Chapter Thirty-Eight: The New Kid
Zhang Wenjuan did not come to the boudoir for ten days, and only appeared on the day of the summer.
She had come with another girl.
There is a new person coming.
I have to say that the newcomer has subverted Xia Xiaodong's impression of beauties.
The so-called beauty, whether it is congenital and acquired, trained or even ps, Xia Xiaodong has seen a lot, but to be honest, it is the flowers that each has its own eyes, or a little self-esteem, as a woman with good looks, Xia Xiaodong has not seen a beauty that she really recognizes.
What is described in those poems, such as 'hot spring water slippery washing and condensing fat', what 'looking back and smiling', and even the whole country and the city, etc., are just exaggerations.
How can it be perfect to be a living person?
But this newcomer, Lu Yunzhi, really couldn't find something imperfect for a while.
All the exposed skin, whether it is the face, neck or hands, is white, delicate and soft, it is really ...... It makes you want to touch it.
Needless to say, the facial features are delicate and picturesque, and even the curvature of the eyelashes is just right.
Manners - gentle and generous.
Talking - the spring breeze blows.
Etiquette - Advance and retreat freely.
Xia Xiaodong felt that if she put on the phoenix crown and Xia veil, she would be a ready-made queen of the world.
It is a bit strange that such a character appears in Suzhou.
Xia Xiaodong pressed down the little sourness in his heart and frowned slightly.
Judging from Zhang Wenjuan's attitude, it is obvious that Lu Yunzhi's identity is higher than Zhang Wenjuan...... Much more, and more subtlely, Mr. Milanmi's attitude was also indifferent, but there was something wrong.
According to the usual practice, newcomers always have to be introduced, but Mr. Mi simply called Lu Yunzhi 'a noble girl from the capital' and 'living here to go to school together temporarily', so he let it go, without looking at each other at all.
Lu Yunzhi's first day was much more bland than the first day of Xia Xiaodong before. She herself was quiet and low-key, and Mr. Mi did not specifically name her, and Zhang Wenjuan didn't dare to say anything to let her treat her to a snack, although everyone was curious, they could only wait to understand it slowly in the future.
Xia Xiaodong quickly knew where Lu Yunzhi came from.
Because, the Xia family also came to have guests.
Or acquaintances.
Just after Shen Shi, the evergreen daughter-in-law who was in charge of hospitality came over to invite Xia Xiaodong to meet the guests. Unlike other families, the Xia family is responsible for serving tea and water to serve guests, and they are all daughters-in-law with neat hands and feet. In Xia Bashan's words, rough men often come over, and beautiful maids are not enough for them to flirt, so they simply don't need to.
Along the way, the evergreen daughter-in-law introduced the people all the way.
Ning Junwu and Feng Shiqian.
These two don't seem to have a very good relationship, how did they get together? Xia Xiaodong was puzzled, and inevitably played a little drumming again. What is Feng Shiqian doing here? This man...... You're not here to propose, are you?
Since the last time he casually said that he was not engaged, Xia Xiaodong always felt a little weird. After all, the culture is different, this sentence will not be regarded as a secret send-off for life, right?
After thinking about it again, even if it was a marriage courtship, there was no reason for the man to come by himself, and his heart was much more settled.
Entering the flower hall for hospitality, Xia Xiaodong almost lost his smile. Ning Junwu and Feng Shiqian actually sat on both sides of Xia Ba Mountain, is this the legendary division of the court? These two are really not all the way.
After seeing the ceremony, I exchanged a few words of greeting, and then I figured out that Ning Junwu was here to find his father Xia Bashan, and Feng Shiqian came to visit Xia Xiaodong, who had been with him by the way.
So, Xia Xiaodong consciously sat down on his father's left hand side, that is, Feng Shiqian's side.
Of course, Ning Junwu and Xia Bashan have something to discuss, you come and go to talk lively, Feng Shiqian is happy to gossip with Xia Xiaodong on the side.
"Why did you come to Suzhou?" Xia Xiaodong asked with a smile.
"Oh, I was going back to the capital," Feng Shiqian looked at the woman in front of him with some eagerness, he hadn't seen him for many days, Xia Xiaodong's complexion became better and better, "Who knew that I received a letter from home on the way, asking me to go around to Jiasong Mansion and help send Lu Yunzhi to Suzhou." ”
Xia Xiaodong blinked. Could it be that Lu Yunzhi has no father, brother and relatives to escort, so he has to go around the bend to find you Feng Shiqian to send it? If you say that there is no cat here, the children will not believe it.
"Lu Yunzhi, do you know?" Feng Shiqian didn't notice Xia Xiaodong's question at all, and actually raised one eyebrow, with a look of 'I know the inside story, you can ask quickly'.
"She's going to school today." Xia Xiaodong is a little uneasy.
The relationship with Feng Shiqian is far from the point where Lang Qing and concubine are interested in talking about marriage, but it doesn't seem to be a comfortable thing to hear him talk about another woman.
What's more, that woman is still a real beauty.
"Lu Yunzhi is a member of the Lu family!" Feng Shiqian came over a little, and said mysteriously: "Lu family! ”
Are you related to Mrs. Zhuang, and how do you speak in a tone? Lu Yunzhi's surname is Lu, of course it belongs to the Lu family, not the Lu family, is it still the Feng family?
"The Lu family?" Xia Xiaodong asked mockingly.
"You don't really know, do you?" Feng Shiqian's surprise was really real: "Today's queen is surnamed Lu." ”
"It's the Queen's...... Relatives? ”
"Well, it's the queen's niece."
Sounds like a valuable identity.
"Then why did she come to Suzhou?"
"Disaster relief, I guess."
"......" Xia Xiaodong glanced at Ning Junwu unconsciously. I seemed to have heard that Ning Junwu had received a disaster relief errand, why did a relative and noble girl come here and do the same thing?
"This year's flood of victims is a foregone conclusion, they have arrived in Yanzhou, and they will soon be in Suzhou." Speaking of the victims, Feng Shiqian's face was also a little solemn: "Ning Twenty-six is here to discuss with your father about maintaining the law and order at that time." ”
Disaster victims, disaster victims, disaster victims. Poorly clothed and hungry, it is pitiful to say. It's just that the difference between pity and hatred is just one word, and if you are in a hurry, it may occur to rob money and food, or even kill officials and rebel, so someone must have a town.
This year's disaster is very serious, the affected places are difficult, but the originally rich provinces have not had a bumper harvest, but it is just ordinary, and they simply cannot afford the swarming victims, so some of the victims not far from Suzhou have gradually roared into groups and come here.
"Could it be ......" Xia Xiaodong thought of something, and his face suddenly became a little ugly: "Will they cross the border?" ”
"You also thought of it," Feng Shiqian smiled bitterly: "It's really difficult to do." ”
Looking at history in the past, I only knew that in the middle of China, the surrounding Hulu Huns and the like would violate the situation to survive in the event of a natural disaster - to put it bluntly, it was to rob the neighbor's grain to feed their own cubs.
I can't imagine the changes in time and space, and now the place where I live is about to become a tide of victims, maybe there will be an incident first.
"What does this have to do with Lu Yunzhi?" Xia Xiaodong thought of the initial question again.