Chapter 127: No More Youth
Looking around the West Garden, one person walked into the office through the corridor, pushed open the last glass door, and handed an invitation letter forward: "President Meng, Mr. Wang of the Shanghai Painting Society invites you to participate in the exhibition of the Shanghai School of Painting to be held next month. ”
"The Shanghai School?" Huai'an poked his head out of the table full of papers, "It was still the beginning of its edge back then, and now it has become a school of its own!"
He took the invitation letter: "Speaking of which, porcelain painting has been encountering a bottleneck recently, on the one hand, there is little market for the continuation of the Meng family's light and elegant style, and on the other hand, a large number of Western elements are quoted and too impetuous. ”
After speaking, he immediately nodded: "Okay, help me reply, I will go over to participate in the Xuncheng Art Fair...... No, wait a minute. ”
He forgot one thing, thought about it, and had to shake his head again: "Lord Fu is funeral, and I am asked to be present to pay respects, which is simply ...... I'm afraid that I'm lacking skills, so let's ask Siqing to go on my behalf, please help me explain to Mr. Wang. ”
"Okay. The callers retreated.
As soon as you enter the Yellow Spring, everything is scattered, a lifetime of merits and demerits are left for future generations, the Fu people are in the scenery, when they go to the scenery, the number of famous people in Xuncheng are all present, whether it is voluntary can not be detailed, but the Si people have passed away, and the grievances of the past years are all loess sooner or later, and there is nothing to be entangled.
However, what was put in the sight of the people of Xuncheng was not his grand funeral ceremony, but his deathbed will to leave all his family wealth to a woman with a foreign surname.
The woman's name is unknown, she is not related to her, and she is not in Xuncheng, who she really is, and she has become mysterious overnight.
At the end of this month, everyone finally saw the mysterious woman.
That day, the city gate of Xuncheng was opened, everyone in the Fu Daren's mansion embraced a masked woman gracefully and luxuriously walked in, the splendid curtain surrounded the carriage that the woman was riding, the bead curtain and jade collided, burst out with a crisp sound, if the luxurious dance music, the curtain moved lightly in the wind, and it was like a beautiful woman dance, passing by, the fragrance was refreshing, several people in front of the car opened the road, several people escorted after the car, it was the BMW carved car fragrant road, which attracted the people to stop and watch, all stunned.
In this crowd, Pan Lanfang and Gu Yingyue were also watching, Pan Lanfang's expression was wooden, if Gu Yingyue hadn't forced her out to watch the excitement, she would probably have to stay in the ancestral hall from morning to night. She was not interested in anything, and she did not really want to see the woman in the carriage, and for a while, she looked at everyone like Meng Siru, so that she was afraid to come out to meet people.
But when the carriage passed in front of her, the woman's veil was suddenly blown by the wind, so that she could see her face clearly.
Her expression, which had not changed for days, finally changed, and it was a big change, and the surprised eyes made Gu Yingyue next to her look confused, and secretly wondered what kind of national color and fragrance the woman in the car was?
But, no, even if it's a national color and a fragrance, it won't be Pan Lanfang's turn to change his face?
was puzzled, but after listening to the surrounding discussions, some people sighed with envy: "This is really eating shit and hitting luck, getting thousands of family fortunes for nothing, and entering the mansion of Lord Fu, heh!"
Gu Yingyue heard the sourness in this person's tone, it was very harsh, it was understandable that it was sour, it was a little too sour, right?
She couldn't help but replied: "You said that it is better for others to step on dog shit and hit Yunshang, how can you say that people eat dog shit?"
"It's light for me to say that. The others said disdainfully, "Do you know what this woman's identity was before?"
"What?"
"She used to be a girl in a green house, you say, but she was lucky?"
"Qinglou girl?" Gu Yingyue frowned, she had received a lot of etiquette teachings since she was a child, and she had a natural rejection of these, and she didn't feel that this person was talking too much at the moment, so she turned her head and pulled Pan Lanfang to leave.
However, Pan Lanfang, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly walked over to the person who had just spoken, and asked with great interest: "Do you know the details of this woman, what is her name, where is her home, and what have you been doing all these years?"
"What to do, probably still do the business, haha, what is it called, where do I know. ”
Pan Lanfang didn't ask again, the light in her eyes flashed a few times, and she walked more energetically than before.
Gu Yingyue was full of suspicions, worried that Pan Lanfang had a mental problem, but Siqing went to Shanghai, and Huai'an usually went home very late, so she had no choice but to give up.
The day this woman entered the city was the attention of everyone, of course, because of her original identity, there was no shortage of discussions, but after all, it was someone else's business, and a few days of talking about it should have passed, but after seven days, the woman suddenly announced that she would donate all the property she had gained, half of which would be donated to the imperial court as front-line support, and the other half would be donated to the West Garden by name as a fund for art study.
This move made the people in an uproar, the so-called prejudice of Qinglou's background disappeared in an instant, and this woman's actions were clean and neat, and she scattered her money in a few days, and moved out of the mansion of Lord Fu, as if she wanted to clear up the relationship, and eliminated those remarks such as the red face and the trouble, and the remarks such as the golden house were happy and admired by people for a while.
Some people are very interested in finding out the real details, but they don't know much, only know that she was originally a young lady from a large family, and the family fell into the dust, and for a while added the sympathy of the ill-fated fate, and even some rich businessmen expressed their willingness to take concubines after seeing the beauty, and there was no shortage of people who wanted to marry as a wife, but they were all refused.
Later, she simply closed the door and never saw these people again.
The rumors of different opinions are about to die down, and another thing will arise.
The statement that the woman was closed was broken by Pan Lanfang, the wife of the Meng family.
Buxiao said, Pan Lanfang naturally came to say goodbye to Meng Huai'an.
Meng Huai'an has been married for several years and has not come out, so it stands to reason that he should have taken a concubine a long time ago, but they have never mentioned it for so many years, and outsiders have become accustomed to it, and this time, it really surprised everyone.
What surprised them even more was that this woman agreed quickly, and she didn't need to greet her relatives, she didn't need a sedan chair, and she didn't say hello to anyone, so she directly brought a maid and followed Pan Lanfang into the door of Meng's house, and also entered the side door, quietly.
People who haven't been walking around the Meng Mansion for a long time probably don't know that there are two more people in the Meng family.
From Pan Lanfang to find this woman, to someone entering the Meng family, it was just a matter of front and back, so that some people rumored that this woman moved out of the mansion of Lord Fu, but did not leave Xuncheng, maybe it was to wait for the Meng family, so looking at it, they should have some origins.
Huai'an, who has a relationship, just finished the meeting, heard others whispering and pointing, didn't ask, didn't know, and was startled when he asked, he just slept in the office at night when he was haunted by something yesterday, which is good, just one night didn't go back, he inexplicably had more concubines.
It's also too ...... Inexplicable.
This kind of thing, Pan Lanfang must not say that she wants to discuss with him, she didn't even say hello, it is really unreasonable.
He hurried home.
The woman is currently arranged on the side of the middle courtyard, which is his former residence, and when he goes home, it is dinner time, and several people are there, not daring to move chopsticks, waiting for him.
As soon as he stepped into the main hall, he was shocked, the pestle was by the door, and the other foot did not hit the ground for a long time.
The youthful time, the frivolous years, suddenly hit like a wind, and the blades that were pulled in the stumbling and bumping in the years of Xu Liu, forcing him to collect those arbitrary and lawless edges, at a certain moment at this moment, were all recalled by time.
was reprimanded by his grandmother, he still had to run out of the house, was locked in the house by his father, found a courtyard wall and climbed out, was taught by the teacher, and simply found someone to paint for him...... In the past, he was still vaguely the same teenager.
However, the edge of being recalled can only stop in the past.
The men who rebuked him, disciplined him, and taught him were gone.
And he is no longer young.
Frivolity can only be left to the past, otherwise, how should the person who has grown up with you all the way reciprocate?
He slowly stepped over the threshold and smiled at the woman, "Yarong, it turned out to be you." ”
This sentence calmed down Pan Lanfang's anxious heart next to her, and she took a breath and thought secretly: "I won the bet." ”
Let it go, gambling is his old idea, and if he doesn't succeed, he will become a benevolent, so he doesn't need to discuss, and he directly takes the person back.
Jiang Yarong stood up, lowered her head and grabbed the placket of her clothes, and said carefully: "Second young master, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
"Long time no see. He walked in and stretched out his hand, "Come in, you're welcome." ”
Pan Lanfang didn't have much time to play dumb riddles, and she didn't want to have the complicated process of regaining her old love halfway, so she said directly: "Yarong, I've already received the Meng family, you understand what I mean, right?"
"Understood. Huai'an nodded indifferently, but did not reply, and continued to face Jiang Yarong and said, "It turns out that you donated a large sum of money to the art fair." ”
"I ...... Alone, what's the use of guarding ten thousand taels of gold, it's better to be able to help you a little bit. Jiang Yarong still lowered her head.
"That's not a little bit, everyone is very grateful to you, since you are here, I will introduce you to meet you to show your gratitude. ”
Hearing this, Jiang Yarong raised her head suddenly: "Second Young Master, you mean, you agree with me to stay, right?"
Before Huai'an could reply, Pan Lanfang had already stood up and said with a smile: "It's all said and done, of course I agree, that ...... Have a good chat, we're done, let's go first. ”
After she said that, she glanced at Gu Yingyue, and Gu Yingyue had no choice but to put down her chopsticks and walk out with her.
Gu Yingyue was confused, she had already guessed that the two of them had known each other before, but she didn't know what the specific relationship was, but these were not very important, the important thing was that Pan Lanfang kept chattering all the way: "It's okay now, I can wait to hold my grandson with peace of mind." ”
I can't wait for them to have a round house tonight, get pregnant tomorrow, and give birth to a grandson the day after tomorrow.
She said angrily: "The fourth sister hasn't come back yet, can you guarantee that she has no opinion?"
"She doesn't have children herself, so she should give in, let alone ...... I didn't ask her to give in, then Miss Jiang is willing to be a concubine, do you know who she used to be, the royal relatives and relatives, that is the real eldest lady, when she proposed marriage, their family didn't look down on the Meng family at all, although it seems that she has had a rough time in the middle of the years, but if you look at the battle when she came back, it was not worse than before, she was willing to deign to be a concubine, and she must still miss Huai'an. ”
"Propose, it's already to the point of talking about marriage?" Gu Yingyue said in her heart that it was not good, it seems that this past has something to talk about, and this Miss Jiang must have a lot of status in Huai'an's heart.
This is really not something that Si Qingtong can be swayed by disagreeing.
She was indignant for Siqing, but she couldn't interfere at all, so she could only hope that Siqing would come back as soon as possible, so that she could think of a countermeasure as soon as possible.
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