Because of Zhu Boxiu's relationship, the two families can be regarded as a family friendship, but Mr. Jiang is a serious scholar, so he also divided two tables for men and women. Previously, Hongzhu saw that Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Yan'er personally brought the food box, and there was no maid to follow behind, Hongzhu also guessed that they lived a simple life on this mountain, and many family affairs were done by themselves. Hongzhu naturally stepped forward to help set the dishes and chopsticks.

The rules of the Jiang family are also bigger during the meal, although they don't talk at all meals, but only Mr. Jiang and Zhu Guida at the men's table have a few words, and Zhu Boxiu and Cheng Wenhan only answer one or two words when Mr. Jiang asks.

Hongzhu glanced at the past a few times, and saw Cheng Wenhan burying his head in eating vegetables, acting as a well-behaved Sven.

At the women's table, Mrs. Jiang smiled and sandwiched a few dishes for Hongzhu, and said that Hongzhu and Jiang Yan'er are both girls, and they are not a few years old, so they just talk more, and they can come and go more when they have leisure in the future.

Hongzhu glanced at Jiang Yan'er's expression sideways, knowing that she was still not very happy in her heart, but she just hung her head and said nothing. Hongzhu didn't really bother with her, but when she faced Mrs. Jiang, Hongzhu smiled and agreed.

After dinner, Mr. Jiang let the boy serve tea and chatted with Zhu Guida, and Zhu Boxiu naturally accompanied him. And Hongzhu cleaned up with Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Yan'er and helped them take the tableware back to the yard. Cheng Wenhan saw Hongzhu leave, his eyes looked a little uneasy, but he still stayed where he was.

When she entered the courtyard, Mrs. Jiang apologized and said, "I'm really sorry to ask the guests to help." ”

Hongzhu said: "It's nothing, I'm used to doing it at home, and I have eaten and moved, and I just happened to eat it." She smiled, "If I don't do it one day, I'm not feeling well." ”

Madame Jiang smiled: "What a good girl." He looked at Jiang Yan'er again and said, "Let's learn from your sister Hongzhu." ”

Hongzhu hurriedly said: "It's nothing, Miss Yan'er is still young." After thinking about it, he said, "Madame's house is also different from mine." I was surprised before, and my wife was still doing it herself in this academy, which was really hard. ”

Mrs. Jiang happened to walk into the courtyard, so she pointed to the houses in the courtyard and said, "This is our house." This mountain is more modest than the city, but it's enough for our family. There are also one or two servants assigned to this courtyard in the academy to take care of them, and they are currently busy with the work of the cafeteria. Nowadays, most of the chores at home are still done at home, but in fact, there is not much to do, and it is chaotic when people are called. She smiled again, "Planting flowers and grass in this mountain, and living a leisurely life." ”

Hongzhu also felt that such a day was good, just seeing that Mrs. Jiang's style was obviously from a family, and she could live on this mountain as much as she could, she had to admire.

The three of them brought the tableware and other things to the kitchen, and Mrs. Jiang let Hongzhu rest aside. Jiang Yan'er whispered something to Mrs. Jiang, who frowned and shook her head at her. Jiang Yan'er spoke quickly and in a low voice.

Hongzhu faintly heard a sentence and a half, probably because Jiang Yan'er was unwilling to stay here.

Mrs. Jiang still loved her daughter in the end, and she couldn't bear her grinding, but finally agreed, and said something to her with a straight face. Then, Jiang Yan'er twisted her eyebrows and said goodbye to Hongzhu, and quickly turned around and went out of the kitchen and went back to the house.

Mrs. Jiang apologized and explained to Hongzhu: "She is a little uncomfortable. ”

Hongzhu didn't know what to say, so she just hummed.

Madame Jiang said again: "Let's put it aside for now, and I will go back with you to sit in Yajuri for a while." ”

If Mrs. Jiang was busy with family affairs, it would be appropriate to keep Jiang Yan'er to entertain guests, but Jiang Yan'er took an excuse to go back to the room, and Mrs. Jiang couldn't leave Hongzhu aside.

Hongzhu smiled and said, "Madam, you're welcome, go and see Miss Yan'er." I can still walk back to Yaju with just a few steps. After that, he smiled and said goodbye to her.

Mrs. Jiang still wanted to politely keep her, but Hongzhu acted simply, smiled and went out.

Madame Chiang had no choice but to send her to the gate of the courtyard.

Hongzhu saw that Mrs. Jiang's expression was not very good, and secretly thought that she would have a private conversation with her daughter for a while, and I was afraid that she would go back and teach her a few words. In fact, she didn't blame Jiang Yan'er for anything, a little girl of this age was a little squeamish and not interested, but she had to pretend to be hospitable, which was also difficult. Even so, Hongzhu was still unhappy to be treated so coldly.

Hongzhu didn't pay much attention to the road, and she had just walked along the fence to the corner in front of her when she almost bumped into someone.

She didn't have time to see who it was, so she let out a low exclamation, and took a sharp step back, another step, and her body was unstable.

The man in front of him reached over and helped him, and a nonchalant voice said, "...... What about the long eyes on the top of the head?"

Hongzhu stood firm, raised her eyes to look, but was stunned. The young man in front of him was only sixteen or seventeen years old, he was very handsome, and his clothes were not the green shirts of the academy standard, but he was extremely rich and gorgeous. As far as Hongzhu can see, the embroidery next to his placket looks delicate and complicated and slightly exaggerated, if he wears it again, I am afraid that it will be the appearance of a shallow merchant and a loser, but with this person's appearance and temperament, he feels that it is not too exquisite.

Seeing that Hongzhu was stunned and only looked at himself, his eyebrows furrowed, and then his lips hooked a shallow smile, "Isn't this the girl who commented on talents on the mountain road?" He said as if he had just understood: "The eyes are on the top of the head." ”

There are two sentences in a row, "the eyes are long and the head is topped", one is just a joke, and the other is obviously mocking.

Hongzhu came back to her senses, and she was angry for a while. Why is a Jiang Yan'er like this, and now she is like this when she meets someone on the road?

Who's above the top!

Hongzhu glared at him angrily.

The man raised his eyebrows, "What, I'm still not right? Why is there a great Confucian elder who is blessed by the side, and what is the five-point talent to be dressed as ten, isn't it what you said?"

Hongzhu looked at the person in front of her, and knew in her heart that she had listened to Cheng Wenhan's words when she went up the mountain before. She didn't think there was anything wrong with that, but in the end, there was some suspicion of arranging others in private, and it was okay to talk to her brother in private. It's just bad that this is a academy right now, and if you meet a scholar who is extreme and arrogant, I'm afraid she should think that she doesn't know the height of the sky.

She is not afraid of others talking about her, but Cheng Wenhan has just received a recommendation to come to the academy to study, and she is afraid that she will be seen like that by others.

Hongzhu had such scruples, and for a while she only stared at people and pondered in her heart, and she didn't open her mouth to defend anything.

Seeing her staring at him in silence like this, the man seemed to think of something, and he was even more annoyed by the look, and he looked impatient and snorted lightly and was about to leave.

Hongzhu was still thinking about it, but when he saw him leave, there was disgust in his eyes at the moment before he left, and he couldn't bear the anger in his heart inexplicably.

She raised her eyebrows and said clearly: "This son, please don't speak casually, ridicule and insult people." I bumped into you and I was wrong, I just didn't see anyone coming, I was just negligent for a while. She smiled and said, "Childe hasn't seen me yet?"

The man had already taken two steps away when he turned to look at her half-sideways, with obvious surprise in his eyes.

Hongzhu didn't wait for him to speak, and said: "What I said on the mountain road is just to motivate my younger brother, which is a bit biased, but there is probably some truth. I don't have much admiration for that talent, but I don't belittle him much. Childe doesn't agree, don't you think everyone should praise him and bow down?" she snorted lightly and said, "I call my eyes above the top, and Childe is shallow and ignorant." I'm a boudoir woman who doesn't study, but I'm not mistaken, that talented person is also a teenager, and with such a good face, even the Confucian saint is not here, right?"

The man's expression changed, and it was obvious that he never expected an ordinary little girl to be so articulate and so aggressive.

For a long time, as if he thought it was funny, he laughed for a while.

Hongzhu expected that this person would either be annoyed or angry, or leave angrily, but he didn't expect him to react like this. She was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

The man said bluntly, "I want to laugh." ”

Hongzhu gritted her teeth, "Do you think what I said is wrong, what I said is funny?"

The man shook his head casually, and said, "No, you're not bad." ”

Hongzhu felt inexplicable, and only said, "Then you have nothing to say?"

"I've told you everything, what am I going to say?" the man said, pursed his lips and smiled slightly, "You said that you said that to inspire your younger brother, and it is also kind to be wrong, wouldn't it be unkind to persecute you again? You said that you are a boudoir woman who does not study, doesn't it seem that I am shallow and ignorant when I deal with you? You also compare Zhao Xiao with Sage Kong, and if I defend him and respect him, won't it ruin his reputation even more, so that others will think that he is rude and arrogant?"

Hongzhu was silent for a while, and he dissected all the layers layer by layer, only that he was persuaded by himself. She thought for a moment before saying, "It's good that you understand." ”

"Your words are explanations, but you might as well trap me. The man suddenly smiled again, his eyes were impliedly proud, and said, "So there is no point in continuing to listen to your arguments, you will only be surrounded by you." After a pause, he said: "I only remember one thing, you are not a simple ignorant little girl, your words are not nonsense, and you really look down on Zhao Xiao." ”

Hongzhu twisted her heart when she heard this, looking at the person in front of her who seemed to hold her handle, she vaguely felt that this was not a good thing. She secretly calmed down and looked at him blankly.

The man glanced over calmly.

Hongzhu understood the meaning in his eyes very well, and was mocking her that it was a little too late to pretend now. Hongzhu was a little deflated, but when she thought about it, she was just a stranger she bumped into for nothing, so what could she do?

She also glanced at him and said lightly, "Whatever you want." She couldn't help adding, "Those narrow-minded people will arrange people indiscriminately and figure out the bad things." Seeing that the man looked at her meaningfully, when he thought about it, he knew that he had hinted that she had said the same thing behind Zhao Xiao's back before.

Hongzhu was angry, couldn't help but scolded again, only added coldly: "There will be gossip everywhere!"

The man smiled and said very seriously: "I don't need to gossip, as a person concerned, I already know." ”