Mallow sighed melancholy: "Only the old lady loves me, but the young master doesn't think so in his heart." ”

Speaking of Zhao Shinan, the old lady felt a little guilty, when she was the master of leaving the mallow and giving her identity, she just thought that the days were long, wasn't it just to fill in the room? When she first entered the Zhao family less than a year, the old man covered the dowry girl into the quilt, and when she was pregnant with Shinan, she was even more greedy and full, and got into the two concubines in the house in one go. This kind of thing is as common as eating and drinking. But Shi Nan is good, he doesn't even look at the mallow, he doesn't touch it, Du Heng still can't give birth. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, the more shameless I became, and I took Mallow's hand and said, "It only takes a while, and Shi Nan will see your good." Since I keep you, I will give you a result. ”

The old lady sent someone to send a post to Mrs. Dong the next day, and invited a few familiar ladies to the house, starting with admiring the Qionghua. The Qionghua in Zhao's homeland is extremely beautiful, and the brocade is beautiful.

That day, a few ladies came in the morning, first in the garden around the Zhao family's rockery pool, Mrs. Dong smiled: "I often hear people say that the Zhao family has an artificial moon, I don't know why?"

The old lady took a few ladies through the stone cave of the rockery, and pointed to the pond outside: "It's just by the sun and shadows, the sun in the water follows our steps, from lack to full, just like the moon in the night, from the new moon, to the full moon, and then to the waning moon, or the ancestors of the previous generations came up with it." ”

Mrs. Dong nodded: "Sure enough, it is a famous family, after all, it has a background and a saying." ”

The old lady waited for the first few ladies to walk out of the rockery, and deliberately took a few steps behind and said to Mrs. Dong: "If you don't dare to talk about the background, there are a few things that are treasured, although they are nothing in the eyes of others, for the Zhao family, it is extraordinary." It has to be taken back. ”

Mrs. Dong listened to the words: "What does the old lady mean?"

Mrs. Zhao gently patted Mrs. Dong's hand and said earnestly: "I won't tell you, it's the bracelet you picked up a few days ago, it belongs to Shi Nan's daughter-in-law, and she lost it, and she didn't know if it was taken out." It wasn't worth a few dollars, but I had some origins, so I gave up this old face, opened my mouth to you, and let the bracelet out. Cut your love, and naturally you will have to make up for it, whether it be gold or silver, or other things, but you will choose them. ”

Mrs. Dong's face was a little embarrassed: "If you talk about that bracelet, you really can't let it out." ”

"Oh?" the old lady was shocked, but she continued to persuade, "A single bracelet is not easy to pass on if you keep it----

Mrs. Dong sighed: "It's not that I'm reluctant to give it up, the bracelet has already been sold to someone else." Just a few days after returning from your birthday banquet last time, I met the young lady of the Bai family and went out for 300 oceans to buy. It's enough to buy a house with a single courtyard at this price, so why shouldn't I let it go? ”

The old lady chuckled in her heart, looked at Mrs. Dong carefully, and was sure of what she said, so she couldn't help frowning: "So you want to go to the Bai family?"

Mrs. Dong shook her head: "The young lady of the Bai family bought it for Miss Bai Family, and that young lady runs around Shanghai and Beiping all day long, who knows where it is." I'll advise the old lady to just leave. ”

Old Mrs. Zhao's heart sank. Without saying a word, he reluctantly finished the day's flower-viewing luncheon, and called the mallow to the room to talk before and after. Mallow was stunned and tried to make a smile: "It's okay." In that case, it is also providential. ”

Mallows came out of the old lady's house, but her heart could not be calm. Why? Du Heng, as a young grandmother, guards such a good man, and is still half-hearted, why should God help her? Mallow can't figure it out, but she is not a person who resigns herself to fate, since the real bracelet can't be found, let's find a statue. It's been a long time since I couldn't land on a bracelet.

Mallow began to go in and out of the various jewelry shops in Yangzhou City, and compared with the bracelet on her arm, she believed that she would find something similar. The hard work paid off, I searched for a month, and finally found one, although it looks closely, it is not a piece of material, but the color and texture are already very similar. Mallow took the bracelet and showed it to the old lady: "Although this one is not the other, it is very similar." ”

The old lady nodded: "That's okay, anyway, the thing has been done, the facts are there, it doesn't matter if it's the original one." The family is unfortunate. He turned to the mallow and said, "In two months, Shi Nan should send someone back to transfer silk brocade to Beiping, so you can follow." ”

Mallow nodded lightly and said to the old lady: "It's just that I can't bear the old lady." "Malallow is very good at being intimate in front of old ladies.

In a word, the old lady's heart turned over again, such a good girl Shi Nan couldn't look down on her, she was really blindfolded, and couldn't help but say: "It's okay, maybe you can come back with Shi Nan." If it doesn't work, Shi Nan is still reluctant to be a fox, and you will always live there. Tomorrow, I will ask Mr. Zhu from the home school to write a letter to Shi Nan for me to see how he can get you. ”

With this double insurance, Mallow finally felt at ease, and asked for warmth in front of the old lady, and said a lot of considerate words before retreating. Go back and turn over and over in bed and it is difficult to close her eyes, in two months, she will be able to see Zhao Shinan again, the happiness of this life, fight again.

Du Heng has been proofreading the manuscript of the newspaper's fashion special issue at home these days, and Bai Zhi will come to pick it up when the manuscript is ready, and give her the salary by the way. At the same time, I also gained a lot of knowledge, and I knew what dresses, cheongsams, and trousers were popular and how to wear them. I didn't feel itchy when I looked at it, so I secretly went to the tailor shop on the edge of the alley and made two new-style cheongsams. She still couldn't accept the pants.

After proofreading the manuscript, Bai Zhi said that she would come to pick it up, but she didn't come for several days. Du Heng was afraid of delaying the newspaper, anyway, the newspaper office was not far away, just at the front door, Du Heng changed into a blue-blue new-style cheongsam, and called a rickshaw at the door.

"Guangming Newspaper. When Du Heng saw these four words on the side of the road, he hurriedly asked the driver to stop, paid a few copper plates, and walked into the newspaper office. In the room, there were people on the phone, answering the phone, proofreading and typography, and people walking back and forth, and no one noticed Du Heng.

Du Heng stood at the door and watched for a while, but Bai Zhi was not inside, so he had to ask loudly, "Isn't Bai Zhi there?"

After shouting twice, a man with glasses looked up at her and said, "She doesn't come today, what are you looking for her?"

Du Heng stepped forward: "I have a proofread draft of the fashion special issue for her." ”

"Oh," the man suddenly realized, lifted his glasses and looked up and down: "You are Du Heng?"

Du Heng nodded, and gave the manuscript in his hand to the man, and a slightly chubby little girl next to him came over and shouted loudly: "This is what Bai Zhi said, the young grandmother of the Zhao family? I thought she was bragging, but it really is." ”

A few more people came around, enthusiastically handed her water, asked her to sit down, and someone said: "Bai Zhi can actually mobilize a young grandmother from a large family to come out to work, and there are two times." It is the backbone of the promotion of feminism. ”

Du Heng listened to them talk about feminist democracy or something, and he didn't understand it very well, but the people were very enthusiastic, which made her heart very warm, and after chatting a few words, Du Heng didn't wait for Bai Zhi to come back, Du Heng went back.

Since then, Du Heng has become more courageous, and sometimes when Zhao Shinan is not there, she will go directly to the newspaper office to proofread, so that there are still people who can ask if there are some things that she doesn't understand. You can also listen to some new words from their mouths.

The people at the newspaper office are quite trendy, sometimes not too busy, and during afternoon tea, a few tunes will be played on the gramophone, and some people will dance ballroom dances. At first, Du Heng's face was red and his heart was beating, the men and women were hugging, and their faces were still so close that a word came up "obscene", and he almost ran away from the door. Bai Zhi smiled: "This is the most normal civilized dance. The upper class, that is, Mr. and Mrs. Jiang, all jumped. ”

Du Heng's heart calmed down at this time, it turned out that this was "upper-class?" Bai Zhi pulled Du Heng up, "I'll teach you first, and go back and take your old antiques to dance." "Bai Zhi is a male step, and Du Heng is a female step. Du Heng is very curious about new things, and he has gone from rejection at the beginning to liking at the back. But he still refuses to jump with the man.

Sometimes when I go back, I have to pull Shuangye to jump, and Shuangye laughs itchingly: "Young grandma, what is this, hugging and matching." I don't learn. Du Heng covered his mouth and smiled, "If you don't practice with me, how can I participate in the dance?"

"Prom?" Futaba opened his mouth wide, "What's that?"

"Mr. Zhong, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, is about to celebrate his birthday, Mr. Zhong's wife and children have passed away a few years ago, and he is alone, so the newspaper is going to hold a masquerade party to celebrate him. Du Heng didn't understand what a masquerade ball was, Bai Zhi said that it was a dance party with a face covered, and if the dance was not good, others wouldn't know who it was. Mr. Zhong is a good gentleman who is happy and good, and he is also good to Du Heng, in addition to the salary of the five oceans, he also gives some subsidies from time to time. Du Heng was embarrassed not to go.

"Young grandma, would you dance like this with a man?" Futaba asked in surprise.

"Of course not. I only jump with Miss Bai. Du Heng glanced at Futaba. She and Bai Zhi had already agreed that Bai Zhi would wear a blue mask that day, and she would not admit her mistake.

The masquerade was held as scheduled, and Du Heng was wearing a purple cheongsam with a golden mask that day. Bai Zhi wore a pantsuit suit and said to Du Heng with a sad face: "In order to be your male companion, I can't even dance as a woman." Du Heng only grinned.

The dance party was very lively, in addition to the newspaper, there were also many people in Bai Zhi's salon, this time there were more women and fewer men, Bai Zhi's male steps were very popular, Du Heng jumped and jumped, and in a circle, Bai Zhi was pulled away. Du Heng's hand was empty, and suddenly a person came next to him, took Du Heng's hand, the music became a very slow rhythm, and that person also wore a blue mask, Du Heng thought it was Bai Zhi who came back at first, and put his hand on it and turned around to find that it was not Bai Zhi, it was higher than Bai Zhi.

The man did not hold his waist with one hand and put his hand on his hand like ordinary ballroom dancing, but gently put both hands on Du Heng's hand, keeping a very moderate distance.