C21 (2/2)

Because of what Xu Yanzhu had just said, Dong Shu could easily guess that her master rarely went out of her house.

Dong Shu did not understand those grand principles, but she knew that in the past, every time she played in the village, her mood would turn better.

She would not bring her husband, Yanzhu, and herself to pick the shepherds' herds, but she could take a walk outside.

Xu Shiqiu never thought that his own Young Girl would actually invite him to go out with them. Naturally, he could not bear to see his Young Girl become disappointed.

Seeing that her husband had agreed, Dong Shu smiled as her eyes curved into crescent moons. She then lowered her head and focused on eating, just thinking about finishing her meal quickly so that she could go out and play.

Seeing Dong Shu in such a state, Xu Shiqiu and Xu Yanzhu's nephew immediately looked at each other. After seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes, they lowered their heads and continued to eat.

Due to Dong Shu's suggestion, after finishing her meal, she did not take a nap like she usually did. She only sat for a while after putting down her bowl before standing up to call Xu Shiqiu and Xu Yanzhu, and going with her to the big kitchen to look for tools.

If he wanted to dig up the shepherd's purse, he would naturally need a small shovel and a bamboo basket.

Only after Dong Shu and the other two had found the tools did they return to the Shihuan Courtyard and exit through the small door.

This was the first time since Xu Yanzhu was ten years old that she walked out of her house. Looking at the spring scenery in front of him, she recalled the different spring scenes she saw in the capital when she was young, and the corners of her mouth quickly curled into a smile.

Dong Shu did not have as much to think about as her. Once they got out of the house, she grabbed the bamboo basket with one hand and pulled Xu Yanzhu's wrist with the other as she walked towards the place where there might be shepherds.

After walking roughly a dozen or so steps forward, Dong Shu saw a pile of fresh and tender burrito three steps in front of him.

Worried that Xu Yanzhu wouldn't be able to recognize her, Dong Shu pulled her down and squatted down, pointing at the food in front of them as she taught her: ”Look, Yanzhu, this is what you see.” While speaking, Dong Shu used a spade to pick up a shepherd's purse and brought it in front of Xu Yanzhu to continue speaking, ”Look at the leaves of this shepherd's purse, are they like lotuses? Furthermore, the edges of their leaves are not even neat, and they have a slight prickling feeling.”

With that said, Dong Shu also placed the cape in her hand into Xu Yanzhu's hand.

Xu Yanzhu was intelligent to begin with, after Dong Shu had only said it once, she understood the characteristics of the shepherd's milk. Then, under Dong Shu's attentive gaze, she pointed out a few of the shepherds around her feet, and received her praise.

”Yanzhu, you're really smart.” Dong Shu imitated Xu Yanzhu's way of praising her before, and continued: ”There are a lot here, let's pick one together. There's a trick to picking out shepherd's purse. Look, I'll make it again. ”

Dong Shu was very patient. She felt that she had learnt etiquette and how to dress from Xu Yanzhu, and then Xu Yanzhu would learn how to cook and raise chickens from him.

This way, they could all learn each other's abilities, and also have something to do every day.

Xu Yanzhu also saw through Third Aunt's intentions. She also thought that she really did have a lot of time everyday and being with Third Aunt made her happy, so she naturally learned from her actively.

Xu Shiqiu stood about ten steps behind Dong Shu and Xu Yanzhu, watching them. Seeing the two of them leaning their heads against each other and happily eating, and then digging out a bunch of shepherd's food with a spatula in each hand, he couldn't help but smile.

It seemed like his previous thoughts were not wrong, she had indeed been happier to have found a big niece to accompany Young Girl.

It was just that Xu Shiqiu did not expect that not only would Young Girl be happy, his first niece, Xu Yanzhu, would also become much more cheerful at the start.

Thinking till here, Xu Shiqiu lifted his head and looked around. Seeing that not too far away, there were a few village girls who were also picking their way through the herbage, he subconsciously took two steps towards Dong Shu and Xu Yanzhu.

Dong Shu and Xu Yanzhu didn't know that about fifty steps away from them were the villagers with Xiahe Village. The two of them were concentrating on picking shepherd's food.

Perhaps it was because of the spring rain from the night before, but today, there was an especially large amount of tender shepherd's wort that had just emerged from the soil.

Dong Shu thought about it while picking up the Capsella Pasta. Other than sending it to the big kitchen to wrap up the family's flat food, she could also cook some other food.

Because she was very serious and did not realize that there was slowly a distance between her and Xu Yanzhu.

When she finally picked out a bamboo basket full of shepherd's purse and was about to go home, she realized that she was more than twenty steps away from Yanzhu.

At the same time, she also saw an acquaintance who was only five steps away from her.

When Dong Shu was hesitating on whether he should greet her, this person had already looked at Dong Shu with surprise and ridicule. ”Dong Shu, didn't you marry the? Why would she still come out to pick out the shepherd's bursaries? Could it be that since Xu Family does not give you food, you can only go out and look for your own capers? ”

Following this person's few sharp provocations, her eyes that looked at Dong Shu revealed a hint of hostility.

Dong Shu saw that before she could reply, Xu Shiqiu, who had already noticed the commotion in the area, had already walked over with large strides.

walked to Dong Shu's side and directly raised her hand, one hand holding onto her Young Girl's slender waist, the other hand holding onto the bamboo basket that his Young Girl was holding.

Then, with a cold and detached expression, he turned to the young girl in front of him and said, ”My wife came here to pick her shepherds. She was just bored and wanted to kill some time.”

After that, he raised his hand and supported the hairpin in Young Girl's hair. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw the young lady's jealous expression, and continued: ”After all, any piece of jewelry from my wife is enough to buy at least ten baskets of this kind of wild vegetables.”

Xu Shiqiu didn't feel that there was anything bad about him coming forward to protect Young Girl at all. Seeing him finish speaking, the young lady's gaze grew more and more envious, and after going crazy, he grabbed onto Young Girl's waist and quickly turned around.

After tossing out the words' This girl's family is better off being born than married off ', she left without the slightest hesitation.

As for why the lady behind him was jealous of Young Girl, he would naturally investigate thoroughly.

If there really was a past between them, he would personally settle it himself. He would not let Young Girl feel the slightest bit of unhappiness.

Naturally, he would protect his Young Girl completely!