, the city is full of flowers, there are children running and playing in the street, there are faint firecrackers and giggles.

"That...then..." Xiao Hong hesitated to speak next to Miss Mei.

Mei Chi: "Xiao Hong, you can say whatever you want!"

Xiao Hong: "Is that woman at the banquet just now Zhou Xianggong's wife? I thought she should be some kind of beauty, but in fact she is just like that. She is no different from ordinary peasant women. How can she be compared to the fairy-like young lady Son."

After serving Miss for many years, how could she, a personal servant girl, not know what Mei Chi wanted.Today, when I heard that Zhou Nan was coming, the young lady started dressing up early in the morning. The makeup on her face was wiped off and washed off, washed off and put on again.I changed clothes one after another, but I was not satisfied at all.

She wanted to compare with Zhou Nan's wife!
Or let the former big brother Zhou see that he is also an adult, more beautiful than everyone else.

"Yunniang has been waiting at home since Big Brother Zhou went to Liaodong. It has been ten years and she has suffered a lot. How can a woman not be admired for doing this?" Mei Chi sighed softly: "Besides, Yun Niang is also very beautiful."

Yes, in fact, what Xiaohong said was a kind of comfort to herself.

Indeed, she had thought of comparing herself with Yunniang before, so she had been dressing up for a long time.In her opinion, Yunniang is just an ordinary illiterate peasant woman, no matter how she can compare to herself, she is not worthy to be the wife of such a literary figure as Brother Zhou.

She didn't know what kind of person she was until she met him!
Sitting there is dignified and generous, with a gentle smile on everyone's face, and a calm demeanor that makes people want to get close to her when they see her. This is not something a peasant woman can possess.

Ten years, ten years, ten years of wind and rain did not destroy this woman's face.On the contrary, she is like a snow lotus on an iceberg, blooming more brilliantly and beautifully.

That kind of mature and stable temperament is not something that I can compare.

However, she is still not good enough for Big Brother Zhou!
The sound of firecrackers was still ringing, bats were flying in the air, startled the willow branches on the bank to dance with the wind, and there was a nursery rhyme: "Guai Mo Guai, La Dou Cai, please uncle, uncle is not waiting for home, please little girl , the little girl has no pants. Touch the little girl's belly..."

Suddenly, Mei Chi remembered the days when he was a child with his elder brother and Zhou Nan.

At that time, I fell ill, my stomach swelled up, and I was in severe pain. I had to take medicine for a long time to get better.Every time Zhou Nan came to Mei's house, he would scratch her stomach with his hands and sing this song with a smile.

Strange to say, after being scratched by him, I stopped crying and screaming, and my stomach didn't hurt anymore.

It's just that as Brother Zhou grew up day by day, became an adult, and put on a Confucian robe, he became serious and stopped joking, and what he said was incomprehensible, which made people very disappointed.

At that time, she didn't know that Brother Zhou's hands had magic power, but that she had already fallen in love with this brother, this handsome young man who showed his white teeth when he smiled.Big brother Zhou stopped joking, Mei Chi felt very disappointed, she just thought that it was probably because she had never studied, so she had nothing to say to him!
Therefore, Mei Chi quietly learned to read and read books.Until she grew up day by day, until she read one day: "Lang came on a bamboo horse, and went around the bed to grow green plums. Living together in Changgan, the two little ones have no suspicions."

Only then did she realize that she liked Brother Zhou.

However, that was several years ago. At that time, Zhou Nan had already gone to Liaodong, and became sworn enemies with the Mei family.

"Brother Zhou was 16 years old when he was assigned to Liaodong, and I was six. At that time, Brother Zhou was already married, and I was still a young girl."

At this moment, suddenly, three figures appeared at the corner of the street.

Seeing the leader, Mei Chi's heart beat wildly, but if it wasn't Brother Zhou, who was it?Behind him is Yunniang and a little girl.

I spent a whole day tidying up, not just to let him take a look.Then his eyes lit up, and did that wicked smile appear on the corner of his mouth?
However, when he saw someone, Mei Chi's feet seemed to be filled with lead, and his whole body was like a nightmare, unable to move no matter what.

Zhou Nan drank a lot of wine, looked very happy, and said to a servant girl: "Xiao Lan, you go back first. I'm drunk, and sit with your aunt by the railing."

"It doesn't matter, do you want to vomit?" Yunniang helped Zhou Nan to sit on the stone rail by the river, reached out and patted his vest lightly, complaining: "Master, if you can't drink it, don't drink it, it will hurt your body. You stink of alcohol all over your body, it smells so bad!"

"I'm happy today." Zhou Nan smiled softly, and suddenly put his nose up to Yunniang's neck to sniff, and praised: "Yun Xiang's clothes are beautiful, and the spring breeze is blowing on the threshold, and the dew is thick. Today, my lady She is dressed in red, festive, like a peony flower in full bloom, but the fragrance is tight."

Yunniang's face turned red in the night, she said in a low voice, "Master, be careful and let others see."

"What are you afraid of...vomit..." Zhou Nan retched.

Yunniang started to complain again, rubbed his stomach lightly with her hands, and asked, "Does it feel better?"

"I'm fine, happy, happy."

Yunniang supported Zhou Nan, the light from the fireworks flickered on her face, her face was as white as jade, and she was as dignified as a white jade Guanyin.

"Hey, why do you always eat my tofu, I want it too." Zhou Nan smiled and reached out to rub Yunniang's stomach.

With a look of love and compassion on his face, he hummed: "Guai Mo Guai, La Dou Cai, please uncle, uncle is not waiting for home, please little girl, little girl has no pants. Feel the little girl belly..."

Zhou Nan sang this song with a strange tune, Yunniang couldn't help smiling, held his hand, and leaned gently on his shoulder.

Hearing this song, Mei Chi felt as if someone had punched her hard in the heart.

Yes, it was only at this time that she fully understood the love in Zhou Nan's eyes, which was a man's affection for a woman.

This gaze originally belonged to me. That year, Big Brother Zhou was 15 years old and she was five years old.At that time, she didn't understand anything. In the second year, Brother Zhou got married.

There are ten years between us, a whole youth.

Now, this gaze no longer belongs to me, Mei Chi.

……

Second Miss Mei felt sad and desolate again.

She turned around slowly and walked towards the house, her steps were very light, for fear of disturbing others.

The fireworks in the sky are still flickering, the Chinese New Year is so lively, but so sad.

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