Chapter 14: Wooden hairpins
Mrs. Li suddenly burst into tears, she was really afraid, Guan'er was only fourteen years old this year, since she was a child, she had never seen Guan'er live the life she should live at her age, always so stable, even if she was smiling, her eyes were indifferent. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 When the letter came, she couldn't believe it. Let Yaoyue bring the letter to the Remnant Lotus Pavilion, she is both happy and scared, happy that Guan'er finally has a friend, worried that Guan'er doesn't want to make this friend. Now that she heard Guan'er say in person that she likes to play with Miss Wang Liu, she finally couldn't help crying with joy.
Li Wan looked at Mrs. Li, who was so excited that she couldn't speak, and felt a burst of guilt in her heart, she had always ignored her mother's concern and worry about her. She couldn't help but hug Mrs. Li's arm and lean on her shoulder.
Mrs. Li held Li Guan tightly in her arms and took a while to stop crying.
The maid fetched water to clean her face, and after cleaning up, Mrs. Li had a smile on her face again.
"Are you ready for tomorrow's outfit?"
"Not yet." Li Wan replied to her with a smile, "Since my mother is here, I will help my daughter see what clothes to wear tomorrow." ”
Mrs. Li naturally agreed, and entered the bedroom with Li Guan. Chu Fang and Xun Fang took out all kinds of clothes from the closet and put them on the hanger, Mrs. Li looked at it carefully, picked it for a long time, and finally selected a set of satisfactory ones, and matched Li Guan with the corresponding jewelry, and gave a lot of instructions. It wasn't until the beginning of the year that I returned to the main courtyard.
The next day, Li Guanchen got up, dressed up, had breakfast, and went to greet Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li smiled and said a few words to her, such as having fun and paying attention to safety, and asked An's mother to send her out.
When An's mother came back, Mrs. Li was talking to Li Zhizhu: "My sister is going out, and I am at home with my mother!" As he spoke, he held his cheek and kissed him.
Li Zhizhu felt that his mother was very happy today, and said "yes" loudly.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Li had just gotten up from a nap and was combing her hair, when Mianyue suddenly came in: "Manager Chai has just sent someone to pay tribute, and the aunt and grandmother of Jinhua Mansion will arrive soon!" ”
Mrs. Li was taken aback: "Doesn't it mean that the genius has arrived?" ”
"Maybe go fast on the road!"
Mrs. Li came back to her senses and hurriedly urged the maid who combed her hair: "Quick, just comb me a bun!" The maid scattered the half-pulled bun, skillfully combed a neat bun, and inserted two red gold hairpins.
Mrs. Li sent someone to call Li Zhizhu, and hurriedly went to the Hanging Flower Gate surrounded by maids.
As soon as they arrived, several flat-headed carriages stopped at the door, and a woman in her thirties in a scarlet gown was helped out of the carriage by a young man.
Mrs. Li greeted her with a happy face: "Qingyun! ”
That woman was none other than Master Li's sister, Mrs. Chen.
Mrs. Chen was very excited when she saw Mrs. Li, and choked up and shouted "sister-in-law".
"This is Haoran and Huiran, right?" Mrs. Li asked, looking at the person behind Mrs. Chen.
Mrs. Chen nodded with a smile and said, "Come and see your aunt!" The two of them stepped forward to salute Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Chen was widowed at a young age, with only one son and one daughter under her knees, her son Chen Haoran was 14 years old, and her daughter Chen Huiran was only 9 years old.
Mrs. Li praised twice, and said to Li Zhi beside her: "This is your aunt, as well as Cousin Haoran and Cousin Huiran. ”
Li Zhizhi looked at them curiously and shouted loudly, Mrs. Chen smiled and touched his head, and then everyone went back to the main courtyard together.
When Mrs. Chan was not married, she had a very good relationship with Mrs. Lee, and the two got along like friends. I haven't seen each other for several years, and the two of them sit together affectionately and gossip. When talking about her husband's death, Mrs. Chen couldn't help but cry again, and Mrs. Li comforted her softly.
When they spoke, Chen Haoran always sat upright, and there was a kind of calmness in his expression that did not match his age. Chen Huiran has a lively temperament and has already played with Li Zhizhi.
After Qi Kuo, Mrs. Li personally sent Mrs. Chen and the three of them to the East Courtyard.
Mrs. Chen looked at the neat and clean, very bright and elegant room, and her gratitude was overflowing.
Mrs. Li took her hand: "Let's not talk to each other as a family, you and your nephews and nieces will have a good rest first, and when your eldest brother comes back in the evening, we will have dinner at my place." Then he took the maid back to the main courtyard.
Cuiyan Lake is a big lake located in the southwest corner of the capital, the east of the lake is the famous Pingtung corner, the juggling snacks are very famous, and the west of the lake is the beautiful scenery of Yichang Garden. The place where Wang Manqing asked Li Guan to fish was in the floating incense stack in Yichang Garden.
Floating incense lodge is a bit like a recreational mountain resort, with both accommodation and many recreational facilities, one of which is fishing.
The weather was nice on this day, with a breeze tomorrow and blue skies and white clouds.
In the small pavilion by the lake, Li Guan sat behind the railing, holding a fishing rod in his hand and concentrating on fishing. She is a human being in two lives, and this is the first time she has fished, so she can't help but be a little curious.
Wang Manqing stretched out her feet outside the railing and dangled, looking at the water nonchalantly. She turned her head to look at the maid who was gossiping on the other side of the pavilion, and suddenly leaned into Li Guan's ear and whispered, "Later, let's sneak out to play during the lunch break." ”
Li Wan glanced at her: "Where are you going?" "I was neither surprised nor refused.
Wang Manqing pursed her lips and smiled, she knew that Guan'er was not that kind of rigid character.
She stretched out her hand and pointed to the east: "It's fun, not only there are restaurants and tea shops, but also all kinds of small stalls, there are many things to eat and play, and you can also meet acrobats, I guarantee you haven't seen it!" ”
Another fish bit the hook, Li Wan quickly put away the rod, took the fish off and put it in the bucket, and glanced at her with a smile: "I didn't bring any money!" ”
Her eyes bent, and she said generously: "What are you afraid of, I invite you!" As he spoke, he mysteriously took out a purse from his sleeve cage and lowered his voice, "I secretly asked the mother-in-law guarding the door to exchange some broken silver yesterday......"
After a while, Wang Manqing shouted that he was hungry and threw the fishing rod aside. The maids did not suspect him, and served the two of them back to their rooms for lunch.
During the meal, Wang Manqing quietly said to Li Guan: "Eat less!" ”
Li Guan couldn't help but laugh "um".
After eating, Wang Manqing yawned: "I'm so sleepy!" Let's all go out, and I'll take a nap with Guan'er. ”
Li Guan glanced at Xun Fang and Zhu Fang.
When everyone had withdrawn, Wang Manqing ran to the bedside and put down the tent, covering it tightly, and then took off the brocade jacket and skirt outside, revealing the cotton jacket inside.
Li Guan couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that she was so well prepared.
"Oops, you don't have any clothes to change into!" Wang Manqing frowned and looked at her.
Since they want to sneak out to play, they naturally can't dress up too gorgeously, otherwise it will be easy to attract attention.
"It's okay, I'm dressed plain today, and I don't bother with eyes." Li Wan said, plucked the jewel hairpin on his head, and removed the jade bracelet on his hand, "Is this okay?" ”
"Okay." Wang Manqing nodded reluctantly.
She moved the chair and put it by the window, and said to Li Guan: "Go out through the window, there is the backyard of the floating incense stack outside, let's be careful, we will definitely not be discovered." As he spoke, he pushed the window open, leaned out and looked around, "I'll go out first, you follow me." ”
Li Guan whispered: "Okay." ”
Wang Manqing put the small stool in front of the dresser out of the window, climbed on the chair first, and then stepped on the stool and turned out.
Li Guan followed her example, also turned out, and closed the window with his hand. Wang Manqing glanced at her with "a teachable child", and then pulled her out secretly.
Li Wan was quite helpless following her, this floating incense stack is not the palace and the palace, even if they go out from this backyard in the open, who will stop them, why do they act like thieves.
walked out of the floating incense stack all the way, and it wasn't until he got out of Yichang Garden that Wang Manqing laughed with his waist in his hand. She hugged Li Guan excitedly: "Let's come out!" Finally, no one is in the way! ”
Li Guan was infected by her smile, and his mood was also cheerful.
The two walked along the cobblestone path by the lake, and there were more and more people, but they arrived at the street corner of Pingtung corner in two quarters of an hour. Wang Manqing cheered, and couldn't wait to pull Li Wan into the crowd.
In the bustling city, Li Guan and Wang Manqing are drowned in the bustle, like two small fish in the sea, and both of them have a sense of freedom and relaxation in their hearts.
After shopping on a street, Wang Manqing bought two noodle figures, two fans, three piles of yarn silk flowers, a bamboo grasshopper and butterfly kites, and ate plum blossom cakes, champion beans, pork rib rice cakes and fried wontons. Seeing that she was going to buy some wood carving again, Li Guan hurriedly pulled the person back.
"Just take a look, no one will help you get it!"
She had to reluctantly touch the wood-carved bird and move away from the stall. Li Guanzheng breathed a sigh of relief, and she grabbed the hairpin on a stall next to her and took a look.
Li Wan could only follow resignedly.
Wang Manqing picked out all kinds of hairpins, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "This is good!" As he spoke, he handed it to Li Guan, "What do you think?" ”
Li Guan fixed her eyes and saw that it was a wooden hairpin, carved with a half-opened lotus flower, although it was not very delicate but quite elegant, she nodded: "It's very good-looking." ”
"If you like it!" Wang Manqing neatly inserted the hairpin into her head.
For me? Li Wan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but reach out and touch it.
Wang Manqing smiled: "Don't you like lotus, this is just right for you!" "I turned my head and asked how much.
The stall owner is a man and a woman, it seems to be a husband and wife, the woman is about to speak, the man looks at their dress and knows that they are rich people, his eyes roll and he preemptively says: "Ten taels of silver!" ”
Wang Manqing stretched out his hand and took out the money from his purse, Li Guan's eyes flashed, pressed her hand, and said to the vendor: "Ten taels of silver?" Just now, someone bought two sticks for only 20 yuan, and we only need one for 10 yuan. ”
"This carved lotus flower is a lotus, and the one who carves the lotus flower sells it for ten taels of silver!"
Li Wan couldn't help sneering when he saw him talking nonsense: "In broad daylight, rob you!" ”