Chapter 25 Unclean
Du Huaizhi did not answer. He kept two for himself and stuffed the rest, along with the bag, into An Nian's hands.
"Moon Silver."
An Nian was shocked, "Isn't it just two taels?"
Du Huaizhi was stunned for a moment, "When did I say it was only two taels?"
An Nian: "..." It seems that he really didn't say that, but this is too much, "Is this money... clean?"
"Hmm..." Du Huaizhi thought about the origin of this bag of pearls. It was exchanged for human heads, and anything stained with blood could not be considered clean.
"It's not clean. I'll get you some honest money some other day." Du Huaizhi wanted to take the things back, but An Nian refused to let go.
"It's okay as long as they are not clean. It will take a long time for you to get clean ones." She was embarrassed to accept the hard-earned money for the clean ones. There was no need to sell so many pearls. They could be ground into pearl powder.
Du Huaizhi: “…”
Whatever, as long as she doesn't mind.
"Sister!" Du Ruozhi ran towards Du Huaizhi excitedly, holding up her skirt. "Father asked me to come over and call you to dinner."
Du Huaizhi looked at An Nian.
"Go ahead, go ahead. Don't worry about me. Just bring me some when you come back." An Nian waved at her, holding the bag of pearls and studying each one in the light.
This one is good, this one is also good...
"Let's go." Du Huaizhi raised his hand and stroked Du Ruzhi's arm.
Du Ruozhi nodded, hugged her arm with her backhand, looked around the yard as she walked, and an idea suddenly emerged in her mind.
In the main courtyard, Du Qiyue and Lin had already taken their seats. Du Huaizhi bowed and saluted when he saw them. "Father, how are you? Mother, how are you?"
"Come, come, sit down. We've been waiting for you two." Du Qiyue said, inviting them to come and sit down.
The maidservant beside her began to serve the meal.
"Huaizhi girl, how are you? Are you used to living here?" Du Qiyue sat next to Du Huaizhi and asked.
"How could my daughter not be used to living at home?" Du Huaizhi looked at the sweet porridge in the bowl and secretly groaned in his heart. How much does the Du family love sweet food?
Du Ruozhi suddenly interrupted: "Dad, my sister's yard is too far away. My daughter has been running back and forth so much that her legs are almost broken. Can you arrange a yard closer for her?"
Lin secretly elbowed Du Ruozhi and gave her a cold look.
"Too far?" Du Qiyue frowned and turned to look at Lin. "Which courtyard did you arrange for Huaizhi to stay in?"
Lin's face showed a friendly expression. "Originally, I wanted to arrange for Huaizhi to live in Junlan Courtyard, which is next to Ruozhi's. However, that courtyard has not been lived in for many years and is still under renovation. So I asked Huaizhi to stay somewhere else for a few days and move in after Junlan Courtyard is renovated."
"Yes." Du Qiyue nodded. "Junlan Courtyard is indeed nice. The two sisters should live closer. Madam is very thoughtful."
"It's my duty." Lin's eyebrows curved, and when Du Qiyue turned around to talk to Du Huaizhi, she rolled her eyes at Du Ruzhi.
How did she teach yesterday? Today, her elbows are bent outwards.
Du Ruozhi shrank her shoulders weakly and drank the sweet porridge in the bowl in small sips.
Du Huaizhi looked at Du Ruzhi and sighed in his heart. In fact, living in a corner was also good. She was outside all night last night and no one noticed.
But now that he had said this, Du Huaizhi couldn't refuse Du Ruzhi's kindness.
After breakfast, Du Qiyue suddenly suggested, "In a couple of days, I'll take Huaizhi and Ruozhi to the palace's horse ranch to play. Huaizhi just returned home, so I'm afraid she doesn't have riding gear yet. Madam, please prepare it."
Lin nodded in agreement, thinking in her heart, and asked, "Will the prince be there?"
"Of course." Du Qiyue did not hide it. "Not only the prince, but also the crown prince is here."
"Crown Prince?" Lin frowned. "Isn't this crown prince..." Before she could finish her words, Du Qiyue glared back at her.
"The Crown Prince has been a Crown Prince since birth. Although he is young and his power is weak, the Prince is already over forty and still childless. He has not favored any of the other princes at court. It is still unknown who will inherit the throne."
It seemed like they were planning to marry one of the sisters off to the Crown Prince. Lin couldn't help but feel a little worried. "But the Crown Prince is still the Crown Prince after all. He and the Prince appear to be on good terms, but secretly they're at loggerheads. How do you know the Prince doesn't have that in mind?"
"Shut up!" Du Qiyue scolded, "How can a woman from the harem like you guess what the prince is thinking?"
Lin hurriedly bowed her head and admitted her mistake, "I know I was wrong, it was my fault for talking too much."
Du Qiyue snorted lightly, not getting angry any more. "Just do as I say. It will only benefit the Du family if the prince takes a fancy to any girl."
"yes."
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Zhilan Courtyard.
"Sister, come and see, this is the little rabbit I raised." Du Ruozhi took Du Huaizhi all the way to the corner of the yard.
There was a small circle surrounded by a mud wall, and inside was a nest of rabbits of all sizes. Hearing the familiar voice, the rabbits inside hopped over towards this side, their fur of different colors, a fluffy ball.
Du Ruozhi bent down and picked up the most obedient one, holding it in her hands and letting Du Huaizhi pet it, "Sister, look, isn't it cute?"
Du Huaizhi reached out his hand and touched her symbolically, feeling the softness, but his eyes fell on Du Ruozhi's face, "Cute."
"Hehe." Du Ruozhi put the rabbit back and handed Du Huaizhi a piece of vegetable leaf. "Sister, feed them. It's fun."
Speaking of feeding, Du Ruozhi suddenly remembered that there was An Nian waiting to be fed in that corner, "I have to go back first, An Nian hasn't eaten yet."
"Sister." Du Ruozhi called her, "I'll ask Xiuzhu to go to the kitchen and bring it to her. You don't have to make another trip."
Pulling Du Huaizhi back to the rabbit hutch, Du Ruozhi saw that she looked uninterested and asked with a tilted head, "Sister, don't you like rabbits?"
"I like it." Du Huaizhi pushed the vegetable leaves into the earthen wall. Several rabbits stood up to grab the leaves, eating them with a smacking sound, looking very happy.
Feeding An Nian was only one of the reasons. The second reason was that he wanted to go back to sleep. After all, he had consumed too much energy yesterday. If he didn't take a nap, his body would not be able to bear it.
Du Ruozhi had been staring at Du Huaizhi. Seeing the faint gray under her eyes, she immediately understood, "Sister, didn't you get enough rest last night?"
"Yeah." Du Huaizhi responded. When he mentioned the word "rest", he couldn't help yawning. It wasn't that he didn't rest well, but that he didn't rest at all.
"Then sister, you can rest here with me. I didn't get enough rest last night. It's a good idea for us to sleep together." Du Ruozhi said.
On the way to Beijing, Du Huaizhi was often pestered by Du Ruozhi to sleep together. After doing it more and more times, he gradually learned how to sleep together.
Du Huaizhi didn't refuse and threw the uneaten vegetable leaves in his hand into the rabbit's nest. He let Du Ruozhi pull him into the bedroom.
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