Xixia Temple is a famous temple, near Wutong County, is a subordinate county seat of Nanyang Province, and is more than four hours away from Huya Town. When the party entered Wutong County, Lou Yuzhu saw that it was more prosperous than Huya Town, but it was still inferior to Nanyang City.

Lou Yuzhu, who was riding on a horse, politely asked passers-by for the address of the inn, and then led the carriage to the inn. In front of the inn, he asked the shopkeeper who greeted him, "Is there an elegant courtyard for accommodation?" ”

Hearing this, the shopkeeper, who knew that this was a big customer, became more and more enthusiastic: "Yes, yes, there happens to be an elegant courtyard for more than a dozen people, why don't you go and take a look?" ”

Lou Yuzhu counted the number of their group, dismounted and said, "Settle it, if it's not enough, I'll order two more rooms." ”

"Hey, little master, please."

Knowing that the shopkeeper was treating himself as a kid, Lou Yuzhu raised her eyebrows and didn't break it, handed the horse rope to the guy and asked while walking in with the shopkeeper: "Do you still have a meal now?" Seeing that the shopkeeper had it, he said: "Then prepare to get some of it, the taste is not good all the time, and it is light and exquisite." ”

"Hey, let's go for the little ones." Just when the shopkeeper came, the shopkeeper relayed a few sentences and turned around to go to Lou Yuzhu's instructions.

The shopkeeper took over and led the group to the courtyard. It is said that the elegant courtyard is just a small courtyard divided separately for those big families to go out and stay, and a few master rooms and a few servant rooms are also alive, and the comfort is naturally not as comfortable as their own home, but it is better than being scattered and not easy to manage.

Lou Yuzhu, who had a good plan in mind, said to the shopkeeper: "The troublesome shopkeeper will prepare two rooms, and my coachman will live there." The shopkeeper should be going to prepare, Lou Yuzhu turned around and said to Fu Linshu: "As for how to arrange the room, Daddy will look at it, I'll go and see what food is prepared in the kitchen." ”

Not to mention how Fu Linshu arranged, when the family had a late lunch, the older ones had to go back to the room for a lunch break, but the younger ones were full of energy, and Ji Xiaorong also wanted to go shopping, so he signaled his children to make trouble.

Lou Yuzhu knew that this day and a half had not passed so easily, so she sighed in her heart and turned her head to Zhang Ling and asked with a smile: "Brother Ling, do you want to go shopping?" ”

Zhang Ling is a brother, although there is no rule that the door is not out of the door, but there are always more times when he is constrained, and he is young and the family is very important, and he doesn't even go to the town often, but the child is not curious, and the hope in his eyes can't be hidden.

The second uncle Zhao brought Zhang Ling to his side, and said to Lou Yuzhu: "Brother Yu'er, don't get used to him, don't waste that god when people come and go on the street." ”

Zhao's compassion for him made Lou Yuzhu smile, and he stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Ling closer to his side and said, "It's okay, I rode for most of the day, and the horse just walked around to loosen my muscles." Unless the second uncle is not worried about me, afraid that I will not be able to get rid of this baby bump? ”

Speaking of which, the Zhao family had no choice, and seeing that Xu Se didn't speak, he naturally had to respond.

Huang Shan and Liu Kui followed, Lou Yuzhu pulled Zhang Ling to follow Huang Ying, and Ji Xiaorong and Xu Chunting led the five small ones in the old house, and asked the shopkeeper about the situation on the street and went to the street. The smell of the street is mixed, coupled with the scattered stalls on the roadside, the shouts of the sellers and the sound of the sellers bargaining, Lou Yuzhu is tired to death, and she really doesn't realize that there is anything to go about. It's a pity that no one sympathizes with him, and even Zhang Ling turned into a curious baby when he went to the street, looking at it as if it was a novelty.

Lou Yuzhu was helpless, so she had to cheer up and accompany her.

Walking around a street from beginning to end, Ji Xiaorong began to do it at the beginning of the return trip, not to mention the big buy, not to mention the special buying, and the cheeky came to Lou Yuzhu either to buy it for the old man Lou or to buy it with Liu Ah, anyway, there is no money.

Lou Yuzhu, who had already slipped away and had no strength, really didn't want to spend that god for these hundreds of dollars, so she waved her hand and motioned to Huang Ying to give money.

Huang Ying took out his purse and paid for it, and Ji Xiaorong became more and more arrogant, and blatantly began to buy things for himself, and he didn't even want to buy two or three pennies for Lou Yuan and Lou Wu. Huang Ying, who paid a few pennies and a few pennies, lost his temper, took out a tael of loose silver and stuffed it into Ji Xiaorong's hand, and bent his knees at him: "Erjun Fulang will pay it himself, the little one will serve my young brother." Then he slipped back to Lou Yuzhu's side and pulled out a flattering smile at his master.

Lou Yuzhu didn't glare at him angrily, but she could understand Huang Ying. In the past few years, Huang Ying has long been no longer the thin brother he was when he was specially cultivated, he has seen more courage in the big scene, and his courage has also been practiced, his vision is widened, and his mind is right, and it is normal to be unwilling to grind with Ji Xiaorong for one or two taels of silver. It's funny to say, the Huangshan family has added up a lot of monthly cases in recent years, but the richest person is not Liu Kui who manages money, but Huang Ying, the little brother, because he followed Lou Yuzhu to Fucheng to contact Li Shang's gang of sons more times, this reward is naturally more, you must know that those sons have always been generous and rewarded no less than 100 yuan.

The master and servant here are funny, and the big room has also begun to be made, Lou Yinzhu's eyes are not like Ji Xiaorong's turn on one or two taels of silver, and the opening of his mouth is the latest style of gold bracelet in the gold and jade shop, and the cost is more than two silver.

Lou Mingzhu once again proved that he was a wonder, and Lou Yuzhu grabbed the gold bracelet with Lou Yinzhu before he agreed.

Lou Yinzhu was not to be outdone, and Lou Mingzhu was shameless, saying that his father Ji Xiaorong cheated money to buy things for his family, and used Old Man Lou and Liu Ah Mo as an excuse and so on.

When Lou Yuzhu arrived, the two were already arguing, and even Ji Xiaorong and Xu Chunting, who came later, couldn't hold back.

Lou Yuzhu rubbed his forehead, and when he saw Li Yue in the store who couldn't help but laugh when he saw him, he really wanted to hide his face and run away.

Li Yue didn't expect that a farce would involve acquaintances, and he couldn't help but laugh when he thought that Lou Yuzhu, who had a calm demeanor, had such a relative. When I saw the embarrassment on Lou Yuzhu's face, I wanted to laugh even more, of course, I definitely didn't have the intention of laughing, I just decided to relieve my anger for no reason, who made the other party look as high-end as his mahjong level, and there were not many times to show his embarrassment.

Looking at Li Yue's playful expression, Lou Yuzhu stepped forward helplessly and saluted: "Let Brother Li smile." ”

"No problem." Holding his hand against the corner of his lips and trying to hide the smile, he said, "Why did Brother Yu'er come to Wutong County?" ”

"There will be a scientific examination next year, and my father wants to ask for auspicious charms for my eldest brother and second brother." Seeing that the scene over there had been controlled, Lou Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief. "What about Brother Li? The yamen does not have a holiday now. ”

"A little bit of a personal matter."

Seeing that Li Yue's expression was uncertain, Lou Yuzhu didn't want to make trouble, and seeing that the two strange people over there finally stopped arguing, he said with a smile: "Then I won't bother Brother Li first, I will live in the Hetai Inn on the street, if there is something Brother Li to find someone to spread the word." ”

"Well, you go get busy."

Nodding and signaling to go downstairs, Yuzhu led the two embarrassed strange people back to the inn, sent people to Liu Am, and said a few words of intimidation with a calm face, and after Liu Ah Mo almost vomited blood, he went back to the room to recuperate.

It's just that before a few tea days were off, Li Yue sent someone to spread the word, and Lou Yuzhu had to change her clothes and get into a carriage to come to the teahouse where Li Yue had met.

Entering the private room, Li Yue, who was leaning in front of the window, withdrew his gaze from afar and smiled at Lou Yuzhu: "It's a pity that my second brother and Sun Jin are not here, otherwise I would have been able to make a table of mahjong." ”

"It's not a waste of time to spend a good time on mahjong?" Lou Yuzhu smiled. To tell the truth, he would rather deal with Li Yue than get along with Li Shang's few gentlemen who didn't have any hair, because his actual age is the same, and he should at least not pretend to be in the second stage of illness when he speaks.

"You can't stand it."

Hearing this, Lou Yuzhu smiled unconsciously.

The two sat down at the tea table, Huang Ying served the brewed tea, Lou Yuzhu took the tea cup and plucked the floating tea leaves with the tea lid, and took a sip. Although it is a good tea, because of the roughness of the tea making technique, the original 10% sweetness is only 50%, so that the bitterness in the mouth is more than sweet.

"It's rare to see a brother like Brother Yu who likes to drink bitter tea."

Lou Yuzhu put down the teacup. "Turnip greens have their own loves, and there will always be one or two different."

Li Yue was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What Brother Yu said is true." As he spoke, he handed over the post he had pressed at hand: "Since I met here, I won't take another trip." Please be present by all means. ”

Look at the color of the post Lou Yuzhu has a bottom in his heart, open it and see if it is really a wedding card, Li Yue, the son of the prefect of the book, and Wang Yuner, the brother of the Nanyang Palace, are very happy, and the time is the eighth day of March of the following year. "Congratulations to Brother Li, I will definitely be there to have a glass of wine then." One is the son of the prefect and the other is the brother of a veteran family in Nanyang Mansion, and the two of them are right in terms of the portal, but they don't know whether they admire each other or not. Of course, this is not Lou Yuzhu's turn to worry about outsiders.

"Then I'll wait for Brother Yu'er."

"Brother Li said this, but I am honestly afraid, when it comes to the second brother Pei, I am just a brother from a small family, and I don't dare to put gold on myself."

Lou Yuzhu said this to make Li Yue smile, and then automatically filtered through this and turned to talk about something else. This chat lasted for more than half an hour, and then the two parted ways and returned to the inn where Fu Linshu was already anxious.

"What's wrong?" Lou Yuzhu stepped into the door, and saw that Fu Linshu's expression was quite inexplicable.

Fu Linshu pulled someone to let Huang Ying close the door, pointed to the brocade box on the table and said, "Soon after you went out, someone gave four Lilly, one of which was given to you by name, and the rest of the pearls and gold beads and silver beads have one copy. I said no, but the other party said that it was on the orders of the lord's family, and he went back without even confiscating the reward. ”

"Did the other party say who it was?" Lou Yuzhu picked up the brocade box and opened it, and inside was a pair of gold-wrapped jade ears, which didn't look very delicate but definitely enough.

"It is said that the surname is Wang, and it is also said that I lost the number of courtesies in Jinyupu today for some reasons, which is an apology and a meeting gift." Fu Linshu didn't have a score in his heart, and he didn't even dare to move this thing here.

Lou Yuzhu's heart moved, no wonder Li Yue said that it was a private matter, it turned out that he was escorting his fiancé out to play? Thinking in my heart, I put down the brocade box in my hand and asked, "What else did you say?" And what are the things that are given to the pearls? ”

"The silver bead for the pearl seems to be the bracelet they fancy today, and the gold bead is the pressed mane and emerald." Fu Linshu thought for a moment: "Why don't we go back?" This precious thing. "Nearly forty taels is not a small amount.

"No problem." Lou Yuzhu asked Huang Ying to put away the brocade box, and smiled at Fu Linshu: "Since the other party sent it, he didn't mean to return it, and it was to offend people if he reluctantly sent it back." Daddy, don't worry, I know in my heart, I will return the gift. ”

Back in his room, Lou Yuzhu took the brocade box in Huang Ying's hand and opened it to look at it twice, and then closed it and slapped it on the table with a bang.

Huang Ying was startled, his eyes turned around Lou Yuzhu's half-closed eyelids and pursed lips, and he shrunk his shoulders to hold the quail.

Rubbing the corners of his forehead, he waved his hand, "Take this thing away." ”

Huang Ying hurriedly picked up the brocade box, instigated and ran to hide the things in the innermost part of the package, and then cautiously approached Lou Yuzhu: "Master, don't be angry with yourself, it's not worth it." ”

Lou Yuzhu took a deep breath: "No wonder Li Yue's words sound awkward, it turns out that I am afraid that I will climb high branches and find the Li Mansion." ”

Huang Ying said cautiously: "Didn't the master say that Grand Master Li is sophisticated and calm, this ceremony is probably the Wang family's own initiative, and Grand Master Li is probably still in the dark at this time." ”

"What's this called!" Lou Yuzhu couldn't cry or laugh, so she spit out and said: "Say that I climb Li Yue, it should be said that I climb Li Shangcai, right, I have only met Li Yue a few times, and I have been in contact with Li Shangcai for a long time." ”

In fact, Lou Yuzhu is indeed right, the gift was given in the name of Wang Yuner, but the person who gave the gift was not Wang Yuner, but another brother named Lin Zilian. The other party and the Li family are world friends, and Lin Zilian and Wang Yuner are cousins, Lin Zilian is the one who accompanies Wang Yuner when he goes out this time, and he humiliates Lou Yuzhu only because he cares about Li Shang, and Li Shang often has Lou Yuzhu's name on his mouth. Young Aimu, when she was jealous, she had this inexplicable meeting gift.

As for Li Yue, he did have the intention of testing Lou Yuzhu in his heart. This temptation has confirmed in his heart that Lou Yuzhu has indeed no intention of Li Fu, whether it is for Li Shang or for him.