"Ah! A snake!"
Yue Jiuyue was so frightened that she almost slipped into the lotus pond.
Yue Jiuyue wasn't actually that afraid of snakes, because snakes were often found in people's yards in the countryside, and the family would try to get them out safely. Having seen them many times since she was a child, Yue Jiuyue wasn't afraid anymore, and she had even taken matters into her own hands to get them out.
However, she wasn't afraid of snakes entering her house; she was afraid of water snakes.
I always feel that snakes that come into the house are silly and even a little cute, even though they might be coming in to eat mice or chickens.
The sight of snakes in the water always gave her goosebumps, and she would run far away in fear, wishing she had never seen one.
Yue Jiuyue's exclamation did not attract the attention of Liu Shi at home or Xiaoman'er on the mountain, because she was too scared and her scream was actually very soft. Only she herself thought she was screaming very loudly.
So, Yue Jiuyue, who had fallen to the side of the lotus pond, could only face the snake swimming towards her alone. She tried to back away with both hands and feet for a long time, but she couldn't move even half a meter.
"Croak!"
A little frog suddenly jumped from a lotus leaf on the edge of the pond toward the bank where Yue Jiuyue was, but as soon as it jumped, the snake darted out of the water and swallowed it whole.
Yue Jiuyue: !!!!=????(?ò?ó?)?
That scared her to death! Thankfully it was a false alarm!
However, there are water snakes in the lotus pond. When Lin Chaonan and Lin Chaobei return, I need to tell them about this and ask them to get rid of the water snakes.
But even after getting rid of the water snake, she would never dare to come here again. All the lotus leaves, water lilies, and moonlight over the lotus pond were no longer relevant to her!
Yue Jiuyue went back, picked up the basket, and hurriedly ran home, not caring whether she had dropped anything on the way.
"Madam?"
Liu, who was washing clothes by the South Lake, heard messy footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw Yue Jiuyue's figure flash past the gate of the wall.
Is something wrong at home?
Thinking this, Liu didn't care about washing any clothes and stood up to run home.
When he ran home, he found everything was fine. The cows and horses were all there, and the chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits were all safely in their burrows. There was nothing unusual in the house, except that Xiaoman seemed to be missing.
However, at this time, Xiaoman'er usually wakes up from her afternoon nap and then finds something to do, such as feeding the chickens, ducks, and rabbits, or following her around, or digging for wild vegetables, which can be eaten by both people and rabbits.
She hurriedly went to the east room to see if Yue Jiuyue was inside. She knocked on the door a few times, and just as she was about to push it open, she heard Yue Jiuyue's trembling voice ask from inside:
Who is it?
"Madam, it's me, Granny Liu."
Liu sees herself as a servant bought by Yue Jiuyue, so she usually refers to herself as "Old Woman Liu." She is just an old woman bought by Yue Jiuyue to work in her home.
"Oh, is there something you need?"
The fear in Yue Jiuyue's voice lessened.
"No, it's nothing. I just saw that the old lady had returned, so I came over to ask if she had any clothes that needed washing."
Liu wanted to ask Yue Jiuyue what was wrong, but after thinking about it, she decided not to say anything. It was better to avoid trouble and to be careful with her words and actions in order to save her life.
"No, thank you!"
Thank you for coming at this time; it has lessened some of the fear in my heart.
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