Chapter 280: Apology
"Hanlu, why are you here?" Bai Weiwei asked. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Liu Hanlu smiled gently: "Our two families are separated by a wall, when Miss Li arrived just now, you greeted her so loudly, how could I not hear it?" ”
If you hear it, you hear it, what are you doing here?
Bai Weiwei glanced at Li Guan, she felt that Xiao Wan didn't seem to like Hanlu very much, after all, what happened last time was really embarrassing.
Li Guan stood aside with a smile since Liu Hanlu appeared, and did not speak.
Bai Weiwei asked Liu Hanlu: "Do you have something to do with me?" I'm going to go to Battlestone Town with Xiaoguan soon. ”
The implication is that there is no time to greet her right now.
She could have said these two sentences more tactfully, but unfortunately she is not a person to speak.
Liu Hanlu's face stiffened for a moment, but she quickly adjusted her expression and said with a smile: "Are you going to Battlestone Town?" So can you make it back today? ”
"We plan to stay in town for one night and come back tomorrow."
"That's ......" Liu Hanlu nodded, "Okay, when you come back, we'll get together again." ”
We?
Li Guan's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he didn't say anything.
Bai Weiwei didn't notice anything unusual: "Okay." ”
Liu Hanlu looked at Li Wan with concern: "Miss Li, then you should be careful on the road." ”
Li Guan bowed slightly, acting very coldly.
Liu Hanlu's eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment, and she said a few more words to Bai Weiwei before going back.
Bai Weiwei breathed a heavy sigh of relief, Hanlu and Xiaoguan were her friends, she didn't want any unhappiness between the two of them, since Xiaoguan didn't like to associate with Hanlu, then she would try to avoid letting the two of them meet.
She carried Li Guan into the house, took her to say hello to her grandfather and grandmother, and then the two of them took Li Guan's carriage to Duoshi Town.
Liu Hanlu stood behind the big locust tree in the yard and watched the black-painted flat-headed two-horse carriage disappear into the alley.
When she returned to the house, she remembered Li Guan's attitude towards her just now, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the house, and when she went out, she saw that a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy in an indigo cotton robe was standing outside the courtyard gate and beckoning to her: "Miss Liu! ”
She hurriedly smiled and went over to open the door: "Agui, why are you here?" ”
Ah Gui rubbed his cold hands and said with a smile: "Miss Liu, our young master asked me to come over and ask, Miss Li, did you tell her okay, the young master over there in the restaurant has already said hello, just wait for Miss Li to nod." ”
Liu Hanlu's heart tightened, and she said calmly: "Miss Li has gone to Duoshi Town, and I will come back tomorrow, I will go and tell her when the time comes, you tell the fifth brother, let him rest assured, I will definitely accompany Miss Li to the banquet the day after tomorrow." ”
"That's great!" Ah Gui said happily, "Then I'll go back and talk to the young master, and Miss Li will trouble you." ”
Liu Hanlu smiled and nodded: "No problem." ”
Agui walked briskly.
Liu Hanlu closed the courtyard door, and stood against the door with a gloomy face for a long time.
She got up early the next morning and didn't go anywhere, keeping an eye on the movement outside the door.
Weiwei went out in Miss Li's car, so Miss Li will definitely send her back today.
She opened the courtyard door ajar, sat at the door of the house absentmindedly doing needlework, and waited for Li Guan and Bai Weiwei to come back.
It wasn't until dusk that there was a rutting sound outside the courtyard, and she hurriedly put down her needle and thread and ran to the edge of the courtyard wall to listen to the movement on the other side.
She heard Bai Weiwei and Li Guan get out of the carriage and entered the house with a smile and a smile.
After hesitating for a while, she finally did not go to the Bai family, but waited until dinner, and after Li Wan left, she went to the Bai family with a basket of eggs.
The little girl of the Bai family helped her open the courtyard door, and when she entered the hall, she saw Bai Weiwei helping her grandmother cut clothes, and the two plain Hangzhou silks of begonia red and rose red showed a charming luster under the light.
"Grandmother, Vivi, are you busy?" She greeted with a smile, her eyes fell on the Hangzhou silk on the table, and her eyes showed a little surprise.
Bai Weiwei was very happy to see her: "Hanlu, you are here, come and see, grandmother said that she would make me a gown, you come and help me with the staff and see which pattern is beautiful." ”
Only then did Liu Hanlu notice that there were still a bunch of patterns on the table.
She walked over with a smile and handed the basket of eggs to Mrs. Bai first: "...... Someone else sent it, there were only me and my father at home, and I couldn't finish eating, so I took some over. ”
They are all neighbors, and it is normal to send things to each other, so Mrs. Bai thanked her and accepted it, instructed the girl to have tea, asked Bai Weiwei to greet her, and carried the eggs to the kitchen by herself.
Bai Weiwei asked Liu Hanlu to help her see the patterns, Liu Hanlu glanced at the two Hangzhou silks, and said with a smile: "Don't you like camellias, I can embroider camellia patterns." Then he asked, "This material is so beautiful, where did you buy it?" ”
Bai Weiwei smiled brightly: "I didn't buy it, it was given to me by Xiaoguan, you also know the situation of our family, how can you afford such a good ruler." ”
The Bai family's rice shop has a good business, and the family's life is also very good, but it has not yet reached the point where they can wear silk and satin.
Liu Hanlu's face showed a little envy that she didn't realize herself: "Miss Li is so good to you, I am willing to give you such a good ruler." ”
Bai Weiwei nodded and said, "Yes, Xiaoguan is very generous, she originally wanted to give me a set of pearl head noodles, but I didn't ask for it." ”
"Pearl head?" Liu Hanlu was slightly stunned, "...... Why didn't you ask for it? ”
Bai Weiwei said as a matter of course: "Of course I can't ask for such a valuable thing!" These satin jewelry may not be anything to Xiaoguan, but they are useless, and I can't just ask for her things. It was these two pieces of Hangzhou silk, and she said that she wanted to thank me for my help in Battlestone Town, and insisted on giving them to me, so I accepted them. ”
But that's a pearl head!
Liu Hanlu couldn't help but think of the pearl bead flower that Li Guan wore on his bun yesterday, each pearl was the size of lotus seed rice, shiny and luster, low-key and luxurious.
Such a good thing, Wei Wei didn't even ask for it.
Although it was not given to her, Liu Hanlu still felt a pity.
Bai Weiwei didn't notice her strange appearance, pointed to the two Hangsilk on the table and said with a smile: "Xiaoguan sent me two rulers, you can pick one you like and take it to make a skirt." Seeing that spring is about to begin, make a good-looking skirt, and let's go on a trip together! ”
Liu Hanlu was surprised and delighted: "But isn't this something Miss Li gave you?" Will you give it to me again? ”
"It's okay, Xiaoguan is not the kind of person who is stingy." Bai Weiwei waved her hand and said indifferently, "You can quickly pick a favorite color." ”
Liu Hanlu reached out and touched the two Hangzhou silks, pointed to the rose-red one and smiled: "Then I want this one." ”
Bai Weiwei found a piece of cloth to wrap the rose-red Hangzhou silk so that she could take it back.
Liu Hanlu said while watching her busy: "Miss Li is really a good person, at first I thought she was the kind of dustless daughter, but I didn't expect her to be so attentive to her friends." ”
"Yes, yes, Xiaoguan people are good." Bai Weiwei is now Li Guan's fan sister, and she kept praising her when she opened her mouth, "Yesterday we went back to Duoshi Town together, she specially prepared two large truckloads of cotton clothes and food to send to the victims in the town, and also delivered things to the victims by hand, without any shelves." During the meal, I ate steamed buns and drank porridge with everyone, and at night I made a bunk in the victim's house, although I looked at her as if she hadn't slept well all night, but she didn't complain at all. To be honest, it was the first time I had seen a daughter like her, kind-hearted and approachable. ”
Liu Hanlu couldn't help but think of the reserved and arrogant smile on Li Guan's face yesterday in his mind, feeling that Bai Weiwei was talking about another person.
However, this one is not important.
She frowned slightly, and said with a distressed face: "It turns out that Miss Li is such a good person, I have no eyes, and I blame her." Weiwei, last time I was at the post station, I talked to Miss Li like that, she wouldn't be angry with me, right? ”
Speaking of this, Bai Weiwei was very depressed, and now that Liu Hanlu took the initiative to mention it, she couldn't help but sigh and said, "Hanlu, I didn't plan to tell you about it, but since you mentioned it yourself, then I'll tell you the truth." Last time, although Xiaoguan didn't tell me clearly, judging from her attitude towards you, she should be unhappy in her heart. Although Xiaoguan is kind to others, but her background is there, her personality must be very proud, how could she be willing to listen to your tone like a lecture that day? There must be displeasure, but it's not enough to be angry, her personality is still very generous. ”
Liu Hanlu regretted: "Then what now? Why don't I apologize to her? ”
In Bai Weiwei's heart, Liu Hanlu has always been her best friend, a girl like Li Guan with a good personality and a high background, she hopes from the bottom of her heart that Liu Hanlu can make good friends.
Therefore, after Liu Hanlu proposed to apologize to Li Guan, she agreed: "If you can personally go and compensate Xiaoguan, it would be great." I also said, Xiaoguan is not a stingy person, as long as you are willing to apologize to her, she will definitely accept it. ”
"Really? That's great! Liu Hanlu's expression immediately soared, and he couldn't wait to say, "Then do you think I want to invite Miss Li to dinner at the whole table?" This also shows that I am more sincere. ”
"Yes." Bai Weiwei said with a smile, everyone got together for a meal, chatted, and untied the knot.
"That's okay, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, how about you see tomorrow at noon?" Liu Hanlu immediately said, "I'll go to Qionghualou early tomorrow morning to book a box, and then we'll go to the post station together to invite Miss Li." ”
Bai Weiwei was stunned when she heard this, she didn't care about the time, but she originally wanted to invite Li Guan to a light meal at her house or Liu's house, but she didn't expect Liu Hanlu to propose to go to the restaurant.
"Qionghualou...... she hesitated, "It's just a meal, let's just cook it at home, we don't have to go to the restaurant, it's too expensive." ”
"How can this be considered a broken fee?" Liu Hanlu disagreed, "Since I want to compensate Miss Li, of course, the more sincere the better, Qionghualou is the most famous restaurant in our Jiyang, and entertaining Miss Li there can not show my sincerity?" ”
Bai Weiwei still has some concerns: "But Qionghualou is too expensive......"
"You don't have to worry about that." Liu Hanlu said with a smile, "My father knows the shopkeeper of Qionghualou, and it won't cost much to let the shopkeeper get a discount when the time comes." ”
She has come to this point, and Bai Weiwei is not good at objecting.
They discussed it again, and finally decided that Bai Weiwei would go to the post station tomorrow to invite Li Guan, and Liu Hanlu would go to Qionghualou to make a reservation first.
Early the next morning, Bai Weiwei and Liu Hanlu met and went to Li Guan.
Chu Fang and Xun Fang were very surprised to see her, one welcomed her to the warm kang and sat down to serve tea, and the other went into the inner room to invite Li Guan.
After a while, Li Guan came out yawning.
Bai Weiwei knew that she had just gotten up from bed, and apologized very guiltily.
Li Wan smiled disappreciatively and asked about her intentions.
Bai Weiwei stumbled and said the matter, looking at Li Wan worriedly.
Li Guan's expression was obviously not very surprised, just pondering, as if considering whether to agree.
Bai Weiwei inevitably said good things for Liu Hanlu again.
Li Guan's impression of Liu Hanlu is really not very good, and she is not interested in entertaining her, but after all, she is Bai Weiwei's friend, Bai Weiwei has personally come to invite her, how can she give her this face.
Let's go through the motions.
Li Guan nodded in agreement.
Bai Weiwei was overjoyed, and thanked her repeatedly, as if Li Guan had helped her a lot.
Seeing that she was so happy, Li Guan was also secretly glad that he didn't refuse just now, simply freshened up, and went to Qionghualou with her.
Qionghualou is the best restaurant in Jiyang City, located in the bustling downtown area, where wealthy guests come in and out, and it is very lively.
As soon as Li Guan's carriage stopped at the door, Liu Hanlu, who had been waiting for a long time, greeted him.
"Miss Li, you're here." Seeing Li Wan holding the maid's hand and getting out of the car, she stepped forward and saluted, with a sweet and soft smile and a lovely posture.
It's a pity that Li Wan is a woman and doesn't eat this set, she smiled politely at Liu Hanlu, and when Bai Weiwei got out of the car, the three of them walked into Qionghua Building together.
The inside of Qionghua Building is an ordinary restaurant, Li Guan has seen a lot and feels very ordinary.
Bai Weiwei rarely came to this kind of place, and looked east and west curiously.
Liu Hanlu took them upstairs: "The box is clean, so it's convenient for us to talk." ”
When they arrived at the door of the box, a twelve or thirteen-year-old man was standing outside the door, and when he saw them coming, he hurriedly said to the house, "Young master, the guests have arrived." ”
Li Guan and Bai Weiwei were stunned.
I saw a tall young man dressed in a purple and red flower dark pattern straight dress quickly came out of the box, he was about twenty years old, with a fair face and good facial features, barely a handsome man.
He glanced at the three women at the door, and smiled at Li Guan without any hesitation: "Presumably this is Miss Li, right?" Under the surname Zhao Ming'an, Miss Jiuyang's name. ”
Zhao An?
Why does this name sound familiar?
Li Guan quickly searched around in his mind, and finally remembered a person - Zhao Wu, the only son of the second master of the Zhao family in the south of the city.
ps: Updated, so sleepy (to be continued.) )