No matter how peaceful life is, occasionally it will stir up a little turbulence.

Shen Jue practiced swordsmanship in the courtyard, Ji Jiu sat and watched, and Yimo was dozing off beside his bamboo chair. On this unusual afternoon, Shen Jue, with a majestic sword, suddenly pulled up a sword flower, put away his long sword and stood aside.

Ji Jiu was a little surprised. At this moment, the courtyard door was knocked. The knocker knocked on the wooden board, one after another, Ji Jiu motioned for Shen Jue to open the door.

As soon as the courtyard door opened, the woman behind the door walked in. Ji Jiu was stunned, and quickly said, "Ma'am." But she made her lie on her lap and couldn't stand up.

Standing at the gate of the courtyard with her young daughter and her servants behind, Ji Liu's family caught the scene in the courtyard at a glance.

This small courtyard is really simple, with only three rooms, and one is a stove room. Standing at the gate of the courtyard, you can guess everything here.

Madam looked at the man leaning on her husband's bamboo chair, but the man closed his eyes and didn't bother to look at her. He was still lying on Ji Jiu's lap and slept in a daze—he couldn't sleep well at night, so he had to sleep in the sunlight during the day. Make up for sleep. The brighter the sun, the more sound he slept, and the reason for this was nothing more than the blazing light, which made him unable to think much.

Ji Jiu didn't know whether he slept in real or fake sleep, and he was used to it, so he followed him.

This time, he couldn't follow him. Ji Jiu patted the black hair and said, "Get up."

Yimo nodded, then straightened up, shook his head, stood up sleepily, and shouted in a low voice, "Xiaobao."

Shen Jue hurriedly walked over, patted the loess stained on his black robe for him, and straightened his long hair that was messed up from dozing off for him, and even plucked off the leaf stalks on it.

After being served, Yimo walked straight towards the courtyard gate.

Ji Jiu instructed Shen Jue, "Follow him, don't let him fool around."

Shen Jue nodded and followed Yimo's back quickly to catch up.

Ji Jiu motioned for the servants to wait outside the courtyard. Then she walked up to the lady, bent over and hugged her little daughter, and then looked at the lady and asked, "Why are you here?"

A sentence is as calm as water.

It's just that this calm, in Madam's eyes, really has the effect of adding fuel to the fire.

"Can't the concubine come?!"

Ji Jiu glanced at her, hugged the frightened daughter in her arms tightly, and said, "Madam, go have some tea and calm down."

The little girl has never seen her mother get angry in front of her. He was held to the side by Ji Jiu and coaxed for a long time, and even choked, unable to stop the tears.

There was a scent of locust blossoms in the air, and even the round table beside the bamboo chairs had the aroma of locust blossoms. Ji Jiu grabbed some snacks on the table and fed them to her choking daughter. The little girl tried it first, and then she stopped even choking. Now, the petal-like lips were covered with the end of the dessert, and while eating, she stared at Ji Jiu with her big eyes that were still wet. After eating one, Ji Jiu fed the second one. The girl opened her mouth and almost bit his. fingertip. This greedy cat made Ji Jiu laugh. Although the girl didn't know why, she laughed along with him, with tears on her face.

When Ji Jiu saw that she was well, she walked to the lady with her arms in her arms, grabbed another handful of desserts on the table, and handed them over, "Try it, I made it myself."

Among the so many locust flowers that Shen Jue picked, in addition to freshly cooked rice, the rest were boiled into locust jasmine paste, which was added when making snacks, and it was fragrant.

After talking about it for a long time and a short time, the lady also calmed down, took the dessert and looked at it, and said, "I never knew you would do this."

Ji Jiu smiled, "It's not too late to know now."

Madam covered her lips gracefully and tasted it. The taste was unexpectedly good. She was about to praise, but she stopped suddenly, looked at him and asked, "What did you make for him?"

Ji Jiu frowned slightly and said, "I have nothing to do, make it for myself, and share some with him? When did you become so petty?"

The lady smiled when she heard the words, her smile became bitter for no reason, and said, "You haven't cooked for me all these years after marrying you. Not even once."

Ji Jiu said: "That's because I'm almost not at home at this time of year."

"Really not every year?" Madam asked in return, "You were there in the year you just passed the door, did you forget?"

What she said had been overwhelmed by time too far away, Ji Jiu thought for a long time before she remembered that he was indeed at home that year. It's just that at that time, he couldn't even see the newlywed wife a few times during his busy day, so how could he even think of making snacks. This kind of thing, you must have time, you must calm down, do it seriously, and do it well. Otherwise, it will not taste like that in the mouth.

When was a child, made it for mother, which time did not need a few days to make it well?

Ji Jiu said, "What are you doing?" Taking the broken snack away from her hand, Ji Jiu sat back on the bamboo chair, hugged the little girl and said, "If you have anything to say, you can make trouble for this kind of thing. If you can't do it well, it's not as good as those market women."

Madam reluctantly calmed down a bit, and quickly said: "Husband, take a concubine."

She spoke quickly, as if she had already made up her mind, just waiting for Ji Jiu to nod. For so many years, men have spoiled her. Although they have been together less and more apart, they should have given nothing less. It is precisely because there is too little time together, so they have given her more. She also knew that Ji Jiu would not nod her head, but she had to say so before she could say the following.

But there was no chance to speak.

Ji Jiu teased the girl in her arms, and answered her indifferently, "Okay."

Madam was stunned there, her mind seemed to be hollowed out all at once, and she lost all thoughts.

Ji Jiu waited, then raised his eyes, looked at the woman's unknowingly wet eyes, and said calmly, "Since I want to accept it, how can one room be enough? Hu Zhang is a family and has given birth to a pair of good daughters. Go and see for me, if you are really beautiful, you can choose a day to do things." Lu Dun, seeing that she didn't respond, added: "The sooner the better. Well. Maybe I can add another brother or sister to the good girl before I go to war."

With that said, Ji Jiu rubbed her daughter's cheeks and asked her, "Good girl, do you want a sister?"

The good girl is the nickname of the little girl. When she heard her father calling her, although she could not understand Ji Feng in the words of adults, she nodded happily with a smile.

Madam's face was as pale as paper, and she could hardly stand still.

Ji Jiu waited for a while, put down the girl in her arms and let her play while she walked up to the lady, rubbing the tears on her cheeks, and then whispered: "Madam, you are not as generous as you think, understand? ?"

"Although Ji Jiu doesn't have any talents, he can still get a few concubines and a few singing and dancing girls." Ji Jiu said lightly: "Even if you keep a few more prostitutes in the backyard, Madam, you have no reason to refuse."

Holding the woman's cold hand, Ji Jiu pulled her to sit beside him, and said slowly, "Ji Jiu doesn't take concubines or keep an outer chamber, it's not entirely because he pampers you."

The lady's hand in his palm trembled, like a frightened little animal.

Ji Jiu tightened her grip again, and then continued: "Those people Ji Jiu can't see, no matter how good they are, they don't care. Besides, I'm already married, so I shouldn't make my wife sad, this is the The reason for not accepting concubines these years."

Letting go of the hand in her palm, Ji Jiu stared at her tearful eyes and asked, "Do you think that if Ji Jiu got into her eyes, would it be useful for Madam to block her?"

The woman suppressed her crying and shook her head.

"A few years ago, the emperor wanted to reward me with several palace maids. Although I never said it, you should have heard some rumors. It is indeed true, but Ji Jiu didn't want it." Ji Jiu smiled and said lightly: "If I If I want it, the madam can't stop it. If I don't want it, the emperor can't force it."

After pondering for a while, Ji Jiu said the last sentence: "If I have a heart for him, how can I let him be wronged in this small courtyard in the mountains. I will bring him into the general's mansion in front of the world. Madam. , this is Ji Jiu. If Ji Jiu didn't do this, you don't need to worry about anything."

At this time, the good girl just picked up a few wild flowers from the corner, and happily threw herself on her mother's knee. The soft and waxy voice called: "Mother, look, Xiangxiang." No response was heard, and the good girl raised her face to look. , "Pa-ta" With the sound of still-warm water droplets hitting her raised forehead, the girl was startled and burst into tears in an instant.

The lady cried silently, and the girl screamed, and it was in such a cry that Ji Jiu sat on the bamboo chair beside her, her face was indifferent, neither sad nor happy, only the wind was blowing.

The repressed and unrestrained crying ceased after Zhancha's time. Madam stood up with the good girl in her arms and bowed her head, "I understand. It's getting late, and it's time for me to go back to the house."

Ji Jiu got up and opened the door for her. When she walked to the door, Ji Liushi asked in a low voice, "If your husband has no intention, why not..."

Ji Jiu lifted the filament on her forehead and said solemnly: "Some people, if you hurt him a bit, you will feel a lot of guilt. Ji Jiu doesn't want to live in guilt for the rest of his life."

The lady asked, "Why?"

Ji Jiu smiled and didn't answer.

——Because some people are owed when you are born.

The carriage traveled on the loess road and gradually went away. Ji Jiu watched the carriage and horses disappear and stood for a long time before returning to the courtyard.

After that, he waited, and waited, until night fell, and Shen Jue came back with that person.

Ji Jiu said, "Where did you go crazy?"

Yimo did not answer, and went to embrace him.Ji Jiu patted him on the back and asked, "Drinking?"

Yimo didn't speak, Shen Jue said: "I just drank a few cups, and then went to the forest to pick fruit."

Ji Jiu said "um" and said, "I'm hungry, who's going to cook?"

Shen Jue put down the package and said, "I bought some food by the way."

"Then eat." Ji Jiu pushed the person who was tired of him away, pulled his arm, and took him into the room.

The courtyard was silent again.In the dark sky, the moon is bright and the stars are bright.