Chapter 136 The Sickly Villain in a Female-dominated World 7
When Lin Hanxin heard that the hunter's daughter whom she had rescued before came to thank her, she was so excited that her face turned red. She specially ordered her servants to set a table of delicious food to entertain the two of them.
By the time the host and the guests had enjoyed themselves, it was already night and the Lin Mansion had lit up lanterns woven from green bamboo and hung under the eaves. The orange candle flames swayed gently in the night breeze.
"It's already so dark. It may not be safe for you to go home along the mountain road. How about you stay here for one night and go back after breakfast tomorrow morning?" Lord Lin asked his attendants to help his drunken wife down and looked at the two embarrassed sisters with a smile.
The wife finally saved the right person this time. Thinking of Qing'er drinking a bowl of pheasant and mushroom soup in the evening, her smile became more genuine.
Yang Shu took a deep breath and tried not to be too rude in front of this dignified husband: "Then I'll cause trouble for the husband."
Afterwards, she supported her drunken and staggering sister and followed the attendant in blue towards the guest room.
"Sister, this roast chicken is so delicious..." Yang Lin, who was drunk, suddenly said in a hoarse voice. She leaned against her sister with her red face and drunken eyes, and suddenly burped.
Yang Shu, who was drunk, almost dropped A Mei from his shoulder. Xiao Shuang, who was holding a lantern to illuminate them, burst out laughing.
Seeing the guests' gazes, he stared at his toes shyly. Fortunately, they had arrived at the place: "Two ladies, the guest rooms have arrived."
After putting A-mei to bed, a maid came with buckets of hot water. Yang Shu, who was taking a bath in a bathtub for the first time, felt like he was reborn.
She was a little surprised to think that she had walked into the Lin residence in a daze and had a sumptuous dinner today. She didn't expect that the master and husband of the Lin family were so approachable.
After quickly drying her body, she used her own bath water to wipe the body of the drunken sister.
After lying on the cool bamboo mat, Yang Shu forced herself to sleep and thought vaguely: I wonder if my mother and father at home are worried about them. I have to say goodbye to my master at dawn tomorrow...
The next day, when Yang Lin woke up, she had a splitting headache. She stared at the gauze curtains on the bed with a look of shock on her face, as if she thought she was still dreaming.
"The girl is awake!" Xiaoshuang, who had been waiting in the room for a long time, walked up with a bowl of sobering soup.
Yang Lin's eyes widened when she saw such a handsome boy. She subconsciously took the black soup and drank it all. A strong bitter taste exploded on the tip of her tongue, reminding her of what happened yesterday.
"Uh, this little guy...where is my sister?"
"Girl, just call me Xiaoshuang." He took the empty bowl and placed it on the wooden table in the middle of the room. "It seems that your elder sister said goodbye to the master early in the morning and returned home. She said that you can go home by yourself after you wake up."
After all, the two sisters did not return home all night, and their mother and father must be worried. Their mother was injured, and how could the family feel at ease without a girl as the pillar of support?
"Ah?" Yang Shu, feeling abandoned, was filled with surprise. His sister went home alone?
She asked anxiously: "How long has she been gone?"
Wuwuwu, can I catch up if I walk now? It's all my fault for drinking too much last night. There's nothing I can do. Yesterday's wine was clear and mellow. Who knew it would be so strong after drinking it?
As if knowing what she was thinking, Xiaoshuang pursed her lips and smiled: "That girl left at dawn, and now the sun is already overhead."
Did she get up so late? Yang Lin patted his head in frustration.
"By the way, girl, my mistress asked you to go find her after you wake up." Xiao Shuang patted himself, he almost forgot about the important matter.
Lady is looking for me?
She followed the attendant hesitantly, staring at the green board at her feet with her head lowered. A few young men in green robes on the corridor not far away were looking over here, pointing and laughing with their hands covering their mouths.
Walking through the garden of the Lin Mansion all the way east, I saw in the distance a group of servants surrounding a girl in a long purple dress. On the waterside pavilion, attendants and maids stood on both sides.
Lin Qing threw fish food to tease the koi in the pond. The koi with white patterns on its head was the most agile and always had the upper hand in the fight for food.
"My lady, the sister from the mountain people came yesterday." Qingshu put the remaining fish food on the plate and brought a tray with three cloth towels on it, one wet, half wet and one dry.
After drying his hands, Lin Qing'an looked at the rough-looking woman outside the waterside pavilion. It seemed that due to years of hunting, her still childish face was a little cracked by the mountain wind.
"What's the girl's name?"
"I...I...my name is Yang Lin, my sister's name is Yang Shu, and I have a younger brother."
A young man among the servants around her laughed shyly, and a strong red color suddenly appeared on the woman's face and quickly spread downwards.
"Ahem." Lin Qing cleared his throat. "Yang Lin, I didn't mean to call you here for any other reason. I'm just a little curious about how you mountain people live on a daily basis."
Seeing that the girl was still dazed, Xiaoshuang stamped her feet and reminded her softly, "My lady asked you to tell me what you do on weekdays?"
Yang Lin became excited when talking about this. She knew that some people in the city liked to listen to things they had never heard before.
"Why did you become mountain people?"
"My lady, my family lives on the mountain behind us. We have been mountain dwellers since my aunt's generation."
"My aunt told me that she was originally from a village in the west. Unfortunately, her hometown was hit by a flood when she was young, so she came here with her family. However, her family members died of illness or hunger on the way, leaving only her as a little girl stranded here."
"The people here were kind and pitiful and gave her a steamed bun, which allowed her to survive. My grandfather's family happened to want to hire a live-in girl, and although she looked pale and thin, she seemed to be grateful, so they took her home."
"Later, my grandfather fell ill. In order to pay for his medical treatment, we sold our house and land. Unfortunately, he never recovered."
Yang Shu smiled gratefully at the boy who brought him tea, took a sip and continued, "So my aunt took my mother to live in the mountains. Now we have a few rooms and some land at home."
"Do you farm on weekdays?" Lin Qing was a little curious. She thought the mountain people made a living by hunting.
"I do plant some crops, but there are too many trees in the mountains, the soil is relatively hard, and there is not much sunlight, so the harvest is not very good."
"We usually rely on hunting. We sell the prey in town and buy rice, oil, cloth, needles and thread, salt and other daily necessities. My sister would also do odd jobs in town during the busy farming season, when the wages would be higher."
She chuckled and said, "I'm not smart enough, so I just help my mother set traps and traps at home, and put fish cages in the creek."
"There is a kind of small black fish in the mountain stream. This fish can grow to half the length of an arm. My father is an excellent smoked fish expert. It is delicious."
Lin Qinglai became interested: "Why don't you bring a few small fish next time? I'll buy them from you."
ah?
Yang Lin was confused. The Lady of the Lin Mansion couldn't eat anything, but she wanted to buy her own fish to eat.
Seeing her honest and stupid look, Xiaoshuang anxiously tapped her toes and gently pushed her back: "Why don't you thank me quickly, lady."
If they could establish a long-term business relationship with the Lin family, this woman's family would surely make a fortune, which would be much better than working hard for them.
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