A life of ups and downs is pure joy

Chapter 209 Sticky Cicada

The sound of summer cicadas was so loud that Lin Qinghuan couldn't fall asleep. She got up helplessly and ran out of the inner room angrily.

"Girl, why are you up?"

Chu Xia and Yun Xiang, who were dozing off in the corridor, woke up instantly when they saw Lin Qinghuan pushing the door open. They quickly stood up and asked.

"This bug is too noisy."

Lin Qinghuan covered his ears and complained.

"Let's go and glue that bug down."

Yun Xiang called a few maids to start preparing long bamboo poles and net bags. Lin Qinghuan also stood under the tree and watched everyone busying themselves.

"This bug is too noisy. There's another one over there."

Lin Qinghuan said with one hand on his waist and pointing at a tree trunk in the distance.

"Young Madam, your eyes are very clear. You can see from such a distance."

Yun, who was standing on the ladder, wanted to catch the cicada that Lin Qinghuan had found, and said as he did so.

"Yun Xiang, come down, I want to catch that bug myself too."

The more Lin Qinghuan looked at it, the more interesting it seemed, so he called Yun Xiang to talk.

"Young Madam, this is so dangerous."

Yun Xiang shook his head and said.

"What's the danger? Aren't you all here? Just hold on."

After Yun Xiang came down, Lin Qinghuan rolled up her skirt and quickly tucked it into her trouser legs like Lin Qingyi did, then slowly climbed up with the help of the ladder.

Chuxia held up the insect-catching rod and handed it to Lin Qinghuan.

"Girl, be careful then."

Chuxia gave a nonchalant reminder. Hongqi, who was on the roof in the distance, took a look at the hustle and bustle in the yard, then saw a circle of people standing under the ladder, and then continued to enjoy his sunbath.

Lin Qinghuan found that the sticky insects were very interesting and addictive. The more they stuck to the insects, the more excited he became, so he climbed up two more steps.

"Young Madam, it's too high. Let's not go any higher."

Yun Xiang stood anxiously below, protecting Lin Qinghuan with his hands. Chu Xia and Lu Hua held the ladder tightly, not daring to be careless at all.

"How many have I glued? You two, step back and look carefully to see if there are any more."

Lin Qinghuan lowered his head and spoke to Yun Xiang and Chu Xia.

"Girl, you've caught quite a few already. I see there are more on the left."

Chuxia let go of the ladder, took a step back, squinted her eyes and looked carefully and said.

"Left? Where?"

Lin Qinghuan gently moved his feet to the left again, and carefully stretched his neck to search on the tree trunk.

"Girl, it's right there, on that little branch."

Chuxia stood under the tree, tiptoed and pointed.

"I saw it."

Lin Qinghuan stretched his arms, but found that he could not reach it, so he raised his feet and climbed up two steps.

"That's high enough, young lady."

Yun Xiang watched Lin Qinghuan climbing higher and higher, then stood under the tree and shouted anxiously, then glanced at Chu Xia and Hong Qi on the roof in panic.

"Chuxia, you and Tongyun want to talk about how high the tree I climbed was when I was in Luofeng, Tongyi's sister, and Ancai."

Lin Qinghuan stood on the ladder and looked down at Yun Xiang with a smug look on his face.

"The young lady is taken up to the roof by the fourth young lady and the second young master every day to remove the tiles. She has even climbed the tall trees in the back garden many times. I think they are picking mulberries, right?"

Chuxia stood under the tree and continued to help Lin Qinghuan find cicadas while talking to Yunxiang.

"Young Madam, let's come down. It's too high. I'm scared."

Yun Xiang was very worried and shouted again.

Xiao Yi walked to the gate of the outer courtyard and saw from afar Lin Qinghuan standing on a ladder, holding a bamboo pole and showing off his achievements.

Lin Qinghuan asked with a smile, lowering her head while looking at the maid below.

"How is it? How much have you made? Is it enough to fry a pot for Xiaobai to satisfy his craving?"

"That's enough, Madam, come down!"

Yun Xiang lowered his head and took a quick glance at the basket, then looked up and spoke to Lin Qinghuan.

"Alright, alright, look how anxious Yun Xiang is."

Lin Qinghuan looked up as she spoke, only to see Xiao Yi already standing at the archway of the courtyard. Her heart suddenly began to beat wildly, wondering when she had ever appeared in front of him like such a wild girl.

She hurriedly grabbed the ladder and tried to go down in a panic, but the smooth silk satin skirt slipped out of her shoes. Lin Qinghuan only wanted to get down quickly, and her left foot accidentally stepped on the skirt. She lost control of her body and her right foot missed the step.

"Ahhh, Young Madam."

"girl."

Lin Qinghuan thought she was going to fall flat on her face, but unexpectedly she fell into a strong embrace. When she raised her eyes, she met Xiao Yi's eyes.

"Be careful."

Xiao Yi said softly as he looked at the woman in his arms whose face had turned pale with fear.

Hong Qi also flew down immediately, glanced at Xiao Yi who was a little faster than her, then picked up the small basket of cicadas that Lin Qinghuan had worked so hard to catch and walked towards the small kitchen.

"Young Madam, you're frightening me to death."

Yun Xiang stood aside, still in shock, stroking his chest and saying, Chu Xia didn't expect Lin Qinghuan to fall down. After all, he had never fallen down since he was a child, so he didn't react for a while.

Yun Xiang glanced at Xiao Yi who was still hugging Lin Qinghuan under the tree, then smiled secretly and quickly pulled Chu Xia and Lu Hua away quietly.

"Why climb so high?"

Xiao Yi looked at Lin Qinghuan gently and asked. The woman's pale face turned red again.

"You...why are you here? You scared me, otherwise I wouldn't have fallen down."

Lin Qinghuan said somewhat embarrassedly.

"It's all my fault. I was wrong."

Xiao Yi admitted his mistake honestly and obediently.

"Put me down first, everyone is watching."

Lin Qinghuan said embarrassedly that she had not been so intimate with him for a long time.

"Then let them watch. You are my wife, and it is natural for me to hold you."

Xiao Yi hugged Lin Qinghuan tighter and said.

"Jane should wake up soon."

Lin Qinghuan looked towards the wet nurse's door in panic and said.

"Then let's go back inside where no one can see us."

After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he carried Lin Qinghuan into the house. Lin Qinghuan buried her head in Xiao Yi's shoulder with a blushing face. She had been quarreling with him for several months, and all the maids and old women in the yard knew about it. At this moment, she felt so embarrassed.

Yun Xiang stood in the yard, holding Chu Xia's arm and happily watched the two of them return to the inner room.

"Chu Xia, the eldest son and the young lady are reconciling. Are you happy?"

"There won't be any more quarrels this time, right?"

Chu Xia asked with some concern.

"No, I see that the young lady has feelings for the eldest son. She's just angry. Today, the eldest son is a hero saving the beauty. It just happened to be a ladder for both of us to come down from that tall tree together."

Yun Xiang looked at the wooden ladder and said with a knowing smile.

Chuxia turned her head to look at Yunxiang, thought for a while, then looked at the wooden ladder and nodded thoughtfully.