Chapter 149: New Tea and Lotus
"Third sister......" Rong Chenghan put down the scroll and stood up from the couch.
"Oh...... Third Brother Rong," Liu Ruoxi smiled on her face, "Sit down, my mother said not to disturb your study." ”
"Ah, it's okay, don't bother." Rong Chenghan rarely saw a smile on Liu Ruoxi's face. Of course, this is not to say that Liu Ruoxi always has a straight face, on the contrary, in his opinion, Liu Ruoxi rarely is unhappy. Yes, with the love of her father and mother, the little daughter who is happy under her knees, where there will be unhappy things, she will naturally be happy all day long. It's just that Liu Ruoxi's good face will always change when facing him.
It is rare for Liu Ruoxi to give Rong Chenghan a good face, like now, without the presence of Second Master Liu and Second Mrs. Liu, Liu Ruoxi doesn't have to pretend, she can smile at him, Rong Chenghan can't help but be surprised and happy.
Although he thought so in his heart, Rong Chenghan's face didn't show much expression, but he just looked at Liu Ruoxi's eyes and lit up again.
"My mother asked me to bring tea to the third brother. It is a new tea that is new this year. Liu Ruoxi walked over and handed the teacup to Rong Chenghan.
Rong Chenghan hurriedly stretched out his hand to pick it up.
Liu Ruoxi sent the tea and did not leave immediately, but glanced around, and sat down opposite Rong Chenghan. Rong Chenghan was still standing, and when he saw Liu Ruoxi sitting, he also sat down with him, and put the teacup on the desk as well.
"What kind of book is the third brother reading?" Liu Ruoxi asked, glancing at the open scroll on the table.
"It's "Zhou Yi Justice", a transcript of the Tang Dynasty." Rong Chenghan said truthfully, "Yesterday I talked about the Book of Changes with my husband, saying that this book is the most accurate and the best solution. ”
Liu Ruoxi raised her hand and picked up the scroll to read. The pages of this scroll have been yellowed, and the paper used may be very different from today, Liu Ruoxi turned it slightly, and her heart couldn't help but move. This week is easy justice. She had read it carefully, too. This book is one of the most cherished books of Master Liu, and it belongs to the kind of treasure that can only be read in the small study and must not be taken out. At the beginning, Liu Ruoxi learned Zhou Yi, and she learned from this book. She had also copied the words on it.
"The third brother is also interested in the I Ching?" Liu Ruoxi raised her eyes and asked Rong Chenghan.
"I didn't read it carefully, but Mr. said that if you want to read, you must first understand the Book of Changes, and you can understand everything. …… I just read some. It will benefit a lot. Rong Chenghan said.
"This is my father's most precious collection of books, and I usually refuse to take it out even if I want to read it." Liu Ruoxi smiled, said this, and didn't say any more.
Rong Chenghan looked at Liu Ruoxi, as if he wanted to hear the implicit meaning from her words.
"It is the love of the gentleman, and it must be cherished very much." I don't know what Rong Chenghan thought, he glanced at the book in Liu Ruoxi's hand, and finally only said.
"Hmm." Liu Ruoxi nodded. Carefully put the scroll back on the table, he stood up, "Then third brother, you continue to read, I'll leave." What are the commands. Just call the children outside the door, and don't be polite. ”
Rong Chenghan answered, got up again, and watched Liu Ruoxi walk out of the door. He sat down on the couch again.
Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Rong Chenghan slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Liu Ruoxi's attitude towards him improved. It made him feel unusually good. Sure enough, it is still the temper of the little girl, I think it is the frequent training of the second master and the second wife of Liu recently, and he is very tolerant and tolerant, and the so-called sincerity leads to the golden stone. Besides, he didn't do anything to Liu Ruoxi, which could make Liu Ruoxi hate him.
Thinking so, Rong Cheng Hanfu picked up Yi Zhengyi again and looked at it.
Liu Ruoxi came out of the small study and immediately went back to the upper room. Mrs. Liu didn't know which room she went to, only Liu Yuwen was still sitting on the couch.
"The third sister is back, let's continue to play chess, but I haven't moved a chess piece." Liu Yuwen smiled at Liu Ruoxi.
"Then I have to take a closer look, I'm afraid you'll fool me." Liu Ruoxi smiled deliberately, "If you're not busy playing chess, we've been sitting for a long time, so it's time to go out for a walk." ”
"The vase of flowers in this house is not fresh, Brother Wen, you just go to the garden and prune a few new branches." Liu Ruoxi said to Liu Yuwen.
"Okay." Liu Yuwen naturally agreed, happily got off the couch, and was about to go out.
"Wait." Liu Ruoxi stopped Liu Yuwen again, and pointed to the east wing, "Third Brother Rong is still reading, I am almost stunned when I see him." Call him. Just call him at the door, just say cut two flowers for our mother, and be sure to let him go out for a walk. ”
"Hehe, Third Brother Rong sometimes works harder than me." Liu Yuwen smiled, he admired Rong Chenghan very much, and was willing to get close, and if he asked Rong Chenghan to go to the garden together, he was naturally willing, "I will definitely take the third brother with me." ”
"Third sister, aren't you going along?" Liu Yuwen asked again.
"I'm not going, I'll help my mother pack up the needlework." Liu Ruoxi said, "Go quickly." ”
"Okay." Liu Yuwen said yes and went out.
Liu Ruoxi quietly walked to the window, watched Liu Yuwen arrive at the door of the east wing, and said a few words inside, and after a while, she saw Rong Chenghan walking out. And the two men went out of the courtyard.
"Here's your chance." Liu Ruoxi slapped her palms lightly, came out of the upper room, and came to the small study again.
Everything in the small study was the same as when she first came, with that weekly Yi Zhengyi on the desk, a jasper unicorn paperweight pressed on it, and next to it was the cup of tea she had just delivered.
Liu Ruoxi looked left and right, walked over quickly, opened the teacup, and there was less than half a bowl of tea soup in the teacup.
"That's enough." Liu Ruoxi thought to herself, and while looking at Yi Zhengyi this week, a trace of hesitation couldn't help but flash in her heart.
The preciousness of this book, Liu Ruoxi is well aware. However, Rong Chenghan is too difficult to deal with, there are no flaws, and Second Master Liu and Second Mrs. Liu are more and more optimistic about Rong Chenghan. If you want to stop it, there is only this trick.
Liu Ruoxi picked up the scroll, flipped a few pages, put it back on the table, paused slightly, and finally relented......
When Rong Chenghan and Liu Yuwen came back from the garden, Liu Ruoxi was sitting on the couch, holding a half-embroidered upper in her hand, which was the shoes made by Mrs. Liu Er's husband for Master Liu.
Rong Chenghan and Liu Yuwen held a few lotus flowers in their hands, all of which were budding and waiting to be released.
"You went to pick lotus flowers?" Liu Ruoxi put down the needle and thread in her hand, her eyes showed surprise, "How did you pick it up?" ”
There are also a lot of lotus flowers planted in the lotus pond in Liufu Garden, but to pick such fresh lotus flowers, you must go into the water.
"It happened that a mother-in-law supported the boat, and the third brother took me on the boat, went to the middle of the lotus pond, and picked the best one." Liu Yuwen said happily.
"My mother will be happy to see it when she comes back." As Liu Ruoxi spoke, she got up, took the purse in Liu Yuwen's hand, and replaced the flowers in the vase.
"Picked too much!" Liu Yuwen said. The flowers in his hand were all used up, but there were still a few in Rong Chenghan's hand. If it's all in one vase, it's too crowded.
"These are a few bottles, let's put a bottle for the third sister." Rong Chenghan handed a few lotus flowers in his hand to Liu Ruoxi.
"Okay, thank you third brother." Liu Ruoxi smiled and took the lotus flower in Rong Chenghan's hand.
At this moment, I heard footsteps and voices outside the courtyard.
"Third brother, go back to studying. If my father and mother knew, I called the third brother to pick flowers in the garden, for fear that I would talk about me again and disturb the third brother's concentration on studying. Liu Ruoxi said to Rong Chenghan.
"Okay." Rong Chenghan agreed, turned around and left.
Liu Ruoxi held the lotus flower in her hand, walked to the window, and waited to see Rong Chenghan enter the small study, and then saw the second master Liu enter the courtyard, Liu Ruoxi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately became nervous again. It's all about success or failure.
Second Master Liu entered the courtyard, and sure enough, he didn't go to the upper room, and went straight to the small study.
Liu Ruoxi hurriedly handed the lotus to Liu Yuwen.
"Brother Wen, you send the flowers back for me and let the moon be inserted." Liu Ruoxi said to Liu Yuwen.
"Okay." Helping Liu Ruoxi run errands, Liu Yuwen did not complain at all, and immediately took the lotus flowers to the backyard.
Liu Ruoxi sent Liu Yuwen away, so she hurriedly came out of the upper room, walked quickly towards the small study, and happened to enter the small study with Liu Er.
In the small study, Rong Chenghan was standing at the desk, looking at the tea cup that was crooked on the table, and the open book that had been wet with tea/pages from Zhou Yizheng.
"What's wrong?" Second Master Liu was keenly aware that Rong Chenghan's complexion was wrong, and hurriedly asked.
Rong Chenghan raised his head and saw Second Master Liu, he opened his mouth to speak, but he saw Liu Ruoxi who came in with him. A certain thought flashed in his heart, Rong Chenghan was stunned for a moment, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.
"What's wrong?" Second Master Liu asked again, and while taking two steps forward, he saw the damaged books on the table.
Second Master Liu's face also changed, it was an abnormal heartache.
"Sir, this book ......"
"Oh my God," Liu Ruoxi also saw the situation on the table clearly at this time, and couldn't help but exclaim slightly, "This, this is Daddy's most precious book." Third Brother Rong, you, you are too careless. ”
In one sentence, Rong Chenghan was condemned.
"This is, this is the ......" Second Master Liu walked over quickly, picked up the book on the table, and looked through it distressedly, as if he wanted to make amends. However, when he saw that the handwriting on the book had been blurred by the tea soaking, the second master Liu sighed and sat down on the couch dejectedly.
Second Master Liu felt sorry for the damaged rare book, but he did not reprimand Rong Chenghan.
Rong Chenghan stood there, but his heart was full of unpleasant feelings. He glanced at Second Master Liu, and then turned his head to look at Liu Ruoxi. Liu Ruoxi stepped forward to comfort the second master Liu, felt Rong Chenghan's gaze, slowly raised his eyes, and faced Rong Chenghan's dark and deep eyes.
Rong Chenghan's eyes seemed to be a little clear, and there were some other things, but Liu Ruoxi was not willing to think deeply.
"Sir, it's mine, no." Rong Chenghan saluted to Master Liu. (To be continued......)