I don't know whether it was because he slept in the day that caused him to have insomnia at night, or whether Li Hui was temporarily uncomfortable with the warm and comfortable room and bed tonight. He tossed and turned in bed for a long time, unable to fall asleep.
I could hear the cold wind howling outside, and I was thinking about too many things in a mess. I just felt that my head was so noisy that I couldn't rest at peace.
Suddenly, Li Hui heard a low cry from outside. The sound was very small, but it was very real at this moment.
Li Hui subconsciously remembered that the county government office was haunted and that too many people had died, as well as the east wing room where he was sleeping and the bed where Lu Zhan was beheaded not long ago. Although the quilt and the blood-stained curtains were
Everything has been cleared away and the house has been thoroughly cleaned, but I still feel a little uncomfortable.
Is it really haunted?
Li Hui was a little creeped out. But soon he heard that the cry was that of Ah Zhu who was sleeping in the main room. It was suppressed and sad, and the voice was very low and dull.
Li Hui put on his clothes and got out of bed, lit the candle and carried the candlestick to the door. When he opened the door, a gust of cold air hit his face and made him shiver. The temperature in the wing room and the main room were very different, and the room in the wing room was as warm as
It's spring, but it's as cold as ice in the hall.
The crying stopped, and Li Hui carried the candlestick to the corner, where there was a floor mat, where Ah Zhu slept. When Li Hui saw the straw curtain on the floor, he immediately blamed himself. He actually forgot that Ah Zhu didn't have a quilt. She
At this moment, he was huddled under the straw curtain wearing his own cotton robe.
"What's wrong with you? It's too cold, isn't it?" Li Hui knelt down and looked at Azhu.
Ah Zhu bowed her head and knelt on the ground. The straw curtain slipped off her body. She kowtowed to Li Hui and said, "Master, I'm sorry, did I wake you up? I don't dare to do it anymore. Don't drive me away."
Li Hui shook his head and reached out to push away the dry yellow hair that was scattered on her face, and saw a small face full of tears.
"Azhu, do you miss your mother?" Li Hui suddenly understood and said softly.
Azhu closed her eyes and nodded, tears gurgling out of the corners of her eyes again.
"In such a cold day, my mother... she was lying on the cold soil. I don't know... whether she was cold or not. I... miss her so much. Woo woo woo." Azhu cried.
Li Hui sighed and nodded slightly. Azhu's mother just passed away last night, how could she not be sad and miss her. Lying here alone, how could she not shed tears of sadness. Azhu is already a strong girl, and she can't even see her during the day.
He comes out and is busy doing things, cooking and making beds, his thin body is non-stop. If it were anyone else, he would probably have collapsed.
"Master, don't blame me. I won't cry anymore. I won't disturb your rest." Azhu suddenly wiped away her tears quickly.
Li Hui frowned and looked at the messy straw curtain, and said in a deep voice: "Why are you sleeping here? Isn't there a side room in the yard? You can also sleep in the west wing. How can you sleep here because there is draft on all sides?"
Ah Zhu whispered: "I...I'm afraid that the young master wants to drink tea and wake up at night. When he lights a lamp and boils water, I can't hear him. I can't serve the young master."
Li Hui smiled bitterly and said: "What are you talking about? How can I torment people in the middle of the night? Besides, I have hands and feet, what do I want you to serve me for?"
Ah Zhu lowered his head and said, "Young Master takes Ah Zhu in. Ah Zhu is your slave and should naturally serve you."
Li Hui sighed, pointed at the straw curtain and said: "Why do you only cover this broken straw curtain? Why didn't you tell me if there were no quilts? Aren't there several robes in the cage? They can also be used as quilts. This thing can be used as a quilt cover."
How to keep out the cold? Do you want to freeze to death?"
Ah Zhu hurriedly said: "Those are new robes, and they are all precious brocade. How can Ah Zhu use them as quilts? Tomorrow I will make a thick straw mattress, and then it will not be cold. Today... is I didn't have time. Besides, I'm not cold either. I just miss my mother."
As soon as A-Zhu finished speaking, a gust of cold wind whistled past, blowing along the ground. Li Hui hurriedly wrapped his clothes tightly, but was also blown cold all over. A-Zhu shrank even more, shivering from the cold.
Li Hui reached out and shook Ah Zhu's hand. The little hand was so thin and bone-cold that it made Li Hui shiver.
"You still say it's not cold, and you're lying with your eyes open. You can't sleep here anymore. Go ahead and spend the night in my room. Clean up the side room tomorrow, and then ask Da Zhuang to make a bed for you. In such weather, isn't it necessary to sleep here? Freeze to death. Let’s go into the room.”
Li Hui stood up and walked into the room. Ah Zhu was in a daze, looking uneasy.
Li Hui turned around and saw that she was stunned and didn't move. He frowned and said, "Let's go. What are you doing standing still? If you freeze to death, wouldn't others say that I, Li Hui, don't save me even if I die? The room is warm, so you can make a bunk on the floor." Just deal with it in one night."
Ah Zhu then stood up and bent down to try to clean up the straw curtain on the ground. Li Hui frowned and said, "Are you going to make my room a mess?"
Ah Zhu had no choice but to put down the straw curtain and walk in with his head lowered. Li Hui entered the room, opened the box in the room, took out two satin brocade robes, and threw them to Ah Zhu who was standing at the door.
"One for cushioning and one for covering. It's enough to keep you warm. Tomorrow you can use them to make a bedding, so you don't have to sleep in a straw nest from now on."
Azhu said blankly: "How could this happen? Such expensive clothes..."
Li Hui waved his hand and said: "I'll do it as I say. Don't be nagging, I'm terribly sleepy and I have important things to do tomorrow. Hurry up and close the door and turn on the lights. I'm going to sleep."
As Li Hui spoke, he walked directly to the bed and got under the quilt, covered his head and fell asleep. Soon he started snoring loudly. Ah Zhu stood blankly for a moment, gently spread the two robes on the ground, and blew them out in one blow. Candle, small body got into the thick robe.
Li Hui is not actually asleep. He snores just to reassure Ah Zhu. After all, Ah Zhu is a little girl. It is advisable to let her sleep in the room tonight, but it is still not good. So he pretends to sleep and lets Ah Zhu Less embarrassing.
After everything calmed down, Li Hui thought to himself: Tomorrow, he will tidy up the boxes and cages left by Lu Zhan and give all the precious brocade robes and clothes to Azhu.
Lu Zhan has no need for it. He doesn't like to wear those brocade clothes, but A-Zhu is suitable for wearing them. It's better for a little girl to wear brocade clothes than to wear his big gray robe. He needs these too.
With these thoughts in my mind, I didn't know when sleepiness came over me, and I fell into a deep sleep soon.
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The next morning, it was almost midnight when Li Hui got up.
I have been very tired both physically and mentally recently. After talking with the refugee commander last night, my mental pressure was relieved, so I fell asleep in the middle of the night and slept soundly until almost midnight.
Li Hui yawned and walked out of the room. Azhu, who was sitting on the wooden pier at the gate doing needlework, stood up quickly and said, "Master, wake up."
Li Hui nodded. Ah Zhu put down her sewing and hurried out. After a while, she came in with a basin of hot water and put it on the table. "Master, wash up. I'll bring the porridge and rice and heat them on the stove."
Li Hui smiled and washed himself. Before, he washed his face with cold water, but today he washed his face with warm water, which was very comfortable. After washing, Ah Zhu had already put the hot noodles and the fragrant earthen porridge on the table.
While Li Hui was sitting eating and drinking, he thought to himself: It's really nice to have a little maid serving by his side. No wonder the rich and powerful family keeps so many servants, and it feels really good to have food and tea in hand. In Wu Jun's house, Chou Gu Gu
Li Hui was embarrassed to use her because her legs and feet were not good. Unexpectedly, when she arrived in Juchao County, she actually enjoyed better treatment than Wu County.
While eating and drinking, Li Hui looked at Ah Zhu who continued to do needlework and chatted with her at random.
"Did you sleep well last night? Is it cold?" Li Hui asked while biting the pancake.
"It's not cold. It's just...a little noisy." Ah Zhu replied in a low voice with a slight blush on her face.
"Noisy? Why noisy?" Li Hui asked in confusion.
"Young Master's snoring is a bit loud." Azhu whispered.
Li Hui was stunned for a moment, then started laughing. It turned out that the noise was coming from him. He didn't snore before, maybe because he slept too soundly last night.
"It's okay, you won't make any noise tonight. If you're not in my room, you won't hear it," Li Hui said.
"Yeah." Azhu whispered.
Li Hui took a sip of hot porridge, turned to look at the work in her hand and said, "What are you sewing? It's dark."
Azhu said: "Sew the young master a hat. This is the fur removed from the robe. I saw that the young master's hat was thin and the weather was so cold, so I sewed a hat for the young master to wear to keep out the wind and cold."
Li Hui was stunned. He didn't know what to say for a moment.
"You'd better sew yourself some clothes that fit you. You don't have to sew these things for me. I'm not cold." Li Huidao.
Azhu nodded and said: "Everyone needs to be sewed. I can sew my clothes, and my son's clothes must be sewed too."
Li Hui nodded and stopped talking. He drank a large bowl of porridge in three gulps and ate two pancakes. His body was warm. He wiped his mouth, stood up and walked out. Upon seeing this, A-Zhu quickly sewed it up.
After a few stitches, he bit off the threads and handed a furry leather hat to Li Hui.
"It's sewn, sir, try it on. I'm not good at needlework. If my mother... well, sir, I'll just wear it. If it doesn't fit, Ah Zhu will change it again." Ah Zhu said softly.
Li Hui took it and put it in his arms and said with a smile: "It's warm now, so there's no need to wear it. I'll wear it later. I believe it will be suitable."
Li Hui walked quickly to the front hall of the Yamen. In the lobby, he heard a commotion in the front yard. When he walked out of the front door of the lobby, he saw that Dachun Dazhuang Jiang Sheng and others were arguing about something in the corner of the yard.