Since Wang Yan lived in Qin Mengzhang's house, because Shanniang was nine years old and would soon be a grown girl, it was inconvenient to meet outside men, so the Qin family's breakfast and dinner were changed to the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard separately.The men in the outer courtyard ate in their own rooms, and Mrs. Zou and the two girls in the inner courtyard ate in the main room.

It's just that in this way, the whole family will have fewer opportunities to get together.And Shanniang used to go to the outer courtyard from time to time, talk to her father and brothers, and play for a while, but now she doesn't even have such occasional opportunities to relax. Apart from embroidering and writing in the house, she has no other entertainment during the day.

Qin Mengzhang felt sorry for his daughter. After discussing it with his wife, he brought a three-month-old puppy back from the village within a few days. Rare.

That day Qin Mengzhang carried the puppy to his daughter's room and went back to the study in the outer courtyard to read. Shanniang and Hui Niang played around the puppy together. In the past two days, every time they saw their father, they would go up and act coquettishly. Today But he couldn't care less.Qin Mengzhang next to him couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he saw it, and turned his head frequently when he was about to go out.

After sending her husband away, Mrs. Zou secretly laughed a few times, and told her daughter and niece to play well and not quarrel, and then went back to the main house to do needlework.

As soon as the elders left, Anniang and Shanniang became more relaxed and took turns holding the puppy to play for a while, then Aniniang suggested, "Shanniang, give this puppy a name."

Shanniang rolled her eyes, feeling a little embarrassed, but when she saw the cakes on the table, she had another idea, "Now is the time when everyone in the village is making mung bean cakes, why not call it 'mung bean' .”

Although the name "Mung Bean" is not elegant enough, but it has a simple and cuteness. When Animian heard it, she immediately clapped her hands and applauded. When she looked at the puppy again, she immediately felt that it was even cuter with the name "Mung Bean". point.After deciding on the name, the two sisters began to train the little milk dog to get familiar with its new name with great interest, and discussed whether to make more than a few pieces for the puppy in winter, guessing how the puppy would be at that time. How big does it grow, and how much fabric does it need to use.

Until dinner was approaching, when the juniors went to the main house to pay respects to Mrs. Zou, the two sisters were still chatting together.Just got the puppy today, and the two of them were still on the fresh head, so they carried the puppy into the main house.Brothers Qin Jiahong and Qin Jiadai entered the inner courtyard a little later than the two sisters, and when they entered the main house, they were also very interested in seeing the puppy in Shanniang's arms.

Qin Jiahong was a little older—a person who was preparing for the Juren examination, after all, he was more stable. Although he liked it, he didn't rush over to tease him.Qin Jiadai was not so particular, his eyes lit up as soon as he saw mung beans when he entered the room, and after honestly greeting Mrs Zou, he trotted to Shanniang's side, looking naive like another puppy of.

"Sister, where did this puppy come from?"

"Father gave it to me." Shanniang proudly showed off to her younger brother, "It's called Mung Dou, isn't it cute? From now on, you all go to the academy during the day, and I will play with Mung Dou at home."

Qin Jiadai muttered and complained in a low voice, "Father is biased!" He didn't dare to say it loudly, for fear that Mrs. Zou would punish him if he heard it.After muttering, looking at my sister with a guilty conscience, I deliberately diverted everyone's attention and yelled, "Sister, I have seen this kind of dog in the village, and Fourth Brother Yang's family has one. When it grows up, it can be a dog. Da, it's so majestic!" He pouted again, "The name Mung Dou is not majestic at all, sister, let's change its name to... The Mighty General! How about it?"

"Not good!" Shanniang pursed her lips, "That name is not good."

"Who said it, it sounds much better than 'Mung Bean'!"

Shanniang and Qin Jiadai are similar in age, the siblings are only two years apart, and both are under ten years old, so their daily actions are still very naive.Although both of them understand the principle of filial piety, brotherhood and friendship, there may be some small disputes. The Qin family is also used to bickering between siblings.

Seeing that another dispute was about to start, both Qin Jiahong and Hui Niang hurriedly tried to persuade them to fight, and Qin Jiahong and others even preferred the name "Mung Bean"—although it was not elegant enough, it was indeed better than "Mighty General" too much.In this way, the puppy's name "Mung Bean" is completely determined.

Qin Jiadai didn't fight for the right to name the puppy, none of the brothers and sisters stood by him, and even his mother didn't favor him, so he felt aggrieved when he saw it.Hui Niang touched Shanniang's arm at the right time, and Shanniang understood instantly, and hurriedly said: "Jiadai, every day after you get off school..." She glanced at Zou Shi's face, and added impromptuly, "After finishing the homework, I will play with mung beans for an hour, okay?"

"Okay!" Upon hearing this, Qin Jiadai immediately became happy, clapped his hands and applauded, and then discussed with his sister, "Sister, when the puppy plays with me, we can change its name to 'Mighty General', okay?"

Such childish words made Zou take the lead in laughing.Shanniang doesn't know if this temporary name change is feasible or not, but she has already won over her younger brother just now, and now she has shown a generous appearance, so she can't go back on her word temporarily, so she nodded hesitantly, "Then ……Ok."

"That's great!" Qin Jiadai clapped his hands and cheered, and the cheerful children's voice filled the main house, adding warmth to the whole yard.

Aniang looked at all this, but she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.In the last life, I didn't go to the academy to study, Wang Yan didn't come to Chongshi Academy to study, and I didn't live in my cousin's house. Shanniang would not be as lonely as she is now if she is free in the inner courtyard, and my cousin didn't bring her to relieve her boredom. this puppy.

In her last life, Hui Niang herself had never raised a dog, but she clearly remembered that the daughter of her own father's Ping wife—that is, her nominal fourth sister, Zhi Niang, raised a pure white dog. Jingba, named "Yuqiuer", is very precious to see on weekdays, except for the elders in the family and the people in her own room, no one is even allowed to touch her.She still remembers that after she went to Beijing, the first time she had an incident with Zhi Niang was because of the jade ball. If the maid beside her grandmother hadn't come over in time, she would almost have been beaten by the maid beside Zhi Niang. hand.

That time, although it ended with Zhi Niang being reprimanded and punished by her mother, but thinking about it now, I'm afraid it was the means used by the woman to confuse herself and let her relax her vigilance.

Unknowingly, Anise fell into her own thoughts again.

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Ever since Qin Mengzhang brought mung beans to Shanniang, Huiniang has paid more attention to this cute puppy. Every day when she comes home from school, she goes straight to the inner courtyard to ask Shanniang what mung beans she ate during the day , What did you play.With this important event distracting her, she would not be able to worry about Wang Yan when she was studying in the academy during the day.

He even occasionally felt Wang Yan's master and servant's eyes cast on him, but pretended not to notice it, and the whole person became calm instead.

This day after school, Hui Niang wanted to go to Zou's room to say goodbye after entering the inner courtyard, but she didn't want Zou to be there—this time, she didn't know what happened in the village, and the patriarch's wife called her over to talk.After leaving the main house, Huiniang couldn't wait to go back to freshen up and change her clothes, so she ran directly to Shanniang's room.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Shanniang squatting in front of Mung Dou, holding a few rags and gesturing around it. Seeing Huiniang coming in, she beckoned her to come forward, "Sister, come and help me see, I want to use these pieces of cloth to build a small cushion for the mung bean, so that it can lie on it and sleep at night, and it will be more comfortable."

"Okay!" Hui Niang became interested as soon as she heard it, she leaned over and squatted on the ground with the corner of her robe lifted. "Let me see how these pieces of cloth can be put together to look good..."

Shanniang only realized at this time that her cousin was still wearing men's clothing and a bun on her head, so she hurriedly smiled and pushed Huiniang, "Sister, why didn't you change your clothes before coming here?"

Hui Niang stuck out her tongue out of the blue, and smiled "hee hee", "I'm thinking of coming to see Mung Bean, this little thing is really painful."

The two sisters gestured around the mung bean with their cloth hair for a while. Shanniang couldn't help laughing when she saw Aniniang's men's clothing, but Animian had no choice but to put down the things in her hand and go back to the room to wipe her face and comb her hair again. I went to change clothes.

Just after tidying up, before she had time to go out and throw away the residual water in the basin, she heard Shanniang shouting loudly in the yard: "Mung beans!"

Hui Niang didn't know what happened outside, she was anxious, she didn't care to clean up the remaining water, she turned around and ran out of the east wing, "Shan Niang, what's wrong with mung bean?"

In the courtyard, Shanniang was standing at the entrance between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, with an anxious expression on her face, but she didn't dare to move forward.Hearing Hui Niang's voice, she turned her head quickly, her eyes turned red with anxiety, "Sister, Mung Dou has gone to the outer courtyard, what should I do?"

This is not a big deal, but Huiniang also knows what Shanniang is anxious about: there are outsiders in the outer courtyard, brothers Jiahong and Jiadai should honestly do their homework in their respective rooms at this time, Shanniang listens to Zou's words very much, Naturally, she didn't dare to go to the outer courtyard to find the mung beans by herself—not to mention that she didn't dare to go outside to find the dog, even going through the hallway to the front yard to ask her brothers for help, Shanniang had to worry about whether she would be seen by the outsider .Aunt Zhang is not in the inner courtyard now, and she is probably cooking in the kitchen of the outer courtyard, so she can't hear her calling for help even if she stands here.

Thinking of her cousin's difficulties, Hui Niang volunteered, "Shan Niang, you go back to the house and wait, I'll go to the outer courtyard to bring the mung beans back."

"But..." Niang Shan hesitated, "I'm afraid Mother will be back soon..."

Now that I have changed into the girl's dress, if I let my aunt and cousin know that I look like this and go to the outer courtyard... Huiniang looked outside, and although there are two small courtyards in the Qin family, it is not that big.Although standing in the hallway, you can't see where the mung bean has gone, but as soon as you get to the outer courtyard, the mung bean is small but has nowhere to hide, and there is no room for it to hide.As long as he moved fast enough, it would not be difficult to bring mung beans back without disturbing anyone in the outer courtyard.

And even if Wang Yan really saw his face - in the village, this kind of thing can be big or small, and he is not too old - he is only ten years old, and he is still far away from talking about marriage. My cousin and aunt will never Because of this, you will punish yourself.However, if it was her own daughter, Shanniang, it would be uncertain.

Thinking of this, Hui Niang had already made up her mind, and turned her head to comfort her cousin, "Don't worry, I can run faster than you, and my cousin may not come back just at this time—you can go back to the house and wait, I will Soon the mung beans were brought back."

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