CHAPTER XIX
Meng An saw Mei Qian, and it wasn't much better, and her white face was even redder than before. is even more because the second girl is so beautiful, he didn't even say anything, just made a gesture, called "cousin", and turned around.
Mei Qian was stunned for a moment, hid her face and smiled lightly.
When the people from Mei and Meng came together, the group went out together.
At this time, the sky was dark, and the lanterns on the side of the street, in the treetops, and under the eaves of the porch were lit up. Mei Ru looked at the past from afar, and felt that these dots of light were like the lights of safety in front of the Buddha, one after another, gathering in all aspects of the world, which was really beautiful.
She and Meng Yunlan held hands, chattering ahead, and Meng An followed to the side to watch.
Behind are Mei Qian and Mei Ping, as well as Brother Yuan and Brother Qi in the second room. Because Mei Qian was born with the appearance of the country's natural fragrance, she was afraid of being seen by a bad-hearted person or a kidnapper, so she wore an extra cloak. Mei Ping followed Mei Qian and her brothers in a regular manner, but her eyes kept looking ahead, and she was very envious. The reason for this is that if you follow the second sister, you have to obey the rules, what kind of poems and songs are all rewarded, where is there freedom by the third sister's side? Can two people still quarrel......
Mei Ping sighed quietly.
I saw Meng Yunlan pulling Mei Ru to a juggling stall in front of me: "Follow! Follow the rules! Come on! β
There was a performance of retreat, and there were many people around for a while, crowded in a panic, Mei Ru was too lazy to move, and she lacked interest, but Meng Yunlan was full of energy, and led a maid to drill into the hole, but she reached the innermost point in a few clicks, and she couldn't see anyone.
Meng An was stunned all of a sudden, "Lan'er! He shouted, and hurriedly went inside to find Meng Yunlan, knowing that he took two steps forward, and suddenly stopped in a daze, Meng An glanced back at Mei Ru.
Mei Ru understood, and hurriedly said, "Cousin An, I'm here." β
Her voice is soft and glutinous, and on such a night, it sounds as if the tip of her tongue is still wrapped in the sweetness of the Lantern Festival.
Meng An was slightly stunned, and then told him uneasily: "Don't run around." β
"Yes!" Mei Ru agreed crisply, and smiled coquettishly.
Somehow, Meng An's face turned red again.
Mei Ru stood on the side of the street, and Yichan was left to follow her. I don't know what happened in it, so I listened to everyone's applause, Yichan loved to join in the fun, and I couldn't help tiptoe at this time, and secretly looked inside twice. Mei Ru only thought it was funny, and said to her, "You go and take a look." β
"How's that going to work?" Yichan quickly turned her head.
Mei Ru raised her eyes and looked around, diagonally opposite was a stall selling lanterns, for some reason the business was extremely bad, it was deserted, no one patronized, and she could see it at a glance here. She said, "I'll just go there, and you'll come over when you're done." Before Yichan could hesitate, Mei Ru pointed to the back and said, "Second sister, second brother, they are just behind." "βMei Qian, they are indeed not far away.
Yichan sent Mei Ru to the lantern shop, explained carefully, and then returned.
This stall is really deserted, and when the store sees someone coming, he doesn't greet him and just looks down and reads a book.
Mei Ru raised her eyes and carefully looked at the lanterns hanging on it, only to find that they were all square bamboo lamps made of white paper. The lanterns in the other stalls are all varied, rabbit lanterns, lotus lanterns, red lanterns, green ...... But there is nothing on the lamp here, miserable, desolate, where can it be sold? No wonder business is poor.
Seeing that the stall owner was dressed in a half-worn green robe, and his appearance was okay, Mei Ru wanted to take care of his business, so she asked, "How can this lamp be sold?" β
The man didn't raise his head, but said, "Don't sell it." β
Mei Ru was puzzled: "Why don't you sell it?" β
"So ugly you buy?" The man finally raised his eyes.
Mei Ru was stunned, burst out laughing, and she replied: "Since you know it's ugly, why don't you sell it?" β
The man said: "Although it is not sold, you can paint it, hang it here and wait for someone to buy it, and I will earn some middle silver left and right." β
When Mei Ru heard something interesting, she asked, "Is there anything for sale?" β
The man shook his head.
Mei Ru was eager to try, and she said, "I'll draw one." β
"Draw a lamp and a tael of silver." The man spoke calmly, not thinking anything was wrong at all.
"One or two?!" Pointing to the row of extremely ugly lanterns above, Mei Ru's eyelids jumped, "That's it?" β
The man still nodded calmly, and still ignored the answer.
Mei Ru had never lost in the battle of words, so she was not convinced, so she threw down the silver and said, "One or two is one or two, you bring pen and ink." β
The man said Nunu and motioned for Mei Ru to take it for herself.
The pen and ink really put aside, and I got it casually, but the lantern was hung on it, and it was hanging a little high, Mei Ru couldn't reach it when she raised her hand, she blushed and said, "You take the lamp for me." β
The man let out an "ah", as if he had just reacted, and then Nunu gestured to her: "There is a small stool next to it." β
Mei Ru was completely out of temper this time, her little face was puffed up, and she turned around and was about to leave, when someone called her behind her: "Sister Ru." β
The voice was gentle and dignified - it was Zhou Suqing again!
Frowning and sighing secretly, Mei Ru Shi Shiran turned around, and his eyes swept over slightly, and he saw Sister He Jiajuan, Sister Yan and Zhou Suqing, as well as ...... Fu Zheng, Mei Ru hurriedly opened her eyes and lowered her head again.
Zhou Suqing stepped forward and asked, "Sister Ru, why are you here alone?" What to do? β
Mei Ru hadn't answered yet, but the stall owner behind her answered quickly this time: "Miss Zhou, this girl can't reach the lantern." As soon as she said this, no matter how well the three girls on the other side were cultivated, they couldn't help but smile. Mei Ru was furious, she turned her head, and saw that the person only made a gesture to Zhou Suqing, respectful and humble. Mei Ru couldn't wait to bite her silver teeth, but she knew that it was not the time to jump her feet, so she could only breathe a sigh of relief and let them laugh.
Suddenly, a hand reached out next to him, and with a little bit of reach, he easily held up the next lamp.
Fu Zheng handed it to Mei Ru, which was regarded as relieving her embarrassment.
He rarely wore a stone blue tuanhua dark pattern brocade robe, with slightly wide sleeves, one hand wrapped in it, and his five fingers were slender and clean under the Yingying lamp.
Mei Ru just got a little to his waist and looked up at him, but she didn't answer, and she didn't intend to receive his affection.
Fu Zheng didn't seem to be angry or annoyed, but a pair of inky black eyes drooped down, and his gaze fell lightly on Mei Ru, and he called, "Three girls." β
His voice was cold and deep, unnaturally revealing a little oppression.
Mei Ru began to feel uncomfortably cold again, she took it, lowered her head and said, "Thank you, Your Highness." β
Over there, Meng An grabbed Meng Yunlan and squeezed out of the crowd, and saw Yichan standing on tiptoe behind with relish, and then looked at where was Mei Ru's shadow in that place? He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly asked Yichan: "Where is your girl?" Her voice trembled a little, and in a trance in front of her, it was still Mei Ru's smiling appearance, she said, Cousin An, I'm here......
Meng An became more and more anxious, and Meng Yunlan was also startled, and hurriedly looked around.
Yichan was stunned for a moment, and pointed sideways to the two of them: "Young Master Cousin, Cousin girl, where is my girl." "She watched the juggling for a while, and then looked at the girl for a while, how dare she really rest assured?
Meng An took a look, and just saw Mei Ru taking a lantern from a person, she lowered her head, and her body was stiff and hard. Looking at the man in front of her again, his posture was tall, Xiao Xiao was solemn, and he seemed to be His Royal Highness King Yan. He was stunned and was busy going over, and Meng Yunlan next to him had already trotted over. She grabbed Mei Ru's arm and asked curiously, "Follow, what are you doing?" β
Step-by-step?
Fu Zheng was silent, glanced at Mei Ru, and stepped aside.
Meng An stepped forward to salute: "Your Highness." β
Fu Zheng bowed slightly: "Dao knows." β
Mei Ru was talking to Meng Yunlan about this lantern, and when Meng An heard some eyes and looked over, he recognized that the stall owner who sold the lantern was his fellow student of the academy, Zhou Huanzhang. Zhou Huanzhang also saw him and arched his hand: "Brother Daozhi." β
Meng An returned the salute: "Brother Yunqiu." β
This Zhou Huanzhang's family originally had some family background, but later the family fell into the middle of the road, and in his generation, he really couldn't support it, so he could only show up to sell some things, but his temperament was extremely arrogant.
Seeing this, Meng An took the opportunity to say: "Brother Yunqiu, you also want to sell these lanterns, so you might as well sell me." β
Zhou Suqing on the side said: "Meng Gongzi, this is not interesting, why don't we each draw a lantern and sell it here?" Let's see who is the best, the highest price is sold, and it is just right to raise some silver for Zhou Gongzi. β
When Mei Ru and Meng Yunlan heard this, they pouted disdainfully at the same time - this person just loves to compete for the top, and she has to be set off by others to set off her literary talent, and her calligraphy and painting are the best in the world!
Later, Mei Qian, Sister Ping, and Brother Yuan also arrived, and when they heard this mentions, they thought it was interesting, so they decided on it.
Next to it is Jingyun Building, a group of people want a few private rooms, and there are maids and women holding lanterns to follow, for a while to provoke passers-by frequently sideways, I heard that the two most famous female sons in the capital want to paint lanterns, more and more interested.
Mei Qian walked into the private room before taking off her cloak, she had walked a little too much tonight, and her face was flushed and fluttering, and the tip of her nose was hot with sweat.
The three sisters sat together, worried about the three lanterns. On the other side, the two sisters of the He family, as well as Zhou Suqing and Meng Yunlan, all started writing.
Mei Qian asked Mei Ru first: "Third sister, what are you painting?" β
Mei Ruto tilted her head and thought about it, and replied lazily: "Write a post of "Lingfei Sutra". β
When Mei Qian heard this, she was stunned: "What is the third sister doing writing this?" β
Mei Ru spread her hands and said: "I'm too lazy to think about it, this is the easiest, I still want to finish writing and go to the side to take a walk." β
Mei Qian hid her face and smiled: "You can see that everyone else is thinking about it, and it happens that the third sister is the most casual." β
"What are you going to do with all that effort?" Mei Ru replied, and couldn't help but think indignantly in her heart, she didn't bother to raise money for the surnamed Zhou! After that, he asked Mei Qian again: "What about the second sister?" β
Mei Qian sighed for a moment and said, "Let's make a poem to celebrate the Lantern Festival." β
This is the most appropriate situation, and Mei Ru asked again: "What about Sister Ping?" β
Mei Ping was quietly eating pastries on the side, and when she was suddenly questioned, she hurriedly straightened up, patted the crumbs on the side of her mouth and said, "I also compose poems." β