Doomed (2)
With a burst of exclamations from upstairs, Cheng Shaopeng looked up and saw a hairpin falling from the air, falling directly at his feet, the pendant on the hairpin broke and rolled aside, and at the window on the third floor, Chu Miaoluo covered his mouth with one hand and was looking nervously.
"Big brother, it's Sister Yiyao." Cheng Yilin saw Chu Yiyao first, shouted happily, and pulled Cheng Shaopeng to go inside, Cheng Shaopeng bent down and picked up the hairpin, and when he looked up again, the person was no longer on the window.
Chu Miaoluo hurriedly ran downstairs, and they were about to go upstairs to take a picture at the staircase, holding the stairs with one hand, Chu Miaoluo glanced at Cheng Shaopeng, caught a glimpse of the hairpin in his hand, and shouted softly, "Cheng Gongzi." β
Looking at this condescending position, Cheng Shaopeng could clearly see the crimson on her cheeks as she lowered her head slightly, subconsciously clenched the hairpin in her hand, and said gently, "Miss Chu." β
"This hairpin." Chu Miaoluo pointed to the hairpin in his hand, Cheng Shaopeng reached out and handed it to her, Chu Miaoluo's face flashed with pity, the pendant had fallen off, and with such a fall, the carving at the end of the hairpin was also broken.
"Big brother, what are you still doing in a daze." Cheng Yilin on the side urged, she was still young, she couldn't see the strangeness of the two people in front of her, and pulled Cheng Shaopeng to go up.
Chu Miaoluo was on the side, Cheng Shaopeng was pulled up by Cheng Yilin, and passed by her, before she could say anything, a faint fragrance lingered under her nose, and it quickly dispersed.
This scene happened to fall in the eyes of Chu Yiyao, who followed downstairs later, in the previous life, they met by chance in the Chu family's garden, and in this life, they met in this way, it seems that there is really fate, and there is always a chance to meet.
"Sister Yiyao." Cheng Yilin's shouts sounded in her ears, a smile rose at the corner of Chu Yiyao's mouth, looked at Cheng Yilin who came up, and greeted Cheng Shaopeng behind her.
"Datong is so fun, I've been there for more than two months, and Sister Yiyao, you don't remember to bring me a gift." Cheng Yilin pulled Chu Yiyao into the box by herself, but left Cheng Shaopeng behind, the latter smiled helplessly, and wanted to follow in, but there was a light cry under the stairs, and Chu Miaoluo, who had just walked down, somehow leaned on the staircase, holding her foot under the hem of her skirt with one hand, with a touch of pain on her face.
"Miss Chu, are you okay?" Cheng Shaopeng rushed down, but he didn't see a maid serving her, and he didn't care about the number of people in this shop, so he stretched out his hand and asked her to put it on his arm and get up.
Chu Miaoluo blushed and reached out and grabbed his wrist, held the escalator with one hand and slowly stood up, before he stood up straight, his expression changed, and the person was about to fall down again, Cheng Shaopeng immediately reached out and grabbed her with the other hand, and with a borrowing, Chu Miaoluo pulled back and leaned in his arms.
It was a sudden fragrance, soft and incredible, Cheng Shaopeng was slightly stunned, Chu Miaoluo quickly came out of his arms, standing there at a loss, his cheeks were red and about to pinch blood, and his voice was a little trembling, "Many... Thank you, Young Master Cheng. β
"As for the maids who serve, why no one follows them." Cheng Shaopeng realized that his behavior just now was too out of line, and coughed lightly, trying to hide the strangeness caused by the hug and caring for her.
Chu Miaoluo shook her head slightly, "It's because I'm too anxious to come down, they're all upstairs, Cheng Gongzi, can you please go up and call them, I won't go up." β
There were many people watching in the shop, Cheng Shaopeng was embarrassed, nodded, and quickly went upstairs to find Chu Yiyao and them.
Cheng Shaopeng watched them get into the carriage, and when they were about to go upstairs again, they saw the hairpins and falling beads that fell to the ground...
As soon as Xiao came back, he was anxious to find medicine for his daughter, and heard her say that the Cheng family's son-in-law helped her daughter and helped her up, and felt that this fall was worth it, with her daughter's appearance, how could she not win Chu Yiyao's milky little girl!
After five or six days, Chu Yiyao helped Qiao Cong'an to look at the list of New Year's gifts, coming and going, among them, there were many merchants with a lot of business dealings, the batch of dining utensils bought from Datong in the autumn sold well, and even to Chu Yiyao's surprise, in a month's time, except for the batch that was sold at the beginning of next year, the rest were ordered, and Uncle Zhong received several orders, although the price was higher than the average, but there are many rich people in Jinling, and they are willing to spend money to buy an elegant.
In this way, Uncle Qin's silver can be repaid a lot, and those merchants can be retained next year, and the business bank will be much more stable through this crisis.
"Miss, the Cheng family has sent something, and I'm waiting in the front hall." Bao Sheng came in to report, and Qiao Cong'an took the booklet from Chu Yiyao's hand, "You go, that's all there is to it, I'll come." β
Chu Yiyao walked to the front hall with his clean hands, and Li Xing, the attendant who had been following Cheng Shaopeng, was holding a big box in his arms, standing there a little funny, while still looking towards the door, and when he saw Chu Yiyao appear, he hurriedly walked up, "Miss Chu, this is our young master who asked me to send it over." β
The box was very large, Chu Yiyao opened it and saw that there were six small brocade boxes side by side, and looked up at Li Xing, "So many?" β
"This is what the young master gave to all the ladies and ladies in the house." Li Xing looked at the smile on Chu Yiyao's face, and he felt a little sneering in his heart, as soon as the young master made a move, he sent the entire Chu Mansion, and he felt that something was wrong.
"Can you tell me how to deliver these?" If Chu Yiyao really couldn't see through the meaning of this in the past, wouldn't it be a polite gift to the ladies of the whole house, and it was reasonable to follow Cheng Shaopeng's courtesy on weekdays, but now it seems that this is to cover up.
Opening the brocade boxes one by one, Chu Yiyao finally saw what Cheng Shaopeng really wanted to send on this trip, looking at the intact hairpin in the brocade box, she heard Li Xing on the side say, "This is for Miss Tang." β
"Brother Cheng has a heart." Halfway through, Chu Yiyao closed the box and smiled at Li Xing, "I will send them his heart." β
Sent Li Xing away, Chu Yiyao asked Baosheng to send things to the ladies and ladies from yard to yard, in her previous life, she did everything she could to obstruct and finally ended up with a vicious reputation, and she had to send a wedding dress to pay for the dowry and happily send her to marry, obviously it should be her fiancΓ©, but in the end, she had to blame her for being careful and refusing to fulfill them.
Now she doesn't do anything, and she pretends to be delicate again, and she brakes quietly, isn't she just pretending to be pitiful, she is always the most aggrieved when she is pried into the corner...
It's almost the New Year, the business is getting busier and busier, and the business in Chu Yiyao's rouge shop is also good, and the seasoning Chu Yiyao brought from Datong is sent to people to grind into fine powder, and a small can is packed and stored, waiting for the new shop to open at the beginning of the year and then put it on for sale, and the sound of firecrackers in the streets and alleys gradually increases.
On the twenty-sixth, just after lunch, Chu Yiyao was accompanying Chu Yingzhu in the courtyard to fold paper, Chu Duyuan walked in, with some wine smell on his body, picked up Chu Yingzhu and rubbed it on his face, Chu Yingzhu waved his little hand to push his face away, and shouted 'stinky' while twisting his brows.
Chu Yingzhu didn't let him, Chu Duyuan wanted to kiss, the two of them had a fight, and Chu Duyuan put him down and sat next to Chu Yiyao, "Yesterday Shao Peng invited me to tea." β
"Peacock, go prepare some hangover tea for the second young master." Chu Yiyao instructed the peacock, turned to hold Chu Yingzhu, and taught him how to fold paper flowers hand in hand, but did not answer his words.
"Talking about the two families, there has been less movement recently, Shao Peng means to come and visit for a New Year, you haven't been to Cheng's house for a long time, didn't you like to go to Cheng's house very much." Chu Dui saw that she ignored this topic, and reached out to flick her bangs, Chu Yiyao turned her head and glared at him, "What does he mean?" Can his meaning replace the meaning of the Cheng family, the Cheng family still doesn't want us to go. β
"What are you talking nonsense, you and Shao Peng have a marriage contract, and Mrs. Cheng has treated you well all these years, how can you not want us to pass." Maybe Chu Duyuan didn't think of going at that level at all, so he didn't care about the attitude of the Cheng family after the eldest brother left, and when he heard Chu Yiyao say this, he thought she was losing her temper again.
"Second brother, the verbal marriage contract can't be counted."
"Cong's relatives, how can I count them, these two families have been gone for so many years." Chu Duyuan also picked up a piece of paper and folded it, but the scissors couldn't cut out what was on the table, and finally put it down in frustration, and was ridiculed by Chu Yingzhu, the little guy's hands trembled and he cut it better than him.
"After my mother left, Mrs. Cheng still came to the Chu family." Seeing that he didn't realize it, Chu Yiyao put down the things in his hand, looked up at him and said, "After the eldest brother left, the Cheng family didn't come except for sending someone to greet him, why did Brother Cheng go to Luoyang a few days after the eldest brother's accident, and how busy the Cheng family was after coming back, so that they couldn't spare time to come over, second brother, you don't know, the Cheng family even gave this New Year's gift according to the simplest." β
"Second brother, don't you understand the attitude of the Cheng family?" Half-loud, Chu Duyuan sighed, those things he thought were accidental have become inevitable from his sister's mouth, and the Cheng family's estrangement is that he feels that the current Chu family is no longer qualified to be in-laws.
"The Cheng family has a son of Shao Peng, as long as he is willing, how can the Cheng family object." Chu Duyuan thought of the temperament of the brothers who had grown up together since childhood, and felt hopeful, "Shao Peng has been good to you all these years, doesn't Mrs. Cheng see it in her eyes." β
"What can you do in the eyes?" Chu Yiyao sneered, "The Cheng family is not the time when he Cheng Shaopeng can call the shots, this New Year's greeting, if there is no movement in their family, we don't have to stick this face, second brother, you don't have to go, I want to see how she can find a competent daughter-in-law for her son!" β