When Luo Shenyuan changed into his robe and came out, he saw Yi Ning biting a crab leg. Yi Ning didn't seem to be caught at all. She waved and said with a smile, "Third brother, come and eat. Auntie brought you some delicious food."
Luo Shenyuan frowned and said, "Crabs are cold in nature, and they are pickled. How can you eat them?"
As he said that, he reached out and took the crab leg from her mouth.
He sat down and personally picked up a piece of fish for Yining with his chopsticks: "Eat this."
Yining took her own small plate and thought, why couldn't she eat this? Her original chef was from Yangzhou, and she had eaten many pickled crabs. But the Luo family's chef's cooking was more inclined towards the taste of northern Zhili, and she hadn't eaten pickled crabs in a long time.
Yining wanted to eat venison, but Luo Shenyuan held her chopsticks down and said, "You are not allowed to eat this either."
Yi Ning found that since she became close to her third brother, he started to control her. Wasn't he very indulgent towards her before... Yi Ning thought for a long time before asking doubtfully, "Third brother, you don't give me food because you want it yourself, right?"
Luo Shenyuan smiled and asked calmly, "Is that what you think?"
Yining noticed that her third brother was looking at her intently. She smiled and didn't dare to say anything. She ate the fish on the plate obediently.
A large plate of fish went into Yining's stomach. Luo Shenyuan helped her with some vegetables and removed the fish bones, but he didn't touch much of his own plate.
Yi Ning sighed as she gazed at the large, largely untouched plate of crabs. After a satisfying meal, she lay down under the eaves to bask in the sun. Luo Shenyuan thought she was like a kitten, spinning around in circles, her long eyelashes drooping, casting a shadow on her pale face. Her face rested against the pillow, limp and unwilling to move.
He was watching Yining dozing off, a little distracted, when a noise was heard in the room.
Yi Ning was also awakened. Looking up, she saw her third brother had already walked into the side room. Through the lattice window, she could see that it was the girl in the lake green jacket who had knocked over a plate. She reached out to pick up the broken porcelain pieces and pricked her fingertip. A drop of blood dangled from her sharp fingertip, as precarious as the teardrop on her cheek.
Yining suddenly lost her sleepiness.
She already knew this girl's name was Hualu, and the other's was Huatang. It was obvious that these names were bestowed upon them by the well-read Chen. Their real names might have been Da Ya or Er Ya. Why did her methods seem so familiar...
Yining thought of Aunt Qiao again.
Aunt Qiao must have been a very successful concubine, and all the maids imitated her.
Yi Ning thought it was funny and lay down again. After a while, Luo Shenyuan came out and asked her, "Did I disturb your sleep?"
Yi Ning shook her head. She wasn't asleep anyway. She asked Luo Shenyuan, "I think her hand is broken."
Luo Shenyuan said calmly, "She broke a plate, so I fined her two months' salary and told her to go get it bandaged. She doesn't need to serve me anymore."
Yi Ning wasn't very satisfied. "Third Brother is good in every way, except that he's a little unromantic." "Why did the little girl hurt herself so hard? She just wanted you to comfort her. It would be even better if you could help bandage her." Her third brother actually fined her her monthly salary and kicked her out...
Yi Ning became more and more curious about which family her third brother would marry in the future. How come she didn't remember it?
Yi Ning thought about it all the way, but still had no memory of it. After all, she was just a concubine at that time, and everything she knew was told by others. Her eldest sister-in-law didn't care who Luo Shenyuan's wife was, and the servants didn't care either.
She returned to Old Lady Luo's house and saw that Uncle Luo, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, had returned. He must have come back from the capital specifically for Luo Huaiyuan's provincial examination. Luo Chengzhang sat next to Luo Chengwen, and the three of them were chatting and laughing. Luo Chengzhang asked what the provincial examination had been about and how Luo Huaiyuan had answered.
Luo Huaiyuan explained what he had written in detail. Luo Chengzhang nodded repeatedly and said that there would be no problem in passing the exam this time.
Chen Shi, listening in on the conversation, felt proud. Luo Huaiyuan was only eighteen. If he could pass the imperial examination, he would be a year ahead of Luo Chengwen. From now on, her words would carry even more weight in the Luo family.
Luo Chengwen looked at Luo Huaiyuan with a look of relief: "I have heard from Zhang Hanlin that you have indeed studied hard. This time I come back, I will wait until the results are announced before leaving. Otherwise, it will be too late to rush back."
Luo Huaiyuan smiled modestly, feeling very relaxed. He turned his head and saw Yining coming in from outside. He smiled and asked Yining to come over: "Meimei, why haven't you been on good terms with big brother recently? Do you like the glass doll that big brother gave you last time?"
Yining thought to herself, I’m not a puppy, you can tease me when you’re in a good mood.
She smiled and said, "I like it."
Chen was in such a good mood that she even looked at Yi Ning with a more favorable impression. She took Yi Ning's hand and said with a smile, "When the results are announced, as long as your eldest brother passes, you can ask him for whatever you want. If he doesn't buy it for you, I'll scold him."
Yining nodded in agreement, thinking that she was also waiting for the day when the results would be announced.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
