In Chen Guo, the girl's name has to lean on the virtuous lady, like the name of lovesick her and her eldest sister, although it represents the beautiful memories of the mother and the father's love, what love is like drinking honey on the edge of the sky, the sky is black and pressing, occasionally thunder and lightning flashes, the raindrops condensed by the dark clouds fall down the eaves, and wind into a thin stream of water on the bluestone steps, the water flows silently, with a trace of ripples, and finally submerges into the gap of the bluestone slab and blends with the dark soil.

A pair of black cloth boots embroidered with blue patterns suddenly appeared on the bluestone slab, and the boots stood on the bluestone slab for a while, and when the upper was slightly wet, the owner of the boots walked quickly to the bottom of the stone steps.

"Young master, the weather is really bad today, do you still want to go out?"

Meng Huoran followed a small servant, and carefully put a flannel cloak on him, and the neckline of the cloak was embroidered with a blue-edged unicorn pattern, and he "held" Meng Huoran's thin pointed chin quite straight.

"It's all about appointments, you can't miss the appointment, and besides, they have to go out of the house, and no one is afraid of what I'm afraid of?" Meng Huoran looked up at the sky, it was still raining heavily just now, and the dark clouds were already thin, and the rain was slowly getting smaller.

"What are our young masters afraid of, even if it goes into the water, it will be a small white dragon in the river, but it will be a little rain!" The curtain behind Meng Huoran opened, and a young man wearing the leg of a retinue ran over, still holding a box in his hand.

The man with blue patterns embroidered on his boots helped the long knife on his waist, glanced at the entourage, and secretly said, "Sycophant! ”

"Jin Lai, God bless go with me, Xinggui stay at home." After Meng Huoran finished speaking, he went down the stairs.

Jin Lai immediately took the umbrella from Xinggui's hand and held it up for Meng Huoran.

"Hey! Master, watch your step. The sycophant spirit Tianyou followed behind Meng Huoran, completely ignoring the fact that half of his body was already covered in rain.

Jin Lai glanced at him disdainfully, and asked the little servant Xinggui to add an umbrella to the goods, and the three of them went out from the bluestone road, and only then got into the carriage and went to the south of the city when they heard the backyard door.

Fukuido is a 300-year-old private restaurant in the south of Kyoto City, which looks like an old house on the surface, with few neighbors in the middle of nowhere, and only a handful of guests come and go on weekdays. It is said that these golden bells represent the small courtyards in the house where guests can eat, and the large golden bells are naturally larger courtyards, while the smaller ones are some smaller courtyards in the middle of nowhere.

Every day, there are servants who will squat at the door of Fukuido early, as long as the golden bell at the door is not full of five, it means that there are still vacant seats, if it is full, they have to squat for a day and wait for the people inside to put the golden bell down, and they will make an appointment for the first time.

Legend has it that Fukuido was just a sweet well 500 years ago, and it was made by a cook in his backyard for his elderly mother, but who knew that the well water was not only bright and sweet, but also very delicious, and slowly the cook no longer went out to work, but stayed at home and opened a dining room, day by day, from generation to generation, by 300 years ago, the cook's family was rich enough to build such a large house.

Regardless of whether this legend is reliable, the name Fukuido does make people reverie, and even if Kyoto has been in turmoil for 300 years, it still stands and waits quietly for the most honored guests of this dynasty.

This is a private restaurant that even the emperor has to make a reservation.

"It's coming!" The carriage stopped at the gate of the small courtyard, and the people inside ran out despite the heavy rain.

Meng Huoran calmly stepped on the wet stone slab, and Jin Lai immediately held up an umbrella beside him.

Jin Yuan looked a little haggard than before. Meng Huoran smiled and saluted a few people behind Zhuang Jinyuan and said, "Big brother, General Fu Xiao, Tan Gongzi ......"

"You don't know, I'm almost annoyed, if I didn't say that I would come out and chat with you, my father and mother would not let me out." Zhuang Jinyuan put his hands together, and his wide sleeves replied in a vertical and chic manner.

"It's raining too hard outside, so let's talk inside." Meng Boliang, the eldest young master of Chengpingbo's mansion, stepped forward and pulled Meng Huoran and walked inside.

As soon as he entered the door, according to the usual practice in the past, Meng Huoran directly asked the entourage around him to go to the small room next to him, and he walked straight to the position where he used to sit.

"Oh, sure enough, this room is still deep in my heart!" As soon as Zhuang Jinyuan came in, he sat on the chair and leaned over and shouted: "You don't know, last time I went to the Sunset Courtyard with my father, that place is big, but it is very restrained, not fun, not fun at all." ”

"Of course you, the prince of the world, want to go to that kind of noble courtyard and gather with us in the smallest courtyard of Fukui Hall, but you have wronged the prince." Meng Boliang poured Meng Huoran a cup of tea and joked.

"Big brother! Don't you bully me like this, I've been miserable enough lately! Zhuang Jinyuan covered his head with a wail.

Meng Huoran just laughed on the side and didn't say much.

Fu Ninghuai asked more: "I heard that the prince went to General Xiaoyong's mansion with Brother Meng last time, and the eldest young master woke up?" ”

Fu Ninghuai's father is a loyal general, who has been under the command of General Xiaoyong, and later General Xiaoyong died of injuries and left such a widow, most of them in the army are more concerned about the old feelings in private, but although the plaque on General Xiaoyong's mansion is still there, it is now just a strange house.

The sadness and pain in this, even outsiders feel very worried.

"I went, but I didn't see the young master." Meng Boliang sneered with sarcasm at the corner of his mouth: "What kind of eldest brother is it, he follows very closely before and after, as if he is afraid that he will not let people know that the current Xiaoyong General's Mansion is already his father and mother's house." ”

"No! Let's go in and mention that little master, look at that family's face, oops, disgusting. If it weren't for the love of the past, I wouldn't have got! Zhuang Jinyuan was obviously also angry.

Meng Huoran frowned slightly at this time and said: "My father went to my mother and died, obviously my own family let my uncle occupy the mansion." When General Xiaoyong died, the first emperor deliberately ordered to leave a plaque because of the sacrifice made by General Xiaoyong for our Chen State, and left the original imperial mansion and property to the little master, even after the current saint ascended the throne, he did not take it back, in order to ensure the future life of the little young master and the general's widow, but it has only been a few years...... As soon as the general's widow is gone, this ......"

"How old is that little young master this year?" Tan Yuexiao and Meng Huoran are classmates, and the two are under the same teacher.

Meng Huoran turned around and said, "About eleven or twelve." ”

"It's not much different from our age." Zhuang Jinyuan poked his head and said.

"This can't be the end of this, I'll tell my father when I go back." Fu Ninghuai has followed his father in the army since he was a child, and he has an upright temperament, plus the glorious past of that brave general is something he has admired since he was a child, and now he heard that the heir of the great general is so sour, how can they in the army stand by and watch.

"Hey, hey, let's come out to let Huo Ran breathe, why are we talking about this again?" Zhuang Jinyuan walked to the side and pulled the bell, this is Fukuitang's special food bell, as long as it is pulled, it will not take a moment for someone to deliver the food.

"Also, Huo Ran is still in the filial piety period, and it is too eye-catching to go outside, so we will accompany you to eat vegetarian today. I heard that the vegetarian food of Fukuido even the old monk of Mingjue Temple said that it was delicious, and we are also a rare good taste. Meng Boliang hurriedly smiled to set off the atmosphere.

Meng Huoran stood up in accordance with the wind of words, and arched his hand to a few people: "Then Huo Ran will thank a few people." ”

"Okay, okay, as long as you pay the bill, it's easy to say anything!" Meng Boliang pressed his shoulder and laughed.

Tan Yuexiao also laughed, but he quickly said to Zhuang Jinyuan: "I heard that you have been detained ruthlessly recently?" ”

Zhuang Jinyuan's face wrinkled, and he said bitterly: "No, it's obviously not my fault, I can't escape if I am managed." ”

"But what's wrong?" Meng Huoran didn't go out for a long time, so he naturally didn't know about the new rumors in the recent Suning Marquis Mansion.

"It's not my big brother yet!" Zhuang Jinyuan didn't have a good habit of not spreading the ugliness of his family at all, he grabbed Meng Huoran's sleeve and faked crying: "You said that he took a good fancy to a girl, but he just wanted to engage in that set of domineering and arrogant tricks, but the daughter of a small official's family, you just came to marry and came back as a concubine, why bother to besiege and intimidate, it's just a cat to play." My mother found out, and because she was the eldest son, she didn't care much, but let me stay at home all day for fear that I would study badly. ”

Meng Huoran knew that Zhuang Jinyuan also had a cousin, but the Hou Mansion in Suning had always been relatively peaceful, and the Hou Ye was also a rule-respecting person, so the relationship between Zhuang Jinyuan and his eldest brother was quite harmonious. It's just that I didn't expect such a taciturn person on weekdays to be able to play this trick on the girl he likes.

"It's time to detain you, how old are you, who hooked the girls in the boudoir in Kyoto a while ago to fight for you and be jealous. What is the most beautiful man in Kyoto, you are all dead to us! Meng Boliang slapped Zhuang Jinyuan hard, and said with a tiger face: "I sue you, you toss and toss, but you must not harm the girl of our family, otherwise it doesn't matter if you are the prince of the world, it will be demolished!" ”

Zhuang Jinyuan told him to forgive, and Meng Huoran also sat on the side and joked.

After feeling that his sleeve was being pulled by someone, Meng Huoran turned his face sideways in surprise.

It turned out to be Fu Ninghuai.

"General Fu Xiao, this is ......"

Fu Ninghuai dragged a chair and sat close and said, "There is something recently, I don't know if I can ask Brother Huo Ran for help." ”

Meng Huoran was not in a hurry to respond, but said: "Little general, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"You call me Ning Huai, I am friends with Brother Meng......" Speaking of this, Fu Ninghuai blushed suspiciously, but he immediately said: "I have a friend who sold goods from Nanyao, but unfortunately there was an accident at home, and he didn't have time to sell it in a hurry, and now the payment is pressed on things...... I borrowed some money from him, but unfortunately the amount was not small, so I ...... This matter is just out of my mouth and into Brother Huo Ran's ears, whether it succeeds or not, it has no impact on the relationship between the two of us, Brother Huo Ran don't think about it. ”

"If you borrow money, it's nothing." Meng Huoran has always believed in Fu Ninghuai's character, and he said generously: "I do have some idle silver in my hand, but I haven't married yet after all, and I'm young, so I'm afraid the amount is ......."

"It's only a thousand taels now, hey...... I've borrowed it all. Fu Ninghuai then said: "My friend is really anxious to use the money, and I'm afraid it won't be able to pay it for a while, so it is estimated that he will use Nanyao's goods to compensate." I can't hide that. ”

Meng Huoran calculated, he only had more than five hundred taels in his hand, but if he borrowed it from his younger brothers and sisters in the family, he could still make up for it, so he smiled and said, "Although I can't guarantee it, I can go back and make up for it." ”

Fu Ninghuai raised his eyebrows, stood up and shook his head to the end, "Thank you, Brother Huo Ran." ”

Sugar, what day is not lovesick, but if you really say it, I'm afraid it will make people laugh off their big teeth.

However, this is by no means the most taboo name in Chen Guo, some hypocritical women in Chen Guo, such as Guan Shi, who was carried away by love, privately gave such a name to their daughter's family, even if someone made a joke behind their backs, but in the end it was just a joke, and there were few malicious ones, but overlapping words was absolutely unsuccessful.

There was a female Ye Lanlan in the previous dynasty, and her fame spread far and wide and she was glamorous, but what kind of person was that, it was a famous geisha on the bank of the Yinshui River, and even the prime minister of the previous dynasty was a minister under her skirt, not to mention the bandit case that caused a stir when the country was founded, three of which were in charge of the red tent of the famous prostitute Cui Ranran in Kyoto, not to mention Liang Jiujiu Jiao Yanyan, who has been handed down in the south of the Yangtze River in Kyoto later, that is the stunning double sister who almost divorced his wife in order to carry him into the mansion.

It sounds vigorous and enviable, but where are these girls from good families. So much so that the name of Miss Chen's family will no longer appear in overlapping words from the previous generations, on the contrary, those Qinglou Chu Pavilion but all the Oiran will definitely change to a lingering and delicate overlapping flower name.

As the girl sitting opposite Acacia said, unless she has never seen the market, and no one teaches her in the countryside, how can the concubine of the big family not give her biological daughter such a name, whether this is to love her or harm her, waiting for the child to grow up, as soon as the name is spoken, others will look at her with strange eyes, even if she says her relatives in the future, she will be said to be frivolous.

Acacia regardless of the past life and this life is burdened by the name of the boudoir, which of the elders in those big families does not take her name to say, especially the mother-in-law in her previous life, a few times a month her lovesick name became the mother-in-law's sarcastic trampling on her words, and then she hooked up with the little brother-in-law, this name became a sign of her frivolity, as if she was called what kind of person she was, the East Window incident ...... One by one, people have become prophets of the unknown, and they are happy to talk about it.

"Rare ......"

Meng Xintong's voice sounded in his ears.

Acacia was stunned, and found that his hands were on his knees and pinched tightly.

Meng Shuyuan was called by Meng Xintong like this, and also found that there were not only girls of the same age who they usually played with on the table, but also many younger ones, if this was passed on to adults, she would definitely be nagged by the elders in the family, she quickly stuck out her tongue and slapped her mouth lightly.

However, Meng Ruoyu glanced at Acacia a few times, and the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked.

"She is Meng Sanniang of our fourth uncle's family, you can call the third sister, she is a mouth-opener on weekdays." Meng Xintong is always difficult not to introduce as the master, and this is also specially said to Meng Ruoyi and Meng Xiangsi from Yanzhou.

said that the fourth uncle was actually out of five suits, and it is difficult to say whether the ancestor is one or not, and to put it bluntly, it is just the same surname. Ding'anbo's expenditure comes from Jiangnan, and the fourth uncle is a clan born and raised in Kyoto, although the title is similar to Ding'anbo, but there is no real power in his hands, but in the end, he is the head snake, a good connection raised by several generations, if it weren't for the ancestors who fought hard to make such a future, he may still be shaving food in his hometown in Jiangnan.

The fourth uncle is from Kyoto Cheng Ping Bo Mansion, and the mud legs of the Chen State are different from the Meng family, they have gone through three dynasties in Kyoto, almost have been a family for nearly 400 years, and every time the dynasty is changed, you can mix an official and a half position, until the first emperor is still the old man who is still Jiancheng Hou does not know how to offend the maiden family of the favorite concubine, so he was dismissed and demoted to the title, until the son of the favorite concubine succeeded to the throne, their family is still Cheng Pingbo, and there is no serious errand.

To put it mildly, if it weren't for Cheng Pingbo being belittled, maybe Ding'anbo's mansion would not be related to their family, and it would be even more impossible for Acacia to see the third sister at the funeral.

Meng Ruoyao and Meng Xiangsi hurriedly gave Meng Qizhen a salute.

Who knew that Meng Qizhen didn't speak for a long time, only stared at Meng Xiangsi for a long time before shaking his head enviously and said: "It is said that Yanzhou raises people, I used to think it was a joke, but look at you two sisters, these thin skin and tender flesh can pinch out the water." Especially this second sister...... Ouch, I don't dare to look at it any longer than I grow up, and I must not be blinded...... It's so good that I can't even blink when I see it. ”

It's all the truth, it's playful and straightforward, the girls sitting in this circle can't help but want to laugh, but after all, this is still the old man's funeral, everyone has to endure it, only Meng Xintong, Meng Ruoyi and Meng Xiangsi didn't react.

Acacia was praised by others, and it looked a little embarrassing, Meng Xintong agreed with it in his heart, but he had no expression on weekdays, as for Meng Ruoyi, she was really full of sourness, and it was better to make her cry than to laugh.

"Are you going to scare your sisters so that you won't dare to communicate with us in the future......" The acacia sitting next to Meng Qizhen had seen it in his previous life, it was the niece and daughter of his aunt He's mother's family, and he was about the same age as Meng Xintong, and he was a year younger, but he didn't know each other well in his previous life and didn't talk much.

"He Shuyao, are you jealous that I like my new sister?"

Meng Qizhen joked, He Shuyao's face immediately turned red, she shook Meng Qizhen's shoulder with a handkerchief and said in shame: "Be careful about your mouth!" I really should have asked my aunt to fix it. ”

The sisters on the table counted Meng Qizhen's together, and Acacia could see that these girls' homes were very close on weekdays.

"They are good people on weekdays, you can interact more in the future."

Acacia was surprised, but still nodded and said, "Thank you, Sister Lobby." ”

When Meng Xintong saw that she was being taught, he didn't mention it more.

After talking about the rumors in Kyoto for a while, the little girl outside walked in, saying that the old man who sent him up the mountain had returned, so the people began to move, and a plate of vegetarian food was sent in and placed on the girls' table.

The girls were all taught by the family, and when they saw the dishes on the table, they didn't say much, and Acacia took a few mouthfuls of Babao Su Duck to feel that her lower abdomen was warm, and the originally empty stomach was finally conscious, and a stronger hunger immediately swept her nerves.

Acacia knew that she was overhungry and appetizing, so she didn't dare to eat more, for fear of hurting her spleen and stomach, she asked the girl to serve her a few bowls of mushroom soup, which was easy to suppress the hunger, and then slowly added some vegetables.

Smack......

A plain screen was placed between the main case and the girls' food table, which was a good intention, so that the children would not be too restrained, and the elders would not have too many worries when they spoke. But this time they are all eating, eating without saying anything, the whole flower hall is big and wide, not to mention that any tableware falls on the ground, even a needle is afraid that there will be a ring.

The girls ate a meal, but no one spoke, only heard what the old lady in the second room of the Meng family said on the other end, and then many girls walked in and out, and through the screen, you can still see the crowd of people, and there is a faint cry of someone.

Acacia only glanced at it and lowered her head to continue eating, the old lady was born in a small family, and she had problems with her own rules on weekdays, not to mention Meng Guizhi, who was still young and was raised by a little woman? As for her and Meng Ruoyao, no matter how uneducated her mother is, the grandmothers around her are all from the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, and they are afraid that they will not succeed compared to the wealthy families, but they can't lose face in front of these girls from medium-sized families.

There was no one in a daze, so no one asked, quickly finished the meal, cleaned his hands and went to Wei'er, waited for the elders to say that they would leave, and then went to the hall of the reception to wait for the reunion with their own family, ready to say goodbye and go home.

Acacia has been following Meng Xintong's side, she didn't sit in the living room, but found Mama Zhang to go to the Mama next to He's side to find the house where the Guan family rested, according to the rules of Chen Guojing, everyone was sent up the mountain, and the female dependents could also go back, as for the children and nephews, they couldn't leave today, they could only stay in Ding'anbo's Mansion to keep the spirit, and then they had breakfast on the second day before they could go back.

Guan really didn't have anything wrong, she lay on the couch and didn't know who she was angry with and yelled that her chest hurt, but when she said she could go back, she sat up directly and didn't let the girl support her, and immediately wanted to go out and go home.

Seeing this, Acacia had no choice but to persuade her, but she didn't dare to tell her mother and father not to go back today, she was afraid that the Guan family would make trouble in Ding'anbo's Mansion again, making everyone lose face.

It was easy to get the eldest aunt He sent someone to invite, and Acacia forced Guan to leave the Earl's Mansion and get into the carriage home.

At this moment, she felt that she was more tired in the face of Guan Shi than she had been kneeling for a day before.

As soon as the second room left, He Shi was also greatly relieved, she first arranged for her two daughters to go back to rest, and then waited for her husband to come in to change clothes, so as to ask about the situation of her two sons.

"It's hard for you." Since his family knows his own affairs, the eldest man has never had a good impression of the family in the second room.

He just washed and changed his clothes with his own hands and said, "It's just an old lady, and it's not difficult." ”

"Don't cover them up, look at the kneeling spirit of the inner family today, I haven't let Gao Peng's kid go out to kneel, he dares to run away for me without a shadow, if he makes him like our eldest son, he may not make a fuss." The eldest lord was also forced to be helpless, for fear that the nephew who came out of the concubine would make some mistakes, so he was arranged to rely on his young age to barely follow the rules, but when he came in, there was only Acacia left, which made those close female relatives go back and not sure what to say.

"Who doesn't know about our family, but fortunately, there is a child in their family who is not confused, and it is pitiful to look at." He didn't dare to delay too much time, and he had the eldest daughter's marriage in his heart, but it was only three or seven years old that he couldn't speak.

"In the future, let the daughters and sisters find her to play more."

In the end, his niece still has an incense feeling, and the eldest man went out with a word.