Chapter 47: Senior brother will die badly if he tells any lies
The smoke from the cooking pot rises in curls, slowly blending into the cloud sky at dusk and sunset, gradually fading until it dissipates.
He Gu brought the prepared dishes to the hall and set them up, and then called Kong Rou and Lin Yan'er to come over for dinner.
The three of them had dinner together for the first time, and the atmosphere was quite magical.
This time He Gu took over all the work, even serving the rice, serving it to the two sisters first.
He should try to pretend less when he is a junior sister, and try to pretend more when he is a soft-hearted person.
Lin Bian'er took advantage of the opportunity to look at her senior brother lovingly, and just said "I'll do it". After being rejected, she stopped saying anything.
Kongrou seemed restless, trying to take over from He Gu several times without taking her eyes off the rice spoon.
"I will take care of you these days, and you will take care of me when I come back." He Gu joked.
After hearing this, Kongrou sat down a little more firmly.
Lin Bian'er blinked, as if she had discovered a problem: "There is only one rice spoon, and there are two of us, so what should we do?"
He Gu almost couldn't hold the bowl, but he felt that it was not as simple a sentence as it seemed.
"Just let Xiaorou do it all. Sister Lin and Brother He took Xiaorou in, and Xiaorou wanted to do something to help." Kongrou said seriously with a small face.
"Then I'll leave it to Xiaorou." Regardless of whether it was a question that the junior sister raised intentionally, He Gu quickly used the donkey on the slope to skip the topic.
Lin Bian'er rolled her eyes at her senior brother and turned to pick up food for Kong Rou: "Don't listen to his nonsense. Sister Xiaorou is not a servant. We will take turns in the future."
"Thank you, Sister Lin. Xiaorou listens to Sister Lin." Kongrou hurriedly thanked her, feeling very moved and no longer insisting.
Only then did he realize that he had become a bad person. He deliberately wanted to explain, but he opened his mouth and stopped himself.
It is better to be misunderstood than to face a proposition and have to admit it.
After this small episode, Lin Bian'er and Kong Rou started chatting, and the two gradually started talking and laughing.
On the contrary, He Gu, who worked the hardest, was gradually "left out".
In this situation, he was finally completely relieved about leaving in two days, and his meal became much more delicious as he felt relaxed.
He feels quite good having one more person to have a lively meal with.
After the meal, He Gu put away the dishes and chopsticks on the dining table and took them out to wash.
Lin Bian'er returned to the room alone, took out the sewing basket, held a man's clothes that was almost completed, and continued to sew by lamplight.
After a while, Kong Rou came and knocked on the door.
"Sister Lin, Xiaorou wants to see you if I have something to do."
Lin Qi'er put down her needlework, stood up, opened the door, and pulled Kongrou into the house.
After letting Kong Rou sit down first, she asked: "What does sister Xiaorou want from me?"
Kongrou held a thick book in her arms, and her eyes suddenly fell on the exquisite men's clothes in the sewing basket.
Thinking that this piece of clothing was probably made by Sister Lin and her eldest brother, I suddenly became timid.
"I..."
Lin Bian'er tilted her head and glanced at the cover of the book in Kong Rou's arms, and then followed Kong Rou's line of sight to see the new clothes she was sewing in a hurry, and she suddenly understood.
With a smile on her face, she took Kongrou's cramped hand and said in a serious manner: "I guess, sister Xiaorou wants to ask questions about female workers, right?"
Kong Rou, who guessed her purpose, nodded slightly.
"You can ask, don't worry, sister is not a tiger, she won't eat you." Lin Qier smiled.
Kongrou mustered up her courage, took out her book, and nervously turned to a page that analyzed men's clothing, and pointed out what she couldn't understand.
"Xiaorou can't understand what's written here, so I want to ask Sister Lin for help..." Her face turned red as she spoke.
"Let me see."
Lin Qi'er took the book, took a look at it, and immediately started explaining smoothly, without saying anything else because of the content in the book.
Kongrou listened carefully.
"What else don't you understand?" After solving one problem, Lin Bian'er asked again.
Hearing this, Kongrou became bolder and quickly turned the page to point out another point.
Lin Bianer answered in detail one by one.
"Is there any more?" She asked again without knowing which question it was.
Kong Rou shook her head vigorously this time and was very grateful: "No, thank you Sister Lin. It really helped Xiaorou a lot."
Seeing that Kong Rou had relaxed a lot, Lin Qi'er showed a meaningful smile: "Is it true that sister Xiaorou is feeling springy too?
Tell me, who are you planning to make clothes for?"
Kongrou's face turned red and she lowered her head and did not dare to answer.
"I know even if you don't tell me, big brother..." Lin Bian'er shook his head and said with a smile.
"Sister Lin, I..." Kong Rou wanted to explain.
"What's the point? Okay, you can understand it when you go back. My sister will teach you when she has time next time. Now she has to rush to work." Lin Bian'er interrupted Kong Rou's words.
Kong Rou was stunned for a moment, then nodded subconsciously.
Looking at Sister Lin again, she found that Sister Lin had been concentrating on sewing clothes, so she had to get up and go back.
……
The candle lamp on the table gave off a bright light, and Lin Qian'er sat under the lamp, continuing to sew the man's clothes.
She picks every stitch with great concentration.
As the night progressed, the spiritual stones on the heating array in the corner of the room were all used up unconsciously, and the temperature of the room gradually became a little colder.
All her thoughts were focused on what she was doing, and she just thought it was getting colder tonight. Her fair and slender green fingers were still threading needles, and she coughed from time to time.
At a certain moment, there was a gentle knock on the door.
"Have Junior Sister slept?" He Gu from outside the door asked in a low voice.
He had just finished practicing and went out to fetch water to rinse his body. When he saw that the junior sister's room was still lit, he was worried and came over to take a look.
"Not yet, senior brother, please come in by yourself." The new clothes in Lin Bian'er's hands were just a few stitches away from being finished, so she didn't stop.
He Gu pushed the door open and immediately spotted the silent formation in the corner, frowning slightly.
After closing the door, he took a few steps forward and added another spiritual stone, and the formation was immediately activated again.
After doing this, he thought about his junior sister: "Why didn't you add some spiritual stones? Don't you feel uncomfortable?"
"I thought it was because it was cold, so I didn't take care of it." Lin Qier turned around and replied with a smile.
He Gu found a warm fox velvet coat from the back room and put it on his junior sister. Then he noticed the new clothes in his hands, and a smile suddenly appeared on his stern face just now.
"Why did you secretly make new clothes for senior brother again?"
Lin Bian'er's face turned red and she ignored this difficult question.
Silver teeth bit the thread, she stood up, unfolded her clothes, and walked slowly behind He Gu.
"Senior brother, let's try it. Is it appropriate?"
He Gu cooperated with his movements and flattered his junior sister: "Junior sister made the clothes with her own hands, so they should fit no matter what."
"You can fool people with your smooth tongue." Lin Qian'er said she didn't believe it, but her eyes were bright.
"I can't coax my junior sister to play with anyone. If my senior brother lies even a little bit, he will die badly." He Gu was a little complacent.
"Bah, you're talking nonsense..." Lin Bian'er's voice was as soft as a mosquito.
He Gu just likes Lin Bian'er's serious look, which is very pleasing to the eye.
Seeing that the size was correct, Lin Bian'er put the clothes away: "It's so late, what does senior brother have to do with Bian'er?"
Why can't I miss this feeling of being surrounded and served by junior sisters? It's so satisfying.
"It's nothing serious. I see you're not asleep yet, so I came over to take a look."
Lin Qian'er carefully folded the new clothes in her hands and handed them to He Gu: "Brother, please take this with you when you go out this time. It's winter and it's cold outside."
He Gu carefully accepted it, and Lin Ji'er's body fragrance and warmth remained on the clothes, which made him feel precious.
Feeling a little sorry for Lin Qian'er's body: "Okay, it's getting late, junior sister, it's time to go and rest."
"Yeah." Lin Qian'er nodded lightly, with a sweet look on her face.
He Gu left, and Lin Qianer packed up the needlework on the table.
She blew out the candle and lay down on the soft sandalwood bed.
Late at night, she had a dream, a dream that brought back memories.
In the green bamboo forest, the little girl burst into tears while walking.
The boy who was digging bamboo shoots nearby heard the noise and flew up to meet him: "Junior sister, why are you crying? Who bullied you? Tell senior brother!"
The little girl raised her empty white hands and said, "The gift given to me by senior brother was taken away by them."
"I'll grab it back." The boy was furious and was about to go down the mountain.
The little girl hurriedly grabbed the boy's clothes and persuaded him while crying: "Brother, don't do it, there are too many of them."
"Don't worry, senior brother knows what he knows. You go back to the house and wait for senior brother to come back." The boy showed a confident smile and patted his chest.
The boy went down the mountain, and the little girl was obedient and returned to the house. She cried herself to sleep after a while.
In the evening, the little girl woke up when she heard the call.
Although the boy had changed his clothes, several bruises were still clearly visible on his face.
"Senior brother...does it hurt?"
The little girl's big eyes were shining with tears, and she stretched out her little hand, wanting to touch it but not daring to touch it.
The boy repeatedly reassured her that she was fine, and then took out a dirty, crushed straw dragonfly from his arms.
"Here, senior brother said he would snatch it back."
The little girl took it carefully: "It's all broken. If I had known this, senior brother would have..."
The boy grabbed the little girl's shoulders and said seriously: "Junior sister, remember this from now on!
As long as someone wants to snatch something you like, even if you break it and destroy it with your own hands, don’t give it to them!
Do you understand? Even if the senior brother comes, it will be the same if the master comes."
The little girl seemed to understand, but in the end she nodded heavily.
"You must remember what senior brother said."
……
Lin Qi'er, who was immersed in sleep, moved her eyelashes slightly, and on her slightly pale but delicate and almost perfect face, a small pear dimple appeared faintly at the corner of her lips.
This dream would reappear to her every once in a while.
The little details in the dream have been deeply ingrained in her bones, and she will never forget them.