Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Edge
In the carriage, Chen Huilan took off her hat, showed a beautiful and soft face, smiled kindly at Wang Jin, and asked casually: "The girl is also from Yangzhou?" ”
"Yes, but my family doesn't live in the city, so I went into the city on purpose today. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" replied Wang Jin.
"I see." Chen Huilan showed a sudden look, poured a cup of tea for Wang Jian and handed it to her, and said enthusiastically: "This is the Longjing produced in the Ming Dynasty from the West Lake, the girl tastes it, but it is still delicious?" ”
"Yes, this West Lake Longjing can cost a few hundred taels of silver to buy such a little, the girl must be rare to drink, try it!" Xiaolian on the side followed.
Wang Jian took the teacup and saw the eyes of the master and servant on the other side staring at her, although they tried their best to hide it, the contempt could not be hidden. She was unhappy in her heart, and secretly thought, this is showing up to me, looking down on me from the countryside? Hmph, I won't let you get your wish! She lightly held the teacup with her left hand, her little finger was slightly cocked, her right hand was raised in front of the cup, covered it with her sleeve slightly, and took a shallow sip of tea. She tasted the tea in her mouth, then put down the teacup and said with a smile: "This tea tastes good, but..."
"Oh? But what? Chen Huilan was very surprised, and asked, she wanted to hear what this country girl had to say about tea tasting.
Wang Jin said with a little regret: "Miss Chen, this West Lake Longjing is naturally the best in tea, but the water used to make tea is slightly astringent, which spoils the clear and mellow taste that Longjing should have." She pointed to the teacup and continued: "And the tea soup in Longjing is clear and fresh, and it complements each other with a white porcelain cup." Although this purple clay pot is also tasteful, it is more suitable for brewing oolong tea. ”
Chen Huilan saw that she also studied the tea ceremony, and she was not as ignorant and vulgar as an ordinary country woman, so she felt that her heart was even more blocked. She reluctantly praised Wang Jian a few words, and asked as if unintentionally: "I don't know how Miss Wang and Jiang Gongzi met?" How could we meet at this Wuting Bridge today? ”
Wang Jin only felt that this Miss Chen was also strange, her demeanor and speech were so gentle and enthusiastic, but the questions she asked always made her feel like she was exploring something, which was unpleasant. She said perfunctorily: "When Jiang Gongzi first came to Yangzhou, he borrowed from my house for a day on the way. I happened to meet Jiang Gongzi halfway today, and I heard him say that I wanted to come to Slender West Lake to have a look, thinking that I hadn't been here for a long time, so I walked with him. ”
Chen Huilan listened, her eyes flashed slightly, and she said, "I see." The girl and Jiang Gongzi are only one side, and they get along very well, and Jiang Gongzi wants to ride in the same carriage with the girl. Speaking of this, she covered her mouth and smiled, and said: "This should be placed in that family that pays attention to etiquette, I am afraid that others will think that the relationship between the girl and Jiang Gongzi is extraordinary!" ”
Wang Jian listened to her words, and his heart couldn't respond. If you can't get used to it, just say it, it's so yin and yang, and it's annoying to beat around the bush. Besides, who she rides in the same carriage with has nothing to do with her, it's too lenient. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, what Miss Chen asked seemed to be related to Jiang Qingliu, could it be...? The more she thought about it, the more likely it became, and she couldn't help but slander, this Jiang Qingliu was really, and the peach blossom debt she provoked caused her to suffer from the fish pond! However, she still couldn't get used to this Miss Chen's style, so she had the intention of being pretentious, and wanted to be angry with her, so she pretended to be coquettish and said, "Yes, I also think it's strange." It's just that Jiang Gongzi has always been very good to me, and every time he talks to me, he is very gentle. When he left my house, he told me to go to the city to find him when I had time! My mother also told me privately that if a girl wants to marry, she must marry a person like Jiang Gongzi who is good-looking, good-tempered, well-educated, and capable! She looked at the stiff smile on Chen Huilan's face, felt that the heat was not enough, and said, "I thought it was strange when I met Jiang Gongzi today, he doesn't live around there. As a result, Jiang Gongzi told me that he remembered that I said that I would definitely go to that street when I went to the market, so he went around that neighborhood every day, and finally waited for me today. Later, he invited me to swim in the lake and have dinner together, but I couldn't walk and he had to carry me, and when I saw that I was too embarrassed to let him carry it, he immediately went to rent a carriage. Well, Miss Chen is right, Jiang Gongzi is really good to me! "Hmph, what's the matter, I can't listen to it myself, goosebumps are all over the ground, and I'm not angry with you? Ha ha~
Looking at Wang Hibiscus who was smiling shyly on the other side, Chen Huilan was so angry that she almost turned her back on her breath, and her hands holding the handkerchief were stirred together to suppress her urge to scold. Too, so shameless! Does this Wang girl know what she is talking about, and she still has to carry her? How can it be! She didn't want to believe it, and she couldn't wait to step forward and grab Wang Jin to ask for an understanding. Xiaolian on the side saw that her young lady's face was blue and red, and her chest rose and fell violently, and she was worried. She felt that this Wang girl was too unashamed to speak, and she really didn't know how to marry in the future. wanted to open her mouth to stab Wang Jian a few words to vent her anger for the young lady, but she was glanced at by Chen Huilan with hatred, and she was so frightened that she immediately shut up and didn't dare to speak. Chen Huilan finally calmed down the anger rolling in her heart, but she raised her eyebrows and didn't open her mouth again, and didn't pay attention to Wang Jin. Wang Jin was happy to be quiet, so he leaned on the carriage and rested.
After a while, the carriage stopped. Wang Jin immediately jumped out of the car and walked to the front of Qin Ziming to stand still, she didn't want to stay with Miss Chen, it was too uncomfortable. Chen Huilan also got out of the car, she looked up at the location of the house, walked to Jiang Qingliu's side, and said in a gentle tone: "It turns out that Jiang Gongzi lives in this Jiuqu Hutong, and the location is not bad." Now that I've sent Miss Wang home, I'll take my leave. ”
Jiang Qingliu arched his hand at her and said, "Thank you Miss Chen for your help, I should have invited Miss to come in and sit down, but there is a difference between men and women, and I was afraid that Miss would be abrupt, so I had to slack off." ”
When Chen Huilan heard this, she almost bit a mouthful of silver teeth, okay, very good, use what I said to gag my mouth, you are really powerful. You don't want me to leave, my daughter of the prefect, can't I find a better one?
She could no longer maintain the smile on her face, and said in an indifferent tone: "Jiang Gongzi, there will be a period later." He didn't say goodbye to Wang Jin and Qin Ziming, and turned around and left.
After the three of them watched her carriage leave, Qin Ziming let out a long sigh of relief and said to Jiang Qingliu: "Childe, this Miss Chen is really strange!" ”
Jiang Qingliu ignored him, looked at Wang Jin and said, "Miss Wang, did she tell you anything along the way?" Is it difficult for you? ”
Wang Jin looked at him and teased: "What do you say? ”
Jiang Qingliu was a little weak by her, and she didn't know why. Wang Jin couldn't help but hold his forehead when he saw him like this, the girls in other people were so obvious that they couldn't wait to stick it up, he couldn't see that she had some sympathy for Chen Huilan.
She shook her head at Jiang Qingliu and sighed: "Hey, what a falling flower is intentionally ruthless, this Miss Chen is really flattering to the blind." After saying that, he threw down the stunned master and servant, and went into the courtyard first.
"Gong, Gongzi, Miss Wang mean, Miss Chen, she has a crush on Gongzi?" Qin Ziming reacted and said to Jiang Qingliu in shock.
Jiang Qingliu frowned, very dissatisfied with his hindsight. He should have seen that Miss Chen's actions were overly enthusiastic from the beginning, but he didn't even think about it. Thinking of Wang Jin, he couldn't help but worry about whether Chen Huilan had embarrassed her in the carriage, and whether it would make her misunderstand that she was a merciless dissolute person? He thought that he wanted to explain it to Wang Jian as soon as possible, so he hurried into the courtyard.
Wang Jin was already talking to Wang Mu and Wang Shi, who had been sitting in the courtyard waiting for news, and she explained her whereabouts lightly, and began to pull them to ask questions and open the topic.
"When did you come here?" Wang asked.
"It's almost noon, seeing that you haven't come back, Brother Qin is in a hurry, so he brought us here first." Wang Mudao
"Have you eaten then?"
"Well, when Brother Jiang left, we had lunch arranged for us, but my eldest brother and I have been worried about you and haven't eaten much." Wang Shi saw his sister come back safely, and his mood relaxed, and he felt hungry.
Wang Jian was very reluctant to go, and promised again and again: "The eldest sister will definitely not run out like this in the future, which will worry you." She looked at Wang Shi, remembered a very important matter, and asked in a low voice, "Shi'er, did you tell Brother Jiang and Brother Qin that our family used to live here?" ”
Wang Shi immediately shook his head and said, "I didn't say it, my eldest brother asked me not to talk about it." ”
Wang Jin touched his head and said, "Shi'er did the right thing, we didn't want to deceive Brother Jiang and them, but if we told them that this was our family's previous house, do you think Brother Jiang is very likely to return the house to our family?" ”
Wang Shi thought that Jiang Qingliu had always been generous, and he would give him any good things, so he immediately nodded his head and said, "If Brother Jiang knows, he will definitely give it to us!" ”
"But we can't take advantage of people, right, so it's best not to tell them about it, Shi'er, you have to remember!" Wang Jin followed the good path.
"Well, Shi'er will definitely not say it!" Wang Shi remembered that he couldn't take advantage of the training in the morning, and decided not to tell Jiang Qingliu that this was his former home.
Jiang Qingliu walked into the courtyard at this time, Wang Jian immediately coughed dryly, and changed the topic to Wang Shi and the others: "I bought what I should buy in the city today, I played what I should play, and I ate a lot of what I should eat, you go and clean up your things, let's go home after a while." Wang Shi nodded obediently and followed Wang Mu to pack up his things.
"Miss Wang, are you leaving?" Jiang Qingliu walked over and only heard her last sentence, and couldn't help but feel stunned in his heart.
"yes, it's not too early, and it's going to be better to go home for a while." Wang Jin said with a smile.
The place where she stood happened to be under the begonia tree in Naxifu, the breeze blew on her cheeks and brought her hair flying, a few pink petals swirled down beside her, and the delicate faces of the people were set off, Jiang Qingliu only felt that it was indescribably beautiful.
"Miss Wang, it's better to eat before leaving, otherwise how can you have the strength?" Jiang Qingliu finally thought of a good reason.
This is also true, besides, I am indeed hungry, so Wang Jian did not shirk and thanked him generously. Jiang Qingliu was overjoyed, and said to Qin Ziming, who came behind him: "You go to the kitchen and order to prepare some food, be sure to hurry." ”
Qin Ziming promised to leave, Jiang Qingliu invited Wang Jian into the dining room and sat down, a small servant hurriedly served tea, and when he saw Jiang Qingliu waving his hand, he retreated by himself.