43. People before and after
Wei Feng wore a blue lotus-colored bamboo leaf plum blossom pattern brocade robe today, green and purple, gold and jade. He stopped, looked at the shy and timid girl in front of him, and then glanced at the five-colored longevity wisp she was holding in her hand, which was decorated with red beans, the red beans were the most lovesick, and the meaning was self-evident.
Wei Feng's eyebrows were cold and cold, so he saw him for a moment, and then quietly took the longevity wisp in the girl's hand.
The girl raised her head in astonishment, both shy and excited, she didn't expect him to take it when she gave it to Wei Feng. Now that Wei Feng actually took it, not only was the girl surprised, but the girls watching from the shore were even more remorseful, and said in their hearts If it was he who gave him a long life just now, would Wei Shizi also accept it?
But then, Wei Feng lowered his eyes and slowly wrapped the longevity wisp around the girl's wrist and wrapped it three times. He didn't touch the girl's body when he was wrapping around the long life, behaved appropriately and politely, and said, "Wei thanked the girl for her kindness." β
This is a very euphemistic refusal, which does not hurt the face of the other girl, but also expresses her own position.
Although that girl was lost, Wei Feng was able to wrap her life thread with her own hands, which was enough for her to be happy for a long time. She blushed and bowed to Wei Feng, turning around and walking towards the shore. Su Xi finally saw the girl's face clearly, but it turned out to be Song Ruqin, the sixth girl from the Zhenguo Mansion, who was the sister of her future second sister-in-law, Song Keqing.
Su Xi has been in contact with Song Ruqin a few times, and knows that she is shy, so it is really rare to have today's behavior.
Su Xi was thinking wildly, Wei Feng and several sons of the family had already come to him. She subconsciously stepped back, and hid sideways behind Fu Shaoyun without a trace.
Wei Feng didn't look at her, but glanced at Fu Shaoyun, his gaze only stayed for a moment, and then moved away.
A group of people headed in the direction of Chonglan Tower. Chonglan Tower is a seven-storey tower with an excellent view, you can see the scenery of the entire Xiangshui Lake at a glance, and it is excellent to stand on the top floor to see the scenery. This group of sons of the family took the top floor today, but after a while, the people have already gone away.
Su Xi walked out from behind Fu Shaoyun and patted his chest, very glad that he had put on his hat wisely.
"Cousin Shaoyun, I'll go back first, it's too hot outside, don't stand for too long." After the knot in his heart was untied, Su Xi was much calmer when facing Fu Shaoyun, and said goodbye to Fu Shaoyun with a smile.
Fu Shaoyun nodded and watched her go away.
Su Xi returned to the color shed, looked around but didn't find Su Baiyu, and asked, "Mother, why is Brother Bai missing?" β
Yin was talking to another lady when he heard this: "Brother Bai said that he wanted to go to see the dragon boat, and your eldest brother took him to the front to play." β
There are eight dragon boats parked on the shore of Xiangshui Lake, which are huge and majestic, but they can get into Su Baiyu's eyes.
Su Xi sat for a while, Yin took her to see a few ladies, at this time she had to take off her hat, those ladies couldn't help but look at her a few more times, both the lady of the Zhenguo Mansion, and the lady of the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Su Xi saluted one by one.
Su Xi was worried that the eldest brother would not be able to take care of Su Baiyu alone, so he told the Yin family and went to find them.
Gao Shi, the wife of the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, said: "Ling Yan is really a peugeot, I don't know how old she is this year?" β
Yin's smile was subtle, "It's still a yellow-haired girl, and she only celebrated her twelfth birthday at the beginning of this year." β
Gao also smiled and didn't continue to ask anything, but he paid attention to it in his heart.
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On the shore of the lake, Su Baiyu stood under a willow tree, and there were several little guys who were about the same age as him around him, and he seemed the most unique.
The other children were lively and smiling, running from here to there and back from there. Only he had a solemn face, looking like a young man, following Su Li like a little adult, grabbing Su Li's clothes, occasionally glancing at the dragon boat docked by the river, and there was no special expression on his face.
Su Li smiled: "Brother Bai'er, don't you say a few words to your father?" β
Su Baiyu shook his head seriously, with a look of "I don't want to talk to you". Suddenly, as if he saw something, he let go of Su Li's hand and ran forward.
Su Li called him: "Brother Bai'er, where are you going?" He followed.
Su Baiyu stopped in front of a carriage, squatted down and picked up something on the ground, finally had a smile on his face, and raised his hand to let Su Li see: "Daddy, there is a needlework puppet here." β
Maybe someone left it here. It was a pair of tiger puppets, the tigress protected the little tiger under her body, the love of calf protection in the eyes of the tigress was vivid, the workmanship was a little rough, and it was a gadget given to children by ordinary people to play.
Su Li paused and looked at Su Baiyu, who was bowing his head and fiddling with the tiger puppet in front of him.
Su Baiyu has never played with this kind of thing, before he was three years old, he only had Grandma Grandma by his side, and Grandma Grandma would talk to him, eat with him, and sleep with him, but she would not make him a little doll. After the age of three, Su Baiyu began to like Luban lock, Sudoku, and those things that require brains, but in fact, deep down in his heart, he still has a little envy of the little doll that can hold a cloth tiger.
Su Li saw that Su Baiyu's little face was serious, but there was curiosity in his eyes, and a strong guilt suddenly surged in his heart for a while.
Su Li was about to walk over, when he suddenly heard a huge drum in his ears, he looked towards the Xiangshui River, it turned out that the dragon boat race was about to start. The drums were deafening, one after the other.
Su Li turned around, but saw that the horse behind Su Baiyu was startled by the sound of drums, neighed, raised his front hooves high, and fell, seeing that he was about to step on Su Baiyu in front of him-
"Brother Baier!"
At the last moment, a girl in an autumn-colored skirt passed by, quickly picked up Su Baiyu, and dodged under the horse's hooves.
The horse's hooves fell heavily to the ground, and it was not difficult to imagine what the consequences would have been if Su Baiyu hadn't dodged this blow.
Su Li hurriedly stepped forward, with lingering palpitations in his heart, and thanked the girl: "Thank you girl for helping......"
The girl turned around, and it was Yin Pengpeng, the maiden niece of the Yin family.
Yin Pengpeng must have been frightened, her face turned pale, and the hand holding Su Baiyu was still trembling slightly. But at that moment, I didn't know what was going on, and I rushed over without thinking about it. Right now, she looked at Su Li in front of her, and with the last bit of strength, she put Su Baiyu on the ground, and then her legs were weak, and she almost couldn't stand.
"Brother Su......"
Su Li reached out to hold her arm and said, "Pengpeng? How are you? β
Yin Peng steadied himself and said, "I came with my sister." As soon as I walked to the shore, I saw this scene, and I ......"
Su Li asked her if she was hurt, and she shook her head and said no. I was just a little frightened.
Su Li called Su Baiyu to him, held his little hand and said, "Brother Bai'er, come over and thank Aunt Peng Peng." β
Su Baiyu looked at Yin Pengpeng with dark eyes, and said obediently: "Thank you, Cousin Pengpeng." β
Yin Pengpeng leaned over and touched his head, and advised, "Next time, Brother Bai'er must not stand in front of the carriage, you know?" β
Su Baiyu said "um" softly.
On the other side, Su Xi saw Fang Cai's scene from a distance. When the horse pulling the cart almost stepped on Su Baiyu, her heart almost rose to her throat, and when Yin Pengpeng rushed out, she was both grateful and stunned.
In my impression, Yin Pengpeng doesn't like to interact with Su Mansion.
Yin Pengpeng is the fourth girl of Yinfu, with a lively temperament, smart and clever, and Yin Mengmeng is the same as the wife of the big house. She has a very good relationship with Yin Mengming's sisters.
Su Xi stood in the distance and saw the eldest brother leading Su Baiyu to say goodbye to Yin Pengpeng. The two of them had already walked away, Yin Pengpeng was still standing in place, quietly looking at Su Li's back, she couldn't see what her expression was, and not long after, Yin Mengmeng came over, and she left with Yin Mengmeng.
Su Xi looked at this scene and was a little puzzled.
Yin Pengpeng doesn't seem to hate the people of the Su family, so why didn't she come every time the Su family held a banquet in her previous life?
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Chonglan Building.
Qin Xiu, the eldest prince of the Zhengguo Mansion, sat on the makeup carpet, holding a small silver bow and arrow, aimed at the large disc with the cloud dragon pattern of colored lacquer on the table, pulled the bowstring, and as soon as he let go, the arrow flew out - it did not hit the yellow rice horn in the lacquer plate.
A few people around him laughed and said, "The wedding date of the eldest prince of Qin is imminent, do you only think about the bride in the future, and you are also unfamiliar with archery." β
This game is called "Shoot Dough". Cut the yellow rice corn into small pieces of flour balls, put them on a plate, and then let the people shoot the flour balls with small silver bows and arrows, and the people who shoot them can eat them. It's just that the dough is cut small, the surface is too sticky and slippery, and the force is slightly inaccurate, and the arrow is crooked to the side, which is very difficult to shoot.
Qin Xiu is the fiancΓ© of Su Lingyin, the fourth girl of the Governor's Mansion.
Qin Xiu listened to everyone's ridicule, and was not annoyed, and handed the silver bow and arrow to the people around him, "You guys come and give it a try." β
As you can imagine, several people tried, but none of them could hit the dough.
I don't know who handed the bow and arrow to Wei Feng, and smiled half-truthfully: "Since everyone can't shoot, why don't you try it in Tingzhou?" I heard that you are excellent in archery, so let's open our eyes today. β
Wei Feng was looking downstairs at Chonglan, and when he heard this, he turned his head casually, and took the silver bow and arrow handed over by the man. He hadn't spoken much since he had gone upstairs, and he looked like he was in a state of interest. At the moment, he didn't refuse, he took the arrow and drew the bow, and almost didn't aim much, and the silver swept by in front of him, and was firmly tied to a piece of flour.
There was a round of cheering.
"Good archery!"
He withdrew his bow and arrows, and said with a slight smile: "It's over." β
The next few people played a few more games, and the interest was quite high. Wei Feng sat on the sidelines, occasionally participating once or twice, he was usually like this, so no one could see that he was not in a good mood, and some people wanted to call the little yellow warbler in You Fangyuan. It's just that because today's occasion is not suitable, the emperor and queen sat under the colorful shed to watch the dragon boat race, so they had to rest this thought.
A short time later, a man in an indigo robe stood up and said goodbye to the group. "Drink slowly, everyone, I'll go first."
It is the third son of Xiao of the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Someone said: "Isn't it, Xiao San, how long has it been since you went back?" Could it be that you are really in the hands of the one in the family, as it is rumored outside? β
It is said that Xiao Sangongzi married a fierce wife, and since he got married, he has not been able to participate in many activities outside. He went back so early today, no wonder some people teased him. He is the only one who has become a relative in this case, and if he is caught today, he naturally has to make a good joke.
Xiao Sangongzi pushed him and said, "What's the matter?" β
The man was happy, "I heard that my sister-in-law has a pungent personality, and no one dares to provoke her before she leaves the cabinet, I don't know how you get along with your sister-in-law?" Hey, if you go back late today, you won't be punished for kneeling on the washboard, right? β
Xiao San looked very disdainful, "Look at you, you are a layman, and you don't understand it when I tell you." After saying that, he couldn't help it, and said: "Women are to be coaxed, how can they be hard, if you hold her in the palm of your hand, she will naturally soften." That's it, you will know these truths after you get married. β
With that, he got up and left.
Wei Feng sat on the couch by the window, holding his chin, looking thoughtful.