Chapter Seventy-Two
Li Yunluo obviously didn't have her ears behind her ears, she turned around and quickly ran to the corner of the wall, stretched out her hand and pulled down Zhuang Jinyuan, who was still hanging on the wall, and then looked up again and saw her eldest brother also squatting on the eaves and covering his face with his sleeves in embarrassment, hoping that she couldn't see him!
"Big brother!" Li Yunluo raised her head and raised her eyebrows......
Li Mingzhang shuddered for a moment, and always felt that he saw ill intentions in his sister's eyes.
"Who are you! "Zhuang Jinyuan was pulled down the wall, and he thought he was a slave at home, but when he turned around, he saw the appearance of the little county lord looking up, and his legs were suddenly frightened.......
"The county lord...... Small...... Little cousin......"
At this time, Acacia also saw this group of teenagers gathered at the corner wall of the inner courtyard, especially Meng Boliang and Meng Huoran who were hiding behind Li Mingzhang.
She slowly walked behind Li Yunluo and pulled the corner of the county lord's clothes with her hand, this is the birthday banquet in the mansion of the Marquis of Suning, if people find out that the two girls are staying with a group of teenagers, and the noisy will eventually hinder the reputation, the little county lord is not afraid of anything, but she is afraid that this foil will be chewed on the tongue.
Li Yunluo is not very old, she is used to being comfortable on weekdays, and she is only a little sensible after experiencing life and death, so she didn't think of it for a while, she just looked at Acacia strangely and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The teenagers under the walls couldn't even think of it, and they were simply annoyed and didn't hide well, but they still made people find out.
Only Mo Liang took a deep look at Acacia, and directly jumped down and strode towards the deeper part of the more hidden garden, and the rest of the people saw him walk away coldly, and they didn't dare to stay any longer, and walked out after him.
Meng Huoran walked to Acacia's side, touched the back of his head and said flatteringly: "Third sister, why are you here?" ”
Acacia rarely saw this talented man showing such an embarrassed look, and smiled secretly in his heart, but he looked up and down carefully on the surface.
Meng Huoran was panicked by his sister's staring, and subconsciously wanted to pull someone into trouble, but Li Mingzhang was twisted by the little county lord's ears, Meng Boliang faced the wall directly, looking like he was ready to face the wall and think about it until he was old, not to mention that Zhuang Jinyuan went directly to Moh, and stood in front of the garden arch not far away.
"Third sister, don't tell my mother about this today, and the eldest sister ......"
"Sister Qiao?" Acacia tilted his head, his eyes were clear as if he could see through people's hearts, obviously he was a simple and lovely child on weekdays, Meng Huoran was seen to be covered in white sweat.
"What, I just came with Jin Yuan, they all said they wanted to see Kyoto beauties, I don't know anything." Meng Huoran didn't have a little psychological pressure and let Zhuang Jinyuan carry the black pot for everything.
Acacia turned his head unhurriedly to look at Zhuang Jinyuan.
Zhuang Jinyuan was not afraid, he just didn't want to see anything strange in his eyes, but he had already given Meng Huoran a lascivious reputation at the beginning of climbing the wall, and if he changed his words this time, he would have to take care of the eldest sister of the Meng family.
Gritting his teeth, and glaring at Meng Huoran fiercely, Zhuang Jinyuan gritted his gums and smiled: "It's just curious, curious...... There's no side, you see, the fence is all around me...... He looks at girls on weekdays no different from men...... Ah! ”
Zhuang Jinyuan was slapped on the back of the head by Mo Li, and the grievances in his chest were really sore, only to feel that he was covered in front of his little cousin and couldn't say it clearly, what if the little cousin thought he was a disciple in the future and didn't make friends with him again, how could this be good?
Acacia will not be so superficial, she also knows that Zhuang Jinyuan is kind, so she pretended not to know what they meant, and said coquettishly: "The two sisters of the Qiao family are really good-looking, just like fairy daughters." ”
The ears of the teenagers are pricked up at this time, they are not very old, they will be regarded as lustful, when Mu Shaoai, it is not so much that they are for a look at the beauty, but that they are enjoying this kind of breaking the rules, the time of wanton youth, such time is too precious and too short for them, the next few years of work, they will become their own sons and shoulder the family business, and then standing in the court can not be said to be black, but in the end they have lost the innocence and cleanliness at this time.
Acacia was in a trance for a while, and I didn't know if it was for the teenagers who could still get along now, regardless of you and me, or to give her herself, a little woman who didn't know where the future was.
Mo Liang leaned in front of the arch and seemed to be waiting for Zhuang Jinyuan, but in fact, he was looking at Acacia with his spare eyes. This girl is getting more and more interesting.
"Hey! Someone's coming over there! ”
I don't know who shouted, the teenagers hurriedly ran in the direction of Zhuang Jinyuan, no one wanted to be found in the garden, and then went home to receive the punishment.
Li Yunluo wanted to follow her eldest brother over, after all, the benefits she asked for from her eldest brother had not yet been negotiated, but Acacia kept pulling the hem of her clothes, and she was reluctant to pull Acacia away, so she could only stomp her feet and take Acacia around to the other side of the garden.
The person who came was the housekeeper who was looking for Li Yunluo and Acacia, and it had been a while since the banquet was held, and if the girls were not brought back, it would be difficult for the two adults to ask.
Li Yunluo was pulled by Acacia and reluctantly returned to the flower hall, she originally wanted to hold Acacia and let Acacia sit with her, but Acacia didn't want to attract attention, so she secretly persuaded her, and she agreed to go to her house as a guest in the future.
The people who sat with Princess Yujun were all from the clan, even if they wanted to keep a low profile, they were not blind, and some people asked a few words in passing.
The closest to the table of the princess of Yujun is the table of the old birthday star, in addition to the old birthday star sitting on the main seat, the table is full of old ladies of some old families, there is a princess here to ask, and naturally you can listen to it over there, especially the old lady of the Yongchang Marquis Mansion who has been pressing things in her heart.
The old lady was originally a little depressed, although she did not lack a son under her knees, and her grandchildren were also filial, but in the end she only had one daughter from the Guan family, and now they were all in Kyoto, if it weren't for the future and dignity of the Marquis of Yongchang, she would have been unable to help but take her daughter home. Over the years, she hasn't thought about easing the atmosphere with the second room of the Meng family, but her son-in-law is really a person who can't carry it, if she lets this son-in-law get entangled with her own family, troubles will definitely follow in the future, and she can't selfishly embarrass her children and grandchildren for an unfilial daughter who has left her heart and is carried away by love.
Guan's two daughters, she has also seen before, once upon a time she was full of expectations, hoping that her daughter can experience the mood of being a parent when she has a child, and she can grow up sensible, at least she will not only care about herself, but only her son-in-law, maybe the old marquis can watch his daughter grow up and ease the relationship between the two families, after all, the daughter is also the old marquis who loves and grows up.
It's just that God doesn't pity her as a mother, and her daughter didn't stand up because she gave birth to two girls, but taught her two granddaughters to be snobbish and reckless, the big one was full of calculations, and the small one was rude and had no brains, and gradually she stopped paying attention, especially after giving some things, the children didn't even hand a word during the New Year's holidays. The heart is cold, and the favor is broken.
These old marquis accompanied her to live in the suburbs, and slowly she didn't want to think about it, and only in such a happy family scene would she miss her daughter when she was young.
The old lady of the Yongchang Marquis Mansion turned her head, wanting to see the small figure just now, but because of her poor eyes, she only saw a blur.
"I heard that the second room of the Meng family is going to be released."
Mrs. Guan heard the old birthday star next to her seem to be chatting, but she knew that her old friend was not mentioning it for no reason, after all, she had never talked about the Meng family over the years.
"That's their family's business." Old Madam Guan pursed her lips, looking a little cold and hard.
"Your little granddaughter has been living in Ding'anbo Mansion recently." But the old birthday star didn't seem to be ready to stop ordering, she took a sip of soup and whispered.
Old Madam Guan lifted the chopsticks and put them down, she turned her head to look at her old friend and sighed: "It's all about the Meng family, why bother?" ”
The old birthday star wiped his mouth and looked at her and said: "Our old sister has been around for so many years, I don't know you, in the past, your heart was just hanging, and I didn't persuade you, after all, these people are not worth it." But in the end, there is still an enlightenment, your daughter is dead, so it is better to put your mind on this granddaughter, and there are no regrets. ”
Mrs. Guan only felt that tears were about to overflow, she always pretended not to care all these years, and even coldly refused the Meng family's visit, she had been heartbroken by her daughter's radical words, since her daughter did not come out of the cabinet to meet the second child of the Meng family, she was not as good as the old woman of the Meng family. The so-called close relatives stabbed the knife to be more serious, that is because she is completely defenseless in front of her daughter, and her daughter forgets all the love between their mother and daughter for more than ten years because of a man, and even when she feels that the marriage is not right, she is regarded as an enemy by her daughter.
She is getting older year by year, and she doesn't know how long she can live, God knows that she has been looking forward to her daughter crying and going home to reconcile with her all these years, even if her daughter is being divorced home, she can be regarded as a stone in her heart falling to the ground, at least she doesn't have to worry about her daughter being killed at home by her son-in-law's family, her son doesn't like his daughter, that is also a brother and sister, and they can still do it in the second half of their lives.
It's just that she waited until today, and she didn't even wait for a word from her daughter.
"If it was the old days, I wouldn't care about it." The old birthday star said helplessly: "You know my grandson, the heavens and the earth are about to become monkeys, this time I also repaid the favor, my grandson almost died a while ago, and it was this little girl who saved him by mistake." ”
"She begged you to see me?" Mrs. Guan has a bad temperament, she can't tell whether she is sad or angry, she doesn't like scheming girls the most.
The old birthday star shook his head and said, "No, I'm afraid she thinks that if I invite her to come, I will return the favor." ”
Mrs. Guan did not speak.
The old birthday star patted her hand and said, "If you don't want to see her, that's it, it's just that I heard that Mrs. Ding'anbo is very good to her, and she has personally taught her since she entered Beijing." People always change, besides, how old was she when you saw her? Maybe I've had a bad time in that house all these years, but my heart is better? After all, it's also your granddaughter, maybe it's the only one like your family? ”
Mrs. Guan heard the meaning of her old friend's words, it seems that her eldest granddaughter has not grown up for so many years, and this little granddaughter is at least not bad...... Dinganbo, the eldest lady, she still thinks it's good.
"Such a child, if he stays in Ding'anbo's mansion, it's fine, if he really follows the second room of the Meng family to Jianghuai......" The old birthday star didn't go any further.
Mrs. Guan's next meal was delicious, and her mind drifted away early.
Acacia has been sitting next to Meng Xintong with a meal, there are many familiar family members at the same table, waiting for everyone to start chatting after the meal, Acacia quietly looked at the Qiao sisters at the diagonal table, and then looked at their big sister, only to feel that the temperament of the big sister is better.
Trying to recall her previous life, she also blamed her for not paying attention to the big house in her previous life, it seems that all her life was used to protect her mother and fight wits and courage with the pair of dogs and men in the Mo family, and the things around the people around her are better or Mo Liang told her in private, now that I think about it, it is really a waste of life. However, in her previous life, she had never heard that her eldest sister had a bad life in the General's Mansion, and she didn't know if it was because her family was ugly and not allowed to be publicized, or if that brother-in-law was really good to her eldest sister.
"What are you looking at?"
Acacia felt a warmth on her head, and she raised her little face and smiled.
Meng Xintong smoothed her bangs and said, "Don't worry too much about it at a young age......
Acacia's body stiffened, and when she went to find Meng Xintong's eyes again, she saw Meng Xintong put down her hand and looked dignified, as if what she said just now was just casually.
The birthday banquet did not gradually disperse until the beginning of the lanterns, and Acacia actually kept hanging in his heart, that is, he felt that Zhuang Jinyuan might have other arrangements, but unfortunately until He was ready to take them home, her grandmother did not move, Acacia couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but remembered that the fourth grandmother and He had helped her stay in Kyoto, and the discomfort and regret in her heart were gone.
That is fate between people, Acacia feels that she and her mother Guan, as well as her mother Guan and her grandfather's family are afraid that there is no fate, otherwise no matter how much you toss, you will not toss to the point where your relatives are like strangers, I think she has no fate with her grandfather's family in her previous life, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to communicate in this life, so it is better to calm down and live your own life.
"Mrs. Meng...... You take a slow step. ”
Just when the He family was about to leave the flower hall and Acacia was still saying goodbye to Li Yunluo, the housekeeper beside Mrs. Hou came over and said: "I really want to thank Mrs. and the third girl a while ago, our wife really can't pull away today, so she can't greet her well, isn't this ...... Our lady specially prepared some thank-you gifts, just later, Mrs. also asked the old slave to go over to get it, and our wife still has a few words to say to Mrs. ”
As soon as He saw that Mrs. Suning Hou was really busy saying goodbye to these clans, he thought that it would not be easy to wipe Mrs. Hou's face when he went, so he had to discuss: "It's not early, if there is anything, why don't you wait for me to visit next time?" As for the thank-you gifts, the lady has already given a lot of them before, and I am afraid that it will be deserved to accept them again. ”
But the housekeeper only said: "This old slave can't be the master, please move the lady, and don't embarrass the slaves." ”
He really had no choice, so he had to take the girls to the back hall.
After a while, Mrs. Hou really came, but she was with the wife of the general of Zhenguo, and the He family had the bottom in her heart when she saw it, she left Meng Xintong behind, and then asked the housekeeper to take Acacia and Meng Chenxi to the back of the screen.
Meng Chenxi waited for the people to put down the dim sum and fruit syrup and retreat, and then said with a small face: "It seems that this is a blind date today." ”
Acacia only felt funny, so he said, "How do you know? ”
Meng Chen smiled mysteriously: "I heard my mother and father say that day, the eldest brother also said that the future brother-in-law has two beautiful cousins, I went to see it today, it looks like that, not as good as the eldest sister, the eldest brother's eyes are definitely wrong." ”
Acacia couldn't help but almost laughed, patted his chest and said, "Seeing those two Qiao sisters today, they are really good-looking." ”
As soon as he heard this, Meng Chen lowered his face and muttered dissatisfiedly: "It's just not as good-looking as the big sister." ”
Acacia took a snack from the table and put it in Meng Chenxi's hand, and said in a low voice: "Our big sister is the best-looking, but others also think that their sister is good-looking, so if there is no big sister who is good-looking, don't say it outside, so you don't have to cause trouble for the big sister." ”
"I know, the big sister still has to get married." Meng Chen sighed angrily: "Why do you want to get married? Can't you marry a husband and come back? It's not that the family can't afford to support it. ”
Acacia covered her mouth tightly, laughing so much that she almost turned her back on breath, her eyes were damp and she used her hand to touch Meng Chen's nose, Meng Chen looked at her suspiciously, and she didn't know why her third sister was teary-eyed, and she was reluctant to be a big sister?
It is impossible for adults to separate the two children for too long, Meng Chenxi had just finished eating a snack, and Acacia drank a cup of fruit sherb, He Shi walked in with Meng Xintong, who had no expression on his face, and Mrs. Hou also followed behind, but the wife of the general of Zhenguo was nowhere to be seen, thinking that she had already left.
Mrs. Zhuang came over and praised Acacia again, and asked her subordinates to send two sets of head noodles to Acacia and Meng Chen, and the box was transferred to the big girl next to He's side, Acacia just saluted and thanked her, and didn't even have the idea of taking a look.
The family of Ding'an Bofu ended the birthday banquet so tired, Acacia sat in the carriage and was still thinking about the dim sum in the back hall of the flower hall, a plate of plum blossom glutinous rice cakes, it seemed that there were six or seven pieces in total, in fact, there were only two pieces of hazelnut powder in it, she liked to eat hazelnuts since she was a child, if the two pieces were children, they would never be kept, let alone enter the small mouth of the fifth sister......
Slowly leaning towards He, who was untying his cloak, Acacia didn't want to think about anything.
"Mother, can the old birthday star see the birthday gift we sent?"
Falling asleep from the last line, Acacia heard Meng Chenxi ask cautiously, this time Meng Chenxi sent a handkerchief, embroidered her favorite koi, this is the best piece of her embroidery, I think I was a little reluctant at this time.
"Naturally, I will see it, the carp embroidered by our Wu Niang even my mother likes it, and the old birthday star will definitely like it."
Acacia hooks the corners of the mouth, what congratulatory gifts shine at the birthday banquet, what birthday banquet is moving, that is the girl who deceived the small family in the book, the real birthday banquet number is from dozens to hundreds, where is it possible to come out alone to give gifts, and there will be no serious girls who play the piano and write poems in front of so many people, they are beautiful girls and not girls from Hualou. The birthday gifts that the old birthday star can see are just lines of black letters on the paper, and only the birthday gifts given by her close children and grandchildren are what she desperately wants to see.
"Sanniang slept?" Meng Xintong asked the sleeping Meng Chenxi to lean on himself and asked in a low voice.
He put a cloak on Acacia and nodded.
"I saw the old lady of the Marquis of Yongchang Mansion today." Meng Xintong glanced at Acacia and said.
Of course, the He family also saw it, but she didn't hold out hope, after all, the Yongchang Hou Mansion was just a lovesick foreigner and had no contact for many years.
"If the Hou Mansion comes to the door, we won't stop it, but your uncle is leaving Beijing, Sanniang is living with us, and there is no reason for people to be bullied."
The carriage ran all the way, and no one in the carriage spoke, but the warm atmosphere made the always sensitive and easily frightened Acacia sleep sweetly.
At the gate of Suning Hou, Zhuang Jinyuan asked with a little reluctance: "Do you really want to leave?" A few of our brothers can say that they don't get drunk and don't go home! ”
Mo Li stood on the footstool, his eyes turned to the carriage of Ding'anbo Mansion.
Zhuang Jinyuan coughed and said embarrassedly: "Oh, the two of them don't count, Meng Duanfang is still a child, Huo Ran can't take him to stay, it doesn't matter if you are there anyway, you are alone." ”
Mo Liang waved his sleeves, and he didn't look at Zhuang Jinyuan and lowered his head and entered the carriage.
"Hey! Feed!! Don't go! ”
Zhuang Jinyuan stood at the gate of his house and watched Mo Li leave the dust mercilessly.
"Childe ......"
Mo Li covered his chest suddenly, and his originally jade-white face revealed a trace of blue gray.
"Childe, let's go back to the house first."
Mo Liang coughed violently twice, silently wiped the blood foam from the corner of his mouth and said, "Go to Four Seasons Villa." ”
"But Childe, your internal injuries didn't heal last time...... Or a few more days of recuperation...... You obviously don't want to come to such a birthday banquet today, what is this for......"
The wind swept by, and no one in the car dared to make noise.
He didn't know why, but he just happened to think that the girl should come today, so he came. After all, he personally contributed to Zhuang Jinyuan's back, so he couldn't help but come over to see the final result, which could be regarded as repaying her for saving her life twice.
However, this may be the icing on the cake, he only got the news a while ago that the old lady of Chengping Bofu came forward to leave this Meng San girl in Kyoto to fulfill her filial piety, without him, she can still achieve what she wants.
Thinking about the way she looked at him today, Mo Li's vision was slightly blurred, and he always felt that this girl seemed to be looking at someone else every time......
Rubbing the position of his heart, Mo Li's broken hair blocked his face, which was really uncomfortable.