Chapter 34: Old Friends Reunited

Time flies, in a blink of an eye it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the small mountain village that has always been quiet and silent is more lively in such a major festival, Qingjia looked at Zhang Luo inside and outside other people's homes, and his thoughts couldn't help but drift away and remembered that although the atmosphere at home was bleak at this time last year, he was still by his side, and it was not too bad, but this year it was even more bleak. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Aunt Zhang next door thought that it was not easy to bother her with only her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so she invited them to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together, but Qingjia saw that her daughter and son-in-law had returned, and she really felt that it was really not good to disturb her on this day of family reunion, so she politely declined.

There is no popularity at home, Qingjia feels uncomfortable after cooking everything early, the autumn sun is warm and not dazzling, and it is lazy on the body.

I bought the moon cakes yesterday, and I had nothing to do with lunch or so, so I bored and flipped through the book that I had read many times. For some reason, it was a rare leisure time during this time, but she couldn't raise her interest at all, and her heart was sullen and unhappy.

"Alas," Qingjia patted his cheek, woke up, and said to himself: "What's wrong with me, could it be that I'm sick?" ”

Recently, as long as she has time, she has studied acupuncture by herself, the results are gratifying, and now she has been able to accurately find the acupuncture points, a few days ago the big brother of Orion Wang in the east of the village fainted due to the heat, she took the sea of qi, lily, Taiyin, Fu Yu and other big acupoints under the needle really woke people up from fainting.

Qingjia was very excited, and happily thought that his efforts during this period of time were indeed not in vain, and since then he has studied medicine more diligently. Although she was only at the beginning of her knowledge, she was already satisfied.

It's just that the disease of lovesickness, the medicine stone is reckless, don't say that her half-baked skills, even if a peerless miracle doctor comes, can't cure such a heart disease.

She can only cheer up, the days always have to pass slowly, if every day is thinking about the sorrow, what is the matter, he is not around, then she can only improve herself.

The Mid-Autumn Festival passed so dullly, and Qingjia was busy as usual, after all, such idle time was extremely luxurious.

The chicks she bought had grown up a lot, and Qingjia kept them all in the backyard, and although they occasionally trampled on the vegetable seedlings that had just been planted, they also saved them from the trouble of growing insects in fruits and vegetables. She was so frightened when she looked at the wriggling insects that she didn't dare to look closely, which helped a lot.

From a barren to vibrant, this small backyard is the crystallization of Qingjia's hard work, how many times have he been busy under the scorching sun, and now the sweat should always be exchanged for lovely results.

The days are not salty and not light, but the level of her embroidery is getting better and better, and the embroidery handed over makes the buyer very satisfied.

Yesterday just completed a set of longevity word color quilt, this is a big job, Qingjia recently trivial matters can be taken out of the time is not much, finally embroidered the time is not far from the deadline for delivery, this hurried to the county to send to the store.

The shopkeeper who had just stepped into the embroidery village responded and said, "Oh, Jiajia, you came just in time, I was about to ask someone to invite you." ”

Qingjia was taken aback, could he have overdue?

The shopkeeper looked at her stunned, and hurriedly explained, "I'll talk about other things later," he took the package in her hand and didn't open it to inspect the goods, but just led her to the guest room, and said as he walked: "A noble man said he wanted to see you." ”

Qingjia was confused, and followed up in a daze, who expected to see a familiar face as soon as she entered, she couldn't help but widen her eyes and exclaimed:

"Sister Gu—"

No, the person who came was Gu Yan.

She beckoned to Qingjia to come over, and the corner of her eyes swept over the shopkeeper of Xiuzhuang, and said warmly: "There is a shopkeeper of Lao Zhao." ”

The shopkeeper looked at them as if they had something to say, and they retreated after greeting each other.

Surprised to see the ancients, Qing Jia was overjoyed, and she talked more, and said happily: "Why is Sister Gu here?" ”

Gu Yan pulled her to sit down with her, pursed her lips and smiled: "I saw a brocade in the Huadu garment store that is very similar to your embroidery, and after a little inquiry, I learned that the last home of the garment store is this embroidery village, I guess it should be from your hand," she said She took out the square brocade from her sleeve, the mandarin duck playing in the water on it was really vivid, and the mood was moving, Gu Yan carefully groped for the pattern on it, and said: "Others will definitely not have such exquisite and unique skills." ”

Qingjia also took a look at it, and nodded happily: "This is indeed embroidered by me, how can it be so coincidental......"

Gu Yan chuckled and shook his head: "Who said no, it can be seen that you and I have a deep fate." ”

Qing Jia looked at the brocade with joy as if he thought of something, and then took out a purse from his sleeve, and the peony was lifelike.

She held it in front of Gu Yan, full of anticipation, and said, "Sister Gu, this is what I made a few days ago and gave it to you." ”

Gu Yan took it and accepted it very happily.

The two talked affectionately in this guest room for a while, Qingjia didn't have any friends, Chen Wei was not at home every day, he was already suffocated, he was originally a lively character, and now that he met Gu Yan, it was more like an open chatterbox.

Gu Yan just listened to her with a smile, and occasionally answered twice, and they were very harmonious with each other. When Qingjia paused, Gu Yan asked her about her recent situation.

Qingjia replied one by one, although it was hard, she had always been optimistic and didn't care, but she heard Gu Yan frowning frequently, looking at her with even more pity, and finally smiled, and said, "I never thought that life would become more difficult after you came back......"

Gu Yan couldn't help but think about it, if she hadn't insisted on coming back at the beginning, then what kind of situation should she be in now, it wouldn't be so bitter.

Qingjia could see it openly, and said: "Poor and lowly and sorrowful, mediocre and jade-like are successful." Life is unsatisfactory eighteen or nineteen, and the days to come are still long, I just hope that my mother-in-law can get better, and the rest is really nothing. ”

The strong optimism between her eyebrows and eyes made Gu Yan stunned, and sighed secretly in her heart, where is the second lady of the Lu Mansion who is illiterate in the rumors, such a mouthful of chapters, quoting scriptures, it can be seen that she has read a lot of poetry books. Sure enough, the rumors in the market are the most unbelievable.

After Gu Yan compared her with Lu Qingyu in his heart, he really felt that Lu Fu was narrow-sighted, and he lost a big deal because of a small thing. If there is such a daughter in the family, it is really impossible to exchange for any treasure.

Qing Jia would be very happy if she knew what Gu Yan was thinking at this time, but it was a pity that she had never been a person who was good at observing words and feelings, so she didn't notice the regret in Gu Yan's eyes at all.

Alas, it's too late to say anything.

Gu Yan could only sigh in his heart, listening to Qing Jia's chatter, his mood was a little more relaxed, and said, "Okay, you always have your own attention, we won't mention this." She changed her words and said the purpose of this visit: "Actually, in addition to wanting to see you this time, I also want to ask you for something." ”

Qing Jia was stunned, and subconsciously blurted out: "Sister Gu, you just have to say it, where to use it, please." ”

Gu Yan smiled and nodded, "That's the case," and then she said: "You also know that I am engaged to Fuyuan General Fu Anbo, and I will ...... when he comes back at the end of the year."

Even though he was down-and-out and generous, when he said this, Gu Yan couldn't help but feel a little shy of his daughter's family, paused, and said, "...... I was about to get married, but last month, the storeroom at home accidentally ran into the water and burned a lot of things, and the wedding dress I had prepared earlier was among them. Speaking of this, Gu Yan couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: "If I prepare again now, it will definitely be too late, my mother has searched all the ready-to-wear shops in Huadu and found some for me, but it is far from what I imagined......"

Gu Yan looked at her, his eyes were as gentle as water, and he said softly: "Jiajia, your embroidery work is much better than mine, so I came here today to ask you to help me embroider a wedding dress." ”

Qingjia already knew her intention before Gu Yan finished speaking, and she was ready to share her worries for her friends just now, so she agreed immediately, and said, "No problem, Sister Gu's matter is on me!" ”

Gu Yan was very relieved when he heard this, and took the package on the side, which was a red wedding dress, the style had been cut, and it was very dignified and atmospheric, and it was just about to embroider the pattern on it.

"Look, I brought you all these clothes," she pulled the clothes away, and there was a small purse underneath, Gu Yan took the purse and put it in her hand, and said, "This is a deposit." ”

Qingjia felt that the purse in her hand was heavy and knew that there was a lot of money, but she wanted to shirk it at the moment but was stopped by Gu Yan, only to see that her expression couldn't be more serious: "Jiajia, you just accept it, if not, I don't want to go, your current situation is the time to use money, speaking of which, your mother-in-law is also an elder I know well, so I have the right to be a little mind." ”

Gu Yan insisted, and Qingjia was defeated.

"That's right." Gu Yan smiled with satisfaction, and both parties were happy.

It didn't take long for Gu Yan to leave, and before leaving, he agreed on a time, and the two sides said goodbye and went home. After all, it is not advisable for a woman to show her face outside for too long.

So in the following days, Qingjia devoted himself to embroidering the wedding dress for Gu Yan, every stitch and thread were extra attentive, fortunately, the summer has passed and the weather is comfortable, otherwise the daily window embroidery must be very uncomfortable.

Originally, the time was very generous, but who expected that it would not take long for Gu Yan to send someone to say that Fu Anbo had returned to Huadu ahead of schedule, and he should rush back to the northeast station at the end of the year, and I am afraid that he would not be able to stay at home for the New Year, so the wedding should be advanced.

This news caught Qing Jia off guard, so he had to rush to work for days, and finally completed it before the winter solstice.

But Gu Yan never sent anyone over, Qingjia waited for two days and wondered very much, but the time could not be delayed, so she temporarily entrusted Chen's mother to Aunt Zhang to take care of her, and she wrapped her wedding dress and prepared to go to Huadu herself.

Calculate the time, if there is no accident, you can come back in two days, so pack up and go out.

It was only when she finally found Huadu Gu Yan's mansion that she knew that something big had happened in her mansion.

Just when she hesitated and didn't know what to do, Gu Yan heard that she was coming and invited her into the mansion, and Qingjia was startled when she saw her. Gu Yan was really haggard at this time, and her eyes were red and swollen, she should have been secretly crying for a long time, which was really different from the last time she saw her.

Sister Gu ...... "What's wrong with you?"

Gu Yan really regarded her as a friend, and held back her tears, her eyes were desolate, which made Qingjia panic when she saw it, and she couldn't help but grab the package containing the wedding dress in her hand.

What the hell is going on here?

Qingjia was beating a drum in her heart, she didn't know whether to ask or not, and was hesitating how to speak, but Gu Yan took the package in her hand, opened it gently, and the wedding dress was like fire, she was stunned, and muttered: "It's so beautiful......"

But the tears broke down in an instant, and fell on the soft and delicate red silk.

Qingjia opened his mouth and listened to Gu Yan's sad voice: "It's a pity, I can't use it anymore." ”

What are these words!?

Qingjia was shocked and stammered: "Sister Gu, what's wrong with you, what's ......?"

Gu Yan looked at her and shook her head gently, signaling that she didn't need to speak, and then explained the cause and effect word by word.

It turned out that Gu Yan and Fu Anbo had already been engaged, and they decided to get married when Fu Anbo came back from the border at the end of this year.

But who knew that the emperor recalled Fu Anbo not to listen to his debriefing, but to give marriage, and the other party was Prince Gong's daughter Qinghui County Lord. Prince Gong is the younger brother of the emperor's mother, with a noble status, very prominent, and generous favor, and he is the object of the powerful people of the dynasty.

How could the daughter of the Shangshu of the military department be compared with the prince and the county lord, when the news came, the Marquis of Jinyang came to withdraw from the marriage on the grounds that the monarch's order could not be violated.

It's just that Gu Yan and Fu Anyuan are in love, especially Gu Yan is even more affectionate, and he couldn't stand the blow for a while and fainted, Fu Anbo wanted to come to visit but was stopped by Mrs. Marquis of Jinyang, and then Fu Anrong came to visit Gu Yan and said, if she didn't want to withdraw from the marriage, she could only marry Fu Anbo as a concubine.

At the thought of it, Gu Yan's heart was like ashes.

"Jiajia," Gu Yan looked at her and said quietly, "If it were, would you agree?" ”

Qingjia was stunned, if such a terrible thing happened to her, she felt angry just thinking about it, and there was a ball of anger in her heart that was rushing in private, and the bones in her body trembled.

She gritted her teeth: "Concubine? The palms of the hands tightened, the joints of the bones turned white everywhere, and the words popped out of the teeth: "Unless I die, don't even think about it!" ”

Mo said that she was a concubine, even if she asked Chen Wei to take a concubine, she felt so hateful!