Chapter 32: Old Acquaintances Again
Strictly speaking, it can't be regarded as a complete wall.
Chen Hao, as a temporary accomplice who was also eavesdropping, naturally didn't want to be discovered by General Shi Ben, who was about to turn around and come over. After all, the road in the Chen family's courtyard was a dead end, and if General Shi Ben wanted to leave, he could only take this direction.
So at a distance of about five steps, Chen Hao's instinctive thought of a response strategy was to reach out and pull Ruxi to the side between the lush ancient acacia tree and the wall, while he stepped forward and moved inward, blocking Ruxi with his figure.
As for Cai Yun, he was originally standing five or six steps away, much farther away, and even if General Shi Ben saw it, he didn't know it, and he knew that it was a little girl when he looked at the outfit, so he definitely wouldn't take it to heart.
With such an action, of course, it is impossible to make General Shi Ben completely invisible to Ruji, but as long as he can't see his head and face clearly. After all, the Shi family had met in a hurry at the birthday banquet, although General Shi might not remember it, but it was better not to recognize it.
With the sound of boots, General Shi Ben finally strode away.
And Ru Ji and Chen Hao, who were standing opposite each other with their heads bowed and no more than a foot away from each other, had their hearts pounding at the same time in just a few breaths.
Until the figure and footsteps of General Shi Ben had completely disappeared on the road of Baifujia Lane, after a few breaths, Cai Wan came over and called softly: "Girl? ”
Chen Hao hurriedly took a few steps back before arching his hand: "Miss Pu went to Baifu Lane, is there something wrong?" ”
Ru Ji tried to calm her mind as much as possible, took a few deep breaths, and said to herself repeatedly:
What's the big deal! It's not like my sister hasn't been in love!
This Xiao Chen catcher is actually very young, okay! Don't beat your heart, don't beat your heart!
After almost a few more seconds, Ru Xi felt that her face was not so hot, and she was about to speak, but Chen Hao took a step back and bowed deeply: "I am in a hurry, I am offended, and I hope that Miss Pu will forgive me." ”
As soon as Ru Xi raised her eyes, she saw that Chen Hao seemed to even have red ears, and couldn't help laughing: "It's nothing, it's nothing." I...... I'm just here to visit Madame. Pointing to the gift in Cai Wan's hand, "Last time, Mrs. Meng didn't formally thank you for her help." ”
Chen Hao listened to her voice with a clear smile, cheerful and lively, not as ashamed and angry as he had been afraid when his heart sank before, and instantly felt as if his eyes were bright again.
It's just that when I looked at the direction of my yard, I was a little hesitant.
"But," Ru Tan asked, "will this time pass...... Not so good? ”
There is really no such informed accomplice in the world!
Chen Hao thought about it, but he was also a little embarrassed: "Miss Pu is too polite. It was just a little thing that day, and my mother was just a gesture, so Miss Pu didn't have to take it too seriously. ”
Seeing Chen Hao's vague tone, Ru Xi thought that he had just sent General Shi Ben away, and it was really not good to pass at this moment. And ...... yourself did eavesdrop, and let Chen Hao bump into a square!
So he took the brocade box in Cai Wan's hand and handed it to Chen Hao with his own hands: "Chen Zhutou, thank you for your great kindness." It's just a little thing, it's just a matter of talking to Madame, and if you say it's a favor, it's actually a no-brainer......"
As soon as he said this, Ru Xi suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure walking in the distance out of the corner of her eye, and couldn't help but be distracted: "Hey, that ......"
Chen Hao followed her gaze, looked at it carefully, and then turned back and asked, "That person, Miss Pu knows?" ”
Chen Run: Do you know or don't know?
Cai Wan also saw it, and the hand holding the fabric tightened, and when he turned to look at Ru Xi's eyes, there was a little more indescribable affection.
Ru Ji knew Cai Wan's thoughts, and between the three lives, it was about the only love affair Cai Wan had ever had. is not only her first love, but also a good family man who she once looked forward to growing old together.
However, Chen Run was broken on the eve of the wedding, and later he was imprisoned, Shi Zhonglang's poisonous hand in the first life not only made Cai Wan lose hope for herself, but also made her bear endless guilt for Chen Run.
This time the soul is reborn, Cai Wan is sometimes stunned alone, such as asking two or three times to see that she doesn't say, and then guess a direction.
"Chen Zhutou," Ru Xi had this big event in her heart, so she didn't care about other politeness, and immediately stuffed the brocade box in her hand and the fabric in Cai Wan's hand directly into Chen Hao's hand, "Do you know that person just now?" ”
Chen Hao saw that Ru Xi was in a hurry, so he naturally had to take it if he didn't take it: "That's a teenager from Ding Lane, Baifu Lane, and now he is an apprentice to the shop." ”
"Do you know which shop it is?" Ruji's eyes became brighter and brighter, she was embarrassed to beat faster just now, she had already been crushed into slag by the powerful gossip heart, and she forgot it completely.
Seeing that Ru Xi was so urgent, Chen Hao actually had some inexplicable feelings in his heart, and coughed lightly: "Ahem, I don't know much about this." But you can go and ask. ”
Ru Xi was even more happy when she heard this: "Then there is Lao Chen catching the head!" When I turn around, I will ask Cai Wan to come and ask you! ”
This trip to the Chen family is really rewarding!
Ru Xi happily took Cai Wan home, leaving Xiao Chen, who was in a complicated mood, holding a gift bag and slowly sorting out his thoughts in the warm afternoon sunshine and autumn breeze.
His day is also too rich.
The moon bends and shines on Kyushu, and a few families are happy and a few are sad.
After returning to Yueluju from Baifu Lane, the atmosphere of the Pu family was a little polarized. Ru Ji is enthusiastically planning the way out of the future, including the life of Caihua. The courtyard of the main house was a gloomy fog, and the Chi family did not come over to ask Ru Xi's whereabouts or investigate the matter of "Ru Xi went out of the house alone", which was obviously worth criticizing. Because just as Qiu's mother thought, the sharpness of the delicate and gentle morning dew in the matter of checking the accounts really surprised the Chi family, and they had to re-plan countermeasures.
In this regard, Ruji just wants to say, it's terrible to be uneducated! Chi really thinks that if she succeeds in grinding a motherless concubine into a weak and cowardly character, she will be able to control the world?
Sitting in the well and watching the sky will not end well!
The old boxes, the old ledgers, and the next few days were successively sent into the Moon Dew House. It's just that the person who delivered the things changed from Mother Chi to Shuangcicada and Shuangying, and the big girls in the main house took turns to fight. I don't have to ask, I know that Qiu's mother is already afraid of Chaolu. However, the speed of sending the ledger and the cage is average and steady, almost one volume of the ledger every three days, and one box every two days.
If it is said that the Chi family is procrastinating, the reason for others is really very sufficient. Big girl, you want a dowry, I can find it for you, and I'm looking for it! You see, isn't there something delivered every day? It's useless for you to be in a hurry!
But if the Chi family really wants to honestly hand over the dowry of the original wife Yanwei and return it to Ruji, not to mention that Ruji herself doesn't believe it, no one in the Pu family can believe it. However, for the Chi clan's turtle action slowing down tactics in front of him, Ru Ji was not impatient. Especially after discussing with Chaolu, after Chaolu handed over a letter to Huan Ningbo's Mansion, Ruxi was even less anxious.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, and the real things sent to Yueluju were probably so many thousand taels of silver. As expected, the long-awaited Chi family's counterattack is finally about to begin.