"yang-ge, I will make you a new coat in a few days." She noticed that he was wearing a worn-out jacket, so she wondered if she should go to the Zhou Family. With Mu Qingxi"s temper, there was no reason for her not to make clothes for her family. She loved face greatly.Mu Yiyang"s face turned slightly red, "Little Sang, my aunt has good intentions!"
What? Mu Rousang was a little dumbfounded. How did Mu Yiyang figure it out?
Seeing her stunned, Mu Yiyang laughed, "Forget it, you"re still young, I shouldn"t tell you about this matter."
Mu Rousang"s heart skipped a beat. Mu Yiyang really grew up after a trip to the Zhou Family. Sigh, fighting at the Shen Ma Mansion sure is easy to train people.
Mu Rousang got up and went into the room to bring some dim sum out. The golden b.a.l.l.s were sprinkled with snowflakes, and from afar, she could smell the tempting fragrance: "Come, eat some hemp fruits, yang-ge will stay here for lunch today!"
When Mu Yiyang heard this, his eyes sparkled like stars in the night sky. He stood up and said excitedly, "Little Sang!" He had cleaned the pigsty at Mu Rousang"s house for a few months. This was the first time Mu Rousang asked him to stay for a meal, and even said that he would make him clothes.
Mu Rousang chuckled, and pointed to the pine nuts that he placed neatly on the table beside the pyrethrum: "Thank you yang-ge for the pine nuts."
Her meaning was very clear, since Mu Yiyang had this kind of intention, she naturally didn"t mind being nice to him. When it came to this matter, Mu Yiyang"s face was slightly flushed: "Little Sang sister, I already know about what happened two years ago. It"s my father"s fault, but when I grow up, he will definitely stop me."
Mu Yiyang"s words were resolute and decisive, without a trace of hesitation.
Mu Rousang looked at his bright and clear eyes, and smiled, a smile that came from the bottom of her heart, "yang-ge, quickly don"t say it like that, it"s just a matter of a few chickens, just treat it as a junior paying his respects to the elders."
Mu Yiyang"s expression became gloomy, the sins created by his parents should be borne by his son, he immediately shook his head: "Little Sang, wait for me to get to know you for another two years, I will go to town and find a job, that way, I can support father and mother."
To put it bluntly, it was caused by his poverty. Mu Rousang did not stop him from making his decision, but her expression was indifferent as she disliked Mu Yun and Mulberry, "Let"s talk about it when the time comes. yang-ge is still young right now.
Mu Yiyang also realized that he shouldn"t have said such words in front of Mu Rousang. He slightly lowered his head, and somewhat embarra.s.sedly pointed to the pine nuts on the small table: "Little Sang, I was supposed to apologize on behalf of my father, but I didn"t know about this at the time, otherwise …" He felt guilty, for what Mu Yun had done caused him to lose all face and be unable to face the third brother and sister.
Mu Rousang did not pry too much out of the relationship between the father and son, she only listened quietly, many years later, she admired the move played by her brother.
"yang-ge, let this matter of uncle pa.s.s. If you study hard, I can talk to brother and let him take some time to teach you. If brother thinks that yang-ge is suitable for studying, I think brother won"t mind having a cla.s.smate like you."
Mu Yiyang thought that right now, it was a good idea. As long as he and Mu Jinzhi got closer to each other, these kind of things would unknowingly change his mind.
With a whoosh, Mu Yiyang quickly stood up from the chair, and carefully put away his smile as he asked: "Little Sang, dang, dang, really?" He was afraid that he had misheard!
To the children of the poor families, the academy was sacred. They admired all the students who were able to study in it.
Mu Rousang looked up at Mu Yiyang. The nine year old boy had bright eyes, probably because of the tight grip of the Mulberry, and his skin was not as suntan as the other children in the village. His fair skin made him look gentle and clean.
In the end, Mu Rousang nodded his head again, "yang-ge, you have to work hard yourself! "Little sister can only teach you some words. As for understanding and learning, big brother will teach you in the future." For him, the two siblings had always adopted the policy of "Huai Rou" and "Zhou".
Mu Yiyang felt that he was really lucky today. Returning to his home from the Zhou Mansion, for the first time, he felt like he was meeting Yue Ming again.
"Little Sang, I will definitely work hard. I"ll go clean the pigsty now."
Without waiting for Mu Rousang to speak, he had already blown away the pigsty like a gust of wind.
Mu Rousang muttered to herself while looking at his jumping back: "This is not a big deal to my family."
Then, he felt relieved. Let"s leave it at that for now! She didn"t mind finding a good helper for her big brother.
Mu Rousang brought up this matter to him a little at night. Mu Jinzhi, who was sitting in front of the desk, put down the pen in his hand and answered extremely seriously: "Little sister, big brother thought you …"
Mu Rousang rolled her eyes in annoyance, as she was a little annoyed that Yun Che didn"t believe him, "Big brother, who do you think your little sister is, that the main culprits are Big Uncle and Aunt, what does that have to do with yang-ge?"
The oil lamp illuminated the small hut, and the cold wind blew outside causing the eaves to whistle, but the interior was warm and not cold at all. Mu Jinzhi stared at the jumping lights in a trance, and only spoke after a long while: "After father dies, Eldest Uncle and his family"s character is still considered kind, do you know why Aunt is so tight on yang-ge?"
Mu Jinzhi"s words did not garner enough attention from her, so Mu Rousang indifferently said: "Isn"t it just because yang-ge is my only son!"
Mu Jinzhi shook his head, with a face full of disagreement. In his heart, he still liked this cousin a lot: "No! In the eyes of my parents, big brother is also an only child. "
Only now did Mu Rousang remember that her family only had her brother, the only seedling around. Only then did she realize the problem. Eldest Aunt treats yang-ge as if she was a phoenix egg. "
Mu Jinzhi looked at the flickering oil lamp, and with a "pa" sound, the lamp wick has exploded, and since ancient times, the lamp wick has bloomed, the family"s new year"s worth of life would go beyond the red fire, Mu Rousang looked at him puzzledly: "Big brother?!"
Mu Jinzhi raised his head and laughed bitterly, "After father died, mother followed suit and fell ill. You had only just learned how to walk at that time, so you didn"t know anything."
At that time, Mu Rousang was not even two years old, and she seemed to need to pinch diapers. Thinking about that, she was already filled with black lines, and quickly changed the topic, "Brother, what do you want to talk about with me? Is it related to the yang-ge? "
Mu Jinzhi nodded his head: "At that time, I was still young, and remembered that it was the first time I went up the mountain, my family did not have firewood burning, I felt sorry for my mother, so I secretly took my machete and went to the mountain to look for firewood myself. He panicked when he saw me walking towards the mountain from afar and followed me from afar. There were many forks in the road, but I actually didn"t go too far, just at the foot of the mountain. I was short and small and the yang-ge didn"t see me, so he thought I had gone into the deep mountains and then... "
Mu Rousang could roughly guess what happened: "Did something happen to yang-ge?" Look, he"s got good arms and good legs, but he doesn"t have any old wounds.
Mu Jinzhi shook his head, "It was already late autumn at that time, and he was walking alone in the Lost Mountain. It was fortunate that he got lucky, so he randomly found a tree to drill into, and after enduring for a night, he had a fever when he found me."
He was really lucky. He was not taken away by wild animals in the mountains last night, so the Mulberry was afraid. "After that, Aunt did not allow him to go out?"
Mu Jinzhi nodded, and caressed Mu Rousang"s bag head: "So, we will help him if we can, I thought my sister would be insulted by the Eldest Uncle and his family, so …"
Mu Rousang did not conceal her hatred towards Mu Yun and the Mulberry at all as she gnashed her teeth and said, "I do hate them, but I won"t blame it on the yang-ge." The sins caused by manmade men should be borne by adults. Children were innocent.
Mu Jinzhi heaved a sigh of relief, "It"s good that little sister can think it through, but in the end, in the eyes of outsiders, I can"t even write a single word." There was a deep helplessness in his words. This was the society. Without the support of the clan, they were like duckweed without roots.
Mu Rousang immediately thought of what she had promised and smiled gently, "Big Brother, then won"t you become a little mister in the future?"
Mu Jinzhi saw that she was teasing him: "Little sister is already little mister." Ever since his mother pa.s.sed away, his little sister seemed to have grown up overnight. However, his heart was very sour and astringent. He didn"t want to be rich, he only wanted to see his little sister"s innocent and innocent smile.
"Brother, yang-ge is our cousin!"
The two siblings looked at each other and laughed. Mu Rousang asked again, "Brother, in the past few days, it"s already dusk. When will you be able to teach yang-ge?"
Being able to teach Mu Yiyang, Mu Jinzhi"s own basic knowledge was also much more solid. "After the annual leave, when the new year comes, the academy will only start lessons. During this period of time, I will have yang-ge come over after breakfast, and then return home at night."
Mu Jinzhi decided, he did not plan to get involved in this matter anymore: "Brother, it"s your decision." This was good as well. Their family"s food was more sumptuous, and reading books was a very painful and harmful thing to do.
The sky had a hole in it, the snow finally stopped falling today. Eunuch Sun forced out a smile, Mu Rousang sat on the foot of the stairs with a needle and thread basket in hand, guiding Qin Taohua in her embroidery activities.
The peach blossoms were truly happy. After learning sewing from Mu Rousang, she embroidered more and more beautiful flowers, exchanging them for more and more silver. Her mother had made her many New clothes s:
"Rou Sang, yesterday, my mother went to the town to change my purse for money. She said that my purse was embroidered better than before, and my sesame sugar rose from three pieces to four pieces."
Mu Rousang only nodded her head in amus.e.m.e.nt, "Mm, good luck Peach Blossom. Try to increase your sesame sugar from 4 to 8 by next winter."
When an adult transmigrated to a five-year-old child, it also meant that her childhood would never have innocence. The heavens were indeed fair. If they obtained some, they would lose some.
Qin Taohua"s eyes lit up, "Yes, Rou Sang, at that time, I can fill both of my pockets to the brim.
Gui Qi"s elder sister was sold to a large family in the town to be a little girl. Every month, when she came back from leave, she would bring Gui Zhi some master"s bountiful pastries.
"En, Peach Blossom, your embroidery skills are quite good. Wait until next winter, when your purse uses good materials, you can also buy one for 30 or 40 coins, but you don"t need to be too tired of your eyesight. If you are blind, you will become like the Huang Widow at the head of the village."
Qin Taohua thought about the barks on Widow Huang"s face and shivered. "Rou Sang, I did as you said, I would stand up every hour to look into the distance and help my mother with some housework."
The two of them were chatting casually when a blue carriage came in from the courtyard entrance and Xiao Tong got out of the carriage.
With his sharp eyes, Qin Taohua shook Mu Rousang"s arm with one hand and pointed at the carriage at the door with the other, laughing: "Rou Sang, the big silver is here!"
Last time when they were having pickled vegetables, Peach Blossom had come with Qin Er to help him meet Xiao Tong. Qin Er had told her before that Xiao Tong was the boss"s errand boy, and in her understanding, Xiao Tong was the silver that could move his hands.
Mu Rousang raised her head to look at the entrance of the courtyard, and looked at Peach Blossom with an extremely helpless expression. "Xiao Tong, what kind of wind blew you here on such a cold day?" The meaning was clear. If you don"t stay in the capital to celebrate the new year, are you here to give us money?
Xiao Tong felt very pained. The young master of his house had him nagging every single time, no matter how long he knew Mu Rousang. He would talk about small and big things endlessly, he almost forgot about her going to the toilet.
He withdrew his thoughts and clasped his hands towards Mu Rousang: "Good day, wood girl. My Young Master has sent this little one to disturb Miss again."