Song Duofu lowered his eyes and stroked his hand on a burden.

Li Fei asked casually, "What did you bring?"

Song Duofu lowered his head and blushed and said: "It's a pair of boots, I think he may be leaving Beijing, and it is a time to see him once, so I want to send it as soon as possible." ”

Li Fei didn't ask anything more, his face turned out, the carriage passed by Taihe Building leisurely, the two got off the car and ordered a few vegetarian dishes to eat, and the food was tasteless, pinching the hour, and arrived at the Xiangwang Mansion of Nanyuan Gate at the end of noon, and pounced. Li Fei came up temporarily, and before leaving, he didn't order someone to pay a visit earlier, but considering the time in the afternoon, Zhao Yanheng was not in the palace.

The little maid in the concierge ushered in the accustomed one, saw that it was the carriage of the Xuanguo Mansion, did not see Li Fei's jade face, only listened to a soft female voice, and had an opinion, opened the side door of the palace, lowered his hand and replied: "The prince went to Princess Shouchun's mansion, it should be kept for food, and he should be back soon, Miss Li, please." ”

The first time I took the initiative to come to him, I haven't seen it yet, Li Fei was a little annoyed, but Zhao Yanheng went to Princess Shouchun's mansion, probably because Princess Shouchun went to thank her for her kindness yesterday, Li Fei took the annoyance, but she didn't want to go in and sit and wait, but fortunately, she brought Song Duofu out, and had a good reason, and asked Cheng Anguo if he was there.

Cheng Anguo was there, and a porter went in to call someone, Li Fei said to Song Duofu: "You go down, give him something and say a few words, we still have to go to the second sister's house." ”

Song Duofu was about to say a word, facing Li Fei's deliberately casual face, turned what he wanted to say back twice, pursed his lips and entered the Xiangwang Mansion alone, and sat in the side room of the gatehouse and waited for someone, after a while, Cheng Anguo came in with heavy and loud steps, Song Duofu didn't see anyone, he was embarrassed first, stood up and turned his face, his face was delicate and white, and he called the second brother softly.

The Cheng family is two brothers, Cheng Anguo is the second, yesterday Song Duofu sat in the stands as a distant relative of the Cheng family, watched a polo game and talked with the relatives of the officials who belonged to the Xiangwang Mansion left and right, and said that Cheng Anguo was either called the eldest or called the second brother Cheng, and Song Duofu also followed the title, at this time, he changed the title of Cheng Anguo from son to second brother.

It should be yesterday's concern, and it is too strong to pass it over from more than 20 zhang, Cheng Anguo saw Song Duofu's heart for the first time, and his eyes first forced back the concierge next to him, and said: "It's inconvenient to talk here, you come with me, let's go to the pavilion in the courtyard to sit." ”

Song Duofu understood today's timing, and silently looked forward to His Royal Highness King Xiang coming back later, thinking about it like this, Song Duofu himself smiled first, picked up the burden and followed behind Cheng Anguo.

It's just a pair of boots and a small baggage, Cheng Anguo looked back and saw it, and thoughtfully stretched out his hand to hold it for Song Duofu, of course, wrapped in a thick navy blue cloth, Cheng Anguo couldn't see only a pair of boots inside.

Song Duofu shrank back, and then shyly handed the little burden to Cheng Anguo, anyway, he was going to give it to him, and his cochlea turned pink with shame.

In this way, Cheng Anguo was curious, but he pinched his hand and asked, "What is this?" ”

Song Duofu lowered his head to look at the green brick road under his feet, and said softly: "I made you a pair of boots...... Thank you for arranging for me to watch a polo match. ”

Cheng Anguo was a little surprised, the shoes didn't fit, only the feet knew, and he hadn't told Song Duofu about these sizes.

Song Duofu slanted his eyes at Cheng Anguo's feet, and continued to say softly: "The snow footprints measured in the snow last time are roughly the same, but the boots I made for the first time may not fit well." ”

This morning, the somewhat cold sky is now bright and bright, and the snow has already melted that day, but Cheng Anguo imagines the snow-covered scenery of that day, imagines a girl behind him, after he leaves, what kind of mood to measure the footprints he left behind? Suddenly, Cheng Anguo felt that the light and fluttering little burden in his hand was heavier, originally held it in one hand, and added one hand to support it, he still imagined that picture in his mind, and changed the exit to a relaxed topic, and asked: "How many bets did you press yesterday?"

"I've made seventy bets!"

Speaking of this, Song Duofu raised his head and smiled from ear to ear, as for where to press, there is no need to ask, needless to say, Song Duofu can only press the Xiangwang Mansion.

Cheng Anguo smiled lightly: "I have pressed fifty bets." ”

Song Duofu heard Cheng Anguo's joy to some extent, and said with a smile: "Everyone didn't press much, and I didn't dare to press more, originally only pressed forty notes, but in our area it was already too much, and then there was a professor and wife from King Jing's Mansion on our side who pressed seventy notes, laughing a little harshly, saying to earn a few taels of rouge money, I was a little angry when I heard it, and pressed thirty notes." Fortunately, I received a net of 4,340 taels of silver, and the silver that my father and mother brought me was ......."

I was so happy, I said it, Song Duofusheng stopped.

At this time, he had already walked to the pavilion, Cheng Anguo invited Song Duofu to sit, and he was making tea. Lian Wu's big hand pinched a handful of red clay fired Sui Han Sanyou small teapot without any sense of disobedience, rough two fingers pinched up a small chalid, poured in a pool of clear spring water, and rested on the red clay small stove to boil water.

The iron tongs turned the charcoal fire, and Cheng Anguo asked, "Is it expensive to live in the Xuanguo Mansion?"

Cheng Anguo understands the door and door of the Hou Gate of the Gongfu, lives in it without relatives and for no reason, and has a reason to deal with the things in each house of the subordinates, as long as Song Duofu's face is not as thick as the city wall, there is no day that does not cost money, and the mansion is used to seeing wealth from top to bottom, and he can't look down on small money, so Song Duofu is spending money by the government with the girl's sub-example, and secretly loses a lot.

Cheng Anguo understands this, so he directly asked her if it costs much.

The tip of Song Duofu's nose was sour, and there was a hint of sweetness in his heart, and he said: "If I hadn't met you in Chengjiang Mansion that time, my father wouldn't have been able to get back the three thousand taels of silver that he was cheated of." My father gave me another 1,000 taels of money, and on the last night I went out, my mother stuffed another 500 taels. I have so much money, and now I have an extra sum of more than 4,000 taels of silver, which is enough to spend no matter what. ”

"Even if you have to deal with the above dealings, you have to learn the way to get along with each other here. Cheng Anguo sat with his waist straight, and said with a facial expression: "It's just those people at the bottom, you don't have to be too scrupulous or please them, a group of minions, they can't remember to eat, they can't remember to drink, what is engraved in their bones is power!"

"I see. ”

Cheng Anguo said a little strictly, and Song Duofu replied a little deeply.

Cheng Anguo reached into his sleeve and took out a silver ticket, which was five hundred taels of denomination, this silver he originally wanted to send to Yang Yong in the afternoon to recuperate from his injuries, but now when he saw Song Duofu and talked about silver, this silver was taken out first to supplement Song Duofu.

Song Duofu looked at the silver ticket handed over and was a little panicked, grabbed the skirt with both hands and said, "I have silver......

"That one is that, this one is this one. Cheng Anguo smiled, his handsome and resolute face was a little soft: "Your silver, save a little if you can, to put it more clearly, I should make up for it." ”

Song Duofu's face turned red, he lowered his head and picked up the silver ticket, squeezed it tightly, and was reluctant to let go.

Song Duofu came from a merchant family, has a unique understanding of silver, for her, if the love between men and women involves money, it is not vulgar, it is not a woman's attachment to a man, it is an illusory love to establish a solid support, if a man is willing to take the initiative to give money to a woman, this floating between the two of them is rooted in the soil and sprouted. Therefore, although the pinch in his hand was only five hundred taels, the joy in his heart was even happier than taking four thousand taels of silver this morning, and Song Duofu almost cried with joy!

Cheng Anguo saw tears flashing in the corners of Song Duofu's eyes, and his mood suddenly felt a little fuller, at this time the spring water had been boiled to eight points, he opened the teapot and took the tea leaves with a silver spoon, took two spoons of Junshan silver needles and put them in the purple sand teapot, poured water, picked up a pair of tweezers and held the teacup, and cleaned the tea set with the remaining hot water. Finally, the soup is clear and green and bright tea is poured into the teacup, with a refreshing aroma and a sweet aftertaste.

Song Duofu has drunk a lot of good tea recently, what Luzhou Yunwu, Emei Xueya, Taiping Houkui, but these words are not as delicious as Cheng Anguo's brewing.

Song Duofu received five hundred taels of silver from Cheng Anguo, holding a warm teacup in his hand, sitting in the pavilion with ventilation on all sides, warm from the inside to the outside, from head to toe.

Cheng Anguo dialed the red-hot charcoal, and asked Song Duofu casually: "Do you have a stove with you, these charcoals will be added to you." ”

Song Duofu's hot heart cooled a little, and he replied softly: "The weather is good today, I didn't bring it." ”

Cheng Anguo observed the details, felt that Song Duofu's love was instantly much lower, and asked strangely: "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing ......" Song Duofu opened his mouth and replied, but he bit it halfway through the words, and the gloomy atmosphere that was deliberately ignored and never mentioned in front of Li Fei permeated his heart. Song Duofu shook her head, she didn't want to be a woman full of suspicion.

"What's wrong with you?" Cheng Anguo asked again, a little worried and dissatisfied with Song Duofu's hesitant attitude, and said, "Is there anything you can't say?"

After a long silence, Song Duofu said with a sense of apprehension about gains and losses, and a trace of inferiority: "A few days ago, Mrs. Xu's niece came to live in the house, and a few days ago, I saw a delicate hand stove in her hand, which is exactly the same as the hand stove you gave me. Yesterday before I came to Wulin Garden, on the road I heard Miss Xu's maid and the fourth girl's maid talking, the fourth girl's maid like Miss Xu's maid inquired, asked Miss Xu where to buy the copper tire gilt small hand stove in Miss Xu's hand, Miss Xu's maid said, it was a few days ago and Mrs. Xu went out, in Jinshui Street in a ** bronze Zhouji shop to buy, only a pair has been sold!"