9.Chapter 9
An Jin stretched her face, held her head high and was led forward by Zhao Chengyi as if she was generous. The Great Qi Dynasty is open, and it is still allowed for relatives and children to hold hands or something before they are thirteen years old. It's just that An Jin feels that the risk of being led by a snake spirit disease is a bit high.
Zhao Chengyi felt her tightness, distressed and annoyed, and finally thought, she is really a child, what's wrong with herself, she has been competing with a child all day long, and she is slowly coaxing.
The two walked through the other side of the locust forest, and then passed through a lotus pond, in the distance of the pond was the spread of lotus leaves, and in the middle was already full of budding lotus flowers. Nearby along the path are all kinds of water lilies, their flowering period is earlier than the lotus, has already bloomed all kinds of water lilies, pink with purple, white with pink, light blue lotus, yellow with green, suddenly fresh and pleasant.
An Jin completely forgot that the person next to her was a demon star snake spirit, and she had already shaken off his hand and went to see the flowers happily, but unfortunately she had to rush to ask her grandmother for peace, otherwise she must leave a few sketches, this is a habit she developed when she wears it here, and she can only carry a picture book with her without a mobile phone.
Thinking of the picture book, she was suddenly shocked, how could she completely forget about it, she threw the sketchpad on the side of the creek and pond before, and hurriedly turned around to call Xue Qing: "Xue Qing, I pulled the picture book and the sketchpad on the side of the creek and pond before, and you called two mothers-in-law to accompany you to look for it." ”
Xue Qing's face turned pale, and she replied, "Miss, I have already searched for it when you first slept, but I didn't find it." I also asked the mother-in-law who was in charge of the sprinkling, but no one had seen it. With that, his mouth moved again, as if he wanted to ask something, but apparently thinking that now was not a good time to ask, he swallowed the words back. In the courtyard before, because of Ruyi, she never found a chance to ask Miss what happened to the other side of the stream, and now she has no chance.
An Jin's face was a little bad, and she was gone, except for the mother-in-law who was in charge of the garden, there were few people there, and that was the perverted neuropath. Take it, take it, she reassured herself, it's not a big deal. It's just that there are some sketches of what you looked like in your past life. Recently, she found that she was becoming more and more familiar with her current appearance, but she was becoming more and more vague and even unfamiliar with her previous self in her memory, and she was afraid that one day she would completely forget about it, so she always tried to draw her past life. However, it was nothing, she simply drew some outlines, and there was nothing out of the ordinary, and it was the only way to be taken away.
Zhao Chengyi had already heard something strange, he had been quietly looking at An Jin, from the joy that hung from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows when she saw the lotus pond and the blooming water lilies, to the sudden annoyance, and then to the moment of surprise and indignation after listening to the words of Xiaoya Huan Xueqing, and finally helpless, the expression was extremely vivid, making the face that was just beautiful like a porcelain doll become dazzling and moving.
His eyes seemed to be stung, narrowed slightly, but his mind was more trance-like, why the memory of Jin'er, has always been quiet, she didn't like the outside scenery so much, did not raise a baby turtle, did not carry a sketchpad with her to draw all kinds of encounters, she only likes to sit quietly, sometimes embroidery, sometimes read, see herself, will be a little shy and happy smile. And these are things that Anjin doesn't like to do now.
What went wrong? Is it a mistake in memory? Or is it all wrong?
An Jin's eyes glanced at Zhao Chengyi, who was standing under a big tree diagonally behind, the young man was hiding in the shadows, pursing his thin lips, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and he exuded a sad and confused aura around him.
An Jin sighed, the second aunt is really not easy, she gave birth to three sons, two died, and the remaining one is stupid, what can I do? She felt that she was a kind person with an upright heart, so she had to walk over and say, "Sixth cousin, let's go." ”
Zhao Chengyi was overjoyed, and he smiled on his face, but he was very good-looking, and the negative aura on his body before immediately disappeared.
This time, Zhao Chengyi did not take An Jin's hand again, but walked side by side with her to the main courtyard of the villa.
The two entered the main hall together, and when Yahuan said goodbye, she lifted the curtain of the foyer and welcomed them in. Walking into the hall, An Jin saw at a glance that there was an old lady with a solemn face sitting on the main seat in the hall, it was her maternal grandmother, the Duchess of Shunguo, and next to her was her mother Zhao.
The old lady is already full of silver hair, but there are no obvious traces of age on her face, but the two nasolabial folds are more profound, showing that she should usually be strict and majestic. However, she smiled happily at this time, and when she saw the two of them coming in, she happily called "Sister Jin'er" and called her forward.
An Jin walked in front of her, and just as she bent down to salute, the old lady had already got up and pulled An Jin in her arms, and then looked carefully for a while before saying, "My sister Jin is also older, and she is becoming more and more energetic." I heard from your mother, you are a little unwell, why did you run out? Is it better now? Lunch available? ”
An Geun replied respectfully: "If you go back to your grandmother, it is better now." Thinking that when my grandmother arrived, I must give my grandmother's peace first. I had eaten some porridge and snacks before. The old lady became more and more happy when she heard this. Seeing it next to him, Zhao Shi hurriedly said: "Mother, let her stay away, don't get sick." ”
The old lady didn't follow and said, "You should be careful, where are there so many things." ”
At this time, a lady on the lower left side said loudly: "Is this the five girls of my aunt's cousin's family?" Sure enough, the raw Yuxue is cute, no wonder the old lady often praises it. An Jin looked along the voice, but saw a strange noblewoman, dressed in a crimson skirt, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a rare heroic spirit between her eyebrows.
An Jinzheng was surprised, and Zhao had already spoken up: "Jin'er, this is your cousin's mother, Mrs. Zhuang, don't come and see you soon." "It turned out to be the grandson and wife of the maternal grandmother and the second aunt's mother's family, the Marquis of Yongyi. Sun was born into a family of military generals, his father was a general in Zhenxi, based in Xining, and it is said that Sun grew up in Xining until he was thirteen years old, and he learned to ride horses and archery with his brothers.
At this time, the old lady had already let go of her hand when she saw this, and An Jin was as good as a stream, turned to Mrs. Zhuang and bowed and said, "Jin'er meets her cousin." Mrs. Zhuang also pulled An Jin forward, and then the big girl behind her handed her a brocade bag, and she took it and handed it to An Jin and said, "What a lovely girl, my cousin and aunt don't have any good things, these are some gadgets for you to play with." An Jin took the attack with both hands and thanked him.
An Jin turned around and saluted to the noble lady sitting on the right side wearing a dark blue brocade skirt embroidered with gold thread on a white background and said, "Say hello to the second aunt." This is Anjin's second aunt and Zhao Chengyi's mother, Zhuang. Zhuang also seemed to like An Jin very much, and looked at An Jin carefully and said: "No wonder my mother often praises, this child is really getting better and better, and his eyebrows have a little bit of the concubine Niangniang's youth." My aunt and grandmother are really blessed, the girls are better than the other, but I hate that I only have one Yuan'er, if my aunt and grandmother are willing, why don't I let Jin'er be my goddaughter. Mother, what do you say? ”
As soon as she said this, the hall was quiet, and the old lady and Zhao looked a little bad for some reason. Mrs. Zhuang didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and said in silence: "It's good, I look at Sister Jin'er, she is really the daughter of the Zhao family." Ordinary people can't regenerate. ”
"Cousin Yi, you're really back here!" Suddenly, a voice burst into the hall, breaking the silence of the room. Accompanied by the voice was an eleven or twelve-year-old girl wearing a big red Luo skirt, with a hairpin on her head inlaid with a silk pattern and a ruby flower, and her facial features were seven points similar to Zhuang's wife Sun, but her chin was slightly raised, her eyes were stubborn, and she was a little arrogant.
Everyone looked at her, but she didn't care, she just walked to Zhao Chengyi, who was standing beside the second lady Zhuang, and called "Cousin Yi". Zhao Chengyi turned a deaf ear, his face turned to the side, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Cousin Yi!" Seeing that Zhao Chengyi still ignored her, the girl in red pouted and hugged the arm of the second lady, and said coquettishly, "Auntie, look, you asked Cousin Yi to take me out to play, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye, and when he came back here, he didn't tell me." The second lady doted on her and comforted her.
"Hey, who are you?" She turned her face in the arms of the second lady and happened to see An Geun in the hall. By this time, An Geun had retreated behind her mother.
Her eyes rolled, and the girl in red seemed to think of something, and asked disdainfully, "Hmph, are you that Ruan Anjian?" ”
"Xi'er, don't be unreasonable." Sun shouted, and then turned to the old lady who was already a little unhappy and the slightly embarrassed Zhao said, "I hope that my aunt and cousin are not strange, this child has spoiled her grandmother in the frontier." In the past two years, you can't be restrained. ”
The girl in red pursed her lips in the arms of the second lady, and the second lady patted her comfortingly, and said with a smile: "It's just that the children play, and my mother has always liked the children to be unrestrained." I think Sister Xi is very good, lively and straightforward. My mother often said that we were not promising, and we were not as generous as my sister-in-law. ”
Zhao also echoed: "Yes, it's not rare for Sister Xi to be like this, don't detain the child." Back then, Empress Shengzu also taught that women should also be outstanding in riding and archery martial arts, and I think there are few women nowadays who have Sister Xi who adheres to the teachings of Empress Shengzu like this. In a few words, Mrs. Zhuang was very proud, she didn't think that her daughter was so wrong, but the people in Beijing have always had more rules, and their daughters always have to marry in Beijing, so they always have to be careful.
Zhao smiled at An Jin again: "This is the third lady of your cousin's family, Ling Xi, why don't you meet him?" Your cousin Lingxi has grown up in the frontier for half of her time, and her riding and archery martial arts are all excellent, didn't you still shout that you want to learn to ride and shoot before? I can ask you more for advice when I go back, and I will ask you Cousin Lingxi. ”
An Jin hurriedly bowed to the girl in red and called, "An Jin has seen Cousin Ling Xi. At the same time, I was surprised that this was not my mother's usual style. Mother is very short-sighted, if anyone is usually unreasonable to herself, her mother is not so good-tempered. Then he peeked at his grandmother, and saw that her face was slightly tense, but she didn't say anything. It seems that my mother is asking for this cousin and aunt.