Chapter 48 No, I can't sleep

Baishishu, Shiqiao Village.

Early in the morning, Xiaoqing had just opened the door when a cold wind blew.

The girl's fair neck couldn't help but shrink into her clothes, and she subconsciously wrapped the clothes tightly around her body.

It's only the beginning of November, but the morning breeze is already a biting.

This year's winter seems to come a little faster than usual.

Xiaoqing turned around and looked at her sister lying on the bed.

My sister is still sleeping curled up in the quilt.

"Sister, get up, sister."

Xiaoqing walked to the bedside and gently pushed her sister's shoulders.

"Hmm." Bai Rushue responded lazily, but her eyes were not open at all. Instead, she buried her head in the quilt.

"Sister, aren't you going to the market? If you don't go now, there will be no vegetables."

Xiaoqing was actually quite confused.

For some reason, my sister seems to be more sleepy this winter.

Although hibernation is the nature of snakes.

But my sister's cultivation is already very high. Logically speaking, she shouldn't feel sleepy so early.

I haven't felt sleepy yet.

"Sister, are you okay?" Xiaoqing asked worriedly, "Did something go wrong with your cultivation again?"

"It's okay, Xiaoqing. I'm just a little sleepy. I'll get up right away."

Bai Rushue relied on her strong willpower to sit up from the bed. A strand of hair brushed across her cheek and curled around the woman's heaving chest.

Although my sister sat up from the bed, she was staggering and her eyes were not open at all, as if she would lie down again at the next moment.

Xiaoqing lifted the quilt covering her sister.

The cold air poured into the quilt, and Bai Ruxue's delicate body trembled.

This time the woman really woke up.

As usual, the two sisters went to the market in Huangcun to buy vegetables, and then went home to clean the yard, hang clothes to dry, prepare ingredients and make a fire to cook.

If there was nothing to do, Bai Ruxue would serve Xiao Mo tea and massage his shoulders.

Although Bai Rushue usually does some things.

But Xiaoqing discovered that since Big Brother Xiao came back that time, the relationship between her sister and Big Brother Xiao seemed to have become closer. Her sister's eyes looked at Big Brother Xiao more gently, a kind of indescribable gentleness.

Before we knew it, it was the twelfth lunar month.

As the weather grew colder, Bai Rushue became more and more sleepy.

In fact, Bai Ruxue didn't know what was wrong with her. She just felt very sleepy, which was obviously not the case in the past two years.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, every household becomes busy.

Especially Xiao Mo's family.

In previous years, it was the village chief who wrote Spring Festival couplets for the villagers, but this year, Shiqiao Village produced a top scholar, and everyone hoped that Xiao Mo could help write some to bring some literary atmosphere to their family.

Xiao Mo naturally did not refuse.

I grew up eating food from hundreds of families in the village, so what's wrong with writing some Spring Festival couplets?

But the villagers did not take it for free, and they would give Xiao Mo some chicken, duck, fish and other things. Xiao Mo refused several times, but he really couldn't resist the aunties and grandmas in the village.

"Ruxue, are you okay?"

On this day, when Xiao Mo was writing Spring Festival couplets in the yard, he saw Bai Rushue, who was mending clothes, dozing off. She nodded her head like a chick pecking at rice.

Those beautiful peach blossom eyes seemed to be about to close.

"ah?"

Hearing Xiao Mo's voice, Bai Ruxue shuddered violently and suddenly woke up.

"It's okay." Bai Ruxue shook her head, "Ah! Your blue shirt! How did I sew it into this state?"

Xiao Mo smiled and said, "It's okay if the clothes are not sewn properly. I see that you look drowsy. Just don't prick your hand. Ruxue, go get some sleep."

"No, no." Bai Ruxue shook her head. "Chinese New Year is coming in eight days. I still have a lot of things to do. I'm not sleepy."

As she spoke, Bai Ruxue looked at the sky and said, "How come it's almost noon already?"

Bai Ruxue quickly put the clothes on the table and ran into the kitchen: "Xiao Mo, I'm going to the kitchen to cook first. I'll sew your clothes this afternoon."

Looking at the woman's back, Xiao Mo felt a little confused.

He knew that snakes needed to hibernate, but Xiaoqing was in good spirits and had followed Aunt Wang to pick up eggs in the morning.

How come Ruxue, who is at a higher level, is in a worse condition?

In the kitchen, Bai Rushue washed her little face again and again.

Drops of water slowly slid down the woman's smooth cheeks.

Looking at herself in the water jar, the woman frowned slightly: "What happened to me these days?"

Last year, I felt sleepy and hibernated in mid-January, and woke up after sleeping for only half a month.

But it's only the twelfth lunar month now.

"No, I can't sleep."

Bai Ruxue slapped her little face hard.

She had a feeling that her hibernation this time might be different from before.

Although Bai Ruxue didn't know what was different, the woman felt very uneasy.

"Get through this winter! By the time spring comes, I won't feel sleepy anymore!"

Bai Ruxue clenched her fists to cheer herself up.

"Next spring, when Xiao Mo returns from the exam, he will marry me."

In the next few days, whenever Bai Rushue felt sleepy, she would chew a red pepper fiercely.

Although she doesn't like spicy food, she feels refreshed as soon as she takes a bite.

It is the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, and there are only three days left until the Chinese New Year.

A letter arrived from the capital.

This letter was delivered personally by County Magistrate Sun to Shiqiao Village.

The writer of the letter was the Hanlin of the current dynasty, the highly respected Mr. Zhang Qianzhi.

After reading Mr. Zhang's letter, Xiao Mo seemed a little helpless.

"Xiao Mo, did Mr. Zhang say anything?" Looking at Xiao Mo's seemingly complicated expression, County Magistrate Sun asked.

Xiao Mo put away the envelope: "Mr. Zhang hopes that I will leave for the capital after the New Year and wants to see me before mid-February."

"Great news!" Magistrate Sun said happily, "I heard that Mr. Zhang will be appointed as the governor of Beihai Prefecture after the New Year, which should be in mid-February. Mr. Zhang wants to meet you before taking office, which shows how much he values ​​you. But why do you look a little conflicted, Xiao Mo?"

Xiao Mo smiled and said, "I want to spend more time with my family."

"Ah, Xiao Mo, it's a good thing to value friendship, but Mr. Zhang's request is something that all scholars in Da Qi dream of. You are still young and you will have plenty of time to spend with your family in the future."

"Besides, the exam will be held in early March. You only went there half a month in advance. It's not a big deal. Don't be confused."

Xiao Mo bowed and said, "I know."

"Well, it's good that you know."

County Magistrate Sun patted Xiao Mo on the shoulder.

"I learned from your village chief that you want to marry the daughter of the Bai family after returning from the imperial examination.

When you get into high school, you will ride a red horse, wear a red flower on your chest, and the whole city will be decorated with red lights.

You, a talented man and a beautiful woman, will be the talk of the town of Jiangnan!"

(End of this chapter)