Chapter 26: Xiaoman's thoughts
The next day, Chi Xiaoman slept until noon, and if he wasn't hungry, I'm afraid he would continue to sleep.
Last night, she and Wei Chimu returned to the inn very late, Shang Ziqi had been waiting for them in the lobby, sitting alone at the table near the door and pouring himself a drink, seeing that the two of them were holding hands and returning to the inn, a meaningful smile immediately flashed on their faces.
Chi Xiaoman grimaced at him, and hurried upstairs to hide in the room. But she couldn't sleep at all, lying on the bed tossing and turning, and the figure of Yu Chimu kept appearing in her mind.
I thought that I would be able to sleep well after confirming the relationship, but I knew that it was like a disease, thinking about him all the time, causing her to toss until almost dawn, and then fell asleep in a daze.
"Miss Chi, are you up?"
Outside the door, it was the voice of Shang Ziqi.
Chi Xiaoman responded, quickly freshened up, dressed neatly, opened the door and saw that Shang Ziqi was still waiting outside the door, and said apologetically: "Brother Shang, I'm sorry, I slept late...... Where's your lord?" she looked over, but didn't see the person she wanted to see.
"Lord Wang...... Went early in the morning ......."
"Where did you go?" Chi Xiaoman listened to what he said, and asked nervously, but he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart. This Wei Chi Mu didn't sleep well all night, but he was in good spirits, and he didn't see anyone in the morning, and he didn't know where he was happy!
Shang Ziqi secretly felt funny in his heart, although what he said was a little deliberately misunderstood, but seeing that Miss Chi was so nervous about his master, he was really happy for his master.
"The prince went to the street early in the morning to buy something for you, and I'm waiting for you in Zhiwei Lou at this time!" he stopped selling Guan Zi and said honestly.
"Buy something for me?" Why didn't she know what she had to buy? Forget it, I'll ask him when we meet anyway. "Brother Shang, you're here to take me to Zhiwei Building, right? ”
On the last day of the Tongcheng celebration, the street was even more lively, except for the original sales of cakes, rouge gouache, and sugar people, even the miscellaneous troupe appeared, surrounded by a large number of people watching, exclaiming and laughing one after another, and the crowd was endless.
Chi Xiaoman was very curious about ancient juggling, but now he was so hungry that he was grunting in protest, so he had to give up.
But coincidentally, Zhiweilou was next to the stage set up by this miscellaneous troupe, and under the leadership of Shang Ziqi, she came to a private room on the second floor, only to find that looking out from the window here, she could just see the performance on the stage.
"Ahh The puppeteer's means of manipulating the puppet are quite clever, and every time the puppet waves, walks, and even turns over, the movements are very detailed.
Wei Chimu was also very happy to see her excitement. knew that she liked to be lively, so she asked the shopkeeper for this private room.
Fortunately, this private room is not the best location in normal times, so it has not been booked yet.
"You're hungry, eat something first, don't be in a hurry to watch the play, this acrobatic troupe will also set up a stage performance at the Yau Tong Temple tonight." Yu Chi Mu looked at her with a smile and said.
"Great!" As soon as he heard that he still had to watch it at night, Chi Xiaoman was relieved, and turned his head to look at the exquisite dishes on the table, still steaming, obviously the dishes she had served not long ago, so that she had hot dishes to enjoy as soon as she came, and couldn't help but be moved by his carefulness.
In order to reward him, she brought the shopkeeper over, asked for some seasonings as usual, and made a plate of spicy dipping sauce for him.
From the first time she ate with her, Wei Chimu knew that she didn't like spicy food, and as long as the dishes on the table were spicy, she must have not touched a bite, so the dishes she ordered later were all in line with her taste.
Now that he saw that she had specially prepared a dipping sauce for herself, his heart was warm, and his handsome face was full of tender smiles.
Looking at his wrinkled eyes, Chi Xiaoman felt that if he continued to look at him like this, he would drown in his inky black pool, so he raised his glass and took a sip of tea, and said, "Didn't you go to the street to buy something for me?"
"I saw that you didn't have any jewelry on you, so I bought some for you, and you can see if you like it. He took out a red embroidered satin brocade box and opened it.
The brocade box has a total of three layers, and there are a dazzling array of jewelry, and Chi Xiaoman is dazzled. It can be seen that everything is of the highest quality, and they are quite exquisite and luxurious, she looks very fond of it, but she has always liked to be simple and neat, so even if she is a princess in the palace, she will at most put a beaded flower on the hairpin and wear a pair of earrings.
"Thank you, but...... It's too much...... "She really didn't think he was buying these things for her, shouldn't she think she looked too shabby and didn't deserve him as a prince?"
"I know you don't like these things, but...... Will be useful in the future. She was not the kind of greedy woman, but it made him happier and knew that she had always liked simple dresses. But after all, she is the one who wants to become his Huai'an princess, so how can she do it without some decent jewelry on her body.
Pushing the brocade box back to him, she said, "Then you can keep it for me first." With this large box of jewelry on her body, she was afraid......
Yu Chimu picked out a butterfly-shaped carved golden hairpin from it, stood up, came behind Chi Xiaoman, put a hairpin on her, and praised: "The beauty of the golden hairpin complements each other." ”
"Hee...... Aren't you afraid that I'm too beautiful to attract a disciple?", she laughed.
Wei Chimu smiled but did not answer. Who dares to get close to his Xiaoman, he doesn't want to live!
Seeing that he didn't react in particular, Chi Xiaoman pursed his lower lip. Bah, don't you believe it? It's not fun.
Shang Ziqi ate happily on the side, and seeing the two masters in sweet love made him even more appetizing.
After eating this meal, Chi Xiaomanti wanted to go to the teahouse to listen to the music. In fact, where can she understand what songs, she is preparing to go to Huancheng County to open a Western-style teahouse, and she has to explore what is going on with the Chinese-style teahouse first. It's best to have a combination of Chinese and Western, which is not too abrupt and easy to accept.
But this is only her initial thought, so naturally she will not say it. Although the relationship between her and Wei Chimu is different now, they can be called "boyfriend and girlfriend". But she still felt that Wei Chimu would oppose opening her teahouse, which was the answer that could be obtained from his reaction when she mentioned that she wanted to do business before.
Staying in the teahouse until the evening, Chi Xiaoman poured a stomach full of refreshments, and he couldn't eat dinner, but he had already planned about opening the teahouse, so he was in a good mood.
Xiao Man shook his head and looked at the woman on the stage who was still beautiful but didn't know what song she was singing, and said to Yu Chimu: "Go to the Yau Tong Temple, didn't you say that the acrobatic troupe has a stage performance there?"
Wei Chimu only used a few pastries, and he was not much interested in sweets, but he drank a lot of tea, so he was not too hungry, and after listening to her words, he said, "It's okay, the time is almost up." ”
Let Shangzi pray for the silver, and they went to the Yau Tong Temple.
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There are already a sea of people in front of the temple, men and women are single, of course, there are also couples, but they are not as high-profile as Chi Xiaoman, and dare to walk on the street holding hands with men.
Singles are here to draw lots. I hope to find a God-given marriage.
Those who already have a partner also hope to get a God-given marriage sign, which means that they are really destined for marriage and a great fortune.
Who doesn't want their marriage to be happy?
There were also a lot of people gathered in front of the sideshow, and Chi Xiaoman wanted to squeeze to the front to watch the puppet show, but halfway through the crowd, he was entangled by an old man. And Yu Chimu and Shangzi didn't move as fast as her, and they were still behind the crowd, so they couldn't come over to rescue her.
"Doesn't the girl go to draw lots? As long as a copper coin, you can know if you have fate, even if you don't draw the heaven-sent marriage lot, there are also signed poems on other signs, which can solve the luck of the year, go and draw lots!"
Chi Xiaoman looked at the old man and said, "Where is the fate that can be explained by a sign, I don't believe that." ”
"But I see that the boy you like has a peach blossom on his face, and there are probably many women in his life, if you are not destined to marry, I advise the girl to give up as soon as possible. The old man touched his beard and said.
"You've seen someone I like, do you know who he is?" Chi Xiaoman said as he looked at him suspiciously.
"His status is extremely high, and he is not from the Shengxing Dynasty, I don't know if the old man is right?" the old man looked confident.
Although Chi Xiaoman was still skeptical, he was able to say that Yu Chimu was not from the Shengxing Dynasty, which made her believe it a little.
Seeing that she was a little shaken, the old man said: "That's all the old man's words, girl, you can think for yourself." Then he walked out of the crowd with his hands behind his back.
Suddenly hearing this kind of words, Chi Xiaoman couldn't help but feel a little upset.
"What's the matter, I seem to have seen an old man talking to you just now?" Wei Chimu, who finally came to her side, saw her somewhat lost appearance, and asked with concern.
"Well...... The old man said let's go draw lots to see if we are destined to get married. In fact, she is a little sensitive to the matter of Tianding's marriage, because the strange old man used a bracelet to bring her to the Shengxing Dynasty, which means that her marriage is here.
"Then go ahead and try, it doesn't hurt to try anyway. I heard that there are other signatures that can be counted as luck, so let's have fun!" said Wei Chimu with a smile. He didn't believe it either, but he could see that Xiao Man seemed to mind what the old man said.
"Okay......" Chi Xiaoman said with a sneer.